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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-08-03
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Frick tarsasagot, hogy a tor
venyt megszegik, IS hogy impor
'talt gangsterekkel uldozik seer
vezethez csatlakoz6 szenba-
nyaszt.
Icy a kormany kenytelen eze-
ket tOrvenyszegeseaet tudoma-
sui venni, ha az acel trusztnak
West Virginiaban es Kentucky
ban lev5 banyai el is keriilnek
a figyelmet.
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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-08-03
Ia GAZDASAGI
ES PARI

szervezkedes mellett egyeb ell
foglaltsaga is akadt kormany-
max es ugy latszik, hogy az alol
sem akar kiterni.
Egyre erosebben 1ep az igaz-
sagiigyminiszterium a gangste-
.ek iildozesebe es az emberrablo-
kat Is racketeereket kormany
akarja kiirtani az egesz orszag.
bol.
Mem lehetetlen, hogy legko-
zelebbi congressus egy szovetse-
81 rend6rseg felallitasat fogja
elrendelni Is a gonosztev6k ak
kor mem menekilhetnek egyik
allamb6l a masikba, ha a talaj
kezd a1attuk melegedni.
Az orszag kozve1emenye ere
lyes intezkedest kovetel az al
vilag ellen es ugy latszik, hogy
EFT vegre megkapja.
Mindenitt Macy orommel id
vozoltek a kansasi iteletet, amely
az emberrabl6kat akasztasra itel
te Is a legtobb allam sietve gon-
doskodik r6la, hogy a torvenyei-
ben min&l magasabb biintetest
szabjon XII ezekre az elvetemiilt
Iharamiakra.
A racketeerek ellen hasonlo
erellyel akarnak eljarni es kito-
Ir6 orommel vette az egesz or
|szag tudomasul. hogy Chicago
ban vegre mem a kis halakat, ha-
mem nagy gazembereket, po-
litikusokat Is hires iigyvedeket
vettek iildoz6be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

ties and other political units, they make a total of S42,00O, 100000. That is lot of money, and as yet no one can see the end. Fears are expressed regarding further public expenditures now in sight. It is well to be careful in these matters, in a country weighed down already by taxes. But it is also well to keep rational slant on these things.
 If there is a time in American history comparable to this winter, it is probably the summer of 1918. With the war against Germany at its height, our gov ernment was expecting that the conflict would last for another year. One of the inner group conducting the war has told recently that plans for 1919 contemplated the expenditure of $42,000,0 for that year alone This, too, it is often nec- essary to remind ourselves, is war far more threatening to us than the World War was. If we lost it, we might haye nothing left. We can still afford few more billions, if necessary, to win it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
Truck ''Ganging" Must End

Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Connor has opened a campaign to pre- vent truck "ganging" on our highways. It is high time that some official or officials ended this annoying practice. It IS en- dangering the lives of many motorists not to mention pedestrians who nave occasion to use the roads as sidewalks. The practice has been more common ot recent months since there have been dis orders in the trucking business Doubt less it is done for perfection, but even so, it constitutes menace, not to mention violation of the motor vehicle laws.
 Truck "ganging" consists of convoy of trucks travelling together from one city to another. Four, five, six or per haps eight trucks will follow leader closely along the route to be traversed. You can imagine the danger there IS Tn passing such string of huge trucks. An inspector for the department recently discovered eight trucks travelling in thls fashion. Lined up behind them were thirty-five smaller automobiles all un- able to pass because of the speed of the trucks and the traffic hazards of the particular road being traversed.
 Even in daylight it is no easy matter to pass several trucks that are close to- gether. Certainly the danger is in- creased many fold after nightfaIl, when even the best of lighting systems cannot penetrate the darkness beyond string of trucks. We can understand truck driv- CTS banding together for their mutual pro- tection. They dol't want to be waylaid and perhaps killed or injured by strikers. But you can't right wrong with another one. Truck '.ganging" is just as wrong as waylaying trucks. They both must go. Authorities must end them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
The Lines Are Forming

When we wrote about Representative Francis Maloney of Meriden looming as the democratic candidate for senator in 1884 last Saturday Git appeared m Tuesday nights Democrat) we little thought that our prophecy was being echoed in another part of the state. Yet Saturdays issue of the Bridgeport Times Star more than confirms 1t. 1t reveals that there is definite move afoot In Connecticut to secure the nomination TOT Congressman Maloney. We wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this movement blaze forth shortly after Congress con- venes next week and Representative Ma loney is more than ever in the limellght down at Washington.
 However, the real surprise of the Times Star announcement comes in the project ed candidacy of State Labor Commissioner Joseph Tone for chairman of the demo- cratic state central committee. This IS news in most circles, although MT Tone has been mentioned in the same connec- ton probably before. We say probably, because there aren't many positions ot this nature for which MT Tone hasn't been mentioned This certainly Is compll- ment to his ability and to his past per- formanceS.
 It may be recalled that Commissioner Tone was state secretary when Governor Cross went into office in the 1850 cleo tions. Since assuming the Labor De- partment post he has had opportunities to leave it for others, such as connec- ton with the Labor Department in Wash ington, but he has remained at home. we really wonder, though, if he is concerned with the state chairmanship. It. doesn't quite jibe with our conception of what ne plans for his future, but then we dont claim to be omnlscient.
 One of the questions that pops into the writers mind is the cause for Chairman David A. Wilson's resignation. Ii he had f,een named U. S. Attornty he would have had good and sufficient reason Now there is none so far as we know, unless he desires to turn the reins of the party over to some other individual In that event it is natural to assume that the nresent secretary, J. Francis Smith of Waterbury, would step into MT Wilson's place. We have mentioned this before We even predicted it in the event of the Wilson nomination for the federal post.
 MT Smith must still be regarded as likely appointee in case of any changes Ill state leadership It doesn't seem to us that the candidacy of Representative Maloney for U. s. Senator would depend on either the Tone or Smith appointment. While the Times-Star has linked the two as evidences of action by some members ot the democratic party, singly they can be accomplished as well as doubly. In short the candidacy of Representative Maloney for the Senate does not hinge ox Commls- sioner Tone taking over the state chair manship nor even on Chairman Wilson's resignation, so far as we can see. And that simply means that MT Smith is still as much in the running as ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
Know Your Waterbury

:. It has been suggested that MT southmayd's (the minister's) clos ing of the seating record for time, was perhaps the best thing. Per haps not always was the placing and selection done wisely or well. Later records show that seating was according to list and age as late as 1896. The only complete record of seating was for the year 1792 and was among the papers of David Pritchard who died in 1888, and according to these the meet ing house as it was in 1729 was di- vidcd into thirteen dign;ties, each consisting of two pews, at the head of each aisle "eight persons were seated, six men and two women; in the corresponding dignity on the west side. six persons. These were followed by two great pews, and these in turn, by the fourth dignity consisting of northeast and north- west pews in the square body. Dig nifty, as used in the old seating rec ords, is synonymous with rank, and a much more detailed description is given of the various ranks and their consideration in the old meeting house days of early Wa terbury.
 From '1729 the list of inhabitants was increasing steadily, new ar- rivals to the town noted. Various changes are mentioned in the al- lotments of acreage and in 1723 it was decided to sell public lands or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
The Slow Decline
 of a Proud Family

The story of the decline of a proud old family in the confusion of modern America is not new one. Ursula Parrot gives 1t new twist, however, in "The Tumult and the Shouting" by setting her story in Boston and then making her family Irish.,
 She introduces us to these peo- pie in Post-Civil War years; young Irish folk newly arrived in Boston. solid and ambitious, honest and de- vout, fighting their way up In this strange new land. rising steadily to the top as the old Boston aristroc- racy slowly goes into its decline.
 Then, following them down the years, she shows them undergoing the same sort of decline. The older generation had faith and a hard, sure driving power; their present. day descendants have neither, but are adrift in time of doubt and confusion.
 The older generation knew what it wanted, got 1t, and followed it's code as vigorously as the aristo- crats of Beacon Hill; the new one does not know what 1t wants, wouldn't know how to get 1t if it did, and does not know where in heaven or earth to find a code it can follow.
 Covering a span of three genera tions in a novel and making all the characters real and interesting isn't easy. Miss Parrott has done 1t ad- mirably, and has woven into her story a series of charming and moving romances. & 'The Tumult and the Shouting" is a very excellent novel! the best,
 Ithink, that Miss Parrott yet has given us.
 Published by Longmans. Green
 &Co, it sells for S2.600
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
So They Say

Neither Europe nor Asia will start another war, unless they have gone mad. And if they have, my advice to our country Is to keep our sanity and stay out of it.-- World Court Justice Frank B.. Kellogg.
 Lfe without imagination would be like the bare walls of vacant room--intolerable.--Harry Gergu- son ("Prince Michael Romanoff'').
 esp
 The delincing birth rate in America Is a social menace that can be corrected only by revival of religion and an adequate con- ception of morals.-Msgr John A. Ryan. Catholic University of Amer ica.
 Any man who want to pay dollar debt with a EO-cent dollaR is not honest. .--Senator James A. Reed of Missouri.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
Birds To Feed

A kindly woman writes to her news paper urging fellow-citizens to feed the birds during the winter. She regards it as a sort of humanitarian duty to birds which would otherwise suffer or starve, and she adds the fact that the birds Will more than pay for their keep. Birds saved from death will render valuable service to make the gardens beautiful dur ing eight months of the year by eating insects, grubs and weed seeds" she says.
 In the sane paper, on the same day, and only few inches away, is another item about feeding birds in the winter. Its writer adds third reason-personal pleasure. He says. "A nuthatch has been coming to our dining room window feed ing shelf and eating breakfast with us. We have had eggs and toast while the nut hatch has been greatly pleased with sum- flower seeds. I never before had nut hatch near enough to know how beautiful nuthatch is. Now know that he has delicate tinge of blue on his back, and know that his poll is jet black with just a suggestion of iridescent green" The bird feeding shelf outside window is a fine hobby, inexpensive, ever interesting, in- structive, as much fun for the humans as for the birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
Rome Letter
BY THOMAS E. MORGAN Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Rome (UP).-Wholesale migra- tions for farmers families and farm workers under the direction of the state has as much as any thing helped to solve the unem- ployment problem in Italy.
 This penetration of humanity is extremely we'll arranged by the various offices of the commissariat of internal migration. A yellow telegram to any of the offices starts the whole machinery working as turning the switch in factory.
 Littoria, new city of the re- claimed Pontine marshes, is the great mecca for farm hands. AS soon as the newcomers arrive, they are given number. It IS the number corresponding to their lot of land.
 Big Tracts for Big Families
 The larger families are given the bigger tracts of land. No family is eligible unless it com prises at least four men capable Of working and unless it's farm CT was soldier during the World war. It is a common occurrence to find families confessing eight and nine men capable of tilling the soil. The average family turn ing up at Littoria is composed Of eleven persons.
 While the process of distribut- ing the land is taking place, the newcomers are given their first meal. They enter a huge wooden shed and re-appear with big can teens filled to the brim with steam ing soup, pieces of bread, meat and bottles of milk for the children. The men call their dear ones to- gether and they eat the food nestled among their home-spun baggage. Italian peasants are slow eaters. You'd think they were ada ing figures by memory whenever they have a mouthful of food.
 Red Trucks Used
 The last lap of their trip is made in huge red trucks along the new straight roads, All the various wards of the Pontine Cam pagna have war names.
 Before each brand new home, the big red bus comes to a halt. The official shouts numper. A family descends-baggage, dog. canary bird and all. The truck
 From afar, from other homes come shrill voices of women and children. Doors are slammed. Life begins. The newcomers meticulous- ly inspect their new abode; the oven, the chicken coop. the store room. Within an hour the govern- ment official will deliver the furnt- ture. Within two days the oxen will be in the stable. fields before anything else. He picks a handful of earth and rubs 1t between his. fingers. His wife and children run in and out Of the house like mad. They had al ways lived fin a shed with g matched roof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

State Senator Seabury Mastick of New York asked the House Ways and Means committee last week to collect all taxes and allot certain percentages to the states. He seemed to be interested particularly in the income tax Of course that would help out New York, since it has state income tax law. But Connecticut hasn't one, nor have many other states. His claim that New York would be $1OG,OOO,- 900 ahead if Uncle Sam collected the in- come taxes and apportioned certain amount to New York is no doubt correct, but would some state perhaps not contrib ute it's share of that saving. We're all for removal of taxes, not to mention their simplifcation, but we would do it by cut ting the cost of all forms of government. not by removing one tax and establishing another, nor by changing the method of collection. Taxes can only be lowered by reducing expenditures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

c. How long has the census bu- reau been a permanent Organiza- tion, and in which government de- partment is it?.
 A. The constitution requires that q population census of the United States be taken decennially. The first census was taken in 1790. The Census Bureau was made a per manent organization in 1902 and since 1913 has been a branch of the U. $. Department of Commerce.
 c. Which presidents of tn e United States have been Unitar- fans?
 A. John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Willard Fillmore and Will liam Howard Taft.
 o. Give the date and place of the first Inauguration of George Washington.
 A. New York city. April 30. 1789.
 Q. What was the origin of the name Mason's and Dixon's liner?
 A. It was named for two Eng lish mathematicians and surveyors, Charles Mason and Jeremiah DIX on, who fixed the boundary line.
 70. Who was secretary of war under President Garfield? A. Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois.
 o. Which, state led the secession that brought on the Civil war? A. South Carolina. on December 20. 1860.
 Q. Which is the first permanent tooth in human beings?
 A. The six year molar, which comes through just back of the last temporary tooth, one on, each side of the jaw, above. and below.
 0. When was the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. founded?
 A. 1749.
 Q. Where is the University of Nebraska?, 8. ss %
 A. At Lincoln. N
 Q. Give the address of, the head- quarters of the International Op-| tomist association.
 A. 2195 Railway Exchange building, St Louis, Mo.
 c. What Is the derivation of the word salmon?
 A. From the Latin ''salmo" which means to leap.
 Q. How many blind deaf mutes are there in the United States?
 A. The 1890 census enumerated 1.s42. V Q. Why does the senate have tOl ratify cabinet appointpaentsf Have appointees ever been rejected by that bodyf
 A. The Constitution provides for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York - Apparently Thur dering Hugh Johnson couldn't be heard up around the North Pole this year, for Santa Claus and his assistants--the throne" Santas, the fioorwalkcr Santas, and the sidewalk Santas = took up their Yuletide duties without having submitted an NRA code.
 Hadn't been on the scene very long, though. before they began to get lot of newfangled ideas about working hours, minimum pay, and the unfair competition introduced by Mickey Mouse and the Three Little Pigs. As though the already hadn't shattered enough illusions, they got together then and organized the Santa Claus Association of New York. What they want now or will want when the holidays roll around again = is 34-hour week C'because this Is a more strenuous and nerve-wracking work than most, people imagine"), a mini- mum girth provision c'because there are too many skinny Santa Clauses around the city. injuring the prestige of the \ profession'o, |, and a rule that Santa Clauses will not have to double as barkers and salesmen in stores. ! Salesman to Santa
 The throne Santas". they'll tell you themselves. arc of Q much higher type than the street corner bellringers and the sand ich-board Santas. They're men of a fairly well established guild, like models and circus clowns. As a matter of fact, many of them are models.
 It is a point of pride with such artists to grow their own whiskcrs so children can't
 yank them off, and to culti- vatc round stOmachs during
 fifty weeks of scdcntary liv-
 ing.
 Most of them got. into the busi- ness by chance. Take the case of Eugene s. Todd. for example, one of the more celebrated of the rubi- cund saints. He used to be a Broadway "pitchman," selling a lucky lodestone which was sup posed to reveal the sex of unborn babies. Then he got sick and was confined to his home for months. Just for fun he didn't shave. and on his first day back to pose for painting of Moses. Since then he has posed as Neptune, Michael An gelo, Walt Whitman and many another celebrity with beard. Playing Santa Claus was cinch after that, and MT Todd always haolynd Calid1xr ha holidays. K An UnwelcOnle Santa
 Although Santa Clauses, traf- fic cops, harassed salesgirls and other sufferers from the holiday rush may not be oyerburdened with the jolly Christmas spirit. they're lush sentimentalists com- pared to process servers. Or. at least, one process server, named Gus Turner. Shortly before each Christmas MT Turner collects a lot of empty cardboard boxes and does them up with gray ribbon and wrappings.
 Then he starts out with pOckctful of summonscs and
 a big armlOad of bundless go- ing to all the swanky homes l,
 and apartment houses whose buffers and doormen have
 previously thrown him out.
 The scheme never fails, Attend ants bow, wish MT Turner a Merry Christmas, and show him right into the presence of his victims. Sometimes. of course. he leaves a little precipitously. But he also leaves little gift of legal papers !. MT Turner seems a kindly enough fellow, but he says he can't allow sentiment to interfere with his business of scattering hard feelings and gloom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

We wonder if suit manufacturers are aware of the approaching era. They no longer have to provide mems trousers with extra large hip pockets for tiasks, but they will have to reinforce all pockets so that the extra weight of silver dollars can be borne. More silver dollars than ever will be coined at our hints under the silver remonetization proclamation of President Roosevelt. One of the reasons for the silver dollars unpopularity has been it's size and weight. Still there are men who have carried "cartwheels' for years as good-luck pieces or out of senti- ment Others have the same affection for a treasured gold piece. Personally we, like the ring of a silver dollar on counter better than the cracke of new dollar bill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-27

Washington, Dec. 27-To what extent is the civil works admin istration absorbing the unem- ployed? Is it taking employed labor away from industry? How much does political pull count in getting a CWA job? What is the spirit of the men in the job lines?
 hese are some of the many questions being asked by read CTS of this column. To answer them, the Merry Co., Founders have done some research in CWA job-getting. Below is print ed the first instalment of the re- suits:
 LINES OF HOPE
 Two long lines of men and a few women extended out into Indiana avenue in front of the Washington branch of the CWA office. An unemployed taxi-driver explained how to negotiate them.
 "One is guys waiting to get a card. The other is guys bring ing their card back. When you get your card, they register you. Then in about a week, you come back to get your jOb-if you're lucky.
 "If you're wise, sign up as a 1aborer" he cautioned. signed as a chauffeur and been waiting three weeks"
 Despite this, practically every
 
 mism. There was complete con- fidence they would at last get jobs. Few of them were much interested in who was supplying the jobs. Few of them cared much about the policies of the administration, though most of them, if they talked politics at all, thought Roosevelt was a pretty good guy, and really try ing to do things.
 TWO EXCEPTIONS
 There were only two excep- tions to this-both in the white collar class. One, a jeweler, had worked in a jewelry store until recently, when successive pay cuts had whittled his pay dom to $2.00 week. Finally the store. threatened with bankrupt cy. dropped him altogether. The other, a chiropractor, lacked enough business to pay his rent, and threw up his practice about a year ago. What he had been living on since, he did not say, but like the jeweler. he claimed Roosevelt's policies were mere make-shifts, that the CWA could not possibly last three months.
 However, l don't mind being in a line with buns" the jeweler said. II neved did look down on a man with overalls. In fact, I wore them myself when l was working my way through school" CHIVALRY-LIMITED
 Only three women were in line. all young, pretty, we'll dressed. They carried neat-look- ing handbags; probably contains ing more makeup than money, and the line of men stood back tolerantly to let them go to the head without waiting. On subse- Quent days, however, with a larger number of women in line, chivalry went into the discard, women had to wait their turn with the men.
 A lather and plasterer was just ahead. He said he had be- longed to a local of the A. F. of l.. but worked so unsteadily the past two years that he could not ! pay union dues. Now he was out of luck on any of the new gov- ernment building projects. A friend of his, beaming broadly. went by the line. He had applied for a CWA job ten days ago and just got it-45 cents an hour painting government buildings. OLD GLORY
 Just behind was an ex-sergeant who had done three "hitches" in