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Evening star., 1933-03-31
POLICE WOUND MAN
AND TAKE $4,5Oe
Money Found in Hotel Room Be-
lieved Part of Loot in Ohio
Bank Hold-up.

BY the Associated Press.
FINDLAY, Ohio, March 31-Their
guns ready for action, two policemen
invaded hotel room here today, shot
Evening star., 1933-03-31
Minister Heads College.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 81 H1-Dr
willi7m Gear Spencer, interim pastor
of the Frs. Baptist Church Of P1tts.
burgn -, was elccted president o.
Franklin College at meeting OF the
beard. OF directors here last night.
Evening star., 1933-03-31
Minute Mystery

Minute Mystery
Solution to
A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
(See Page A-3)
The two shallow ladder impress
sions! Had a man climbed down
it, as the maid said, the impress
sions in the earth would have
been at least three inches deep.
TO LEARN BY OBSERVA-
TION, PEOPLE MUST ALSO
BRING KNOWLEDGE WITH
THEM.-Bdyard Taylor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
A Dominion No Longer

Newfoundland's proud boast of long years standing that it would rule itself and have nothing to do with the Dominion of Canada lies shriveled today. The Dominion of Newfoundland is no more. Perhaps at some future date 1t may be reborn, but for the time being Newfound- land will be ruled by Great Britain. Mounting financial troubles brought it's downfall - troubles that began with the World War and mounted apace until they accumulated in the labor and social riots of 1882.
 We don't think that history records another instance of where a dominion of the British Empire has handed back it's sovereignty to the mother country. Forma! application for British help is expected .Inomentarily now as under the existing laws between Great Britain and its do- .minions surrender of self-government cannot be forced but must be sought This in everything but fact has been done. The mere formality is due any time. It is claimed in Canadian circles that utter ruin faces Newfoundland unless aid is given it.
 ss Oddly enough there is little or no Knowledge of this trend of events in the states. In fact many of us have forgotten tfldC .N0WIOuuUlduu IS q uOUllulOH SepdF- ate from the provinces. We are inclined to think of Newfoundland as one. But just pay visit to Newfoundland and this notion would be speedily dispelled. New foundlanders have long been proud of their sovereignty and many will mourn it's passing. But it may only be temporary. Once the political and financial problems now besetting the dominion are cleared up the once proud status will doubtless be restored.
 :. It is too bad that the oldest English colony should go by the boards in this hectic period. Newfoundland dates back to John Cabot's explorations in 1497 In 1888 it was formally occupied by Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a governor ap- pointed in 1728 In 1855 responsible government" was accorded the island. "A governor is appointed. He in turn is aided by an Executive Council and a Legislature with two houses, the Assembly being elected by manhood suffrage. Efforts to have Newfoundland join the Dominion of Canada have signally failed. We don't even think this temporary defection will change this stand. No, when Newfound- land gets back on her feet again, she will be just as proud and independent as she has been through long years of coloniza- tion, growth, and decline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
Liquor Responsibility

: Read the arguments now being ad- vanced over liquor control plans in the Various states and you speedily discover that the, country is almost unanimous in opposition to return of the old-fashioned saloon. Read them little farther, how ever, and you also discover that the coun- try seems to be confused considerably about the exact reasons for this oppo- sition. It is sold on the idea that the open saloon was a nuisance and menace, but it doesn't seem to know just what made it that way.
 One group seems to think that the pres ence of a bar, and the fact that men stood up to get their drinks, constituted the worst feature. So we get a number of state control laws which permit sale of packaged goods in liquor stores and per-
 init sales by the glass in hotel dining rooms and restaurants, but which insist that there shall be no bars and no vertical drinking.
 Another group figures that drinking anywhere except in the home is an evil, and comes out for sales restricted to un- opened packages, with public drinking strictly prohibited. The fact that differ ent states will have different laws is go- ing to be good thing, in this connection, for it will permit many varieties of liquor GOnCrOl CO De LeSCeQ simultaneously. MedH- while, however, this confusion of thought over the way in which liquor should be sold deserves some extended thought. The chief trouble with the old-time saloon wasn't the fact that men stood up to drink or that their drinks were showed at them across polished bit of mahogany.
 It was that the saloon - as an institu- tion = had precious little discretion. It ssold in most cases, to anyone who could lay a coin on the bar = to chronic drunk ards, to spendthrifts, to flighty young .sters, to men whose families were in want. There were saloonkeepers, of course, who had some sense of responsi- bility in these matters, but they were the exceptions. In the main, the corner sa- loon was nearly all that the prohibition lists said it w&s.
 A liquor control law which permits any kind of public drinking must be framed with that in mind. Details of the sale - whether it be at table or over. bar-are .unimportant. It is the spirit in which the traffic as whole is handled that counts. The traffic was socially irresponsible, in the old days; Heaven Inows it has been socially Irresponsible under prohibition If firm understanding of it's responsi- biiity can be forced into it now, the ques- tion of bar versus table becomes secondary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

genthau's family IS wealthy and conservative, that with imitation the family fortune might evapor- ate.
 Others have dug up some po- tent anti-inflation remarks made by the new treasury chief in his farm journal.
 WILD INITIATION RUINOUS
 "Wild inflation," Morgenthau wrote, would in time ruin the country. Reflation, if it can be controlled, will do more than all other relief measures put to- gether, to end hard times. How ever, America must make cer- tain that any method for infla- tion can be controlled"
 In another editorial, Morgen- thau said: "One way to put moro currency into circulation is to de- value the dollar by not putting so much gold in it."
 All of which makes very little difference. Henry Morgenthau, no matter what his views are, is not going to have much to say about monetary policy. His old friend Franklin Roosevelt is his own secretary of the treasury.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Probably the canniest move Litvinoff made during his whole stay in Washington was to talk to his family over the telephone "Why he talks to his wife just like any one else," remarked a stenographer who had listened in on the conversation. Min- nesota's ex-convict farmer-lab- orite representative, F. H. Shoe-t maker is planning to run for the senate next year against his fel- low partyman Senator Henrik Shipstead Shoemaker has been making speeches throughout the state claiming that Shipstead has gone conservative' Senator Jim Couzens, 8 member of the senate bank investigating committee, thinks so highly of it's work that he is considering off, fering bill at the coming ses- sion of congress creating a per- manent Investigating body with funds to employed trained in- vestigators and lawyers .. High administration leaders are constantly getting offers from publishers for books giving the : "low-down" on the New Deal The inside word in the senate banking investigation is that the probe of the Chase National bank will not be completed be- fore Christmas The in- vestigators say privately they have enough material on hand about other banks and brokers to keep them busy until March. Copyright 1888, by United Feature
 Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Waiting For Death To Enrich Them

Greedy relatives who sit around the deathbed of a rich invalid wait ing for him to die never make a pleasing spectacle. They make a humanly interesting one, though, if presented properly; and you get a very realistic and thoughtful presentation in 1.-The Old Man Dies" by Elizabeth Sprigge.
 The rich invalid in this case is a very old man who made fortune as a manufacturer. Directly or in- directly, his descendants-who are many-never have ceased to be dependent on him. He has given them allowances and kept them on leading strings.
 So, finally, when he falls i'll, they gather around, waiting for him to die so that the swag can be divided.
 But the old man doesn't die. He rallies most unexpectedly, and the relatives scurry back about their business. The private affairs of each one, because of this extended dependence on the old man, come to a crisis-a crisis which only his death can solve.
 So it goes, with each member of the family getting into a different kind of jam. Then, without warn- ing, the, old man does die. His es- tate is settled. the itching palms are filled.
 And presently the relatives dis cover that they're still on leading strings. Even from his grave, the old man rules their lives. They've relied on him too long.
 It's not very pleasant book, as you may have guessed. But as a psychological study of human na- ture, it's pretty we'll handled.
 It is published by the Macmillan Go. at $2.50
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
Paris Letter
By SAMUEL DAsHIELL

United Press Stan COrrespOndent)
 Paris CUP)-The French Acad- amy of Sciences has ujst been noti- fled of the novel cosmic ray ex- periments conducted by Dr Robert J. Millikan, of the California In- stitute of Technology on board the President Garfield of the Dollar line. As soon as the ship com- pletes its circuit of the globe the academy will cooperate with it's correspondent in the United States and remarkable conclusions are expected to be established.
 The President Garfield recently left Marseilles, and it's completion of the cosmic ray tests in all lati- tudes and longitudes wil be an- nounced within a few days of it's arrival.
 Special Apparatus The special. apparatus was in- stalled under the supervision of Dr Millikan when the ship started on its westward cruise. It was for the purpose of measuring the varying intensities, or quantities of these mysterious rays lombard ing the earth from outer space. Since the instruments make the circuit of the earth, 8 continuous record of cosmic action in various attitudes and longitudes of the earth's surface thus will thus be available.
 The construction and operation of the apparatus is remarkable for it's simplicity. A six inch steel ball contains Argon gas, one of the most inert elements at pressure Na @~ t.- |, Within this sphere is 8 common electroscope periodically charged by batteries. The cosmic rays, as X-rays penetrate human gas. This action comprises an ex- plosion within the atom which reacts electrically and partially discharges the electroscope. Thus, by observing the rate of discharge nindex to the local quantity of the cosmic rays is obtained.
 Film Record
 Dr Millikan arranged also that the instrument photograph on a continuously moving film of suffi- cient length to last four mouths. The film not only records the ac- tion of the electroscope, but also registers the temperature, the bar ometric pressure and the time; these instruments being incorpor- ated in the apparatus. A sheathing of solid lead four inches thick surrounds the bulb and acts as a screen intercepting the effects of any nearby radioactive material, such as the minute quantities of radium on the dial of a watch. The cosmic rays, however, are not impeded in the least by the heavy lead.
 All that is at present known about the cosmic ray is that it is of extraordinary penetrating pow CT and possesses an extremely high electrical potential, being of the order of over three billion electron bolts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
Left Tn The Lurch

Waterbury almost begrudgingiy is allowed to give employment to 1000 ad- ditional CWA workers, so latest reports inform us. Allotments to the cities and towns of the state certainly must have been based on some odd computation when this city was at first only given 1000 jobs to distribute among two or three times that number of unemployed men and women. And when we compare the jobs apportioned this city with those given others, we wonder just how the results were obtained.
 Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven all were given generous quotas. New Britain was apportioned 1900 workers. Our own total will be slightly more than that under the pressure brought to bear on the state officials by local relief agents We can't quite see why Waterbury should have been overlooked in this fashion un- less it was another one of those clerical errors for which the public works admin istration at Washington has become some what notorious in this state.
 As we understand the situation now the federal government is endeavoring to re- move from all local relief rolls the unem- ployed men and women. To do this cor rectly it would be necessary to ascertain in each community just how many men and women were receiving relief. Such figures are readily obtainable in Water bury where relief work is highly organ ized and proceeding efficiently even with the addition of state and federal aid. Ger tainly any such information would have shown that there were more than 2,O00 in this city who could be transferred from local to federal relief payrolls.
 Maybe in time the Civil Works Admin istration will straighten out the unem- ployment situation in this state. We cer- tainly hope so, because it will enable pri- vate and public organizations to obtain breathing spell and to recoup their van- ishing resources and appropriations. In the interim it is suggested that thorough survey of unemployed ranks in the city be made. One is now in progress, we understand. We feel sure that this will reveal that when apportioning jobs to the various cities Waterbury cannot yer ywell be ignored as it seemed to be by developments of the last few days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

And while we are in critical mood we can't very we'll pass by the notice that reaches us from California anent the turkey. Poultry raisers out there are quite proud of the fact that they are gradually changing the appear ance of their bird instead of the plump drumsticks with which every New England boy i1as been familiar for years and years there will be less meat on the succulent drumstick and more on the wishbone. This sounds like heresy to a New Englander. We don't like it one bit. Who are these interlopers to start ex- perimenting with the shape of bird that is as nationally famous as the eagle on our vanishing silver dollars We want no understand turkeys around these here parts. Let the Californians eat them. We won't We stick to the old-fashioned variety with drum sticks as heavy as 2 cops night stick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

Q. On what day of the week did March IS. 1904. fall?
 A. Wednesday. N
 G. How old is Fob Mix?
 A. He will be firty-five in Jam uary, 1884.
 Q. What is the plural of mo- lasses?
 A. Molasses is plural, but ordi- narily it is treated as singular.
 Q. Are~watermelons fruit?
 A. They are classed as vege- tables by the U. s. department of agriculture.
 c. Was Henry Ford ever can- didate for an elective office?
 A. He was democratic party nominee for United States senator from Michigan in 1918.
 0. Hcw old was the late Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago when he came to the United States, and how old was he when he died?
 A. He came to the United States in 1874 when he was, a year old, and died at the age of 59.
 0. What is the official language in the Assembly of the League of Nations?
 A. French and English. Dele- gates may deliver their addresses in their native tongue, and trans- lators repeat them in the official languages.
 Q. How old is Kate Smith, the radio singer?
 A. Twenty-four.
 Q. Was George Washington unanimously chosen as the first president of the United States?
 A. The electoral votes for the first president of the United States were: George Washington. 69; John Adams of Massachusetts, 34; Harrison of Maryland, 6; John Rut- Hancock of Massachusetts. A: George Clinton of New York, S; Samuel Huntingdon of Connecticut. 2; John Milton of Georgia, q; James Armstrong of Georgia; Ben- jamin Lincoln of Massachusetts, and Edward Telfair of Georgia. 1 vote each. Vacancies (votes not cast), 4. George Washington was chosen president and John Adams, vice-president. (Previous to 1S04), each elector voted for two candi- dates for president. The one Who received the largest number, of votes was declared president, and the one who. received the next largest number of votes was de- clared vice-president).
 c. What is displacement ton- mage?
 A. For naval vessels 1t is the weight of the vessel in long tons of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

Actors, authors, and artists have been enjoying considerable publicity out ill Carmel, California. Mayor John Catlin has been active in promoting this pub- licity which has been attained through announcement of favorite repeal recipes. Some were good; others were an obvious attempt to live up to professional repu- tation. We think that perhaps the mayor himself gave what might be the favorite recipe of majority of Americans. He suggested pouring five fingers of Bour- bon into glass; in a second glass place a few drops of grenadine, half spoon of sugar, and the juice of half lime. Mix these contents we'll then pour them on the floor and consume solely the contents of the first glass. That's the way a good many people feel about this business of mixing drinks The trouble is prohibi- tion has brought us such variety of cocktails and fancy drinks that our ap- petites are jaded. If we had stuck to the old reliables through synthetic and cut liquor we might today appreciate more fully the joys that will come after December when the art of mixing drinks will be restored in all it's glory. Until then, though, we can continue to do as Mayor Catlin does. Take your liquor neat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
So They Say

America has lost the vision of God in the last 15 years. The devil. seems to have the country on the run.
 Billy Sunday, evangelist. .
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 Only foolish men still demand good looking secretaries in pref erence to those with brains. Mrs Marion Pedraza, Philadel- phia,. federal-state employment head. s
 :
 In our concern for forgotten men, we must not create forgotten institutions-the nations schools. pr Glenn Frank, president of Wisconsin university. am never pleased, even with myself. -Benito Mussolini.
 
 Girls again are finding it neces- sary to display good manners at all times. Miss H. Jean Crawford, dean of women at Pennsylvania univer- sity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

New York is finally deserting it's pres ent system of traffic control for one in which some consideration will be given the pedestrian. This comes after IA con- secutive years of red and green flashing lights regulating crosstown and up and downtown traffic. A red hand is to flash during every light cycle change. This will halt vehicular traffic in every direc- across the thoroughfare The red hands get trial period of 60 days Let's hope they save few lives on busy crossings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
COMMON FARM TO CARRY ON

Capac, Mich. (UP).-PIans were being made today for continuation of 1894 of the 400-acre common" farm on which members of the Un- employed Citizens League grew crops expected to keep them sup piled with food during the winter. Living together in barracks, 200 men, driven from Detroit by, unenl- ployment, planted, titled and har- vested 10000 bushels of potatoes, bushels of onions, and 800 tons of cabbage. They figured an income of $1 a day for their labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

Every time state talks about running lottery there is an outcry from some in- dividual or organization about the world going to the devil. Personally we don't see why it isn't as permissible for the state to go into this business as it is for individuals and groups, even churches. Most states or countries wouldn't propose lotteries on gigantic scales unless hard pressed for money. It's one sure way of raising funds. And we don't think our morals suffer terribly from them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
$s,O0O CARRIAGE INTACT

Kalamazoo, Mich. (UP).-A car riage for which the late Sen. Francis B. Stockbridge paid $3.000 in 1894. is kept here in almost per- feet condition. The owners have re- manufacturers, the Studebaker Co presented Senator Stockbridge with an expensive, ornamented whip, still kept in the vehicle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

2.24O pounds, or metric tons of g. 204.6 pounds. when it is fully equipped and manned. The unquali-- fled term displacement" applied to merchant vessels refers to Tight weight with crew and supplies on board, but minus fuel, cargo or, passengers.
 Q. Is there a premium on a United States silver three cent piece dated 1868?
 A. They are cataloged at 20 to- 60 cents. :! Q. Is the expression "close proximity proper?
 A. Yes.
 If you want q copy of our bull letin HOW TO UTILIZE LETT OVERS, write to the Waterbury Democrat Washington Bureau, en- closing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

The Russians propose to raise ostrich es for food. And that's probably all right, but we didn't suppose there was enough sand in Russia for ostriches to stick their heads in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
HISTORY

Tn May of 1876 a standing army for the colonists was demanded due to the trouble with the h. dians. This army was to consist of $50 men.
 How many men of the Mattatuck of 1874 and 1875 were volunteers in the companies or how many were pressed into regular service has never been learned. It is a matter of record, however, that Timothy Standley and John Bronson were listed as volunteers.
 Pennington was represented by more than 50 men and undoubted- ly men who had travelled from Mat tatuck back to Pennington were among them. This war set Water bury back considerably It lost a number of it's original planters and a cloud of Encouragement was thrown over the entire plantation enterprise.
 Brass City Facts
 Hill street was at first called Chestnut street. It leads to Burnt Hill which name occurs in the history of Waterbury as early as 1886.
 The Scivill Manufacturing company dates back to 1902 when metal buttons were manufactured by Abel and Levi Porter, Daniel Clark and Silas Grilley under the name of Porter & Co. In 1911 this firm passed into the hands of a new firm, Leavenworth, Hayden & Sco- will. In 1850 the present name the Scovill Manufacturing company was first used. The original con cern which started off in. 1902 was located on South Main street. near
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
Meadow. Scovill's was the first con- cern to manufacture brass here.

MedOOW. ScOVlll was the TrSt con-
 cern to manufacture brass here. - People over 50 will remember
 the old tinware peddler that went | from house to house selling his
 wares. These peddlers played an | important part in the sale of met
 al buttons when they were first
 manufactured in Waterbury which | dates back to 1892. Plain brass | buttons sold at that time as low
 as 80 cents a gross.
 Hooks and eyes were first made | in Waterbury by Holmes & Hotcl-,
 kiss in 1886 which was the first | successful attempt to manufacture
 them in this country. Six years l later in 1842 this concern started
 manufacturing pins. The first ice house in Waterbury was owned by man named Joseph Burton in 1880. It was in the rear
 of where the old Turner building
 stands near Bank street and Har- risOn avenue.
 in Waterbury until 1860. Wells and
 cool cellars were used as refrig orators. It was not until about 1860 in
 Waterbury that a tailor furnished
 the material to make, suits. The tailor made the suit but you had
 to furnish all material.
 The first barber in Waterbury
 was Hamlet Chaunccy Porter who
 was a drug store clerk and com- bined the barber business with his other work. Porter died in 1884.