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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
FRIDAY, JULY IA, 1888
Business Improvement-Not
Recovery

When you look at the figures in the
xnrrent business revival you get picture OF
bright sunrise which has an ominous fringe
Of black, thunderous- looking clouds all
around it. The monthly report from the
Department of Commerce begins by listing
the encouraging factors. Textile production
is higher than at any time since November.
1929, Steel production is the highest in two
i years Auto production is likewise above
!. any figure recorded since July. 1881. Elec-
!. tric power output reflects extensive gains in
manufacturing activity; lumber production
is improving: the major lines of consumers
..goods are steadily booming.
So much for the sunrise. Now for the
clouds Employment and payroll gains are
Staging behind. Both factory employment
and payrolls increased during the last two
months, but the May indexes were still below
the low level of year ago. The American
Federation of Labor estimates the number
.Iof unemployed in June at 100000.
Furthermore, production is getting ahead
Of consumption. Many of these industries
that are experiencing booms are making
more than they are selling. The grlsly
.ghost of over-produetion is still lurking IN
the dark corners. We get here set of facts
(which show in the most decisive way inn
faginable that our recovery from the depres-
sion is not going to be an automatic affair.
The time has not come for us to let well
Enough alone. Things are picking up but
.tfe revival contains the seeds of new col
s1apse and some of the seeds have already
.sbegun to sprout
:. When production outruns consumption.
.when prices rise faster than wages, when
.ths registers of factory activity show greater
gains than the employment figures, storm
signals are flying in no uncertain manner.
AN of which, of course, puts everything up
ito the great experiments now under way at
Washington. These schemes for raising
.wages. keeping retail prices from advancing
too fast. increasing employment and regu-
.1ating production are as vitality necessary
now as they were in March. If we assume
,that the recent business pickup has made
them unimportant, we are riding Tor the
sworst fall we have ever had.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
A MISSING DISTURBANCE.
fBridreport Telegraml

(bElQBeDOIL LEVEL am
Lost,-somewhere in Fairneld
county, Conn., an earthquake.
shock, explosion or something OF
that kind. Finder please report to
100000 puzzled people,
Surely here is a mystery OF the
first magnitude. A shock strong
enough to break windows, rattle
dishes and loors shake houses 10
their foundations, loosen frames,
and produce similar disturbances
over an area OF many square miles.
centering about Stamford. Yet no
shocks recorded on nearby seismo-
graphs.
For such disturbance to be lost
or misplaced Is: most puzziing. APP
parently the most plausible ex-
PLANTATION to date Is that the jar
was the shock from a bolide or
or meterite exploding somewhere
above the surface OF Long Island
Sound and scattering its fragments
in the waters.
The impact Of a meteorite suff-
cient to produce such q disturbance
would be followed with evidences
of fire and other physicah damage
IL II struck anywhere on the lana.
Fragments would be found over g
vide area. But IL the celestial
visitor exploded in the air and It's
! fragments fell into the water there
would be no traces afterward. For
want of a better explanation. we are
obliged to accept this one.
or perhaps 1t was just Primo
Camera walioping "a sparrins par
| tner.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

Twenty-one years ago Representative
David j. Lewis of Cumberland, Maryland
recommended to Congress that it purchase
the site and remains of old Fort Frederick
near Hagerstown. 1t was one of the original
defenses built by the colonials from Virginia
to New York and it is believed that Wash
ington himself actually supervised some of
the work At any rate no response was
made to the representatives, plea. So in
1922 he asked the Maryland General Assem-
bly, to include the site in its State Forest
Preserves. He said then. For $4,000 the
walls can be rebuilt, the old barracks
restored and the huge old gate monu-
ment in itself - can be put back in place.
e." Still today the fort is neglected and
overgrown. Both federal and state aid have
been denied not in so many words but by
disregarding all pleas. We sincerity hope
that Representative Lewis's Fl year old plea
will soon be answered. Our Revolutionary
day forest should be preserved.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
The Good News

1t is encouraging to read that local indus
tries are advancing wage scales in their
plants In view of the fact that living costs
are bound to advance very shortly it is
almost imperative that wages keep pace with
them unless we wish to experience even
more depressing conditions than we have
had in the last few years. However. there
is no need for us to regard this announce
nent as signal for a general and bolster
Gus celebration. 1t does not mean necessarily
that present living conditions will be i'm
proved. II may mean, though. that the
debts which have steadily accumulated in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
SPARE AND REPLACE, OUR
ICES
(Hart.o.u i'imes)

f1art4O,G IlmCS)
The petition submitted to the
board of street commissioners by
the Civics Group, urging replace
ment Of trees destroyed In the Wild
ening Of streets and other improve
ments will find plenty of support.
1t Is probably true that as far as
main thoroughfares are concerned
we cannot return to the tree-lined
streets of the sos. More Is the pity.
It is also the tendency to strip
even residential streets of their
trees when improvements are made
and particularly when business IN
yades.
Most people love trees and find
their presence restful and enjoy
able, So far as possible every COM
munity ought to perserve its trees.
Not only should 1t preserve exist
ing, mature growth, but 1t should
think of the community which will
be populated by its children and
their children. They can receive the
benefits Of tree-lined streets only II
this generation plants them.
To remove tree is the work of
but a few moments or hours. To
produce one in it's place requires a
generation or more. In urging
thoughtfulness In that direction the
Civics Group is on the right track.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

State Tax Commissioner William H.
Hackett intends to pursue as vigorous cam
paign as did his predecessor, William H.
Blodgett. in forcing cities and towns of
Connecticut to abandon Anticipated methods
of tax collection for the more modern and
systematic ones He has already recognized
serious state of affairs in Skeletons tax
department and has notified the town in no
uncertain terms to start to clean house He
calls its collection methods extremely lax"
No doubt that would apply in other towns
too. in this state. But Commissioner Hae-
kett probably won't be satisfied with
mere reprimand. We can rest assured that
he will actively follow up every warning
that issues from his department. That's as
it should be. While taxes today are bur-
densome, oftentimes they are overburden-
some. because they are not collected prompt
ly nor are the citizens billed correctly. There
are many things that make delinquent out
of taxpayer. Nine cases out of ten it is
deliberate. of course. If a man has the
money to pay his taxes he will If he
hasn't. he probably will let them go by
completely ignoring them or by seeking
rebate in some fashion. Officials who are
employed in collecting taxes. however. are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

And while on this topic of restorations
we mustn't lose sight of the fact that the
neighboring state of Virginia is about to
lose famous landmark. Anybody who
has visited Alexandra, George Washington's
home town. will recall having had pointed
out the drug store, or rather apotheeary shop
in which he traded. 1t goes under the ham,
mer next week - July 10, to be exact.
Efforts have been made to interest historical
societies in its preservation, but money is
scarce these days and no benevolent friend
has as yet made an appearance on the scene
and bought intact for historical purposes the
drug store in which Washington traded.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Paris
Letter
nv RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
limited Press Stafi Correspondent

united Press STAFF Correspondent
Paris, CUP) - The powerful
French socialist party, last strong
hold of Marxism in Europe, Is
heading for shipwreck under the
so-called dictatorial leadership OF
Leon Blum, reputed millionaire.
The rift is due to revolt
amongst the socialist deputies.
The majority. under M. Renaudel
and M. Marquet, wish to give
greater support to the radlcal-
socialist government of M. Deia-
dier. than Leon Blum and his FOL
lowers believe should be accorded.
A congress of the sociaiist
party at Avignon rev months
ago waes charged with healing the
breach in the party's ranks. inc
congress passed resolution wn0se
purpose was to guide the sociahst
deputies in action they should
take in any future vote. This reso-
luton has been varfously inter-
preted.
The rebels, most of whom favor
participation in the government,
whereas the Blumites vigorously
oppose such astep, hold that the
resolution allows them the liberty
to vote with the government on
such important issues as the BUD
| get.
Leon Blum maintains the whole
socialist policy Is based on. OPP
| posing the budget. under which
bourgeois government is granted
| the financial means to continue
its existence.
The attitude adopted by Blum
and his followers Is stigmatized
as pedantic, narrow-minded and
dictatorial. 1t will not further the
socialists schemes. 1t Is claimed
whereas partial support of ths
government of M. Daladier vii
enable passage of certain socialist
measures from time to time. BY
voting against the radical-socialis'
government, the rebels say, the
socialists will aid a return OF
nationalist government. !.
The strength of the revolt u
shown by the fact that IS social
list deputies voted q recent resoiu'
ton backing the stand taken .!
Renaudel and Marquet, the polit
Iical rivals of Blum within tn
party. This means that more thar
so per cent OF the deputies WHIT
were elected under the soclalis
Ifiag ara in revolt m the total 30
cIaligt representation - 1zes
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
The Real America
He Tries To Paint

"F'rescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's
City" by Archibald MacLcisl1, finds
the Pulitzer prize-winning poet
looking thoughtfuIly out over
America and picturing 1t in verses
which some how bear the fcll of
the wind on western prairics. the
tang of the life of common men
and. women, the rhythm of a vital
existence on q wide, rich continent.
There are six poems in this lit
tie booklet, and they seem to me
to be extraordinarily good.
America Mr. MacLeish seems to
feel, Is usually woefully misunder-
stood. Eastern aesthetics, he I'M
plies, mis- her essence entirely;
the empire builders loot her and
despoil her without once appreci-
ating her; the foreign-accented
revolutionary doesn't even begin to
comprehend her.
Her tawny plains, her painted
mountains, her roughness and
lusty richness and ancient human
traditions-these, for some reason.
escape her critics. her artists, her
rulers.
We'll, what is the American es-
SenCc, Lnen lry IHio'
Hers is the west wind and the
sunlight; the west
Wind is the long clean wind OF
tho continents
Tho wind turning with earth; the
wind descending
Steadily out of the evening and
following on
Her hair is burned black with the
strong sun:
The scent of her hair Is of dust
and of smoke on her shoul-
ders:
She has brown breasts and the
mouth Of no other country.
Issued in pamphlet form. this
bookle. Is offered by John Day FOL
Ok cents
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
DESTROYING BEAUTY
(Bridgepart Telegram)

Fairfield county planners, IN SEES
sion yesterday at Redding, heard
some wise admonition from Char
les M. Gardner of Springfield.
Mass, editor of the National
Grange. Mr. Gardner observed that
more and more persons are coming
into New England. attracted by its
natural beauties. The city dweller
is seeking the countryside; the New
Yorker Is seeking escape from no.
tells and apartments, for attractive
home surroundings.
All the more reason. then, 70 go
slow about destroying New Eng
lands beauty. Take a typical New
England village with Its steepied
church. on the hillside, Its fountain
like elms, It's grass bordered streets
cut an arterial highway through
it destroy the elrns, litter the high
way with hot dog stands and gas
oline stations--and at the finish
1t Is New England no more. 1t Is
just the ugly. sordid vista that most
Americans are seeking TO escape
from.
Our improvers and developers in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

There seems to be some little effort being
made in this state to discredit Plainville in
the eyes of the riding public. Cards are
being sent to motorists who have had the
misfortune to be arrested for some motor
vehicle law violation in Plainville asking
them to carry their cases to higher courts.
1t was only day or so ago that we were
reading that Plainville eonstables were being
instructed to enforce the laws, but not to
be jealous as are too many small-town
enforcement agents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
? IN III
NEW i
| YORK
by PAUL HARRISON

New York-The police OF Man.
haitian maintain squad Of dapper
handles who do nothing but check
up on the scores of tawdry dance
halls advertising beautiful host
esses."
They have found that most such
places are controlled from the un-
derworld. and that many Of the
hostesses. working under assumed
names, are no better than they
should be. The girls conduct, potn
on the dance floors and In the
darkened booths, where they as
siduously try to lure their patrons,
are fiagrantly immoral. Hundreos
who once were clean young aspir-
ants for Broadway stage careers,
have sunk into the sordid oblivion
of dime-a-dance dives. Such es-
Establishments are little more than
"clip joints where unwilling males
find themselves taxed IS or more an
hour.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Here, There And Everywhere

the past have contributed enorm-
ously to the destruction of charm
and the wastage of scenery. There
Is no excuse for it. Proper Plan
ming, without obstructing necessary
progress. Hitherto the emphasis
has been entirely on the progress
and not at all on the planning. In
the future 1t Is to be hoped that
the influence OF the Fairfield Coun-
ty Planning association and sim
liar organizations will prevent such
irreparable plumbers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
GRIFFINHAGEN DEPART
81 New Britain Herald)

In the last seven years the &C
counting firm OF Griffenhagen and
associates has been paid approxi-
mately $225.000 by the state Tor
preparing financial documents, In
Guiding budgets, and In order to
take care Of the business had an
ONCE in Hartford.
Much criticism resulted. especi-
ally from Connecticut accountants
who saw no sense In having an
outside Arm attend to work which
state ofIlcials we're supposed to DC
or have done. Even the board Of
finance and control WAS q stead5
customer of the Grifrenhasen peo'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Saw U. S. Being "Jobbcd"

Saw U. S. Being "Jobbcd"
The most logical explanation of
Roosevclt's so-called about-face
against currency sterilization to
como from any informed source Is
that the president came to the con-
clusion that this country was about
to. be "jobbed."
He had realized the possibility of
conflict between his domestic pro-
gram and international co-opera-
ton all along. But he felt that
agreements might be reached which
would be fair all around.
Then came concerted European
attempt to make us consider the
war debts at London which we
had refused to do. That didn't en-
courage Roosevch's hopes, but he
still looked toward an agreement
based on current price levels and
domestic purchasing powers OF, ma
lions plus other economic agree
ments.
When he realized that France
and other nations were insistent on
type of sterilization sure to re-
act against our own rising prices
he quickly called the turn.
Import Quota Fight Due ri
II the conference gets that far
you can expect hot and extremely
complicated fight over import
quotas.
When q country erects that type
of O trade barrier 1t theoretically
limits imports from each export
ing country to an identic percent
age of previous import volume.
But there orc innumerable tricks
used to discriminate against an tn
.dividual exporting nation = otter
the United States-and we want Il
end those practices.
DOWNRIGHT. 1888, NEA Service, Inc
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Not Too Forward

Most Of them are like that, but
not all. Broadway's Roseland. for
instance, Is a startling exception
a stronghold for propriety, q prim.
rose path to mass production OF
make-believe romance. Three thou
sand people can, and often do.
prance about its huge floor and sit
at tables on its Cutlery. nnirroed
terraces.
Hostesses don't launch them
selves at the neck of each incom-
ing male. They sit by themselves
in one corner of the main lounge,
looking as impersonal as SO many
evening-gowned window dummies
Resolutely they endure the selec-
tive stares of the men patrons;
smilingly the acknowledge the
formal introductions managed by
their head hostess; patiently they
accompany their strange partners
to the ordeal of the dance.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

pie, who made some of the state
officials look like mere messenger
boys.
Now this Is ended. Governor
Cross scheme to revamp the states
official family-the reorganization
of departments---has succeeded In
putting the work done by the Crit
fenhagen boys upon the shoulders
Of state officials who are paid for
such work.
Official efficiency which depend
ed upon the hiring of out-of-state
experts Is gone. and the state off,
Gals themselves will have to be
the efficient persons. They'll make
the grade or out they'll go.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
(Thc Waterbury Democrat WASH
inrtOn COrrcSDOnGcnt)

Waslington-Roos believed
the French bluff could be called at
the London economic conference.
And he proved to be right.
The presidents serene confidence
that the conference would go on
manifested at a moment when the
whole world seemed to believe 1t
was as good as adjourned--amazed
most of us.
But he was betting on the belief
that France wouldn't dare force a
breakup. A rather prevalent atti-
tude among our officials Is that the
French can be depended on to
agree to anything which gives
them the big end of the deal and
to disagree with us on almost any
thing else.
France, leader and keystone of
the gold bloc, wanted the dollar
pegged In order to avoid imitation
of the franc, expansion of Ameri-
can commerce at the expense of
gold countries and loss of French
prestige through possible failure
to stay on the gold basis.
World Sympathy With U. S.
obviously, the French position
after Roosevelt declared against
their brand of sterilization was
either a bluff or meant they would
quit. Roosevelt and his advisers
decided it was bluff, after asking
themselves what France could gain
by walking out arm in arm with
tho rest of the gold bloc.
She would be lining up. econom-
ically with the small nations OF
Europe-probably plus Germany
and Italy. her two political enemies.
The British empire-with England
unready to stabilize the pound and
unwilling to lose her large Ameri-
can trade, as well as dominion
sympathy with the American policy
would be with us. So would most
of the rest of the world outside
continental Europe.
That may yet happen; the con-
ference may yet collapse. But the
fact remains that France has taken
her first licking from us at q post
war international conference. NO
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Rendezvous of Romance

Real romance comes to Rose
land sometimes. There are at least
O. dozen marriages q year among
the hostesses, and now and then a
real Cinderella match. One little
blonde married motor magnate;
Gloria Gould wed q financier, Arch
ibald r. Graustein, president OF
the International Paper and Power
company, found a bride here IN
1929-Miss Claire Patton, of Ell
Paso, Texas. Another hostess, Ro-
maine Fleming, married brokers'
son.
Ruby Keller once was a Rose
land dancing partner. and 1t was
here that she began attracting at
tention with her tap steps. It's said
that Lily Damita used to do femi-
nine Haroun Al-Rashid, coming In
alone and unrecogniZed to frolic
with the crowd. George Raft won a
solo dance contest in this hall In
the days before he achieved star
dom. Ethel Barrymorc's son, John
Drew Colt, has been seen in the
stag line. And Prince Suksvasti OF
Siam danced often with certain
Roseland charmer before disap-
proving word was cabled from
Bangkok.
All manner Of stories circulate
about the antics of wealthy Foxy
Grandpas who patronize the place.
Even now there's an oldster who
comes in nearly every Tuesday
night, gathers ten giggling host
esses about him, dances a few
minutes with each one, passes out
ten $40 bills, and takes his digni-
fed departure. a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, NJ. d.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or
treatment. will be answered nv DR. Rratiy
Address him. care OF the Democrat scptiims
stamp md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

Considering what the Japs have accom-
plshed in those military practice games in
China. what would they do if they ever
started fghting'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

High tide at Milford, Saturday, July 5
7:l4 a. m, daylight time low tide
100 p. M. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

in duty bound to follow the laws of their
respective communities. If the laws are at
fault then they must be corrected. If the
Official is at fault he must be removed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

scientist explains the phenomenon of
sleep as caused by "hypnotoxin' in the
brain. All right. And now will he explain
the hypnotoxin?.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14
Gigolos in Minority

Times being what they are, the
hostess business no longer Is scorn-
ed by out-of-work show girls. For
hostesses average about $S5 a
week, which Is more than the wage
of many a terpsichorine. There
are gigolos at Roseland. too, but a
melancholy minority.
American women aren't yet
reconciled to the idea of hiring
male partners, explained Ralph
de villa, boss gigolo. But We
manage to do quite well at the
matinee tea dance"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than
854 daylight time, tonight.
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Our Daily Washington Letter
Roosevelt Calls Frances Bluff At Conference
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

wonder NJ. Andre Tardieu rcfcrs to
us, In effect, as ''impudent up
starts"
The Washington times., 1933-03-16
Rentals
Unfurnished Rooms

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and electricity included AD 1881