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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

practical;
 shall roll up my sleeves
 make America over!"
 BIG VICTORY
 Knoxville's two-to-one vote approving a $3,225,000 bond is- sue for the erection of @ municipal power distributing system was more than a local victory. It was also an ur- gently needed boost for the Tennessee valley authority. Sem ator Norris had planned the dis tribution of cheap Muscle Shoals power throughout the south, but the IVA found that private pow CT companies had blocked dis tributton lines. ... Had the Knoxville vote gone against the municipal project it was likely that. the IVA power program might have been curtailed. Since March Postmaster Gen. eral Jim Farley has pared air. mail contracts from $20,000,000 to $14,00O,00 Jim's great ambition is to put his depart ment on a self-sustaining basis. In it's entire history the postal
  times finished a year out of the two weeks absence in Warm Springs was used to retint and refurnish the lobby and ante
 The boys in the breadlines are going to feel like doughboys where bully beef is concerned. The federal emergency relief ad- ministration has just bought 25,- 100000 pounds of it for distribu- ton. The Daily Worker, official organ of the American communist party, did not print a line about the banquet tender ed Commissar Maxim LitvinOR in New York city by big business leaders on the eve of his depart ure for Russia.
 RRY-GO-ROUND
 Author of the new plan for enforcing MIRA codes is Lieuten- ant Kilbourne (Pat) Johnson, son of the recovery adminis- trator. Like his father, a West Pointer and lawyer, young Johnson was loaned" to the MIRA by the war department, has been working in its legal division since. Acting Secretary Morgenthau's favorite desk decoration is red roses in a jet-black vase. During his press conferences the new treas- ury chief paces restlessly back and forth alongside his desk. According to the interior de- partment, "acts of God' caused more fires in national parks this past season than did careless smokers, heretofore the greatest offenders. Comptroller of the Currency "Jafty" O'Connor took no chances when it came to examining banks of California, his home state, for admittance to the deposit guarantee sys- tenn. For this job he named Henry N. Thompson, manager of the Los Angeles clearing house association, rated one of the abl- est bank examiners on the Pacific coast.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
hootg Wide of His Mark in Attack on naton Claims Writer

we are allowed to have In circula- ton 1O% billion currency dollars and 5l billion credit dollars.
 Therefore on the strict gold standard anything beyond this ratio is Hnfiation.'
 But what have we got? Accord ing to the available statistics we have about 5h billion currency dollars in circulation Ca to 1 ratio with gold) and 23h billion credit dollars Ga 55 to ratio with gold). So on the gold standard we have 'defiation' in currency and an 'infiation' in credit. During the peak of credit imitation we had outstanding 470 billion credit dol lars Gan IF to 1 ratio with gold). So the situation is we are starved for Currency and the credit dollars are being pulled in to get us back to the so-called gold standard.
 Imitation then was caused by the advocates of the gold standard myth and when Theodore, Jr. shouts imitation at those who want the revaluation of the gold ounce (not gold dollar) or who want silver remonetized. (silver has been used as money for over 5000 years) he is either ignorant on economies or else his views are circumscribed by his associations. ,.
 I wonder if Theodore. Jr. has any idea how many pensions were cut off by the government and pri- yate institutions of all kinds as the result of the depression. wonder if he has any statistics on how r,anv Jifn insnranra naiicias lansed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

or were lost. He cites the amount of savings that would be affected. I wonder if she knows how many savings accounts have been wiped out. I wonder if he knows how many farms and homes and busi- nesses have been lost. Also I won- der if he read the report of the survey made by The National Wo-' mems committee of the 1893 Mo- bilization of Human Needs,' which organization interviewed the lead- ing employers of the country. Their report is pathetic. It discloses what the last four years have done to millions of American citizens.
 wonder if Theodore, Jr. realizes that his cousin Franklin J. saved the banks the day he, took office and thus preserved from further losses the savings of the people and does he think his cousin, the President, is out to ruin the widows and orphans. A
 The advocates of the gold stand ard themselves have made so many widows and orphans by their method of imitation that one won- ders how any one can defend them unless he be fool, or knave, or just plain ignorant. Theodore, Jr. says. The American Federation of Labor and the American Legion are opposing 'infiation'. Mathew Doll is not the American Fedora ton of Labor and neither Is past commander of the Legion. The American Legion. Their meeting was a flop.
 ComA on Thaodora. IF. snan out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

budget makers are planning a margin of SS14,000 between estimated receipts and expenditures. We don't doubt but what there will be many anxious to pick to pieces the Hayes administration plans, but the majority of citizens will be more than glad to accept them in the spirit off, fered. More consideration for the men and women who carry our civic problems is the order of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
These Murderers Escaped Remorse

Reading a book of stories by Somerset Vaughan is rather like sitting on a club veranda in Singa- pore and listening to some worldly wise, cultured, and gently cynical story-teller spin tales about the white men who spent their lives in the Far East. ooh, well, I've never done it, but I imagine that it is.)
 MT Maugham's newest book, "Ah King" is collection of six stories, and in them MT Vaughan is his pleasing self-urbane, tolerant, ut terly unconserned with anything in the nature of moral lesson, de- voted solely to the telling of an entertaining yarn.
 He has, for instance, one story about woman and her lover who club together to kill the woman's s husband-and who, getting away with it unsuspected, seem to es- cape remorse completely, marry each other and live out their lives in unworried peace and happiness.
 To cap this there's a rollicking tale of drunken beachcomber who married a gaunt female mis- sionary-married her in spite of himself, so to speak, and all be- cause he failed to make crimin- all assault on her person, as she ex- pected him to do, one night when shipwreck cast them away on a lonely island together.
 Then there's a story of a betray- ed husband who comes to under stand that his betrayal is, after all, unimportant, and that, instead of being the heavy English male, he just as well might go on serene ly as if nothing had happened. And so on. After finishing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

It is estimated that Connecticut will soon employ 500 men on project that has the blessing of every citizen: Its aim is the eradication of the mosquito. These men won't be equipped with fly swatters with which to kill the disease carriers. Nor will they work only in the summer time when the mosquito gets in his deadly work. They will seek him or her (it's the female that is the most deadly of this species, tool in breeding spots and by getting rid of the native homes thus pre- vent the propagation of the mosquito race "a worthwhile task considered from all angles This work is to be done under federal funds and will be directed by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. The state mas done much work along these lines in the past few years, but has continually been handicapped by lack of sufficient funds with which to hire men and to provide proper equipment. The present program includes digging ditches through salt marshes along the shore line and also in fresh water breed ing localities. Towns desiring aid in elim- mating the mosquito nuisance should ap- ply for it now that it can be promptly se- cured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr, Sho
Waterbury, Conn. Dec. 2. 1893.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Imitation is legalized confisca- ton" warns Theodore Roosevelt How unlike his illustrious father Teddy-who wielded the Big Stick on Wall street.
 Before going any further let us define this word infiation,' as it relates to money. The gold stand- ard on which Theodore, Jr. takes his stand--has this relation, viz: 2k currency dollars and 12 credit dollars to 1 gold dollar.
 $1 of gold is allowed to have 2h currency dollars-on the basis that only two out of every five persons will demand gold at the same time. Or to state it in a larger sense- all men are not all trading at the same time,
 $1 of gold is allowed to have 12 credit dollars-on the basis that an individual or group of indivi- duals can obtain a mortgage or borrow against future average net income (savings or earnings) with the reasonable assurance that they can repay the loan with interest during the life time. Example-if an individual can earn or save $500 a year over and above his needs he could borrow 12 times that amount or $6,000--by paying back $500 each year--it would take ap- proximately 20 years to repay. the loan-principal and interest.
 The gold holdings in the Unit eA ctotas erNunt .to AZ hiiisnn--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

William D. Bingham of Newark, N. J. is a good sport. He proved it quite con-, clusively last week while touring our Connecticut highways. He was proceed ing at merry clip along the Boston Post road when he heard the hum of an ap- preaching motor. Not desiring to be passed without a struggle to see which machine was superior Bingham pushed down on the accelerator. It was nip-and tuck for some few miles with a much aroused motor cop some distance in the rear Traffic lights finally enabled the minion of the law to haul down both speeding cars. MT Bingham paid up his bond and also his companions when the latter showed some embarrassment and confessed he didn't have the necessary cash on his person. Tt was my fault" he claimed 'I egged him into the race" There speaks a gentleman and mans man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
Know Your Waterbury Its History Facts and General Information
HISTORY

To definitely establish the origin al territory of what is now Water bury, the boundaries of the original Mattatuck and the Indian titles to same define somewhat and esti- mate the original Waterbury de- velopment. Certain settlements and agreements were made with the Tunckses Indians in the early settlement days, one in 164O, one in 1850 in regard to Farm ington. It was in August 1874 than fourteen Indians conveyed the parcel of land at Mattatuck.
 Boundary committees met regu- 1arly through the ensuing few years, in 1878, in 1879, in 1880 ir the matter of distances between Derby, Woodbury, Mattatuck, Po- totock (Southbury) and Wyante- muck. The Derby and Mattatuck agreement was sanctioned in 1880. Waterbury's patent of 1886, 8 cir cular map of the township, was sketched from Malma1ick Hill southwest of Town Plot. Matta- tuck actually passed out of exist ence in 1686 and the Waterbury charter came the following Febru- ary. The original charter was not valid one, so in 1720, new one was drawn up to be signed and sealed by the governor and secre- tary, since the patent" was un- signed. The Charter Oak legend, tradition or historical fact as the case may be, dates to this time when the towns original patent unsigned by the governor, and being in Hartford at the time, it was sent for by the secretary who informed the governor and court that he had the charter, and showed it to the court; and the governor bid him put it into the box again and lay it on the table, and leave the key in the box, which he did forthwith" This
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Mayor-eect Beach of Hartford is starting his administration with all sorts of fine resolutions. One that brought him considerable publicity was his avowed in- tention not to attend any social functions during his administration. If it is neces- sary for city officials to attend various affairs in official capacity it will be others than the mayor, so his office announces. It may be recalled that former mayor Newton c. Brainard tried this scheme, too. We don't know what success he had, but we're inclined to think that it may be more of worry to the chief executive than if he limited himself to a definite number per week or month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.-Six-day bicycle rac- CTS live longer than you'd think. Longer than you'd guess, at least' while watching one or them wabble into a nose-dive and then 20 head over-handlebars into the splinters or the spinning sprockets of the other riders. They can take it. though; the track physician stitches them up and they go on. By the end of the long ride to mo- where most of the wounds are healed and some of the contestants have gained a few pounds in weight.
 Take Reggie McNamara, who at the age of 46 is spryly riding ms seth grind in Madison Square Gar den. The 'Iron Man" has been in- jured more than any other athlete in the world; has had a fractured skull, a broken nose, broken leg' collar bones fractured eleven times, ribs three times, his Jaw once, ana carries the scars of thousandS or stitches. While collecting these trophies of the perilous sprint ana jam, he has won 16 six-day races and finished in the money III 3S others. Says it's great lire, anu that he hasn't begun to weaken.
 Few of the racers make much money, for although the fans fa- vorites are paid up to $500 a day they have to hire their own train CTS and mechanics and buy their own bicycles and tires. McNamara in his best years cleared about $1O,OOO annually. Lesser athletes try to make extra money from the special sprint prizes offered by wealthy people who wander in late for a bit of excitement.
 A series of sprints are held
 from 3 to o'clock every
 morning, that being the best
 time to catch the playboys and
 girls from the night clubs.
 He Rules the Riders
 Two former riders who make real money are John M. Chap man, promoter and absolute czar of the bike grind, and Frank l.. Kramer, who referees all the races. Chapman quit riding in the 'nineties to promote races in Salt 1lhc Sllys III th0oO NeNSS - ~-A~N-- rode until he fell exhausted and went on when he was able, Now, of course, two-man teams are en- tered, and individuals sometimes get as much as two and q half hours sleep at stretch.
 Chapman is so secure in his dictatorship that he even has ad- mitted that the six-day races are spectacles rather than contests. The reason for this is that he ar bitrarily pairs the riders, strong with weak, to prevent some power- full combination from snatching all the honors. He also can disqualify a contestant with wave of his arm. And there is no recourse. Kramer, the referee, was an amateur rider for four years and a professional for 23. Beginning in 1910, he won the sprint champion ship eighteen times, Retiring un- defeated, he became chairman of the committee on rules, and to this day there are few people who even pretend to understand the scoring system; nor do they know who keeps count, if any, of the mad gyrations of each team around the saucer. Sports experts have call culated that at least a dozen as- sistant referees would be required to keep an accurate check. Such scepticism doesn't bother Messrs Chapman and Kramer bit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

constitutes what is on record con- cerning this charter, and Dr Ben- jamjn Trumbull, Gershom Bulkley and what has come to light through tradition are the sources of the story of the Charter Oak and the story of the charter left in the box with the key in the lock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
BRASS CITY FACTS

The first Ingersoll watch was made by the Waterbury Clock company and was sold under the name of Duke" It's name was later changed to Ingersoll and then exclusively merchandised by the R. II. Ingersoil and Bros.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

them you find these stories are less than you had thought while you were reading them. But they are excellent entertainment.
 Published by, Doubleday-Doran the book costs $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

get formation by writing t Frederick s Kerby &ueo" Editor The n 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Q. How much of the finished steel products of the United States are used in agriculture?
 A. The proportion in 1881 was 3.6 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

about little loan?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Putt Amendment to be Killed # Cuba Forms Stable Gov- ernnent; COzens Out to "Get" Ear Bottle Morgenthous Special Ade It's the Republicans This Time Who're Gun ming Ta1 RebGtes; Knorviue Municipal PoWer Vote SaUes Tennessee VGLey Progran
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

In 1893 there were only eight paid men in the Waterbury fire department. The remainder of the 267 officers and men of the seven companies were volunteers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

In 1784 the law convicted a man for prophaning the Sabbath, pun- ishable by public whipping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

The population of Waterbury in 1900 was 3,256 or what included original Waterbury with nearby towns, 1000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

The way to treat your critics, says Senator Huey Long in his Autobiography, is "When they say damn, you say double damn" And then, we s'pose, the next thing is sock in the eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4 sA tn-ni0ht-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
IaEaNattn

General Lafayette passed through Waterbury at least once perhaps more than once during the Revolutionary war, lodging at one time at the house of Captain Isaac Bronson who then kept a tavern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Waterbury's City Hall on West Main street was destroyed by fire on the night of April 22, 1912.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

St Johns church was dedicated under it's present name, November 1, 1797, and consecrated by Bishop Jarvis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

M. R. Folwer Burton, who died recently in Stoke, England, left over $90D,000 and no will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

out of it. You come from great American family, let's pull for all America not for just a priviledged few. Just remember that all the things that happened to us have occurred while we were on the so- called gold standard Do not con- demn yourself with your own words, imitation is legalized con- fiscation."
 (Signed)
 LIVE and LET LIVE"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
IN TO.-DAY'S MAIL

opinions to the o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Q. Who discovered the circu- lation of the blood?
 A. William Harvey. an Eng fish physician.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

o. Are mules sterile?
 A.They are hybrids between the horse and ass families, and are wholly sterile both with other mules and with either parent spe- cies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

If you want a copy of our bul- letin AQUARIUM FISHES, write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

o. What proportion of the weight of the human body is blood?
 A. About one-twentieth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

Q. How long is the tidaN shore line of California?
 A. Including islands 1t is 1,555 statute miles; and for the main- land it is l .264 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
. By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Washngton -Ilonnd' MeFry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
THE EDITOR.

III MOHlTcdl.
 A. Wesley Frost, Consul Gen. eral and George D. Hopper. James H. Keeley, Jr, and William R.. Langdon, Consuls.
 $--
 Q. How old is Adolphe Men jou?
 A. Ise was born February 1O, 1890.
 o. Which is the oldest breed of domestic dogs?
 A. Possibly the collie, whose origin goes back to the very be- ginning of mans acquaintance with domesticated breeds of dogs. Some authorities believe it to be the very oldest breed of all be- cause they greatly resemble the historic wild dog in general con- formation and cunning, and be- cause all herding dogs appear to have a common ancestry. However, there is no authentic information on the subject.
 o. How long is the tidaN shore
Twin-City herald., 1933-12-02
1T AMT THE GIFT

at amt the gift feller gifts,
1t amt the shape ner size,
That sets the heart to beatin' an
Tuts sunshine in the eyes.
'It amt the value of the thing,
Her how it's wrapped ner tied;
It's something else aside from this
That makes you glad inside
''It's KNOWN that it represents
A love both deep an true
That someone carries in the heart
An wants to slip to you.
"It's KNOWN that they love you,
An they tell you in this way,
Jest sort O. actin out the things
They really long to say.
5w3
$50 it amt the gift feller gifts,
Ner how it's wrapped ner tied;
It's KNOWN that folks love you
That makes you glad inside"
Southern Ruralist.
Twin-City herald., 1933-12-02
A VERY GOOD MOVE

The fight of interested South Side citizens led by Rev. James and
City Herald recreaiona opportunities the youth Of
the youth that section the city will have opportunity practice for
the Central High School This will obviate the
the district
Wheay House for their The made possible
and Miss W. Phyllis
The the added should greatly
the added and those who bear hundredd
benefits supervised for youths who had do
Twin-City herald., 1933-12-02

All Of the agitation this latest breakdown Of
civilized fabric leads seriously believe that the crime Of ynng will
be stamped out America until there white victims Of
ynhng AS remains the chief victim lynchng the
of America will remain dormant Usually when the shoe begins
to pinch the other foot, action begins.
with Governor Rophs avowal that California the
Sunday nchng will biggest
Judge which this
time.
Twin-City herald., 1933-12-02

Mrs. Beatrice Terry of 1st Ave. S.
was hostess to the Maids and Ma
irons club Wednesday at her home.
Twin-City herald., 1933-12-02

LYNCHTNG FINALLY ATTRACTS NOTICE
mighty righteousness around the world the daily
early exhibition
savage ynchng fowbeng
California hardly
country especially published
deplore barb
mobs
nching H.
ynchng petuated during
which usually furnishes lynche
daily press
and leaders in pulpit andp platform stand aghast
editorial being excoriag mob violence because of
year discussing
similar happened
lynchng years
that member
of the press outrage received
that chief executive
governors private taciy
public
much the responsibility ynchng
of ynhng of
subtle treatment nchngs ete
tended the
confessed bonafde Such studdy biased
justified thousands
Press releases of both the Associated
retaed such always shaded
readers mind of the guilt of the mob
been guilty of nctng mobs blood
law into their hands The
copacent with xcpons
they did with compromising
their JOURNAL at this
late date attempted ondone the Sunday
at least portion of it, laid directly
daily
Negroes life without due of law would
other mems lives under the conditions.
consrue
that condone ynhng The taking in
supposedly civilized country by other than the regularly
enforcement naturally repeene
When Negro leaders
allowed feed freely the lives Negroes would
the country they laughed aside Now that
national figure with which
of the daily ghteou
attempt "to lock the barn after the horse is stolen"
The Washington times., 1933-04-27

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The Washington times., 1933-04-27
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