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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

Today's hand was played by one of tho old-timers in the west-E. J. Tobin of Chicago, honorary mem- Der of the Americat Bridge League and member of the club which pre- sented the national open contract team-of-four trophy to the Amer- lean Bridge League, as well as a member of the team representing this club. which won the trophy the first time 1t was put iA compe- tition in Chicago in 1929.
 West opened the i've of spades, which East won with the ace, rec turning the queen of spades. To. bin. in the South. went right in with the king. returned q small club and finessed the jack.
 Declarer then started the dia- mond suit by leading tho queen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

Mir and Mrs Wallace E. Mayo of Woodlawn terrace have as, their house guest, Miss Mary Louise King of Somerville, Mass.
 John P. Elton and daughter, Miss Charlotte Elton of Church street are at St Augustine, Fla, where they have been registered at the Ponce de Leon.
 MT and Mrs Harry Kerwin and John Kerwin of New Rochelle, N. Y, have been the guests of MT and Mrs James l.. Moore of South Leonard street.
 Oliver Gildersleeve of Portland a Loomis student, has been a house guest of Miss Amy Butler, daughter of Mrs Joel I. Butler of Buckingham street.
 MT and Mrs Ava l.. Street of Robbins street are sojourning in Miami, Fla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
|ALunanGe To Hold
 Supper Meeting
NOtre Dame Graduates VIII Gather At The Hotel Elton
 On Wednesday, Feb 7th

A supper meeting will be en- joyed by the members of the N0fre Dame Alumnae association at the Colonial room of the Hotel Elton on wednesday evening, February Eth, at 6:3 0o'clock. The group enjoys a get together each year and it is expected that a large number will be in attendance at this years event. Plans for the future activities of the association will be discussed.
 Miss Ann Devereaux is chairman of the committee in charge of the arrangements and is being assisted by Mrs F. P. McEvoy, Mrs Thomas Nolan, Mrs Martin Bergin. and Misses Mary M. A. Bennett, Anne Phelan, Anne Sweeney, Marie Hor- rigan, Maureen Slavin, Catherine Lahey. Eileen Egan and Mary Phelan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

The large increase in registration and the keeping within the budget were the two main achievements of 1893, it was reported at last nights meeting of the Waterbury Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the Green Lantern Grill. Martin l.. Martus and the other present officers were all reelected, as pre- dicted in the Democrat yesterday.
 More than 80 scout leaders were in attendance at the meeting and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
SpeeduveH Lodge To
 Hold Installation

Deputy Chancellor Commander Arnold Cook and his staff of Wa tertown. will install the officers of Speedwell lodge, Knights of Pyth- jas at K. of P. hall next Friday night, it was announced at last nights meeting. Fred Schwartz, chancellor commander, presided. Refreshments will be served after the installation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
SOLUTION TO PREVIOUS CONTRACT PROBLEM

Annual national championship tournament of the American Bridge League. played in Cincin- nati early in December, produced some new national contract title holders.
 Championships at contract in the past have been won mostly by east ern players. but when the tourna- ment was brought to the middle west, and the better western play CTS were able to participate, they showed thir ability by carrying off thir share of the honors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
Plainuille Teachers
 Plan Dinner Dance

The Teachers Club of P1ainville will sponsor a dinner dance at Wa verly Inn in Cheshire on Friday evening, February 2nd. Miss Mary Agnes Corden of Wall street is chairman of the committee arrang- ing for the dance Miss Mae Reilly of Balwdin street is also a local member of the committee and they are being assisted by many other members of the faculty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
Miles "A Martin VIII
 Glue Organ Recital

An organ recital will be given at St. Johns church on Monday evening, January 18th at 8:30 o. clock by Miles "A Martin assisted by Joseph DeVito, violinist and Doris P. Sweet, soprano. The pro- gram will include numbers by Bach Dupre, Karg- Elert, Lalo, Franck and Martin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 BY VIM. B. MCKINNEY nR he American Rrfdue Ieagua
BY VIM. E. McKEl
of the American Bride

Route Strong DefenceExper By Brilliant Playing, Makes Three No Trump Contract With Choice
 Cards Opposing Him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
o. 7. Club Elects
 Slate of Officers

John Costello was elected pres- ident of the Q. T.s Club of the Central YMCA at a meeting Thurs day evening. Victor Kearns was chosen vice-president, Thomas Brown, secretary and William Cote treasurer. ta'
 Three committee chairmen were also elected. Edward Doll was the unanimous choice for chairman of the Social Committee, Martin Gal win was chosen chairman of the Program Committed.
 Members present at the meeting were: Walter Amatruda, Thomas Brown, John Costello, Wilfred Cote Edward Doll, Martin Calvin, Vic tor Kearns, George Partiss, Leslie Partiss, and Elmer Woodruff.
 George Partiss was accepted into the club as new member.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
Club Activities

includes Mrs William V. Dickinson, Mrs Robert Bulk, Mrs Dwight Seaver and Mrs Hugh Sutherland. The next meeting of the circle which occurs on February IA will take the form of Valentine so- cial and will be held at the home of the pastor, Rev William V. Dickinson and Mrs Dickinson. The committee in charge includes Mrs David Wood, Mrs w. V. Dickinson and Mrs Dwight Seaver. Follow ing the business of the meeting refreshments were served and q social hour enjoyd. Among those attending were Mrs Clayton Brown, Mrs Hugh Sutherland, Mrs George Cohdit, Mrs Clayton Brown and daughter Gladys Brown, Mrs Alta Jones, Mrs David Wood Mrs Harry Groat, Mrs Dwight Seaver, Mrs Laura Westover, Mrs Wales Porter Mrs Mary Fudge, Mrs Rob- ert Bulk, Mrs Mray Becker and Mrs Plant.
 Cards were played at an infor- { nal social held last night at the Business and Professional Wo- mems club.
 A class, "Romanticism and Re- alism in Literature" has been or- ganized by the club and will meet on alternate Thursday evenings be- ginning the 18th. It will be taught by Charles E. Bogaert, graduate of Crosby and Harvard, and who has studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. The class will take the place of the discussion groups held during the past few months. A card party will be held Thursday, the 18th, for members and friends. Refreshments will be served and there will be priZs.
 F. H. Mcclure of the Chase Metal Works told of the influence of beverages on electro plating ma terials at the meeting of the Wa terbury Electro Platers society last night in Engineers hall. He ex- plained the results of research on the actions of the various bever- ages upon plated metals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13
Girls Club Pageant
 Plans Are Arranged

Plans are underway for the pres- entation of q pageant by the ath- letic association of the Waterbury Girls club. This event will take the place of the annual frolic. No date for the presentation has been set as ct. Mrs c. Butler Sherwell will write and direct the pageant, which will trace the history of the club. A basketball game and dance will be held in the Boys club gymnasium on February 1st. owing to a misprint in yester- days edition the name of Dr Theodore F. Bevans was incor- rect in the announcement of the officers of the Waterbury Medical Association. Dr Bevans was elect ed to the office of president.
 Mrs Howard Lang of Meriden road entertained her bridge club on Tuesday evening. High score was made by Mrs William Ward and Mrs Emil Sporbert. Those attend ing were: Mrs William Ward, Mrs William Reed. Mrs Harold Cole man, Mrs Emil Sporbert, Mrs H. IkdHE anu uISSCo <AASS ASJoL NhA Doris Mcclure.
 Mrs Wilbur Messenger of Rob- bins street entertained the mem bers of her 500 club at her home yesterday. Those attending were Mrs G. Middleton Parsons, Mrs Charles Probst, Mrs William Sig nor, Mrs Charles Swick, Mrs Robert Heseltin'e, Mrs Louis Schmidt and Mrs Joseph D. Fitz- patrick.
 Preliminary arrangements for the attendance at the state conven- ton April II were made at the meeting of the Sheridan lodge, New England Order Of Protection last night in Mechanics hall. Mrs M. J. Pagan presided.
 A civil service examination for bookkeeping machine operator was taken by a single candidate at the Post Office this mroning. The test was in charge of Edgar D. Dwyer, secretary of the local civil service commission.
 Mrs Edward B. McElligott of Holmes avenue will be hostess for a meeting of the Waterbury branch of the A. A. U. W. this afternoon at o'clock. Assisting her as hostess will be Mrs Gilbert Kilduff, Mrs Claude Vollmayer, Misses Anne Devereaux and Ros- etta O'Brien. John T. Reardon of Taft school will be the speaker and will have for his subject. "Principles of Modern Social Movements and Recent Legisla. tion." &
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

Rev Dr w. l.. Pettingill, former dean of the Philadelphia school of the Bible, is the guest today of the members of the First Baptist church. He was entertained this afternoon at the home of Mrs Lu- zerne B. Camp of Chestnut ave- nut. Tonight at 7:30 o'clock he will speak at the church. He is widely Fundamentalism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

Mrs Theodore Webersinn of
 Johnson street was hostess at 8 tea given at her home yesterday afternoon. Her guests included
 Mrs Frank Warner, Mrs Donald
 Fenn, Mrs Richard Wood, Mrs
 Ernest Coyle, Mrs Albert N. Col grove, Mrs Charles Mosgrove,
 Miss Charlotte Merchant, Mrs
 Frank Rogers, Mrs Charles Cas- trop and Mrs George Towles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

Preliminary arrangements for the attendance at the state conven- ton April II were made at the meeting of the Sheridan lodge, New England Order of Protection last night in Mechanics hall. Mrs M J. Pagan presided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

A civil service examination for bookkeeping machine operator was taken by g. single candidate at the Post Office this mroning. The test was in charge of Edgar D. Dwyer, secretary of the local civil service commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-13

owing to a misprint in yester- days edition the name of Dr Theodore F. Bevans was incor- rect in the announcement of the officers of the Waterbury Medical Association. Dr Bevans was elect ed to the office of president.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30
The Real Meat Of The Situation

Glancing through summary of the report of the Special Tax Commission we chanced on this bit of advice. Although the Commission appreciates the difficul- ties of reducing and controlling expendl- lures in democratic governments, 1t IS convinced that these difficulties must be overcome if there is to be substantial and permanent relief from the burden of state and local taxation It is self-evident that governmental spending in excess of ln- come and at rate of increase more rapid than that of the growth of the wealth and income of the citizens of the state means a continued increase in tax burdens and, evntually, the decline in standards or living. -"
 How true every word of this statement is. And how often in the last few years, when tax surveys were being discussed and as regularly turned down by repub- lican legislatures as quite unnecessary, have we laid the blame on the fact that we were not living within our income. state or any of it's political subdivisions is really no different than an individual ,or corporation. It can spend just so much depending on the amount of revenue coming in. When it begins to injure it's credit by bonding itself too heavily or ,counting too strongly on the income of the future the machinery clogs and works 'unevenly.
 We are firmly convinced that not only lConnecticut but all of our states, if they haven't already done so, must call halt .on the needless services being performed today that they actually could do without. .Governor Cross evidently had this same thought in mind last week when he ad- 'dressed the New England Council in Bos- ton. He advised the elimination of services ,that are no longer absolutely necessary Wed go even farther than that and urge !the elimination of services that are mere .extravagance.
 ! Call it moratorium or even make 1t ::permanent policy of the state, but by all means let us cut the cost of government, .state, county, and local Fortunately the tax survey commission gives us many ,ways in which this can be done efficiently ways that few citizens could have dis ..covered without taking the elaborate pains that the commission did to study the sit suatiSn. Other than that there is such sthing as willingly undergoing few hard .ships, and we actually doubt if they need Ito be called hardships, for the sake of re- .ducing the cost of living through an even distribution of the tax burden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30
Right And Wrong Names

The first demand of the Chinese sage ~Confucius, when he set about to teach h,s -people the best way of life, was for "rectl- sfication of names" He had observed that etoo many things were called by wrong -names, thereby causing confusion or .thought and actions An American news ..paper writer, William F. McDermott, ~seems to have developed the same notion ~about present-d American life. He got Hhe idea from deceptive label on bottle ~of gin, and then proceeded to philosophlze .as follows: ' Our American labels for political sgroups and other organizations are curl ~ously inaccurate. Thus the American I.iberty League, he maintains, "has noth- Ting to do with liberty as that word is or ~dinarily understood" being conservative ..instead of liberal or radical. The repub- @lican party, he says, is no more republican ~than the democratic party is; both are @committed to democratic principles, and -s'the labels in each case are vague and .meaningless."
 @ Further, he finds that the W.C.T.U., .while protesting temperance" really -stands for total abstinence. Upton Sln- sclair, campaigning on a .Soclalistlc pro ~gran, ran as a democrat. Senator La ~Follette, he says, is really moderate wSocialist," and Senator Glass is a Tory EIn France, Huey Long would be Com ~munist and Senator Fess Bourbon Roy <alist. And so on. It's an interesting. game, ~this rectifying names, and anybody eau ,-play it for himself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30

were. to urge 8 price-fixing agreement and to put himself . forward as head of the petroleum board.
 Ickes, however, was already head of the petroleum board, and Jimmy went back to private business.
 Returning as federal housing administrator, Jimmy has won the reputation of being the New Deals gift to real estate opera tors.
 THE RUB
 A provision exists in his bill whereby he could in for low cost housing and slum clearance. That is part of the New Deal program. Ickes considers it most important. So also, in the past, has the president.
 Jimmy, however, has h c away from it as if 1t were the plague. His housing program is based on the twin theories of writing advertising copy and running a loan shop. He con. tends that private enterprise, given a gentle push, can bring Q building boom by itself.
 Ickes, on the other hand, con- ceives the New Deal as means of doing for housing and slum clearance what business so far has failed to do, what realtors with large investments of their own at stake-never can do.
 And up to the present, 1ckes has had the private support of the president.
 UNHAPPY SYKES
 Eugene o. Sykes, wispy little chairman of the federal com- munications commission, pri- vately is a worried man.
 The cause of dhis worry is the fact that his appointment comes up for confirmation in the forth coming senate, in which will sit Mississippi's red necktie-wearing Theodore Bilbo.
 Sykes is also a Mississippian. But there is no love lost between the two men. Quite the contrary.
 During the recent senatorial campaign, Sykes slipped away from Washington to m a ke speeches on behalf of ex-Sena- tor Hubert Stephens, Bilbo's opponent.
 BiIbo, outraged, stumped the state announcing that if elected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30
Press Comment
STATE CONTROL
(Meriden JournaD

Bank receiverships in Connecti-
 cut will cease to be juicy in fees IT
 a bill being drown up by James E.
 Wheeler, prominent New Haven
 lawyer and member of the states
 Judicial council, is adopted by the 1895 general assembly.
 It will be strongly fortified with facts being gathered by the State Banking department, at the re- quest of the judges of the Superior court, concerning IT existing bank receiverships in Perry, has already supplied significant data by citing the work of his department, under a special act of the 1888 legtsla- ture, in liquidating the closed Man. chester Trust company. It was said that the assets of this SIX town" bank were the most solidiy frozen of any which closed in the crash period of three years ago. ;, The cost of liquidating the Man chester bank, according to MT Perry, has averaged about $4,OOO annually. In contrast. a New Haven receivership, instituted Tn December, 1881, has been in ex- cess of s8S,000, or more than $20'- O00 a year. The Manchester experience has convinced many people that state control of receiverships would pc quicker, more efficient and more equitable,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30

O. Which countries have erected shrines to the Unknown Soidiers2
 A. The United States, Great Brit ain, France, Belgium, Rumania. italy, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Po- land, Austria, Hungary. Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. I
 o. What is the best way to clean hair brushes?
 A. Put a dash of household ammonia in warm water and dip the brush in it several times, with the back up. Do not rinse. This stiffens the bristles. Wipe the back with a soft cloth and lay the brush on it's back to dry.
 a. What date in 1893 was the ninth day of the month of Elul in the Jewish calendar?
 A. August 21.
 O. Can aliens, resident in the U. s., be deported for failure to be- come American citizens? A. No. There is no law com polling aliens to become American citizens
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30
Unraveling The Knot

! Traffic problems are always vexlng ones. Waterbury suffers really no more 5 from them than any other city of it's size { There are few communities in the 1O0,0Oo 7 class SO well laid out and planned that the
 even flow of traffic through the streets at
 all times of the day and night is but matter of course and not something that
 must actually be supervised by the armed And uniformed forces of law and order It is perhaps unfortunate that this is so, hut like T0psy most of our American cit-
 ies 'jest growed".
 The narroWness of many of our central |fhorouo4fnfes is often benoaned. It's too .i@le i5 do enything about that now, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30

Washington, Nov. 30-Harry Hopkins is staging a one-man fight against the threatened bonus army-and winning.
 Hopkins chief weapon is the one he uses in feeding a part of the population of the U. s. A. federal relief.
 Although it has not permeated to the general public, a group of veterans is staging a drive to as- semble a powerful bonus army in Washington almost on the day congress convenes. To this end they have their agents in every transit bureau in the east ana south. Floaters coming through the bureaus are advised to come to Washington immediately.
 This is where Harry Hopkins does his stuff.
 Through the transit bureau in Washington, he corrals new ar- rivals. They are offered the choice of a job in either a eco camp or with an EZRA outnts or a forced exit from Washing ton.
 "Work or Run" is Harry Hopkins motto.
 And in this way the converg- ing bonus army is scattered al- most as soon as it arrives.
 TANK FATHER
 Army tanks have carried all sorts of men to all sorts of places both in peace and war, put last week it was recorded h TOT the first time in history, a tank conveyed a congressman to the dentists.
 The congressman in question is Ross Collins of Mlsslslppl' who because of his appropria- tions for mechanization generally is known as the father of the army tank. -
 Ross was sitting at home the other day when General Samuel Hof of the ordnance department
 Want ride to your office"
 "I'm not going to my office. I'm going to the dentist" replied
 So a brand new army tank, making 55 miles an hour at top speed, carried the congressman from Mississippi through the streets of the capital to the awaiting forceps. Ross said II was smelly and oily inside, With not very much air, but he en- joyed 1t.
 NEW DEAL VS. OLD 2
 Behind the feud between Hon est Harold Ickes, public worKs administrator, and app.e Jimmy Moffett, federal housing administrator, is a story Of many qualifications. :.
 ii began at the very start ol the ROos eVelt administration when Jimmy Moffett first came to Washington. He had known Roosevelt when the latter was assistant secretary of the navy and when Jimmy, then working for his fathers Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, sold oil to the navy.
 Later, after contributing heav- ilv to the campaign, Jimmy received appointment as an ad- wiser on petroleum. His first acts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30
So They Say

We are going to ~ut labor on personal basis in Germany -Dr Robert Ley, German traae uioh eohii''A' soner.
 Every dog should have fieas. Edward A. O'Neal, president, American Farnl Bureau Federation.
 The lure of the farm may prove as disastrous to the citybred the lights of the city to those who might better have stuck to the soil Robert Whitten, consultant to New York states planning board
 Recovery is aided by placing emphasis on volume of business and volume of employment rather than on wage rates and prices of manufac- tured goods when the volume of business Is ap- normally low. .
 
 Harry told me before he was executed that if was terrible price to pay for what looked like an easy life. ,,, Mary Kinder, former sweetheart of Harry Per pont executed Dillinger gangster.
 
 I made Edison lot of money.
 Samuel Insull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-30

we certainly can aid in bringing about a condition of affairs that will permit auto mobiles to be operated on our city streets, parking along certain ones, observance or the common rules of the road at all times. There have been complaints against the creation of one-way streets. Why, we don't know.
 It is absolutely necessary that certain streets, particularly cross ones heavily travelled, should come in this category. We probably will have more of them before long. We could mention few now that might be made one-way thoroughfares. They aid the cause of the merchant whose business is on the street, for it permits ot limited parking where two-way street, often will not allow it. The question ot granting entire blocks to our local traction company for bus stands is a fine question, highly debatable.
 Of course Waterbury has always been extremely lenient in this respect. Much more so than other cities. We would not be surprised to find the day not far dis tant when curbs will not be designated as areas where passengers can be taken on or let off. The same is true of inter-city busses. All will be forced to maintain their own loading stations, so that the streets and curbs may be left for commer- cial or pleasure vehicles. There's lot to be said on this question one of these days.