The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-06

limousine which would acconR modatc his silk topper, most postmastcrs have been partial to the informal "campaign" hat now gracing Jim's noble brow.
 Here is one index of how the New Deal has affected the cap. itaI. New telephones during. the. month of November increased by 1,6I5. With the increase, New Dealers complain that scrv- ice became progressively bad.
 .. The "NOw-It- Cam Be- Told" school of political writing has added to its ranks Ted JOslin, former Onc-third secretary to Herbert Hoover. The other two -tlirds-Waltcr Newton, and the argus-cyed Larry Ricbey, re- main silent. Rlchey, still in the employ of the lonely man of PaiO Alfb, was offered a fabulous sum for his memOrIs, turned 1t down. PEACE JEALOSY
 While President Roosevelt was praising the progress of peace made by the Pan-Amcrican Union, the League of Nations commission for the settlement of the Bolivian-Paraguayan war, moved it's negotiations away from Montevideo. If delibcra- tions continued in that city, the commission figured, the Pan American union not the league, would get credit for settling the dispute. a. Mrs Roosevelt used pointed language in telling her press conference that she resent ed published reports that two kegs of beer were served at the White House party for Anna Roosevelt Dall. Tn order to appeaBe consumers, General Johnson offered to let them ap- point an adviser to the govern ment representative on each code authority. But since the government adviser has no vote, the consumers chalked this up as mere empty honor.
 Mayor George Dale of Munclc, Indiana, recently pardOned by President Roosevelt for 6 liquor conspiracy conviction, claims he was the victim of republican Inacfinations. = He is pre- pairing fO expose everything b his paper, the Muncie Post Democrat, naming ex-ScnatOr Jim Watson as his chief political enemy. Says Senator Dick
 inson of Iowa: q have told many of my farmer friends to grab all the federal loans and hog payments they can get, since the government Is now In the business of giving money away. hssA aA gtsAA long,"
 LUMP AND "VERsITY" 4 A total of $2,S5O. 900, 900 in federal obligations mature in the first six months of this year. How to refinance them is one of the major problems fac- ig nthe treasury. Total na- tional debt now is over $26,000,- 000,000. one of General Hugh Johnson's heroes is Su- preme Court Justice Brandcis. =. He frequently calls on tho revered jurist for counsel and
 guidance. Vice. President Jack Gamers regular retiring hour Is 10 p. m. After that hour the clerk of his hotel Is under strict orders not to allow anyone to disturb him. The twin daughters of North Dakota's veteran Senator Lynn Frazier are named Uni and Yer sity, after the state college. For the first time in his IA years as a representative from Ala bama, able, hard-hitting, John McDuffie faces opposition. Henry T. Hartwell, political henchman of Frederick Thomp- son, former member of the U. $. shipping board, is after his scalp this year.
 Not the age, but tine purity Of whiskcy Is important, in the opinion Of Dr James Doran, for- mer chief of the industrial aI- cOhOl bureau, now head of the distillcrs' code authority. ArtificialIy cOlored liquor no matter how old, DOran says, Is still imitation whiskcy.
 Besides being & West Pointer. Kllbournc (PaD Johnson, son of the national recovery admins trator, is n graduate lawyer. His legal work in the com pliance division of the MIRA has been so brilliant that it attracted the attention of Attorney Gem eral Cummings who offered him high post In his department. {. Young Johnson turned 1t down because he does not want to give up his army career.
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