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The Washington times., 1934-12-14

slip by the detectives at the
Grand Central. And then there
is always the crowd of foreign
potentates and channel swim
mers and flagpole sitters, ready
and eager for an official recep-
tion and a medal and a scroll
at the City Hall.
But they are old stuff. Most
of them behave we'll enough.
Once in a while they hint that
they would like to go home with
a slice of Manhattan tucked
away under their arm, or any
other little memento. But, gen.
orally speaking. they come and
60 and are about as interesting
as day before yesterdays news
paper.
And then you came along,
Doctor, and you changed all
that. Suddenly we remembered
that we are merely a city and
that there are an awful lot OF
people living in the wilderness.
which for most of us begins just
west of Manhattan Junction.
and we were made to realize
that some of the finest gentle
men dwell right in the heart Of
that wilderness.
THE REAL HERO
That is what you have done
for us, and I for one am
mighty grateful to you. You
had every chance to make a
fool of yourself. And you went
away again after having re-
vealed yourself as an extremely
sensible man!
Here is luck to you, Doctor,
and may you smoke your little
old pipe in peace for at least
another half century. And may
10 per cent of your customers
pay you what they owe you.
Not that you will want the
money. But it is always handy
to have a little spare cash ly-
ing loose around the house. and
Heaven knows you have earned
it.
can't say that I am very
much interested in your quin-
tupletS. About as much as you
seem to be yourself. They are
a freak. In former times such
curiosities went to the Museum
because our obstetrical methods
were crude and we had no con.
ception of antiSeptic msthods.
Then these five infants hap
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The Greatest Show
On Earth
BY John Snure, Jr.

Brown, however, changed his
mind after investigating Pear.
sons record and asked Hoover
to withdraw Parsons name.
Hoover refused and sent Pear
son to the Islands where the
natives have demanded his re-
mOval ever since his arrival.
Brown has been in the Is
lands, surveyed conditions and
knows something Of the Situa-
ton.
Consequently there is agita-
ton to have him named gov.
ernor although at the present
time that seems next to i'm
possible.
Federal intervention in State
crime problems is meeting Ger.
tain opposition on Capitol Hill.
Certain Senators, who profess
to believe in Estates rights"
say that jurisdiction of crime
should be left to the individual
States and cypress the belief
that Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings should not de-
Oelop a poWertul Federal anti
crime organization.
One Of the opponents to a g.
gantic Federal law enforcement
agency is Senator William H.
King, Democrat, of Utah.
Although it is not true in the
case Of Senator King, records
show that some Of the members
Of Congress who oppose the
needed Federal organization hail
from States that have dubious
accounts of their wars" against
the criminal.
As matter of fact, some OF
them come from States having
Spotty records of alliance be.
tween crooked politicians and
Lngdom.
Senator King opposes the
Cummings plan merely because
he does not approve Of
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pened to arrive, and since it is
your business to see that your
patients get started with a fair
chance to live through the first
few difficult months, you did
a swell job.
But it was all in the days
work. as you yourself would be
the first to concede. and from
a cosmic point of view it was
of remarkably little significance.
A father without a job and
a mother whose only purpose in
life seems to have been that
of breeding the largest possible
number Of children within the
shortest possible space of time
that combination is hardly
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likely to furnish the world
with a fresh crop of geniuses.
The French Canadian undoubt-
edly possesses certain virtues
which make him worthy of the
Almighty'S mercy. But I doubt
whether the assembled los of
your five little charges will
ever surpaSS that of a single
little Chinaman or Batak baby.
But that is neither here nor
there. You are the hero of
the occasion and not those
five squealing little savages.
Quintuplets will occur again
within another year or ten
years. But we won't meet the
like Of you every day. Hence
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husband and
W i + e. s o
strange or
were they, &C.
t u a lily, not
S t r a n g e at
all? Is it. per
haps, our idea
Of marriage
W h ic h is
SUI dIlSC Jul
peevish, pos
seSsive idea OF
marriage?
They were
MT poSSessive.
Even though
theV'd thrown
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Running Backwards
The Local Government


The statement Chairman Cannon of the District ubcOm
ttes of the appropriations to the effect that the local
budget the coming fiscal year just about the same as
the one the year interesting and D1sooUR
AGING
Judging from that statement the of the Budget in
preparing estimates has failed completely to take into con-
sideation the Washington has grown considerably
in the last year.
And also it has apparently failed take into consideration
the fact that over the last few years THERE HAS BEEN
AN ACCUMULAT1NG DEFICIT OF IMPROVEMENTS
The report congestion in the public schools recently sub
mtted to the Board of Education by superintendent Frank
W. Baou brings emphasizes this matter Of growing
needs.
According to that report school congestion which, like
the poor we have with always has INCREASED ALARM
1NGLY IN THE LAST YEAR
Superintendent Baou points out in his report that right
now the school system additional in the
elementary schools take of the pupils demanding an
education year ago when the superintendent reported he
found that 149 additional class rooms were needed.
That means that we ARE NOT HOLDING OUR OWN along
the educational front
Instead of eliminating some old deficit have added
10 class to it in the last year.
We CAM 90 on doing that without facing COM
PLETE BREAKDOWN of the public school facilities.
YET we are told, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR LOOKS
VERY MUCH LIKE THE CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS
The school system isn't the only department OF the local
government which is running down hill and which will
tnue unless next years budget be made to
ook little different from the current appropriations
With similar budget next year it will be impossible for
these departments take the slack which has been caused
in the last few years by UNW1sELY RESTRICTED APPRo-
PRIAT1oNs.
The police department typical example of the local
agencies which aren't able to keep abreast of the times be-
of short appropriations
That department needs and additional equipment and
ABOVE ALL IT NEEDS MORE MEN to meet the increasing
demands which being made upon because of increasing
population and police problems which constantly
arising
1t won't be able to get either the equipment the
its appropriation is held down to that of the current
Everybody knows about the really DANGEROUS COND1-
TON that exists in the fire department.
We are asking the in that department to give the
city model service that they formerly rendered yet
asking them to do it without equipment THEY
NOW ARE USING APPARATUS THAT IS FIFTEEN
YEARS OLD AND THAT HAS TO BE ALMOST PUSHED
TO A FIRE INSTEAD OF RUNNING ON ITS OWN POWER.
We can't keep that forever with any reasonable degree
of safety.
These just few instances of how the local government
is running into the red in equipment and service
We think that they prove that the budget should be changed
considerably before is translated into an appropriation bill
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Federal inter-
We n t on in
State affairs.
He is one of
t h e Sta te's
Fighters.
o t h e r S.
however, fail
to take cog
niZance of the
fact that the
Federal Gov
ernment h a S
r e p e a tedly
h a d difficult
ty in securing
t n e cOopera-
ton of State
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Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWLand

bit quaint" for a man to appear
too prosperous, and positively
bad form" for a woman to go
about looking like a walking ad.
vertisement for Carriers or Tif-
fany's. It writes them down
either as four-flushers-or as
tight-wads who have not con-
tributed to the Community
Chests, and who have probably
evaded paying their income
taxes. Either way, you are sus-
piciouS of them.
1t is all very refreshing-this
new attitude of mind, which has
permeated all classes of society;
and it's a healthy sign that the
world is recovering it's sanity
and balance, and getting rid OF
its painful headache.
There are many consultations
for being one Of the Newly Poor.
It is nice to get acquainted with
yourself. once again, and to find
that you are still able to take a
pleasure in simple things, and
to enjoy going to simple parties
and meeting real people, in
stead of going to elaborate
night-clubs and rushing around
in speedy cars. And it's COM
forting to know that every time
you subscribe to a Christmas
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charity or help out jobless
friend you are just that much
farther from being Of interest
to the kidnaperS.
OF course, there still are too
many members of the Newly
Poor. who won't ADMIT 1t. and
who are frantically struggling
to keep up the old pace and the
old front" But this is a brand
new heaven and a brand new
world.
Copyright. 1894, ny King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-12-14

iber visit our
CT t y e v cry
day!
Not that we
are hard up
for company.
Millions a day
come rain,
come shine
and most of
them decent
and respecta.
BILE folk. OF
course n o W
and then a
f e W crooks
1Vy;ll kr.1y kN
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distribute the
political IA
VorS among
t h e D e m o.
cratic Sena-.
tors includ-
ing the nine
n e W on e S
elected in No.
vember.
When Con-
greSS conven-
eS in January
there will be
50 Democrats
in the Senate
If Senator
elect Rms
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Senator Carl Hayden. Demo
crat, of Arizona, is on the spot.
AS chairman Of the Senate
Patronage Committee he must
bear the burden Of seeking to
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Hendrix Willem van Loon

NEW YORK, Dec. IA
Doctor Dafoe, it was a pleas
ure, for Heaven knows we don't
have a gentleman of your cal.
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State of Mind

Are you one of the Newly
Poor"-that large and rapidly
growing class Of society which
nearly everybody belongs these
days? Everybody. from the man
who is down-to.his-last-million
to the man who is down-to-his-
last-dime.
Because poverty" is a rela-
tive thing, which means some
thing different to everybody.
To one man it may mean sell.
ing his yacht or giving up
champagne-While to another
The Washington times., 1934-12-14
A Real Marriage

They we're a husband and
wife but not at all the sort of
thing we mean when we say
The Washington times., 1934-12-14

Here is where he fills his orders
For the coming Christmas Day,
And the cargo that he carries
Gives more power to his sleigh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
HITLER WARNED
 ALL OPPONENTS
They Will Be Crushed If They Attempt to Make
 Any Trouble

Nuremberg, Germany, Sept 5- CUP)-Those who dare to chai- lenge the leadership of the Nazi party will be dealt with ruthless ly, Reichfuehrer Adolf Hitler de- clared today in a proclamation read to the Nazi party convention. Coming so soon after his sangu- mary ''cleansing" of party leaders on June 30. the chancellor's warn ing bore special significance.
 Tn the next thousand years, there will be no more revolutions in Germany" Hitler's proclama- ton said. It was read to the open. ing session of the convention by Adolf Wagner. district leader of = the Nazis.
 Hitler ridiculed the 4,000,0OS opposition votes cast against him in the recent referendum which confirmed his leadership by an overwhelming majority.
 "The fist of the Nazi state will crush any who attempt to under. mine the party" he declared. "Strong nerves and iron hardness are the best guarantees of suc- cess in the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
NEW ORLEANS IS
 FIGHTING BACK
Courts Asked to Save the City From the Hands
 of Huey Long

New Orleans, Aug 5.-(UP)- City authorities today, launched a desperate battle in the courts to prevent New Orleans being taken over lock. stock, and barrel, by Senator Huey P. Long. The court moves were made in the face of new state laws, becoming effective tomorrow midnight, that establish virtual dictatorship with the Kingfish the dictator.
 Federal Judge Wayne G. Borah interposed the weight of the fed eral government in the bitter war between Longs political machine which controls state government and the political machine that con- trols local government. He issued an order restraining Registrar of Voters R. J. Gregory from erasing any names from the registration books for the September II con- gressional primaries. After the militia under the Kingfish's direc- tion, seized the registration office recently Long boasted that the names of 23,500 citizens had been scratched from the books.
 Civil District Judge W. c. Jones issued an injunction in Baton Rouge prohibiting Longs newly created state police from evading New Orleans primary day when, New Orleans officials charge, Long plans to "steal the election"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
WATERBURY WILL BE RECOGNIZED
 AT CONVENTION
Delegates Are Going There Unpledged, But Will
 Be Heard From

Possibility of Mayor Frank Hayes of this city seeking the gu- bernatorial nomination in opposi- tion to Governor Wilbur l.. Cross at the democratic state convention which opens tonight at Eastern Point, Groton, faded considerably today. Mayor Hayes left for the state convention this morning with out issuing any further statement as to his reported gubernatorial Aspirations. At the same time he refrained from stating whether or not he would be candidate for the nomination of lieutenant gov ernor. Unofficial reports from throughout the state were to the effect that he would forego this nomination with the understanding that Waterbury be given some other place on the ticket.
 Lcary Not a Candidate
 Controller Daniel J. Leary today issued a statement to the effect that he is not and never has been a candidate for the post of lieuten- ant-governor on the democratic ticket. Four years ago he made a spectacular run and it was be- lieved possible that he would con- slider the post this year. Today he said he is not interested in any place on the state ticket but only in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
PATERSON HAS
 SOME TROUBLE

Paterson, N. J., Sept 5--UP)- Many of 15,000 workers left their looms at 10 a. m. in response to a strike call. Picketing started immediately. The walkout was ac- complished with almost military precision. Workers quietly left their looms and spindles and filed out of the shops and mills. They gathered in small groups in the streets. There were no disturb ances. Police were assigned to the mills affected.
 Mill owners reported the num- Der of strikers to the Silk Manu. lecturers association headquarters. Simultaneously shop chairman hurried to union headquarters First reports of several large silk mills in the Paterson area indi cate the strike was about 50 per cent effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
ANOTHER RUMOR
 ON LINDBERCHS
Reported That New Baby Is Coming to Home of
 the Colonel

Cambridge, Mass, Sept (UP) Published reports that Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh would come to Cambridge hospital this month to await a visit from the stork were discounted today.
 Hospital officials denied report that Colonel Lindbergh had en- gagged a suite at the institutions Wyman House.
 Dr James L. Huntington of Bos- ton, chief obstetrician at the hos pital. who books maternity cases at Wyman House, said he had not been approached by Lindbergh or any representative of the family.
 The Boston Post said the baby was expected "the third week of this month" and that Dr Hunting ton would be the attending physi- clan.
 The Lindberghs have vacatiSned on and off at the Morrow estate at North Haven, Me, this season and their two-year-old son, Jon, has been there all summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
FOSTER ESTATE IS BEQUEATHED
 TO RELATIVES
Will of Late Elizabeth FOs- ter Leaves It to Nieces
 and NepheWS

Cash distribution of the estate of Mrs Elizabeth K. Foster, late of Waterbury, among her IA nephews and nieces. is ordered according to her will, admitted to probate today by Judge Dennis J. Slavin. The total distribution amounts to $17.5OO. The Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank is named executor under the will drawn June l, 1929. Mrs Foster died July 2. 1884.
 All of the beneficiaries are out of state residents with the excep- ton of Robert Seymour of this city, nephew of Mrs Fosters husband, Robert. MT Seymour receives $500.
 Other beneficiaries include: May Gibson, niece, of St. Wolstans, Col bridge, County Kildare, Ireland. $2,O00; Mrs Mary Nancy McCrery, niece of wheatland. Pa., $4,O0O; Miss Elizabeth Haney. Wheatland, niece, $3,000; Mrs Martha Haney Arthurs, of New Castle, Pa., niece, $3,000; Mrs Mary Shearer, niece. Elizabeth, N. J., $1,000; Mrs Annie Murths' Wheatland. niece, $1,000; Mrs Helen Haney Zimmerman. Shar- on, Pa., niece, $1,000; Mrs Albert Haney of Wheatland, wife of Mrs Fosters nephew, Albert Haney, $1,000; Annie May Murths, grand niece, wheatland, $200; Thomas Arthurs, New Castle, grand nephew, $200; Robert Haney. Wheatland. nephew, $200; Thomas Haney, of Sharon, Pa., nephew, $2O0; Anabelle Haney, Wheatland, niece, $200.
 The will provides for perpetual care of the family burial plot ir Riverside cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
HEAVILY ARMED POLICE IN DASH
 FOR SHOOTER
Phone Call Said Man Had Been ShOt-But It Was
 Only a Cow

There's been man shot down here just now" an excited male voice told Sergeant Joseph Bagley at the police headquarters desk phone shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, thus setting into action Waterbury's police force. The call was from the south plant of the Waterbury Gas Light Company, and Sergeant Joe got on the job right away.
 First he notified Captain Will liam Keegan of the detective motor patrol cars on duty in the South End. Just a minute or two after the call, police cars were roaring to the scene from all di- rection. In one went Sergeant Albert Wilton and Detective John Leary, in another Captain Dan Carson and Patrolman Patrick Moylan, and in another Detectives William Foley and Connie Shana- han.
 Cars Raced to Scene.
 The cars raced from headquar- ters to the Brooklyn section. then down the whole length of Railroad Hill street. with the policeman readying their guns for a possible pusuit of killer. They swung in- to the gas company plant yard, prepared for any emergency.
 Then came the anti-climax. With an barrassed grin the man who had phoned told the coppers that it had all been a mistake. In-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
GENERAL STRIKE
 ON THE INCREASE
From All Sections More Are Added-But Only
 Half Are Out
BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

BY FREDERICK c. OTHMAN Copyright 1884 By United Press)
 Washington, Sept. 5-(UP)-The General Textile Strike - Costing labor $600,000 a day in wages -- spread slowly through a dozen Eastern and Southern states today, marked by sporadic violence and tightening of picket lines.
 A United Press survey of condi- tions in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South showed that the walkout call to more than 600,000 Textile work CTS had drawn approximately S00,- 900 from their jobs. About 50,000 of these walked out today. Includ- ing recruits in New England mill centers and silk workers in New Jersey.
 Violence was widespread and frequent in Southern picket lines with threats of martial law in the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
$7,O00,000,OOO
 HAS BEEN LOANED
That Is Amount Given By Government to Save
 Business Men

Washington, Sept 5- (UP)- Government has loaned more than $7,000,OO0,000 to save businesses and homes from depression ruin. Donald R. Richberg reported to- day to present Roosevelt in a sum- mary of new deal efforts to relief financial pressure.
 Richberg is secretary of the executive council. He reported that:
 1. REC actually has disbursed $5,S53, 100000.
 2. The Home Owners Loan corporation has advanced $1,299.- 445,000, ending a real estate panic and saving the homes of 432,OO0 families from foreclosure. closure.
 3. Five banks insured by the FDIC have failed.
 4. Federal home loan bank sys- tenn loans are far below capacity because of faults now being cor rected.
 Today's report was the fourth of seven. Previous reports stated new deal efforts had re-employed A. 120,000 persons; that drought and farm relief had increased in- come an dthat 23,000,0O0 persons probably would need government aid to live through next winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
Speeches To Be
 Sent Ouer Radio

Station WTIC. Hartford, today wired The Democrat that it had copmleted ar- engagements to put on the air a special broadcast from the democratic state cOnven- tion in New London tonight. The speeches of Postmaster General James A. Farley. na- tional party chieftain, and Senator Augustine Lonergan. convention keynoter, will be heard.
 The broadcast will begin al 9 o'clock and will continue till 10:3O, with both impor- tant speeches being heard in full. A special wire from the Hotel Griswold will relay tho speeches to Hartford. where they will be sent out over WTIC's powerful transmittcr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
NEW ENGLAND IS INCREASING THE
 STRIKE NUMBER
Not Yet Up to Limit Claimed-Sonle Trouble
 in Sections
BY HENRY MINOTT United Press Staff COrreSpOndenti

(On1ted Press stan COrreSpOn0entD
 Boston, Sept 5.-(UP)-A frac- tion more than 50 per cent of New England's 100000 textile operatives have joined the national strike, United Press survey showed to- day.
 This represented an overnight gain of upward of 5 per cent.
 An impartial poll of scores of mills in the six northeastern staets, employing 195,20O of the 100000 workers, showed that 9S,000 or more were idle.
 Overnight more than 22,000 ad- ditional operatives joined the strike. Other new recruits were expected during the day and to- night as idle loom -fixers and weav- CTS, key craftsmen, forced mill closures.
 Lowell Made Big Gains
 Greatest gains were registered in Lowell, where strike ranks i'm creased from 2,000 to 5000 within "A hours, and at Fall River. where the rise was from 1000. to l3,- 500. Somewhat smaller gains oc- cured in Rhode Island, New Bed- ford, Nashua, N. H., Holyoke, and Central Massachusetts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-05
GOVERNOR CROSS
 HAS NO OPPONENTS
To Be RenOminated By COnventiOn-MalOney
 Also Slated to Win

Eastern Point, Conn, Sept 5- (UP)-The democratic state con- vention opens here late today with assurances of party leaders Gov Wilbur L. Cross will be nominated for third term and the balance of the ticket uncertain.
 The bitterest fight of the conven- tion involved the U. S. senatorial nomination. sought by Congress man Francis T. Maloney and State Labor Commissioner Joseph M. Tone. Thomas J. Spellacy, old guard faction leader, today pre- dicted selection of Maloney who was said to have the support of National Committeeman Archibald McNeil and Postmaster General James Farley. Maloney has claimed more than majority of the 1908 delegates.
 The ant-governorship was unsettled. The party was hopeful of persuading Mayor Frank Hayes, Waterbury. to accept the nomina- tion. He was non-committal.
 The governor was reported as having turned over to leaders a list of eligibles for state offices. The offices of secretary of state, treas- urer, comptroller and attorney gem eral have not been openly sought.
 Postmaster General Farley was scheduled to address the conven- tion tonight. It was expected he would speak before the keynoter. Senator Augustine Lonergan, who also is temporary chairman, to per- init him to return to New York to attend a state central committee meeting.
 The central committee was to meet last today to prepare the con- vention roll and file contests over the seating of delegates from Mid- dletown, Orange, Milford, Ply mouth, Woodstock and Vernon.
 Committees will be named at to- nights session and work begun on the patry platform, which will be submitted tomorrow. There were no known proposed changes in tho