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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
A Book a Day
hy BRUCE CATION
A Fine Biography
Of Colonel Lawrence

No man of modern times Is a
more fascinating mystery than I.
E. Lawrence, the studiouS young
Englishman who went out to the
Near East during the World War,
organized and carried through
revolt of the Arabian tribesmen,
became one of the most romantic
heroes in British history-and then
quietly went back obscurity,
serving as an enlisted man in the
air force and refusing to take any
part whatsoever in public affairs.
Liddell Hart has written q hne
biography of him in Colonel Law
renee: the Man Behind the Leg
end" and if the book leaves the
man almost as big a mystery as
he was before. 1t is hardly the bi-
ographer's fault. We ar shown
here a man of that rarest OF types
-one who is truly and completely
self Insufficient. one who can be al
way alone without ever being lone
Lawrence was that way from his
childhood, and he evidently always
will be. He liked the emptiness
of the Arabian desert; grass ana
trees seemed almost indecent" to
MIN WHEN Hc SlhCt6Cu AioM -.
But If his personality baffles
even so good a biographer as this
one, his achievements are splendid
ly recorded.
The whole story of his amazing
career in the desert Is told here,
and told well; and it is the authors
belief that Lawrence Is one of the
great military geniuses of history.
He not only raised the art OF
irregular warfare to perfection. He
proved that mobility is worth more
than mass in modern warfare, and
war colleges, says the author, can
study his campaigns with vast
profit.
This book, l believe, is the best
biography Of Lawrence yet printed.
And Lawrence had an almost un-
believably interesting career,
| Published by Dodd, Mead and
Company. 1t sells at 1915.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
Know Your Waterbury
Its History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

The park system did not progress
very fast in the early days, prac-
tically all our parks being Of COM
paratively recent cultivation. There
were a few names in those days,
for instance, Valley View Park,
Riverside Park, Highland, Cottage
and Norwood Parks, but DR. Ander-
son points out these were not so
much parks as 'the opening up Of
new districts for residences of the
better quality"
The city was early divided into
districts, natural districts as dis
tinguished from municipal wards. -
Some Of these were the Brooklyn
and the Simonsville districts, "the
Abrigador and Dublin street dis
tricts, the Round Hill and Burnt
Hill districts, the Valley View, the
Bunker Hill and the Westside dis
tricts." Waterbury being what It
was, pretty much traversed by
streams and brooks on all sides and
even through its main streets.
bridges were an important adjunt;
at first the old wooden ones, aud
later stone and iron. A few Of the
more important of these have been
mentioned from time to time in the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

All the great discoveries are not
made by the deep thinkers. Most
of them come by accident.
F. Kettering, automotive
engineer.
If the essence for a successful
vampire is to leave the audience
convinced of the inevitability of
the conquest, Carlo wins top
honors.
-Theda Bara, famous "vamp" of
the silent screen.
You don't win your games on
the day they are played. You win
them during the week.
Coach Lou Little of Columbia.
Modern dancing should be
stripped of the epicene fiutterings
and lackadaisical fiowings that pass
for art in the public mind.
Ted Shawn. famous dancer.
Our use Of leisure should rep
resent the expression OF our inner
urge and not what some expert in
leisure has told us we ought to do.
Mary Charming Coleman, past
president of the American Physi-
cal Education Association.
1t will need more than brain
trust to turn the United States
communicate.
Samuel insult.
The sorry fact is that the aver
age congressman is entirely willing
to buy votes so long as he can
compound the felony by doing II
with somebody else's mosey.
Professor Edwin 8. Corwin
Of Princeton.
NJ American teachers are sissies
1t lis not fro mchoice. They have
ebcome sissified in conformity to
the public demand that they act
In d way which 10 too good to be
true.
pr James Carr DUFF. OF the
New York University School
! Of sFsducation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
The Evidence Piles Up

Il It is becoming more and more evident
that our state institutions must be ex-
panded and improved. Despite the fact
that in recent years we have spent mil
lions for this selfsame purpose, the end is
not yet in sight. In short what we have
lust done is but drop in the bucket.
There Is much more remaining 30 be done
and the sooner it is done the better off
the state is going to be. We make this
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

Professor Albert Levitt's use of the
Department of Justice stationery in send
ing calls to citizens of this state for new
party here may cause him merely little
embarrassment, temporary at that, but
it'll never get him any votes this fall We
don't know what reasons prompted Ator-
ney General Cummings to place Profess
sor Levitt in his department. We pre-
sumo they were of the best, but suffice it
to say the fiery Redding independent will
have to wage an even more strenuous
campaign this fall if he hopes to make
any impression on hide-bound Connecti-
cut. Two years ago he was content
merely to lick J. Henry Roraback by help
ing Governor Cross be reelected Earlier
this year he expressed an opinion that the
same thing could happen again if the
democrats didn't spoil everything. Now
he has flung down the gauntlet before the
governor as well as Mr. Roraback. That's
almost too big a job for one lone indi-
vidual with not too many hackers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

@. Where is the embassy Of the
Union of Soviet Republics? sb
A. 1119 10th Street, N. W.,
Washington, D., c.. -,
@. What is bell metal? -
A. An alloy consisting essen
TALLY Of copper, and tin, usually in
the proportion Of our to one, but
sometimes containing small guam
titles of zinc, lead, iron, silver, bis
muth and anthony. 1t Is used for
the manufacture Of bells.
@. Give the origin of the slang
expression Great Scott?"
A. 1t is thought to have origin
ated at the time General Winfield
Scott was a candidate for pres
ident. He was nicknamed ''Auss
and Feathers. being. full of ponlp.
Q. When and where was Fro
lessor Albert Einsten born
A. Ulm, Wurttemberg, Ger
many. May IA. 1879.
Q. Is Mercury the morning star
or the evening star in April, May
and June?
A. 1t is the morning star in
April and an evening star in May
and June.
@. How long a time elapsed be-
tween the murder of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hun
gary and the beginning of the
World War?
A. The murder was perpetrated
on June rs, 1914, and the war be-
gan on July %, 1914.
@. Does the government how
guarantee all bank depositsf
A. Individual deposits up to
$4,000 are guaranteed by the Fed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
ADVERTISE CUP RACES

Newport, r. I. (UP)--A gold
and blue sticker bearing a picture
OF two yachts encircled with a life
buoy Is to be issued by the Cham
Der OF Commerce to advertise the
Americas Cup races to be staged
on here iAfe NEXT siirnuer
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
Selected Poem
GARDEN

In this bright, fecund place she IL
supreme;
All this brown earth lies under her
decree
An empire held in fief to bird and
bee
wherein to Ibuiid reality from a
dream.
She stands bemused before the
lovely scheme
To which her skillfui fingers hold
Visions OF fragrant landscapes
Invisible at present, but which
seem
To spread before her, vivid and
complete.
This is he life hwich long ago she
chose,
This is her daily bread, her wine
and meat,
And still her ultimate secret no
one knows:
And still her slaves which fiower
at her feet,
Or does she kneel In homage to
the rose
ORIANA ATKINSON,
In tS~ Ns@-- ve~t Tfsesl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

The New York papers carried vivid and
descriptive accounts this week of the
famous Lake George sea serpent hoax of
1904. Its perpetrator, the aged and VEN
cradle Harry w. Watrous, president of
the National Academy of Design, pulled
the trick He succeeded in terrorizing
every inhabitant around Lake George and
completely depopulated the coiored serv-
ant quarters. He contrived fearsome
object out of log, some canvas, and
much paint. A secure anchor and a
strong pulley enabled this weird creature
to appear at intervals, or when DR. Wat
rous desired to scare some particular
party. He wouldn't be surprised if Scot
lands famous sea serpent was of the same
variety
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

This week the New Haven Journal
Courier found the state institutional ex-
pansion plan of Commissioner Hall &C
ceptable in general. 1t stressed the fact
that it was imperative to complete the
projects outlined by the commissioner at
the earliest possible moment Among
other things it remarked, "What needs to
be considered, too, is the longer aspects of
the present building need. It is quite
likely the. new plan will bring Connecticut
near it's maximum all-time institutional
requirement. Massachusetts,, it is report
ed, has on many fronts already reached
this point. For population in America is
reaching a balance. The great expansion
of pioneer days is over. Insanity and
mental deficiency, at least, should reach:
equilibrium with the birthrates as new
knowledge helps us stay increases in their
incidence. And if - if - we can avoid
war, we will stabilize veterans needs ;"
Yet we now have to take into the consid-
Grafton the fact that Commissioner Halls
plans of expansion but touched the sur
face. We can visualize this simply by
reading over what DR. Stephen j. Maher
of New Haven said Wednesday with re-
gard to overcrowding and waiting lists at
our state sanatoria.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
Art Of Love
MAN BIT COW

West Tisbury, Mass, (UP)--A
COW moved forward and stepped
on the foot of a mixer at Herbert
Mayhew's dairy here. The mixer
had to bite the cove leg to free
htrnsotf
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Roosevelt Dissatisfied With RdiDey and ByrGns Leader
ship in Congress; Change Likely in Nert Session to
Avod HGving More Vetoes Overrdden; Representative
Frear Tells of LndbergKs First Aerial Flight Boy;
Gilbert White Accused of Mural Turpitnde" for His
Agricultural Nude
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

Yes, strikes are sign of good times.
But they don't hasten recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

When you get right down to realities,
the only fellow who has solved these eco
nomic problems is Tarzan. And even so.
they've got him up tree half the time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

Facts. The Naugatuck river.
Mad river, Great and Little brooks
had all been pretty we'll bridged,
over from time to time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

Scrag Field was a name applied
to a., locality north of Bucks Hill.
where Richard Welton about 1880.
had land. 3}sy
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

All vehicles must be lighted not later
than 7:15 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

The Waterbury Anti-Tubercu-
losis league was formed in 1908,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

@. How much silver does ster,
ling silver contain?
s A. Ordinarily about 90 per Gems
silver and per cent copper.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

| IL you want copy OF our buls
letin s'facts for fishermen" write to
The Waterbury Democrat, Wash.
ington Bureau, enclosing five cent
In postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

@. Where can uncirculatea
United States coins be obtained?s
A. From the treasurer Of the
United States, Treasury Departe
ment, Washington, d. c.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
BRASS CITY FACTS

The day Waterbury men depart.
ed to take part in the Civil War
was declared holiday here. ADJ
dresses were made from the band.
stand on the Green by the mayor
Amer Bradley, Rev T. r. Hend.
ricken, John w. Webster, s. w.
P. G. Rockwell, e B Cooke. and
N. j.. Buell.. /
The Waterbury Institute Of Craft
and Industry was known as the
Young Women's Friendly league
until 1908 The original associa-
ton was organized in 1889 and
incorporated in 1898.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

Q. Who was Desdemona?
A.. The tragic heroine
Shakespeare's play "Othello."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

@. Does the government how
guarantee all bank depositsf
A. Individual deposits up to
$4,000 are guaranteed by the Fed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

@. Where is the embassy Of the
Union of Soviet Repnblics?
A. 1119 18th Street, N. w.,
Washington, D.. c. ..-,.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28

eral Deposit Insurance Corpora.
ton in banks that are members
of the corporation. Nearly al
banks are members now.
@. What river separates the
provinces Of Upper and Lower Aus.
tria?
A. The Ems.
@. What is the population o.
Lower California?
A. About 100000.
@. Where is the mother chap.
ter Of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity?
A. Alpha Chapter at Massachu-
sets Agricultural, College, Amherst
Mass. Z
@. Is postage required on spe-
cial delivery letters in. addition to-
the 10 cents for special deliver. . I
A. Yes, the regular postage !ac-
cording to weight must also be at.
tached. *@
.77- : .s-.s.A as II
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
So They Say

All the great discoveries are not
made by the deep thinkers. Most
Of them come by accident.
F. Kettering, automotive
engineer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
PASSES
FUND FOR D. c.

Accepting deficiency items total
ing $4,000 requested by the
District Commissioners, the House
today passed the 1884 deficiency
bill and sent it to the Senate.
The local items provide back
salaries to policemen, judges and
court attendants, and additional
funds for local hospitals and the
National Training School.
The bill, as passed under suS-
pension of the rules to prevent a
Republican filibuster. carried a
total of $1.178,5OO,OOO, of which
nearly 100000 was for improve
ments on Capitol Hill.
New elevators will be installed
in the old House Office Building
and in the Senate Office Build
ing at cost of $390,000, while
the Capitol grounds will be en-
larged and beautified for $4,000.
No local item recommended by
the Bureau of the Budget was
struck out in the House. but the
Appropriations Committee in pre-
pairing the measure eliminated an
item of 1895 requested for
Howard UniverSity's laboratory
equipment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04

GENEVA, June 4 N.SO.-A
bitter fight broke out at a secret
session of the Disarmament Con-
ference steering committee today
over the question of adjournment.
Arthur Henderson, president of
the Conference, proposed that the
assembly adjourn until fall while
he heading committee, at
TEN ITO reconcile divergent
Franco-German opinions and other
controversies.
Louis Barthou, French foreign
minister. supporting a resolution
by Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet for
eign commissar, that the confer
ence be converted into "perma-
nent peace conference" with world
security as it's aim, refused to
agree to adjournment and sharply
attacked Great Britain.
Norman H. Davis, special United
States ambassador, sought to act
as mediator, but Mr.. Davis, in
urging that security pacts be nego-
tiated outside the disarmament
conference. in effect backed up
the British position.
The Franco-Soviet program con-
templates two security pacts. The
first would include the Soviet and
the Baltic States. with Poland
and Germany invited to concur II
they so desired. The second would
take in Russia. Jugoslavia, Turkey,
Bulgaria, Rumania and France,
with Italy also invited to join.
The British delegation is op-
posed to this abrupt change from
disarmament to security and be-
lieved time should be allowed for
the preparation of a program
which would not scuttle the idea
of disarmament entirely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
P. j. {. STAFF
WIPED OUT
BY LAW
Technical Experts, Assistants
to Be Dropped on July !;
Appropriations Cut

The Public Utilities Commits
sion will not be able to carry out
the duties imposed by law after its
research staff and inspection
force is wiped out on July l as the
effect of the reduced appropria-
tions in the next appropriation
act.
Chairman Elgen and Commits
Sioner Keech. of the Public Utili-
ties Commission. united in this
statement to the public today.
They describe the duties of the
technical experts and assistants
who will be dropped and pointed
out that the Commissions force
will be reduced to IT. which is
three less than the Commission
started with 81 years ago. despite
a great increase in public utility
property and operations.
The Commission pointed out
that three leading experts whose
work is vital in arriving at the
proper utility rates have been
thrown out by Congress. Among
these is the research assistant to
the Peoples Counsel, whose duty
is to check on the various &C
counts of the utilities; another is
the valuation engineer. Upon his
work depends the basic figures on
which rates to the public are
based.
Among the inspectors who will
have to be dropped are those WIG
check upa6H electric light and gas
meters in the private homes. IN
less some emergency method is
arrived at. there will be no
method of writing defective
meters after July l. The taxicab
inspectors will also be dropped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
BY International News Service

CALLANDER, Ont, June 4.
0.N.SD Marie Dionne, young
est of the Dione quintuplets,
chung to life with a fierce tenacity
today as the five baby girls began
their seventh day of life.
Their mother. Mrs. Alizire
Dionne, was happy and cheerful
as DR.. A. r. Dafoe told her OF
the improvement in the condition
of little Marie.
Police Guard Home
Two members of the Provincial
Police of Ontario guarded the
Dionne farm, keeping loiterers,
curiosity seekers and theatrical
promoters away from the little
farm home.
A roaring forest fire ragged to
within a mile and a half of the
Dionne farm yesterday. Olivia,
father of the quintuplets. mott
fled officials and men were rushed
to fight the flames. More than
200 men were on hand today to
guard the famous babies from
fire threats. DR.. Dafoe said:
THAT fire has us worried, I
was not so much afraid of the
fire getting up to the house as
1 was of the smoke that might
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
WILL END
BIC DROUGHT

CHICAGO, June 4 GNSJ.
Fervent prayers for rain offered
in thousands of churches through
out the widespread drouth area,
will be answered today, according
to Government forecaSterS.
Showers forecast for today may
not be general, but they will fall
in many areas, and it looks more
favorable at present for con-
tinued spell of rain than at any
time since April l, they say.
ehs~sexnerts pointed
out, however. that even if con-
tinued rains did break the drouth,
the great losses to crops and live
stock would not be overcome.
Early crops are ruined. they said,
and late crops will be doomed I'M
less the rainfall is copious.
Two-thirdS of Illinois, the west
central and northwest portions,
benefited from rain last night. At
Aurora, ILL.,, precipitation of an
inch was reported. Oklahoma City,
Okla, reported precipitation of
"a of an inch; Rapid City, S.
OAK, 50; Huron, S. OAK, II;
Omaha, .O4: Kansas City, Mo-,
.O6: Charles City. Iowa, .O8; Bis
marck, N. OAK, 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
Marie, Tiniest Quintuplet,
Fights Gamely for Life

have blanketed the entire cOun-
trySide and would have quickly
snuffed out the lives of the
babies"
AS hardy, toil-bent men guarded
the baby girls from the dangers
of a forest fire, three nurses and
DR.. Dafoe stood guard over Baby
Marie. Her life was despaired OF
yesterday as she lay motionleSs
in the incubator, her eyes heavy
and dull.
But she rallied from the sink.
ing spell. At o'clock this morn
ing she was seven days old.
FED WARMED MILK
The babies we're being fed
warmed human milk from
nipple attached to a breech feeder
"a long, thin glass tube-today
A, the other end of the tube is a
rubber bulb to force the milk into
the tiny mouths if necessary.
The babies are fed five cubic
centimeters of milk every two
hours and between feeding are
given drops of warmed water.
Twice daily they are given two
drops of milk of magneSia. When
one of the babies shows signs OF
weakening, she is given two drops
of rum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
JOHNSON LOSES
TARIFF FIGHT


Senate Administration forces
defeated the Johnson amend
ment to the reciprocal tariff bill
today by a vote of 80 to 81
The amendment, proposed by
Senator johnson (RD of Cali
fornia, friend of President RooSe-
welt, would have exempted farm
products and goods manufactured
from them from provisions Of the
bill.
The vote was along party lines,
only three Democrats voting for
it and three Republicans against
it. The Democrats favoring the
amendment were Adams, Colo
RADIO; Long, Louisiana; and Nc
Carran, Nevada. The Republicans
opposing it were Couzens, Mich
igan; Norris, Nebraska; and La
toilette, Wisconsin.
The amendment was de-
nounced by Democratic speakers
as "emasculsting" the Presidents
bill. It was upheld by the Re-
publicans as rescuing American
agriculture from the manipula-
tions of brain trusterS."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-04
HOUSE VOTES
DEFICIENCY
MEASURE
.$1,17s,000, 900 Bill Enacted,
300 to As, Despite Attack
on Extravaganza
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
Interna tiOnaI News Service starr
Correspondent


The House today passed the
1,178 million dollar deficiency bill
despite a bitter attack by Repre-
sentative Taber (RD of New York
on alleged extravaganza expendl-
lures of public funds for relief.
The vote was 300 to As.
The measure, was passed under
suspension of rules after 40
minutes of debate, with amend
mentS barred.
Cites Funds Available
In addition to the huge outlay
for relief. public works, CCC
camps and similar purposes, the
measure gives the President
authority to draw upon Recon
struction Finance and Public
Works funds. The total available,
Representative Taber said, ex-
ceeds 5000 million dollars.
Representative Buchanan CD
of Texas, chairman of the appro-
priations committee, told the
House that ample provision had
been made for general relief,
drought relief, construction in the
Navy and to carry on the public
works program.
The unforeseen increase of 228
million dollars in veterans ex-
penSeS necesSitated a realignment
of estimates to comply with the
budget, he said.
Charges Wildcat Schemes
Representative Taber asserted
that the bill provided for .:incoI14.
petent allotmentS and wildcat ex-
penditures. He added:
"There is but Is million dol
lars for rivers and harbOrS
works."
He said the Federal Government
is now supporting 5,147,000 fam
lilies, and continued:
And thus have we progressed
toward recovery. Unless we stop
this large scale of relief and
present a program for revival of
business We will never get out
of the depression"