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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Aiming High

When he boomed Associate Justice Harlan r. Stone of the United States Su- preme Court for the g.o.p. presldential nomination for 1886 w. Kingsland Macy Of New York aimed high. There is no more liberal justice on the bench of our highest tribunal than Harlan r. Stone. But hay ing ascended to this important post the justice is in no way inclined to desert his responsibility for such an uncertain thing as a presidential nomination two years before it is to be decided.
 Tn launching his boom for Justice Stone MT Macy admits that he also contem- plated the reorganization of the republi- can national committee, involving as It does the election of successor to Everett Sanders, the present chairman and former secretary to the late Calvin Coolidge. AS we understand the situation the actual choice of the Sanders successor will de- pend not so much on what MT Macy says or thinks, but upon the astute reasoning and the even more astute campaigning Of our own J. Henry Roraback and Charles D. Hilles of New York city.
 Justice Stone was named to the Su- preme Court in 1925 during the presi- dency of Calvin Coolidge. He had served as Coolidge's Attorney General since the retirement of Harry M. Daugherty of Teapot Dome oil scandal fame. Justice Stone came to the Coolidge cabinet, if we are not mistaken from Columbia Law School, where he established an enviabie reputation for brilliance and mastery of the law during his professorship there. On the bench he has lived up to everything that was said of him. The place proved much more to his liking and more suited to his temperament and abilities than that of the cabinet.
 As to presidential aspirations he dis missed them throughly by retorting to the Macy boom with the statement that 'I am definitely out of politics and MT Macy's persuasion or no other will get me back in." Thus endeth dream.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Radical Ministers

There has been much comment on the liberalism, or downright radicalism, shown by educators recently. In the chorus of combined admiration and denunc!ation the teachers have attracted, the clergy has been overlooked The church is usually conservative. Yet the church itself may now be swinging toward the left.
 "There always have been prophets as well as conservatives in the church." says Kirby Page, editor and lecturer, "but never before have there been so many. Five years ago poll of ministers would have revealed only negligible thought on economic problems Recently ques.. tionnaire sent out by. him, on War and Economic Injustice" was answered by 10000 American clergymen, of whom three-fourths declared against supporting any war, and nearly IS to one showed a preference for socialism in some degree, us against private capitalism or rugged individualism.
 It is only fair to point out that SO,O0O ministers did not reply to the question: naire. It is impossible to say what their verdict would have been. It may be, too, that many of these heterodox pastors would flock back to economic orthodoxy in q crucial test. But probably most Of them would not come back farther than the middle of the road. And that's liberalism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Our Chuckle
 Corner
CIIlSELEIsS By h IT WithcrsI,o0n

Tho chlselor has c cutting per. sonnllty. He supports himself by cutting sharply into other peoples profits.
 If your rival should chlsei in.
 And into your profits should
 cut,
 You'd be foolish to take 1t on
 the chir
 And fail |" show him what's
 what.
 A Westport sculptor has picked up quite n bit Of busine ess by chisel- ing women. To say the least, he cuts many beautiful figures. Hope he didn't get started by chiseling In on his creditors. It was not so well with that Hartford dentist caught chiscling by selling his customers false teeth. That was a naughty Springfield Chink who made those chlnks in his rival laundryman's business. The chiselei with q heart of
 flint.
 Will put your business on
 the bum.
 And in youi profits make Q
 dint,
 Almost driving you to rum. When a certain rackcteer chis. eled on that poor shoemaker's bus- mess, offering ''protection," all tho poor fellow had left was his LAST. But the blacksmith gets ahead by chiseling.
 While certain west side wife explained that she always cut her husbands cigars in half in order to have twice as many. thus chiscling down expenses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
In New York
RL PAUL HARRISON

New York.--The cupid business Is tainted by eupidlty theso days, and congostod with unprinclpled follows who don't have tho honrt' interests of their Gllonts at heart,
 And so the lntost NlsA news Is that Now YOrk's Jewish mnrrlngo brokers nro organizing and Will petition for a code, complete with minimum fees, rules of inlr prne' tieo. and penalties for the un' Berupul0us.
 A crooked matchmaker maln' tnins stable of stoogoh--- pretty girls and BuaVe, well.drosBod mon who pretend t0 Do prospects Tor tho o-sceklng lovolorn" In comos Roboeen WiSolshlnsky, for example, and wonders whether sho could meet. pliz, Il nISo yong foila who would llke n good cook to marry, Sure, suys the shyste', only thls morning, alrendy, iI handsome man from a big dross house with plenty money has saio could he meet, plis, For tho object of honorable marrlage, \ good cook who likes ehildron.
 The registration fec is $50, which Reboeen gladly pays. Then thoro 10 another $50 payment whom q client is introduced to n "prospeet," Aftor n couple of meetings tho man deliberately makes himself very disngrcoable, and it is likely that Roboeoa vol- untnrily will break off the roln' tionship. If she doesn't. the man Just disappears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

tariff actS.
 A. Yes
 Q. What proportion of the pop- ulation Of washinston' D. G. 1"
 A. The 1880 population was 4se,seo, of whom iss,oes were Negroes.
 Q. How long has tho British monarch borne the title Emperer of India?
 A. Quoon Victoria assumed tho title Empress of India in 1876 and the rulors of Great Britain have borne it since then.
 Q. What sort of climate does Rio do Janeiro haveY
 It is warm and humid; the aver- age annual moan temperature M about 740 degrees r. with little variation, and tho rainfall, well distributed throughout the year. averages about 44 inches.
 o. What Is the name of the for. mer wife of tho President of Fur. key and whom did he divorce her?
 A. Her maiden name was Latlfe Hanoum. She was Q daughter of wealthy smyrna merchant. He divorced her in 1925. GluN
 Q. Give the address of the main office of the United states Fruit Company.
 All Federal Street. Boston, Mass. Y
 If you want Q copy of our bul. letin Geneal0gy, write tO the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing Ave cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

c. Is Carolo Lombard, the real namo of tho aetrossY
 A. Her roal name Is Jane Pc. ters,
 Q. What animals lre fairly common In California? A. Black bears, wolves, beav. OTIS, puma and lynx; varieties of tho white tailed and black tailed deer, and In the extromo north of Columbian bincktall. The Golden and Douglas squirrels arc found in tho high SierraS and on the coast several kinds of seal, c, What docs the term athie- ties comprisoY A. "Games and sports collec. lively, that depond wholly or part ly on feats of physical strength. Q, What k the proppor abbre. viation for secretary7 A. Sec. Q. In which congresses was Meyer London, the socialist a rop- rosentative from New York? A. The 64th and 86th from 1915 to 1919, and the 67th from i92l- 1923. c. Glve the full name of the late Charles Steinmetz. A. Charles Proteus Steinmetz. c. Name the books by Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt now in print.
 A. Happy Warrior--Aifred E. smith; "Government, Not poli- ties" Looking Forward" and "on Our Way" c. Why are sailors called gobs A. The term is said to be an ] abbreviation of the word "Gob. shike, or ghosts seen only Ut night. Another theory is that the origin tf the word was a lone sailor at an Asiatic station by the name of Gobbles. c. What is the value of a United States one dollar gold piece dated 1851?. A. They are cataloged at $i.50 to $2. c. Do Crocodiles swallow logs to keep their stomachs from col- lapsing when hibernating? | A. No. Q. What causes the moon to shine?
 A. It is sunlight reflected to the earth from the surface of the moon.
 c. How old was Buffalo Bill when he died?
 A. Nearly seventy-one.
 Q. What is a Chino?
 A. The offspring of a negro and an Indian.
 Q. How do 'Condors, Hawks, Gulls navigate in the air without any apparent motion of their
 A. They take advantage of minor air currents, by intercept ible movements of different parts of the body. Tho principle Is slmi- lar Co that by which a kitc or glider Is fl0we. | c. Arc coffee, tea. and raw lsilk on the free list Of the 1s3o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
A Book a Day l,y BRUCE CATION
Made Pets Of 'Em!
 Big Bad Lions? He

The Hon is not the jungle gang ster that big game hunters say he Is. On the contrary, he's q friendly and playful soul, who will let you photograph him. scratch his chin. pat his back or do anything else you please--so long as you don't make him mad. Properly cared for, he makes q fine pet.
 So says Eric F. V. Wells, an English resident of South Africa, in lions, Wild and Friendly" which is an unusual and entertain ing look.
 Mir Wells lives in the lion coun- try, and lions are his hobby. He goes out, unarmed, with his wife, to photograph them on the veldt. He gets to within 10 feet of them, over and over again, takes all the pictures he pleases, sometimes even touches them-and they never make a pass at him.
 Furthermore, he has raised no fewer than 33 lions from cubs to maturit., on his farm. At night he locks them up, but by day they have the run of the place. They're as friendly and as tame as so many dogs.
 Because they're so big and strong you have to be bit careful. he says; when a 600-pound lion jumps upon you, dog-like, to lick your face you're due to take q spill.
 But he has never had the least trouble; hls children play with lions as they would with dogs; he takes his afternoon tea on the lawn and shares his sandwichea
 with the llons--and everybody, fn- cluding the Hons, is perfectly happy.
 All this makes a surprising and an interesting book. ft is iIlus- | tratcd with series of exception. ally good photographs of lions. Published by Viking, it sells foi ! ss so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Watorbury's first academy served

Watorbury's first academy served from i7sb until about 1900 whom 1t seemed inadequate. Tie old building was needed for n district aehoolhouso, SO tho second aends omy put In m appearance in 1S2b nnd is or wnB n likely looking building from the illustration In AndorsOn's hlitory.'-f0r iS2b. lt was substantial being of stone nnd the association that built it first mot nt Israel Coo's homo In 1924. Tho ilrst trustees were Ans0n Spor. ny, Bonnet Bronson, Israel C0e, Jesse Porter and Joseph Bronson tho second. Asn M, Trnln eamo horo from Enfield, marrying horc, and opened tho school, An upper room of tho academy was used for public meetings ovor a period of years. It had bcon equipped by members of tho First Ecoloslastlenl society, and wns to bo used for con.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
So They Say

The support I gave to war Is q deep condemnation upon my soul. The Rev Harry Emerson Fos- dick of New York.
 We should get the human ele- ment into our laws.-Mrs Vincent Astor.
 A fundamental truth Is that hu- man nature can be changed. The Rev Frank N. ID. Buchman, leader of the Oxford movement.
 The police find 1t difficult to un. derstand n social system which con- cerns itself so much with the soc called tights of criminals and so little with the safety and security of the law-abiding public.--Poiice Commissioner John r. o'Ryan of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

Washington, May t7.--When war debt history finally is writ ten, 1t will bo found that the slow evaporation of debts into nothing was duo to politics and postponement.
 The blame lies with both DO. litical parties.
 The Hoover moratorium end. cd In June, 1032. That was the tlmo to begin discussion of q new deal on debts. But that par. ticular time coinclded with the republican national convention in Chicago. War debts were em. barrasslng to Mir Hoover's re. election chances and they were postponed.
 The next debt installment was due December 15, 1882. This time the debtors were on the job carly. They called at the state department two days after Roosevelt was elected. Again there was ostponement-this time at the instance of the president. elect.
 He could not discuss war debts, hc said, until after March (.
 on March there were TO. nowed ovortures. This timo there was the banking crisis. War debts naturally had to take sec. ond place. They wore postponed until tho pre.London Economic Conference discussions.
 THEN THE AVALANCHE
 Cane these dIscusslo ons--and Onco again postponement. Debts could Tot bo discussed until cur. ronncy was stabilized,
 And with each successive post ponemont the value of the debts diminished. European popula. tons get more Into tho rab!t of thinking debts never would be paid. European governments found it moro difficult to buck the wills of thoir peoples.
 Last week all thls came to e head in a conversation between CxcchOslOvakian Minister Vc. vcrkH and Billy Phillips, under. secretary of stAct. Phillips had inferred that Cxcch0slOvAkla had been nrcluctant regarding It's dcbts.
 You have on file throc letters from me-" replied Veverka, "ali asking when you will be ready to discuss debts. 1 have in my fllcB only one lotetr from you. lt sald you were not ydt ready.
 "rhree times w0 have snld wo were anxious to talk debts and twice you did not oven bother 10 reply"
 UNPRINTABi.E
 1t hns boon pretty well broad. cast that Cotton Ed' Smith, South Carollna's walrus.mus. taehioed chairman Of tho sonate agriculture committee, is opposed Co Professor Rex Tugwoll as undcrseeretary of agriculture.
 Hut what has not boon broad. cast nro Tugwoll's views on "cot' ton Ed".
 At q press conference in the agriculture department. Seere. tary Wallace was asked what he thought about Smith.
 "I must ask to be excused from answering" replied Wal. lace with Q shy smile.
 "Th0ro ig no use asking me that question:" broke in Tugwell, who was sitting by his sid0. My angwcr couldn't bo printed any, way"
 HOUSING BRAIN TRUST
 This is going to Do sad news to "Eat.and-toll' Wirt. A now creation Of tho Brain Trust has just been born.
 It is tho presidents homo TO. pair and construction program.
 However, tho good doctor can. rest peacefully on at loast one point. There k only one profess sor in tho group.
 The three principal formula tors Of tho plan are Winfield
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Pilots In Town
GOVT CREDIT GOOD

Washington, May l5--Up-- Investors now have such faith in federal credit that they will lend the treasury short-term funds at an interest rate so times lower than the average person pays on a loan.
 The treasury today announced sale of $50, 1000. 900 of 01-a-day bills at the record low rate of six-hun- dreths of one per cent annual in- terest. A like amount Of 182~a-day bills were issued at an interest rate of 12 hundredths of one per cent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Know Your Waterbury It's History, Facts and General information

forenees, prayer meetings, singing meetings and 50 on.
 Dy 1s42 it was necessary to TO. pair the academy and Q new brick structure was built in front os the old one and connected with it, and remained aB the aeademy until 1s4O whom it was sold and made Into . Fesldeneo. From is2b toiS4O thero woro about eightoen dlfferent toaeherB thore, the last one Charles tabrlquo whom we have previous ly mentioned as first public high school principal. Th0re were quite n fow women also connected With tho academy. Some of these were Lucia ,LoaVenworth (MrB A. M, Train iptcr), E'lsie powoll, Mrs Cal- houn), I'llHa eield, Anna Bronson, Jano Bartholomew tMrg B. F, Leavopworth), Elisa 0rllley, Mrs soth Fuller, Mrs Charles Fabrlque, Mss Goodyear and Miss shuttuck,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Living Economies

It is a long road, educationally, from the civics and economies taught in high schools 25 years ago to the same subjects as taught today. In those days the textbooks were not particularly inspiring and the subject-matter seemed wholly unrelated to the daily lives and environment of the pupils. Occasionally teacher overcame these handicaps and made the course vital, but that was rare.
 Today, the same subjects are as lively
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

The sanctionng of lotteries to raise public funds is no new idea in Connecti- cut, recent bulletin of the state tercen- tenary commission reveals. During colon. ial days it was favorable method of rais- ing funds for such purposes as building bridges, roads. All this was prior to 1750, too. We presume the lottery was brought over here from European countries where such things have existed for centuries and where they are still popular. If we're not mistaken our federal government has on occasion sanctioned public lotteries. Isa. bel s. Mitchell of New Haven in her Roads and Road-Making in Colonial Connecticut" reveals that lottery tickets always sold well in this state. The gam ing instinct in mankind will never die. It is eternal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

It is surprising the number of candi- dates for the gubernatorial nomination you can find in the republican ranks If you but check up on the names that have been advanced in newspaper reports the last two or three months. Of course none is more prominently mentioned than States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. One naturally thinks of Lieutenant- Governor Roy c. Wilcox of Merden as being eligi- ble, too. Just year ago when Robbins B. Stoeckel lost his motor vehicle depart ment commissionership he immediately was boomed as gubernatorial material. He is still regarded as a possibility, although now on the Yale University faculty list. Then there are the former lieutenant- governor, Samuel R. Spencer, liquor board commissioner, Attorney Gen. eral Warren E. Burrows, and Professor William Lyon Phelps, who denies his can- didacy most stoutly by showing his peas- ure in the regime of former fellow pro- lessor, the hardy Wilbur Lucius Cross Even our own congressman, "Ned" Goss, has been mentioned, as well as George Sturges of Woodbury, attorney for the state board of education. Clifford B. Will son of Bridgeport salways eligible. And there are others. The g.o.p. is rich in men willing to run this year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
SMALLEST ORGAN BUILT

Boston - (U.P.) = Louis Weir. organist, has built what is believed the smallest organ in the world 14 inches wide and inches high. It can control all the stops of a. largo console and was played for the first time by him in Boston theatcr. ,,..,,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
Mistaken Identity

Mlsthkcn sucHtity
 Other night lady huttcred over to tho Algonquin table whore Sin. clair Lewis was munching a Btenk. "Oh, myi" sho gushed. You musa pardon me, but you're MT Sinclair Lewis, aren't youY"
 He looked palned, Why, no. madame but 1 do happen to Do his cousin. Tho resent blanco has proven very embarrassing to mo because happen to be church worker and l consider many of his writings extremely offensive. Especially Eleanor Gantry.'"
 "rhat's just the way feel, sald tho lady, "l think he's ter. rible."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
II0usct0p Flyer

ltOusctop F1ycf
 Whenever Bert Acosta. the AL. lnntic and endurance flyer, used to got in that condition known to aviators and others as n little high" he would hop in a plane and go skittering over the housetops. Department of Com morce officials were pretty lenient, and would ground him for a few months, but finally they decided that his unquestioned genius for flying was just n little too hair raising for these well-rcgulated times.
 There was that memorable day. for example, when to find out what time 1t was Acosta swooped down around the Paramount clock (which is always wrong anyway, and then roared up Broadway. And there always has been a story to the effect that when he was hopping the Atlantic with Byrd and Balchen. and they were near ly across, he got homeslck for a certain night club in New York and decided to turn around and fly back to 1t. Any aviator would tell you that 'Acosta could fly prac- tically anything, but apparently he got to believing 1t himself, be- cause he tried to taffe off in an automobile the other night and landed In jail.
 Pilots In Town
 Speaking of ocean flyers, one who is less known and yet high ly thought of Is Captain J. Errol Boyd, who crossed in 1880 with Lieutenant Harry F. Connor. Boyd is still around New York, flying when there's any to be done, and writing 6 book about his experi- ences. Clarence Chamberlin is the busiest of Atlantic hoppers- running a school. doing commercial | flying, and acting as technical ad- visor. His favorite recreation is music, so he has made a deal with Ossip Babrilowitsch, the pianist and Chandler Goldthwaite, the or ganis. They like to fly, so he takes them up and later they play foi him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Decentralization aud Politics Blamed for Wcr-Debt Mud de; Republicans aud Democrats Both Ev0ded Timely Discussions; Europeans Then Got Into HGbit of Not Expecting to Pay; Administration WM Not Oppose L0FOlLette iM WiscoMsiM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

The independent republican party of Connecticut has dropped Professor Albert Levitt from it's rolls. This would almost seem to mean that the party has ceased to exist We thought that the fiery Red- ding man was the blood and sinew of the party Certainly without him it will lack an individual who can command as much name isn't before the public you're apt to lose ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

The Japs, observing how we made tn world free for democracy, want to mak it free for Japocracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

And now the big question is whether the weather is for or against the AAA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8 :34 o'clock, daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

As yet no information is forthcoming from Chairman John H. Fahey of the Home Owners Loan Corporation as to the real reasons for the dropping of Peter Kennedy from his state post MT Fahey ha sevaded all attempts to ascertain from him the exact cause of the dismissal. It was learned, though that the acting state manager, Charles w. Collins, will not dis place any officials. His recommendations for changes or substitutions are expected to be acted upon by Washington within the next month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

q. Are coffee, tea. and raw silk on the free liat Of the 1880
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-03

"Oh. I love roast pig" Quincy
cried. "Goe. I can't walt until It's
tried. I'm going 10 make snnd-
which that viii last long. long
while"
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you feel. III serve this on plate,
though. 50 that you can eat In
style"
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first big piece 10 me" Then
Hcouty anapped. "Oh nll The man
ncrF, yours sure are the worst
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all rlRhf, but sou should ny 10
be polite. You ought "a know
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