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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

Have you noticed the stronger emphasis that radio is putting on athletics and athletes lately? Ap- parently it must be going over quite we'll with audiences in gen. eral. Tomorrow night, for instance, the conservative Vallee Varieties will have Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, pitching star of the Detroit Tigers, a a guest. Mickey Coch- rane, as you know, is on regular weekly for a sponsor, as is Babe Ruth.
 And, among the more persistent rumors along Radio Row, is one that the cigaretet company which put on those operas last year will offer major football games this fall. It would seem offhand that a lot of technical and financial prob- 1ems are involved.
 Going personal. Speak,
 ing of football reminds us that
 it's almost time to order those
 big game ducats for the com-
 ing fall. One of our
 favorite numbers of the mos
 ment is the Hitting Two Cigar
 cites in the Dark" already
 gaining wide popularity. =.
 Life Begins at S:4O," which
 opened in New York this week
 has a nice tune in "What Can
 You Say in Love SOng?"
 Among things that make
 us wonder why we don't
 sometime become disgusted
 with sponsors in general is the
 bulletin we received this
 morning announcing a change
 in the "True Story Court of
 Human Relations" The
 story "For Just One Moment
 of Folly" supplants The Hell
 That Was My Life" for Friday
 nights True Story show.
 Just the titles are enough to
 make us shake our head.
 Hither and yon. Mary Small will have Robert Simmons as guest star on her Sunday afternoon anrnora Cfnnnno p1n and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
BUYING AUTO CAUSED
 DOWNFALL

Fairfield, Conn. (UP)-Frank Slovensky. father of eight chill sdren. whose family had been sup ported by the town since 1880. was arrested when he made a down payment on an automobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
:t33-. WBZ-. .DOston-.300

P. NJ.
 5:UO-The Monitor Views the
 News-Ernest Beaufort. 5:l5-Skfpper Jim. 5:30-Jackie Heller, tenor. 5:45-Little Orphan Annie. 6:00-Education in the News. 6:15-Baseball Resume. 6:3O-Time, weather, tempera-
 ture. s:45-To-d days News. 7:OO-Real Life Drama. 7:O5-Press- Radio Bureau News. 7:1O-Spiritual Singers. 7:30-Irene Rich. 7:45-Frank Buck. S:00-Madriguera's orchestra. S:30-Igor Gorin, Russian barl-
 tone. S:45-Don Humbert and his
 Magic Strings. 9:050-Music Magic. 1O:OO-Dennis King and Louis
 Katzman's orchestra. 1o:15-Eddie's Duchin's orchestra. lO:3O-"Radiana" direction
 George Brown. 11:OO-Time, weather, temper
 ature. 11:o7-Therrien, Painter of
 Songs.". 11:15-Voice of Romance-Robert
 Royce. 11:3O-Don Bestor's orchestra. 12:O0-Orlando's orchestra. 12:30-Hotel Astor orchestra. 1:00-Tomorrow Broadcasting
 Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
2SS.-WTIC--Hartford-.1O4

P. M.
 5:0O-Henry Kings orchestra. 5:30-Old Jim Bridger. 6:45-Larry Revells' orchestra. 6:00-Baseball scores. 6:05-Wrightville Clarion. 30-Press Radio News. J5-Rhythm Masters.
 45-Billy Batchelor.
 )0-Harriet Lees Songs. I5-WTIC Sports Review. ..SO-The Modernaires-Cliff
 Strong, director. 7:45-Rhythm of the Day. 8:OO-Jack Pearl, the Baron. S:3O-Wayne Kings orchestra. 9:OO-Fred Aliens Town Hall
 Show. 10:0O-Guy Lombardo's orchestra. 10:30-The Travellers Hour
 Christian Kriens. director;
 Dave Ringle's Grenadiers
 Sally Ayers. 11:00-Harry Meyers orchestra. 11:3O-National Radio Forum. 12:0O-Weather forecast. 12:02 am.-Silent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
RELIEF stsEKER STONED
 CITY HALL

Westerly. R. I. (UP)--Although his family's income was $45 a week. Michael Spaho became an gered when refused relief and ,stormed the city hall with stones. He was arrested,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
REWARDED FOR BRAVERY

Plainville. Conn, tUP)---William Cunningham and Fred J. Callen. Jr aiked in capturing three bank roh- bers June 22. 1927. More than sev- en years later each received a check for $40, rewarding them for fh air hrave
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

People often ask
 me when the modern arrange ments of what we call jazz real lily began. l like Ito think they be- gan when I be-
 came fra n k ] y puzzled in 1919 lover a little nine- piece band with W h i c h l was
 nlaying at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

Here's an interesting bit from Ferde Grofe, who now has an or- chestra of his own, is composer of fame and was once distinguished as Paul Whiteman's arranger:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
: With RAY FITZPATRICK

1, Budd made such a hit on NEG in that Headliners' program that they've been booked for Q return engagement Sunday night. '. They still furnish chuckles and guffaws in their regular Friday night CBS show. Felix Mills has made a dance arrangement ot the old nursery rhyme, Peter, Pot CT Pumpkin Eater" In his Dick Powelrs ace song As "Pop Goes My Meart."
 We've stated our liking for
 them before but we feel that again we should call attention
 to those 'Mefnoties" programs
 of Dave Hnlpern's on WATK. .. Each of the two-a.week
 shows. requires hours of writ ifiE, planf1ing, casting and rec
 hearsal and much of the labor
 and nearly all the :s ideas as are are program is, as far as we know, wholly original and nothing
 similar to 1t has or is being
 offered over even major sta-
 tions, Each one is differ-
 ent, ana better still, each one
 is good entertairimcft. =.
 Here's a hope that ''MemOries"
 will be on the air for many
 months to come.
 Amos m Andy will be in some new mythical business when they come back to the air Septem Der 17th. They don't know yet what it'll be themselves. In- cidentally, Frank Buck has been filling in very nicely in their ab- sence, with an entirely different type of program. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" supposedly q passe tune, is listed on nine avail able programs during the next five days. -. The music for the film Is certainly gaining lots of advance publicity for Bing Crosby's "She Loves Me Not"
 Just what will announcers do? It's been announced by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
16 Motorcycles. Bicycles Wanted
Employment
Men wansss

WANTED-An aggres- sive outside salesman with car. Must have experiences; preferably insurance or bond selling. Salary and commission basis. See MT Griffin. A. M. only; at Hadley's Furniture Store.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
Business SeyUlce
Pressing and Tailoring

CLEANING, Pressing ana Repairing of the better kind. Work called for and delivered. Mosel. g Abbott Ave. Dial 6-0343.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
5OO..WlCC-. Bridgeport. 500

 5OO..WlCC-. .Br!dgep0rt--6OO 5:30-wICC News Bulletins. 5:45-Eddie Brock, songs. 6:OO-Yankee Network News
 Service. 6:15-Adeline Manzy, "Sweet
 Adeline of the Air" 6:30-Baseb ball Scores. 6:35-The Merry Go Round. 6:50-WICC Program Revue. 7:00-Polish orchestra. 7:30-virginia Lund. "Dreamland
 Lady" 7:45-Andrew Jacobsons en-
 semble. S:OO-E. R. A. Civic orchestra. S:15-Emery Deutsch's Gypsy
 Violin. S:30-Master of Mystery Story,
 direction Fred Bishop. 9:00-Pete Herman's orchestra. 9:15-Detroit Symphony orches-
 tra. 1O:OO-Mabel Seaker, soprano. 10:15-South Sea Serenaders. 1O:30-Melody Masterpieces. 11:00-Yankee Network News
 Service. 11.15--Baseball Scores. :2O-Local news. :30-Little Jack Little. 11:45-Frank Dailey's orchestra. 12:0O-Leon Belasco's orchestra. 12:30-Al Kaveline's orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
Painting, Paper Hanging

SPECIAL Rooms papered $500
 with 40c paper furnished. Paint ing at reasonable prices. H. Fitz- simons. Dial 4-285S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

Hither and yon. Mary Small will have Robert Simmons as guest star on her Sunday afternoon program. Stoopnagle and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
Automobiles
Sh Auto Springs, Axles. Etc

PERREAULT AUTO SPRING SHOP - Est. 1911. 5l0 South Main St.
 Axles. Springs, Frames, Rack. Etc. for Autos, Busses, Trucks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

SEYMOUR ST, 150-5 rooms; one remodeled for beauty parlor. All improvements, white p l u mblng. Ina. End floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

NORTH MAIN ST-Near Tudor St Five excellent rooms in splendid shape and reasonable.
 JOHN J. KORAN & SON, 36 No. Main St. Dial 4-72SI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
Rooms. Boord, Hotels
For Rent Real Estate
Apartments & Tenements

ATTRACTIVE 3rd floor apart ment. rooms, $20.
 ROOT & BOYD, Inc. 174 Grand St. Dial 4-Sl6l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29

Just what will announcers do? It's been announced by
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
President Robinson, "A. B" "

He Couldn't Get That Degree in College
Time was when college boys used to work their way
TO Europe cattle boats but there have been in
stances of college president shipping before the mast
able until Dr. Frederick B. Robinson, head
of New York City College, made the experiment this
summer.
The doctor did it for fun and back well satisfied
with the lot of TO 'csle hand
Perhaps he received consideration than young
ster would have, but he had narrowing tales to tell
of hardfsted masters and bucko mates of sahorse and
weevy biscuit of the other conventional hardshps
of life afloat
On the contrary, the food was good and he not
once laid low by handspike Delaying pin.
He had swell time getting his degree Of "A. E"
Incidentally the good doctor probably acquired
real learning in his brief aquatic than he could
have in much longer time in his presidential chair and
it makes you wonder whether any call himself
well educated until he has how the other fellow lives
If every white collar had to handle pick and
shovel for few weeks each year, if every captain of in
dusry had to do occasional hitch in the ranks every
braintruster at Washington had to his living for
time with his hands instead of his mouth-this might be
a perfect world than it is
It would deflate many an "educated mans ego to
how helpless he could be in job that he had hitherto
considered beneath him. and deflaton of the ego is
thing that most colleges don't teach
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Give WaShingtOnianS Jobs
Spend Your Money Here

Spend Your Money Here
KEEP WASHINGTON WORK AT HOME TO GIVE
WASHINGTONIANS JOBS!
The committee of local citizens in charge of the drive
for Jobs for those the relief rolls might well adopt the
above as of their slogans.
Business and industrial establishments of the city will
have to cooperate to the utmost if the drive is to be at
all successful
THOSE COMPANIES CANNOT COOPERATE BY
GIVING JOBS UNLESS THEY CAN FIND ADDI-
TIONAL BUSINESS WITH WHICH TO SUPPORT
THE JOB HOLDERS.
THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS WHICH THEY
NEED FOR THESE NEW WORKERS CAN BE FOUND
AND 1T CAN BE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN WASH
INGTON.
Millions of dollars worth of business which is created
in Washington annually goes to out oftown concerns
Because of lower living conditions in other cities and
consequently lower wage standards these firms are able
in many instances to shave off penny here and there
on a bid and capture good local contracts.
Those pennies that some local firms save by accepting
these lower bids costing the community whole
heavy price.
They are keeping the relief rolls up to point where
spending about eight million dollars a year.
The District government we'll private firms is
offender along this line But in the of the local
government there is the less compelling
that the law requires that the lowest bidder get job
But if the local government is to enter into the spirit
of the job giving campaign it, too will strain point
wherever possible to award contracts to local firms
Washington business men who contemplate spending
their money with firms in other cities just because they
few cents should consider that more than
few cents thus added to their tax bills.
large portion of the relief expenditures is being
borne by the Federal treasury but that will not continue
indefinitely Eventually the bill is going to be rendered
to the local tax payers.
And we will be creating permanently unemployed
class which will keep that bill up unless create jobs
for them now.
WASHINGTON CAN ABSORB THOSE NOW ON RE-
LIEF ROLLS, BUT IT CANNOT ABSORB THEM so
LONG AS 1T SENDS ITS BUSINESS TO OTHER
CITIES.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
The Greatest S'h0W
On Earth
By John. Snure, Jr

lieved that the army of bats had
been dispersed and the legation
attaches retired for the re
mainder of the eve.
The neTt morning, on d1Ddken-
ing. they discoUered that they
had missed some OF the bat
army. The repulSiDe bats 1Dere
hanging on the beds, the CELL
mas, and UariouS chandeliers.
James A. MOffett, Federal
Housing Administrator, has al
ways had a horror of his own
OratOry.
In the many years he was
connected with the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey ne
never made a speech, at least
a public one.
He was summoned to Wash
ington to act as Housing Ad-
ministrator and did not know
he was to have the job until re-
uuested to make his appear
ance. He did not even read
the housing act until after his
appointment. Consequently he
had not schooled himself in the
art of speechmaking.
His first speech in % years
was made the other day at the
National Press Club.
Of all people to pick to sound
off on for the first time jim
picked the post critical bunch
of ala gang of newshaWks.
Friends of Ross Collins, ram
pant Representative, who is
down in Mississippi trying to
win the senatorial nomination,
say that Collins was extremely
instrumental in perSuadlng the
Army that the Alaskan flight
should be made. 1t would be
hard to convince many people
that Ross thought up anything
as progressive as that trip.
Young Bill" William J. Bray,
assistant to Farley, is haDtng a
tough time getting away on
Uucution this summer because
the Postmaster General has a
habit of calling his office to get
information or issue orders from
all over the country.
When away on a trip, Big
Jim is apt to call washington
at most any time and it is best
that the office force he on hand
when he telephones.
Now that the talk of summer
football practice is getting loud
a card from rip" Miller
coach Of the Naval Academy
team, advises that the boys are
getting in their practice on their
cruise to France.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

er Woollcott, author of that
other best seller while Rome
Burns" might look up over the
door of a house ne had rented
for the summer and find that
he was condemned to live from
July to October in "Tumfy Tot
tage," and that the only books
left on the shelves by the own
er were the works of Edmund
Lester Pearson on celebrated
murder cases, with each volume
beginning and ending with an
account of the Lizzie Borden
trial. CThis would be no pun
ishment for Mr.. WoollCott, but,
by the end of the summer, he
might be a little more interested
in bird life and gardening than
he Is at presently E.
DR.. Celine, author Of that
pessimistic work, Journey to
the End of the Night" might
see the irony of it if he were,
on the proceeds from his book,
to sail back to France on de
luxe liner and contract scurVy
from a bad bit of filet mignon
in the extra tariff Ritz restau-
rant on board, or discover a spe-
cial form of crustacean in his
silk bed coverings.
If we wanted to be really silly,
we could imagine Mrs. Pearl
Buck getting the wrong bundle
at a Chinese laundry, Mr.. Noel
Coward going up" in his lines
and suffering from stage-fright,
Mr.. Stuart Chase getting fleeced
in the purchase of a case of
timed salmon, Mr. Walter Lipp,
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Lift the Oxcart Yoke
By James T. Williams, r.

relations to education, the Ma
tional Advisory Committee on
Education has clearly charted
the leadership which the Federal
Government should provide in
promoting education in the sew
eral States.
Government Once Aided
This distinguished committee
in it's report has pointed out
that from the Revolution to the
Civil War, the Federal Govern
ment encouraged and financial
ly aided education ~ the
States"
1T endowed higher and COM
mon schools with lands, and
made grants of surplus tax
money; but it did not attempt
to regulate the purposes, define
the programs, supervise the
teaching, or otherwise control
public education in the States"
Throughout this long earlier
period, its spirit and its acts
were in harmony with the prin-
ciple of State and local au
tonomy."
To the end that this tradi-
tional American policy of Fed
eral encouragement of educa-
ton, supported and controlled
by the several States, may be
carried forward, the National
Advisory Committee on Educa,
tion recommended that a de-
partment of education with a
Secretary of Education at its
head be established in the Fed
eral Government.
The nucleus for such a de-
partment now exists in the Fed
eral Office for Education, which
was originally established in
1857 as a Department of Educa,
ton.
The same functions that were
assigned to this agency in 1867
would be the functions which
the new Department of Educa-
ton would perform. 1t would
collect "such statistics and facts
as shall show the condition and
progress of education in the
several States and territories"
1t would diffuse such in
formation respecting the organ
iZation and management of
schools and school systems, and
methods of teaching. as shall
aid the people of the United
States in the establishment and
maintenance of efficient school
systems, and will otherwise pro-
mote the cause of education
throughout the country"
President Coolidge strongly
favored the restoration of such
Department of Education
that there might be in the Fed
eral City a Federal headquarters
for education competent to
meet the increasing national re-
SponSibility for education in
ways that are consistent with
that traditional American policy
which leaves to the several
States the authority and re
sponsibility for the control and
support of education.
Copyright, 1884. The Washington Times,
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

pie and tickling them under the
chin with a small feather dust
er. He must have been quite
set up, to frighten a thrill pro-
fessional to death.
This leads to a chain OF pos
sibilities. First among them is
that some day the practical
Joker himself will jump out at
another practical joker who IS
lust jumping into the alley at
him, and that the two will meet
in mid-air with a tremendous
crash and both drop dead say
ing Boo" at each other. That
would be quite laughable.
But the irony of a thrill
writer dropping dead from fright
might be paralleled in any num-
ber of instances if We set about
ransacking the literary world
for possibilities. We will now
ransaCk.
Mr.. Hervey Allen, the author
of Anthony Adverse" might,
for example, get writer's cramp
from addressing envelopes for
wedding invitations, or suffer
from nervous indigestion in
duced by the eyestrain of read
ing proof on a logarithm text
book. Almost anything that
might happen to Mr.. Allen, how
ever, after finishing the man,
uel labor on his own book, would
come in the nature of a let
down.
1t is not beyond the bounds
Of possibility that Mr.. Alexand'
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

Public education has thus far
received little encouragement
and less support from the Fed
eral Government since the
Roosevelt Administration came
to power.
The late and unlamented
Seventy-third Congress not only
failed to provide for the expan-
sion of the Federal Office of
Education into a Department
of Education, but it neglected
to appropriate sufficient funds
to enable the office of Educa-
ton to discharge all of the
duties now assigned to it.
Meantime, public education
is in Jeopardy throughout the
Union. It has been dealt
crushing blow by the depres-
sion. 1t has been starved by
the pork-barrel politicians on
the pay roll of local, county
and State governments.
Efforts Blocked
These politicians in State
after State are blocking the
efforts of the people to modern
ize the obsolete system of
county and local government,
which is an inheritance from
the days of the oXcart.
Until the yoke of oXcart
government is lifted from the
necks of the people, until this
system of county and local gov
ernment which has outlived its
usefulness is modernized, mil
lions of dollars will be Squan-
dered upon its support which
ought to be going to the support
of public schools.
The political parasites on the
payroll of oXcart government
are eating up the money which
public schools so urgently need
for their support.
Because thousands of useless
office holders are feeding at the
public trough, thousands of pub
lie school teachers are unpaid
and many more thousands are
grossly underpaid. Public schools
have been closed in 1nany States
and in other States the school
term has been draStically cur
tailed.
At the very time when wide
spread unemployment makes it
imperative that school facilities
should be multiplied, the school
term heightened, the school age
increased, the training of teach
erS improved, and the compenSa-
ton of good teachers made COM
menSurate with the loyal and
efficient service they perform,
public education in State after
State is going backward instead
of forward.
Under the American system of
government, the support and
control of public education is a
primary function of each and
every State in the Union. But
there are national responsible
ties for education which only
the Federal Government is able
to discharge.
In it's findings and recon-
mendations regarding Federal
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

From 1921 to 1888 SAT-, 1000
UaS minted, but in 1884, thus
far, the n1intS haze shipped
$3,8O3,OOO in pennies, nickelS'
dimes, quarters, and halt dollars.
The increased demand for
small coins is attributed by the
Treasury to the increased num-
Der OF pGyrollS.
PWA, CWA and FERA checks
circulated throughout the coun-
try are not for even amounts
usually. In some cases, particu'
larly in small communities, this
neceSSitateS an abundance OF
Change" The Treasury also
suggests that private payrolls
influenced the demand.
Recent requests for small
change from mints have fallen
off, however.
The office of the Director Of
Mint contends that the country
probably is saturated with nick
els, dimes, quarters, etc. Another
view of the matter is that the
private and public payrolls are
not so numerous.
Among some groups, usually
inebriates, there is a phrase
about going on a bat"
The Guatamalan Legation
mot inebriatesl learned all
about the phrase the other eve
ming.
It seems that officials and
employees of the legation went
out for the evening and
neglected to close windows so
that the tenants of the night
had free access to the rooms.
On the return Of attaches 1t
was discovered that the place
was filled with bats which
fluttered about the ceilings and
furnishings.
After a frantic war, 1t was be-
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

bored croupiers, with the wear
lest faces you could possibly
find anywhere in the world
slim, dark men with slick black
hair, always in the neatest OF
evening dress, always polite, al
ways eternally bored.
1t is something in a rather
gloomy world that Monte Carlo
on the hill remains a bit of it's
old, delightful, wicked self. 1t
will continue so, one SuppoSes,
as long as humans continue to
believe that they can win at
roulette. And they do win now