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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
Medicos Take Notice

At the 142nd annual convention of the Connecticut Medical Society in Bridgeport this week the group went on record as favoring reconstruction of the state hos pital at Middletown. This, so far as we know or can recollect, is the first time that such demand has been made upon the state by the particular citizens with whom such complaints should originate. If any body has the right to complain about con- ditions in our state institutions it is the members of the medical profession.
 We are glad that they have seen fit to recognize conditions at the state hospital at Middletown. Certainly if it was neces- sary seven or eight years ago to make certain changes there it must be all the more so today. True. since that time we have built and equipped magnificent new hospital at Newton in Fairfield county, but it is comparatively small as compared to the one at Middletown. And bven right now additional units for the Fairfield county institution are proposed. '~ We can recall back in 1927 hearing off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

time filling the post Iefs vacant by Willard Thorp when ROose- welt withdrew his name ae chief Ok the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Dick. ihson offered the job tO Stacy May, director of the Rockefeller Toundation, an Ideal selectloh. May wired back: ''No self-re- specting man would take the Job after the way Roosevelt lot I'horp down."
 JURiDICAL ARCHITECT
 The ambassador of Peru, eloquent Manuel do Treyre, has | larger collection of pipes than any other fnomber of the dipio. naii siS Of ws;. virsinIa Ishs'ps pu. Si. hi: finger on . state department sofc spot whsn he wanted to know why the trade treaty with CoIombia had not been sent to the senate. Ordinarily, treaties are sent to the senate immc. dlatsly upon completion, and the stato dopartmenes secrecy has aroused suspicion, Justice Stone, one of the most delight fui members of the supreme court, personally designed the house in which he lives. It is rec piete with firepiAcss, and its garden 10 one Of the coolest in Washington. The only thing thing the justice overlooked was a mint bod.
 eco COLLEGE
 The eco is doing some OK. cellent work in educating the. youngsters in its camps. Many of them Init tho road" before they had even n mblnnce of m odu- cation. All are eager 10 learn. Most of thom also are tremen- dOusly interested in current so. clal problems - especially the question of whether society oweg it to q man to provide him with a job. Some of the best eco educational work is done by Nat Frame, formerly of the Unl. verslty of West Virginia. The Wagner. .costigan anti-lynch. ing bill has been amended to apply only to cases where the victim is taken from "the GUS. tory of any peace officer" :. This would hit only about half the lynchlngs. From 1913 to 1884 there were 6b9 iynchingB. only 2bl victims were taken from peace officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
HISTORY

A local dramatic organization known as the Arcadian club be- gan back in 1875, 1t had about fifty members and hourished for some time. Among their presentn. tions were. "A Dead shot, "rhc Lady of Lyons", "Timo Tries Ail', and "Ixovefs Sacrifice" Other clubs were the Thespian club, composed of Catholic young mon, organized in ls94; the Acme Dramatic club. directed in 1898 and 04 by E. L.. Maloney, prominent in local the- atricais for many years, and dur. Ing ensuing years directed by Thomas D. Trency, also pr J. l. alto association, organized in 1sg4; The Amphion club, which pro. duced a number Of light operas, organized about 1885, giving not.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
Our Chuckle
 Corner
I,vE DEEN TOLD


 By Clara Blanchard
 That an oakviIle man who has just begun tQ play bridge has dis covered why some men claim they get n kick out of it. His shiDs arc black and blue, too.
 That Litchfield pouItryman has n prize winning rooster he values at sz00. That's something to crow about
 That the owner ofta goose farm in BurrvilIe eays business may be picking up for some folks. but for him It's picking down.
 That Wafertown srouch says only Ignorant people indulge iD April Fool jokes. Well, they say Ignorance is bliss.
 That a Woodbury man l0At hla voice two weeks ago. but only Hof medical aid yesterday. ffils wife Just discovered the fact). That sh0ckinely healthy West End woman i'inkH hIi tho fflpH her sisters arc fahing fo fha IosDiERl afe inst a fad. fMpre enaufaHee laElzft
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

It is a pleasure to join our voice with that of Representative Connery, democrat, of Massachusetts, in plea for the removal of the indecent from our films. Theater owners the country over must realize that public sentiment ultimately will be quite
 uimical to the men who produce films that are not fit for the children of this generation to view, nor for their parents either. In the long run the indecent film does twice as much in harm as it may bring in in gold. Forces in the United States are slowly mastering to demand the best in the movie world, just as they have in other fields. Nothing can work such influence on the youth of the nation as the trend of the movie film. News napers are taking cognizance of this slow ly growing movement and a majority of them are supporting it. It's for the com mon good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
Editor of the Democrat |.

Editor of the Democrat:
 As our warships assemble for rec view and for two weeks of festiv- ity in New York harbor 1t might be well for Americans who do not own stock in either armor plate or shIpbuilding companies to con- sicer a few fundamental facts:
 1. The expense. Last year the cost of operating the navy, exciu- slva of new construction, was over 1aOO. .OOO, 900. Congress recently Improved plan for building 103 new ships which If followed would mean additional operating expense, and A construction cost cstlmated at s47S,00O, 900 to &570 ,OO0,O ,O00. We may grumbIe at cWA, PWA and AAA expenditures but at least these leave us with new roads, new bridges, increased farm purchasing power: whereas the hundreds of millions of tax money being poured into naval armaments. create noth- ing that can either be eaten, worn or put to any productive use.
 2. A strong navy as "insur- ance" against var. Did strengthen- ing the British and German navies IU IHE E8EE VI AvVv~At tU8nA3 either of those nations against wsr ---gr did # serve to create national delssioHs fn both c0untries--''tfe ring of steel in Germany; the German menace" in England-- which helped to bring on the World war7 Unless press and public opinion sn the United States. Great Britain and Japan put 4 stop to it can the present naval race which the admirais and Navy leagues Of each of these nations are vigorously boosting have any other end than the very cafaefro- phs which K being insured" against7
 g. Naval strength in relation t0 national security and the protec- ton Of commerce. The foreign commerce Of Great Britain in 1oss was ss.e09. .oo9 .oO0; the United states ffor goods tfnua. ported by seal gy.s0o. 900. .O0e: ia. nan. 1see ooe.ooo. Were naval
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL,
?send n letters and communications wu your oiinuls to tre tfe Waterbury Democrat
Navy Expanslon Is costIy And No War Preventive

strength in proportion to foreign
 commerce., Great Britain would
 be 60 per cent stronger thah the
 United States and the latter 200
 per cent stronger than Japan. But the fundamental basis for all arm. aments to-day--the only real rea- son why millions of harasscd tax
 payers throughout the world are
 wiling to pay the enormous costs invoIved--is the sincere belief that
 military and naval strength are
 necessary for their national se- curity.
 Let us be honest: how large a navy do we need for national sec eurity, ln comparison with Great Britain and Japan? With our im-
 mense resources we could easily sustain life even if our entire for-
 eign commerce were destroyed.
 We have great cities exposed on our coasts, but thousands of miles
 separate them from the navy
 yards of potential enemies. For
 Great Britain foreign commerce
 means life or death. About 60 per
 cent of her foodstuffs is imported
 and almost all Of her raw mates rial. Japan has to import nIne- fentbs of her iron ore. 2-3 of her petroleum, all of her cotton, etc; foodstuffs comprise I5 per cent oi her total imports. Tn addition the entire population of both Of these islands lives within 75 miles oi the sea- and in the case of Japan where practically all city dwellings are built of wood, entire elite, might be destroyed by fire spread by bombing planes launched from the decks Of enemy naval craft O. merchant vessels.
 For our own safety and Inc peace of the world we need C 1 learn fnore about these things. Mas God hslr do a0~~if we are not | too ias lo fr. The public library and ff atuf newspaper are good i places f1r ainost anyone 10 begin Yor tfuly yours.
 flQHEEIT $. FIELD, 53zz 0aIuor Road, 1 kIay D.. ga1t phlIa4elphIe. Pa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
A Book a Day
His Five Daughters
 Gave Him No Peace
by BRUCE CATION

You've probably heard the old ono about the Rrhy.hnifed lady who presented hefseif at Heavens gate and was asked by Bt Peter tO give an account of herself.
 She was admitted the m0ment she said sho had raised q family Of five boyB--the idea being that any woman who had gone through all that deserved an eternity of peace and rest.
 All this has very little to do with Louis Oolding's new novel. "Fivo Silver Daughters" except that tho book porsuades me that raising daughters iB just about as nerve- wearing . job as raiging sons.
 The the central figure in thIs book--a dreamy London Hebrew. who starts out as q tailor and winds ID ag merchant prince. has i've daughters, and they lead him q dizzy chase.
 Sam Silver, the tailor, wins . modest sum, In q lottery and buys out the shop whore he works; just as he ie about to 70 broke, he gets . partner who puts him over the
 in ad decade he becomes fabu. tously wealthy. But the money brings him no happiness, partly because he doesn't know what to do with it and partly because Of his daughters.
 one of them gets hIgh.hat and grasping. Another marricH the partner and produces seven chii. dren for the old man to support when the partner finally specuiates himself into q jam and commits suicide. The third marrios n Com. munist and goes to Russia; the fourth becomes fiighty music hall star, and the fifth gets very. soul- fui, stays home. and goes In for good works.
 Il this makes an involved tale. exceedingly interesting in spots. but inclined to be q bit over.Iong, for old Sam Hilvcr.
 Published by Farrar and Rine- hart, it sells for s2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

c. When was an airplano first catapulted from . shipY A.
 A. In 1911, whom Eugene Ely flew . plano from the U. S. &. Pennsylvania. Tn iD16 . cRtapuit was installed on tho U. s. S. North Carolina and Capt Muslin launched the first airplane from it in Nov. ember of that year.
 Q. How many American con. suls arc stationed In Hamburg, Germany?
 A. One consul general and thrse consuls.
 c. Are tho words banquet and banquette synonymousY
 A. A banquet is q sumptious feast; . dinner with speeches. A banquette is a raised platform of earth on which soldiers stand to deliver their fire.
 c. How arc banana plants pro- pagated?
 A. By sprouts or suckers. The young plants may Do tranhpianted after attainting height of feet by cutting them loose with spade. The plant grows from 10 to 70 feet tall and carries q whorI of broad ornamental loaves at the top of the stalk. A stalk bears but once, then dies, and Is replaced by sprouts, two or three of which are allowed to bear.
 c. Who wrote Paul and vir-' ginIa' and whom was it published? !?
 A. Bernardin Dc saint Pierre was the author. It was published In f7sS.
 c. Was Victor D. Brenner, dee signer of the Lincoln head penny, born in the United States?
 4. He was born at Shawl,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
Know Your Waterbury It's History, Facts and General Information

able performances of "Ioianthe".. also ',rhe Pirates of Penzance"; the I1lks' minstreis which gaYe \ performance in the City Hall n 1896; the Talma club minstrels of . later day, 1904 and on, giving notable performances; and there wore other presentations by or- ganizntions that have gone down In local history.
 A performance of the early days that was considered outstanding was presonted by Professor Tran- els T. Russell. head of st Margar. cts school for years, "The Hchool for scandaw given in 1S0e at Jacques thcatcr, many prominent residents taking part. SC Pet- rick'g Dramatic club was organ. iEed in 1890. Much more might be written of Waterbury's musical and dramatic history, put this branch of the city's activities, is . detailed story In Itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

Lithuania, June 12, 1871 and was . naturalised American cltisen.
 e. Js Henry Van Dyke living? A. He died on April 10, 1888.
 Q.-Is 1t illssei- to destroy United States paper money?
 A. No, but mutiiatcd paper money cannot Dc put back into cir' culation. aI,fM-
 O. What is the name of the selection played by John Barry. more in the motion picture "A Bill of Divorcemcnt?" sbstli yt
 4. "Unfinished sonata" It was composed by Max Steiner especially for the picture. .l.a VI sfl5s
 e. How is the word fuselake
 A. "Few-se.iazh' (broad q AA in art). Q, What Ia the address of the house Q: Mrs Hurratt, whore the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln was iiatchedY
 A. GOA II street, ". W, wash- ington, D. c.
 c. Are unmarried persons uh- der 21 years of age whose incomes are s1,6O0 . year or more required to pay. federal income tax7
 A. Yes. h
 O. Give the location and num- Der of Desertas Islands.
 A. They are q group of four rocky islets in the Atlantic. 90 miles southeast of Madeira, and forming part of the Madeira group. named Bugio, Deserta 0rAnde. Chaco and Sail Rock. They have no permanent inhabitants.
 c. Did Frederic March play in Roman scandais" with Eddie Can- tor?
 A. No.
 If you want copy of oar buIles tin "Junc BFidesv write Co The waterbury Democrat, Washington Bureau, enciDsing dve cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

Incidentally in commenting on the ter centenary the other night our fingers slipped while our mind was dozing. We mentioned the fact that Hartford min- ister wanted the Hartford celebration postponed until 1886 because Hartford was not founded by Thomas Hooker until 1886. Unfortunately we wrote 1886 the second time. Forgive it, please. We stand corrected by some unkown corre- spondent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
So They Say

If you hope for freedom you must defend the democratic vision of this country against the neur0sls in 0ermany.--prof. Horace kallen of New York.
 It is possible to immunlze the minds Of the masses against tribal renctlons--Ilev. Everett v. cIinchy, director of the National Confer ence of Jews and Christians.
 I've known the president since I was 2 and he was IS, and I've neys or talked politics or business with him nor made any Fec0mmondas lions for joba.-~ Vincent Antof.
 guess fhe snatch racket is not such a paying pFopoHition ar Wn fhouKhi.~~IIey 4. Williams, con. yieied tiaaabee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
DAILY.WASHINGTON. MERRY-GO-ROUND
Ily DREW PEARsON and ROBERT ALLF

President RoOssvsH CoMpstes Schedule Of Panao Canal Trip; Lack of Funds Causes Recall Of Murine Attache in MoscosO; Sts0n Smabs Cummings for "PsrsecatiOM of AndveW Mellon; Uncle Sam RsMews Nationsgfde Drive Co Collect Tar Address
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

Air-conditioning, as Robert Quillen sug- gests, is an old American custom. The healthiest people we ever had in this coun- try lived in houses with cracks SO wide that the wind took care of the ventilation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

We are glad to see that Hartford will be the city to get the proposed $60O,0O0 Mark Twain memorial Connecticut should be particularly gratified that It's Capital was favored above such places as New York, Washington, and Hannibal, Mo-, which were possible sites For years Twain maintained his home in Hartford. In fact, the old homestead is still pre- served, although few years back 1t seemed as if even Hartford could not muster sufficient public support to pre- vent the house being razed and it's sole link with past in which Twain played q part tossed away. It is hoped to dedicate the shrine about November 30 1885, which will be the tooth anniversary of his birth in Florida, Missouri. The memorial is now being designed by Walter Russell of New York. It will be paid for by na- tional subscriptions. The shrine now pro. posed is of circular masonry structure, no feet in diameter, with shallow pool in the center, surrounded by tesselated pavement inlaid with characters and scenes from Twain's stories. The main group includes Twain seated and holding Tom Sawyer in one arm. Around him arc other figures, Pudd'nhead Wilson, Joan d'Arc. Other figures will be added from time to time. As q beginner this should meet with approval. Connecticut might do something about ending all doubt where such q memorial would go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

The trouble with the perpendicular" drinking that New Workers are reviving is that SO often 1t ends horizontally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26

All vehicles must be lighted not later than s:42. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-26
The EIizabethan NRA

England seems to have had many of our present trobles in "the spacious times of great Elizabeth" though Shakespeare, lacking social-mindednes and not daring to comment on politics, never said much about them. Some of Queen Elizabeth's edicts curiously suggest MIRA regulations and other aspects of the New Deal. Guilds, which were associations of craftsmen and traders, were getting into difficulties through changing trade conditions In 1591 the "skinners" petitioned the queen, complaining that spectators were buying up the best hides and exporting them, so that the skinners, having poor materials, could not turn out good work, and so lost their leather market to imported velvets and silks. The queen helped them.
 The weight of cloth per yard was reg ulated, to maintain standards. The fish, mongers were authorized to appoint rep resentatives who searched shops and houses during Lent, to stop those who were unlawfully killing and uttering flesh" when nothing was lawful but fish. There was government order to revive the sport of archery, in order to provide work for makers of bows and arrows. Prices of food, lodgings, shops, stables, and so on, were regulated, and govern ment agents were stationed in towns on special occasions to tell strangers the legal price.
 Creditors, during depression, were urged to- be easy on debtors, and were warned that if they didn't, they needn't ask for any governmental favors in them. selves. This sort of thing was duplicated many times in many countries in medieval and ancient times. It is strange how many of our supposedly modern practices in business and government administra- tion are very old.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-10
NEWSPAPERS OPINION
THE GOVERNMENTAL MONSTER

"And when the railroads are finally swallowed
I'D in the nav of the governmental monster tna'
is already feeding so greedily upon the productive
effort of our people and paralyzing their creative
vitality, our whole system of communications Will
inevitably 90 with it; and with the arteries and
nerves of our economic life thus devoured the rest
of the corpse of private enterprise will TALL an
easy and inevitable victim and not scrap Will
escape"
Strong words and uttered by the practical rather
than theoretical Dr.. Virgil Jordan, president OF
the National Industrial Conference board the most
+borongb and best posted economics institution IN
the country.
With tentative debt of nearly forty billions o.
dollars IN view, with nearly 22000,000 citizens al
ready drawing all or part of their living out of
the federal treasury, with hundreds of millions OF
tax funds going into politically managed business
and with the ground already broken for govern
ment ownership and political operation of the
banks, the railroads and the communication indus
tries it ought not to- be difficult for "the
man on the street. to envision future in which
| the hitherto sovereign voter becomes the serf Of
the office hoders-to be bossed by political trick
sters. rex.
Now is the time for the people to stop, look and
listen. Now is the time for everybody to learn
wealth and can give to the people nothing in adj
dition to what it takes away from the people
! Public Service Magazine. $500. :;
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-10

studying or training, knows eX-
ac5ly what to do for her baby,
lust like that. Mother knowledge
is supposed to come automatlcal-
ly with motherhood. A woman
NAV never have thought twice
about babies; she may have spent
her time prior to motherhood IN
doing anything and everything
that had nothing to do with ba-
bies; but the moment she arrives
in the state of motherhood, she is
qualified to care for her off
spring and manage its affairs.
There never was a more ridicul-
Gus notion.
knowledge is knowledge; and
there is no royal road to it, nor
does it come automatically. If
you have knowledge, you have
had to get it first; and the only
way to get knowledge is to go
after it.
1t would be just as sensible to
declare that a woman who had
never been in a kitchen in her
life and didn't know a frying
pan from a pot, or baking powd-
er from strychnine, who didn't
know the first principle of pre-
pairing food and of cooking it,
| who was totally ignorant of all
the principles of kitchen chem
istry,. could step into her kitchen
and become instantly by some
SORT. nf .nnarVelnnS instinct With
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-04-10
ASK THE NEWSBoYS

Though it has been shown conclusively that child
labor has been practically abolished in this country
the fight to enact futile child labor amendment
continues. From the standpoint of the newspaper
industry this amendment would affect about a half
million newsboys now engaged in. the sale and de-
livery of newspapers. The propagandists do not
go to the record for their supporting arguments.
They prefer rather to build their case upon as
sumptions too often theoretical and erroneous
And now the NRA has sent out a QUESTIONABLE
on the newspaper code. One of the questions seeks
information the employment of persons under
16 in the sale and delivery of newspapers This
information, in detail, has already been gathered
by the International Circulation Managers Asso-
citation, points out ]. D. Barnum, publisher of the
Syracuse Post Standard. He ntimates that the
NRA might have saved considerable time and ex-
pense by using it. He further points out that the
NRA might obtain better information on the en-
ploy of newsboys by asking the newsboys them
selves and their parents rather than the publishers.
1t is a pertinent suggestion and one which might
be tried to advantage by the NRA.-Newsdom