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Evening star., 1934-01-29
In CHESS CIRCLES
BY FRANK B. WALKER.

Turnover Cup: H. d. Mugridge, former
Harvard player and present champion
Of the Capital City Chess Club; Martin
C. Stark, also q former Harvard player;
E Sperling. c. G. Bettinger and A. Y
Hesse. Hesse went In to make the
number Of entries even.
In the first round Mugridge won
from Betting. Sournin from Sperling
and Stark from Hesse.
4 MATCH title event between J. W
II Byler and E. M. Knapp is being
played at the Colonial Club, 1915
Sixteenth street, formerly the Federal
Club House, where the Federal Chess
Club meets. This match is played on
Monday nights, the two players located
in one room, the spectators in another
where the board is discussed by Bet
finger and the onlookers.
At the end of the first night Byler
kad won game, and Knapp resigned
soon after resuming play the second
night. In the second game, Byler won
after SO moves.
The match is scheduled to continue
six games, draws to count half-point
each.
The next game will be played jan
uary 20, the public being invited to be
present.
THE hve-man team tournament,
i sponsored by the District Of Co
lumbia Chess League will begin
February IA. Various chess groups in
the District have been invited by the
secretary, Floyd E. Kurtz 3433 Thirty
fourth street, telephone Cleveland 08l7
to organize and enter q team. The
latest date for receiving entries and ros-
ters of players and substitutes Is Feb
ruray 10. The entrance fee is 81 per
person, but this amount will be re-
duced II sufficient number Of teams
participate.
This tournament has been very sue
cessful In previous years, giving an op-
AS new feature this year there will
be q prize for each member Of the
winning team.
George E. Bishop, who always has
taken such an interest In the league s
affairs, has donated an additional prize
for the chess player, not on the win
ming team. who has the highest indi-
vidual rating.
Every player on a team automatically
becomes a member Of the league.
T Asst Wednesday night Newell D
Banks, champion checker player
of the United States and also
one Of the best chess players in the
country. gave an unusual exhibition of
chess and checkers at the Harrington
Hotel. He played against all the
checker players who presented them
selves. playing three Of them while
blindfolded. and also played three
games Of chess without losing a single
game.
His blindfolded checker games were
against E. j. McIlvane, James T. Shee-
han and e. R. Riley, and Banks de-
feated them. From across the board
Banks won from Kimble and Purdy
won one and drew two from j. r. Hall
won from Frank Hurst, drew two with
E. c. Dietrich, won one and drew one
with Cram. won from A. L. Ours, drew
with c. M. Barrick, former District
champion. and won from both L. H.
Reese and S. Hertz.
He won chess games from r. S.
Hastings, S. v. Menaloss and w. B.
Mundelle. His total score was:
Checkers-Won IL, including 3 blind
folded; drew 6, lost 0.
Chess-Won 3, lost o.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
SWIMMING DATE SET.

February II has been set for the sec
ond Of q series of junior girls swimming
meets in the Shoreham pool. Entries
will close February IA with Duilcy Cor
don at the Shorellam E~tel.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
HOLY NAME SOCIETY LEAGUE.
Season Records.

High team eame-St. Peters. 566.
High team set-St Gabriel's. 1.64o:
High individual game-T. HuEhes, 154.
High individual set-A. Detz, 37S,
High individual average-Feeney,. 110-S.
High average strikes-OBrien, 400.
High average sraFss-Feeney, 2.c1O.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Department Store

Records.
High individual game-Simon (Kann's)
High individual set-Simon (Kann'D, <o4
hlgh team game-Kann's, 62l.
High team set-Kann's IS43
Hlgh individual average-Simon (Kann's)
Evening star., 1934-01-29
w0MEN'S GOLF DATE SET.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, January 20 (P).--
The Southern women's golf tournament
Iii be held at New Orleans May 7-l2,
r. was announced here today.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
WASHINGTON HERALD.
LEADS YALE FRESHMEN

NEW HAVEN, Conn, January 29
LP).-McKnight Kinne Of Middletown.
Ohio. has been elected captain OF the
hmm wrestling team at Yale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
It's Time To Complain

We sincerely trust that Highway Com missioner John A. Macdonald will get some support from Connecticut members of Congress in his plea for falrer method of distributing federal highway funds. While we are not complaining about the amount of money Uncle Sam allots us annually to be used in mainte- nance of federal routes, we do think that the procedure isn't quite fair to states, such as those in the New England group. No other group probably has as much traffic throughout the year. And main- tenance of the roads falls mainly on the residents of the states, not the visitors.
 In apportioning highway funds the federal government considers area or prime importance. Naturally Connectl- cut is much smaller than some ot the large western and southern states. True, there is some consideration gwen to the ratio between the population of the state and that of the United States, but in our own instance this is completely out weighed by the other two factors. The one that we have not mentioned is ratio of the mileage of rural delivery and star routes to the total mileage of these routes in the U. s. That's where we suffer With our large urban and town populations.
 If Congress apportions the highway funds this year as in the past, we'll re- ceive $729,349. But if it apportioned the grant, as Commissioner Macdonald and other interested people want it done, we'd get S1,596,562. That's double the first allotment and worth striving for, we'd say. We know that efforts have been made before to have states, like those III the New England group with heavy traf. fife the year round, secure more govern ment road funds. So far they've been unavailing. Perhaps this year the unex- nected will happen and there'll be an ap- portionment upon the basis of population. After all it's not Connecticut's fault that she's densely populated, while others are sparsely settled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

why he should send his boy halfway around the world to die fighting nation which lies on the other side of the Pacific, is apt to grow trifle nervous as he con- templates this situation.
 Yet it may be that the horizon is not quite as dark as it seems. All this talk of war, ominous as it sounds, at least brings the problem out into the open and forces it on our attention. We at least are getting plenty of warning that there is trouble ahead. We are not likely to repeat Europe's tragic mistake of 19l4- when, as Newton D. Baker once remarked, the world went to war in fit of absent mindedeness.
 Our task right now is to survey the sit uation thoroughly, to know the worst, and to lay our plans accordingly. That such plans must include maintenance of an ade- quate fleet goes without saying. But that cannot be the only item on the program. The difficulties between the two nations must be examined carefully, and peace full ways of settling them must be sought. We are being warned in plenty of time. It ought not to be impossible for us 70 profit by the warning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
The Board Gains Power

We think that the State Liquor Con- mission exercises bit more power than was actually delegated it under the terms of the Liquor Control Act when it goes counter to the fire or building ordinances of any city. With regard to the slight controversy into which this city was pre- cipitated by a board mandate to local tavern proprietor we can only say that II our city laws must be scrapped in favor of the liuuor boards ruling then the next session of the Legislature IS going to wlt- ness more wrangling over our method or dealing with liquor sales, etc. than has been anticipated.
 Fire Marshal D. J. Lahey opines that no law can make a place of business fire-trap. That is virtually what the Liuuor Commission does in ordering a rear exit to tavern blocked so that II may not be used. Our building laws are quite explicit along these lines. And ex- perience has shown us that where the building laws require cetraln things De done to safeguard against fires It IS pest to do them. Occasionally there IS Hare up over some particular ordinance, put on the whole we respect them and obey them, so that lives and property may be properly protected.
 Personally It seems rather ouu Iha1 " law should demand there be only one means of access and exit to public taV- ern. Modern methods of construction just don't jibe with the commissions rul- ing, if it amounts to the above principle. We're inclined to think that the commls- sion rules the rear entrance to.the tavern be blocked due to the fact that it is in dwelling building. If this be the case, we think that the law states there must be an entrance to the tavern from that portion of the building used as dwelling, However, that's beside the point. The liquor commission is being obeyed by the tavern owner and our building code vlo- lated by blocking rear egress.. TWO wrongs never yet made right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
HISTORY

Waterbury and Watertown boys in these early days engaged in many spirited wrestling matches, this gentle sport popular even in that early period. Whittling was Q popular pastime and the Yankee skill at this was as much. in evil dence here as elsewhere, no doubt the youth of the day sometimes sat and whittled, and other times just sat.
 In the winter time coasting on our many hills occupied the young people. Hunting was also com- mon sport, with so many choice woods around and about Water bury. Training Day" was also an- other important feature in the lives of the young men. The young people were also taken up with singing schools, and this must have been one diversion in which the feminine population could take part. These were usually held on Sunday evenings. Kite-fying, corn huskings, barbecues, clam-bakes, ball playing and sleigh riding were also numbered among the common 'amusements of the day, some of which sports are still more or less popular. Public auctions were, as they still are, great drawing cards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
Motor License Reforms

The secretary of one of the largest automible clubs in the country demands that every motor vehicle be examined by an expert mechanic before it is licensed, to make sure that it is fit to drive. Sixty per cent of the cars operating in his own county, he declares, are in bad mechan- ical condition. The trucks, he finds, are just as bad, and their condition is more important, because they do more damage when they get out of control.
 Another challenge to easy licensing is made by farmers. The Ohio State Grange insists that irresponsible drivers" be kept off the highways. It refers to fi- nancial Responsibility, as shown by fail ure of car owners to pay accident claims against them
 Here is widespread and growing in- justice. The car owner who also owns 8 home may have his home taken away from him to satisfy damage claim. A man who owns nothing but an old wreck of car may cause injury or death to the same property owner, and pay nothing, and continue using the highways. Con- pulsory insurance is probably the best remedy for such injustice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
War Danger

The head of the Japanese navy assures the Japanese parliament that in two more years the effective strength of the Japa- nese navy will outrank that of the American navy. On the same day, Con- gress considers a naval construction
 measure which would give this country fleet superior in hitting power to the famous fleet of 1919, when new ships from the wartime building program just had gone into service. And a former Japanese cabinet minister bluntly warns his fellow countrymen that if naval pro- grams are to be dictated by the admirals of the two countries, an unbridled arma. ment race will be inevitable and war will be highly probable.
 Ali of which emphasizes the way in which the relations between this nation and Japan have drifted in the danger sone. Not in years has the prospect of ear been discussed go openly. Not since the Washington conference has the navy kss1dlDg race been carried on in such grim earnest. The ordinary American, WHO lsnls t hard to think of . good fenson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

enthusiastic believer in the traditions of that august body.
 Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, the New Deal incumbent, has been collecting all the important doc- uments which have been lying around the dusty old files of the senate for the last hundred years. Among these, he has brought to light a neglected let ter in the handwriting of George Washington, and another written by Daniel Boone, which showed that sturdy old pioneer to have been @ man of culture and edu- cation.
 In many cases these letters are almost falling apart with decay, but Halsey has restored them by covering them with transparent silk. Together with the original Monroe Doctrine, which he un- earthed in an obscure filing cab- inet, they now repose on spe- cia1 senate showcase.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Boris Skvirsky, for ten years unofficial ambassador of Russia in the United States, is a shrewd bargainer when 1t comes to renting houses. A year ago the lease on the old Soviet head quarters was up, and Skvirsky renewed 1t. He figured, however, that recognition was just around the corner, so inserted in the lease that it was to be cancelled whenever the Soviets should move into the majestic embassy of the old Czarist days. Mrs William Howard Taft, wid- ow of the late chief justice, re- tained the auto license she has had for years, when the new li- censes were shuff1ed for 1894. Her number is 76. Chief Justice Hughes also kept his No. 50 tag, while Charlie Curtis, ex vice-president kept his license number II.
 MORE MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Engineers on American steam- ships are making vigorous pro- tests to General Hugh Johnson on the ground that the Blue Eagle has brought no relief to marine workers. They charge that while the govern ment is 1adlfng out millions to the steamship owners in the guise of mail subsidies, they are compelled to work 365 days a year. standing watch in port as well as at sea. Jesse 1. Miller, newly named executive director of the national labor board, was aide-de-canlp to Gnnnrnl xr,1a during the war, later served as U. s. umpire of a presidential election in Nicaragua. =.
 election in Nicaragua.
 AND STILL SOME MORE
 Members of the United States supreme court are touchy about their reading habits. A magazine writer recently sought to learn from them what they read in their leisure moments. The jurists debated 1t solemnly at one of their private sittings and by a majority vote decided to give out no informa- tion. Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes made no sec ret of the fact that he dotes on French paper back novels, which he imports and reads by the score. Speaker Henry T. Rainey, as representative of Illi- nois' goth congressional district, holds the seat filled by Abraham Lincoln in his one term in con- gress.
 Copyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
So They Say

The tremendous buildings of New York are beyond belief. Col Russell Martin. c. A. R. commander in chief.
 " The more you pay the higher you go. Only the lack of money prevents ascension to IS miles. Prof Auguste Piccard, strato. sphere flyer.
 !:
 Parents who enjoy the bless- ings of the batter of little feet. must be responsible for the dam- age done by little hands, or in this ease, by little teeth. --Circuit Judge George Janvier Of New Orleans.
 :
 No one but 6 erons-eyed Iaan can realise how much fun it is to bo eross-eyod. -bon Turpin.
 [ What would ahe world think oi me and Of ofeees if lasn1i diod Oi -Nleeiss Nealzeurlass. oroea NAeiz<eE of InIeE'eE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

Q. What is the plural of
 moneyA A. -.2ither moneys or monies. Q. Do white seed potatoes
 differ from those used for food? A. No; except that seed pota-
 toes are inspected to eliminate dis ease.
 o. Is the Dnieper River dam in Soviet Russia larger than Boulder dam?
 A. When completed Boulder
 dam will be the largest in the
 world; about 730 feet high and a crest of 1,1S0 feet long, and 1t will develop 100000 horsepower. The Dnieper River dam is 3,350 feet
 long; but 1t is only 146 feet high, and will develop only about 800, ,O0O
 horsepower.
 o. What majority in Congress is required to pass a bill over the presidents veto? A. Two-thirds in both houses. Q. Is there an international law
 or an established law of nations compelling a nation to surrender to another a fugitive from justice? A. No. The subject of extra
 dition is a matter of reciprocity.
 Q. From what kind of wood are skis made?
 A. Hickory. white ash, white
 maple. birch, yellow. pine, white pine and spruce are used but, ex- perienced ski runners consider that hickory and ash combine in the fullest measure the qualities most desired. 0. What is the highest natural elevation in Ohio? Ss@ A. Campbell Hill. Logan county
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

Representative Herman P. Kopplemann of Hartford thinks that the effort made by Governor Cross to call together demo- cratic leaders this week was move in the right direction. Unfortunately the at- tempted rally didn't materialize, but un- doubtedly it will be held at later date after the more important session in Wash ington between Senator Augustine Lon ergan and Postmaster General James A. Farley has been held. The results of this latter meeting will have direct bearing on the attitude adopted by democratic leaders throughout the entire state. How ever, Representative Koppemann is right in urging united effort. ''Mere mis- understandings" must be replaced by complete confidence in our leaders if the democrats of the state are to continue in power.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

is 1850 feet above sea level. Q. Where was the Crystal Pal ace in New York city? How long did it exist?
 A. It was an amusement hall located in Bryant park, and was opened July IA, 1855. It was de- stroyed by fire in 1858.
 o. What is the epitaph on Shakespeare's tomb at Stratford- on-Avon? A. Good Friend for Jesus Sake
 Forbear,
 Heare,
 Blesse Be Ye Man It Spares
 Thes Stones
 And Curst Be He Vt Moves
 My Bones.a ' c. How does Vancouver, B. C.; rank among the cities of Canada? A. It is the fourth city of the Dominion md its chief port. e. What was Mrs Herbert H. Lehman's maiden name?
 A. Before her marriage to Gov ernor Lehman, she was Edith <Atlschul. Q. What does the German name Eselgroths mean?
 A. It is family name origin ating as a nickname, and means ,"Large Donkey"
 If you want copy of the bul- letin History of Gold and Silver Money" write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau enclosing five cents i'm postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

The American Battle Monuments Con- mission, created by Congress at least ten years ago, is just putting the finishing touches to job that will be hailed as one of the most monumental (if you'll pardon the inoffensive pun) ever attempted. A chain of war memorials all the way from Gibraltar to the British Isles is just near ing completion. American World War dead are honored. Twenty-one memorials have been erected or are in the process of being erected. The largest is at Mont faucon and commemorates the Meuse- Argonne drive in which the doughboys played such heroic and splendid part It was probably the largest American operation of the war with 100000 of our soldiers participating. This is 175- foot monument of Doric type architecture. An observation platform at the top over- looks the entire battlefront. The capture of the St Mihiel salient is marked by the next largest pillar at Montsec; Chateau Therry's next. The Navy is honored at Brest and Gibraltar. There are also eight chapels included in the list, the largest being at Romagne, which boasts the larg est American military cemetery. Let us hope these war memorials will play their part in outlawing for all time the very thing they commemorate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08

There's all sorts of action promised in Missouri this fall when state and con- gressional elections are held. Remember the days of Champ Clark, the noblest Ro- man of them all, the man who narrowly missed the presidency in 1912 when. he lost the democratic, nomination to Wood row Wilson? Those days are returning with Champs son, Bennett Champ Clark, reenacting them. He's a senator now Became one despite the opposition of the powerful Kansas City political chieftain, Thomas J. Pendergast. Now young Clarks backing Representative Jacob L. (Tuck) Milligan for the other senatorial post. Pendergast wants Charles M. Howell to get it. Who wants to wager on the outcome?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-08
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Now Lewis Praises The Business Man

The American business man, who has received many kick on the shins from Sinclair Lewis. can lstep forward now and iffer MT Lewis the right hand of fellowship. For MT Lewis, in his new novel,
 Work of Art" turns his satirical guns on the creative artist, con- trasts him with the American bus mess man, and concludes that the latter is frequently an infinitely more admirable and useful person. He tells us about two brothers who grew up in small Connecti- cut town. One is dreamy, poetic, emotional, and creative; the other is matter of fact, energetic, and filled with desire to be a success full business man.
 The poetic chap grows up to be- come a writer, winding up as a successful playwright. The other goes into the hotel business, works so hard and so long that he has no time for cultural diversion, and becomes, after many trials, one of the country's leading hotel men. The playwright despises him for a sordid -grabber--although l he sponges off him continually pities him for being blind and stu pid, laughs at him contemptuously | for being Babbitt.'
 The hotel man takes 1t, accepts his brother on his own valuation, keeps plugging along, meets fail- ure, surmounts it, and finally rounds out a useful and admirable
 life
 Now. says Mir Lewis in effect, look at the two of them. The play wright Is a phony. He thinks of money, fame, and other material things 10 times as much as his brother; but because he has writ | ten n few seoond-rate plays. he feels entitled to look down on the Rabbit from q great height.
 Tho business man, on tho. other hand, ia not really interested tn money or position at all. He's in' | terested in his job. and nc gives ! himself to t with a devotion that | the artist. brother never knows. From every standpoint he is . better man, q more useful man, q | less selfish man--oven, when you get right down to it. more or . creative artist. |. lie, fhe business man, really ia | ihe 9rfial; his brother, the writor,
 is the nonyssrnbber.
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