The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-21

mobile trip through the middle
west.
According TO the tale, Mr.
Hoover, and his party, stopped
at a railroad junction lunch.
room ono afternoon for q bite,
They seGten themselves ut tho
counter and gave their orders.
A man, attircd IN oyeralIs,
came IN and sat down next ~
Mr. Hoover.
Travelling through" ne in.
CURED c0nSDani0nably.
Eyes" the ex.PFesidcnt re.
piled: How arc things around
swell, they could be better" :
"wiiat do you do?' Mr. Hoover
asked
Nothing nov, I'm uncm.
plOycd," the man answered.
what do yOu dO?"
EDJsON's son
In white shirt sleeves In
bare.walled office of the Ea.
tiona1 Emergency Council Sits
Charles Edison, son OF tho IN.
nous inventor and one of tho
fichcgt men In America, He
holds down a 1g,0OO.asyc np fob
under tho New Deal.
As an expert IN heayy.iDdus.
tries economies, he II running
the Pregldent'g program for
housing development.
A friend, surprised to ind
him taking part In the Admin.
istFation In such o comparative.
ly minor capacity, ventured;
~ can't understand 10, Charles.
What N q general Of Industry
doing In . government job like
Handsome, groy.haircd Edison
wei, n I'm 10 DO general OF
Industry u seemed nice TO have
Industry 20 be general Of. And
me way things wero going before
this administration camo into
power, there wouldn't have been
any very long. thought I'd
pitch in and see what could do
10 help.
DEFIANT
Professor Rex Tugweli Ia a
Arm believer In tho old military
ndage that the "begt defensive In
an aggressive 0ffensc."
R0cently nominated by PreBj-
dent roosevelt for promotion 10
DO undergeePetary OF agriculture,
Tugweil has come uder fire BY
old guard Senate democrats, 10.
cretiy anU.Drnin Trust, on the
ground that no ~ not o dirt
farmer,
Friends have becn seriously
t0nDsc1iing TUgweIl that he M.
sumo o more rural mode IN his
attire.
10 such advice he has not only
refused 90 give cas-, but has be.
come moro dappcP than ever. on
Tire slightest uTOyOcatbOB the
handsome, young intellectual
now appears IN frOck coat and
MAIL BAG
y. ~, Erie, Pa.---President
Roosevelt sWims In tho White
H0uB0 pool at least two or three
times O week; in warm weather,
IL not too busy, daily, H0 IN.
duiges In this fay0rlte sport ne
tho close OF his days work, stop.
ping FOR o Dip on his way TO din.
ner.. The President ~ an accom-.
p p.s.i, s.a sw y using pow.
chsruo SnSs''; n. gin: yee.r al
Trade Commission reports that
gasoline users paid total, In state
Eng FEDERAL, taxes last year Of
9700,000,0O0. Tho tax averaged
b.t4 cents o gallon. q. N. NJ,
NJ Petersaburg, F'Ia.--Benator
William Gibbs McAdoo has been
absent from the Senate for SOW.
era1 weeks because OF n serious
illness. lie IN now on tho road
10 recovery. Tho senatrO In ~
years old, looks like 50. y. q,
Gonzales, Tcx.--The first Com
grcsg convened March 4, 1879 In
the City OF New York. The next
C0ngrcsg met In philadelphia, II
was not until the second session
Of tho sixth Congress that tho
body mot in Washington, where
II has held its dcIiberations
since. q. h., SiOux City, In.
Federal experts assert that
radio br0adcasting has no effect
on climatic conditions, was not
responsible for the current
drought. Weather Bureau auth.
critics pointed out that In 1885,
decades before radio was
thought Of, Iowa had the dry
est summer on record up TO
then. =. Prof ". r., Kansas
CITY MO.--According TO the
League OF Nations reports, q
total OF s4,27G.000, 900 was spent
in 1893 throughout the world on
armamcnts and munitions. .
y. Or, Chelsea. Mass.--.Thc
last national census, the 18th,
was taken In 1880, and cost mp.
proximatciy s4O,000,000. II In
Guided population, agriculture,
irrigation, drainage. distribution,
unemp loymcnt, manufactures,
and, mines. Detailed statistics
can be obtained from the Bureau
OF the Census.