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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
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AMONG THE GALS By C. R. Birch

A hot mama is like dry ice. If
 she cant melt you with a warm smile she'll freeze you with frig- i'd air.
 Sometimes you can get one of the airy things all puffed up like a balloon, but don't stick her with a pin.
 And they may stand a slap in the face, but never spanking on the back porch. Among the girls will not spark Are those who play around the park. Some gals are like a leaky tire:
 it takes lotta air to keep going with them. & And many a gals first biscuit could out-cut diamond. Among the gals I will not place Are those who. bet upon race, A gals luminous eyes can make some guys feel all lit up. And too much paint can make a fresh gal look stale. Among gals I like to date.
 Are those who love to stroke my pate.
 When a gal stops you to look in furniture store window it's time to pop the question or blow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Byhalia, Miss, Aug. 2O-They have let loose another Huey Long down here in the lower Mississippi valley.
 The likeness is remarkable. There is the same swagger, the shouting, the showmanship, the cigars, the brass voice, the phy- sical endurance, the thunderous warning against the invisible empire of wealth" Shut your eyes and you would almost swear that the sweating, gyrat- ing, Illuminating figure on the platform before you was the kingfish of Louisiana himself.
 Yet it is none other than Theodore G. Bilbo, ex-governor of Mississippi, ex-newspaper- clipper for the AAA in Wash ington, and now the chief req son why the Mississippi senatorial primary is the most picturesque in the country.
 In Mississippi, the democratic nomination m n s election. What is now happening, there fore, is not an ordinary primary, but in affect, the final campaign.
 Next to having Al Smith in the senate, there is probably nothing that would please the man in the White House less than having a team-mate for Hucy Long enscOnced in the au- gust upper chamber ready to berate, obstruct and filibuster.
 And yet through the bungling of someone around the White House it looks as if that was what might happen.
 FIRE EATER BILBO
 But before going into the back stage maneuverings, get picture of the second Huey Long at work.
 They turn out to hear Bilbo much as they turn out to see tire-eater at the county fair. Dressed in a grey sack suit torn at the sleeve, he smokes cigar, waiting to be introduced. His red tie is adorned with a horse shoe sparkler. Completely at case, he turns and spits out the window.
 Half an hour before, sitting on the front porch of the Byhalla boarding house, feet upon ger anium box, you might nave mistaken Bilbo for a drygoods salesman out of Memphis. But once behind the microphone he takes on an air of blatant assur ance.
 .'There are two invisible gov ernmcnts in Washington, a seen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Press Comment
DICTIONARY OF SUNSETS
(New York Sun )

, (NeW Ork sum
 Equipped with the new diction- ary of colors just published by the British Color Council, the watcher of glorious sunset might be able to idt. ..tify by name 220 shades of color on natures canvas. Beyond that he could not go, though nature might. The, new dictionary, com piled primarily for industrial and commercial reference, consists of two volumes. The first contain 22O different shades presented on pure silk. ribbon. each ribbon being smooth for half it's length and ribbed for half. The shades are named, numbered and coded. The might find of greater interest, gives the history of each shade represented ard of the names by which the various shades have been known.
 The London Times mentions as appropriate, for the poet such names as "cyclamen pink, nettle gray. bee-eater blue, buttercup and banana" The more fanciful in ventions of commerce, such as
 ClcPHdHt DiSutu, nave uOI UceIl stamped with approval perhaps because of too recent origin. The compilers of the dictionary divide colors into three classes: those which can be matched to a definite standard, such as Wedgewood blue; those which can be matched to an average such as carrot and sapphire; and those which must be matched to average opinion, so to speak, such as sky blue or old rose. In preparing their work the com pliers examined eighty different sky blues and sixty different whites, all submitted as exactly the thing.
 The dictionary of colors is not a new thing. An American work of much the same nature, though even more exhaustive, Is extant. In the instance of the British work the colors which are represented in the dictionary have been ec- cepted as standard by the British Standards. Institution and will be submitted to similar agencies in other parts of the British Common wealth of Nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

the New Deal is Collins. The man whose record is. furthcst away is Stephens.
 The Senator has voted con- sistently with the power inter- ests. which, in state where IVA is tremendously popular does not help him. During the 72nd Congress he was the only democrat to vote with 15 rcpub- licans for the yellow dog con- tract" and with IT republicans to nuliify important sections of the anti-injunction bill.
 Stephens also voted against unemployment relief measures, increases in the PWA appro- priation, and against the law authorizing the REC to make unemployment loans to states. BLUNDER
 Despite this, however, Marvin Mcintyre, White House Secre- tary, sent a telegram to Ste phens, interpreted in Mississippi as giving Roosevelt support to Stephens. The President, in the Far West at the time, probably knew nothing about it, sent Col lins an assuring telegram after his return.
 However, that first telegram to stephens may mean another Hucy Long in the Senate.
 For Collins and Stephens are drawing from the same upper strata of voters. And while these two arc fighting it out, it looks as if Bilbo might slip by with enough votes to win.
 Copyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is not going to permit profiteering in foodstuffs. He has stated so in very clear and concise statements. There is no real need for food values to mount sharply in the com ing months, he believes. The mere fact that the midwest is drought stricken and as a result cropless this season does not mean food shortage. There is no con- cern over such situation. And people who take advantage of the situation to jump food prices are going to find Uncle Sam right on their necks. That's the way to speak, Mister Wallace. Let's hope. you carry it through.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
A Book a Day
It's A Weird Yarn But Very Exciting
BY BRUCE CAPTION

The day being pleasant and the
 human mind being at peace, tnis might be as good a tune as any
 to acquaint you with the news that Mark Charming has written d
 book called King Cobra ana
 that the book is a lood-and-tnun- der romance in which heroic Eng fish manhood records one more triumph over the forces of evil. It seems that up in shaooWy
 Tibetan kingdom a plot against the British empire is being hatcn- ed, in the course of which certain vicious Asiatics murder Brltlsh pro-consul and kidnap his charm ing daughter. who there-upoh faces a fate worse than death III the perfumed harem of a villainous native chief.
 Into action, at this point, comes
 the gallant young Englishman- an heroic figure of man, who stands six feet four and fears noth- ing whatsoever.
 over the Himalayas into the forbidden kingdom goes our Eng lishman, then, bent upon rescue, while the beautiful English girl languishes in the harem awaiting
 the fell designs of her captor. At this point the story gets bit expansive, combining age-old
 Hindu mysticism with such mod ernisms as death rays and wire
 less telegraphy, all neatly built up on a background of good. old fashioned torture.
 There is a hunchbacked Mon- gol who conspires against practi- cally everybody, a pet tiger owned
 by the native chieftain which eats
 up. courtiers when they displease the chief, mysterious yelled man
 who has everybody's number-and all in all, you get story which is
 pretty peculiar but which does | Sanage to be very exciting. And ] that. in these dull days, is certain
 ly something.
 Published by Lippincott. the book retails at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

a. Name the countries now ruled by dictators.
 A. Russia, Italy, Turkey, Ger many, Hungary, Albania Foiano' Persia and Yugoslavia.
 o. What does the name Loertz mean? ,,,, .n,o meaning left-handed, sinister a"h- ward.
 o. What color are the most valued sapphires?
 A. The value of the sapphlre increases with the depth of the color up to the limit of translu- cency. the most priZed specimens having a corn-flower-blue tint.
 o. Did Lord Byron, the poet' commit suicide?
 A. No.
 o. How many students are there in theological schools ana seminaries in the United States?
 A. Approximately 12.S50.
 o. How is artificial honey made?
 A. White sugar, pounds; wa ter, 2 pounds; gradually bring to a boil and skim well. When cool, add 1 pound of bees honey and 4 drops of peppermint.
 What is the real name of Jack Pearl who plays the role of Baron Munchausen over the radio?
 A. Jack Pearlman.
 o. On what date did President Coolidge take the oath of office as president after the death of Presi- dent Harding?
 August 3 1923
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
TOMORROW: On to "spain."

tually found and that the coins were minted prior to 1900.
 Is it asking too much Of the Hampton Beach discovercr that ne will give some newspaper list Of the coins found and the date that each one bears? If his gold and silver is in ingot form, we have no interest in it. We demand coins, and while we should prefer that they were unearthed on Gardiners Island, we do not care to limit the area.
 Erosion at some points along the short of the Sound and depos- its at others have destroyed the value of old charts, but one hopes that the quest may go on because the fact that pirate gold has gone free of it's containers does not mean that it has been destroyed. and as long as Long Island Sound and the Atlantic shore to the northward of it remain we do not see why buried treasure may not be discovered.
 We admit that its discovery by means of a steam shovel does not make an appeal. Much better Is the Use of pick or spade by moon- light, but after all results count, coupled, of course, with the dates on the coins. One realizes that summe~ is waning. and 1t seems a far better time for searching for hidden treasure than is late au- tumn or early spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Horosc cope e
BY oCTAvINE

Don't quarrel at lunch. Save that enthusiasm for later in the afternoon. It may be used more wisely then. The afternoon fa- yors sports and active work. The late evening will develop pessi- mism. It may be rainy and your disposition will follow suit.
 Today's Birthdatc
 You like to make the most Of what you have and love display. You would like pearl fishing. Ever try it? You are passing through period of depression at the present time. It will last through Sept. II and again from Dec. 8 through Jan. 2. 1885. You will have favorable financial pe- riod from Sept. ' through the 17th; but a similar adverse period from Feb. 25-March 22. 1885.
 Danger, Sept. II. IF and IS. So- cially favorable Sept. 6. Good for correspondence Aug. 22.
 Readers desiring additional in- formation regarding their hOrO- scopes are invited to cOInmuni- cate with OctayiDc in care Of this newspaper. Enclose stamp ed, self-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
BURIED TREAsRE
(Hartford Courant)

Among New England news items of the past week none was more thrilling than that from Hampton
 Beach to the effect that the op- orator of a steam shovel had found
 several pieces of old English money among them a silver piece minted
 in 1779 and a sovereign. the date of which was not noted. Pirates treasure, one hopes but there should have been at least a keg filled with soveregns, pieces of eight or moidores. One is not inter-
 ested in the number or value of the treasure; one only insists upon | its discovery, proof that it was ac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Whether women may wear shorts on municipal golf links in New England is not going to be decided by park officials meeting as a body. If local authorities want to put ban on this type of wearing apparel, all we'll and good, but not the New England park body. It avoided the question adroitly at it's Bridgeport meet ing last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Selected Poem
A COWSLIP

A COWSLIP
 (Florence Irene Gubbins in the Christian
 Science Monitor) A cowslip makes me think Of een-gold meadows where the cattle drink Knee deep in gurgng water as it pours over the shining pebbles and near by old timbeted barns against group of trees Where rocks are cawing and gray pigeons fly Of these a cowslip tells and more than these \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Q. To what church does Mayor La Guardia of New York belong? A. Protestant Episcopal.
 Q. Is the COW with the window in her stomach still alive? A. She died of natural causes. Q. What metal bursts into a vie
 olet flame when thrown on water? ? A. Potassium. The burning metal fizzes about on the surface, it's extremely high temperature precluding absolute contact with the liquid, except at the very end, when the last remnant, through
 loss of temperature, is wetted by
 the water and bursts with explosive violence.
 o. What was the percentage os increase in passenger motor cars
 made in the United States and Canada in 1893 over 1882? A. The 1892 total was 1,186,2O9 and the 1893 total was 1,6S5,000,
 an increase of A per cent. If you want copy of our bulletin HOME MADE WINES write to the Waterbury Demo-
 crat's Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
DAILY ALMANAC

High tide at Milford, Tuesday, August 21. S:32 p. m., daylight time; low tide. 2:3O a. m daylight time.
 All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:15. daylight time tonight.
 Sun rises 6O5 a. m, daylight time; sets 7:45 D. m, daylight time.
 Moon sets 1;OO a.. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

The nerve of those delegates to the weathermens convention to tell us we're going to have an abnormally severe win ter. It would be more to the point if they'd tell us how to can some of this summers heat for use five months from now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

Now Professor Tugwell is in bad again for calling conservatives "Tory obscurant- ists". This makes them all the madder because they don't know what it means.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20

This is good month to go fishing. Also to iron out strikes and get ready for real work after Labor Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-20
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17

Contributions received to tn
credit Of Harry Cannes in his So
cialist competition with Del. Mix
Gold, the Medical Advisory Bcart
Helen Luxe, Jacob Burck and Davia
Ramsey, in the Daily Worker driy
for 100000. Quota-S500.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17
Vote Communist to
Fight Hunger

THE. services of the Roosevelt administra-
ton to the capitalist class is clearly
shown in the announcement by Jesse Jones,
chairman of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, that the so-called loans. of the
RIG. to the big banks and corporations will be
extended by the government for as much as five
years from Jan. 81 1895 Thus the six billions that
the r F. c. has given to big business will probably
never be repaid
This hoerality to the capitalists is in vivid con-
trast to the brutal treatment melted out to the
unemployed to the sashing of wages to the fore
Closure OF small homes and farms To vote for
Roosevelt means TO approve the continuance of
policy that favors only the capitalists To vote
Communist means to strike a blow at the hunger
policies of the new deal. 1t means to advance the
fight of the masses for their own needs for their
own class interests >D
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17

iIiHE La Guardla administration is pre-
pairing to slash the meagre relief
handed out to the jobless of New York.
This is the meaning of the recent at
tacks upon the employees within the Home
Relief Bureau, the most glazing example of which
is the discharge of Miss Sdonia Dawson about ten
days ago.
The facts are simple Miss sidonia Dawson
supervisory aide at Precinct 10 of the Home Relief
Bureau, expressed her objection to brutal police
attack upon a delegation of unemployed The
Grievance Committee, of which Miss Dawson is
chairman the next day expressed their solidarity
with the unemployed by issuing lsafet condemn
ing the police attack and demanding the removal
Of the supervisor if she were found responsible for
the calling of the police.
Miss Dawson was fired as result of her pro-
tests. This discharge took place, it must be noted
at the hands of the liberal" LaGuardia- Hodson-
Corsi administration. The same administration
which fired Miss Dawson for objecting to brutality
against the jo5less, said last January through the
mouth of Welfare Commissioner Hodson, that re-
lief workers should listen to the story of his 1.-THE
jobess person's-Ed.l problems with patience and
kindly understanding
The discharge of Miss Dawson is more than
the dismissal of a courageous employee 1t is an
attack upon the unemployed. It in particular
shows the deadly fear of the liberal" administration
that the relief employees will revolt against their
continuous policy of police brutality against the
jooess 1t is, furthermore, attack upon the or
ganizaticn Of the Home Relief Bureau employees
With cowed and intinidated group of Home
Relief Bureau Employees, the Administration will
feel that any hindrance it may have within its own
Bureaus to its policy Of batterng down the stand
ards of the unemployed is destroyed 1t will feel
that much freer tn conduct unrartraiped ,oolic,
of terror against the relief clients This is the basic
idea behind the discharge of Miss Sidonia Daw-
SON.
The fight for the reinstatement of this relief
worker is fight, fundamentally, against the at
tack upon the jobless, and deserves the support
Of all organizations of the unemployed all labor
and white collar organizations
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17
AAA and Elections

bidding for election support of the i'm
poverished farmers in the coming cleo
lions, Roosevelt's Secretary of Agriculture,
Wallace, yesterday Criticized the prac-
tice of limiting industrial production and
price-fixing as hurting the farmer
BY this criticism Wallace wishes to appear
before the millions of poverty stricken farmers as
their spokesman and defender.
But what Wallace is doing is a typical Roose-
veltian trick, He is bidding for the election
support of the impoverished farmers, while the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17

administration. Of which he is part, is &C
tualy assisting only the biggest and wealthiest
industrialists and landowners.
In addition, wallace's talk of ending the limiting
Of production fits in quite nicely with the plans
Of the big Wall Street monopolies, who are at the
present moment finding it necessary to remove some
Of the earlier NRA. production restrictions in their
fight against the small, non-monopoly producers.
Wallace offers the small, Impoverished farmers
nothing at all. He bluntly declares that the Grim
inaI A.A.A. crop-reductng program will continue
destroying crops that the big landlords and grain
producers can reap huge profits at the expense of
the small producer, who is being crushed to the
wall. and the city workers. who must give new
plumber to the Wall Street monOpolies which
market the ccuntry's food.
IT is only in the program of the Communist Party
for the relief of the impoverished farmers that
the millions of mortgage-ridden. drought-stricken
small and middle farmers can find any relief from
the burdens that Cypress them. The Communist
Party in this election fight as in ali it's agrarian
struggles. organizes for the ending of the hated
A.A.A. program, for the cancellation of all mort
gage debts which chain the small farmers, for
adequate government relief.
This demand is expressed in the farm plank
Of the Communist Party Congressional Platform:
relief to the impoverished and drought stricken
farmers without restriction by the government and
the banks; exemption of impoverished farmers
from taxation; cancellation of debts of poor farm
ers; for the Farmers Emergency Relief Bill"
Wallaces farm program is part and parcel of
the whole Roosevelt New Deal,' with its infamous
destruction of food amid the hunger of the masses
in order that handful of wealthy landowners and
monopoly middlemen can gather harvest of in
creased profit
WHATEVER differences Wallace has with some of
" the practices of the N.RA are only differences
rejecting the antagonism between the big land
owners and the Wall Street monopolies over the
price of manufactured goods, the landowners being
eager for lower prices of the things they have to
buy.
In the coming elections every Roosevelt agent,
every capitalist candidate must be confronted with
the aroused anger Of the small farmer and city
workers, who face pauperism as result of the
Wallace Roosevelt N-R.A.-A.AA. program.
Place Communists in the legislative halls to ex-
tend the fight against the rich landowners and the
Wall Street monopoies, against the mortgage sharks
and for adequate relief program Vote Com
munist against the Wallace crop-destroyng pro-
gram!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-17
The DauVSOn Case

THE La Cuardia administration is pre-
L pairing to slash the meagre relief
handed out to the jobless of New York.
Evening star., 1934-10-19

upon Health Department statistics
for 1888. Since 1901 living conditions
here have so improved that males now
may expect nearly 10 years and fe-
males nearly IL years more than the
first year after the turn Of the century.
South Dakota heads the group of
States in which life spans are longest.
Minnesota. Iowa, North Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas and Missouri have
longevity statistics almost as high.
Kansas ranks second with 66.06 years
for women and 1924 for men.
Cite Urban Population.
Health officials point out. however,
that Washington is doubtfully COM
parable with the group of States lead
ing the parade The Districts p6pu-
lation Is wholly urban, whereas most
of the residents of the seven leading
States are rural. That particular sec
ton of the Midwest also is noted for
the large percentage Of immigrant
residents from Western Europe who
are noted for their hardness.
The health office here also pointed
out that this year heart disease has
become one Of the principal call5es of
death in the District, total of 1907
Washingtonians being the toll during
the first IS weeks of 1884 Anxiety
due to long periods Of unemployment
and a large transient population were
attributed as major factors in the in
crease in heart disease deaths.