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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
333--WBZ.- Boston--90O

P. M. 5:0O-New England Agriculture
 E. J. Rowell. 5:15-News. 5:3O-The Singing Lady. 5:45-Little Orphan Annie. Westminster Choir. 6:3O-Time. 6:32-Old Farmers Almanac. 6:34-Temperature. 6:36-Sports Review--Bill Will
 Hams. 6:41-Famous Sayings. 6:43-Weather. 6:45-Today's News-Lowell
 Thomas. 7:00-Amos m Andy. 7:15-Gems of Melody. 7:30-Sammy Liners Broadway
 orchestra. 7:45-Irene Rich. 8:00-Crime Clues. 8:30-Dangerous Paradise, drama 8:45-"Red Davis". 9:O0-Raymond Knight and his
 Kukas. 9:3O-John Mccormack, tenor. 1O:00-Musical Cruiser-Vincent
 Lopez ana his Orcnestra;
 Kings testers. 10:30--Eventide Singers. 1O:45-Republican News. 11:OO-Time, weather, tempera-
 ture. 11:04-Sports Review-Bill Will
 Hams. 11:14-Old Farmers Almanac. 11:15-Joe Rines and his or
 chestra. 11:30-Kay Fayre. 11:45-News. 11:50-Buddy Rogers and his
 Paradishe orchestra. 12:OO-Carlos Molina and his
 orchestra. t2:3O a.m.--Harold Stern and his
 orchestra. 1:00-NBC Program Calendar.
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Dear Ray:

Dear Ray:
 Knowing that your interest in music has practically no boundary line I feel that we can discuss a number new to everyone. It is an Irish song recently published and we will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

1883 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan 1892 Plymouth 4-door Sedan 1892 For Deluxe Roadster 1882 Plymouth 2-door Sedan 1882 Chevrolet Sport Coupe 1881 Chevrolet Deluxe Sedan 1881 Chevrolet Sport Roadster 1880 Buick Sport Roadster 1880 Chrysler Sport Coupe 1880 Ford Coach
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1883 - Plymouth Business Coupe, 450. DeSoto & Plymouth Agency, 38 Willow St. Dial 3-1598.
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SEE US for stove replacement parts oil burners, stove pipes, and plumb. ing supplies. Waterbury Stove Re- pair Co.,, 255 Bank St. Dial 4-6256.
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FOR SALE-Mahogany dining room table and buffet. Very reasonable 140 Brookdale Lane.
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Household AyticIes

WILL-Cement to your floor, inlaid linoleum up to 16 sq. yds. Special $22.5O. Keller's, 77 Grand St.
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34O-.WABC--New York.-S6O

P. M. .. 6:00-Skippy-sketch. 5:15-Jack Brooks, songs. 5:30-Jack Armstrong, All
 American Boy-sketch. 5:45-Novelty Trio. 6:00-Buck Rogers-sketch. 6:15-Bobby Benson-sketch. 6:30-Music Box. 6:45-Happy Minstrel. 7:00-Myrt and Marge. 7:15-Just Plain Bill--sketch. 7:3O-Armbruster orchestra
 Jimmy Kemper, songs. 7:45-News-Boake Carter. 8:O0-Green orchestra; Men
 About Town Trio; Vivien
 Ruth, songs. S:15-News-Edwin c. Hill. S:30-Albert Spalding, violin;
 Conrad Thibault, baritone. 9:00-Philadelphia orchestra. 9:15-Alexander Woollcott-the
 Town Crier. S:8O-Lombardo orchestra; Burns
 and Allen, comedy. 10:O0-Fiorito orchestra; Dick
 Powell, songs. 10:30-Evelyn MacGregor, con-
 tralto; Evan Evans, bari-
 tone. 1:00-Edith Murray, songs. 11:16-News; Little orchestra. 11:45-Messner orchestra. 11:0O-Ferdinando orchestra. 12:30 a.m.-Hall orchestra. 1:0O-Light orchestra.
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The moving picture industries of the United States and Great Bri- tain will make pretty bows to each other in a special broadcast at 6:45 D. m. m.eto-morrow. The British pro- gram, featuring screen stars, direc- tors and producers, will be sent to this country from 6:45 to ZOO, which will be midnight in England. The second IS minutes of the broadcast will. find American movie people saluting their British breth- ren.
 Among other things to-
 In honor of the coming St Patrick's Day, Albert SpaId. ing will play two of his favor- ite Irish songs. "Norah O'NeiIl'' and .Thc Foggy Dew."
 Miriam Hopkins, favorite of stage and screen, will be the guest of the Troubadours, dO- ing dramatic sketch from one of her recent films (WEAF-9:OO)
 Ted Fforito's ciggie program looks like Q list of the rising song hits of the day. Dick Powell will sing "I'1l String Along With You". Other num- bers that are fast climbing to wide popularity are "Little Dutch MilI." "Good Night, Lovely Little Lady," "With- out That Certain Thing," "You Ought To Be In Pic- lures" and Dancing In the Moonlight"
 Atty. Gen. Homer S. Gum nings will be heard in speech at 1O:SO over WEAF.
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Good luck came Frances Lang ford's way in big punches when Novis in the Saturday Night House Party series. Here's what hap pened: She was signed for a play. Pure In Heart" succeeded Helen Morgan at the Simplon club, sold a poem, had a movie test and re- ceived a flattering offer from a snooty Fifth avenue dress shop.
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Financial
Business Opportunities

A VERY GOOD BUSINESS For sale for $2,000. Any intelligent man can earn fine income. Write Box C-136, Waterbury Democrat.
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When friends of Fred Allen call him on the telephone and tell him they'll be listening Wednesday night" he persists in being 8 com edian and advises them against 1t.
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1926 CHRYSLER "7O"-4-door sedan in perfect condition. Good tires. Will sell reasonable for cash. Call Central Garage, Scovill St.
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464 MEADOW STREET

DIAL 3-9530 Located on Walter Flynn's Texaco Gas Station Lot. Open Evenings and Sundays.
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For Rent Real Estate

EASTERN SECTION-2nd floor, s rooms, hot water heat, $25.
 Root & Boyd, Inc. 174 Grand St. Dial 4-3161
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OAKVILLE-Main street, 2 room apartment, all Improvements. WATERTOwN-Main street, apart. ment of rooms, all Improvements including heat. Garage if desired. Inquire o. Hevey, Main St., Water. town, opposite Cemetery.
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Waterbury Rubber Stamp 6 Seal Co. Rubber Stamps, Corporation and Notary Seals. Fl Grand St.. Dial 4-1016.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Can'tLiveOnL.O.U.'sA
That Goes for Uncle Sam, Too

Uncle Sans balance sheet published in Hearst newspapers
the other day. calculated to make the average citizen blink
in these days of official spending by the billions
revealed that the interest charges the national debt
already greater than the total expense of government
revealed also that the Extraordinary expenditures are
already and half times much the total income from
taxation
The Government in Short paying interest than
pays for living and giving out than double what it is
taking in.
Perhaps you could do that, for WHILE private indi
vidual, but you could not do it long
One hundred twenty million may be able to do
it for while, but they cannot do it long, either
And the apologsts for this spending know there
prospect getting than small percentage of back
No government orecose ruthessly its people
Most of this money is water the DAM The Treasury
will see it again.
These facts unpublished until the election ove should
be viewed without politics partisanship.
The Administrators problems Americas problems its
mistakes Americas mistakes its is Americas
But every American in the Administration out, is
titled know the truth about this of the nations wealth.
where it FROM where going whether it producing
results not
Truth be arrived at by doctorng the figures by
conceaing the expenses, by covering up
The Government must be frank with the people.
It keep them constantly and accurately informed Of
the amount of the bills.
For after ALL is the people who pay the bills and they
don't mortgage the future of their children and grand
children by signing O. US unnecessarily and indefinitely
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
OTHER DAYS

And so far, everybody seems
to mind his manners, even with
the lid off. Not quite so salubri-
GUS was the move of the Demos
on Washington in Andrew Jack
sons day. There was a Rous-
Seauesque ferment in that pass
ing ascendancy of the common
man. Invited to the White
House, he stood on the needle.
worked chairs and davenportS
in his muddy boots, got full of
corn liquor, at Is cents a gallon
in those days, and whooped it
up for old Andrew until they
had to call the police. Other
days, other manners.
The Roosevelts get away with
it beautifully in keeping open
house. And there is plenty of
decorum, too. Without any
sole mn presidential fiat,
raucous jazz and eccentric dane
ing have been tanned down, and
the minuet is becoming more
and more popular.
AS always, the town is full of
ace-in-the hole politicians, slick
lobbyists, professional fixers,
re p ocal back-scratcherS,
women wire-pullers, stuff. d
shirts, track,sore old party
hacks, lame ducks and gossips,
and that's something for any
White House host and hostess
to ponder. about.
MiraculouSly, the Roosevelts
find a pleasant arnalgam for all
these unassimilable elements.
And they have a grand time do
ing it. Politically, that's impor-
tant, too. Somehow Americans
seem to like people who enjoy
life.
Copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill
By T. E. Powers

President raise?" they would
ask solemnly.
Warren Harding was Sincere
in his feeling for the high sane
tity of his office. But, while not
socially inept, he lacked the
light and easy touch which
makes Franklin D. Roosevelt so
happy and engaging in his per-
sonal contacts. In the matter
of the above gaucherie, he prob
ably would have awaited a
chance to speak to the CORE
spondents alone and then said
casually:
Listen, Bill, you're a bit off
when you address the President
directly. 1t doesn't bother me
but you know how it is-by the
by, did I ever tell you the one
about"
The above incident lights up
the contrast between traditional
Washington and the Washing
ton of today. One fancies the
Dolly Gam incident, with all
the solemn eye-rolling about re-
vered precedents, would have
been swept away in hilarious
laughter in this vital, eager, free
and-easy social setup in the Cap
ital now.
While a whole lot of fetishes
are being knocked over, no one
need moan about any Subver.
sion of old-time Americanism.
It appears that the new, wide
open game down there, although
it may have a touch of under
graduate whoop-te-doo, may be
more essentially American than
the musty old fixities and for
malitieS of Europeanized be-
havior which have prevailed in
the past.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20

Out of the White House cellar
comes 1900 wine glasses, shined
up for use again at state din
ners, after drab years which
gave no CLINT of light on crystal
or warming purple effluence at
state functions. Casually, Mrs.
Roosevelt lets it be known that
wine is back. It's nothing to
make q fuss about. She doesn't
drink wine, or anything alco-
holic. BNt there are guests.
Sappho might meet Ella Boole
at the party and there would
be no social contretemps.
There's more afoot in America
today than one-half of l per
cent and the moral turpitude
therein at stake. Socially as
sured people with a sense Of
humor don't need to maintain a
great deal of social regimenta-
ton. They can play by e., or
improviSe.
There's nothing of the social
entreprer cur about the Roose-
velts.. And here in the White
House is a new tempo and a new
decorum-the decorum which
comes of putting first things
first" without too much fret
ting about stale precedent. And
there's new social era in Wash
ington, an era of charming in
formality stirring venomouS
whispers among the old die-hard
dowagers, but rolling along mer-
rily just the same.
In the Nations Capital, it is
the era Of first names. Journey
men politicians, joiners, back
Slappers and high-pressure sales
men know well the efficacy of
this. But the President lives
and works in highly person
allied and highly particularized
cosmos. It just comes natural
with him.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20

of not shooting any more out
laws, and they already have u
Sure-fire slogan: Don't put all
your yeggs in one casket."
The week in March follows
Succotash Week and immedi-
ately precedes Be Kind to Bush
masters Week, and is an ideal
week for our purpose, because
it gives us over three months
to make America honesty con-
scious. We couldn't do this in
much less than three months,
so it is just as well we won't
have to take a week in January
or February.
It will take lots of elbow
grease to sell the country on
the Honesty Week idea, but
once we succeed in making a
few people honesty conscious
there is no reason in the world
why the thing should not go
over with a bang and become a
very popular annual feature,
with some such slogan as why
not be honest for O1IE week in
the year?"
All we need to start the ball
a.rolling is a backer and a few
sincere people who really would
like to be honest, to blaze the
trail. Once We get a few re-
spectacle leaders of the various
communities practicing honesty
openly with some such slogan
as "It'S FUN to be honesty the
others will follow in hordes and
honesty will become a fad in no
time.
AS for the backer, I thought
of several possibilities, but de-
cided that our best bet here is
the Rockefeller Foundation, be-
cause it has plenty of money
and is always interested in good
causes. It ought not to be diff
cult to sell the Rockefeller Foun.
dation people the idea of putting
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of gravy. glaciers of ice cream
down his vast, red NAV.
He bought his diamonds by
the bushel and his women by
the gross. His stomach, by
surgical measurement, was six
times the size of an ordinary
man's-and his heart, by unani-
mouse vote, equalled his stom-
ach. When he blazed down
Fifth Avenue on his jeweled
gold bicycle, traffic stopped, po-
licemen broke into dimpled
smiles and rival railway COM
petitors climbed telegraph
poles.
Such was the spectacular
Diamond" Jim Brady-and
such were his c1ually spectacu-
lar times. For they did things
like that back in the COS.
Stuffed themselves with chow,
wreathed themselves with jew
els, served up naughty, nude,
little girls in paper pies-and
then went out and tossed con-
tinent together-or apart.
Timely Topic
Incredible? No, just American.
If you think that this country
was created by peevish Puritans
with vinegar in their veins,
you'd better got over that
notion. Whether you like it or
not, it was created by the Dia-
mond Jim's."
Now Parker Morrell has as.
sembled the picture, and Simon
& Schus er have put it into
book with Diamond" Jim bill
lowing proudly on the cover, the
inevitable diamond embedded
in his midst. THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF 'DIAMOND' JIM"
The most amazing, fantastic,
hilarious. gorgeous record Of pig
wallowing history-making males
ever written. And, golly. how
we need it!
For something has surely
happened to America since
Diamond" Jim gulped down his
last hundred oysters, covered
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Assured POiSe

Without a hint of sef-con-
SciousnesS, he soon gets into a
first name relationship with al
most anyone with whom he has
continuous association. The one
hundred or so correspondents
whom he meets at the set con-
ferenceS are to him, "Joe" or
Tom" or Bill" But, of
course, he must remain "Mr.
President" to all save Louis
McHenry Howe and a few
others.
I remember we'll a press con-
ference in the early day of the
Harding administration and the
painful humiliation of one of
the correspondents. He asked
the President a question some
thing like this: What would
you do in the event of the fail
ure of the bill?" The President
rose and advanced a pace or
two toward his inquisitor. I do
not think Cicero denouncing
Catiline possibly could have re-
vealed more than a hint of the
stately indignation with which
President Harding met this
dreadful improperly.
Tall, imposing, august, his
handsome face quivering with
anger, he had stepped down
from Sinai to blast one who had
profaned the arc of the cove
nant. His usually mellow and
oracular voice had q trip-ham-
mer impact, as he said: I am
informing-you, sir-that one
The Washington times., 1934-11-20

up, let us say, twenty or thirty
millions, preferably forty, to
back Honesty Week and stage
a series of lessons in honesty.
The idea would be to follow
the Moslem custom and leave
money around loose until peo"
pie became accustomed to not
taking it. l decided it would
be 0cst to tackle the money end
of the plan first, and not leave
any wives around loose for the
present, although the MoslemS
do that. If you left an Ameri-
can wife in front of your home.
with a lot of money there, too,
it would complicate matters too
much, because if she and the
money disappeared, there would
be I'd way Of telling whether
she took it or whether the man
whose honesty we wanted to
test had taken it and her.
What we would do would be
to separate the Rockefeller
Foundations thirty millions
into small parcels of about
SIS. 90 each and leave them ex-
posed in various public places
to see how honest Americans
are. Moslem Americans would
not count.
We won't expect people to
catch on to the idea right away
because you don't learn hon.
esty in one minute, even if you
once knew about it. It isn't
like swimming, which, when
you once know, you never for
get. expect we shall lose q
great many of those packets Of
$4,000, but the Rockefeller
Foundation is not to be dis
couraged at that.
The thing to do is to keep
pounding away at the idea in
cessantly, making it plain to
people that the money is not
theirs and that if they make off
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Listen, World!
BH Elsie Robinson

his last wheel with diamonds,
kissed his last niece" on her
naughty, naked toes and passed
to his fathers. Half of us are
SissieS and the other half cry
babies. it's a cinch he'd dis
own us all. And never have we
had a more timely tonic hand
ed us than his record of a big,
bad boy who couldn't be licked
and didn't know when he was.
Hardships? Handicaps? De-
pressions? He knew them all at
their worst. You think hell
busted loose in 1929? Read what
happened to your dad and
granddad back in 96! Jim was
at his height then. And Volta
Height! Hold your nose, cross
your fingers, say your prayers
BUT DON'T SKIP A LINE.
For presently you'll come to
something which will be good
for everything that ailS you.
The bottom had dropped out
of business. America had gone
crazy. Men were killing them
selves like flies. And no man
with sense would have given a
plugged nickel for the future of
these United States. AND IN
THE MIDST OF THAT MAD
HOUSE DIAMOND" JIM DE-
CIDED TO BET ON AMERICA!
Start Over
Everyone was croaking. Jim
roared with disgust. and COM
manded his secretary to sell all
his secur,ties-turn everything
he possessed into cash, ard
then spend it wholesale!
But -, cried that Mortified
gentleman
There amt any butts about
it," Jim shouted. you've been
readin' what hose,
pussyfootin' bankers have been
sayin' in the papers. He'll! All
they know about is lot of fig
gers. And figgers don't tell half
the story. The things that count
are the people and the land"
So Diamond" Jim banked
every cent he had on American
people-American soil. And
when his distressed friends tried
to hold him back he said some
thing which should stand i'm
mortal in our annals-"IF TT
DON'T WORK I CAN START
OVER!"
II CAN ALWAYS START
OVER that was the spirit
that made America-that will
save America. Homeless Pilgrims
huddled on a bleak and hostile
shore. . incredible Diamond"
Jim gulping down six chickens
at Rector'S. at heart they were
the same-AMERICANS-WHO
COULD ,ALW AVS START
OVER.
Copyright 1884, by King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-20

in 1886 he expects to run for
the presidency on a third party
ticket.
The fact that the "Kingfish"
has such plans is not news to
those who have followed his tao
tics in recent years and his ef-
fort to build up a powerful ma.
chine.
Not only in his State but in
others, there can be no doubt
that his tactics have appealed
to a certain class of voters.
His appeals for redistribution
of wealth and other statements
designed to attract the support
of the poorer voters have not
fallen on deaf ears.
Certain scoffers will ridicule
Mr.. Longs plan.
They will say that the fact
that he will run will not be of
material Importance.
Other OBSERVERS knoU, how-
eUer, that it Mr.. Long runs as
the candidate of third party
in 1886 he DiH poll a SubStan-
ttdl Uote in mdnv rural and
factory communities.
There is little doubt that he
would draw considerable ballots
from President Roosevelt if he
ran on an anti-Roosevelt plat
form despite the tremendous
Administration vote rolled up on
November 6.
That he would be a decided
factor is certain.
In the next two years, astute
Democratic politicians will be
watching Huey'S maneuverS.
President Roosevelt indicates
his political ability again by his
recent selection OF Birmingham,
AlG., as the forum for his
speech tdUoring Development of
public poWer Developments.
AS the center of the Southern
coal industry, Birmingham was
filled with men who dreaded
the expansion of public power
plants.
The coal men have waged a
bitter campaign against the
public power development pro-
gram claiming that with coal
they could generate electricity
at much cheaper rate than
could be developed by iva or
other public plants.
The President has advised
the coal men that it they look
toWard the future they Dill be
convinced that in the long run
they UiH not be injured By his
pO1Der program.
His Birmingham statement is
a further indication that he will
not hesitate in pushing the de-
velopment of public power prof.
ects.
ObStructiOnistS, as he terms
them. might just as we'll under
stand that efforts to hamper
his program will be futile.
copyright. 1894. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Residence and Ability
Local Appointments

Washington business and professional men have right to
feel chagn the persistence of reports that
the local government preparing fill several imminent
vacancies in high posts BY THE APPOINTMENT OF MEN
AND WOMEN WHO ARE NOT WAsH1NGToNIANs.
The plain implication of plans under consideration at
the District Building (and incidentally at the Post Office
Department. that there is in Washington qualified
to hold these important jobs in the local government
We don't think that local residents should allow their
natural modestv to dssuade them from protesting strongly
against this condition of affairs.
There are men and women in Washington established resi-
dents city, who just able and just well trained
to fill any local government job any who
may be brought in here from the States.
Before the end of month the District Commissioners
will be called upon to appoint Health Officer to
ceed the veteran Dr. William G. Fowler who will be retired
because of the age limitation.
For the Commissioners hold little hope
that Dr. Fowlers successor will be Washngtonian.
And for reason not clearly understood the local
physicians do not seem to be at all concerned over THIS
STUDIED REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE THE ABILITY OF
LOCAL PROFESSIONAL MEN IN THE FIELD OF MEDI
CINE AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
The Commissioners say that politics be allowed
dictate the appointment They declare that they con-
cerned ONLY WITH ABILITY.
We think that the citizens of Washington SHOULD be
concerned with the ability Of the appontee and believe
COMPATIBLE WITH WASHINGTON RESIDENCE
The Commissioners should certainly get ABLE to
If they have any regard for the people who pay their sal
aries and the salaries Of all other District officials they
will also choose WASHINGTON MAN FOR THE JOB.
There are several vacancies that about
in the District service or THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE
FORCED IN THE DISTRICT SERVICE.
Some of these do not require specialized ability does
the Health Office Others require just expert knowledge
and just exact training
The ability training, convinced be found
for every of these jobs longtime residents of
the city.
More than that by appointing Washington residents to
these Jobs the Commissioners will combine ability train
inc WITH A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL CON
DITIONS AND LOCAL NEEDS
We hear lot of talk about buying in Washington and
supporting Washington industry business Trade and
civic bodies and officials urge that course urge
very properly.
But should be followed up by having the local govern
follow the procedure IT CAN BE DONE WITH
OUT ANY LOSS IN THE EFFICIENCY OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT