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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
Paris Letter
By MARY KNIGHT Gl.A.., T

(United Press Stan correspondent Paris. (UP)-Fourteen painters are exhibiting canvases at the an- nual Rebel" Salon in the Grand Palais.
 Officially the "Reber Salon is known as the Salon ,des Indepen- dants," and the present show is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The "Independant" painters are, in reality, nothing more than the Rebels" who refuse to be fettered by any definite school or art "trend'' that cramps their style. Paul Signac, president of this salon, was ono of the exhibitors at the first "Independants" art show fifty years ago and despite the elapsing of haf a century, he has never been "cOnverted."
 "The Independents are as nec- essary to-day as they were 50 years back" he says flor even in 1894 there still exIsti in France an academic art, m official, subsidized art which lunch es at the Elysee-- the art of the cole des Beaux Arts, of the Prfx de Roma, and of the Institute.
 "Our art is that of the rebels. In 1884 the Paris Salon had re- jected Seurat's La Baignade'; its stultlfied public jecred at Puvis de Chavannes Bois Sacre' and ig- nored James Whistler's portraits of Miss Alexander and Carlyle. It re- served its admiration for works like Gerome's .Vente d'Esclaves' or Gormon's 'Retcur de Ia Chase a L'Ours. The result was the first ex- hibitior of tile 5Artistes Independ- ants, the victims of the Salon jury, in the Coprs des Tuileries." The present Salon des Inde- pendants is prcdominantly French and the number of foreigners is relatively small as compared with former years. but there Is q fair sprinkling of 1tussians, Armenians and Poles.
 Among the Americans exhibit
 ing are Stuart Benson of Detroit, who is showing good portrait en- titled Sergeant Kelly; Ginger de l Berri R. Cav.oil Brown; Lily Con- verse, who h.s two Autographs; James Cox. whose curious "Where
 the State Gets Its Money" is an amusing attempt at pictorial satire;
 Eloise. Egan. Harold English Ca
 Nude and Q Landscape); Mabel
 Gardner. a scuirtress of talent; HI
 laire Hiler (Combat of Sachems) ;
 Frances Mack.sy, M. Nelson (Dans
 ie var); Anne Richardson Ga
 Malone dc Bois); Frederick Shar-
 dy (Types Basques d'Ondorroa) !; l Bertha Tanning Taylor (Repos and lReverie); and Alma Wrisht (Le POnt Neuf}.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
State Income Tax

The special tax commission authorized by the 1883 Legislature to modernize our state taxes will meet next Tuesday at Hartford to hear reactions to state in- come tax. The hearing will be public as Personal income taxes, selective and gen. eraI sales taxes are, so a survey reveals, practically the only ones that have been overlooked in Connecticut. We don't know how that happened. We thought that in Connecticut anything that might be taxed was. It's our hope some day to find some thing that isn't taxed.
 As we recall it the personal income tax was proposed in the form of bill last year during the legislative session. Need
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
HISTORY

During this period of which we
 write, the early and middle nine- teenth century, there were not
 many more hotels of importance in
 Waterbury outside of those already mentioned. There was, however, the Adams house near the Nauga- tuck railroad station, later becom- ing the Wolcott house, and even later Earle's hotel. In 1881 there
 was a hotel known as Smiths house
 built by Augustus Smith. Mrs Lucy Weeden ran the Franklin house in 1884 in what was the Griggs block.
 R. V. Cooley ran the Cooley house In 1887. He had several successors. By 1894 the directory listed f1f- teen hotels. The historian Anderson
 says, ''since 1868, there have been
 at least fifty hotels of various grades. in Waterbury including one
 or two in Waterville, most of which
 had but a brief existence" He adds
 that some listed as hotels were lit-
 tie more than lodging houses. Up
 until almost the beginning of the goth century the Scovill house was
 Waterbury's leading hotel. Follow ing the fire of 1902 which destroyed that house as well as the Franklin house new era in hotel life began
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
Peace Through Tax Power

There are some pretty good pacifists in the American Legion. Raymond J. Kelly, corporation counsel for Detroit and chair man of the national legislative commit tee of the Legion, upholding bill now be- fore Congress for conscripting wealth and industry along with men in case of war, explains it as peace measure. Such action would take the profit out of war. Cur last war, it is now admitted, had too much profit in it. Nearly all wars have. Armament makers often start war scares and foment war feeling in time of peace, for the profitable business it brings them. When wars are once started for any cause, private business of many kinds usually reaps rich harvest.
 The proposed law, MT Kelly explains, would enable the government to say im- mediately to any citizen and any business, just as it said to the young fellows eligible for draft in 1917, We want you for service" It would freeze prices" at the start of war and hold them down. It would take as war tax 95 per cent of all war incomes above normal There would be great power for peace in such policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

Washington. March 14-Pro- lessor Raymond Molcy is slowly staging semi
 In recent weeks he has visited at the White House frequently, being chiefly engaged in revising the text of the presidents new book, "On Our Way" to be pub- Iished in mid-April. Virtually last word regarding the text is being left with the former head of the brain trust.
 Whether Moley even can stage q complete comeback, however, Is doubtful. The opposition Ol CordeIl Hull. the memory of his grandeur complex, still remain almost insurmOuntablc obstacles.
 The secret of Moley's present. position is that though Roose- welt may ditch a friend political ly, he never forgets personal 1oy- alty.
 TO STICK AROUND
 If President Roosevelt has his way the hard-hitting senate bank investigating committee will con- tinue active for another year.
 He has privatey informed Chairman Duncan U. Fletcher that he does not want the com mittee to disband after compile ton of its present activities. The president specifically requested that Ferdinand Pecora, brilliant counsel of the committee, to- gether with his exceptional staff of assistants, be retained.
 In making this secret request, the president did not indicate what was on his mind. He merc- ly told Fletcher that he would like to have the committee and Pccora available and mandy"
 The presidents proposal is in line with a plan of Michigan's Senator Jim CouZens, who is a member of the committee. Cou- Zens would like to see the com- mittee b come e a permanent congressional agency, with funds and authority to empoy Q staff of investigators to maintain constant watch on the country's banking system. N VIBRATION
 Most men take too much ex- ercise," says Harry Payer, care fully adorned foreign trade adviser of the K. F. C.
 "I am not one who believes in belaboring a golf club or tennis racket. With big things popping every minute in the New Deal, am too busy.
 Instead I bought myself a vi- orator. And with it. can accom- plish in thirty minutes what most men do in half a day"
 Notc-BcfOre Harry. joined the New Deal. he rode horseback In Cleveland. His costume included a cerise-mauye jockey-shirt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Tells of Romance
 Inka6Lumber Town

"Fireweed." by Mildred Walker. exploits 6 field which has been sur prisingly neglected by American authors-the lumber towns of
 Michigan, where a virile and prodi- gal industry destroyed the forests of a state, created a great boom, and then left long string of little cities and villages to cope with 8 steady, cumulative depression. It's a good novel, too, sensitive,
 discerning, and we'll written; all in all, one of the hest on the winters list.
 It tells abour a girl in little lumber town or the states upper peninsula. The girls father works
 in the towns sawmill. her mother keeps a boarding house for mill hands, and she herself clerks in a store. She is married, presently. to d husky youth who also works in
 the mill.
 Now this siri has one hope in iife--to get away from the little mill town, get out into the great
 world, find a better life than her
 own town can offer her, escape
 from the eterna domination of
 lumber camp and the sawmill. And her husband doesn't want to go. He likes the wild northern
 Michigan country. the cool breath of Lake Superior, the close-to-
 nature air of his environment.
 The town goes into a slow de-
 cline. as dwirdling timber re- sources and national depression force camp and mill to shut down,
 and 1t is the husband who gets his
 way. He and his wife stay on, left
 high and dry by the receding tide. The girl, somehow, gets recon
 ciled to it, absorbs some of her
 husbands earthly philosophy. and
 faces the future undiscouraged. l Miss Walker has managed to | get the "feeP' of those Michigan
 lumber towns on paper in re-
 markable way, and her book is ex- ceptionally readable.
 Published by Harcourt. Brace
 and Go, 1t sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
So They Say

The difference between a good broker and bad broker is his ability to make friends--a beau tiful quality sometimes expensive to the friends.--Judge William |, Clark, New Jersey.
 If President Roosevelt had not had infaptile paralysis, doubt that we should have had the new deal. A man in his forties, he was suddenly ''iaid on the shelf" and he found time to think and organ- ize his life.--Dr Arthur D. Morgan, chairman of the IVA.
 The constitution does not secure to anyone liberty to conduct his business in such fashion as to in- flict injury on the public at large or any substantial group of the people.-U. s. supreme court in recent decision. '.
 The national recovery act Is q misnomer It implies we have something to recover. We cannot go back to those good old days of q Puritan ruler in Babylon, Norman Thomas. socialist loader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

c. Describe a full-nelson and a half-nelson in wrestling.
 A. A full-nelson is a hold in which the arms are thrust under the opponents armpits from be- hind and the hands gripped at the back of his neck. A half-nelson is a hold similar to the preceding. in which one arm only Is used. 0. How many radio receiving sets are in use in the United States?
 A. It is estimated that 16,809,- 562 homes are equipped with ra- dios.
 c. Name the president and su- perintendent of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
 A. Franklin D. Roosevelt Is president, and Dr Leroy W. Hub bard is the medical superintendent
 c. State the population of Cleveland, Ohio.
 A. The 19s0 census enumerated 9O0,429.
 Q. Where was Troyanovsky. the new Russian ambassador to the United States born, and how old is he?
 A. He was borL in TuIa, Gen. tral Russia. in 1882.
 @. Which of the human races have the shortest average stature and are they short lived?
 A. Among tho smallest races in the world are the Australian Busfl- men, Andaman Islanders, Lapland- CTS, Malays and Buarmesc. These are all comparatively short lived people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

It may have been merely a coincidence that David A. Wilson, state chairman of the democratic party, and Dr Edward G. Dolan, internal revenue collector, were III Washington at the same time last week. Still it's almost too much to believe that ordinary business would carry both of them to the Capital at identical times. The naural supposition is that Senator Lonergan's blockade of Senate ratifica- tion of three federal appointments in this state is bearing fruit. Dr Dolan is one of the appointees; MT Wilson is one of the unsuccessful ones The post for which he was boomed by Senator Lonergan - that of District Attorney is now held by Frank Bergin of New Haven, who is also chairman of the Liquor Control Board
 Whether Dr Dolan recommended change in the present appointments remains to be seen. At least MT Wilson's presence in Washington makes it definitely clear that he is going to receive some federal ap- point. It may not be in this state, but 1t will be perhaps federal judgeship in this territory or in New York where, it IS claimed, more such judgeships are needed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
BIGGEST cHEEsE MARKET

Minneapolis (UP)-This city now claims to be the biggest cheese distributing canter in the forld, as the result of an agreement Just signed by Land O. Lakes Creameries Inc, with the National Cheese Pro- ducers federation of Plymouth, Wis, whereby the Minneapolis out it vii ldistribute the entire pro. duct of the federation. estimated at 1G.0O0. 900 hounds q year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS

Great brook which was once an open brook through the city had its source east of Grassy hill north
 of the city, passed between Long and Burnt hills on through the city
 entering the river between Bank and Benedict streets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

The Second Baptist church was. Iorganizcd May IT, 1892. having
 been a mission of the First Baptist church for sixteen years, their first place of worship the Simonsville
 chapel dedicated in 1876, the new church built in 1894.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

The New York Times recently paid it's respects to Benton MacKaye of Shirley Center, Mass. who is said to be responsl- ble for the Appalachian Trail which is better known in New England as the Long Trail It's that path that has been blazcd along the skyline of the Green Mountains of Vermont from the Canadian border down into Massachusetts Berkshires, New Yorks Adirondacks and Catskills. In fact, the Long Trail extends all the way down to Georgia, Mount Oglethorpe to- be exact. It's hiker's paradise from one end to the other Arthur Perkins of Hartford, retired lawyer, is also credited with performing notable service in pushing the work of extending the Long Trail. Inci- dentally additions to the trail in New Eng land now makes it possible to spend an entire summer jost walking along the tops of our mountains on side trails, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

0. Is a United States nickel five cent piece dated 1883 without the word "cents" of any value? A. It is worth only its face value.
 O.. Is Canada still on the gold standard? as A. It has been officially off the gold standard since early in 1883. O. What is the name of Pres-.s ident Roosevelt's valet? A. Irwin McDuffle. {.
 Q. How many cities are there .. in California with 5000 or more population?.
 A. Ninety-flve. Q. Are there any women with the Byrd Expedition to the south Pole? A. No.
 0. What is the Talmud? :.
 A. The body of Jewish civil and 7 religious law not included in the Pentateuch, or first five books of the Bible.
 c. Are the Sixth and Seventh books of Moses" in the English Bible?
 A. Those so-called books con sist of Egyptian black art, and are in no way connected with Moses or the Hebrew people, and are not in the Bible.
 If you want . copy of our bull 1etin WEIGHT REDUCTION, write to Tho Waterbury Dem0crat's Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

A club known as the Waterbury Naturalists' club was organized in May, 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO- ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Molcy, Frequently at White House, Slowl0 Staging Comeback Roosevelt for Continuing Bank Investigation for Another Year; Ropers Dream of Public AftGirs Instuntion About to Come True; NRA Compliance Board Due for ShGteup After Series of Blunders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

Maybe the airmail row could be ended by shooting the mail from city tc city i'll rockets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

The CWA art committee in Westport Las to be courageous person. But one was found in Sanford Evans. Westport has long been mecca for New York artists, actors, playwrights, and the like. When the CWA proposed to give work to artists who were destitute it looked like golden opportunity for their unrec- ognized talents to be laid before the world. However, the ban, at least in Westport, was placed on cubism, futurism, and all forms of modernistic art. That was like waving red flag before bull. Evans was promptly confined to the warmest regions by Westport's art colony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

The first Waterbury dealer in
 pictures was A. F. Abbott, who oc- cupied part of the store known
 as the Park place book store in
 Reynolds' block, e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

Maybe General Johnson is right after all, when he says of the Blue Eagle, Don't advise anybody to trifle with that bird"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:27 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

and Waterbury's finest hotel was soon planned. to be known, and still known, as the Hotel Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-14

Henry A. Matthews was mayor, of Waterbury from 1884 to 1886.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14
His Greatest Gamble
Is Story Of Father

What happens to children OF di.
vorced or separated parents? Il
which parents care do they fare bet.
ter?
Which parents are better equipped
to foster the education Of these quasi.
stranded children?
These age-old questions are cur
rently aired on the motion picture
screen at the Capitol Theatre, start
ing Thursday, in pulsating drama,
Ills Greatest Gamble" starring
Richard Dix.
Salisbury Fields story starts with
the dad-and-daughter dilemma Of
Philip Eden and eight-year-oad Alice
Philip sacrifices the pleasures Of life
on the altar Of fatherhood. He d.
vorces cold and calculating Florence.
He deserts an inamorata. Bernice.
He CANDLES recklessly for Alice's hap
piness. When Bernice jealousy In
tervenes, Philip accidentally kills her.
He Is sentenced for fifteen years.
In the ensuing decade Alice Il
brought up by her mother who robs
her entirely Of her will and brow
beats her into an undesirable match.
Philip learns Of his daughters con-
dition and breaks jail. He silences
Florence, but Is baked in breaking
her spell over Alice. His only re-
course is to cruelty apply drastic
methods to his daughter to rouse her
into her former self.
Dix undertakes q novel role In His
Greatest Gamble" as the father
Dorothy Wilson, Edith Fellows, Bruce
Cabot, Erin O'Brien-M Moore ana Shir-
ley Grey are featured in this RKO-
Radio Picture.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14
AT THE MOVIES
George Raft Picture
In Limehouse Setting

Studio research on Limehouse, fam
Gus London slum and locale Of 80
many fascinating mystery stories,
now the setting for George Rats
newest picture, "Limehouse Blues"
now at the Paramount Theatre, re-
veals the origin Of the name. Lime
house."
It has nothing to do with that CT
trus fruit, first cousin to the lemon.
but refers to chemical lime-the stuff
that goes into mortar. Three hum
<ired years ago there was q lime-kiln
where Limehouse now stands. And
50 the region has been called Lime
house ever since. though lime hasn't
been burned there since the United
States became republic.
Despite the lurid reputation Of
Limehouse, 1t Is m orderly place. It
has had only three murders in ten
years. But in mystery fiction it has
about fifty . year. However, Lime
house jewellers don't mind the slur
on their neighborhood. They don't
read very much for one thing. And
they don't care how much reformers
pan their bailiwick. for in Z short
time Lmehouse will be razed.
Even though London Is razing the
settlement to build modern tenement
buildings, Limehouse doesn't like It
. bit. She feels she has had too much
publicity Of late years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14
Chambers Ready for
Legislative Session

North .pakots's new capitol neared
final completion Wednesday, as work
men put the finishing touches on in
stallation nf. legislative furniture.
Desks and chairs In the senate and
house are expected to be completely
installed this week, ready for the
forthcoming session In January.
The supreme court chambers have
recently been completed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14

Now I can park my car In Z mil
lion-dollar garage, the senate garage.
Senator ELECT Theodore Bilbo Of
Mississippi.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14
VIENNA NAMES STREET FOR
EDISON

Vienna.-(R)-A street In the Flor.
tdSdorf district, scene OF fierce fight
Ing IN the February uprising, haa
been named for Thomas Alva Edison
The street signs describe him q
American inventor. electrical tech
nician."
Evening star., 1934-06-30
FINANCES FORBID
PUPILS LUNCHES
Elwood Street Explains After
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges
New Plan.

Operation of the free lunch pro-
gram for school children during the
Summer is not possible for financial
reasons If other difficulties could be
overcome, Elwood Street, director Of
public welfare, said today after being
Informed Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
at her press conference yesterday re-
iterated her suggestion that the project
be continued during the vacation
period.
Mrs. Roosevelt is reported to have
said she thought the food could be
prepared at the central kitchen and
distributed through the 10 nursery
school centers, instead Of the reg
ular school buildings, now closed.
Street said he had written to Mrs.
Roosevelt recently, carefully explain
ing why District authorities had de-
cided the program should be aban-
doned during the vacation period.
He said he did not see how the situ-
alton could permit a change OF this
decision since, in the first place,
adequate funds are not available TOR
the project.
Evening star., 1934-06-30
THIEVES GET $500
IN ROBBERIES HERE
Jewelry, Clothing, Blankets and
Other Property Included
in Loot.

Jewelry, clothing and other prop
erty valued at nearly s700, and about
$50 in cash were stolen yesterday, &C
cording to police reports.
The heaviest losers were Douglas
E. Bulloch, 27O0 Twenty-eighth
street, who was robbed of a watch
and chain and knife charm worth
5000; Mrs. Gertrude Wauhop, $40 F
street northeast. from whom a dinner
ring valued at SITS was stolen;
Joseph Ginberg, 914 Farragut street,
who lost a $50 wedding ring, and
Mrs. Susie Guaragne, 448 Massachu-
sets avenue, whose home was robbed
of two boxes of blankets and clothing
valued at $3.50.
James Carneal, 655 Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, night manager Of a
filling station at Fifth and c streets
northeast, was held up by a white
man and robbed of $38. John Will
lard, colored, 764 Fairmont street,
was robbed of $40 by two colored men
who asked him to change a bill.
An electric clock worth $40 was
stolen from Eugene Southard, 3541
Eleventh street, and $40 electric
fan was taken from Arthur Gardner,
Alabama Apartments.