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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

try could hope for no enlight- ened leadership from the g. o. p.
 Fletcher picked up his genuine Panama hat, English walking stick, shook hands, and depart ed.
 Note - What Borah's friends are now watching is to see whether Fletcher takes a cue from the senator's attack. There is nothing the American voter rebels against more quickly than anything that smacks of tyranny. and some of the recovery agen- cies have furnished ample g. O. D. ammunition.
 POPULAR
 Probably there is no New Dealer more frank with the press than Honest" Harold Ickes. His press conferences are on a free give-and-take basis.
 The other day several corre- spondents for Pittsburgh papers inquired if local $25,0o0,000 project had been approved. Ickes evaded a direct answer. The re- porters persisted.
 Finally, with a broad smile, he turned to Michael Strauss, PWA press chief.
 "Oh, hell, Mike" he said. "You can't stop those fellows. Let's give it to them. Yes, boys, Pittsburg is going to get the money"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 The presidents appointment of Kansas veteran Democratic Representative w. w. Ayres as a successor to the brilliant and liberal Jim Landis on the federal trade commission has caused a lot of private -gnashing in progressive quarters. The liberals are incensed over the presidents failure to name an abler and more advanced think CT; are blaming Big Jim Farley. Senator Bill Borah dislikes intensely speaking for the talk ing news reels. For several years they have been after him, unsuccessfully. Home Own CTS Loan Corporation officials are convinced that the rush to get government mortgages is oyer. During the last week in June, new applications number ed 20,942, the smallest numebr in any week this year. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, Florida's indomitable chairman of the senate banking committee pri- vately was most critical of Jo- seph P. Kennedy as a member of the new securities market commission. Fletcher dis approved of any Wall street rep resentation on the body, wanted Ferdinand Pecora to be chair man. Brewery spokesmen have warned the federal alcohol control administration that if something isn't done to halt destructive price cutting" heavy mortality among smlal : brewers is inevitable. De- partment of agriculture experts estimate that not more than five or six percen of debt burdened farmers will resort to the provi- sions of the FraZier-Lemke mortgage moratorium act. They admit, however, that certain farmer organizations. such as the holiday movement. may launch campaigns uring farmers to de- clare themselves bankrupt, then unload part of their obligations.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
Century of Bathtubs

Maybe it's bathtubs that will beat the depression and make the world safe for machinery. Fifty million Americans live in homes without running water. This is also said to be housing shortage of at least 8O0,000 dwellings, all of which will need bathtubs.
 And why restrict the supply to one tub per house? The country needs new slo-- gan, ''Two Bathtubs for Every Family" That should be the irreducible minimum, to avoid traffic jams in the upper hall on Saturday night. It requires nothing but \ little mental arithmetic and imagina- tien. then, to picture market for 20,000,- 900 to 25, ,OOO,O ,O0O new bathtubs.
 And with them. of course, would go all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

Washington, July 10 - The state department has been re- ceiving detailed reports on Hit ler's 'purging" of his Nazi party. These indicate that the Austrian house painter may not long remain in power.
 Hitherto he has been trying to ride the two wild horses of rad realism and reaction, both within his party. Now he is swinging over to the reactionaries-the Ruhr industrialists, the monarchists, the remnants of the Kaisers army.
 But his difficulty is that he now lacks his personal army. The storm troopers have been sent on leave. The Reichwehr, now in complete control, will stick with Hindenburg and the industrialists in case of a show down, not with Hitler.
 It looks, therefore, as if the Nazi chancellor in the future might be a mere figurehead, talk ing orders from the old Potsdam gang.
 GERMAN SABOTAGE
 Franz Von Papen, around whose retention as vice chan cellor ragged a Nazi storm, is best remembered here for his at- tempt to blow up the Welland canal during war days.
 For this he is still under in. dictlnent,
 Won Papen was German. mili- tary attache in Washington at a time when Ambassador von Jan. 26, 1915, before the U. S. entered the war-authorizing him to undertake sabotage against American munitions fac tories and transportation facili- ties into Canada. Von Papen was entrusted to carry out part of the campaign.
 The German government has since admitted sending this tele- gram but claims that subsequent sabotage was not performed by German agents.
 COLOMBIAN GUEST
 Just three decades ago, an- other Roosevelt, then in the White House, caused his secre- tary of the navy to send the fol- lowing telegram to the Ameri- can naval commander patrolling the coast of Panama, then part of Colombia:
 "Governmcnt (COIo m ian) force reported approaching the Isthmus in vessels. Prevent their landing :"
 Thus Theodore Roosevelt in- sured a revolution against Co., lombia which would set up a Panama republic and lease the Panama canal zone to the United States.
 Shortly thereafter, speaking at Berkley, Calif., T. R. said: T took the canal zone and let the congress debate, and while the debate goes on, the canal does also"
 Simultaneously and for many years thereafter continued bitter debate against the United States in Colombia. For years the American minister was ostra- cized. Every year on July 4, the windows of the American lega- tion in Bogota were smashed. It was an annual rite.
 Today, thirty years after the seizure of the canal zone, another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
ChuckleCorner
WHOA MAUD! By Bfagnum Sage

wuz a settin' on a store box in front ov Joe Miller's printin' office yisterday whin Maud Sassafras come Q chargin' right down tn bullyvard. Whin Maud charges traffic pulls to tn curb and halts. Maud ain't no fire truck, nor no ambulance. She's Nose Sassafras' third wife, md she weighs two- fifty on foot. Nose sure met his match whin he met her. Right in front ov tn printin office she wheeled to tn left md charged right at me md the box what l wuz a settin' on. The box md me collapsed as she breezed by into the shop. Nd then things begin to happen. Tn hull endurin' shop begin to move out into tn bully yard. Desks, papers, type cases things moveable nd some things immoveable. Maud moved 'em all. Last ov all out come Joe under Mauds arm, nd lookin' like he'd ben through tn fannin' mill. Joe always would have his little joke. Tn durin fool had run an ad fer Maud md changed tn words a little so 1t read
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

the accessories of water pipes, meters, wash stands, toilets, garden bose connec- tions, and so on, that round out an ade- quate and properly distributed water sup. ply for modern homes. Think what all this would do for the plumbing, iron, steel, nickel, brass, lumber, linoleum, rubber, porcelain and various other industries.
 They wouldn't have to be heliotrope or lavendar bathrooms, though such elegance is not to be scorned. And by 1942, hum dred years after the installation of the first American bathtub in Cincinnati, we should celebrate in fitting manner the centenary of the great event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
Roosevelt is visiting Colombia. The visit is significant of the new day in Pan-American relations. BORAH AND FLETCHER

Roosevelt is visiting Colombia. The visit is significant of the new day in Pan-American relations. BORAH AND FLETCHER
 In issuing his scathing indict- ment of New. Deal bureaucracy the other night, William Edgar Borah may have given the re- publican party a catchy cam- paign credo for 1894. But it was not with the help of Henry P. Fletcher, new chairman of the national committee.
 As a matter of fact Henry's first job as No. Salesman for the g. o. p. was a sad flop.
 Having read newspaper re- ports that the golden-tongued statesman from Idaho planned considerable stump speaking this summer, Fletcher hied himself to Borah's office. It has been a long, long time since the latter has been waited on by a na- tional republican chairman, and he was not unaware of the com pliment. Nor of Fletcher's willy finesse in making it.
 NOT TOO FRIENDLY
 The personal greeting between the two men was cordial. But that was all.
 When Fletcher explained that he had called in the warm hope that the senator would see his way clear to make several ad- dresses under the auspices of the republican national committee, Borah froze.
 Politely, hut with terse blunt ness. he informed his d.stin- guished visitor that he had ab- solutely no intention of doing so.
 He was going to talk, he said, but strictly on his own responsi- bility. What he had to say would find favor neither with repub- licans nor democrats.
 EVE TO EVE
 And furthermore, Borah added quietly, looking Fletcher square, ly in the eye, the republican party had given him no indica- ton of being aware of the fun damental issues at stake. and had evidenced no desire of as- certaining them.
 The recent Chicago meeting of the republican national commit tee, (which chose Fletcher as its chairman) proved conclusively. Borah concluded, that the coun-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
So They Say

 Only the national socialist party has the right to criticize. To all others, deny that. --Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels, Ger man minister.
 As a person gets older, he can do more work, for he has ac- quired a philosophy of life which enables him to take each hurdle as it comes with undue strain. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes.
 Europe Is faced by terrible al- formative. Either she can achieve a minimum of political under standing, of economic collabora- ton, of social comprehension, or her doom is irrevocabiy scaled.
 Premier Benito Mussolini.
 
 Burdening people with debt is an old deal, not new deal.
 -Henrv Ford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
A Book a Day
Tells "Inside" Tale
 Of Nazi's Triumph
BY BRUCE CAPTION

The anonymous gentleman who wrote "The Berlin Dairies'' seems to have let several large, brown shirted cats out of a very dark bag.
 According to the books editor, pr Helmuth Klotz, the author was a high official in the German Reichswehr during 1882 and 1883. As such, he had an intimate view of the infinitely complex negotia- tions that preceded and accom- panied the rise of Hitler to the dictatorship.
 In this book he tells all, as they say-and his all is more than plenty.
 He shows us, for instance, Presi- dent Won Hindenburg corrupted by the Junkers of East Prussia, through something very like out right bribery, to the extent that he forgot his oath to defend the con- stituion and protected his own in- terests instead of those of the Ger man nation.
 He shows us Hitler as a nerv- ous, frightened schemer who could have been suppressed per- iIiduHeIly, at dily tiiic III tHc yCor preceding his installation as chan cellor, by the least bit of firmness on the part of the government.
 He shows us German Social Democrat leaders missing, through fear and spipeless. repeated chances to save the republic and defeat Nazism; he shows us Won Papen as conniving and blunder- ing self-seeker; he shows us the final triumph of Hitler as a prod- uct of general stupidity. inefficien- cy, and the fear of the Junkers that vast scandal in the East Prussian farm relief fund would be exposed.
 It all makes a startling and deeply interesting book. Published by Morrow. it is priced at $2.7b.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
Selected Poem
OWNERSHIP
(Eleanor Alletta Chaffee in the
 New York Sun)

(Eleanor Alletta Chaffee in the
 New York Sun) thought my garden belonged to
 me: But large, officious bumblebee Considers the flowers all his own, And tells me so. in a warning tone. Even the path is silver-traced Where a snail night watchman
 slowly paced. The ground is lumpy with ant hill
 homes And a large, black beetle the fern
 bed roarns. retreated to sit in the new-mown To mediate on what had come to
 pass, And a butterfly perched on my
 knee to say seemed to be somewhat in his
 way, So when friends stop in, on day
 that's fine, call this the place that Used To
 Be Mine!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
H cope
BY oCTAvINE

Advance social interests and buy clothes. Everything that is arr tistic can be appreciated. Poets and artists should benefit from the friendly rays of the planets. The artistry of the day combined with the inspiration of the evening should make us all feel a bit TO" mantle.
 TOday's Birth Date
 Today's children are sure to feel the hand of limitation in various ways. By limiting and training an arts are developed. Know that there is a purpose in your re- straint. Guard your finances from July 30 through August Is. A bet ter financial period will come dur ing the first part of January, 1885. Danger August Il. Socially good August z.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

O. Has Japan ever been under the suzerainty of foreign nation?
 A. No.
 Q. Name the head of the U. s. secret service.
 A. w. H. Moran, chief of the secret service division of the U. s. treasury department, and J. Edgar Hoover, director of investigations U. s. department of justice.
 0. How much does it cost the government to educate a cadet al West Point military academy and a inidshipman at the Annapolis naval academy?
 A. Approximately $19,O00 for a cadet and about $14,O00 for amid shipman.
 If you want n copy of our new bulletin on Milk and Its Uses in the Home, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

Perhaps one of the most famous water ing places in the United States, the West Baden Springs hotel at the town of the same name in Indiana, has just been donated to the Chicago Province of the So- cety of Jesus The donor was Edward Ballard The famous old resort will be utilized as School of Philosophy and Sci ence for Jesuit scholastics. Some idea of the magnitude of the gift may be drawn from it's value which is placed at $7,000,- 900. Aside from the value of the gift to the great teaching order of Jesuits it brings back memories of long ago when West Baden Springs figured prominently in the news of the day. It was the rem dezvous of the wealthy and of the politi- cally minded. The late 'Tom'' Taggart, long a power in national democratic cir cles, made it his headquarters for years and inside it's hallowed walls many poli- tical coup was planned, later to be exc cuted Of course it was always sought by those desiring to patronize it's famous baths. It was as famous in the United States as Carlsbad in Europe. Incidentally the hotel includes some 300 outside rooms, so it's size can be appreciated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

O. How many persons gradu- from colleges and professional schools in the United States In 1881?
 A. 147,s5S.
 o. What is the 18th amendment to the U. $. Constitution
 A. It provides for woman suf- frage.
 o, When and where was the Luther Bible first publisher? A. The Luther Bible, new testa-
 ment only, was first published Tn Germany in September, 1522. The old testament followed shortly at- ter.
 o. What is tie Negro popula- ton of the United States? A. The 1ssO census enumerated 11,sa1,143.
 O. Are Americans prohibited from owning land in Japan? F A. Under the treaty of com merce and navigation, concluded between the United States and Jap- an on February 21, 1911, Ameri- cans may own houses, and may lease lands for commercial pur- poses. They may not own land in Japan.
 0. In what constellation is the planet Venus?
 A. Planets are not in constella- tions. The name planet means
 "wanderer," and by reason of their
 motions around the sun and the motion of the earth, the positions of the planets with relation to the earth, the stars and cancellations and to each other, are constantly changing.
 Q. How large are the locks in
 the Welland ship canal? A. The eight locks are s59 feet long, 80 feet wide and 30 feet deep. Q. What is shrub? A woody perennial plant small CT than a tree. The line of demar-
 cation between shrub and tree in
 the matter of size is somewhat in-
 determinate; but if the plant is a vine, or if it is a bush, that is, con-
 sists of a number of small stems from the ground or branches from
 near the ground, it is called by bot guage a shrub ia bush. o. What was the date of "the year without summer? What caused the low temperature? A. It was in 1916, when there was a killing frost and snow every month of the year in New York. Pennsylvania and the New England states, and even as far south as the Virginia mountains. Very cold wea- ther was prevalent over the entire world. One theory is that the con- dition was caused by terrific vol canic explosions which dissemi- mated volcanic dust through the earth's atmosphere and prevented sunlight from reaching the earth. Q. What is the botanical name
 for the snake plant? A. Sansevieriaa. o. Is there U. S. highway
 connecting the United States with
 Alaska?
 A.. Not at the present time, but
 the war department recently ap-
 proved plans for a road from Seat tie, Washington to Fairbanks, l Alaska.
 o. How are Hawaii, Puerto
 Rico and the Virgin Islands gov erned?
 A. Hawaii is a territroy of the
 United States having legislature | elected by the citizens and a governor and secretary of. the ter-
 ritory appointed by the president.
 Puerto Rico has a constitution and a representative government and the executive power is vested in a
 governor appointed by the presi-
 dent of the U. s. The president also appoints the attorney-general and
 the judges of the U. S.. court and
 the supreme court of Puerto Rico.
 In the Virgin Islands the military
 civil and judicial powers are vest
 ed in a governor appointed by the nresidenf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

Despite the fact that republican is now acting as District Attorney in Con- necticut the rumors persist that MT Cohens tenure of office will only continue until President Roosevelt has returAed from his vacation. Another recess ap- pointment is expected then. It will go a long ways toward bringing success to the democrats of Connecticut this fall We're inclined to the opinion right now that Senator Augustine Lonergan may have the choice of the appointee. It seems sure that if the administration intended to re- appoint Frank Bergin, whose confirma- tion was denied by the Senate, it would have taken place before the President left Washington. Circumstances seem to in- dicate that Lonergan has gained his point with respect to this office. Will it result in Dave" Wilson's appointment?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
Shelter Belts Of Trees

One of the most interesting forestry proposals heard lately is one submitted to the federal forest service by the American Tree Association. It contemplates a shel- ter belt 100 miles wide, stretching from Canada to Texas, to serve as a climate modifier and barrier against drouth and dust storms. The. route would be through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Okla homa.
 This doesn't mean a solid forest 100 miles wide. Such forest would be so vast a project as to be impractical. The hundred miles would be spanned by 100 parallel belts of trees, each only few rods wide, with spaces between them devoted to farming as usual. The government would buy the tree strips, plant them and fence them. The cost is estimated at $75,000,000. The project could be started this year with money from the drought funds.
 Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association and veteran forestry enthusiast, believes program of this sort covering 10 or 12 years would have more wholesome effect upon the dust storm area than people realize. Simi- lar Russian experiments show increased rainfall, tempered heat and diminished wind velocity. In addition to the perma- nent benefits over vast region, he points out that this would be good use for relief funds Most of the work would be done by distressed farmers and the Civilian Conservation Corps. The plan seems worth considering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
The Daily Washington Merry-Go Go-Round

-BY DREW PEARSON ROBBERY ALIAN-- Wamg Papen Su Under Colombia Renews
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

The next campaign will be fought about democracy, plutocracy, bureaucracy, and technocracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

High tide at Milford Wednesday, July II, 12.05 D. rn., daylight time; low tide 618 p. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8.55. daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

Upton Sinclair's little campaign book entitled, "I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty" should be lesson to people who have let the depression shake their self-confdence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

Roosevelt is willing to see another ef- fort made to pass the constitutional amendment changing our method of elect ing the president and vice. president Thus encouraged Representative Clarence F. Lea of California will introduce in the next Congress, if he's reelected, bill similar to that sponsored by Senator Nor ris this year, but which was defeated. It gives voice to the minority vote in every state. It also abolshes the electoral col lege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-10

We'll, it's happened at last. The world had been announcing for some years now what it would do with radio crooners. One individual took the matter into his own hands. It occurred in the studios ot WYATT at Jersey City. Joseph Cassidy was standing before the mike finishing his song. He was approached by Angelo Feb- brio of Baltimore, who made a rush at him. Attendants grabbed him and rushed him toward an elevator. It opened to let off Harold McNamara, a crooner. Before McNamara could defend himself Febbrio stabbed him with penknife.
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