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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

Washington, July 2S.-Among the initiate in the state depart ment, one of the most inspir- ing events is to hear Cordell Hull expound privately on the British Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. All the explosives of the Tennessee mountains are inade- quate when it comes to describ- ing Hulls opinion of Sir John Simon. Sir John is credited with knifing the United States in the back in the Ear East, on War Debts and on Disarmament <. . There is only one man whose language pproximates HulPs on the subject of Sir John, and he is the president . . Incident ally, Hoover and Stimson cher ished exactly the same view of the British foreign minister, only it took them longer to wake up to it Mrs Roosevelt, now on an incognito motor trip, is to meet her husband as he cruises up the Columbia river from Portland Jim Moffett, head of the new Housing Administra- tion, rarely gets an opportunity to eat much lunch. The minute he sits down at his hotel table he is surrounded either by friends or job-seekcrs.
 NRA TICKETS
 Some of those most active in ,;g,1. g,f Johnson's offices for the dis charge of John Donovan are members of Johnson's own NRA Tircless Harold Ickes is away on an ostcnsible vacation, but took with him stcnogra- pher and has been keeping his Interior Department busy with telegraphic and tclephonic in instructions ever since Roosevelt is keeping hands off in primary campaigns but there are at least three states where he is doing a little personal hop ing. One is Rhode Island, where his friend Eddie Bowling is up for democratic senatorial nom- ination against eX-Senator Peter Garry Another is Mis- sissippi where his staunch sup porter Ross Collin is running against both paper-clipper Bilbo and Senatorial Sabotager Steph- ems Another is Colorado wherc Josephine Roche is run ming for governor against Uncle Billy" Adams, relative of Sena- tor Ava Adams.
 SPECIAL STAMPS
 The first stamp of a new na- tional series is bought by the president or the postmastergcn- eral at a ceremony almost akin to that of launching a battle ship. After there is a rush sale for ardent collectors all over the country Stamps are printed at the rate of 50,0OO,O0O a day, and some special issues run up to 200,000,000. Most specials are not sold throughout the United States, but only in the districts interested-such as Maryland now celebrating its Tercentennial Ben Cohen, slated to he an administrator of Roosevelt's new social insur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

office: A print made by a PWA artist, bearing the title "Resi- dence of MT Duroc." It shows a ramshackle pig sty .. The ballyhoo of the new Housing Administration hasn't started as yet, but it is being flooded with volunteer suggestions for slogans According to word from Montana, one of the big factors in the defeat of Senator John E. Erickson for re-nomination was the story of his falling to sleep while presiding over the senate North Carolina anti Brain Trust Senator Josiah Bailey is not up for reelection this year, but there is already considera ble talk of candidates against him when he does come up in 1886 One of the most prominent of possible .op- ponents is Representative Lind say Warren, one of the ablest administration floor leaders.
 HORS DE COMBAT
 Whatever happens in the com ing congressional elections, 2S representatives and three sena- tors will not be among those who take their seats in January Two of the senators retiIEd voluntarily, one was defeated for renomination Of the rep resentatives, six have fallen by the wayside in primaries, four are being eliminated by redis- tricting, nine are running for the senate, and of the remaining nine, some quit because they saw the handwriting on the wall, and a few to take other jobs The present far-flung junket- ing of the President and Mrs Roosevelt is by no means the last of their touring for this year Unless unforeseen de- velopments intervene, they con- template a trip through the Ten nessec valley this fall for a per- sonal inspection of the momen- tous experiments of the IVA. Senator George Norris, author of the IVA Act, is slated to ~be in- Vlted to participate in the tour. The secret is out. Chair man Joseph P. Kennedy of the Securities Exchange Commis- sion, is a Brain Truster It has just been disclosed that the former Wall Street operator taught at Harvard for a short while following his graduation from college.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
So They Say

Others break strikes of daisy pckers or buttonhole makers, but when there's trouble in steel railroads, along the docks in San Fran cisco they come to me.-P. L. Bergoh, prominent strike breaker.
 
 It is much better to have nude girls on the stage than dress them in provocative manner Leon Narna, Paris theater director
 
 Public popularity of artists is fimsY and nerishabie product. A personality may be a popular hero today and forgotten tomorrow Sol Rosenblatt NRA movie adminlstrator'
 
 shall remain welded to my work'-Aime Semple McPherson.
 lofe my Johnny and he lofes me. We hSht' sure, but make oop aEain.-Lupe NeleZ' Who petitioned for divorce from Johnny Welssmuller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
Press Comment
WHAT'S THE USE?

Hartford Courant:
 Because of the monetary policies of the administration, because of it's avoWed intention to redistribute wealth with the apparent expecta- tion that it will stay distributed, because of it's purpose to put the government more and more into business. because of its assumption that nearly the whole social order needs remaking, feeling of un- certainty exists that has caused or- dinarily prudent citizens to say: What is the use of adhering to the old precepts? We know not what the future has in store. Let us therefore live up to our in- come, lay nothing aside for the proverbial rainy day and trust to luck"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
Chuckle eCorner
LOCAL PICK-UPS By Ella May Wheeler

That Litchfield housewife who routed a burglar was some yegg beater.
 The genial cop at Exchange still enjoys his rounds, is always on the square, and ready to beat or pound any one or anything from the pavement up.
 A Vine street girl says the an- cestors of her hairdresser must have been Indians. Claims beauty doctor tried to lift her scalp, which resulted in permanent wave of pain.
 Seems there may be trouble on certain west end street. The glaz- fer had his sign Painting and Puttying" so hung as to seem to be advertising the beauty salon next door.
 Those bandits who robbed an Oakville grocery of 40 pounds oi lard may want to lard it over some one. Anyone heard of any tar ana feaItner partleS lately! A Cheshire scion couldn't make a living as an artist, so he went into the bootlegging business. Al ways was interested in stills. A Thomaston constable claims g certain citizen is so crooked a mai driven in his back would come out a corkscrew.
 That fellah Einstein who says space is non-reality must have been trying to park on East Mair street.
 One of Wolcott's largest auto shops has a sign 'U. S. Tires or
 Credit" So do we, folks. A Naugatuck farmer wants { sweetheart content with movie shows. The reel thing, girls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

There's no accounting for human nature in any of it's curious phases, and surely one of the most curious is souvenir hunting. When John Dillinger was shot by federal police on a Chicago sidewalk the souvenir fiends swooped down like buzzards around dead horse. As the body was hurried off to the morgue, hum dreds of men and women rushed up to the pool of blood on the pavement and dipped their handkerchiefs in it. Almost in g moment the sidewalk was wiped dry. Then came a mad chase to the morgue. More than 2000 people rushed there to see the body, and shouted and fought for admittance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
H scope
By OCTAVINE

Today is more than ordinarily fortunate. Indulge in pleasure or seek favors around noon. Athlet- tics, mechanics or work requiring enthusiasm should go well in the afternoon. The early evening is favorable for business. Tomorrow is impractical and over optimistic.
 Today's Birthdate
 Your affairs are subject to up heaval during the last of June and the forepart of July, 1895. Watch your bank account and invest ments from Oct 29 through Nov 2. Danger Sept 6. Socially favor able Aug 21,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

of the Springfield 80 caliber rifle?
 A. The accurate shooting range is from 1000 to 1900 yards and the bullet will travel maximum of $500 yards.
 Q. Who was "Coal-oil John- ny?"
 A. The nickname was applied to John Steele, famous oil-oper- ator in Pennsylvania, who amassed great fortune and squandered it in riotous living.
 If you want a copy of our bulle- tin Learning to Cook, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
Selected Poem
ADVICE.

ADVICE. (Judith March in The New Haven Journal
 Courier). Now give over, heart, the bright dream Held of Beauty, lovely always And forever: what things but seem Lovely, seen with the rapid gaze Of youth, which silver mists the world In petals of moonlight and dew? Beauty is a shy wraitB 3hirled Fleetingly across seas and through Tall orchards any .ime of year, But give over heart, the dream to hold Her close against you, warm and dear; Elusive Beauty caught is cold And prideful, though you hold her near.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
HORSES AND THE FAMILY
(New buryport News)

We asked a Lawrence storekeep- CT with whom we fell into conver- sation the otper day what he thought of the Rockingham race track. Tt doesn't help us Law renee grocers and provision men," he said. Husbands and wives gamble there and then either don't pay their bills, or else starve themselves to make up."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

Importance of pushing ahead the hous- ing program to get the construction trades busy again is shown in figures sub- mitted to the Senate Banking Committee by Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief ad- ministratior. Of the more than 100000 families on federal relief rolls, said MT Hopkins, between 100000 and 1,500,000 are represented by workers in the building trades.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

One of the oldest of reform movements is that of the calendar reform people. For decades they have agitated the idea that the year should be divided into 13 equal four-week months, with a new month in- serted between June and July, and the 365th or extra day used presumably, to go call on your Aunt Minnie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round

unrso 0 "Wahng Mery-Go -2ound' and Nor MrryG British Foreign
  pnte Nert AttomeGena Administration Anxious Labor St. ation n New Engand dToOns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

Some day there will be an organization in this country of Men Who Refuse to Learn Bridge and Golf. But it won't do much good. They'll probably go in for p1ngpong and stamp-collecting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

much suffering, of course; but it would not bring us any nearer to finding how to live harmoniously in a genuine commit nifty of nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

O. How many rounds did Firpo and Willard fight in Jersey City, July F, 1923?
 A. Firpo knocked out Willard in the eighth round.
 O. How can crawfish be kept alive?
 A. In tanks, small ponds, or wooden boxes, which are well sup piled with running water. Large tanks or boxes are suitable for use in streams or lakes.
 o. What was the weight of the largest catfish that has been caught?
 A. One hundred and fifty pounds; caught at St Louis, in 1878.
 o. How much did the postoffice spend for air mail in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888?
 A. $19,460,000.
 Q. What position does Will Hays hold in the motion picture industry?
 A. President of the Motion Pic ture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.
 o. What role did Katherine De Mile play in the motion picture "fhe Trumpet Blows," and what relation is she to Cecil De Mile?
 A. She played the role of "Lupe" and is the daughter of the producer.
 o. Did Boake Carter take the role of the Radio announcer in Twenty Million Sweethearts
 A. Yes.
 Q. How large is Alaska?
 A. The area, including the Aleutian Islands, is 5S6,400 square miles.
 Q. What are the latest statis- tics on suicides in the United States?
 A. In 1881 there were 20,030 and in 1892 the number was 20,SS0.
 O. What is the shooting range
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

That old idea of people going around hunting for good mouse traps may be ok, but you don't hear many modern ad- vertising men preaching it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

Many business men are losing so much less money now that they feel prosperous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

o. How large is Alaska?
 A. The area, including the Aleutian Islands, is 5S6,400 square miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

o. How much did the postoffice spend for air mail in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888?
 A. 9,460,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

o. What is the shooting range
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

Q. What position does Will Hays hold in the motion picture industry?
 A. President of the Motion Pic ture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

o. Did Boake Carter take the role of the Radio announcer 1T Twenty Million Sweethearts?
 A, Yes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-28

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Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
LEWES BOY TO BE HONORED
Thomas S. Pierce to Be Decorated
by Gen. Pershing at Washington

Designated by Major General
Dennis E. Nolan, u. S. Army, as
the outstanding student among
the 2,200 youthful residents Of
New York State, New Jersey, and
Delaware who attended last Sum-
mers Citizens Military Training
Camps of the Second Corps Area,
Thomas S. Pierce, 20, of 344 State
Street, Lewes, Delaware, will be
decorated by General John j
Persihing with the Pershing An
nual Gold Medal for Distinguished
Attainment in Military Education
December IA, at Washington, D. c.
Pierce will go to Washington as
guest of the Civilian Military Ed
ucation Fund, which each year
awards a four-day trip to the Ma
tion's capital to the outstanding
C. M. T. c. and R. o. T. c. students
in each of the nine corps areas into
which the Army divides the United
States. Visits to the White House,
the War Department, and points
of historical interest in and around
Washington are to be made.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29

cOmmendS, they want red revolu-
tion. That number would include
the predatory group who would ex-
pect to benefit during the general
destruction of our social order. l
do not class our administration in
Washington among the minority.
1 believe that Mr.. Roosevelt has
honestly endeavored to carry out
what he supposes to be the man
date of the people in the light of
advice from those who surround
him, but surely he must be begin
ming 20 wonder whether he is car
rying out his oath of Office in per-
mitting some of the intriguing ex-
periments which have been tried
on this nation. 1t would seem to
me that in the not distant future
the President will be grateful for
the aid of the Liberty League in
preventing the destruction of our
form of government" Mr.. DUPONT
advanced the idea that if the in
dividual is permitted to retain the
proceeds of his work or good for
tune he would be more apt to en-
deavor to create additional wealth
than he would if conditions were
such that he would be forcibly di-
vested of his wealth. Mr. DUPONT
said that representative govern
ment is more cumbersome and
slow to decide just how its laws
should be drawn, whereas a dicta-
tor, even assumed beneficient.
might be honestly mistaken when
framing his edicts. AS an instance
of this" he said, consider the pro-
cedure based on the theory that by
destroying produce the country
will become more prosperous. We
slaughtered the sows, ploughed un-
der the cotton, paid bonuses for
not growing wheat, and taxed
nearly to destruction those who
produce the manufactures of our
country. Then it is found we are
possibly facing a food shortage,
we have lost our export market for
cotton and employment, measured
in man hours, continues to decline.
You may say that these happened
under representative government.
Yes, but by a representative gov
ernment whose lawmakers failed
to carry the burden put upon them
by the Constitution and handed
over their legislative power to the
executive, making him, in practice,
a dictator" Mr.. DUPONT described
in detail the object and makeup
of the Liberty League and in clos
ing invited all his hearers to be-
come members Addresses were
also given by DR.. Claude Benner.
vice-president of the Continental
American Life Insurance Com
pany, DR.. Walter Hullihen presi-
dent of the University of Della
ware and others.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
U. OF D. ALUMNI
HOLD BANQUET
Address By Irene DUPONT on
the Subject of the Liber-
ty League of U. S.
$50 ATTEND THE DINNER

"a large part of the population
is entirely ignorant of the part the
Constitution plays as a framework
of our government" declared Irene
DUPONT, one of the founders of the
American Liberty League in an ad-
dress at the banquet and home
coming of the alumni of the Uni
versity of Delaware in Old College,
Newark, Saturday night. APPROX
imately $50 attended the dinner, a
number being from down state.
DR.. w. Owen Sypherd was toast
master. Declaring that he believes
President Roosevelt is sincere in
his efforts to lead the country out
of the depression, he asserted that
the Constitution of the United
States is the rock on which the en-
tire growth of the nation has been
fostered. His subject was ''The
American Liberty League" and he
stressed that while few persons
would come out aaginst the Con-
Stitution there was a considerable
percentage of the population that
consider it a somewhat antiquated
document, venerated on account of
its age and expressing thoughts,
which, in cases that are correct
would be admitted by all anyway,
and which, in cases that are incor-
rect, are not paid attention to any,
way. They, their fathers and
grandfathers before them, have en-
joyed the liberty and opportunity
the Constitution guarantees. This
has been continued so long that
they now assume that liberty and
opportunity is a general attribute
of life itself; that it has always
been and always will be like the air
we breathe. Nothing could be
more erroneous Tyranny, de-
spotism, the cracking down on
the weak by the strong, have been
maintained through almost the en-
tire history of mankind. Liberty
can be preserved only by constant
effort on the part of an organized
group who are intent on that OBJ
jective" In order to effect this
defense, he said: 1T is APPARENT
that an organization is much more
effective than an unorganized
group. 1t is the same difference
between an army and a rabble.
The unorganized citizens voice is
not heard at all. Even a compar-
atively small organization can
make its voice heard and can win
the support of others in just
cause. 1t seems to me that a
large majority of the people of the
United States will want to pre-
serve our Constitutional govern
ment if they consider the matter
at all carefully. Perhaps 80 per
cent of those who are mentally
competent would favor it. There
may be as many as 10 per cent
who have minds 50 contorted by
poisonous information as to in
definitely maintain the view that
no matter what the reasoning
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DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Continued from Page One)

long illness. Funeral services took
place from Harrington's Funeral
Home, privately, Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock. The services
were in charge of the Rev. J. E.
Parker, pastor of the ME. Church.
Mrs. Turner is survived by three
children, w. Floyd Turner, teller
in the Peoples Bank; Mrs. Prior,
Georgetown; Mrs. George Ellie
good, Concord, Del, and Mrs. Cliff
ford Pryor of Blackbird. Inter
ment was made in Hollywood Gem
etery, Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
of part of the

TOWN OF SMYRNA Five $50 Percent
LIGHT AND WATER BONDS, due July
1st. 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the TOWN
OF SMYRNA has called for redemption
January 1st, 1885. $4,000 of its outstand-
ing LIGHT AND WATER BONDS, dated
March 31st, 1919. and maturing July lst
1889. AS provided in the Act of the Del
aware General Assembly approved March
25th, 1925. The Bonds called are those
numbered 8. 10. IA, "a, 26 and therefore
upon presentation and surrender of bonds
together with all unmatured interest
coupons at the office of THE NATIONAL
BANK OF SMYRNA, SMYRNA, DELA-
WARE. on or before January 1st, 1885,
the redemption date, the par value of said
bonds together with accrued interest will
be paid to the holders thereof. Interest
will cease to accrue on said bonds the
date specified for their redemption.
By Order of the Council of
THE TOWN OF SMYRNA.
tSigned)-Geo. r. Stevenson,
its President.
(Signed)-W. w. Hynson,
its Tt easurer.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
THANKSGIVING

To-day is Thanksgiving, a
day set aside to give thanks
to Almighty God for the
many blessings vouchsafed
unto us during the past year.
Let us ponder these things
and be truly thankful.
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29

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Smyrna times., 1934-11-29
DELMARVA PENINSULA

DELMARVA PENINSULA
The Delmarva Peninsula is
pleasant country. 1t embrac-
es the State of Delaware and
the Eastern Shores of Mary
land and Virginia. It's hos
pitality is traditional and the
fine highway, U. S. 13, includ-
ing the DUPONT Highway,
down the backbone of the
Peninsula is a delight to the
motoriSt. More and more the
more the Delmarva Peninsula
is becoming increasingly pop
ular with motorists from
northern States, as well as
Delawareans. Our country is
filled with present beauty and
memories of great men and
their history making lives.
Many of the famous old es-
tates and manor houses re
main, but for the most part
they will be hidden away on
the side roads of today, facing
the rivers, which, in Colonial
days, were important high
ways of communication.
There is a variety of seafoods
on the Peninsula to delight
the palate Of the epicure-
CLAIMS, crab, oysters, terrapin,
shad, trout, weakfsh, channel
bass, croakers, blue fish and
founder in season. Also, any
where down the Peninsula the
motorist can satisfy his ap-
petite with fried chicken and
beaten biscuit.
Splendid highways tn e
length Of Delaware and on
down to Cape Charles, Va.,a
proving attractive to automo-
bilists on their pllgrimages to
and from Southland's gun
ming preserves and winter re-
sorts. These visitors doubt
less aid business on the Pen
insula, particularly that OF
hotels and restaurants.
The fastest train from New
York to Jacksonville, Fla,
makes the trip in about twen-
ty-fve hours. Recently El-
mer Jenkins, manager of the
National Touring Bureau OF
the American Automobile AS
sociation, left New York on &
Thursday morning at IL
o'clock and, driving down viz
the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, ar
rived at Jacksonville at 1925
Saturday morning. Actua
driving time was 10 hours ant
38 minutes. His speedometel
registered $50 miles. From
Wilmington the distance Il
Jacksonville is about 87s
miles. This test trip led thu
association to conclude thai
the DoImarva r0lfte now takes
Smyrna times., 1934-11-29

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