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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
A Thought for Today
Peter Bauby

The death of Peter Bauby was by way of being milestone in the history ot Wa terbury. He was member of the cltys first Italian family and rightfully earned a place in it's annals. When he came here the city was still in the status of small town slowly beginning to make itself felt in the industrial world. He became part of it; established with his brother busl- ness right in the center of the town and kept it there. It is still as much ot landmark as ever.
 He was one of the first of long line of Baubys in Waterbury, name With which everyone is familiar. Time was and still is when Bauby's Corner to Wa terburians was like Broadway and 42nd street is to the New Yorker. We are sorry to see him go. Yet he lived to the ripe old age of 87. He had accomplished a great deal in the years that he spent Ill Waterbury. He gave us sons and daugh- ters who carried the family name into the professions and business.
 While Peter Bauby was not personally known to everybody in Waterbury, hlS name certainly was. A good many people never knew that the kindly little man who was sometimes seen about his fruit store in Exchange Place was Peter Bauby. Up until two years ago he was still reg ular visitor to that section of the city in which he started his business and where ho and his family kept it right from the beginning. We hope that the city Will mourn in the proper spirit for pioneer. who came from his native home to make his mark on foreign soil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
Judges Advice Good

Judge Edward Mascolo dispensed some good advice to high school students We'd nesday in city court when he urged all of them who have any grievance whatso- ever over the hours of school to form committees, appoint reliable representa- tives, and approach the matter as It should be in an efficient and orderly manner. While this city has not witnessed the mob scenes that were common m other New England cities recently, 1t IS easy to imagine that there might be some
 As we understand it, the complaint, II there really is one, is against the seven period school day. It compels both scholar and teacher to attend sessions throughouc the midday and right up to early atter- noon. The old schedule was six periods long, ending at 12:45 p. m. It did not force either the pupil or the teacher DO eat at the school, as we should judge the longer hours now do. Perhaps we are mistaken in our opinion, but offhand we'd say that the new working hours are not so popular as those of other years.
 Another point that we understand is true is this. A great many boys and girls are excused at the end of the sixth period, probably fair percentage of the entire student body More could probably take advantage of this privilege, if their study cards were so arranged as to give then, the seventh period free and, also, if their parents or guardians complied with de- partmental ruling of asking that their charges be dismissed at o'clock.
 We presume we may be criticized for entering this episode with a viewpoint that may be said to incite revolt in the local high schools. It isn't intended as such It's merely mild complaint against the seven-period schoolday. It's too long. It serves no apparent good purpose since the student still only takes five subjects at the most It irritates both student and teacher thus destroying efficiency. It makes necessary readjustment of many homes on a schedule entirely out of agree ment with the school day. We urge re- consideration by the school board.
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But if it does so, the stocks and bonds automatically lose their value as collateral, are certain to crash in quoted price, and the American investors would lose huge sums.
 Also, it would enable the issuing corporations. among them particularly German firms; to buy up their securities at prac- tically their own price.
 On the other hand, if the com. mission makes an exception of these securities it is setting up an unfair discrimination against domestic investments.
 Either way the commission fears it can't avoid a misstep.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Colonel Horatio Hackett, chief of the Public Works Housing Corporation, was a half-back on West Points 1904 football team '.. v. There is a perpetual smudge on the granite nose of Abraham Lincoln in the rotunda of the Capitol. Visitors can't resist the temptation to touch it. The head was done by Gutzon Borglum, was presented to con- gress by Eugene Meyer, Jr. |. The initials A. w. |. on the fly leaf of Secretary Ickes' book, "The New Democracy" stand not for a new government agency but for the PWA ad- ministrator's wife, Anna Will martin Ickes EZRA Chief Harry Hopkins says, T believe in the prosperity of abundance. I'm not one of these scarcity boys" .. The river On which Washington is situated was de- scribed by Captain John Smith in 1908 as "the river Pato- womek" Without specifi- cally naming the MIRA board, Secretary Ickes declared, i've never believed you could minis ter successfully through a board" :. Thirty thousand visitors are expected to come to Washington next week for what is known in the trade as "the mum show''-the annual Capi- tai display of chrysanthemums Of the ten cabinet mem- bers, James A. Farley makes Who's Who this year for the first time. The others were all in previous volumes .s. A new administration building for the Pan-American Union is about to be built on Constitution avenue.
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

the supreme court decision. In each one of the six is a pend ing case of conscientious objec- tors now in college. They are: Ohio State university, Kansas State college, Pennsylvania |. State college, Massachusetts lin stitute of Technology (seldom thought of as land grant col lege), University of New Hamp- shire, and University of Illinois.
 One vital angle of the case is not generally known. The boys, whose fathers and grandfathers were ministers, are not Quak- CTS but Methodists. Quakers, d relatively small group, have long been accepted as sincere in ob- jecting to military training.
 But to put Methodists in the same class would be to make eligible for exemption the larg- est Protestant denomination in the country.
 No wonder the War Depart ment is worried.
 COMPLEX PROBLEMS
 MemDerS or Ine AeW 0cCuIl- ties Exchange Commission have run up against tough problem in the scores of foreign conl- panies listed in Wall Street. Into them American investors have poured millions of dollars.
 The Stock Exchange Act pro vides that no security may be listed on a stock exchange un- less it has been registered" with the SEC. To obtain this official okay, the issuing corporation must open it's books to the SEC and submit sworn statements concerning it's finances.
 When the SEC called on the foreign companies to turn over such information, they-with a few notable exceptions-declined to give it.
 This defiance has the com, mission stumped.
 It has the power peremptorily to order the securities of these corporations off the board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

Washington, Oct 25.-A lot of people missed small item in the Labor Departments latest an- nouncement of employment sta- tictics, but it was extremely sig nificant. It was an item show ing marked increase in hiring of workers in the retail and wholesale trades.
 A gain of 100000 emp.oyes was recorded during the month of September.
 These figures confirm numer- ous unofficial reports of a dis, tinct improvement in consumer activity. Two of the largest mail order corporations pri- varely informed Secretary Per kins last week that the volume of their sales for the current month already exceeds the total for October 1883.
 A nationallyknown manufac- turer of mems readymade cloth ing has sent word that buying has been so heavy that his stocks are nearing exhaustion.
 Labor and Commerce depart ment experts cOncedc that a con- siderable proportion of this ac- tivity is of seasonal charac- ter.
 But they also attribute a large percentage of it to the increased purchasing power of the farm- CTS, due to the operation of the AAA and stimulation of the n PWA expenditures.
 IN PERSON
 It doesn't pay to be flip with coatless men about the office Of Secretary Ickes.
 The other day an out-of-town lawyer stroGe briskly into the reception room of the head of the Interior Department. At a desk in one corner was man in shirt sleeves busy with large pile of papers.
 The attorney strode over to him, announced:
 q have, an appointment with Secretary Ickes."
 "Ycs?" said the man at the desk.
 "Yes," snapped back the visi- tor, "and promptness, you know, is royal virtue"
 II am Secretary Ickes," was the quiet reply.
 R. o. T. c. TEST
 The War Department will not admit it, but it is intensely in- terested in the case of the two college boys who have gone be- fore the Supreme Court as con- scientious objectors against R. o T. c. drill at the University of California.
 Equally interested are fifteen land grant colleges.
 If the case is decided in favor Of the two boys, not only is the War Departments +. O. T. c. program in danger of collapse, but the fifteen universities fear an exodus which will kill their War Department subsidy.
 Of the fifteen universities, six have an immediate interest in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
Press Comment
KILLING OFF THE BANDITS (New Britain Herald)

Uncle Sam is quickly winning the war against the gunmen who have been inundating the western plains. The most recent killing of Pretty Boy" Floyd was accomplished after that Public Enemy No. had been lost several times. But the trail was always found again until the last big climax came on an isolated farm in Ohio.
 J. Edgar Hoover. director of the department of justice in Washing ton, with his energetic aide, Melvin Purvis, head of the federal depart ment's bureau of investigation in Chicago. have added another not able victory to their string. Though not as widely known as John Dillinger. Floyd was a desperate killer of seven persons, six of them police officers. And even as he died he had two fully loaded automatic revolvers in his possession, but which he could not use. so swift were the federals as they closed in on him.
 Floyd thought he had erred in being in the country. He had in- quired for transportation to Youngstown, where he believed he could hide to better advantage, Perhaps he could; but the career of Dillinger was ended in crowded Chicago.
 Floyd's time had come to pay for his escapades with . violent death. Considering his many calculated misdeeds. the penalty was scarcely high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
So They Say

Me and Paul think that St Louis is an all right town.
 You can't give young people the training of an ox-cart age in an airplane Rev pr J. Elmer Russell superintendent of rell- eous education New York Presbyterian synod. think it's time I should do a little censor ing of some of the stories going the rounds about me.
 Mae West. This generalship business is not what it's cracked up to be. It is great burden. and the work is very, very heavy.
 -Evangene Booth, Salvation Army leader. Force always attracts men of low morality and I believe it to be an invariable rule that ty- rants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.
 Prof Albert Einstein.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

We suppose the proper thing to do would be to tie up the fifth anniversary ot the stock market crash with things polit- ical in view of the fact that we are in the midst of one of the hottest campaigns on record in Connecticut. Not so IS our intention. We prefer to think only ot October 23, 1929, as the beginning of very dismal period for the good old United States It ended the Coolidge prosper ity' myth for all time It showed up the American investing public in its true colors. It also showed up just how con- trolled the nation was by big banks, financiers. etc. John T. Flynn is writing a most interesting series of articles on Wall Street and the depression in which many popular notions are dispelled and some new ones created.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
A Book a Day
First To See Arctic Was Called A Liar
By BRUCE CAPTION

The first man to explore the Artic was a Greek ship captain. who went way up. north of Scot land about 330 B. C., came back home to tell about icebergs, ice- foes and a sun that shone all night and found, naturally enough, that nobody would believe word of his tall tales.
 From that day to this, men have gone up to the frozen top of the world to see what was to be seen, and great many of them have left their bones there; and the record of their exploits makes one of the races most thrilling stories.
 The story is told, magnificiently, in ITO the North" by Jeanette Mirsky. The book is a complete record of Arctic exploration, from earliest times to the present day, and makes extraordinarily fine reading. E
 Arctice exploration as we under stand it really got under way with the Elizabethans. It's incen- tive then was the hoped tor dis covery of a short route to Chin.. There was. no such route, but the hope of it sent many ships into the ice fields and wrote great story of heorism and endurance.
 Then came the desire to tap tho northlands resources = whales, seals, and the like. One of the odd results of this was the estab- lishment, for a decade or so, of regular wild west boom town on frost-bitten Spitzbergen, where highly scented whalers played the parts later reserved for miners and cowboys.
 Finally came the simple desire for knowledge = going hand in hand with a love of the lonely places and a yen for adventurous living. Miss Mirsky, by the way, intimates that the best press agented explorers are not always the most valuable; one or two of her chapters may open your eyes bit.
 All in all, she has written a fine, colorful book. Viking is offering 1t at $S.75.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
Rome Letter
By THOMAS B. MORGAN United Press Stan Correspondent,

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Rome. (UP)-"Keep on gold at all costs" is the Duce's economic battle cry. Defiation is the founda- tion- stone of Italian economic policy.
 Wages, prices, rents, unemploy- ment are all dependent on this policy which the Duce has made his own.
 Though there has been some in- crease in the note circulation or late this amount is not important: It being one of the essential points of the governments policy to keep the paper issue of the country as low as possible. | Rents were reduced throughout Italy last May 12 per cent. This was intended to cOunterbalance
 the reductions in pay. Rents now are lower in Italy than many other
 European countries, though not
 when the lira is compared in terms | of depreciated monies like the dol liar. or the pound sterling.
 The trade balance of Italy con tinues. of course, to be unfavor- able, due in large part to her re-
 maining on the gold standard. In the first six months of 1893,
 imports dropped more than ex-
 ports, but during the second half of 1883, imports steadily increas- ing and exports fell off.
 The last figures for unemploy- ment (June) show 830,856 men and women out of work as 'com- pared with 941,257 at the end of May of this year and compared with SS3,621 for the month of June. 1888. The decrease in un- employment at thls time of the year is seasonal, and chiefly de- for temporary agricultural work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
ChuckleCorner
COURT ROOM SCENE By Willard Bottome

Bella Doolittle took the stand in her breach of promise suit against Adolphus Schrimp. She also took the spotlight. as she faced the jury with shapely legs crossed. jaunty toque on side of her head, blue eyes, wide open with a baby stare.
 Lawyer: 'Now. Bella. tell the whole story. Don't be shy"
 Bella: well, it's like this: Adolphus Schrimp uzta feed his slung hash. So all of sudden one rainy day he ups and says, 'Howja likta marry me. Bella" l says. Quit yer kiddin' and eat them beans"
 Judge Hugger: Never mind the beans, Bella. Go ahead" Bella: T gives him the init that day and he goes away kinda sad But the next day he pops in on me and he says. How bout 1t. Bella Howja likta marry me? We'll, you | know. Judge. how it is win a girl-"
 Judge Hugger: "Yes. yes. Go on win your story"
 Bella: Well, I falls for him I that night in Central Park" (Wit- ness weeps copiously and is handed a glas sof water.) And after tha, Adolphus left me and he ain't
 married me yet = and me and It. tie Adolphus is left to face the
 world all alone"
 Judge Hugger (wiping eyes):
 And how old is your child, Bella Bella: Holy smoke, Judge! ain't got no child. Adolphus is my
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

O. Give the number of stories in the Empire State building, the R. c. A. building (Radio City) and the, Woolworth building.
 A. Empire State building, 1O2; R. c. A. building, 70; and Wool worth building, 60. Q. How many individuals are there in pair of twins? A. The word twins means two, and therefore four individuals con stitute a pair of twins. ! Q. Can Chinese, Japanese, and other members of the yellow race be naturalized American citizens? A. Their naturalization is pro- hibited by statute. Q. How is banana oil made? A. It is chiefly amyl acetate. Imade from fusel oil.
 Q. Where was the first electric street railway operated? A. Appleton, Wisconsin, May 26, 1888, by the Wisconsin Michi- l 6etAI Il O"SA SOAAPoAJs | o. What salaries do the gover- nor, lieutenant-governor and the Isenators and members of the as. sembly of New York state receive [ A. Governor, $25,00O a year ant the use of the executive mansion lieutenant-governor $16,00O and senators and members of the as. sembly, $2,50O. | o. What was the estimated value of liquor consumed annually in the United States before pro hibition?
 A. Between 2M and billion dollars.
 Q. Who wrote Dusk at tn Grover"
 A. Samuel Rogers. | o. Who co-starred with Law renee Tibbet in New Moon" aut "The Rogue Song?
 A. Grace Moore in the forme and Catherine Dale owen in tn latter.
 
 | Q. What is the air line distance between London, Eng, and Sal Francisco, Cal?
 A. Measured on a great circle the distance Is 5,440 statute miles
 0. Who were the Angles fo whom England was named?
 A. They were Germanic trib formerly occupying the district o Anglen, in Schleswig, and also, az cording to some authorities, part o the Danish peninsula and Scan dinavia. In the fifth century the migrated to Britain in large mum bers, and settled in Mercia, Eas Anglia, and Northumbria.
 o. When did congress make tn American Indians citizens of tn United States?
 A. By Act of Congress approve' June 2, 1924.
 Q. Do fish suffer when they ar hooked?
 A. They do not seem to suffe much. About the jaw there ar few nerves which could cause tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

Laborers at sugar plant in St Crolx, Virgin Islands, showed their gratitude at receiving jobs recently by thanking God for the reopening of the plant. It was made possible by acquisition by our gov ernment at sale price of $9O,0OO. It had been closed four years. The religious services which attended the resumption ot activities were sponsored by labor union and the participants came on foot and in carts. That's a proper appreciation which many of us overlook in these hectic days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
Selected Poem
SILVER BIRCHEs

Brches their dusky tresses powdered with gold, Tremble and sigh in forest now empty and cold Sadly they remember Aprirs futtering green Wmple of shimmerng fabric, mete for queen; Her, perfumes her winged pages, her minstrel
 choir; Jewels that flashed in the sunshine like sparks of
 fire; Her train that swept like a peacock's over the
 grass: The lakes pellucid water her look'ngg
 air The last gold leaf of November falls from their
 hair GIL E. Holland in The Christian Science Monitor)
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sensation of pain. They propapy have some sensation of discomfort, but not as great as that of the higher animals. !. 0. What is the boiling point or water on Pike's Peak?
 A. Pike's Peak is 14,10S fest above sea level, so that the boil ing temperature. of water at that height is a trifle over 1S6 de- grees Fahrenheit.
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You can't eat off your knife in Russia any more. And soup must be slipped, not heard. These are the orders just given out in 'Tzvestia'', the official government organ. And no doubt the Russians will accept the dictum as seriously as some ot the other orders promulgated by the Soviet Union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
APPLES IN ALL STAGES

[ Shoshone, Idaho (UP) -The
 Darrah Ranch near here boasts an 'everbearing' apple tree. The
 tree was discovered to be bearing ripe apples. small freen newly
 formed apples and blossoms all at the same time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
OCTOBER 20

OCTOBER 26
 The morning favors buying and shopping. You may find a bargain. It also is good for rou- tine work and that type which you might call drudgery. You should try to make the evening social. You might read poetry or literature with pleasure.
 Birthdate
 At the present time you should be passing out of a very good period. There is still time to take advantage of it by doing your best to advance yourself, through con- structive effort. Some one older than you, or a close friend of long standing, should be a help to you from February 2S through March 16, 1885.
 Danger August 1-5, 1885. Socially favorable October 30 through November 1, 1884.
 Readers desiring additional i'm formation regarding their hOro- scopes arc invited to communicate with Octayinc in care of this ncws- paper. Enclose 3 cent stamped, self-addressah envelope.
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Business and labor men both ask the government to halt it's big doles. That's fine. And now which of these groups shall the government cut off first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

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Horoscope e
BY OCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, this daily horoscope is outlined by noted astrOlOgcr. In addition to information Of general interests, 1t outlines information of special (interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

Anyway before we get through with the depression there ought to be more dras- tic devaluation of bunk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

Q. How is banana oil made?
 A. It is chiefly amyl acetate. made from fusel oil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-25

o. Where was the first electric street railway operated?
 A. Appleton, Wisconsin, May 26, 1888, by the Wisconsin Michi- gan Power company.
Evening star., 1934-08-10

prominent In Tennessee Re is q
graduate Of the United States Naval
Academy and spent three years IN
commissioned service. during which
he specialized a. Judge advocate In
ccurta-nnaFtiai cases He resigned
from the Mary in 1926 20 pursue Law
studies At Harvard Law School.
Appointed q special assistant 70 the
Attorney Central IN 1879. Ply has rep
resented the Government In many i'm
portart antitrust cases Recently he
vas prominently identified with the
NJ. r.. A. litigation involving the Weir
ton Steel Co.
Evening star., 1934-08-10

their island. They live on practically
nothing but fish Once over their
slight surprise they accepted us
calmly.
These people are extremely skinny.
with enlarged knee and elbow joints.
There are no other natives near them,
probably not for fifty or hundred
miles / don't think our visit made
any impression on them and they
probably forgot all about US within
two days after our departure. think
they will die out completely before
many years. There are only q few
children. and they were all weak and
sickly"
The Johnsons used airplanes for the
first time since they began explor-
ing Africa IA years ago. The larger
Of their two amphioians Is painted
with zebra stripes and the smaller