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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

 what to do about it.
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 When steel workers represen- tatives were in Washington several weeks ago they referred to Secretary Perkins as Fanny" Her first name is Frances. Among labor men generally she is called (off the record) Ma" Perkins. =. Secretary Wallace has laid down the rule that be- fore sugar-beet growers can col lect federal benefit payments, under the new Costigan-Jon ones act, they must sign contracts guaranteeing fair wages to beet field workers. Big Jim Farley is living up to the elabo- rate splendor of his new office. He has installed charming lady ''receptionist" in the vast, pillor- ed outer lobby to his sanctum. It's very fancy-and Hollywoodish. .,. One candi- date this year has found that hanging on to the coat-tails of the New Deal pays handsomely. Representative E. w. Marland, one-time multimillionaire oil operator, has just won the Okla homa democratic gubernatorial nomination under the slogan, Bring the New Deal to Okla homa with Marland."
 The New Deal has been handsome boon to Washington realtors. Since March 4, 1893, the governments annual office rent bill has practically doubled, mounting from $740,- 9S5 to $1,365,75O. Uncle Sam is now leasing space in 49 Washington buildings, but will vacate most of them when the new government structures are completed. Popular Stanley Reed, brought from Kentucky by the Hoover administration to be general counsel of its farm board at $20,000 a year, now with the REC, is due for another promotion. This time it is to fill federal judgeship in eastern Kentucky. =. Reed wrote the opinion on which the adminis- tration impounded all gold in the country, an action which has been sustained by two federal courts. Only a few insiders knew it. but Joe Kennedy's con- tribution to the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt was not confined to money. Kennedy played a crucial part in swing ing Garner support to the wav- ering Roosevelt nomination at the Chicago convention. Colorado's hard hitting Senator Costigan, afflicted as child with St Fitus dance, was cured by falling out of tree and break ing an arm. |. Before leaving for a months vacation on a Montana ranch Secretary Nor genthau told treasury newsmen he had arranged for Under Secretary Thomas J. Coolidge to hold the regular weekly press conference. You boys will have to break him in," said Nor genthau. "One thing is certain. He won't be any worse scared than I was when I first began meeting you" Able young Representative Paul Kvale is the only farmer-laborite in Minne- sota being opposed by repuh- lican-democratic fusion candi- date. Kvale plans to put both national committees on the spot by asking whether there is so little difference between the two old line parties that they can get together in an effort to beat a liberal.
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Paris Letter

Paris (UP)-A new giant figure loomed on the French political hor- izon today when Abbe Gabriel Lambert, fighting priest of Gran, announced his candidacy fo rthe Chamber of Deputies.
 Abbe Lambert has gone in for politics after having become a successful -diviner, and a less successful career as a play wright. We'll over six-feet in height, his gaunt frame has nov ed rapidly over the political fields of North Africa during the past year.
 Now 31, Abbe Lambert was un- til three years ago country priest in Seilh, near Toulouse, where he ministered to 300 parishioners. Went to Geneva.
 Always interested in politics, Abbe Lambert went to Geneva in 1927 as delegate to a minor meet ing under the League of Nations. Later in Switzerland he heard a. bout Abbe Mermet, a hermit priest who divined water by means of twigs. Abbe Lambert took lessons but failed to feel water until he discovered that he was wearing rubber-soled shoes. Thereafter he grew rich by finding water for thirsty communities.
 Finally his travels took him to Oran, in northern Algeria. The municipality wanted fresh water. Abbe Lambert bent his twgis and found a supply.'
 The municipality then decided that it did not want the priest s springs, and refused to reimburse him for the cost. of drilling. An gered. Abbe Lambert declared war on the city councilmen. He threat. ened to throw them out of office and started his campaign. Elected Mayor.
 He electioneered for weeks and put his own ticket in the polls. His slate won by a great margin an Abbe Lambert was elected Mayor.
 Having conquered Gran and turned the spring water into the city mains, Abbe Lambert turned his eyes toward Paris and the Chamber of Deputies. He had not been in Paris since his three-act comedy a play written around a water-diviner who found gold in an old chimney-flopped misera bly at the Champs Elysee theater.
 French foreign and domestics policy displeases the Abbe, so he has announcedl his candidacy for the lower house with the firm am- bition to become Premier of France at the first opportunity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12
A Mighty Task

It seems to be a nice little job that the administration has wished on itself for the hot summer months. Donald R. Rich berg, who has been named to tie together all the loose ends of this and that floating about Washington, says that the immedi- the size of the problem.
 sWe must be looking to the future" says MT Richberg. "We must decide on the extent of government intervention and it's allocation to different activities. We must advance our plans for public works
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others throats and oil is flying all over the place.
 To outsiders it sounds amus- ing. But to the industry and the MIRA, it is no joke. The exist ence of 49S small, independent mayonnaise producers, employ ing hundreds of workers, is at stake. And that is no laughing matter.
 s The seeds of the conflict were sOwn months before there was such thing as a mayOnnaise code.
 Early in 1888 Kraft Cheese launched an extensive nation wide salad dressing campaign. Previously, salad dressing had been popularly known as the Poor mans" garnish.
 CHEESY
 Selling its product, put up in attractive containers, at about half the price of mayonnaise, Kraft hammered the idea that salad dressing was just as good as the more expensive relish. The drive was/ highly success full, cutting in heavily on mayon- naise sales.
 In the meantime the mayon- naise industry had come under the wings of the Blue Eagle. The code contained no price fixing provision. But specific prohibi- tion was included against. "des- tructive' price cutting.
 Sixty per cent of the mayon- naise made in the United States is manufactured by five big food corporations, with whom the product is just one of a number of articles on their sales list.
 A month ago Best Food, Inc, one of the big five, set out to re- capture its lost mayOnnaise market. It cut its price on this product to five cents under Kraft's salad dressing.
 The small, independent may onnaise makers let out an up- roar. If the big mayonnaise manufacturers under cut them, eventually they will be forced to the wall. So the little fellows rushed under Blue Eagle wings for protection and the members
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Washington, July 12-Charlie Curtis, ex-vice president of the United States, thinks E. o. p. Chairman Fletcher is doing d good job, but that it may take a long time for the republican party to get on its feet.
 "The old reactionaries within the party have lost control" says Charlie. Fletcher is dip lomat, and we certainly need d diplomat to bring the party to- gether.
 "The republican party will stage a comeback, but it will be slow. In forty years of politics, I have seen many defeats, and it sometimes takes years to rebuild a strong machine after crush ing blow"
 ENUMERATED CHAR
 Joe Eastman, czar of the railroads, may be hard-boiled when it comes to rail executives, but he has a tender streak under it all.
 Noticing that the same taxi driver waited every evening. to drive him home, Eastman got into conversation with him, learned he had had a career as bootlegger, hi-jacker and still carried on the floor of his cab a crank-handle to apply to the heads of recalcitrant customers.
 In the man, however, Eastman recognized character and real abilitv So he said:
 elf you stay in this environ ment, you'll go from bad to WOrsc."
 The next morning he told his friend to report at the interior department as a multigraph- machine operator at $1,62O a year.
 NEW CHIEF OF STAFF .
 The secretary of war has let it be known that If Major-General Dennis E. Nolan wants that the most coveted of all army assign ments-chief of staff - he can have 1t .
 If General Nolan-now at Governors Island - accepts, it will end the bitter suspense which for months has consumed the army as to who would fill the shoes of the retiring Doug. las Macarthur.
 There is only one possible hitch. General Nolan, now GA, must retire in two years. The tour of duty us chief of staT generally is four years.
 However, General Nolan serv. ed once before as deputy chief of staff. Also he is one of the most brilliant, best-loved soldiers in the army
 Nolan is the. army's highest ranking major-general. Although he was graduated from West Point seven years before MacAr- thur, and although he is eight years older than Macarthur, so fast were the latter's promotions just one day ahead of General that he became a major general Nolan. MAYONNAISE WAR
 Extra!!! Extra!!! Big war!
 Mayonnaise and salad dressing manufacturers are at one an-
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ChuckleCorner
AMONG THE GIRLS By Agnes Stanley

A girl with a strong cedar chest may still prove chicken-hearted.
 Every girl wants a fellow to save A little more than his reputation. Among the girls with whom l
 "rate'
 Is one I'd like to share my fate.
 A fireman likes to run to get in his hose, but a girl hates a run in her hose.
 Maybe it's the new summer dresses that make the girls so jumpy these days. The girl who always gets my goat Is she who powders up my coat.
 The plump girl says it's sheer waste of time to weigh often, and if she measures she only finds added waist.
 Many a girl expects to be taken in on face value, and many a guy Is taken in that way, too.
 The smart girl will take mo- tice and give attention.
 The business girl will take orders and give satisfaction.
 The sympathetic girl will give relief but take your cold 
 The wise girl will give an ear 10 your prattle but will take it mu as fak@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.-You might not guess, off-hand, what is the most expensive article of a Broadway mans apparel. It's his hat. Re- . gardless of the initial cost, the overhead is exorbitant, for getting around to the night spots means the payment of one ransom after another.
 We'll, ransom is as ransom does,' and if you're a dime tipper it isn't so bad. I am quarter Upper, and therefore a sucker. But have plenty of company. Two-thirds of the men who redeem their pana- mas in hotels and restaurants and cabarets put their quarters among the decoy 25-cent pieces on the little trays. In a week the've spent more than their hats worth in the first place., And they do it--and do it-knowing perfectly well to keep the money, which goes instead to certain blue-jowled entrepren- CUTS of tn. Gay-Way who own hat checking concessions.
 Of course a sizeable proportion of these gratuities also goes to the homogeneous of the night clubs and cafes which have sold the con- sessions for some thousands of dollars, amounts depending on the density of the sucker-traffic in each place. Frequently am dis turbed by the realization that here am leaving an establishment because I haven't been having good time, and yet am paying a departing tribute to somebody who already has overcharged and under- entertained me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12
A Book a Day
Love-Ins The Shade Of The Nazi Terror
By BRUCE CATION

It begins to look as if no Euro pean novelist will consider his reputation complete until he has written a book dealing with Ger man Jews under the Nazi terror.
 The latest to come to bat in this manner Is the talented English woman, I. A. F. Wylie. Her novel is ITO the Van ouished"; and if books on this theme are beginning to be a shade monotonous, it must be reported that Miss Wylie has done a good job and produced very readable novel.
 She is concerned not only with the victims of the terror. but with the Nazis themselves. She tries to extend a sympathetic under standing to both parties-to show us not only how the victims suf- fer, but what the oppressors suf- fered before hand to turn them into opponents of suppression and brutality.
 Thus she weaves love story between the daughter of doc tor. who is on the Nazis' pro- scribed list, and young officer in the Storm Troopers. If the girl becomes the victim of circum- stances, the boy is no less so.
 He and his fellows are war casualties; youths who grew to manhood and depression and de- feat. remembering hunger and broken homes and utter dis couragement.
 To them, Hitler Is voice of miraculous hope restoring their self-respect. He gives them new life and new confidence-misdi- rected. tragically befuddled. but none the less genuine.
 The love story in this book makes charming story. Un- fortunately, tho ending-in which the trooper wearies of brutality, frees his prisoners. deserts, and Aces with the girl to Francois not, somehow. quite convincing. But tho book is worth reading for It's honest effort to understand both sides.
 Published by Doubleday. Doran and r'N. tt naiia for ss kn
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H
BY OCTAVINE

Get on your old clothes and go through your house to discard and put in order. The morning inclines towards routine work and you may even be enthusiastic about it. The afternoon Is too changeable, quick and uncertain. The late evening Is friendly towards society or intel lectual artistic work.
 Today's Birth Date
 Properly trained, you may be-. come hypnotiat. Be careful of your finances from August ie through August 25. A better period will como during January, 1v3b. This latter timo will also be pleas urable. to you. Dangerous though energetic and enthusiastic August "A See'"ii.' s~"~-aAt@ A"~"~s
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So They Say

It is the New Deal. castor oil or the firing squad. Let the steel trust put this in it's pipe and smoke Hilary Elmer Barnes, econ- omist.
 It's rather too bad that the legi- innate stage has disappointed au- diences so often.-Pauline Fred erick, actress.
 Hitler has proved himself never greater, never more human than in the last AS bitter hours. Hitler has avcrted chaos, and he has nor only averted ruin for Germany. but for the entire civilized world.-Dr Ernst F. Hanfstaengl.
 We realize now that money may be the cause, or part of the cause, of quite genuine love.-Bertrand Russell. English philosopher.
 Those who conspire against the state may rest assured that they are playing with their own heads. Paul Joseph Goebbels. German minister of propaganda.
 When l die, any benefit to my country is wiped out unless l can reform not the law. but the machinery of government.
 Senator George w. Norris.
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The mere fact that "Ding" Darling, the noted cartoonist, designed the stamp that duck hunters must affix to their regular licenses should sell them. The stamp, which costs one dollar, is really federal tax that is being imposed so that funds may be raised with which to protect our migratory wild fowl. If the anticipated S600,000 year is raised it will constitute nice jackpot with which to carry on such work as providing refu- ges for birds in their migrations, not to mention feeding grounds that will afford them ample protection from natural ene- mics and from the guns of hunters. We have taken such toll of all wild life of late years that it is going to be difficult to prevent exterimnation of many ami mals and birds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12
Working Conditions

Working Conditions
 What started me on these para graphs about the hat-ransom business was the information that teh checkroom employees about town are organizing union and are considering picketing some of the night spots in a demand for reasonable wages and working hours. It would be attention-com- manding if they could manage to picket in their ordinary working clothes, which consist of practical ly nothing. The checkroom and cigaret girls contend that many of their number work ten hours every night for SIP to $16 8. week.
 It is said that very few special qualities are requisite for such jobs, but think there could be some argument about that. Be- sides being able and willing to loow attractive in skinny cos- tune, girl has to undergo con- siderable paving, and must be able to say "Sir!" in five different infections. One is the contemptu- ous "Sir!' which plainly states, Take your hands off me, you tramp" Then there's the admoni- tory 'Sir!" which suggests that q fellow had better go home and pat his wife. on the shoulder. The remonstrative "Sir!" is employed with high-spirited playboys who really don't mean any harm. For stubborn drunks there's concilia- tory "Sir!" delivered with just the right amount of firmness. Another common one Is the "Sir!" of ge- nial tolerance, reserved for. Big Spenders who mustn't be insulted. Home Town News
 Anybody who doesn't appreci- ate New York's bewildering cos mopolitanism can visit the news paper stands of Times Square and get an idea. Foreign language newspapers published in the city sell a million copies a day, and almost as many go into the mails.
 Three of the Jewish dailies have a circulation of some 100000. Greek and Italian papers are not far behind. There's a Turkish daily, two in Chinese, and couple in spanish. Another is devoted exclusively to the interests of Spanish Jews. The Irish have a couple of weeklies. One Times Square stand sells nothing but foreign publications. from nearly every country in the world. And two lands cater to out town Americans. Visitors from Portland, Me, to Portland. Ore, can buy their hometown pa pers there.
 Most of them want to see what the Rotary club did at its last meeting, and whether 1t has been duly chronicled that they are wis., iting in New York. Others have a more vital purpose. The ab- sconding cashier wants to learn what was done after his shortage was discovered. The runaway girl tries to discover whether her rela- lives have any inkling of her whereabouts.
 Detectives know all about this urge, and take advantage of it. Scarcely a day passes but that ome bewildered stranger is per- suaded to go home and see the family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

Nepotism is dying out at Washington according to recent reports. The job of finding jobs for the many relatives of the men we send down to Congress had be- come fine art under republican rule. Democrats had also learned to practice it assiduously. But President Roosevelt doesn't like it and slowly but surely the wives, the daughters, the sons, the cousins, the nephews, the nieces, and the numer- ous other relatives of congressman are disappearing from federal payrolls as sec retaries, clerks, etc. It's called nepotism. It is nothing but favoritism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

High tide at Milford Friday, July 1S, 200 p. m., daylight time; low tide, 7:25 p. m., daylight time.
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of whom 80, 1000 are in the executive civil service. 0-s
 Q. What is an electrical tram scription?
 A. A program record for broadcasting, either on disc or. film. They are designed orly for broadcasting and are made, in re- cording studios and sent to tha broadcast stations. @
 0. Is the United States a. member of the world court? t
 A. No. ''-
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People haven't cared for stocks lately because they didn't cost enough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

o. Do the words drought and drouth have the anne meanisng and pronunciation?
 A. They are synonymous, but drought is pronounced drout and drouth is pronounced drouth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

Shakespeare told only half the truth. There is also a "tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the ebb, leaves them stranded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

Q. What is the address of Wal ter Winchell?
 A. Lincoln Hotel, New York, N.
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o. How many horses were on farms in the United States in 1883? A. The estimated number was 12,163,000.
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Q. What proportion of the pop ulation of Washington, D. C.. is employed in the federal and munic- ipal governments?
 A. Out of approximately 490,- 900 Inhabitants, about 96,000 are employed by the two governments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12
Traffic Lines

The Fresno County, California, Cham Der of Commerce is trying to find the man who first thought of painting white line down the middle of highway. The cham Der believes that white line, now in com mon use all over the country, has saved many lives. It wants to honor the orig inator for his services to the motoring public.
 The white line or lines which divide the road into two or more lanes is such an accepted feature of traffic regulation that the public probably doesn't know what driving would be like without it. A dis tinguished foreign visitor a year or so ago mentioned that white line and the two sets of tracks left on most of our high. ways as one of the most remarkable things he observed over here. It astonished him that drivers, on the whole, kept to the correct traffic lanes.
 This is, of course, "regimentation" of sort. But it was easy to recognize that the traffic lane served to make motoring swifter as well as safer. All but the most selfish driver accepted it gladly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

All vehicles must be lighted not later than a:hh o'clock. idavlight time tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

o. What is the greatest alti- tude attained by an airplane?
 A. 43,976 feet.
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@. What is the value of U. s. large copper cent dated 1888?
 A. The are cataloged at to 20 cents,
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o. Where is the estate of Simon Cameron of Civil War fame?
 A.. His farm estate is at Done gal Springs. Pa.
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0. What does the name Elaine mean?
 A. It is from the Greek and means bright.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

0. Who played the role of Gregory" in the motion picture catherine the Great ?"
 A. Clifford Jones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-12

Connecticut seems to be going in for subsistence farming on big scale. Mor- day Governor Cross announced that re- search work would start almost immedi- ately in the state. This is something entirely different from the Beck home stead plan being supported by the Depart ment of the Interior and already in effect in several states. Money for the former will come from EZRA funds. We can judge that good deal of the survey work will be right in our own Naugatuck valley, for information revealed by the governor was to the effect that industry in eastern Connecticut and the lower Naugatuck valley would never be restored to it's former peak This leaves but one alter native = farming. And if it is to be farming by which our people make their livelihood the state is going to see to it that it is done along scientific and prac- tica lines. The chances of 100 families getting along on a certain tract must be carefully weighed before the experiment begins. We don't believe that Connecti- cut will ever come to the point where 1t completely will lose it's identity as an in- dustrial center