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The Washington times., 1934-04-05

ministration is marked with
the footprints of politicians.
Until Congress gets to the
bottom Of this calamity, the
people will continue to be per-
picked concerning its causes.
They are not yet clear in their
minds as to just who deceived
the President or why he was
deceived into permitting the
Federal air mail to be wrecked,
American air transport to be
crippled and all those brave
young men of the Army Air
Corps to be sent to an unneces-
Sary death.
They do not yet know what
sinister political or other in
fluences dictated the disruption
Of the Aeronautics Branch of
the Department Of Commerce.
They cannot explain why the
nonpolitical and highly eff
cient personnel of this Federal
agency, charged with the reg
ulation and development Of
commercial aviation, should
have been replaced with the
kinsmen and political depend
entS of a powerful group of
Democratic Senators.
They have not yet been told
why so many former employees
of unsuccessful applicants for
air mail sbatrs cts have been
placed on the Federal pay roll
in recent months.
They are beginning to dis
trust the fairness of the various
proposals made at both ends
of Pennsylvania Avenue for the
return of the air mail to pri.
vate operation.
Abysmal Ignorance
They are surprised at the
abysmal ignorance concerning
his own department which the
chairman of the national COM
mittee in power showed as a
recent witness before a Senate
investigating committee.
This witness admitted that
he did not write the letter,
although he signed it, which
cancelled the air mail con-
tracts.
When asked the question
whether he was familiar with
the law passed by the last Con-
gress stipulating the method
by which air mail contracts
could be cancelled after due
notice and a hearing, he said
this provision of the law had
never been specifically called
to his attention.
When Congress gave the
Postmaster General authority
to contract for the carrying of
the air mail, it did not expect
that he would attempt, at the
same time, to run the national
committee and the State COM
mittee Of his own party.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington
Times)
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The titles of the four Partisan newspapers above in each
which shown the front page what the editor had to
about the Paris riots and the forty ondolar swnde are
beginning at the top, translated into English
Paris Evening.
The Day.
The People.
French Action
These front pages will interest American newspaper readers
and give high school children chance translate few lines
Of French The most violent of the Action Francase
the at the bottom which represents French Royal
% who think the Republic should be kicked and foolish
French Kings brought back The heavy line the top
Apres les Uolers les assassirs After the thieves
the murderers"
First came the famous stavisky swnde that startled all
France by taking forty million dollars from the pockets the
French people In this country that would be trie We let
our friends in Europe including France take TEN THOU
SAND million dollars from pockets soemny promising
pay then welching and we never did much about it.
But the French sensitive where francs are
Oerned and excitable in matters concerning politics.
faction Francaise thinks it is particularly outrageous
because first the thieves stole the money and he the
Of the editor 1.-THE assassns meaning the Paris authorities
found necessary to kill few Royasts that making
much noise and acting too violently
You learn from these reproductions of French newspaper
pages that the American newspaper not the only that
uses big typa -
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

hand to you adventures on a
silver platter. And you're out Of
luck! No one ever ''got Moth
in" by doing that, nohow, no
where.
Trouble is, you're laboring un-
der the common delusion that
Life is something outside our
selves-a big, busy Santa Claus
that gives or withholds desired
gifts from needy mortals.
But that isn't so. Life isn't
a force OUTSIDE ourselves. It
is a process INSIDE ourselves.
There are, to be sure, circum-
stances and conditions over
which we have no control. But
our actual life-that intimate
consciousness Of joy or sorrow,
peace or discomfort, wherein lies
our real existence-doesn't come
from without: isn't wished on
us. We make it for ourselves.
It is the result of our own deci-
sions, attitudes and reactions.
LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE TT.
WE ARE OUR OWN SANTA
CLAUSES.
You complain that your
"craving" is unsatisfied. It will
remain unsatisfied unless and
until you, yourself, get busy
and satisfy it.
What is your "craving" any
way? Do you know? Chances
are, you don't. You want to be
'happy, successful, popular,
powerful" OF course you do.
But in just what role? With
what goal?
It's thrilling to dream. You
can work up a lot of steam
and self-pity by that method.
And also duck a lot of hard
work. But have you ever cut out
the vapors and honestly an
alyzed your desires? Chances
are, you haven't.
Do you wonder why that
craving "gives nothing in re-
turn" BUT WHY SHOULD IT?
Would you go to Secretary
Perkins and with tear-filled
eyes, sob: ''I want! Whadda I
want? I wake. wait. .seclude
myself .grieve. Please, dear
Miss Perkins, gimme.
GIMME!"
Would you do that? OF course
you wouldn't. Absurd! YET
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING
JUST AS FUTILE AND ABB
SURD WHEN YOU SIT
AROUND ASKING LIFE TO
SATISFY A HUNGER THAT
YOU YOURSELF WON'T EVEN
BOTHER TO CLASSIFY,
If you crave something, decide
what you crave. Use sense about
it. Don't go off in a pipe dream.
Audit your limitations. Decide
how much work you're willing to
do, how much discipline you're
willing to endure, how many
sacrifices you're willing to make,
to achieve that end. Then, hav-
ing done this
DON'T ASK LIFE TO GIVE
YOU WHAT YOU WANT. ASK
YOURSELF. THEN GET BUSY
ON THE GESTURES!
NCopyright, 1894. King Features
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Air Mail Probe Will Reveal
Green Scum of Politics
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

Politics Is q deIeterious pro-
teSSion, like some poisonous
hGndicrGttS-EmerSon
When this Congress or the
next, through an impartial and
fearless investigating commit
tee, finally gets to the bottom
Of the wreck of the Federal
air mail, the crippling Of Amer
lean air transport and the
shocking slaughter Of so many
Of Sthe best trained military
pilots in the world, the bottom
of this scandal will, it is to be
feared, show up green with the
scum of politics.
The Cabinet officer who can
celled all domestic air mail
contracts without due process
of law is still the chairman Of
the national committee of the
party in power and Of the Sen
ate committee Of the party in
power in his own State.
In this triple capacity he
holds the power of life and
death politically over nearly
all of the Senators and Rep
senatives of his party who come
UP for denomination and re-
election this year.
Triple Capacity
In this triple capacity he
holds the same power ever
those Roosevelt Republicans IN
both houses who come up for
denomination and reelection
this year.
The first assistant of this
Cabinet officer is also a mem
ber Of the national committee
from his own State.
The United States Senator
who has been the most ag-
gressive enemy of the Federal
air mail and of Federal aid
for American air transport,
and at whose instigation these
contracts were Cancelled, is the
member from his own State
on the national committee of
his party. He is also a candi-
date for denomination and re-
election.
Another Cabinet officer who
advised the cancellation of the
contracts is a former vice
chairman and former chair
man of the national commit
tee Of the party in power, and
is widely known as IAN old
political hand"
Furthermore, the chairman
Of the national committee,
who cancelled these contracts,
has recently appointed as his
assistant in immediate charge
of what IS left of the air
mail the former employe of
another member of the ma
tional committee.
And so it goes-every step
of the trail down which the
wreckers of the Federal air
mail have dragged the Ad-
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the 1s1I
a EitEpatr
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WISEWORDS

The man who will live above
his present circumstances is in
great danger Of living in a
little time much beneath them.
Addison.
Live as long as you may, the
first twenty years are the long
est half of your life.-Southey.
It is to live twice, when you
can enjoy the recollection Of
your former life.
Life, however short, Is made
still shorter by waste of time
Johnson.
A light heart lives long
Shakespeare.
That life is long which an
SWers Nte& great ends-Xolns.
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That's a thrilling tale told
by the French explorers, Cor
niglion- Molignier and Andre
Malraux, of their discovery of
the lost capital of the Queen
of Sheba. They were flying
over the savage desert of Ruba-
e1-Khai, in the extreme south
west corner Of Arabia, near the
Red Sea, when their astonished
gaze fell upon a great mass
of white towers and noble
buildings, all surrounded by
a great wall.
A dead city, lost and for
gotten, but one which must
have held 250,OOO souls in the
days that the Queen of Sheba
went to visit King Solomon in
Jerusalem. We can read the
story in the Book of Kings:
"And the Queen of Sheba,
having heard of the fame Of
Solomon, in the name of the
Lord came to try him with
hard questions. And entering
into Jerusalem with a great
train and riches and camels
that carried spices, and an i'm
mense quantity of gold and
precious stones, she came to
King Solomon and spoke to
him all that she had in her
heart. And she gave the king
a hundred and twenty talents
of gold, and of spices a very
great store and precious stones.
And she returned and went to
her own country with her SER
wants"
Three Thousand Years
Returned, indeed to this very
white city, lost and forgotten
for almost three thousand years,
holding no man knows what
mysteries and treasures. The
discovery is not so astonishing
when one reflects that Arabia
was the very center Of the
world and of culture 80 cen
turies ago: garden, paradise,
instead of the desert it is today.
In the far-off ancient days,
there was a great king living
in Arabia, who built for him
self a capital that became one
of the wonders of the Arab
world. He called his city Petra.
It was located in the widest
mountains in the middle of a
barren wilderness in the land
of Edom, soutn Of the Dead
Sea. So Richard Halliburton
tells us in a fascinating tale Of
travel.
Unless one knows the country
well, one cannot find it, for
the main entrance is just a
crack in the mountain wall.
Only the Stream of Moses, the
same stream the prophet
brought forth with his miracu"
lous rod, betrays the entrance,
for the rivulet suddenly turns
The Washington times., 1934-04-05
An Aid to the Nation
The Pay-Off Bill


Deposors in banks of the Federal Reserve System
virtually assured by the Government in the last days Of the
Hoover administration that their money would be SAFE
They urged to leave their deposits untouched They
lecured the sins of boarding and the dangers OF
starting bank runs"
Well, as you know good many banks of the Federal
since
And as you know depositors these closed banks
can't get their money.
Government ought to do something for such depostors
It was the Governments tact promise and open urging
that responsible for their plight
Representative Clarence J. Mcleod (R Of Michigan looks
Gt it that way.
the Government to pay off these deposors IMMEDIATELY
AND IN FULL.
He argues that the Government is not only morally bound
70 do so, but that this payment would be tremendous
stimulus to recovery.
There ten millions of depostors who would be
affected
These and among the best of citizens
They have worked and saved.
They be trusted to spend wisely their money is
turned to them.
Mr. Mcleod also argues that the Government would not
lose the transaction because could sell off the
Of the closed banks during the next ten years at their real
value instead Of their present Shrunken value
Thus the advance to depositors would be recovered
eventually.
We glad to see that many Of the abest members Of
Congress have to the support of the Mcleod
We hope that enough members be mustered to pass
not merely because it would be act of simple fairness
to depostos themselves but because would help business
throughout the entire country.
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sounds like something I have
heard somewhere. You can't
expect a compendium like this
to be absolutely accurate in
every detail.
In New York State, Of course,
getting a divorce is rather diff
ficult. One of the parties must
have decapitated the other
with a knife no shorter than
three inches, and must have
severed the head clean from the
body. Penknife jobs do not
count, as they do not show
premeditation.
In other sections of the
country, however, the laws are
less paternalistic. For instance,
in Illinois a man recently got
a divorce from his wife be-
cause she was always standing
in front of the mirror just
when he got around to tying
his tie. He was a short man,
and, although he tried stand
ing on tip-toe and craning
from left to right, he never
could seem to find a spot in
the mirror which was not full
of his wife.
Once, he even tried shooting
her in the back, but she just
leaned forward on her elbows
and rested on the bureau
until she felt better, and then
went on with her primping.
Even in the courtroom, the
husbands tie was still united,
and he asked to use the mir
ror in the magistrates dress
ing room. When he got there,
the magistrate2 wife vas
The Washington times., 1934-04-05
DIVORCE IN THE u. S.
By Robert Benchley

If the movement toward a
uniform divorce law is to gain
any headway, it is necessary
for everyone to know just what
the quickest ways Of getting a
divorce are at present-and
then discard them. The final
plan must be as unsatisfactory
as possible, in order that there
shall be fewer divorces and
more ak murders.
have, therefore, compiled a
little outline, giving some typi"
cal divorce cases throughout
the country, so that We may
see what the best people are
doing in these circles where
marital unhappiness Is a. pleas
ure and where a man and his
wife do not necessarily make a
fetish out of domesticity.
These cases may not all be
on the records, but each one
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turned out that she had had no
husband, either, having never
been married. 'I must have
been drunk when I did it," she
said, giggling.
Now, it, we can only coordi-
nate these cases, and others like
them and strike some average
of justice and equity, we may
be able to work out some ma
tional divorce law which will
make it possible for everyone
to be perfectly miserable.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-05

particular let
ter. But how
many times
have you said
these words
to yourself
used them as
an alibi?
De ar M is S
Robinson:
What am I
doing? What
am I waiting
III oping-
for? 7 am
filled with an
overwhelming
GAn3M 4
The Washington times., 1934-04-05

Life Won't Give You Anything
Here's a letter. Yes, it's true;
word for word. And should your
face be red!
Why red? You didn't write
it. No, you didn't write this
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there, fixing her hair; so the
magistrate divorced HIS wife,
too, on the same bill Of lading.
In Arkansas, in 1911, a
woman claimed that her hus-
band looked at her queerly.
''I don't know" she said, "it
was just queerly. That's all
7 can explain it. Every once
in a while he would look at
me over his paper while I was
talking to him. It was hor-
rible, and I was unable to
fulfill my social duties, and
became an object Of COM
miseration in the community,
if that's what you call it."
The divorce was granted on
the grounds of looking queerly
at the plaintiff"
An interesting case occurred
in Hawaii in 1905. That is, it
was interesting in Hawaii in
1905. A wife sued for divorce.
claiming that her h usb nd
would never get up off the
floor, and the husband en-
tered a countersuit claiming
that his wife would never get
down on the floor. "She was
always walking around" he said.
The husband was accorded the
divorce on the grounds Of in
compatibility.
Probably the most remarkable
of all divorce cases in recent
years occurred in Arizona in
1926, when a woman sued for
divorce claiming that her hus-
band had deserted her, taking
with him their herd of cattle
and silo. The husband did not
contest the action and, in fact,
could not be found, and, as the
woman obviously did not have a
herd of cattle or a si1o, she was
awarded the divorce. It later
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
High School Notes

"A selected group of 16 girls un- der the direction of Miss Alice Gibson, instructor of vocal music, will sing Christmas carols in the Leavenworth gymnasium during the fourth period Friday morning. Girls who will take part in the program include Emma Sauer, Dorothy Beebe, Christobel Nut brown, Mary Kropa, Stephanie Nas- tri, Edith Seery, Mary Kosko, Ruth Schoech, Arlene Bauder, Hazel Galipault, Sophie Kauwecki, Agnes LaCroix, Lois Troske, Marjorie Hummel, Dorothy Wooster, and Marie Sacco.
 Plans are being made for the organization of boys and girls rifle clubs at Leavenworth high school. An attempt to secure a coach will be made at the meeting of the na- tional guard Thursday night at the State Armary and a meeting of all those interested in the formation of the clubs will be called in the near future. Lieutenant Grover Baldwin who coached the teams last year will be unable to resume the position.
 Arrangements have been com pleted for the Leavenworth Hf-Y Alumni dance to be held January 3rd at the Central Y. M. c. A. Driscolrs orchestra has been en- gagged and dancing will begin at 8:00 o'clock.
 A Christmas program featured the meeting of the italian Club at Crosby High school today. The meeting was held in the assembly hall under the direction of Miss Josephine Menotti.
 Rehearsal of the high school band was held at Crosby today in the assembly hall under the direc- ton of Flyd Evans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
.WRINN TO ADDRESS. COST ACCOUNTANTS.
December Meeting of AssO- citation to Be Held in
 Pennington Friday

John J. Wrinn, Cost Accountant with the United States Rubber company of Naugatuck, will be the speaker at the December meeting of the Hartford Chapter of the National Association of Cost Acc countants. This meeting will De held tonight at the Elm Tree Inn in Pennington with dinner served at 6:3O P. M. and the meeting beginning at 8:3O P. M.
 MT Wrinn's subject will be Rubber Footwear Cost Account ing" He will idescrige their meth ods of setting Standards, Picking up Variations, Budgeting and Fore casting, and controlling factory costs.
 Henry Knust, Certified Public Accountant of Hartford, will give a short talk on "Fundamental Principals of Accounting" This is the second of a series of talks to be given by MT Knust. A dis cussion period will be held at the conclusion of the talks.
 These meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month, us- ually at the above place. The Chapter cordially welcomes any, one interested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
$5,OOO SUIT IS
 STARTED TO-DAY
Judge and Jury Hearing Action Against Mutual
 Casualty Company

Trial of the $5,000 civil action of Anna True against the Lumber mems Mutual Casualty Company, was started before Judge John A. Cornell and a jury in the superior court to-day. The plaintiff seeks to make the insurance company pay a $3,000 judgment she recovered against a client of the defendants.
 She recovered the judgement on June 27, 1884 after trial of her civil action against Arthur Bene- dict of Seymour. She claimed in the trial she was riding in a car owned by Robert J. Carey of Waterbury, that was in collision with Bene- diets car, driven by Frank Lene- han of Seymour, in Seymour, Aug ust 4, 1893.
 The plaintiff claims in her action to-day. that the Benedict car was insured by the Lumbermen's Mu- tual Casualty Company for $10,- GOO, but that the judgment she re- covered has not been paid.
 Attorney William P. Wertheimer represents the plaintiff. The firm of O'Keefe and French appears for the insurance company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
FAREWELL DINNER
 FOR DR GOLDBERG
Popular Local Physician to Practice in TOr-
 ringtOn

pr Isadore s. Goldberg of this city, resident physician at St Mary's hospital, will be guest of honor at a farewell dinner to. be given at the Waterbury Medical Society building on Central avenue this evening. Dr Goldberg, one of the popular younger members of the medical profession, is leaving the city soon to practice in Tor rington.
 He was born in Waterbury and attended local schools. He is a graduate of Catholic University at Washington, D. C., and of the Creighton University at Omaha, Neb. For the past IS months Dr Goldberg has been association with St Mary's hospital, serving his in- ternship there. While at college he made a reputation for himself as an all around athlete, specialize ing in boxing and swimming.
 The committee arranging to- nights dinner is composed. of Dr Samuel Atkins, pr John J. Mullen. pr Vincent Shea, Dr Frank O'Don- nell and Dr Joseph Burke, All of the staff at St Mary's hospital will be in attendance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
BANK TO CONTINUE
 3% INTEREST RATE
Waterbury Savings Bank Announces Policy for
 Current Quarter

Edwin c. Northrop of the Wa terbury Savings bank stated to-day that his institution will pay divi- dends covering the period from November 1st to February 1st based on an interest rate of three per cent. All local national banks and trust companies on February 1st must drop to a level of two and one-ha1f per cent.
 This will leave the Waterbury Savings bank paying the highest interest rate on savings deposits in the city of Waterbury. Heretofore, the Waterbury Savings bank has been paying interest at the rate of three and one-half per cent but a drop in interest payments in such institutions has been ordered by the staet banking department.
 The drop to two and one-half per cent was ordered from Wash ington, D. C., for all banks mem- bers of the federal reserve sys- tenn and the federal insurance core poration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
POSTAL WORKERS
 FEEL XMAS RUSH
Incoming and Outgoing Mails Are Heavy-Card
 Senders Appealed To

Post office employees began to feel the pressure of the holiday rush this morning, with a large volume of mail both coming in ana going. The stamp and parcel post windows at the post office, which will be kept busy from now on, have both been manned with extra employees, the additional workers keeping the lines of peo- pie waiting for service down to a minimum.
 Postmaster James T. Kelley be- lieves that with the extra workers now in service and the several scores of others to be brought in later this week, the post office Is we'll to handle the heavy rush of Christmas mail of all classes. Parcel post business has picked up to a marked degree, as has also the sale of stamps. With the European mailing date we'll past, the international money or der business, which reached new high this year, is gradually drop ping back to normal.
 Persons mailing cards are urged to get them into the post office today or tomorrow, thus insuring delivery in ample time for the holiday. Most packages, says the postmaster, should be in the mails by this time, since the volume of holiday, business in this line nec- essarily slows up shipping and de- livery.