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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1884
Something Overlooked

A writer in last nights Waterbury Democrat stated that our recent editorial on the local postmastership was open to question. No doubt it was. Anybody talk ing sides in an issue as controversial could hardly be said not to be open to question. But the fact remains that public senti- ment is often disregarded for political ex- pediency. It doesn't always pay to do this and we rather imagine that in calling attention to 1t, we are not i'll advised
 We're afraid the author of the letter last night overlooks q few facts. The most ifn- portant one is that the acting postmaster, James Kelley, seemed practically reas, surcd of the permanency or his Job untli politics reared it's head and made possible the threat of uncertainty. It isn't aS 1T the present incumbent was starting at scratch with wide open field for any con testant. If that were SO any number oi eligiblcs would still be in the race.
 So well did the city take the news some months back that the new postmaster was to be man from the ranks that expres- sions of good will were heard on every side and from members of all political creeds If we are to believe that the present stand of the democratic town com fnittee Is to strengthen it's position through the equal and even distribution of political patronage, then we must also believe that public opinion and sentiment play no part in the proceedings,
 As to the claim that democrats objected to republicans putting all postmasters un' der civil service, there's more to the tale than this. Under Woodrow Wilson the democrats put through civil service law When the republicans came into power with Warren Harding they promptly Iin' jected politics into civil service by mak- ing it possible for three candidates to G,ialify for n postmaster, the ultimate clloice depending solely on political ramI. flcntions. This cmasculation or law was ol C. Q. D. origin, not democratic.
 We still stick to our opinion in the locaI pogtmastership. The die was cast some months ago. 1t was approved and accept cd by a majority of us. It is hardly the wlsest course of action to upset now some' thing that has been done, and well done at that Our motives, as well as our words, may be open to question, but we still insist on holding some regard TOT public opinion. If we venture to difief with Town Chairman Crary it is certainty not in the spirit of war, but as matter of policy on an issue that apparently had been well settled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

New Haven city officials are in favor of the state motor vehicle department talk. ing over collection of property taxes on all registered vehicles, provided the return is equal to the sum now taken in by the city. In New Haven tax officials estimate the amount due them on motor vehicles for the current tax year as $176,092.15. Un- fortunately the city doesn't collect 100 per cent, SO will be satisfied we presume with proportion of the above sum. However it is the purpose of such q transfer to as- sure 100 per cent collection of the tax on autos. If the motor vehicle department can't collect any more than did the cities there is no real reason in transferring the power. The methods of lodging the prop erty tax on cars are numerous If they are circumvented by giving Commission CT Connor power to take in the tax money, that's money in our city treasury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
So They Say

Itomanccs are not made to order. 1 still believe in them, however. One may 0vertake me at any time.
 Mine. Ganna Waiska.
 
 This country is in a state where it is ripe to be picked, and if you don't pick it fin favor Of mankind and constitutional liberty, the Hit lers will pick it. Judge Edward !. Jeffries Of De- troIt.
 The most important shot in golf is the one you have to play next.
 Walter Hagen. Thank the Lord for the gossip In the little towns. --Dr Paul II. V0elker, Michigan state superintendent of schools.
 
 Europe has need of mutual com- prchension or. it is heading for iti --premier k1uanollnl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
Freqeunt References

Frequent references have been made or late weeks to the makeup of the state tickets of the two major political parties this fall. By far the most interesting, at least to the voters of Waterbury, IS that which links the name of our mayor, Frank Hayes, with the nomination Tor Iieutenant-governor The Bridgeport Times-Star is the latest paper to bring forward His Honor for political recogni- tion. In a front page story last Friday it nfated that Mayor Hayes was being dis- enssed for the nomination by state leaders.
 We don't doubt that the mayor appeals b state leaders as good material for the Fate ticket. He is now serving his third ierm as chief executive of the city. HIS majority last October was the largest hyer polIed in Waterbury. It came. too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

c. Do gut strings In tennis rnckots dotoriorntc with ageY
 4. Yes.
 c. Where is Beloit collcgcy
 A. Deloit Wis. c, When wore books of stamps
 first issued by tho U. $. Post ofiiceY A. April 10, 1900.
 O. Who is the United States Consul at Mossina, Italy?
 A. Bernard Gotiicb. c, What is tho salary of tho Presidont of the American Fedora ton of LaborY A. His basic salary is st2,000 n year, but during tho depression he
 has voluntarily reduced it by go per cent. Q. Give the meaning of the namc La Clnr. A. Famous one. c. Can' mercury be used in
 thermometers to record very low tcmporaturcsY A. Alcohol, ether or tuluol arc used, since mercury freezes at
 about forty degrees below zero. c. What wi,l be the date of the next presid entiai inauguration A. January 20. 1887.  c. On what day in 1914 did the first day of the Jewish Passover faliY A. Saturday. April i1th. c. When and where were Uni ted States adhesive postage stamAs placed on sale? A. Tn New York City, July ], 1847. c. What was the religion of the
 late Mayor Anton Cormak of Chi- ] cagoY 4. Hussite, a follower of the
 sect founded moro than i've ccn- turtles ago by John Illus. c. Is Mrs Roosevelt paid by the governmcnt for Investigating social conditions among miners and other classes of iaborers? A No
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
A Man Who Sailed For A City Of Gold

Of all the great legends of the Ellznbethnn ago, none sparkleH more brightly than that of Walter Raleigh. Imporious and courtly, tho man spread his cloak for q queen and hoistod his sails to find a city ali of gold. and In the end ho died on tho seah0ld, beneath tho cndsmnn'H TX. Ills story sums up nIl tho color and valOr of ono of tho most splendid epochs In hu- man history.
 All Of this is brought to mind by reading of Irwin Anthony'g now book, "Rnlcgh and Ills World" It is h truly excellent biography, written with n hnc un. derStnndiDE of the times and the men involved and phrased with poetic grandeur --- book to re- create the days when the world was young and almost any dream might come true.
 Italcgh, says Mir Anthony---hc spells the name without the letter l." and we might as well follow him for the remcaindcr of this TO view-I.alegh was n true follower of Machiaveili. He followed the cynical Nalinn's advice to tho let- ter. and as long ns he had n prince to serve, it brought him success. Not until after Elizabeth died, and James came to the throne, did Halegh lose out. Then, losing contact with the throne, he lost everything.
 Besct by Jeal0usies and fears, his execution was the logical con- | ciusion to his broken career. But though 1t ended in disas. ter. that career was n great one Raleigh fought tho Spaniarda, founded England's American em- pire and epitomized the soaring am bilious of his cOuntrymen. Here if a book which teliH about him gym. pathetically and with fine feeling
 Published by Scribner's it sells for $3.26.
 (Copright 1884. NEA Service. Inc. )
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
Know Your Waterbury It's History, Facts and General Information
Q aNSt NEh

standard was needed, with mors training for the prospective teaoh- or. Thon as now, Waterbury has failon in iine with such progross and advancement, aS is attested in tho high rating of public school students whom they have later at- tended normal schools and col- leges. The addition or installation of the "kindorgnrten" in the gram mar schools came in 1885. Private kindergartons were common In Waterbury and eventually adopted as a regular part of tho grammar Bchool curriculum. As n contrast to the number of tcnchers in 1894 tho city to-day employs b03 teach. CTS tprlncipnls included) agninst 120 of that day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

Tho report of tho year 1894 records fifteen Bceools in ugo In tho district, ninety-thrco school rooms and ono hundred and twenty teachers including assistants. In 1893 there were s,47b children in the district, and q year later B,070. This does not include evening school pupils, which numbered 814. Thoro were about 10i pupils ln tho high school in 1S93-04, twenty years later this no more than rqprcBontod the total of one class.
 Improved methods in teaching woro apparent aB early ns 1850. systems were improving and, nat urally in the course of advance. ment in all professions, n hiRhcr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

There doesn't seem to be much real knowledge yet of what is behind the drop ping of Peter M Kennedy as state direc' tor of the Home Loan Owners Corp. Doubtless in time the real story will be revealed, but if we were to place any cred ence in the tales now floating around the state it would be tax on the imagination. There have been specific complaints about apprasals and office works in Connecti-- cut. but so far as could be learned none Of these had any bearing on the custer order. There were any number of expressions of regret over the order, as Mr Kennedy has many friends throughout the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

c. Who publishes tho Culbors. son book "Ilow Go Lead and PinyT
 A. Tho Bridge World, Inc, b70 Lexington Avenue. New York CitS.
 c. Where and when was Dos loreB Dol Rio born and what iB hcv real nnmeY
 A. Born in Durango, Mexico, August ., 1O06; her real namc was Dolores AsunB0lO.
 Q. py whom was Zion. illinois.
 4. Fly John Alexander Dowis in 1901 as a religious colony of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion.
 Q. Who is tho governor of TcxnsY
 A. Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson.
 c. How far is Little America from tho South Pole?
 A. Approximately 800 miles.
 c. Bctweon what two polnta uOth tUC MVHnWh ATuu tAtNH0E
 A. Albany, New York, and Bos- ton. Mass.
 e. Who was mistress Of the White House In the Cleveland ad- ministration, before his marriage? A. Ills youngest sister, Roso Elizabeth Cleveland, now Mrs E. c. Youmans. c. Was Chancellor Hitler of Germany ever confined in m in- sane asylum? A. No. c. How much does the govern ment pay for gold per ounceY A. Since tho passage Of the Gold Reserve Act of 1884, the price has been s35 per fine ounce for gold produced either in the United States or abroad. If yOu want a copy of our buI- Ietip GeneaI0gy, write t0 the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage sta nmps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

Washington, May 1S Tho shaggy named senator from Idaho, William Edgar Borah, makes it q habit to practice his speeches aloud before delivery. For hours he pnccB the foor droning to himself.
 Srhc other day n visitor opened the' door of Borah's office, found him in the not unusual preoccupation Of rehearsing t speech. But before B0rnh on tho desk was n copy of "The Ameri- cnn Mercury" from which the senator had been reading.
 Noting his visitors curious gaze, Borah quickly turned the magazine upside down, but not before the visitor noted the ar- ticlo. lt was:
 PAINLESS REVOLUTION
 "Tho Planiess. Roosevelt Rev olution," by Lawrence Dennis, propagnndlst for American fns- clsm.
 In tho article are such state- ments as:
 "lsOOscvclt has shown him. self . master snowman, but not M nastcr builder. . BOr. rowing, currency sdevnluntlOn and the dOlc do not constitute n social system. A social revolution cannot be conduct. cd by A genial personality. ., While Mir ROOHcvclt beams and caresscs, hc goes on un. doing the American system. .. There is . certain ptgunn. Cy Co the Idea of q revolution being conducted by people who dOn't know what they are dOs . Ing, but the result is likely Go bc n mcss."
 NOTi.--As Hoon as congress iS over, Borah plans n nation- wide speaking tour Co toll the people what he thinks of tho New Deal.
 SLIPPING
 Sartorlnly, Senator James Hamilton Lewis may still be the sparkling Btnr of old. But from tho point Of tact he K slipping,
 At Chevy Chase club, tho Davis Cup matches were under way. In n mustard 'coi0rcd cutaway coat suit, tho famous Illinois senator circulated through tho crowd, lowing low to everyone. Finally, ho oHpl0d n prominent Washing. ton manufacturer with n lovely young lady on his arm.
 ,Jlm Ham effuscd. Qu0th hc:
 My good follow, it has been years ainco I've seen you. How you young people do grow ID! ItB almost unbelievable that you're married"
 "i'vc been married q long, long timc," replied the gentle. man,
 with great flourish, the IllI- noiann continued. with n wife NO very young, you couldn't have been married so very long"
 "I'his isnt my wife, senator, It's my daughter"
 ORIENT.MlNDED
 Indicative of how carefully tho president is concentrating on the far east is tho fact upper. most on his list of nppointecS hH chief of staff is Major General Prank R. Mccoy.
 General Mccoy served on the Lytton commission which invos- tigated tho Manchurian dispute. unquostionabiy knows tho fnr east bottor than any other high ranking officer.
 Mccoy also served several years as aide 10 tho lato Gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
Our Chuckle
 Corner
THE IHICKvILLE BUGLE
 Rv E. gpevas. .Unssaa

By F.. Prycc.JoDcs
 Don't think we're hitting any. body, but ever since Sl Perkins went into tho sugar business the old sand pit is gottin' lower. Just q coincidonce3
 Lem Jackson, who just returned from trip to New York, scz there are only half the number Of horses there compared with q year ago. But he thinks there are as many asses.
 Tho fair sex of the village are wearing their ears. uncovered these days. As if they didn't hear enough already. Well, that's about all they have left to uncover.
 That narrow-minded critter who runs the other paper in this vil- iage, our esteemed contemporary. was run over t'0ther day by a stca m roller. We hope it has broadened his mind bit.
 The sign in RoscnbIoom's cIoth- ing store Is causing some giggles among the fair sex. It reads: "FoRcED TO RETIRE, TROU- sEfts HALF OFF" ''s'''
 We noticed the following head Ing in an exchange: "icBCAPED BURIAL ~ YEARS AGO--rU- NERAL YEsTERDAY" We know q number of dead ones who es- caped.
 our worthy tailor, Ike Jacobs, has lost .hss suit. for divorce. seams surprised. We hear the de- cision hung by e thread. Says hih wife was q haste; cooked his goose all right: pulled the wool over hif eyes; cuffed him; annoyed nim beyond measure. Never mind. Ike, every cloud has a silver lining. lsN't is sew7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

It looks like Governor Ritchie again in Maryland. The popular chief executive has served his state 15 years and ranks as the veteran governor in the United States No other governor has probably served as long nor as well. He is one of those perennials, whose prestige increases rather than dwindles Although his presi- dcntiaI ambitions have vanished of recent years he is still regarded as an outstand- ing member of the national party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
CATTLE BRANDs AS MURAEs

Stamford. Tex--fUP)---Cattie brands of ranches of the South west will Do engraved on the walls of q new headquarters building for the Texas Cowbnye Reunion association, to Do erected here: Both modern br0nde and those or famous oId ranches #zIi n@ carved on efone< fe te sel la the H9i''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
Selected Poem
CATERED (Ralph Mortimer Jones in the New York Timcs.)

An, there at last I have seen you,
 small forester!
 Is 1t today or last week that you Garbed like q minister, voiced like
 ch0rlster1 :.
 Why do you wear such Q comicaI
 name? Galeoscoptes, the scientists call you;
 CarolInensis the rest of it goes. There, little sir, is a name to en- thrnll you: Sure, 1t should set you right up on your toes! See, how the bush where you're sitting, God save you, Suddenly biazes, a bOnSre of songi Are you pronouncing the name that they nave you. Always aeiiciousiy getting ii WroHa7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

Discussing new automobile routes the Meriden Journal comments, Waterbury and Bristol rejoice over the prospect of good short route between the cities al- though just why n resident of either place should want to go quickly to the other is something Co wonder about. The new route, Go be developed by the state high- way department, will be by way of Wol- cott a road mentioned before in these col- umns and not in complimentary way. It will follow the old road out Wolcott street, Bristol, now improved, past Cedar Lake, and thence into Wolcott. From there the travel will be over the Meriden-Wa. terbury turnpike. The new construction will be about five miles and the trip be- tween the two cities will the 15 miles, much shorter than the present route via Thom- aston and Terryville. Last year Water bury was given a shorter route to New Haven, over Prospect road, showing general movement to speed Waterburians out of town" Unfortunately though, not many Waterburians know about this Prospect route to New Haven. And the new Bristol route won't bring motorists into the city over the Meriden-W Waterbury road. As they leave Bristol via Wolcott street, so can they come into our fair city over the same street, unless they turn off to go through Mill Plain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
DAILY WASHINGTON |MERRY-GO-ROUND
: By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Borah Prefaces Speech Tour bv Reading Fcsciss New Deal Knocks; Situation H Far East May Bring About Shift in U S. Army Chiefs; President May Replace Gen. MacArthw sOith McCVv Orient Erpert; C. O. F. Bosses Consider Rich Walter Kohley Go Succeed Sdnders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
A Really Popular Idea

One of the most interesting stories of recent months is that told by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in explaining the origin of the NRA. As soon us President Roosevelt took office, she explains, people began writing him letters giving their ideas of how to restore good business conditions.
 Not less than 100000 people most of them in comparatively humble circum- stances wrote such letters to the presi- dent and members of his official family; and the vast majority of letters urged two fundamental changes shorter working hours and the payment of wages above the mere subsistence level, to build up mass purchasing power, It was from his perusal of these letters, Miss Perkins says, that the president got the germ of the idea around which the MIRA was built.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

Wen probably get those war debts paid about the time we get our own debts paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
youn QUESTIONS HAMMERED

Fsedsrck M Kssby 01sson Gde Ihs  TInED coin postage slamp MedcmI 
 
  Os often please
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

Maybe Insults really busted, as he says. He came back with only five trunks and six suit cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-15

All vehicles must be lighted not later than a:32 davliaht ume. tonight
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-26
MERCY DENIED
FOR P|ERPONT

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Sept. 26. W.R)
Death in the electric chair Octo-
Der was decreeG for Harry Pier.
pont, Dillinger gangster, by the
Ohio supreme court which today
dismissed his appeal from murder
conviction.
Tile high court found no debat-
able grounds for a constitutional
question in Pierpont's conviction on
charges of numbering Sheriff Jesse
L. Sarber, Lima, Ohio, a year ago in
liberating John Dillinger from the
Allen county Jail.
An appeal for Charles Makley,
convicted of the same crime, was
dismissed, although Makley was
slain last Saturday when he and
Pierpont attempted an escape from
their death cells with pistols" made
of soap.
Pierpont received word of the
courts action on penitentiary cot
in death row where he Is under
treatment for wounds suffered In
the Saturday break.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-26
COUPLE
END VACATION

WINSLOW, Ariz., Sept. 26. W.P)
Ending a four-day vacation COM
pletely isolated from the world,
Maureen OSullivan, attractive Irish
film star, and John Farrow, Holly
wood writer, were expected to re.
turn here tonight from somewhere
in the Sitgrave forest
The prominent Hollywood couple
took up their Information period
shortly after Sunday In an airplane
from Los Angeles. A taxicab driver
that drove them to the forest was
sworn to secrecy regarding their
whereabouts.
"They asked me not to bother
them with mail, kilograms or news.
papers," the taxi driver said. Both
said they wanted to get entirely
away from the world and civiliza-
ton where there were no telephones
or other means Of communication
for a good rest before returning to
Hollywood"
They will return to Hollywood TO-
morrow on the early morning TWA
plane.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-26
WOMAN
HAS BIRTHDAY

SANTA ANA. Sept. 26. U.P)-
Sonora Leandra Chairez celebrated
her 121st birthday today by dane
ing a Mexican waltz, eating fried
chicken washed down with a glass
of wine and smoking cigarette
rolled from cigar shavings.
She arose at 4 a. m, as usual,
and rolled her stockings, just to
show she is no old fogey.
"They re more comfortable that
way, too" she said, slipping a
glass of tequila.
Records support Sonora Chairez
claims that she was born at Aguas
Calientes in the interior Of Mex
leo 121 years ago. Divorced once,
she remarked but her second hus-
band is dead. But she is not the
oldest woman in Southern Califor-
MIA. Sonora Martina De La Rosa,
also of Orange county, holds the
record. Sonora De La Rosa will
observe her 129th birthday on Arm
istice day.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-09-26
RETURNED ON
HAUPTMANN
Continued From Page Il

| into beam and covered with ano-
ther board. They also found load.
ed pistol.
Hauptmann. sitting in District
Attorney Samuel Foley's office two
floors below the room where Lind
bergh testified. was less composed
than at any time since his arrest.
Officials said he spent very bad
night in his cell, pacing up and
down and frequently sobbing. He
was red-eyed and detected when he
reached the court house this morn.
ing.
Hesitant and diffident. Lindbergh
hurried to the grand jury room. He
was there for less than half an
hour, telling the story of his sons
abduction and of the efofrts to ran
som him after ne already was dead.
When he left the room after a
brief conference with Foley and de-
tectives, he was obviously shaken
and showing the strain Of emotion
more severely than at any time
since the kidnapping.
His face was red. His left hand
was clenched. He almost ran down
the corridor, surrounded by detec-
tives. glancing neither left nor
right.
AS the colonel testified, the dis
covery of more hidden money was
made at the Hauptmann garage,
which already had yielded s13,750
in gold ransom bills. Hauptmann's
home previously had yielded sig
nificant bit of evidence in the form
of a notation, written by the pris-
oner on a wall Of DR.. j. F. Con-
don's telephone number and street
address.
Today's money find had been
pcked away in the holes bored in a
two-by-f -four. The board was taken
out and carried before the grand
jury, which was to witness the re-
moval of the bills. The grand jury
also was expected to go to the
Hauptmann home before returning
its findings.