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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

Once more the award of a Pulitzer
prize has stirred New York city. To
some extent this hullabaloo will get into
the hinterlande, but it's apex will center
right in little old New York. The me-
tropolis has come to love these outbursts
over the awarding of the prizes for the
best American novel of the year or the
best play. We pick those two of the nu-
merous Pulitzer awards, because they
usually produce the fireworks.
A drama jury is said to have recon-
mended to the advisory board of the Pull
itzer School of Journalism at Columbia
University MARY of Scotland" as the best
play of the year. Maxwell Anderson is
the author and competent cast OF stars
has been entertaining the public with it
for some months now. However, confl-
Dental reports indicate that the advisory
board, acting within it's own right, has
scorned the selection and pointed to MEN
in White" as the winner.
"Men in White" was written by 27-
year old New York actor, Sidney Kings
lev. and has enjoyed a phenomenal run
this season. So much so have both plays
been to the footlights of the New York
theatrical season that we cannot claim
that both are being advertised at the re-
quest of the box-office. But it's not bad
idea to have a clash of opinion. No one
really suffers as result. The plays nat
urally take a new lease on life, whether
they need it or not. And both the play
Judges and the advisory board enjoy bit
of publicity. The Pulitzer School of Jour-
nalism in turn becomes a focal point OF
interest. It's an interesting little drama
in itself and New York annually takes to
IL with avidity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

In the very earliest grades, and
before that. In the home"
DR. KeIlIher said: ''The question
is whether the children shall walk
In rows and sis In rows and com.
pete among themselves for things
which are not worth while. or
whether they shall be taught to CO.
operate. TO work togcAher tor q
common end"
That, II seems to me. expresses
In a few well-chosen words. the
whole aim and purpose Of edaca-
tion. Instead OF the ever present
marking system. with In hrades Tor
every single biz OF work turned In
aud in periodical report cards. why
can't some modern. practical meth
cd be devised to replace this moth
eaten. 0utworn system which mus
certainly lived too long.
NV point II that the present kya-
tern stil1es The retiring. sntrusper-
tive type vt child End encourages
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

A new road map of Connecticut will be
available by summer the state highway
department reports. A departure from the
old style is to be tried out. 1t is believed
it will enable every motorist to learn i'm
mediately at road intersections in just
what portion of the state he is. At $50
points where improved roads other than
those on the state highway system inter-
secting trunk line and state aid routes
metal signs with numbers will be erected.
On the map at the corresponding point will
be printed the same numbers. In this way
a driver coming off dirt road would
soon find out just where he was in the
event that he was unfamiliar with the par
ticular locality. 1t is intended primarily
for the driver who leaves the beaten path
for the less freqeunted routes They are
becoming increasingly popular every day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

The congressional request that the Fed
eral Power Commission make an elabor-
ate survey Of electricity rates throughout
the country -- to ascertain, among other
things, exactly how rates charged by pub
licly owned plants compare with those
charged by private concerns - sounds like
an exceedingly sensible move.
For many years we have been hearing a
good deal about the difference between
these rates. On the one hand we have
been told that the publicly owned plant Of
fers consumers vast saving; on the
other, that such plants are wasteful, ex-
travagant, and inefficient, and that their
rates are really no lower than those of
private companies when all factors are
properly considered.
This survey ought TO enable US TO settle
definitely just which arguments are cor
rect. We can tackle the entire power
question lot more sensbly after this
survey has been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

@. Give the full names of Pres
ident Grover Cleveland apd Wood
row Wilson.
A. Cleveland was christened
Stephen Grover and Wilson was
Thomas Woodrow.
@. How many persons were
killed or injured In accidents on
scheduled airlines In 1898?
A. One hundred and one acci-
dents occurred In which . pilots. 8
passengers. ground crew man
and 10 others were killed.
Forty-six persons were slightly
injured and seven were seriously
injured.
Q. Where 10 the longest canal
In the world?
A. The Imperial Canal of
China, about 1000 miles long.
@. When and by whom were
the Girl Scouts founded?
A. Founded by Mrs Juliette
Low In Savannah, Ga, In 1912, and
incorporated under the laws OF the
District OF Columbia In June 1915.
@. Who was the first English
woman to smoke cigarettes?
A. Lady Mordaunt. who lived
during the time OF King Edward
VII, IL said to have been the first.
Q. Give the ages OF King
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

painstaklng Investigation Of tho
vast munitions industry, put its
witnesses through their PAGES.
But the committee tilsmEreos
on this point. Apparently the
state Department would like to
have one OF It's friends do tho
investigating. also young Mr.
Nye has his eyes on the job. AL
though one OF the ablest mon In
tho senate, some OF his friends
remember the day when young
Mr. Nyo was made TO look rather
ridiculous by the Widow Ruth
Hanna Mccormick, He IL not
the man for the Job.
IL thu committee doesn't get
a Pecorn the munitions com.
panles will have nothing 10 wor.
ry about.
PICTURE GALLERY
Big, good-naturod Jim Farley
may not know much about art,
but he knows what he likes,
Tho walls of his private OF.
flee In the Post office Depart.
mont are tho most decorated In
the capital. Jim's taste runs TO
photographs of politicians and
notnblos.
There are several OF Jim with
Will Rogers and speaker aGrner.
There are many OF Him with
great and small polltlcos con.
taCtcd on democratic junkcts.
There are some with sentiment.
MI inscriptions ns this: ITO & he
Greatest Roman OF them oil,
James A. Farley"
But tho most priced, lust add.
e0 tO tho collection and hanging
Ing In q place OF honor, II q
nlcmentO Of Jin's first trip 90
Europe last winter. 10 N q hand.
some portrait of ltaly's t0p.hOle
politician, and inscribed I'm
bold hand.
"To James A. Farley from
BenitO MussOlinI."
MERRY.GO.ROUND
Tho basement restaurant of
the Commerce Department every
day feeds one Of the most eos
mop0litan assem- blages In the u.
y. A. At adjoining tables are
crowded Big Business moguls,
petty clerks, General johnson
and his assistants The
dining room In operated by the
Board of Public Welfare
Whom Mrs Roosevelt was asked
TO Judge the Spelling Bee OF the
Washington Newspaperwomen'
Club she said she would rather
Spoil instead -. stormy Pet
rel George f'ouikes, Michigan
congressman, has employed Linn
A. 10. Gale, former associate
OF Bill Haywood and Eugene
Debs, as his ghost writer. Dur.
Ing the war, Gale staged an OK.
citing escape TO Moxico, was sem
fenced 20 seven years In Lcavcn-
worth, finally was pardonod by
President Harding Cor
dell Hull expoundcd tho neces-
sIty of free press In his recent
New York address, but has been
moro evasive In his own press
conferences than any secretary
OF state In years Senator
Bill Borah Is q study In brown
these spring dnys--sartoriaily
speaking !. Tho Idahoan has
q snappy, light brown, double.
breasted suit, shoes and a hand
some silk tic to match
The House resolution to investi-
gate Nazi propaganda Ia by no
means limited to tho Hitlorites
(. Az wordcd, the inquiry can
investigate practically any organ
ization under the sun
Virginia's littio Carter Glass is
an ardent "Amos m Andy" fan,
has been since they began Ia
broadcast At one time he
was so enthusiastic a follower
that he would drop whatever he
was doing and rush to tho near
est radio to hear them.
Copyright, 1884, by United Fca-
turc Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

the show-off. It may be that the
former. many times. may have
more Of the attributes Of real great
ness than the latter.
There Ia at the present time IN
the universities OF some OF the
great European cities . system
which to my mind IL ideal. There
are no marks given for any studies.
40 degrees. no diplomas. The only
incentive for the student 70 really
do his work Ii the good results
which accrue 10 him when u h
completed. At the end OF the term
he u given . stiff examination. II
he Ii familiar with the subject u 10
coon apparent.
That In the way It should be. !
hope TO live long enough 10 see
something OF this kind adopted by
eur educators In this country. /
don't expect 10 live Ions enough
tr SEQ II adopted In Waterbury.
--~Al. a. a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

H. Albert Phillips of Stratford doesn't
want the reciprocal tariff bill passed. He
believes it means the death of the Ameri-
can lace industry He bases his claim on
q statement made some time ago by
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in which
the latter said the lace industry in the
United States is inefficient. Mr. Phillips
claims that the President naturally will
turn to his Cabinet for advice on tariff
matters pertaining to some industry of
which he perhaps has little intimate
knowledge Maybe he will, but past
events don't seem to indicate that he will
actually heed Cabinet advice, at least not
that of his official Cabinet.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

The moral to this story is never to con-
fuse maple syrup with linseed oil. Any
body who has tried to do so by the palate
test certainly would not repeat. but
painter might. Painters in Pittsfeld used
maple syrup instead of linseed oil in their
paints. The result is Frank Wilson's
home attracts the bees. In fact all the
bees in Berkshire county are said TO be
congregating on and around Mr. Wilson's
house.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
Our Chuckle
Corner
GIRLS
by ELLA May Wheeler

by Ella may wheeler
Among the girls fain would
Are those who type but can not
spell.
when girl carries money in
her stocking it's likely to draw In
terest."
"How bout It though when
there's a run on the bank? ?"
A Partisan modiste is bringing
back the girl of the sixties. An
other attempt to (w)hoop UP the
ladies!
Now, there's Opal Goldsmith
who is to wed Sol G0Idbetter. You
can't blame Opal for trying to get
a better setting.
The girl who's free from germs
now grin
Takes all her kisses on the chin!
So men want girls who can broil
steak,
Well, girls want men who can
furnish the stake.
A high school girl asks, "How
did Adam clothe Ever" He prob
ably rooted around In the tree
trunk.
Zama, you're right. The girl who
smokes does have more drawing
power. Get some cigarets--the
match will be on hand.
The only girl / would not wed,
Is she wha nasals. Like I said"
There's a lot of can't about a
whining. lazy girl.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

A recent meeting at Hartford
which was fortunate enough TO
attend brought up q question which
has been In my estimation In need
Of an airing for some time. The
ireeting was the Conference OF
Church school ehiidren's leaders
and the question was In connection
with competitive effort In the
schools.
No more appropriate time than
the present, when we are soon 60
20 through the annual procedure
called graduation" In all Of the
eitys schools. might be found 10
deal with this subject.
Dr Alice keillher. With whom I
fully agree. speaking Ut the Hart
ferd conference. c0ntended that III
u cooperative society IL desired the
place 10 begin the elimination Of
e0mpetItlun is not In the high
arhnnl~ nr iunicr hiEh sehuoia. but
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

George of England and Joseph
Stain OF Russia?
A. King George Is 6s. ard sta
lin Is 81.
Q. Docs Professor Albert Elm
stein speak English?
A. Yes.
Q. What IL the source of the
line: Neither o borrower nor q
lender boz"
A. Shakespeare Hamlet, Act i,
scene 3. The quotation reads:
Neither q borrower nor a lender
be, for loan oft loses both isteif
and friend. and borrowing duils
the edge Of husbandry."
Q. What does a 1880 reading
In an eye test mean?
A. Normal vision at 80 feet dis
lance.
q. Has King George v OF Eng
land ever visited the United States?
A. No.
Q. Why Is Leopold called
fNtA8 VI 4uS 4SSa8tAuE iUGtG&Q OIL
King OF Belgium?
A. The title Is derived from the
oath which the king takes, which
Is as follows: II swear to observe
the Constitution and the laws of
the Belgian people, to maintain the
national Independence and to pre-
serve the integrity OF the territory"
@. Should winners In the Irish
State hospital sweepstakes be
declared In the income tax return
OF the winner?
A. Yes.
IL you want q copy OF our bal.
ietln How To Make AND Care K;0r
q Lawn, write to the Waterbury
Democrats Washington Iurcmm,
enclosing I've cents In postage
stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
in
New York
ny PAUL HARRISON

New York.-it strikes me that
the guide books about New York
do not get around to telling many
OF the less apparent, but none the
less Significant, aspects OF the So
called major points OF interest,
Also they are woefully negligent
In reciting uncomplimentary
things.
SO here are n few sddenda to be
pasted In a Baedokor.
nip OF Town
Battery PARK: A seawall peopled
mostly by noisy oncossionairoa,
somnolent buns, and immigrants
staring wistfully down tho bay.
Here also In the Aquarium, which
was n dismal failure as a fort.
Jenny Lind sang there later, and
tho acoustics were bad. 30 they
put In several hundred varieties OF
fish, which are still there and prob
ably are greatly amused by tho
visitors who stare at them. The
Aquarium docs not serve q shore
dinner.
Prominent suburb
Brooklyn: A town on the east
bank of tho East River which was
built for one end OF tho Brooklyn
bridge TO rest upon. II In folly 10
venture into Brooklyn without q
native guide.
Oriental Manhattan
The Bowery: Saddest street In
the world. At one end OF 1t lies
Chinatown, district maintained
by the men who run the sightsee-
ing buses.
Original Hollywood
Union Square: A large rectangle
wherein the rabble babblo. Even
the Socialists have moved away
from II. Also the birthplace Of
the movies; Adolph Zukor once
had his penny arcade there.
"Bond" Street
Wall Street: A place where OK.
college football stars try to sell
bonds. The elder men who wear
morning clothes and a worried
look are financiers. One Of the
most prosperous establishments
thereabout Is Trinity Church,
which owns property providing an
annual income OF some half-mil-
lion dollars.
statue without Virtue
City Hall: Good Colonial archi-
lecture, but 80 Inadequate In size
that municipal departments are
scattered through other buildings
for a radius of q mile. The struc-
ture ovcriooks the most atrocious
statue In q city which Is full Of
bad statues. This marble hulk de-
picts sissified young man known
as Civic Virtue treading ruthless
ly on three females representing
various political vices.
Bus Trip
Fifth avenue: Begins at Wash.
ington square, which contains a
much-abused statue OF Garibaldi,
and runs through darkest Harlem
at the north. Best way to see II
III from the top OF bus, because
the buses progress with the APP
proximate speed of an INDECENT Pc
destrlan. You pass the Empire
State building, which has an obser-
walton tower and q great many
offices to rent. The big building
with the stone lions is not the
headquarters of Metfo-Goldwyn-
Mayer, but the Public library.
Broadway: The longest street In
Manhattan. but only the ten bIocks
between 4fst and SIND streets COM
prise the broadway" that Is syn
onymous with Gay Way and MAJ
da Lane. Every second person is
an actor, acrobat or musician: and
every third person Is an agent
trying to book him.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

A charter was granted In 1882 to
form q Horse Railroad company
with the following incorporators:
Charles r., Baldwin, Augustus =.
Chase, David u. Hamilton, Edward
9. lewis. Guernsey 3, Parsons, Da-
vid y. Plume, J. Richard Smith,
George u, Terry, and Edward 7.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
SCHOOL USES COwBELLs

Hyannis, Mass (UP-When the
electric bell system which regulates
classes at Barnstable high school
went askew, Principal Arthur NJ.
Lee sent to a hardware store for
four cowbells. placed them In the
hands OF strategicaiiy-lo located pu.
pills around the building. and man
aged to get along until the regular
system was repaired.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
So They Say

What do ! want with doctors?
FARO Agha, i51-year-old Turk,
declining q gland examination.
All real men assume authority.
Only ounces walt to have II con-
ferred.
George Foster Peabody, trustee
OF Warm Springs Health Foun-
dalton.
The power to declare war is q
government monopoly. Just 40 the
right to manufacture and possess
those instruments without which
modern warfare cannot be waged
should also be . government mon
opoly.
--president Nicholas Murray But
Ter OF Columbia.
We teach cuiture--whatever that
Is In this era--and believe II to be
q substitute for character.
DIR jacques Roadway, famous
geographer.
There Is no easy way 70 set
Former Representative Robert
l.. Doughton Of North Carolina.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

The six major commissioners in Con.
necticut now are DR. Stanley Fl. Osborn,
state health commissioner; Colonel Mich
ael A. Conner, motor vehicles; Richard
T. Higgins, public utilities; DR. Ernest w.
Butterfeld, education; John A. Macdon-
aid, highway; and Attorney General War
rem b. Burrows. Their annual salary Is
$8,400. However, under the reclassifica-
ton program now being inaugurated in
all state departments in time their salar-
les will range from $4,000 to $4,000.
The maximum can only be achieved by
progress made in 5000 increases. Of
those mentioned above only DR. Osborn
really has been given salary increase.
Raymond F. Gates, state institution agent,
and Robert J. Smith, deputy controller,
also were given raises. incidentally the
Redistribution program, undertaken by
Finance and Control Commissioner Ed
ward F. Hall is falling short of it's goal
of a 100000 saving in state depart
ment expenses. We shouldn't complain
because the saving actually will be $1,700,-
900, which is encouraging in these days
of looming $8,000,000 deficits. We have
1900 employees in our state government.
Regulating their pay to bring about as big
a saving as above is quite job. Our
compliments to Commissioner Hall for his
fine work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY GROUND
BY DREW PEARSON ard ROBERT

President Working Insurance Plan for Everv Person IN
U. S. A.; Considers TWO Cents Per Week Premium to
Provide O-AOe Security; Believes Project Also Would
Make Treasury Independent of Bankers; Mentions In
vestigation Feels Lack of InQuisitor Like Tom WALSH
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
BRASS CITY FACTS
Ib5tNF'

Until 1880 hand engines wera
the only tyre In use by the Are de-
partment, tho engines and hose
carts pulled TO the Are BY the are.
men,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

Through q loud-speaker device
recently invented by u Glasgow.
Scotland. fireman. men fighting Q
blaze will be automatically advised
Of a fire starting In another part
of the city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

Lima. Ohio - fuP) - The eoss
70 Allan County and the state Of
Ohio Of maintaining heavy
guard around three DlIllnRer
RnnKztera while they are In the
county Jan awaiting trial On MUIR
dor nharRn2. was estimated recenl-
" Nv aHthnTsiias - ssK AnA
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

many policemen az the Common
Council should state, sixteen super
numerary policemen, to be APP
pointed BY the police commission
ers for q two year term. ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

On December 2, 1891, the lumber
yard OF Tracy brothers was burned,
the loss 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

Drum Till was the name applied
TO tho highest portion of Cooke
street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

What this country needs is not black
shirts or brown shirts or blue shirts or
red shirts or silver shirts. but night
shirts. Not for regalia. either
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04

All vehicles must be lighted not later
than 8 :21 o'clock. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
Tip OF 1own


Prominent Suburb
Brooklyn: A town on the east
bank of tho East River which was
built for one end OF tho Brooklyn
bridge TO rest upon. It IN folly 10
venture into Brooklyn without q
native guide.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-04
Oriental Manhattan

The Bowery: Saddest street In
the world. AZ one end OF II lies
Chinatown, q district maintained
by the men who run the sightsee'
ing buses.
Montana labor news., 1934-07-12
Building Workers Are
United in A. F. of |.
Carpenters, Electrical Workers,
and Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasterers Affiliate w i t h
Building Trades Department
Membership Now 800 1000.

WASHINGTON.-The membership
Of the Building Trades Department Of
the American Federation of Labor
was increased from about 100000 to
100000 by the -eaffiliation of the In
ternational Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers, the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America
and the International Union of Brick
layers, Masons and Plasterers, de-
clared M. J. McDonough, president of
the Department.
The reaffiliation wa brought about
by William Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, who
urged the executives of the three
unions to take this action because Of
the paramount necessity of the de
velopment Of solidarity and co-opera-
ton among building trades organiza-
tons following the recent adoption of
industrial codes of fair competition
applicable to the building industry.
Mr.. Green pointed out the reafflia-
ton of the three international unions
with the Building Trades Department
meant that each one would be en-
titled to all the rights and privileges
of an affiliated organization with the
department and to representation with