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Evening star., 1934-03-03
SLENDER SQUAD
ENTRA|NS TODAY
Opening Game Sale Begins
Wednesday-Scribes and
Artists on Way.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

@S' AAA|"
HASE ball crashes the Capt.
* tai today. A slender squad
of Nationals officially
~ uShers in Spring training
with its departure from Wash
ington for Biloxi, Miss. Also the
club announces tickets for the
opening game will 60 on sale
at the Georgia avenue offices
next Wednesday.
Only three members of the club
were due to leave on the southbound
train this afternoon, but Mark Fill
ley. pitcher, borrowed from the Al
bany club, was to accompany Nick
Altrock and AL Schacht, coaches,
and Al Thomas, hurler. who only
yesterday came to terms with the
outfit
Enough sports scribes. artists and
photographers were to go along, how
ever, to fill special Pullman.
Others of the battery squad of "a
scheduled to check in for the start
of training at the Biloxi camp Mon
day morning were to go directly from
their homes.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
E Associated Press.
YEW YORK. March 3.-Wil-
| liam (Torchy) Peden, the
j mild-mannered Canadian
\ six-day bike rider, has an
BY the Associated Press.

ohioitAOll OAidb o 1ol IVY Olio
winning the current 144-hour
grind. which closes tonight in
Madison Square Garden. He's
looking ahead to the time when
theIe1l be a team of Pedens, the
other half being his kid brother
Sandy.
During an hours respite. while
his little Italian partner, Franco
Georgetti, carried on for the team,
the 216-pounder who Is rated the
best of the present-day pedal
pushers, spoke enthusiastically Of
his brother.
boy, he's mercury on wings and
he's got plenty Of endurance" he
said excitedly. Togchy himself =
Evening star., 1934-03-03
LAND0N QUINT WINNER.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 3.-With
Becker and Leizear heading its drive
on the basket, Landon Schools quint
Of Washington downed st. Johns
freshmen here yesterday, "a to II.
Summary:
Evening star., 1934-03-03
OKLAHOMA IN LEAD

Qualities Eight for Big Six Mat
Semi-Finals.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, March R.-
Oklahoma qualified eight men and
Missouri and Iowa State seven each
for the semi-fnals of the big six con-
ference wrestling championships. The
tourney will be completed tonight.
Five men were qualified by Kansas
State, three y Nebraska and two by
XansaA
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Season Opens April 16.

TINE ticket sale for the season in
augural on April l6, when Ma
tionals and Red Sox will clash
in Grifith Stadium, will get under
way at o'clock next Wednesday
morning, the ball club states.
Reservations now are being re-
ceived, according to Secretary Ed
ward 3. Eynon. jr. Tickets may be
obtained next Wednesday or there
after by calling at the ball park Office
or by sending check or money order
to the club. Those sending orders
by mail will have the tickets mailed
them.
The game here April 16 will be the
offlcial season opening of major league
base ball, the regular schedule not
starting until the next day, and will
be marked by the customary cere-
mony, with President Roosevelt prob
ably among the many Government
dignitaries present.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
BENNY BASS BANKRUPT
Boxer Gives His Liabilities as
$7,414, Assets So, 1926.

PHILADELPHIA. March R.-
Benny Bass, former worlds feather
weight boxing titleholder, has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy, list
ing liabilities Of $7.4l4 and assets of
$6,325.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
WESTERN HAS WALKOvER.

Gaining an early lead. Western High
went on to down Alexandria Highs
crippled quint. 27-9. here last night.
Dodderidge and Maloney for the win
ners and Brewer for the losers led
the scoring.
Summary:
Evening star., 1934-03-03
RED FLASHES vICT0Rs.

Red Flashes girls basket ball team
drubbed the Warrenton (Va.) A. G.
sextet, 2S-8, last night at Roosevelt
High.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
STEVENS OF YALE
TO COACH n. Y. j.
"Big-Time" Methods Will
Not Return, II Is Said
in Announcement.
\ IEW YORK, March 3.-Th'

M task Of restoring New
" York University's foot
4 ball fortunes to their
once high estate has been en-
trusted to DR.. Marvin A. (MaD
Stevens
With the fiat statement that it was
not veering away from its policy of
de-emphasis, the N. Y. U. board Of
athletic control announced yesterday
through its chairman, Philip o.
Badger, that 1t had reached out to
Yale for its new gridiron mentor.
On the Eli coaching staff for 10
years and head coach for 5-from
1928 through 1932-Dr. Stevens has
gained national repute. He is a former
president of the American Foot Ball
Coaches Association.
BY his selection, however, it is not
meant that the Violet intends swing
ing back to the high-pressure methods
ard glamour of the Chick Meehan
regime. which sent N. Y. U. rocketing
to national renown.
Evening star., 1934-03-03
Summary
Cardozo (10).

WOODWARD JUNIORS WIN.
Woodward junior basketers defeated
st. Adams ightweights, 24-14. Jones
for the winners socked the hoop for
IA points.
Summary:
Evening star., 1934-03-03
GONZAGA.

Totals. % 45s Totals. 414
Evening star., 1934-03-03

Totals. 921 Totals. Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
Servant Of Industry

Although the question whether recov- { cry should precede reform is still unset tied, there is one field in which majority opinion unquestionably wants to see re- 2 form take precedence. That field is the stock market. The measures passed by the last Congress have not been in effect very long, but it is not too early to glance { at the situation and see whether anything more needs to be done.
 John T. Flynn recently wrote an ex- tremely penetrating analysis of the whole stock market situation. In his final article, looking to the future, he suggested certain steps that might be taken to pre- went Wall Street from regaining it's old dominance over our economic life. To X begin with, he asserts that our whole financial system needs recasting. He ,s would have a national banking system, complete divorce between savings and 2 landing institutions, further restrictions on the activities of brokers, a revision of our corporation laws to require federal charters for all firms engaged in inter- state commerce, and abolition of all hold ing companies.
 Second, he would have all such restric- tions that deal directly with stock ex- change activities written solidly into laws which the securities exchange commission would be directed to enforce. Under the present law the commission makes its own regulations on these subjects. This, says MT Flynn, puts the commission un- der direct pressure from Wall Street to adopt ''liberal' attitude, and may eventually result in notification of the peoples will.
 In discussing any such measures, 1t IS important to keep clearly in mind the un- deriving purposes of this or any other financial reform program. The things we have learned since October of 1929 prove pretty clearly that our financial machin- cry got badly out of gear in the last dec ade. The machinery of finance, credit, and exchange exists to make possible the functioning of large and complex indus trial society. It became perverted. It grew to be an end in itself.
 It got so that it was more important, and more lucrative, to perform sleight- of-hand tricks with this financial mechan- ism than it was to produce the goods and :. services which the nation needed. All that the reform program seeks to do is to restore proper balance. Finance must become industry's servant again, and not it's master. Continuance or modification of the reform program should be judged on that basis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17

he would, but only on the con- dition that he would be free to make 'this kind of speeches. That was the last he heard of the matter Progresslve Wisconsin is forging to the fore in big way in supplying New Deal executives. It has a menl- Der on the SEC; A. J. Altmeyer, assistant labor secretary, is from the state, as is Frank Kuehl, REC counsel; two of the four assistants EZRA administrators are Badgerites and Edwin E.. Witte, head of the presidents committee on Economic Secur- ity, is another.
 WORLD COURT
 Number 1 on the senate's calendar, when it convenes early in January, is consideration of the long pending World Court adherence issue. Last session the Senate Foreign Affairs com- mittee agreed to report out the matter immediately following the resumption of congress Montana's militantly liberal Sem ator Burton K. Wheeler returns to Washington for his third con- secutive term with unique en- dorsement. Although he was not reelected by the largest ma- jority ever received by any can- didate in the state, he carried all of Montana's 56 counties On the basis of confidential re- ports received by the Commerce Department, government trade experts are forecasting a Christ mas business volume consider ably above that of 1883. Toy manufacturers expect their sales to reach $200,00O,000, an increase of 10 per cent above last year. SMALL FROG
 Squat, pudgy Tom Pendergast may be democratic czar in Mis- souri, but he is not bringing his henchmen Federal pie. An anti New Dealer, who fought Roose- velt's nomination in the Chicago convention, Pendergast has had a number of his recommends tions for federal jobs curtly turned down, two of them in the past several weeks The whisper is going the AAA rounds that Frederic Howe, veteran liberal and plain-talking Con- sumers' Counsel, is headed for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
strsnmIined Toys

Toyland is to be streamlined. A pre- view of the contents of Santa's pack re- vealed diminutive models of the new stream-lined railroad trains and street cars. Everything else has felt the same influence. Velocipedes and scooters are streamlined, with 'tairplane knee pants" over their wheels. The new toy furniture is all built on modernistic lines. Baby walkers have streamlined bumpers and doll carriages closely resemble the more extreme new automobile bodies. Sleds have airplane lines.
 Dolls themselves follow a different trend. They are to be bumper. It is hard to say whether this means that the Mae West influence has reached even the nursery, or whether it indicates shift from calory- counting to good health and well nourished bodies. Fortunately there is some evidence that the latter is the case.
 In spite of all these innovations and the alleged conservation of children, toy mak- CTS expect better Christmas trade than for some time. Advance orders for the holiday season forecast retail sales 10 per cent ahead of last years. The toy busi- ness itself is streamlined for full speed ahead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
Berlin Letter
Rv PAUL KECsKEMETI

Berlin (UP)-The continuation of ordered economic life in Ger many depends on the surmounting of foreign trade difficulties.
 Some observers urge quick ana radical monetary reforms which, in their opinion, will avert threatening doom.
 The currency situation has made 1t uncertain whether the raw material stocks, once exhaust ed. can be refilled. Gold reserves no longer are available; the only means whereby Germany can pay her imports are the proceeds Of her exports, and these recently have decreased to such a degree that they are unable to assure the continuation of vital imports.
 Shrinkage in Exports
 In May and June, Germany's exports totaled 337,000,000 and 339,OOO,OO0 marks, respectively, or about one.third of the average monthly yield of exports between 1928 and 1890.
 During the first six months of the current year, the surplus of imports over exports amounted to 100000 marks.
 The Reiehsbank, however, seems determined to protect the currency at all cost. The offering of marks abroad is being hindered by artificial means. Thus, the Reichsbank adopted the rule that foreign payments of any kind must not, on any particular day. exceed the same days foreign cur- rency receipts. As all dealings in foreign currency are centralized in the hands of the Reichsbank, this institution is able to curtail for eign transfers.
 Debt Payments Delayed
 The consequences of the system are plain. Foreign trade statistics show that Germany, for the past three months, purchased about 15O,O00,00O marks worth more abroad than she was able to sell. If she now decides that she will pay more than she earns it means that she will not, at least for the time being, pay for that part of her purchases which exceeds her sales.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17

Q--Where is the geographic center of the United States?
 A--In continental United States (exciusive of Alaska) it is in the eastern part of Smith county, Kan sas. latitude S9 degrees 50 min- utes north, longitude 9S degrees 35 minuets west.
 Q-How much greater was the gross public debt on June 30 1854, than at the close of the Hoover administration?
 A-On February 2S, 1888, four days before the end of the Hoover Administration, 1t was $20,934,- 72S.3BO.43 and. on June 30, 1884 1t was $27,O58,141,414.4S.
 Q-Wliat is the salary of the postmaster-general of the United States? .- 900 a year, from which at present five per cent is deducted under the ecenimy act.
 Q-FIow many amendments has the constitution of the United States?
 A-Twenty-one.
 Q--Name the chairman of the interstate commerce commission and the president of the U. g. civil service commission.
 A-Patrick J. Farrell, chairman of the interstate commerce com mission; Harry B. Mitchell, presi- dnet of the U. s. civil service com mission.
 Q-When it is 3 p. m. in Wash ington, D. C., what time is it in Quebec, Canada? A-The same time. Q-Give the source of the prov erb: 'There is no new thing un- der the sun. A-Book of Ecclesiastes, 1:9. Q-By whom and when was the song ''Meet Me at St Louis Louie written? .. A-The song by Kerry Mills was published in 1904.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17

the skids. Howe's outspoken- ness, long a sore point with cer- tain AAA executives, is said to have gotten under their skins to such an extent that they have decided to ease him out of the picture Carlton Meyer, youthful atotrney for the Dela- ware and Hudson Railroad, of- ten argues cases before the ln- terstate Commerce Commission, of which his father, Balthasar H. Meyer, is a eteran member. When his son appears as a coun- sel, Commissioner Meyer dis. qualities himself. His method of doing so is to set Cartons case for an afternoon hearing, and hen go out and not return President Roosevelt, when asked questions at his press con- ferences that he can't answer, re- plies with a favorite phrase, T haven't the foggiest idea" Secretary Harold Ickes has about given up trying to get people to pronounce his name correctly. It should be spoken Ik-es, and not Ik-eez, as Is generally done 2. Original introducer of Mariner Eccles, recently appointed gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve Board, to the New Deal was Brain Truster Rex Tugwell. The two men met early in 1883, be. fore Roosevelt took office. Tug we'll was strongly impressed by , the Utah bankers vigorous lib- few !, 1f dent and Morgenthau, who were also warmly taken to him.
 COMPLAINT
 The MIRA Labor Advisory board has lodged secret, but vigorous, complaint with the Blue Eagle rulers over the large number of code exemptions that are being granted. The union leaders want to know who is authorizing these concessions, why they are being allowed, and why labor is not being consulted. From informed Treasury sources comes inside word that the administration is planning no reduction in the domestic tax on liquor, but does contemplate slashing tariff rates on imported beverages. A new treaty with Great Britain, and another with Canada, which will cut the tariff on whiskey imports from these countries from $5 to $2.50 a gall lon will soon be negotiated |. National political circles have received word from Illinois that Big Bilp' Thompson, former Chicago mayor, is planning a comeback for the office on the republican ticket next spring {. The American Forestry associa- tion is making a strong drive on the administration for an im- mediate $1,000.000 grant from emergency funds to finance the cutting down of 50,000 disease infected trees in New York and adjoining staets. The associa- tion claims that unless these trees, stricken with the deadly Dutch elm blight, are destroyed before next spring it will be too late to prevent other sections of the country from being hit by the disease.
 (COpyright, 1884, by United eFa-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
In New York
m PAUL HARRISON

New York-Among the stories I don't believe is one about the Bronx zoo elephant that got into a barrel of fermented bran mash. He developed a case of delirum tremens and went around seeing pink Frank Bucks.
 Then there's the tale of the Victorian party given by a society couple who thought 1t would be fun to see their guests doing the carioca in the volumnous costumes of the period. The place was full of bustles, high shoes, red plush and mock-courtly manners. Stately old tunes wer eset to hot-cha rhymes by the costumed orches- tra. And lots of cocktails were served in dainty china teacups.
 We'll, it seems that one Of the very modern young women, who'd been looking at the bottoms of good many teacups, got the idea of upsetting all this stiiing de- corum by appearing as a nudist. So she did just that-stalked in- to the drawing room with scarce ly 8 stitch on and made a deep curtsy to the pop-eyed company. The hostess, however, refused to be jared out of character. My deah," she drawled, don't you think it's just a little daring to expose your ankles before my guests?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17

Washington, Nov 17.-General Hugh Johnson's forthcoming autobiography is weighing heav- ily on the minds of certain highly placed New Dealers. Con- fidential word has come to them that the erstwhile MIRA general issimo is giving free vent to his private opinions regarding some of his former colleagues. who he feels "done him wrong. Particularly lised for his barbs are Labor Secretary Perkins and Assistant President" Don Rich berg. If the ex-cavalryman really speaks his mind, what he has to write should make ab- sorbing reading Enrique Bordenave, Paraguayan minister to the United States, is the proud possessor of a copy of Huey Longs autobiography, a gift to the diplomat from the Kingfish. In inscribing the book on the fly-leaf, Huey mis- spelled Paraguay The re- cently-launched American Lib- efty league is flourishing most handsomely, expanding in the last few weeks from suite Of several rooms to one-fourth of a floor in the National Press building, and from several office assistants to a large staff Of clerks and publicity men. So marked are the evidences of ex- tensive financial backing that in certain democratic quarters 1t IS already being whispered that 9 senatorial investigation might be "advisable'
 SALES TAX
 It is a closely-guarded secret, but there is strong sentiment among the treasury's tax experts for a sales tax. They would sugar-coat the pill by tying it up with the administrations old age pension and unemployment insurance plans, the revenue to be raised by sales tax to be applied to financing these pro- iects. The president, in the past, has expressed himself as strongly opposed to this form of taxation, Senator Bill Borah's return to Capitol Hill has cleared up one of the mys- teries of the recent Congress sional campaign. At the height of the contest it was suddenly announced in Indiana, from the headquarters of Senator "Artie' Robinson, that the eloquent Idahoan would come into the state. to make some speeches for the hard-pressed Tory Republi- can. The announcement cre- ated considerable comment as the two men had never been particularly friendly, either per- sonally or politically. When Borah failed to show up the mystery deepened. The ex- planation is simple. Borah was asked by Robinson's campaign manager if he would speak in Indiana. He telegraphed back
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
So They Say
I'm the livest, kick'nest person you ever saw
 w. w. Aterbury, railroad executive.

I'm the livest, kicknest person you ever saw w. W. Aterbury, railroad executVe.
 
 I can't remember single instance where gambling one way or another caused the college players to lie down. Glenn (Pop) Warner. famous football coach
  Nations, like men, may prefer fighting to starving. .. -Fraficis S. Sayre, assistant secretary of state. Science broadens religious thinking. The more man knows the less superstitious he becomes, pr Robert A. Mlkan, famous scientist.
  They don't train players properly We trained like prize fighters for football. Fudge Heffelfnger; famous Yale guard rom 1881 to 1891.
 The only way for us (Louisiana to get out or this here depression is to secede from the United States-sever all connections and make a clean start
 Senator Huey Lonf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-17
A Book a Day
BY BRUCE CAPTION

Charlie Chaplin copied his world famous walk from an English crip- plea man who, unbelievably, had been given the job of teaching crippled children how to walk and run!
 Chaplin was scared to death when he first entered the movies. Instead of his now familiar baggy pants, fioppy shoes and dented hat, he wore an old-time Desperate Desmond make-up-andm made such a poor impression that he almost dropped out of the films entirely.
 These are just a few of the en- tertaining bits of news in 'The Story of Mack Sennett," a zestful and hilarious biography by Gene Fowler.
 Sennett began his career as a boilermaker. His ambition was to be a grand opera star. The fate which landed him, instead, in Hol- lywood and made him the comedy king of filmland was an exceeding ly odd one, and MT. Fowler des- cribes it with all that delight in an- ecdote and love for exotic person. alities which made Timber Line" such a readable book.
 He takes a almost fiendish glee in telling how Sennett, becoming a big shot, had an eight-foot bathtub installed in his office, and did much of his work while immersed in It's soothing waters.
 His account of the early days of Sennett comedies-the days of frenzied chases, Keystone cops. and pie-throwing (they were black berry pies, not custard, by the way) lis immensely entertaining.
 Besides giving a hree-dimension portrait of Sennett, he givese. inc teresting sidelights on many other Hollywood greats, and sheds e lot of new lights on filmland's infancy.
 Published by Covici-Briede, his book sells at $3.