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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-02-15
NIGHT NOT BEST
TIME FOR STUDY,
SAYS EDUCATOR

The proverb that zone hours sleep
before midnight is worth two hours
afterward," usually is ridiculed by
physicians.
Most of them maintain that while
eight hours sleep is necessary at
some time during the twenty-four, it
makes little difference when it is OBJ
tanned.
A recent German investigation
tends, however, to cast doubt on this
medical opinion and to confirm the
ancient proverb, says DR.. e. E.
Free, in his Weeks Science New
York;:
"Dr. Theodor Stockmann, princi-
pal of school in Duisburg, noticed
that one of his pupils was falling be-
hind in school work, and was becom-
ing more and more lazy and sleepy.
"Inquiring into this young mans
sleep habits, Doctor Stockmann
found that he was studying late at
night and sleeping late in the morn
ing. Change of this habit so that
the pupil slept before midnight and
woke very early in the morning to
study caused remarkable improve
ment in school work and in health.
Doctor Stockmann then tested tho
same idea on seventeen other pupils,
averaging about nineteen years old.
All turned out to be in better health
and to do better school work when
they habitually got four or five
hours sleep before midnight and got
up at three or four o'clock in the
morning to do their studying.
1.-TWO pupils who worked part Of
the day also found themselves in bet
ter health and more successful in
their studies when they went to bed
Immediately after supper and did
their school work between midnight
and dawn. His observations also
suggest, Doctor Stockmann reports
to the German medical profession,
that less than eight hours sleep may
be enough, at least for young people,
provided all of it is obtained before
midnight. Literary Digest,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-02-15
Twin. No, Numerou,

Twins have become so rare among
the natives of Uganda that their ar
rival is celebrated with feast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
LA SALETTE CAST IN COMEDYPLAY
Popular Hartford Troupe in Annual Visit Tonight
 at Buckingham Hall

4 comedy ln three acts, entitled "The Mnn From Toronto" 0nd written by DousIns Murray, will be presented 1l Buckingham hall to. night by the ,M Hnlette Players Of Hartford, It iB n weil-Written play Nnd contains mes that are thought provoking and highly entertaining.
 The plot concerns n young wid. 0w, imDOVorisI cd, who, however. is WiIlod l0rgc fortune by m old Scotch .CnnndlHb on condition that gho mnrrics his nephew, whom she has never mo. The BtBry bcc0m es complicated lnd runs ifto comic HituntioDg, II iB ropIete With wit md hUmOr and rare bits Of wis dODl, Those who con appreciate q good. GlonD dtItna 1r0 assured of n deligbtfuI eptGPt tllDment,
 Lending roIor arc taken by Cert rudo Adnms, Miss IsOsnllo Carter, William Byrno md William recent DrcsoDtntl "ODe Of the Family"
 The La snIostc Plnycrs will Dc for their high'2 successful prcBoD; "ODc Of tho Family" iB which thCy were gonn hero before. Az with tbe preceding 00UctIOns tho group will devote tho profits ne. GruiDg from lhis plny for foreign missionary WO 'k in Mndngafo1r,
 An unusually long run by tho production in London, whore iL played to Il crowded house 4s6 cons goGutlye tiniep, Is tho gauge by which tho sUcccgs Of the comedy may bo Judged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18

Ttoad conditions and detourB iD tho gtnto of Connecticut made nee. essnry by highway eOnatruetlOp and 0ilIng announced by the Connocti- cut highway department IN Of Mny iG, JD34,
 IiOutc No. us. a Bridgeport, B0Bt0n avenue. About # miles sheet asphalt on concrete baso. Opon to traffic, Madison. Boston Post rOnj, shoulders nre being oiled for . miles,
 i.O,,tc No. ( sharon Cornwall rOud, From Cornwall bridgc eight miles west. Grubbing, grading Dnd installing 'cuIverts. Open bst uDsnfo for f traffic. IlOute NO. Us. 6
 WOUdbury. Watcrt0wn road Shoulders arc being oiled for 10 miles. I g,y5..4 4
 PIainyiIIc and BrIstoIy PlafpvilIc-
 Bristol road is being fOiitd for 10 miles. @t
 IsOutc No. US. ,.S
 sharon. Loose dangerous rock x
 being removed from high ledge out about one mile south Of West Cornwall. Traffic should use cx- treme care when passing the work. Route No. <
 Torrington. fcnst Main street. Concrete pavement mile in length under construction. Com plete and open to traffic. Waterbury. Section Of Thom- aston avenue. 'tH miles of rein forced concrete pavement under construction but open to traffic. lsOutc No. 10 Pennington. Plain. vile road Grade separation. Bridge under construction but open to traffic.
 lsOutc No l6 | Colchester. The Colnstock bridgcsColchester trunk line. Bi- luminous macndam, length about Ia miles. Traffic should avoid thls route
 fsOute No. 25 | New Milford. Drainage k being installed at the foot of Chicken Hill. Traffic should exercise ex- trcme care while passing the work.
 New Milford -Bridgewatcr road is being oiled for miles.
 IsOute No. 37 I sherman. ShcrmaD-New Fair field road tx being oiled for j miles | New Milford. Sherman- New Mil
 ford road Is being oiled for
 miles.
 ROuie No. JD | sherman Ga yl0rdsviIlc road. Bi-
 luminous macadam miles in ! length under construction. Grub
 bing. grading and installing cui- verts. Open to. traffic.
 fs0ute No. gi Bethlehem. Morris road Is being oiled for miles. Morris. watertown road is being | oiled for mile. W0odbury. Bethlehem road is being oiled for 1 mile. ROute NO. 63 Morris. Bethlehem road Is being oiled for mile. WatertOwn. Straits turnpike. [ miles bituminous macadam under construction. Grubbling, grading and installing cuIverts. A short detour Is posted. 1 Route No. @ Seymour. IIoadley bridge. Re- inforced concrete and concrete en- cased Rirder bridge. Closed to | traffic.
 oxford. Southbury road. z miles of reinforced concrete pave- ment under construction from thu Southbury oxford town line north. Grading and laying pavement. short sections Of one-way tfulfie are fioreSsary. l ls0ulp Nu. a
 Nav Isrltaln- Isesllu. s.orIyln ! aunwnn and HHrswinwtun avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
MCCARTHY LOSES | FREEDOM CHANCE
Judge Brown Turns Down ! Bid in Hartford Court Yesterday

Judge Allyn l.. Brown turned down Dennis McCarthy'a bid for freedom via writ of hNbeas cor. puB n Q decision handed down in the Hartford superior court yos- terday. Mccarthy, serving q 20 to 90 year term as n habitual cfIm. mai. appeared before Judge Brown Mays4th and claimed the state had not proved his two prior cOhvie- tlons, although he practically nd- mitted favlng served two previous sentences in, stato's prison.
 Judgo Brown in his decision pointed out that an indeslblc tattoo mark on his arm prior to his first conviction apparently has proved too high hurdle "for oven hls restless imagination to BurmOunt in his desire to escape tho conse- qucDcog of the fact of his previous record" Judge Brown adds, Tt would seem as though the petition 7 CTS constitutional rights to tho writ of hnbens corpus has been pretty well enjoyed and that the expense and gutiIity of further proceed. ings might well be discouraged un- til nt least he can conceive some new basis upon which to predicate them"
 Mccarthy was sentenced by Judge Newell Jennings in tho Wa. torbury superior court April t2. 1882, or burglary charges. Ho wns arrested after being found iD . collar in a Brooklyn residence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
Route 73, Watertown
 Road, Being Oiled
Highway Conditions and Detoms in Connecticut
 Announced for Motorists Benefits

dM milcs of bituminous maendafn under construction but open to traffic.
 jsOutc 70. a
 Waterbury. Watcrt0wn rond is being oiled for # mile, IlOmic No. 77
 GuilfOrd, North GuIlford r0ad. Shoulders arc being oiled for ty miles.
 lsOWtc No. 7D
 Madis0D. North Madison road. shoulders are being oiled for Inllo.
 H0utc No. so North BrnDfOrd. .Guilford- Madi- son. No. Braniord. .Kiliingworth road. About 6h miles bituminous Dncadam pavement. open to traf- iic.
 snybrooB. Deep River. Winthrop yond is being oiled for 2 miles. Route No. O7 Hampton. State rond k being oiled for s mile. asOute No, tO2
 ItidgoAeid. Barry avenue is be- ing oiled for { miles.
 Route No. iOD MOTIFS. WlsWhm rOhd IN DelHB oiled for [ miles, IsOute No. ft3 Stratford. Nichols avenue tx be- Ing tiled for az miles. isOutc No. lf0 Burlington. Burlington iiarwin- | ton road. About 2 miles of btu min0us mncadam under construc- l ton but open to traffic. I HarwiDton. Burlington road is being oiled for miles. lsOutc No. 117 Harwinton. Torrington and Ter ryviIlc roads are being oiled for 6, miles.
 isOntc No. l2O Southingt0n. Mcridcn avenue. Shoulders are being oiled for 1 miles.
 lsOutc No. f27 TT Imbull. Nichols Trumbuil road. Reinforced concrete and concrete encased girder bridge. Open to traffic.
 lsOutc No. l2D | New Milford. MerfyalI road is being oiled for ( miles.
 IsOute NO. f40 Colchester. Westchester road Is being oiled for miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
SCHOOL MINSTREL PROGRAM TONIGHT
Foungslers to Offer Play At Russell "0ym" Solo.
 ists Co Feature

4 hninstrs:y and 1nncc will be BEVen bf purlls of the Russell school eighth grades tonight at the Russell RyrnruBlum. Mrs Thomas keenan. widely known for her work in local amateur theatri- cnl presentations, Will direct the show and the featured soloist will be Gertrude Keenan.
 Raymond ,f.amberl will be inter- locguOr, and LOuls Barnes, Donald Taylor. Joseph fxnlosky and An- thony switx will be end men.
 other soiohts will Dc George AfcLldowio. Barbara Davis Esther Ericsson, Edlsr Mlkulunas, Fran. eos Cooke. Lillian Ouiifoilc. Fforce sAlatTone, Margaret Bcnevent0, Marion McNulty, and Dorothy kee- nan.
 The dancers will Dc Jean Nut brown, Winifrcd Lovejoy, Rltn stol lar, Norma M Weigh Joan Volte, Marian FenD and Lois Schneider.
 Members of the chorus will be Marguerite Atkinson Einoro Mas. cola. Shirley Eutbrown, Betty Bos- sell, Dorothy Rcihl Evelyn Dur. ocher. Ernest Cihcoync, Carl Man. ner, Wilfred LGckey. Peter Tear. do. John Mahr. David Thibnult, John Mctosky Adam Mihailoff, Robert Davis. Louis Hincklcy. liar old Reihi, and Albert DeSantls.
 They wil be asslsted at the piano by Martin Itecd and Louis VanderEyk. Robert VandorEyk will accompany on the trumpet. { Hcaly's orchestra will play for the dancing which will follow the min htrcl, AtE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
F. D. R. LEARNS
 ABOUT ALAMO
President COntefnplates l035 Trip to Spanish
 Mission

Austin, Texas -. fIP) --- With . dnugbtcr.in-i law from Texas, Prosl. dent Roosevelt will know oil about the Alamo and how Co pronounce it If no makes hls eOBtcm plated visit 70 tho gtato in 1885
 Two former presidents got tnDgIod ID about the Alamo on trips 10 San Antonio. President Mckinley mIBpr0n ounced lt; Presl- don't Coolidge asked Toxnns, who venorntc IL nB n shrluo Of liberty; What is Dn Alam0Y
 Tho Ammo is il former spanish mission. It was used ns Il fort by Toxnns to resist a Mexican army. All were slaughtered. "Remcmbor tho Alamo" became tho slogan Of the Texas fight for indpendonco iikc "Remcmber tho Maine" Of tho war of 1898.
 Cottonwood trbes surround, tho mission. 4 cottonwood tree in Spanish iB "Hlam0,"
 Presidcnt Mckinley referred 10 it ng tho A.la-mo, aGcoDtiDg the middle syllable and giving its "n" Q harsh sound. Gov, Joe Bnyers, with southern court csy, repeated the nlBpronunc cinti0n, though ho well knew it properly Is called Al.n.Dlo with n soft "a" and nc. cont on tho first syllable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
Newspaper Ads May
 Help Street Safety
C. D. Newton of Hartford Urges Program of Paid
 Space in N. Y. Motor Vehicle Meeting

A program os stree and highway safety which would make uso Of paid advertising space In news papers under the nufplCoB Of state motor vehicle departments was advocated at the Bomisnnnual meeting of the oustofn conference of motor vehicle administrators, which closed ln New York today, by c. D, Newton, supervisor, news bureau. tho Trayelurs lnBur1 nee company. Hartford, Conn.
 The funds for gi Oh an adyortis- ing campaign would be obtained by giving Co motor vehicle depart meDtB one cent out Of each dollar of rogistr1ti0n and license fees and gasoline taSos collected from mos torlsts throughout inc country,
 Such fcos p'd taxes paid by motorists, it WLB pointed out, have amounted 10 almost s4,O00,OOO,0OO during the i've yenr period eDdlnA i03s, and an appropriation f0f safety advertlatnK bnBed on one cent Of this total amount would have giVon t0 motor vehicle do' partments almost Sa6,O00.000 foi automobile accident educational q actiyitios.
 Such An appropriation for tho use of motor vehicle depdrtidc cnts would have provided during the nyc.year popIUd 'ndlng lDD2 around $G6O.OOO In Connecticut, more than &3,0G0, ,00e in Now York state, approximately tho same amount for PennByiVaDin, nearly $200, ,000 in Rhode Island, si,000,- 600 in Massac,iusctts, S50O 900 ln Maryland. moro th1n t300,000 in Maine, almost St ,401,000 in New Jcraey, and more thnD SS00,0O0 in Virginia. These ftates mentioned by the speaker dft among the mem '. borB of the castef1 conference Of motor vehicle ndmIHIstrntors
 Az further indication of tho sums which would be made nyali- 0bie tO motor vehicle departmOnta far street and highway safcty cdu' cHtlon0i aetiVitics, tho speaker mentioned ibal nWons the Bt1tes not members of tho custom confer cnco, ono cen, out ef each dollar of fees and gae0iIDa taxes collected fro fnmOt0rists woulf have Rlven to motor vehicle dcpnnment8 moro than $2,0o0,0hb in california. S,'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
RETAIL CLEANERS < ANNOUNCE OUTING
"A. BeneventO Is Named Chairman of Committee
 of Arrangements

{ At tho meeting Of tho Waterbury Retail Cleaners and Overs nt Roxy iiaIl on south Main street We'd lnesday night plans were made for hn outing, the first social hffhir to be sponsored by tho local oranni. Egution. The daie was set tent0 lively for Juno 24.
 The local association Is affiliated with tho National Association Ol { Retail Cleaners and Overs, witf Headquarters in Washington. D C.. and has as it's president E. Y Mosei, who IA ais0 m officer if the administrative and complained boards of the NHA.
 Mir Benevento was appointed chairman Of the committee if charge Of the outing md will bt assisted by Frank Iinbimbo, Johr ' Mngone, \. x. Lcvcn. Mario Sni' vatOre, pasquale perriiio, D. Lle. herman, Tom DeMundu, I, Tnt0 and l.. Bllvestri.
 Mom bcrs attending the meeting were President F. r. Moscl, F fAfinnicucci, Frank fmblmb0. Marie Salvatore, Pasquaic Perriil0, 4 Tata, S. x. Levin, r. AmGtrudn rom De Leo. i.. Todcsco. j Russo. T. Dc Munda, Maschowltz T.. Siivostri, J. Masone, D. Liober. man. A. Bsnavcnt0, 4. J. Gris. K f'ohn, M Durwick. A. Rose, l. prandoiini. Rubenstein. GenoVose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
PENN STATE RECOMMESED

state College. Penn. tUP) --Out ff G3 colleges and universities ap- Jyrovcd by ths -Americnn Council of Education for work ending t0 doctors degrees. five are iD Penn. AyIvanIa state college. rocomniond- g ud for doctorntcs in animal nu- triton. botany. chemistry, cduca- ton, nIiinng and mctnilurgical on: glnocring. plant pathology and plant physiology.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18

Itaiys wheat area this year Is less than half of that of 1883. | Wage strikes in AustrIla are in- creasing.
 Scotland has q quiet-suDday campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19
The College Men Drop Out

One more university representative has removed himself from the political fray in Connecticut as of 1034 We refer to the declaration of non-interest in the gu- bernatorial nominaton uttered by Presi- dent James l.. McConaughy of Wesleyan University at Middletown Wednesday night. It had been frequently asserted of recent weeks that the Wesleyan proxy was good timber for the republican party. He has removed himself from the eliglbles as successfully as did Professor William Lyon Phelps week ago.
 We don't believe the political spotlight was leveled on President McConaughy un- til he started to deliver few broadsides about our state institutions. In order to quiet him the republicans immediately proposed him for governor Whether the ruse will prove successful we can't say. but for the time being the Wesleyan Uni versty head may have forgotten that he started to campaign in the interests or bigger and better state institutions, some- thing this paper has clamored for over period of ten years.
 True we have seen our state institu- tions grow and increase of recent years, vet the plans that were advanced in 1927, only to be thrown aside by hostile republi- can legislators who feared political reper- cussions should they adopt them then, have still as much appeal as ever We know that tremendous effort will be made in 1885 to have the Legislature pro- vide ways and means of financing the needed expansion work. The coming eloc- tion may have a great deal to do with the success or failure of the plan.
 President McConaughy in denying any aspirations toward the nomination recom- mended choice of either States Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn, Lieutenant-G Governor Roy c. Wilcox or former Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robbins E. Stoeckel. He further expressed the opinion that he be- lieved republican administration of Con- necticut was desirable despite the dem- ocratic control at Washington. All of which makes us believe that he will be much in demand this fall when the re- publicans start campaigning in earnest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19
Stocks And Bonds

There has been curious situation lately in the securities market, with stocks going down in spite ef business improvement, and bonds going up. As one expert ex- pressed it, while business was getting steadily better, the owners of business were selling out. Why so?
 Possibly the stock decline represented foresight in an investment game where the market usually reflects conditions about three months ahead. There might be q relapse like that of last summer. Or strict public control of stock issues and sales might send prices down. This expla- nation, however, is not entirely convinc.. ing. Why the new popularity of bonds! They will be subject to control, too.
 The expert suggests that perhaps "peo- ple have been deciding ownership in busi- ness (stocks) was 8 little less attractive than a claim on business, the ownership of the debt-that, is bonds." If investors in general are turning more to bonds, as they appear to be, it represents an inter- esting example of the Technocratic view That is, bonds are "debt claims" and our capital system more and more is based on debt.
 If all our Investments came to be in bonds, and none in ownership and direct earning power, where would we be? But fortunately we are not near that point yet. There will still be, for long time to come, ownership in stock shares whose earnings will pay the bond interest, if not the principal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19
So They Say

The drift in the United States is a drift to the right--t0 Faecism, in spite of the good intentions of Mir Roosevelt and Dr Tugwell. Norman Thomas, Socialist leader.
 Quick wit takes a man farther in q materia1istic civillzatoin than decades of drudgery.
 Jim TulIy: famous author.
 I'm all right as I am. When I need any rejuvenation HI apply for it.
 -1s4-year-old Faro Asha, Turkeys
 oldest man.
 can't spot germs. can pick out a politician quick. but I don't recognize bacteria and germs 90 easily.
 Mayor r 1T. LaGuardia of New
 York.
 You can patiently walt for ua- tionaI recovery to restore normal activity in almost every other field, but you dare not permit millions of school children to grow up either mentally or physically starved. Childhood cannot walt. --Joseph Miller. Jr, New York educator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19
Sailors Library

The American Merchant Marine Ll- brary was started in 1921. Its purpose IS to provide books and magazines for men who go down to the sea in ships. In the dozen years of it's activity, the organiza- tion has achieved a circulation of 25O,OOO books and 100000 magazines. The annual spring drive for new books is now on. lt seeks to replace those worn out during the mast year and to increase the floating ii- brary's collection. Every reader and book-owner ought to take an interest in the project and scan his own shelves for interesting volumes to share with Amerl- can sailors on the Seven Seas and the the Great Lakes.
 Leaders in the movement urge people not to give book trash they just want to get rid of. The surest way of giving really desirable volume is for reader to give one he himself enjoys. As for type of book = sailors are intelligent young men, and their reading tastes are as wide as those of landsmen. Not alone mystery stories and books of adventure are de- sired" says the New York Times. "but books of recent travel, of animal life, of yicence and biography. books on philoso. phy and psychology" Obviously any good book old or new. classical or modern, will be welcome to some sailor somewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19
No Monument Needed

They need erect no monument to the memory of Cass Gilbert. That has already been done. Until their last stones crum- ble the famous structures that he designed will bear everlasting tribute to his great ness in the field of architecture. Water bury always had a warm place in It's heart for Cass Gilbert. He was an international figure and it was natural for the press of the land to speak of him as the designer of the Woolworth building.
 Up here in Waterbury, though, we can only think of him as the architect of our municipal building, which is regarded as one of the finest and most imposing jil all New England. Dedicated during the administration of Martin Scully the hand- some structure is still an attraction for all visitors to the city as well as point of pride with local citizenry. The stranger would immediately know that the Chase office building directly across the street had been designed by the same person.
 Other examples of his work in Water bury include the Waterbury Club, the Waterbury National Bank, and the Lin- coin House. We don't know if many peo- pie remember that it was his design for the new Seaside sanatorium at Waterford, where children with tubercular ailments are treated, that was accepted and carried out in the handsome new structure recently opened there. To enumerate his outstand- in buildings would, of course, re quire vol- umes. Suffice it to say there are suitable memorials to him in every section of our fair land. Nothing could pay finer tribute to an many than these.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19

Repeal of prohibition was expected to bring about reduction in the number of cases pending in our courts. But judging by the petition presented to Pres- ident Roosevelt by Martin Conboy, attor- ney for the southern district of New York, this isn't so. It calls for more federal judges in his district. Delays of one to three years in trial of cases are not un- common, he reports. We presume there are other sections of the nation, too, where more judges are needed to handle the volume of business passing through the courts. Maybe there is another solu- tion to this problem than additional judges. We have heard something of tightening up on the law to prevent end- less continuances, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19

General Douglas MacArthur, the army'ss Chief of Staff, has finally risen up and struck back at his tormenters. For some years now he has been the target of verbal arrows delivered by those capable archers, Drew Pearson and Robert s. Alien, au.. thors of Washington Merry.Go-Round" and the current articles, %Srhe Daily Wash ington Merry Co., Round" which appear In the Waterbury Democrat. General Mac. Arthur has been the particular object of these gentlemen of the press Now hes suing them for S250,000 on each of seven counts. He charges libel in each of them. It's the first time that government of. ficial has disputed any of the writings of Pearson and Allen, which, revealing or cutting as they were, proved usually to be too true It will be interesting to see what trial will bring out in the way of revelations.