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Evening star., 1934-12-30

largest supplies Of food and fiber
America has ever had in its bins and
warehouses, and offered it without
buyers at the cheapest prices ever re-
corded. Their lost purchasing power
was considerable item in the list of
items which contributed to silent fac
tories, railway yards packed with
empty boxcars, receivers brief type
written notices pasted on the doors of
a myriad of closed banks, long queues
of unemployed making their hopeless
way to relief stations, steamships rust
ing in still harbors
Drastic Step Held Necessary.
To restore a measure of purchasing
power to the farmer in this emer-
gency, to relieve his dire necessity and
lessen the dSlocation which his plight
caused industry was one of the imme-
diate aims. The drastic steps of plow-
Ing under cotton and slaughtering
pigs might be likened to the action
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of a fire department which does not
hesitate to break windows and destroy
paint in order to put out the fire.
With this violent emergency reduc-
ton past, the necessity for longtime
purposes of crop regulation stands out
clearly. First, there is an adjust
ment to meet current demands, and
that adjustment correlated with a fu-
ture adjustment to more abundant
living
The effect Of reduced surpluses
brought about by the A. A. A. and the
drought does not end the farmers
surplus problems. Without continued
control the present reduced surplus
becomes a flrst-class starting point at
which TO begin a new cycle that would
inevitably put agriculture where it was
in 1882. To guard against this is one
of the purposes of the new years pro-
gram. Without going into detailed
figures, We can say that the huge
price-depressing supplies of basic
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so uniquely great that we are pre-
pared to vindicate them by inviting
conflict.
Permanent peace with Japan can
be assured if we renounce the double
mission of serving as the agent Of
the League Of Nations and the in
strument of European nations in the
Far East and conf1ne our attention
to our own security. On such terms
we may be sure of a 1916 naval
ratio with the Japanese in fact If not
in law. But some time within the
next two years we shall have to make
up our mind.
(Copyrisht. 1e34)
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7 N LATIN America, as nearly every
where else, there may be reasons
for remembering 1884 as the
L year in which the depression be-
gan to let up. And that would
be sufficient cause for remembering
it. But, aside from that almost world.
wide improvement in economic con-
ditions, the year which is coming
to close was packed with political
events Of an international significance
for the American republics of Latin
origin.
The year began with war and Is
ending with war. Bolivian and Para
guayan armies were facing each other
along vast front as 1884 was ushered
in, temporarily observing short
truce arranged by the Pan-American
Conference at Montevideo few weeks
before. AS soon as the truce had
expired, in the middle of January,
they renewed their fight, and, as 1885
begins, they are still at it, in spite
OF all the efforts of neighboring gov
ernments and international organiza-
tions for peace. 1t is true that, so far.
these efforts have been rather feeble,
ambiguous, at times contradictory,
but this, in itself, has served to dis
close the imperfections of the present
peace machinery of mankind-and
of the peacemakers. The Chaco War
is threatening now the whole system
of treaties and instruments laborious-
ly devised by the statesmen of the
world, since Versailles, to eliminate
force as the only means of settling
international controversies. In this
sense, the Chaco conflict is rapidly
becoming world problem, but, at the
end of 1884, it still is the most i'm
portant political issue on the Latin
American stage.
Cuban Situation Second.
Next to the Chaco War, the Cuban
situation has occupied most promi-
nently the attention of diplomats
and furnished most copy to editori-
alists in the Western Hemisphere DUR
ing 1884. Soon after the year had
begun. the only genuinely popular
government the Cubans ever had,
that of Grau San Martin, was over
thrown through the detection of
Cuba's sergeant general, Batista, the
strong man" who controls the armed
forces of the island republic. The
complacency with which the change
was viewed in Washington, which had
for four months refused to recognize
Grau San Martins regime despite
recent precedents and the obvious
haste with which the new Mendieta
government was extended recognition
in Just few hours, not only set back
the prestige which the much-adver-
tised new Latin American policy of
the State Department was beginning
to gain, but it also prolonged and
made more acute internal restlessness
throughout the island. Resentment of,
and opposition against, a govern
ment patronized by foreign power
have been latent through the year
and this Christmas found the Cubans
farthest than ever from the Yuletide
spirit of biblical peace and good will.
Almost at the same time as the
Mendieta regime in Cuba, the Mar
tinez government in El Salvador was
extended formal recognition by the
United States. In this case. however,
the action was hailed throughout
Latin America because the Martinez
government had been set up by the
Salvadorians themselves and had been
in power for over two years, enjoy
ing wide popular support. Recogni-
ton, therefore, corrected wrong and
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HIGH LIGHTS OF A NEW
ADMINISTRATION In 1885
Leland Stanford and Other Senatorial
Babies-The President Chooses
His Official Staff.

This Is the thirty-ffth Of a series
OF Ueekly articles on interesting
persons and epents in the National
Capital during the Sos, by Frank
G. Carpenter, world- famous author
and traueler. The merit chapter In
the series Diu be published nert
Sunday in The Star.
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CONTINUED on Pake Z, Column %
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BY HENRY A. WALLACE.
n YEEDED foodstuff is being
M destroyed is the dismal
| VI cry sometimes heard when
L Y the limitation of agri-
cultural products is carried
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BY GASTON NERvAL.

7 N LATIN America, as nearly every
| where else, there may be reasons
/ for remembering 1884 as the
wear in which tho denressio,, he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
ROOSEVELT'S PLAN PROVES OLD IDEA
Tree Belt for Rain Was One Discussed By Tex
 ans Back in 1904

Austin, Tex CUP)-President Roosevelt's tree belt for rain is an ol didea for plainsmen of Texas. Back in 1904 it was the subject of extended discussion at a national irrigation. congress held in El Paso.
 Then Editor William T. Little, of Perry, Okla, outlined practi- cally the same plan as that now being undertaken by the Depart ment of Agriculture with a $15,- 100000 fund.
 A windbreak, Little reported, will delay evaporation over an area 16 times as wide as the break is high. Theoretically, a series of 30-foot board fences placed 4S0 feet apart in the dry belt would do the trick.
 Tree property spaced are being tried.
 Dr. W, P. Webb, of the Univer- eity of Texas, author of '"The Great Plains" details many rainmaking experiments in the Southwest. Re- gently, experiments over Waxaha- chic, Tex, were made with ex- plosives carried in an airplane. A premature explosion destroyed the plans and experimenter.
 Major R. c. Dyenforth experi- menteds with explosive balloons near San Antonio in 1892. c. w. Post had experiments carried on in Michigan and in West Texts; and the Texas & Pacific Railway had extensive explosive experiments at Thurber, Tex, in 1911. No fund heretofore has been available to give the tree barrier plan trial on a scale sufficient to judge its results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
FAMOUS ARTIST 1. TO PAINT HORSE

Kansas City, Mo - (UP) = Roxie Highland, champion three gaited horse of America. is going Co have her picture painted again.
 A few years ago, when Roxie Highland was owned by Miss Mary Gwyn Fiers of Oklahoma City, she was painted by Georges Ford Nor -kis, and now Morris has been com missiOned to paint her again, this time for Mrs s. M. Younts of Beau- mont, Texas. Mrs Younts, owner of the Spindletop Stables, bought che beautiful chestnut mare for 820, ,OOO from Miss Fiers.
 Morris, who lives in Shrewsbury. N. J., and has a winter studio at Aiken, S. C.. has become the out standing painter of horses in America. To his technical skill with the brush he has the added advantage of knowing horses, for he has bred and owned some Of khe finest himself. Also he has fscamera eye" for horseflesh.
 It is this last, possibly. that has bnabled Morris to produce such kine paintings. High spirited horses will not "sit" for their painters with the long suffering patience of Humans, so it is hard to actch khem in the right pose and hold chem at 1t. And that is where Morris "camera eye" comes into play. Rhe horse at almost a cursory &iance and retains 1t until the pic. Eure e completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Road Conditions In
 Connecticut Better
DetOurs Made Necessary By Construction Work An.
 nOunCed By Highway Commissioner

I struction. open to trafic.
 Route No. 80 Lebanon -WiIlimantic O O q. Bituminous macadAm length about AZ miles under construction. Traf- fic can pass.
 Route No. 11O Shelton and Monroe-Shelton Monroe road. About miles of S1h" bituminous macadam. Open to traf- fic.
 Route No. 131 Roxbury-Falls road. Waterbound macadam 1.6 miles in length. Grub ping, grading and installing cul- verts. Open to traffic.
 Route No. 165 Preston Griswold Voluntown. The Preston, R. I. trunk line. Bitu- minous macadam surface Is under construction for 119 miles. Traf- fic can pass. Route No. 188 Colebrook- -Sandisfield road. Wa terbound macadam miles in length. Laying surface. open to traffic.
 Route No. 2O2
 Killingly-The Killingy- East Kill lingly trunk line, bituminous macadam. Length about 4 h miles under construction. Traffic should avoid this route.
 Route No. 215
 Groton-Palmer Cove bridge and approaches under construction. Traffic can pass.
 Route No. 341
 Kent Warren road-Waterbound macadam about 3h miles under construction. Shoulders and railing incomplete. Open to traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
TRAGEDY TRAILS
 SLAM'S ROYALTY
King, Queen See Plans Fade as AssassinatiOns
 InterfereS

London (UP)-Tragic coinci- dence has dogged the footsteps of the king and queen of Siam. Every plan they have made recently has been spoiled by death or assassina. tion.
 The story is told by M. Smaks- man, young confidential secretary to the king.
 "The king and queen had planned first of all to visit King Albert in Belgium" said Smaks- man. "He was killed"
 Next we were to go to Holland on a visit to the queen. As soon as queen-mother died.
 Then we were to go to Vienna tot stay with Dr Engelbert Dollfus. He was assassinated.
 Finally the king and queen again planned to go the Holland. Arrangements were made. Once more the visit had to be aban- doned. The prince consort was dead.
 "All this happened during the last year. We believe there is something unlucky for royal per- sonages in this present time"
 Smaksman then talked about King Prajadhipok's offer to abdi. cate from the Siamese throne be cause of the governments alleged efforts to take away his power O life and death. 3as
 "If it were the wish of the peo pie that the king should not have the power of life and death, know he would grant it," sait Smaksman. "but it is not theil wish. It is the wish of unscrupu. lous statesmen.
 "It is impossible to foresee what will happen. The king and queer intend to emain here throughout the winter. They see no one. They do not go up to London from thu country retreat at Cranleigh, Sur. vey, where they are staying. They play tennis Gnd 20 for walks"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Road conditions and detours ir Che state of Connecticut made necessary by highway construction and oiling announced by the Con- necticut highway department as oi December 5:
 Route No. U. S. 1 .
 Fairfield - Southport cut-off About one mile of 40' reinforced concrete pavement under construc- tion. Open to traffic.
 Old Saybrook-Old Saybrook cut off, About 2 miles of 20' reinforced concrete pavement. open to; trafi1c' ROut No. u. S.
 Woodbury Constructing con- crete bridge near the Watertown town line. A short section of one way traffic is necessary. Rout No. U. s. 2
 Norwalk-Main avenue. About mile sheet asphalt. Open to tra;c' Ront No. 8 and 20
 ter-Constructing bridge and cutoff on new location. open to traffic.
 Route No. 15 and 26
 Stafford-West Stafford under pass is under construction but open to traffic.
 Route No. 16
 Colchester Comstock bridge Colchester trunk line, bituminous macadam, length about 6 Is miles is under construction. Traffic can pass.
 Route No. 20
 Granby- -Hartland - East Hart land-West Granby road. Three miles bituminous macadam under construction but open to traffic. Route No. 63
 WatertoWn - Straits turnpike. Five miles bituminous macadam under construction. Shoulders and railings incomplete. Open for traf- hc. ....,. -.... Route No. 69
 Waterbury-Waterbury- Wolcott- Bristol road. About 71s miles bituminous macadam pavement. Open to traffic.
 Route No. n
 Meriden- -Berlin-Cat Hole Pass road. Seven miles of waterbound macadam under construction but open to traffic.
 Route No. D and 19O
 Suffield-Beginning at Main and extending 3300' westerly. Tmie- site and coproval surface under construction. Open to traffic. Route No. 80
 Madison and Killingworth-No. Branford- d-Killingworth road about 6A miles bituminous macadam pavement. Open to traffic. Route No. S4
 n-StoningtonNo. Stoning- ton-Old Mystic, R. I. line trunk line, bituminous macadam about 10 miles in length under construction. Traffic can pass. Route No. S5
 Hebron-North street, 1 Ia miles waterbound macadam under con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
BEAU BRUMMELL
 BURIED AT CABIN
Three Thousand Tourists Visit Famed Grave in
 Normandy Cemetery

Caven, Normandy, (UP)-George Bryan Beau" Brummell was bur. jed here in 184O and simple tombstone marks his final resting place after a gay and spectacular life.
 So far this year more than 5000 British and American tourists have visited his grave in this Protestant cemetery.
 Brummell was born in London on June 2, 1778-156 years ago last June. His father was Lord North's private secretary. He attended Eton and Oxford, where he was distinguished for his studiousness as we'll as for his meticulousness in attire. After four years in tke army, he came into an immense fortune and thereafter devoted himself to the profession of fash- ion arbiter. In 1913 he Quarreled with the Prince Regent and he had to flee for his life to Calais, Here, for IA years, he struggled along in his reckless, carefree way and from 1880 to 1892 held a sine cure consulate at Caen. He gradu- ally lost his mind and he died an idiot in an asylum in 1840 at 62.
 While in prison in Caen for debts, Brummel wrote many beg ging letters to friends who had been willing enough to spend his money in other days. They turned a deaf ear, however. He read a great deal of Washington Irving and Lord Byron; received the visit of Tom Moore. and prayed that he might not "die, like William the Conqueror, in Normandy"
 Even God, his friends said, turned a deaf ear to this entreaty, as if in punishment for. his riotous living. He wanted to be buried on British soil, but those who had abandoned him in life also forsook him in death, and his once proud bones long since have mouldered to dust in the CaeI1 cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
N. E. Teachers Assn
 Meeting In Hartford
Local Members Expected to Attend Sessions -Attrac-
 tive Program Arranged for Event ss1s

H. Forbes of wheaton College ana John Farrar, publisher, will speak. Also scheduled for tonight IS 2 presentation by the Dramatic CiuD of William H. Hall High school or West Hartford.
 At 9:15 o'clock tomorrow morn ing the sectional meetings will pc held. At. 10:O o'clock, the. eonveh- tion will be brought to a close py 2 luncheon meeting which VIII De held in the Hotel Bond ballroom. ward E. Duffy of the Hartford Times will speak on Looking Back on English l"
 Professor Hewett E. Joyce of Dartmouth College is president and Professor Bertram De Mile or winthrop, Massachusetts is secre- tary-treasurer. @ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Several teachers of English in the local schools plan to attend the convention of the, New England Association of English Teachers held at the Hotel Bond in Hart ford to-day and tomorrow. Among those who will probably attend one or both of the two sessions are William B. Elwell, Miss Lillian M: Arthur, Earle H. Blanchard and Miss Kathleen Garren.
 The teaching of composition in school and college will be the gen. ,eral. topic for discussion at the meetings. Speakers to-day includ- ed Mrs Eunice Fuller Barnard, ed- sucational director of the New York Times, and pr Thomas w. Gosling, director of the Junior Red Cross. After a dinner to be held tonight at 6:45 o'clock, Professor Ralph
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
POLAND GETS CANADIAN
 BISON

Halifax, N. S. (UP)-Four live bisons will sail from this port shortly on a long voyage to Po- land. They are the gift of Canada to the Polish government. Poland is the only country in Europe where bisons thrive under natural conditions. Like Canada. Poland is a country where bisons once ex- isted in a wild state. There are a few left in the national park of the Forest of Biaolowieza,, and there the Canadian bison will be mingled with the Polish animals They will live under the same con- ditions as they did in Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
snANcE FoREToLD RELEASE

eyracuse. N. r. (UP)-The res. suo ok Mrs Alice Speed stoli from her kidnapers was not news to <p delegates to the National spir- a1uaIIsk association when it was HnNhea over press association wifns. according to spirituailsta T. 5ohn Kelly, biindfoided billet zeader. of Buffaio, ". Y,. forecast kho fsIeaao in code message be-. sore the press flashes arrived. del- N6aiss cIaiFeed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

India hos drive asnlnet ticket.
 #wdRefn, e,eoesooo persons beins &auHht fn tho last year while tray. cling by faii without having paid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

: For negligent bankruptcy" Countess Maria Wurmbrand-Stup-
 bach was sentenced recently at Vi- 'enna, Austria, to one month sus- pended imprisonment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-01

James Angus, barber of Peter head. Scotland. who. died recently, made violins as a hobby. and some were used by leading Scottish con- cert artists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-01
Revived Campaign
 Initiated. By NRA
Citywide Display of Official Emblem Urged in To-days
 Special Public Appeal

all places of business, and if it is not shown to inquire why.
 We urge the business man and the business firm to make an extensive use of the Blue Eagle as they possibly can. If you possess the code eagle card, you may use the repro~ duction of the Blue Eagle in your general advertising, on delivery trucks, on wrappers for, packages, and even on merchandise itself.
 The m os striking display that you can make of the Blue Eagle, so far as show windows are concerned is through the medium of the new litho- graphed poster. Everyone who sees it wants it. Everyone who is entitled to one, can secure one.
 Don't wait until tn e other fellow has attracted favorable attention to his store or other place of business by displaying the Blue Eagle poster. Show your code eagle card to MIRA headquarters at 2 Field street, or telephone 4-612S or write to MIRA headquarters at 2 Fled street, and n member of the committee will call upon you, and if you are entitled to the poster, deliver 1t to you.
 WATERBURY MIRA f HEADQUARTERS,
 Field Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-01
EDe Held For Stealing Auto

Four youths in their teens were hound over to superior court by Judge Edward Mas colo in police court this morn- ing after two policemen had testified that they were appre-. hended in the actzof stealing a {. car on Brook street Saturday night. Bonds in each case were set at $500. A fifth lad, ar- , rested at the same time. will be dealt with in juvenile court
 The lads bound over were:
 Charles Galguskas, 1S, of IS James street.
 Stanley Zilinskas, 16. of 1e Green street. John Krunglevich, 1z Of 20 Charles street..
 James Urbanavicius, 16. of 700 Riverside street. Patrolmen Patrick Hobart and John !Meancy. who; made the arrests, related that they had grown suspicious when they saw the boys trying the door of parked automobiles on Brown street. Next. they said. the lads went to School street. where one got into car but s left after n minute or two. On Brook street. ii was testified. Galguskas got into a car and started the motor. apparently by crossing wires. since the ig- milton was locked.
 As the motor started. the two patrolmcn rounded up the five. but Galguslxas escaped and was arrested later at his home.
 Judge Mascolo found prob able cause and made the bind- . overs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-01
COURSES OFFERED
 TO SCOUT LEADERS
Council to Sponsor Six SessiOns-Sea Scouts
 to Resume Activities

Courses in elements of scouting are to begin next month under the auspices of the Waterbury Boy Scout council. The first course of six sessions will be conducted by Scout Executive Arthur Marston and will be on elements of scout. mastership. The course Is to begin October IS at the Second Congre- gational church parish hall.
 Harry s. Hyde. district commis- sioner, will be in charge of a course in principles of .scoutmastership which will begin October 22. The course is open to leaders who have the course in. elements"
 The Sea Scout leaders course will begin October II at the First Congregational church and will be directed by Martin l.. Martus. The course for troop committeeman and district committeeman will be conducted by MT Marston begin- ming October 23.
 Scouts who complete the courses will be given certificates of credit. On the completion of the five year training of five courses. scouts are eligible for the scouters' key.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-01
30 CCC RECRUITS
 SELECTED TODAY
First Contingent of Sea- son Sent to New Haven
 for Examination

Thirty recruits chosen as the contingent of the eco quota from this city will leave tomorrow morn- ing at 7:30 o'clock from the Lin coin house for the Goffs street ar- mory at New Haven, where they will be given the physical exam ination preliminary to being sent to camp.
 The names of the boys who were selected from among .more than 100 applicants were announced in a letter from B. H. Van Buren, staff assistant in charge of the work at Hartford, to William M Harris, local selecting agent. Sev- eral more young men will be se- lected for the second contingent. to make up the quota of 39. Those who are to leave tomor- row are urged to be at the Lincoln house not later than 7:30 tomor. row morning, in order to report al the New Haven armory at g O. clock. %
 The. following men will report: Pasquale Amico, Fred Canuzzi, Andrew Catuccio. Francis J. Dreher, Gino Frcoii, George W. Fallon, William Gibbons, William Guisti, Angelo Laudisi, Frank Ma rielli, 109 Sylvan avenue, Carl Natelle, Walter Rasmussen, Pat rick Sgrillo, Luther A. Soule, Michael J. Sullivan, Harry Atwood, Charles Carpenter. Frank W. Chyma.
 Edward Dussault, Vincent Er- rico, John Geneva, William Cow. Adam Konisky, John Lahey, Charles Mastopietro. John Perrel- Ia, Pasquale Rossi. Carmen Solo, mito, Frank Suback, Benjamin A. Townes.