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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

particularly in the garment and novelties industries, have taken to moving their plants from community to community to es- cape code requirements.
 Justice Samuel I. Rosenman, of the New York state supreme court, and Q close friend of the president, recently cracked down on a making concern which proposed moving its factory from New York to Massachu- sets.
 Rosenman held that is was unequivocally within the power of the courts to enjoin a firm from transferring its plant, if the move was in order ''to mi- grate to low wage territory"
 The decision, while categoric ! and explicit, has not, however, halted other manufacturers from resOrting to the same strategy. Complaints az ainst alleged runaway employers" come from workers in Pennsylvania, Mary land, New Jersey andSOhio.
 Code authorities in the affect ed industries declare themselves helpless to cope with the situa- tion, are demanding that the government take decisive action.
 To this end Blue Eagle legal experts are working overnight on the problem, are planning to go test case for q showdown deci- sion.
 PIGS EYE
 Big, sotto-voiced Jesse J n es had lying on his desk the other I day a 10-inch thick report on d western railway. It's hundreds of closely-typed pages were filled with complicated graphs and charts.
 Newspaper men at his regular press conference each received a copy of the report.
 ''It is for immediate release, boys" said Jesse.
 The correspondents gasped. It would take hours to go through the document, even hastily. Fin ally, hoping for a brief summary, one of them inquired:
 MT Chairman, you have read all this?"
 "Yes, sir" Jones replied, !, briskly, "evcry word of it."
 A brief silence. Then leaning : forward, and with broad grin. Jesse added in a whisper:
 "A pigs eye I have" ILL OMEN
 South Carolina's recent demo- : cratic gubernatorial run-off was an ill-omen for Senator Cotton Ed" Smith.
 Victor in the race-equivalent to election in his state-was Olin Johnston, former mill-hand and self-made lawyer, who beat the eveteran ex-Senator Cooley" Blease by handsome margin.
 South Carolina governors serve four years. That means that Johnston's term will expire in 1898, the very year Cotton Ed" comes up again for reelection.
 It is this fact that makes the run-off outcome so disturbing to Cotton SEd.'
 Young, liberal, ambitious, !; Johnston is practically certain to !. try for Smiths seat. The latter,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
The Church Bows To Mars

In it's appeal for national back-to- church movement, the National Commit tee for Religion and Welfare Recovery points to a fact that should cause us to stop and consider. The single fact is that, "even during the depression, America increased its expenditures for ornaments by more than $1O0,000,O0O, while contri- buttons to the church decreased nearly $300,000,000."
 In other words, the United States gov ernment increased it's funds for military purposes from $6S0,O0O,O00 in 1927 to $788, 100000 in 1883, while its people contributed $833, 100000 to the churches in 1927 and only $55O,0OO,O0O in 1888.
 The National Committee for Religion and Welfare Recovery uses this fact in it's effort toward getting Protestants Catho- lies and Jews to attend their churches and synagogues on October 6 and 2. But per- haps nothing but war itself may drive some of us back to thoughts of the better things in life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
Taxation And Health

An idea that has been gaining headway is that of group disqualification, involv- ing the payment of definite sum every year by persons who may receive all neces- sary hospital care during the year at no additional cost. There are strong objec- tions to this plan by some of the interest ed organizations, however, and so an al. ternate idea is suggested in the form of federal aid for voluntary hospitals. But the snag proponents strike here is the question, "How will the government get the necessary funds for such federal aid ?"
 A 5 per cent manufacturers sales tax is proposed by Franklin s. Edmonds, past president of the National Tax Association It will reduce $1,000,O0O,O00, he says, and could be distributed among those states that would cooperate in the federal aid plan and would also promise not to tax sales in any other way. The hospital pro- gram is an endeavor. to maintain the health of the people, but would not the additional burden of taxation offset that effort?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
Traffic Mishaps Result From Haste

There is nothing on which people dis agree much more widely than on the ques- tion, What causes automobile accidents? Everyone has his own pet theory; and usually = human nature being what it is - we are inclined to blame those par ticular faults of which we know we our selves are never guilty.
 But there isn't such great deal of room for argument, after all. A lot of painstaking work has been done in tabu- lation and analysis of fatal traffic acci- dents, and the things which cause such tragedies are pretty clear. Statisticians of the Travellers Insurance Company recent ly drew up table covering fatal traffic accidents for 1883, as officially reported by the various states.
 They found that in more than 32 per cent of the fatal accidents in which drivers were found to be at fault, driver had been exceeding the speed limit. In Is per cent of the cases, a driver had been on the wrong side of the road. In an equal number of cases, driver had taken the right of way when he was not entitled to it.
 In upwards of per cent, driver had been guilty of "cutting in,' passing standing street car, passing on curve or a hill, or passing on the wrong side. In nearly 19 per cent, driver had driven completely off the roadway. In nearly 3 per cent the cause could be listed only as reckless driving.
 Now the thing to notice, as the insur- ance company statisticians point out, IS that all these causes, Jumped together, are practically synonymous for "heedless. baste." They are the sort of offenses that are committed when driver is in such a biz hurry that he fails to tend to his knitting.
 And if you. total those percentages, x6u,H find that they account for approx iu1tely 90 per cent of all fatal accidents I@ which any blame attaches to the driver. 'k Ie offan, and fruIz said that the intox- =*[z6 driver r. &4 1Nagerous as maniac
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
A Book a Day.
Here's Good Novel
 It's Told Backward
By BRUCE CAPTION

W. R. Burnett's new novel, Goodbye to the Past" is interest ing for two reasons. First of all, 1t Is a good, entertaining story. Secondly, MT Burnett has told it backward.
 It is story of a middle western industrialist-a two-fisted, hard drinking autocrat of the old school-and the book opens with the final chapter in the old mans life. Then, progressively, the story carries his career back until finally 1t reaches his young manhood, half a century earlier.
 This reversed narrative has a peculiar, and striking effect. We see the end of the trail first; and then, as we go back toward the beginning, we find each cause fore shadowed by its effect. The result is a book which has a cohesion un- like that of most novels. You keep on reading. not to find out what is going to happen, but to see what has happened already.
 Aside from this new twist, the story is a good one in its own right.
 It tells how a young Civil war cavalryman drifts west, after Ap- pomattox, lands in rip-roaring wild western mining town. makes lucky strike and then returns to his old home town Nh Ohio a rich man to build factory and develop great new industry.
 And 1t shows how succeedin {, generations grow softer. His son Is a cold schooner. where he him. self was gun-toting old pirate: and his grandson, the wild strain com pletely bred out. is q young aesthetc who dreams fondly of xo- Ing io Paris to write novel.
 Of the three. tho uncouth old founder of tho fortune Is somehow tho most llisabie. Mir Burnett has got m admirable character study down on paper.
 PubIished by Hampers, the book sells for @2.so. r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

of pronounced conservative bent and a vigorous New Deal critic, does not relish this prospect.
 So now Cotton Ed" is on the horns of a terrible dilemma. He can either cooperate with John- ston who is likely to defeat him for the senate, or he can make peace with Cole Blease against whom he has waged a knock down, drag-out political battle for forty years.
 It looks as if "Cotton Ed" is in for bad time.
 CAPITAL RENDEZVOUS
 One effect of the New Deal on the city of Washington has been an increase in immortality. It has become growing source of worry to local police officers as at no time since the war.
 There are two reasons for this.
 First is the fact that the cap ital is relatively prosperous, from other cities.
 Second is the large numb Der of women who come here for gov- ernment jobs, fail to get them, and in many cases are short of funds to return home.
 And either because it is good business, or because of a mali cious sense of humor regarding the detectives of the justice department, one of the most ac- tive rendezvous is close to the office of that department.
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 One agency of the New Deal is six months behind schedule in /, its work. It is one-man agency A. R. James, who goes from one government building to another lettering the doors of offices. There have been so many new offices and so many changes in the past eighteen months that sometimes an official has moved in and out again before James can get around to tell the pub- lie about it. Mike Strauss, able P. w. A. publicity director. thinks the Economy 1 ag-ue ought to merge with the Liberty league for economy's sake., Edgar Hoover, who led the chase for the Lindbergh kidnaper, virtually never takes a day off, has had no vacation this sum- mer.
 (CopyrigIt, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
THE PARTY IN POWER (NeW York Sunl

In one of the last writings of Calvin Coolidge, only now printed in the Saturday Evening Post, the former president discussed the ad- vantages accruing to the party in power:
 Tt has jurisdiction over scores of thousands of appointments and hundreds of thousands of persons ganization is strengthened, suc- cess is always attractive, people like to be on the winning side and something very much akin to fashion draws them toward the national administration"
 This usueally is true whether the reins are held by the republicans or the democrats. But Mir Coolidge did not mention that paramount advantage enjoyed by the present dministration-the ability. with a blank check signed by congress, to pour billions into every quarter of the country In the form of subsi. dies, loans and doles. He could not know of this magnificent shelling' out to the voters. for he died two months before the moguls of tho new deal took hold. He could moi dream that such q thing could como to pass, for he believed, as q few stiil beilece, that the people should support the government, not the government the people. tf MT Cool idge had lived he would have chuckled over Alfred 10. smith'i epigram: Nobody shoots santf Claus"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
So They Say

People never happy when they are ruled by majority, but only when they are ruled by minority. Our minority is not alien to the major- ity. but represents the cream of German folk.
 Adolf Hitler. The church must reassert her independence or wither and die. The Rev Dwight Jacques Bradley, Newton. Mass.
 Neither liberty peace will be with international news partly free and partly trolled. Dean Carl w. Alderman. School of Journalism, Columbia University.
 Feminine curves shali not be seen by men! Admiral Chang Chi-ying of Canton, China. I am going to coin a new word and urge that we "aeorize" the nation just it has been mo- torzed.",
 Secretary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Washington, Oct. 4-Perhaps the biggest problem absorbing Roosevelt's closest advisers right now is how to handle the grow ing relief rolls expected next winter. G
 Two plans, in addition to out right relief, have been put for ward by Harry Hopkins, EZRA administrator.
 One is for a revival of CWA. The other is self-help-in other words, the establishment of gov ernment operated factories in which relief workers can manu- facture goods for relief needs.
 Of these two, Hopkins strongly favors the latter, made vigor- ous argument to this end during a conference with the president at Hyde Park last week.
 His reason is that CAyA is not and cannot have any real degree of permanence. It gives no stabil- ity to the worker. On the other hand, government factories, all ready started by the EZRA, provide more stability, more self respect, have proved much more , satisfactory. |t st
 But there is one big drawback -the opposition of private, tn- dustry. t@
 This came to a head when the EZRA started to go into the shoe business. The program of slaugh- tering cattle in the drought areas dunn ped @ tremendous quantity of hides into government ware- houses. And rather than de- press the market, the EZRA planned to use the unemployed in making shoes.
 Whereupon shoe manufactur- CTS raised vociferous objection. Furthermore the United h o e Machinery company, which rents machines to shoe factories, re- fused to rent to the government.
 So for the time being at least, the program is blocked.
 Roosevelt is now debating whether to go ahead with the self-help program despite the opposition of manufacturers or fall back on last winters system of CWA.
 RUNAWAY EMPLOYERS''
 It never rains but it pours.
 As if their cup of strials and tribulations was not already, overfiowing, NR A authorities have had new compliance problem thrust on them.
 Private reports are reaching them that certain manufacturers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
ChuckleCorner
COURT ROOM SCENE By Willard BottoMe

When Maria Dewitt Swiftler tes- tified the air stirred uneasily and pictures of dignified judges no the court room walls swayed back and forth in unison with her rapidly moving jaw. Judge Hugger admon- ished Maria to stop her Niagara of words.
 Maria: "Why. your honor, that husband of mine never let me get in word edgewise, and goodness knows ne talked so much I never had a chance, and when he came home from work at night the first thing he did was to kick my cat, and when tried to say anything he started in at me with line of abuse that was terrible, just hor- rible, he called me a wind-bag--"
 Plaintiffs Attorney: Now Mrs Swiftler, let's get right down to the time when you"
 Maria: "Oh, yes. I forgot to say that he said he would talk over the whole neighborhood about me and"
 Judge Hugger (pounding gavel): Madam, please get down to the case. As l understand 1t. you want damages from Isaac Schnoozle for running over your at with his auto?"
 Maria: And that cat, Judge! Oh, he was so lovely and cute. Why he could almost talk!"
 Judge Hugger: Perhaps, If he ever had q chance"
 Maria: Lets see where did I leave off?"
 Judge Hugger; Recess until to- morrow morning."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
Selected Poem
OCTOBER TREES

OCTOBER TREES
 (By Lewis Colwell in The New York Times) Great sable slaves you find her then so fair One they call beauty-that to her you lift Crooked arm abrim with gold; having care That all the years bright mntage falls adrift Down through your furcate fingers broadened
 span.
 Heedless of coin that sun and sol, hold dearer Than any Cyprian brass an artisan Furnished to snare great Venus in its mirror. Content If the gold transit of your treasure Fashion for beauty's path an added length You stand like some stripped swimmer proud 10
 measure Against n beryl tide his naked strength. Could We but dare Q slaves bold gesturng, Beauty might walk our earth again and sing!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

NQ. How, when and where did Ebert Hubbard die?
 A. He died, together with his wife, by drowning, in the sinking of the Lusitania, May (, 1915. @. What is the address of the Tobacco Merchants association or the United States?
 A. 341 Madison Avenue. New York city.
 o. Is Nikola Tesla a citizen of the U. S? Where was he born!
 A. Tesla was born in Smiljan, Lika (border country of Austria Hungary. He is a naturalized American citizen.
 o. What is the name of the song which Alice Faye sings in George Whites Scandals"?
 A. "oh,. You Nasty Man."
 O. Did President Hoover deliver any of his messages to Congress by reading them at the Capitol in person?
 A. No.
 O. What was the value of the French franc before France de- valued her currency; what was it's value in cents after devaluation; What is its value now since the gold content of the U. s. dollar has been changed?
 A. The original par value of the French fllnc was 19.2948 cents in U. s. currency; it's pure gold con- tent being 322.5S milligrams. It was revalued at 3.9179 cents on June 25, 1928, when the pure gold content was cut to 5S.95 milli- grams. Since the revaluation of the U. s. dollar, the par value of the French franc in terms of C. S. money is 6.63 cents.
 o. Is the expression "differen; than correct English?
 A. Different Than" is good for mai English, but in colloquial Eng fish we say different to" or "dif- ferent from
 Q. What is the population of Yukon territory, and what are the principal towns?
 A. According to the 1881 census, the population of Yukon territory was 4,230. Among the principal towns are Dawson. White Horse. and Selkirk, each with popula- ton less than 1000.
 Q. When did the Gas house ex- plosion occur in New York city, and how many were killed and in- jured?
 A. It occurred December 13. 1898: six were killed and thirteen taken to hospitals with serious in- juries.
 O. Where and when were the first coins used as money?
 A. They are said to have been invented in Lydia, an ancient dis trict of Asia-Minor, probably about 700 B. c. The earliest were stamp ed bars of electrum. an alloy of silver and gold, held to be worth ten times a silver bar of equal weight and three-quarters of a gold bar. ~
 Q. Was it Ralph Morgan or Frank Morgan who played in Strange Interlude," and Walls or Gold?" Which one played in When Ladies Meet?
 A. Ralph Morgan played in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

with gun. Yet these figures show that fewer than per cent of the fatal acci- dents can be laid to drunken driving.
 The overwhelming majority - 90 per cent = is caused by simple, everyday haste The drunken driver, dangerous as he is, isn't in it as public menace with the driver who is in too big hurry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington information bureau
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Waterbury's Silas Bronson Library will join with libraries throughout the coun- try in the general observance of National Book Week, November II to IF. The li- brary here will have special display and there will probably be radio broadcasts applicable to the observance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

"Strange Interlude" and Wa1ns .aInrsen q, Gold": Frank Morgan in w neH Ladies Meet" 's J O. Who wrote the Woras aA" music for Love Tn Bloom A. Leo Robin and Ralph Haln- ger.
 If you want copy Of our Ouis ictin aCare and Refinishing Furniture" write to The WnIerDurs Democrats Washington fuFsau' enclosing five cents m t"s'aSe stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

You can't always judge mood by the faces man makes, as, for instance Theo- dore Dreiser's warning by judge not to make faces as he raised his eyebrows and otherwise worked his facial muscles dur ing murder trial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON anG ROBERT $. ALl.El

"Washngton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Dr Nicholas Murray Butler in his well come address to the freshman class at Columbia University warned against ''po- litical bigotry'', which leads to undue and nasty criticism. He advised apropos of criticism of the Roosevelt administration, against political partisanship and bigo- try, and recommended "open-minded dis cussion and consideration of the facts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Conditions in tho French cot- ton industry arc becoming % dliiis cult that operation of t,9ee.ooo spindies has been dIpeenfinus1'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

And over at Barnard Dean Gildersleevc deplores the lack of good speaking voices among American women, saying that American women always have been known as having the worst voices ever known to man."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Speaking of voices, w. K. Moreton in his much read "In Search of Ireland" comments on the musical and cultured quality of the Irish speaking voice in both men and women, and not only an ong the highly educated but also among the poorer and less educated class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
H ros cope
BY oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is gui~d by the planets, this daily horoscope Is out lined by a noted astr0loger. In ad- diti0n to information of general interests, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Look before you leap, if you would go on looking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04
OCTOBER s

OCTOBER s
 Today should bring the calm after the storm. The morning is good for clerical work, short trips or study. During the early evening you may find favor in the eyes of superiors or look for anything you may have lost. The late evening is impractical.
 Blrthdate
 Your mind should be very logical and you should be inter- ested in some form of sports. Your financial affairs should improve from Nov. 20 through Dec. 10. 1884. Try to make the most of this period. Be careful of dccident or temper Jan. through Jan. T, 1885. .. t.'-
 Socially favorable Oct. IA. 1884.
 Readers desiring additional in. formation regarding their horo- scopes are Invited Co communicate with OctavInc in care 0f this news. paI*f. Hnci01e e q cent stamped. self-eaatcsecd envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

O. What is the name of the song which Alice Faye sings in George Whites Scandals?
 A. .oh.. You Nasty Man"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

Q. Was it Ralph Morgan or Frank Morgan who played in Strange Interlude," and Walls or Gold?" Which one played in When Ladies Meet?
 A. Ralph Morgan played in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-04

o. Did President Hoover deliver any of his messages to Congress py reading them at the Capitol III person?
 A. No.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-15
NEW TRUNK ROADS
TO GET SNOW FENCE

In preparation for winter opera
tions on roads recently added to the
trunk system, the state highway de-
partment has purchased 100000 feet
of snow fence and 100000 steel posts,
says department bulletin. This will
replace county-owned snow fence
which was used last winter on the
new roads, and will permit the coun-
ties to employ their fence on their
own roads.
The cost of the new fencing and
posts was approximately 100000. The
highway department this winter will
have nearly 1000 miles of snow fence
on the 1900 miles of state roads.
Most of this has already been erected.
In blowing snow off the highways,
the department will follow the plan
of giving first service to the most
heavily Travelled trunks, and working
on the less important after the others
have been opened.