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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

partment stationery and signed by Morgenthau. It read:
 Dear Rogers: In view of the fact that you have decided not to join the Treasury staff, am forced to withdraw my invitation to participate in the White Houe conference tomorrow night"
 So Professor Rogers went back to Yale.
 UNOBTRUSIVE-EFFECT1vE
 Professor" Charles Taussig, who is not actually a professor but gets the title constantly tackled on to him, is still in the picture. But Taussig long ago learned that unobtrusiveness was part of effectiveness and has functioned accordingly.
 There are several others who have followed the same course.
 Professor M. l.. Wilson (Montana State College) is do- ing an effective job as assistant secretary of agriculture, though he Is not close to the president.
 Professor James Landis-- tHarvard Law School) has set tied down to a less meteoric course in the Securities Ex- change Commission. But no longer is he a frequent visitor at the White House.
 Professor William I. Myers (Cornell) is saving wood as gov ernor of the Federal Farm board. and saving it effectively. He was never close to the presi- dent.
 But the man who has really learned the knack of coming back is none other than our old friend PROFESSOR RAY MO. LEY. N
 Moley is in the good graces of the White House, stronger than ever these days. He is the one exception to the exile of profess sors, which proves the rule.
 Without a government office, without the obligation which salary from Uncle Sam entails, Moley can come and go as he likes. He is 0 constant visi- tor at the White House, has re- gained much of the perspective he lost, and has become far more effective as an independent adviser than he ever was when assistant secretary of state.
 Diplomacy was no career for Ray MOIey.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 That redoubtable White House gardner has pulled another land scaptng scoop on the South Lawn of the Executive Mansion. Tired of the bare circular faun- tain in the middle of the lawn, ho has encircled it with plant ing-red colius at the outside, about three feet deep, then three feet more of red giant cannas. It completely hides the foun- tain. of course, except for the actual white spray of water. Looking across the lawn from the south, with the brilliant white of the executive mansion as a background, the effect is green grass, then foot layer of the red of the colius, then a couple of feet of grene canna foliage, then another foot of the red canna blooms, with a tall plume of white rising out of the top A drastic shakeup in the personnel of the Agriculture Department Weather Bureau Is being considered by Secretary Wallace. The old jokes about weather bureau reports have been going on long enough, he thinks, and if there Is to be any Weather Bureau 1t ought to be able to develop it's science so as to improve in accuracy. He also believes long range weather forecasting is by no means as impossible as the Weather Bu- reau claims 1t Is The scaf- folding around the Washington Monument has created an optical illusion so that the height of that imposing obeiisk appears to be cut in half..
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

Q. Who was pr Axel Munthe :? A. A Swedish physician, who received his training in Frahee uil- der Charcot and Pasteur. He
 became a successful specialist in | the treatment of nervous diseases and retired from active practice
 about the age of 70, to his villa
 San Michele. in Italy. e. What is the address of Rob-
 erty L. Ripley (Believe It or Not) !? A. 2s5 East 45th street, New
 York city.
 e. What form of the noun or
 pronoun should follow the word like?
 A.. Like is followed by the ob- jective case. Imagine an oldAwo-
 man like her smoking a cigafet,' f is correct.
 Q. Is the expression 12 p. m.
 correct?
 A. Technically and scieptifical- ly there is no such time as 12 D.
 m. The correct expression is IF midnight. c. What are the technical
 names for the male and female of
 the swan?
 A. Male-cob; female-pen.
 c. Name the ranks in the United States navy that corFes-
 pond to Major, Captain, First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant
 in the Army.
 A. Major-Lt Commander; Cap
 tain-Lieutenant; First Lieuten-
 ant--Lieutenant Jr grade; Sec
 ond Lieutenant-Ensign. 0. What countries compose the Balkan Peninsula? A. Bulgaria, Jugoslavia, Al bania, Greece and Dobrudja (part of Rumania) and Istanbul tpart of Turkey).
 O. When and by whom was the new chemical element No 91 dis l covered?
 A. Proactinium. chemical ele-
 ment No 91, is not new in the
 sense that it was unknown, but it
 had never before been extracted from its confining matrix of crude ore in pure form, so that scien- lists might see and study it. pr
 Aristid Won Crosse, a young as- sistant professor in the Univer sity of Chicago chemical labora- tories, started with three tons Cf
 raw material and ended with about hree-hundredths of one ounce of the isolated element. At a chem istry convention he showed a minute fraction of this as plating on a bit of tungsten wire so tiny it must be kept in a glass tube
 and can be seen only by using a
 very strong magnifying glass. o. What does the term hog tying mcan?
 A. Hog tying means that the
 four. feet of cattle are tied to- gether.
 Q. What is the average eleva- ton of Tibet? A. The general elevation of the
 western half of Tibet is main- tained at 14,000 to 17,000 feet, and in the cast and the northeast
 at heights varying from 5000 or 5000 to 14,000 feet. t O. Is Loretta Young the real
 name of the actress? How old is she?
 Young, and she was born January
 6, 1913. O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
A Book a Day
War for the Plains Is Thrilling Story
 BY BRUCE CAPTION

One of the greatest of all adven- ture stories Is the ore which tells how the white man won the American west from the Indian. It is a tragic story, and 1t is fre- quently one to make the white man ashamed of himself; but 1t is, also, packed to the brim with the raw stuff of adventure and TO. nance.
 Paul I. Wellman has done a good job of putting the whole story between covers in his new book, Death on the Prarie.'' r This is a review of Indian fight ing on the plains. from the early 1S60's to the battle of Wounded Knee in the 90's, and 1t is a good, readable book.
 Mir Wellman has emancipated himself from the old frontier viewpoint, under which the only good Indian was a dead Indian, and every man who took up arms against the tribesman was, an heroic and chivalrous bit of man hood.
 He is quick to admit that the Indian was jobbed in a shocking manner, and that the white men were frequently every bit as saw age as the redskins; but he is out primarily to tell a story rather than to point a moral, and he has found some thrilling tales to re- late,
 lie reviews practically all the Indian fights in the second half of the last century. Naturally, he devotes the bulk of his attention to the long fight with the Sioux. In these stories there are enough hairbreath escapes, deeds of heroism, and general bloodshed to satisfy the most eager. And if, out of it all, you get a new realization of the injustice that we visited upon the red men
 well, that's part of the record, and it's a good thing for us to be |reminded of it occasionally. Published by Macmillan, the book Sells for $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
Pronouncing Foreign Names

Radio broadcasters have had terrible time pronouncing the name of the city where King Alexander was shot, So have lot of other folks. The daintiest pro- nouncers, trying to initiate Frenchmen, produced weird sounds something like "Mar-say" or "Mar-sye", with the last syllable trailing off into thin air. English speaking nations can't pronounce French words in the French way. Any doughboy can tell you that So why try? And isn't the old rule good enough?
 That rule, long taught in American schools and used in nearly all our Ameri- can dictionaries, is to pronounce foreign names in the English way. The English have never been fussy about such things. They pronounce all proper names in the easiest way. Thus "Marseilles'' becomes "Mar-sales" just as Paris" becomes "Par-iss' instead of "Par-ee", and "Mun- ich" or "Muenchen'' becomes "Miu-nik" instead of "Moo-nish' or "Min-shen' or whatever the natives call it.
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GIRL TO BE VETERINARIAN

Cleveland, (UP)-No home economies, or other conventional studies for Betsy Jane Richey, She's starting for Columbus to enter Ohio State university as a freshman and she'll study veter- mary medicine! She is taking along her riding horse, Rex Laon- ard. She frankly admits an ambi- ton to be the 'smost famous horsewoman in the country and to have the best show horses in the world. The term begins early in October.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
H oros co p e
BY oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by tlie planets. this daily horoscope is out lineyl by a noted astrolOger. In ad- ditiOn to information of general interest, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
 OCTOBER 27
 The morning looks very, very good. Make the most of 1t but with discretion and caution. The forces for good may form, some "plot'' of benefit. Transport tation and foreign poolicy may be Helped for these things are ming on skittish ground. Try to make this good influence work for your bushes, but you should not make any radical changes to- day.
 Birthdate
 You should be good at the art of strategy. Perhaps you may be able to write. for you should have a good idea Of "plot". Today should be very fortunate for you and perhaps 1t will bring you something important. Guard changes and new ventures from May 12 through June 23, 1885. Conservative and practical March 8-25, 1895,
 Danger .August through Au- gust !, 1885.
 Socially favorable october 31, through November 3, 1884. Readers desiring additional in- scopes are insrge, -ietaofuullyyyy formation regarding their horo- scopes are isvited to c0mnuni- cate with Octayiiie in care 0l this newspaper. Enclose 3 cents stanined. self-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

O. What is the derivation oL the Mexican name gringo ior 
 A. It is said that the nanie orieinated when United States sol- diers were marching in Mexico in 1s46 and sang a popular song or the day, Green Grow the Rusnes, On" The Mexicans could eaten only part of this but retaincu ''gringo" which afterwards was applied to all Americans.
 0. On what date was Easter Sunday in 1927?
 A. April IF.
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Selected Poem
AUTUMNAL FROST.

(Sonia Ruthele Novak in the New York Times) An amber apple Is my lamp. An oak leaf carpet Is my floor. And l aIl safe Enough, I think, Rehnd stouty Fashioned door. But when autumnal Frost creeps down The mighty hills At eventide, What bold pretense Can hope to keep It's cold insistency Outside?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
Prompt Punishment

T6Htice is catching up with the times. <5sard fickwala, the handsome and & *<5x <onfh Who demanded $5,000 from '[x@l Ford on pain of death, made big '5I<ES|<a; Tnsfeef' of putting Ford lon the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
Daily Washington Merry Go- Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

O MeyG Rounda .Round Now Quiet Administrations Tugwe Procession of Heaners Political Obty Those Who Remain Effective Their Job but Unpubczed Mol Unattached rol Shown How o Make Comeback
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

Everyone will be interested in the news that the Lambs of New York are con- templating buying the Denman Thompson homestead in West Swanzey, N. H. The home is now owned by the Knights of Pythias and used as retreat by this so- ciety. Thompson was famous for that stage immortal, "The Old Homestead" for aged and indigent actors.
 Poor people may suffer most from de- pression, but the rich holler loudest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

Perhaps one of the soundest trouncings that any public citizen has taken in the Connecticut political campaign to date was that meted out by Albert Levitt, the Independent Citizens party candidate for Congress in the fourth district, to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for referring to At- torney General Cummings office in Wash ington as the "spoils" office. He said such harsh things as these, Colonel Roosevelt knows interruptions business interests .. cannot practice their chican- cry in the Department of Justice. He knows that the days when high republi- can politicians could interfere with law cases by appeals have gone by." Con- tinuing he said, |" Colonel Roosevelt proved himself to be the ignoble son of noble father. All that the father tried to create the son wishes to destroy. The father fought against predatory wealth. The son fights for predatory wealth. ."
 Films are still blamed for juvenile de. linquency and there is no doubt about there being considerable truth to the state ment. 1t may not be proper to lecture the movie moguls continuously, but we're not certain that recent boycotts taught them their lesson. Not being prolific movie goer, we don't feel competent to condemn offhand. We do think, though, that such organizations as the Legion of Decency must continue their campaigns if they are to be effective. No effort should be spared to improve the morals of our entertain ment world. By that is meant the type of production.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
POOR CUSTOMERS

THIS winter the unemployed will be fed
l. and clothed and housed with public funds.
Three years ago there was no such assur-
ance, but the bitter debate over using the
taxpayers money for these purposes was de-
cided by the people, themselves, in face Of
incorporating necessity.
The issues now are: How we'll and how
efficiently shall the needy by cared for? How
shall it be accomplished?
The National Association Of Manufactur-
ers says that, for those in distress who can
not find work, public funds legitimately may
be used to provide relief Of actual need on
subsistence basis"
The association insists, however, that all
goods supplied to the unemployed should be
purchased through regular channels to stimu-
late private industry, and attacks the self
help barter system, by which some unem-
ployed groups, with government aid, produce
and exchange goods for their own consump-
ton.
Ours are subsistence doles. In fact in
order to provide bare necessities at the lowest
cost for those in need, the government, in
many instances, has had to make mass pur-
chases direct from the producer. And OBJ
viously, private industry is the loser to the
extent that the government encourages the
unemployed to produce their own necessities
instead of spending relief money for direct
purchases.
But, according to Relief Administrator
Hopkins, most of the goods produced by the
unemployed are goods that could not have
been purchased with the limited funds avail
able goods that would not have been created
otherwise, goods that enable the unemployed
to live slightly above the subsistence level
Thus they are not competitive with private
industry.
If private manufacturers want to sell goods
of this type to the unemployed, the consistent
thing for them to do is to advocate doles
above the subsistence level. Recipients of sub
sistence charity and necessarily subsistence
customers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
TUESDAY. OCT. Q. 1884.
"HAND-PICKED?"

WE frequently have remarked that Cover
w nor McNutt is not an issue in the SEN
atorial campaign We still believe it. Yet
certain members Of the old guard, with a
greater love for politics than for the truth,
have insisted on dragging the Governor and
his policies into the Minton-R Robinson race.
These frightened members Of the Ananias
Club first spread the amusing yarn that Mr..
Minton would If elected. Immediately resign
in favor Of Governor NcNutt.
Aside from the fact that such move would
wreck the Democratic party in Indiana. aside
from the fact that Governor McNutt has no
intention Of resigning to become a senator or
anything else, what about Mr.. Minton? AS a
practical matter why should he spend his time
and effort for nothing? Take a look at his
picture-particularly his jaw? Does he look
like man who would play the role of poll
teal Sydney Carton?
When this yarn became too absurd for
further repetition the frightened followers of
Senator Robinson had to content themselves
with statements that Mr. Minton was hand
picked" by the Governor and that if he were
elected he would be boss ruled"
IL 30 4ldppIIlS JIldB ne 14lIlCo hAiO"o Jlos
how much manipulating" the Governor did in
this matter of a candidate for the senate.
In fact, we were nightly annoyed with
Governor McNutt because he consistently re
fused to "hand-pick" Mr.. Minton. Way back
last winter we felt that Mr.. Minton, young
vigorous, progressive and with a marvellous
record for saving the people money on utility
rates, was the logical candidate to defeat
Senator Robinson.
We told the Governor so and asked him to
throw his weight in Mr.. Minton's direction
He refused to commit himself. He continued
to refuse until the very night before the
Democratic state convention when it became
so apparent that the rank and file of the
party wanted Mr.. Minton that the Governor
capitulated
Frankly, we don't know who the Governors
pre-convention candidate for the senate was
We are sure that his secretary, Pleas Greenlee.
didn't know, either Nobody knew except
Governor McNutt himself.
We are not criticising the Governor for his
neutrality prior to Mr.. Minton's nomination
Perhaps that was the wisest attitude for him
to take But we do happen to know the whole
inside" story and we are repeating it merely
to show how much truth there is in this
"hand-picked" stuff.
And a good many other reports that are
flying about are just about as reliable as this
one.
What the voters would like to hear from
Senator Robinson and his adherents is clear,
factual discussion of pressing national issues
and what they propose to do about them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
EXPENSIVE DEFENSE

IF naval technicians had not evolved their
art to such a high degree Of complicated
and costly perfection the price of building a
first-rate battle fleet would be a great deal
less than it is-and the economic argument
for armament reduction would lose much of
its force.
Construction was begun the other day at
the Philadelphia navy yard of two new 1900
ton destroyers, the Cassin and the Shaw.
Each boat will cost approximately $2,7Oo,-
900 for hull and machinery.
Contrast that with bills that were in
Cured a generation ago. when the United
States began to rebuild its fleet following the
post-Civil war Ietdown. The Olympia a
heavy cruiser used as Admiral Deweys flag
ship at Manila Bay, cost almost exactly what
one of these new destroyers will cost.
In other words, the cost of building one
of the lighter craft, which a frst-rate navy
must number by the dozen, is equal to the
cost of main unit of the feet generation
ago. No wonder modern navies are expensive!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
FACTS AND HAUPTMANN

CONSIDER the pleasant ms and outs Of
~ the laws technicalities.
New York lawyers. who have studied the
case against Bruno R. Hauptmann, Lindbergh
kidnapping suspect. point out that what the
general public has taken for a very strong
case against him is really pretty weak.
To begin with: Is Hauptmann to be tried
in New Jersey for kidnapping? BY New Jer-
sey law. kidnapping is a felony and no indict-
ment on a felony can be drawn there if two
years have elapsed between the time the
crime was committed and the time the grand
jury takes the case
But this statute is voided in cases where
the prisoner has been fugitive from justice.
Very well, then-from what was Hauptmann
a fugitive2 There was no charge against him
at any time before his arrest. No kidnapping
indictment was ever handed down.
Can New Jersey try him for murder? To
do SO. the state must prove that he was Ct the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

scene of the crime-which, unless the author
tiles have important evidence at whose ex-
istence they have not even limited, may well
be quite impossible. They must prove that the
L!ndbergh baby was murdered, which also may
be difficult.
Indeed. some lawyers assert that as the
evidence stands now. there actually is room
for doubt whether Hauptmann could even be
extradited from New York to New Jersey.
Suppose, then, that he stands trial in New
York for extortion. 1t is reported that DR..
John F. Condor is unable to identify Haupt-
mann definitely as the man to whom he gave
the ransom money. In that case, say the
lawyers, the New York extortion charge might
not survive a session in court
All of this indicates that the road to a
conviction in the Lindbergh case may be a
rocky one. The fact that man is found in
possession of money definitely identifiabe as
the ransom money may be damning, in the
eyes of the general public; in court of law,
more evidence is needed.
Now this does not necessarily mean that
the law is, as Mr.. Bundle once remarked,
"a ass" The law is devised quite properly
so that an accused man gets the benefit Of
every doubt. A man must not be convicted on
mere likelihood; the jury must be certain.
But it does throw a light on some of the
difficulties that lie in the path Of a proSecu-
tor A case that looks strong to the man in
the street may look weak indeed to the lawyer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-09
ONE PONZI LESS

CHARLES PONzI, whose magician-like
~ feats with other peoples money made
the fctlonal Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford look
like a piker is sailing to his Italian homeland,
an alien deportee.
Ponzi is going back from where he came
thirty-one years ago. and as he came-with
his pockets empty. He is leaving behind an
America that learned lesson that it didn't
long remember. 1t was in 1920 that authorities
clamped down on PonA and revealed the
sleight-o tricks by which he convinced
credulous thousands that he could make their
hfe-savings earn so per cent in forty-five days.
After Ponzi came the Florida land bubble, the
insult bubble and the Wall Street bubble
The come-on game is probably as old as
the proverty. credulity and cupidity OF man.
1t oobs up every few years. but its essential
characteristics always are similar. On the
one hand is a plausible sounding scheme to
get something for nothing and on the other
hand are people who have worked hard but
have not quite enough to provide the COM
forts they want. They risk half loaf to get
a whole.
There is little the government can do ex-
cept to make it possible for the suckers to
look before they leap.