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The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
Professor Tells Where the
Words Originated.

Los Angeles Modern slang and
col0rfui ways % saylns things have
come directly down 20 US from hght.
iug. pioneering. farming and hunt
ms ancestors
When we speak. we reanimaie
the ase Of chlsalry. the cave man
civilization. pioneer hfc. the com.
mon arts aud crafts. the days OF
the horse and of knuckle and skull
The origins % thousands of hg.
ures % speech. many % them Ia
mlllar. Ike back biting" in the
cloyer." take IL on the chin" nnc
Sworn enemy" we're given by Or.
William Hawley Davis Stanford
English professor. before the Philo-
logical Association of the Pacific
Coast here.
Doctor Davis urged the use Of
figures of speech. both In written
and spoken language. declaring that
IL contributes much TO the force and
color OF verbal communication. II
Is one OF the secrets OF good talking.
a Cave Man Expression.
Back biting" be asserted. was
added 10 the language during cave
man civilization: in the clover
came from the farm. take II on the
chin" derives from primitive tist
hghting." and sworn enemy Is a
living relic OF days OF chIyalry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
Man-Sized Handkerchiefs I
With Initials Are Latest

A man-sized handkerchief with
three large colored clock initials ex-
tending entirely across the linen
square from edge to edge are about
the most novel and daring of new
sports handkerchiefs to make a last
minute dramatic entrance.
The initials are hand-blocked. and
so far have been seen in red
brown, black, green and blue on a
white background.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
BOGUS MONEY GANGS
ARE RUN TO HIDING

After dikpossng % large number
in their native state. they went
inio Missouri. where they were
soon npprebcaded An elaborate
counicrgcllins plant vas found 10
their home. together with n large
number of the spurious bank notes.
with the recent arrest Of Henry
Dechow. alias Count Enrique Won
Buelow. and others tn New York
and Chicago. secret service men be
lleyc they smashed one of the big
gcst international rings ever 10 op-
crate IN this country.
Won BucloS ls said 10 have had
10000 IN bogus Sipo bills when
he was taken into custody. They
we're said 20 be almost perfect
secret service men admit counter
feltius has devcloped into a highly
organized racket and that the
amount of spurious money Is large.
with modern printing and engrnv.
inE machinery. cuuuierfeiis are
turned out 50 clcverly they frequent
ly pass through banks and are de-
teried only when they are sent 10
the treasury Tor redemption
Recognize the Work.
When a new counterfeit note Is
discovered. -old timers" in the Sc
crei service usually can tell by the
workmanship who the counierfciier
"a II be has had a previous record
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
Friends Discover Both
Married the Same Girl

Los Angeles.-Seeking an annul-
ment of his marriage to Ruth Cleo
Stackelberg, Richard Stackelberg
explained to the Judge:
Il was riding with Glen Martin.
a friend, one day, when my wife
passed US in another car and waved.
Martin waved back, so asked him
DO you know that womanY
"'Sure. that's my wife Martin
told ne"
Martin explained they had been
married and never divorced. Stack
elberg got the annulment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
l3 Banned as Bus Number

FaIrmount. w. ya.-There'll be
no school bus in Marion county
bearing No. Is on its side. Although
the county board of education oper-
ates 16 busses, No. 13 was omitted
because several parents objected to
their children riding il 1t.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02

The interesting thing aboG. the
modernized knitted frock Is that it
looks as If tailored of yardage
goods. The latest call In the realm
Of about town and sports clothes Is
for knitted checks. Here you see
how smartly a brown and white
knitted weave qualities when made
up in the very voguish shirtwaist-
frock styling. 1t is belted with
green leather. The scarf is of a two
toned green knitted fabric. The
hat is Of brown suede. This cos
tune is admirable for general wear
or travelling.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-02
Another Mans
Wife
By SHIRLEY DENTON

G. - Mcclure Nessgsapvr Syndicate
wSU Service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
Too Many Views

A tax hearing held last week in Hart
ford was almost disrupted by the mere
fact that those attending did not care to
limit their remarks to the topic assigned
for discussion. We eXaggerate, OF course,
when we say disrupted. 1t would be en-
tirely correct to say that Roger 5. Bald
win of Greenwich, who presided, mad q
difficult time in persuading the tax OIL
Gals present to talk about the subject at
hand That was synchronization OF fiscal
years, budgeting, auditing, and the like.
Mayor George Quigley of New Britain,
speaking for the Connecticut League OF
municipalities, thought that the entire
subject of taxation should be discussed
with so many prominent officials present.
However, it is the purpose of these varl-
GUS hearings to thresh out the entire sub
iect. But it has so many ramlflcatlons
that to attempt to discuss taxation evils
and remedies at one sitting is next to I'M
possible. 1t has been attempted with no
practical results. We rather think the
present idea of taking various phases and
asking the public to come forward ana
venture an opinion may prove OF more
real worth.
We were glad to see so many officials
who attended last weeks meeting in Hart.
ford in agreement on uniformity OF the
fiscal year. Practically all showed them
selves as favoring the Inauguration OF
this idea. Perhaps the 1885 Legislature
may be compelled to take up the sugges-
ton again. 1t pushed it aside last year.
But since then it's proponents have been
working steadily to acquaint the public
with knowledge of what such change
in municipal finances would mean. 1t
would to a considerable extent remove
from town and city budgets annual ap,,
preparations for interest on loans secured
in anticipation of taxes.
1t is advantageous to money-lenders
that the American public remain a nation
of borrowers. Our interest bill every
year is staggering. Some one of these
days it is going to engulf us If we don't
watch our step. Municipalities for years
have been forced to pay out heavy sums
in interest on bonds and loans. 1t is the
belief of those, who call for tax year that
comedies with the fiscal year, that this
interest bill will drop considerably if and
when the change is made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
Not So Good

Democrats have been warned to keep
off the home territory of those progress
sives who aided in the election of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in 1882. If this warning
was not issued directly, it was indirectly
in the announcement from an admins
tration spokesman that President Roosa-
welt is going to use his influence to secure
the reelection of Senator Hiram W. john
son of California. Then there's Robert
Nj. LaFollette, Jr, of Wisconsin. He's also
up for reelection, we presume, this fall,
since his term expires in January.
We wonder if this plan meets with the
complete approval of the democrats or
California and Wisconsin. What does the
junior senator from California say about
it - the democratic William Gibbs Nc
Adoo? What does the democratic senator
from Wisconsin, F. Ryan Duffy, think
about this plan? In fact, what do the
democrats of the nation think of it? NO
body probably appreciates any more than
President Roosevelt Postmaster-General
Farley, and democratic leaders the inval-
liable aid given them in their campaign by
various progressives in the republican
ranks, but are we obliged to recprocate
in the fashion advocated?
If it's matter of personal choice, we
lave no objections to democrat support
ing a republican for public office or vice
versa. But we don't like to think that
j. our democratic national organization
. might deny the opportunity to some per-
son to run for office simply because OF
! political obligation. We don't suppose
that Senator johnson, or any of the other
progressives, considers himself demo-
crat today. But if he runs on republl-
can ticket land that is unlikely we can't
quite reconcile ourselves to endorsement.
If he enters as an independent, progress
siye, or something else, all well and good.
Party lines, however, must be maintained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29

exchange. Leaders in the drive
are Hornblower & Weeks, e. A.
Pierce & Co., Dominick & DOM
mick, j. S. Sachs & Co., and z.
F.. Hutton e. Co, all potent in
vestment and brokerage firms.
Last week, John Wing Prem
tiss, senior i'c .ner of Horn
blower & We. -, sought support
for this effort Of the senate bank
investigating committee. He had
secret conferences with Chair
man Fletcher and Senator Jim
Couzens, laid q program before
them. This called for public
hearings on a detailed plan for
drastic house cleaning of the
exchange.
The senate committee has no
objection to the Morgan custer,
but there is a catch In the rank
and-filc plan. 1t calls for self
regulation instead of federal con-
troll.
Ferdinand Pecora, the COM
mittee's brilliant counsel, Is OPP
posed to granting hearing until
he has completed his secret in
quiries into the operations of
the stock exchanges. He wants
full opportunity. to air publicly
the juicy evidence his staff is
now uncovering. Pecora holds
that until this is done, the COM
mittee cannot judge adequately
the reform program of the bfok-
ers.
For this position Pecora has
considerable support among
committee members. No matter
what happens, however, Fletcher
and Couzens are insistent on
: some form of federal regulation,
are determined to force the is
sue at this session of congress.
MAIL BAG
w. W., University of Pennsyl-
vania Both the MIRA and the
labor board announced unem-
ployment surveys, but to date
they have made no figures pub
lie. Representative Henry Ellen
bogen, Pittsburg's liberal demo-
crat, has introduced a resolution
in the house which would require
the bureau of the census to make
such a survey using CWA work
ers for the purpose. j. d.,
San Diego, Calf: - There is a
vigorous drive on in both
branches Of congress for the
enactment of old age pension
support, but unless the admins
tration gets behind it the chances
of passage this year are not
good. The best possibility is en-
actment of Representative Ellen
bogen's bill for an old age secur-
ity commission to study the sub
ject and report back a definite
plan next year. T. S., st.
Augustine, Fla.:-Since ascend
ing to the craftsmanship of the
banking committee, Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher has become
one Of the most important fig
ures In the senate. For years
he was a background personal
ity, but now is influential in all
the Roosevelt bank legislation;
he has been the most steadfast
mainstay of Ferdinand Pecora in
the bank investigation, and is
quiet but firm in his refusal to
permit Virginia's reactionary
Senator Carter Glass to squash
the probe. b. G., Washing
ton, ID. C.A-- Attorney General
Homer Cummings has three sep
arate exits in his private office.
Not infrequently he leaves with
out even his secretary knowing
it. G.. Y, Salt Lake City:
There are recurring rumors that
War Secretary George Dern is
planning to retire from the cab
met. His health has not been
good. Also, the generals are rum
ming the army to suit themselves
and Dern has become chiefly a
figurehead.
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Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
Unionized Hunting

Premier Hermann Goering of Prussia,
who already holds many offices and titles
in the Hitler government, has now become
Master of the Hunt of Prussia. The title
is misleading, since it suggests active
participation in sport. Apparently Herr
Goering is really to be director of conser-
walton of wild life in Prussia. A new
hunting code has been set up, drastically
regulating hunting. Hereafter no sports
man can obtain hunting license unless
he Is q member OF the newly created
Hunters Union, OF which Goering is
head. The purpose Of the code, II Is re-.
ported, Is TO eliminate the meat hunter"
In favor of the sportsman. and TO assure
the maintenance OF abundant game
Throughout the land In order 10 preserve
the native animal world as the living soul
Of The home land"
Possibly the German idea has not been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29

accurately presented in that translation.
1t is clear, however, that game is to re-
ceive more protection in Germany than IN
the past. The hunting code for Prussia
is to be extended eventually to the whole
Reich. The state, through the local di-
visions of the Hunters Union, will de-
termine who shall hunt, and when and
where 1t is curious, in such move, to
bar the meat hunter. in favor of the
sportsman. The former usually takes
only what he requires for food, while the
latter, hunting for the sport of killing,
often slaughters more than his quota 80
if he can get away with it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION

Pearl Buck presents another
study of Chinese life in her new
novel. 1.-THE Mother" Using q
small canvas and dark colors, she
contriyes somehow to make even
her somber tones LUMINOUS and to
nut on her small canvas picture
of universal significance.
But maybe we'd better drop
those fa.lcy figures of speech. This
hook. then, tells about Chinese
woman who has to work very hard
and suffer very much all her lie,
and who buys an .infinitesimal
amount of happiness and content
ment with a vast amount of misery.
II ought to be very depressing
book, and that 1t isn't can be only
because Mrs Buck Is very fine
artist.
enough. A peasants wife, sne
never can escape drudgery ana
monotony; but she loves her hus-
band and their three children, ana
her daily round of toll has its COM
But things change. Her husband
runs away and never returns. Her
daughter goes blind--from an IN
lection that simple medicines
would have cured - marries o
british peasant, dies.
one son runs off and becomes q
Communist and get beheaded. Inc
other SON marries. and his wife
steadily edges the woman OF 10
And at last we find her an old
woman, useless. all but discarded,
enduring life silently, waiting toi
death.
Now all of this. Heaven knows
sounds unbearably depressing. BY!
somehow. nv Mrs Buck tells IT, y
Isn't. II IL q. picture OF u HE o.
unlike ours as tho life on announcer
planet, a life whore poverty ~
reality such as we do not dream
OF, q lifo whose rhythm II Subtle
and unacceptable.
Aud yet nt bottom u IN not SIM
Dly a story OF a Chinese woman
hut OF common humanity every
whore. Struggling doomed, eiern'
aSly hopeful and everlaAtins''
lpunlished BY the John Day ce.
it N priced at 1880,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
London Letter
BY LEE WILSON
United Press staff Correspondent

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
London - (U.P.) - Sealed bot
ties containing messages are often
picked up thousands of miles from
their starting point after tossing
about stormy oceans. A Callfornla
message maniac" has thought up
At a party in Southend-on-Sea
a walnut was cracked open and
inside it was slip of PAPER on
which was written: 1--WE should
like to know just how far this nut
has Travelled and perhaps whoever
opens it will let us know"
The massage was signed by A..
lP. Young of Orange, California,
and was dated February p 1882.
Dean Inge Predicts
The GLOOMY Dean" is down In
the dumps again.
The Very Reverend william
Ralph Inge (pronuonced to rhyme
with ring), who is dean OF st
PauIs Cathedral, has just had
another book published. And what
he says!
seriously considered taking action
against Great Britain in the earl
Ter part of the war, Dean, Inge
asserts in his book. And II In the
| future this country is attacked by
a European group. it may expect
no help from America, he says,
unless of course 1t Is invaded by
I a black army.
Great Britain, as a world power
is bound to- decline. the Dean
| thinks. It seems almost certain
that she will be unable to find
food or work for her present pop
ulation, he adds.
Among other claims made In the
book are that:
Looseness Of conduct is I'M
uuestionably spreading downwards
into classes where 1t was almost
unknown. Knowledge Of methods
of birth control has had unfor-
tunate results upon the morals OF
very many unmarried persons OF
both sexes. Licentiousness is
Justified in British fiction and not
reproved in society.
| Nevertheless, the book adds, the
national character has not detert-
Grated except perhaps in its atti-
tude toward industry and hard
work.
"WIlI the bearded Scot who
greeted the New Year by stamp.
ing on my foot on steps OF 81
Paurs Cathedral while singing
Aud Lange syne' kindly send %
shilllngs TO pay medical attention
and this advertisement"
The above message appeared ~
tho agony column OF q Londof
paper. indicating an unusually
hopeful nature on tho part Of tho
inserter who signed herself "coi'
However. her confidence wa
juatlned. for a later notice In IN.
Same paper read "bearued SEQ.
Thirty ahllllngs snfeiy arrived
psefer not 10 renew acquaintance
Foot ntill hurts. The oner q
In, y. ~, who also answered NY a.
veFllsemenl, declined with thanks
coilesn IN ufeen,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
Know Your Waterbury
It's History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

Waterbury had troubles at this
time in addition to the hardships
of actual participation in warfare,
There was an epidemic of small
pox which had got out of control
of the town fathers, or selectmen.
Phere is a stable list of deaths III
Waterbury between March. rs ana
May 10, 1877.
Waterbury suffered with other
places at this time by treatment OF
prisoners and other ways. Food
stuffs, grain and clothing were de-
stroyed by the enemy. OF the thir-
teen Waterbury companies which
formed a part OF the 10th regi-
ment only 221 returned fit for
duty. Men from here figured IN
the sieges of Ticonderoga and Sar.
atoga, and in Major Porter's order
ly book appear the names of Lieu
tenant Colonel Jonathan Baldwin
and Major Phineas Porter of Wa
terbury. The entire list from here
who wintered at Valley Forge Is
not definitely known, but most OF
those who did were Very young
men. Those at home worked equal.
" hard, the women spinning and
weaving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29

New Britain city employees drive de-
partment cars SO carefully that the insur-
ance rate may be cut, information from
the Hardware Town reveals. That's quite
a compliment, we'd say. Too often peo-
pie who drive cars that do not belong TO
them are careless in operation and in the
care they exercise while in charge of these
vehicles. Of course, it isn't true in every
case. There are always individuals who
will consider their neighbours property to
be respected just as much as their own.
That goes for man, a man who drives a
public car. However, there have been so
few accidents of city cars in New Britain
that the aldermen are considering apply
ing for a lower rate of insurance. The
city pays $4,000 year for public iabil-
ity and property damage. That's con-
siderable figure. But probably no greater
than many other towns pay. Perhaps,
though, they can't boast as good record
as New Britain. AS we recall it there are
several factors entering into the estab-
lshment of insurance rates for the vari-
Gus cities of the nation. Waterbury, we
also recall, pays one of the largest rates
for auto insurance. There are annual
arguments on that score, but statistics
usually prove us wrong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
Cost OF This War

Quite few taxpayers and bookkeepers
are worried, naturally enough, by the
mounting volume of loans, subsidies, re-
lief employment and other counter-de-
preston activities undertaken by the gov
eminent, 1t is just as well to keep the
main facts clear. Figures recently issued
by the National Industrial Conference
Board, an excellent private institution do
ing this work as public service, were not
so clear as usual and therefore lent them
selves to misinterpretation. 1t was rather
staggering to be told that government
expenditures for recovery already under
taken would total SIS, 100000. This
view, as an analysis in the Literary Di-
gest has shown, could be accurate only it
all the funds authorized were spent and
if none of the loans which constitute
large part of them were paid. The Digest
figures show only about $4,000, 100000
actually spent so far.
But suppose the general assumption
were correct and the whole 5000, 100000
were spent irretrievably. Many thrifty
Americans would not regard that as a dis
aster, if it served it's purpose. Remember
ing that the United States spent more
than $4,000 100000 fighting the recent
war in Europe, with perhaps $5O,OOO,-
100000 more to pay in the course of the
next half-century for pensions, it might
be worth spending $20,0O0,OOO,0O or.
100000 100000, if necessary, to win this
far more devastating war here at home.
If we win it, it can be paid for more easily
than the last war; If we don't win it -
we'll, nothing will matter much then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, Jr, is in favor of retaining the
Coast Guard Service as a separate gov
eminent agency. Whether this will end
the plan to combine it with the Navy De-
partment remains to be seen. A month
or so ago President Roosevelt was sup
posed to have the last word in this affair.
He has been silent on it no doubt due to
pressure of other business. We'd like to
hear his attitude expressed. We are not
in favor of the union ourselves. We
think the Coast Guard has established
too glorious a record to have it swallowed
ANONYMOUSLY in the nav of the great
Navy The Coast Guard also antedates
the Navy, so if there really was any swal-
lowing to be DONE we don't see why it
couldn't be the other way round. Let the
Coast Guard take over the Navy. Can't
you hear the EXPLANATIONS?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29

A United Press survey at Detroit, the
capital of the automobile industry, reveals
great wave of car orders swapping
factories there That's the best news
we've heard in years. We don't know
where people are getting the money to
buy new cars, but we certainly are glad
that they can do so. Once before auto
mobiles speeded up the wheels of indus
try in this nation. We hope they do it
again. If orders are coming in as fast as
is claimed, then production will soon be
far behind. Even that's encouraging. 1t
means continued work for many months
for all types of workers, skilled and
unskilled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-29
COME OUT IN THE OPEN

=. l. 4
z If the writer of the, anonymous
letter to the Waterbury Democrat
signed Kasimer Intuchs, who We
fail to find anywhere listed in Wa
terbury will come out In the open
from behind : his yellow smoke
screen we will print his letter and
answer it to boot, Rip-roarihg,
slam banging letters don't make
us feel bad. but we are right on the
spot without any false moustaches
or makeup such as Intuch's. or
whatever tho pseudo Demonstrations
DIRECTORS name is, chooses to
adopt. II you have any objection to
make, do 1t like a man, not a
cheap sniper.
EDITOR.
p. S.-Speaking of college men,
1t does not require any such edu-
cation to know that writer's of
anonymous letters have always
been branded as the lowest type
of men. i5Ef