davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Academy Of Woodstock, Va, also have
been arranged tentatively.
Here is the Central card.

April INT. 81. Josephs Hieh.
April 1O-st. Johns Freshmen Of An
napolis.
April 11-Episcopsl at Alexandria.
April 13-Charlotte Hall
April l4-Massanutten Military Aoad.
emv at Woodstock pending
April l1-Marblehead CMassy High
tpendingD.
April 19-Georgetown Prep at Garrett
April o0-Tech
April 23-Alexandria High at Alexan-
drla tpendlngJ.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
BOXING MATCHES SOUGHT.

Matches with other local amateur
boxing clubs are wanted by the North
ern Preps, who are anxious to book
schedule running through June.
Fred Hill is handling the match
making st Adams l737-W between
5 and 6 O'Clock
Evening star., 1934-03-15
ANOTHER GIRLS SWIM.

The third of series of junior girls
swimming meets will be held Satur-
day in the Shoreham pool. beginning
at 1870 o'clock Contestants. who
must be IA years or under. should
be registered by Charles Fyfe. 230
c street, in the District A. A. U,
Evening star., 1934-03-15

here. Walter Spence, Leonard Spence
and Peter Flick will be Howlands
teammates.
Winners of the relay event in Co.
lun1bus will compete in Japan next
July.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
ROWLAND ON SWIM TEAM
Star, in Training Here, Placed on
New York A. c. Quartet.

John Rowland crack swimming
star, who has been training here,
will swim on the New York Athletic
Clubs 400-yard relay team in the
senior national championships to be
held in Columbus, Ohio. April 6. 7
and s, according TO word received
Evening star., 1934-03-15
CENTRAL DIAMOND
OUTLOOK IS ROSY
Coach Ray Predicts C0Wan
Will Be Sensation of
Title Series.
JACKIE RAY, Central High
base ball coach, figures the
Blue should really 60 places
this wear

AChlE RAY, central High
base ball coach, figures the
~ Blue should really 60 places
this year.
Certainly looks like we're
overdue for a break this season."
said Jackie today. We've got
all our regulars back except
Johnny Raub. Really, I don't see
how we can miss"
Jackie points out that Claude
Cowan, who with Walter Smith prob
ably will do most of Central's pitch
ing, Has picked up IS pounds and ap-
pears in fine shape.
That kid should go great this
year" opines Ray. He has every
thing. 1 expect him to be the sem
sation of the series
Then, the coach reminds us, such
tried and true vets also are at hand
for the Blue AS Cliff Keyser. catcher;
Len De Lisio. first base; Mario
Gregorio, who probably will play sec
ond; Shorty Chumbris, shortStop;
Buddy Nau. who Is expected to be
shifted from second to third to re-
place Raub; Lefty Chumbris, left
field: Bill Bryant. center field, and
Joe Moran, right field.
TWENTY-ONE games are planned
for the Central nine, five of
which are pending. Three or
four may be added. a pair Of them
with the Qusntico Marines If the
Leathernecks have a team. The Blue
Will open its season against Mount ST.
Josephs High of Baltimore mere
April 8. Central's first game in the
public high series Will be April &c
against Teen.
4 MONG the more attractive con-
n tests planned for Central. aside
from the title matches, are those
with the st. Johns Freshmen Of
Annapolis. Episcopal High, George
town Prep and Maryland and Virginia
Freshmen. Mount St. Joseph's High
and Georgetown Prep are to be met
twice. A game is pending here for
April II with the Marblehead (Mass)
High team, which is said to be plan
ming trip to meet several mines
hereabout. Home-and-home engage
ments with Massanutten Military
Evening star., 1934-03-15
HAVE RESERVES
MISSED IN 1883
Great Season Is Predicted
for KIein-Mound Vets
in Fine FettIe.
RY Bill, HENRY.
ISLAND, Calf,
Horclo tx Whap Nda,

@ATALINA ISLAND, Calf,
March 15.-When Man
ager Charley Grimm
~ showed up at the st.
Catherine Hotel with only 27
ball players he not only saved
the management a lot of trans
pOrtation and eating money, but
he tipped his hand regarding his
readiness for the season. The
Cubs are all set.
Grimm feels that the only thing
that kept him out of the world series
last year was lack Of reserve strength
This YEAR he has it. With plenty of
veterans, he doesn't have to fool
around with a mess Of rockies trying
to find new stars.
Starting with a veteran Outfield Of
Xxi Cuyler Riggs Stephenson and
Babe Herman the Cubs rounded out
one of the strongest groups of fly
ball hounds in the business with the
acquisition Of the youthful Tuck
Stalnback and the National Leagues
most valuable player, Chuck Klein.
Klein, obviously pleased at the
chance to get into world series. has
bounced fly balls off all the nearby
roofs in Spring training. Grimm be-
lieves Klein will not only play the
best game Of his career. but will in
splre Babe Herman. who couldn't
seem to connect this year, to his old
time deeds with the willow. Cuyler
apparently has recovered from his
broken leg without loss Of speed. and
Stephenson is his old dependable self.
The Cub outfle.d is dynamite.
Evening star., 1934-03-15

The Boston Red Sox have listed
only IL pitchers for their Spring
training camp and but three are
minor league recruits.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
Grimm Back on First.
VXT1TH Grimm himself completely

IL II vi IIlIIIl IIIIIISeIl COIIlpIeleIy
" recovered from his lumbago
and voWlng to play regularly
at first base, the Cubs only real in
field problem is solved. Billy Herman
at second, Bullet proof Bill Jurges at
short and Woody English at third
give the Cubs a we'll balanced veteran
indeld. Stanley Hack. fully recovered
from his wrist injury. and Aueie
Galan. the San Francisco sensation,
with Dolph Camilli, fossy fielding first
baseman, give a world of reserve
strength to the club. Galan in par
tlcular threatens to nudge somebody
out Of the regular lineup, either at
second base or shortstop.
The Cubs aren't worrying about
green hands behind the plate Gabby
Hartnett showed up in good condition
and promptly accumulated the worlds
most remarkable case Of sunburn
which not only turned his face a
tomato scarlet, but sWelled his ewes
almost shut. Gabbys mouth and
appetite were unharmed, however, and
after couple Of days he was out and
around, as noisy as ever Gabby. bar
ring accidents, will do Just about all
the catching.
Backing up the noisy star, Grimm
is planning to keep Ernest Gordon
Phelps. the Maryland Buddha, and
Hank Tate. an experienced backstop
from Montreal. Phelps, who was with
the club last year, showed up at Cata.
Ina looking like a japanese wrestler
and has spent most of the training
season trying to reduce his Chest"
and get his weight down around 22o
pounds. Grimm says he's good
prospect, but nobody has much Of
Chance to prove it with Hartnett
around.
Six veteran beavers. who put
total of 81 games in the winning
column for the Cubs last year, set the
team of to a pretty healthy start
from the standpoint of mound
strength. Guy Bush. Pat Malone. Bud
Timing and Lonnie Warneke all
showed up in good shape and full Of
pepper. Charley Root signed up
couple OF days late. after getting his
contract difflCultleS lTOntd Out. LYNN
Nelson started out all right. but had
10 be shipped to the hospital with an
ailrnent that threatened to develop
INTO mastoid trouble. His illness will
not handicap him severely. as it set
him back only a few days in his
tralrlng.
Evening star., 1934-03-15
oo0 EIICIpTF

$50 ELIGIBLE.
There are 20O 2-year-oldS eligible
for the Arlington Futurity, which has
a value of 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
FLYERS Free From Scandal

The mess which centers about the air
mail contracts throws a bright light on
one of the most vital problems OF modern
times-the way in which all manner OF
skill, devotion, and efficiency can De
short-circuited if few men at the top OF
the heap get to thinking too much about
the clink of dollars. In the cancellation
of air mail contracts there has not been a
shadow of reflection upon the men who
actually have been doing the work.
The pilots themselves have made one OF
the finest records in the history OF AVA
ton. They have been good, superlatlvely
good, at job calling for skill, GOODNESS,
and devotion. From the standpoint OF
physical service, they have made the
f. American air mail network one OF the
/. finest things of it's kind in all the world
if not the very finest. Similarly, the
J. technicians, the designers, the men VINO
built the planes and fabricated the en-
gines, the operating Officials. who arrange
schedules and hand out assignments, the
repair men and service men and radio and
weather men - all these have filled their
difficult jobs with distinction
The troubles that led to wholesale can
collation. of contracts were in no way due
to the men who actually were doing the
work of flying the mails. From purely
physical viewpoint the air mail setup is
and has been thing of which the whole
country could be proud. Where, then, was
the trouble? 1t arose solely from the fact
that this magnificent edifice of service
rested on the wrong kind of financial
base. In some cases-not in all, by any
means - the men at the very top were
less concerned with doing an important
Job in an efficient manner than with
making two dollars grow where one had
grown before.
To put it more simply, the fact that a
few men were greedy was enough to null
lily all the skill, the courage, and the de-
votion to duty which the great mass OF
employees put into their jobs. There has
been lot of talk, this last year, about the
necessity for curbing the profit motive.
The air mail situation is striking exam
pie of it. Because few men let the lust
for profit run away with them, an entire
industry has had to suffer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19

which he had occupied since its inaugur-
alton following passage of the compensa-
ton laws of 1918, will be generally re-
GREETED, not merely here in Waterbury,
but throughout the entire state. Although
only supposed to rule in cases in his own
district, Commissioner Williams was fire.
quently called upon to preside in other
sections of the state. He also headed the
Compensation Commission of the state.
Attorney Lynch's years of practice in
this city have entitled him to the respect
of the bar for many years. He is held in
high esteem in this community and else
where. Governor Cross can rest assured
that the compensation office will be adj
ministered as faithfully and judiciously in
the future as in the past Waterbury
Democrat employees naturally take con-
siderable pride in the appointment, be-
cause many years ago the new Commits
sioner worked in this plant and was fore
man of the composing room for long
period. He still holds a card in the
printers union, his first trade. Our we'll
wishes add to the increasing list that have
come to him since his appointment was
made public Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
Motor Car Taxes

The discussion of motor car taxes be-
fore Connecticut's special tax commission
in Hartford tomorrow afternoon should
attract the largest crowd to attend any OF
these sessions. There is more interest in
motor taxation to our way of thinking
than even in property assessments. Our
viewpoint has been that automobiles and
gasoline taxes are too high. But then
you can say the same thing about other
types of taxation. All seem too high if
other living costs are any criterion. We
do believe that Connecticut's gasoline tax
is fair. 1t is so fair that gasoline is boot
legged from this state to others where the
tax Is higher.
But there have been many efforts to
jump the gas tax in Connecticut. There
will be more when the Legislature comes
into session a year from now. They
should be stoutly resisted. We pay enough
gas tax what with the state and federal
levies. Even if registration and opera
tors license. fees should be reduced we
are not in favor of higher gas taxes. That
combination was suggested last year. We
would lower registration fees, but raise
the gas taxes. That isn't fair. It's SIM
ply shifting the burden from one shoulder
to the other. We don't want higher gas
taxes, but we do want registration fees
revised downward. And we'd like to see
the So operators license fee return.
Motor vehicles are supposed to be taxed
in the cities and towns the same as prop
erty. There is much municipal income
lost in this way because the tax isn't col
lected or the cars declared. In either event
the official is at fault. This is something
that will be discussed tomorrow and per-
haps remedy suggested. But in the
main 1t does not seem fair to us to ex-
pect motor cars to carry any more than
their fair share of taxation. If we ever
want to see real upturn in the auto
mobile industry, the one that consumes
more steel than any other in the United
States, then it will be achieved by lower
ing the tax burden of the man who buys
the car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
The Governor Acts Quickly

Governor Cross has acted quickly IN
naming Attorney James M. Lynch COM
pensation commissioner of this district to
succeed Frederick M. Williams. However,
the position is such as to warrant imme-
date action. This court has wide juris-
diction - the entire fifth congressional
district. In this highly industrialized age
it deals with a multitude of cases. 1t
would not do to have the position vacant
too long. Our congratulations go to At
torney Lynch, whose position as head OF
the Waterbury Bar, did much to recon-
mend him to the governor for appoint
ment.
We feel sure that the new commissioner
viii show the same aptitude for duty that
characterized the retiring incumbent. III
health has forced Commissioner Williams
10 retire. His departure from the office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19

washington, Feb. 19-Head-
lines. occupied with Austria, air.
mail scandals, senate contempt
trials, and stock exchange con-
troll, have failed to play up one
of the most important develop
ments of the New Deal. 1t Is
senate enactment OF Hiram
Johnson's public utilities bill.
For years LOCAL authorities
struggling to force down exor-
bitant rates, have been thwarted
by the public utility dodge of
maneuvering the case before the
federal courts where it was good
for an almost endless ride on the
legal merry go-round.
AS a result state regulation of
utilities has never really been
tried in the United States.
SYMPATHETIC
The johnson bill drastically
restricts the grounds on WHICH a
federal court can assume juris-
diction over utility rate case.
Its effect Is to compel utilities
to submit their arguments
against rate decisions to state
courts-whose members are
elected and do not hold Office
for life as in the case of the fed
eral judiciary. AS a result, state
courts almost invariably are
more sympathetic to rate reduce
ton.
Power interests secretly wag-
ed a desperate struggle to emas-
culate the johnson bill. They
failed in the senate. Now the
battle has shifted to the house,
their last hope. If they lose there
they are through. No longer do
they have u friend in the White
House as in the Harding.
Coolidge Hoover days. Not only
will President Roosevelt sign
the measure, he is actively back
ing 1t.
I'M ALONE-OVIIRBOARD
Five years ago next month
the Canadian rum-runner I'm
Alone was sunk 215 miles off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
This Murder Novel
Is Tough-And Good

Most of the good murder stories
these days seem to belong to the
hard boiled school popularized by
Dashiell Hammett; and an excel
lent example of this variety Is pro-
vided by Erie Stanley Gardner in
"The Case of the Lucky Legs"
Morrow: So
Here is another book about
Lawyer Perry Mason. TO him
comes small-town magnifico
seeking to Jail slick promoter
who swindlcd the town by put
ting on fake lucky legs - con-
test for u non-existent movie con-
corn.
Mason takes the case, trails the
promoter, and reaches his apart
ment just in time to find him muir
dered.
Furthermore, it looks to Mason
very much as IL the girl who won
the lucky legs contest had done
the job; and Mason's client has
instructed him to protect this girl
at all costs.
So Mason, with client who
looks very guilty indeed, has to
solve the murder. And 1t makes
fast-moving. interesting and high
~ satisfactory tale, one Of the
best of the winter season.
You'll find lots of action, too.
in Bombay Mail" by Lawrence
G.. Blochman (Little, Brown: SD.
The governor Of Bengal gets poi
soned as his private car carries
him across India. and few hours
later bejewelled maharajah
travelling on the same train also
is bumped off.
Involved in the case are an
American mining engineer, row
ing cameraman, an Iowa spinster'
o charming dancer, and snooty
young military man.
1t makes good entertainment II
you're not feeling too critical.
1.-THE Gallows of Chance" BY
Il. Phillips Oppenheim (Little'
Brown: $2), is good, straight
away Oppenheim. A gang Kid
maps an English cabinet minister
and threatens murder II he doesn't
commute the sentence of q con-
demned murderer. He promises
to do 1t, fails to make good gets
kidnapped again.
Scotland Yard untangles the
mess and finds American gang
stersm at the bottom of 1t. IL
moves fast enough to help you to
overlook its inherent improbable
tiles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
HISTORY

1t is interesting to note here
what DIR Anderson says of the
original village plot. He says that
Bank and Linden streets were one
street although not exactly as they
later appeared. Ancient Cooke
street." he says, "came winding
down the hill and probably
joined the highway at Grove
street. About 1908 Cooke street,
from Grove down to North Main,
was substituted for the original
Linden street route. In 1908 North
Main street which is the final re-
suit of this ancient highway was
turned further eastward"
The formal layout of Cooke
street from Grove to Pine, and
from Pine to the eastward and over
Burnt Hill was made in 1929, and
four years later Cooke street was
laid out from Pine to the north
ward. In 1897 we read that Pine
street was laid out from Willow
street to Cooke street. Pine street
was proved to have been in exist
ence from an early date, and in
1897 1t Joined Cooke (spclled
Cook in Anderson) about one
quarter of "a mile above the juno
ton of a later date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
Selected Poem
A BROKEN THREAD

He rode through a sober crowd
Going all one way;
He saw new grave, and asked
whom
They buried there to-day.
When they told him the names
name
Who had entered earth,
He recalled 1t was the one
Who ushered him at birth.
A chilling thought came over him
How there had slipped a thread
In the leash he held on life,
Now this man was dead.
The eye that saw his body first.
The hand that swung his door
Open to the sun, would do
For living things no more.
The man had never touched his
life
In any way since then;
Yet it was hard to lose one touch
Among the living men.
-(ROBERT p. TRINTRAN COZ.
FIN In the New York Times)'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
London Letter
BY HENRY #. RUSSELL

Omitted Press stan correspondent
London. (UP)-Britain's ma
tional radio system, the BIC. is on
the warpath.
An American hook. Broadcast
ing in the United States" published
by the National Association of
Broadcasters, has aroused the ire
of the Britishcasting Corporation
here.
Exception is taken to criticism
on two main points. First-The
claim that to-day little, or no dis
cussion of controversial subjects IS
heard over the British air. Second
The claim that under a system
such as that of Great Britain, radio
becomes one of two things, an in
strument of government propagan-
da, or an utterly colorless and
wasteful means of communication
when we find that our own
operation and system of control
(and public reaction thereto in
the British Isles) have been sub
iect to such Misrepresentation and
perversion as constitute the greater
part of this volume, we are forced
to take steps to present an accurate
picture to anyone who may care
to study it," explained a high OFF,
cial of the BIC.
REPUTATION of the charges on
the questions of controversy and
censorship have been published In
"The Listener" a. the instance of
the BIC.
The defense Is. briefly: First
Quotations from British programs
during the past Is months will
show the absurdlty of the. sugges-
ton that controversy Is absent" A
list of controversial subjects put on
the air here includes divorce. UNI
employment, tariffs. disarmament.
currency. and the British penal
system.
second-censorshi ''aa II IL UNI
derstood abroad IL q myth In Brit
ish broadcasting." Speakers are
asked for their manuscripts In adj
vance .t0 provide for publication
IN 'srh0 Listener" M well as "a
enable speakers 10 secure from OK
parlaneed officials the best advice
on the method OF presenting what
they have % aya."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
So They Say


The United States today is in
the lead in almost every branch OF
commercial aviation. Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh.
More and more crimes of vic.
lence are being committed by boys
and very young men. Judge
Neil w. McGill Of Ohio.
An opera singers life is abso.
lutely like living in convent. -
Goeta Ljungberg. Swedish prims
donna.
The youth Of Germany is being
brought up to hate foreigners. -
Lord Marley of England.
90
Man is a beast of prey - Oswald
Spegler, German philosopher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
URGE HIGHER TARIFF

Sheridan. wyo.. (UP)--A so per
cent increase In tariffs on all I'm.
ported canned and fresh meats was
urged by the chamber OF commerce.
here an a relief measure for the
livestock industry, IN O letter "a
U. 4. Senator Joseph q. O'Maboney.
THE senator indicated IN a reply
10 the letter that he believed the
proposal would receive "synlpn.
ihefie interest" ~ fhn secretary oi
agriculture ANA VI president iiooga'
|NMik.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
CLIMB SAN FRANCISCO PEAK

Flagstaff, Ariz (UP)-Daring be-
low zero weather and tempestuous
winds, two surveyors here have
crowned the 1871 foot San Fran
cisco peak with flag which can
be seen by surveyors telescopes
for 100 miles. Jesse Gregg and
Charles Gregg sealed the peak In
II hours and mounted flag which
will Do used as a tflangulation
point BY engineers In u survey %
Indian reservations,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19

One of the results of the survey of
scenic and historic spots in the state un-
der CWA auspices will be composite
map comparable to those of European
countries. 1t will contain information
that will be gathered from various
sources. Public utilities are cooperating
by giving out such data as they may
possess on old landmarks, viaducts, ca
nails, roadways etc. The survey group
will contribute it's information, so will the
roadside development branch of the state
highway department and the state aero
nautics commissioners office. Hunting
grounds, fishing streams, bird sanctuar-
ies and the like are also to be included in
the map. Of course, our state parks and
forests are also to be marked. The usual
detail matter of motor maps will be great
ly enlarged, so that people of this state,
not to mention those from others, will be
afforded a real opportunity to see Con-
necticut at first hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-19
DAILY WASHINGTON
|MERRY-GO-ROUND
: By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

JohmSons Utilities Bill One of Most Significant of NeO
Deu Curbs Federal Court Jurisdiction to Aid Real Es
tate Regulation; Arbitration of I'm Alone Ram Runner
Case Likely to be Dropped; Latin American Wine Pro-
clucing Countries Now Free of Quota LGeO.