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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
A Book a Day
West Point Routine Bitterly Assailed
By BRUCE CAPTION

It isn't a very fiattering picture of West Point that you get in Robert Wohlforth's novel. Tin Soldiers"
 MT Wohlforth, himself a West Point gradeuate, writes here the story of an assorted handful of young men who go through the nations great military academy, and he seems to conclude that the place is run with certain amount of Purssian stupidity.
 He sees West Point as mold rigid, infiexible. and unvarying. Each youngster who enters the place has to conform. Initiative, imagination. individually - there sn't room for them in the mold, and they vanish.
 The academy, he implies, turns out lot of tin soldiers, all exact ly alike, all conforming precisely to specifications.
 This, in itself, would not be so bad, perhaps. Military life, after all, is military lie. But he com- plans further that the system doesn't make even first-rate sol diers.
 He grows slightly sarcastic in asserting that only in the final weeks of the last year, when the graduating class is on the very threshold of service in the army, is any effort made to instruct the men in the day-by-day problems they will have to face when they get their commissions.
 Opinions as to the value of this book will differ, of course. It hard ly pretends to be an unbiased or objective account of West Point life. Now and then it seems as if the fictional characters through whom he depicts West oPint rou- tine are hardly representatives they tend to be over-sensitive, querulous, and 8 little bit fussy.
 But there's no denying that he has written an interesting story. or that some of his criticisms seem pretty well justified.
 The book is published by Alfred H. King, at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
ChuckleCorner
PROSINGS GRAMMATICAL
 By Percival Prim

Are you watching your pro- nunciation, and finding it better each day, or, are you still saying "ex-quis-ite," and saying "bo-kay for boo-kay? Do you say things are gratis for gratis, are you still saying "kew-pon" for kOo? For adult, are you still saying adult? That's what expected of you.
 Oh, why don't you try to be care full? Ap-pa-ra-tus is not ap-pa- rat, and sar-sa- -pa-rilla's not sass-a, Cle-o-pay-tra is not Cle-o-pat. Do learn to say program, not "pro- grum", "mis-con-strue," and not "mis- -strue". Careful speakers still say "Feb-ru-a-ry" but I'd scarcely expect it of you. Yes, despite all the help I have given, there isn't a doubt in my mind, for address, you are still saying "ad-dress'', which is almost most as bad as those kind" trust you are taking pre-cee- dence, for to take pres-e-dence will not do. And are rin-sing your clothes and not rench-ing. That's enough in one lesson for you.
 POSTSCRIPT
 A farmer, on hunting his COW,
 Found her up to her neck in a
 slough;
 True, the farmer said "slew", the
 wrong thing to do, But that doesn't help Bossy now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

best foreign customer. Negotiations are being opened at Ottawa.
 Canada would prabably get tariff re- auctions on shipments of lumber, cattle and fish to this country, making equal concessions for some of our chief exports to her. It may be difficult to come to agreement with the present Conserva- tive government. But there is likely to be Liberal government in power again before long, and the Liberal party is committed to reciprocity, as it was when it lost by championing the Taft reciprocity treaty in 1911.
 In any such reciprocal tariff reduction there is sure to be complaint from domes- tic interests which feel themselves harmed by competition of the foreign goods. h. dividual industries may suffer tempor arily. The action is intended to help our export trade by promoting foreign trade in general, which is now stifled. If the plan can operate on broad enough scale, eventually all should share in the general improvement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

We envy Dr Raymond L. Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo his courage He leaves shortly for Trinidad and British Guiana to hunt the dread bushmaster, the most dangerous South American reptile known. Not one has ever been placed in captivity. Dr Ditmars has tried on several occasions to catch one, but to date unnecessarily. However, his South American trip won't be confined to merely hunting the bush master. He'll take anything else that comes his way. In particular he'd like to enrich the zoo with a few specimens of the vampire bat, frogs, spiders, beetles, turtles, and anything else in the line of odd or unusual in the bird, beast or fish field. What a man! He walks in where even brave mortals would fear to tread. One of the frogs he seeks barks and also bites, quite painfully. His color is that of gold radiator paint. One species of beetle sought is so large that one time when one of them crashed into an auto windshield the glass was shattered. Who wants to go south with Dr Ditmars? He won't find very many volunteers if be keeps describing the little pets he wants to pick up in the jungles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

The U. S. Marine Band, the oldest serv- ice band, held quite concert in Washing
 ton Wednesday night. Just 136 years ago the band was founded. To commemorate the event the band selected compositions of past and present members and leaders. John Philip Sousa was signally honored. His "Semper Fidelis," outstanding march of long years standing followed the open- ing air, the Marine Corps Hymn, Halls of Montezuma," which, by the way, was the Democrat news flash period theme song for a week or so over WATR. Cap tain William H. Santellmann, 28 years the leader, was also honored, as was Captain Taylor Branson, the present leader. Open air Marine Band concerts are still as popular as they were in Washington's day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

Washington, July 14-No mat ter how hot the summer, some twist of fate usually decrees that the foreign problems of the United States shall break fast and furious when people are sup posed to be vacationing. !. This is true now. Secretary Hull led what he thought was a busy winter. But it had nothing on the present. Now he is flooded with cabled reports on Hitler's "purging," with notes on Ger man debt defaults, with naval negotiations in London, and with the problem of negotiating new naval negotiations in London, and with the problem of nego- tiating new tariff treaties. Summer usually is this way in foreign affairs. Reason: Summer is not so hot in Europe, and in South America it is now winter. Art Curator Fairman of the capitol building says that people frequently criticize Trum- bulls painting of the Declaration of Independence because their ancestors-who were signers- have been left out. T tell them they should have brought that up in 1S19," says Fairman. EXIT MACDONALD
 Confidential word from London is that Ramsay MacDonald's three months vacation was a move to shelve him permanently
 1,1 uyil1 come back. The ex-labor leader, now national premier, has aged rapidly, has difficulty in speak ing on the floor of commons. Ma" Perkins is handling her new job of labor dispute con- ciliator without the General Johnson pyrotechnics, but with force and poise. Her comeback to a/place of labor power, after having been shelved by Johnson and Wagner, has been remark able. Miss Perkins pro- nounces "employe" with a French ending as if it were "em- ploy-ay."
 NON-SECTIONAL
 Senator Bill Borah will draw no sectional lines Tn ms stump ing campaign. The Idaho Demosthenes has received num- erous invitations from the south and east, plans to speak in both sections when hot weather mod crates. Particularly in- trigued by the number of re- quests that have come from southern centers, Borah says: I'm out to convert democrats as well as republicans" The better to keep watchful eye on the bull-and-bear boys, the se- curities exchange commission is considering setting up branch offices in New York, Philadel- phia, Boston, and San Francisco. There is one republican quarter where "Young Teddy Roosevelt's super-zealous activi- ties on behalf of the Young Re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

To the list of gigantic engineering feats now going on must be added a vehicular bridge which is to cross the St Lawrence River through the Thousand Islands. In addition to spanning the stream at this particularly wide point it will link num- Der of the islands. The work will be di- rected by bridge authority in which New York state and a Canadian government Authorized corporation will be the guiding geni Instead of one bridge there really will be several running from island to is- land. It begins four miles west of Alex andria Bay, the resort center of the Islands.
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such a die-hard rugged individ- ualist' that he is seriously en- gagged in breeding a type of what he calls rugged chickens" on his elaborate model farm. Ham says he wants to raise a breed of chickens fable to take care of themselves under all kinds of conditions.
 TOO LATE
 Several American businessmen spent an evening recently with popular Boris Skvirsky, coun- sellor of the Soviet embassy. They explained to him American business methods and system. Skvirsky was keenly interested. After several hours one of the Americans observed: 'I think we could make a capitalist out of you" Skvirsky laughed, looked at his watch, replied: "I'm afraid not. It's 11:30, and you won't have time" Several new agricultural processing taxes are in the making. AAA execu- tives are quietly preparing plans to put such assessments on rye and flax in the not distant fu- ture.
 The justice department has one of the most efficient interna- tional exchanges in the world. It is for finger-prints. It swaps them with AS countries from AL giers to Turkey. Wash ington's chief gratitude to the stock exchange commission is because it's chairman, Joe Ken nedy, rented the estate of Samuel K. Martin, one of the great show places of this section. Only a handful of Washingtonians ever have seen inside it. Now they can. =. Martin, 25-year-old Chicago heir, married a Broad way dancer and built the house as a wedding present for her. They lived in 1t only a short time, with no opportunity to meet Washington society. Then domestic difficulties arose, Looking like a small edition of Versailles, all the plumbing in the house is heavily gold plated, the tubs are really large sunken swimming pools, the beds are in the middle of the rooms, built in, each on a dias. In the basement is a completely equip ped theater to seat 200 people, with double moving picture pro- jection equipment and thousands of dollars worth of special light ing facilities. But if Ken nedy wants to use it, he'll have to have the chairs moved back in. Young Martin had them all removed so he could set up a gigantic electric toy railroad system on the floor. Also, the Kennedy's prob- abily will want to bring their own servants. The Martin menials were all college gradu- ates, paid very high salaries, be- cause Mrs Martin explained 1t made her uncomfortable to have the servant class around her.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
HUNTED JOHN CROWE DOING A "DILLINGER'
 (Nau Britain Heraldl


 Citizens of the state who for some time past have been wonder ing why the police throughout the nation could not meet and capture John Dillinyer, have had an op- portunity to note the alacrity with which a hunted man-John Grove can defy officers and volunteer vigilantes running into the hun- dreds throughout Connecticut.
 Grove lacks the agility of Dillin- ger in that he is on foot and is not supposed to have obtained the use of an automobile to dash outside of the state. He is supposed to be in hiding in the woods and fields and perhaps caves and though once shot at he is as slippery as Dill finger Cor was ups to the time this was written).
 The state police are undergoing their harshest test in years. So far Grove has signally fooled them, the detectives, and the volunteers. Luck, as in the case of Dillinger. has been with him. Perhaps it can- not last.
 To many 1t is almost unbeliev- able that a Connecticut woodsman could fool the law so completely for so long al time. Grove has done it. but 1t is equally unbelievable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. Who were the parents of the Virgin Mary?
 A. According to the apocryphal Gospels they were Joachim and Anna.
 0. Did Jack Dempsey ever fight Jack Johnson?
 A. No.
 0. Is there any publication that contains information about the lost gold mines?
 A. The book "Coronado's Chil- dren," by J. Frank Dobie.
 o. What is the name of the lul-
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Selected Poem
HILL ROAD

Florence Riple Mastin in the New York Times) No to follow it except on foot And if he does, man will often find Something he has forgotten, like root Of healing herbes once planted in his mind. Valleys of daisies, medieval withe, Will draw his meditation. and brook Beneath a hooded bridge, and from height Of trees the incessant calling of rock. It is the road that leads to nowhere till
 man arrives at somewhere in his brain, And having climbed a stretch of sunset hill. Follows the moonlight down it's slope again And finds within these solitary hours Serenitias immediate as flowers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
Press Comment
AREA CHARGE' NO MORE IN
 HARTFORD
(New Britain Herald)


 After having been one of the. most energetic defenders of the "area charge" in compiling the cost of electric current to domestic con- sumers, the management of the Hartford Electric Light Company has announced that its revised schedule for service completely eliminates this charge.
 Thus a man with large home will pay no more than the owner of a small home provided he uses no greater amount of current. For the actual cost of current used, ir- respective of the area lighted, will be a guide in the future.
 Hartford is to be congratulated. The area charge has had prime de- lenders - including President Fer guson himself-who claimed that 1t was the most equitable of practices and that it originated in ontario, where the province runs the elec- tric light service as a public util- ity. But to the majority of consum- CTS it looked like an attempt to ex- act to high price for electricity through the service charge route
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

A friend of John Dillinger says that gentleman, annoyed by the incarceration of his friends, will "storm the Ohio State Prison and take them out by force if the court fight fails" Dear, oh dear! Should the government let the prisoners go or send the army to protect the prison?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
H Horos. cope
BY OCTAVINE


 Have luncheon with friends and make the most of the hour socially. It should be pheasant time. For get your routine duties and enjoy yourself, if possible. The unimpor- tant duties today should be post poned until late afternoon and evening for that time is adverse and not recommended for impor- tant things. Conditions improve to- ward midnight.
 TOday's Birthdate
 An adverse financial period may surround you from Aug. 22 through Sept. if you are not careful in spending. There is much improve ment shown during the first part of February, 1885. You may gain in various ways through romance, children, the theater, or other en- terprise. Danger Aug. 16. Socially good Aug. 10.
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which is what the area charge amounted to in principle.
 It remains to be seen whether the Connecticut Light and Power Company follows the example of the Hartford utility. Certainly the action in Hartfore will provide op- portunities for comparing results in Hartford with results in other cities served by the Roraback utility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
Questions And Answers The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
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High tide at Milford Sunday, July IS, 2:O2 D. m., daylight time; low tide, 822 p. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

laDy that was sung III tHo LuVtAVh picture Little Miss Marker?"
 A. "Low Down Lullaby"
 o. Give the Spanish word for a hut or a cabin.
 A. Cabana.
 Q. Does ocean water contain
 A. Deep sea water from the Att lantic has from 0.015 to 0.267 parts of gold per million parts of liquid.
 O. Were any persons or animals killed during the filming of '"Tar- gan and His Mater"
 A. No humans were killed but a number of lions were. These lions, obtained from Gays Lion Farm, near Hollywood, were old, and would soon have had to be killed anyway.
 tion of the world?
 A. It is estimated at 15,200,000.
 o. Name the largest city in Japan. A. Tokio.
 o. What is the population and area of Austria? A. Area, 32,369 square miles; population, 6,732,625. o. When was the present city of Cairo. Egypt, founded? A. It was founded by the Arabs, in A. D. 973, near the site of Fostat or old Cairo, the original Arab capital. O. Name the capital and gover- nor of the Canal Zone. A. It is a military reservation. administered by the war depart ment and has no capital. Lieuten- ant Colonel Julian l.. Schley, U. S. A., the governor, maintains his residence at Balboa Heights.
 o. Is La Paz the capital of Bo- | livia? A. Sucre is the capital, but the actual seat of government is La PaZ. O. To which country does Syria | belong? A. It is an independent country under French mandate. 0. What is the new name Of l the dual kingdoms of Hedjaz and | Nejd? A. Saudi Arabia. o. Name the cultan of Morocco. l A. Sidi Mohammed. | o. How many students are en- rolled in colleges and universities in the United States? A. 971,584. o. What is the name of the legislative body of New York city? | A. The municipal assembly, with the boar dof estimates as the upper branch and the board of al- dermen as the lower branch.
 o. How many Filipinos are there in the U. s. navy?
 A. Approximately 3,925.
 If you want . copy of our new bulletin on Milk and Its Uses in the Home, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage sfamns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

Mary Pickford further cements her hold on national love by refusing to run for Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14
The Daily Washington Merry-GO-ROund
nv DREw PEARSON n,

MrryGcRouno Breaking Fast Fur'u Roms0y Hi Borah Out ConVt Now HaVe Tooon MOr1e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:54 o'clock, daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

Borah's against the Bureaucrats. Sos everybody else. And eyerybody's trying to get some friend into government job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

that he can continue the stunt indefinitely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. What is the population and area of Austria?
 A. Area, 32,369 square miles; population, 6,732,625.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. When was the present city of Cairo, Egypt, founded?
 A. It was founded by the Arabs, in A. D. 973, near the site of Fostat or old Cairo, the original Arab capital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. What is the Jewish popula- tion of the world?
 A. It is estimated at 15,200,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

If you want copy of our new bulletin on Milk and Its Uses in the Home, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. Name the largest city in Japan.
 A. Tokio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

O. Name the capital and gover- nor of the Canal Zone.
 A. It is a military reservation, administered by the war depart ment and has no capital. Lieuten- ant Colonel Julian l.. Schley, U. S. A., the governor, maintains his residence at Balboa Heights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. How many Filipinos are there in the U. s. navy? A. Approximately 3,925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. Were any persons or animals killed during the filming of "Tar- gan and His Mater"
 A. No humans were killed but a number of lions were. These lions, obtained from Gays Lion Farm, near Hollywood, were old, and would soon have had to be killed anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

o. What is the name of the legislative body of New York city?
 A. The municipal assembly, with the boar dof estimates as the upper branch and the board of al- dermen as the lower branch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-14

O. What is the name of the lul-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
u. S.-RUSSIAN
DEBT FARLEY
ENDS. FAILURE
Inability to Reach Terms for
American Credit Brings
Collapse.

BIZ THitCd Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Col-
lapse of the American Soviet debt
negotiations was attributed today
to inability to arrive at terms for
proposed American credits to Russia
The collapse was announced by
the state department, which said
the United States had gone the
limit in making concessions, and
that further compromise would
amount to "unthinkable sacrifice OF
the public interest"
1t was believed that the hub OF
the disagreement was refusal Of the
United States to arrange for long
term credits for the Soviet. indi"
cations were that the confereee;
had agreed generally as to the
amount to be paid by Russia or
American claims and a loan to the
Kerensky government.
However, the Soviet wished to re-
pay the money through extra in.
terest on a long-term loan, it wa
believed. The United States wa;
willing to give Russia credits up tt
five years but not beyond that pc
Rod.
The exact amount of the proposed
credit was understood to have de-
pended upon how much Russia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

he explains. Den I shall ask for
deportation to Russia. 1 was born
in Riga. over there I shall start
life over again"
Once when Rosenberg attempted
to escape over the wall after several
severe beatings, he was locked in
solitary for two years. He was
beaten. he declares, with wooden
clubs and blackiacks.
Now it is bedder." he explains.
There is no more beating up of
prisoners-bUt."
And a glance from the one-time
terror of the prison yard made it
clear that he already had said too
much.
TOmOrrows installment of this
series on conditions in Michigan
City prison will deal with the
stool pigeon" system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
DEPRESSION IS SCORNED
Writer Says Business Slump Here
Trivial Compared to Europe.

ITINIdI OOmpaTeu 10 Europe.
By United Press
CLEVELAND, Sept. 7. - William
Feather, nationally kown publicist,
pamphleteer and columnist, returned
from month in Europe to say that
Americans knew no depression.
Compared with France, Germany
and England, life in America is
abundant, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07
BUSINESS MEN
TO INSTRUCT IN
BUTLER COURSE
Professors Are Named for
Economics Glasses in
Evening School.

Six local business men and four
professors will offer eleven courses
in economics and business admin
istration in the evening and extern
sion division of Butler university,
it was announced today by the uni
versity.
The staff teaching these subjects
will be composed of William Baum,
chief industrial engineer at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

agreed to pay on the American
claims. Diplomatic observers be-
lieved the Soviet wished CONNER
cial credits of about s1O0,O00000 and
a long-term loan of equal amount
Assistant Secretary Of State R.
Walton Moore has been aiding in
the negotiations. He conferred re-
Gently with President Roosevelt and
is believed to have received in
structions regarding the American
attitude at that time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-07

Real silk hosiery mills: A. G. Ger
nand. chief statistician for the
Governors unemployment relief
commission: John L. Lloyd and G.
E. Stevens. accountants. E. L. Gold
smith. attorney; j. Russell Town
send. insurance agent. and Or. Earl
R. Meckner, DR.. NJ. G. Bridenstine'
Professor c. B. Camp and Mrs.
Vonneda Bailey of the regular But
Ter faculty.
The courses will open Sept. 20 and
81 in Jordan hall and will give
three hours of academic credit.