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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Everybody Had Fun | Aboard This Yacht

A sprightly and entertaining hook of adventure is White Cayuca," by John Yanderveer Deuel. It describes the cruise or a yacht from Los Angeles to the Panama Canal and thence com pletely around South America, and 1t ought to prove pretty popular [ with the great army of armchaia
 The party's objects seem to have been largely scientific-the collec- ton of specimens of birds, reptiles, insects, and mammals and things were done on fairly lux urious scale, the yacht being q palatial affair manned by a pro- fessional crew.
 And everybody. especially in- cluding the author of this DOCK, seems to have had a lot of fun.
 In French Guianna. Mir Deuel posed as a French officer and got a look at the forbidden island prisons of the famous penal col ony. Far up the Amazon he was initiated into an Indian trible, the initiation ceremonies Including the drinking of a liquor 50 potent that whiskey seems a drink for babes, by comparison.
 Ih Tierra del Fuego he came reasonably close to being slaugh- tired by naked savages.
 His account of the ecollection of specimens also makes interesting reading. There was an 1S-inch frog, for instance, that picked up fish with its hands and ate them; q huge electric eel that could al- most electfccute man, a fish that moaned dolefully on being caught. and so on.
 All in all, the Look makes good reading. If 1t never goes very far below the surface, it doesn't pretend to; it sets out to be brisk and entertaining. and 1t succeeds very well.
 Published by the Houghton Miffiin Co.,, 1t sells for SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
So They Say

What we want Is not clerical domination, but state ruled by the Christian spirit.
 Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria.
 
 Ours was. the oldest, strangest romance in history. But she's going to stay married to me whether she likes 1t or not .ili Albert N. sHutchins, husband of Nila Cram Cook. ~ SstH A. lottery is all right in Span- ish- American republics, but I don't think this country wants to go along such a line in raising reven- nue.-Speaker Henry T. Rainey. American minds are electric, taking on, new ideas much more quickly than English ones. Phyllis Bentley, British author.
 
 We are not destined either to salvation or destruction, regard- less of what we may do'. ourselves.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Washington, April 24-Whiie suspicious congressman have been looking under the beds for Dr Wirt's reds, an actual fascist movement has been getting its roots firmly into American soil.
 Most prominent of the many fascist organizations Is the Sii- yer Shirts, strong in California, but with branches in various parts of the U. s. A. The recent attempt of Professor Moley to expose the Nazi movement in America actually served as a great boost for the Silver Shirts. Moley's magazine article brought thousands of dollars in member ship dues flowing to Silver le- zion headquarters.
 CHIEF SILVER SHIRT
 Chief of the Silver Shirts is William Dudley Policy, war time Y. M. c. A. man, who from his Washington headquarters sends out highly "confidentiaF warnings to American business men for as low as $25 a year."
 "The news censorship is tight CT than you have the faintest conception of," Chief Policy warns. in describing the horrible conditions in the nations cap ital. "The United States is being swiftly and painlessly sovietized by communistic cliques calling themselves religious groups. These are the Federal Council of Churches, the Central Coun- cil of American Rabbis, and the National Catholic Welfare Coun- cil.
 "Mark these three we'll, you American busincssmen,' Silver Shirt Policy continues. "F'or If YOU fail to take notes of what they are attempting it is going to effect you with more dcvastat- ing results"
 Chief Policy then reveals the startling information that the revolutionary activity these Communist religious groups" are engaged in is none other than an attempt to persuade congress to increase income taxes"
 NEW DEAL ASTOR
 His New York cronies are amazed at the change that has come over Vincent Astor since he has been host to President Roosevelt on the Nourmahal. As- tor. inheritor of the richest real estate in New York city, has be- come a paladin of the New Deal. He berates his clubmates Tor their extravagance and loudly defends the New Deal on all oc- casions.
 At a recent dinner party he was seated next to Mrs Harold Talbot, who had on three or four diamond bracelets. Astor took one look at them and pro- tested loudly:
 "Why, how can you wear those bracelets when men and women are starving?"
 "I am wearing these bracelets, MT Astor, because my husband gave them to me. And l may add, he makes his money himself. He had no grandfather tO leave 1t to him."
 BILL BORAH
 Senator Borah Bill Is going to be in the news in a big way this coming summer.
 The great Idaho orator and in- dependent plans to take the stump to discuss the New Deal. Every section of the country will hear him.
 Borah is not running for any thing. His senatorial term still has three years to go. Sixty-nine years old, he long since has laid aside all presidential aspirations.
 Borah simply plans to revive the old American town-meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Republican newspapers were quick tc seize on recent New York speech ot Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts as an indication of insurrection within the ranks Governor Ely was said to have called for breaking away from the Roosevelt New Deal by democrats. As matter of fact Governor Ely intended no such conception to be placed upon his re- marks. He has corrected any such impress sions he may have given by a statement in which he reiterated the fact that he be- lieved private enterprise should regain control of the nations business, but this in no way was criticism of President Roosevelt nor his present policies. This is election year, you know governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

opening of new streets, the grad ing and flagging the same. It was something to have a sidewalk in front of your home in those days. Waterbury has progressed since that day but one can still find q fairly prominent street that has not yet been "sidewalked." In that respect the work is never completed as streets are added constantly, our present city direc- tory containing a number of streets of enormous length, where as in 1889 all the streets of the city would now fit under one street section of the directory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
THE EDITOR.

Q. How much of an iceberg is usually seen above the water?
 A. About one-ninth.
 c. What is the area of the great glacier of Greenland?
 A. The whole interior of Green land is completely covered by the so-called inland fee. an enormous sheet of ice burying all valleys and mountains far below its surface, having an area of about 721.000 square miles.
 @. Do cavalrymen in the U. s. Army furnish their own horses? z.
 A. No; the government supplies them. c. Has the Canadian govern ment prohibited hoarding or .cir-i culation of gold?
 A. No. %
 Q. Do ocean liners distil ocean water to use for drinking?
 A. .Only in emergencies. Or dinarily, an adequate supply of fresh water is carried in tanks from which 1t is pumped to the upper decks, and filtered and de- livered by gravity to various points about the ship. {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
: By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Annerican Fascists Attaek Big Religious Groups Con- npunistic; Cite Federal Council Council of RGbbis and Catholic Council; Blu Bordk Coming Back to Stump Country in Talks on New Deal; Army Caught WHh Canmed MeGt It CGnnot Eat Give Aaoay or Seu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

read diffreent kinds of books. and play opposing hands at bridge, Mary likes the midgets, but Mar garet prefers keeping g protective eye on Koo Roo the Bird Girl. a grotesques little creature who is nearly blind. V. II tried vainly to remember a few words of Chero- kee to spring on Amok, the South Seas Head Hunter. but had to be content with asking him if he tainlyl. What made Leo Ho- gan the Blue Man blue was not the depression but q fall from a scaffold when he was q painter in
 Nashville in 1918. am got i'm. plying that re fell under ( shower of biue paint. What happened. he ''sss 2 ssts seas s1 Y; KY esss s<s .zs esss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
Business Control in Canada

Canada, which for 2 while fought shy a American recovery methods and seemed out them, is slipping lately. While re- sistancs to business regulation grows in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

The latest innovation in mosquito kill ing comes from Chicago. Out there in in- fested sections the mosquitoes will be killed by poison shot at them from air planes. The U s. Public Health Service is behind this plan. The poison to be used is not harmful to human beings nor other forms of life, but is fatal to the mosquito in the "wiggle-taiT" state, that is before it has sprouted wings and learned to fly, sting, and spread disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

If you want . copy of our buI- letin facts for fishermen" write to The Waterbury Democrat, Wash- ingt0n Bureau, enclosing i've cent in postage stamps. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
Fat of the Land.

Fat of the Land. = with most of us, it's just glands" explained the ponderous
 Miss PonticO, who has read lots of books during her sedentary exist
 ence. T weigh 702 pounds, and
 was a 16-pound baby. This Is all due to an extra-active posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, and calories haven't got anything to do with 1t. My mother is profess sional fat woman, too, but sne IS tall than am and doesn't LOOK quite so fat.
 "Some doctors up in Boston say I will gain another 100 pounds uniess I take treatment to check my weight. But I don't mind get ting a little heavier. <. All of us here have a lot of fun together.
 | especially like the midgets. and two of them came from my home town. Cincinnati. My best friend last year was the Half Girl, but she quit the circus and hear she $ married. Yes, I'm married too. And Ruth smiled, dimpling Tn fourteen places.
 israel Bressncr of Baltimore IS
 Slim, the Shadow, and the reason he Is seven feet tall and weighs only 90 pounds is that he has different kind of gland trouble.
 Doesn't worry him, though. He eats all he wants of everytMng
 except butter and milk, ana m
 winters he plays first base on the Wimpys A. c. indoor team. .'. :. Jack Earle, the Fl Paso giant, says the glands that made him more than eight and half feet tall are still functioning, and maybe nell grow little more.
 Odd Items
 The midgets are glandular cases, too, because most of them were normal babies and just didn't grow up. Major Mite, whose real name | is Clarence Chesterfield Howerton. grew the least of any man living today. At 2b years. he is 2S inches tall. He has four brothers more than six feet tall, and his mother and stepfather, normal sized peo' | pie, travel with him.
 Robert Crawford, the step father, tucks the Major under I ono arm WnDIe WHshlHB IVY l tween their, hotel and Madi- son Square Garden.
 l Margaret and Mary Gibb. the
 Siamese Twins from Hoiy0ke.
 Mass. makes a point of being as individual as possible. They order
 different things in, restaurants. 1 against, if they did not actually ac- l quiescs in the hated policy Of I treaty fuifillment. Thanks largely | to his fiery defiance of Versailles, Hitler was swept into power. The Nazi chancellor's first significant act Of foreign policy was to pro-
 claim Germany's resignation from the League of Nations. Then Hit Ter demanded of the ex-AIlies that Itheir promise military equality for | Germany be kept. And Germany began the rapid, though uphill
 climb towards festo fefiei, of her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Life is full of obstacles Dad complains that he has no time on Sunday either to go to church or work in the garden, be- cause the Sunday papers so big.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Carrington's Brook, according to the same authority, Is a tributary of the Mad river, rising on the east side of Long Hill and enters the Mad river through the raceway of the East brass mill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

O. What was the gross debt of the United States in February 1883 and February 1934? N A. February 28,y 1898 1t was s20. and on the same day in 1884 1t was $26,052,376,- 584.S0.
 Q. How many species of plants
 A. About 25o,00O have been catalogued according to the Office of Botany of the U. $. Department of Agriculture.
 o. How much has the popula- ton of the United States increased since the 1890 census? A. The estimated population or ! the United States January l, 1884 was 125,693,000 compared with l22,775,046 in 1930. O. When was the old battleship "Maine" raised in Havana harbor and taken out to sea and sunkY A. She was finally fioated Feb ruary 2, 1912, anc on March 16, 1912, the after part, forming about three -fifths of the original ship, was lowed out into deep water ana
 sunk.
 o. What was the first of the modern feature-lengh sound pie lures that was produced? '. A. "The Jazz Singer" with Al Joison had its premiere in New York City, october 6. 1927. Q. Where is the natural habitat of Eskimos A. From Greenland, across the arctic islands of Canada into Alas
 ka and the Aleutian Islands, and a
 detached section on the Asiatic side
 of Boring Strait. B Q. Which baseball ~ player
 caught ball dropped from the Washington monument, in Wash
 ington, D. e.? sl
 A. Charles P. (eabby) Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS
Information

North, South and East Main streets were named in 1S49 by Dr A. s. Blake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

The American dollar, economists say, has been weak" lately. But not too weak to keep on talking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

All vehicles must be lighted not later than ' 10 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Hop Brook rises east of Lake Quassapaug, runs through Cedar swamp, has many tributaries, and goes into the Naugatuck river at Union City. (From Dr Anderson's description in part.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

glowered down Mime. Londy Wag- ner. who is the Giant Woman of the circus, you are not going to write tomorrow about the great sadness, are you, which we have not got?
 "The reporters every year they come to write write-ups about how we have unhappiness yet because people look at us and we are what they call freaks"
 "An' lissen, son." said a voice from down around my knees that came from q midget named Baron Faucet, i've don't like that word freak see? MT Fellows, now. he calls us the odd folk which Is okay. Me, I am one of the Little People, but I am not so odd al that. I got big wife and nice 2-year-old daughter who will grow up like anybody, and a big house. and can eat as much as you can. Maybe more."
 "Yah!" jeered Clico. the Afri- can busl1man. "He cume ee' mo-m I cum. Yah, yah, yash!"
 Anyway, do hope you won't do any Pagliacci stuff about us. broke in Ruth Pontico. the Fat Woman. we just stare back at the people who stare at use,. and lots of times I think we are luck fer than they are. Some Of us ike to be the way we are and
 "AIc, for instances" said
 Artoria, the TattoOcd Girl. II
 got tattoOcd because I wanted
 to get tattocd; it's nice
 way to make living. You wouldn't believe, though, how many people come up an ask me was I born this way. always say yes, an the doc tors figure 1t was on account of my mother must have gone to too many movies"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

/ Carrington's Brook was named for John Darlington, who was an original settler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24

Q. Which baseball " player caught a ball dropped from the Washington monument, in Wash ington, D. C.?
 "A. Charles D. (Gabby) Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
ARMY BOMBERS
 BACK ON COAST
 AND TO REMAIN
Complete Most Travelled of Any Army Formation
 in History of Corps

MARCH FIELD, Cal, Sept. H. Ten United States Army bombers, in command of Lieut.. Henry H. Arnold, landed here Monday the most travelled of any Army forma- tion in the history of the Air Corps.
 The jaunts included an exten- sive Alaska aerial mapping expe- dition, participation in the war game attack on New York City.
 Eastward, the coast to coast flight was made in IS hours and ten minutes. establishing a record for mass formation.
 The flight planes, all bearing Alaskan names, will be permanent ly stationed at Rockwell Field, San Diego.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
I WO PLIERS MAKE RECORD
 COAST FLIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. H. Travelling 1,120 miles at an average speed of 204 $40 miles an hour, Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn set Boeing transport plane down here five hours and twenty minutes after leaving Seattle.
 The two fliers claim a new speed record for that type of an airship. Turner said it is the longest dis tance ever flown by a transport plane and at such speed.
 Both fliers are planning to leave for New York then go to London and compete in the $70.0OO speed flight to Melbourne, distance of over 11,000 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
TO REORCAN|zE NRA;PLANS ARE
 ARRANGED NOW
Roosevelt and Johnson in Agreem ent on Three
 Separate Departments

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 11.- President Roosevelt and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson have agreed on the principles for the immediate re- organization of MIRA to eliminate overlapping of functions and pro- vide simplifications of this vital recovery unit.
 Another night conference devel- oped the agreement for the estab- lishment of MIRA on the same basis as the Federal Government.
 Three separate branches are pro- posed Executive, Judicial and Legislative.
 Gen. Johnson is going ahead as the head of the Executive Branch
 The Judicial Branch will take care of labor dispute and assume the duties of code authorities.
 The Legislative Branch will be the policy fixing department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
LOCAt v40 TElS LICH TEST IN s
 YEARS AT } PM;
Only 544 Persons Had Vot. ed at that Hour-Work-
 CTS Redouble Efforts

The lightest vote in eight years had been cast in Juneau today at pm. indicating lack of gen. eral interest in the biennial Terri torial election at which Alaskans were choosing Delegate to Con- gress, a Territorial Treasurer, one Senator and four Representatives from each Division.
 The local vote at o'clock was 544, as compared to 956 at the same hour in 1892. It was 156 under the 1880 and 31 less than the 1928 vote at the same time.
 Big Precinct Failing
 The greatest drop was experience ed in Precinct No. 1, for which the voting booth is located in the City Hall building. There only PIT votes had been cast as compared to 535 in 1882, 406 in 1880 and $50 in 1928. Party workers could assign no par- ticular reason for the decrease.
 In No 2, voting on the corner of Main and Front streets in the Giovanetti store. ITS persons had voted at midafternoon. Two years ago 266 votes had been cast there, 196 in 1930 and 150 in 1928.
 In No. the vote was 92 com pared to 155 in 1882, 98 in 1880 and 75 in 1923.
 Thus, while both No. 2 and No. 3 were ahead of 1928 and running close to 1880, No. 1 was substan- tially behind both of these years and almost 100 per cent less than 1892.
 Expect to Catch Up
 Both Democratic and Republican workers expressed the belief that the later hours of the day would see a steady increase in the rate of voting at No. 1. The high wind that prevailed from early morning to shortly after 2 o'clock is said to have prevented many women from turning out before that time. It had subsided greatly by 3 o'clock
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
GRACE MECCITT DISAPPEARS ON
 HUNTING TRIP
Missing Since Last Sunday Forenoon-Airplanes
 Securing Region

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. H. Grace Meggitt, aged 21 years, of this city, formerly of Juneau, has been lost since Il o'clock Sunday morning, near Jarvis Creek, 100 miles from Fairbanks, on the Rich ardson Highway.
 Miss Meggitt was with her moth- CT on a hunting trip and wandered off by herself. She carried a .22 caliber rifle.
 Three airplanes have left to SCOUT the country.
 Bear and wolf are reported in the country where Miss Meggitt is lost.
 The party was hunting grouse. Miss Meggitt is well known in Juneau where she formerly resided and attended school
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
PILOT BROWNE. IS FORGED DOWN,
 ALASKA TUNDRA
Engine Trouble Results Plane Lands, then Over
 turns in Kuskokwim

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. H. Nat Browne, independent pilot fly ing in the lower Kuskokwim area, according to reports received here, was forced down on account of engine trouble, between Bethel and Nyac. Browne landed on the tun- dra. The plane overturned but he escaped with only number of bruises.
 Browne hiked a long distance lack to Bethel, swimming large river enroute. -s.t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
lMcClintic Comes Right Back
 at Colleagues on Seniority;
 Interesting Data Is Reuealed
By HERBERT PLUMMER

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-Repre- sentative J. V. McClintic, of Okla homa, member of the House for 20 consecutive years, admits feeling bit pained when he hears his col- leagues advancing their claims of seniority as an argument they are logical successors to the Speaker ship.
 The Oklahoma Democrat based his recent campaign for reelection for an eleventh term largely on this very issue. He pointed proudly to his 20 years of service in the House. He called attention at every opportunity to the fact that it was because his constituents had kept him in Congress so long that he was able to secure membership on perhaps the most important com mittee in the House-Ways and Means.
 But he was defeated.
 Seniority did it." he moans. They either didn't know what I was talking about or if they did they made up their minds that 'Jim's been in too long,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
| Pays to |Aduertise |In Empire

It pays tc. advertise in The Empire, according to G. L. Prucha.
 Last night, Mir. Prucha, who has been transferred to the Nome Weather Bureau, adver- tised in The Empire that he wanted S2,5O0 for his house, furnished, and would make easy terms.
 Fifteen minutes after The Umpire was on the street, the first call came. Hold it until o'clock tonight. I'm sure the deal is made" the would-be purchaser said.
 Half an hour later three callers were being shown the house.
 One suddenly said: "Ill take it, pay cash"
 Transfer papers will be drawn up and signed tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
King and Lewis Oldest

Speaking of seniority. if Con- gress ever were to decide to adopt the old collegiate custom of hold ing reunions of old grads some rather interesting facts would come to light, e
 The title of "oldest grads among those still in Congress would be shared by two Senators-King of Utah and Jim Ham" Lewis of H. linois. They first came to Congress in 1896 as members of the House.
 Both were elected in the year that William Jennings Bryan was campaigning for the Presidency on his free silver platform. Both are Democrats. King was elected as Congressman -at-large from Utah on the cry of "l6 to l." Lewis was elected as Congressman-at-large from the state of Washington.
 Both King and Lewis. however, have wide gaps in the matter of continuous service. The man who holds that record Is Senator Shep- pard of Texas, Sheppard has been
 Continued on Page TwoJ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-09-11
GERMANY TAKES NEW STEPS ON IMPORT
State of Control Will Gov. ern Hereafter-Scheme
 Outlined by Official

BERLIN, Sept. 11.-All importa- tions into Germany are declared subject to state of control. This is outlined by Dr. Fritz Sarnow. representing H Hjalmar Schacht, Economy Director.
 The new plan is designed to save the Governments depleted currency reserves through restric- ton of imports.
 The value of materials that may be imported without permit. are cut from $20 to s4.