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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
DEPRESSION HIT
RIDING PUBLIC
Estimated That 100000.
600 Annually Still Use
Bus and Trolley

Evidence both ~ TO the effects OF
tho depression on street railway
operAtlon In Connecticut and also
~ 10 the Importance Of the street
ear and the bus In transportation
In furnished In statistics contained
In the new 1898 export OF the Con-
reeticut public utilities commission,
which figures show that while
street railways In this state carry
millions less pasBengerg per year
thar, was the case IN the pe0k OF
year 1923 they still carry q total OF
approximately f20, 90 700 passon-
gers annually. This brings the
daily pasBcnger total 10 M average
OF nearly 100000
Tho passenger vehicles operated
by the street railway companies
now run about 20, 900 miles per
year, which IN u dcCrcase IN Op.
Grating ,miieage OF $500, 600 miles
from tho figure " 1928.
That Connecticut street railways
have suffered IosB0B In passengers
during the past several years may
be- accounted for by BeyeraI ren.
sons, among which arc the follow.
Ing, Increased use Of the private
automobile due 10 lower prices and
genera I'm pfOV6mentB ana COHbthUt
Improvement Of tho highways; de-.
Election OF traffic from the public
transportation companies by pri.
vate individuals In giving rides 70
friends and by picking up strnng'
ers; the general effects OF the de-
prossIon with its Industrial shut.
downs ana reduced employment
which consequently made the sub.
etantiai group which formerly rode
10 and from work by street car ana
bus much smaller.
Tie fact that f20, 600, 900 passcn.
gers are carried yearly by the car
and bus tines Indicates a very deii.
mite place In the trsnspo rita ton
system for tho vehicles The hg-
ure In q substantial basis from
which expansion IN the numbers
Of riders In certain 10 take place
NJ recovery pr0gresses. fllding on
street cars and busses In Connect.
cut seems TO have touched bottom
IN 1893, an there has been a very
noticeable increase IN riding no far
In 1884, compared 10 last year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
BONDS APPROVAL
EXPECTED MONDAY
AIdermanic Boards Sane
ton for Park Funds
May Be Given

Approval OF the PWA anthori'
Ties nt washington Of tho opinion
given by the cIty'B bond nuthorl-
tics that the bonds for the issu.
anee OF $4,000 for park funds
Will bo legal Investments, Will 70.
suit In o. request for the approvhl
OF tho bonds by tho board Of
aldermen. Their sanction VIII
probably he given az tho meeting
Monday.
Theg aldermen have already ~.
proved the form OF the loan, but
jtg still remains for the board 10
order the bonds sold, and have
the federal government tboin. the
federal government viii then buy
the first instniIment OF the issue,
probably 10 the extent Of $gO,00o,
and this money will then be avail
able for the completion OF the
work.
Men viii 10 hired by tho park
department from the state employ.
ment bureau and the Mutual Ald
10 work on the development. state
Engineer Hoffman OF the federal
works administration VIII have
charge OF the work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
Historical Essay
Contest Planned
State Tercenenary Commission Gers ffPrzes for Best
Literary Efforts By School Children

stance, describe how the child's
parent earns his living today and
how his ancestor about lVbv
earned his living; or an essay may
describe Just the changes In farm
life and methods OF farmlnEi or II
may describe tho growth OF some
form of manufacturing from thu
simple methods OF 1850 To the
lnrgo factory method Of tho present
day.
cities Ask 10 Cooperate
Group ., The pupil may write
concerning his own town or any
other town In tho state concerning
which ho hnB moro satisfactory in.
formation, An osgay may compare
the experiences OF u young person
about sixteen years OF ago at tho
present day with TINT Of u young
person Of tho same ago Ut about
1880 with reference TO schools, tho
church, libraries, noWBpape mag
nsIneB, societies and clubs, and any
other activities or interests Of n
similarly cultural sort; or tho
pupils may describe how church
life and religious lif0 have changed
between about 1850 and the pres.
ont day; or how schools and Cd
ucntlon have changed; or any one
or more OF tho topics suggested
may DO treated In some other way
that seems more desirable.
Tho essays are to BIO written and
submitted before the Thanksgiving
recess, 1894, and 10 DO Judged by
tho town Cor clty) committee IN
soon M possible thereafter. on or
before January !, 1895, the town
Cor city, committee viii certify 10
tho county committee OF Judges the
ten best oHsnys out Of each ono
hundred submitted. The county
judges (to be announced will IN
turn certify 10 the state Judges tho
ton best essays out OF each ono
hundred, 10 be entered In the state
com petition.
Towns which intend TO partlcl.
pate In the prize essay contest afc
urged 10 notify the prize essay
committee OF tho Tereantenary
mission. room ~, State Capitol
Hartford, Conn. by August lst.
1894.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

fIlgh School Diplomas to Be Given 654-Stsady De-
cline Of Eighth Grade Students Predicted

More than 1900 pupils will be
graduated BY city scheols next
month it was indicated IN q pre-
llrmlnnry survey made today. Def,
mite figures are not yet available
but Il Ii estimated that this Will
be the approximate number.
or this number G64 will receive
high school diplomas, and more
than 400 are candIdatee for grad
uatlon from grammar schools. The
largest number OF high school
graduates will be given their a.
picmas at the exercises held BY the
Crosby graduates the night Of
June ~. Two hundred and ninety
students are candidates for Gradu,
alton, which will be held IN the
Wildly auditorium.
willy and Leavenworth high
schools Will also hold their eyer.
cises III the Wildly auditorium, The
tentative figures for these schools
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

Following n the second IN
the series 81 articles PREPARED
through tire cooperation %
Waterbury newspapers and
the visiting Nurses association
and written by inelnlDers OF tire
v. N. A. stan. They npc npS
t,earIng IN THE Democrat from
day 20 dayl.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
3O4th Infantry
Elects Officers


CfIiccrs Of tho 3O4th infantry
association for the coming year
were formally elected last night at
n meeting at the armory. LIeutep-
ant william Dillon was chosen
commander. 4 buffet lunch, enter
tainmont and smoker made up the
remainder OF the evenings pro-
gram. Other officers chosen were:
Senior vice-commander, Joseph
PheIan; Junior vice-c0mmander,,
Timothy Ferris; adJutant, Lieut..
Philip Kelley; treasurer, Fred W..
chesson; chaplain, Joseph Bender;
scrgt. lat .avtnn, Alden Donahue;
trustees, Conrad Larson, Caut.
Peter Fox. Patrick Campiop, Fin
ton Niver, Benjamin Brady,
The refreshment and entertain
ment committee that arranged the
affair consisted OF Capt. Petor
Fox, Lieut.. James Mulvllle. Frank
Roberts, Edward Cass, Thomas
Fleming, Frank Cassin, Charles
Bergin, Edward Keenan,, Philip
Kelley, william Dillon. John Barry,
Coleman O'LoughIln, Daniel Kin
name, Charles Jackson; Patrick
Lynch, Michael Hanlon, Charles
Delaney, Michael Calvin and Fred
tiodson.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

are asa for wildly and 107 for
Leavenworth, and the dates set for
the exercises are June 10 for Lonv,
enwOrth, and the dates set for the
exercises arc June 10 for LeRven.
worth and the following evening,
June 30, for Wllby,
Twelve Of the grammar SCHOOLS
have announced graduation dates
and the number OF tentative grad
yates, with the remainder yet 10 be
heard from. II ~ not yet known
which school Will have the largest
graduation class.
The figures IN the grammar
school estimate show o decrease Of
40 In comparison With those Of
this period last year based on
q survey made IN April A steady
decline Of graduates IL predlcted BY
superintendent Of schools Th0mnB
J, Condor, who points to the de-
ciining birth rate Of the city ~ the
reason.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
PEQUOT MEMBERS
HEAR H. HERNDON
Famous Flyer Describes
Experiences Flying
Around World

Hugh Hcrndon, who With clyde
Pangborn. few around the world
and by flying from japan TO the
United States collected o prize of
$4,000 offered for n nonstop
flight between these two points
last night addressed the members
OF the Peauot club at their hall,
Mr. Herndon flew from Boston to
Bridgeport yesterday afternoon
where he was met by O commlttce.
OF the club consisting OF Raymond
Schroeder, Leo kraus. Fred MA
aon and John O'Connor.
Mr. Herndon tentatively accept
ed an Invitation to attend the an.
nuaI banquet and golf match OF
the club on June goth ana 2lbt.
Last night he described his thrill.
ing experiences while hying
around the world and gave an In
sight into the controversy aroused
when he and his flying companion
were arrested In Japan for taking
pictures. They spent nearly nine
weeks In jail before being cleared
OF suspicion OF being spies. He
said that he and his confpanlon
were ignorant OF the law which
prevented taking of pictures from
d plane In Japan.
Seventy -two-year old J. a. Hurn
was marrid recently 10 Miss Betty
s..t1... ....a ~ iu IsaWaRg. Eng.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30
TAX ASSESSED ON "I.ADlEs
DAY"

Cleveland - (uP)--T'he tradi-
ticn which has made each FRIDAY
AZ W" home "s Ladies Day." viii 60 into into
effect again May is. when tho
Tribes meets the Washington SEN
ators. Manager Billy Evans has
men guests viii be numbered TO
pay federal and state taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

Seventy two-year old J. A. Hurn
was marrid recently to Miss Betty
Bailey. aged II. In Pewsey, Eng.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

III Paso, TcxA- (uP)-- -Forty.one
students of the Texas College OF
Mines here are receiving and aver.
age OF Stb q month fer work NJ
the college from the federal EN-
Urgency relief administration. They
are employed AZ janitOrs, assistant
librarians, clerks, typists and gem
Nrnl OfllG0 work,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

JlnrdwIck Hall, an Eliza bethan
mansion, is to be u residential pen-
tor for the unemployed of Durham,
England.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-30

In an old fashioned, poorly heat.
I'd house on one OF the coolest
lays last winter, o little boy was
lying III. lie was one OF seven
children and illnesses were quite
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05
SANTA CLAUS HERE

Great news for Alaska-great news through two chan nels Samon-premer Alaska product-of which Alaska has 100000 this year than normally IS selling rapidly and the price is advancing.
 Gold-second major product of Alaska-is flowing out from placer and quartz in ratesmashng volume ano gold today commands the highest price in history,
 Is there Santa Claus? Ask the Aaskans who are shar- ing these bounties.
 Alaskans may well rejoice the good fortune com np their way The increased returns will go into thousands of Alaskan pockets The benefits accrung from the higher production and the higher sale prices of these two como dities are arguments in themselves unto the wise.
 The fishing industry needs greatly increased follow ng if any to develop that line of production to maximum
 But with gold mining it is different. Alaska deserves and should have greater federal aids for her mining industry
 If gold production has proved there Santa Claus for Aaskans it also proves there is likewise Santa Claus in Alaska for Uncle Samor the states to which this river of golden wealth finds its way.
 It will be wisdom the part of the influential agencies of the to do all in their power provide federal aids for the gold mining industry of Alaska Amer will share increased returns from Alaska gold mines III proportion as America aids in their development.
 While Santa Claus has come to the mining and fishing industries of Alaska does there will be abund ance for all Alaskan this winter Much not the major, wealth from Salmon and fish flows out of the errtory-the real tragedy of Aaskaand while the territory reJolces in the abundance of its products the federal government must temper eoicings Aaskas gift of wealth With justice to many Aaskans who may this winter need help and who are not direct producers of the gold and salmon which is so enrching the producers and the nation
 If Alaska is Santa Claus to America America must be good to those Aaskans who may be in need.-Exchange
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05
CANDLE ITEMS
 INTEREST TO
 NOME SPECIAL
Candle, Alaska, Nov. 21

Candle, Alaska, Nov. 21 NOME NUGGET, Nome.
 Candle wishes to tell you how proud we all are that you are again printing the Nome Nugget. Inspite of loosing everything in the fire the Nugget managed to get a typed paper out the next day and has ever since. We all send our sheer est wishes for a grand recovery and more power to you.
 Work here is still on its toes and the new dredge is going up by, leaps and bounds. The new power plant has been completed sometime since and is working full time all the time Candle regrets that some of the new corners have left for the outside, including MT. Dyer and the others. Some of them will be back but others have left for good.
 Mir and Mrs. J. J. Keenan are planning on Xmas outside and they will be leaving soon.
 Mrs. Farrel came in just short time ago to join her husband. She is an old timer of Alaska and knows many people in Nome and around. We welcome her back to the North.
 This year has been the longest working year Candle has seen for some years. This is due to the new company's activities and we are sure glad to see it.
 The Roust Airways have been very busy here in the last months and MT. Tom Roust is in Nome now but expected to be back in a day or two.
 MT, Ralph Lomen stopped thru here and we were all glad to see him. He has been a favorite of AL aska for many years. We notice he still carries his pleasant blarney arorS.d. The depression, fire nor anything else has taken that away. We all wish Nome, the new Nome
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05

much success and prosperity, for after the storm comes the dawn This will make great deal of diff ference in few years from now as the new stores and buildings will be an asset to the community. | The Roust airways a short while back were on the look out for an old, timer by the name of Frank Bulger. He had a stroke while up the river here and was three days coming into Candle. Then he was taken to the Kotzebue hospital where he stayed for sometime. Sud- denly he took it upon himself to make the trip back here without assistance and the last heard of him he had left Baldwin to come over the hill to Candle. The Roust air ways made several trips trying to locate MT. Bulger but no trace has been found. It is supposed that in trying to cross the Lagoon he went thru the slush ice. Thus is life.
 Mrs. B. J. McConaghy is here visiting her sister Mrs. Ben Good rich. She is planning on an extend ed visit. Candle is giving a dance at which she will be the guest of honor We are pleased to have her here, and hope she doesn't hurry back to Nome. Mrs. Goodrich is a recent arrival here having joined her husband who is managing the Lomen Commercial Company Store here.
 A good time was had by all at the dance Saturday night and we hope Mrs. McConaghy enjoyed it as much as we did.
 Mrs. Chas. Evern has just arrived from Kotzebue where she had been at the hospital since the birth of twin girls. The twins and mother are getting along just fine.
 Pilot Ben Easley and Thomas Roust just arrived from Nome with mail and freight. Their planes have just had new engines installed and are ready for business once more.
 HI. N.
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05
A WELCOME SANITARY MEASURE.
(Juneau Daily Empire. )

The announcement that the City of Juneau has dein- ev planned to destroy the present garbage heap ad iacent to the Douglas bridge will aay the fears ot many Juneau and Douglas citizens practically all of whom when viewing the construction of the bridge were troubled With the thought of how unsghtly the proximity of this would be to the beautiful new bridge
 More important however the benefit the destruction and removal of the unsghty and unsanary condition will be to the many Juneau people who live Ninth Street and in the nearby Many fine, we'll painted comfortable homes with neatly kept flower gardens have been built up in that area and while it most unfortunate that these resi- dents necessarily endured the present arrangement long
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05

FOR SALE = A Western Heater, almost new, burns wood or coal, Sell cheap for cash. Inquire at Mug get Office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-05

it should be gratifying to them and all Juneau that it is to be eliminated Another step in Juneaus progression from town to modern city
Evening star., 1934-04-30

honest voting promoter, James T.
Hughes.
AS conducted before crowded gal
leries, the test match was rare sclen-
tific treat. The audience swooned
with lethargy. Mr.. Hughes took the
first set of so original guesseS, win
ming "a times and losing 26 for an
average of .480. Dick the Bite, a
dramatic critic in his own right, made
the next so first guesses and got an
even break, to the astonishment Of the
crowd
"I was framed!" shouted Mr..
Hughes, as some one tossed in towel
from his corner and the tabulators,
calculators and rubbers got to work.
THE result" announced the Spider.
after careful analysis of the charts,
tends to prove that it really doesn't
make much difference"
But the match proved more than
that. The size of the crowd and the
cleanness of the play indicate that the
match game has survived the repeal
of the eighteenth amendment and will
continue to flourish whenever scien-
tific drinkers get together.
(Copyright. 1884. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1934-04-30
GR|FFMEN REACT
WITH THREE WINS
Cubs and Giants, National
League Leaders, Both
SoundIy TrounCed.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TOE CRONIN'S drastic shake
up of his Washington array
appears to have been Just
- what the Senators needed.
Although only OSsie Bluege
of the three veterans lifted from
the lineup still remains on the
bench, the scare Cronin tossed
into his squad has shaken the
Senators out of their lethargy
and produced three successive
victories.
Their second 76 triumph in a row
over the Philadelphia Athletics hoisted
them above the 500 mark and into
fourth place yesterday.
Despite their victory the Senators
couldn't gain much ground, as the
Cleveland Indians and New York
Yankees, who rank just above them,
also won. Cleveland trimmed the
league leading Tigers to before
Detroit's largest Sunday base ball
gathering in two years, 30,500. Oral
Hildebrand and Lloyd Brown gave
the Indians a six hit mound perform
ance and the club backed them with
heavy hitting.
The -Gehrig- Gomez combina-
ton carried the Yanks to a 80
triumph over the Red Sox before 50,-
600 fans. Gomez hurled six hit ball,
Ruth tied the score in the eighth with
his third homer and Gehrig singled
in the winning run in the ninth
Big Jim Weaver of st. Louis held
Chicago's White Sox to four hits, one
a homer by Al Simmons, to win to 2.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
EAST IS CONCEDED
MARGIN IN DERBY
CavaIcade's Record GaIIop
Influences Dope-West's
Aces Run Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
r OUISVILLE, KY, April 30
Actual racing is the best
training for the Kentucky
- Derby, so until tomorrow
at least, the East must be con-
ceded the edge in next Satur-
days Derby because of Caval-
cade's record-breaking triumph
in the Chesapeake Stakes at
Havre de Grace.
Cavalcade ran the mile and six
teenth in 1:43 3-5, breaking the track
record by two-flfths of a second. Mrs
I. D. Sloane's eligible previously had
equaled the track record of l:41 As
for the mile ard 10 yards at Havre.
Other Eastern eligibles which raced
well Saturday were Mrs. Frank j. Hell
ler's Agrarian and Alfred O. Wander
bilt's Discovery, which finished Sec
ond and third. respectively, behind
Cavalcade, and j. H. Louchheim' s
Speedmore and Mrs Payne Whitney's
Spy Hill, which finished second and
third behind Mrs. Sloane's High Quest
not eligible for the Derby, in the Wood
Memorial at Jamaica.
Only the lesser grade Derby elibibles
raced at Churchill Downs Saturday
and a mediocre card was programmed
today but tomorrow some of the lead
ing Western hopefuls may be entered
in the Preparation purse at l mile
better known as the Derby trial" The
leading Western contenders are the
fillieS Mata Hari and Bazaar and the
maiden colt Sir Thomas.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Yankees Not in Criffmen Class, Declares Mr.. Mack
Champs Chance Top Btowner-rrav

kee lineup this time. .Heffner is
at second base. but Lazzeri still
is in the game. he's playing third
>. .Heffner, Donald H., is a pur-
chase from Baltimore. hes %
years old. not so big as ball play
ers 60. E. is S feet 10 inches high
and weighs 1855. .batted .289 with
the Orioles last year.
Volta WOW of a game yester-
day. kept the $4,000 spectators
at the first Sunday tussle Of the
season here on pins and needles
all the way. took a long time to
play. q hours 25 minutes. but
every minute had its thrill.
Wotta play on Burke's first pitch
in the third. Cronin rushed to his
right and scooped Johnson's sizzler
with one hand. and made the out
and did Schultz show the crowd
something in the fifth. when he
Evening star., 1934-04-30


back in 35. He was two entirely diff
ferent golfers on the first and last
mines. 1 asked him later what had
brought on the big change.
Just half an inch.' he answered
"On the first nine had no use of
my left hand and arm. My swing felt
cock-eyed. Starting the second nine,
I moved my left hand more over the
club shaft-half an inch or maybe an
inch, with an extra knuckle showing.
This gives at once feeling of added
power-and it helps to direct the cor
rect path of the clubhead on the
back swing. 1t helps to build up the
entire left arm. The stupid part is
that I had to waste nine holes before
I remembered the correction"
The average golfers left hand
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

tore in for Finney's high one. :.
Fred can go and get 'em in any
league.
Travis had another snappy day
:. came up with five assists
he made a peach of a play in the
sixth when ne sprinted in to get
Hayes topper 4. d. and Myer looked
great as he leaned across second
to get Cecils throw that meant
the force-out of McNair.
After he fouled out the first time
up, Kuhel was a tough baby for
those Philadelphia pitchers
They never kept him off the run
way got himself a pass, two
singles and a triple scored
three of his sides runs, too . he
did a fancy piece of baserunning
in the sixth when he smacked that
ball through johnson never
hesitated at second base .. dashed
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Cubs, Giants Both Licked.

10th National League pace settlers.
n the Cubs and Giants. were
thoroughly beaten. A pair Of
homers by Gabby Hartnett failed to
save Chicago from a ga beating by
the st. Louis Cardinals as Jim Col
lins and Buster Mills also clouted
homers.
Mel Otis fifth circuit drive featured
the Giant-Boston struggle, but the
Braves won, 6 to 4. by smacking Hal
Schumacher for four runs in the fifth.
Gus Suhr and Paul Waner OF Pitts
burgh and Ivy Shiver and Sylvester
johnson of Cincinnati propelled hom-
ers as the Pirates won ga triumph
behind Red Lucas in their first Sum-
day home game.
Brooklyn won out, 81, over the
Phillies in another give-and-take
struggle which saw nine pitchers go
in and take it for a total of % hits.