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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
Selected Poem
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 (From The Christian Science Monitorl The opal afternoon Is cool, and very still, A wash of taWny air, Sea green that melts to gold, Rathes all the skyline, hin by hill Out of the black -toppe pinelands 4 black crow calls, And the year seems 0ldl A woman from 2 doorway sings, And from the yalley-slope sheepdog harks And through the umher woods the echo falls, Then silence on the still world lies, And faint and far the birds fly south, And hehnd the dark pines drops the sun, And small wind wakes and slghs, And Rpmmer, see is donel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

. We don't know how these new skid proof iron streets are going to work out, but we certainly would hate to fall on one of them. A 30-foot stretch of the new paving is being tried in Minneapolis. It is supposed to outlast granite, brick or wood; it is laid easily; and will be an out let for ore products of northern Minnc- sota. And while you may not skid on this brand new.surface, just think of the shock to the equilibrium when it strikes the iron street with thud.
 Five of Dillinger's gang have gone Who's next?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
Horoscope
By OCTAVINE

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 For persons who believe That hnr man destiny Is guided by the plan. cts, ihls aaily horoscope IS QgtliHed by 2 noted nstFQlpgeF, In addition Qf inFlFMatAQn Qf general interests, lt outlines infgrnlalian Of special interest tQ persons harn an the aesr ignated aates,
 This is a disappointing morn ing for love affairs, but the eyeT ming should make up for II, her cause t is as favorable as the a, NJ is adverse, The morning is adverse also for business transaer tlans If you are planning 2 par- ", tonlght Is preferable to famprT TOW,
 Today's Rirlhdale
 You have been nnder the mysT teripus Influence of the planet Neptune from July }g and VIII he nntil Sept, l4, laaA, While thls is apeFafing be careful of rahhery, deception, fraud, liquor and naFT pptles, Invite nommpnipn Wifh the hjgher mina through prayer, per atFy ar music, He careful of health June, 1895, Financially sssssFfsfs sss ssS sss pass',sIy pfsssss fsssss able sept, go,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
London Letter
By JOSEPH GREGG, JR. United Press Stan Correspondent)

London, (UP) - Britain's post
 men are preparing to take to tho air in the near future when tho first internal air-mail service link ing up the principal cities of this country are inaugurated. Indica- tions are that within the next few | weeks the drone of the air-mail plane overhead will be as7familiar
 sound to millions of Britons as the postman's knock on their front ! doors.
 A scheme for opening up regular air-mail services between the chief cities of Great Britain. which will reyolutionize the whole method or carrying mails in this country has i just been announced by the post master general, Sir Kingsley Wood. When these services areput into operation 1t will be possible t0 send letters by air-mail between the principal centers of this coun- try at the same charge as that for ordinary letters.
 First Routes
 The first air-mail services to be opened will be Inc linking up London, Birmingham, Manchester. the Isle of Man. Belfast. Glasgow; one between Plymouth, Cardiff.
 Birmingham, Liverpool, and a
 third between Birmingham and
 Southampton. The mail contracts
 will be given to the companies
 which already work passenger
 services in this country, of which
 the most extensive is Railway An
 Services operated by the Big
 Four" railroad companies.
 If new routes areoFganized by
 other companies they will also be
 given chance to compete Tor
 mail-earrying rights,
 It is confidently expected that when the new services get prop erly into their stride there will bs a saving of as much as 24 hours, l to send a letter from one largo city in Great Britain to another, The only existing aiTrmail route l in the Brit sihIsles now is in the | far north of Scotland linking lnr yerness with KirkWall iD the 0rkr ney Islands, That service was
 brought into operation owing to | the deyays often experienced in
 bringing the malls by steamer
 across the stermstassed Pentlana
 Firth, Some a,000 letters day
 now aer carried by this line,
 hriiAns Happy
 The FeValptlaniEing af mall transport in this eauntFg by giVlng wings te the pestsolliee has been hailed with satisfaction by many Rritans who complained in the past that Great Britain has tPalled far in the wake of the United States and many countries Of een'
 llnenlal EaFesp lH lnteFnal air fs'
 While the pasl,eales Is planning ha Mte put aNeF the airsmailins
 habit with the great mass the lats
 est aig.mall gslurns sheW tbal thousands of HFltens already have lt when sending letters ahreaa, Between anne, ieBa, and June, laaa, 7lM tens af letters left Great Britain by aif, ln the year ending June, lhaa, that figure was ins
 creased hg AZ per cent le iea tens, GQtiII,EaA FeBa0T ETIQUETTE Cincinnati fUPlmHnsie, Qinains nail Zoe HeFllla, hfaka alf Fulss Of etiquette When she celebrated hsF eighth birthday, nalnillN she minced on the first courses ef her annlysFsaFR dinner, Then Tfalnep back, Susie nenldn'l resist, She Rnlned aeMn her dessert Of angel
 l9aa cake in less lhan a0 seconds, Approximately iia,iea. ses,lbe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
DAILY ALMANAC

High tide at Milford, "Wednesday, Sent g. eibs 2, mp. dayllght Hmel low tlde, il0s p, np daylght lime,
 Al vehicles must be lgbled not later than 7Sl dayleht lime, lonisht
 sgn rises SEQ a m,, dayllehi time; sets 7lRl ?, nli daylight slne,
 Moan rises llb6 2, ms, day'ight time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

The congressional situation in the first district is anything but settled one, so far as the republicans are concerned. It is an assured fact that Rep. Herman P. Koppleman of Hartford will be renomin ated by the democrats and on the strength of his record in the past session of Con- gress he should be returned an easy win- ner. He proved himself real member of the Roosevelt administration in more ways than one and is largely responsible for the national milk industry survey now going on. However that hasn't deterred the perennial candidate, Colonel Clarence w. Seymour, from announcing himself in the race to run against the congressman. Nor has it prevented Mayor Patterson of Hartford from doing the same thing. And now Judge William J. Malone is being proposed, perhaps as a compromise can- didate in the event that Seymour and Bat terson deadlocked. Oh, we'll, it looks like a cold winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
Daily Washington .Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON and RO

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

were included in the Roman em- pire at the height of its power7
 A. The countries now known as kGreat Britain, Belgium, Nether-
 lands, France, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Luxemburg. San Marine, Liechtenstein, Albania. CzechosIlovalsia, Yugslovia, Monaco Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey. Syria, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, the borderlands of north
 ern Africa touching the Mediter-
 ranean Sea and Spain and Por-
 tugal. s,
 o. Give the comparative figures for 1881, 1932 and 1888 of automo.
 bile accidents and fatalities? A. In 1881, accidents, S6O, 1000; injured, 997,O00; killed, 32,429, In I1932, accidents, 745,300; injured, 904, 800; killed, 2s,24O. Tn 1883, accidents, 756,500; injured, S5O,. 700; and killed, 29,900. Q. What was the principal ex- port from Russia to the United States in 1932?
 A. Fur skins.
 O. What is the title of Buster Crabbe's latest picture? A. You're Telling Me" If you want a copy of our buIle. 1 tin AMERICAN BANKING SYS. ITEM. write to The Waterbury
 Democrats Washington Bureau,
 enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
A Thought for Today

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where 70 lay his headb- St Matthew S:20.
 A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact in memory, is with out nfes best rewards and lifes best defences.- J. c. Holland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

o. Where are the United States
 navy yards located? A. Portsmo outh, N. H.; Boston. Mass; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Philadel- phia, Pa; Washington, p. c. (naval gun factory); Norfolk, Va; Charleston, s. C.; Mare Island, Calf: Bremerton, Wash; ana Pearl Harbor, T. H.
 o. What is a bolas? A. A missile weapon, consisting of two or more balls of stone or
 metal fastened to the ends of con nected cords and hurled so as to hobble and entangle cattle and game.
 0. Which newspaper in the U.
 S. has the largest circulation!
 A. New York Daily News. c. Which metal is the best con-
 ductor of electricity? A. Silver. o. What is a machete? A. A heavy cutlas used prin:
 cipally by natives of tropical
 America. 0. Name the governor of South Dakota and state his political affiliations?
 A. Tom Berry, democrat. 0. When was dueling outlawed in the District of Columbia? A. In 1899, by act of congress.
 0. What was the original Indian
 name of the territory that after
 wards became the District of Co., lumbia?
 A. Concocheague. c. What is cochinea1? A. A dye consisting of female cochineal-insects killed and dried by heat. They yield brilliant
 scarlet dye, the pigment carmine and a small quantity of wax, and are also used incidentally. o. Give the meaning of William ? A. Defending many. 0. What do the initials o. c. P.
 U. stand for?
 A. They are an abbreviation of the name of the Russian secret police.
 Q. Is the blacksnake harmless? A.lYes. o, Describe a simple method of
 removing the skin from peaches? A. Dip in boiling water and plunge immediately into cold wa | ter.
 o. Is Olive Borden the real name of the actress? Where was she born? A. That is her real name and she was born in Norfolk, Va. o. What was the 1892 death ! rate in the United States? A. Eleven and one-tenth per thousand population. Q. What present day countries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.-The boys were whooping 1t up in Lindy's the other night-a regular orgy of coffee and hot milk and bacon-and-tomato sandwiches-when the talk turned to practical jokes.
 The talk turned to practica 1 jokes because two of the group had just arranged meeting be- tween an up-and-c coming theatrical agent and scout from Hollywood and each of the strangers had been told that the other was quite deaf. The result was that they had shouted at each other for ten min utes before the hoax was discov- cred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
Sinclair Lewis Bites

Sinclair Lewis Bites
 Then somebody uneartAed an old one that hadn't heard be- fore. About the time that Stn- clair Lewis was on his way to Swe- den to receive the Nobel prize. A Swedish tenor was on the boat, and he and lewis became friends. The singer suggested that 1t would be nice gesture If the novelist would memorize formal little speech, in Swedish, with which 10 address the King.
 Lewis thought so too, so during the remainder, of the voyage the tenor coached him in long num- to-jumbo of weird sounding words. He learned it perfectly. and a few days later came the oc- casion when he was presented tp Gustaf V. The Nobel author mustered all his dignity and went in his speech. The King looked astonished, then puzzled, finally broke into a howl of laughter and slapped Lewis on the back. What Lewis had said was: Your Majesty, feel very. very sad this morning because q poor little bird was hopping around in the grass and was caught and eat en by a bad old pussy cat. Isn't that terrible?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
A Central Bank

Talk is raised once more of Central Bank of the United States. Such bank would be able to control credit extended by the country's banks. It would foster unified banking practices, avoid conflict ing credit policies among banks and cen ter responsibilities in one group or board that would be responsible for operation of the central bank.
 The advocates of such system regard all these powers as useful and virtuous. They say that centralized national credit would prevent such bank and business failures as took place between 1920 and 1883 because of lack of sufficiently flex- ibe credit facilities.
 Its critics regard such centralized con- trol and credit as vicious and dangerous, putting the government still more in con- trol of business than it ought to be. A change so serious in it's nature is not to be taken lightly, but deserves the best thought of every citizen before it is made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

Getting Even
 Broadwaymen can give anybody lessons in the betrayal of dignity. A good many years ago Charles Frohman got into the habit of im- porting practically all his plays from abroad. and the critics were pretty bitter about the way he ignored American authors. Finally. in desperation. he decided to go over to New Jersey and view a play which was being tried out there. Word of his excursion got about, and after he boarded a crowded Hudson river ferryboat & man went around hte decks call- ing loudly: MT Frohman! Call ing MT Charles Frohman, the the- atrical producer"
 Frohman made himself known and was directed to the main cabin, with several hundred curi. ous people trooping at his heels. There an officer of the ferry pre- sented him with huge floral horseshoe. and lettered across 1t was: Bon Voyage" It was years before Frohman learned that Charles Dillingham;. q rival pro- ducer, had perpetrat~d the joke. and even longer b fore Diiling- ham was forgiven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04
sure.Thing Bets

kure.Thing Bets
 There's a gambler on Broad way who's always offering queer wagers to his friends. He'll bet on the number of drops in q glass of water-after he has spent the pres eeding morning counting them Once he hired two platinum blondes to walk back and forth in front of Dave's Blue Room during cer- tain half hour on a certain after noon, He took some friends 10 lunch at that time, then slyiy bet them that five times more plati, mum blondes than redreads would pass in the next 80 minutes,
 He hired hotel room, laboFl. npsly covered the floor with play Ing cards, and week later found an opportunity 10 offer tsmptinR odds that he could guess closer than anyone else the number sf pards required 10 cover any room, Ills bet was accepted by q syBAl. cate and the group went t0 the hotel, The clerk, coached in ad, vance, assigned them the same room where the vaamhisrp had conducted his experiment,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

0. What is a machete?
 A. A heavy cutlas used prin. cipally by natives of tropical America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

O. What is the title of Buster Crabbe's latest picture? A. You're Telling Me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

0. Name the governor of South Dakota and /, state his political affiliations?
 A. Tom Berry, democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

0. When was dueling outlawed in the District of Columbia?
 A. In 1899, by act of congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

c. Which metal is the best con- ductor of electricity? A. Silver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-04

Q. What was the original Indian name of the territory that after wards became the District of Co., lumbia?
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
H0PK|NS BANS
SECOND CNA
BY International News Service


Another civil works program,
such as was used to give 100000
workers temporary government
employment last year, is banned
from this winters program, Harry
L. Hopkins, Federal relief admins
traitor declared today. He said:
"There is no civil works pro-
gram in the picture"
He emphasized that straight re-
lief, such as most States are con-
Quoting now, will be relied on.
Mr.. Hopkins revealed that the
winter will see probable higher
rate of relief than that reported
by Secretary of Labor Perkins re-
Gently.
Latest reports showed 1880 900
families on relief throughout the
nation. In addition to these fami-
lies, more than 100000 single per-
sons are on relief.
October allotments for unem-
ployment relief are going out to
States now. Mr.. Hopkins, despite
a recent threat to shut down on
States failing to put up an ade-
quate share of relief costs, said he
did not intend to cut off any State
from support.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
MADE
D. {. GUARD
OFFICER
New Adjutant. General Saw
Service in Cuban and
Philippine Wars

The appointment of Col. George
Lawrence Byroade as adjutant
general of the National Guard
of the District Of Columbia was
announced by the War Depart
ment today.
Colonel Byroade succeeds Lieut..
Col. John S. Upham, infantry,
and is due to report for duty
in Washington tomorrow. He
was born in Johnstown, Pa, and
served in Cuba in 1898 and in
the Philippines in 1900. During
the World War Colonel Byroade
served as executive officer and
as commanding officer of the
151st Depot Brigade at Camp
DevenS, Mass.
He is a graduate of the Gen
eral Staff School and is on the
general staff eligible list. He
also saw service in Puerto RIGA.
Colonel Upham, retiring adj
jutant general of the District
of Columbia militia, has been de-
tailed at the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
TACKLE IS FATAL
To GRID STAR

Death has struck in the ranks
of Washington's grid players for
the first time in four years.
Charles Stansbury, 23-year-old
star of the Congress Heights A.
C. team, is dead of injuries suf-
fered Sunday during a practice
game.
Young Stansbury, who lived in
the 1000 block of Twenty-fifth
st. S. E., died in Emergency Hos
pital yesterday. Physicians said
death was caused by a blood clot
on the brain.
Teammates said the star was
injured during a tackle. They
said he complained of a head
ache and dizziness and was re-
moved to his home. Early yes
terday he suffered a CONFUSION
and was taken to the hospital,
where an emergency operation
was performed. He died shortly
after the operation.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
Bostonian Urges Aid
For TObless Youth
FRANK MIGLIORE

His idea met with little enthu
siasm. Mr.. Hamlin said:
"They fail to realize that
their trained workers of today
will die off, be pensiOned, grad
ualIy be eliminated from the
picture. Where are they going to
find workers to carry on their
business if the young men and
women of today are given no
experience or training?"
Mr.. Hamlin hopes to impress
upon this meeting of the National
Recreation Association the i'm
portance of doing something Vita
for the group in which he is in
terested. He points out the CCC
camps and the transient projects
are aiding only a small minority
Essential Points
In planning a program, he said
two points must be given con
sideration. First, the group must
be made to feel that it is pro
crossing, and second, that it is
contributing something to the
world in which it lives.
The twentieth session of the
National Recreation Congress
which opened officially last night
was in full swing today. More
than 1000 delegates had gathered
at Wardman Park Hotel to talk
recreation for five days.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
BY RILLA SCHROEDER

A tall young man with an
engaging smile wanders around
the corridors of the Wardman
Park Hotel, where the National
Recreation Association is holding
twentieth annual convention, try
ing to start an argument.
He is George I. P. Hamlin, jr,
%, a graduate of Harvard class
of 1880 and a member of the
Boston city-wide emergency COM
mittee on health and recreation.
To Start Something
Mr.. Hamlin cheerfully admits
he is here to start something
for the jobless young men and
women of America. He said:
"Since 1880, the year 1 was
graduated, there have been
4,742,474 boys and girls gradu-
ated from the secondary schools
and colleges of this country.
1 have this figure from the
office of education.
"What has happened to
them? have tried to find
out with no success. 1t seems
no one knows and it seems to
me vitaIly important that
someone should find out"
It is for this group of nearly
100000 that Mr.. Hamlin wants
to argue. His contention is that
if they are neglected a greater
tragedy than the present awaits
the country some 20 or 30 years
hence.
Plan Rejected
Four years ago, he said, he sug-
gested to certain industrial lead
ers in his own State that it might
be a good idea to take some of
these boys and girls on as appren-
tees even if they were not paid.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
j. 8. JOB LIST
DECREASES

There were IA fewer names on
the unemployment list of the Civil
Service at the close of the week
ending September 20 than at the
beginning of that week, accord
ing to figures of the commission
made public today.
At the beginning of the week
there were $50 names on the list,
and during the week 80 names
were added, IS of which were
from outside the District of Co.
lumbia and an equal number from
here.
During the week As names were
removed from the list for the fol.
lowing reasons: probational ap-
pointments reported, seven; re-
ported as reinStated or trans
ferred, nine; eligibility expired,
81; removed for other reasons,
two.
This left a total number on the
list at the end of the week of GAL.
There are a total of 1877 eligibles
on the unemployment list now
serving temporarily.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
JAN|TOR VICTIM
|. Of THEFT TRAP

Admitting he had taken $500
planted by bank officials as a trap,
Joseph Grundy Simpson, colored,
IS, a janitor in the McLachlen
Banking Corporation branch in
the 800 block Fourteenth st. S. w.,
was arrested early today and held
for investigation.
Simpson admitted taking the
money, but claimed that he in
tended to turn it over to bank Of
ficials, as he knew that other sums
of money had disappeared in re
cent months.
Bank officials said that about
$1,000 has been taken in the past
five months, so last night the trap
was laid and two detectives hidden
in the bank.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
Dark Street
PeriLs Stir
DC.Heads

Aroused by traffic accidents at
night and by complaints Of mer'
chants against dark streets, the
District Commissioners today an.
nounced they would make a de.
termined effort to have Congress
restore the full Street-lighting
appropriation for the next fiscal
year.
The amount to be asked for is
1895, 700. The current appropria-
ton, which necessitated slash
in the street lighting schedule, is
$768,700.
The present appropriation has
reduced the power and quality of
street lights all over the city and
in some Of the downtown Sec
tons has resulted in dark streets
just before sunrise.
The Washington times., 1934-10-02
MAR SHA[S GET
UNIFORMS

AS an added feature to the for
NAL opening of the District SUI
preme Court fall term today,
members of the staff of U. S.
Marshal John P. Colpoys, who are
assigned to work in the court
rooms, appeared bedecked in new
uniforms.
The uniforms are of dark blue
serge with brass buttoned coats
and vests. Prior to assigning his
aides to their posts in the court
room, Marshal Colpoys conducted
an inspection and was. satisfied
with their natty appearances.
This is the first time in the his
tory of their court that deputy
marshals have been required to
adopt regulation attire.