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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
EDWARD w. GOSS:

(Torrington) II absolutely
refuse to sign a blank check for
anyone. 3. For the same rea-
son 1 refuse now to place my
rubber stamp approval on every.
project sent to congress from
the White House."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
Card OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our man,
friends, relatives and nelshbors fol
the sympathy shown us In our re.
cent bereavement and death Of oul
beloved father and brother.
(Signedl
THE O'REILLY FAMILY,
MRS MARTIN SCULLY.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
CHARLES M. RAKENEEII.ls rs

West Havenl This big audi
ence proves to me that the peo-
pie understand the seriousness
of the situation and are de-
termined to correct it. ).
President Roosevelt asked con-
gress for billion dollars to
be spent as he saw fit. :.
1t is being spent for nothing
else but political purposes!
Coy Brann (Maine) openly
boosted OF the huge fund put
at his disposal to buy votes in
that state. -. We. now face
the most gigantic and colossal
corruption in the countryis his
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
FORMER U. S. SENATOR
HIRAM BINGHAM:

(Stonington) Under Presi-
dent Roosevelt, government is
being centralized under the
cloak of democracy !. Codes
instituted by the administration
have throttled business and hi
many cases resulted in outright
despotism."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
Local Chess Club
Joins State League
Final Round OF Summer Tournament Saturday.. B.
Barker Leads With Perfect Score

At the meeting OF the board, It
was also announced that the club
would enter the inter-city competi-
ton Of the Connecticut Chess
league thus assuring Waterbury of
two strong teams in the league this
year. Those of the members of
the club who intend to try for the
team should notify the tournament
director.
The last round of the summer
handicap tournament will be play
ed on Saturday. October s at the
club rooms. The standing to date
iS nc follows.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
j. WILLIAM HOPE,
STATE TREASURER

(Bridgeport) 1.-THE republican
party offers a sincere program
which has the best interests of
the people at heart Gov
Cross has failed to support his
campaign promises"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
WILLIAM L. HIGGINS:

(Willimantic) II am opposed
to a bureaucratic form of gov
eminent; to congress delegating
its powers to the executive: to
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
c. or. LEADERS
PLAN VISIT HERE
Chairman PaIOnlba to Pre-
side at Rally Arranged
October Ill

The list Of speakers who will %
heard at the republican rally @ PC
held at The Elton q week from
Thursday evening was announced
today BY Frederick ". Palompa,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
FUNERALS

The funeral of Miss Regina Carey
was held this morning at Sis o.
clock from the Mulville funeral
home, 270 West Main street to st
Francis Xavier's church where a
solemn mass of requiem was cele-
brated by Rev James Coughlin.
Burial was in new st Joseph's
cemetery. The pallbearers were:
Norman German, William German,
Thomas Carey, Leonard Carey,
David Mccarthy and Eugene Ford.
The funeral OF Mrs Elsie e.
(Moberg) Bunnell will take place
on wednesday afternoon at o.
clock from the Lunny Funeral
Home, rs Central avenue, Rev
Samuel A. Budde officiating. The
burial will be In old Pine Grove
cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02

What republican speakers, lead
ers, spell-binders and whatnot
think of Governor Wilbur L. Cross
the state democratic party and
particularly the democratic plat
form in the approaching election
may be CLEANED from campaign
speeches. The political football sea-
son opens with 6. o. p.'s All-Star
half back, Hugh M. Alcorn kick
ing off" to the democrats. Wilbur
L. Cross, former Yale prot" re-
ceives the ball and is expected to
punt out of bounds" when he
enters the play tonight at Woolsey
hall, New Haven. An aerial attack
is expected, as the play will be
broadcast.
Here's what the g. o. p. candi-
dates are saying these days on
their state tour.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02

The regular fall meeting of the
club will be held on Thursday
evening, October 4 at the club
rooms and it is hoped that there
will be good attendance. Visitors
are welcome without any obliga-
ton on their part to join.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02

England has IS automobiles
per mile of road suitbale for
driving: the rate in the United
States Is S.S cars; in Germany
6.3: in France SO.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02

DIED.
BRONSON-In this city, Oct End,
1894, Mrs Lois Childs Bristol Bron-
son, of rs fremont st. Funeral
Thursday afternoon, time later.
NAvARAUCKAs-In this city, Oct
End, 1894, Stanley Navarauckas, -
204 South Leonard st. Funeral FRI
day morning at $3.50 o'clock. to st
Joseph's Church. Burial in Calvary
cemetery.
TONER-In this city, Oct LIST, 1894.
James Toner. of 1870 Thomaston
Ave. Funeral arrangements later.
ERLANGER-In Hartford, Oct End.
1894, Mrs Meyer B. Erlanger, of ] s
Calumet st. Funeral arrangements
later.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
HUGH M, ALCORN:

Cast Haddam) IF am
elected governor l will do what
my predecessor did not do; /
will give every ounce of ability
and all my experience to pre-
pare liquor bill to repair this
bill and to build a fair, equit-
able and workable law -.
stand 100 per cent on the re-
publican platform don't
let anyone tell you I'll go back
on the platform. I'm not built
that way.v
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HIGH EXPLOSIVE
! STOLEN TO-DAY

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ATTY WEISMAN IS
GRANTED NOLLE

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MOTHER OF DEAD
GIRL TESTIFIES

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HAUPTMANN MAY
HAVE HAD ALLY

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The Washington times., 1934-09-03

second raters won't do at all.
They make a ghastly mess Of
things. There would have to be
some cuts and notifications be-
cause most of the plays are too
long for modern taste and con-
venience. But there is still a
great treasure house of art and
beauty there if we only had the
right artists to explore it and
carry its treasures to us"
He loves his golf. Like John
D. Rockefeller, he doesn't play
a long game, but he plays a
mighty deadly one. He's poison
on the greens, and his card one
day with this writer showed only
fourteen puts for eighteen holes.
A match between John D. and
Mr.. Frohman would be worth
going miles to see and it should
be a pretty even thing.
Uncle Dan likes conversational
sport, where fellow can stop
for a minute or two and tell a
story and have laugh. His mind
went back to his early days.
did you ever know I was
Horace Greeley's personal Of
flee boy when I was 14?" he
asked me. well I was, and part
of my job was to copy the old
gentleman's manuscripts. They
were holy terrors and there were
only two people in the Tribune
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
dictated but Not We'd
Here If Not Abroad

Benito Mussoni believer in big families and friend of
the family man. has fired the mayors of four towns in
Italy because they wouldn't get married.
Adolf Hitler who always goes his Italian dictatorial
colleague one better in matters of copusion has caused
to be issued 'Ten commandments for the choice of
wife, which make quite clear that the Na1 Caesar
going to make things mighty uncomfortable for all Ger
man bachelors.
We seriously question whether women-even those on!
the warpah for husbandsw approve the interference
of statesmen and governments in the field of husband
catching.
We imagine that most will think very little of
member of their who needs help from the other
in getting husband that is help from any other
than the one selected for the husband role.
Mussolin and Hitler act though marriage depended
exclusively the men, though the involved
had little to do with it.
Maybe that's in Germany It certainly isn't in Italy
On the day the Duce fired the four mayors an italian
girl Rosina ConsolaZo 19 years DID, fought duel with
her fiance Montalbert Filcoroate % years old,
broken engagement. She shot him in the head and
nearly killed him. which is much drastic and direct
punishment than the government would have dared mete
out
In America the idea of Government-1nasculine gov
ernment-control of marriage is too silly for words
Here we have cases like that of Gregory Blackton
35 years DID, weighing IT'S pounds who has sued for an
annulment of his marriage to the former Mrs Florence
" Mcdonnell, 81 years old, weighing 12O pounds. She
threatened him with physical violence he maintains
We all know what happens to the policeman or anv
outside male who tries to interfere in family quarrel
on behalf of the lady He finds the lady up in arms
against him.
We predict that any marriage dictator over here
will be out of luck
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
By. T. E. Powers

really worth it or not. He used
to pal around with my brother
Charley and myself, and we
talked nothing but plays and
the theater in O'Neil's oyster
house. A lot of water has
rolled under the bridge since
that day." Mr.. Frohman said as
he sketched the high lights of
his career, a career which really
began in 1885 when he took over
the Lyceum Theater in Fourth
Avenue in New York and made
it the home of the famous Ly-
ceum Stock Company.
He made his first bow with
'"The Highest Bidder" and that
production made a star out of
E. H. Sothern. He had made
many stars in his time-the list
is almost endless-stars and
near stars. He introduced Pin
eros plays to the United States
and produced "Trelawney of the
Wells" THE Runaway Girl"
was his as was THE Country
Girl and shy beautiful Edna
May stepped to stardom from
them. He has produced Shakes
peare literally and Gilbert and
Sullivan as we'll. The mans
life for so years is crowded with
such brilliant memories.
Nearing SO he takes life easy
at his studio in the Lyceum
Theatre and devotes most Of his
serious time to managing the
Actors Fund, for which he
raises some $4,000 every year
to contribute to it's settled in
come enough to make UP the
100000 annually needed. The
management of the fund is his
pride and his hobby.
His health is excellent be-
cause, like Mr.. Rockefeller, he
leads an extraordinarily active
one. He eats with singular
moderation, seldom taking any
lunch and very little more at
breakfast than a cereal, a bite
of toast and a cup of coffee.
Temperance in all things keeps
people young, Mr.. Frohman
thinks.
Copyright. 1884. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc)
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

} office who could decipher the
Greeley hen tracks, myself and a
veteran compositor. I have some
of those original Greeley manu-
scripts among my mementoes OF
the past.
Eyes, sir" Uncle Dan con-
tinued, II was a newspaper man
myself once. even if I was only
an office boy. began my
theater career as advance agent
for a fly-by-night company far
out in the sticks. I used to ache
for the time to come when I
would be a regular swell of an
advance agent with gloves and a
cane and spats, and a week
stand company behind me. My
tools consisted of a chewed
stub Of pencil and a paste
brush. I carried my own am
munition, consisting of plenty Of
pounds of bills and when I
struck a town, I got busy with
the brush. 1 used to route a
show for week by climbing a
hill and asking the stage coach
driver the names of the towns
that were in sight.
Time went along and I edged
into the New York game. Dave
Belasco worked for me as stage
manager of a show put on and
which was called May Blossom
paid Dave $35 a week and I
don't know whether he was
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

sible difference did it make
what 1 wore at 10, or where
1 went at 20?
No difference. BUT YOUR
ATTITUDE w HEN F. c E D
WITH THOS E DECISIONS
MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFF
FERENCE.
If you faced those 'unim-
portant" decisions eagerly,
bravely, confidently, elastically,
and made quick work of them,
your whole life benefited by
that courage, determination and
elasticity. If you faced them
reluctantly, timidly. and either
vacillated in making them or
ducked them entirely you
thereby built a weaker, more
cowardly character.
For we don't choose our
character and personalities in
one swoop. We build them by
countless small acts. We arc
truly, tragically, what we
wanted to be-"
And now, today, you're cross,
bitter, discouraged. So your eX-
asperated family or disguised
boss tells you to get out OF
yourself" And you try. You
go for walk. Or to a show.
Or off on a fishing trip. You
try to shake the mood that's
spelling everything. And, for
while, you seem to succeed.
Then back it comes. Things are
as bad as ever.
Things are as bad as ever
because you haven't really tried
to change them. It wasn't a
MOOD that was spelling every
thing. It was that SELF which
caused the mood-the SELF
you have built up so laboriously.
through all the years. That
Self has become a shell-a cell
and you are a prisoner in 1t.
You'll never be happy or
free until you can GET OUT
OF YOURSELF. But tn a t
doesn't mean getting out OF
mood. It means getting out
of an actual self-a deliberately
chosen character.
And how can you get out of
your own character? In ex-
actly the same way you got
into it. BY going to work on
the little things that don't
matter" BY being brave in
stead of cowardly in the Gun
important" decisions no one
ever sees you make-generous
in stea d of jealous-sympa-
thetic instead of intolerant-
hopeful instead of pessimistic.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

maligned emotion has come
into its own as a body-builder,
along with yeast-eating, mud
ism, and bending over 20 times
to touch second base.
ALI this comes from a doctor
of psychology, so it must come
pretty straight. Doctors of
psychology are the ones who
have been telling us all along
not to worry, so they certainly
ought to know what's what in
the worry racket.
when we worry" says the
Doc, "every gland in the body
pourS energizing juices into
the brain. 1t is the body's
way of preparing the mind to
meet an emergency. The bio
logical purpose of worry is to
enable you to get up steam"
Following are a set of worry
ing exercises for sluggish ma
lures. Get those energizing
juices to flowing!
Position No. /. On arising,
stand facing an open window.
CNot too wide open, as, if you
get to worrying too well, you
may fly out) Place the hands
lightly on the hips and think:
"On the fifteenth that big in
surance premium comes due.
On the fifteenth the income
tax is due. On the fifteenth
I shall be just $500 short of
meeting them" Repeat this
ten times, and then exhale.
Position No. 2. Lie flat, on
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
Eat More W0yyy
By Robert BenchIey

your back, with your legs in the
air, and run over in your mind
the age at which you find your
self, the amount of money you
have saved, the probable mum.
ber of years left, and what
chances you will have of getting
a 10-year guest card at the Home
for Aged Men. AS soon as the
energizing juices have reached
your feet, lower them and adopt
a sitting posture on the floor.
Sit that way all day, with your
chin in your hand.
Position No. 3. Stand in front
of a mirror and look at your
stomach.
Position No. 4. Wake yourself
up in the middle of the night,
lie flat on your back in bed and
look at the ceiling. Then figure
out lust how you would get out
of the house in case of fire, what
you would do first if that pain
in your side should turn out to
be acute appendicitis, or how
you would face an actual wer-
wolf.
Position No. S. Just stop to
think about anything.
If you will conscientiously fol-
low these instructions day by
day, supplemented by our Spe-
cial worry-gland tablets, which
are guaranteed to pour energlz-
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

"A AL DC
lieves he made every effort to
formulate plans that would have
given Uncle Sam some assurance
of protection from enemy armies.
When Collins ordered drastic
reductions in Army apprOpria-
tiOnS, sponsored legislation to
decrease the strength of fight
ing forces and made other
moves against national defense,
his friends said he was attempt
ing to discipline the Army and
persuade it to use new methods.
Collins constructive policies
were hard to find, however.
The Army can have little
hope from the situation that
develops in the House because
of Collins defeat.
The men that are next in line
for the subcommittee chairman
ship are not big Army men.
Representative Thomas L.
BlantOn, of Texas, is one of
those in line. And Tom usually
supported Collins. However, if
the Army cOnvinces him of
merit it may succeed.
Collins is gone. The political
caiSSons have carted him away.
What next? The Army asks.
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, jr., had a
neW scare the other eUe Dhen
he juggled those budget figures
for the nations benefit.
His first radio speech caused
him fright, nervousness and
alarm.
Struck by radio fever he was
in a bad spot. And then his
fears we're realized.
Treasury clocks were slow.
MOrgenthau went on the air
The Washington times., 1934-09-03
LabOr'S Holiday
Progress and Promise

Labors holiday this year finds conflict and disturb
marking the industrial horizon.
It is doubtful if greater turmoil and uncertainty have
marked the day since it set aside 81 years ago
one upon which Labor would count its gains and set
forth its detectives.
YET, DESPITE THE LOWERING CLOUDS OF TO-
DAY, IT IS UNQUEsTIoNABLE THAT LABOR HAS
MADE GREAT GAINS AND ACHIEVED GREAT
BENEFITS DURING THE LAST YEAR.
These gains and these achievements may not have been
as great labor has desired They probably have not
been.
The gains and achievements may not have been as
great those who not considered to be in the
group as labor would have liked them to be.
Considering the general situation, however, labor has
made progress
It's rights have been accorded greater acceptance
the part of capital and the part of the general public
Of course, labor's great problem remains now, as it
was last Labor Day. the lack of enough labor to go
around
TITANIC EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO
SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, NOT ONLY BY Or
GAN1ZED LABOR, BUT BY GOVERNMENT AND BY
ALL OF THE OTHER FACTORS OF OUR NATIONAL
LIFE.
Some success has been won by these efforts.
Many who out of employment at the beginning of
the labor year have been placed in jobs.
The efforts unfortunately have not been successful
as all would want them to be.
AS result labor is becoming dissatisfied and in
quarters discouraged
To certain extent this dissatisfaction and this dis
couragement responsible for the strikes and threats
of strikes which today's celebration.
YET, DESPITE THE WARRANT WHICH THE
WORKING MAN HAS FOR FEELING DISCOURAGED
AND DISCONTENTED ORGANIZED LABOR HAS
COMPORTED ITSELF DURING THESE TROUBLOUS
TIMES WITH FINE DEGREE OF CONsIDERA-
T1ON FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL.
Its policies rule have realized that better times
cannot to labor until they to the rest of u.s.
There has been general acceptance by labor of the
necessity for united action the recovery front There
has been general acceptance of the truth that labor
cannot be prosperous in distressed country.
THE LABOR STRIFE OF TODAY WILL PASS AND
BY THE TIME ANOTHER LABOR DAY ARRIVES TT
is TO BE HOPED THAT LABOR AND ALL OF THE
OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE
ONCE MORE ON THE HIGHWAY TO PROSPEROUS
CONDITIONS
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

irritation and A1's'o """'"S""
forcing yourself to be joyous
and carefree for an hour or so.
But getting out of yourself
means much more than that.
It touches mysteries, involves
miracles, of which we rarely
dream.
Get out of yourself" But
what is Self? What is YOUR
self? You think that it is that
personality with which you were
born-a certain combination of
tastes and impulses which are
yours, partly through inheri-
tance, partly through training,
partly through the effect of en-
vironment. Something which
Fate has fixed upon you as firm
ly as the bones within your
flesh. But you're wrong!
YOUR SELF ISN'T SOME
THING THAT JUST HAP
PENED" TO YOU. It's some
thing you chose to be! 1t is
the result of those millions of
choices and decisions and ex-
periments and evasionS which
you have been making ever
since you were baby.
Most of those decisions were
about trivial things. Most OF
them were made in your own
mind and unknown to anyone
else. And so you thought they
didn't matter" But they did
matter enormously.
But that sounds silly" You
snort. do you mean to say
I'm bored and discouraged and
nearly crazy with worry, today,
because I chose pink hair
ribbon instead of a blue one
40 years ago? Or decided to
spend my vacation in Yosemite
instead of Chicago? What pos
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

send IL intrepid young fliers to
death.
Subsidies have been reduced.
The Army has ceased flying
the mail.
Regardless of Dhether or not
Army tliers should haze planes
and equipment and experience
to carry letters, there is one
thing certain: They 1Uere not
the proper carriers at that time.
But the committee which
Hugo L. Black headed IRE
vealed" information that per
Suaded officials to force the
Army to fly the mail.
From this experience the
Government emerged with a
very dark spot on its shield.
Consequently, there are people,
not only in Alabama, where
they are plentiful, but else
where, who are wondering why
Senator Black is being tOuted
for advancement.
Copyright, 1894, The Washington
Times.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-03

A theoretical SalvO of 48
guns was fired by the United
States Army on August 20.
An arch enemy of national
defense had been defeated. And
the Army, declaring a neD IN
dependence Day, fired the salute
usually reSerUed for the Fourth
OF July.
The voters of Mississippi had
trapped Representative Ross
Collins, arch enemy of ma
tional defense, in the treacher-
GUS terrain of political aSpira-