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independent appeal of Governor Cross himself. VI. There is no man. within the par ty who could replace him as it's candidate for governor. There is no man within the party who can dare, in the last analysis, to defy him. Without him, there Is little question that Connecticut would soon revert to it's old habit of electing republican machine governor,
 Thus 1t Is that, although certain party leaders may fuss and fume, chafe at the bit, and even declare that It would be better to have no democratic governor at all thun to have Cross governor, thcy usualN come around, wagging their tails behind them, when another elec- tion is in prospect.
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present instance, but it is more or less certain the reason for much of the agita- tion that is going the rounds today. You can no more get blood out of stone now than ever before and the old adage about half loaf, if viewed in the right frame of mind, makes about as good horse sense as it always did. MIRA offers no Utopia, but on the contrary, if lived up to, an opportunity for improvement which only hard work can accomplish.
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Stayed to the End

Stayed to the End
 Walking out on theatrical performance has been one of the cherished privileges of the gener- ally underprivileged American au- dience. Kissing has been frowned on for a long time and the throw ing of small objects has not been tolerated since the Cherry Sisters used 10 act behind net. But mo- body ever tried to keep customers from leaving theater.
 Nobody ever did, that is, until the petulant-looking, scorching- voiced Libby Holman, widow of the late Samuel Reynolds, made her debut as a comedienne on the legitimate stage of the Hedgerow theater at Moylan-Rose Valley, Pa. Her audience numbered ex- actly 16S and included regular prise press delegation from Philadelphia and New York, and a few strange gents who were whisperinglyi identified as secret service operatives.
 Every window of the old mill barn which is how a theater, was locked, and every door was barred. Once in it's seats. the audience dis covered that it couldn't even go out during intermissions. At the doors were stationed members of the Pennsylvania state police, who said nary word but were very effective in keeping anyone from ducking in or out. In addi- tion, several members Of the Hedgerow group patrolled the vii cinity with clubs and police whis- ties.
 This was all very mystifying, especially since there were no milling. crowds outside, no imper- tinent utograph-seekers. Prob ably the precautions were due to kidnap threats which are supposed to have been made against the former torch-singer and her child. Right after the final curtain Miss Holman slipped out a back door and sped toward her home on owls Nest road, near Whining ton, Del. When she was safely on her way the perspiring audience was released from custody.
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Another entertaining little yarn is the one about Sims Jaynes of Muskegeon. Mich. Jaynes has police record. He was honest enough to tell about it when he applied on June 12 for renewal of his drivers license. Yes, he had been ar rested for speeding. That shameful cpl sode occurred in Grand Rapids The time was 1904 He was hauled into the police court and fined $1 for driving five miles an hour, when the legal limit was three. Nevertheless Jaynes got his license re- neWed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
CROSS STILL THE HEAD MAN

It must be a comforting thing for the sincere democrats of the state to know that. no matter how much the various party chieftains many of them discrcdited by their past records. may squahb1e and bargain among themselves. Gov. ernor Wilbur L. Cross still stands as Rock of Gibraltar upon which their unworthy schemes may dash themselves In vain.
 It ls still true that the demo- cratic party owes the great part of it's streneth In Connecticut to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

"How About Macaroni Salad?" asks sprightly headline on a home economies page. We'll, since you ask, Madame, please pardon us if we reply, Nothing doing" Macaroni couldn't possibly be the basis of anything we'd call salad.
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O. Where does Edgar Rice Bur roughs, the author of the TarzaD stories, live?
 A. Tarzana, California. ;,
 Q. What nations have ruled Helgoland?
 A. From the middle of the tenth century it was an Independ- ent republic, but came into the possession of the dukes of Schles- wig in the fourteenth century. and was captured in the beginning of the eighteenth century by Den- mark. Tn 1907 1t was occupied by Great Britain, to whom 1t was of ffcially ceded by Denmark in 1874. By treaty between England and Germany the island became a Ger man possession in 1890.
 Q. What is the population of Jerusalem?
 A. 90, 502.
 o. What do the initials 70. G. P. U." stand for?
 A. Obedinennoe Gosudarstvdn- noe Politscheskoe Upravlenie; meaning "The United States Poli- tical Administration" The organ, ization is commonly called, Gay pay-oo." It was formerly known as the "Cheka," the Soviet secret service agency.
 Q. What is the area of Central park, New York?
 A. It contains S79 acres.
 o. Are American citizens who served in the Canadian army in the World war entitled to bonus and compensation from the U. S. gov ernment?
 A. No.
 Q. Was President Roosevelt Connected with the U. S. navy dur ing the World war?
 A. He was assistant secretary. of the navy.
 O. What does "U. s. S." before the name of ship mean?
 A. United States ship.
 Q. What is the significance of the red and white stripes on the uniform of sailor in the U. S. Navy?
 A. A red stripe signifies fire. man and white stripe seaman.
 Q. Do Englishmen go through. the same procedure to become American citizens as other na- tionals?
 A. Yes.
 Q. How many Planetaria are in the. United States?
 A. At present there arc two: the Adler planetariIm in Chicago; and the Field planetarium at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, recently opened. A third one is in course of construction at Los An geles. Calif and a fourth one will be at the Museum of Natural His tory in New York city. The latter in reality will be two planetaSia in one-a projection planetarium and copernican planetarium.
 Q. Is Christmas observed on January 6, in any state in ths Union?
 A. No.
 If you want q copy of our bul- lctin SAUCES, write to The Wa terburys Democrats, Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage StamOs
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Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
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The Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round
ARsnN and RnRERT S. AILNN

O Washint Mery-G Round a Undermine Reciprocity Tar Brewy Workers Nude; Pno, Eager to Beat R Sena eserve Harrison Seeking Way rma Debts
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Farmers are conservative in their way. They don't want to change their type of radcalism.
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o. Where was Col Charles A. Lindbergh born?
 A. Detroit.
 O. Name the tallest building in Los Angeles, Calf.
 A. The new city hall, 2S stor- ies, 452 feet.
 O., Where was John Dillinger, the outlaw, born? How old and how tail is he?
 A. He is 31 years old, about 5 feet z inches tall and was born on a small Indiana farm twenty miles southwest of Indianapolis.
 Q. What is the source of the quotation: "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are there; it might have been?"
 A. Maud Muller" by John Greenleaf Whittier.
 Q. How many patents have. been issued by the U. S. patent of fee?
 A. From July 2S, 1886, when the present patent office was estab- lished, to June 1884, the number issued was 1,962,109. Previously 9,957 patents had been issued.
 o. How is melba toast made?
 A. Slice sandwich bread very thin, trim off the edges and put the bread in the oven or toaster to brown.
 Q. Who was the father of Alex ander the Great?
 A. Philip of Macedon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Q. Is Christmas observed on January 6, in any state in the Union?
 A. No.
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If you want copy of our bul- lctin SAUCES, write to The Wa terburys Democrats, Washington Bureau. enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Politics, whether New Deal or Old Deal, is no fair in July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Q. Do Englishmen go through the same procedure to become American citizens as other na- tionals?
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Yet man is born unto trouble. the sparks fly upward,-Job, 5:7. TROUBLE and perpleXity drive to prayer Il and prayer driveth away trouble and perpleXity.-Melancthon
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Q. Who was the father of Alex ander the Great?
 A. Philip of Macedon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York = Manhattanites, whose paths are strewn with black alley cats, and who think nothing of walking under ladder-or worse still, grand piano or a safe that's being hoisted-are pret- ty careful about the number 13.
 The motor license people get in- numerable complaints about new plates containing the number, or even digits adding up to IS. Su- perstitious drivers consider them sure death. Thirteen as street number is an unpopular address, And, for that matter, Thirteenth street itself never has amounted to much, and Thirteenth avenue is a short and shabby highway on the farthest west edge of Manhat- tan.
 Dozens of buildings in the sky teenth floor. Yet a few of the defied the superstition, or at least The Empire State, Chrysler, Irv- Bank of Manhattan and Wool WOIlu dlt nave The latter always has had ten ant for it's Room 1913. The Em- pire State, on the other hand, has not had very good luck with any of it's floors.
 Safety In Numbers
 The mid-island mountain range of stone, and steel that is Rockefeller. Center hasn't got a thirteenth level anywhere. Com mon practice" said a man in the renting office, "Of course the management isn't superstitious, , but-ah-the tenants, you know" The Chanin and Graybar build- ings jump from 12 to IA, too. The home of the New York Lifc has a blank button for floor 13 on it's elevator indicators.
 Most hotels refuse to take any chances on objections from their guests, and I can't recall any ex- cept the Pennsylvania and the Waldorf-Astoria which has dared number floor "13," or even a room on any other floor. Hospi- tals are still more cautious, and the Columbia Presbyterian Medi- cal Center is the only big one with a Room 13.
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o. What does "U. s. S." before the name of ship mean?
 A. United States ship.
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Q. How many patents have been issued by the U. s. patent of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Q. What is the significance of the red and white stripes on the uniform of sailor in the U. S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

o. Was President Roosevelt Connected with the U. s. navy dur ing the World war?
 A. He was assistant secretary. of the navy.
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A. A red stripe signifies a fire. man and white stripe a seaman.
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o. What is the area of Central park, New York?
 A. It contains 879 acres.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-17

Q. Are American citizens who served in the Canadian army in the World war entitled to bonus and compensation from the U. S. gov ernment?
 No
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o. Where was Col Charles A. Lindbergh born?
 A. Detroit.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Navy Orders

Comdr. John L. Hall to Asiatic
Station.
Lieut.. Comdr. Wallis Gearing to
U. S. S. Wyoming as navigating
officer.
Lieut.. Comdr. Stanley C. Nor
ton to duty as officer in charge,
Navy Recruiting Station, Denver,
Colo.
Lieut.. G.g.) Donald C. Beard to
destroyers. Battle Force.
Lieut.. G.g) Paul w. Hord to
U. S. S. Trenton.
Lieut.. (j.g0 Horace S. Hubbard
to Asiatic Station.
Lieut.. G.g) Justin L. Wickens
to Asiatic Station.
Ensign George o. Hobbs to U.
S. S. Biddle.
Ensign Thomas P. Lowndes to
U. S. S. Blakeley.
Ensign Charles E. Phillips to
Asiatic Station.
Lieut. Comdr. Franklin F. Lane
(M.CO to Naval Hospital, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Lieut.. G.g) Edwin B. Coyl
(M.CO to Navy Yard, Mare Island,
Cal, instead Naval Medical School,
washington, D. C.
Lieut.. Don M. Robinson (S.C0
to aircraft, Battle Force.
Lieut. Richard A. Vollbrecht
(SCO to Naval Aircraft Factory,
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Miss Gertrude Jones, Candidate
In Ohio for House, Expected
To Address Women Here

visit in Washington last Fri
day to discuss the political sit
uation in her State with Mrs.
Ellis Yost at Republican ma
tional committee headquarters.
"a
Bankers Farley
The twelfth annual conven-
ton of the Association OF Bank
Women will be here october ~
and Is, according to Miss S.
Winifred Burwell, chairman OF
the general convention commit
tee and assistant trust officer
of the National Metropolitan
Bank.
The convention headquarters
will be the Mayflower Hotel,
where the sessions will be held.
Miss Agnes M. Kenny, manager
of the women's department OF
the First Wisconsin National
Bank Of Milwaukee, is president
Of the association.
The board of directors Of the
association named the following
convention chairmen: Miss
Nina M. Bruere, Central Han
over Bank & Trust Co., New
York, program committee; Miss
Susan B. SturgiS, First National
Bank. Boston, entertainment
committee; Miss E. Nora Glib
bons, Fulton Trust Company,
New York hospitality commit
tee; Miss Jean Arnot Reid,
Bankers Trust Company, New
York, steering committee; Miss
Anetta G. Foster, Michigan
Trust Company, Grand Rap
ids, registration com NIT e;
Miss Gertrude M. Jacobs, Mar
shall and Ilsley Bank, Mil
waukee, nominating committee;
Miss Alice L. Fraser, Citizens
National Bank, Freeport, N. Y,
badges committee; and Mrs.
Mary Berkeley Finke, Morris
Plan Industrial Bank, New York,
publicity committee.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
LISTEN WORLD By Elsie Robinson

} lied with a shock that it was
a poor room, too. Strange, how
youngsters can live in the very
core of struggle and sacrifice
and yet know nothing of it. 1t
was that way with us. They
must have been desperately
worried, always-those two who
we're such weary, anxious hui
man beings to themselves, but
only M o t h e and Dad to
us five children. And I sup
pose that particular night was
not much worse than all the
rest, to them. But for me, it
was my first realization of
grown-up fear and grown-up
need.
I think a bill had come. A
much worse bill than they ex-
pected and, for a moment, they
couldn't hide their panic. I re-
member lifting my head from
my book-Startled by some
strangeness-and seeing their
faces staring at each other
through the blue shadows, white
and tense. And suddenly, just
after feeling as comes over me
these days, fell upon me. feel
ing as though all the homely
security that walled my life had
been swept away and I we're
alone in a dreadful world which
I had never seen before.
1t was so sharp and shocking,
that sudden desolation, I
started to scream with fright. I
Remember my mouth opening
as one remembers fumbling in a
nightmare. Then something hap
pened. Very quietly-though he
stopped as if he were tired-my
father rose from his chair and
went around to my mother and
put his Scared hand on her
shoulder and smiled down into
her desperate staring eyes.
"No matter what happens,
Lizzie, ne SAID SO1Cly, We nave
each other, dear"
She smiled and laid
her cheek upon his hand. And
suddenly I was back there-safe
and happy in the little room I
loved. And everything was all
right.
And so it comes back to me
often, these days, when that
sudden desolation comes over
me. and all the things we have
known and loved and chung to
seem swept away. and I reach
out in terror for something, for
anything to cling to.
Copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
DAILY WEATHER REPORT

Excess of precipitation since
August l, 1884, 1.95.
Tide Table
High tide today at 3:17 a. m.
and at 3:42 p. m.
Low tide today at 1919 a. m.
and at 1901 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 4:24 a.
m. and at Ash p. m.
Low tide tomorrow at 1924 a.
m. and at 11:24 p. m.
The Sun and Moon
The sun rises today at 5:25 a.
m. and sets at 6:57 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 5:26
a. m. and sets at 6:56 p. m.
The moon rises today at 4 p. m.
and sets at 1903 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at
1852 p. m. and sets at Ill a. m.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

Republican women's clubs Of
the District may have the op-
portunity of seeing and hearing
Miss Gertrude Jones, of Findley,
Ohio, Republican candidate in
the Eighth Ohio District, in the
near future.
Mrs. Ellis Yost, director Of the
women'S division Of the Repub-
lican national committee, has
written Miss Jones, inviting her
to Washington. She has not,
as yet, received an answer, but
it is in the cards that it will
be a favorable one.
Miss Jones is young and quite
good looking, and has the rep
utation in her State of being
a shrewd politician. She has
been vice chairman of the Ohio
State Republican committee for
four years.
In the elections she will be OPP
posed by Brooks Fletcher, Demo
cratic House member. Mr..
Fletcher is a veteran, having
served in the last three Con-
crosses, but. friends of Miss
Jones contend, he is not as
clever a campaigner as his fem
mine opponent.
If Miss Jones accepts Mrs.
Yost's invitation she probably
will come to Washington very
soon as, no doubt, she will
want to be on the grounds
during the last few exciting
weeks of the campaign.
Her visit promises to he
crowded with engagements to
address Republican women'S
clubs, as all the feminine mem
bers Of the G. o. P. in Wash
ington are eager to see and
hear her.
Mrs. GABRIEL Here
Mrs. Calvin Gabriel, national
Republican committeeWoman
from Maryland, made a brief
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Departure From Normal
Passenger Trains
To Carry Freight

A new service intended to move
merchandise on passenger trains
at freight rates will be tried out
on the Illinois Central System
south of st. Louis and east of
Vicksburg, Miss, beginning Mon
day.
About $50 commodities in
cluded in the first five freight
classifications will be eligible for
the service. Pickup and delivery
service will be supplied by the
Railway Express agency.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

gins with picture.
A picture of the old house
where I lived as girl. of the
sitting room" where we all
gathered in the evening. A
shabby room, with the cheap
paint peeling from the tongue
and-groove wood work, and the
Mating ravelling in a dozen
places. In summer the windows
opened wide to the tangled gar
den, and the roses came spray
ing in through broken screens
with the sleepy sound of the
crickets and night birds, and
the distant sigh and such OF the
turning tide. In winter Dad put
up the stove, and we could see
the flame, leaping and twisting
through the square of isinglass.
There was a long extension
table with do you remember?
"a Chenille cover" A faded
tan affair-with knotted tassels
that we youngsters pulled out,
and ink spots from our home
work"
What a crowded room it was
on winter nights, with the rain
pattering on the roof and all
of us talking at once, and that
mixed-up home smell of stove
backing, apple peeling, drying
rubbers, winter flannels and
doughnuts. And always the
faint blueneSs of dads old pipe,
circling around the big kero-
sene lamp, losing itself in the
shadows of the ceiling. A crowd
ed room and a happy one.
AVoI than ono Noirht T wal
The Washington times., 1934-08-20
Army Orders

Leave Of absence granted to:
Lieut.. Col. Clark Lynn, adjutant
generals department, one month.
Major wentworth w. Moss, in
fantry, one month and IA days.
First Lieut.. Otis Mccormick, in
fantry, two months.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence R. Bell,
medical corps, one month and IA
days.
Major Livingston Watrous, ad-
jutant generals department, as
signed to Fort Bliss, Texas.
Major Clarke Blance, medical
corps, to Army & Navy General
Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark.
Capt. Clay L. Hoppaugh, signal
corps, to Governors Island, New
York.
Capt. Harry G.. Armstrong, med
ical corps, to Wright Field, Ohio,
Leave granted Lieut.. Col. Frank
lin T. Burt, Infantry, two months
and "a days, August 7, 1884; Capt
Murray T. Davenport, Infantry,
three months and 18 days, AL
gust IL, 1894; Capt. LIE Roy A.
Whitaker, Coast Artillery Corps,
one month and IL days, August 8,
1884; Capt. Clifford A. Gray, In.
fantry, one month and "a days,
August 7, 1894, to expire not later
than September 80, 1884; Capt,
Forrest z. Collins, Infantry, one
month and "a days, August 7, 1884,
to expire not later than Septem,
Der 80. 1884; Capt. Lawrence D.
Talbot, Quartermaster Corps, one
month and Is days, August IS,
1884; Second Lieut.. Frederic H.
Smith, jr., Air Corps, one month
and Is DAYS, September 5. 1884.
The Washington times., 1934-08-20

Rodney Woodward, Of Mar
shall, Va, playing No. 3 on the
Fauquier-Loudoun Polo Team,
was the champion player, hit
ting eight goals of the II made
when his team played the
Washington County Polo Team
at Hagerstown yesterday after
noon, with a score of II to 10 in
favor Of the Fauquier-Loudoun
team.
Mr.. woodward was quite the
sensation Of the game as he hit
goal after goal, carefully and
accurately.
The drive over to Hagerstown
on Sunday morning was de-
lightful, through Virginia and
West Virginia, on into Mary
land.
Lunch at Hagerstown, and
then a drive of six miles to
Williamsport, where the green
polo field is situated amidst
lovely settings, on the banks
Of q creek just where it flows
into the Potomac River, which
is very wide at this point.
The sidelines we're crowded
with automobiles filled with
spectators from HagerstoWN and
WilliamSport, all Keemy lnUer-
ested and enthusiastic over the
game. AS their favorites made
goals and hit balls. there were
yells of approval and ap-
plause.
The Maryland team was given
a handicap of two goals at the
beginning of the game. The Vlr-
GINA team made two goals in
the first chukker, making them
even, and from then on it was
almost an even game, with first
one side and then the other
goal ahead. At the ending of the
fifth chukker the score was SO.
Two goals were made by Mr..
Woodward in rapid succession,
which made the HagerStoWn
boys play like demons to catch
UP. John Jamison. No. 3 for
Maryland made a goal, and then
with only twenty-five seconds to
go they failed to make another
and the bell rang for the ending
of the game, with the Fauquier-
Loudoun team one goal to the
good.
The lineup for the Washington
County team of Hagerstown was,
Mr.. w. D. Byron and Mr.. E. L.
Mason Nos. l, Mr.. J. V. Jamison
No. 2, Mr.. r. A. Jamison No. 3,
Captain Mallonee back.
The Fauquier-Loudoun teams
lineup was, Captain William
Hulburt No. 1, Mr.. John Raw
lingS No. 2, Mr.. Rodney Wood
ward No. 3, and Mr.. John Wal
ker, back.
Captain Mallonee made four
goals for Hagerstown, John JAM
ison three, and Richard Jami-
son, one. All of the Virginia
boys played well but Mr.. Wood
ward was the star player.
After the game the visitors
were invited to the country club
for tea and drinks, and some of
them stayed over for supper,
after which beautiful moon
light drive home was enjoyed
by the Virginians, who were
tired but happy over their vic
tory.
* Il
Saturday ended the three-day
horse show and races at Charles
town, w. Va. With Thursday
and Friday rainy and deep with
mud, the show was not we'll at
tended, but Saturday was bright
and tho prOuJ u,oc 1orno N6rc