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Evening star., 1934-04-15
Texans Clash Over
Jim Ferguson in
Democratic Post
Opponents Contend He
Cannot Legally Serre
on Committee.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special dispatch TO Inc star.
AUSTIN, Tex, April 14-The re-
cent election of former Gov. Jim Fer
guson, husband and official spokesman
of Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, as Demo-
cratic national committeeman from
Texas to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Jed Adams, has
again made him the target of his
political enemies-and he has plenty
Of them. What is regarded for the
time being as an empty honor was
conferred on him by the State Exec
utive Committee Of the party. Adams
did not resign until virtually all the
current available patronage in the
State had been disposed of, so Fergu-
son has little to expect in the way Of
rewarding his flienGs in this respect.
The question las been raised as to
whether the Office Of national COM
mitteeman is estste or national. Some
lawyers contend that it is q State
function. Should this view be up
held, Ferguson would be barred by
the impeachment decision by the
Senate which removed him as Gov
ernor II years ago, and could not
serve in his new position. That de-
cision specifically prohibits him ever
again holding State public Office.
The question will 60 before the Ma
tional Committee when it next meets
and Ferguson appears to take his seat
as a member. In the meanwhile, the
anti-Ferguson leaders in Texas are
bringing all possible pressure to bear
on individual members of the National
Committee not to recognize the recent
action Of the State Executive Com
mittee. .,,.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Kansas Counties
Fail to PrOvide
Arms for Sheriffs
One Officer Expended
$500 of O,Un Money
for Equipment.
BY the Associated Press.

by Lne Associated HreSS.
TOPEKA, Kans., April 14-Thirty.
five Kansas sheriffs, replying to 9
QUESTIONABLE from Roland Boynton
attorney general, in the latter's anti.
crime campaign, reported an occa.
sional pair of handouts and now and
then a firearm Of some description as
the average equipment furnished by
the county.
Almost without exception the
sheriffs said they and their deputies
furnished their own firearms and am
munition. Many officers were out
fitted with arms borrowed from
friends or from banks desirous OF
adequate protection against bandits,
the survey showed.
Only nine of the counties reporting
possessed machine guns, the weapon
most frequently used by desperadoes
in their recent raids in Kansas. Only
one sheriff had a motorcar equipped
for interceEtion of radio crime re-
ports.
Several sheriffs reported target
practice was impossible for their men
who could not afford to buy their own
guns, and in addition the necessary
ammunition, out Of their small sal
aries.
Trego County, its sheriff said, fur
nished two pairs of handouts. The
sheriff supplies badges and second
hand revolver, and his deputy rents
revolver for 81 month.
The sheriff Of Ford County, whose
car boasted the lone radio receiver,
estimated he had spent $500 out of his
own pocket for two rifles, three shot
guns, six revolvers, four pairs OF
handouts, two sirens, binoculars and
the radio set.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

have passed since then, the Tribune
says 1t finds that about $50 of the
words are now used by representative
American newspapers.
One Of them Is '1icorice" for
'1iquorice." The newspaper says the
abbreviated spelling has become so
common that any attempt to return
to the longer form would be looked
on askance even by rank conserva-
tives.
The Tribune said it is attempting
to do what President Roosevelt did
when he gave out his revised list and
said:
1T is not an attack upon the Ian
guage of Shakespeare and Milton be-
cause 1t IS in some instances a going
back to the forms they used, and in
others merely the extension of
changes which, as regards other
words, have taken place since their
time.
1T is not an attempt to do any
thing far-reaching or sudden or vio-
lent, or indeed anything very great
at all. 1t is merely an attempt to
cast what slight weight can prop
erly be cast on the side of the popu-
lar forces which are endeavoring to
make our spelling a little less foolish
and fantastic"
Evening star., 1934-04-15
PRISON WOMEN MADE
CONTENTED BY WORK
New California Institution Gives
School Courses in Addition to
Routine.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
TEHACHAPI, Calf, April 14.-It
Is 4 pm. at the new California State
prison for women in this picturesque
valley, where an experiment in ad-
vanced penology is under way.
Work is over for the day. In the
laundry, the kitchens and the sewing
room the woman inmates have worked
since early morning.
Do they shuttle out now in lock-
step, clad in drab prison garb? They
do not. From all the big work rooms
they clatter forth talking, arms about
each other. They loiter on the steps
or hurry off to their quarters on their
own business.
Bright, blue gingham frocks, white
collared, dot the lawn. Frocks, collars
and underwear, too, have been made
by the women themselves, who come
out now after days work to relax
in an atmosphere not like that of q
prison.
I'VE have no trouble with them,"
says Miss Josephine Jackson, deputy
State warden in charge. II only wish
we had more for them to do. The
buster they are, the less discomfort
we have"
Courses in school work are being
offered every afternoon. These are in
great demand.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

plicated rules Of spelling because they
fear one another. The newspaper
quotes DR.. Thomas Kite Brown, COL
league of DR.. william Dodge Lewis
and DR.. Henry Seidel Candy in the
editorship of one dictionary, as say
ing:
1T is tragic, that the five great die
tionary houses in this country and
England cannot conspire to be intelli-
gent; but none would trust the others.
One Of them is about to put out new
revision-a world event, really-the
first real revision since 1910. They
keep their plans secret, but there is
not a chance in the world that they
will simplify more than to a vanish
ingly small extent"
In the last three months the news
paper has submitted list of 80 words
with simplified spelling and has
adopted them to its news columns.
Most OF them can be found in no
present-day dictionary.
To those who criticize any meddling
with the language, the Tribune brings
up the stand taken by the late Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1905 President Roosevelt sent to
the public printer a list of 300 words
with simplifled spelling, despite ad-
verse criticism. In the % years that
Evening star., 1934-04-15
TWO ENTER VERMONT
GOvERNORSHIP RACE
Lieut.. Gov. Smith and Predeces.
sor, Williams, Seek G. 0. P.
Nomination.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BURLINGTON, VT, April 14.-The
gubernatorial campaign in Vermont
has begun with the announcement by
Lieut.. Gov. Charles M. Smith of Rut-
land and former Lieut.. Gov. Benjamin
Williams of Proctor that they are
candidates for the Republican nomina-
ton. Gov. Stanley c. Wilson of Chel-
sea completes on the first of next
January his second term of two years
and there is no reason to believe he
will seek third term. Mr.. Smith
was elected lieutenant governor in No.
vember, 1882, having previously served
in the State Senate and House of
Representatives. He is banker. Mr..
Williams was his immediate predeces-
sor as lieutenant governor, and before
holding that Office had been a State
Senator and Speaker of the House of
Representatives. He is connected with
the Vermont Marble Co.
Both candidates are from Rutland
County and this fact may operate to
their disadvantage, judging from some
recent experiences of Vermont aspir-
ants for Office, should other strong Re-
publicans throw their hats into the
ring before the primary in September.
Vermont also will elect a United
States Senator and Representative in
the House next November. Senator
Warren r. Austin, who was elected In
March, 1881, to fill out the term of
the late Frank L. Greene, ending next
January, will be candidate for full
term. While Senator Austin's action
on two important questions, in voting
against the proposed st. Lawrence
waterway treaty, which was supported
by the Vermont State Grange and the
Vermont Farm Bureau, and in favor of
overriding President Roosevelt's veto
of the veterans pension bill, was not
to the liking of some of his constitu-
ents, it is perhaps a fact that many
more approved of it, especially his vote
on the waterway treaty, and no other
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton has yet appeared on the horizon.
Representative Charles A. Plumley,
who is serving his first term, having
been elected in January to succeed
Ernest w. Gibson, promoted to the
Senate, probably will have no oppo-
sition for a denomination for q full
term.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
MOVE TO RESTORE OLD
APPOMATTOX SUPPORTED

APPOMATTOX, Va, April IA Cp).
-Virginians are advancing a pro-
gram to restore this historic village
to the form it had on the Spring
Sunday in 1865 when generals Of the
Union and Confederate Armies met
here to end the Civil War.
Plans proposed by citizens Of Ap-
pomattox and other Virginia groups
and organizations include complete
restoration of the now crumbling vii
lage and establishment of Appomat-
tox battlefield as a national park.
While this is not the first attempt
to make memorial of the pictur-
esque town, its hackers consider 1t
the most likely to succeed. Opposi-
ton to similar programs has been
expressed by Southern organizations,
including the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans and veterans themselves. They
held 1t would be better to leave the
spot unmarked than to risk the DOS
sihility Of stirring up Ill will.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
CONCERT BUSINESS
SHOWS RECOVERY
Attendance Increase Over Coun-
try Ranges From 10 to 66
Per Cent.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14-There has
been sharp recovery in the concert
business over the country.
This is shown in reports from music
managers scattered over the United
States to the two largest management
companies-the Columbia Concerts
Corporation and the N. B. c. Artists
Service.
In a survey Of "a larger cities made
by the latter company, increased at
tendances over last season ranged
from 10 to sc per cent.
In Atlanta one "all-star" concert
course had an attendance SURPRISING
any since the World War. New
Orleans reported the largest number
Of subscriptions in the history Of its
concert series. Dayton and Louisville
had 20 per cent increases.
Smaller cities and towns showed a
lesser but steady improvement, with
the exception Of some Pacific Coast
towns in a difficult position" the
survey says, "due to the continued
closing of banks"
The Columbia Concerts Corpora
ton says managers are definitely
looking forward to augmented musi-
cal activities" for next season and re-
ports that the average increase of
business this season over last should
approximate Is per cent.
George Engles, managing director
Of the N. B. G. Artists Service, points
out one very noticeable fact: That
along with the general upward swing
there has developed a radical change
In the attitude Of the publican IN
sistence on low box office prices.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
WILD SHEEP PERISH
FROM STARVATION
0cracoke Island, North Carolina,
Loses Half Its 500 Herd
During Winter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS,
OCRACOKE, N. c., April 14.-Death
by starvation has overtaken more thar
half Of the 500 sheep that range the
desolate sand dunes on Ocracoke Is
land.
A journey from one tip Of the is
land to the other reveals their gaunt
carcasses lying where they fell when
their feeble strength faded.
Many wild cattle met the same
fate, but not in such numbers. And
although there have been no reports
of the native ponies dying, these
hardy, shagy little steeds that roam
the island in droves, have been re-
duced to skin and bones.
Two hurricanes last Fall flooded
much Of the island with salt water,
killing what little grass and bushes
that grew among the dunes. The
sandy soil was saturated so deeply
with salt that vegetation shows no
sign Of revival.
Spring usually brings out q colorful
panorama Of wild flowers and bloom
ing myrtle bushes. But now there Is
only the ghastly white sand.
Oldest natives cannot remember
having encountered similar conditions,
and they fear all Of the ponies, cat
tie and sheep are destined to perish
unless some miracle of nature starts
the grass growing.
A pathetic touch is found in the
fact that the lambing season Is start
inc MANY NJ tha paxylv hory, 1oy,hc
have perished day or two after
birth for want of milk in their dams
udders. In many cases it appears
death struck down eve and lamb to-
gether, for their carcasses were found
side by side.
Nobody seems to know whence
came the original herds of ponies,
cattle and sheep. One legend has 1t
that the ponies are the degenerate
descendants Of fine Arabian horses
aboard ship wrecked. on Cape Hat
teraS many years ago,
Evening star., 1934-04-15


Chicago Tribune, advocating SIM
plified spelling, Is using the fol-
lowing spellings:
Advertisement .Herse
Agast Hocky
Allie Hummoc
Ameba Hand together
AnalOg with ilander)
ApOlog Indemnity
Aquilin Instalment
Bagatel Intern
Bailif Jaz
Bajliwic *Jocky
Bazaar Lacker
Burocracy Lacky
Burocrat Lacrimal ITO
Burocratic gether with
*Canceled lacrimosel
Catalog Lether
$Controled Leven together
Controller with unlev-
CotiliOn ened)
Criscross Missil
Crum MOnolog
~CryStaliZe SPatr0led
Decalog Pedagog
Definitly Plaintiff
Demagog Prolog
Derth Pully
Dialog Quill
Distaf *Reherse
Distraut Rifraf
Doctrin Rhine
Drouth Sheriff
Eclog Skilful
Etiquet Stat
*Extoled *Subpena
Fantom Tariff
Fulfilment Tonsilitis Ito
Gally gether with
Genuinly tonsilectomy,
Glamor tonsilotomy.
Hammoc and tonsilec-
+Harken tome)
Harth Tranquility
Hassoc *Warant
Hefer *Yern
Hemloc
+Words also take simplified
spelling with endings "ed," ling"
and Ger"
Evening star., 1934-04-15

~ AKLAND, Calf, April IA up.
4 Having thrived on eco
l nomic principles seemingly
~ as upside down as those en-
counted by Alice in Wonder
land, the Vests largest self-help Or
ganization has announced virtual
completion of plans for forming an
economic federation which, it is hoped,
eventually will provide livelihood for
100000 to 100000 persons.
Actual Inauguration of the unique
sociological experiment awaits only
the formal signing of papers for ac-
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Wordsmiths Wage a Spelling Bee
Newspaper Yearns' for Simplfcaon- -Dconarian Dsrau

~HICAGO, April IA (R.-"The
sheriff and his distraut stat
patroled the Hand indefinite
~ ly and captured some rifraf
riding in herse drawn by
q hefer."
What's wrong with that sentence?
Nothing" says the Chicago Trib-
une, which has been campaigning for
simplified spelling of common words
in the English language.
Plenty" answer most leading die
tionary makers in the United States
and England, unwilling to concede
such radical departures.
In rebuttal the Tribune accuses the
dictionary makers of sticking to COM
Evening star., 1934-04-15
The Same Old Words
But Here They Are in
Brand = New Clothes

CHICAGO, April IA CP.-The
Chicago Tribune, advocating SIM
plified spelling, Is using the fol-
lowing spellings:
Evening star., 1934-04-15

predominant in the Legislature and in
the State government as it intends to
do" he added, then its program is
to be put into effect by the Legisla-
ture as an emergency measure just
as the mortgage moratorium act was
put into effect"
What" he asked, "is to prevent
the Governor also from making good
his threat to declare martial law and
take control of the whole thing?"
Copyright, 1934l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16

bankrupt the middlewest.
 Associated dailies of those three states, and possibly Iowa, are launching an advertising pulp licity campaign in eastern publi- cations, newspapers and trade journals, to offset reports that scar !. ing heat during July and August left farmers with no income.
 ; The Missouri publishers are put ting up $2,000, to be matched with like sums from the other state or ganizations. Advertising space will be purchased in the publications.
 The advertisements will make statistical facts, gathered from the federal government and individual states, showing that farm purchas- ing power this year actually has increased over last year.
 In Missouri, for example, while the drought was figured as doing some $50O,000,000 in damage, far mers' purchasing power in 1884 is estimated at .$5,00O,0O0, more than it was in 1893. They are receiv- ing higher, prices for their crops and hogs, in addition to the mill lions of dollars distributed in the state by federal relief agencies.
 The newspaper stories will relate activities of midwestern farm sec- tions to "beat back' to normal aft- CT the drought.
 Recent rains, salvaged some of the late corn, made possible plant ing of new forage crops, prepared the ground for next year and re- filled streams and creeks to furnish water to thousands of heads of livestock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
STATE EDUCATORS
 MEET IN HARTFORD.
Proposed School Legisla- tion to Be Dis=
 CuSSed

Supt of Schools Thomas J. Condon will attend the meeting of school supervisors and other educational leaders to be held on Friday at Hartford for the pur- pose of discussing legislatoin on school affairs. Dr Condon was authorized to attend the session as representative of Waterbury schools at the meeting of the board of education yesterday.
 On the recommendation of Sup erintendent Condon, who made a poll of the streets in question, the board voted to leave Ives street in the Wilson school district and to transfer the section of Oak street from No 1 to 58 to the Slocum school.
 The following transfers were made to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Miss Ann M. polan, teacher in the Roosevelt school:
 Miss Margaret c. Sweeney, from Hamilton cshool, grades 1 and to Roosevelt school, grades 1, and 3.
 Miss Katherine E. Shea, Hamil- ton school, from grades and 4 to grades 1, 3 and 8.
 Miss Mary G. Delaney, teach ing principal at Hamilton school, grades and 6, to grades and 5.
 A communication was received from the United States navy, rec ommending that school teachers hold class discussions of the navy in recognition of Navy day, to be October 27.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
POLI'S

Tonight will witness the final showings of spectacle that IS superb at Poli's when the final showings of Cleopatra" with Claudette Colbert and Warren Will liam will be thrown on the screen.
 Starting Wednesday another double feature program will be the attraction that shadows all others that have been shown at this thea ter for the past year when as the first feature there will be blonde and lovely Constance Bonnet in "Outcast Lady" taken from, the Michael Arlen story "The Green Hat" and brought to the screen in a greater glory than the stage even attempted.
 As Iris March, Miss Bonnet will make you think of the thrills and delight that were yours in Com mon Clay" and the surprise end- ing of the picture will leave all with a different viewpoint on life. Assisting Miss Bonnet in the lead ing male role will De Herbert Mar shall the favorite who stole the picture "Riptide" from such per- formers as Norma Shearer and
 Robert Montgomery, this talented and favorites English actor has a way of sneaking into your very
 soul while acting and that is just
 what he does in this picture. The second feature and surely l if ever there was a Waterbury fa- vorite it is James Dunn, who will
 be seen in 1885 Nights in Holly
 wood" sIt affffords this clever youth the best chance that he has of performing in the manner that all love him as, that of a breezy and carefree person and he will make a host of new admirers by his work in this picture, assisting him in the leading remale role will be Alice Faye and she sings. an added treat and does plenty of singing, so what better combina- ton of show could be asked for, dramatic story and one of the best ever written and then com- edy with music.
 Surely here is a perfect combi- nation and from the phone in- quiries, made since this program was first announced there will be plenty of Waterburians in the theater while this engagement is on. t..r
 Starting Saturday Robert Donat. a native of Naugatuck will be seen
 in the title role of the greatest
 picture in ten years. "The Count
 of Monte Cristo" and supporting him will be Elissa Landi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
PARK COMMISSION HOLDS INSPECTION
Board of Education Mem= 1. bers, City Officials Make
 Tour of City

Members of the park commis- sion, the board of education, and other city officials inspected the parks yesterday, under the direc- ton of Superintendent of Parks Irving w. Harrison. The tour end- ed at the municipal golf course, with a clambake.
 John P. Elton, president of the board, presided at the dinner, and expressed his satisfaction with the development of the golf course. Mayor Frank Hayes spoke highly of the men who had made the building of the parks possible, such as the late w. F. Fulton and mem bers of the Chase family, and also praised Superintendent Harrison for his work in developing them.
 William M. Harris also address ed the gathering. Superintendent Harrison told of the actual build ing of the club house, which he said was done with lumber taken from 8 dismantled ice house at Lake Quassapaug, with other ma teria1s borrowed and gathered from various places. Mir Harrison characterized the building as a history of Waterbury" saying that the park department salvages everything it can lay it's hands on.
 During the dinner, music,,was by the newly organized EZRA band under the direction of Cosmo Venditti.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
STRAND

Current attractions at Warner Brothers Strand theater include Bing Crosby In Paramount's musical smash "she Loves Mo Not" and Damon Rnnyon's hit story "Million Dollar Ransom" with Phillips Holmes and Mary Carlisle. Capacity houses wore in evidence at ali shows at tho again last night which proves that double feature bills offered to the fans this season.
 However. tomerrow's nli new show is in fhe sanlo class and will Include rfanehot Tone with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16

Madeline Carroll and strong sup- porting cast in the dramatic mas terpiece "rhe World Moves on." The companion feature will Dc Advice To The Lovelorn" with cast of favorites.
 Friday and Saturdays program will be headlined by Janet Qnynor with Lew Ayers in Servants En- trance" with "side Street" as the companion feature.
 early showIn at the Strand Include aii the current hits bein shown fn the first run houses and inciudin specifically such attractions as "Judge Priost," "rhe Barretts Of wimpolo Street." ''fIave 4 Heart", You Belong to Me-" "CharIl6 Chan In London" "Murder On The piRmond, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16

ing at the Girl Scout camp in Wa terbury had been broken into and ransacked. Though the interior of the place was in utter confusion. check-up showed that nothing of value had been taken.
 Patrolman Patrick Griffin re- ported. that an attempt had been made Sunday morning to enter a store at 1O3 South street. The thieves were apparently frightened away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-16
EZRA ALLOTMENT
 TO BE INCREASED
Local Administrator In- forms Mutual Aid of An=
 ticipated Winter Help

William M. Harris, Mutual Aid and FERA administrator, told members of the Mutual Aid asso- citation that he expected an increase in the EZRA allotment for the winter months. at the meeting yes- terday.
 According to the treasurer's re- port there was small increase of expenditures over donations during the week. Receipts were ap- proximately $S,20O and expendi- lures $8,700, reducing the balance to approximately $9,100. The to- tai number of persons being given relief is now about 1,200.
 Through the EZRA the state government will be aided in locat- ing the graves of Connecticut war veterans it has been announced. The work is under the direction of Charles R. Hale, field representa- tive of the library. Fifty seven men are employed throughout the state as tombstone statistics takers.