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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
Phone Service Here
 Way Above Normalcy
Last Evenings Gale Causes Little TrOuble-Nght and
 Day Shifts Return to Regular Schedule

Demands for telephone service in and out of town was today about 100 per cent above normal. Manager Harold Davis of the local Southern New England Telephone company stated this morning. Out side of the increased use of the lines telephone activities were back to normal today, he said, with the night and day shifts on the regular scheduled hours. Very little trouble on lines was reported as 8 result of last nights severe gale, but in Naugatuck a little ad- ditional trouble was recorded.
 Yesterday the demands for serv- ice were about 400 per cent above normal. Starting at o'clock the A. B., Southern New England and toll lines were swamped with calls for service. The let-up began to be noted at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The A. B. lines cover local points such as Thomaston, Naugatuck and so forth.
 The girls who worked through out yesterday at the telephone office were housed last night at the Elton. The night shift came on duty last night on schedule and the members of this shift were able to go home at the regular hour this morning. The day shift staying at the >Elton reported for duty this morning on time so everything was back to normal.
 One of the girls on the day shift walked in from Waterville this morning. She had to break her own path part of the way. An other girl this morning offered to walk in from her home in Middle bury. She was praised for her loy-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
HITCH.HIKED FOR ALIMoNY

HIIVH. FJ FUIC AIIMONH Fl Paso. Tex - (U.P.) - In order to file an application for $75 per month alimony against M. H. Toms, Mrs Blanche Toms of Santa Barbara, Cal, hitch-hiled all the way to Fl Paso. she testified at a hearing here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
Post Office Force
 Limited By Storm
Fifty-nine Carriers on Job To-day New York Mail
 Train Three Hours Late-POstal Trucks Available

pressed pride in the fact that all regular carriers reported for duty rthis morning and started on their
 routes according to schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
LIMITED P. o. SERVICE
 TOBE GIVEN THURS.

Limited service will be given at the post office tomorrow. Washing
 tons birthday. All windows will open from a. m. to II a. m. and closed for the remainder of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21

day. There will be no deliveries by carriers. Mail deposited at the post office will be forwarded as usual, while special delivery and air mail will be handled according to their regular schedules.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

got through working without pay, she says.
has been passed on 70 their pupils.
A few days ago pupil asked her if any
big fortune had ever been made by not steal
ing" Four years ago she would have an
swered in the traditional school book manner.
But now?
Now" she says. I have seen the board Of
education in action. I have seen its men,
bers-coal merchants and real estate dealers
bending school policies to their own profit.
I have seen the instructions of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce 10 reduce edu-
cational appropriations wherever possible.
7 have heard myself called red for dar-
ing to believe had earned my salary and
was entitled to it I couldn't answer that
boy honestly and periodically at the same
time
Pondering over this attitude and rejecting
that this young woman can not be the only
teacher who has reached such conclusions.
one is forced to the belief that organized So
ciety can hardly 90 more suicidal thing
than permit its schoolma' ans to go unpaid
during a time Of great social stress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL?

IN declaring for vertical unions in industry,
General Hugh johnson would seem to have
tossed himself blithely into the most difficult
part of our whole difficult labor situation.
American labor organization has not, in
most instances, proceeded along vertical
lines. The overwhelming majority OF our
unions are craft unions. They extend hori-
zontally, not vertically
One union, that is to say, may have locals
in automobile plants and in boiler factories,
in small machine shops and in shipyards
and the stronger it is the more militant its
leadership, the harder it is apt to be to
change it.
Plenty of people have remarked that under
the NRA the vertical union presents much
more l ogical way Of approach 70 the task
unionization. But union leaders themselves
are exceedingly reluctant to admit this point,
and by espouSing it publicly General Johnson
has let himself in for a great deal of very
warm argument.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR

THE revelations made by the senate NUM-
Il tons investigating committee have come
so rapidly that the average citizen probably
is pretty confused. But, in his confusion, he
is unquestionably developing a very strong
resentment against the men who make vast
fortunes out of selling the instruments of
death; and it, in the coming session of con-
gress, there should be a strong move for ma
tionalization Of the arms traffic, it would
hardly be surprising.
Just how such program would work out,
however, in a world where other nations con-
tinue to permit the munitions trade to lie in
private hands, is another question 1t is pos
sible that negotiations with foreign capitals
would have to precede any such step.
For one thing that the investigation has
shown clearly is that the munitions trade is
an international affair 1t may be that only
joint international action can put it under
proper restraints.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

TT is an unusual American city which can
Il get through a year without having an
elaborate traffic safety campaign.
It usually happens about like this. sue
cession Of bad accidents compels thought
less public to realize that the traffic death
situation is intolerable. City government civic
organizations and newspapers demand action.
Traffic authorities announce a big drive"
For few days the city court is clogged
with traffic law viOlators
And then. pretty soon. everybody forgets
about it. and the traffic toll keeps right on
rising.
Until the moment comes when all of US
here in indianapolis. as motorists. have fully
developed sense of our own responsibility, only
two things can be done. one Is 70 increase
the size and efficiency Of the indianapolis
police traffic squad very materially; the other
is 10 abolish the fix" in traffic court.
Until We co these things, our safety cam
paigns Will have little effect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
Faith Expressed IN NelO Deal

scribed cheerfully to the New Deal,
which is in compliance with the
constitutional provisions for JUS
tice so all may have liberty.
The New Deal has put men back
to work, started the wheels of
industry turning and put new
sense of hope and confidence in
the hearts of all. 1t inspires US
to believe that we are strong
enough, rich enough and fair
enough to help ourselves and our
neighbors regain our proud and
rightful place in commerce, indus
try and agriculture.
The vision Of better times is
ahead. The responsibility now
facing us is the determination to
pull together and to give aid in
a common cause; all should want
to see the nation get back on its
feet and everybody prosper again.
Naturally, we would all share IN
any prosperity that comes to the
nation as a result Of cooperating
with the heroic efforts put forth
by President Roosevelt and his CO.
workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

Out Of the backwoods of Mississippi comes
~ Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, hell-bent for the
United States senate.
Nothing can stop him He's the Democratic
nominee in a Democratic state and if that
isn't enough he's out flat-footed for the plain
people, especially the veterans. In more than
1000 speeches he has told EN- so.
The rise Of Bilbo Of the Bayou state is
another success story. From the time he was
born in Juniper Grove he has been "diligent
in his business" and therefore destined to
stand before kings. He worked himself up
from school teacher, preacher, lawyer and
Governor to a niche in Washington. Last
year he was discovered working in the agri-
culture department clipping newspapers at
$4,000 year. Like Sir Joseph in Pinafore,
who so carefully polished the handle of the
big front door that he got to be ruler of the
queens Navee, this hero clipped so well that
now he is to be a senator at $4,000 a year,
less per cent.
Neghbor Huey Long, whom the Mississippi
statesman initiates, had better look to his
laurels as a disturber Of the senate peace.
Bilbo has promised Ito raise more hell than
Huey"-a big order.
The senate will have lot of serious work
to do next winter and, doubtless, will not
applaud the Long and Bilbo act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
- R,o8ERG-

exaggerated. don't recall the
number Of the truck think it was
LOT or ITO
The driver was moving down Eng
lish avenue to Rural street. He was
in the middle OF the street about
to make a turn, when the police
man on duty motioned to him to go
ahead. He made a turn into Rural
street.
He was driving very slowly at the
time and if any comment is to be
made on the way he drove, I can
say he appeared to me to be a very
| careful driver and ne gave the
proper signals.
There were several persons stand
! ing around at the time and they
couldn't understand Why the police
man called the driver at all The
statement was made that the chill
dren had to jump out Of the street;
there were no children IN the street
at the time.
am not in any way connected
with the city nor do I know the
driver but I wanted to correct
false impression that readers of your
paper may have received.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
NEGLECTED TEACHERS

THE unpaid schoolma am has become
Il familiar spectacle. In Chicago. after
four very lean years. she finally has been
given her money; but in some other cities she
has not. and in a great many more she has
had to take drastic reductions. or has been
given only part Of what is owed her.
What has been happening to her in these
hard years? Does she look on the society
whose youth she Is inStructing with the same
enthusiastic eyes that beheld 1t in 1929?
Nobody can speak for all the teachers. Of
course But once IN while a teacher speaks
for herself. and what she has to say can
make disturbing reading.
IN the current issue OF The Nation Chi
caso teacher tells how she felt when that city
finally borrowed money from the RFC and
paid up.
she got. az last. her four years pay. BY
the time she had settled all her debts. she had
lust S94 left-aI that she had 10 show for
four years work az a supposedly good salary.
As she says. she was luckier than many OF
her colleagues she had not gone hungry
nor lost her home. during the depression
I lost only my insurance. my automobile
and my self-respect" she writes. I DID lose
one thing more. but that IS not 70 De regretted
my faith IN the status quo. Few OF US are
the sweet complacent. nominating 100 per-
centers We used TO be-
And this new attitude. which me teachers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

The capital punishment law be-
longs to the dark ages. We know
that we must have laws to combat
crime, but the present law fails to
eradicate the cause. 1t only inten-
SITES the suffering and brings
shame upon US.
When Governor Lehman issued
his 50O-word statement endeaVoring
to vindicate himself for the execu-
ton of a Mrs. Antonio he left out
the fact that his state gave him
power to issue a reprieve or to COM
mute the sentence. His hands were
stained with the blood Of Mrs. An
tonic, and her children. He knew
it, and was thus publicly washing
his hands.
In my opinion, no water can
ever wash the blood from the hands
Of those who made such a law.
This law does nothing other than
premediate, carefully plan and enact
in grim reality, a murder. The
murder Of the wicked hend, COM
mitted in a moment Of rage or in
sanity, is unlike capital punish
ment.
What is there more horrible than
the newspaper reports Of the mod
ern execution? What message VIII
ne who is dressed in the black death
suit convey to the regions beyond?
The electric chair does not get
at the cause, if you look at it in
a social way
Pontius Plate lies in his grave
with his wretched hands stained
with the blood Of Jesus Christ. He
too tried TO wash his hands, but
miserably failed
I am particularly interested in
the Antonio case in New York. I
90 not believe the case is ended.
The Court Of Eternal Justice Will
rule on II on the Day Of judgment
There is no cure for murder
When viii We be sensible enough
70 realize this fact and make laws
that will cause us TO teach the Of
tenders the sacredness Of life? When
will we teach them to regard life
as mans most cherished possession?
I am afraid that such thing would
enter the realm Of perfection, and
on this earth no perfection IS known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

By Perry Rule.
The early settlers of our coun-
try, the Pilgrims, the pioneers and
trail blazers, are splendid eX-
amples Of faith, hope and courage.
Many times they were tempted to
give up in despair for hardshipS
and misery stalked their trails and
scored many vicious victories. But
they held on with confidence, de-
termination and faith, and it
eventually brought them happi-
ness and contentment. We have
high hopes because that spirit has
survived.
When the banks closed a little
more than a year ago, business
stood still, starvation stalked our
cities, worthless crops glutted
farms; everywhere it was asked,
Can America pull through? viii
there be a revolution?"
With a grim belief in represen-
tative government, an abiding con-
fidence in the leadership Of our
chief executive and a steadfaSt
faith in our country to overcome
all obstacles, the people have sub
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABELL

PLUMP, bespectacled DR.. Hans Luther, the
Il German ambassador, whizzed back to
Washington from Boston by airplane the
other day.
The solid dOorman at the embassy mar
veled at the buoyant way Herr DoktOr Luther
leaped from his machine. He seemed merry as
a cricket. Dressed in a gray sports suit, he
rubbed his hands, chuckled, greeted his staff
with much popularity.
Your excellency appears in excellent
health bowed one Of the younger diplomats
"Jal Ja!', exclaimed Herr Luther,
CAM gut! . ia A sea bath every day
at Falmouth, Mass. That is the proper tonic"
In Sprightly fashion, he recounted the way
he presented to Ezra Pound, dean of the Har-
ward Law School, degree Of doctor Of laws
from Berlin university
And he answered me in German" ex-
claimed Luther, his eyes twinkling.
Really, Mr. Ambassador"
ia! =. And later we sat down to a real
German dinner"
The tantahzing odor of red cabbage Cor
was it sauerkraut?) was waited to Luthers
nostras from the embassy dining room. Pale
Munich beer glistened temptingly in tall cry
stall goblets on the dining table. At exactly
such meal had Ezra Pound presided
Herr Luther inhaled the fragrance with
delight
ia! -. A real German meal Well,
gentlemen, let US eatl'
NOTE-Stin taking a daily sea bath at
Falmouth, Mass. and doubtless becoming as
plump and sprightly as Envoy Luther on red
cabbage is Herr Johann G.. LOhmann, second
secretary Of the German Embassy
THIRST to welcome Ambassador Luther back
Il to town was lank, somber- visaged DR..
Rudolf (Relentless RudolD Leitner, German
counSeloT, in appearance the direct antithesis
of his chief
Rudolf looks weary and with some reason
His has been the delicate task of plotting
about the city and its environs no less per-
sOnage than the distinguished Charles Ed
ward duke of Sake Coburg- Gotha prince of
Great Britain and Ireland, first cousin of King
George Of England and grandson of Queen
Victoria.
CENAToR EDWARD COTTON ED
- SMITH Of Georgia, friend Of the dirt
farmer" arch enemy of Braintruster Rexford
Tugwen and prepayment Of cotton. yesterday
arrived hotfoot at the Office Of Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace.
Senator Smith has a new plan and it
sounds fairly radical despite his Tugwellian
bias. He wants to create a special banking
system for agriculture
WalruS mustache bristling. eyes aglow with
inspiration, brown-suited and warm. Senator
Smith told about the speech he viii deliver at
Des Moines, Ia. tomorrow In it, he will
describe his new plan.
7 represent" exclaimed Senator Smith,
when asked just what he represented in this
plan, the greatest oppressed industry Of them
all"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
At Grandna'S
BY NELL MACE WOLFGANG

BY NELL MACE WOLFCANG
Oh. I'd like to 90 out to grandma's.
To her old-fashioned clapboard
house
Far-far away in the country,
Where its as quiet as a mouse.
And there meath the silver leaf
poplar
Away up high let me swing
And then to pull at the old long
rope
Just to hear the dinner bell ring.
Then to hunt eggs in the granary
And bury myself in the wheat
While grandma laughs as she pulls
me out
And tells me we've got that to eat.
I'd ike to climb up TO her cupboard,
Put old-fashioned dishes away
Each with remembrances so dear to
her
From a bride to the present day.
Then to 90 into her sittin' room
And find everything nice and
neat
And she reads a verse from the
Bible
And her evening prayer would re"
peat.
Oh, just to climb on her feather
bed
And soon be repoSing in sleep
But I can't go back to dear grand
mas,
So this tender memory III keep
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
EVERYBODY WORKS
IN THEIR FAMILY
By 0. b.

BY 0. b.
We have of late read much about
the chiSeler and this column has
been full of "beefs" abou this and
that until one wonders just where
common horse sense really is prac-
ticed.
There is a man working at the
Real Silk, as does his wife, and, he
is trying to run blue sky garage
at his home, working until very late
at night and Sundays and in the
rain at times. He runs cars up and
down the alley at high speeds test
ing brakes, ETC., creating a hazard
for children who play in the alley.
This couple stayed at home dur
ing the strike, but was kept well in
formed as to when it was safe for
them TO come to work again by some
official of the company in exchange
Tor some work on his car.
Now the president of Real Silk
has made it known repeatedly that
the company pays the best of wages
and the working conditions are the
best and therefore the strike was
caused by Communists or some
thing and yet this man has to be
assisted by his wife working and
also has to resort to working hale
the night on automobiles to make
living.
1t would appear that if Mr.. Good
mans statements are correst there
would be no need for the wife work
ing, much less the late hour working
on autos.
Maybe Mr.. Goodman could an
swer the question, Who is the CHS
eler?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22

are going to get squarely behind
our tried and true friend, Senator
Arthur Robinson.
My friend I salute you and hope
to meet you at the rally after our
friend Arthur has been returned to
the senate by the veterans, and al
though we know The Times is
against us, I believe it shall print
this in The Message Center.
Let all of us veterans, regardless
of religion, go to work for our
friend, Senator Robinson, to whom
the veterans of the whole United
States look as their lone sentinel
in Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
SATURDAY. SEPT. a. is34.
THE WAR MERCHANTS

THE senate munitions committee recesses
Il until late FELL with a sea Of headlines in
its wake Aside from the lesser sensations Of
bribery lobbying. excess profits. army-navy
aid TO arms exporters. and 50 or. what abuses
has the committee shown to be IN need Of
corrective action2
Prom the viewpoint Of national defense
It has been proved that American manu-
facturers help perfect the munitions plants Of
potential American enemies and that the
army and navy permit manufacturers to use
their secret specifications III making weapons
for foreign powers.
Regarding interference with American
foreign policy. it has been demonstrated:
That munitions lobbyists have fought arms
embargoes. and then tried to circumvent such
embargoes by passing South American war
orders along 10 British allies;
That Americans have helped equip insur-
rections against friendly powers;
That they have complained bitterly against
the "fomenting Of peace" in South America.
and against the pernicious activities Of the
state department" in seeking to pacify Latin
belligerents;
That they have nouted the Treaty of
Versailles by helping put Nazi Germany on
something approximating a wartime basis in
the air.
As 10 the charge that Americans are part
and parcel Of an arms internationale." the
committee showed in black and white that
du Pont and Britain's Imperial Chemical In
dustries divided the world explosives trade be-
tween them and that the Electric Boat Com
pany and Vickers-Armstrong engaged in a
similar partitioning of the world market for
submarines.
That the cause of peace was specifically
and Immediately damaged by the high
pressure arms statesmen was amply proved In
South America particularly. the committee
had evidence Of arms agents fitting between
the capitals Of warning powers. egging one on
against the other with reports of rivals pur-
chases.
The United States navy itself through
naval mission to Peru, charted naval policy
for that nation. and then assigned to neigh
boring Colombia naval officer who mapped
Colombia's defense against peril
Many Of the munitious men were obvious
" honest upright. patriotic men-according
to their lights Others left the impression Of
plain money-grabbers with no concern at all
for the consequences Of their sordid vocation.
But personal and business recitude can not
exempt them from their share of the blame
for a state of affairs in which foreign policy
and military strategy are sometimes dictated
almost as much from Wilmington or New
York as from washington.
The Nye committee is doing a good Job.
But the job is just begun. When the COM
mittee resumes its sessions it should reveal
the relation of steel and other industries to
the munitions racket
The solution rests with congress Whether
it be by naturalization of munitions plants,
by licensing Of exports. by international pacts,
or some other method. We shall have to curb
war-mongering for profit if We want peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-22
VETERAN STRONG FOR
SENATOR ROBINSON
BY sam Waller.

BY sam waller
Replying to John Samulowitz in
The Message Center of Sept. 10,
wish TO say that I am a Protestant
while he is a Catholic, although in
the very depth of my heart and soul
q am still a veteran, one of the boys.
if you please, of '17-18 that you all
we're so proud Of but who under the
present administration. of which I
am guilty of having been kidded
into voting and working for, have
been paraded before you as lot Of
lazy buns.
Ny dear Catholic friend. I wish
to ask you, did the government of
the United States ask you if you
were a Catholic or a Protestant
when it had a task for you TO do?
You bet your neck it did not and
you can also bet your neck that as
We stood shoulder TO shoulder dur
ing that rich man's war we are also
going to turn a deaf ear to the poll
tician's cry Of religion and we, the
defenders Of cur fair and noble land