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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22
Paris Letter
BY THOMAS COPE
Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent


Paris, (UP)-Coincident with
may be forced to accept German
America airmail service, figures for
1888 show that French CONNER
cial aviation during that year rose
to third place in total mileage
flown.
France also leads Europe in pri-
vate flying, being second only to
the United States, whose spectaeu-
lar advances in aviation during the
past few years dwarf nearly all
European performances.
The relative positions Of the
leading countries are revealed in
figures made available by Air.
France Company and the Aero club
de France.
Grain of Salt
This country. 1t is seen, has more
planes per number of Inhabitants
than any other. and Is second in
number of planes per square miles.
However. this statement must be
taken with grain of salt when
compared to the position of COM
mercial aviation.
The great increase In. mileage
flown BY man. passenger and
freight planes primarily is due to
colonial expansion. Thousands OF
miles yearly are flown over deserts
jungles and seas, adding up into
an Impressive total.
On the other hand, France itself
is a small, densely populated region
when compared to the United
States. So that II this country to-
day can boast of one airplane for
every 100000 inhabitants against
the United States, one for 100000,
II can by no means claim q supe-
riority in service performance.
Growth In Civil Flying
OF more interest and significance
| Is the growth in civil flying. In 1927
when $50, or<more privately-owned
| planes, piled American skies, only
| a score or SO Of rich nlanufactur-
ers, or professional flyers could
boast of their own planes in
France, where there were virtual
| ly no private fields.
Today there are 100 privately
| kept airports giving service to more
than 700 individually-0wned planes
This Is still well below the Loo
or more air-roadsters flown In the
United States, but II Is well above
the figure or 636 for Britain, where
private dying has become . ma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

Bearing out our comment of some
weeks back advices from Washington
state that Mrs Fannie Dixon WEIGH will
not'resign her position as national COM
mitteewoman from Connecticut right
away We stated at the time that if she
did this she might find herself next fall
both without her seat on the national COM
mittee and her present federal job of COLI
lector of the port. She has not yet been
confirmed in the Senate for this position
along with U. S. District Attorney Frank,
Bergin and Internal Revenue Collector DR.
Edward G. Dolan. Senator Augustine
Lonergan has successfully held up these
appointments. Therefore, Mrs WEIGH will
not be forced to abdicate her national
committee job until she is sure she will be
retained as collector of the port. Demo-
cratic policy, from national standpoint,
though, will remain as is, namely, to di-
vorce all national committee members
who hold federal office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22
So They>Say

The cultural ideal of the present
day America Is not SO much knowl-
edge as 1t is the desire and ability
for accomplishment.-Prof Albert
Einstein.
The people want nudity. and
come back for more. Oddly enough
the ladies applaud the most after a
nudist Billy Rose. New
York night club owner.
wish there was some way to
cure speculation. But think you
have got to change your race OF
human beings. because they Ike to
speculate. - Percy H. Johnston,
New York banker.
love soldiers, but they are the
dumbest men on earth.-Mat Gen
Smedley d. Butler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Rich Men Compared
To Robber BarOns

The rich, says a song recently
popular, get richer and the poor
get poorer; and If you ever have
wondered idly just how and why
that happens, you hardly can do
better than read 1.-THE Robber Bar
ons," by Matthew Josephson.
Mr. Josephson examines the ca
reers of our great men of money
bilt, Morgan, Hill, Carnegie, and
tunes during the latter half of the
takes to show. what was happen
ing. to the republic in that period.
These men, he remarks, were ex-
actIy like the robber barons of the
middle ages; that Is, they estab-
lished themselves at the crossroads
of trade and levied toll on the COM
mercial activities. of their. fellows.
The Civil warm which, to a
man, they abstained from fighting,
although nearly all were of mill
tary age-gave them their great
chance. 1t set the stage for ex-
ploitation of the country.
The wise boys moved In, took
possession of railroads, mines, fac
tories, oil fields, and the like, and
made the; country like 1t.
Mr. Josephson believes that they
simply responded TO the spirit OF
their time and were not, therefore,
individually blameworthy; but he
doubts that they developed the
country" as much as has been sup
posed.
In some cases, he declares, they
actually slowed up development; In
nearly all cases they did things
which society as whole easily
might have done far more cheapiy.
And in any, case they established
an oligarchy of wealth which has
stultified and prevented democracy.
1t is an unusually solid and IL
Illuminating book, and your are
urged not to miss 1t. 1t is offered
by Harcourt, Bruce G. Co. for So.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

Connecticut has it's second acting gov
ernor now. When Governor Cross left the
state last week on a ten day trip to Cali
fornia, Lieutenant Governor Wilcox of
Meriden succeeded him. Now Lieuten-
ant-Governor Wilcox is out of the state
and during his two days absence the place
will be filled by State Senator David
Golstein of Bridgeport, president protein
of the 1888 Senate. AS acting governor,
he will not be called upon for any duties
other than routine ones occupying the
gubernatorial office At one time it was
believed an effort might be made to call
a special session during Governor Cross's
absence, but Lieutenant Governor Wilcox
put the quietus on this. He is the first
Jew to become governor of this state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

EDITORS NOTE - One Of
the authors Of Washington
Merry Go . Round has Just
made q quick trip through the
heart of the oldest lrsanufac-
turing area I'm the USA--New
England. Here are his 0bser-
vatiOns on the growing busl-
ness revolt against the restric.
lions Of the New Deal.
Providence, March PA look
see at this grand and ancient
industrial area where New Eng
landers be & an to harness
machinery while the west was
still a fenceless prairie, discloses
three definite developments re-
garding the New Deal.
4. The president, himself, Is
still as popular personally as he
ever was, more so than at the
time of his election. II another
election were held tomorrow he
would be swept back into office
by an overwhelming vote.
2. Business on the whole is
good and looks like It would
continue so. Business indexes In
the rest of the country-car
loadings, bank clearances, COM
modify prices - Indicate that
this condition is universal.
g.. Despite these two factors,
there is an increasing ground
swell of resentment against the
restrictions which the Roose-
welt administration is placing
against business.
This latter is the outstanding
development regarding the New
Deal in New England. And judy
ing from reports from other
areas, 1t Is true everywhere.
The honeymoon days when
Roosevelt could write his own
ticket as far as economic adj
justment was concerned are now
matter of history. Lip service
to the president continues, but
support for his attempts to guide
the business phase Of the recov-
cry program is definitely out the
window.
THE LINEUP
The revolt of business goes
right down the line. 1t is most
vehement against the Stock Mar
ket Bill. In fact the cutlery
against this ubiquitous" piece Of
legislation Is SO great that the
once berated securities act be-
comes tame and harmless In con-
trast. Small-time businessmen,
who never trade on the street,
and wouldn't know a bucket
shop from,J. P. Morgan's Office,
have Joined the hue and cry
not because they are affected
but because they have their
backs up against the DOGGY of
government regulation.
Here In high-tariff New Eng
land. the bill to give Roosevelt
tariff bargaining powers, is
equally distrusted. Even though
the president is permitted to al
ter rates only fifty per cent, the
New England businessman places
the bill in the same category as
oldtime "witchcraft."
The Wagner Labor Board Bill
is called "dictatoriar'- senti-
ment strongly echoed in Detroit,
Pittsburgh and other industrial
areas. Employers feel that It
would unionize every industry in
the country, that this condition
is devoutly to be avoided, that 1t
would give labor even more pow
err than in the labor-dominated
countries of New Zealand and
Australia.
NRA POPULAR
The NRA is universally praised
as giving great benefits to bust.
ness, but the Roosevelt j ohnson
aproposal to curtail hours of
labor to increase employment Is
bucked by almost every indus
trialist in business. There is also
considerable suspicion regarding
the way General johnson is in
tervening in the automobile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22
THE EDITOR.

= ~ Is = 81 4 s-
, affecting the rights. and mutual re-,
lationships OF the personnel of the
army, and the financial, contrac-
tual and other business affairs Of
the war department and the army
@. How many broadcastins'
stations are there in the United
Kingdom and by whom are they
operated? Are the owners OF re-,
ceiving sets licensed? ssri
A. There are FL broadcastihg'
stations, all operated by the Brit.
ish, Broadcasting company, a gov
eminent owned corporation. Re-,
ceiying sets are licensed and on
January 81, 1882, there were Az
473,227, including 2,997 free IL
censes for the blind.
@. What is the rarest and high
est priced stamp in. existence? q
A. The British Guiana one-cent
magenta stamp, issued in 1856. 1t
was bought by the late Arthur
Hind for more than $4,000.
@. How many Armenians are,
there in the United states and how
many were born in this country? Y.
A. There are 5S,O37J OF whom
|32,166 were foreign born and 25s-
ST. were born in the. United States.
with either one or both parents
born in Armenia. ".
@. What are the minimum and
maximum ages for the President
Of the United States?
A. The minimum age Is i$J
years and there is no maximuni.
III you want q copy OF Onr bull
Ietin Homo Gardening, write 10.
The Waterbury Democrats wash.
ington Bureau, enclosing five cents.
In postage stamps. VI y !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

Eagles of Connecticut, as we'll as other
states. are generally credited with the
recommendation for special Mothers
Day stamp this year. Due to the fact that
this is the goth anniversary of Mothers
Day, the Postoffice Department needed the
request of the numerous Eagle aeries for
a Mothers Day stamp. It will be issued
in May and Whistler's portrait of his
mother will be depicted.
All vehicles must be lighted not later
than 6:35 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

and rivers and woodland streams
All sides Of Waterbury past and.
present are characterized by these.
same streams and all have had.
their place not only In the natural
beauty of the surrounding country
but in he. industrial developments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

There was school conducted by,
Mary Ann Clark on Canal street
in 1850 in this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

/ Cannon bridge was the name Of
the bridge over the Mad river at
Dublin street Cater Hamilton ave-
nue), so named because It was
said that soon after the Revolu-
tionary war a cannon was placed
on the ground near the bridge
thus causing this name.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

( Division street was named by
/ Henry G. Griggs, and was so
named because 1t was on the di-
viding line between Griggs' land
and that Of r. J. Kingsbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

MIA. and AIS for Germany. a pho.
neer in this line.
Commercially, international fig
ures are as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

-a o
@. Where is the scenic phenom-
enon known as the Paint Potsf"
A. AT Hot Springs in the yell
lowstone National park.
@. Is the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer
lea affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor?
A. Yes.
Q. How many states have wo-
man governors? 14
A. Texas is the only one.
@. What kind Of wood is used
for baseball bats? =
A. Usually ash. !,
@. Who owns and operates the
steamers Bremen and Europa?
A. The North German Lloyd
Line.
@. How many stablishm ents
in the United States produce con-
densed mad evaporated milk and
kindred milk products, and what. is
the total value Of their produc-
ton?
IA. There were 4s5 establish
Hments in 1881 having a total pros
duction valued at s14S,59S,031.
@. When did the Prince Of
Wales visif the United States?
A. In 1919, and in 1924.
Q. How many of the justices Of
the United States supreme court
A. TWO, Louis. d. Brandeis and
Benjamin Cardozo.
@. How much gold did the Uni
ted States have at the close of
1898?
A. AS Of December 81, 1898,
gold stocks in the United States
were estimated at $4,012,000,000.
Q. Is voting compulsory in any
OF the States?
A. No.
@. What are the duties Of. the
judge advocate general Of the war
department.?
| A. He is the officiai legal adj
visor of the secretary of war; the
| chief Of staff, the war department
and its bureaus. and the entire
military csta blishm ent. HeAs adj.
vises concerning the legal correct
ness of military. administration n-
Guiding disciplinary action, matters
out many others, such as the Coal
Bin. the Iaide-a-Way, the Radium
Il <-s. :. $50
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22
Know Your Waterbury
Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS

David f. Bishop was mayor Of
Waterbury in 1853-54.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-22

Copyright, 1894. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

The quaintneSs and crudeness Of
the mountain folk of Pennsylvania
first amused then irritated Dick
ems sense of refinement.
In Pittsburgh, Dickens remained
three days-March 80, 81 and
April l, 1912. His sensibilities
shaken by the trip over the noun
tains, Pittsburgh did not stir Mr..
Dickens esthetic senses. OF it, he
says, 1T certainly has a great
quantity of smoke hanging about
it, and is famous for its iron
works"
Cincinnati was next, and little
better, in Mr.. Dickens eye. Per-
haps the voyage down the Ale
gheny in steam boat had lulled
him back to an appreciation of
the country's scenic values. Any
way, he characterized Cincinnati
as "a beautiful city; cheerful,
thriving and animated" At Gin
cinnati there was a temperance
convention in progress, and the
author got quite a kick out of the
parade in which, "The banners
were very well painted, and
Haunted down the street ia
mously.'
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to Philadelphia, by railroad and
two ferries"
In Philadelphia, a few impress
sions of fair and quiet city were
completely overwhelmed, in Mr..
Dickens mind, by the dreadful
specter Of the Eastern Peniten-
tiary, where the "cruel and
wrong custom Of solitary conf1ne-
ment was adhered to.
From this point, Mr.. Dickens
impressions of America got stead
lily worse and worse.
Washington he saw as "the
headquarters Of tobacco-tinctured
saliva" though the decorum Of
the senate and the President Of
the United States impressed him
favorably enough.
=
IRON Washington the itinerary
Il followed through Richmond
and Baltimore. and then back to
Harrisburg. Dickens cleaned con-
siderable amusement from the
antics of the Negroes Of the south.
From Harrisburg the writer and
his wife travelled across the Ale
ghenies to Pittsburgh, which was
then a part OF the real west"
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Dickens Pen Found Ample Material for Satire in America

FOLLOWED, Louisville and st.
Il Louis. During the trip, Dick
ems made his acquaintance with
an Indian chief, the Kentucky
people and the Mississippi. A
short way into the prairie" from
st. Louis, I'VE halted at a place
called Bellevue" Dickens said,
and there we met a DR.. Crocus,
who astounded the genteel Eng
lishman by announcing he had
no intention of ever returning to
the odd Country" Mr.. Dickens
just couldn't comprehend this
From st. Louis-the western
limit of his journey, Dickens re-
turned to Cincinnati, Columbus,
Sandusky and Cleveland, and
there boarded a boat which car
ried him to Niagara Falls. Nj
agara brought this from his
startled lips: L could see an i'm
mense torrent of water tearing
headlong down from some great
height, but had no idea Of shape,
or situation, or anything but
vague immensely" From Niagara,
Dickens took a brief jaunt into
Canada, then back to New York
and boarded a ship, late in June,
for England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
WHEELER HITS
RESTAURANT
WAGE SCALES
Proposed Code viii Bring
Drastic Salary Cuts,
City Man Says.

Charging that wages for res
taurant help as provided in the
wage scale of the proposed code
for restaurants will bring drastic
wage cuts, w. o. Wheeler, president
of the Indiana Restaurant AsSocia-
ton, today critized sharply the code
conditionally signed by President
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Wheeler stated last night
that wages under the code will be
even less than they are now under
the provisions of the temporary
code placed in effe- time ago.
He charged that an 10 per
cent of the Indial aurants are
abiding by the code.
Il guess we'll have to turn around
and fight on the side of labor for
higher wages" Mr.. Wheeler de-
clared." 1 am surprised that labor
interests permitted the code to be
written with those wages scale and
hour provisions. We expected a
maximum for forty hours for fe-
male help and forty eight hours for
male help, with the wage at 26 or
81 cents an hour.
Mr.. Wheeler disclosed that the
restaurant code establishes a six
day work week, with a maximum of
fifty-four hours for male help and
forty-eight hours for female help
The code provides that wherever the
hours have been shorter they shall
not be increased to the code level.
Wages, according to the provi-
sions of the code, have been estab-
lished on two scales. Nonservice
employees are to get $12 to SIS week.
ly according to the population of
the community in which they work.
Service help are to get $3.50 and
$1,000 with all tips to be kept by
the walters.
Mr. Wheeler said that he would
call meeting of the state associ-
alton as soon as a copy of the code
is received here. The code is to be-
come effective Feb. 26, it was
learned.
THE provisions adopted yester-
day are exactly what the chiseler
wants." Mr.. Wheeler declared 1T
will prevent the legitimate res
taurant operator from paying fair
wage because Of competitive condi-
tions.
While admitting that the restaur-
ant code is not fully satisfactory
from a social standpoint" General
Hugh S. Johnson, national NRA
administrator, said that the code
should result in the employment Of
more than $4,000 additional work
ers.
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wife. Kate, and his omnipresent,
delicately poisonous pen. de-
barked and settled down to life
in New England for a brief period.
Boston, all in all, was not so
bad. 1t was still civilization,
much as Dickens had known it
in England. 1t was not until the
young novelist set of for the
great west"-Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl, and such frontier towns
that he began to encounter those
elements which left him with the
permanent bad taste set forth in
American Notes" and Martin
Chuzzlewit."
OF Boston, he said, THE city is
a beautiful one. and can not fail,
I should imagine, to impress all
strangers very favourably. The
private dwelling houses are for
the most part large and elegant;
the shops extremely good, and
the public buildings handsome
He recorded the Bostonians as
genteel and hoSpitable. Much,
indeed, like the English. He was
particularly impressed by a young
blind girl named Laura Bridg-
man. an early Helen Kellar.
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Lowell, Mass, visited just after
Boston, proved equally satisfac-
tory. Dickens was much I'M
pressed by the workingmen's and
women's condition there, and re-
marked with surprise the pres
ence of Joint stock pianos IN
manv of the boarding houses.
IRON Worcester, the itinerary
l. of the writer and his wife
followed along the Connecticut
river through Hartford, then to
New Haven and then to New
York. It was a leisurely trip and
the couple spent four days in the
town of Hartford. where they saw
recorded impressions Of the ia
nous oak in which the charter OF
King Charles was hidden"
New York, too, was not so bad.
WAS there ever such a sunny
street as this Broadway" he asks,
and mo stint of omnibusses here!
Half a dozen have gone by IN as
many minutes"
After visiting the Bowery, the
Tombs and other points which
took his fancy, Dickens travelled
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found guilty of leading groups
of Socialists in the four-day
revolution, to be hanged with
in six hours.
They were due to be hanged with
in three hours under the Fascist
procedure for dealing with traitors.
But jailors delayed the executions
by retaring the clock until President
Wilhelm Miklas, silent during all
the time of the revolution, dis
patched orders for their pardon.
Two more Socialists were con-
demned to death after the pardons
were issued. 1t was believed that
President Mikas would pardon them
also.
Fascist demands for hangings,
and the presidential refusal to per-
NIT court-marital sentences to be
executed, left the Vienna situation
in doubt.
The Christian Socialist president
a leader of Chancellor Engelbert
Dollfuss' party, while he flouted
Fascist ambitions to conduct mass
hanging of their defeate enemies,
seemed to approve of the FaScistS
themselves.
He decorated Major Emil Fey,
e-chancellor and a Fascist leader,
with the Austrian Grand Cross,
charterizing him as chiefly instru-
mental in breaking the revolution,
thereby probably marking a turn
ing point in the history of central
Europe"
The condemned men were par
doned dramatically. The United
Press correspondent was with the
condemned men. The hour of eX-
ecution approached. Officials turned
back the clock as the three-hour
execution period passed. The con-
demned men were served with cof-
fee, in compliance with their last
wish, as the moment approached at
which they would be taken to the
scaffold. The states attorney, their
prosecutor, ran into the prison,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
THREE ARMY filters
DIE IN CRACkUPS
Killed as They Fly Toward
Postal Assignments.

By United Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. IT,
The United States army, preparing
to assume its new job of flying the
mail, today recorded the deaths Of
three pilots whose planes crashed as
they flew toward their assignments
in the postal service.
The bodies of Lieutenant Gene D.
Grenier, FIT. Crockett, Galveston,
Tex, and Lieutenant Edwin D.
White, March field, Riverside, Cal,
were found in the wreckage OF their
plane near Oakley, Utah, last night.
They had crashed during blind
ing SnoWstorm.
Near Jerome, Idaho, Lieutenant
James Y. Eastman, %, of the army
air corps reserves, was killed when
his plane crashed as he flew over
an air mail route which he was to
have begun flying next week.