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Evening star., 1934-05-29
THE STAR WASHINGTON c. TUESDAY MAY 49, 1884

erarchy who will sattend are Arch
bishop John T. McNicholas of Gin
cinnati, Bishop Patrick Barry of st.
Augustine, Fla; Bishop John ]. Swint
of Wheeling, w. Va; Bishop M. K.
Keyes Of Savannah, Ca; Bishop Ed
mond j. Fitzmaurice of Wilmington,
Del; Bishop Francis p. Keough Of
Providence. r. l.: Bishop Emmet M.
Walsh Of Charleston. s. c.; Bishop
John M. Mcnamara, auxiliary bishop
Of Baltimore: Bishop Joseph H. Albers
Of Cincinnati and Bishop James Hugh
Ryan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1934-05-29
new MEMBERS ADDED

Nine at Banquet.
Nine new members were taken into
the Ten-Year Club at the Hecht Co.
at banquet and dance at Woodmont
Country Club last night. They were
Miss Gertrude Rouche and Miss Mar
garet Kelly and Ellis Carpenter. Al
bert Cochran, Brook Stewart, j.
Portch, N. Violin, L. Gaiser and A.
Pence.
Milton Kadden, an employe for %
years, was unable to attend because
Of illness. and received basket Of
flowers
Evening star., 1934-10-26
WILSON CRITICIZED
BY LLOYD GEORGE
Third Volume of Memoirs
Charges Delay in Enter
ing War Costly.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 26.-David
Lloyd George sharply criticizes Wood
row Wilson in the third volume Of his
memoirs, published today in the
United States. He also said he be-
lieved Wilson hoped that peace would
be won before any Americans lost
their lives in the war.
From the moment when Germany
declared her unrestricted submarine
warfare, Americas entry was fore
gone conclusion" writes the British
war time premier. THAT she waited
for two months before she would ad-
nit this fact must be attributed to
the attitude of the President.
Delay at Vital Time.
1.-THE delay did not avert the issue.
1t only made 1t two months before
she began to prepare herself for the
defense of her interests or the sup
port of her associates in the struggle.
And this was at time when days
were of vital Importance; when it
was becoming matter Of touch and
go whether the cause which America
was driven to espouse might not be
finally defeated before she could put
into the field an effective contingent
for its defense.
Had those two months been
utilized for preparation, the American
Army would have been adequately
represented in the trenches in France
at the end of March, 1918, and the
Ludendorff coup would have failed
at the outset"
Slow Sending Aid.
Lloyd George charges that America
was slow in sending men to France,
and that, In effect, the men sent
would have been useless had not the
allies furnished arms and other equip
ment.
II cannot help thinking that in
his (Wilson's) heart" he continues,
''he hoped that the mere act of
ranging the States with their infinite
resources on the side of the allies
would lead to peace before any Amer
ican blood was she'd"
Evening star., 1934-10-26
MORE CIVIL SERVICE
FAVORED BY WHITE
Should Be Extended to New
Agencies, Commissioner Tells
Federal Employees Forum.

Civil service should be extended to
the emergency agencies and other
groups of Federal employees now sub
ject to political appointment, Leonard
D. White, member of the Civil Service
Commission, last night told the Edu-
cational Forum of the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees.
Arguing that the merit system
makes for good Government, the
speaker said an effective civil service
system, with its recruitment of trained
and qualified employees who make a
career Of public service, is a bulwark
against radicalism either Of the
rightist or leftist variety"
Among employees who should be
brought under civil service, White
named postmasters of the first, second
and third class, and deputy collectors
Of customs and internal revenue.
White said also that progress Is be-
ing made toward bettering the eff
ciency rating system.
The speaker was introduced by
Luther C. Steward, national president
Of the Federation.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
FIRM IS FINED SIPS
FOR PEST IN BERRIES
japanese Bettle Is Found in Ship
ment Made Illegally to Tea
Room in Virginia.

The discovery Of a japanese beetle
in a box of huckleberries being pre-
pared for pie in Warrenton (Va.)
tea room has resulted in $125 fine
upon the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. of New Jersey for illegal
transportation of uncertified huckle-
berries from their warehouse here to
the Virginia city, it was revealed to-
day by the Agriculture Department.
The department said that, although
inspection was available, the tea COM
pany had requested that all inspec-
ton Of berries be omitted, as it would
damage them.
The shipping clerk agreed not to
send any berries to points outside
the area under quarantine, accord
ing to the department, but investiga-
ton disclosed that in spite Of this
agreement the tea company made five
separate shipments of huckleberries
from Washington to Warrenton i7
July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
A Famous Fair Passes

Sentimental ties between the United States and England, despite the ineffable bosh of magazine writers and after-din- ner speakers, are extremely strong; and one thing in which Americans are sure to display a good deal of interest is the slow passage from the contemporary scene of some of old England's most ari- cient traditions and customs.
 An example is the pending abolition of the famous Stourbridge Fair, at Cam bridge. This fair dates back to the year 1211. In the Middle Ages it was one of the most famous fairs in the world, bringing merchants and travellers from all over Europe. Milton mentions it in Par adise Lost" King Henry VIII levied on the fairs profits, in 1859, to relieve his own financial stringency.
 Now, according to the London Sunday Times, the fair may be abolished. It has no practical value, and it is neglected by the general public. Another time-hon-- ored custom, left behind by the tide of modern affairs, seems about to disappear forever. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
HISTORY

During the ensuing years many other brass mills opened in Wa terbury. The Brown brothers, Philo, William, Augustus and James, and Philo's son William H., as well as Preserve w. Carter, Solomon B. Minor, Stephen M. Cate and Willis Upson formed a company known as the Brown Brothers. They manufactured brass, copper, German silver and other sheet metal, and were To- cated on Bank street near the old Naugatuck railroad station. This was about the year 1851 when first formed. Philo Brown was presi- dent until his death in 1880 and he was succeeded by his son. This was the first firm in the country to use steam power for rolling brass.
 The firm of Randolph 6 Gloves was formed upon the insolvency of Brown 6 Brothers. The firm of Holmes, Booth & Haydens was or ganized in 1853. This company worked at casting, rolling and drawing brass and copper, and was the first company to make .planished copper plates for use in dauerreotypes and othe purposes
 The planishing of the plates was a process of smoothing not to be confiicted with polishing. Israel Holmes was the head of this com- pany and remained so until 1863
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
A Familiar Cry

In New York state Governor Lehman IS asking the Assembly to reapportion the legislative and congressional districts be- fore the present session ends. That has familiar ring. If we're not mistaken New York has been trying to do this for some few years now, more particularly so since the 1880 federal census revealed need for it in every one of our forty-eight states. There really is little effort made to do anything like that in Connecticut, because of the apparent hopelessness ot achievement. Our rural legislators are too strong to permit their bailiwicks to be upset.
 Even congressional reapportionment in Connecticut failed at the last two ses- sions of the General Assembly. Yes, we have our additional congressman allotted us under the federal ruling, but he IS congressman-at-large and will probably remain so for some years to come. We doubt if the 1885 Legislature can change this status any more than could that or 1883 or 1881. Once before we had a congressman-at-large in Connecticut. Through some fortunate turn of events the Legislature QlVlOeQ Lue SIdIe HUI nv congressional districts
 When called upon to make six districts where five now exist the same spirit of helpfulness wasn't there. It was all too apparent that all efforts to divide the state into six districts would be construed as purely political depending upon the affiliations of the person who introduced the particular reapportionment measure: If some disinterested individual could only be persuaded to cut Connecticut up into six congressional districts that would meet with approval he might get himself elected governor, so great would be ms wisdom and ability.
 As for legislative reapportionment, that's closed book. Our senatorial dls- tricts no longer meet the demands of our legislators who made the laws governing them. Under state law we could create one more district. Every so often create that a bill to this effect will be introduced in the Legislature is heard. But it's lm- possible to have a group of legislators agree to do something that may affect their return to office. Only constltu- tional convention could change our ap- portionment of representatives, whereby Waterbury or Hartford or Bridgeport or New Haven with their populations ot over 100000 people have but two repre- sentatives, the same number as has our smallest town-Union-196 (193O feder- al census). As the Legislature must call such gathering it's. definitely out and so seem to be legislative and congressional reapportionments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
It's Too True

The Hartford Times started something when it discussed Motor Vehicle Commls- sioner Connor's plan to drop the automo- bile registration fees. We ventured the opinion that to do that at the expense ol raising gasoline taxes would be no solu- tion of the motorists difficulties whatso- ever. As matter of fact it would mean no reduction in taxes for the motorlst. That's our claim and we intend to stlch to it. A long time ago the Democrat took a stand against high gasoline taxation. We still believe the taxes should be Kept at a minimum rate, such as we now nave.
 Yet it is all too true, as the Bridgeport Telegram pointed out yesterday, that II we lower motor registration fees were going to impair rather seriously the work of the highway department The Telegram makes point of the fact that we now operate our state at deficit ot four millions annually and demands for road work are increasing just as is traffic through our state. We can only say that our tastes in motoring are running too high these days. We'll have to check our selves up short.
 If we depend solely on the motorist to maintain the highway and motor vehicle departments and all the valuable services they perform, not to mention the. miles of roads we build and service every year, a breaking point will soon appear. We're not sure it isn't already here what with huge sums being authorized for dirt road construction by the Legislature. And what will we do when the bills start to come home for the Merritt Highway and the many limitations that it is going to produce in other counties than Fairfield? ? Some say the toll road is retrogression, but is there any more equitable means of having a road or bridge pay for itself. Every automobile that passes over it con- tributes it's fair share. Those who don't use it are not taxed. This may not be our modern scheme of share one-share all, but it certainly solves the problem of how we may successfully attack future that promises not lower taxes for the mo- torist, but actually higher ones. What shance have the manufacturers of cars that are above the $1,0O0 class when taxes compel prospective buyers to seek 2 the lowest taxed vehicle?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Urges Production For Use, Not Sale

In "The Economy of Abun- dance," Stuart Chase calmly as- serts that we are in the grip of a technological evolution W h ic h makes most of our political discus sions meaningless.
 We tai kof rugged individualism, new deals, and so on, says MT Chase, without realizing that the ground has moved out from under uS.
 We are no longer in the ma chine age; we are in the power age, which means that our store of energy Is now so abundant that all our old economies are as dead as the dodo.
 Always, he says, until the arriv- al of the power age. men lived in an era of scarcity; there was never quite enough of everything to go around, and there never could be.
 Now, conditions are the exact opposite. There is moro than enough of everything and the sup ply will be greater rather than less in the future.
 In the era of scarcity. he con | tinues, men produced things to sell. Thta was the only practical way VI running tHAH6S. ouS iI oAtH- ply doesn't work, noW-because there is so much of everything that prices are bound to collapse.
 We must produce things to use, now. The question must not be, How many people can buy>this?' out rather, How many people can use it?"
 AS result, MT Chase declares, both capitalism and communism | are out of date. We are going to | remake our economic system. he predicts, not because this or that I political party persuades us to, but because our limitless supply oi usable energy is compelling us tc do 1t. l All in all, "The Economy oi Abundance" is an interesting and startling book. The Macmillan G ia uYlhlishfn0 If at S260
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
So They Say

z
 When you equip every member of team with a pair of knives for his feet, and then hand them club apiece, you have what is almost certain to be the makings of a great athletic contest. Coach Harry Kipke, speaking of hockey.
 we've had few strikes. but much publicity--and that's good. Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins.
 I'm not seeking to be Mir Farley's candidate for anything. U. s. Senator Royal s. Copeland
 
 It's curious and interesting how in history there is always just one figure who counts. The families of the famous disappear like SC many leaves in a wind. Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13

o, What proportion of the Ital- ian population is Roman Catholic?
 A. According to the 1891 census 41,O17,369 or 99.6 are Roman Catholic, and S2.4S1 are Protes- tants.
 o. What was the source of the materials used in building Solo, mons Temple?
 A. The stone was quarried nearby. The cedar wood came from Lebanon, north of Palestine. Gold came from Ophir, which may have been in North Africa, although the location Is not certain.
 O. Name the president of the American Federation of Labor.
 A. William Green.
 O. Is any of the paper currency In the United States redeemable. in gold coin or bullion?
 A. Not at the present time.
 Q, Where is the city of Mara caibo?
 A. It is a seaport of Venezuela. 
 Q. Did George Washington have any children?
 A. No.
 e. Which state has the largest area?
 A. Texas.
 Q. When and where did the Max Schmeling- Young StriblinG fight take place? A. Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1sa1.- 4.qs
 c. Are hospital nurses under the MIRA? A. No. O. What is the predominant complexion of the Irish people? A. pr Ales Hrdlicka, anthro' biologist of the U. s. National Mu, scum, says that dark brown and black hair predominate, although | there are some with red hair | Their eyes range from blues tc browns. A blond Irishman is rare
 Q. What is a Novae in astron'
 A. It means "New star" and fl a name ( applied to temporar, stars which occasionally blaze uI with startling rapidity, and grad uaIly fade out again. Most of then have been previously visible al very faint stars, consequently thu Resignation temporary star is nor, Iaccurate than new star. T -~------------
 e. What is the airline distanc, from London, England to Los An gcles. CalifoiNia? |. A. b,496 miles. <
 e. Give the percentage of caf feine in coffee, cocoa, kola nui and tea 1eaves. < n ths eofFss baan < Is z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13

The man, American born and American bred, who was to this nation what Christ was to the Christian world. A leader with an array of characteristics go sim ple yet 50 beautiful. whose life was an inspiration and his memory for ever q benediction. A man who certainly left this place better than he found t.
 one could not help but contrast the peaceful submission to this de- .cision to that of the storm of pro- test which surged from the lips of the sons of Italy. How they nerg. cd as one in sincere protest against the denial of a signal honor to their fellow c0untryriian. Here IS the voice of protest and the badge of loyalty worn and used by nat uralized citizens as well Rs native born whose ancestors perhaps set foot on American SoII long after xlnr6ln ha1 xan nis spi're. What
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
Tn. New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York.-After looking over the gadgets and whimwhidgets that are going into the American Toy Fair here, it seems there must be something to the report of more leisure in the New Deal. For the toy manufacturers, who ought to know what they're about, are offering 1,50O new designs in games, mechanical toys. magic sets Cup to s5.o00) and building outfits Gncluding sbloeks) 3 for the amusement of grownups. /. Fathers no longer need to guard secret passions for playing with their sons electric trains. Lots of adults are buying trains for them selves, and there's a Wall street fellow who has spent i$8,OOO 10 date on the miniature railroad sys- tenn that fills his basement. :. If a lady wants to reduce, II will be quite all right for her to roll gay hoops around the yard. If the neighbors sheer she can in- vite them over and win back her bridge debts betting on the new game. There also are some giant kiddie cars (goods for the hips, I'm told) offered for adult use. These lucky playthings were ridden by society folk at a party at sherry s the other evening.
 Top spinning is expected to be taken up by oldsters in lS34, n- cluding diabolo, the Victorian fad. Marble sales have doubled since the bagatelle craze began.
 And I've heard tales of a certain ritzy bridge game that was broken up to watch two dignificd gentlemen knuckle- down around q circle chalked on an oriental rug. The elder fellow smacked six of the eight marbles (at $1OO each) out of the ring and experienced the proudest moment of his life.
 The reversion to juvenility isn't quite complete, you see, because grownups insist on gambling on their nursery sports. Mechanical racing games, parcheesi and mah- | tong (the latter slated for a re- vival) are played for stakes.
 
 Rounding the Corner
 The morning mail brings an in- quiry about how the famous Little Church Around the Corner got It's | name, and what is on the corner that the little church is around" Back in 1871 the great Joseph | Jefferson went to a Madison ave- nue church Oong since demolish- | cd) to arrange the funeral of George Holland, another actor. The tpastor was insufferably sncoty l told Jefferson he wouldn't dream
 bf conducting services for an actor | There was, he condescendingly | added, "a little church around the corner" where they weren'tso par ticular.
 Jefferson stalkcd down I Twcnty-nintl street to the | Church of the Transfigura-
 tiOn, lifted hand in his best
 dramatic manner and invited | God to bless this Little
 Church Around thcy Corner"
 And so 1t has been called ever since.
 The original incident created Q lot of attention and sentiment
 Maurice Barrymore. Edwin Booth and Richard Mansfield were among many who deserted their owr
 churches to become practitioners
 Wealthy folk began to donate
 chapels, pictures and costly win
 dows. Affianced couples, and man, Felopers, took their VOWS in iti
 chapel. By now the total of mar. riages is about 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13

Washington, April 13.-This may be the last trip Roosevelt takes on the yacht Nourmahai if his close friends have any thing to say about 1t. There are three reasons for their violent aversion to presidential cruising with Vincent Astor.
 1. The ground lost by the New Deal while Roosevelt had his hand off the helm.
 2. On the yacht were polo- playing socialites-George St George from Tuxedo, Lyle Hull, and William Rhineland Stew art, who bicycles in Bermuda. Public reaction to this was not good. A president of the United States associates betetr poIiti- cally with earthly folks than with horsey folks.
 2. Finally the yacht Nour- mahal Is going to figure big in the forthcoming senate shipping investigation of the Internation- al Mercantile Marine.
 THE RUB /{
 This is what really worries Roosevelt's advisers. Vincent Astor is director and big share holder in the I. M. M. Kermit Roosevelt, cousin of F. D. R., is vice president. The ]. M.. M. holds enormous government mail contracts, has received other government favors.
 Senator Blacks committee has unearthed copies of radiograms sent by P.' A. s. Franklin, head of I. M. M., to Kermit Roosevelt, it's vice-president aboard the Nourmahal.
 These radios instructed Ker- init what he should tell his cou- sin, the president, regarding the I. M. M. Whether Kermit car-. ried out instructions Is not known.
 The committee has g number of such radios sent during prcvi- ous voyages of the NOurmahal, when Kermit was aboard with his cousin. Unless some have been obtained within the past few days, the committee has none from the trip just closed. 7 In any case the messages play directly into the hands of the republican opposition. And un- less terrific restraining pressure is brought on the Black commit tee, they will be made public soon.
 DEMOCRATIC HARMONY
 The secret of Roosevelt's diff faculties on Capitol Hill was never better illustrated than during the recent Jefferson Club dinner at the famous democratic fishing { island down the Chesapeake.
 A lot of people have known that many of the presidents own party are not for him., but it took the vice president to state it succinctly.
 Jack Garner was feeling him. self-perhaps 9 little more than himself.
 'sYou know damn well," he said to his democratic crOnies, t"nOne of us are for all this New Dcal."
 You're not for it." and he pointed to bulky Joe Robinson, democratic leader of the senate.
 "And you're not for it," he pointed to Pat Harrison, demo- cratic leader of the senate.
 "And I'm not for 1t.
 ''But what aro we going to do about 1t?
 eff we go along with this fellow Roosevelt, where are we? And if we don't go along with him, where are we? We get no place either way"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL $ s fss sas es ns Water
Veto Of School Board Vote Praised By Lover Of Lpcon

better lesson do we want than this. Lincoln's birthday should be ob- served more than ever now to pre- vent the growing lethargy toward our noble heritage and traditions, TO impress on the children who are the, men and women of tomorrow the ideals and virtues of an Amer. ican who earned the accolade of immortality. Awake, you sons of America and rekindie the fires of your American traditions. Some day in the not too distant future we may need them.
 My hat is off to Mayor Hayes on his quick decision on the question. My heart beats stronger for him for his undaunted courage and vision. His veto ia the answer of every red -biooded American. My country. right or wrohg, my coun- |try first. Efficiency can take its turn in iit.e at tho rient time. {. 2 A Loyal Lower of NI4co1n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-13
Editor, Waterbury Democrat: "Homely in justice
 He knew the law,
 But often more rtvs.nx. xAa Iaffnp ha aaW

Than the letter he saw.
 These prophetic lines that flowed from the pen of E. Vance Cooke on the immortal Abe Lincoln makes one wonder if he is so immortal after all. That Is. if the silence with which the recent proposal to eliminate Lincoln's birthday as a school holiday, is any criterion, Lincoln must be mortal and as much forgotten as any man who returns to the bowels of the earth. Moi a voice was even heard in the wilderness to defend the reverentiai mark of honor which we bestow on our great leaders. Not q whisper Of protest from the pseudo- patriotfc orRanlxat Hons who parade thelE xlkkllss 4n Dissertation dey'