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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
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BAKERY WINDOW

Mildred Weston in the New York Sun) Any passerby can steal
 Tantalizing whiffs- Greed, forever at my heel, Lifts its head and sniffs, Quivers, tugging at it's lead Rolls, crusty brown! Cinnamon, poppy-seed .. Down, greed, down! Futile admonition, for,
 Leash about to snap, In we gambol and the door Closes like trap. Out we amble, pennies gone, F'lourishing bag Poppy-seed, cinnamon Wag, greed, wag!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

We don't quite get the psychology of the minister in Birmingham, Ala, who was serving on a jury that wanted to go to movie show. He went along, but wore handkerchief over his eyes because he has conscientious scruples against movies. How about the scriptural principle, ito the pure all things are pure?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

publicity. The cat is out of the bag. used to be @ Democrat, I'd like to stay Democrat, but right now I'm not quite sure whether l am not or still am
 .IEMOcR ATT
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caused severe loss of life?
 A. The Equitable Gas Company explosion on November IA, result ed in the death of 2S persons, in- jured 500 and rendered more than 5,000 persons homeless.
 Q. Is the expression, "I gc places" good English?
 A. It is an Automatic slang ex- pression, and slang is never good English.
 o. Can United States senators command any amount of time they want to broadcast over 8 radio ne.- work without paying for it? A. Only the President of the United States is accorded tho privilege of practically unlimited l time and short notice for network radio broadcasts.
 Q. Can mongooses and fruit bats be brought into the United States?
 A. No.
 Q. Which states lead in the production of wheat?
 A. North Dakota, Kansas, Ne. braska, Illinois and Ohio.
 Q. How should hairbrushes be cleaned?
 A. Put a dash of household Ammonia in warm water and dip the brush in it several times with the back up. Do not rinse. This stiffens the bristles 50 that they never grow soft, and they last as long as the rest of the brush. Wipe the back with a soft cloth and lay 1t on its back to dry. o. What is the address of the Izaac Walton League of America? A. 222 North Bank Drive, Chi cago, III.
 Q. How do Orientals and South American natives blacken their teeth?
 A. Orientals chew betel nuts, mixed with small amounts of lime, tobacco, and other astringeht leaves. South Americans mix the juices of plants and wood ashes into cakes which they chew to- gether with cocoa leaves. If you want copy of our bul- Ietin RACES OF MANKIND, write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

Connecticut will be one vast stage from now right up until October 15. Not merely will all nature be in tune, but every town in the state will be prepared to welcome tenary. It's quite an event when state the state is one of the thirteen original colonies. Make the most of this period of celebrating, Connecticutians, and do your best to show the out-of-state visitor good time. List your sights worth visiting, so that all who come may know what to see.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

The Aetna Insurance Company has done a fine bit of cooperating for the tercen- tenary. It has prepared map of the state printed in six colors with illustra- tions by John Held, Jr. As souvenir of the tercentenary year this is one of the choicest things to be shown to date. No doubt there will be more contributions ot this nature, but so far this is the prize one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

It's surprising how much satisfaction lot of folks get out of arguing that busi- ness is not getting any better.
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Your Questions Answered

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
PUBLIC EXPOSURES

One procedure being iraugu- rated by the commission right now is that of exposing issues which its experts consider haz- ardous investments, even though they tell the truth and pass thu requirements of the law.
 This came to a head when CeIOtex was OK'd. It stated the truth, passed the commission like Q breeze. Then Professor William Douglas of YaIe, head of the protective committee, had q look at 1t. He raised a mighty howl.
 This issue should not go out" he argued.
 But they have conformed to the law" some of his colleagues replied. "We are not concerned with the merit, only 6 statement of the truth"
 "Yes," countered Douglas, "but you can hold hearings, and re- veal the true organization of the company"
 And this is what he did. Joe Kennedy favors Q continuation of these exposures when the machinery can start functiOning.
 When 1t does, the SEC will have remedied it's chief present defect, and should be one of the most efficient protectors of the public interest established by the New Deal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
A Thought for Today

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul.- Job 3:2O.
 Hope is the best possession. None are conn., pletely wretched but those who are without hope, and few are reduced so low as that.-Hazlitt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
THE DDlToR.

c. Give the source of the lines: Good night, good night! part
 ing is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till
 1t be morrow"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26
LEGAL TRUTH

Chief among these is the fact that the law merely requires a company registering stock or bond issue to tell the truth. The company may be as crooked as a dogs hind leg, but if it states the truth in the prospectus is-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

caused severe loss of life?
 A. The Equitable Gas Company explosion on November IA, result ed in the death of 2S persons, in jured 500 and rendered more than 5,000 persons homeless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

A. They are spoken by Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

Q. Is the expression, "I gc places" good English?
 A. It is an Automatic slang ex- pression, and slang is never good English.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

Q. What race are the native in- habitants of Puerto Rico?
 A. The native population is composed of persons of Spanish descent, Negroes and persons of mixed blood. The population in 1890 was distributed as follows: native white, 1,14L114; colored, 397,156; foreign born white, 5,605; other races, 39.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

o. What A Frankenstein?
 A. In Mrs Shelley's book, "Frankenstein" was the name of a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

sandy-haired, dynamic Joe Ken- nedy, moving picture magnate, close friend of the president, a likeable fighting, two-fisted he- man.
 Kennedy is putting his whole soul into the job, and also lot of his money. An early criti. cism on that account. To avoid any appearance of stock lnanipu- latiOn, Kennedy locked all Of his stocks in Q safe deposit valut and and refused to sell even when he knew certain holdings were in for heavy losses. As result his values have depreci- ated by $15O,OOO during the nine months he has been in Wash- ingtOn.
 One policy which has subject ed Kennedy to some criticism has been his appointment of former Wall Street brokers to key posi- tions on the SEC. He had argued however, that he could not con- trol stock markets with dirt farmers or school teachers, and has deliberately encouraged lot of ex-bulls and bears to come to Washington. Among these, James A. Payne, formerly os Hornb1ower and Weeks, figured in some sensational testimony before the Senate Banking Com mittee, but has turned out to be the author of the reform pro- gram for the administration of Stock Exchanges. He also led the way in cracking down on the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
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was oyerwritten by a total Of over $5,1OO,OOO.
 By a 3 to vote, however, the SEC let the Northern States Power company get away with presenting this balance sheet in it's prospectus. It contented it. self with the fact that the item was explained by the account ant in the explanatory pages which followed, failing to take into consideration that the aver. age investor never examines the reams of explanatory material accompanying a prospectus, and does well if he glances through the prospectus itself.
 This tremendous accumulation of evidence in the registration of a bond issue is one practice which tends to defeat the pur. pose of the Securities Act. The Pacific Gas and Electric, in all good faith, for instance, filed 26,000 pages with the commits sion. Obviously no one but d corps of trained accountants could make head or tail out of such a detailed report.
 And the average investor just hasn't a chance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

o. Was there an explosion in Pittsburgh, Pa, in 1927 that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

Q. Can mongooses and fruit bats be brought into the United States?
 A. No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-26

O. Can rattlesnakes be bred in captivity commercially?
 A. They are caught alive and kept for a short time in rattle- snake farms, but raising them from young to adult for commer- cial purposes has not been prac- tical.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07
Real Estate
Suburban Houses for Sale

THE HILLwooD MODEL HOME
Living room with fireplace. unusually
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In every room, baths, tiled In beautiful
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The Washington times., 1935-10-07
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sewers and every city convenience, plus
the delights of the suburbs.
Office Open Sunday Afternoon
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1905 North Washington Blvd.
Clarendon, Va Phone walnut SS16
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oLDsMoBILE 81 Sedan. deluxe. New
black paint. 2 well tenders, good ru95 3;
her, S37 down, 1927 weekly. NOLAN
Used Car Stadium 18th and M n. w.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07

CHEVROLET 80 Coupe New black paint.
new tires. perfect motor. SIT down.
SAT- weekly. NOLAN Used Car Stadium
18Th and NJ Sts n. W.
The Washington times., 1935-10-07

PLYMOUTH. 1895 Sedan-Demons
Smoot Motor Co.. 3342 NJ St. N. W.
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COlOred Apartments 87,A

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N. W, r, b., $50. Behrend, 1917 F.
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Evening star., 1935-01-03
AUTO SAFETY LAW
TO COME UP EARLY
Responsibility Measure to Be One
Of First Introduced in New
Congress.

The safety responsibility law, de-
signed to control reckless and ire
sponsible drivers, will be one Of the
first District measures to be intro
duced in the new Congress, according
to the American Automobile AsSocia-
ton.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee will sponsor a bill
proposing the law. the A. A. A. said,
and will introduce it at the first op-
portunity after Congress convenes.
Senator Capper, Republican. OF Kan
sas, who has sponsored the measure in
previous years, has announced he will
continue to support the bill in every
way possible, the motor group said.
In the House the fight for the safe
ty law will be led by Representative
Mcleod, Republican, Of Michigan.
"All indications point to early en-
actment of the safety responsibility
law and strict application of its pro-
visions to reckless and irresponsible
drivers" Ernest N. Smith, executive
vice president Of the A. A. A., said
today. "It is to be earnestly hoped
that this bill, which has as its pur-
pose the removal from the highways
of the proved reckless. without inter-
fering with the great body Of careful
operators, will secure early and favor
able consideration"
Evening star., 1935-01-03
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Olive Tablets are purely vegetable
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Evening star., 1935-01-03
Bankliead III in Hospital
As He Is Chosen Party Leader
Bad Cold and Indiges.
ton Confne Veteran
Representative.
Cheered by Telephone
Message From His
Daughter Actress.

BY the Associated Press.
Honors and illness came simultan-
eously to Alabama's prominent son,
Representative William B. Bankhead.
Chosen Democratic leader Of the
House in q party caucus, Bankhead
was in Naval Hospital today.
A bad cold and indigestion sent
the 61-year- co-author Of the cot
ton acreage reduction plan to the
hospital for rest and examination. His
condition was described today as
very satisfactory" but 1t was not
revealed how soon he would be able
to take his Congress post.
Mrs. Bankhead said she thought
his indisposition was not serious.
OF all the congratulatory messages
that came to the veteran legislator,
one that pleased him most was from
his favorite actress-Tallulah Bank
head, his daughter. She telephoned
from New York a few minutes after
the caucus had acted late yesterday.
What was said between them was
a family matter. There long has
been a special affinity between father
and daughter because Of his sympa-
thetic support Of her stage aspira-
tions. Before he began practicing
law, .Bankhead himself wanted to be
an actor, but parental frowns thwarted
his ambition.
He vowed then that if any of his
children wanted to go on the stage, he
would not oppose them. One Of his
Evening star., 1935-01-03
COOLIDGE DOCTOR
DIES AT HOSPITAL
DR.. J. F. CoupaI, Former
White House Physician,
Cancer Specialist.

DR.. James Francis Coupal, former
Army medical officer and White
House physician during the Coolidge
administration, died in Walter Reed
Hospital here today after q brief
illness. He was found unconscious
in his apartment Saturday.
DR.. Coupal, who was SO years old
and native of Quincy, Mass, had
been a practicing physician in Wash
ington since shortly after the expira-
ton of President Coolidge's admins
tration. He was recognized as q spe-
cialiSt in the treatment Of cancer and
had written numerous articles for
medical journals regarding this
disease and spent many years in It's
treatment.
Graduated at Tufts.
After receiving a B. S. degree at
Tufts College in 1906 he graduated
in medicine and began practice in
Boston In 1910. He became identified
at that time with the Massachusetts,
National Guard and in 1918 was COM
missioned a lieutenant in the Medical
Reserve Corps and saw service on the
Mexican border. He was commissioned
a captain in the Medical Corps Of the
Army in 1916 and after having dis
tinguished service in France he was
commissioned major in the Regular
Army in 1919.
At the time he was appointed White
House physician by President Coolidge
he was assistant curator at the Army
Medical Museum here. He was one
of the attending physicians during the
fatal illness of Calvin Coolidge, jr.,
and later was physician to Col. John
Coolidge, father of the President. when
he died in Massachusetts, in 1926.
Promoted in 1924.
In 1924, DR.. Coupal was promoted
to the rank of colonel by an act Of
Congress He resigned his commits
sion in the Army in July, 1929, to
open private practice here. He made
his residence at the Chastleton Hotel
and had his office at 1924 K street.
Surviving are his widow. the for
mer Martha L. Wilfert of Boston,
when he married in 1916; his mother.
Mrs. Mary Coupal, and three sisters
and two brothers, all Of Massachu-
sets.
Funeral services tentatively have
been set for Saturday at $50 am. at
Walter Reed Hospital, to be followed
by military services and burial at
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
FINDING Of GIRLS
BODIES TOLD Jury
Heads of Hill Children Were
Battered, 'searchers
Testify at Trial.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
F1NCASTLE, Va, January 3.-Dis-
covery Of two blood-stained bodies,
heads battered and clothes disheyeled
and torn, was described today in the
trial of Philip Jones, colored. for the
murder of Alice and Ellen Hill, Clifton
Forge children.
For the time, at least, the State
ignored the defense contention that it
was not Jones but a Clifton Forge
white man who had committed the
crimes.
Two searchers, Ira Damewood, and
Clifton Forge officer. H B.
Buchanan, described the finding of
the bodies. Damewood said the body
of Alice, the older child, was found
face-up, her clothes torn, and the
little girl. Ellen, face down"
Both Heads Battered.
Both witnesses said the heads of the
two children were battered.
T. Warren MeSsick, urt-appointed
defense attorney, succeeded in draw
ing from Buchanan, on cross-exam-
a scufne had taken place. Appar-
emily he was trying to build up his
opening statement that Jones was
shot in the leg in a scuff1e with
white man while attempting to defend
the children.
Stock Of Gun Broken.
During Buchanan's testimony the
prosecution introduced in evidence a
gun which the officer said he found
with the stock broken of under the
front porch Of the colored mans
home He said when he found it it
was still damp with blood and I
found on it particles of flesh that
looked like brains, and long dark
hair"
Both witnesses testified that when
they went in the Jones house they
found blood on the floor and on the
bed.
A taxicab driver, H. w. Withrow,
testified he took Jones to a doctor
instead of following the latter's in
Structions to take me to my home
in Buckingham County"
Withrow said when he left with
Jones the colored man told his wife
to get my clothes I amt never COM
Ing back on this hill"
Evening star., 1935-01-03

chief interests has been in encourag-
ing Tallulah's theatrical career. She,
in turn, is just as proud OF her
fathers political achievements.
Member of an Alabama family that
has been represented in Congress for
half q century, Bankhead began his
public life as q struggling young
lawyer in New York in 1895 He had
just graduated from the University of
Alabama where he played fullback on
that schools first foot ball team.
when he went to New York to hang
out his shingle he became member
Of the Democratic political organiza-
tion of the metropolis, Tammany Hall.
During his membership there he CAM
paigned in New York State for Will
liam Jennings Bryan for President.
After being in New York five years,
however, he returned to Alabama and
a few years later was elected to Con-
gress, where he has served continu-
ouSly since the SiXty-flfth Assembly.
During his first term. Bankhead
served simultaneously with his father,
the late Senator John H. Bankhead.
Now his brother, John H. Bankhead,
r., Is in the Senate.
Known as one Of the best tacticianS
in the House, Representative Bank
head had a large number of personal
friends among the membership.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
FEDERAL WORKERS
LEGISLATION
N. F. F. E. and F. G. E. to Ask
Restoration, 30-Day Leave,
Stronger Merit System.

The legislative program Of Govern
ment workers, including pay restora-
tion, today was urged on Congress by
the National Federation of Federal
Employees and the American Fedora
ton of Government Employees.
In an article appearing the cur
rent issue of the Federal Employe.
the official organ of the Federation
of Federal Employees, it is declared
that its membership present "a united
front to Congress and constructive
program, which is deserving Of i'm
mediate enactment"
A statement from E. Claude Bab-
cock, president of the Federation of
Government Employees. says "the JUS
tice of our cause, am sure, will be
recognized by the new Congress"
Return OF the 30-day leave. extern
sion OF classification. liberalized re-
tirement, strengthening of the merit
system. court of appeals" for handling
employe grievances and elimination
of restrictions imposed by successive
economy acts. including the barrier
against promotions, are other aims of
the workers.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
VETERANS TO MEET

Reports from the AmericaniZation,
Veterans Relief and Membership
Committees will be made at a meet
ing Of Fort Stevens Post, No 80, Amer
ican Legion, tonight at Sis o'clock
at the organizations new headquar-
tiers, 606 Kennedy street.
Fred Fraser, past District depart
mental commander, will discuss legis-
War veterans that will be proposed
during the coming session of Con-
gress.
Post Comdr. William H. Hargrave
will preside.