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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
The Idea Spreads

Three states not too far from our own may take up the idea that we seized upon this year, namely, deferring payment of automobile registrations until after the first of the year. Everybody must know by this time that hls or her license, issued for 1885, is good until February 29, 1886. Annually thereafter the motor vehicle year for license plates will run from the end of February of the current year to the following one. The operators license will run from the end of March, thus staggering the assessments as in the past
 There are six states going to take up referred registrations in 1886 when their Legislatures meet. They are MaSSa- chusettS, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Ken lucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina, mentioning those nearest us first. It has been significant fact that in north ern states, particularly New England and New York, the percentage of motor vehi- cles that are not used during the first three months of the year is extremely high. At one time it was not unusual for three-fourthS of the car owners to store their cars during this three-month period.
 Today we have more cars being oper- ated twelve months of the year, but there are still many who wait until the first of March or April, so that they will get the rebate on the yearly registration fee. And inasmuch as registration fees have been high in Connecticut for good many years we don't blame any man for saving q few dollars in this way. But now there b no reason why everybody who wants Co shouldn't enjoy twelve-month driving and at a lower cost, so far as registration goes. Not only will our registration due
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
I0zgns And Airports Each Town Must Work Out Its Own Destiny
 on This Problem, Opines Editor.
BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM

Danbury citizens voted down the town airport by a small margin, that is, they voted not to take a WPA grant to enlarge and improve the airport. The vote reflected the loyalty of political and business leaders to Frank Lee, hat manufac- turer, who was one of the original sponsors of the airport, but who now finds himself annoyed by the noise of the airplanes, particularly the noise from 8 flying school which has been operating at the airport.
 Left to themselves, Danbury's citizens might have voted to con- tinue the airport. It took @ good deal of organized political work to vote the proposition down. Then there was feeling that MT. Lees wishes ought to be respected. He is reputed to have given $24,000 out of his own pocket toward the initial efforts to create an airport in Dan- bury and if he is no longer air- minded, many of his fellow citizens don't know why they should be.
 MT. Lee threatened not only to leave Danbury himself if the air. port were continued and extended, but to transplant his large indus trial interests to some other com munity. Undoubtedly these threats frightened many Danbury folk.
 Towns in general must face the undoubted fact that airports are not self-supporting. In Danbury's case the flying school, so annoying to MT. Lee and other residents in the near neighborhood of the air field, brought in the principal rev. enue.
 The town which pays for an air. port must face the necessity not only of making a capital investment but of contributing annually for mo iyafenanca The question Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Current Comments

If you want to change the world on the outside, you have got to change yourself, and everybody else, on the inside, for the New Deal will lie not in the ballot box or in a popular uprising, but in the well-springs of the human will. [ Carl Vrooman, Bloomington, Ill.
 We listen to radios and obtain culture by listening, but our inita- tive dies as we listen, and through us 1t dies in OUT children, so that we are getting to be not musicians, but likers of music.
 Edwin Claude Mill, musical au-
 thority.
 There has been a lot of talk about us having drag. want people to know we serve our time in jail like other respectable people. Husband of Mrs. Ernestine Meeks,
 Birmingham, sentenced for liquor
 violations.
 Today Italy Is fighting in Ethio- pia c gasoline war. Its tanks, air- planes and trucks are driven by gasoline coming in large part from the United States.
 Raymond L. Buell., president,
 Foreign Policy Association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

whether or not this is worth while is for every town to decide.
 Hartford. to name one conspicu- ous instance, is very much of the opinion that an airport is worth while. Hartford's airport, which has cost the city over a million, has actuallyy brought millions in taxes and scores of millions in wages to the city. Since Danbury is not a machine-shop town, and has no aviation industry, it is possible that an airport would not be a profit able municipal investment.
 Bridgeport's case. like Hartford's, is somewhat different from Dan- bury's and the future closing of Danbury's airport might be an ad- ditional incentive to maintain air service in Bridgeport. Each town, apparently, must strike its own balance sheet on the airport busi- ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

Good old Santa Claus won't have to worry about his reindeer for good many years, according to the reports that are coming down from northern Canada The reindeer is undergoing renaissance. In short the animal is on the upgrade. They are multiplying rapidly. Some few years ago it was feared that the reindeer would become extinct, but now the tide seems to have turned in its favor. Now if a nice balance can be maintained all will be well. The animals might increase to the point where they would overpopulate their feeding ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
|PressConnrnent
MARRIED OUT OF TOWN
(Meriden JournaD

The Waterbury Democrat notes that this year over 150 couples went outside the city to be married be- cause, in the newspapers opinion, they objected to the Connecticut law requiring the filing of marriage intentions. With that in mind, there is wonder expressed as to how much greater the number will be next year when the inducement to wed outside will be increased.
 With the start of 1886, a new law goes into effect requiring couples seeking marriage license to present a doctors statement certifying to their health, as determined by blood tests. Numerous states, includ- ing New York, do not have such a law, although it is being urged and will probably be adopted eventual ly, and many couples will probably go over the line for the ceremonies as long as the regulations remain less stringent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Horoscope
DECEMBER l7

OECEMBE& 15 Most favored ones today are those who were born from Aug. 2l through Sept. 22.
 General Indications of the Day
 For Everybody. - Morning--Do Doubtful.
 Afternoon-Bad.
 Evening" disappointing. It is unwise to proceed with im- portant. work today. Routine is best.
 Today's Birthdate. Your thought and actions should be very spontaneous.
 You should have good fortune, success, favor from superiors of advancement in some form from April through June, and during November, 1886.
 Be careful of rashness, extrava- gance or disputes from June IS through 20. lese.
 Days for social success are from Jan. a through 25. 1885. Readers desiring additional in- formation regarding their horO- scopes are invited Co communicate with Octavlne in care of this news paper. Enclose 3 cent stamped, sele-addEesseA envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
To-DAYs COMMON ERROR Never say, "He had nc place
 to go"; say, nowhere"

'sThe County Chairman" life Be- gins at Forty" "DoubHng Thomas" "Steamboat Round the Bend" and "In old Kentucky"
 O. Give the source of the ques- ton, More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of."
 A. "Morte d'Arthur," by Tenny- son.
 o. Who is president of the Uni- versity of California?
 A. Robert c. Sprouts.
 e. What legal formality is nec- essary to adopt 8 pen name2
 A. None. O. Has the United States ever been a member of the League of Nations? A. No. If you want a copy of our book- let THE PARTY BOOK. write to the Waterbury Democrats Wash l ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St, Northwest, Washington. D. c. En- close 10 cents for postage and ham l ding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
A Book a Day
Booth Tarkington Muses on Survival
By BRUCE CAPTION


 Booth Tarkington is out with a new book-''Mr. White, the Red Barn, Hell, and Bridewater"-and if that title seems bit long, let me explain that 1t is not one title, but four.
 For this new book is a collec- tion of four short stories and in them MT. Harrington turns his at tention to death and what comes after it, musing soberly on the hu- man spirit and the unfathomable mystery of its origin and destina- tion.
 That the mystery does not merely hide blank wall-that man has a destination beyond the grave, and does not simply cease to exist like blown-out candle fiame-Mr. Tark- ington seems confident. And he has used his undeniable talents to dis cuss the subject in way both eerie and persuasive.
 He shows us, for instance, a dead man returning to warn 8 bosom friend of the vanity of his earthly desires; a half-mad old recluse playing at being God and providing an analogy for the be- unused observer; 6 busy New York CT dying and discovering that hell is simply continuation of his or- dinary daily life, lit by faint glearn of hope at the end of the road; and regular Erskine Cald- well creation of a chiselling relief client who carries this study of hell even farther by demonstrating that eternal damnation can be inside of a man before he dies, so that he must carry it with him foreover.
 All in all, these are good stories. Doubleday, Doran 6s Go. is publish ing the book ct $l.25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

Waterbury wasn't disappointed when it learned that the burden of removing snow from city streets this winter would fall on the Street Department. That has always been the local custom. Down in Bridgeport, however, the Connecticut Company this season will help on streets where busses Operate. What we would like here is new type of blow that would not pile banks of snow along main streets; we need something to make the snow disappear right on the spot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Test Y o U ' Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn 70 = last page for the answers.
 i. In law, what is the name for a Judgment whereby an issue IS de- termined against the plaintiff?
 3. In what language was the orig inal Magma Cartaf
 3. what is the Latin name for the god of love?
 1. Where do the Hcpi Indians live?
 5. Who was the author of Poor Richards Almanac7"
 6. What and where is The NoreP
 !. Is the washington Elm" ct Cambridge, Mass, still standing9
 8. What Is the meaning of cir- few?
 9. What is the horizon? 10. Were the several Popes named Gregory related to each other?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Selected Poem
ANTIPHONAL

ANTIPHONAL Josephine Johnson in the New York Times) You are the blossom heavy and sweet, I am the root. am the gnarled and shaken bough, You are the fruitl You are the dream made manifest The dreamer I. I am the wild wings beating the air, Xou are the skyl am the dark wood wasting away You are the flame, And mine is the voice that cries aloud But you are the Namel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

An individual may be generous. but nations have not the right to be. They must be selfish end So 1t Is necessary to prove to them that it is in their interest to be pasidstic. Count Carlo Sforsa, tornler ltal-
 ian foreign minister.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
A Thought for Today

And whOsoever will not receive you, when ye get out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for 8 testimony against them. St. Luke 9:5.
 Like many other virtues, hospitality is prac- ticed, in its perfection, by the poor. If the rich did their share, how the woes of this world would be lightened!-Mrs. c. M. Kirk land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

If that naval conference runs through the holidays, the delegations can all give each other wooden guns for Christmas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Daily NRl~ww. Round Washington ss----.- 2 GREATEST DRAMA OF NEW.
 DEAL NOW UNDER WAY
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. AL

Washington Dec 16-The greatest drama of the New Deal these days is being enacted in dazzling wnte marble hall just across from the Capitol
 Outside its door the "Standng Room Only" sign IS hanging. a-a. .,,c,,+
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16

Maybe business and government, like so many other marital partners, need a little vacation from each other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Marital Harmony

Marital Harmony
 Although your correspondent has no prospective need for him ct the moment, Harry Tush has come to his attention. Harry Tush is king of the wedding march at nuptial ceremonies and has brought his or chestra to more matrimonials in town than any other bandleader. He was conflding, in a weaker mo- ment the other afternoon, some of the secrets of the trade. Says the most popular tune at the bridal table during the feast after the ceremony Is You're Lovely to Look At" and that brides give him a pretty nasty look when he plays "Now You're Married, You Must Obey" Tush has played at the wedding of the Thomas Lamonts' daughter, Eleanor; before the wedding of Lucille Parson and George Vanderbilt and after the wedding of Owen D. Young, Jr. gochar- Gao Ces-ln-sf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
In Nv York
'AisikMk:
BY dRGE ROSS

New York, '. 1s-The phone company got a new directory the other day q the statisticians got busy. New Nrk's latest edi- iton of the phd hook I'm ad- vised, contains tNthousand more names than in thpast. although there are 40 pagesss. This is an economy measurehnd brought about by reducing Nny items of two lines to one.
 The Cohens, by thaav still lead the phone book witKg full col- umns of entriese whifhe Smiths run second with 15 1-Al IA col- umns for the BrownslO 3-4 for the Schwartzes, 10 n for the Levys, 8 1-2 for the Jdsons and 4 1-2 for the Murphys. \e Kellys, by the wal, are losing gr6d. Only 5 columns of 'em.
 This is a great issuA dthe di- rectory for animal, orthlogical and piscatorial life. Consida Where are 13 Badgers, IS Bears, S2Beav- CTS, 3 Deers (and a c0te of Dears, by the way)), 4 DShins, 326 Foxs, IT flares, 6 Moles, Stag, 3 Messrs. Horse, 46 Bulls q 6 Carmels. Among the Birds: MT. Bluebird, 2 Buntings, s Heron 63 Jays, 1 Lark, { Swallows, 6 Wd- cocks and IT Sparrows. Oh yes, hd 1 Whippoorwill (Miss). And thSs a good catch for the fisherman 6 Bases, { Carp, S4 Pikes, 3 Shin4 51 Whitings and 6 Trout.
 The phone company is warni us to search our old directories i valuables before giving them bat We are especially advised to 10 for paper currency, bank boo leases, insurance policies, lette birth certificates and neckties. 8 no old socks.
 ValIee Independent
 RANDOM LINES: Elissa Ian rehearsing in 8 Broadway pl' Tapestry in Grey" looked as 10, ly while lunching at Sardi's t other day as she does on t screen.
 Billy Burke and her daught Patricia Ziegfeld, came to to' from Hollywood to witness t 1885 edition of u he "Ziegfeld Fl lies" which the Shuberts n produce.
 After a temperamental o, burst backsage during the Was ington try-outs of Scandal Rudy Vallee has come to amical terms with George White. He l mains with the show during Broadway run. Vallee, incidel ally, can have his outbursts wi nonchalance. He doesn't need { pay his Broadway appearance V fetch.
 The butler who has a line two in Abide With Me-" by S cialite Glare Boothe Brokaw, Ina Claire's brother.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-16
Inheritance

Inheritance
 The girl in the Maisonette Russe the other night was pure Slavic type; she kept suggesting Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's immortal crea- tion. And with good reason. Inquiry revealed that she was the wife of Cornelius Codolban, a gypsy band leader-and the niece of Count Tolstoy.
, 1935-01-09
TRAPPED MAN
ATTEMPTS TO
SHOOT IT OUT

CHICAGO, Jan. Q. Pp-Federal
agents have struck with deadly ac-
curacy again IN their war on crime
this time TO kill Russell Gibson, 81
year-old suspect In the 100000 kid
naping or Edward O.. Bremen
wealthy *. Paul barker.
Trapped in a Northside apartment
Tuesday night. Gibson. an ex-con-
vict. and reputed member Of the
abduction gang OF Alvin Karpis and
Arthur Barker, attempted 70 shoot
ID out with a picked squad OF 10
agents, but his miniature machine
U damned. and he fell mortaliy
wounded.
Two bullets from the quick firing
rifles of the federal men hit their
mark and one OF them found a
fatal spot despite the fact that Glib
son. who was also known as Slim"
GRAY. was wearing A bullet proof"
vest. The bullet penetrated the vest.
Gibson died In N hospital early Wed
nesday.
Gibson attempted 10 flee out OF
the back door OF the apartment at
1920 Pine Grove Avenue-not Tar
from the spot where John Diilinger
was shot and killed last July q. only
10 meet the whitening fire OF the
agents. Gibson fired as he ran, but
was able to shoot but M bullet be-
fore his weapon failed him.
, 1935-01-09
Luke Jeffers Company
To Display New Fords

SAN BENrTO. Jan 8. nv Formal
opening OF the Luke-Jeffers Motor
Co., Inc, Ford dealers. al San Be-
nito. will be observed Saturday, jan
uary II. IL was announced Wednes-
day.
The new Ford show rooms will be
located at l55 N. Stenger street.
New model passenger cars ard
trucks viii be on display Saturday,
Il was announced.
TWO free motion pictures, Ford
and the Century OF Progress" and
Rhapsody in Steel" q talking pic
ture. will be shown.
The Houston branch Of the Ford
Motor Co. is at present conducting
a service school. and repair men en-
ployed at the uIke-Jeffers company
will be factory trained men, 1t was
stated. A full supply Of Ford parts
will be carried In stock.
; The e-Jeffers company re-
Gently bought out the San Benito
Motor Co, which was managed by
j. M. Jones. Mr.. Jones was forced
TO 20 out of business because OF III
health.
, 1935-01-09
Gerald Mann Named
Secretary Of State

AUSTIN. Jan. 8. Ex-Governor
Elect James v. Alfred wednesday
designated Gerald c. Mann Of Dali
las as secretary Of state. succeeding
w. w. Heeth. The appointment
cannot take effect until January IL
when Alfred is inaugurated.
Other appointments formally an
nounced included Edward Clark
Of San Augustine. first secretary TO
the governor: G. r. Miller OF Aus
tin second SECRETARY. and Pat
Moreland Of kaufman. outside Sec
rotary. 4.
Mann is q former football star at
Southern Methodist University and
has been an assistant attorney gen.
eral since Dec. J.. For four years
Clark has been an assistant ATS
ney general and Miller has been
chief OF law enforcement In the at
torney generals department.
, 1935-01-09
MAN KILLS
and HIMSELF

Mt. VERNON. KY, Jan. 8. Up
George Collect who went Berserk
during the night and shot to death
seven persons. killing himself Wed
nesday rather than surrender to a
posse.
Collet killed his wife and four Of
her family. then killed two other
persons and wounded an eighth be-
fore making a frantic effort to es-
cape from the Copper Greek COM
munity.
A family quarrel over land was
blamed at Sheriff d. G. Clark's Of
flee for the slayings OF Mrs. Col
let's kin.
The dead in addition to Collect:
Mrs. Stella Collett. %. wife OF the
slayer.
william Helton. IS, Mrs. Collects
father.
Mrs. william Helton. 60.
Ellen Helton. %, a daughter.
Howard Helton, 26. a son.
Julius Bordis, 50, postmaster at
Crab Orchard.
Mrs. julius Bordis. So.
, 1935-01-09

Brownsville Boy Scout Troop 20
has a new set OF officers as the re-
suit OF an election conducted here
recently.
The new officers are: Clinton
Schmeling, quartermaster; Fred
erick Nichols, nugler; Douglas Early.
drilimaster; Byron Walters and
Marshall Griffin editors OF troop
paper; Clarence Colgin, scribe:
Sammy Hernandez, assistant scribe;
Douglas Early. senior patrol leader:
- w. Donaho. Ernest Hacker and
y5nward Lindhe. S~ergeantS az arms:
John Beeson. patrol leader OF Bob
White Patrol: Donald Early. patrol
leader or R~attlesnake Patrol: Mar
snail Griffin. patrol leader OF
Beaver Patrol: Phil McNair. patrol
leader oil Flying Eagle Patrol: Byr-
ON Walters. patrol leader OF Brown
Bear patrol.
, 1935-01-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

creditors will be held at the office
OF IRA webster, referee in Bank
ruptcy, in the Stegnan Building,
Brownsville. Texas. on the 18th day
Of January, 1885. at Evelen I'D a,
NJ. at which time and place the
creditors OF the said q. T. Conwell,
bankrupt. may appear, prove their
claims. elect a trustee. examine the
bankrupt and transact such othe'
business as may properly come be-
fore such meeting.
Dated January 8. 1885.
IRA WEBSTER. Referee
In Bankruptcy
l-9-lt-487e
, 1935-01-09
Paul Whiteford Will
Address Congregation

Paul Whiteford. q young minister
recently from Iowa, viii have charge
OF the midweek service at the Meth
odist church Wednesday evening,
and will deliver the message OF the
hour. Mr.. whiteford Is spending
the winter here with his mother.
He Is a grandson of Jacob #. Steele.
OF this city, and an active worker
IL the church school and young
peoples division OF the church.
He viii be ass sted by the Senior
Epworth Legauers in the service.
The service begins at 7:30. A
cordial invitation Is extended TO
the general public to attend.
The pastor OF the church, Rev. o.
G. Grove. and several OF the members
are attending the Standard Train
ING School at Harrington each eve
ming OF this week. and will conSe-
quently be absent Wednesday night.
, 1935-01-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

rod. 3l6 Petroleum Building. Houston,
Texas. A deposit OF $1,000 must &C
company requests for plans and spec
ifications; the deposit will be return
ed 10 those presenting bona flde bids.
The City Of Brownsville. reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. n TO
combine bids q the best advantage OF
the City.
THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE
TEXAS.
II. Van Horn. Secretary.
l-2-9-2t-46T5.
, 1935-01-09
Water District No. 6 :
Reflects Officers

George Kretz and Z. I. Sucklin
we're reelected directors OF Cam
eron County Water Control d. I'm
prUvement District No. Six. which
maintains headquarters at Los
FresnoS, In an election Tuesday.
There we're no particular issues IN
the election which sent Kretz and
Bucklin back into office for two
year terms. The vote was Kretz So.
Bucklin 81 and Karl Kalbus six.
Water improvement districts elect
five members on each even num-
bcred year. while water control and
improvement districts elect three
one year and two the next with
each set holding office for two year
terms.
, 1935-01-09

Easily accessible to all. The Brownsville Herald want ads
serve all Of the Rio Grande Valley. Every day individuals
and businesses offer here numerous things and services
necessary to every day living and the comforts of living.
Get better acquainted with The Herald want ads, they
will save you time and money.
, 1935-01-09
ANNOUNCEMENT

OIL LEASES i'm drilling block OF
Daniels well shares 4 and 5, 10
miles northeast Of Harlingen well
started drilling December 80. for
sale through Valley Oil Exchange.
Madison Hote, Building, Phone
496, Harrington, Texas. Clio
, 1935-01-09
G ADVERTISEMENT
LIN the District Court Of the United
States for the Southern District

states for the Southern District
OF Texas Brownsville Division.
In the matter Of Benjamin Town
send Conwell. Bankrupt No. 545. In
Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of said bankrupt:
Notice Is hereby given that on the
Sth day of January. 1885, the said 3.
IT. Conwell Of Donna. Hidalgo coun-
ty, Texas. was duly adjudged a bank
rupt, and the first meeting Of his
, 1935-01-09

RENT that vacant properly quick
ly and economically through =
Classified ad in The Herald.
Phone 8.
, 1935-01-09
For Sale

Well built modern home,
complete set Of modern out
buildings, lights. gas and
water; 54.2l acres. two miles
from Brownsville city limits.
Is acres citrus, 2 TO 6 years,
easily irrigated; thorough
state OF cultivation; 80 acres
spring crop planted; COM
pletely equipped with teams
and machinery Beautifully
Handicapped. on cement high
way OH way TO Brownsville
Port. Priced to sell quickly.
Terms TO suit. See owner,
phone 60l9F3 or write p. o.
Box 507. Brownsville.