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Evening star., 1935-05-05

wheezed TO a stop and with look OF
extreme disgust on his face the sner-
IN watched the passengers file 70 the
doorway His blond quarry was not
among them. ~,
Rain was falling even with more
fury and dripping from the huge ven
tilators overhead. Only one OF Two
persons remained in the coach. Tne
sheriff lit his cigar savagely and puneo
In silence. He didn't even bother 10
20 to the smoking compartment. ms
teeth bit the into the cigar and 1t 1eA
TO the floor. Iii,
He stooped and was about to PICK
un the butt. He saw trousers passing
| him in the aisle-but more than tnat
he saw a pair Of shoes. Not just SnoeS.
Vast. Gargantuan affairs that only
one man could wear: Sheriff Jones
It took slow-witted Sheriff Jones fully
a half minute to realize the fact. Tnen
| he sped down the aisle in his stocking
feet, out to the rain soaked platform
until he collared a slim, mascultne-at-
tired person shuf1ing in those shoes.
Sheriff Jones leaped on the boy. Inc
cap fell of and revealed q mass OF
blond hair. Light blue eyes gazed
! into his. Then Sheriff Jones realized
it was q girl. He tugged at his pocket,
drew out the picture of the girl ne
wanted. Then with an air OF triumph
he clasped handouts on her as she
Sobbed.
A crowd gathered. The sheriff was
babbling almost incoherently.
Look at my shoes. Ten sizes too
large for her. Don't you know, young
lady that no man nor woman nor
beast can steal Lon Jones shoes and
get away with it? That's wot the
books call cardinal crime. How
come, miss, you took my shoes?"
The girl began sobbing as Sheriff
Jones paved in her large purse and
found the missing bank funds, all in
large notes. Finally. she said:
"I took my brothers coat, trousers
and shirt, but at the last minute when
1 got on the train forgot I was wear
ing high-heeled shoes. / knew they
would hnd me here in Chicago in that
outfit so just had to get a pair OF
mans shoes.
II felt around in the dark and these
I have on were the first I found.
They're miles too big for me and ter
ribly uncomfortable, too. Ugh. You
can have them. I'd rather spend my
life in jail than wear them another
half hour"
Copyright. 1850
Tomorrow-"HOming by Laura
Carney Lamme, is q neat little rO-
nance built around two pet pigeons
and the romantic urge Of Spring.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Heads South Dakota U.

PIERRE, S. OAK, May 8 R.-1. d.
Weeks, 80, State superintendent Of
public instruction, was appointed yes
terday by the State Board Of Regents
as president Of the University Of South
Dakota, succeeding Dr.. Herman James,
who resigned recently to become presi-
dent of Ohio University. The appoint
ment Is effective July /.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
SHERIFF'S BOOTS
A Policeman Without Shoes Was No Policeman at All,
rs Lon Jones Soon Discovered.
BY NJ L. ROBINSON.

at got a notion,
porter, to charge
you with grand lar
ceny Of rhoes, dis
orderly conduct,
petty larceny Of the
shoe laces, hinder
ing an ofhcer Of the
law, delaying ad-
ministration Of JUS
tice, ayr a n c y:
gross neglect OIL
duty, harboring a
notorious CT m :
inal-"
The sheriff be-
came more red of
face. The Negro's
eyes rolled in ter
ror.
The sheriff final
ly agreed to allow
the porter to get
him the largest
pair Of shoes thal
could be purchased
near the station
The cars would oe
in the shed for 70
minutes. The train
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Birth Control Bill Indorsed.

ROGERS, Ark. May R.-In-
dorsement of a bill pending in Con-
gress to make legal the dissemination
Of birth-control information through
"the proper medical authorities" was
voted by the Arkansas State Fedora
ton Of women's Clubs yesterday at
the groups annual session.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
SERVICE ROTATION
POLICY AFFIRMED
Col. Reynolds Appointment
Indicates System to Be
Retained.

The appointment last week Of Col.
Charles r. Reynolds, Medical Corps,
now on duty as surgeon Of the I'd
Corps Area with station at Governors
Island, N. Y, as surgeon general OF
the Army, is conclusive evidence that
the present administration does not
intend to deviate from its policy OF
rotation in office for bureau chiefs OF
the War and Navy Departments. Col.
Reynolds will succeed Mai. Gen.
Robert U. Patterson, who will COM
plete his four-year term on May 81.
It has not been determined where
Gen. Patterson, who will revert to his
permanent grade Of colonel, will be
assigned
Col. w. c. Short has been desig-
mated by the War Department as
executive oficer for the national rifle
matches to be held this year at Camp
Perry, Ohio Maj. Benjamin w. Mills,
on duty as instructor with the New
Jersey National Guard, has been
named director of civilian marksmar-
ship and executive off1cer for the Ma
tional Board for the Promotion OF
Rifle Practice, and has assumed duty
in the ONCE of the Assistant Secre-
tary of War. He will have charge Of
preparing preliminary plans for the
matches.
Navy.
The Navy Department is ready with
plans and specifications for the new
ships . to be constructed and naval
authorities are prepared to issue calls
for bids aS soon as the appropriation
measure Is enacted into law. The
new ships will be similar to the cor
responding types now under way. but
the new plans, as usual, will call for
improvements and refinements. The
contractors will be given from go to
90 days to prepare and submit their
bids. Thus, even If there Is no delay
in the progress Of the appropriation
measure, 1t will be about the first Of
August before the bids can be opened
and shortly thereafter awards TO con-
tractors and assignment of construc-
ton to navy yards can be made.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Woman Leaves 122 Descendants

PADERBORN, Ill. tR.-one hum
dred and twenty-five direct descend
ants survive Mrs. Elizabeth Neff, SO,
who died today. She left IL children,
SO grandchildren and 81 great-grand-
children.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
DIG, q bling
- s erih Lon

DIG, q m bling G
- 8 erth Lon
Jones had never
heard the express
sion "Cherchez Ia
femme" II he had
he would probably
have thought 1t
was q pew-fangled
salad dressing his
wife had got from
the Tuesday Cook
ing Club. All he
knew was that he
was out to get his
woman. ..
The woman in
the case that both
cred Sheriff Jones
at the present mo-
ment was q pretty
blond absconding
cashier Of the
Century Trust q
Savings Bank OF
his home town.
Thousands Of dol
lars were involved.
Jones was seated
In the smoking
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Quake Rocks Area.

Severe earthquake shocks rocked
Tirana, Albania, recently.
Evening star., 1935-05-05
Ask Thirty.Hour Week.

Coal miners of wales are demand
ine q 30-hour week.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

TomOrrow-"HOming by Laura
Carney Lamme, is q neat little ro-
nance built around two pet pigeons
and the romantic urge Of Spring.
Evening star., 1935-05-05

Col Rush R. Wallace will be re-
tired on May Is. He holds the Dis
tinguished Service Medal in addition
to medals for active service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Speed Crazy

Judge Samuel c. Shaw of the Bridge port Court of Common Pleas recently declared that Drivers are speed crazy in Connecticut and something must be done to slow them down. - We don't believe that Judge Shaw meant to imply by his remarks that in other states there aren't drivers who operate their cars as fast as we do right here in this state. It's about the same wherever you go and where there isn't a constabulary force operating to slow down the fast drivers on the high ways.
 There are only two ways that slower driving on any roads in the United States or anywhere on the face of the globe can be achieved. One is to construct the au- tomobile so that its speed limit will be definitely limited to what is believed safe for all concerned, the operator, the pas senger, and the pedestrian. The other way is by close patrol of all roads, which would, of course, neceSSitate the employ ment of huge staff of motorcycle cops.
 Setting a definite limit on automobile speeds through mechanical means could never be achieved, we think, desipte the appalling toll of human lives on our road days. And by the same token what state or local government could stand the cost of maintaining road patrol that would prevent some speeding. True we can still continue to preach the lesson of cau- ton to all drivers and trust that in time the cold facts will sink home. But by that time the death toll will have mount ed. Drastic steps are needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Republicans Confident

It doesn't require an awful lot of searching these days to discover republi- can confidence. The g.o.p. in Connec- ticut is just brimful of it and wishes that the 1886 election was going to be held tomorrow. Unfortunately for the repub- licanS it won't be held until next No- vember and there is no telling what may have happened before then to dim the party's prospects. A lot is being placed on the shoulders of State Senator J. Kenneth Bradley of Westport, who is prominent right now in Young Republican circles.
 In fact it may be through his directing that the state ticket is drawn up next September. A lot is going to hinge on the selection of candidates for the several places to be filled And no matter what you hear about hatred for the New Deal and President Roosevelt's administration, don't be fooled. A good percentage ot this opposition will have vanished into thin air by the time President Roosevelt comes before the voters for their approval in November.
 Connecticut has long been regarded as a normally republican state, but inde- pendent voters, of which we have many, cannot be beguiled into sense of security by being told that return to the good old days is what they should vote for III 1886. The confidence of republicans to- day is the confidence that comes with desperation. If the democrats should sweep back into office in Connecticut next fall and carry all the offices they now hold, it would spell the end of the present republican party of this state.
 That's why an effort is being made to convince the electorate that New Deal is afoot in republican circles. But no one is fooled by that plan. The same prin- ciples that actuated the republican party in it's long years of domination and sub Servience of public confidence and trust are still there. Nothing has changed ex- cept the faces of some of the leaders. And those who clamored for the change and saw it accomplished under democratic leadership would do well to rescind any vote of confidence they have given the democrats of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Farmers Programs

At the annual meeting of the New York State Grange, the group by a large ma iority approved the establishment of Afarmer-owned and farmer-controlled cooperatives" and development of long time permanent policy that will give agriculture fair break with industry and labor" Some of the things called for in resolutions adopted were: Man aged currency ito stabilize the purchas- ing power of the dollar and prevent wide fluctuation in commodity prices" Reduc- tion in the legal interest rate from 6 to per cent.
 Limitation of public bond issues to 10 per cent of the assessed property valua- ton. Moderate tolls on the state barge canal. Insurance on all bank deposits up to $5,OO0. Home rule in towns and counties, as opposed to centralization of government. State police investigation of rural fires. Conscription of wealth as well as men in time of war.
 Among the things opposed were: War; the proposed federal child labor amend
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Gifts To The League

If the League of Nations is dying or- ganization, as some people believe, there is no lack of tributes laid on its tomb the beautiful new $10,000,000 palace of the League at Geneva. The building was designed with plan of simple decoration, but the generosity of many of the gov ernmentS in it's membership is making It one of the most elaborate furnished bu1ld- ings in the world. Gifts of rare wood- work and marble, rich tapestries and car- pets and finely wrought bronze, are com ing from all parts of the world. Nations and individuals alike send gifts.
 John D. Rockefeller gave, in 1927, $2,OOO,00O toward the building and the maintenance of the Leagues library. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation has given $25,O00 for a bronze celestial sphere to stand in the center of the court of honor. The gift of Edward A. Filene, Boston merchant, will equip the Assembly hall with telephonic apparatus for the Simul- taneous interpretation of all speeches delivered in the Assembly.
 Several Latin-American governments have united to contribute bronze tablet inscribed with quotations from the ad- dresses of Simon Bolivar, their great patriot. Mexico has offered a mural painting, to be executed by Diego Rivera, for the press room in the Assembly Building. Perhaps it would be better for the League of Nations if there were fewer material gifts and more sacrifices of na- tional prejudice and rivalry. What is troubling the League today is not lack of physical beauty and convenience in it's buildings but lack of readiness among members to live up to it's ideals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

Gone but not forgotten! That is the opera claque. Opening of the season this week has just revealed that the pro- fessional clapper no longer is part and parcel of the Metropolitan's scheme of business. Masters of the claque in the hey-day of the trade often earned as much as $100 week. But now, no more. And strangely enough the opera manage ment never hired any cf those profes- sional applauders who could win new star curtain call after curtain call. It was the singers themselves who paid for this dubious honor. Two curtain calls were guaranteed for $25 with additional bows secured at $5 per. And how the singers did support this business. The claque was not of American origin. It is said to have come here from Europe where the singers demand more of fuss from their audiences. And now it has been busted from it's once honorable and influential position in the Metropolitan, due mainly, though, to its own lack of foresight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Current Comments

The church is much safer than an automobile. Did you ever hear of a church building turning turtle? Rev. w. J. Savers, Richmond,
 Ind.
 History has shown again and again that when any rights or priv ileges of a people are surrendered to a government, it is diflcult, of ten impossible to regain them.
 Frank E. Gannett, publisher.
 sss
 Business needs more than 8 '.breathing spell". It needs to have the strangling hands of bureau cracy taken from its throat.
 Governor Harold G. Hoffman,
 New Jersey.
 
 The New Deal has gone haywire and is headed for Socialism and ruin. The old deal of the republi- can party has gone overheard on reactionary program. So what? So we get 1t in the neck.
 General Hugh s. Johnson.
 
 I'm not decrying politeness or condemning women, but we do need a revolt against women and frigid conformity to Q thousand titilations of etiquet that leave us no time for genusne living.
 --Dr. 0. D. Mcclure Hartwich College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

by the United States from Holland fall into similar clasSifications, with foods predominating. Some of the heaviest of these imports, on the basis of valuation in 1892 and 1883, were tulip, hyacinth and other plant bulbs, starch, electric lamp bulbs and chemical pigments. Many of the products that enter this coun- try from Holland are raw materials of various kinds, such as chemicals, seeds, vegetable oils, waste sack cloth, rags for paper stock and bars and pigs of tin.
 In the depression period trade with Holland has been marked by considerable variation from year to year in many products. Of linseed cake, for instance, the United States shipped to Holland $500 tons in 1882 and 126,600 tons in 1883. Like wise, American plywood went to Holland in 1882 to make a total of more than 4,000,0 900 square feet, and in 1883 that total was doubled. Im- port quotas imposed by Holland have accounted for sharp reductions in trade with America. The buying of many foreign products, moreover, is controlled in Holland by monop- olies or bureaus created for re- export trade. Belgium and Holland have assembled and re-exported many thousands of American motor cars in the last ten years.
 As with all other trade agree ments made under Secretary Hulls reciprocity system, every tariff re- duction< in the pact with Holland will be extended automatically to all foreign countries except Germany. The so-called freezing" of certain products on the American free list may appear harmless in these ne- gotiations, but the ultimate effects cannot be foreseen. Serious com- petition in those products may de- velop because of excessive imports from other countries taking ad- vantage of the concessions to Hol- land. Every new trade agreement increases the complexity of the sys- tenn mad adds to the worries of many domestic industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
ABook a Day
When Maine's Ships Sailed Every Ocean
BY BRUCE CATION.

The melancholy story of how the charming state of Maine declined from the capital of 8 worldwide empire to summer playground for people who had made their money elsewhere is told once more in Mary Ellen Chase's new novel, "Si- las Crockett"
 Miss Chase goes back to the ear ly maritime history of the republic to begin her story. The great age of sail had just dawned, and Maine seamen were the kings of the sea. Every Maine seacoast town had its shipyard and its docks; pleasant little coves harbored great ships from the ends of the earth, and salty Maine speech was heard in Singapore and Sumatra, in Canton and Honolulu.
 Then came change. Steam drove out sail, and America turned its attention inward instead of out- ward. Maine ne's.greatness passeds and her people were left-not to dete- riorate, for the New England char acter IS too COugn TOT GnaCs put Vu face tremendously difficult change and readjustmenr.
 The author tells hD story by fol- lowing the fortunes of @ typical seafaring family through four gen. erations. Silas Crockett, founder oi the line, sailed his ships to the ends of the earth and prospered might fly.
 His son inherited Q dying busi. ness, and wound up on a fishing schooner. His son, in turn. became skipper of e rickety little coastwist steam ferry: and his son, at last left the sea entirely to struggle fol a shore-going job in the 1929 de. pression.
 It's fine book, filled with Q nos. talgic appreciation of a great ere i that is gone forever.
 Published by Macmillan. it sell for $2.50. ] Copyright, 1885. NEA Service. Inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

Bridgeport auto dealers have banded together to demand that the city main tain a municipal towing service. This would be used where bad accidents occur within the city limits. It seems bit odd that the dealers would be asking that the city undertake such service, when it is sideline of their own, but there's a reason. It seems that Bridgeport motor ists, as we'll as those from other places who have had occasion to call for towing service have been victimized. To protect their own good names the dealers want the city to undertake the job of carting away all damaged cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
4 Deal With Holland
Trade Pact Is Long Coming, But Needed Badly Many Articles Being Sent by
 Us to Netherlands.
NEW YORK SUN

If there must be a trade agree ment with Holland it may at least be said that it was long overdue. It was among the first tariff pacts to be proposed. A notice of hearings upon it was issued more than a year ago. Some oral discussion of the agreement occurred early this year, but treaties with Brazil, Bel gium and Haiti were signed, pact with Sweden was concluded, and then that with Canada, while the deal with Holland waited.
 Agricultural products have fig ured largely in the hearings on the Dutch trade agreement. The Amer ican exports to Holland of greatest total valuation have been raw cot ton, linseed cake, lard and automo- piles. The Netherlands have also bought from the United States heavy shipments of animal oils and greases, rice, wheat, fresh pears, leaf tobacco, plywood, borax and carbon black.
 The products which are imported
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

The flare-up over the return of Archi- bald McNeil of Bridgeport as democratic died a natural death. He was recently endorsed by Fairfield county democrats and there doesn't seem to be any likelihood of his being supp1anted on the national body. Mayor Alfred N. Phillips of Stam- ford demanded that 20 per cent of state patronage go to Fairfield county demo- crats, which probably will arouse some talk in view of the democratic strength
 in New Haven and Hartford counties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

ment (endorsed by the American Farm Bureau Federation) fees for town health officers; compulsory automobile insur- ance and a state automobile insurance fund. Farmers in other states might not subscribe to all the resolutions adopted by the New York State farmers. It is obvious, however, that farmers are think ing about their own problems in broader terms than formerly and also that they are waking up to the value, for them selves, of cooperation and organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

subjects he discussed with them. Why bother about playing the stock market. The 1883 special issue of Graf Zeppelin stamps, sold at a face value of 50 cents,.' is now selling at prices from S4 to $8. The stamp was taken off, the postoffice list last June. The increase in price is the most rapid for any D. s. stamp in years. s.,,
 Help! HeIp!!
 Director J. Edgar Hoover has sent out a request to radio anna teurs to aid his G-men in testing. the short-wave transmission of crime reports. The Bureau sOf Investigation is conducting exS periments with a view to setting up 8 super-powered radio station in Washington for broadcasting crime flashes to federal agents. |. Secretary Harold Ickes sets aside one hour daily for res, ceiving members of his staff to talk over inter-office problems. Any subordinate wishing to see him may make an appointment during that hour Rail Co- Ordinat0r Joseph B. Eastman has confided to associates that unless congress makes his post perman- ent he will decline another ap. pointment if offered. His coor- dinating authority expires June 16, 1886, after which he will re- vert to his regular status as. Q member of the Interstate Com- merce commission Repre-. sentative Vito MarcantoniO, in-- surgent republican from New :. York, is planning to demand Q congressional investigation of the work-relief administration in Manhattan. Marcantonio claims that there are 25,000 families in New York city whose applications for relief have been held up by red-tape for more than six weeks. Copyright, 1885, by United Fea-.
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21

 1. Were the owners of slaves that were set free by the Emancipation proclamation, compensated by the federal government?
 2. Who were the Pharisees2 8. Who was Hans Dahl9
 {. What is the name of the sour acid in vinegar?
 s. Where is the city of Goae 6. Name the oldest of the Creek letter fraternities. /, .. Tn what year was the Q. s. Na- val Academy opened? z 6. What well-known social work CT in association with Miss Ellen c. starr, established the Hull House in Chicago2
 O., what name is applied to the native people of the Atlantic coast of Mexico, south of Tampico and the lower Panuco river2
 10. In which state is Coolidge DaEn2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Horoscope
BY OCTAvINE

BY OCTAVINE
 For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-21
Selected Poem
THE HAPPY PRISONERS

IT Alletta Chaffee in The Christian Science
 Monitor) Now in the brook The trout lie low: Under the ice Under the snow, Silver in silver, Sheathed by cold, Their skins still glitter In speckled gold. They swim idly Up and down Between the banks Of withered brown. They know surely As man, by rote, New songs will ripple The waters throat, Spring return When the moss is green, Mirrored within The waters sheen. Up and down In dream they pass, Under the roof Of frosted glass.