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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
The Chief Is Dead

No one man so impressed his person. ality upon the Boy Scouts of Waterbury as did Arthur D. Marston. To say that his death yesterday was shock would be putting it very mildly. It allows use of the expression - bolt from the blue for that is just what it was. When he participated in the Memorial Day exercises yesterday, there was no indication that he was even then standing in the shadow of the great divide that separates life from death.
 But the "Chief" went to met His Maker in the same manner in which he had met the different phases of his life He was er1inently successful in his work in Waterbury as Scout Executive Under his administration the Boy Scouts waxed and grew strong, not merely in numbers, but in physical, moral, and mental well-being. An extremely pleasant character to meet, it was always well worth while listening to MT. Marston talk on his favorite topic, boys work.
 MT. Marston died in the prime of life. He had, so far as friends knew, enjoyed admirable health. He was not complain inc sort of individual and may have per haps suffered his ills and tribulations Ill silence. But all the pent-up respect that he had stored up in the hearts and breasts; of men, women, and youngsters of Water bury will now pour forth in burst of sweet melody to form as a benediction over his body. Those boys who weep for him need not be ashamed of their open expressions of sorrow. The loss of dear ly beloved touches even the driest of eye founts.
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president of the National Press Club and managing editor of The Washington Post. After booming Governor Ritchie of Maryland for nomination in 1882, he has settled down to the much more prosaic job of interpreting Jesse Jones, no mean publicity manipulator himself.
 JOHN HERRICK, also an ex- member of The Chicago Tribune, resigned from that organization when ordered to write an anti administration story on which he had different ideas. He is an executive in the Bureau for Sub sistence Homesteads.
 MORTON MILFORD, press mentor for Harry Hopkins, has one of the most enviable press relations jobs in the Capital. His
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this perplexing question in 1885 has acc quilted itself nobly. We could ask noth- ing more than what our State Senators have done in straightening out the kinks and loopholes in the measure that was made into law two years ago. We feel confident that the House will concur with the Senate in the bill as it now stands, al- though some study may show few slight defects still.
 We presume, too, that the measure as it now stands is all that Governor Cross would ask of the legislators He made specific recommendations last fall during his gubernatorial campaign. He reechoed them this year when requested to do so by the judiciary committee as it was wrest- ling with the difficult problem of liquor control. Perhaps the salient feature of the amended liquor control law is the fact that serving of such mixed drinks as high balls and cocktails is now permissible ln certain establishments.
 Other than that there is the creation of an entirely new type of permittee, the cafe. We have heard the ultra-dry ad- herents in the state claim that this is sim ply the return of the saloon. To some extent this may be true, but certainly even the return of the saloon, and we say this in all sincerity, is to be appreciated far more than what the days of prohibit tion brought us-the speak-easy. We honestly believe that the people of this generation are gradually coming to new realization as regards public drinking.
 We do not notice to-day that it is too pronounced or worthy of quick condem- nation. There is tendency upon the part of many proprietors to conduct their places of business so that the most re- spectacle of men would not hesitate to bring their wives into them for something in the way of liquid refreshment. Per- haps Waterbury is unique in this respect, but we do think that with the law revised to fit the situation more wholesome re- spect for what is ordained will be man. ifest by those on both sides of the bar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-31
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New Chinatown is becom- ing a perplexing problem for the sightseeing buses. Not that there aren't the usual number of rubber necks-up Times Square way, where they load, the busses toN be doing bus-iness about as usual. with the same old gray~hair.ed la dies serving as come-ons day after day.
 It's just that Chinatown has gone modern. and in going mod ern destroyed the dark, sinister atmosphere that made 1t the last rendezvous of mystery. Huge and gaudy electric signs, announcing chop suey in dazzling profusion, have appeared almost magically over the entrance to every chop suey palace; and while they may spell prosperity for the chop suey cooks, they have routed the gloomy shadows in which a legion of awesome --even If imaginary -periis lurked for generations.
 Without the shadows, the bu, spielers are hard put to give pas. sengers their mohey's worth oi thrills. It's difficult to make even a Chinese seem like a menace when he ambles amiably past in glare that strips him of sinister ness.
 Booming Business
 Of course, the westernization of the cast sides Orient reveals the section in it's true light. chinatown's great evil always has been its odor. Dried fish and pun gent pork conspire to give the worst possible impression of the Chinese, and the multitude of provision markets reeking of fes- toons of these oriental delicacies are partners to the conspiracy. If the chop suey purveyors have gone in for modernism in a big way, their countrymen still scorn 1t. Before Lees, advantageously located at Mott and Peli streets,
 hung out a gigantic new sign and covered the dingy walls with gay l scarlet panels, there nearly always were as many Chinese diners as white. Now the Chinese are few, they have taken their patronage to less pretentious places where the food is no better but the air of efficiency is less conspicuous. On the other hand, Lees is doing
 more business than ever, having opened another dining room to accommodate the overflow. Ap- parently other diners don't agree with the Chinese.
 As community Chinatown is an intriguing paradox. Its cash registers jangle blithely, but when | figuring up accounts the reliable old abacus of varicolored beads is brought out from under the coun- ter. More than likely the young
 Chinese who operates it will be
 dressed in the dapper Broadway manner.
 Another ancient custom perpet.
 uated in spite of the western influ- ence is the observance of Number
 One Day = the Chinese New Year
 and Settlement Day. On Mott Street, opposite the On Leon tong
 quarters. is huge bulletin
 board, covered with inscrutible l signs on papers of many hues, for
 which the men from Canton, Shanghai and intermediate points
 have utmost respect Here each
 Chinese may post a tally of the
 amour. owed him by a country
 man; to avoid this disgrace, debts
 are settled promptly before Num- Der One day.
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BALD HEADED IN ANSWER TO .OBSERVER' TAKES FATHER COUGHAIN
 FOR A RIDE

" VotSA DAiJ, SSAAr
 May 80, 1885. Editor of The Democrat:
 "Observer," writing in the Demo- crat on Memorial day, states that the powerful vested interests will do everything in their power to pre- vent Father Coughln from solidi- flying his National Union for Social Justice-even to the point of stag ing revolution if necessary.
 It may we'll be that Observer" Is unnecessarily alarmed about Father Coughlin's relations to and with the great vested interests. The charge of Fascism is being made aganst Coughlin daily and with d great deal of proof to substantiate the suspicion. Coughln may at- tempt to turn his following over to the Fascist organizations in this country, lock. stock and barrel. But the radio priest is such a fiuctuating gentleman that one never knows what his next move will be. His record for blowing with the wind has become notorious as is the case with all demogogues. What is the record? Let us see.
 Four years prior to forming the National Unon for Social Justice we hear him on Nov. 23, 1880. de- claring "The Catholic Church stands four-square behind the capi- talist. although 1t dares condemn the abuses which have grown around him. When his voice is silent and weak. and his hands unclean, we will confront the communist and socialist in his defense--and. if necessary. die in defending the Con- stitution under which he gained his wealth."
 Two short weeks ago Coughlln declared-''We will do away with capitalism if that be necessary to obtain social justice" We'll, what are you waiting for Father Cough In? It is necessary. Imperativel One gets the impression that you no more know how to do away
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WRITER SAYS IF MUTUAL AID SATISFIES F. o. D..
 HE'S AN EXCEPTION
Waterbury, Conn.,,

Waterbury, Conn,
 May 30. 1885. Editor of The Democrat:
 My dear Mutual Aid Worker (F. o. D.):
 What grand life you must lead if you don't desire any reform of the present Mutual Aid. You claim that you are a Mutual Aid worker and state that you live very well. All right. I won't dispute the fact although I doubt it very much. Yet, I'll give you the ben- eft of the doubt as there is al- ways an exception to every rule and in this instance you must be the exception. I am not a member of any of the working class parties and not even a sympathizer of the communists but because of the truthfulness of Mir. Campbell's statements I feel that should help him set your mind right about the Mutual Aid workers. My work takes me from house to house and naturally I come in contact with all sorts of people. You undoubted- ly would be surprised to see how many people live on charity because they can't get enough from Mutual Aid to keep them going from day to day. As for being too proud to. live on charity-well, all I could say is that I guess you've never been hungry. When a per- sons stomach craves food and his hndry xxyav AA AAna @kn ks. think of pride as pride will not satisfy him.
 Here is a typical case. I came across family (father. mother | and child), living in a two room house furnished with a canvas camping table and a couple of mattresses on the floor. No lights mo curtains-no chairs-nothing not even stove which of course meant practically nothing to eat. When I came in they were feast ing" on bread and beans, (food given them by Mutual Aid). What months! They were only too glad to accept whatever was given them by neighbors. Pride meant nothing. This is typical of many. many families that I've seen.
 In saying that the people were shiftless and lazy Mir. Campbell was probably a little too harsh but yet you'll have to admit 1t Is true that you find more raggedness and | filth amongst the very poorest class of people than among the others. don't know what this could be attributed to.
 All l could say Is that before you make any more attacks on Mir. Campbell or anyone you better look into the situation. Don't for- gct--you're not the only person on Mutual Aid.
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;ay with capitalism than you know how to make it work.
 On January II, 1881, urging his audience to support the Hoover regime, Coughlin declared: We have lost no faith whatsoever in President Hoover and his cabinet" !" In the later months of 1881, see- ing the wind shifting, his great faith in the master engineer evap- orated and he engaged in venomous denunciation of Hoover and all of his works.
 Next he Hops over to the task of helping to put the New Deal over under the banner of "Roose- welt or Ruin," and on Nov. 5, 1888. whoops it up to the tune of return ing prosperity, predicting that "the prosperity identified with the year 1926 is not far distant" We are still looking around those fa- nous corners, Father.
 Only two weeks before this bit of optimism he declared: "The MIRA was ushered in with too much optimism and thereby mis- led millions of Americans into be- lieving that 6.000,000 men would be back to work by Labor day. Peoples confidence should not be played with" Be warned by your own words, Father Coughlin.
 On December 3, 1888, the world is rosy some more-"At last the sun is shining despite Tory criti- cism of those papers who would belittle the president of the U. s. and his policies. Four million have been put back to worka Two mill lion more will find employment this month" Phooey! The man falls for any sort of statistical rub bish.
 On Nov. 19, 1883, he gloats that the money changers" Messrs. Woodin and Acheson had been driven from the temple. On Jan. 19, 1884, he discovers that the money changers are still hanging around and delivers this blast: Unless MT. Roosevelt accom- plishes what he set out to achieve, namely, the expelling of the money changers from the temple and the restoration of a sound and ade- quate currency for the benefit of all our people and not for the chosen few, ruin will eventually follow"
 Father Coughlin's close friend ship with that sabre-rattling gen. tleman of sex and scandal monging and Fascist newspaper fame is a fact for the members of the Na- t. Union for Social Justice to ponder over. So are his connections with Vanderlip, Leblanc, Harriss. Rand, Aldrich. international bank CTS and industrialists all.
 The National Union of Social Justice has in its makeup nothing to recommend 1t as a democratic institution. Where are the state cc iventions which were promised by Coughlin In an interview to the Detroit News on. Nov. 13, 1884? Seven million members are claim ed yet not single meeting! At Coughlin's lecture on Jan. 22, 1885. one of his audience asked: How shall we know how to vote in the electlOns?" The answer was: 'vrhats my job to tell you" Shades of Hltlcrl
 If social justice Is what the members of COughlin's Union want they win. by looking about them with their owes open. find that
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Selected Poem
MISTY DAY ON THE BEACH

(Lydia B. Lttell in the New York Sun) Savouring this pale immensity Of sky and sea,
 This ample solitude lmaginations satisfying food l gaze along the dim deserted beach Farther than body's eye can reach, Into strange lands Lands strange as the cry of solitary gull Circling with motion swift and geautful Circling with motion swift and beautiful It's secret home Above the spreading foam. Over these lonely sands This only breaks the gray Of light susfused and the cold ocean spray; While the continually renewed Word of the waters in tone subdued l seem to hear
 Beyond the body's ear. l listen and l gaze Until, mans ways Forgotten light and sound together run. And all these mysteries merge into one The land, the ocean and the sky And l.
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There is much talk these days of adding a forty-ninth star to the American flag. The idea is naturally to create new state and there seems to be numerous bid ders. Alaska is one of the strongest. For some years now there has been a pro- nounced sentiment towards making the territory full-fledged state. And even little Puerto Rico is similarly moved. Away out in the Pacific Hawaii would like to be more than an insular possession. Then there have been innumerable att tempts to carve new state out of portions of existing ones. Texas could very easily be chopped up into two or three states, so vast a domain is included with her boundary lines. And adjacent Oklahoma would also join in such move. But usually state legislatures are deaf to such pro- posals. And the likelihood of a forty ninth star seems quite remote unless pres ent day sentiment undergoes very radi- cal change.
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We are bit suspicious of the republi- can movement to enlist Al Smith in a presidential boom, whereby he would run on a fusion ticket. It's sad commentary on our American political life that the very man who waged such bitter canl- paign against Smith in 1928 should today be turning to him for what we consider their own selfish aims. The Rev. Aloysius J. Hogan, s. J., president of Fordham University, speaking in this city Wednes- day night said the campaign against Smith was the most highly-financed and superbly organized ever seen in this na- ton. And it was a campaign bringing the forces of intolerance to the fore. Re- member that.
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chief is always in the limelight. Milford formerly was managing editor of The Miami Daily News.
 ALFRED STEDMAN, former crack correspondent of The St. Paul Pioneer-Press, has now be- come one of the most important executives of the AAA. Once a definite liberal and fortnight critic of the government, Sted- man has now taken conserva- tive hue and is as touchy about criticism as anyone in the New Deal. He is an extremely able executive and virtually runs the AAA.
 HAROLD AMBROSE, former ly with the dignified Boston Transcript, has now undertaken the less dignified job of ex-
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EXPECTATIONS OF DESIGNING PEOPLE REALIZED BY
 EXIT OF MIRA

Waterbury, May 2s, 1885. Editor of The Democrat:
 Now that the NRA has been found unconstitutional how does the cause of labor stand? The ans wer to this question, in so far as it can at present be given, appears to be that the anticipations of designing people have been amply realized. The merits and demerits of the MIRA have undergone an ordeal more fiery than that to which any idea has been subjected to at any period in this nations history. When it was tested. it was found to possess many defects. But these have been more than balan- ced by it's transcendent merits. There is every reason to believe that the final verdict of poster ity will favor NRA. A grand idea, killed by sinister design.
 Sincerely,fJ. V. WALKER.
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Three thousand and fifty-four acres of old abandoned farms in New London county have been bought by the AAA re- gently as part of the scheme to demon- strate more practical means of utilizing this land than that to which it has been put in the past It comes under the head ing of submarginal land development. It no doubt will be developed as forestry tracts or even as state parks for recrea- tional purposes. Retirement of worn out land throughout the entire state would be of tremendous value in increasing the value of good farmland.
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there have been the political means to that end in existence for years. No new paths need be open- ed. All that is necessary is to re- move the bandages from eyes which have worn them for many moons.
 BALD HEADED.
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i. Who was the author of 'The TalisThan?" s
 2, In which of Dickens novels is Charles Darney a character?
 3. Who was Henri Farman?
 4. Tn which war was the battle of Colenso?
 5. Where is the island of To. bago?
 6. What is the popular name for the United states frigate "Consti- tution?"
 2. Name the smallest state in Mexico.
 8. Who was Jacques Cartier? g. In Greek mythology, who was Morpheus?
 10. Where Is Colgate university?
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Horoscope
By OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is out lined by q noted astrologer. In ad- dition to information of general interest, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
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It's all right to praise the ''great inde- pendent minds" in Congress and around the country, but the trouble with them is that they all travel in different directions. The net result is something like Fourth of July pinwheel.
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JAMES V. FITZGERALD has the heart-lending job of smooth ing away the press headaches constantly acquired by his chief, Madame Secretary Perkins. He was,Ance news editor of the old NeV r ork World.
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In the Main Acceptable

There will be no doubt some objection to features of the new liquor control act as approved by the State Senate early Thursday morning. But on the whole the first branch of the AeRislature to consider
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4;2i a. m. tdaylight time). Sun rises 5:tS a. m.; sets S:31 D. m. daylight tIme).
 All vehicles mus, be lighted thirty min utes after sunset.
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Q. What is the address of Clarence Darrow?
 A. 1897 P. 6th street, Chicago, Ill.
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o. Which is correct, the man was hanged or the man was hung
 A. The man was hanged.
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c. How long is the term of en' listment in the British army?
 A. Sefvice is for 12 years. with permission to extend it to 21 yearl in certain circumstances. Of the original 12 years, from 3 to 9 are spent with the colors, in perman.
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plaining Jim Farley to the world. In this, considering his subject, he does a superb job.
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Daily Washington Merry Go Round
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BY DREW PEARSON and ROBE Authors of Washington Merry Go- Round" an

Round" Army of New Deal Publicity Agents More Efficient Than Average h. stead of Undermining the Press The Propaganda Hep Rare At temp Suppress News Always Get Them Into Hot Wae Many Have Become Executives and Advisers in Their Departments.
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According to the political weather signs an interesting time is going to be had all next year.
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Q. Where was Eddie Cantor born, and what is his real name
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Test Your Knowledge

Cam you answer seven 0f these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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THE BUVEUIts

Q. What is the area of St. Kitts, one of the Leeward Islands?
 A. Sixty-five square miles.
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IN TO-DAY'S NAH

Edsor Todays ML
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JUNE 3
 Most favored ones today are those woh were born from June 21 through July 21.
 General Indications for
 Everybody
 Morning-Bad.
 Afternoon-Improving.
 Evening-Good.
 The worse part of this bad time has come to a climax. Tonight looks much brighetr. It is the safest period of the last three days.
 Today's Birthdate
 You may have to pass through a very difficult period this year from April through July, and again In March. 1886. Use care of your health and of those around you. Do not take any chances in your business or make any changes which are unnecessary either with your home or business affairs. January, 193G, should be Q good month for you If you will guard your expenditures and learn to lis- ten ot others' timely advice.
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sent service. and the remainder of the time is in the army reserve. A majority of the men serve for 2 years with the colors and years in the reserves, which is the rule for infantry other than foot guards. Men enlist between IS and 25 years.
 If you want . copy of our new booklet HOUSEHOLD PESTS, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing 40 cents in postage stamps.