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The Washington times., 1935-01-31

plain coors Of tan bue gray and fancy patterns Every shirt
in this group we'll tailored cut full good quality buttons.
Sizes IA to IT, Lay in supply at this low price.
The Washington times., 1935-01-31

A big, soft chamois at this ridiculously
low price. Not 1907 perfect, but 1O0%
useful for car polishing, window wash
ing or other cleaning purposes. Buy
two, four, or a half dozen. Sold only
in the Firestone Tire and Accessory
Shop. Bargain Annex.
Mail and Phone Orders Filled While
Quantities Last. District 94OO.
The Washington times., 1935-01-31
BroadcIoth Paiamas

Full cut and fast coIorS regulation,
MILDLY and flat collar styles. Sizes A
to D.
The Hecht Co.-Bargain Annex
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Rich Mans Taxes

Hearts may not bleed for William Ran- dolph Hearst because of his tax troubles, because he is known to be a very rich man. Yet many people everywhere will be interested and sympathetic. For taxes are coming to be serious issue.
 MT. Hearst says he must leave Califor- mia because the new state income tax, which rises as high as 15 per cent, is so oppressive. He could stand it by itself; but added to the taxes he has to pay in New York and elsewhere, and to the fed eral government, it is too much. His total taxes will be more than 80 per cent of his income.
 It is hard for an outsider to judge any case fairly unless all the facts are given. And it is pretty hard for anyone to believe that MT. Hearst, a native son and the son of pioneer, will really leave his beloved home-state and his wonderful San Simeon ranch But as he says, the terms of the new tax law seem likely to alienate a good many part-time residents. It re- quires that anyone living in the state six months of the year, though paying taxes and having his permanent home else where, shall be taxed as Californian. Such double taxation doesn't seem fair or wise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Dispossessed Tahitians

News from Papeete, Tahiti, would sad- den Robert Louis Stevenson and other admirers of the South Sea Islanders as they were before white visitors spoiled their idyllic existence. It is reported that most of the real PolyneSians' land has passed into the hands of Europeans and Chinese. Hardly any tract of value today is held by the original owners or their descendants.
 This sad state of affairs came about through a familiar enough procedure. Natives mortgaged their lands in order to buy automobiles and other modern conveniences. For while they rode around in style and enjoyed their new possessions Then came a worldwide fall in the price of copra (dried coconut meat), followed for the Polynesians by the same round of financial difficulties with which civilized peoples are familiar - inability to keep up payments or even interest on loans, and finally foreclosures.
 There is a sadder chapter even than the loss of land. The South Sea native was handsome in form and feature and healthy specimen. His descendants today, no longer of pure blood, are less resistant to disease and shorter-lived. They lost more than land when they took on the white mans luXuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
A Thought for Today
Salvation Through Spending

If is a curious fact that, just at time when the national administration is un- der heavier fire than ever for it's "lavlsn spending." the Townsend movement seems to be gaining more than ever. This movement aims to pay $2,400 a year to every one of the 7,500,000 people in the United States over 60 years old, making a direct outlay of $18,000, ,O0O, 900 ,OOO, as much as the federal government would spend normally for all purposes III 1lve years, and considerably more than hall of the present national debt.
 Thus the convention the TOwnsenders have been holding in Chicago, with simul- taneous gatherings throughout the coun- try, must be regarded as a remarkapie and important phenomenon, whether you are for the plan or against it.
 "The growth of the movement 1n the past twelve months is almost beyond belief" says a state leader. "It is only when you look at the figures that you realize the progress made"
 He. like all the other converts, is sure that the lavish and arbitrary payments proposed are practical, that the vast sums involved could be raised for the purpose, that the first payments would quickly get into circulation and set up an endless, self-generating stream of national wealth making all of us prosperous.
 People of less faith and imagination are scornful, or at least doubtful It is inconceivable to the critics, who include the vast majority of business and pro fessional people, that such a project could be sound. It goes against nearly all the accepted economic doctrines. And it goes particularly against the present growing protest against big governmental "spend- ing for recovery"
 The Townsenders will have a powerful lobby at Washington this winter, and numerous friends in Congress, but it is impossible for a disinterested observer to believe they can accomplish their pur- pose Not only the instinctive judgment of the majority but the natural processes of economic recovery are against them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
American Education Week will be ob-

American Education Week will be ob- served in this city beginning Monday, November Il and ending November IT. This city takes pride in taking part in the national observation Schools in the city are planning programs for the oc- casion. The worthy aim of the American Education Week is to interest the public in the improvement in the schools, and the aim this year is to enlist the interest of ten million citizens The theme this year is to be "The School and Democ- racy," and the slogan, Every citizen visitor to the schools during American Education Week." Waterbury plans to boost the observance through the news papers and over the radio. The city has schools and a school system that are con- Spicuous, the former for their high stand ards, the latter for it's smooth function ing. Various topics have been outlined for this city which may be learned through these newspaper columns, and the program is an interesting and timely one, and similar to those of other com munitieS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Good Eating

The Gournets Society must have made lot of enemies when a speaker at it's fall dinner in New York referred to most of the rest of the country as the culinary desert across the Hudson" Here is what the 40 epicures at the party ate:
 Praises a la Fine Champagne, Souffle de Langustine Cardinal, Saddle of Baby Lamb Prince Orloff, Fresh Artichokes Clarmart, Potatoes Mignon, Broccoli Maltaise, Bombe Nelusko, Sauce Sabayon, Friandises, Moka."
 Perhaps there was nourishment in that dinner. Most of us wouldn't know. The sauces which appear so numerously are particularly important to Gourmets.
 They may be right that the dinner could not be duplicated, with precisely the right seasonfngs, outside of New York But perhaps nobdy would want 1t whi might have instead broiled lamb chops, baked potatoes, green lima beans, crisp celery, bread and butter with good home made jelly or preserves, topped off with apple pie, cheese and coffee.
 Inhabitants of the culinary desert don't call their dishes by such fancy names, but they know good meal from frequent ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Obelisk Buildings

A French architect, Edouard le Cor buster, says the big New York sky scrapers we are so proud of are much too small" Also much to close together like pack of needles. 'They should be great obelisks, far apart" he says.
 It isn't exactly new idea Many of our architects and city planners have said the same thing in different words. It is, common knowledge that, as matters stand, there is not enough street and sidewalk space around the skyscrapers in New York and other big American cities to take care of their tenants. Traffic jams develop morning, noon and eve ming. The lower stories, too, don't get enough daylight. The tall buildings blight their neighborhoods as far as smaller structures are concerned. And in the crowding, their own beauty and impressiveness are lost
 The French suggestion would mean office buildings, hotels and possibly fac tories, shaped like the Washington Mon- ument, with big, open spaces around them. Some of those spaces would be public parks. Many of them could well be parking lots, roofed over.
 A big city then would be, from dis tance, forest of ObeliSkS. There would be space, light, air, perspective. It would be far better than most of our cities to- day, with their messiness, crowdedness, gloom and dirt. There would be no slums there. Can you imagine Sky scraping slum-obelisk?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Gen. Johnson Shoulders I His Pen!
The General, Now New Deal Outcast Tries to Console
 Himself by Thinking the Pens Mghtier Than the Sword
(From the New London Day.)

Judging from what Gen. Hugh Johnson now has to say about the New Deal, in an article written for a national magazine, there is no hope whatever of reconciliation between him and the directing geniuses of the administration. Cast off like a worn out shoe, the gen. eral consoled himself for a time by administering the New York city work-relief projects. He quit that job, with not a few expressions of disgust at the lack of cooperation he experienced, and is now earning a little something, here and there, with his pen. In his current arti- cle in the Saturday Evening Post he blasts the new deal from many agles; primarily, he says, the trou- ble with it is "confusion of coun- sel," terrible timing" lack of co- ordination, great incompetence of administration, etc.
 But he also suggests that the people should pray for 8 return of the "old principles of the new deal. without any "perversion" of purpose and the assurance of their faithful fulfillment." This may come about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

It is interesting to read that groups of Irish priests, educated in schools and seminaries of Ireland are being sent over to France to fill vacancies in the many sections that are without clergy to carry on the duties of the Catholic parish. French priests are evidently at a prem ium. This solution to the problem of in- active parishes there should prove a happy one, because nowhere does a young man get finer training than in the Irish schools, and nowhere does one hear finer and more graceful English spoken than among the educated Irish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Question Box

o. Are there fewer horses and mules on farms in the United States now than there were twenty years ago?
 A. In 1910 there were 24,043, ,0o0, and in 1930 there were 19,050,000.
 o. What is 8 monocle?
 A. A single eye glass sometimes worn to correct g defect in visions but more frequently as a mere af- fectation.
 @. What is the official name of Persia?
 A. Iran. The change became ef- fective on their New Year, March 9, 1885.
 o. Give the number of fatal au- tomobile accidents, suicides and murders in the United States in 1884.
 A. Automobile accidents caused 8, ,980 deaths; railroad and auto ac- cidents, 1,457; suicides, 18,828; and murders, 12,055. e. Name the author of the novel "Bordertown." A. Carroll Graham. @. How many lives were lost in the Moro Castle disaster? A. 114.
 Q. How long is the term of UAa- ted States senators? A. Six years. @. What is the minimum aga provided for the president of the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

he declares, through "a republican new deal platform with sincere and able candidate or cellar-t to- garret new deal renovation and re- turn to first faiths" At another point the general suggests that some siren sold the admins tration the age-old fallacy that, if it would tinker with the currency just a 1eetle' 1t could blow value back into defiated assets, and by controlled monetary imitation re- lieve the burden of all debt"
 All of this simply shows the sad state of the generals cherished ideals - his disappointment with the practical workings of a plan that looked wonderful in the "blue- prints," as he calls the outline. The general, surely, does not expect any man-directed government to be per- feet. He must be prepared for cer- tain disappointing failures and lack of coordination, even when 8 group of scholars and world-famed econ- omists are running things. But the curious part of it all is that he does not exactly explain in what partic- ulars he believes the new deal has been diverted from its original goals, or has failed signally to strive for these goals. The collapse of the MIRA was certainly not the new dealers fault; in fact some per- sons might be unkind enough to suggest that some of the snap de- cisions, "crack down" statements, hints of boycott, etc, originating with the general himself, hastened its untimely demise throug hthe courts.
 Indeed we fear that the general still reaches for the unattainable when he expresses himself as so pleased with the "originap new deal arims but unable to stomach the results thus far obtained. He must know that no administration this nation can recall has ever had a freer hand to apply its schemes for the salvation of the people = no president ever vested with more au- tocratic power to turn into imme- diate action the policies and projects he has worked out. In fact the general may, in the end, begin to suspect that there may have been something wrong, or at least irn- practical, in the original ideas. He has not come to that conclusion yet, but he is weakening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

his figures have little bearing on the surplus-deficit controversy. Hard Boiled
 Mild-manner Rex Tugwell, one. time college professor, iS become ing the most hard-boiled exec. utive in the New Deal
 The other day he Topped 1S,- 600 from the federal payroll at one Sw0Op-a new record for . government agency.
 The retrenchment occurred in an agency Tugwell inherited from Harry Hopkins, who had charge of rehabilitating impoverished farm families under the EZRA. For this purpose Hopkins had set up special agency in each state.
 There was practically no cen- traI control over these forty. eight bodies, giving local polis ticians heaven-sent 0pportuns ity for rewardins deserving henchmen.
 When this bloated machine was transferred to the Resettlement Administration, Tugwell discov- cred that 18,000 job-holders, drawing more than $20, GOO, 900 in annual salaries, were administer ing relief to only 285,000 far1- flies.
 Tugwell fired the huge stan en masse, turned over the work to the Extension Service of the Agriculture Department -- an old, permanent government agency to which the job should have been entrusted i'm the first place.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Current Comments

We recognize the fact that foot ball has become. the supreme pur- pose of higher education. Gover- nor Martin L. Davey, Ohio.
 The MIRA, the AAA, the IVA are all in the Russian Primer. - Governor Eugene Talmadge, Geor- gia.
 There's no use going without a woman when there's 50 many of them around. = Ezra Warden, "A, Wisconsin farmer who advertised for a wife.
 If we take away from the strong man the right to hit the little man on the head with 8 club, is that, too, great curtailment of lib- erty? - Louis McTienry Howe, sec- retary to President Roosevelt
 The horse and buggy argument was pressed by King John at Runny- mede (and) by every ambitious executive who at any time during the 72O years since Hagna Charta has chafed under constitutional restraints. - Gilbert H. Montague, New York attorney.
 As
 A new seriousness has gripped the student. More sense - more plain common sense -- has been the keynote. For instance. we wear garters. -- J. l.. Whitcomb, Brown undergraduate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

perience. There can be no harm in the Gourmets, purpose to increase the in terest of American citizens in understand ing and appreciating good food savored in the gourmet manner" But no mis- sionary work is needed in this regard in the normal American home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
A Book a Day
Lawrence's Account
 of Arabian Uprising BY BRUCE CAPTION

Few. books have ever been quite so energetically and cleverly press agented as has the Seven Pillars of Wisdom," written by England's fla nous revolt-maker, the late T. E. Lawrence. The redeeming feature is that not many books are so much worth reading as this one, either. This is the bulky volume of which the famous Revolt in the Desert" was condensation.
 In 1t, Lawrence tells how he went into Arabia to see how England could capitalize on the tribesmen's dissatisfaction with Turkish rule. He got the tribal leaders together and induced them to fight for a free and independent Arabia; he directed their military efforts with rare skill, doing much to produce that behind-the Hines confusion on the Turkish front which helped make possible Allenby's great triumphs in Syria; and at the peace try's statesmen sell the Arabs down the river with cynical disregard of their promises.
 He saw this betrayal coming long before 1t happened; and his book is full of bitterness, bitterness at Brit ish statesmen for defrauding the Arabs and at himself for uninten- tionally assisting in the fraud.
 It is also full of profoundly ex- citing accounts of desert warfare of deeply interesting discussions ot desert life, and o ia living prose which entities this book to rank with the great literature on Arabia by Doughty and Burton.
 Beyond all that, the book is . fascinataing revelation of Law rence's own mysterious and tor- tured personality.
 Published by Doubleday, Doran & O.. the book sells for 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Selected Poem
THE CLOTHING

THE CLOTHING (By Anne Young in The New York Times Soft as 1t high is
 From far, pure easements Stoops Heaven to clothe me With ghostly vestments- Power and glory stoop, Proud spirit resurgent Puts on purple robe Rubbed and argent, And gleaming as never gleamed On Q dungeons shadow Lucasta's veil, nor flowers Of King Midas meadow There's look I must send To Heaven for these garments, Else, dead, stark spirit wants For shroud or cerements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
TO-DAYS COMMON ERROR Never say, "They tied it to-
 gether 50 1t would hold"; say, "so that it would hold"
A. Thirty-tive years.

A. Thirty-flve years.
 o. Has the labor party of Grea Britain ever had an absolute ma. jority in the house of commons? A. The most they ever had was 287 members, after the general elec- ton of May, 1929. They never had an absolute majority.
 @. Can aliens own property in New York state?
 A. Yes.
 o. When was the Roman Em- pire at its greatest territorial ex- tent, and how large was 1t? A. From A. D. 98 to 117 1t cov- cred the territory now included in
 the following countries: England, Netherlands, Belgium, Fra n c, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Italy, Rumania, Yugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, Czecho- -Slovakia, Liechtenstein, Mo- naco,, Austria, Hungary, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Pal- estine, Egypt, Italian Libia, Tunis, the hinterlands of Algeria and Morocco, Spain, Portugal and all the islands dotting the Mediter- ranean Sea, the Adriatic, the Aegean, the Ionian, and the Black Seas. o. Was the Treaty of Versailles than ended the World war, written in English?
 A. It was written in French and English.
 If you want copy of our new booklet FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT, write to the Wa terbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing ten cents (10cD | for hostage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Horoscope
OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is out lined by a noted astrologer. In ad- dition to information of general interest, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

First announcement has been made of forecast for hard winter A wildcat was shot up in the Berkshire Hills; the cats approach to civilization sign of what is before us this winter, say the old trappers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28

Life begins at twenty-one. Or so hopes Jackie Coogan, who has already finished one career and now looks for ward to second life. Maybe history will repeat itself
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28


 1. Do the same Constitutional re- strictions as to age and citizenship apply to the Vice-President, as to the President?
 ?. In law. what is murder2 3. How many amendments &re there to the U. s. Constitution2 4. Name the thirtieth President of the U. s.
 5. Is the moon enveloped in at- mosphere?
 6. Name the town in West vir- ginia situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah ri- verS.
 2. Who is the author of the poem ''The Female of the Species?" 8. In which state is the city of Muscatine? 9. Name the colors in q rainbow. 10. What is Q coolie7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
In New York
A iass kKA
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Oct. 28-Manhattan tales such as the following, I guess, ultimately find their way into mer- etricious fiction books under the title of "Such is Fate. It concerns the blind beggar who serenades the customers at Broadway musicals with hit songs from the shows on his accordion.
 Last week, he posted himself near the theater which houses George Gershwin's folk opera, "Porgy and Bess," and played the catchy song, T Got Plenty of Nuttin'," with for tissimo. Composer Gershwin stopped to listen to the accordion player when he left the theater the other night. A woman tugged at his sleeve. You remember Isadore Goldfarb," she asked the composer, lizzie from P. s. 25? He's playing your song."
 The composer went up to the blind man and recognized in the sightless accordion player, the Izzie Goldfarb who was his classmate in an East Side public school. The boy with whom he first studied pi- ano music. And who lived in an ad- joining tenement. Now, Goldfarb of P. s. 25 was groping his way around Broadway sidestreets in darkness, playing the accordion for an occasional penny in a rattling tin cup. And for old times sakes, he was now rendering the new songs his famous friend just wrote. There was 8 warm but painful re- union between the composer and the blind man that evening. Izzie Goldfarb continues to play the music from "Porgy and Bess". And he seems more cheerful.
 Comeback
 F,ritzi Scheff, the "Kiss Me Again" girl of the Victor Herbertian days of Mile Modiste," is back in the lime- light--on the radio. Her program is Lavender and Old Lace," a musical pot pourri of the past. Fritzi was the toast of the town when sac- charine favored operettas were the vogue; she was the belle of song in 1905.
 Then, Broadway's styles and tastes in musical entertainments changed and Fritzi appeared, less frequently, on the New York stage. Gradually, she was hardly heard from at all Now she is turning the pages back to the Broadway of her hey-day ..
 Speaking of timers, I'm told of one in town who manages to keer spry. His name is Gus Sundstrom, 75 year old swimming instructor al the New York Athletic club. One of MT. Sundstrom's means Of keeping fit is swimming 75 yards under water with a lighted cigar in his mouth When the elderly swimmer reap pears on the surface, the cigar still is lit.
 Oh, Yeah!
 Faithful Benno submits his latest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Oh, Yeah!

Oh, Yeah!
 Faithful Benno submits his latest observations: At 400 Broadway, s. Woolman, Inc, deals in cotton goods. And the sign on the Hale Desk conl- pany's trucks reads Go to Hale."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-28
Daily Washington s.=-= z eS =z4-@ ITALIAN OFFENSIVE NOT
 ALL THAT IT APPEARS
BY DREW PEARSON and RORERT

Washington, Oct 28 = Italian claims of victory In Ethiopia should be taken with generous helping of sat So far MuSSoniS have not entered the peakagged central plateau and have been relatively unopposed