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MERRY-Go-ROUND

The MIRA may be looking for
another chief of the Research
and Planning Division If Leon
Henderson, present chief, can
scrape up $4,000. He wants
the money to stage an expedition
to Ecuador, where he hopes to
find a lot more money in the
form of placer gold. A friend of
his already has the claim staked
out. Afted a deep-sea
silence of two months, Commerce
Secretary Roper has announced
thaht the scheme for promoting
sale of fish in under way
Because Congressman Charles
Faddis, Pennsylvania; wrote 9
constituent that he would give
the Townsend bill my careful
consideration" and subsequently
took no favorable action, he was
reproached as a traitor by the
Townsendite, who wrote: ut will
be hard shedding for Hon Charles
Faddis, congressman, next cleo
tipn."
Copyright, 1885, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inuc.)
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A Book a Day
Jerome Davis Has a Look
at Profit Society's Culture
BY BRUCE CATION

Jerome Davis puts our econom-
ic system under the microscope in
Capitalism and Its Culture" and
after a patient study he lifts his
head to report that 1.-THE system,
not the heads about ready to
fall apart.
We have not yet entered new
era, he says; instead, we are still
fioundering around trying to get
to the end of an old one. He sees
this end as an inevitable thing,
and believes that the only question
Is how we are going to meet it.
There are, in fact, just three pos
sibilities, he says: we can reform
capitalism very drastically, we can
use force to preserve it a little
while, in the manner of the Fas-
cists, or we can go on to that kind
of social order of which Socialism
and Communism are the twin
faces.
He reaches this conclusion after
a painstaking examination of the
fruits of capitalist society.
Every aspect of modern life, he
holds is conditioned by our profit
motive economic system. Not only
is the kind of work we do affected
by capitalism; our play, our re-
ligion, our agriculture, our art, our
homes, our education-all those
things which go to make up our
present culture-are what they are
because we live in a capitalistic So
cIety.
And it is Mr. Davis contention
that all of them would serve US
better IL they were freed from
capitalism's influence.
AS you can readily see, this Is
an argumentative and thought
provoking book. Published by Far
rar and Rinehart, it sells for IS.
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Washington, May 7.-Testi-
many by two high-ranking army
officers of plans for fortifica-
lions near Canada revealed a sig
nificant sorespot which has been
fostering inside the administra-
ton for many months.
Fact is that more than at any
other recent period, the Army
and Navy are intruding on the
State Departments prerogative
of directing the foreign policy
of the United States.
Time after time, the State De-
partment has outlined policy
only to have it blasted by Army
and Navy spur janglers who have
taken their story direct to the
White House.
This was the case when Hit
Ter threw overheard the arma-
ment provisions of the Versailles
Treaty. General Macarthur
trotted over to the White House
and their missive was thrown out.
1t was also the case in the ne
gotiatoin of a new treaty with
Panama. Assistant Secretary
Sumner Welles got an advance
o. K. from the White House
for certain treaty revisions. Fol-
lowing this, theh army general
staff hammered at the White
House to reverse Welles.
AIR BASE BLOW-UP
: Finally it was the case in last
weeks blow up over an air, base
near Canada. Just at the time
testimony by Brigadier-G General
Charles E. Kilbourne was
made public showing that he
had inserted a "camouflaged"
Air Base Bill, Under Secretary
of State Phillips was dedicating
a monument to the treaty
whereby the 5000 miles Of Can.
adam boundary have remained
unfortified for 100 years.
General Kilbourne is not an
irresponsible officer. At the time
he gave his testimony, he was
assistant chief of staff in charge
of war plans.
Although his views were de-
nounced by the president, +. ID.
X. gave an even severer spank
+ ing to the Military Affairs COM
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Press Comment
For the Feeble-Minded.
(Hartford Times)

On the ground that the state
cannot afford the money involved
for a brand new institution there
is now talk that the legislature
may be asked to authorize an ex-
tension Of the existing facilitiessat
Mansfield. Thus would be avoided
the supplying some of the facili-
ties which would be needed IL q
new and independent institution
in another part OF the state were
to be built as has been contem-
plated.
More Is involved In the decision
upon that point than merely the
important question OF money.
What would be best for the state
In the long run should be the
decisive factor.
Two reasons presumably enter
into the movement for an entiro-
~ new plant. One would be a de.
sire 10 locate II In a different see.
ton OF the state 80 that parents
having children IN the hospital
might not be obliged 70 travel all
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He convened his committee
and the bill was favorably re-
ported to the seante. Further
more, it was sent on it's way
without being weakened-as was
the case when the measure en-
erged from the committee last
year.
AS a result of Walsh's "con-
version the bill has 3 better
than even chance of becoming
law.
BLACK VS. WHITE
During the anti-lynching de-
bate, youngish Senator Black of
Alabama Numbered at seasoned
Senator Costigan Of Colorado:
81 understand that this bill,
senator, was written by a negro
the head of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People!"
Senator Costigan eyaded an
answer.
But If Black had known it,
he was looking as he spoke
directly at the negro to whom he
referred. He is Walter White,
head of the N. A. A. c. p, and
the real author of the Costigan-
4 ~ ~
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the way to Mansfield from remote
areas. That is, perhaps, factor.
1t need not be a controlling one.
After all, Connecticut is not a
large state. Mansfield can be
reached from almost any part OF
1t in not much more than two
hours.
Desirable as 1t would be to have
an institution conveniently located
TO another part Of the state, thar
Is not important enoughA to war
rant the expenditure OF $i,b0o,oov
in these times simply to accom-
plish II.
More important, and what
should be controlling. Is the aues-
tion as 70 the effect upon the
work for the children. The mod
ern tendency is to build hospitals
and similar institutions In not too
large units. There ID a school OF
thought which holds that there N
a definite limit ae to the size OF an
Institute OF this kind which can
be successfully conducted ~ q
single administrative unit.
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In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

new u YIN All ~ V0MW kAtd
town: I have found an old
house in Greenwich VillzSe never
tenanted by Mark Twain, o. Henry
or Edgar Allen Pcs Apparently
nobody Of distinction ever lived
there. The present roomers seem
painfully aware that genius never
Powered in their drab little Gu
bicles. And the old house itself
gives an impression Of Illustration
and defeat, slouching there amid
so many bright legends.
am, of course, exaggerating.
And there are, naturally, q good
many such houses. But 1t does
seem, sometimes, that the Messrs.
Poe. Clemens and Porter were
amazingly migratory. For the
benefit Of future generations of
landlords, they seem to have gone
from house to house, writing a
line here, verse there, chapter
in this garnet, a short story in
that hall bedroom. Rents are a
couple OF dollars more per week
in the score or more houses
where Poe is claimed to have writ
ten 1.-THE Raven"
Over the River
On East Twentieth street is the
place where Sir Arthur Sullivan
composed "The Pirates of Pen
zance." These days it's only a sa-
loon Highest-priced gasoline
in America Is sold in the vehicular
tunnel under the Hudson river.
Motorists who carelessly run out
of fuel there are assessed 81 a
gallon incidentally, it costs
as much to bring box of oranges
across the Hudson into Manhattan
and place them on sale as 1t does
to pick and crate the oranges and
ship them from coast to coast.
Here and there about the
island are mileposts, perhaps half
a dozen in all, telling how far it
is to City Hall. Nobody knows
who put them up, or why. No
body wants to go to City Hall, any
way, except possibly Mayor La
Guardia. Tourists who went there
wouldn't be allowed to park.
The trim little information booth
maintained by the police in Times
SQUARE mas = ~. u =. s;ns..s,n.
~. ~. t-ac,,art Cuesl
~, ;s .xUhat,a the hest show in
tn,,, 81 Alec tbev want 70 know
eb",,t n;9ht clubs and nrices. The
CONS don't get around much to
theaters and night clubs, but they
avn on;ninns peonIe also ask
trick o,estions slich "a GLOW far
Up, b,s,ss a. .hat e,ectric sipn?"
many .yyn,m aan vet ioh In a
Hroadwav show?'' NJ
-. ...s.
Nearby Is one Oh Ine Dis s an,,,
that oHers newspapers a.u :,
nome town, aios. n,s
what town II nappens " "a
seasons ana business co S,s
boom safes Oh papers rom a,,r;st
ferent sections. NORMA 20
trade soon VIII increase ssi.s Sc -
Journals from tue ne 80
me aroutn ,, anu a uust state
soia anu snver 49, hons Iii
elections, real estate DOOM ad.
nave Deen rsnec s - +hnsa re-
LOT newspapers M ~
gions.
Celebrity hunters nave an easy
time of it at midday. broaway
folk go to Sardfs; I'm ran Aii Is.
people lunch at Lindys; tne ~
craft agther at the ALGONQUIN.
and the ne-plush-ultra OF society
just has to be seen at the coiohy
restaurant.
Right Names
A man named Cotton runs
cotton gooos mouse On ym
Broadway -. anu aencatssse"
is conducted py Mr. !. hosneE %.
Hurry to New fork ~ you Mas
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THREE cents a. solA 81 woStmgo
atamps Tor eeelys De net mse
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mernOnnn reply. Letters without
name or address cannot oe nm-
severed. All letters are eonmeem-
efal. You nra cordially anVltea 90
make une OF shte freo sopvsce -
THn EDITOR.
@. what is the altitude Of New
Orleans, La?
A. The mean elevation is iive
feet above sea level.
q. What does erstwhile mean?
A. Former.
O. Where are the headquarters
Of the House Of David baseball
team?
A. Benton Harbor, Michigan.
"a. What government establish
ment in England corresponds to
the Government Printing Office in
the United States?
A. His .Majesty's Stationery
Office, London, England.
@. Does the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court cast his vote
only in case Of q tie?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-07
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
addition to information of general
interests, it outlines information Of
special interest to persons born on
the designated dates.
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, "There were two
hundred soldiers went; say
"Two hundred soldiers went"

A. No; he votes on decisions
the same as the Associate Jus
tees.
@. Does dozen take a singular
or plural verb?
A. It is a collective noun, sin
guar, and takes a verb in the
same number.
@. When was the city Of San
Francisco, Calf, founded?
A. 1t was settled as a fortified
town and Spanish mission in 1776,
and the city was incorporated in
1850.
Q. How do plants get their
odor?
A. Essential or aromatic oils
occur in plants in special cells, or
special collections of cells called
glands. They are the basis OF
practically all the doors, including
the fragrance of flowers, and serve
to guide insects in connection with
cross pollination. Chemically they
are in part hydrocarbons, or may
also contain some oxygen. being
formed, without doubt, from car.
bohydrates.
@. When and where was Wood
row Wilson born?
A. Staunton, Va. December %,
1856.
@. Who played the role of
Colonel Pettigrew" in the motion
picture Broadway Bill?"
A. Raymond Walburn.
@. What is a 1uffa?
A. A gourd commonly called
rag-gourd, dish-rag gourd, and
vegetable sponge. The young fruit
is cooked like squash and eaten in
soups or stews. Sometimes 1t is
sliced and dried. In this country,
luffas are grown mostly for curios
and ornaments. The fibrous in
terror of the dried fruit, when
bleached and prepared, is used as
a sponge for the bath and for
scrubbing.
O.. Name the capitals of the five
smallest independent, and semi-in-
dependent countries in Europe,
and give their populations exclud-
ing the State of Vatican City.
A. Republic of Andorra, CAPT
tai, -Vieja, population,
500; Principally of Liechtenstein,
capital Vaduz, population, 1,715;
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Daily Washington Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALIEN

uhor OF
With State Department. Canadian Ar
Hitler
Walsh Brought Hearing
Bill
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1. What is immortality?
2. In what year did James a.
Blaine rum for president?
Who was Raymond HamiItonY
4. Who wrote the novel ..ATartin
Chuzzlewit?"
5. Name the New England staets.
8. What ia cellulose7
z. Are seals fish?
9. What is the name for the pol.
Icy of extending dominion Of 4
state beyond the limits Of self-co-
herent nationality?
.. To which nation does the Pa
citic island Of New Caledonia be-
long?
10. who was Colley Cibber?
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mittee for making public the tes-
tiInony.
So what the diplomats-in-
. GLIDING Canadians-are asking
privately is this: "If the COM
mittee had not published the
testimony, would not the army
have got away with its camou-
flaged air base?"
Certainly whenever the army
and the state department have
locked horns in the past-with-
out publicity-the army has won.
NEW GENTLEMAN
Dour-visaged Senator Josiah
Bailey of North Carolina was
seated at dinner beside Cali
fornia's acid Representative
Flarence Kahn. -s 81
She has been in congress IL
years, Bailey less than half that
time. Nevertheless he was
expounding vehemently his anti
feminist views.
Pudgy Senator Dan, Hastings,
Delaware republican, sat on the
other side of Mrs Kahn, tried to
rescue her from the trade.
Have you read Senator
Bailey's speech on the anti
lynching bill?,' he asked.
"Of course she hasn't read 1t,
interrupted the senator from
North Carolina. "And she
wouldn't have, understood it If
she had"
Senator heplied Mrs Kahn,
"Sou remind me of the new de-
finitoin of q gentleman-one who
takes off his hat before he kicks
5 q lady"
LABOR LOBBYING
High-pressure lobbying is the
inside story behind, the senate
labor committees sudden favor
able action on the bitterly-op- !,
posed Wagner Labor Disputes
Bill.
For weeks the measure had
lain dormant in the committee. :
Extended hearings on it had
been held, but Massachusetts,
paunchy Chairman David Igna-
thus Walsh gave no sign of do
ing anything about 1t.
Then the A. #. of Il. got busy.
From Massachusetts were
summoned a number of potent
state labor chieftains, including
representatives of textile and
hosiery unions. Their members
run mot the tens of thousands.
These home-state folks were
turned looses on David Ignatius.
Singly and in groups they logged
his footsteps, button holing him
in his office and in the capitol
corridors to demand action on
the Wagner bill. IF
After a week OF this direct
pressure Walsh capitulated.
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MAY 8

MA
Favored ones to-day-Those
born from June 81 through
July 21.
Emotional Barometer
Morning-Doubtful.
Afternoon--Good.
Evening-Bad.
The morning is illusionary. The
afternoon Is good for talking and
literary or clerical work. The eve
ming Is accidental and eccentric.
Birthdate
z You need proper education and
moral training more than most
people. You should enjoy some
very unusual and exotic. expert
ences during the year between
November, 1895, and November,
1895. You may have a platonic
love affair or some unusual pleas
ure. Avoid extravaganza In Au-
gust. 1895.
Danger August ~ through o.,
1895.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-07

Q. Is the American Federation
of Musicians affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor?
A. Yes.
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Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon sets 1880 n. m. daylight tmc).
Fun rises $40 a. M; nets 1887 y. M,
daylight tlme).
Al vehicles must he lighted thirty
minutes after sunset.
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II You want q copy OF our bull
leti1 SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION,
write TO The Waterbury Democrat
Washington Bureau enclosing &c
In postage stamps.
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Q. Why are the heads OF pris-
oners shaved?
A. Usually as q prophylactic
measure.
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Readers desiring additional In.
formation regarding their hOTp.
scopes are imstled 10 communicate
with Ociavine In care ~ this ncWH.
l,apeF. l.nCI0se q Scent stamped
naifsaalircnsad entaIOiiA.
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Principally of Monaco, capital,
Monaco, population. 2,020; Repub-
lie OF San Marine, capital, San Ma
rino, population 13,S4S; Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, capital, Lux
emburg, population 1874.
@. ON what date win Navy Day
be celebrated this Year,
A. Sunday, october "a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-07

O. Where are the headquarters
Of the House Of David baseball
team?
A. Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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q. what does erstwhile mean?
A. Former.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-07

@. Does the Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court cast his vote
only in case Of q tie?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-07

@. When was the city OF San
Francisco, Calf, founded?
A. It was settled as a fortified
town and Spanish mission in 1776,
and the city was incorporated in
1850.
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Copyright, 1885, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inuc.)
Evening star., 1935-12-22

Of the original sum remains after yes
terday's purchases. Whether that
amount will be spent for pursuit planes
was not disclosed, but 1t was under
stood the Army expects to allot most
OF it before the first Of the year.
The latest acquisitions for the Army
dations made by Secretary Dern for
the inauguration Of q flye-year pro-
gram embracing procurement Of 800
planes annually.
Work already has been started at
the War Department on budgetary
estimates Of funds necessary to put
the Dern program into effect.
The announcement of yesterdays
contract gave no specific description
Of the Douglas and Boeing planes,
both Of which were put through ex-
haustive tests over period of
months by the ARMY Air Corps at
Wright Field. One other firm of air.
craft manufacturers figured in the
competition for the bomber contracts,
the Glen Martin Co. OF Baltimore. 1t
was not mentioned in the announce
ment.
The Douglas bomber, powered with
two Cyclone engines, was said to
represent a marked advance over
types Of bombardment planes now in
service or being procured" The
Boeing bomber was described as "of
the latest design"
Eighty-two of the Douglas bombers
will be delivered by flight to the
Army's tactical units and the other
eight are to be sent to Army depots
as spare parts.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
U. S. AIR SUBSIDY
URGED BY MEAD
Commercial Fleet Could Be Used
to Protect Country, He
Saws.

Partial Government SubsidiZation Of
commercial aviation fleets and equip
ment to provide network Of air.
lines spanning the entire country, pro-
tecting its coast lines and its posses
sions" and convertible to military use
in the event of war, was advocated yes
terday by Representative Mead Of New
York, chairman OF the House Post
Office Committee. He said:
THE United States can strengthen
its military defenses by utilizing to a
greater degree than at present, both
the personnel and the equipment Of
the commercial airlines.
Most of the modern luxury airmail
liners, and even some of the nom
passenger carrying airmail ships, would
be of little use In time Of war, except
to carry important troops. papers and
supplies where other facilities could
not be used.
I'VE now have approximately 800
pilots employed by airmail companies
in the United States, Alaska and
Hawaii and on the Pan-American
lines" Mead pointed out, "all of
whom could be commissioned in our
air reserve forces and trained in pres
ent-day military aviation methods. A
percentage Of our passenger and air.
mail-carrying ships could be so con-
structed as to be useful in many ways
in time of emergency"
Evening star., 1935-12-22

Alleghanies to the Rockies was prom
ised continued cold weather, with snow
flurries in virtually all of the Northern
States.
Up to last night, more than a score
Of deaths had been attributed to the
icy blast of yesterday. Subfreezing
temperatures extended as far south as
Florida and Texas.
Most of the deaths were attributed
to ice on highways, but at least two
cases of death from exposure were
reported. One at Hollidaysburg, Pa,
resulted when a 61-year-old man
caught his foot in a railroad switch
and froze to death, unable to free
himself. In st. Louis, where the min
imum was the same as that recorded
in Washington, an unidentified man
was found. victim of exposure.
Duluth, Mimi, reported low read
ing of IL below. That, however, was
not as cold as Altamont, in the Mary
land hills, where the minimum
reached was IA below.
Evening star., 1935-12-22

"Kid Cam" Blumenfeld, indicted yes
terday on a first degree murder charge
in the case, announced his client
would plead innocence when arraigned
Monday in District Court.
Developments Promised.
State Investigators as they pressed
search for the driver Of the killers
car-apparently the unidentified
John Doe" named in a second indict-
ment-said they did not share the an
nounced belief of Peter S. Nelson, as
sistant county attorney, who said
some startling developments can be
expected"
Police and county detectives, work.
ing with State officers. said they had
little information to go on toward
finding the gunman's driver. Neither
Wesley Andersen, a salesman, nor
Mrs. ,Liggett could give them an ade-
quate description Of their quarry, they
said.
Police said Blumenfeld, liquor sales-
man for a Minneapolis concern, has
been brought into the station on 18
charges during the last is years.
Police Probe Closes.
At st. Paul today grand jury COM
pleted q 10-week investigation into
police department activities by voting
16 secret indictments and one no-bil
Six Of those indicted were arrested.
They were James P. Crumley, former
inspector of detectives; Irwin and Hele.l
Koop, proprietors Of downtown hotel;
George Dewitt, restaurant owner; Dave
WeinStein, cafe proprietor, and Art
Miller, cigar store owner.
The grand jury cleared of mall
feasance charges M. J. Culligan, who
resigned as chief of police in st. Paul
after an investigation Of his depart
ment some months ago.
Its report recommended that the
police department in the capital city
be removed from politics and that
proposal for an impartial police COM
mission be submitted to the voters.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
Army Planes

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