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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15

The atmosphere in Fairfield county is
quite clear these days. A sort of roseate
glow appears on the horizon every time
a Fairfield county resident glances upward.
And the upward glances are numerous. For
the Merritt Parkway-parkway, mind you,
not highway - is an assured fact and
within the two years that Governor Will
bur L. Cross himself predicted. AS a
matter of fact the governor himself is
pretty good sort of fellow down in Fair
field county this week, inasmuch as there
isn't an election and he doesn't have to be
balloted upon.
Yes, the governor has signed the Mer-
rift Parkway bill. He signed it Thursday
and Fairfield county will Immediately is
sue q S15,O00,O00 bond issue, so that $14,-
OO0, 900 may be obtained from the federal
government with which to build the
much-disputed road. 1t is believed that
the highway will be completely finished
in three years at the most. Motorists viii
undoubtedly be riding over it within two
wears, for much preliminary work on 1T
has been done by the State Highway De-
Dartment.
One little fact that the rest of the state
should not forget about is this. While
the county will be behind the bond issue,
Il will be In name only. The state is ex-
uected to retire the bonds over fifteen
veer period. However, by securing fed
afaI funds, the entire cost will not be
borne by the state. The bonds that are
- be issued now will be sold to the RFC
il order that the necessary federal grants
nav be forthcoming, The State Highway
Department will have charge Of construc-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15
Real "Hero of Ypres"

When Viscount Byng, famous British
wartime troop commander, died the other
day the newspapers were full of tributes
to "the hero of Ypres." 1t was Byng who
commanded in the bloody salient about
that Belgian town when the Germans
trimmed it with heavy artillery, drenched
it with poison gas, and poured the flower
of their army into it in desperate, vain
effort to smash their way to the sea.
In all its centuries of fighting the
world has seldom if ever seen any more
bloody or determined struggles than the
one which ragged about Ypres. And because
we like to personalize all combats, we
speak of how Hindenburg tried to take
the place, how Haig parted his thrusts,
how Byng heroically beat him back; and
Byng is and always will be "the hero OF
Ypres." Such a way of speaking is nat
ural. We seem to be unable to make
hero out of whole army. And no army
is ever much stronger than the man who
leads it; if he cannot diffuse some OF his
own fire and determination into it, it will
fail, no matter how brave and sturdy its
individual members may be-
And yet there is great deal of injus-
tice in this habit of ours For the real
hero of Ypres, like the real heroes of all
the other great battles of the World War;
was not any bemedaled general. He was
bowed, weary, dirty, nameless private
soldier; a man who lived in mud and
ate his food, when he got any, in the hide
GUS reek of the battlefield, and endured
ANYTHING even Dante could imagine for
his inferno. This man has never had his
just dues. Probably he never will get
them, because the only men who can really
understand what he went through are
the men who stood at his shoulder and
suffered with him, and they do not talk
much about it.
But we must not forget him when we
start talking about the "hero" of this
battle or that battle. His were not the
mistakes of command. He never sacri-
feed company, or battalion, or whole
army, because of stubborn pride, or mis-
understanding of the conditions of mod
ern war, as some of the generals did, He
never sent someone else out to go through
a hell that he himself did not have to en-
ter. He was there, in the thick OF 1t,
silent and logged and heroic with her.
oism that passes all ordinary under
standing.
It is no use trying to learn his name.
for there We're millions of him. He
came from every nation and wore every
uniform; he left his bones at Ypres and
Cambria, at Verdun and along the Somme,
by the Masurian Lakes and on Gallipoli
peninsula. The glory of war passes him
BY. The titles and the medals go to the
generals. But the real hero of the war
was and always will be the unsung and
inglorious private soldier, who let his
superiors send him out to the most hor-
rible of deaths because he had in him
something that was brave, loyal and
deathless.
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Press Comment
KITTENS
New Haven Journals ourier)

(New Haven Journal Courier)
Now take kittens. Kittens. in the
plural, because you need at least
two to get all the fun there is out
of them. Catch 'em young, say
about two months and raise them
in the way they should go. At
about three months they begin to
fiuff in real earnest and genuienly
start to play. II you like the stalk
Of the tiger in the cage, then watch
thes tigers little cousins. II you
like the stealth of the lion as he
swaggers. well. here It all is here.
A piece OF string to these young
sters is q boa constructor or an
equal menace; scrap of paper is
an enemy 70 be worried. pounced
on, scaratched and chewed and
gouged.
These antics are, however. mere
iy a prelude. Engaged in. singly
they serve 10 open the show but
are not the show itself. That starts
when your kittens grow aware OF
each other. Then ensues such peii-
nell. such scriinmage. such snaFiz
And ammsais sad mslanaae - nssgs
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ing In the small chamber 1t has
occupied for moro than IS years,
Missouri's Senator Bennett Clark,
q strong anti-NRAer, remarked
slyly; I'VE are sorry to see you
move away, Mr.. Justice, Just
when we were getting fond Of
you" The resolution
adopted. by the executive COM
mittee OF the A. II. OF L., Mt Its
meeting In Washington last week
were most conclliatory toward
the president. But behind closed
doors, some OF the labor moguls
were distinctly hostile. At one
Of the sessions the president was
caustically criticized for not at.
tempting to, set up q new MIRA.
!. J. Representative Edwin M.
iSchaefer, who has come under
sharp fire In inner administra-
ton circles for voting against
the iva amendments, has rushed
to the defense Of his fellow.fl-
1linoian and democrat, senator
Dieterich. The latter fell into
similar III grace because Of his
warning on the Presidents Hold
ing Corporation Bill. over the
name OF his secretary, Melvin
Price, Schaefer Is sending pre-
pared stories to newspapers In
his district upholding the stand
taken BY his senatorial colleague.
Sleeping Horses
Michigan's Earl G. Kitchener
saw a squirrel crossing tho capl-
toll drive the other day In the
path Of an approaching car,
made clucking, sound and the
squirrel turned back. "You must
wait for the red light" the con.
gresham cautioned The
Department Of agriculture has Is
sued n bulletin warming farmers
TO watch for sleeping sickness
among horses this summer
Rarely does q member Of the
minority party preside pro tenn in
the senate, as Dolawaro's Sena-
tor Townsend did the other day.
Democrats felt no danger In II,
for .Townsend's colleague, Sena-
tor Hastings, was speaking. ;.
A cause OF concern to Harry
Hopkins and his relief STAFF 10 the
problem Of measuring the per-
Torrance Of artists and musi-
clans under the new works-reiicf
program. They will be expected
to do q full eight hour day, and
any departures, to allow for ar
tistic temperament, are not ex-
pected to go down we'll With
Comptroller General McCarl.
The question remains unsolved
as TO whether an artists canvas
or O musicians rehearsal can be
evaluated Mt the end OF the day
to determine whether or not they
have done their stint. The
vote on the Utility Holding Cor
poration bill produced strange
bedfeliows this week. Huey
Long and Joe Robinson were in
agreement for the first time this
session.
Copyright 1895, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
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JUNE 10

JUNE 10
Most favored ones today are those born from
Jan. 20 through Feb. 49,
General Indications of the Day for Everybody
Neutrality-suspicious.
Afternoon--Good.
Evening-Energetic.
The afternoon and evening good times to
do hard work which requires strength or enthu-
siasm
Today's Birthdate
You should be interested in business which
deals with the manufacturing of glass or some
thing that is brittle.
October is good time to deal with small
animals servants. 1t is also wise to try to i'm
prove your health at this favorable time.
Be careful to avoid accident with sharp in
struments, and do not be rash in your speech or
action from Oct. 22 through 81, 1895.
Socially favorable Dec. 4'through s, 1886.
Readers desiring additional information regard
ing their horoscopes invited to communicate
with Octavine in care OF this newspaper Enclose
a cent stamped. seif-addresscd envelope.
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Washington, June 15.--Inside
word Is that Roosevelt has three
names under consideration as
successor to Don Richberg as
MIRA chairman. Ali members
are Blue Eagle big shots--Dr.
Leon G. Marshall and Charles
Edison, members Of the board,
and James L. O'Neill, control
officer. Marshall, a former
Johns Hopkins professor and
Brookings Institution executive,
Is whispered as the man Rich
berge Is backing for the job. -.
Mayor F'iorello LaGuardia Of
New York has new name for
lawyers who oppose liberal legis-
lation by raising technical objec.
tons. Appearing before a
House committee In favor of
the Wagner low-cost housing bill,
he called them "seini-colon boys'
1t Is an Ill wind that
blows no one good. Before the
supreme court handed down Its
anti-NRA decision, Madame Per-
kins was In mortal fear that her
department would be reduced to
q mere statistical agency. Now
the Labor Departments Concilla.
ton Service Is so overwhelmed
with work that the president has
approved a request for an add.
tional 100000 appropriation to
enlarge the staff. II congress
votes the money Miss Perkins
will Immediately add rs to the
present STAFF OF as conciliators.
Eventually she may build up a
corps Of 100.
George Washington Trees
Members of the House Public
Buildings committee were told by
the Capitol architect recently
that several trees on the Capitol
grounds are positively known to
have been planted by George
Washington. Lest they be dam
aged by souvenir hunters, their
identity is kept u secret -. =
The Wolman Auto Labor Board,
whose, status Ii matter of much
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In To-day's Mail
Anonymous letters will not
DO accepted unless accom-.
panied with writer's name.
mo BETS COMMENTS
ON PRESENT DAY
FIGHT BUSINESS

Waterbury, Conn.
June IL, 1895.
Editor, the Democrat:
To one who listened In on the
round by round account OF the Max
Baer VS.. Jimmy Braddock fisticuffs
battle from the lips of that great
radio announcer, Graham Me-
Nance, 1t was distinct surprise
to hear the final decision. Cham
pionship bouts are no longer de-
cided by the fighters. They are de-
cided by the promoters and moguls
who maneuver the game to suit
themselves. The public suspects
that the fighters of today are told
what to do and are picked either
to win or lose. Six-day bike races,
wrestling and boxing are not run
on competitive basis. Rather they
are conducted on a basis of re-
turns to the promoters.
A boxing champion to lose his
title should either be knocked out
or else SO decisively beaten as to
leave no doubt in the minds of the
public. In the old days champion
ship bouts were fought to finish.
To decide q championship the
fight should be for at least rs
rounds. But the old timers say that
present day fighters lack the stam-
ina to go that many rounds-so
what? The fans put up with IT,
round decisions many Of which in
the past few years looked pretty
flukey.
Opinion around town was that
the gamblers cleaned up some easy
money on last nights fight with
betting at to on Baer to win.
Starting with the Dempsey-Tunney
AFFAIR in Chicago the fight game
has been getting smeliier and smell
iier. Madison Square Garden and
other places should play to empty
houses until they become air-con-
aitioned. not the property itself,
but the property owners. The fans
should start right now giving them
'the air.
mo BELTS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15
To.DAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, "Peoplc which live
In glass houses; say "Pecple
that live, ETC."

shire: crosses Massachusetts, and
Come cticut, and empties into Long
Island Sound. Its course 10 about
S4b miles, and Its drainage basin
1905 square miles.
O. Describe the method Of pre-
serving pork rind for fish bait.
/, A, Soak the rind about "a hours
in strong brine to tougher. Remove
Il ana soak In @ 20 per cent solu-
ton Of formaldehyde until used.
O. Has the Arabic alphabet
more characters than the new
Chinese alphabet? :.
A. The Arabic alphabet has ~
and the new Chinese alpha
bet has 80 characters.
@. why Is Michigan called the
wolverine state?
a.. on account Of the former
abundance Of those animals.
@. Is Mary Garden, the singer
married3
A. No.
@. Are colts born with teeth?
A. No. They begin to get their
milk teeth when q few weeks old
@. What IL a geographical cy'
Gle?
A. A period coinciding with
the cycle OF erosion---the period OF
series OF stages through which a
region passes when reduced by
erosion from an initially uplifted
or mountainous condition to a
penaplain, or almost level plain
near base-level.
@, Were the slayers Of Pearl
Bryan in 1895 ever caught and con-
victed?
A. Scott Jackson and Alonzo
Walling wer convicted on circum-
gtantiaI evidence and were hanged
Neither ono admitted the murder
O. Who're and when did
Thomas A. Edison die?
A. At Glenmore, the Edison es-
tate at Lleweilyn Park, West Or
ange, N. j., at 1924 A. M. sunday,
October IS. 1891.
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by F. 9. N. JOHN

(United Press StAm COrrcspouuchtl
Vienna (UP) - viennaS city
character, which for 500 years, from
1870 to 1919, served as the city's
official code, was based on a fake.
careful Investigations by Professor
Otto II. Stokwasser recently 70.
vealed.
The Introductory document pur-
ports to be q grant of Duke Fred
eric the Beautiful OF Austria, dated
January 2ist. 1880, by which the
ruler conferred on the municipal
ity Of Vienna the right to open
and keep q Book of Statutes. This
book henceforward should serve as
an "undisputabie and authentic
testimony"
by close examination of the ink
and by comparing subsequent en-.
tries In the book, Stobwasser estab.
iished that the alleged document
was written at least thirty years
later by the same pen which en-
tered the records between 1850 and
1880.
Hill From Priest.
The Statute Book was bound In
1887 by piest named Wendlab
Pupchmon, whose detailed bill,
amounting to the considerable sum
Of 474 gold pennies. still exists In
the city's archieves.
On account Of the numerous
iron studs with which, for Is gold
pennies, Puchman decorated the
covers. the book was called "Eys-
men statpuch." or the Iron City
Book"
It Is one Of the most curious
and instructive, documents because
II not only furnishes the history
student with wealth of valuable
information, but also defects the
changes Of language and of script
In the course of half millennium.
Aside from official documents 1t
contains numerous notes on pri-
vate transactions Of citizens which
throw light on medieval customs.
Wine Monopoly.
One of the Oldest documents
contained In the book deals with
monopoly for importing wine into
the city which the municipality
had granted to the nearby mon
1StGAy Va AaVStCL~ANGQUGI6 III 1SoS
and which was renewed 40 years
later.
Municipal regulations dealing
with the holding of fairs, with
prescriptions concerning taxation
OF Jews. their dresses, their con-
finement to certain parts of the
city, and DEGREES regarding the
privileges of the various guilds, fill
large part of the earlier pages
in the Iron Book.
Regulations about traffic and
consumption OF alcohol are by no
means product Of modern times.
In 1854 vienna's city fathers Is
sued a "zech Ordnung." Drink
ing Regulation" In which detailed
rules were contained as to when.
where and how a customer could
or should be served wines and
brandies In inns and bars.
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Daily Washington Merry Go Round
0 i0sB Ma
- BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN


Mety.GcRoad" ~
Roosevelt Selecting Rbe Successor From Among RA Chiefs Rich
berg Backs Leon Marshall ONe Edison Also Consdered NRA De-
con Helped Miss Perkins Cancellation Anyway Manufacturers
Assn. Stuck for $25OyOOO in fighting Wagner Bill
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15
A New Yorker
In Europe
BY PAUL HARRISON


Paris, June 15-Well, the Eiffel
tower Is still here, and the Arc de
Triumphe, the chestnut trees on tho
Champs Elysees, Josephine Baker,
Notre Dame, the American Express
company, and the Madeleine, with
st Paul still minus hi head.
The cafe awnings are gawdy as
ever. Sparrow Robertson still
writes his sports column In the
Paris Herald. Midinettes still
share their lunch with the spar.
rows Of the benches of the Tuil-
cries. Turks try to sell rugs: book
stalls on the quays offer delights
to the browser; and the grand bou-
levards are crowded with shiny
cars.
But Paris isn't the same any
more. Paris has been given back to
the French.
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ton of the route, which is 10 be an ex.
press road closed to all commerclal
vehicles. We trust that this Is q glorious
end to what seemed like an enoiess
dispute
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

/. In which state are the
Black Hills?
2. In the oman Catholic church,
what is canonization?
3. Were any Americans killed
in the battle OF Manila Bay?
4. Name the flrst permanent
English settlement within tho
limits OF the United States.
s. Who was Henry watterson?
8. What Is the name Of the
great vulture OF the Andes?
Z. OF what country ia the
Straits Settlement possession /?
8. Name the European mon.
archs who recently celebrated their
silver jubilee.
.. which nation owns tho
Khrile Islands?
10. What is cannibalism7
Q. Is Jerry a nickname for
Gerald?
A. Usually It is q nickname
for Jeremiah, and when used as q
nickname for Gerald, It IL spelled
Gerry.
Q. Which countries are now
ruled by Dictators?
A. Russia, Germany, italy,
Hungary. Portugal, Albania.
Turkey and Persia. N@.
II you want copy OF our new
Booklet CORRECT ENGLISH
write 70 the Waterbury Demo.
crat, Washington Bureau, encIos.
ing ten cents (1Oc) in postage
stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15

Alrs well with England now. 1t has
Prime Minister who smokes pipe ana
raises pigs.
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Most of us could use better housing;
Also better clothing and better feeding ana
SO on. But we don't let one another 90
much about it,
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Horoscope
nv oCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny -
iinetby u noted astrOloger. In addition TO inior-
nation OF general interest II outlines information
of special interest to persons born ON the uesis'
mated dates.
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Just as was predicted at the time oo OF
passage the governments $5,OOO,ooo'VVo
work fund is lying idle at washington. NO
projects have as yet been approved, que W
The techical channels through which they
must mass. It's high time the work was
started. Right here in Connecticut mil
lions could be spent. Less red tape ana
more action would be appreciated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-15

O. Name the states through
which the Connecticut river flows,
and state Its length.
Al. Il rises in Connecticut lake
in northern New Hampshire, and
flows south. forming the boundary
between Vermont and New Hamp-
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Some Cause For Grievance

There has been considerable discussion
of recent weeks in police circles about the
amount of extra work that members OF
the department are required to perform
without remuneration. Whether or not
the complaints are as vigorous or as
loud-voiced as our daily papers would
have us believe is different matter en-
tirely. We do feel, however, that the
police of the city are too often imposed
upon by virtue of their very office in our
midst. Like everyone else's their work y y
specific in nature and is accordingly paio
for.
The skilled worker, whether he pc
union or non-union, demands a certain
wage and usually gets it. II ne IS COM
PEELED to devote extra time to his protes-
sion, he usually expects to receive extra
compensation. Jobs that ne may perform
in his spare moments are not for the pleas
ure of the thing, but for what he may be
able to pick up Some months ago there
was an attempt to prevent members OF
the police and fire departments from per-
forming any other kind of labor during
the hours they were not on duty. Similar
rules have been imposed on teachers, TOO.
While we can see such rules are Tor
the efficiency of the department, we can
also see where the department will OFTEN
appear blind to the demands made upon
its employees that are not quite within
reason. And the demands are constantly
growing for uniformed delegations IN
parades and public events of all descrip--
tions. Where there is such constant
demand for the presence of firemen or po-
licemen, we can see the logic behind the
claims of the men for some recompensse,
for such appearances. The city should
make some mutual arrangement before IL
becomes daily or weekly habit to, par
AIDE all uniformed employees around the
Green as a sort of civic demonstration
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Paris Arithmetic


II you haven't been to this town
recently, you'd be amazed to see
how full Il IL OF Frenchmen. Or
how empty II 10 of Americans.
which IL the same thing. Sit In
front OF the Cafe de Ia Paix on the
Avenue des Capusines these days
and you'd have to sip very great
quantity Of something before see
ing everybody you know.
All this, Of course, Is due to the
difference In value between the
franc at present and the franc OF
the tourists hey-day. II used to be
easy and pleasant to multiply by
4 and estimate the trifiing number
or cents one was spending. But it's
a pretty dismal chore to multiply
by 6.5S, and the total invaribly IS
staggering. Wherever I've seem
Americans here, they wear q look
OF worried abstraction and their
lips are constantly moving over
sums In mental arithmetic.
Scurrying around Notre Dame,
the flower market, the Louvre and
other haunts OF tourists, I've rec
ognized only q handful OF Ameri-
cans--and those mostly trlppers
on the Normandie. On the streets
! haven't been solicited by a sin
glo vendor OF indecorous pictures.
At the Dome, hub OF the Left
Banks Bohemia, I've spotted not
q single customer who patiently
was an American art student. The
only conclusion Is that they've all
starved to death.