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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
Baer Fears Camera May
 Spoil Rich Louis Bout;
 Max Lists Challengers

him by the New York Boxing Com mission, much more seriously than he has viewed exhibitions in which he was smacked around no little by Eddie Simms and another one or two.
 Baer Rates Schmeling
 As Foremast Challenger
 Baer rates his challengers in this order: Max Schmeling, Car nera, Louis, and Braddock.
 Walter Rothenberg, the German promoter, cables that he shortly will sail for New York to complete arrangements for the posting of a $300,000 guarantee for which Hoff- man announces that Baer will give Schmeling a whack at his old crown in Rome in August.
 Hoffman plans an exhibition tour that will take Baer around the world starting this fall, and the champion admits that it may be a honeymoon. M
 Hoffman telegraphed Dolp h Thomas, the veteran San Francisco trainer, to report at the camp which ,Baer is to pitch in the Po- conos immediately. Thomas pre- pared Baer for the Camera and other fights, and has better com mand of him than anybody else.
 Despite all of Baer's exhibition rounds with small gloves, he re- quires considerable work and hard ening. His hands are bothering him for the first time.
 Baer opens training with a black eye. The bulb was dec- orated by Simms' thumb in Cleve- land the other night. That wasn't all Simms did to the champion, either.
 Some day Baer is going to stick out his classic chin in the gen. eral direction of the wrong fel- low. It will be extremely advis- able for him to keep it tucked in when he gets in there with Brad dock, the honest stevedore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08

Milton police school graduation held in the District court here. The student-policemen recently held graduation for those who had com pleted the course. Judge Kenneth D. Johnson. associate justice of the Quincy court and school conductor. presided at the exercises which were in the form of q mock trial. It was complete with witnesses. lawyers, defendants. judge. jury and spectators.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
Italian League
 Opens in June

The newly organized Italians American baseball league will make its debut with four clubs on Satur- day afternoon. June 1st. The games are to be played up at Fulton Park with the first tilt scheduled for 2 p. m., at which time the Ponte Nine will meet the Fratelanzo's. In the other game the Civilta-Pro- gresso team will meet the North End Giants.
 Officers of the circuit include Pete DiLeo, president; Patsy Di- Fronzo. vice president; Anthony Caputo, secretary and Mike Gug- oltti, treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
BOXING BITS


 Boston, May - tUP) - Al Mccoy of Waterville, Me. who is campaigning for a light heayy- weight title bout. has been signed to meet Johnny Anderson of Swe- den in 10-round bout at Boston arena next Tuesday night.
 In his last three Boston bouts. Mccoy has knocked out Buck Tracy, Tait Littman and Bob God win. Anderson has won all his three starts since arriving in this country.
 Holyoke. Mass, May = (UP) = Cocoa Kid of New Haven, Conn. has been matched with Johnny Graycar of Philadelphia for the feature 10-round bout at Holyoke Valley Arena next Monday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
LAST NIGHTS FIGHTS
By UNITED PREss

New York-John Skippy Allen, 121, Brooklyn. outpointed Harry Gentle, 121, New York, (6); John ny Walsh, 150, New York, out pointed George Jannice, 150 3-4, New York, (4); Carol Pieton. 13f 1-2, Manchester, N. H., outpointed Earl Lester. 131 3-4, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08
CANADIAN CITIES GO D. s. T

Toronto, Ant.-(UP) Toronto, Montreal. and Ottawa, of Cana dian cities adopting daylight sav- ing time, have signified the inten- lion 10 advance clocks one hour on Sunday. April 2S. This is in keep ing with announcements from New Fork and other United States cities they would adopt he last sunday in April for the new time schedule's commencement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-08

COTS DEALT IN MoCKERY
 Quincy, Mass.-(UP)--Mockery played an important part in the
Evening star., 1935-01-23
I'm Alone Decision Lesson
In Good Neighborly Relations

seas, and, further, it may well be that
the incident did much to reconcile GER
tain elements in our national life to
the fact that the enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment was fraught
with great deal of potential trouble
with other countries"
1T would be easy" in the opinion of
the New York Sun, ito overemphasize
the resentment which the sinking Of
this rum runner by a Coast Guard
boat aroused in the Dominion and
here, and this should be avoided, but
that does not justify belittlement of
the seriousness of the incident, which
involved the firing on the I'm Alone.
sailing under the British flag, by a
national vessel of the United States.
1t was an occurrence which might
have stirred sentiment deeply in each
nation.
The decision of the arbitrators is
that the officers of the Coast Guard
erred and that the crew of the I'm
Alone is entitled to compensation, but
that the owners of boat and cargo
shall not be recompensed for their
loss. The closing of the hearing writes
another paragraph in the record of
peaceful solution of embarrassing
happenings between Canada and this
country"
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Reciprocitv With Canada.

Exactly eighty years from the time,
in 1855, when the United States and
Canada put into force the first re-
ciprocity treaty they had ever con-
cluded, Secretary Hull announces the
intention to negotiate a new reci-
procal tariff pact with the Dominion.
Hearings on the subject will begin
in Washington on March 18. Thus
will be renewed the efforts, which
proved unsuccessful in 1911, to place
Canadian American trade relations on
mutually satisfactory and profitable
basis. The result of the failure to
do so has been a recurring series Of
tariff hostilities on both sides Of the
border, although, thanks to an era
of North American prosperity, the
trade volume between the two coun-
tries in the interval assumed peak
proportions.
Since then, due to tariffs and de-
preston, Canadian American business
has slumped to a mere shadow of its
former dimensions. The United
States exports to the Dominion drop
ped from ss48,OOO,oOO in 1929 to
S2l1 100000 in 1888. Canada sales
to US fell from s5O3 10000 to $685.
900, 900. The importance of Canada
in the United States foreign trade is
graphically illustrated by the fact that
for years she has been our leading
source of imports, the total being
almost as great as those from all OF
South America. In late years, too,
Canada has considerably outstripped
the whole of the Southern Continent
as a market for our goods.
The Dominion takes from us mainly
machinery, coal, crude petroleum and
gasoline, chemicals and allied prod
ucts, iron and steel products, auto
mobile parts, fresh fruits, raw cot
ton, books and printed matter. We
derive chiefly from Canada news print,
wood and wood pulp, fish, precious
metals, nickel, copper, furs and as
bestos. The Canadians expect that
reciprocity negotiations will bring
about concessions by the United States
on Canadian natural products in ex-
change for lower Canadian duties on
our manufactures.
Never was there a more ideal set
of conditions for full play of the
give-and- take principle in interna-
tional relations. They augur well for
a square deal for both countries.
Evening star., 1935-01-23

is slated to fold up after June l6 next,
unless Congress grants an extension Of
life. 1t is obvious that If the provision
In the work relief bill Is adopted the
President will be able to continue the
Public Works Administration for two
years beyond the time it is slated, un-
der existing law, to go out of business.
So members Of the House opposed to
Mr.. IckeS and all his works are seeking
to amend the bill. They wish to make
certain that the President shall not
keep Mr.. Ickes in Office as public works
administrator, If they can write that
kind of a provision into the work
relief bill.
Mr.. Ickes has shown himself to be
an able and honest puolic servant. It
seems incredible that the present ef-
fort to unhorse him will prevail, or
that President Roosevelt will agree to
sidetrack and supplant him in the
continuance of the work he has been
doing. The President has asked for
another $4,000, 100000 to be used for
all kinds Of public works in the fight
against continued unemployment. He
has asked that the Congress place no
strings upon the expenditure of this
vast sum Of money and that its dis
tribution be left to his discretion. 1t
is as clear as crystal that the President
can not himself give attention to all
the details of the allotment and eX-
penditure of this fund. He must rely
upon others to do this job, although
under his direction. The effort to
prevent the use of a man who does
not yield to political pressure nor
grant special favors for this work will
not commend itself to the country.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Winter Philosophy.

There are days when it seems good
to remain indoors, and thousands of
men and women, boys and girls this
morning must have been tempted to
escape from the ordinary routine of
duty and remain at home, close to
congenial fires. An instinct to evade
unpleasant weather is universal and
difficult to resist.
But humanity providentially has an
endowment of will power equal to the
need. The task of getting to work
may be tedious, but people have de-
veloped a technique of opposition to
the trials Of life. Overcoats and nit
tens, overshoes and umbrellas consti-
tute an armor against the storm, and
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Organize Farmers and
Consumers to Fix Rates

To the Editor OF The Star;
Mr.. S. H. Mumford's comments on
rising food costs express the senti-
ments of many Washingtonians. of
whom I am one, although dare say
the most of us are complaining of ris-
ing food costs without recourse to
their reason and merely because it is
habltual to do so. In the new spirit
OF things We should all recognize that
such complaints unaccompanied by
suggestions for improved and fairer
dealing between buyer and seller are
little better than the bearing of our
burdens in silence. Rising food prices
are in some instances due to in
creased prices paid the farmer, and
with these I. for one. take no issue
AS to high costs of meats-especiall
the thick, juicy steak of which Mr..
Mumford is SO fond-the following
facts are of interest: In the Fall of
1882. 1888 and 1884 beef steers in a
particular locality of West Virginia
sold at SC, &c and 212c per pound, re-
Spectively. Retail prices in Washing
ton during the same period and for
certain cut of beef have risen from
about 25c to 35c per pound. During
this time drought and A. A. A. con-
troll should have increased the stock
mans return for his steers, but didn't.
Strikes in Chicago leading to improved
working conditions in the Stockyards.
together with management Of the
packing industry eliminating in a re-
cent report of substantial earnings in
that field, have increased the retail
price of meat and the spread between
beef on the hoof and beef on the plat
ter. 1t is easy to see that the pres
ent system of unorganiZed farmers,
unorganized consumers, and interven-
ing well organized professor -distrib-
utors, is working to deny Mr.. Num-
ford his daily beefsteak. To organize
the consumers and, the farmers would
provide an ideal setting for a contin-
ual tripartite trade war. Perhaps
Government control of the professor
distributors would provide the SIM
plest solution of the food problem.
j. w. WESTHAVEE
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Honest Administration

Congress a year and half ago,
on recommendation of the President,
provided for the establishment of a
Public Works Administration and au-
thorized the appropriation of $3,00o,-
100000 to carry on a program Of
works designed to relieve unemploy-
ment The President picked as the
administrator of the public works
Harold l.. Ickes, Secretary of the In
terror. For eighteen months Mr. Ickes
has labored indefatigably to spend
this huge sum of money, so placed
at his disposal for public works,
honestly; to see that no graft entered,
and that no scandal attached to the
Public Works Administration. His
present reward for these efforts is a
violent attack upon him on Capitol
Hill by members who are opposed to
his continuance as administrator of
public works.
If the country must have expendi-
lures of public moneys for all kinds
Of works to meet the unemployment
emergency, It should be grateful be-
cause the President placed a man of
the caliber of Secretary Ickes in
charge of the administration. Mr..
1ckes has declined to approve grants
and loans for works for which money
was demanded by members of Con-
greSs and local politicians when it
seemed to him that the projects were
not warranted in the public interest
and not calculated to aid effectually
in reducing unemployment. He has
not ladled out well-paying jobs to
poorly qualified applicants merely pe-
cause they had political backing. In
the light of his administration it
would be amazing had he not in
CURED the ennity of some members
of Congress and of politicians who
have sought sugar plums, either for
themselves or for their clients.
The Presidents $4,000, 100000 work
relief bill, now pending before Con-
gress, carries in it provision author
izing the Chief Executive to extend the
life of any agency of the Govern
ment until June 80, 1887. Under the
original national industrial recovery
act. the Public Works Administration
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Build Cars So They
Cannot Be Speeded

To the Editor of The Star:
Repeated lamentations are heard
reporting the increasing automobile
accidents everywhere, which moves
me to say this source of accidents and
death may be reduced fifty per cent
or even more, II it were required by
law that the speed limit be not in ex-
cess of thirty-five miles an hour. But
to do this no law can be enforced
without requiring the manufacturers
to fix the car in building it so that it
cannot run in excess of the speed
limit specified, and on failure to COM
ply with the law the manufacturer
should be held responsible as well as
the driver Of the car; and let heavy
fine be the consequence. Thirty miles
an hour will put one as far as he
should be in any one days driving.
OF course this would work hard
ship on the young bloods who think
sixty miles an hour is bit too slow.
To aid in the detection of excess
speed the speedometer should be so
fixed that the highest speed attained
will be recorded, something like GER
tain type of thermometer. The other
fifty per cent of accidents may be con-
sidered unavoidable or caused by in
competence or drunks.
OLIVER H. KING.
Evening star., 1935-01-23

undaunted hearts accept the challenge
without hesitation.
And, indeed, there is certain Joy
in braving the snow, the wind and
the icy streets. Granted that caution
is necessary If accidents are to be
avoided, traffic can be kept moving
and the usual number of passengers
can be transported from the residen-
tial areas to the downtown section Of
the city. Then, when the trip has
been completed, comes a moment
when each individual can feel the
thrill of a victory over the seasonal
handicap. Eyes grow bright for a
little fraction of time as the travellers
respond to the triumph of having ar
rived.
In a few hours the tide will flow
outward again, and the privilege of
an evening of comfortable relaxation
will be the throng's reward. The poet
Cowper understood the significance
Of such release when he was prompt
ed to write:
I crown thee king of intimate de-
lights,
Fireside enjoyments, home-born hap
piness,
And all the comforts that the lowly
roof
OF undiSturb'd retirement and the
hours
OF long, uninterrupted evening, know
For the philosopher it is not re-
manning sheltered all through a Win
ter day that gives happiness, but
rather going out, performing the GUS
tomary task and returning home with
the knowledge of having met a test
and passed it honorably that stimu-
lates rejoicing.
Evening star., 1935-01-23

in harms way!" Il have ever looked
out for the honor of the American
Flag" Il can never renounce the
glorious title Of a citizen of the
United States"
@. Have most of the financial
panicS in the United States occurred
in the Fall?-G. r.
A. 1t seems that most panics occur
in the Autumn. Black Friday. one
/ of the worst stock exchange days.
was in September, 1869, and the panic
OF '73 started in September. The 1907
panic was In the Autumn. An excep-
ton was the beginning of the 1920-2I
depression, which broke in April. The
panic of 1929 began in October.
@. Is there any difference between
| Illusion and hallucination?-H. B. c.
A. Illusions and halluCinationS are
both false perceptions and the
distinction between them is difficult
to define.
A. 1. T. '-"' % -i"'''e niAue up Oi'
A. A simple fame, as that of a
candle, consists of a luminous en-
velope surrounding a body of un-
burned vapor and itself surrounded
| by an invisible layer of gases pro-
duced by the burning.
@. How many hot springs are there
in Yellowstone National Park?-T. L.
A. There are over 1000, large and
small, and 100 geyserS, big and
little.
@. What is the difference between
common law and statutory law?-
A. c. H.
A. Statutory law is a law which
| depends upon a statute for its au-
| thority. In distinction from this,
common law is the unWritten law
which receives its binding force from
immemorial usage and universal ac-
ceptance.
@. What does P. P. C. on a visiting
| card mean?-T. c.
A. 1t means that the card was sent
or left TO notify the friend that the
! person was leaving town. P. P. c.
/ stands for the French words, pour
prendre congo; literally, for TO take
/ leave
! @. How many magazines are pub
| lished for the blind?-F. w.
! A. A survey made by the American
Foundation for the Blind shows that
| there are 252 magazines and period
icals dealing with problems of spe-
ciaI interest to the blind. These pub
lications are printed in 20 languages
@. How did it happen that Mischa
Elman, who is Jew, studied at the
Imperial Conservatory of ST. Peters
/ burg?-W A.
! A. When Elman was but 10 years
! old, Leopold Auer was so impressed
with his genius that he prevailed upon
the Gar to suspend the rule barring
pupils Of the Jewish faith from the
/ conservatory.
@. Are elephants still used as beasts
| of burden in India?-N. B.
| A. They are In their half-domes-
/ ticated state they are patient and
| effective workers.
1 G. When were olive trees brought
to Mexico and California?-R. W.
/ A. Soon after the discovery of the
4 American continent the olive was
conveyed thither by the Spanish set
tiers. Introduced into Mexico by
the Jesuit missionaries of the seven
teenth century. it was planted by
similar agency in California. The as
sumption is made that seed was in
troduced in 1869 from Mexico and
planted at the San Diego Mission,
whence cuttings were taken to other
missions throughout California.
Evening star., 1935-01-23

then its city editor and now second
Assistant Postmaster General. Fol-
lowing a tour of service on Georgia
papers, Stokes has done more than a
dozen years of political writing in
Washington and throughout the coun.
try. He accompanied Herbert Hoover
to South America in 1928-l929. Re-
Gently he has been in Louisiana writ
ing series of closeup pieces about
Huey Long.
Nobody in the world has a nvelier
interest in Europe's newest trouble
spot-the tiny territory of Memel, the
strip of East Prussia along the Baltic,
which the treaty of Versailles de-
tached from Germany-than Norman
H. Davis. President Roosevelt's dis
armament Ambassador at Large. In
1924 the League of Nations appointed
Mr.. Davis chairman of special COM
mission to determine the status of
Memel, which eventually was awarded
to Lithuania. German Nazis are in
control of the local government of
Memel, and an agitation is now afoot
to permit the entire territory to de-
eide by plebiScite, as the Saar re-
Gently did, whether or not its inhabit-
ants wish to return to German iuris-
diction. Hitler storm troops are said
to have been gathering menacingly
in the neighborhood of Memel.
4 X
How American news ranks at the
moment in the estimation of English
editors is indicated by the Washing
ton correspondent of a London morn
ing paper. An American colleague
asked If the British scribe had cabled
very copious account of the Roose-
velt economic security plan. Not
very, was the reply. "You see, the
Hauptmann trial is still on
X X
Somebody in Washington was curl
Gus to know whether Senator Josenh
F. Guffey of Pennsylvania sspires. as
alleged, to be another Boies PenroSe.
Quoth the first Keystone Democrat to
reach the United States Senate for
more than half century: well, be-
lore we're through there'll be a
Democratic organization in Pennsyl-
Vanla." Organization was Penrose's
middle name-the shrine before which
ne necessarily burned incense. Guffev
confeSseS he's a devotee of the same
school of thought. Once upon a time.
when asked why he never married,
Penrose said he was waiting for the
organization to select wife for him.
Mr.. Guffey happens also to be unmar-
ried. Not long ago. when the Senator
was introduced at the dinner of the
Pennsylvania Society in New York by
Charles M. Schwab, the steel king
presented Guffey inadvertently as
Senator Grundy." That caused Guf-
fey special glee, as the other "Joe,"
former Senator Grundy, was one of
the targets at which he shot repeat
edly during his triumphant 1884 cam
paign.
4 4 X
President Roosevelt, apart from his
humanitarian impulses, comes honest
ly by his interest in the insurance fea-
lures Of his economic security pro-
gram. He used to be IN the fidelity
insurance business in New York City,
prior to his election to the governor
ship, as resident vice president and di-
rector Of a Baltimore company, of
which, at the time, Marylands new
Democratic Senator, George L. Rad
cliffe, was an executive The Presi-
dent and the Senator have remained
intimate friends ever since.
X X \ \
Despite the reputation for uncon-
yentionslity. which accompanied him
Evening star., 1935-01-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Surfeit.
What's the good of scandal
In this present day and age?
Stories most too hot to handle
Will be found on history's page
Helen was a lady
Who was terrible in Troy;
Phryne's reputation shady
Brought a chill to righteous joy
Through the library you'll wander
And on every shelf you'll find
Stories that will make you ponder
In a startled frame of mind.
We couldn't hold a candle
To adventures on display,
So what's the use of scandal
In the present age and day?
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Leave It to the Commissioners.


The Senate District Committee has
wisely refrained from attempting to
dictate to the Commissioners the
method of sewage treatment to be
used at the disposal plant, which some
day may be built with the money
borrowed from the Public Works Ad-
miniStration. The Commissioners,
relying on the expert advice of the
Engineer Commissioner and his con-
sultants, should decide this matter.
They are responsible. Their decision,
whatever it will finally be, may be
presumed to be based on their best
judgment as to use of demonstrated
methods which do not involve
risky experimentation with taxpayers
money.
The Senate Committee suggested,
however, that Commissioner Sultan
inquire at the Public Works Admin
istration whether it would not be ad-
visable to obtain additional funds
which could be used in purification of
Rock Creek That is a good sugges-
tion. If additional funds are to be
spent on sewage treatment or dis
posal, it would be to the best ad-
vantage of the community to await
the outcome of the preliminary survey
of steps necessary to eliminate pollu-
ton from Rock Greek. That under
taking, carried along with the con-
struction of the modified sewage plant,
would probably represent the best ex-
penditure of sewer money now.