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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
John J. Mulville

In the death of John J. Mulville, prom inent member of long, well established funeral firm of this city, useful and ness, social and fraternal circles, has passed on. News of young MT Mulvilles serious illness flashed through the city less than two weeks ago, and since that time his friends and acquaintances have hoped against hope that the popular and much liked undertaken would pull through his illness. His death, however, came early this morning, and the family of the deceased have the general sympathy of young and old in the city and elsewhere.
 The Mulville undertaking business in Waterbury has been outstanding since the days it was carried on by the father of John Mulville; continued by John McAvoy until his death in 1926; them managed by Mrs Julia MulVille, until the Mulville sons, John and Joseph, coming of age and talk ing up the work, continued it in the splen- did tradition of the Mulvlle family. The deceased was associated with the State and National Funeral Directors associa- tions and was highly thought. of and respected in both for his work along mor- tuary lines. Both Mulville brothers have kept their business up to the highest standards and the Mulvile Funeral Home at the West Main street address is one of the finest in this locality.
 John Mulville was particularly promi- nent, outside of his business connections, in social and fraternal circles He had a host of friends who enjoyed his genial good will. His fraternal affiliations were many including the local lodge of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and others. He made lasting friends in both his business and social life and ranked among Water bury's best known young business men. His death, at. the early age of thirty-five years, is loss, to his family, to his busi- ness associates, and to the city,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
Much To Be Done

That May 18th adjournment of the General Assembly seems very remote Judging by the way the legislative pro- gram at Hartford has been progressing ot recent weeks. What business has already been transacted is but mere little con- pared to what must be done, if the session IS to be concluded as one of accomplish ment and the several legislators discharg- ed with full vote of thanks. So many vital pieces of legislation must be passed in the next few weeks that it is hard to understand just what has been accom- plished to date.s
 It is safe to say that no measure of major importance has been passed. Os major importance, however, have b cen negative actions of the Assembly, notably in the cases of the child labor amendment to the federal constitution and the pro- posed legalization of pari-mutuel betting on horse races, which only the guberna- torial veto saved from becoming fact and not mere fancy. These are, to be true, major accomplishments, but in negative key. We must have something affirmative soon..
 Foremost we stress the cause of relief Relief for Connecticut and her 169 towns must come in diverse forms. One is pro- pUStu as q uIIeCJ dlu UV the SLdJe. | 0 dc- compllsh this taxes are necessary. This will come in the form of the much-dsikeu sales tax, which may have produced the revenue in certain states, but not at d certain expense. In our own instance we would be taxing those sorely in need of re- lief. In short what comes out of one pocket goes into the other. We are none the better off for the transfer.
 Old age pensions at last seem to be coming into their own. And again we are faced by the necessity of higher taxes. In short whatever we get in this form of state aid will come right out of the pock- $ cts of the taxpayers. We have no objection to that feature, though, for it isn't possible tor any governmental agency to find money to support it's indigent in their old age without resorting to some new form of taxation. That is if you retain all things as they are. Of course such thing as governmental reform to effect economies IS not unheard of too.
 We must liberalize our liquor laws and thereby hangs momentous question. But the Legislature need not hesitate over this issue. It knows that the control act is on the whole endorsed by the people of Connecticut. It knows that the people simply want the law corrected where it is so obviously at fault in several discrimin- atory features. A bit of courage can cor rect gtie situation. Intimidation should not be allowed to interfere with the establish ment of a sound and wholesome system ot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

liquor control that will allow the state government to retain the whip hand and not be bossed by liquor interests.
 As to governmental reform, we have talked ourself hoarse on this topic. l. seems to do very little good. There is little chance of Connecticut legislators propos- ing reforms that may decrease the num- Der of political plums in Connecticut. Con- solidation of departments brings roar of protest Anything that savors of efficiency in government is lost today in complain ing shuttle of feet It's too bad, because in few more years the state of Connecticut is going to be so beleaguered by taxes of every description that it's people will be serfs, bending their necks to the tax yoke like so many dumb beasts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
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COMMON CLAY COMMENTS ON INITIATION CARTOON
 IN DEMOCRAT

Waterbury, Conn.
 April Is, 1885. Editor, the Democrat:
 In last nightg Democrat car toon by Herblock, captioned "Ehe What-Is-It" depicts q toy balloon labelled Initiation Rumors." The balloon is floating over a section of Wall street and four types of tra- ders namely. Bulls, Bears, Wolves and Sheep arc waiting for the ba.- loon to land. All are ready to rush the balloon but me thinks it will continue soaring over their heads for quite some time.
 Not only is imitation going to come, it is taking place right now. Gold prices have gone up and silver prices are mounting higher and higher. Government bonds are being refunded at lower inter- est rates as witness the calling in of the last Liberty Bonds. Money Is getting cheaper. Banks are load ed. The government is printing sil- yer certificates from the profits of seignorage. Cost of living has gone up in advance of wage earnings. Always in the past--wages were cut before prices--when a depres- sion set in. And likewise before boom set in the opposite took place prices went up before wages.
 In spite of what Donald Rich- berg said at Boston-''That infla- tion would not take place while Roosevelt was President" and nc matter what anyone else says, the evidence gives the lie to their words. Perhaps, the President doesn't desire imitation to come too rapidly. Controlled imitation is what he is after and while the die-hards are shouting against in flation 1t is taking place right un' der their very noses.
 Roosevelt is about the smooth. est politician the United States has ever produced. He maneuvers things and men so shrewdly that no one can seem to figure him out One blows hot and cold against him according to his own pet, in. terests. Slowly but surely We arc getting inSIation and-believe 1t oi not--it is the only way we can gei out of this depression.
 COMMON CLAY. .-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
The Hague Letter

The Hague-( (UP)-A culinary battle between the United States and Holland is threatened over a dish of "hotch potch," or "univer- sal army goulash."
 The whole trouble is that cult- nary experts here say American cooks have no idea how to make an honest to goodness Nether- lands "hutspot." The Netherlands cooks will be headed in the fray by J. A. Perquin, Queen Wilhelm inas own head chef. He feels that his honor as a cook is at stake.
 How, It Started
 The row originated Nh New York recently when dish of "hutspot" was served at the 50th anniversary dinner of the Holland Society of New York. The committee an- nounced that the "hutspot" recipe had come direct from fChef-de- Cuisine Perquin at The Hague.
 Unfortunately, a Netherlands newspaper correspondent present quest oned the genuiness of the so-called "hutspot." Tn an article to his paper he described 1t not as "hutspot" but "kletspot", the Netherlands equivalent of "bolo- ney." The recipe of the New York "hutspot" was obtained and for warded to Head Chef Perquin here. He took one look at 1t and described 1t as ''an insult. It bore no resemblance to any recipe ot his own, he added indignantly. It is now suggested here that Holland should send 'hutspot' mission to the United States tc teach New Workers and Americans in general how to prepare a req Netherlands "hutspot."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
A Book a Day
Even Nazis Couldn't Make Mosses Unite
BY BRUCE CAPTION

| Karl Billinger was one of those German Communists who tried to keep the party alive in Germany after Hitler came to power. Ma turally, it was not long before he fell into the hands of the storm l Troopers.
 What happened to him there- after he describes in "Fatherland,
 which is about as shocking ana narrowing a book as you are apt to read all year.
 | But if it were no more than an account of torture and brutality it would not be worth much atten- ton. We have already had a vast | number of books revealing the horrors of condemnation camps What makes Herr Billinger's book valuable is the fidelity and 1ntelh- gence with which he describes the ! reaction to these horrors or the men who suffered from them. n Most impressive of all, to this reviewer, was his revelation or the way in which doctrinal rivairies and jealousiesy could persist even in the face of terrorism. You would suppose that all working class Iac- tions would unite under Hitler's hammering; yet even in the torture chambers the Communists and So- cial Democrats seemed to hate and distrust each other almost as much as their tormentors.
 Reading of this. you begin to understand how the German work CTS helped to bring Hitlerism to flower by reason of their lack of unity. They saw it all coming, but they were never able to get to- gether on any plan to fight it. They preferred to fight each other. Now they are paying-very terribly, as this book makes dreadfully clear.
 Published by Farrar and Rine- hart, the book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

The recent death of Anna K. Green will no doubt have an effect on her many mys- tery stories. Whenever noted author dies there is always splurge in book sales of that author. Still the Green stories should not be affected, for they have always been in the front rank in sales. Mrs. Charles Rohls was the real name of this great concocter of mystery tales, perhaps one of the greatest in this nation and certainly the first to popuarize this type of reading. She even antedated Conan Doyle's Sher- lock Holmes stories by nine years. "The Leavenworth Case" in 1878 was the first real thriller and is still being read with interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
MERRY-Go-ROUND

Absence from the House this session is especially noticeable on the part of Tammany con- gressmen. The democratic ma jority is large enough. to be safe, and there is less demand by floor leaders for regular at- tendance. Dickstein Of New York was absent for two. weeks recently. Many of the Tam many group spend as much time in New York as in Washington. The latest clash between Administration officials and Comptroller General 'McCarl has been kept out of the news. Jim Moffett's Housing Administra- tion sent a group of men into the field equipped with new brief cases. The cases were part of their equipment, to be paid by the FILA. But when the bill came to McCarls desk, he ruled otherwise.
 (COpyright, 1885, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

cific oceans meet through the cen- ter of the earth?
 A. No.
 Q. How is quintuplet pro- nounced?
 A. Kwin-two-plet.
 0. How much corn and oats was raised in the United States during the five year period 1929- 1888?
 A. oats-1, ,09S, ,369,O00 bushels. corn-2, ,000 bushels.
 0. What is the source of the proverb: Let not thy left hand know what the right hand doeth?''
 A. The Bible, Matthew 6:3.
 c. Is the Union of South Africa an independent county? Does It maintain diplomatic relations with the United States?
 A. It is a self-governing domin- : ion within the British empire, and is represented automatically in the United States by Ralph Will liam Close, K. C., Minister Pleni- potentiary.
 Q. What is Utopia?
 A. An imaginary island, having
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

Bridgeport is considering establishment this summer of duplicates of the famous war gardens of 1917-18 Remember those plots that were laid out and planted wherever there was an available inch of land suitable for producing vegetables, Waterbury had quite few of them We even expanded on this idea back about two years ago when the Mutual Aid estab- lished it's own farm out in Middlebury. That still produces a good share of food- stuffs for distribution to those on relief rolls. Of course the federal government doesn't believe in this form of expedient. It encourages underplanting so that the price of what is raised will be higher than it would be if there were surplus. Un- fortunately that doesn't always work out to everyones advantage. Right now high prices in foods are beginning to pinch. Ask any householder. He'll tell you. Home gar dens will be very much in evidence this year, we feel sure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
Press Comment
oURBlNG ACTION RIGHTS.
(New Haven Journal -courier)

The times are such that legisla- ton. against various forms of dis couraged legal actions appear. We have seen acts to ban breach of promise suits in many states. and 1t is proposed in Connecticut that parents be protected against suits for alienation of affection. The City of New Haven has similar propo- sals, though not, of course, in the field of marital relationships. We mean the project in H. B. 523 to limit the city's liability in damage suits. The plan would make it im- possible for a. plaintiff to recover more than thousand dollars for injuries received sidewalk falls.
 No doubt restrictions like these upon the right of action are de-. fensbile, but it is also true that we must avoid undue curbs of the sort. After all, the mere fact that party has a.cause of action does not always unfairly burden the de- fendant. The rules of court are full oe handicapping devices abnlv-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

Tell it to the legislators! Willard P. Rogers, publicity director of the Hotel Bond, would have Connecticut advertised nationally as good place in which to live. Some years back national advertising of the state was proposed and drowned upon by the Assembly. Connecticut didn't have to resort to anything like that the pro- ponents were advised. Not much she doesn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
Selected Poem
SILHOUETTE.

Ruth Lambert Jones in the New York Sun.) Past Gloucester spires The still slips Across the prows Of wooden ships Whose wooden pegs Were driven clean By mems brown hands. Sun-bakcd and lean 'Gainst Gloucester skies quiver of spars Rises to seek The alien stars That ride Each shrill, unbridled gale. From Gloucester SchOoners still set sail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
APRIL 17

APRIL 17
 The work, which requires en- ergy, should be done in the early morning. our tough jobs which take patience may be done during the noon and afternoon hours. To- day and tomorrow morning are good times for planting seeds of towering and seeding plants, if the weather permits. It is particularly suitable for vines.
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 You should prosper through horti- culture. Guard against theft during July, August and September. 1885.
 Danger July 19 through 27, 1895.
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 Socially favorable July through .6, 1885.
 Write letters. or do any clerical work, on April 22 and 23, 1895.
 Readers desiring additional in- formation regarding their horO- scopes are invited to communicate witIi Octayine in cure Of thIs newspaper. Enclose n 3-ccnt stamped clr-addrcssed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

some of the provisions in this code" he said. 'Thcre Is no use, therefore, to kid ourselves that the government is foing to try to enforce them."
 "WelI,' interrupted David Ma. son, chairman of the Authority you have been kidding us lum- bermen for IS months"
 FARM CENSUS
 Results of the census of az riculture are awaited with ex- pectancy. One item of special interest is the amount of farm mortgage debt.
 Two of the 100 questions on the schedule were framed to deal specifically with this mat ter. But the results, when pub. Iished, will not tell the whole story of farm mortgages.
 A technicality in editing the schedules is causing the figure of mortgage debt to be scratched in hundreds of cases.
 Instructions have been given to editors to scratch this item in cases where the farmer does not own all of the land or owns land elsewhere.
 If, for example, a man owns 800 acres on which he carries $3O,000 mortgage, and owns 10 acres elsewhere, the $30,000 figure is scratched. That mort gage will not appear in the to- taIs when the Census Bureau publishes it's results.
 EZRA PIPER
 Waving his arms wildly. q man rose from his seat in the waiting room of EZRA offices recently and declared he had cooled his heels long enough.
 ''I want to sec Mir Hopkins!" he demanded.
 The secretary tried again to persuade him that his project for constructing second line of military defense" was some- thing for the War Department to review, not the Relief Ad- ministration..
 But I propose to give em- ploymcnt," he declared, Ito two thousand pcOple!"
 This was q signal for the other heel-coolers to flock around him. The office was full of job-applicants. They pushed up to the man with an idea and offered their services.
 Sure, I'll give you jobs," he cried. "I'll give you all jobs. You come with me. If the Re- lief people don't. want this idea, we'll go over to the War Depart ment. I'm going to give em- ployment to two thousand men,"
 Whcreupon, after taking the names and addresses Of his new recruits, he turned, and. like another Pied Piper, led them out Of the building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

The EZRA offices have not seen them since.
 CENTRAL BANKING
 It looks as if the famous cen- tral banking legislation which has been debated back and forth in banking circles since last summer, would die aborning in Congress.
 Cause of the stagnatiOn gets down to the condition i'm the House and Senate Banking Com. mitteeS.
 The House Committee is com posed chiefly of banking liberals who want to recast the banking system of the country so as to place full control in the hands of the government.
 But in the Senate Committee an opposite condition exists. Here such old Guarders as Glass of Virginia, Adams of Colorado. Townsend of Colorado, hold control.
 PLUG THE HOLES
 They are willing to plug ob- vious loopholes and weaknesses. But they are adamantly opposed to extending federal sway over banks and bankers.
 In the House Committee. the Administrations banking reform bill providing for a modified central banking system, already has been approved.
 But in the Senate, the oppo- site is true. The Senate Com n1ittee has not even begun con- sideration of the bill. Further more it is harboring a sub-rosa scheme to scuttle it.
 On the surface, the, scheme appears completely innocent. The bill under consideration deals with two subjccts-the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor pOratiOn and the central bank ing system. Senate committee foes of central banking propose that the two topics be separated into two individual bills.
 Following this division, they would pass the FDIC immedi- ately, leaving the central bank idea for later consideration" This would mean the death sen- 5 tence for central banking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
We Attain A Rich Age

Particular sentiment should be attached to the fact that one of the Thirteen Orig inal Colonies has reached the ripe old age of 300 years. Connecticut is celebrating her tercentenary this year. Events have already begun in some of the towns of the state. The official opening will be held later with appropriate ceremonies. Next week the tercentenary stamp will be is- sued by the Post Office Department Con- memorative ffty-cent pieces are already in the state and can be purchased.
 There is more to the occasion t han merely securing few souvenirs. There is an appreciation of the course of events ip the old Nutmeg State since the white man made his first permanent settlement here Waterbury can be proud of the fact that she was among the earlier communi- ties established in Connecticut. It wasn't long before the settlers pushed out from those beginnings up around Hartford and sought points east and west
 To the occasion we should lend our best efforts. Little remains of the Waterbury of the late 17th century. Perhaps the one trace of colonial Waterbury is our beauti- ful Green, still preserved in all its rustic beauty. It does not resemble the marshy tract of pasture land that met the gaze of the first settlers, who even summed it's bogs and took to the high lands of Town Plot for their rude dwellings,. But as time passed the Green became the core of the town, from it radiating not merely lanes and streets, but the very life of the con- munity.
 We note that bronze markers will be placed on the Green to commemorate various buildings that stood there in years gone by. We should think one central marker should dominate all It should proclaim the fact that this was Water bury's meeting place in the old days; it echoed to soldiers feet marching away to the wars; it welcomed them home again. On it countless civic groups met and talked. Families enjoyed outings It has been so much part of Waterbury that the long-absent native looks to it first for his real sight of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
Horoscope
BY oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that hu- man destiny is guided by the daily horoscope is outlined by q noted astrOlOgcr. In addition to in- formation of general interests, It outlines information of special in- tercst to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

ing to pleadings, burden of proof, etc, nor does the defendants pros tection stop there. The court often has measure of power to guide, even in the jury cases, but the right of action should be kept as free as nnssifita.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

o. Wlfo wrote the Christian Hymn "Silent Night?"
 A. Joseph Mohr, an Austrian poet and priest, born in 1792. It was written for the Christmas of 1918, at Salsa, near Salsburg, and was set to music by Franc Gruber, a schoolmaster in the neighbor- hood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-16

You wouldn't suspect from some of the bonus talk that the government has spent $16,000, ,000,0000 on veterans relief.