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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

Connecticut officials are chuckling these
DAYS. Some time ago the ERA received
a telegram from Washington stating that
funds advanced this state for rehabilita-
ton work were being illegally held by one
department and should be transferred TO
another. Similar kilograms were sent 10
all states. The humor in the situation lies
in the fact that such funds have never
been appropriated for Connecticut due to
the fact that the Legislature turned the
proposed homestead plan down flat ana
as a consequence we got no money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

ure boat 'Maru." Some japanese
scholarsA among them school teach
crs Of the present day, understand
the word Maru to mean I'm a state
OF motion" or moving" Many
Japanese seamen take 1t to mean
good luck" the word meaning
"circie" indicating that the ship
will safely sail back to Its home
port.
II you want q copy OF our new
booklet Indian Names and Their
NJ ,nlngs, write TO the Waterbury
Democrat Warrington Bureau, en-.
closing ten cents (iOc) In postage
stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29
Test Y o ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn 70 last
page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

@. What is the amount Of the
combined salaries Of all the post
masters in the United States?
A. In the fiscal year 1894 1t
was 39,e21.01e.6s. Previous to the
government pay cut under tho
economy act, the combined salaries
amounted to $50,5s5,122.73.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

The State Highway Department isn't
going to be left behind the several COM
mercial firms, as well as the tercentenary
commission, in the matter of issuing road
maps. A completely revised map of Con-
necticut routes will be ready for distribu-
ton in August, it has just been announced.
The new legend on the map reads: "Sys-
tenn of State Highways and Other I'M
proved Roads. All of which means that
there'll be plenty of routes on this map,
as we'll as the several memorial highways
that our Legislature in the past has au-
thorized. Picnic areas are also designated.
In short the Highway Department is keep
inc pace with the many fine maps that
have made their appearance in Connectl-
cut this year. A collection of the same
would be quite tercentenary novelty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

Q. Is there a fish named kill
fish?
A. The name IL applied to any
OF the, numerous small American
fishes OF the genus Fuhdulus and
the allied genera Of the family
Cyprinodontidae They are usually
striped or barred with black, and
are much used as bait. The COM
mon killifish OF the eastern and
southern coasts Of the United
States are often called mumichog
and cohhlAr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29
A Thought for Today

But II We believe not his writings, how shall
re believe my words?-St. John G:47.
Faith is to believe, on the word of God
what we do not see, and its reward is to see
and enjoy what we believe.-Augustine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-29

@. Should one use fork or q
spoon to eat ice cream?
A. Either one Is proper, but at
formal dinners the service IL q
widc-tined ice cream fork.
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

Winston, Churchill warned
the House of Commons that
Germany's air fleet will soon
outstrip that of England and
every other nation. 1t is not
necessary for him to warn his
countymen that to rule the
AIR is to rule the WORLD.
This picture Of one of the
thousands of fighting air.
planes that Germany is rush
ing to completion is published
to call your attention to one
NEW idea-a "dust bin" ma
chine gun nest, hanging under
meath, indicated by the arrow.
Above this "dust bin, "
there are more machine-guns
on this German bomber, ar
ranged to let the operator
shoot forward, backward,
sidewise. But there is, in
every plane, in combat, what is
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Listen, World!

living. But did we ever have
such a standard? Yes, we did
long, long ago. Once, when
we were ragged, hungry, home
less and heckled by danger and
disease, we had the highest
standard of living here in
America that the world has ever
seen.
But that wasn't the standard
which rose to such spectacular
heights between 1919 and 1929.
Our H. S. of L. during those
later years did not imply that
we had more knowledge than
other peoples, more fortitude
and faith, a finer vision of
brotherhood. 1t merely implied
that we had more bathtubs and
permanent waves per capita. It
was a standard of material AC-
CUMULATION, not of mental
or moral ACHIEVEMENT.
This standard was based on
two CHASTITY errors. The first
was that trick plumbing and
automobile cylinders were 2
final and infallible proof Of
culture and intelligence. The
second was that all America
was living upon an equal plane
of luxury. They weren't, Of
course.
Even in its swiniSh sense,
there never was an AMERICAN
High Standard of Living. There
was merely a H. S. of L. which
was enjoyed by SOME Ameri-
cans.
But there were at the same
time millions Of wretched crea-
lures, including the aged and
infant, laboring in mines, fac
tories, sweat shops and mills,
whose lot was little if any better
than that Of Russian serfs,
Mexican poems, Chinese coolies
or African slaves. And stiU arel
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

thunders over Niagara Falls wears back the brink
only few feet every year; but through CONCEN-
TRATION of only small part of Niagara's waters
in turbines, sufficient power is generated to move
mountains
The bulk of Niagaras waters-like most men
and most thoughts-s mere "scenery." Little of
the water, few men, fewer thoughts are capable of
generating the power that creates knowledge and
progress. ....-
In all save one important respect, the power Of
Niagara is like the power Of thought in men; Pope
wrote, describing how God created this earth and
all upon it, "and binding Nature fast in fate, left
free the human WILL" .....
In that respect, man differs from Niagara-man
can concentrate his own powers, by exercising his
own WILL; Niagara cannot.
Rochefoucauld wrote "We have more, power
than will; it is often by way of excuse to ourselves
that we fancy things are impossible"
Successful use of Niagaras power demands mans
intelligence which, through machinery creates elec
trio force out of the waste of rushing water.
Successful use of power in ourselves demands the
use of WILL, which can select useful task and
concentrate the power of our intelligence upon its
accomplishment.
The human brain is cataract of thoughts from
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Portrait Gallery

The progress which is being made toward establish
ment of the National Gallery Of Art through the gifts
of former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon
is pleasing to Washington and the nation at large.
The Mellon gifts will bring to Washington famous art
treasures which will find fitting position in the Ma
tional Capital ..-..
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS GALLERY FOR
THE DISPLAY OF GENERAL ART OF WORLD
WIDE FAME SHOULD ACCELERATE THE MOVE
MENT FOR THE CREATION IN WASHINGTON OF
A NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
bill looking to the establishment of the portrait gal
ery was passed unanimously by the Senate at the last
session and is now in favorable parliamentary situa
tion in the House.
Those 1uhO seek the complete development of
WashinqtOn as national center should unite nOIO
in efforts to have action on this bill completed
uvhen Congress again meets in January.
The National Portrait Gallery as distinctly Amer1-
can institution honorng the great of this country and
providing for the representation Of American artists IS
highly desirable complement to the gallery which is
planned by Mr.. Mellon
The proposal has already the support Of those in
terssed in preserving the historic art Of the nation and
is ndorsed by those agencies of the Government most
Intimately concerned with the planning Of the National
City.
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Marry-Go-
Round
.Bu Helen ROUIGHud

A debutante'S notion of "democ-
cracy" is that, since all OF us are
born equal, any boy may grow up
and become preSident-of bank;
and any girl may grow up and
marry a title.
A lot of divorces would be
averted if the Constitution had
provided a mental test for can
didateS for matrimony.
Men will be loud enough to be
heard as well as seen in a ball
room this winter if it is true that
they have at last succumbed to
their suppressed desire for colors
and gone in for gaudy waist
coats and gaily- -colored evening
clothes.
When a woman talks about
"Woman's Freedom" she usually
means that she would like to see
some man try to stop her from
doing all the fool things she would
never dream of doing.
The doctor charges about two
dollars for looking at a woman's
tongue. and taking her tempera-
ture; all the rest of his bill is
for looking into her eyes and let
ting her talk to him about her
self. ..
Perhaps the American man got
his reputation for being the
Worlds Best Husband because he
so often lets his wife'S conscience
be his guide without knowing it.
There are just three kinds OF
husbands. according to the Gym
ical Bachelor. The kind that
women shoot because they love
them; the kind that women shoot
because they don't love them;
and the kind that no woman
would bother to shoot.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Tn Memory of Will Rogers

If death had short the of Will Rogers he would
have been Sc years old oda-wh the prospect of many
years ahead in which delight the millions Of his countmen
who him personally through his writings the RADIO
the stage and the screen.
The public therefore will feel deep sympathy with the plans
of the will Rogers Memorial Commission which launches today
Nationwide drive for funds with which to erect permanent
memorial to the cowboy humorist and philosopher.
The drive will continue until Thanksgiving Day.
That this commendable movement will be welcomed by all
Americans whatever their walk e foregone conclusion
Will Rogers the friend Of every man. woman and child
in this country.
According to their each one Of these will wish to
share in building shrine the memory Of him who already
enshrned their hearts the knde wss and most char
acteristic American since Abraham Lincoln
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
By Elsie Robinson

These people never heard of
any standard of living much
higher than that of a homeless
cur.
So there we were, whopping
it up with a standard that
touched neither the vital issues
Of life nor the larger mass OF
our workers. And what did it
really buy us? Did it cause the
Average Citizen to be better in
formed, shrewder, Drawer,
stronger in adversely? Did it
improve the record already made
by those dauntlesS scrapperS,
our forefathers?
SQUARE DEAL
Don't make me laugh! You
know as well as what it did to
us, the suet it stuffed into our
skulls, the starch it took out Of
our SpineS!
And now we're waiting for
the Boom Days to come again,
and refusing to make any move
to better ourselves unless and
until they do. Well, I for one
HOPE THEY DON'T. I'm all
for a square deal and an even
break for every man, woman,
and child. But I think our so
called High Standard Of Living
raised hell with simple happi-
ness. honest pride, and healthy
ambition. Dressed us all up,
with no place to go! Gave us
Delusions of Grandeur that made
a lot of plain, decent dish
washers and ditch-diggers think
and act as if they were Hindu
MaharajahS. And bought us
nothing but a four-year head
ache. ...
Bigger and better balanced
pay rolls-yes. But nix on any
more pipe dreams!
Copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

which all the blessings Of civilization created
by the magic of concentration, directed and
spurred on by strong WILL POWER.
Millions of horsepower were wasted until the in
telligent will power of scientists and engineers
concentrated their power of thought on the prob
lem of harnessing Niagaras waste of Nature s
boundless energy. =.
As with the cataract, so with the human brain
The power is there; the will to direct and concen-
trate that power is often lacking.
The athlete, in a race, concentrates his power in
his legs, heart and lungs lumberjack telling
tree concentrates all his energies upon each blow
of his axe.
How many of us actually concentrate our powers
on the problem Of success in lfe9 Even able men
who can call up their hidden reserves of power
working until they drop from exhaustion to re-
move an obstacle from their climb to success, will
do we'll to learn the lesson Of CONCENTRATION
To scatter effort is to fall to concentrate is to win
We can all profit from one minutes concentra
ton upon these words Of the great Goethe, aEd
from them learn the secret that is hidden In
Niagaras scenery:
Beware of dissipating your powers; strive con
stantly to concentrate them Genius thinks it car
do whatever it sees others doing but it is sure to
repent Of every ill-judged outlay"
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Protecting the Blind Spot on Germanys New Bombers

} Clergymen and writer's could
find in that text for SER
mons and editorials. With
airplanes, as with individuals,
there is always a blind spot
with human beings, often
several blind spots.
The airplane builder who
can locate one more machine
gun and eliminate the "blind
spot" is fortunate. Human
beings cannot do it.
Your Government in Wash.
ington, by the way, has one
extremely dangerous and
serious 'blind spot it car
hardly "see" the fighting
airplane at all. That is 8
"blind spot" that can be very
serious. It will be too late
to correct it if war should
come here. And it might
come, any day FLYING.
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

were the days!" we Sigh-and
turn with disgust from a pos
sible job at $2.13 per. But we
probably sigh in vain, for there's
hardly one chance in a million
that we'll ever see those dizzy
days again.
BASED ON ERRORS
But suppose we don't? Is
that necessarily a misfortune?
Was our much vaunted High
Standard of Living a blessing
or was it one of the worst blights
that ever befell husky, hearty,
common people?
Mind you, I'm a firm believer
in as high wages as the traffic
will allow and in all the comforts
and conveniences which such
high wages buy. And I warmly
agree that no nation can have
too high q standard Of REAL
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, J.

%the riot had caused some talk
and I should make a few arrests.
So I went to Swampoodle and
rounded up all the guys with
bruises and cuts.
I'm court, though I told the
Judge there had been so much
confusion in the fight I couldn't
identify any of the crowd and
they turned 'em loose.
Il was the King of SWampoodle
after that.
"I was known as the toughest
man on the force in those days
and was the strongest. It caused
me trouble cause the drunkS al.
ways wanted to get a reputation
by beating me up. But they
didn't.
but this hero stuff gives me a
pain"
when I got that man off the
roof that time there was $500 re-
ward. The captain wanted to
give me $40. Said the telephone
operator and some others should
get their cut.
"Then I picked up a colored
man one day. He looked sus-
piciouS, and when I asked him
where he had been he told me ito
a parlor social
MY partner told him we were
cops and the man ran. I chased
him and in the dark he shot at
me, I shot back. Finally when !
got close to him he tried to shoot
but his gun clicked; it was empty.
closed in on him.
Il hadn't heard from my part
ner since the shooting started, but
gave him credit in my report.
But some of the neighbors had
written the captain and told him
my partner tried to pull the curb.
ing over him when the shooting
started.
A MEDAL
All this heroism reminds me of
the time we were on the old
Vandalia coming up from South
America. In q storm we ran
down a schooner and had to put
! off boats and pull two or three
miles through the sea.
when we got back they gave
the captain a medal ana 6e hadn't
even been off the bridge.
This here stuff gives me a
pain"
Trouble today is that the cops
spend too much time in labora-
tories and with boys clubs and
such instead of breaking up
crime. If they want laboratories
they should use the chemists"
At this juncture a paSSerby
shouted greetings and asked the
one-time king of Swampoodle if
he had been away.
Said the one-time king:
mo, the old woman was sick
and I had to stay with her. Trou,
BILE was she would only let me
have one drink, and wanted
about is. But this hero stuff gives
me a pain"
Copyright, 1888 The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

Journeys

The storm clouds lowering over
Europe are going to keep many
travellers at home this year. Many
people prefer to spend the winter
at some favorite spot along the
Italian or the French Riviera, but
we prophesy that if these travellers
visit the Hawaiian Islands this
year, that the Riviera will know
them no more.
For there is nothing at the most
highly-touted spot along the
Riviera even to compare with
Honolulu, nor does it have the
same joy of living, the exotic
atmosphere that characterizes
Hawaii.
Trees with gardens in the air,
hills, groves, jungleS, waterfalls.
butterfly orchids and orchid
colored butterflies, rainbows float
ing above valleys, fish displaying
all the parrot-hues of the jungle,
incredible moonlight, opaleScent
SeaS-these are only some Of the
everyday attractions Of these
islands of the blue Pacific.
In Hawaii we see ceremonials
recalling olden times. There is
the authentic hula keeping time
to the pulsing beat Of gourd-
drums, and the melting melodies
of the islands with their touch
of heart-break contrasted with
the lilt of laughter. Then there
is the luau, or native feast, Of
fering dishes that are as fascl-
mating as they are different. .
OF course, the favorite haunt
Of the visitor Is Waikiki Beach,
playground of the cosmopolitan
world, where once Hawaiian
kings held sway. In a grove
Of century-old COCO palms there
is a coral-pink palace-like hotel
hedged in by . garden Of tropical
Splendor.
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

"This hero stuff gives me a
pain"
Speaking is the one-time "king
of SWampoodle," once the tough
est cop" on the National Capitols
police force.
He has just read a commenda'
ton of the "G-Men" while per
forming his duty as guard of a
Federal disbursing office. And
he speaks his views:
Whats all this here stuff about
the G-Men?
Down in Florida a gang OF
them surround an old woman and
her son and shoot them down
with machine guns. They finally
got Dillinger but how did they
get him?
"This hero stuff gives me
pain"
TRAIN ROBBERS
"Why back in the old days we
wouldn't have had all that trouble,
The Dillingers are country boys
gone wild. You don't need all that
stuff to get them.
"Why I remember we went after
q couple of train robbers here
once. I was with a Postal In,
spector and we had located these
men in rooming house.
1.-THE postal inspector wanted to
break the door down and rush
In but I told him those men had
a couple of murders to their credit
and wouldn't mind couple more.
He asked me what I would do. I
went around back and crawled
over the roof. The men were
asleep and I climbed into the
window and got their guns. Then
I let the inspector in and we got
them.
HE got the credit. I didn't
bother.
"This hero stuff gives me a
pain.
I'VE were looking for a couple
Of stick-up men over here one day
and located 'em in house that
was separated about eight feet
from the other houses in the row.
Their room was empty but
noticed a skylight and went up.
One of the men jumped across to
the next roof and my partner got
him coming down the rain spout.
"I knew the second was on the
roof and ran around the chimney.
We came face to face and he said,
4 give up
Then I remembered I didn't
have a gun.
"I didn't know whether. to go
through the skylight first or last.
Finally got him down.
But this hero stuff gives me
q pain"
"I was going home one night
across Swampoodle and stopped
In at q place for a drink.
There were some pretty tough
guys there and they hollered,
Get the dude!"
"I was the last one out and
they were waiting for us with a
bunch Of stones.
'The next day the captain says
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

66TTNHE weakest living creature, by concentrating
Il his powers on single object can accomplish
something; the strongest, by dispensing his over
many, may fail to accomplish anything The drop,
by continually falling, bOres its passage through
the hardest rock The hasty torrent rushes over it
with hideous uproar, and leaves no trace be-
hind. d."-Carlyle.
Gigantic Niagara, for thousands of years hurled
millions of horsepower over steep rocks, out into
the ocean, WASTED. Through the intelligence of
man, Nagara's roaring waste was harnessed, part
Of it diverted into water turbines, like those in the
picture above on the right, and CONCENTRATED,
transformed into POWER.
Thus was portion of spendthrift Natures vast
ing wealth converted into useful power through
CONCENTRATION.
Created by concentration, the electric power is
again concentrated and transported through
power lines" to distant cities, where it is trans
formed into light, heat-a million uses for millions
of people-everything from running great ma
chinery and pulling long freight trains to cooking
toast on our breakfast table, running washing
machine, an electric fan, to supplying the deadly
current that ends the life Of criminal.
| Intelligent men have 'hitched up'' the power
that once was wasted at Niagara, put it to work
for the benefit Of other men. All the water that
The Washington times., 1935-11-02

ing again -
for the re-
turn Of those
flu S h days
when we were
all buy in g
a n d selling
radios, auto
mobiles, silk
S t o C XII n g S,
electric ice
boxes, tuxedos
a n d trio K
b a RS, faster
&hon tho far
tories could
turn 'en out.
Il n a
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Wise Mems
Words

Of all Gods creatures, man
alone is poor.-Jane Welsh Car
lyle.
The worst kind Of shame IS
being ashamed of frugaIty or
poverty.-Livy.
Poverty makes some humble,
but more malignant.-BulweT'
Lytton.
The Washington times., 1935-11-02
Was Our American High
Standard of Living" a
Blessing or a Blight?

What are we waiting for,
most of us? For the High
Standard of Living" to get go.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1935-08-17
MOTORED TO TENNESSEE

Ernest Strain, formerly of Covington,
Tenn, motored to our city from Evans
vile, Ind, to spend day with his
cid friend and class-mate, Bennie
C. White, 507 E. 3Oth street last
week.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1935-08-17
ANGELO HERND0N
BACKED BY OHIO.
MASS MEETING

Cleveland, o., Aug. 16-Leaders of
this city are giving their support to
this Herndon petition which is now
being circulated in his behalf. The
Cleveland Call and Post, The Guide
and Eagle are cooperating as we'll as
the Colored Women's Federated clubs,
Perry Jackson, attorney and exalted
ruler of the Elks, Mrs. Madeline
Early, president Of the Future Out
look League, Pearl Mitchell, president
of the N. A. A. C.P., and hundreds
Of others. A monster mass meeting
was held on Monday night at the
Zion Temple, East 18th street and
Central avenue.