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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Uncaught Robbers

Robbery victims in one of the big cities have been complaining that policemen spend more time interviewing the robbed than pursuing the robbers. The most fragrant instance occurred when small store was robbed A boy about to enter saw the glint of gun. Using his wits, he hurried to nearby house and called the police. The radio alarm was given while the robbery was in progress, and squad car arrived on the scene only a moment after the robbers had left.
 The seven policemen, according to wit nesses all went into the store and spent the next 15 minutes questioning victims and making detailed reports. If some ot the officers had given chase to the rob- bers at once, it is believed they would have caught them.
 It is an example of the perils of red tape and over-emphasis on written reports. 1t would be better use of police radio and squad cars if the former were used quick ly to broadcast vital facts about a robbery, while some of the cruising police, instead of all concentrating at the crime scene, secured the vicinity for speeding vehicles, suspicious persons, and so on. Arrests are preferable to detailed records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Know Your Place

Just why a mayor of q city should feel that his duties require him to assist the Fire Department at time of serious fire is something beyond our reasoning. But this is what Mayor Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport is credited with doing at fire in that city Saturday. The wire story declared that the Mayor assisted greatly in helping the firemen drag hose into the burning building.
 Fighting fire is no part of the duty of a mayor, any more than it is the duty of any commissioner Their place is on the side lines, if they are present, in the ca- pacity of observing how the work is done. Mayors and commissioners who try to run Fire Departments by taking part in fires embarrass the personnel and make fig urehead of the department chief. It has never been done in Waterbury, and we hope it will never be attempted.
 Fire Departments like Bridgeport's have enough men of their own to handle the situations which confront them. They don't need the aid of tie mayor or the commissioners. And commissioners who do this sort of thing, we think, especially with crowds present, do it to "show off,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Expecting FaIIacies

There is something to be said for Father Charles E. Coughlin's plan to form chil- dren's anti-C Communist club, in which Communism will be taught in order to expose it's fallacies." That is more sensi- ble than to ban the teaching of Commun- ism in schools and colleges in order not to contaminate young Americas political thinking.
 The radio priests pupils, supposedly, will learn what Communism is, what it proposes to do, how it governs and where in it fails. The weakness of his plan lies in the fact that it will concentrate, appar- entity, on the one system. Would it not be better to have course in comparative governmental systems and theories, in- cluding constitutional democracy, as well as Communism, Fascism, Socialism, mon- archy, etc.?
 Such course, well taught, and with plenty of encouragement of discussion and independent thinking on the part of pupils, could go far toward counteracting false propaganda. It would make pupils more critical of their own government 8 weaknesses and teach them that the best governmental form ever devised can't work unless it is supported by citizens de- termined to make it work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

CTS on the subways and street cars whose union is persecuted by the traction trust.
 "We need an O'Connor in the al- dermanic chamber :. and others like him, if only on the basis of intelligence-for who can name an alderman at present who can count above the number ten?
 "Yes. Tammany Halls henchmen are surprised these days to find so many Irishmen like O'Connor among the Reds It shows they have never read Irish history. At the time of the great Chartist movement in England .. Irishmen were among the most active lead CTS.
 Just as some of these Irish cops today sheer 'Rooshian Red,' just 50 the British cops and newspapers writers and lords used to sheer. Irish aaitators.'
 Long before the Russian revolu- ton, socialism was spread in this country by Irishmen. Some of the greatest trade union leaders were Irish. Why does this surprise the Tammanyites? Do they think that the Irish cant think, that they are just dupes and slaves?
 "Who fears to speak of Easter Week? Wasn't 1t little band of Irish workers and poets who rose against the unholy British Empire during that glorious week. and started the first revolt against the great capitalist war of 1914? @.
 Maybe the Irish are thus partly responsible for the spirit of the Russian workers two years later when the dirty war of the imperial ists was ended. Yes, Dublin contrib uted it's historic lesson to the victory of Moscow, and Michael O'Connor is being true to the best interests of his race and class In fig ting for communism and brotherhood"
 It will not be long before we have a few Michael .O'Connors to carry the banner of communism before the workers in the city of Waterbury. Already find man, Irish workers who are sick and tired of 8 life of toll, and hopeless ness; many Irish youth who arc beginning to realize that the com. munist way out, the revolutionary way out, is the only way for the working class. It is when we have enough such workers that we will be on our way to a new world, a better world. a glorious world oi happiness and freedom.
 CHARLES W. CAMPBELL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

It was high compliment that Judge Newell Jennings paid the Citizens and Manufacturers Bank yesterday in dis charging the local bank as receiver for the defunct Merchants Trust company. Although the judge did not award the re- ceiver the full amount asked for services he did state that the award was no real compensation for what had been accom- plished in the affairs of the closed bank in the three years and nine months of re- ceivership. Too often people have little or no regard for the amount of work and detail involved in such a business as talk ing care of the books of closed bank. They seem to feel that such a job is a sinecure and the money asked for services so much taken away from depositors. It's not quite as easy as it seems. We hope that the State Bank Commissioner can bring true the 100 per cent solvency of the Merchants Trust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

According to all reports rents in Wa terbury are at premium right now, but all sources of information don't seem to agree on this. There seems to be a num- Der of apartments, as well as some one- family houses, but quite evidently they do not fall into the group of dwellings now being sought by prospective tenants. We wonder if at such time as this devel- opment of outlying districts should not be encouraged. From time to time section of the city will be improved with fine new houses, streets, and the like. They've been mighty scarce of recent years. Is the change at hand?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
CHARLES CAMPBELL QUOTES FROM MICHAEL GOLD ON
 IRISH RADICALISM
PAT South Main St., Waterbury, Conn. September 23.
To the Editor of The Democrat:

Waterbury, Conn. September 23.
 To the Editor of The Democrat:
 There is an Irishman running for aldermen on the communist ticket in New York city. There ought to be q few Irish communist running in the local municipal elections. think a few words from the pen of Michael Gold will tell you why l think this way:
 "Tammy hall is supposed to be the home of every true (New York Irishman, but that is lie. The true Irishman is better than the ma chine politicians who have made Fanny a byword and q symbol o1 all the corruptions of America.
 Michael O'Connor, who is run. ming for alderman on the commun- ist ticket is to my mind, true inheritor of the great traditions of the oppressed, brave, poetic Irish nation.
 "Can Tammany, which has al- ways traded upon Irish loyalty for it's political capital, show a liner and more representative Irishman among all it's candidates?
 "Whcre Is the Tammany man who can strip his shirt and show you the bullet wounds he received fighting for Ireland against the English Black and Tans?
 "Michael O'Connor fought one war for his people in Ireland. Now, in America he is still on the battle- front for the Irish people. Why are the Tammany men so surprised to find Irishmen among the commun- ists? The real Irish patriot was al- ways a radical, not political op- portunist. 'Parnell. Wolfe, Tone, Robert Emmett, Jim Connolly, Pad raic Pease-can any one Imagine such men as these mingling in the cheap, crafty councils of the Tam many sachems?
 "The soul of Ireland Is a bitter soul, a pure and militant soul. It has deep within it the memory of Cromwell's masacres, and the fam ines caused by the British land IOIuS, anu the buSiiho ""io OH 'N'N FenIans. It does not forget, Eng land has never conquered Ireland, nor has Tammany Hall.
 "If we can elect Michael O'Con- nor to the office of alderman. this office that has been cheapened and degraded by all the political hacks, City Hall will be news again. MI chael O'Connor will make news for the newspapers of New York. He will stir the rotten dust of corrup- ton in the aldermanic chamber and bring in a new gale of life.
 "The city will hear of the daily wrongs done to the millions of New York unemployed; 1t will hear the cry of the tenement children. the Negroes of Harlem. the Irish work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
IA Book a Day
Making a Murderer of An Ordinary Man
 nv 'RRI1CE CAPTION

I've the accused" by Ernest Raymond, is a study of murder not. hasten to add. mystery or G thriller, but warm-blooded, sympathetic examination of the things that can make an ordinary well-meaning mortal take human life.
 It tells about a grubby little Eng fish school teacher, getting on In his fiftics, a pathetic little, failure who is yoked with 8 quite unen- durable wife. This little chap. whose days are drab>and dull and hopeless, falls in love with an al- most equally grubby and pathetic girl, and is loved by her in return. For the first time in their two lives, the lovers get taste of happiness.
 There remains, of course. the problem of the school teachers wife; and Mir. Raymond skillfully shows how the inoffensive, mild hammered little man is at last driv- en to put arsenic in her soup. Then, of course, comes discovery. and the lovers take to their heels.
 Their flight Is desperate, put hopeless. Scotland Yard runs them down at last. and the little school teacher is tried, convicted. and hanged-aftef having provided the British press with a "sensational murder case."
 What makes this story effective is the authors knack of putting the reader in the murderer's shoes. His emotions become the readers emotions; you hope for him and suffer with him. and you are filled with so much pity and understand ing that it never occurs to you to moraiize about his crime.
 An in all. We The Accused" ,ia e remarkably powerful novel. Published by Stokes, 1t sells for $2.5O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
TO-DAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "Thc public cam not fail unfavorably to. be fmpresscd"; say, "tO he un- favorably impressed"

A. Books are not copyrighted in manuscript. When the book has been published send two copies &C., companied by registration blank properly filled in, to the Copyright office. Library of Congress. Wash- ington, D. c. / Q. What does the Statue of Liberty commemorate, and who was the sculptor?
 A. Frederic August Bartholdi, a Frenchman, was the sculptor and he designed the statute to com memorate the one hundredth anni- versary of American Independence. Q. What are the titles of the two motion pictures completed by
 Will Rogers before his death, but
 not then released?
 A. steamboat ound the Bend,' and "In old Kentucky" Q. Has Germany larger popu-
 lation than France?
 A. The latest available popula- tion figures for France are 41,928,-
 851, exclusive of the colonies; in-
 cluding the colonies, 102,077,124.
 The population of Germany, in-
 cluding the Saar. is 65,913,082. Q. Give the source of the quo-
 tation: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are
 these; Tt might have been." A. Maud Muller," by J. c.
 Whittier. If you want . copy of our new
 booklet BRIDES BOOK, write to
 The Waterbury Democrats Wash-
 ingt0n Bureau, enclosing ten cents (1Oc) for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Question Box

Yop con set en snswer so asy answerabie question os ssct or 'A. eOPmntlOn by writing to Frederick b1. Kerby. 0uestios EdItOs. He Waterbury Democrat. Washtnwtow Bereaa. IO13 ThirseeDtb Street, M;.;sRs.Ss TMs ..s,. s H .o: G Q. sIs,::s: So::.s: stamps sor reply. Do not use postal cards. Medleal aud legal advtces cannot he given nOp caa exte1ded research he made. All other questions will receive n personal reply. Letters without name or address cannot he an. tIal. YoU are cordially invitea to mRke use Of this free seFvIce as
 TMp ED.TOm.
 Q. When was the motion pie ture, "She Goes to War" released, and who played the role of Joan?
 A. The picture was released July 13, 1929. Eleanor Boardman played the role of Joan.
 Q. Where is the geographic center of the United States?
 A. In the eastern part of Smith SOuiltJe 4AAlibubs Q. What is the derivation of the word divorce?
 A. It is sfrom the Latin divor- tium, used by the Romans in the days of the Republic to refer to 8 separation of husband and wife. Q. In what theatrical produce ton did "Op Man River" originate and who is the composer? A. It was in the score of I4how Boat" which opened in New4k ork in December 1927, and the music was composed by Jerome Kern.
 c. Who played left field for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1881? A. Chick Hafey and Ernie Orsatti.
 o. Should the original or car- bon copy of a manuscript for a book be sent to the U. S. Copyright Office when applying for the copy right?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

By the beginning of 1886 Waterbury's main streets should be in fine condition. A lot of people ascribe such activity as prediction jobs, but most of the work now going on is something that has been planned well in advance and with little thought of votes. But we will say that the Hayes administration has been as thoughtful of civic improvements as any, if not more so, in recent years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

SEPTEMBER 20 Most favored ones today are those who were born from Aug! 22 through Sept. 23. General Indications of the Day For Everybody Morning-DoubtfuI. Afternoon--Very good. Evening-Very good. The evening is advised for intel- lectual entertainment. Today's Birthdate You may be interested In sur- gerry or cutting. A new moon may affect a
 change for you during the coming month.
 Guard your health and do not in- dulge in rash actions during Feb ruary and March. 1886. It is accidental for you from
 Feb. 22 through 28. but 1t Is also socially favorable from Feb. 22 through 25, 193e. If unmarried, you may fall in love.
 Readers desiring additional in' formation regarding their hor0'
 scopcs are invited to cOmmuni' cate with OctaEinc i'm care or thii | newspaper. Enclose . cent stamped, self-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

the ambassadorship to Mexico. but he declined to go.
 Bertha Baur of Illinois-vice president of a brass works and a carbon company; once a can didate to congress.
 These are the ones who will pitch the tune for the republican national committee-perhaps for the party.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Despite numerous guards. the White House Is constantly fall- ing victim to some light-fingered souvenir hunter. The latest depreciation was the theft of the gold lettering from the face of the valuable antique clock in the oval room, where foreign diplo- mats generally are received by the president when they present their credentials. The clock, one of the oldest in the White House, was brought to the mansion by PPresident John Adams, the first to occupy the residence. ,. The recent congressional act pro- wing freo transportation to the Philippine Islands for Fili- pinos residing in the U. s. is not the open-handed gift 1t appears to be. Any Filipino who takes advantage of 1t is barred for ever from re.entry into this country, except within the re- stricted annual quota fixed in the Independence act.
 Copyright, 1895. by United
 Feature Syndicate, nIc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Selected Poem
GRACE BEFORE MEAT

GRACE BEFORE MEAT Mildred Weston in the New York Sun.) As we gather Round this board, Round these chops We cant afford. Make us grateful Now When pearls Cost less than swine How much longer May we eat This Or any other meat ... Hurry. hurry, Let us sup Ere the price of 1t Goes up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

the Pulitzer Prize doesn't mean anything anymore. but the dis cussions will go on just the same. for hours and hours, the columns and columns. Months later. when the unpopular decision is announce ed. evN.yone will say. This is positively the last time that we will pay any attention to this trav- esty of dramatic judgment"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

That Ethiopian situation may be worse than we thought. If Ababa is pro- nounced Ah-Wah-wag, we are warned by the Detroit News, it looks as if the war will be fought with wayonet and wullet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises 4:42 q. m daylight time). sun rises 6:4l a. m.; sets t6:4G D. m. (dayIght tme). All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

page for the answers.
 i. Tn the Roman Catholic church, what is 6 monstrance?
 2. On what island Is town of Oyster Bay, New York?
 .. Name the product obtained by strongly heating coal out of con tact with the air until the volatile constituents are driven off. {. Has the United States eyed been a member of the League of Nations? F 5. Tn which state Is the city of Gulfport?
 6. Who wrote "An Essay o1 Man?" q Which state is nicknam Treasure State?" 8. Who wrote "Stella Fri i. lius?" 9. In medical practice. what X acute Coryza?
 10. Tn which century are we now living?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL

This newspaper responsible opinions from communications unless accompanied with the and address will not be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

That Bluebird of ST. Malcolm Camp bell looks more than ever like pickerel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Daily Washington ". Z " -.ssS s=.ssa STRONG ATTACK THE BEST DEFENSE-G.O.P. STRATEGY
. By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT

By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN -
 Washington, Sept 25-It not mere chance which timed the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Re- publican National Committee to coincide approximately with the Presidents departure for the West.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Horoscope

For persons who believe that hu- man destiny is guided by the pIa. nets, the daily horoscope IS out. lined by a noted astrOlOger. In ad- dition to information of general In. tercst, 1t outlines Information Of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
A Thought for Today

The ungody not so; but are like the chan which the wind driveth away.-Psalms IA.
 The happiness of the wicked passes away like torrent-Racine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
Test Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-13
MAY FLY OVER POLAR REGIONS
 TO FAR ALASKA
So viet Arctic Expedition Asks Permission for
 Plane Flight

MOSCOW. July i3.--PossiDle at- tempt of the Sabako expedition, now enroute to the Polar regions, to send an airplane across the top of the world to Alaska, is seen here in the application of the Soviet Gov ernment for permission for Soviet plane to fly over American Ter ritory.
 The icebreaker Sadko sailed for Archangel a week ago Aboard is equipment for long expedition. The Sadko also carries two planes and one of the crew is the noted flier Babushkin who has made many important flights in Polar regions.
 George Uschakoff, commander of the expedition, declared the party planned to explore the eastern coast of Greenland to the northern tip and later head eastward looking for warm current passage through the ice to Asia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-13

father of two children. At the time of the conspired charges against him he had a private income of 5000 which, in those days, was wealth, especially for an officer. But he was not popular. Cold, dis tant and absorbed in his work, he did nothing to conciliate the good- will of his aristocratic colleagues.
 T sought no friends or acquain- vances," he said later in life refer ring to his experience, because I had not the inclination, and be- cause my ambition to succeed made me careful of my time. It was wrong, but I did not realize 1t until it was too late. When I joined the General Staff did not make a single call It made bad blood. I was considered impolite."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-13
J NITED STATES TAKING ROLE IN THREATENEDWAR
Reports Given Out Hull h. sists on Recognition
 of Peace Pact

GENEVA, July 13.- The United States is believed to have taken a central role in the Italio- Ethiopian quarrel according to an official statement received here indicating that American Secretary of State Cordell Hull announces his coun- try will support the Briand Kellogg peace pact outlawing war.
 The American Secretary of State did not mention either Italy or Ethiopia by name but it is indicat- ed Washington expects the nations to live up to the peace treaty.
 Assertions by Italy
 Rome quarters hastened unoffi- cially to assert Italy is not violat- ing the treaty but is a victim of hostile. Ethiopian acts. Military preparations are said to be going ahead rapidly in Italy.
 Authoritative circles said Italy will attend the meeting of the council of the League of Nations if che IS called on the dispute.
 From London comes speculation whether Secretary Hull hinted at the possibility of the United States joining England in a determined effort to avert the threatened war in East Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-13
NAVY DUE HERE NEXT WEEK IS
 INDICATED NOW
Postmaster Vile Gets or hcial Mail Dates
 for Sailors

The first indication of when Ju- neau would be visited by the Scout ing Fleet of the United States Navy this summer was given by Post master Albert Vile today.
 According to official information received by him, the fleet, or a por- tion of it, will be in Juneau waters at least until July 28.
 Previously it has been known that the fleet, including IA heavy cruisers and Is destroyers. would be in Alaskan waters sometime be- tween July 19 and August 4.
 Today, Postmaster Vile received a communication from Lieut.. John G. Burrow, on the flagship U. s. 8. Raleigh of the Scouting Fleet, which indicated that the last day which mail could reach sailors and officers here would be July 28. The last day that mail will be delivered to the fleet in Port Angeles. Wash, is July Is, indicating that the ves- sells will be in Alaska waters be- tween those two dates
 It also was pointed out that Ji- neau was the only Alaskan postol- flee mentioned in Lieut.. Burrows s letter. This was indicative that all of the 30 vessels in the Scouting Fleet might call in Gastineau Channel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-13
IS
 ON TRIP WITH
 BIG LEADERS
Garner and Farley in Par ty to Be Guests of
 Jefferson Club

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Accom- panied by Vice. Pres dent John Nance Garner and Postmaster Gen. eral James A. Farley, President Roosevelt left today for a weekend fishing trip with Democratic lead- CTS on an island in Chesapeake Bay below Annapolis.
 The party. will be guests of the Jefferson Club, composed of out door enthu s siasts of Democratic ranks.
 Official word is that the meeting is a political foregathering as many prominent party men are in the group. However, others believed some of them, if not the President, will talk about the 1886 prospects as they reel in the fish.