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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
What Is This, Anyway?

The latest news on the much-discussed
Merritt Parkway is that the road is to cost
more than the estimated SIS, 100000. This
is not surprising in view of the fact that
wave of elation has just swept over
Fairfield county. 1t was caused by the
fact that the county finally managed to
put across the idea that the road should
be built as one complete unit and not by
dribs and drabs. Of course there is logic
in building road, even if it is long one
and an expensive one all at once rather
than piece here and there one year and
some more the next.
However, this latest information is not
50 much startling as disheartening. Here
we were (the rest of the state, we mean)
lust tickled to fancy shade of lobster red
over the fact that the road was to be built
and Fairfield county legislators were to
stop telling how the state needed this road
So badly Now we learn that assurance
having been obtained that Uncle Sam
would be good for 45 per cent of $4,000.
900, the cost of construction, the road will
run well, over this figure. That's accord
John A. Macdonald figures it. And he
should be qualified to figure it pretty
accurately having been engaged in such
work for good many years.
That will, of course, jack up the amount
that Uncle Sam gives us for the new road,
But 1t will likewise jack up what the state
will eventually pay for this magnificent,
3nd al the other superlatives, highway
hat is going to glorify Fairfield county.
All Of which makes one wonder, especially
II one doesn't live in Fairfield county, IL 1t
3tiIl wouldn't be whole lot better TO make
{his toll road and get from every motor
ikt who passes over Il his share for con-
<rlbnting 10 wear and tear. II that isn't
done. some of rs who drive around In
&odoIs two, three, four, and more years
~ VIII be forced TO pay pretty penny
Rfofo bonds on the nuper-highway arc
zEIIkad. Some of Us. did ! say, should
david aald some Of our grandchildren.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

Pity the poor rich man, the cap
tain of industry, the utility mag
nate, the business leader. Any
thing he says nowadays, or does
not say, will be used against him.
Some brain trusters get the happy
idea that it would be an excellent
thing all around if his company
were altogether eliminated. The
next mornin gthey draft bill; 1t
is then, announced that the bill is
''must"i legislation and certain to
pass in a week, though as a mat
ter of form two days will be given
over to hearings on the bill and
an entire hour will be set aside for
general debate on the measure in
the House.
Shall the business leader pro-
test? Shall he write letters, give
statements to the press, take a
train for Washington, hire a law
yer and publicity man to try to
show Congress that his company
may have some slight reason for
existing? If he does that, he will
be denounced as a lobbyist and a
propaganda, interested in proper
ty rights and not in human rights.
Every cent he has spent in oppo-
sition, every audience, with a con-
gresham that he or his agents
have held, will be blazoned in the
headlines; and his active oppose
ton will be considered the very
best argument possible in favor Of
the bill.
Shall he take the opposite
course? Shall he make "construc-
tive suggestions and offer to Co
operate? This is painful, because
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Problem In Bookkeeping

The great public works program, fl
nanced to the tune of $4,000, 100000, is
slowly beginning to pick up speed. Within
the next week or so administration Off
Gals will begin to transfer fully 10000
workers from the existing FERA program
to the new works set-up. In this action
there is discouraging hint that the ac-
complishments of the new venture may
be less spectacular than the country had
been led to hope. The announced aim of
the new program is to take 100000 men
off the relief rolls and put them to work.
But if 100000 of these men are to
be put through that welcome transfer by
the simple bookkeeping process of trans
ferring their work projects from local
relief control to the control of the new
State Works Progress Administrators,
just where is the gain? The country
wants to see something done that will Gre
ate brand-new jobs for people who have
no jobs now. Shifting men and jobs from
one federal compartment to another is
not enough.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Big Business Dilemma
Elimination of Barons of Wealth and Power
Puts Poor Fellow With Flourishing
Business on Spot
Business on Spot
NEW YORK TIMES

what he really wants, nine times
out of ten, is that nothing shall be
done about the matter at all.
Constructive suggestions" are
usually understood to mean, in this
connection, alternative suggestions
of how his company could be elm
mated still better-how it could
be eliminated, at least, in a more
seemly and orderly manner-or
how he could be prevented from
doing all the things he has been
doing. If he admits any abuses
in the past, or suggests ways in
which they might be removed, the
lreply is that If even he makes
these admissions, how enormous
these abuses must have been! If
even he recommends such-and-
such reform measure, how obvi-
Gus it is that the measure should
be much more drastic! And his
cooperation" is likely to be re-
garded, in any case, as just sly
method of trying to tone down leg
islation that he knows he cannot
defeat.
Shall he, then, be silent? Shall
he sit back in the hope that disin-
terested persons everywhere will
recognize how loosely and badly
drawn the pending bill is, and
what a gross injustice it does to
him? If he tries this, he discov-
ers that disinterested persons are
disinterested in every sense of the
word. The voices of protest are
simply nowhere, or they are so
feeble and calm and far apart
that nobody hears them. 1t is
taken for granted that If even the
persons who are supposed to be
worst hit by the bill are not pro-
testing, 1t must be a good bill, or
at the very least 1t will do no
harm.
Sad is the plight of the once
great business leader. He is criti-
cized everywhere for his bad tao
ties in regard to legislation that
affects his interests. But will
somebody please tell him just what
are good tactics?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
A Book a Day
Ailing Era Mirrored
In Adventure Novel
BY BRUCE CATION

It is perhaps a sign of the times,
subject to pessimistic interpre-
tation, that a talented author
such as Benjamin Appel should
produce a novel like "Four Roads
to Death" when he undertakes to
write a story about modern ex-
p1oration.
Here is book which is a mix
ture of psychology and adventure.
and it carries with it the faint
faint of decadence. The people 1t
describes are all emotionally un-
healthy. They seem to be the
products of a society which has
managed to get to the end of its
tether.
It tells about an explorer who
makes a trip to a central Asian
desert, financed by New York
millionaire who expects him to
find gold there. With the ex-
plorer go his niece, q young now
elist who is to be the expeditions
historian. and an agent of the
millionaire who is there to see
that his employer doesn't get
gypped on the gold.
And what crew they are! The
explorer swindles his hacker.
drives the agent to suicide, and
kills three members of q rival ex-
petition who try to scoop" him
on his discoveries - and all be-
cause he IL ridden by q lust for
power and fame.
The girl goes along because she
IL tired and bored and needs q
new Thrill. The author wants
material for Q best seller.
In all these people there d
barely a trace OF kinahip with
what we usually consider the
spirit OF exploration and adven-
ture. They are reflections OF q
sick soeletyi and over the book
there hangs this intangible and
parverse air 0s nervous WEAKNESS
and instability.
published BY Knepk the book
sells for o..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18


standard for other New Deal
money-lending agencies.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
The hot job of sponsoring the
I AAA amendments in the senate
the other day was made easier
for Agriculture Chairman SCOT
ton Ed" Smith by his mastica-
lions on a sizeable chaw OF
tobacco. Latest epithet hurl-
ed at mild Henry Wallace Is
"Our Russian Commisar of Agri-
culture Epithet's author was
grim, blind Senator Schall. :. :.
The Congressional Record shows
none of the grammatical slips or
ragged sentences of Rush Hollis
maiden speech in the senate.
Official reporters labored over
their notes to make the printed
version in keeping with senate
dignity. An .eleven-hour day
is in vogue in the office of Sena-
tor Reynolds of North Carolina.
He and his staff come to work at
eight, leave at seven. Average
days crop of callers: 100. !.
Republican Floor Leader Charley
McNary battles against senate
odds in more ways than one. On
a hot day last week when he
wanted shave he presented
himself three times at the senate
barber shop before he could find
an opening in the democratic
majority. Senators pay no regu-
lar fee for barber service. only a
gratuity to the colored BARRIERS.
Copyright, 1895, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
In To-day's Mail
Anonymous letters will NOT
be accepted unless accom-.
panied with writer's name.
SOCIALIST-LABOR SPEAKER
WORSE THAN CAPITALIST
REPORTS SOCIALIST
Waterbury, Conn,
July II, 1895

waterbury, Conn,
July II. 1885
Editor. The Democrat:-Mayw we
avail ourselves of In To-day's Mail
Column to acquaint the consider
able group of Waterburians who
were present at the lecture on the
Green last Thursday evening, in
the interest of the Socialist Labor
Party, and who heard that party's
lecturer denounced by a member
of the Waterbury Socialist Party
as a purveyor of untruths. that the
following challenge has been issued
by the Socialist Party of Water
bury to the state secretary of the
so-called Socialist Labor PARITY
MR.. HERMAN SIMON,
State Secretary
Socialist Labor Party,
Y. M. c. A. Bldg,
New Haven. Conn.
Dear Mr.. Simon:
Last night Gully I'D your party
speaker, holding forth on the Green
in this city, resorted to such mis-
representation in commenting on
/ the Socialist Party as is rarely en-
plcyed even by our common. enemy,
the capitalists. Not only did your
speaker misrepresent. but In doing
SO utilized such lurid adjectives in
describing, what he presumes to be
Socialism, that q member OF the
Socialist Party who was present
felt Il necessary to take issue with
him. In fact, our party member
challenged your speaker TO a de-
bate. We realize that your speaker
had no authority to accept without
consulting his organization. There
fore, we stand wholeheartedly In
support Of the action taken by our
own member and hereby challenge
the 8. L. p. to debate Us In Water
bury in q hall OF our providing on
/ date mutually satisfactory. The
subject Of the debate to be, ITS the
Socialist Party OF America . Re-
formist pnrty7 should this subject
be not 20 your liking. we will de-.
bate on any grounds which VIII
illustrate the differences In aim and
structure OF The two eontendins
parties 70 the debate. Audience 10
act ~ Judge.
Sincerely yours.
Executive COMMITTEES.
soeinlist Party Waterbury
A. ). HfNKBLNAN.
yown Chairman
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

OFF static electricity that is gen.
bration and friction which unless
carried off and grounded would
create an, electric spark across the
tap of gasoline vapor inside the
tank and blow the truck to pieces.
Q. Is the following sentence
good English: els it possible that
a cat would save harmless a
mouse?"
A. Yes. Harmless in that SEN
tence means without hurt" "un-
injured"
@. When did Lon CLANCY die?
A. August rs. 1880.
@. What percentage of the pop
ulation Of indianapolis. Ind, Is
negro?
A. Out Of a total population Of
s64,161 in 1880, 43.s67 were me-
groes.
Q. Which South American
country has the longest railroad
mileage?
A. Argentina has 23.756 miles
and Brazil ranks second with 49,
720 miles.
@. What form does the pure
element radium take?
A. A white metal.
@. Was Mrs. Georgia Sheldon
the real name of the author?
A. Her real name was Mrs.
Sarah Elizabeth Downs.
II you want a copy of our new
booklet PATIENTS AND TRADE
MARKS" write to The Waterbury
Democrats Washington Bureau,
enclosing ten cents (1Oc) for post
age and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

Ernest L. Averill, former Deputy Attor-
ney-General of Connecticut, made a good
suggestion at the National Association of
Attorney Generals, held in Los Angeles,
Calf, this week. He proposed that
there be created clearing house through
which would pass all rulings, decisions,
etc., of the attorney generals of every
state in the Union. He claimed that he
good many years. It's value can be imme-
diately recognized. It will enable states
to keep in close touch with the progress
of law-making throughout the entire ma
ton and states may profit by the mistakes
of others. It will also enable all to see
wherein their lawmakers are erring and
to apply the necessary corrective meas
ures before it is too late.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Question Box

You can get an nnsweR 70 any
answerable question OF fact or In.
eOrmnt iom BY writing TO Frederick
ID. Kerby. 0uestiOn Editor. The
Waterbury Democrat. WashingtOn
Barena. iOIS Thirteenth street.
THREE cents in coin or postage
stamps for reply. DO not use
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advtces cannot be given nor caa
extended research be made. AL
other questions will receive
personal reply. letters without
nnme or address cannot he nm.
swePed. All letters are conflden.
tini. fou are cordially invited 20
make use Of this free service ne
THE EDITOR.
@. Which state has the smallest
population?
A. Nevada had s1,05s enumer-
ated in the 1880 census.
Q. When was the first U. s.
postage stamp issued?
A. July /, 1s47.
@. What is the language Of
Mexico?
A. The official language is
Spanish, and that is the language
of the schools. More than half of
the population is either Indian or
Mestizos, and illiterate, and their
native tongue consists Of Indian
dialects.
O. What was the first paper
money issued by the United States
treasury?
A. Demand notes authorized by
the acts of July II and August s.
1861.
Q. Which state leads in the
production of iron ore?
A. Minnesota.
O. Did Primo Camera ever
fight Mickey Walker?
A. No.
Q. why do gasoline tank trucks
have chains dragging behind?
A. AS safety device to carry
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Daily Almanac

Sun rises b.2D .. nj sets sac .. m,
daylight timel.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min.
uteg after sunset.
High tide at Now Haven Friday. Juiy
~. titb a. nj low tide. si2i q. M, ldays
HIGHT time).
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

Opportunity fer youth n re-
nffIeied BY the machine age. ~ the
rise and dominance 81 eaplint IN
the world
william Allan waite. Kansas
NN1ii#NGFs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

Believe it or not the great Sahara Des-
ert is to get lighthouse. And why not,
the desert is just as trackless as the ocean.
We need lighthouses to guard ships from
straying onto rocks or shoals. Certainly
they could be used to just as good advan-
tage in guiding ships of the desert along
their proper course. It will be erected in
the heart of the Tanezrouft region near
the deserts already famous gas pump,
Bidon, Bdon v. There will be power
full searchlight beam, gas operated. Desert
light on the starboard, sir
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Horoscope
BY oCrAvINE

For persons who believe that
human destiny is guided by the
planets, the daily horoscope is
outlined by q noted astrologer.
In addition to information OF
special interest to persons born
ON the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

It's funny how people will submit to
autocracy in golf and bridge and then
howl about it in business and politics.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

Add today's classics. The Jefferson
Club of Somerville, Mass, was holding its
annual outing The call came for the fat
women's race There were no entries so
the clerk of the course cancelled the event.
Then came the call, "Pleasingly-plump
ladies race. To the post came six women.
all in or above the neighborhood of 200
pounds And the day was a complete
success.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

A use has been found at last for star
lings. They're eating army worms in
the Middle West.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
Washington Merry Co Round

Authors
eclipse lately
individual. Huey p Long
weekkneed and blear the senate moor
disappeared tne
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

JULY so
Most favored ones today are
those who were born from March
1890.
General Indications OF the Day
For Everybody
The evening Is fairly good for
entertaining.
Today's Blrthdate.
You should be very careful by
nature. Many agriculturists and
plumbers ere born about this time,
Some enterprise should turn
out 10 be very satisfactory In ooto-
Der, 1895. II should also be q
good time to develop new plans
Danger Nov s0-Dse. 8. 1895.
Socially favorable Dec. 80. 1885.
Jan. 3, 1885.
Readers Goglsing additional 10.
formation FoeaEaine their il0FOs
scopes arc Invited 70 eeinnlHlils
eHfo with 0ringino h enFn ~ this
HewGRapaf. NneiaeN d Nenl
s'aHanFd. esII.a1lirnsEef enfa|epa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18


page for the answers.
I. Name the largest lake In
central Europe.
2. Does any state OF the union
permit the practice OF medicine
without a lIcensef
.. Are whales cold or wagms
blooded?
T. What Ii q csnotaphf
.. What In the address OF Her.
bert Hooyer7
Q. What 10 the meaning Of Kis.
7. IN which country IL the state
Of 6Inaloa7
3. Whe wFeis the bsek sceFss
nsde'n chIi1feHf'
>. Name lhs president Of me
y. 4, senate.
40, Ia enc KnaiIeh MIbIe. whnk
1oee iho #efH sen<''1 nAeaHI
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

TO.DAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, "The race was over
with; say, "The race was
over"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
A Thought for Today

His mischief shall return upon his own
head. and his violent dealing shall come down
upon his own pate.-Psalms 7:16.
He that may hinder mischief yet permits
It. is an accessory.-E. A. Freeman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18
T est Y o ur
Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to Last
page for the answers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-03-14

A large crowd attended the BAN
quet given by the Thinkers Club
at Mt. zion Baptist Church. Fri
day night. John E. Prim as mas
ter Of ceremonies directed a pro-
gram on which Frank Fits, Roy
Misener, Haskell Campbell, A. B.
Langlie, Mel Lunden, w W. Cas-
mon, DR.. A. T. King, Mrs. sallie
Coles and Mrs. Essie White were
speakers; and the Puget Sound
Trio and Mark Allen were heard
in vocal selections and Art Neelan
gave a reading
Mr.. and Nss. George s. Chat
tiers announce the engagement Of
their daughter Eleanor to Mr.. Ar
chibald r. Ball, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Ban of Windsor. Ont,
the wedding to take place early
in the summer
Mrs. Jessie Walker was hostess
for meeting of the Loyal Social
Club at her home Thursday
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-03-14
Last Fight Show
OF Season at Pool
Next Tues. Night


When Nate Drlxman presents
his popular price boxing show ct
Crystal Pool Tuesday night. It
win be the last at the downtown
arena until next winter The
scene Of fistic combats win be
shifted to the civic Arena Two
colored boxers are on the card for
next aaesday night which has q
heavyweight bout Of 8 rounds as
the main event. Tiger" Al Lew
is, colored welter and state cham
pIon, risks his title in IN s-round
battle with Leonard Bulldog
Bennett. tough jewish fighter. The
two boys have ulashed before with
Lewis winning by a narrow mar
gin and the contest Tuesday is
sure to be hot fracas. Young
Harry wills, colored junior weiter
OF Portland, win swap punches
with Bobby Luscombe Of Vaneou-
YER B. G.. In six-round bout.
The main event features Frank
Wallulls OF Roslyn against Jack
Tebo Of Edmonton. Canada. IN a
heavy contest Of roun,ls. The
two big fellows fought a sensa-
tlonal scrap two weeks ago when
WaliuIis was lucky to win by a
technical kayo. Two four-round
bouts wind up the card cor next
Tuesday night.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-03-14
Funeral Rites Today
For Henry McCage

win the Rev. H. Hollis officiat.
ing. funeral services are to be he'd
today Thursday at the Angelus
Chapel for Henry McCage who
died Monday at his home. 1887
26th ave. The deceased. a barber
shop porter, suceumbed to bron-
chial asthma. He was So years
old. a nntive of GAINESVILLE, Tenn
and resided Ia Seattle four years.
He is survived by bis widow, Eli
zabeth, and several brothers and
sisters Interment viii be In Mt.
Pleasant cemetery.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-03-14

Meet the Mills Brothers IN per-
son" That's the slogan of the
Dixie Social Club sponsoring a re-
ception and dance honoring the
famous quartette Of brothers Mon
day night at McEIroy's Spanish
Ballroom. S. r. McCants, presi-
dent OF the club and chairman Of
the committee on arrangements.
states the reception and dance is
going to be one of the biggest af-
fairs ever staged in Seattle. A ten
piece orchestra win furnish music
for dancing and an elaborate floor
show win be presented. The acts
will be given by talented singers
and dancers and viii be presented
between dances. The beautiful
McElroy's Spanish Ballroom is one
of the finest in Seattle and is i'd
eel for a mammoth entertainment
as planned by the Dixie Social
Club for Monday night. A mon
ster crowd is sure to be on hand
to greet the Mills Brothers.