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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-27
A Book a Day
Made Herself Ruler Of Barbaric Russia
BY BRUCE CAPTION

If you think that such ladies as Queen Elizabeth and Mary of Scot- land were remarkable females, you might direct your attention briefly to Catherine the Great of Russia. Here was an empress who makes all other queens look like shrink- ing violets.
 Her story Is told sympatheticai- ly in Catherine: the Portrait of m Empress," by Gina Klaus. and it makes Q colorful tale of bar barrie violence and ambition.
 Catherine was born in Ger many. the daughter of a petty prince. When she was about as old as q present-day high school sophomore, she was bethrothed to the heir to the Russian crown. she went to Russia, married him; and found him such poor stick of Q man that she decided to run the country herself.
 It is hard to blame her for her decision, since her royal hubby's one delight seemed to be to sit up until ? in the morning play ing with dolls. Catherine engi- neered a bloodless revolution, had him locked up. connived at his murder. and then set out to make Russia the first power in Europe. With the aid of such ministers as Potemkin who was 0 gaudy character worth a book in himself -she almost succeeded.
 Catherine called herself Re- publican when she became em- press. She read Voltaire and dreamed of freeing the serfs and democratizing the country. In the end she forgot her dreams and became the most ruthless autocrat of her day. Meanwhile, she took a succession of lovers at rate to make Louis XIV look like a strict monogamist and in the end, lusty old lady that she was, she died because of too-violent it of laughter. Published by Viking, this book sells for $3.50.
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engaged in industry and agriculture, in raising the standards of material comforts and in making available to all the oppor- tunities for physical, intellectual and spir- itual cultures which have been won for us by the machine. It is only through inter- national effort and understanding that inc path lies to greater happiness and prosperity for mankind"
 On every hand there are rivalries and ambitions and selfishness which may lead to war, but on every hand also are sucn ideals and goals as those of the l.LO. Tn the long run will they not win humanitys approval and support?
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Press Comment
PEDESTRIAN PATHS (Hartford Caurant)

One of the so-caleld Flight" re- lief projects that apparently can be carried out in Connecticut wholly with federal funds is the construc- ton of pedestrian paths along highways. The fact that pedestrian paths have their greatest value in the winter when the snowbanks thrown up by the ploughs force foot travellers to walk dangerously close to passing traffic should not obscure the need for them at all seasons.
 Connecticut, with an excellent highway system, is behind many othcE states iiA the provision it makes for the safety and convent ence Of pedestrians who must use the roads. Tn the cities, sidewalks are accepted as a matter of course; unhappily, once the city limits are left behind, the absence of any provision for the fo0t.traveler is accepted equally as a matter or course, although there are many stretches of state road where the numbeg ef pedestrians at certain
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times rivals the traffic on some city sidewalks.
 Forgetting, for the moment, the hazard to which these pedestrians are exposed--if it is possible to forget that in 1888 the latest year for which national statistics are complete, 66 per cent of all persons killed in automobile accidents were pedestrians-one has merely to consider the inconvenience to which the person who must walk on state roads is exposed. Tn wet weather, he is showered with dirty water; In fair weather, dust and sand is sprinkled on him by every passing car. At night he is blinded by the lights of oncom- ing cars--he cannot signal for dinners, as can the iight-blinded driver. Tn the winter, if the shoul- ders have been cleared, they are in ell likelihood slippery with ice: if they are not cleared, the pedestrian must step into the snoWbank when two cars pass him.
 Now, apparently, Connecticut can, without material expense, eauIp parts of ita highway system with adequate pedestrian paths. The opportunity in one that should not be lightly east aside,
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the Equator, and lies at an alti- tude of 9,350 feet, the annual range of temperature is less than one degrees The daily range, how ever, is considerable. The early morning temperature is about AZ degrees, and midday 66 degrees. On the coast the daily range is from 90 to 76 degrees. At Singapore, the shade temperature ranges from 72.5 degrees to 92 degrees F. The temperature of solar radiation may be as high as 153.s degrees. In Central Africa the mean annual temperature is about 90 degrees F.
 c. Has the amount of silver in United States coins been changed within the last few years? A. No.
 c. For whom was the John Day River in oregon named?
 A. For a member of Hunts Astoria overland expedition to that region.
 c. Do the words orator and lecturer mean the same thing?
 A. An orator Is a fine speaker. one who excels in speech. A lectur. CT is one who makes a business of giving lectures. A lecturer may be an orator, but not all orators are lecturers.
 Q. Give the present Indian pop ulation of the United States.
 A. The Indian population at federal agencies in 1884 was s27.- 1858.
 Q. What Is the caloric value of whole milk?
 A. About s14 calories per pound.
 c. How many bills were vetoed by Presidents Franklin D. Roose- welt, Hoover, and Coolidge, and how many were passed over their vetoes?
 A. President Roosevelt has ve- toed 26 bills and only one has been passed over his veto. President Hoover sent s3 vetoes and was
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Connecticut's state flower is at the height of its Towering period this week. The recent warm weather and rains have brought the blossoms out in their pink and white beauty Nothing is more soothing to the eye than the sight of Connecticut hillside dotted or massed with laurel. And we are glad to see that more efforts are being made to propagate this beautiful shrub. Those who admire it's beauty in it's natural setting should do their utmost to prevent needless persons running many bushes by stripping them of blossoms. If we were to cut laurel branches, we would do it in such a manner as not to injure the shrub A sharp knife or pruning shears should be used the branches not bent over and snapped in such fashion. And there is much more enjoyment from cump of laurel in the woods than in a bowl on somebody's front porch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-27

North Carolina is following in the foot steps of other southern states which now offers myriad of interesting and histor- ical markers to motorists who pass over their roads. Sixty-three thousand miles of state highway are to be appropriately marked with $5,000 set up for the work. It may seem like waste of money to some people with hunger and want on every side but it's job well worth the sums spent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-27

Washington, June 27.-Recent Japanese imperialism in the Far East plus the change of govern ment in England has brought to a head once more the friction be- tween the State Department on the one hand and the Army-Navy on the other.
 On the surface, officials of these two groups are suave and courteous toward each other. Underneath, they differ funda mentally on important foreign policy.
 This difference is important. On 1t may depend the future of peace or war for the United States. It Is particularly signi- ficant that Roosevelt always sides with the Army-Navy group.
 The last conflict arose after Sir Samuel Hoare became foreign minister of Great Britain. Sir John simon, his predecessor, had played with the Japanese while pretending to give Republican Henry l.. Stimson British support in Manchuria. He had proved nebulous when Democratic Cor. dell Hull tried to pin him. down.
 With Simon In the' saddle there could be no Anglo-Ameri- can cooperation,
 Sympathetic Samuel
 Sir Samuel Hoare Is a different type. He Is slow, methodical, dependable. Soon after assum- ing office he decided that CO., operation with the United States must be the basis of British pol icy in the Far East. This idea, in a general way, was put up to the State Department.
 There is found sympathetic re. ccption. It has long been the creed of the State Department that no western power could block the mad militarlsts of Nip. pon, but that q combination of the United States and Great Brl. tain could do so without moving q ship. Diplomatic pressure would be sufficient.
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In To-day's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not bo accepted unless accom-. panied with writer's name.
TOWNSEND MONEY PLAN STRICTLY ORTHODOX
 SAYS WRITER

StAL0 WANAAAaAS
 Plainville, Conn.
 June 25, 1885. Editor of The Democrat:
 The Townsend plan is plan to print paper money. As mat ter of fact the financing is strictly orthodox.
 The bill drawn up by a Commit tee of Congressmen from the States of California, Washington, Mon- tana, Minnesota and Ohio, and ap- proved by Dr. Townsend, provides for:
 l. Two per cent transactions levy, an addition of one-tenth on all income tax payments and a two per cent levy on all inheri- tances and gifts.
 2. These funds are impounded for four months, during which period all eligible are registered. 8. At the opening of the fifth month the money raised during the first month is to be divided equal ly among those eligible. At the opening of the sixth month. the money raised during the second month is to be divided. and so on, the impounded fund always being kept four months ahead of the di- vision.
 The new measure in fact pro-. vides for the purchase of an an- nuity by ali persons of the country. the annuity to be paid monthly. Representative McGroarty in in- trodueing the bill said:
 we propose plan that is workable, practical and sound. Good Eard-hcaded business Is the reason for lt and if at the same time we can be kind ali the better.
 NATHAN ALBERT.
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Daily Washington Merry Go Round
N iesS MA
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLH

Auhonof "washngto Mery.Go oRouGa More Ten Despite Revived British Cooperation in Orient Department Them There but Army Insists Taking Them Away Why Raymond Failed Hoover Grass Roots Catholics Mexico Benefit by President Cardenas Defiance of
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises 2:iS <. m. daylight time). Sun rises 5:15 a. m; sets S;34 p. m. (daylight timel.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High tide at New Haven, Friday, June 2s le:29 a. m; low tide. 4:42.
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Selected Poem
STAMPEDE

(Velma Hitchcock Seeley in the Christian q
 Science Monitor) Tonight the horses of the wind Are riding wild and far. With ears close to their dark heads pinnei And hoof-beats that must jar The very moon upon her throne, And worlds that dormant lie-- While from fierce nostrils stars are blown Across a stormy sky.
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With $9,100,0O0,000 of gold now in the United States Treasury, and if gold has the potency it's supposed to have, we must be entering golden era of business.
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Horoscope
By oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human dcs- tiny Is guided by the planets The daily horo. scope Is outlined by a noted astrologer. In addition to information of general interests, it outlines information Of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
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O. What is the average temp erature at the equator?
 A. It varies with the altitude, and also with the proximity to water. At Quito, which is almost on
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ro.pAY,s COMMON ERROR

Never say, "Hc had scarcely opened his mouth than the crowd began to boo"; say, Y 'when the crowd began to boo"
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Test To UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last ! page for the answers.
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l. In which ocean is Norfolk Island?
 2. Name the chief city of Pal- estine.
 8. which country of the world has the largest population?
 1. Who composed the opera ''La Traviata ?''
 5. Name the strait that sepa- rates Greenland from the North American continent.
 6. Are the three Guianas in South America, republics?
 .. Who wrote the "Waverly Novels?"
 8. Tn grammar, what term Is applied to a connected view or statement of the changes of form that verb undergoes in its va- rious relations?
 g. What does status quo ,mean? 10. In what country is Tife-. shire?
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Q. When was the telephone in- vented?
 A. In 1878 at Boston, Mass, by Alexander Graham Bell.
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c. On what day will the next President be inaugurated7
 A. January 20, 1887.
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0. What is the chemical conn position of lemons?
 A. Water, SS.S per cent; pro- tein, 10 per cent; fat ' per cent; carbohydrates, S.6 per cent; and ash, s per cent.
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If you want . copy of our new booklet Indian Names and Their N innings, write to the Waterbury Democrat Wilmington Bureau, on. closing ten cents (f0c) in postage stamps.
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beaten on three; President Cool idge vetoed 20 bills and lost four.
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Q. What Is the area of Cleve- land, or
 A. Seventy three square miles.
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0. Are cobra bites always fa- tai? A. When well delivered by a vigorous snake the bite is almost surely fatal; men have been known to perish within half an hour after being bitten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-27

Confidential government re- ports indicate that the Catholic church got an important break as a result Of the row between President Cardenas Of Mexico and President Maker CallcE.
 CardenRa has fired ali Of the CaIles supporters from hls cah. fact, including several rabld l. Cathoiio-haifaFs- Tlaars ars no
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
Instrument Peeks Into
Stomach for Diagnosis

Berlin.-Speculation in abdominal
surgery is being reduced greatly
here through the perfection of the
laparascope by Prof. DIR. Heinz Kalk
of the Horst-Wessel hospital.
Invented years ago by a Swedish
researcher, the laparascope in its
perfected state permits a surgeon
to peek into the stomach and even
make still and moving pictures of
any part of the organs.
Organic maladjustments, invisible
to the X-rays in their preliminary
stages, may be discovered by this
instrument.
So far more than 500 cases of
stomach inspection have been ham
died without serious complications
originating in single case, hos
pital authorities said.
The laparascope is best described
as slender periscope and is insert
ed into the stomach through a half
inch incisi0n made generally slight
ly above the navel.
Before the instrument is inserted
about one quart of air is pumped
into the patients stomach to dis
tend it. Local anesthesia is used.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
u. D. GROUP FOR
CO-EDUCATION
Student Council and Some of
Faculty Said to Be In
Favor of Plan
OTHERS DECLINE VIEWS

"A movement to establish co-edu-
cation at the University of Della
ware is gaining momentum on the
campus of the Mems College, with
the student body and the faculty
united in its consummation. The
Student Council adopted a resolu-
ton recommending co-education
and forwarded it to the board of
trustees. The Review, the uni
versity's weekly newspaper, in its
current issue, editorially urges
such action and publishes the re-
suits of a poll of opinion among the
professors on the subject, which
indicates an overwhelming trend in
favor of having the students of
both colleges attend the same
classes. Members of the faculty
quoted in the Review poll as favor
ing co-education in one form or
another are Professor Carl ]. Rees,
Professor ]. F. Daugherty, Profess
sor G. E. Brinton, DIR. N. B. Allen,
Professor G. L. Day, Professor E.
G. Byam, Professor w. j. Ellis and
Professor Charles G. Palmer. w.
d. Lewis, librarian, also favors CO
education. Professor w. A. Wilk-
inson and Dean George E. Dutton
declined to comment for publica-
ton. Co-education had a brief ex-
istence during the 1S8O's under the
presidency of DR.. w. H. Purnell.
1t is conceded that before this can
be done it will be necessary to re
peal the law passed in 1913 by the
Legislature. which established the
Women's College and provided that
the men and women shall be edu-
Gated in separate colleges, but on
a coordinate basis so that they
could share teachers. However,
only the students at the Women's
College have been given the benefit
of instruction from the faculty of
the other college up to the present
time. The concensus of opinion
seems to be in favor of limiting CO
education to small classes of ad-
vanced students and continuing the
present set-up in the under-class-
men whose classes, as a general
rule, are large. Many classes in
both colleges, it is pointed out, con
sist of less than ten members, and
the same professor teaches both,
it necessary for him to de-
vote double time to the subject.
This, it is argued, if eliminated.
would permit him to give an addi-
tional subject. The Delaware
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Flatheads Have Charm!
Are Worlds Best Lovers

Cleveland-Cheer up, you fiat
heads.
You are the worlds best lovers,
according to a Cleveland authority.
DR.. Louis j. Karnosh, one of the
country's outstanding psychopath-
ologists and resident director of the
neuro-psychiatric division of City
hospital here, took issue with state
ments made by DR.. Ida Spellman,
librarian of the British Phrenolog-
ical society.
Doctor Spellman said:
Girls, shun all Romeos with fiat
heads! When you contemplate mat
rimony, first follow the dictates of
reason; second those of senti-
ment; never accept a suitor with
q fiat skull"
Doctor Karnosh said:
"Humph! On the contrary, fiat
heads as she calls them, make
the best lovers.
"Flatheads are the pyknic vari-
ETY.. "Pyknic' is Greek for thick
or compact 1t is opposed to the
aesthetic or sensitive type that os-
cillate jerkily between enthusiasm
and apathy and proves most of
our neurotic cases.
"Pyknics are naturally mobile or
comfortable in their outlook on life.
They are the happy enjoyers never
become unduly depressed; hustle
about full of practical realism;
have soft and kindly instincts.
don Juan and Casanova can GER
tainly be cited as specimens of
somewhat scandalous fiatheads, as
well as literary geniuses like Goethe
and Byron"
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
STUDY
TO CONTINUE
Governor Buck Believes Fran
chiSe Tax Problem Can
Be Solved
BAR ASSO. AGAINST PLAN

The movement TO devise a pro-
gram to correct the situation Gre
ated by an alarming drop in the
revenues from franchise taxes will
not be allowed to die, despite the
fact the Legislature failed to act
on any recommendations at the
recent session, said Governor Buck,
recently. Studies of the compli-
Gated problem will be continued be-
tween now and the next session the
Governor said, although the COM
mission which he appointed for this
in advance of the last session prob
ably will not continue as such. The
work is continuing now, said Gov
ernor Buck, though in an unofficial
way. He remarked, that sit prob
ably would be a very easy matter
to reappoint the commission, if
necessary. The idea will be to
have a rounded program ready by
the time the next session convenes.
In some quarters It is felt the need
for action is so urgent that even
the interlude before the next ses-
sion will cost the State a large
amount of money. This was point
ed out by Pierre S. DUPONT, in his
annual report to the Governor as
tax commissioner Mr.. DUPONT call
ed attention to the fact that the
new Federal tax on securities, in
which no par shares are taxed as
though of S100 per value, as they
are taxed in Delaware, is inducing
increasingly large numbers of cor
porations to change to low par
shares, which are taxed less both
by the Federal government and by
the State. Other quarters, notably
the Bar Association, oppose any
change in the present law. 1t is
hoped differences can be reconciled
and a generally accepted program
developed before the next session.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
FARMERS GULL
HERD OF COWS
On the Urge of County Agent
Willim, Farmers Up State
and Dairymen
RAISE COWS FOR PROFIT

There are two excellent reasons
why farmers should plan to elm
mate all of the poor cows from
their dairy herds as soon as possi-
bic, Ed. Willim, Jr., New Castle
County Agricultural Agent Of
New Castle County Agricultural
Agent Of Newark, points out.
First" he says, lis the fact that
we are now approaching the season
when there will be a surplus of
milk, which may cause the market
to break. Second, the price of
beef has almost tripled, SO that
prime beef has gone above Is cents
per pound on the hoof, while or
dinary Gull cows are bringing more
than half that much on the hoof
at the present time. This means
that a fair sized Holstein COW in
good flesh is worth SIS and S1OO
for beef. When one realizes that
only few months ago it was al
most impossible TO sell a COW for
beef at even a reasonable price, it
is evident that farmers should take
advantage of this situation and
thereby help both the milk market
and the meat market. Any COW
that is a poor producer or that has
udder trouble, or one that, for any
other reason, is not profitable,
should be sold as soon as possible"
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25

Mrs. Vernon Stein; Bridgeville, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Cannon; Millsboro,
Reese White, Laurel; Mrs. William
L. Prettyman; Lewes, Mrs. Emma
Rowland; Selbyville, Mrs. Laird
West; Rehoboth, Mrs John McCabe
and Mrs. Ralph Poynter; Milford,
Mrs. Saunders Truitt; Dover, Jam
es Hughes. At the close of the
meeting Miss Alice Johnson and
Mrs. Anthony Higgins served tea.
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Many Birds Banded

By means of numbered metal
bands, much new and valuable sci
entific information of a definite ma
ture is obtained concerning the mi
grafton, range, breeding and winter
ing grounds. concentration points,
mating, nesting habits, longevity
and mortality rate Of native wild
birds, many kinds of which are
of far greater economic Importance
In their relationship to man than Is
commonly known.
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or signal too mucl; their lights are
too bright or too dim. In fact
they just don't do anything right
and they're crazy and dumb and
blah, blah, blah. And so he speeds
along, so busy picking flaws in the
actions of others that he forgets to
be careful himself. When driving,
better not waste time brooding
over the sins of the other fellow.
Let's correct our own first. And
keep that temper; nobody else
wants it.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
Silver Dollars in Bell

Powhatan, Ohio.-A 6OO-pound
bell, one hundred years old, made
partly of iron and of silver dol
lars, is owned by Aaron Ramsey.
At the time the bell was fabricat
ed, the pioneer Ramsey family gath
cred up 100 silver dollars and had
them added to the materials to give
a silver tone" to the bell.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-25
South African Carries
Whales in His Suitcas

Capetown.-"Anything to de
clare?" asked the customs officer.
1.-TWO whales" said the man with
the suitcase.
Don't be funny" snapped the
officer. "Just open that bag"
The man opened the case-and
produced the whales.
They were contained In bottles
whale embryos taken from a har-
pooned whale. a