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The Washington times., 1935-02-11

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P. HAL SIMS, Americas
foremost authority on con.
tract; author of ''Pinochle
Pointers" director of the
city pinochle tournament.
"Any bridge player will enjoy
pinochle," says Mr.. Sims.
much of my bridge strategy
is based on points 1 learned
playing pinochle years ago."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06

THE florists prepare tc= another
Il Mothers Day. Ministers are
polishing Of. their sermons. The
telegraph companies md Mr.. Far
ley look for a pretty good business
around May u
But what about the mothers for
won the Quotations are nader
What do the want from pubic
that loves to do them honOr-as the
popular phrase goes2
Wen. were asking one favor this
year. only ore. The outlawry q
war. We ask an embargo on loans,
export Of munitions and cOutraband
goods TO warning nations. We ask
that profits be taken out Of war
and out of preparations for war. Il
such mea sures fail, then as usual
ne shah be found on the American
side.
wish we could celebrate Mothers
Dav this year with meetings for
peace. I w4sl peace could be the
EELt tEaN EIA AaAttAsa aaAas# p eaA ~
preached 10 us from every pulpit.
wish that instead Of 50 much
honorable mention we might have
some authority III shaping govern
mental policies for peace. In land
where the Huey Longs and the Pa
Their Coughl.ns are listened to BIZ
multitudes. may not the voice q
mothers also be heard2 We're get
ting fed up on complimentary
speeches and bouquets.
The boys born in 1914 come Of
age this year And what do their
governments offer them? Death.
The same kind Of death they offered
youth In 1919. To be sure. the
bombs are perfected. the poison gas
is more deadly. but the results arc
the same.
We women helped TO wrest Amer
Tea from the Indians. to fight for
independence. TO obtain the freedom
OF the seas. to take over Texas. 70
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong TO-
Potter Glare T. Glass Inc. 2ls Hudson
~. Crevroset tr1ck. Tlz-l25. from 400 Mas
C;eorre cannon SIS y. Grant-Ss. Ford
coach from IL front % home.
Arthur Carr S. Bynhurst-dr., Cnevro-
lei coach. g6-T38. FROM $500 ". isth-st.
Nee pIuuket. i03 N Edgehill-st,
Ford roadster. srom n front u ia n.
Eoblc-et.
coach ss-f32 from In sroat II home.
George Mltou. 274o y Tacoma-av,
Buck sedan. from Paris-av. and Fall
Psinb Morgan. 1918 8. Meridian-st.
Bg.cx coupe. Il0-357. from wilkins and
NCrIcian-sts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06
A WOman,S Viewpoint

uberate the Philippines and 10
make the world safe for democracy,
50. because We helped create II,
America is our country, too. We
know that II we lose what We have
it Will be through war. We are tired
Of platltudes. gentlemen.
We want peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered BY police
belong 10.
David Jordan. Greenwood. Essex coach.
found q SIS S. Hardlng-st-
Richard Stewart. 444l Manlove-av, Ford
coach found az 500 W. Merrill-st.
Ford roadster found in rear OF PAL z.
ST. C.alr-st. stripped Of license plates,
tWa ttfes Two head lights, and coils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06
BANQUET TO BE HELD
Grand Ayatron of Eastern Star VIII
BE HOnored.

Irvington Chapter 3e4, Order OF
the Eastern Star. viii entertain the
newly elected grand matron, Mrs.
Josephine Brown, at a banquet at
8 tonight az the Irvington Masonic
Temple. Following the banquet, the
regular meeting will be held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06

"But what good will it do US? We can't reach
it," Rhonda replied. 1--WE can try" said Tarzan;
stand on MY shoulders" AS he knelt, Rhonda
did as he directed. Grasping her legs firmly TO
steady her, he rose slowly until he was erect.
Search for a handhold," he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06

ELEPHANTS their tsk the of tools tran of
and conjunction with
trunk breaking old elephants
digging.
NEXr-Were cavemen physically superior beings?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06

When the weird, uncanny chuckle sounded above
their prison chamber. Rhonda laid her hand i'm
pulsively on Tarzan's arm, you are right" she
said. There is an opening above us-that sound
came down through It." Don't speak above a
whisper" TarZan cautioned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-06
Ahern

The opening in the ceiling, if such it WERE APP
peared to be in the corner. The ape-man ex-
amined the wall carefully as high as he could
reach but he found no handhold. Then he sprang
upward with outstretched palnl-and felt an open
ing. 1T is there" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Tax Reform Unlikely

It seems most unlikely that Connecticut will put into effect this year tax reforms that will aid the owners of real estate, to- day the largest taxpayers in the state. The session has only few more days to go and there is no chance that sue h . highly controversial issue will be decided upon in this time. And yet tax reform was to be one of the big things this year. An elaborate report was submitted and has been examined, we hope, by the Legisla- ture with the view towards adopting some of the proposals.
 We may get sales tax as a result of this tax probe. We don't consider this gain. The personal tax is repealed already but in it's place we get head tax of $3 to finance the old age pension system. That does not represent gain for the tax payer, although we do not condemn 1t be- cause it will finance something that the state has long needed and everyone realizes that such a system cannot be paid out of hand. The sales tax is another thing and part of the scheme whereby complete tax reform is to be achieved.
 But such things as making it easier for the average manNto meet his property tax every year are relegated to the back ground We admit that this is a difficult job. It requires considerable planning. Establishment of the fiscal year in all municipalities and towns is desirable, but many of the communities that would bene- fit thereby feel that the change would be too expensive to consider right at the present time. There would be the necessity of bonding until the tax-due dates and be- ginning of the fiscal years had been made coincident.
 Nevertheless we must face this, if we are to play fair and square with the back bone of American civilization, the home owners. The future of this nation depends to a considerable extent upon the inde- pendence of it's taxpayers. And right now they admittedly are being taxed out of ex- istence. If Connecticut's legislators could only do as. good job as did the special tax revision commission, the situation would be well fin hand and the future more encouraging.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
A Thought for Today
Not Class Distinction

The revised liquor control act that the judiciary committee is reported as favor- ing allows sales of hard liquor by the drink in hotels, restaurants, and cafes., Under the existing law there is no such establishment as a cafe permitted to re- tail liquors beers or wines. The use of the name, cafe, of course, is not restricted. There are many establishments today in- cooperating cafe in their titles. But under Connecticut liquor laws, if they are ap- proved, cafe will be as distinctive as tavern today.
 In Sundays Hartford Courant the edi- tor spoke of class distinction being incul- cated by permitting hard liquors to be sold in hotels, restaurants, and clubs. He said, Tt should be further noted that the plan is frankly discriminatory in that 1t gives privileges to those who patronlze hotels, restaurants, and clubs that are not enjoyed by those who patronize taverns. It unquestionably creates class distinction among drinkers which the present Con- necticut law has been careful to avoid .. ."
 But what of the cafes? If the revised statutes let the bona-fde club, hotel or restaurant sell mixed drinks, as we have contended from the very beginning they should, it likewise installs new type of establishment to be known as the cafe and which, no doubt, will prevent what the Courant editor bemoans, namely, class distinction in sale of hard liquor. We don't know what definition will be applied to cafe under the liquor control act, but we presume that it is being created solely to care for the appetite of the man who does not patronize the hotel, restaurant or club, yet prefers an occasional high-ball, cock tail or straight shot to a glass of beer or wine.
 It would seem to this writer as if the judiciary committee had taken almost every facor into consideration in prepar- ing the revised control act. Sure, therell be opposition to what is now proposed But no matter what.was reported out that was to be expected. The main thing is to see that the state does not lose control nor that we become imbued with the idea of making money out of liquor sales and permits. Our tendency should be towards moderation in consumption, as well as or derly conduct on the part of the consumer as we'll as seller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

This is the statement of Louis J. AIber, chief of the speakers division of the Fed eral Housing Administration. He points out that if repairs were made upon all American homes which really need them, it would keep 6,000,00O workers busy for a solid year-which, at a low estimate, would inject at least $6,000, 100000 into the channels of trade.
 "But it is only intelligent selfisbness that will put the program across" he warns "The home owner must be selfish enough to want betterment of his home, the banker to make interest on his loan, the builder his profit, and the worker his wage"
 It is to be hoped that MT Alber can sell his idea. Putting 6,00O,0OO men to work in the building trades would deal the de- pression body blow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
So They Say

It is matter of thankfulness that among tho many sources of world distrust and jeaouses, sci- ence preserves an ideal of purity truthfulness. and mutual good will toward all nations.
 President Roosevelt. There must be complete and bona fide reor- ganizaton of the republican party. Upon this there be compromise if expect to make any showing in 1886 or later
 Senator Borah. There is nothing in the Constitution that says American citizen has the right to starve to death. The highest function of government is to care for it's citizens
 Mayor LaGuardia of New York
  Jolly place, this Hollywood. If you lunch with a lady, you're engaged. If you take her to dinner, you're virtually married-and I'm afraid to think of breakfast.
 gagged to Merle Oberon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Birth Control

The dynamite-laden question is causing 8 cat-and-dog fight behind the scenes on Capitol Hill.
 The question at issue is Jim Farley's new obsccnity bill, which would make illegal the sending of birth control litcra- ture through the mails, even when directed to physicians and hospitals. This is a much more stringent regulation than exists at present, and has aroused the bitter-cnd resentment of Marga- ret Sanger and birth control ad- vocatcs.
 On the other side of the fence, and championing the bill with equal vigor, are various church organizations.
 The bill would not bar dis tribution of the book Rhythm, Catholic-approved text on the subject, which the POstofficc Department already has ruled to be mailable.
 Mrs Sanger is backing an amendment to the Farley bill which would exempt from its provisions contraceptive infor- nation sent to physicians, hos- pitals and clinics. The amend ment has been introduced by Representative Walter M. Pierce, of Oregon, father Of six chill dren, but its acceptance is high ly doubtful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Masters Voice

Camera-shy Secretary Fran. ces Perkins, ever on the alert to enlarge her bureaucratic pow CTS, is insistent that the pro- posed new National Labor Re- latoins board, which would be created by the Wagner Labor Disputes Bill, eb placed under the jurisdiction of her depart- ment.
 Senator Bob Wagner, Chair. man Francis Riddle of the NLRB, and other sponsors of the meas- ure are vigorously opposed to this. They contend that the board, to fulfill as Supreme Court for Labor Problems" must be independent of politi. cal supervision or interference.
 This logic prevailed with the Senate Labor Committee. Under the bill reprted out the board would have an independent sta- tus.
 Chairman Bill Connery, of the House Labor Committee, acted differently. As friend of Miss Perkins he favored acceding to her demand. Yet, he could not brush aside arbitrarily the pleas and arguments of the authors of the legislation.
 So he decided the issue in this statesmanlike manner:
 When his committee met to vote on the bill the one-time vaudeville hoofer proposed that he call up President Bill Green,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Merry-Go-Rou

Government legal authorities are studying with much interest a proposed, new criminal code drafted by the Illinois Bar As- sociation, under which indict- ments by grand juries would be abolished. .. Home owners who are delinquent in their in stalment payments to the HOLC are receiving sharply worded duns warning theat if they don't pay drastic action will follow. Twenty per cent of the HOLC borrowers are now 90 days or more behind in their payments. The total involved is more than $25, ,000,0 ,000.. The handsome furniture used in the MIRA office Of General Hugh Johnson, which was scattered after he depart- ed, has been collected and Is now being used by Donald Richberg. Treasury officials learn that French, Dutch, Swiss and Belgian holders of American government bands have organ. ized a new suit against the gold clause. They hope to reverse the Supreme Courts recent decision.
 Copyright, f935. hy United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Press Comment
THE CITIES ARE LOSERS.
(Meriden Journal)

It was noted that the opponents to the plan of increasing the tax on gasoline did not include repre- sentatives of the state grange. They were on the Job, however, and favoring the tax.
 The farm folk will have to stand the additional expense the same as others, though allowed certain ex- emptions for the fuel used in ma chimes on the farms, but they are n thoughtful lot. these grangers, and preceived particular benefits tc themselves in the gasoline levies that are paid mostly by city rids ers.
 Practically air of tho money thus collected goes for state reads and diPt road Improvements in tho smaller communities. Tho gasoline tax ia paid fully threesfourth by motor ear owners living ni 90 cit. ios but tho proceeds are used on tFunklIna highways end on rond1 traeorsins the hlnterlands. on thc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Selected Poem
MODERATION

(Thomas sulkie in the New York Times) would not have you constant as the rock, Which varies not through all the varying year; Nor yet as fickle as the seas which mock A patient sky one hour, then thunderoue, rear Skyward but be yours gradual natures way, Who blends two warns between her cold and hot; Puts dawn and twilight between night and day. And. though she change her change amazes not Then would my starlsss nights of Loneliness Be viglls Co your dawns; your Winters cold Watches to testify my faithfuness: Your torrid Summer cruelbles to gold Of yielding Autumn. laden with loves grain. Rich with my tears as wheat Is rich with rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

Washington, May 14.-It is the conclusion of every Washington observer-whether he is for or against Franklin Roosevelt-that no administration in years has suffered so much internal con- fusion as the New Deal.
 This has two causse:
 1. Roosevelt has undertake en a tremendous program in a relatively short time, and the throwing together of emergen- cy bureaus and emergency programs necessarily has re- suited in considerable con- fusion.
 2. The man who is the axis of this program, it's guiding genius, the dynamo behind 1t, time after time has added to the confusion by reversing himself or giving conflicting ideas to his cabinet officers.
 This second point was strik- ingly driven home the other day to a close friend of the Presi- dents who was sitting in on some of his private conferences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
In To-day's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not be accepted unless accom- panicd with writer's name.
.coMMON CLAY. VENTURES WHERE EVEN BRILLIANT MINDS PAUSE
 Waterbury, Conn.
 May IS, 1885.

May 10, 4Soo.
 Editor of The Democrat:
 There have been recently letters published in your paper bearing the signatures of Common Clay" and war Veteran" questioning the President of these United States regarding the presidents ability on settling disputes covering the very puzxiing interrogative or money, I consider these above- mentioned writers guilty of intre- Did effrontery because of their ai- legations. l do not possess any knowledge of. the educational training of either of these person- ages concerned, but l do know that the question of money has had some of the most brilliant minds of the world in hopeless auan- dary down through the ages. Now where does the ordinary mortal stand on intelligent opportunity to express q sensible opinion? "Com. mon Clay" writes without restraint on various subjects seemingly to forget the old but true saying .aThere's two sides Co every story" Through hls efforts there indirectly is m under-eurrcnt manifesting tho thought that there Is onIy one way such as; Totaiitarian. 50 as 10 speak. In closing I hope the party refer to will in tho future, try concentration previous Co writing and possibly Common Clay" would arrive at an equilibrium.
 Sincerely yours.
 !. v. WALKER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

principle that the state must get the farmer ''oux of the mind." The grange is watchful of the farm interests when 1t favors taking q million more in gas taxes and giv- ing it to the agricultural com munities.
 Of course, with a lowering of registration fees. city ridess will not have to pay a great deal more to the state than they have been paying; that is. ali except those who have to make extensive use of their vehicles and use up q lot of gasoline. These people like to ride over fine roads in the coun. try and they want the farmers to be happy and prosperous. but they do object to the present system of ailooating the funds.
 The cities should receive more of this money. In tho past 90 years they have paid about $500. 000. 900 for improving their own roads md they have paid about .fourths of tho cost of ail other omprovod highways. The only break Merl. den ever had in this iine was on Broad street and the benefit there has been more to outsiders than to the cltissnn,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Ducks vs. Cattle

One of these conferences was with Secretary Harold Ickes, who had worked out plan for taking part of the national do- main-now lying idle-and turn ing over to grazing land under the new Grazing Act.
 Excellent idea," said the president. An executive decree to execute 1t was ordered pre- pared.
 A day later in came J. N. (Ding) Darling, famous cartoon ist. who deserted his drawing easel to protect wild game un- der the New Deal as a chief of the Bureau of Biological Sur vey. MT Darling brought to the President an idea directly the opposite of MT Ickes'.
 He urged that the use of the national domain as grazing land would destroy the feednlg grounds of his ducks. He had particularly at heart the future of trumpeter swans, species rapidly becoming extinct In the United States. Darling demanded that the national domain be kept intact, not invaded by sheep and cattle.
 Absolutely right" said the President.
 Both Ickes and Darling left. the President with the impress sion that he was in complete agreement with them. The re. suit is that the question of ducks and grazing land has been tangled up ever since.
 Master Mind
 Several congressman and Journalists visiting the United States Naval Academy at An
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
Paris Letter
By wAvERLEY LEWIS ROOT

Paris -(UP)-Councillor General L'Hopitault of the Department of the Seine has submitted prof ect for the conversion of the Paris Catacombs, into bomb-proof, gas-proof shelters.
 The idea brings up thoughts of vigil with the dead, for those parts of the Catacombs visited by tourists are decorated by shin- bones and arm bones in geomet- rical patterns. with friezes of grinning skulls above. Steps lead from one level to another. with a skull disposed at each end of each step. Bones trace lugubrious Latin notices on the walls.
 Other Catacombs
 But not all of the Catacombs of Paris are filled with skeletons, and they provide the nucleus for shelters as easily used as the Champagne cellars of Rheims.' which served during the World War. The Catacombs originally were quarries, but after half dozen houses were swallowed up in 1774. the municipality filled in and abandoned all the cuttings except those under streets.
 There still remained plenty. When the cemetery of the Inno- cents was condemned about 1780 to make way for the growth of the city. the bones it contained were removed to the Catacombs and ar- ranged in the neat geometrical patterns which tourists now gaze upon. There were so many of them that the removal took 15 months. Between 1792 and 1874, the re- mains of 16 other cemeteries that disappeared before the growth of Paris also found their way to the catacombs. Their also were dis- posed the bodies Of many of the victims of the Revolution.
 The Project
 Councillor L'Hopitault's project is for the converting of all these galleries into reinforced shelters so that Paris will be ready for att tack from the air. There is only one drawback--the catacombs are confined to the Left Bank of the Seine. and the inhabitants of the Right Bank will have a long way to go for shelter.
 Action probably will be taken on his plan soon, for Paris is going rapidly ahead with the passive de- fense prepsgations in which most other European cities have out- stripped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

of the A. F. of L., and ask him what should be done.
 This was agreed to. Green was telephoned. He recommended that Miss Perkins be made boss of the board.
 When Representative Vito Marcantonio objected to follow ing Greens advice, pointing out that he, like Connery, was a po- litical pal of Secretary Perkins, Connery placatingly replied:
 "Oh, let's not quarrel over 1t. We can come to an agreement on it later in the conference f,np1avf,iffaev
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

the spokes is too slow to be syn chronized with the rapid, separ- ate exposures of the film.
 o. What was the male and female Negro population of the United States in the last census
 A. There were 5,S55,669 males and 6.O35,474 females.
 c. What is centrifugal force?
 A. Inertia manifesting itself in the tendency of the parts of rota. ting systems to move away from the center of rotation. N
 O.. What is the origin of the proverb, mind your p's and q's?'
 A. It is derived from the early difficulty in telling the two let. ters apart in some styles of hand- writing.
 Q. What is the bed capacity of the U. s. Veterans Home at Sawtelle, Calif.?
 A. 1,232.
 Q. Do any Iidians live on reser- vations in Ohio?
 A. There are no Indian reser. vations in Ohio. The 1890 census enumerated 435 Indians living in Ohio.
 0. What does the name Selma mean?
 A.. It is of Gaelic origin and means fair.
 o. What kind of a game is "Eo?"
 A. An old gambling game in this country that was decided by whether ball rolls into hole marked "E" or one marked "O".