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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Paris Letter

Paris (UP)-The unlimited use of machinery in industry as a cause for the world financial crisis was predicted by a member of the French Academy more than a cen- tury ago.
 On June 1, 1888, the Baron de Morogues, member of the Superior Council of Agriculture, stepped on | the tribune of the Academy of Sciences to read his thesis-a pro- phetic one-on the utility and in- conveniences of machinery and the means to control and assure its continued use in agriculture. After having pointed out that the employment of mechanical implements, while increasing pro- duction, would give the white race better means to satisfy its needs and bring to it the added joy of forcing Asia to be an economic
 tributary to Europe. the speaker then painted the other side of the picture. He continued without
 hesitation:
 Sees Workers Displaced "All machinery, being substitut- CT for manual labor, will naturally render unnecessary a large per- centage of the workers who for merly found their subsistence in manual labor. As everyone's point of view are rarely in agreement, further than those touching their material needs and families, one can foresee the workers coming irritation against all those who will appear to be the cause of des- titution to which they will be re- d,nad VNIo dfcurooof1v1 aYoncopQ to which they will be carried as a result of their impoverished state and their fiction will readily be understood"
 In citing statistics on factory
 labor in England, already quite developed at this epoch, the speaker went on to say that social good was relative and that the plight of the worker who found it increasingly difficult to earn suff- cient for his daily subsistence. was more miserable in manufacturing villages than elsewhere.
 Predicts Suicides
 Morogues concluded with the prediction that if factories con- tinued to displace hand labor. that social, moral and hygienic dangers would show corresponding in-
 crease. bringing in it's wake sui- cides and crime.
 This report, which was. far from optimistic. made great impress sion on the audience and a mem orandum was immediately drafted to the royal government. It was couched in the same plain terms that de Morogues had used in his speech telling of the increased number of poor with the displace- ment of manual labor and the re- sulting crime and danger to which the nation would be subject. s inarabaioghnffsnp
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A. Book a Day
He Ruled The Roost In Skagway's Heyday
 By BRUCE CATION

To read of the days when the American west was young and wild and bad is to make the pleas- ant discovery that the penny dreadful fiction writers have not been exaggerating about it after all.
 There really was an era of two- gun men, of drop -of-the-hat kill- ings, of bucket-of-blood saloons, evil cattle rustlers, elegant and sinister gamblers, and all the rest. Some of it is still within the mem- ory of living men, and it's all well worth reading.
 The latest document on this era is "The Reign of Soapy Smith," by William Rose Collier and Edwin Victor Westrate.
 This book tells about one of the greatest of the old western con men-Jefferson Randolph Smith, who made his harvest among the suckers of Colorado in the days of "thar's gold in them hills," and who went to Alaska to conquer and die during the great gold rush era.
 Soapy was, all in all, a queer fish, and his personality and ca- reer are of the very essence of that broad, rough-edged western humor which has had so profound an ef- feet on American character.
 He was an utterly interruptions sharper a leader of criminals, a gunman with killings on his rec- ord; he was also excessively kind. hearted, square-shoo in his own way, man who spent huge sums on the down-and-out and built mining town churches for itinerant ministers.
 He came to full flower in Skag- way, where he ran the town iu its boisterous heyday; and in Skag- way the vigilantes finally killed him.
 His story is good sidelight on the last days of the frontier era.
 Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co.,. the book sells for $2.60.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Blown This Way and That

7 Just exactly what status the State Milk
 Control Board occupies in Connecticut can be seen from the conflicting statements that were made at a hearing before the leg islative committee on agriculture one day this week. It is easy to see how the aver age man can be swayed one way or another Ne~ by the arguments of those who favor or v disfavor the present set-up of milk control
 It is also a pretty good reason for the average man who knows very little about f the situation to hold his tongue and to hope for the best.
 For example, Jeremiah Sullivan of Woodbury said, ..'The present board has failed 100 per cent" A former repre- q sentative from Washington, Paul Far ( rand, declared "The board has done won derful work considering what it had to < do." An Avon man, Frank s. Holloway, stated, "Take away the licenses and you go back to the chaos of three years ago." Robert Scheibblum of Hartford - "The milk control principle is bad and vicious
 The consumer got the rottenest deal of , them all -
 a.3 All of which makes one wonder just -| what is wrong with the milk situation @ here in Connecticut. But when you pick up papers from other states where milk Ssassproduced, you usually can find much the same situation. As rule despite the best t. Intentions of the state solons they have not completely solved the difficulties that arise once milk has left the COW and be- Z come public commodity, traffic in which can cause men to become as violent as many were in their assertions and charges of this week.
 That there should be control must be unquestioned among a majority of men, whether they be vitally interested in milk erore merely be ranked as consumers. Per- < ghaps Connecticut has not provided control in the true meaning of the word. But at ' least she has tried to do so We feel sure erthat the milk control board is step in the right direction, just as we do about the liquor control board We need criti- cisrn of such boards, for that reveals the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Selected Poem
FACTORY

FACTORY
 Gsrae Newman in The New York Sun)- "A plume of dense smoke. Slate-bl gun metal rust-c -colored Is the biggest feather in my hat" Says the factory. "The wind is my daily newspaper (Reporters sniffing at every house chimney: Is the pot boiling? Reporters snooping around every sales counter: Anything dong?. Always factory Must know what is in the wind" q fortress have regiments of windows Looking over the town"
 ". All is we'll, says the long, long whistle at dawn, Orders. raw material machinery and men, All is we'll, says the long, long whistle at sunset Finished products, transportation, pay-envelopes
 peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
 Never says '"rhe difference be- tween them is purely imagin- tive"; say ''purely imaginary"

Howard Taft, Mrs Grover Cleve- land (now Mrs Preston), Mrs Ben jamin Harrison, and Mrs Calvin Coolidge.
 O. Is Mime Catherine Breshkov- sky, known as "The Grandmother of the Russian Revolution" alive :?
 A. She dide September 12, 1884.
 o. How was the actress who played the Panther Woman" in Island of Lost Souls" selected for that role?
 A. A motion picture producer in 1892, conducted a nationwide de contest to find a woman to play the role. Kathleen Burke, 19 years old of Chicago, was chosen by a board of judges.
 o. Can Mexicans be naturalized in the United States?
 A. Yes.
 o. What kind of wood is used to make bows and arrows and how long should the bow be?
 A. The arrows used in the Uni- ted States generally are made of lemon wood. The bows are 5 1-2 to 6 feet long and stretch 26 to 28 inches, and are made of cedar or pine.
 0. Is it possible to raise cotton in Alaska and Canada?
 A. The growing season is too short to raise 1t in commercial
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quantities, but a few plants may be grown in protected gardens, IF inc summer is warm and the sea son long enough, the plants may flower, and even produce 2 Ae" bolls. HA&fsf
 O, What are cold blooded anu warm blooded animals?
 A. The former have a yarlaD,s body temperature not internany regulated, but approximating that of their environment, as specin" cally applied to fish, amphipians' and reptiles. Warm blooded ana mals are those having a relatively high and constant body tempera. ture. usually above that or Ins surrounding medium, as birds anu animals.
 ..r.
 O, Where are the headquarters of the American Legion?
 A. War Memorial buildlng' An- dianapolis, Ind.
 If you want 8 copy of our Dmls lefin SEA FOODS, writet to Ine Waterbury Democrats WasninS. ton Bureau, enclosing five cents in hostage stamps.
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effect. Before a witness is called the committee determines which one of its members is best suited to handle him. Best re- cent illustration of this was the selection of Missouri's hard boiled Bennett Clark to interro- gate William Shearer, self styled Big Bass Drum of the ship builders Dr Calvin Hoov- CT, new Consumers Counsel of the AAA, has warned his staff that if they do any sniping against his policies they will go the way of the recently purged liberals Huey Long pro- nounces the name of his home state, 'Loozyana" The in- crease of CCC enrolment to 600,000 does not involve change of policy. By far the greater number will, as before, be boys. Only 55,000 will be war veterans.
 PRIZE PACKAGE
 Prize exhibit of Paraguan Minister Bordenave. is a car- toon clipped from a Mexico City newspaper showing a mother tying the hands of the smaller of her two sons for having whipped the larger. The small son is Paraguay, the big one Bolivia, and the mother is the League of Nations While United States cattle raisers are happy over present high prices of beef they are complaining that thousands of Mexican and Canadian cattle are being shipped into the country. The livestock men would like to have high prices without foreign competition In republican congressional circles the report Is current that National Chair man Henry Fletcher has been convinced that the party must promulgate and advocate a pro- gram of liberal policies and that ne will soon make a speech call- ing for such action Victor Chrlstgau, recently busted AAA liberal, is slated for another ad- ministration post. Just where he will be placed has as vet not been determined, but he has been assured that a post will he found for him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Test Your Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What is a corduroy road?
 2. What is a ''moonshiner"?
 8. In orthodox theology, whd is the third person of the TrinityI
 4. Who wrote "A Tale of Two Cities"?
 s, Who was Johannes Brahms?
 6. How are baseball batting averages figured? z. Who was Marie Corelli?
 8. Name the author of "The Talisman."
 9. Who said of the Holy Roman empire that it was neither nOiy' nor Roman. nor an empire! 10. What do the initials B. Ps O. D. stand for?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Press Comment
AS CROSS PUTS BON MOTS
 ACROSS
(New Britain Herald) '

(New Britain Herald)
 "The farmers are the bulwark of the state. From the cities there come intriguing politicians"
 Now who do you think said that?
 Before thinking too hard about this the secret ought to be let out. The statement came from no lesh an authority than Governor Cross himself.
 Is it any wonder that the gov- ernor has host of friends up in the highlands, down in the low- lands and on the plains?
 He was addressing a number of representatives from the small ball. liwicks of the state. He made them feel pert and middlin' well as he spoke, caping the climax with the allusion to Intriguing politicians from the cities.
 In short. city slickers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
GUBERNATORIAL BOOST

Anti-Farley democrats in New
 York, who have quietly been
 scanning the field for a likely choice to oppose Big Jim's at- tempt to grab the party's gub- ernatorial nomination next year. are watching with keen interest the fighting record being made py Treasury Attorney Robert Jackson in prosecuting the tax suit against Andrew W. Mellon. A young up-stater was brought into the government service by Secretary Morgenthau, Jackson has been talked of in liberal cir. cles as a gubernatorial possibil- ity and his handling of the Mel Ion case has given impetus to this boom Indignation against the high prices charged In the House restaurant--where everything except food is sup piled by the governme ent-has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Daily Washington Merry -Go-Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

8 Administration Leaders Cned Johnson Agains At Long Cough
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MARCH il

MARCH ii
 The. department of writing and travel is prominent to-day and lunch hour is socially favorable. The evening is not wise time to plan anything of importance. It will be unwise to enter into finan- cial agreements.
 Blrthdate
 Have you ever tried to write? Perhaps you have talent as a novelist. Many born at your time enter that profession. You should have 8 period of financial success from April 16 through May and from September 14 through 27. You may enjoy travel at that time. Danger October 1S-17, 1885. Socially favorable May 2S-31, 1885.
 Write letters and clear up. your old correspondence on April l, 2 and 3. 1895.
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weaknesses and the means of preventing abuses. From just such hearings as that in Hartford considerable good can come.
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Horoscope
BY oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is Out- lined by a noted astrolOger. In ad- ditiOn to information of general in- special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

Washington, March 9.--When General Hugh Johnson stated in the course of his fiery radio ad-. dress against Huey Long and Father Coughlin that he was talking solely for himself he was doing just that. Administra- tionites with whom he privately had discussed the advlsability of making the kind of a speech he did had strongly urged him not to do so. The trigger-tOngued ex-cavalryman refused to be dissuaded, however, and in the words of a popular expression in his home-state, Oklahoma, poured it on 'em" ..,.. |. A hot scramble is in progress behind the scenes for the two long pending vacancies on the REC. Politicos who are angling for the choice berths are much mystified by the presidents de- lay in acting At the presi- dents request inner council mas- terminals are making a quiet search for a new boss for the MIRA. It is Roosevelt's intention to junk the Richberg- devised board-which has proven a big flop-and return to the John. son-advocated plan of one- man rule Admirers who have written Montana's militant liberal Senator Burton K. Wheel CT urging him to join forces with Kingfish Huey in a third party ticket next year ohave re- ceived replies from Wheeler that he is not a candidate for vice. president on Huey's slate or any other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

There should be some excitement in the Legislature this session when the billboard people stack arms against Helen B. Kit chell and her cohorts who have been war ring for good many years now on all forms of outdoor advertising. There seems to be more definite trend of public opinion this year against the advertising and it will take plenty of legislative action to prevent the Mitchell bill being pushed through. You're going to find all sorts of most of them to jump on the billboard concerns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09
Your Questions Answered

Yen enn gse nn answsr e any answsRabie auestien Of fact or Co. formation by writing Co Frederick M, 1keEbys Question Hdltogs The WaeerbuRy nIamoeFae, Wnshington Bureau, 1O19 Thirteenth Street. WnshIngton.. D. c. enclosing ~ THnEn e. cent. t, {. eo,s .,. or .s .ssss.s poseal cards. Medical and legul advIeen cannot be given nor cnn extended research bo mndes All other questions will receive personal reply. Letters without name or addEene cannot be ans mwered. All letters are eonnden- tfal. You are cordially invited tO make use Of this free service as often as you please.
 THD EDITOR. o. What is a cosmopolite
 A. The word means 6 citizen of the world, one who is at home in every country.
 O. Does a pneumatic tire weigh more when 1t is inflated than it does defiated?
 A. Air Ia ponderable so that an inflated tire has the weight of the air plus that of the fabric.
 O. When and by whom were Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres mar ried?
 A November -14, 1884, in the Lit- tie Church of the Flowers, at Glen- dale, Calif., by the Rev David Hut bef of the First Lutheran church. a Who Ia fhe author of sBrOwn America, the Story of a New Racer"
 A. Edwin Rogers Embree.
 o. How many widows of former presidents of the United States are living?
 A, Mrs woodrow Wilson, Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs William
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Powerful as the printing press is, we can't really make ourselves all rich by printing money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-09

There are not many really dangerous radicals in this country at present, but there is an overproduction of such social and political reformers as Theodore Roose- welt used to call the "lunatic fringe.
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A Thought for Today

Y That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirIt.-St John, 3:0.
 Knowledge of the world is dearly bought if at the price of moral purity.-Edward Wig ellsworth.
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reached such point that mem- bers are talking of bringing their own edibles into the dining room in protest. Restaurant Manager A. w. Johnson, former North Carolina senator, who is reported to be planning to run for con- gress next year, answers com- plaints about the exorbitant rates by saying 1t costs 6A cents to put out 8 cup of coffee" Judge William I. Grubb, who ruled against the IVA recently, was appointed to the federal bench by President Taft, whose brother, Horace, was Grubb's roommate at Yale. A nephew of President Harrison, Grubb was a corporation lawyer prior to his appointment and the law firm he was connected with is the representative of number of large southern coal and power companies.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 The hoary old widows-and- orphans argument has been dusted off and trotted out by utility interests in their war against the holding corporation bill. Members of congress re- port they are receiving letters denouncing the measure sent in black-bordered envelopes and signed by writers who say they are widows WiscOnsin's big, blond Tom Amlie is marked man among his col- leagues. A militant .left-winger and brilliant debater, his fellow members are extremely chary of crossing swords with him, in- variably refuse to allow him to question them when they are or- ating Senator M. M. Nicely, West Virginia democrat, has a plan he believes will do much to keep the United States out of war. He has introduced a bill to create a Department of Peace, to be headed by Secretary Of Peace with an appropriation of $1,000,000 to be spent on @ "broad educational program" and for determining and eradi- eating the causes of war;"
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THH EDITOR.

o. What is a cosmopolite?
 A. The word means Q citizen of the world, one who is at home in every country.
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SKILLED STAGING
 With the skill of an impress sario the Senate Munitions In- vestigating Committee stages it's hearing for conscious dramatic
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a. Who Is the author of Brown America, the Story of a New Racer"
 A. Edwin Rogers Embree.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
DRASTIC AMATEUR
NET CODE SOUGHT
Would Check Radio Talks,
Newspaper Reporting by
Tourney Players.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, January IL
nj Tighter restrictions on the
Y tennis player who wants to
keep his amateur standing
will be proposed at the annual meet
ing Of the United States Lawn Tennis
Association in Cincinnati February 9.
One addition to the U. s. l.. T. A.
code-the so-called eight weeks rule
and three changes will be recon-
mended by the Amateur Rule Com
mittee.
The changes would bar acceptance
OF money for Use or Endorsement OF
equipment; reporting, either for ra-
dio or newspaper. any tournament in
which the player is competing, and
the playing either in tournaments or
exhibitions against professionals.
Certain to cause Intensive debate
before its acceptance or reflections is
the eight weeks rule, which would
prohibit player from accepting ex-
pense money for tournament play
covering a period of more than eight
weeks. The rule would not apply to
Davis Cup players or those officially
representing the United States in
tournament competition.
In line with what appears to be
general policy against closer aftilia
ton with the professionals. the Exec
utive Committee will suggest that the
U. S. L. T. A. disapprove of any world
professional championships under
amateur auspices.
Evening star., 1935-01-11
ST. JOHNS REEVES
VARSITY BASE BALL
Annapolis School Grants Plea OF
Students Who Have No In.
terest in Lacrosse.

4 NNAPOLIS. Md, January IL
n Varsity base ball will be revived
at st. Johns College this Spring,
with the Johnnies playing l2-game
schedule.
The return of the diamond sport,
abandoned several years ago in favor
of lacrosse, will be marked by five
home games and a five-day trip in
Virginia for four games. Included on
the schedule is game with Maryland
at College Park.
A petition by students not interested
in lacrosse was responsible for the
returR of base ball: Talbot (Tody)
Riggs will coach the nine.
The schedule:
April G-Swarthmore at Swarthmore.
April ~ and 20-Randolph-MacO here.
April 94-Maryland at College Park.
April 70 and 21-Hampden-Sydney at
April ~ and Standardization at
May 4-Washington College at Chester
May s-washington College here.
May 10 and Sydney here
Evening star., 1935-01-11
Linke, Arm Alive,
In Line for '35

THERE was good news from Chi
L cago this morning for Clark
Griffith, president of the Wash
ington ball club.
Ed Linke. young right-hand
pitcher of the Nationals, shipped
to Griffith's Georgia avenue Office
signed contract and with it a letter
containing the information that
the flinging arm that went dead"
last season Is on the way to be-
coming thoroughly we'll again.
II have been working under the
direction of my surgeon in gym
nasium this Winter and now am
able to throw a base ball with con-
siderable force" wrote the reformed
fat boy. II am confident the arm
will be as well as it ever was when
report at training camp"
So it seems the mysterious all
ment that stopped Linke's arm al
together last Summer has gone,
which Is enough to make Griffith
happy. The prexy up to the time
Linke's flinging wing was affected
had banked upon the Chicago
youngster to become one of the Ma
tionals' best hurlers.
Linke is the seventh Of the Ma
tionals to accept terms for this
year. -!
Evening star., 1935-01-11
COLUMBIA FIVE SET
FOR CLASH AT NAVY
Power Of Princeton's Conqueror
Causes Annapolis Coach to
Revise His Lineup.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
a NNAPOLIS. January 11.-Colum-
~ bias basket ball five, fresh from
its victory over Princeton, Is
expected to give Navy busy after
noon tomorrow. and Coach Jonny
Wilson and his helpers have been put
ting in some extra licks in prepara-
tion
Wilson will start Capt. Buzz Bor-
ries at center and Carl Fellows at left
forward. the combination appearing
to have more scoring power than that
of Art Decker at center and Berries
at forward. For the other places Bob
Dornin will be at right forward and
Bob Mandelkorn and Rodney Badger
at the guards.
Bob Ruge, ace scorer Of the plebe
team last season, has shown well and
is likely to push Fellows.