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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-29
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, His remarks were irrevalent"; say "irrele- vant."

fix, jr., and when their names are identical with hose of both the father and living grand father, they use the suffix. 3rd.
 70. What Is the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the United s'1sssT Al sso,5oo.
 Q. Does the President receive an outright allowance of $25,000 a year for travel and entertain ment?
 A. He may draw on the Treas ury for only so much of the allow ance as he actually uses for the specified purposes.
 Q. Can water become so cold that it will not freeze? A. No.
 ,nss Q; Do any species of fish have A. No. Q. Who discovered that the solar system consists of sun at rest with planets moving in an orbit around 1t? | A. The dicoverer of this system seems to have been Pythagoras and Copernicus Is credited with having again drawn the attention of phil osophers to it after the lapse of centuries, and of having greatly increased the probability of its truth by calculations and argu- ments.
 Q. What was the latest motion picture in which Nina Mae McKin- ney, the Negro actress, appeared in the United States, and what is she doing now? A. Her last picture, produced in Hollywood five years ago, was | ''Hallelujah." She returned to Europe early this year to play q role in Jean Harlow's next picture. During two years abroad, she made several pictures for British com panies.
 Q. Where is Punta Arenas, Chile?
 | A. It is the capital of the terri tory of Magallanes, Chile, on the Strait of Magellan and the east coast of the Brunswick Peninsula. It is the most southerly town of the world.
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nance, and it belongs to the United States.
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Test Y uP Knowledge

Can yOu answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-29

70. What Is the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the United States?
 A. $20,500.
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fix, jr., and when their names are identical with hose of both the father and living grand father, they use the suffix. 3rd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

ing of the Connecticut League of Nations Association. This will be held in cooperation with the For eign Policy Association in Hartford, Thursday, December 9th, at the Town and County Club.
 All interested are invited to the dinner there at half-past six, at which Dr. N. H. Batchelder, the president of the League of Nations Association will preside. The discus sion ct the dinner will center upon the processes of legislation in con- gressional efforts toward neutrality. Preceding the dinner the annual conference of the League of Nations Association will be held at three o'clock, at the club. |.
 Public Invited
 The addresses by Professor Jessup and Professor Mathews are set for eight o'clock and the public is in- vited. Tickets may be obtained in Hartford from Berkeley Cox or Mrs. Henry A. Perkins and in New Ha- ven from Mrs. Florence L. c. Kit chelt.
 An interpretation of the present scene from the British viewpoint will be given by MT. Mathews, who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
League Sy1npathizers
 Meeting In Hartford
pubIic Invited tO Hear Addresses on "The Present SCene'-Pr Prominent Waterburians on 5th
 District Committee

is teaching at present in Boston University on exchange from Ox- ford. Long before the war MT. Mathews was interested in Afrlca, his book about Livingston the Pathfinder" having been published in 1913. His latest volume just of the press in London is Consider Africa" He is speaking widely through New England on the back ground of the Ttalo-E Ethiopian con- f1ict, involving as 1t does the politi- cal problems of Europe.
 That the American viewpoint about "The Present Scene" will be ably interpreted by Mir. Jessup is a forgone conclusion. He has written books and innumerable articles as well as lectured on American reu- trality in all its phases. In his work in international law he has been an assistant to Elihu Root, and a speaker before the American Society of International Law.
 Local Members
 Mir. Chase Kimball is the chair man of the League of Nations Asso- ciation's committee for the fifth congressional district and also vice
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take cuts. And this it would do not only without increasing the tax rate but by actually lowering it. For another thing, 1t would outdo all the economies and effi- ciencies of the Beach administra- tion. These are large orders for MT. Spellacy or for anybody else to fill. If he were in any way responsible for the promises it is nothing short of poetic justice that he should be called upon to redeem them.
 So when all is said and done it really seems wholly logical that the Democrats of the incoming Board of Aldermen should unite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

real Spellacy. Those who know him best know that his word is as good as his bond, that he is sympathetic and generous, that he is not afraid to accept full accountability for whatever he may do. Like other humans, he has his likes and dislikes and he is at no particular pains to con- ceal them. He yields to no one in his devotion to partly organiza- tion. He believes implicitly that only through the instrumentality of parties can the ends of gov- ernment be achieved He has small favor to bestow on irsur- rectionists.
 Because of his strong political bent and strange bedfellows many undoubtedly there will be who will wall at the prospect of his being Mayor. But few would question his ability to make a flrst-class Mayor if that be his inclination, and the inclination may be assumed. It was he who most strongly urged the Demo- cratic party to nominate MT. Pil- gard, and those who are now say- ing that he did this with full knowledge of what might happen are merely peddling yarn that has not the slightest foundation in fact. They are in despicable business when they make such insinuations. The truth is that no one, least of all MT. Spellacy, at the time of nomination, supposed for a moment that Mr. Pilgard would not take the oath of office and fill his term with satisfaction to the people. It seems, therefore, a fair conclusion to reach that as Mayor MT. Spellacy would en- deavor to give the city as good an administration as he was con- fident it would have received from MT. Pilgard.
 Wonderful Opportunity
 For one thing, nobody would be in any position to control his acts and policies. The king-maker, if such he ever was, would be lost in his own identity. He would be Mayor and boss combined, and as such occupy both spotlights si- multaneously. What he might wish to do in one capacity he could not undo in the other. Would it not, after all, be great thing to get one who has been dubbed a political boss out wholly in the open with no possible op- portunity to seek refuge behind anybody else? The responsibil- ity, the accountability. would be his alone. He would certainly think twice before doing anything likely to mar his own reputation. His intimate knowledge of the city and of it's politics, the ways of men, their virtues and their deceits, ought to stand him in good stead. He would have, 1t would seem, every possible incen- tive to be Mayor who by his performance would refute every evil or unkind thing ever said about him. Here, 1t seems to us, is a wonderful opportunity to make a most interesting experi- ment in local government.
 The spokesmen for his party made repeated promises during the recent campaign as to what the party would do if it were en- trusted with power. For one thing, it would restore the sal- aries of school teachers. police men, flremen and other city em- Ehoyees who had been forced to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
SOCIALIST HERE
 SPONSOR DANCE

State Chairman Martin Plunkett of Wallingford will be present to- night at a social dance at 53 Spencer avenue which will take place under the auspices of the To- cal socialist organization. c. Louis Morrison will talk on political car- toooning. The committee in charge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26


 Various candidates having pre- sented themselves, or having been presented by admiring friends, the situation among the demo- crats in the new Board of Alder men, upon whom will fall the task of naming mayor to fill the the vacancy occasioned by MT. Pilgard's death, was rapidly taking on the characteristics of a Donnybrook Fair. For the past week the wrangling has gone on with growing intensity. Sugges- tions of other possible candidates seemed only to strengthen the at- tachments that have been formed for those avowedly in the run- ming. It began to look as if these embattled democrats were in a state of hopeless deadlock with no possibility that the re- publican minority could succeed in effecting 8 happy compromise. Would one group yield to an- other, and so make possible a choice? Obviously not, and De- cember 3, when the term of Mayor Beach expires, was draw ing near.
 Perhaps the only man upon whom the warning factions could unite was the political leader who was assumed to be largely re- Sponsible for these Aldermen elect being where they are, MT. Thomas J. Spellacy. So in their desperation they have turned to him and to their proffers of sup- port he has said, "If, without so- licitation on my part, the mem bers of the incoming Board of Aldermen select me as Mayor of Hartford, I shall accept" There the matter for the moment rests and we shall see what we shall see. A caucus of these distressed Democrats is likely to be called Dy the Town Chairman, and if it declares for Mir. Spellacy that of course, should settle it.
 Notable Services
 Now MT. Spellacy, despite many notable public services he has rendered, he was assistant United States Attorney General under President Wilson, for one thing, has acquired the reputation of being political boss, . word not unfamiliar to the politics of both parties in Connecticut. Whether he would willingly accept that designation or not, he has cer- tainly exercised a potent infiu- ence in national, state and local politics. He has contended rn- successfully for various offices for United States Senator, for Governor and for Mayor,-mak- ing on each occasion Q showing by no means diScreditable to him. As in the common fate of all who, from behind the scenes, lay down the lines of political strategy, all manner of sins of omission and commission have been laid at his door. If a good result were achieved it came in spite of him. If Q bad appoint ment were made or an offensive act committed his was assumed to be the sole responsibility. It Nattered not that he may have Ihown nothing about the thing until it had been done. Such are always the pains and penalties that attach Co bosslsm.
 Thus it has happened that over Q long period of years MT. Spell lacy has been built up as a sine ister figure iii politics. always plotting evil, never doing good. Needless to say such is not the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
"MAYOR OF HARTFORD"
Thomas J. Spelacy Faces Wonderful Opportunity De- clares Hartford Courant-Has Rendered Notable Services.

Anayxng mayoray Couant Sundays issue commented extent the capab Speacy chief
 
 mayor
  picture COurant presented in the following
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

Philip c. Jessup, professor of In- ternatiOnal Law at Columbia Uni- versity, and Basil J. Mathews of oxford University will discuss '"The Present Scene" at the annual meet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

catalogue. publlshed in ths Unil<1 States, and discovered the ooin valued at s1,eo0. Over the date is e dssign representing . sprig Of strawberry stalk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

and elsewhere. Besides the organi- zation ct Slocum, there are Junior Red Gross groups in Bunker Hill, Chase and Anderson schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
17Os PENNY FOUND

Stratford, Ont. (Up)-WiIliam Ellison found c one-cent United States coin here, dated 17o3, near Q Tiverbank. He consulted c stamp
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of arrangements includes Gerald
 Samuel shnaeroff, James Laviana and John Yost Jr.
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Textile mill chains are being es- tablished in Egypt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
JUNIOR RED CROSS
 DONATES ARTICLES

Members of the Junior Red Cross of Slocum grammar school have contributed articles for an exhibi- ton at the Bronson Library. The display is Illustrative of the work of the junior group, which sends useful articles to Waterbury hospi- tals and charitable institutions and to veterans homes in this state
 on MT. Spellacy, make him May
 or, give him every opportunity to
 make good and by so doing en-
 able him to disappoint his critics.
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president of the state association. Other local directors are Mrs. Fred erick s. Chase, Irving H. Chase, John A. Coe, Mrs. Joseph J. Davis, Miss Louise B. Dillingham;, Miss Alberta c. Edell, John P. Elton, Frederic c. Smedley, Horace D. Taft.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
RELIEF GRAFT ADMITTED
IN LOS ANGELES

JOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.-Food 'Chard-
V fit for human consumption" has been
purchased for the unemployed in the coun-
ty and "unmiStakable and undcnicd instanc-
es OF pratt and corruption. inefficiency,
waste and mismanageemnt'' nave marked
the relief administration, the county grand
jury declared here in an official report.
In general, it may be said that pur-
chases for this department (welfare) con-
sstltuted a particularly malodorcus racket
III which county employees and representa-
tlyes OF various vendors Of produce con
spired to defraud the county and to supply
al fancy prices, food for hundreds Of thou
sands of indigents which was not fit FOR
the table OF the poorest American family"
the grand jury report stated.
AS an instance of the manner in which
the grafters in the public trough have tri-
fled with the needs Of the unemployed, the
jury cited a case in which 5000 crates Of
cabbage were bought at price of S935
per 100 pounds at time when the prevail
ing price was IS cents per 100 pounds.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
FRISCO GIRL GETS Is YEARS
FOR COLLECTING. SIGNATURES

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-Fifteen years
IN San Quentin prison was the sentence
melted out here last week to Louise Todd.
Communist Party candidate for supervisor
IN the last elections. The charge against
Miss Todd was perjury" arising out Of
her collection of signatures to put the
Communist Party on the ballot The case
is clearly part of the attempt Of the Cali
fornia employers to make the Communist
Party illegal. 1t is part of the same cam
paign Of the employers that is causing bills
to be introduced into the state legislature
refusing the Communist Party a place on
the ballot
The sentence against Miss Todd will be
appealed.
The state produced three witnesses
whose signatures were on the petition for
the Communist Party. Two of these wit
nesses readily identified their own sigma
lures and said they knew they were sim
ing a petition to put the Communist can
didates on the ballot The third witness
said he thought he was signing something
else, but became confused on the witness
stand
The international Labor Defense. which
defended Miss Todd, has filed notice of an
appeal
Seven other persons face similar indict-
ments, among them Anita Whitney, who
polled IOO,820 votes as Communist candi-
date for state controller last year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
new DEAL HIT
BY METHODISTS

The Methodist Federation for
Social Service yesterday charged
President Roosevelt with breaking
his promises. Two years of the
New Deal have increased unem-
ployment. decreased the purchas-
ing power of the average person,
and brought "a top-heavy advant-
age for the special privileged
Glass;" the findings of the organ
ization, composed Of ministers and
churchmen, disclosed.
The New Deal was indicted on
the following grounds:
It redistributed wealth upward
instead of downward. Unemploy-
ment increased ga per cent, and
industrial wages fell 2 per cent
Collective bargaining has been "al.
most completely nullified." Price:
have gone up as a result Of the
AAA crop reduction program.
Instead Of driving the money
changers out Of the temple, Roose
velt's measures have Served Il
I entrench them," the federation
PORTED out.
This is the federation's seconc
Indictment Of the New Deal. Las
December it charged that Roose
velt has betrayed" the forgotten
man."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
DAGMAR CHURCH
PROTESTS NATL.
GUARD IN COUNTY
Farmers Union Also Sends
Protest to Helena

DAGMAR, Feb. 1S.-The Dag
mar Lutheran church yesterday
passed the following resolution
protesting the setting up of a unit
of TIE National Guard in the coun-
ty. The resolution was sent to
Governor Cooney, Senator Lars
Angvick and Representatives E. E
York and P. C. Peterson:
"The Danish Lutheran church of
Dagmar, Mont, is convinced that
the spirit of militarism is cortra
dictory to the spirit of Christian
ity.
owe therefore voice our strong
est protest against getting a unit
Of the National Guard. to be sta
toned at Plentywood, Mont.
owe also believe that the spirit
Of militarism tends to hinder true
progress, that it fosters war spirit
demoralizes the youth. and. in gen
eral, retards the nohlest endeavori
Of mankind. We therefore earn
estly request that you oppose an!
such attempt.
(Signed) "Thos. Sundsted. Pres,
"Paul Mouritzen, Secy.
"Olaf Miller. Treas.
81. M. Larsen, Trustee
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
MUSSOLINI MOBILIZES FOR
WAR IN AFRICA

ROME-MuSSOlini has ordered the mo-
bilization OF a quarter OF a million troops
for war for the seizure of Abyssinia, the
last independent Negro country of Africa.
The fascist press is stirring up war fever
throughout the country.
BOatloads of Italian troop transport
ships, accompanied by gunboats, cruisers
and plane carriers are steaming down the
Red Sea carrying tens of thousands OF men
bound for Eritrea and Italian Somaliland,
both OF which border Abyssinia.
Italian troops are already marching
from Ualual northward into AbysSinia.
In Rome an official cOmmunique was
issued declaring that two divisions OF Pc
loritana and the Cavinana have been mo-
bilized for Abyssinian service in the tenth
and eleventh infantry.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
AAA AND DROUGHT REDUCED
GRAIN CROP so PER CENT

WASHINGTON.-FP)- AAA ana
drought reduced the 1884 crop of feed
grains about so per cent below the 192I-Si
average, according to the U. S. departmenI.
OF agriculture. Rye is estimated at ong
1872 per cent of the average; barley at - :
per cent; oats, 44.6 per cent; corn, d.
per cent.
Vi other grains, durum wheat was oIp
at lib per cent of the five-year average,
spring wheat, 43.7 per cent, and WlnVa
wheat. GAL per cent. -
Increases in food prices running as N.Y.
as 70 per cent are predicted by some ~
thorlties in the food industry Both W WI
ers and farmers as consumers will contin..
to pay higher prices throughout 1852, =
cording to predictions. The drought iilh Nc
to crop control reduced food supplies DslU os
normal, it is pointed out, while at the s -
time the demand and the market lof IN. Int
increased as many farmers in the dIOuff or
region were unable to raise enough
their needs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
SUPREME COURT AGAIN TURNS
DOWN MOONEY APPEAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-Tom Mooney
here for the class war and a prisoner in
San Quentin prison for the past Is wears =
convicted on the basis of .perjured test
mony, is to take the next of long procea-
sion of legal steps for his freedom when
he filed petition for a writ of habeas
corpus in the courts here.
The United States supreme court has
refused to reopen its recent hearing If
MONEYS case on the grounds that "he has
not yet exhausted California courts as chan
nels for obtaining his release" His coun-
sci has announced the intention to file the
petition here in the near future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
NAZIS BEHEAD
RIVAL FASCISTS

BERLIN, Feb. 18.-A red poster with
black type, with the word executed in
bold face letters two inches high, was the
first news received by the world that two
women spies had been beheaded by Hitler
in the notorious espionage intrigue between
the two fascist relationships, Germany and
Poland.
The secrecy of the entire proceedings
and the medieval sadism with which the
women were killed has filled everyone here
with horror and disgust. Small groups
gathered to read the execution notice, and
silently and without comment left the
scene.
The spies had been sentenced Saturday
by the Peoples Court" the same eXecu-
toners tribunal before which Ernst Thael-
mann, German Communist leader, is sched-
uled 20 appear in the near future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
MILLIONS DEMAND
RELIEF IN ENGLAND

LONDON, England.-New relief scales
were demanded by millions of workers
throughout England on Feb. z. In Wales
more than 100000 workers massed in de-
mand of livable relief allowances. At Shelf
field several thousands demonstrated and
later were attacked by police who left nine
lying injured in the field where the dem
onstration was held. Protest demonstra-
lions have been held at nearly every re-
lief headquarters in the country. The cleo
ton campaign gesture of the present coali-
ton government in resembling relief cuts
has left the workers enraged since it mere
ly returns them to the margin of starvation
on which they previously had existed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22
ALABAMA GRAND JURY WILL
NOT INVESTIGATE WHIPPING

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The jefferson
county grand jury will not be allowed to
investigate the whipping of Sylvester $
Holmes, Negro, by three Birmingham DO
lice officers, although the officers freely adj
NIT the whipping. This was the decision
announced by Cecil Deason, county misde-
meanors court prosecutor. DeaSon's an
nouncement was made after a conference
with Police Chief Luther Hollums.
A grand jury investigation of the beat
ing was originally planned for last week.
Three policemen admitted in court that thew
beat Holmes with leather strap to force
a confession of robbery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-22

transacting business in Pientywood
Monday.
Ben Void and Carl Hovdey mot
ored to the county seat last Men
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ w. Bretzke
were callers at the Herman Bret
IKE home in Dooley last Sunday.
Ruth and Blanche Void came
home last Friday to spend the
week end.
The Raymond local Of the e. F.
L. met last Thursday. A good
crowd was in attendance and many
important questions were discuss
ed.
Alfred Stadstad motored to
Plentywood last Monday morning.
Herb Shirtliff was a visitor n
Plentywood Monday.
Chris Zeitner was home with his
parents over the week end, return.
ing to Plentywood Monday morn
ing.
Albert Zeitner called at the Ev
enson home last Sunday.