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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-23
BY n. M. APPEL

old Ed stone, janitor. stood on the courthouse steps and stared with tortured eyes after the de- parting girl. He had hidden" his hurt behind a smile until her back was turned Terribly, an inner voice clamored:
 Your sons a thief"
 Jim's sweetheart had stopped on her way to work, pretty face drawn white. Last night his boy had told her that on the morrow at 10 he would collect a lot of money as the result of a secret deal. After nasty marriage they would leave on their honeymoon. He had sworn her to silence, had been 50 queerly excited that Katie was afraid.
 Despite the shock her words oc- casioned, Stone had sternly chided her lack of faith and Katie had gone her way treasured. But he re- called certain hard-faced, over- dressed strangers with whom he had seen Jim riding in an expens- i've car several times recently and he groaned.
 "Jim's too young for @ respon- sible bank job. wish he'd never gone to work there. Somebody's talk of big money has turned his head"
 Ten o'clock this morning, Katie had said. That meant @ daylight holdup. Machine guns and mur- der.
 Stone took a hurried step toward the bank, but paused. He dared not warn them nor arouse the po- lice. Jim was sunk to the teeth. If he betrayed his crooked friends it might cost his life. Stone glanced up at the clock. Half an hour to go-
 Wheeling abruptly, he ran into the sheriff's office. Pete Crone was a friend. Perhaps he might - The place was empty. Not even a deputy. He wondered at that, dashed cold sweat from his brow, jerked open 6 drawer and found gun. He scribbled note to the sheriff. On second thought, then, turned back and scrawled a check which he thrust into his pocket.
 "Got to look out for the boy" he muttered. "A mans responsi- bility never ends, even when his kids are grown"
 Down on tho busy corner no one especially noticed him loung- ing against the wall of the First National Bank, nor marked the hot alertness of his eyes. over his arm he carHed q raincoat which con- cealed the revolver.
 A large, black sedan with mud smeared license plates rolled by rear curtains drawn. A man beside the rat-faced driver nodded his head. A burly fellow stepped from the sidewalk into a car parked be- fore the bank entrance and jazzed the motor. But he did not drive away.
 The old mans jaw frightened. With luck he might shoot down two or three of them before they got him. A frightened look leaped into his eyes. Even as he poised himself for action he saw the flaw in his plan. They would enter the bank with weapons concealed. One could not open fire on suspicion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-23

A sedan had halted outside. Men came rushing in. As the foremost appeared Stone deliberately turned his back upon Jim. who stood be- hind the teller's grill. He fired close above the heads of men in the doorway. They gaped at sight of . lone wolf there ahead of them. One raised a machine gun. Stones bullet caught him through the shoulder. Losing fusillade of 1 shots, they fled.
 Stone stood firing after them
 slowly, muscles drawn hard as
 boards, anticipating the stab of shot in the back. It came! He felt the soaring pain. But as he slipped to the floor he l groaned at the futility of his sacri- flee, for Jim went running after
 the fleeing bandits. Following rattling exchange of shots in the street crowd swarmed
 in. The sheriff had Jim by the arm. He reached down and ripped the
 handkerchief from ,ston,'s face. See! told you 1t was him! That mask was slick notion"
 "To think" a cashier exclaimed, "that Ed Stone would hold us up!" Don't take any money, did he?"
 "No-made us put 1t in the waste
 baskets"
 Smart! That was to get 1t out of | sight and out of reach. He didn't have much time. Ed was tryih5 to
 block the holdup. When one of | my men went back to the office he l found note-
 Jim Stone was staring down q.
 his father. Bitterly. he cried: "i
 shot him! My own dad"
 Stone beckoned weakly. whis-
 pered: keep your head. They'll
 never know you were in on it----
 The old mans voice grew faint.
 "The check in my pocket - here! Cash it. Tell Katie your deal went | through"
 Tears dimmed Jim's eyes as the | stretcher was rushed away. Glanc- ing at the slip of paper in hIs hand, he noted the familiar sum of his fathers earnings. A dry sob shook him. The sheriff dropped an arm across his shoulders.
 Buck up! He wasn't hjI bad"
 'Pete!" There was anguish m Jim's cry. What if I had killed him? He believed I was helping them. He did that to save me. never knowing how l had plotted
 with you tC trap those bandits and divide the reward!" Copyright, 1885.
 The Chicago Daily News, Inc.
 Heavy water is to be manufac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-23
DAILY sHORT STORY RESPONSIBILITY "You Gotta Look After Your Kids," Ed Stone Thought, "Even When They've Grown Up.

Once inside they might calI Jim ty join them. A desperate iihpulys sent him striding thryvgh the door.
 Clerks and patrons we're starSiei at sight of a man in . long rain. coat, with hat pulled low and hand kerchief tied across his face, who hammered with gun barrel upon the teller's grating.
 Its 6 holdupl" he shouted. Don't try any funny movesi Shove all your cash into the waste baskets!'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-23

Heavy water is to be manufac- tured at the. Ukrainian Institute of Physical chemistry at Dneipro- petrovsk, Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
An EnviabIe Record

As the final two weeks in the city elec- ton draws near, Mayor Frank Hayes's administration during the past six years offers an enviable record to the electorate of Waterbury in it's fourth suc- cessive presentation for election. Notwith- standing the fact that the present admin istration has had to cope with the greatest depression the country at large has ever experienced throughout it's six years in office, it has come through with flying colors
 Any comparison of the democrat and republican nominees for election almost appears futile in view of the high calibre of this administration and record estab- lished during those years. Man for man the republican candidates, without at- tempting to challenge their honesty of purpose in seeking election, are woefully weak when compared to the democratic office-holders seeking reelection. In the light of their past achievements, collec- lively or individually, any change at this time would imperil what has been accom- plished or what remains in the way of accomplishment.
 So in all seriousness the electorate of Waterbury should ponder long and well before deciding at such time, with everything well on the way towards recov- cry for what may easily undo all that has been accomplished through years of hard uphill work It's all well and good to consider changes when conditions seem to to warrant them, but for any or every will of-the-Wisp idea or hallucination on the part of professional disturbers, it is, as we said above, serious thing.
 Without going into facts, fantasies, fallacies, or figures, which space prohibits here, but which will all be presented by the respective candidates before the campaign closes at the proper time and place, we merely repeat, as ZAP Smith 50 many times during his campaign was wont to say, Hook at the record w It's all on the books or in work accomplished, an open challenge to the manufactured prop aganda being hypodermically injected into the prospective republican candidates by those publicity seeking and politically thwarted master -magicians of Printers Court-the American and Republican.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Be Yourself Pasquale

It was a treat to read some of the remarks that Attorney Pasquale DeCicco, republican candidate for Tax Collector, made on the radio the other evening. It must be the well-known barrister's first attempt at seeking public office for he takes an unusual slant on some of the early proceedings of this campaign. He seems to be subscriber to that theory prevalent in some republican circles, namely, that the administration of Mayor Frank Hayes should sit by quietly while those who want the places of present of- fice-holders lambast them with every thing they can lay their hands on.
 MT. DeCicco declares that the current one is mud-slinging campaign and that the democrats are engaging in it, while the republicans refuse to dirty their hands with such tactics. Any intelligent person must know by this time that a very personal mudpile was prepared many months ago from which MT. Pape and his aides would, from time to time, extract choice morsels of dirt with which they would belabor officials of the city or their actions. No administration, republican or democratic, has been subjected to the insinuations, the statements and the charges that have been heaped on the present. oHc. .
 A long time ago the Pape-controled papers started to run down Waterbury to the rest of the state. In fact, it became quite common for other cities and towns to point to Waterbury as the perfect ex- ample of hideous political mismanage- ment. Yet if it came to test of financial security and soundness Waterbury's posi- tion would far outtop that of many other places in the state. The Waterbury Dem- ocrat battled this campaign of misrepre- sentation and criticism and still continues to do so, for we have faith in Waterbury and in the administration that now holds office.
 We really feel, though, that republican speakers who take to the radio are doing the town an injustice by refusing to show their own hands. The audience that listens will expect them to be trifle smeared, for hasn't the campaign of the "outs' against the 'ins" always resolved itself into conflict of personalities. The "outs" dig up the dirt and the "ins" throw it back into their faces. Political warfare was long thus; we haven't read about it changing much. Why try to fool the public with any holier- -than-thou attitudes?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Art Secretary

Popular emotions are a little mixed regarding the proposal that Secretary of Art be added to the Presidents cab inet. Some laugh and some get mad. Others, perhaps fewer in number, take the idea seriously and respectfully. Such cabinet member would be expected to take charge of a lot of activities, more or less artistic, in which the government is already engaged. He would also try to stimulate national interest in the arts and sciences.
 "We are primitive in background, con- pared with the culture of other nations" explains a New York congressman who favors the proposal. A few million un- terrified Americans will proceed to jump on his neck. Primitive, indeed Doggone 'im-were as cultured as anybody" Moving to expunge that unfortunate re- mark from the record, we diffidently sug- gest that other civilized governments in- terest themselves officially in promoting national art. Also that there's really money in art, big money, if anyone's inter ested in sordid consideration like that.
 Art, to be sure, can't compare with bus mess in a mechanical civilization. And yet we note a surprising invasion of art in the business world lately, making all kinds of products more attractive. There comes to mind, too, a remark made by Charles Schwab, the big steel man, about dozen years ago, addressing an audience of writers and artists. Tt may be-" he said musingly, "it may be that books and plays and music and pictures are the biggest things in the world" Anyway, having made money in industry, he spent lot of it on art.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20

sure that his affiliation with Connecticut State College will not serve to convince the majority of people that this fine college which the state has been developing up at Storrs is confined solely to such sub jects as will merely serve the man or woman interested in the science of farm ing. Courses at the State College have been greatly amplified and rounded out in recent years, so that such academic degrees may now be conferred as corre- spond to the courses taken by the young man or woman.
 MT. Jorgensen is a graduate of Coe Col lege and also holds degrees from the Uni versity of Iowa. For the past four years he has been connected with the University of Buffalo. His college career reveals that he was a fine athlete as he was a letterman in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He is married and has two children. The background for the new president is very sound and solid. We hope that under his administration our state college will rise to new heights in the educational Armament.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20

out to be duds and the shrapnel nothing but dried peas. True, a poison gas barrage has been al- ready tried out, but the wind was in the wrong direction and the casualties have been confined to the attackers. We may expect a scattering fire from the small arms section later on, but, be- cause the cartridges have all been used before, the only result will be a lot of noiee signifying nothing. The material with which Czar William has loaded the grenades for his bombing squad has deteriorated 50 rapidly from yearg-old exposure In the Pape papers that 1t has com- pletcly lost its power to destroy.
 The Republican arsenal Is
 empty except for . few squirt
 guns loaded with bilgc water
 to he discharged at THE
 DEMOCRAT and my unwor-
 thy self. Unluckily for Czar
 William neither paper nor
 person is Q candidate for Of-
 fice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
TO.DAY's COMMON ERRON Never say, Every person ought yitalIy to he concern. ed in tIie elccti0n"; say, fought to be vitally con. cerncd."

A. He Is the president of the executive council and minister for external affairs. He was born in New York City of a Spanish father an an Irish mother.
 c. What are the functions Of the National Association of Audu. bon Societies?
 A. To arouse the public con. science on the subJect,of preserv. ing wi.d birds; to secure protection at ali times for the valuable non. game birds, and game threatened with extinction and to encourage people to become better acquaint- ed with the wild life about them. It does this by campaigns through newspapers. magazines, and circu. lars.
 Q. Who wrote the song. My Little Nest of Heavenly Blue?
 A. The words are by Sigmund spaeth, the music by Franz Lehar.
 c. What is a serfnonet7
 A. The last edition of Webster's Dictionary gives the word, spelled either sermonet or sermonetse, meaning a short sermon.
 If you want copy of our new booklet Weather and Climate, write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing ten cents (1Oc) for postage and hand. ling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20

important things as pride, a pet project and lack of sleep.
 Chief bickercrs are Aubrey Williams, hard-driving. relent- less chief of the Youth Adimn- istration; and John Studebaker, industrious, visionary Commis- sioner of Education who thought he should have been.
 Originally, studebaker helped plan the job, felt that the edu- cation of Youth should come un- der his bureau, groomed himslef as administrator. But he made one Hrcvious error.
 In . memo to the president outlining his plans for the
 Youth Administration, he men. toned the eco as something which the new project should not follow. Then Inc threw In a gratitous crack at the CCC.
 Naive and new in Washington, little did Stakeholder realize that he had stepped upon the presi- dents prize pet. But he knew it later. Roosevelt considers the eco his greatest achieve ment, and he flatly refused to let Studebakcr handle the new Youth Administration.
 Ambition
 Studebaker is a conscientious little man, who once achieved big things by conducting a forum in Des Moines, and would like to do the same for the entire country. But when Roosevelt took away his Youth toy, he was like small boy. He threatened to resign.
 Whereupon Roosevelt handed him another top-fulfillment of the dream of q nationwide forum. It was to be financed from Youth Administration funds for the youth of the nation. But Studebak ker was to be in charge.
 He was JubiIant.
 It happened at this time that Aubrey Williams had been up for several nights trying to res- GU veterans from the hurricane belt in Florida. He was halr dead from loss of sleep.
 When Studebaker announced plans for taking away q large slice of his Youth money, Will Hams said, Hell, no"; and the president, having given him a free hand, stood by him..
 So once again StudcDaker was left out in the cold.
 Progress
 Despite this. the Youth Ad- ministration has plugged ahead. It has pretty well shunned poll tics. It has belied the origin al criticism that 1t would be a democratic vote-gettins proposi-
 It will mail oo.ooo checks to youngsters in schools and col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20

What is said to be the largest dam built by eco workers in the East has just been completed across the Hammonassett River near the entrance to Camp Roose- velt in Killingworth. The dam is 300 feet long and wide enough for two lane road way across the central stone spillway. The dam also has created 75-acre lake which will provide additional recreational facil- ities in the Cockaponset State Forest. Con- necticut is rapidly forging to the front in the creation of artificial lakes. We have several now that have been formed and which have proved attractive as summer ing spots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
A Good Trick If He Did It

Of all the acts of oppression the administration Is accused of committing this is the noAt hcinous. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fathers should take this case up at special meeting. It Is a com mon enough sight to zee fath- CTS crawling on their bellies around the house. But to ask any father, no matter how cal- ioused his frontal facade may have grown from crawling, to crawl to voting booth which may be miles away from his home or his work Is an unspeak- able cruelty. What if the vot- ing booth is two flights up from the street level? WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? Does 1t in- tend to inflict slivers as well as belly bunions on crawling fath- CTS? The crawling is bad enough in all conscience but the service the pape embryo tax collector says city hall demands of this particular papa involved was not only that he must crawl on his belly to the voting booth, but that while on his belly he should reach up and pull the top lever. don't say 1t cannot be done. The embryo tax collec- tors specimen of belly crawler may have arms like gorilla. Or he may be q contortionist like Ferry the Frog Man who could tic himself into . lover's knot and while sitting on his ear reach the ceiling with his toes. All have to say is that if the administration can make its em- ployes do tricks like that 1t should get out of politics and run circus.
 If anything % amazing az .
 fond father crawling on his
 belly and at the, same time
 voting the straight Dcnlocra'
 tic ticket is tO be witnessed oll
 the day of October 6, 1885, I
 am making an open bid Of ten million dollars for the exciu-
 sive motion picture rights. It
 is . good trick if he does t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Gives Us Confidence

That the affairs of Connecticut State College will be well administered by the new president, just named this week, must be a foregone conclusion after perusal of his career. He is young man as col lege presidents go and we feel sure that his youth will weigh heavily in his favor both on the campus and in the homes of the parents of the students who go up to Storrs for the purpose of furthering their education. The new head of the institu- ton is Albert N. Jorgensen, who was born in Lanark, Illinois.
 Although the new president is product of small agricultural communities we feel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Current Comments

If my interpretation of MT. Roosevelt is correct, the business community will henceforth observe in Washington . president who is anxious to out Coolidge Coolidge in giving industrial prosperity to America.
 ---Major L. L.. B. Angas. British
 economist.
 How much did the World War accomplish Contentment an q prosperity of the world? Overthrow of the Kingdom of Mars7 'aThe war to end war"--the very irony of the expression answers that question, --Dr. Mary E. WooiIey, president,
 Mt. Holyoke College.
 I've seer. the rise and am now seeing the decline of the Amer. lean theater. It's frightfully sad. I've known the time when 200 oom- panies were starting oat from New York every kali. --Charies T. Dasey, dean of Amer.
 icap pIaywrights,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
Out of the Mothballs

The more offensive of the Ter ribie Twins of Printers Alley, Is pleased to ballyrag. THE DEM OCRAT for failure to print the platform" knocked together be- fore the republican city conve1- tion by the office boy who writes the Republican editorials. The office boy characterizes the fall ure as "suppressing the news. It is not my office to take up the cudgcls in defense of THE DEM- OCRAT. It's editors are quite capable of doing their own cudg- geling. Besides they have too much good sense to reply to ev- cry yip from the Republicans office boy.
 Thc reason THE DEMO.
 GRAF did not print the re.
 publican "p:atiOr,m" Is n
 simple one: it Just was not
 news.
 There was nothing new, novel, original, or noteworthy in 1t. It was a rehash of all the abuse, vituperation, and misrepresenta- ton of the administration the Pape papers have been publish ing for years. In addition, (hcre I must apologize to the Repub- lican's office boy for accusing him of its authorship, 1t was 80 badly written that 1t must have been the Republicans office boys office boy who composed 1t. It is q difficult job for any editor to keep the columns of his paper free of atrocities perpe- trated against the English laD- guage. Tho sharpest kind of editorial vigilance Is inadequate at times. THE DEMOCRAT does try to avoid printing un- necessarily bad examples of lit- erary incompetence, and because of this attitude had valid req son for not printing the rcpub- lican platform.
 After all school children
 read newspapers aud 1t Is not
 fair to corrupt their ideals Of
 grammar, syntax, and style by
 exposing them to compositions
 like the republican party's
 manifesto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20

New Canaan believes it is the first con- munity in the United States to take official action on the drastic terms of the potato act. In formal petition it's citizens call upon Governor Cross to take the necessary steps to have the act repealed We're afraid that the governor won't be able to do much until Congress convenes next Jan- uary. But by then the road against this discriminatory measure will be sufficient to convince Congress it should pay atten- tion and not let things be put over on it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-20
A Nice Clean Campaign

One of the ptous aspirations expressed by Gear" Williams nominees for public office was that the campaign be a clean one. The aspiration even took the form, 1 believe, of hope. If 1t is, then 1t Is q hope de- ferred. entertained no sucii dclusion. know the ideal of cleanliness to which the Papc papers cling 50 tcnaciously. It is to roll the other fellow in the hidden and cali the act done in the public interest. They re- mind me of the slatterr who was being reproachcd because her hair was so filthy. She re- torted that her mirror showed 1t was clean enough, that anyway she only combed 1t once & year and then 1t hurt her terribly. We have already seen how cleanly the Gear" has initiated his cam paign. But whether 1t is to be clean or foul 1t cannot help but be funny. Last Wednesday night the Pape candidate for tax collector was turned loose on the innocent ether and gave a demonstration of oratorical ele- gance which was priceless. Tn the courge of his vealy bawling he announced that the son of some -mploye of the city had lost his job because, In the embryo tax collectors drawing room parlance. the father, would not crawl on his belly to vot- ing booth to pull lever for the powers controlling city hall"!