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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
So They Say

Though 1t is nice to achieve the perfect mar. riage. you lose the struggle when you get 1t. Actor James Rennie whose 15-year ideal" marriage to Dorothy Cish faces dissolution.
 
 NRA is not vaudeville act It Is an effort on the part of government, business and labor to get together and work out things for common benefit.
 Donald Richberg. War is no longer the avenue to all mankind desires. My country right or wrong, is no longer slogan accepted by self-respecting mincs. --Hrosi Saito Japanese ambassador to U. s.
 
 Neither nor any one after VII sign any thing derogatory to our honor. What sign will keep.
 Adolf Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

I ples. In order to correct, once and for all I hope this misund erstand- ing, I am now laboring to give the Waterbury public several reasons why I should give expression to my feelings.
 Are the Poles and Lithuanians kindred Peoples?
 As a modern song goes, ans- wer, No. No. thousand times, No. My Proofs?
 1. If am not mistaken, scien- lists or those people responsible for the proper classification of the peoples and races of peoples, place the Lithuanians and the Poles in different categories. Both these peoples, of course, belong to the | great white race. But scientists claim that the Lithuanians are a dolichocephalic people or people with long heads which have a cephalic index of 77.6 or less whereas the Poles are Q brachy- cephalic group who have a cepha- lie index of 80 or more and are | characterised as short or broad headed. AS you know. all this means the measuring of the skull and scientists use this means with which to classify peoples. Accord ing to a Fundamental, scientific \ process then and according to my proof No 1. the Lithuanians and Poles are not kindred peoples l Webster's New International Die tionary will corroborate my state ments. (Cf Lithuanians and Poles respectively.
 2. The Lithuanians and Poles differ in temperament. Scientists also employ this means of classi-
 flying and distinguishing people and races. AS you also know there are several of these temperaments: sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholy. The Lithuanians (like | the English, Germans and Others) l are phlcgmatic in temperament ol not easily excitable whereas the Poles. eff am not mistaken) arc | choIeric in temperament and easily
 excitable. The present dictator oi
 Poland. Josef Pilsudski. when in- tervicwed by an American reporter or correspondent and asked about his nationality. replied: "C'est ma faiblesse." (That is my weakness
 .. for he confessed that he was a Lithuanian) He proved this also
 by stating the standards of tenn. perament. He said he was of 6
 cool, calculating. phlegmatic tenn.
 perament whereas his Polish col
 leagues were easily excitable ol choleric.
 8. The Lithuanians and Poles differ in race and speech. The Poles are Slavic people as is
 their language. The Lithuanians are most closely related to the
 Let's of Latvia and Old Prussianf or Borcussians (now extincD. Ac. cording to the race schemes in oui
 encyclopedias the Lithuanians arc classed under the Letto- Lithuanian
 race or branch where's the Poles grouped under the Slavic Branch Professor Ripley in his book
 Races of Europe" states: 'The I Lithuanians are entirely distinct from the Slavs in language. etc." could name others who would cor roborate my contentious. but have embarked upon a more oi
 less brief. letter.
 would like. nevertheless tc give you a few examples. random
 ones. of Lithuanian and Polish
 words and let you judge for your selves.
 | Lithuanian: Dievas. God. Polish
 Bog.
 T Lithuanian: rikejimas. Faith Il Polish: Wiara.
 Il Lithuanian: Gerai. Well. Polish Dobzha.
 | Lithuanian: 0yvenimas. Life Polish: Zywot.
 Il I could give many many mor' but let these few random examples
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Elks' set-up is passable, while as for the Kaceys, if anyone can find his way into the two-by-four dingy attic they allowed them- selves to be shuffled into recently. he's a wonder. The cobwebs would give you the collywobbles. Then the Eagles, between walkathons and marathons, have turned their stamping grounds into a miniature edition of the old Madison Square Garden, with an atmosphere akin to that of six-day bike race week. Outside of the Waterbury and Coun- try clubs in Waterbury there is nothing to write home about in club atmosphere, and that is perhaps the reason that fraternally speaking for the most part. of course with the exception of the noon-time talk atlion lunchers, fraternities are a flop. Let's hope the New Deal gives some of our fraternities a new deal, too, before they become as forgotten as the forgotten man.
 Yours truly,
 AN OLD FOUNDER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
READER COMMENTS ON MERRITT HIGHWAY
 EDITORIAL
Waterbury, Conn.,,
 April s. 1885,

| WateTDuTy, SoHH', April 5, 1885. Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Your editorialNin Fridays Dem ocrat "No Decision Yet" in regard to the much talked of Merritt highway covered the controversial aspect between Fairfield county and the state highway commission CT. You seem to think there has been too much arguing about the type of road, where 1t will and ! won't go and very little about financing. believe you just about summed up the situation.
 However, you also stated, had the state immediately fioated a bond issue it could have gone ahead and purchased the rights of way and the road would at least be partly completed by now. It's that bond issue stuff which got us into financial difficulties and is keeping us in difficulties. We must stop is- suing bonds. We can't meet the payments on the bonds already is- sued. Consequently we are resorting l to refunding. l mean that to take in all government, national, state and municipal.
 Mayor LaGuardia of New York city says. that if and when he ac- complishes the financing of pub lie improvements without payment of interest he will consider his life's work done. He knows it can be done but the powerful financial in. terests fight against 1t because il takes their gravy away.
 The national, state and municipal governments can finance public i'm. provements on their own credit There is no need to pay bond in terest to banks or individuals. Two Merritt highways could be built bJ the state for the price of one un' der the bond issue system.
 Whether the road is paid for bS a toll system or any other double tax system the public will pay twice the actual cost of the road if bonds are floated through private flnanc' ing. The public cannot afford any more bond issues with attached in. terest coupons.
 | READER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Here's a suggestion for those EZRA workers, the 800 of them, who are going to engage in cleanup campaign this week. In every outlying section of the city there are stretches where trees and bushes grow thickly. Many of the trees show broken limbs; bushes are scraggly. Why not assign a certain number of men to cut out the broken branches; to trim out the bushes? It would vastly improve the side of the road or street; it would prolong the lives of the trees and bushes. There are any number of suggestions like this that well could be adopted and the accept ance of which would aid in making the city much more presentable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
HOFFMAN or NEW JERSEY DOOMED FOR PRESI-
 DENT

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Whether one is a democrat or republican the man to be nominat- ed by the republicans for president next year is of importance to the United States. am a republican and a citizen of New Jersey. As 6 republican and citizen of New Jer- sey I have become familiar with the record and abilities of Hon Harold G. Hoffman, who, at the age of 39, was elected governor of New Jersey last November. in spite of the democratic landslide.
 Governor Hoffman is an Ameri- can of Swedish and Holland Dutch descent on his fathers side, and an old New Jersey family on his moth CTS side. He was born in South Amboy on Feb. z. 1896. At 12 hc was a regular paid contributor to the weekly paper in South Amboy. at IA he was the regular corre- spondent in his community for the Newark Evening News and for a New York and a Philadelphia pa per and at IF he was on the staff of the Perth Amboy Evening News.
 When the United States entered the World war in 1917. MT Hoff- man, then 21, enlisted as private. He soon won a commission as lieu tenant and came out of the war a captain. He saw much active serv- ice in France.
 As soon as Mir Hoffman came back from the war he was elected treasurer of South Amboy and also was elected treasurer of the South Amboy Trust company, new bank which he has dominated successful- ly ever since. He has been mem Der of the state assembly. mayor of South Amboy, twice a member of the national house of representa- tives from his home congressional district, motor vehicle commission CT of New Jersey and is now gov- ernor. He has been a candidate for office eleven times and never has been defeated. He is strong physi- cally and mentally. approachabie. humorous, but absolutely adamant in standing for principles that he believes to be right.
 This brief statement about this remarkable man may interest you. Will you be good enough to write me about it? Tn writing this letter I represent nobody but myself. Having been for years a political writer and having served ten years as a Washington correspondent. have confidence in my own judg- ment of public men. I shall await your reaction with keenest interest,
 Sincerely yours,
 F. s. LITTLE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

chusetts, who came to Congress in 1915, and raucous-voiced Tom Blanton, whom Texans sent to Washington two years later.
 After listening to the opening of Blanton's twO-hOur trade against the press last week, Tinkham rose wcarily from his seat and left the floor. He saia:
 i've listened to Tom Blanton for eighteen years, and don't want to hear him any more."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
Judicial Courage

q am not in favor of abolishing breach of promise and alienation of affections cases" says judge who has been dis couraging such cases in his court by stop ping them when they are obviously insin- cere or nasty. Judges who are courage ous can put a stop to cases of this kind when they are without merit" He IS doubtless right in principle, at least. 1t is better to handle the matter with judicial discretion, as he suggests, than to make blanket prohibitions that may bar an oc- casional plaintiff with a real grievance from obtaining justice.
 The difficulty is that so few judges in this country seem disposed to use the dis cretion legally allowed them, compared with judges in England and Canada, for example. With more judicial courage and willingness to assume responsibility, our courts would not be overridden as they are by litigants and lawyers, and justice would be more prompt and effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Location of these farms" was determined by examining court records on drug addict cases. It was found that drug addiction is most prevalent south of the Mason-Dixon line. OLD STORY
 Among the oldest Congress men in length of service are George H. Tinkham, bushy- bearded patriarch from Massa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

A reader of this column asked us yes terday how we reconciled our views on bond issues and high interest charges to municipalities and states with the pro- posed bond issue for the Merritt Highway. We do it by proposing toll road, so that those who actually use the road will pay for 1t and not perhaps a motorist who won't pass over the road once in three years. Nobody complains about tolls on the Bear Mountain Bridge, Holland tun- nel or Washington Bridge. It bears study, we think.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Announcement that Senator Francis w. Hogan of Torrington may be appointed State Agent by Governor Wilbur l.. Cross reveals an interesting state of affairs with regard to this office Strictly speaking there doesn't seem to be State Agent in Connecticut to-day. It is many weeks now since the incumbent Raymond F. Gates, long power in g.o.p. circles, resigned to accept the superintendency of the Sol- dier's Home at Noroton, where no doubt he believed he would be beyond the pale of democratic patronage reach. But as yet Governor Cross has taken no action on his resignation. And the reason is this. If the governor accepts the resignation, he will be forced to name an immediate suc- cessor and also hold-over as the term of office expires this year. Governor Cross had hoped to eliminate this job by depart mental consolidation. Hence the delay in acceptance and in appointment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "John is as large If not larger than Jim"; say "Jo1ln Is as large as Jim, if not larger."

0. Who was Giovanni Paolo Maggini?
 A. An Italian violin maker. born in Brescia.
 0. Who holds the new world tecord for free parachute jumps?
 A. Victor Evceyef, who ascend ed to 23.760 feet, and jumped with an oxygen mask. He did not pull the rip card of his parachute un- til he was 500 feet from the ground.
 0. Is 1t correct to say, Make a cake for Mary and l."
 A. The proposition for takes the objective case; consequently Make cake for Mary and me-" is correct.
 Q. How much gold reserve is there in the world and in the United States?
 A. The reserves of the central banks and governments of the principal countries of the world were estimated at $21,745, 5,00O,0OO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

1. Name the capital of the state of Washington.
 2. Where is the island of Trin- idad?
 8. Where is the University of California?
 4. In law, what is idiocy?
 5. Who played the principal male role in the motion picture "The Desert Song?"
 6. At the mouth of what river is the city of Leningrad?
 2. In cookery, what is chowder?
 8. In what country was whip ping Instrument called the knout used?
 g.. Tn which of Tennyson's poems is the line: "ie makes no friend who never makes a foe ?"
 10. Name the judge who pre- sided at the Sacco-Vanzetti trials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
Daily Washington Merry Coz Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
Te ct Y 0 q 2 Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Jimmy and Alyce Get Acquainted" reads a Fall River Mass, item. Who'd ever expected to see the day when upside down stomachs would be romantic?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Q. How Is the number thirteen, followed by twenty ciphers, read :? A. One sextillion, three hundred quintillion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Q. At what age do elephants begin to breed?
 A. Very little is known about the breeding of elephants. A few have been bred in captivity. The period of gestation is said to be 21 to 22 months. Breeding begins when they are about thirty years old and continues until they are 90, during which period they pro- duce about six young. The average weight of a calf at birth is be- tween 150 and 175 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Washington, April s.-The gloom given off by some of the Presidents inner advisers these days Is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
 They have been getting re- ports from various sections of the country. Some of them have even made quick exploratory trips through the West and Southwest. All tell the same story.
 Since the overwhelming vote of confidence given Roosevelt last November, the New Deal has lost more prestige than any other Administration in recent years.
 Last weeks smashing repub- lican victory in Michigan was climax. Six short months ago Senator Vandenburg, campaign ing for reelection in Michigan. had to adopt 8 semi-New Deal platform or face defeat. MANY CAUSES
 Various causes are cited for this sudden loss.
 One is the collapse of White House control over Congress de- spite overwhelming democratic majorities.
 Another is Roosevelt's contin- ual oscillation from left to right each time edging further to- ward the right.
 Also two of the Presidents chief advisers come in for con- siderable criticism. At the door steps of Marvin Mcintyre and Professor Moley is laid much of the criticism for Roosevelt's conservative trend.
 So great is inner resentment against Mcintyre that one ad- wiser whose name is known throughout the land, recently pounded it home to Mrs ROOsc. welt.
 Incidentally Mrs Roosevelt has been taking some delft polit- ical soundings during her hus- bands absence and is fully aware of the situation through out the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
Your Questions Answered

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 THp EDITOR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

c. Who is president of the Pennsylvania railroad?
 A. w. W. Atterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

on December 31, 1884, and the United States held $8,S90,000.O0O on January 31, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Q. Name the capital of Florida. A. Tallahassee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

 on January 31, 1885. O. Give the names of countries ruled by dictators and the names of the dictators. A. Germany, Adolf Hitler: Rus sia, Josef Stalin; Italy, Benito Mus solini; Poland, General Pilsudski; Hungary, Admiral von Horthy; Portugal. General Carmona; Mus- tapha Kemla Ataturk; Albania
 King Fog; Persia, Riza Khan Pah-
 levi.
 Q. What is a foreigner? A, An unnaturalized person of | foreign birth and nationality. O. Tn what sequence should one write on the pages of folded note- paper?
 A. In the following order: First. second, third and fourth pages; or first and fourth, then turn and
 write sideways across the second and third. Q. Name the author of the old
 song, "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" A. Music by Egbert Van Als- tyse, and words by Harry H. Will Hams.
 o. How can copper coins be | prevented from furnishing? A. It can be prevented for some time by coating the coin with spar yarnish, or a good hard lacquer. If you want a copy of our bul- letin SHRUBBERY & HEDGES,
 write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing cents fin postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Q. Can an alien be deported for refusing to become an American citizen?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08
BETTER PLACES

Senators were startled to see dignified Key Pittman, presiding officer of the Senate, burst into laughter while the Senate gal. leries were being cleared the other day.
 Reason for the lean Nevadan's hilarity was this:
 A messenger had handed him the following note from q friend just evicted from the visitors gallery. It read:
 "Dcar Senator: I don't think the Senate is doing right by us people by running us out this way. But won't hold 1t against you. Pvc been thrown out of better places"
 Tho missive was signed by Miss Frances Robinson, snappy secretary to General Hugh Johnson.
 DRUG PRISONS
 Before summer comesJ the U. s. Public Health Service Is going to find itself in the role of warden to 300 federal prison CTS now behind the walls of Fort Leavenworth.
 A few weeks later, 1t will take on 500 more.
 And all 800 will be the most vicious type of prisoner--drug addicts.
 These men, Surgeon General Hugh s. Cumming will trans. plant to q newly built narcotic farm" at Lexington, Kentucky.
 They will be set at work growing vegetables and fruit, working out of doors as much as possible, to help them kick off"-get rid of the habit.
 Worst cases may be broken gradually by substituting for the morphine, heroin. or codeine the pain-relieving but non-habit- forming drug, dilaudid (dihy- dromorphine).
 It is all new experiment, as new as the $3,5OO,OOO plant just completed.
 Physicians will be in control, but they are taking every pre-. caution against escape of priS- oners. Walls will be watched hy armed guards and equipped With live eleGtric wires.
 Tn 1938 another "farm" will bc opened at Fort Worth, Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-08

Q. What is a foreigner?
 A. An unnaturalized person of foreign birth and nationality.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29
Marine News
 Stea-zer Movements
NORTHBOUND

. Northla,ld scheduled to arrive
 Friday evening. . SCHEDULED SAILIN0s
 . Nor -hwestern scheduled to sail . from Seattle January 30 at 10 g. m.
 c Norco scheduled to sail from . Seattle February at g pm. . zapora scheduled to sail from Seattle February 4.
 . SOUTHPnIrND SAILNGS
 . Princess N0rah scheduled to
 arrive southbound at II O
 . clock tomorrow forenoon . and sails one hour later.
 . Yukon scheduled southbound aoout February 4. . LOCAL SAILINGS . Kenai leaves every Wednes- . day night at 6 pm, for . Sitka and Eaypo-ts. . Dart leaves every Friday at ' am for Petersburg, Rake and wayports. ee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29

U. s. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Public Roads, January 23, 1885. Sealed bids will be re- ceived at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal & Ter ritorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska, until 9 o'clock am. on February 28, 1885, for clearing and grubbing of 4092 miles of the Sitka Highway Sitka- Halibut Point Section, located with in and adjacent to the Tongass Ma tional Forest, First Judicial Divi- sion, Territory of Alaska, involving 22.0 acres clearing and ITO acres grubbing. The attention of the bid- der is directed to the special provi- siens covering certificate of compli- ance with codes of fair competition, subletting and assigning the con- tract, minimum wage rates and al- ternae bid to be submitted in case he may desire to offer any foreign articles, m aterials or supplies. Where plans and specifications are requested a deposit of 5000 wiil be required to, insure their return within 30 days after opening of bids; Checks shall be made payable to the Bureau of Public Roads, Ju- neau, Alaska Plans and specified tions may be examined at the Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Territorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska, and Forest Seryice, Commercial Bldg, Ketchikan, Alaska. Bid blanks may be obtained at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, Ju- neau, Alaska. M. D. Williams, Disr trict Engineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29
CODE TROUBLE
 CLARIFIED BY
 F.D.R.'S ORDER
Retention ot Constitutional Rights Assured NRA
 Signers .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.- Full retention of constitutional rights for all past and future signers of MIRA codes, it was disclosed Sat- urday, has been assured by Presi- dent Roosevelt's executive order signed early last week, but not announced publicly
 The order issued by the Presi- dent, is said to elarify the con- fused situation resulting from the fact that some codes contained a clause specifically asserting no waiver of such rights was involved while others did not. Some signers of the latter codes were under stood to have been perturbed by this circumstance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29
POSTMASTER HAS TWO INQUIRIES
 ABOUT MISSING

Postmaster Albert Vile has re- ceiyed two inquiries regarding miss ing persons.
 Aaron E. Morlan, of Los Angeles, asks for the present whereabouts of his brother, Chester C. Morlan. The latter is supposed to have some mining interests in this vii cinity.
 Laura c. Bell, of Brunswick, Georgia, asks the whereabouts of R. A. Kapper. She says she re- ceived a letter from him two years ago, mailed at Juneau F
 Any information regarding the two above persons should be given to the Postmaster. ls
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-01-29
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NOTICE

When advertisers put in ads they sometimes don't wish to be bothered with phone calls and answering doorbells, so we give them a box number, such as Box I0-A. Empire.
 People wanting to answer these ads should send letters addressed to the box number listed. We will see the adver- tiser gets them.
 THE EMPIRE