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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
A Thought for Today
So Near, Yet So Far

! Although the House of Representatives x is once more on record as favoring passage
 of the soldiers bonus bill, actual payment
 of what Uncle Sam owes veterans of the \ World War probably is as far away as
 ever. This is due to number of circun1-
 stances, the most important of which
 happens to be the fact that our national T legislators cannot agree on how the
 method by which the federal government rs will assume this debt shall be devised. It 'T is squabble over ways and means today, ~e not the debt of honor.
 It is unfortunate that from the very f9 beginning payment of the adjusted cer- z tificates has been known far and wide as { bonus. There is no more bonus about ~ it than the payment of interest on govern
 ment obligations. When the World War ' ended in 1918 the government was obliged to make an adjustment in the pay of its
 thousands of veterans. Ultimately in
 1924 this adjustment was made in the form of insurance to run from 1925 to ur 1945, known as adjusted certificates. s.is The advent of hard times naturally pro-
 duced an overwhelming desire on the part of needy veterans to cash such certificates. Y This has been expressed in the many ef- ~.sforts of the last four or five years to pay
 the soldier bonus. If ever a term was
 misused, this one was. It has given the 7 cause of the veteran more trouble than anything ese There are thousands of J people who actually believe that the war
 veterans are getting a bonus for their z Izrarticipation in the war. As a matter of ! fact they are seeking nothing more than ,. that to which they were entitled when the war ended, but which the government 2 refused to give.
 Rather than engage in long campaign Of education the term bonus has been al- z lowed to stand and to this writer's way ot f thinking has added more distrust of. the
 soldiers cause than any one other reason.
 And legislators have capitalized on it, too, Knowing full well that to keep the word z always before the public was one means of preventing government money going out
 to the war veterans All subterfuges hav- Y, ing failed and a nation having been en- e frightened we now see the cause of the
 soldier faltering on the shoals of more " pretexts - this time indecision on the
 best way to compensate the veteran, not ' alone for his actual services, but also for
 his long wait.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
A Book a Day
Spanish Revolt And A Tangled Romance
BY BRUCE CAPTION

"Lean men," by Ralph Bates. will lead you into the intricacies of the recent Spanish revolution, and if you don't mind digging down, through several layers of di- alectic materialism you will get a pretty fair story out of It.
 It has to do with a young Eng lishman who has got tired of it all and gone Red. Joining the Com munist party as a revolutionary worker, he is sent to Spain; and in Barcelona, home of an especially nuruly proletariat, he settled down as a stevedore and devotes his spare time to the spreading of the gospel.
 He also has a personal tangle % solve. When he left London he was in love with two women somewhat arty gals, interested in good music, the better things sn life generally, and entertaining companionship; and he no sooner gets to Spain when he falls in love with still third, girl who, like himself, is working for the revo- lution.
 Thus we get a suitably tangled plot, worked out to the accompani- ment of street riotings, party meet ings and the like. It's a good story, too, suffering from just one defest its just a little highbrow for the average reader.
 In addition to the story, you get long dissertations on music, an in- terminable discussion of Renais- sance iron-mongery and similar trimmings which, if you're not in- terested in them, make the going a bit tough.
 Published by Macmillan, the book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
By BRUCE CATION

The other possibility is to buttress our isolation in every imaginable way. And the most important way would seem to be to get a new concept of neutrality.
 We started out to be neutral in the last war; But what happened? We loaned money and sold supplies to all corners; the only persons who could get at US to borrow and buy were the al- lies; inevitable result, soon became in fact, although not avowedlyI silent partner in the allied cause We were their banker and their production manager.
 Once that had happened, it only question of time before we should get into the war in bloody earnest. s2t
 Neutrality of that kind is neutrality at al If we follow the course in the next war, we may expect the same result.
 But devise a new kind of neutrality. We refuse to sell or to lend to any warning na- tions. That would be hard policy to follow, of course But it would enable us to steer clear of trouble
 We might as we'll make up mind to it. If prefer isolation to taking hand in the inter- nationalists' game, the isolation must be complete. Complete isolation is expensive but that may be the price we have to pay for remaining at peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Press Comment
II. B. POS
(New Haven Journal-courier)

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 Equity is with the City of NeW Haven in its protest against House Bill 206 now before the assembly. The proposal is to reform the method by which out-of-town school children pay their tuition in New Haven schools. At present this sum aggregates $212,000 a year; the bill would slice it to $150,000 and 50 add some $62,000 to the tax monies New Haveners have to ante up to kep their schools in operation. The reduction is reached by permitting the outside towns to profit by the fifteen per cent sat- ary reduction New Haven has found it necessary to impose upon it's teachers.
 For outside tuition is estimated now by dividing the number of school children instructed into the cost of the instruction. For this calculation, salaries are figured at the pre-cut highS the new bill would weigh them at the post cut reduced figure. It is only nec- essary to think the theory of the pay cut through to see the fallacy of the reasoning. New Ravens books show the teachers still get their full salary; they pay the amount of the cut back into the general fund for relief. The new bill would force them to pay that figure to the treasuries of outlying towns. Thus analysed, the proposal lacks equity and logic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

WHATEVER else it may be doing, the current w European scare is at least providing field day for American internationalists.
 The burden of their cry right now is that if and when Europe goes to war it will be utterly im- possible for the United States to stay out of it.
 Looking back at what happened in 1914 and immediately thereafter, it is not hard to under stand why people should feel that way. And yet it is equally hard to why the program followed during the last war has to be duplicated in the next one.
 We weren't able to keep out of the last war granted But is there any overwhelming reason cannot keep out of the next one?
 If we hope to do so, there are two courses open to
 The first is to follow the lead of the inter- nationalists, work with the League of Nations right up to the hilt, negotiate and confer with European statesmen whenever the European pot starts boiling, and take in every way possible an active energetic course to keep war from starting
 Considering what the American electorate has done to the League of Nations proponents at various times 1t is hard to picture any American government following that course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

The State Board of Fish and Game pointed out recently that there are over d thousand small natural ponds in Connec- ticut that could very easily be converted into feeding grounds for wildfowl native to this state. A good majority of them are closed to hunting, inasmuch as they are probably set in private woodland and are far from the keen eye of the hunter. If the property owners of this state are desirous of having native fowl and game increase here is fine chance to cooper ate More Game Birds in America is con- ducting a national contest with suitable prizes for winners. The requirements are simply creation of wildfowl refuges and feeding grounds. The Fish and Game Board is cooperating in the contest and will aid anyone interested in entering pond or marsh in the contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
So They Say

I the pitcher in the family, not my wife And as long as I'm doing the pitching, I'll do the deciding for myself.
 Lefty Gomez, New York Yankees pitcher. It must be possible for two great nations to shake hands
 Adolf Hitler. The people of Paraguay have suffered much and have such an exalted patriotism that they are determined that there shall be peace without security.
 Meredith Nicholson, author. I optimistic for the first time since 1929 The outlook is good not only in Europe and the United States but in South America also. -F B. Patterson, Dayton o. business leader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

When the appropriations committee of the Legislature convened one afternoon this week it found nice big crate of rosy red apples awaiting consumption. And consumption immediately took place while officials state business cooled it's heels. The apples were the gift of the Connecti- cut Pomological Society which gets a state appropriation biennially and is ask ing $3,OO0 for the coming two years Some members feared they might be considered as having accepted bribe after munch- ing the fruit, but we'd say it was merely the most convincing argument that the society could offer for it's biennial funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Selected Poem
SPRING FRESHET

SPRING FRESHET
 (Kile Crook in The New York Times) These banks frothed with bluets; muein
 shoots
 Sucked green and fiber from the earth last night Where now earth-yellow torrents gnow the roots Of reeds, and spread the bottom land with blight. The creekside bushes matted with torn grass, Bend to the furious flow that rends asunder The last years nest atop the sassafras: willow sways willow has gone under. These wet gray clouds reveal the naked Spring Shorn of it's subteties of wormth and bloom; Reveal flooding power that shall bring More than uprooted alder trees to doom; That like this apparent deluge. shall recede Leaving the fallen oak, the upright weed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Rome Letter

Rome (UP)-Count Galeazzo
 cabinet officer, is a flier, linquist,
 missionary here, and more than all
 son-in-law of Il Duce.
 He is Under-secretary of State for Press and Propaganda. In 1880
 he married Edda Mussolini, apple of the Duce's eye. They have two
 children, son and a daughter. Since the marriage Count Ciano
 has been put through the hard
 school of diplomatic. experience serving as secretary to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See and then to the important post of Italian Consul General at Shanghai. He returned from that post only last year to assume the position of He has made the office into a He speaks English, Spanish French and naturally his native Italian. In Shanghai Edda learned English and now speaks it with rare fiuency, and just the flavor of
 an accent. She showed her fathers aptitude for acquiring languages. Chinese Trips While in China he frequently madetrips far inland to aid for eigners or missionaries who were held by bandits. During his so- journ in the Orient he made a re- port on conditions which was sub mitted to the League of Nations. The report was the basis for num- erous resolutions passed by the League in connection with China. Count Ciano first. entered the diplomatic service in 1925 at the | age of 22. He was stationed in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. He
 is the son of Count Costanzo Ciano. president of the chamber of depu- ties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

mitted bids for the party's presi- dential convention in 1886 ....
 Huey Longs attack on Post- master General Jim Farley has made a hermit of the latter as far as the press is concerned. Jim hasn't held a press confer- ence since the Louisianian opened fire Extract from a re- cent letter received at the White House and addressed to the preisdent: "I have prayed night ly for weeks for a permanent, but God hasn't found a way for me to get one. Can't you help mel" The report has reached Washington that young. able Lloyd Garrison, former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, is slated for the presidency of the University of Wisconsin if and when the Board of Regents can unload in- cumbent Glenn Frank.
 WATER-WAGON
 Huey Long mas nothing on General Hugh Johnson in the matter of revising his dietary habits. The former Blue Eagle herd-rider is eschewing anything stronger than butter-milk-and he wants the world to know it. If the McSwain war profits bill, favorably reported by the House Military Affairs commit tee, should succeed in reacNing the senate, it faces rough ana rocky road. The Senate Muni- tions Investigating committee is bitterly critical of the measure, charging that instead of taking the profit out of war it guar antees profit. The committee plans to shelve the bill and bring
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Visitors to our state parks and forests this spring, summer, and fall are going to find many material Improvements in them. Thanks to the good old CCC camps our State Park and Forest Commission has been able to do many of the things it had given up as forlorn hope A few more years of the CCC and every state should be veritable bower of loveliness and order in the blooming season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Washington, March 23.-One worry the administration faces in regard to Germany is the fact that the American embassy in Berlin is one of the most poorly staffed in Europe. Its reports seldom give a clear picture of what is going on and Ambassa- dor Dodd appears to run off on. tangents. As a result the State Department has been consider ing sending a new counsellor of em bassy to reinforce him One of Chief Justice Hughes favorite old remarks: You wo- men worry about birth control, but We men worry about girth control" To prevent worry Hughes has been going through standing-sq exercise for AZ years .. Jerome Frank, kicked out of the AAA as a visionary radical,:. really got q promotion. He is now in charge of railway reorganization for the REC. This is right down Franks alley. In his private law prac- tice, Frank helped reorganiZe the Frisco, Chicago and Eastern H. linois, and the Van Sweringen lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

office Of president of the United States?
 A. No.
 Q. What is powdered and dried whey, and how Is 1t made?
 A. Whey is the product left af- ter the curd has been removed from milk in the process of cheese making. It may be dried by any of the processes used in drying milk.
 Q. Give the population of New York city.
 A. The 1880 GU. s. census) pop ulation was 6,930,446. The official city estimate for July 1, 1884, was 7,473,791.
 Q. Who said: Millions for de- fense, not a cent for tribute?" A. Charles Coatesworth Pinck- ney, American minister to France at the time of the Jay treaty in 1796.
 Q. Give the cast of the motion picture, Soup to Nuts." A. "Ted d." Ted ealy; "Queenie," Frances Mccoy; Carl son." Stanley Smith; Louise" Lucille Browne; Schmidt" Charles Winninger; "Throckmorton," Hal lam Cooley; "Klein," George Bick- el; Ferguson" William T. Tooker.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALIEN

S. Administration Concerned Over lnadequacy of Embassy Staff B coe
 
  cSDoinA c 8 Guaranteeing Profits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Even this machine age is romantic. We have quantity production of princesses by the Mdivani brothers marrying heiresses and comforting titles for cash settlements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Your Questions Answered

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Q. Is there a law prohibiting q Roman Catholic from holding tht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
ANTI-RICHBERG

MIRA executives are voicing private resentment against Don Richberg for grabbing the ilme- light in the senate finance com- mittee's Blue Eagle inyestiga- tion. They feel that his glib attempts to explain away all complaints and to make upsup- ported claims of achievement did not help the situation. The committee dismissed RichberG without word of comment but warmly thanked Chairman 8. Clay Williams for his candor and straightforwardne -. The House restaurant not only Is un. der fire for charging excessive prices, but is being accused by Representative Jack Cochran of violating fish and game laws in serving black bass. The Mis-. sourian asserts interstate ship ment of this fish is prohibited before June 1. .I Newsmen using the expression utility holding corporation bill'' have received letters from the Com.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
MARCH 25

MARCH 70 Do not rely on the character or things which may come to your
 attention today. The morning is too pessimistic. Things are not really
 so bad as they look. The after noon is bad for all clerical work or papers. You may lose things | and be confused in the afternoon and evening.
 BirtiIdate You should like to place things side by side for comparison. You may make changes around Sept. 27, 1895. There are also such tn- dications from May 22 through
 July 10 and Sept. through Oct. 12. There is serious vein In your life from Sept. 23 through Dec. 21, 1885. You should have Q
 period of financial advancement
 from Nov. 22 through Dec. 2.
 Danger Nov. 1-5. 1895. Socially favorable June 10-1S.
 1885.
 Write letters on April 1o,11 and
 12, 1885.
 Readers desiring additional inc formation regarding their horo. scopes are invited to cOmmuni. cate with Octavine in care Of this newspaper. Enclose q Scent afa splv.aA aanf .mf fYi2reRaeSH AmvAlOuG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. What is the deepest sound- ing ever taken in any ocean?
 A. Thirty-five thousand, four hundred feet in the Pacific, off the coast of Mindanao, Philippine Is- lands..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

BY OCTAVINE
 For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is outlined by a noted astrOlOger. In addition to information of general interests. it outlines information Of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

There doesn't seem to be much left of states rights, but quite little nullifica- tion sentiment remains in private enter prise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. Is Hollywood. suburb of Los Angeles? What Is Its pOpula. tion?
 A. It Is incorporated in the oity, and the population is not separate ly. enumerated by the U. s. census bureau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. How did the name watch for 8 pocket timepiece originate
 A. It was derived from the fact that portable timepieces were car- ried by night watchmen for calling off the watches of the night"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

1. Where is the Champ de Mars?
 2. What is a mosque?
 2. Of what people was Bel one of the chief gods?
 4. Who wrote, Twenty Thou sand Leagues Under the Sea"
 s. Who was Harriet Hosmer? 6. Near which city is Mt Vesuvius?
 2. Where is Lake Champlain? 8. Who delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage? 9. Where was David Belasco born?
 10. Who was Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

o. What is a trajectory?
 A. The path of a body moving under given forces; like that of a comet or bullet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23
EAGER

Although the republican na- tional committee does not meet until December, Chicago, Atlan- tic City, Detroit, Kansas City and San Francisco have already suh-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

out one of it's own, New York's Senator Bob Wagner was applauded by the House Labor committee when he concluded his testimony on his labor dis putes bill Democratic con- gfessional clamor for more pa- tronage pie has not been in vain. Engineers and other trained technicians applying to the For estry Service for supervisory jobs in the CCC are beingS advised that such positions are now be- ing filled from lists submitted by "certain congressman"
 JACKAss CONSTITUENT
 Army officers are hoping that the increase in the size of the army will be accomplished not by haphazard enlistment, but by allowing CCC boys, who have ale ready had a taste of military discipline, to be graduated to the regular service Every high school student who comes to Washington with the, Easter inc Aux sees the Washington monu- ment; very few see monument to Washington kept in the Li- brary of Congress-a case of maps made by the young man when he was a cartographer- surveyor. Most congress- men answer crank letters with evasive politeness. Few, like McGroarty of California. put cranks firmly in their places. He is being congratulated by co,- leagues for writing to 8 consti- tuent that 'I consider 1t a draw. back of my service in congress that l am compelled to receive impertinent letters from a jack ass like you" :. Huey Long devotes himself to no regular form of exercise, gets his work out striding about the senate floor. He is seldom in his seat for five minutes at a time. |. President Roosevelt has been &C., quainted with Vincent Astor as a yatchtsman since 1917, when he was assistant secretary of the navy and Astor offered to put the famous Noma at his dis posal. The Noma became one of a squadron of six convert ed yachts operating as a U. S. patrol in European waters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

If you want Q copy of our bull. letin FLOWER GARDENS, writc to Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

mittee of Public Utility Execu- lives demanding that they refer to the measure as the public utility act of 1885,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

o. How many dollars and half dollars were minted in 1912? A. Half dollars were coined l amounting to $2,610,750, but no
 silver dollars were coined that year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

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piled twice for first papers, (decla- ration of intention) and has neg lected to apply for his final citi- zenship papers, apply again for the first papers?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

office Of president of the United States? A. No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. Give brief description Of Conrad Thibault.
 A. Born in Northbridge, Mass; November 13, 1906, of French parentage; feet II inches tall; weight 165 pounds; dark brown hair and eyes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. Give the names of the secre- tary and the administrative assist ant to Postmaster General Farley.
 A. Secretary, William J. Bray: administrative assistant, William c. Lyons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-23

Q. Can an alien who has ap