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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Proceed Cautiously

Doubtless out of the rather general up- rising against privately electric light and power companies known as the power industry, octupus or whatever you may choose to call it, much good will come. In fact, in some places the plan to probe rates has been enough to bring overtures from the concerns in question. There have been revised schedules, eliml- nation of various charges, and gradual effort to meet the consuming public half way. That is the only method by which the power industry can succeed as prl- vate enterprise.
 There is no question but what the cards are stacked against it. When Uncle Sam, under the benign influence of the full weight of the government at Washington, proceeded calmly to put the plans of many years discussion into operation in the Tennessee River valley, and also to make plans to copy the idea elsewhere through out the nation, it was really the beginning of the end for the reign of the power ln- dustry as an influence in our national government.
 Connecticut is going to feel the effects of this readjustment of ideas. We may not get public ownership of utilities out of it. In fact, we wouldn't encourage this too much. And in making such state nient we must say that from the begin ming the Democrat has always backed the Muscle Shoals plan of making electric power available by government operation We should have had several of these gov ernments yardsticks years ago. If we had there wouldn't be the spectacle today of customers complaining about their charges, when as matter of strict fact they don't know whether they are too high or perfectly reasonable.
 If our sole complaint is the fixed charge, we may have tough sledding in convinc- ing an impartial jury or judge that it should be eliminated, for they or he may see further into the matter and find in the final analysis that lighting company does perform certain services for which a charge is allowable. As to rates they are too complex for the average citizen to break down. The expert must do that. Then they must be placed side by side with the measuring stick. In our case would you call it fair to compare government produced power at Muscle Shoals with that made in Connecticut? The general idea of tearing all present rates to pieces must be modified before there will be the right action.
 In fact, there is big job ahead in sell ing the idea of probing our light rates to this Legislature or those that are to come. It's big job, because the influence of the largest public utility in our state dealing in this commodity is still very much felt in our legislative doings. If the electric power industry had never interested itself in state and national politics, it would not today be preparing to defend itself against public opinion. Then again it would not have been necessary for the industry to become concerned with politics had it nor desired those things that only political control can give. To do bit of para phrasing - those that by politics live, by politics will die
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
London Letter

London (UP)-Fuel scientists, according to an authority in that field have now reached 6 dead end in their researches and can go no further until they get the help of giant corporations, or of multi millionaires.
 "The year 1884 saw virtually no important discovery in the utiliza- ton of fuel, or the treatment of coal" says this expert.
 "The reason is that, by curi- ous coincidence, researches in these allied fields simultaneously have reached the point where they can make no real progress without putting up extremely expensive plants.
 Many Improvements.
 "It Is unusual to see them all stuck at the same time, for in the past when one section was fretting and fuming, another section was tearing ahead. Of course the year 1894 saw various Improvements and refinements as well as the usual amount of laboratory re- search, but the next stage de- mands the investment of very large sums of money which don't oCClA LO OO CitAACk here, or on the Continent, or in the United States
 Meanwhile the Imperial Chem icals Company has completed its big plant at Billingham for the manufacture of petrol, or gasoline out of coal and engineers say they will begin production in a few weeks, thought full production will not be reached until June. 100000 Ton Plant. This pioneer plant will produce 100000 tons (equal to about 30,- 0O0,000 gallons of petrol per year. It will consume 1000 tons of coal per eny of which 400 tons will be l"pr01AEsed" for the petrol 1t con tains. Incidentally Imperial Chem l ical Industries has reached an amicable agreement regarding pa- tents with the International Hy- drogenation Patents Company. con- | trolled by the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey. the Royal Dutch Shell combine and the !. c. Farbenindustrie. I'm erfal Chemicals will hand over the pet ro1 to nominated oii-dstriubting companies and will not dump its products upon the oii market Local authorities have issued storage licenses to Imperial Chem icals for total of 1G,O0O,O00 gal- Ions: ultimately the company OK poets to store about 20,00e. 009 | gallons. This is equa. to six days supply for the United Kingdom. Tn ecompeny's potential output of | 30, 600. coo gallons .x1 year is. however, onl; Il moe est percentage ] o fthe countiy's total consumption Of petrol, estinalted in f0sS Q. i,- 124 million gGiloGs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Chuckle Corner
BANKS. By Bill Fife

Bank employe sought" Bet you think he stole some money.
 Strange we don't have haunted banks. Think how many robbers have been killed.
 Banker faces prison takes life" And our money.
 If the bank in your locality hasn't gone broke during this de- pression you have witnessed a miracle. < "Business pays few dividends" We'll, the banks aren't so good at it either.
 Forty thousand five hundred dollars in bonds vanish from bank CTS desk. Now they can't find the banker.
 "Bank accused of deceit" They took our money, now they are lying to us.
 Putting money in the bank is like buying up life insurance. You don't get the benefit of it either way.
 Bank robbed of three thousand dollars cash" If that keeps up we'll be back where we started in no seconds fiat.
 F'ifty-three banks to open doors. All we can say is that it reads bet ter than fifty-three banks to close doors.
 Putting your money in a tin can is good policy, providing your neighbor doesn't see you hide it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
So They Say

l know from the date of my birth must be al old man, but l don't feel like old man and don't think of myself such.
 u. $. Senator Carter Glass.
  Fascispl, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, believes neither in the possibility the utility of per- pctual peace.
 Premier Benito Mussolni. Most people don't even know how to walk.
 Ruth St Denis, famous dancer.
  l gave the fight game the greatest boost it has received since Dempseys time when I knocked out Levinsky in Chicago.
 Max Baer, heavyweight champion.
  When think of streamned taxicab in New New York traffic, l think that you might just as well streamline clothes wrnger hatron. Charles F. Kettering, automotive engineer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
A Book a Day
How A Great Liner Sped Into Disaster
BY BRUCE CAPTION

When a great liner like the Titanic sets out to prove that it is the finest, fastest, and safest ship ahoat and runs into an ice berg and goes down in mid what goes on in the minds of it's officers before and during the final catastropuhe?
 It is a fascinating subject for speculation; and Edouard Poisson gives us his ideas on 1t in tense novel, Outward Bound From Liverpool"
 He throws us a gigantic new liner, largest and fastest on earth, making her maiden run across the Atlantic. Her captain is under orders to set new speed record "at all costs"; so, although fos vails the waters and icebergs are reported in his path, he drives the ship along at a 2S-knot clip, knowing full well that it is highly dangerous to do SO
 At last comes disaster. The ship grazes an iceberg, structural faults develop, and down she goes. And the whole story is told from the viewpoint of the officers
 The slow crescendo of fear which comes upon them as the ship continues its mad. dash is admirably developed; the tense strain that enveloped the ships bridge is made graphic for the reader.
 It should be added that the story is not modelled directly on the case of the Titanic. The author takes pains to state that he is condemning no particular steamship line or individual.
 He presents his novel simply as a study that they are rushing Into disaster. and he makes most interesting book out of 1t.
 Published by Stokes. it sells for $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that hu- ban destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is out lined by u noted astrologer. In ad- ditiOn to information of general in- tercsts, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates. JANUARY 29 To-day may prove to be aggra- vating. Try not to become irritable. The early evening is the best period and the late evening is too aggressive.
 If your birthdate comes under CANCER (Jnne 21-July 21) you should find light sea green very agreeable and becoming. Colors which you should also be attracted to are the varying shades of orange, brown, silver gray and purple.
 You should be attracted to the metal, gold, gold mining or as a goldsmith. Your affairs may be- come q bit ldisjointed from April 10 through May IS but you should have favorable financial period from Nov 12 through 21. You should develop new friends then.
 Danger Dec 2, through 10, 1885.
 Socially favorable Nov 10-12. 1885.
 Headers desiring additional in- formation regarding their hOrO- scopes arc invited tO cOfnnnunicatc with Octayinc In care Of tIBis news paper. Enclose 4 3-cent stamped self-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Press Comment
A sArERr WORLD FOR BABIES
(New York Sum

(New York Sun)
 The State Department of Health has made comparison of the infant mortality rate for 1883 with that for 1915 which discloses n generally satisfactory condition. The statistics show that infant mortality has declined uninterrupt- edly, and as the record is com puted on the number of live births the rate is not open to questions such as may be raised when the general death rate, which is com puted on an estimate of the popu- lation. is. discussed.
 The departments figures show that twenty-five years ago nine teen out of every one Hundred deaths were of infants under one year. In 1888 they were seven. Tine greatest reduction in nor tality since 1915, has been among infants who survived the first month of life. The department bulletin says that the 1883 rate in this classification is lower In New York city by s62.G per cent than that for 1915, and the rate for up- state by. 62.3. Analysis of the figures show that in the course of nineteen years the mortality rate for under one day remained practically unchanged - 1t fell by three-tenths of 1 per cent.
 There is one disturbing, but un- happily familiar, entry in this otherwise cheering resume: Babies of native-born white mothers died in slightly higher proportions than those born of foreign born white mothers. Even the. qualifying word slightly does not remove the indictment inherent in this fact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Selected Poem

AN ANSWER (Wrtten for the Waterbury Democrat by
 Jack Fegin) These centuries of dead men and women, Are they naught but dust? Or have theylto the God arisen In whom they placed all trust. Yea, though I give the question, To me the truth is clear, For my Lord spoke words of comfort In answer to n prayer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

Washington, Jan 28.-There is a great deal more to the Admin istration's $4,SOO,000,O00 omni- bus relief bill as 1t passed the House than is generally realized. The unprecedented peace-time appropriation is only part of the story.
 The measure also contains un- precedented administrative auth ority under which the president by a stroke of the pen could do the following:
 Recast practically the entire administrative machinery of the government, abolishing, if he desired, the Interstate Com nerce /, Commission, Federal Trade Commission and other important agencies.
 Fill, without regard to Civil Service requirements" thc thou stands of administrative jobs the relief program will create; also fix the salary to go with each post.
 In view of the latter it is no wonder Big Jim Farley is going around with contented grin OH his face.
 Things are picking up in the patronage line and it won't be long before the dinner bell will again be sounding for the faith ful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
here by Judge Frederic KernO- chan without public announce- ncnt.
CROCODILE TEARS

Ciidu "itiOue puOhS "hhouSSF mcnt.
 CROCODILE TEARS
 REC Chairman Jesse Jones is noted for lis easy-going inpcr- turbabilty. But on occasion the big, drawling Texan can be def initefy vitriolic.
 Appearing before the House Banking Committee on behalf of the Administrations bill extend- ing the life of the REC for an- other two years, Jesse was sub jected to some barbed interro- gation by Massachusetts repub- lican representative Charles l.. Clifford.
 Clifford was particularly crit ical of what he described as the RFC's failure to save the tex tile industry"
 '1t seems to me, "ehe remarked acidly, "that the REC has a glass-eye sympathy--so typical of bankers in general-toward the problems of the textile in dustry."
 Jcssic's smile dropped like pIummct and he sat up stlffly in his chair.
 That's ridiculous" he snapped back. "Ours is very real sym pathy. If you will see to it that the Jaw is changed so that we can do something for the indus try our glass eye will cease she'd ding crocodile tears.
 "Just like yours," he added. HIGHER RICE PRICE
 Another item of food is being added to the growing list for which the housewife will have to pay more. This time it is rice.
 Because Louisiana millers baked at voluntary reduction, the rice industry this year will be subjected to processing tax.
 The decision came after an in- tcrnal TOW among rice growers, the CalifOrDians wanting yOlun- tary restriction through market- ing agreements. f
 Howe evcr, the marketing agreement did not work in Lou isiana. In that state, holders of farm mortgages-and most of the land is wanted production kept high to insure returns. Canal companies, which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
HAYS OFFICE-WHITE HOUSE ALLIANCE

The Hays office and the White House came into closer relation yesterday with the marriage of John BOettiger, n recent addition to the Hays staff. and Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall, daughter of the president. The wedding was performed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

control irrigation and also own land, were more interested In acreage than in crop reduction.
 As 9 result there was a 100 per cent increase in ''huller" mills. They sold rice to the To- cal trade at less than the price established by the marketing agreement.
 The result was general breakdown of the system, lot of soreness on the part of Cali fornia rice-growers and the present plan of processing tax. FOREIGN CoNGREssMEN
 There are ten foreign born congressman in the 74th Con- gress:
 One English III an: George Burnham, republican of Califor- mia.
 Two Germans: Leonard w. Schuetz, democrat of Illinois, and Bernhard M. Jacobsen, democrat, of Iowa.
 One Austrian: Karl Stefan, re- publican of Nebraska. q
 One Swede: Pehr C.. Holmes, republican of Massachusetts.
 Two Italians: Vincent Palmi- sano, democrat of Maryland, and Peter A. Cavicchia, republican of New Jersey. .ta.
 One Irishman: Michael J. Stack, democrat of Pennsylvania; one Scotsman Robert Crosser, democrat of Ohio.
 MAIL BAG
 C. K., Allentown, Pa.-Three members of the MIRA board have declined to accept the SIP, 2,000-a-year salary that goes with the job and receive. instead $1-a-year, minus the per cent pay cut. They are: Chairman S. Clay Williams, executive, of the Reynolds Tobacco company; Ar thur Whiteside, president of Dun x Bradstreet; and Sidney Hill man, president of the Amalga- mated Garment Workers. l.. F., Youngstown, Ohio - Bookings for TWAS talkie-movie are being handled by the director of pub-
  Jicity. Tennessee Valley Author ity, Knoxville, Tenn. .;. A. G., Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- Despite widely circulated reports to that effect. Frank C. Walker will not be made administrative head of the $4,000, 000, 900 work-relief program. ... II. A., Des MOincs, la.-The Supreme Court is free to ask questions of anyone ap- bearing before 1t. The reason w1y 1t did not direct interroga- tions to Attorney General Cum mings when he argued the. gold cases was that it is custom of the tribunal not to interrupt. the attorney general. @
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

Rural census takers are meeting with all sorts of difficulties. It may be neces- sary for the department heads in charge of this work, at least in Connecticut, to invoke the law to elicit the necessary in- formation from farmers. Although these surveys have been taken regularly in the past there seems to be some sort of sus- picion in the minds of the rural dWellers this time that what they say may be used against them. Nothing is further from the intention of the administration. For good many years it has been the habit to take farm census every ten years. Then the interim was cut to five years. The 1885 census is neither new nor strange. It is simply ong-established custom being followed out The informa- tion is valuable in many ways. It certain ly is more so today when all agencies are trying to make the existence of the farmer more pleasant and profitable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
pEARsON and KOBEKI $. ALLEN

Washing AeryG GR Measure Would Of Umconstuona Rice Gwe Disagreement Brings Pro- cesinq Tar andH Prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
SUPREME COURT SHY

But while Jim Farley is grin ming, some of the New Dealers who recently have been edged away from the presidents elbow are looking glum. Their worry is due to the haste with which recent legislation has been slapped together and the danger of Supreme Court veto.
 The Courts objection to the hot oil law was that Congress did not lay down basic specifi- cations for guiding the president. It gave him q blank check. This also may be the courts objection in the gold cases, namely that Congress must delegate it's pow CTS specifically, not i'll blanket fashion.
 The new relief bill has the same flaw. It is the greatest blanket bill ever placed before Congress.
 BIG NEWS
 The day Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall married eX-reporter John Boettiser, the following ap- peared in a prominent two-col- umn box on the first page of the "Film Daily, a pro-Will Hays organ:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

Livestock of farmers in the Irist, Free State who do not pay their annuity taxes is being seized and sold at auction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

O. Is F'redi Washington, who appears in limitation of Life" a negro?
 A. Yes.
 c. How is the word maestro pronounced?
 A. Mah-es-tro, accent on the second syllable.
 c. Who wrote the book, "Coro- nado's Children?
 A. J. Frank Dobie.
 o. What is a sitar? A. An original guitar.
 O. What is the address of the Salvation Army in New York city:
 A. 120 West 14th street.
 c. What is marijuana?
 A. The wild tobacco ''Nicatiana Glauca." or the hemp "Canabis Sativa." The name is also applied to its dried leaves and flowers that are made into cigarets.
 c. In which state of Mexico is the town of Encinillas?
 A. Chihuahua.
 o. How long can milk be kept safely in a refrigerator?
 A. Milk which is produced un- der sanitary conditions. and is properly refrigerated (held just above the freezing point) will re- main sweet almost indefinitely. It is not recommended that it be kept more than a month, however, un- der favorable conditions.
 o. What is cyanogen?
 A. A colorless, inflammable. poisonous gas with an odor like that of peach leaves. variously produced, as by heating mercuric cyanide.
 c. How many men were reject ed by the war department for service during the World war, be- cause of physical disabilities?
 A. 687,486.
 0. In the year 1913, how many deaths occurred in the population of the U. S. of children under five years of age; and how many under one year of age?
 A. There were s06,143 deaths
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

if you want a copy of our bulletin CHILD HEALTH, write to The Waterbury Deni- Ocrat's Washington Bureau. enlc0sing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

under years, and of these, 193, 855 were under one year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

o. In the year 1918, how many deaths occurred in the population of the U. S. of children under five years of age; and how many under one year of age?
 A. There were 306,143 deaths
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
A Thought for Today

As one whom his mother cOmfortcth will I comfort you; and ye shall be com fOrted fin Jerusalem.-lsalah, 66:13.
 The powers of Time a comforter hardly be overstated; but the agency by which he workes is exhaustion.-L E. Landon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

If you think this country's no good any more, just remember those Chinamen who paid $1,000 apiece to get themselves smuggled in under load of potatoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

And while on the subject of surveys, don't forget that when you fill out your income tax blank this year there is an auxiliary blank to be filled in and re- turned. This second blank is simply one on which the salient facts of your report will be recorded. It will be available for reference purposes, so that if it ever be- comes necessary to look up the report of John Jones for 1884 and to ascertain what his net income was, it can easily be pro- cured from this small blank. While good many people do not care to know that their income tax forms are available to the public, nevertheless, it is the law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
In New York

Paul Harrison today turns the spotlight of his nationally known ''ln New York" cOl- umn upon Florida night life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

That Waterbury is in no snow belt in this state was really proved last week when Wednesdays snow storm had ended. We had heavy snowfall, but nothing to compare with that in other parts of the state. The city is pretty well sheltered and you'll usually find that where other cities get it all over, we manage to inter- pose our hills and escape the brunt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

c. How many men were reject ed by the war department for service during the World war, be- cause of physical disabilities?
 A. 687,486.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

c. What is marijuana?
 A. The wild tobacco "Nicatiana Glauca." or the hemp "Canabis Sativa." The name is also applied to it's dried leaves and flowers that are made into cigarets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28

O. In which state of Mexico is the town of Encinillas?
 A. Chihuahua.