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Evening star., 1936-04-02
local anglers distinguished
themselves last year to head

1.-TWO local anglers distinguished
themselves last year to head
their respective divisions in
- the recently announced list Of
winners in the annual fishing contest
conducted by Hunting and Fishing
Magazine.
Fishing at Oregon Inlet on May IL,
Raymond Castell landed blue that
weighed IL pounds 2 ounces. He used
a Montague reel, Bronson reel, Atlas
line and a herring as his lure. His
prize was $50.
DR.. E. L. Robertson of Chevy Chase,
Md, headed the sailfish anglers when
he landed off Key Largo, Fla. on April
7, beauty that scaled at rs pounds
He brought his prize to boat using a
South Bend rod, Ocean City, Long
Key reel, Cuttyhunk line and Bonito
strip to attract his fish. He also
earned a $50 prize.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON of New
port News, Va, won top honors
when he landed a 64-pound channel
bass at Oregon Inlet on March 81.
In the large-mouth bass, Southern
division, two Fredericksburg, Va,
anglers, while not winners, landed fine
specimens. Herman Sullivan got one
weighing 10 pounds ounces in Hunt
er's Pond, Va, and won $40, and
Arthur johnson, fishing in T. B. Will
sons Pond, Va, hooked a g-mouth
beauty that weighed 10 pounds !
ounce, and won s5.
A fishing club to encourage novices
in the more sporty practices Of
big-game fishing off the New Jersey
coast has been organized at Forked
River, N. J. 1t proposes to bring to-
Evening star., 1936-04-02
SHoRB LEADS SHoREMAN.

A former four sports star at Ia
koma-silver Spring High School,
Norman shorb, has been appointed
captain Of the tennis team at Wash
ington College, Chestertown, Md. The
team will meet some of the best COL
lege net squads Of the East.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
FREE COLLEGE TUSSLE
Vermont, G. w. Mines to Play
Game on Ellipse Field.

NdIHc OII L11IPst ItIU'
Homeward-bound Government clerks
are expected to form a large majority
of the spectators who will see George
Washington's base ball team play Ver-
mont tomorrow afternoon.
The game, slated to start at o'clock,
will be played on the East Ellipse dia-
mond.
Vermont, which is playing Maryland
this afternoon at College Park, after
losing to Virginia yesterday. will be the
second opponent of the Colonials, who
opened their season with a 10-7 VIC
tory over Ohio State last Saturday.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
ARIZMENDI WINS FIGHT.

CINCINNATI, April 2 tPl.-Baby
Arizmendi. 1915, Mexico City, out
pointed Tiger Walker. 1921. Cincin-
natl, in 10-round bout here last
night.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
Miss Rawls Limited.
MISS RAWLS, limited because

MISS RAWLS, limited because of a
recent illness to chances at two
crowns instead of the three she won
last year. will seek to retain her title
in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Little Miss Rawls last night bettered
American and meet records for the
300-yard individual relay, with a time
of 4 minutes 6.3 seconds. She won by
II big yards, shattered her own Amer
ican record of 4:08.1 and wrecked her
meet mark of 1902.
Claudia Eckert of Chicago opened
the meet with rd-cracking per-
formance when she tore through the
water in l minute % seconds in her
qualifying heat to better Miss Rawls
meet record of 1908 for the 10O-yard
free style and came back in the final
to conquer Mary Lou Petty of Seattle's
Washington A. C. by inches in 1:02.5.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
K|EFER ATTACKS
SWIMMING MARK
Has Beaten Listed Record
for Back Stroke-RaWIs
Displays Speed.
By the Associated Press.

~HICAGO, April 2.-Adolph
Kiefer. Chicago's high school
boy backstroke artist, will 20
~ after another record tonight
while Katy Rawls of Miami Beach,
Fla, swims for her second 1886 title,
in the second night Of competition for
mems and women's senior National
A. A. U. championships at the Lake
Shore Athletic Club.
With the competition expected from
Danny zehr Of Northwestern Uni
versity. q mark to replace the world
l50-yard back stroke standard of
1869, listed for Al Vande Weighe of
Newark. N. j., is the prospect Kiefer
frequently has beaten the listed mark.
Evening star., 1936-04-02
FIVE TEAMS PLAY
IN SCHOOL CHESS
Second Tournament of Year
Opens April 8-HeatWoIe
Renamed President.

w YASHINGToN's Inter-High
~ Chess Association is
wv launching its second team
' ' tournament for the school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Are We too Excited?

The question Of the eligibility Of two
democratic members OF the State Senate
Is causing considerable agitation In GER
tain circles around Connecticut In fact,
the Hartford Courant, II we are to Judge
from earlier remarks and current ones,
sees o possibility Of O test Of the legality
OF the status Of State Senators Matthew
A. DAILY of New Haven and Julius G. Strenl-
lau Of Meriden, who recently resigned
WPA positions so that they might par
ticipate In the special legislative sessions
which Governor Wilbur L. Cross hopes to
call for prior to and shortly after the
November cleo Ion.
The point in question seems to be
whether or not the two legislators violated
any state law In not resigning their sena-
torships to assume the WpA Jobs, federal
appointments. II there Is any question
OF the legality Of their present position
and It should be brought up In the future
, so as to initiate against legislation IN
which they might participate during the
special sessions, OF course, II would be far
wiser now TO procure a decision. The
matter might reasonably be put to the
Attorney General OF this state for his
opinion.
Court action against the participation
% either Senator DAILY or Senator Strem-
lau would be putting partisan politics be-
fore the state. The reason for summing
the representatives and senator's IN spe-
eial session Is not one for party argument,
but for party harmony. The matter OF
changing the state constitution so that
presidential electors may meet properly
Is vital to republicans as we'll as demo-
Gratis. So Is the task OF providing proper
social security legislation which Will
enable Connecticut to share In federal
grants
There Is nothing to be gained in
excluding two democratic senators, even
though It has been widely heralded that
democrats can now control the Senate.
There Is actually, to our way OF thinking,
nothing to be gained by either party hav-
ing control OF either house OF the Assem-.
bly,. The special session calls for laying
aside party differences and having all
three parties represented working for the
common interest OF the state. Should the
presence, though, OF the two democratic
senators set up doubt about the consti-
tutionality Of any legislation transacted, 1t
Is to our advantage that 1t be known now,
30 we can proceed properly with the hold
Ing Of the session. The Attorney Gen
erals office Is best qualified to decide on
this matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Al lust the time when the Glass
tonhury home OF Gideon Welles and
the Noah Webster House In New
Haven are IN grave danger Of do.
molition, II 10 good TO read OF the
preservation OF the old stone school
house In Wolcott a8 o memorial to
Amos Bronson Alcott. The building
Ia o gift from Miss Emily Morris TO
the Mattatuck Historical Society,
which will maintain II GS O museum.
The opening took place this week,
although the plan 10 restore II TO
the aspect OF rural schools o CEN
fury ago Ia yet TO DO completed.
How faithfully the Mattatuck His
torical Society will care 10 reproduce
the rough, battered and uncared for
conditions OF rural schools In the
dark err Of Connecticut education
Ia open TO question. Alcott never
taught In this particular building,
although II was built IN 1925 less
than O mile from the site OF the
farm on which no was born. But
when no took his nrSt position as O
teacher, he was shocked at the con.
dition OF the Cheshire school room
and Immediately set about cleaning
and painting II himself. He added O
shelf with books and o few engraV.
ingS, much 10 the asto1ishment OF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
All Drinkers Not Drunkards

On the assumption that all men or all
women who drink wines, cocktails, high
balls or other liquors, are not drunkardS
and will not end up In drunkards grave,
we would like to take issue with some OF
the remarks credited to speakers at the
05th national convention OF the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society OF America,
which Is being held this week at Hart
ford. With the society itself and Its aims
we have no fault to find nor criticism to
voice. We believe heartily that organized
efforts to cause the youth OF the nation
TO consider seriously the life Of one who
drinks liquors and one who abstains
should be made. But on the other hand
we do not believe that he Is condemned
who takes the first course.
OF course In the remarks OF several OF
the speakers at the opening session OF the
convention the phrase, alcoholic indul-
gence" was used frequently. We accept
this In It's meaning Of an excess. But
surely every drinker Is not guilty OF alco-
holic indulgence. We have known men
who lived to ripe old ages who INDUCED
in liquor without loss OF respect In their
own home and community. There are
unquestionably just as many who would
have lived to ripe old age had their appe-
titles not led them through the old-time
swinging doors.
Attorney Cornelius J. Danaher Of Mer-
iden was critical of liquor advertising,
claiming that newspapers were forcing
unweIcome and unasked for solicitations
on readers by permitting this type Of adj
vertising. Like everything else that APP
pears In the newspapers 1t can be read or
not, according to the readers interest or
taste. Now that the liquor industry is
gradually assuming some sort of order,
we had the idea that It's advertising fea-
lures was one Of its highlights and cred
II to modern-day intelligence.
We may be wrong, but we think that
more support Is lost to abstinence and
temperance movements by absolutely
terIning all those who do not fall In line
such out-and-out reprobates and sinners.
The situation can't be SO bad as all that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Edna Ferber, American author vaca-
tlonlng at So. Jean de Lug on the French
coast, ten minutes walk from Spanish
civil war, writes wildly Of the narrowing
scenes enacted daily before her eyes.
Refugees Of many natlonalities land
there, brought from peril to safety, some
wounded, some terrified. They tell the
story Of the bloody conflict In Spain.
Miss Ferber does not dwell unduly on
the immediate horrors She tells Of the
possibilities ahead, the perils to France
and the rest Of Europe In the situation
regardless Of which way victory goes. She
tells Of q whole civilian population armed,
though not we'll organized. And then she
says: II have one wish. Though ] may
be accused OF chauvlnisn or jingoism, !
have one wish. I wish that every Amer
lean who Is now working against the good
Of the American government by word or
deed might be sentenced to serve six
months at hard play In any OF the capt.
tails Of Europe today"
Americas freedom from the animosi"
ties and fears Of Europe, It's democracy
which may blunder but which functions
without civil war, It's opportunity TO solve
social and economic problems by educa-
ton and legislations - these are priceless
treasures too much taken for granted.
Let us cherish them and strengthen them
while there Is time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
esSConnnent
FROM HORACE IN
CONNECTICUT
(IIartsord Courant)

Robert Hillyer, whose Sabine farm
lies In Pomfrct and whose work
few years ago shifted from Trinity
TO Harvard ClaSSrooms, has written
an epistle TO Robert Frost that
brings close the mystical borderline
that unites Connecticut and YER
mont. The letter appears In the
August issue OF the Atlantic. AS On
exercise In rhymed couplets 1t Is q
10y TO the ear. In It's close packed
echoes " Is o rival TO T. s.. Eliot's
1.-THE Waste Land" but II u more
communicative. In short, the letter
for oil its cleVerness and Its nostal-
gia for the past, has not q message
exactly, but ut least On intelligible
and dominating idea.
It is this idea that will interest
Vermont and Connecticut, beyond
the smaller group who will appre-
ciate the technical PROJECTIONS and
the rich overtones OF the verses. II
Is O secret, the poet says, not TO be
impaired but known TO Vermont
and Connecticut. Happier skiesS'
he writes.
That phrase Is fustian stuff
This green Connecticut ID good
enough:
My shining acres and the house !
built,
All mine, all earned, all mortgaged
to the hilt.
II ! may make some changes here
and there
When halos play on my ll1hallow-
cd hair,
New England winters well might
be curtailed-
In May II showed, and In July 1t
hailed.
Rosebugs should be banished,
and with those
The people who see rosebugs on the
rose.
And yet / shrink from this celes.
tial boom,
Lest, with improvements, also !
assume
Responsibility for things in bloom.
! might forget wax flowers OF
HubkiCUSEEJ .
! might leave out the fragrance OF
wild cherry;
In short, I am content to leave TO
God
The natural world, o that our
statesmen would
II only the poet had omitted the
word natural" Even the Connecti'
cut as in Vermont men who have
built houses would interfere viii
nature sufIiciently to stem rivel
floods. These are decidedly worse
than snow In May. But they woulc
keep the old customs, read Horace
and oibbon, II they so desired. OBJ
serve the rules Of rhyme and meter
and preserve the even tenor Of theiI
ways. So they all believel when, like
Robert Frost and Robert Hillyer
they escape TO farms and wooded
hills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

One more sign OF lack OF intelligence on
the part Of the Olympic game officials
was the slight given DR.. James A. Nal
smith, founder OF the game OF basketball,
ct the opening Of this section OF compe-
tition last week. In fact 1t was purely
luck that DR.. Nalsmith was OF the games
at all. His presence evidently meant
much to American members OF the Olyn1-
pic committee, so they didn't try to have
him attend or offer him the courtesy OF
admission passes when funds were pro.
vided for his trip by American basketball
fans. And then when the basketball
games were started off with Dr.. Naismith
being honored not an official showed up
Some fun, folksl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

We have often complained that the
local police were not cracking down on
violators OF stop-signs and the chronic
motorist who always Is In a hurry to beat
the red signal light. It seems as II the
police are evidently tired Of complaints
about accidents and near accidents as
result OF such tactics. AT any rate over
the weekend there was determined
drive against drivers who fail to see the
signs or else ignore them entirely II is
practically useless to install stop signs
on streets unless motorists are going to
heed them by coming to full stop before
entering the cross street. A good many
drivers think It Is enough to slow the
speed OF their vehicle, but to keep 1t
moving, so they won't have to SHIFT gears.
A full stop might necessitate only. one
gear shift In some cases, two In others,
but In all cases Is necessary II the sign
injunction Is TO be obeyed. Other cities
enforce stop signs; why shouldn't weP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
4 Memorial To Bronson AICOtt
Preservation of This Wolcott Landmark Comes
as Interest Centers in Fight to Save Two
Other Historic Homes.
her Historic Homes.
HARTFORD CoURANT

the children and their parents. The
children loved the school, for Alcott
already acted on the principle that
constant uniform kindness was the
most succeseful instrument" Of disci-
pline and that when children do O
thing, II Is theirs and besides the In
tellectual progress this also gives
increase Of intellectual power" This
free type Of school, however, was o
failure from the parents point OF
view, and 80 was the one which he
taught In Bristol In 1897.
To nyearB later Mr.. Alcott was
master Of tho most famous school
In America. Pictures still exist TO
show that no used movable furni-
ture, sculpture, engravings, maps,
sunshine and cleanliness aS on aid
TO education. He taught, largely by
the Socratlc method, children rang
ing In ego from three TO twelve, and
oil went well until no insisted upon
admitting several negro pupils. Yes,
Alcott was an abolitionist. He also
tried out communal living OF Fruit.
lands. But most Of his life was de.
voted TO conversation; II was his
supreme gift and Q gift not to be
wholly disapproved as impractical
and Idle, for the journals OF both
Thoreau and Emerson testify time
and again 10 the way In which Al
colts worrying an idea, as O dog
worries O bone, had started their
own thinking into new channels and
had cleared away old fogs Of doubt
and vagueneSs. "A tedious arch
angel, Emerson once called him,
and though far from o good pro.
WIDER as tho father Of Louisa and
the other Little Women" he none
theless was an independent and in
dividuai son Of Connecticut who had
no small part In setting people TO
thinking and 10 building o better
country.
The reform Of Connecticut's
school system had TO wait until after
Henry Barnard made his first report
In 1880, but II would be hardly fair
TO Alcott to reprduce the worst type
OF rural school aS memorial TO him
without making II clear that he did
not tolerate darkness. dirt, black
walnut rules, birch rods, Ounce
stools or repression In any school Of
which he was master. For that rea.
son, he lost at least two positions In
Connecticut. The honor due him to-
day Is to recall that he and not the
majority Of his contemporaries was
right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

Job petsred out, also his plans 10
work incognito on q freight boat,
and he found time hanging very
heavy on his hands. Miss Barbour
had gone 10 Africa, but had prone
ised 10 lend him her polo pony.
So one day . huge y. s. army
truck, with three pFlvates ana .
sergeant, arrived At Magnolia On
che Massachusetts, Nerth Shore,
and after putting up Cor che
night at Lynn, where was She
only garage large enough 70
house The van, they picked Up
The horse and drove away 70
Hyde Park.
Magnolia, Of course, O. Q small
place, and speclaliHes IN gossip, 20
Il didn't take long before the
whole North Shore was burning
about the Presidents con playing
polo while his father was Iins
balancing the budget for the 0enOs
III Of the underprivileged.
Very Young
John Is still very young, - ct.
tested by his sister Anna, who got
back 10 the White House late one
afternoon Just as Q meeting OF
women for the discussion Of ma.
ternity problems had ended.
Anna entered as the last Of the
ladies departed, after comforting
on matters Of an intimate fem.
inine nature. Az she did 80 young
John, home from college, emerged
from behind portieres OF en- open
window.
"What have you been Doing
there2" inquired Anna.
To which, according 10 Anna,
the ad0lescent John replleds
"Llstenlng! What do you
suppOse?"
Copyright, 1889, by United Feas
ture Syndicate, IncJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

So popular has bicycling become In
eastern cities that old laws are being
resurrected to prevent accidents. And
down In New Haven officials are keeping
park drives open longer hours so that
cyclists may have the use OF them. A
regular schedule Of hours has been
adopted for the enthusiasts, who include
as many people OF advanced years as
those In their teens. Here Is q sport for
old and young, healthy one, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Selected Poem
BOY LIKE A COLT

BOY LIKE A COLT
DEITY Richart In the New York Times)
You, like O colt, on eager legs,
Go on exploring in your field
Stubbornly, since the creed OF youth
Is not TO yield.
There Is world beyond the hills
That colts should never wander TO,
However much their foolish hearts
So long TO do.
That wary softness in their eyes
Betrays them II they ever stray
TO meet the colts in pastures vast,
Across the way.
You, like a colt. would gallop on
With flying men, despite rebuff
When for such trembling legs this field
Is large enough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
AUG. Is.

AUG. IS.
Persons most likely to be affected
today are those who were born from
June 81 through July II.
General Indications for All
MISUNDERSTANDING good.
Afternoon-Exceilent.
Eevening- Good.
Today's BiTthdate
You may feel that your work
avails you nothing. It should help
you to study your own horoscope.
Love affairs, travel. speculation
and all forms of pleasure should
DO strong for you during October,
1895.
Danger from accidents, fire or
rash actions from Sept. 0 through
10, 1885.
Socially favorable and good for
buying clothes, entertaining or
seeking facors from Nov. 2 through
II, 1896.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

A, The invention Of spectacles n
generally attributed 10 Roger Bacon
IN the 18th century.
g. In which major operations
during the World War did AEnegs-
can troops participate9
A. Cambria, 9onEne (March,
1879 Lys, Aisne, Noyon.M ontdidier,
Champagne Marine, Aisne . Marine.
somme august, 1919, 0ise.Aissae,
Ypres-Lys, ST. Mihiel, MeusesAr"
gonne, and Vittorlo. Veneto.
q. Who invented the explosive
TNTP
A, II was first prepared In Ger.
many In 1853 by Wilbrand.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Current Comments

No modern nation should be re-
quired to borrow o single cent for
the purpose Of carrying on the fuIlc-
lions Of government.
DIR. Francis e. Townsend.
See everything, hear everything,
say nothing.
advice 10 bellboys BY Y. Doug
las. Honolulu bntAi hallhnA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

We know too many individuals and FAM
lilies, obeylng The laws OF man and God 80
naturally and willingly, yet not strangers
10 drink nor condemning is use BY 9th.
ers. Drunkenness they abhor, as do we
ell. But they draw line and keeping on
their side Of Il fall 10 see harm In others
who do the same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Horoscope
ny OCTAVTNE

For persons who believe that
human destiny Is guided by the
planet, the daily horoscope Is OUT
lined by o noted astrologer. In
addition to information OF general
interest. II outlines information Of
special interest TO persons born on
the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Answers To
Questions
~ Frederick M. Ksrby

9. Where were the ie2a one.
cent pieces mintedS
A. The entire issue was mlnt0d
OF Denver.
q. How much current does an
average electric fan consumer
A. About one kilowatt hour Tor
each Q to 10 hours operation.
9. How many children has Joan
Bennett
A. She has an eight year old
daughter, Dlanna Bennett, by her
first husband, John Marion Fox;
and O two year old daughter, Me.
linda, by her present husband, Gene
Marley.
q. Who invented eyaglassesS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
A Thought Cor Today

Ana wlthal they learn 70 be Idle, wandering
ahout from house 10 house, and not only die,
hnt tateIeEs also and buNyb0dles, speaking
thlngs which they ought nOG-I Timothy STA.
From Its very inactlon idleness ultimately
comes the most active cause Of evil. as palsy
d more 10 be dreaded than fever, The Turks
have Q proverb, which says, that the devil
tempN eli other men, but that idle men tempt
the deYil-Colton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12

I. In Greek mythology, who was
Morpheus?
.. who was the author Of ''The
Talisman-"
8, Where Is the island Of Tobago?
(. Which English king was called
Occur dc Lion9
5. which state Is nicknamed the
Hawkeye State?
Q. what are caryatides2
Z. Who was David q. EarragutT
Q. In which Of Dickens novels u
Charles Darnay o characterS
0. Name the largest Of tae Cen.
trail American republics.
10. Who owns the Wake islands,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
In New York

Host Of the biggest, .buSinest
and most luxurlouB hotel IN the
United States for over two score
yearT Oscar ,S o. l. the Wa IN rrd,,nS
the world. HO has greeted kings
ana premlers, movie stars and
Industrial giants and tranBientg
from every nook and corner OF
the globe. He has led q colorfui
and exciting life and he .remon.
iscos about II az guest coiumniBt
''u"" -dEoRdB ROSS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-12
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1:l4 a. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 6:6s a. M; sets 1855 p. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min
utes after sunset.
High tide at Milford Thursday, Aug. Is,
0:2l q. m; low tide, 3:22 q. m. daylight
time).