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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
Answers To
Questions
BY Frederick M. Kerby

@. Give the dates of birth and
death Of the actress, Lillian Russell
A. Born Dec. 4, 1851, and died
June 6, 1922.
@. How many letters are in tho
ancient Egyptian alphabet?
A. They had no alphabet. Writ
ing was in the form of hieroglyphs
or symbolic signs.
@. How do the British and AM
erican cabinet systems differ?
A. British cabinet members may
speak in the British parliament on
subjects relating to their Office, but
American cabinet offlcials cannot
address congress. The British cab
met remains in power at the will
of the house Of commons, whereas
the American cabinet Is the crea-
ture of the president and Is solely
dependent upon his will. The Brit
ish cabinet is responsible to parlia-
ment, while the American cabinet is
responsible only to the president Of
the United States.
@. What Is the unit Of currency
in Argentina?
A. The peso.
@. When did Jenny Lind tour
the United States under the aus
pices Of P. T. Barnum?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05


And it illustrates to what
lengths the government spy sys-
tenn has been carried in the last
four years.
It all began when an account
ant, formerly connected with
Boulder Dam, wrote letter to
President Roosevelt reporting
something phoney about the
bookkeeping on the project.
The President turned the let
ter over to Secretary Harold
Ickes, who had his chief inves-
tigator, Louis r. CLAWS, probe.
CLAWS sent one Of his detectives
to Chattanooga to interview the
accountant.
Secret Books
The man gave the detective de-
tails to the effect that the Six
Companies, then engaged In build
ing Boulder Dam, were keeping a
secret set Of books at Las Vegas,
New, In which were records<
violations Of their contract with
the government. :
CLAWS Immediately entrained
for Reno, his nostrils dilating
with the smell Of graft. There
he called upon the q. s. district
attorney to issue a warrant to
search a secret safe kept by the
Six Companies in Las Vagas. /
Then, with all the whoop-la
Of G-bOss J. Edgar Hoover, he
swooped down on the safe and
unearthed q duplicate set Of (
books kept by the Six Com
panies presumably containing
. record of the actual working
hours Of laborers ON the dam.
AI1egedly these were at vari-
ance with the books kept at
Boulder City.
After checking the books, Gla-
Wis agents called in Boulder
Dam workers and took affida-
Wits regarding actual working
conditions.
The contract between the gov
eminent and the Six Companies
contained a "spread-work" pro-
vision, by which no laborers were
to work more than eight hours.
Fines were to be affixed for all
overtime.
CLAWS accused the Six Com
panies Of falsifying their books
: as to hours of work, In order to
keep from paying these fines.
TT LOOKED LIKE QUITE A
SCANDAL.
Puncture
About this time, however, Gla-
Wis thirst for blood ran up
against the Bureau Of Reclama-
ton, q part of his own Interior
Department, charged with the
supervision Of Boulder Dam.
The Reclamation Bureau quiet
ly disclosed that 1t had known
about the Six Companies second
set Of books for some time, that
the Six Companies voluntarily
had shown them, explained that
1t was necessary to work men
overtime in special emergencies.
They could not switch men on
and off the job, they explained,
while a twenty-ton bucket Of
concrete was suspended in mid
air.
Then ensued bitter civil war
between CLAWS Investigation Blu
reau and the Reclamation Blu
reau. The former wanted GRIM
inal charges brought against the
Six Companies. The Reclamation
Bureau claimed the Six Com
panies had done a magnificent
piece Of work.
A bud
Finally Ickes decided to fine
the Six Companies S. for each
violation OF overtime work. This
totaled $102, 235.
About this time 6. o. p. sleuths
In Washington got hold Of the
story. It had all the earmarks
Of a huge campaign bombshell.
Mariner Eccles, chairman Of
Federal Reserve Board, was or
ganizer Of the Six Companies.
Underground rumor was that he
had used influence to get Ickes
to drop criminal charges.
II something like this could
have Been exploded 1t might
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

NCW xOAh, 0CCs WIG 4AVuA
ishing petty racket around town
has been ignored by the police be-
cause OF the small fry connected
with 1t. The ages Of the racketeers
in fact, range from four to four
teen and none pack guns about
their short pants, but they hold up
docile citizens with such bravado
that a drive has been started to
curb them.
The busy side streets of any
main thoroughfare are the kids
ters' territories and they have only
to hang around until car pulls
up to be parked against a curb
before getting into action. Before
the driver can shut off the trans
mission, the junior racketeer has
already opened tn door, run a
rag over the glass and offered to
waite h the car by the hour. Wise
motorists have learned to accept
these services 10 they value the
shine Of their cars.
Not that vandalism Is pre-
requisite Of these STRIPPING mus
clemen. Most Of 'em give in and
tell MS t'po ahead and watch the
buggy" a little shaver who had
NOT been l,Ired into a fuh for .
fortnight was explaining "hecuz
we try'n look tough. I'VE don't
like t'hoit anybody's buggy when
Most - +hosa m,,,o.s,.~sy ~.
s;da ,,,,+,o ,,aa o as s.ana.s. 80
tha s ma.tI ard e straats hatmeaa ' Me- re.
$1,000 t ,,,ors oN1 49,. e. w., ~ az
,.a ~. 80 ..s:,, si,i.;t s s ..,e
,narS a. fa,s,;I,, s,,rnar. Othass ~ ~
" 49, .aAS ,,. .y o1poA'' 'eA0 "As
So .''.o''
speaking OF moDSters, tnat pro-
lesslon mas become SO prosperous,
STANLEY walker points OUT IN q
recovery note. tnat the new,
Stanoara low price on tne Lower
West olae ior Deatlng up one
teilowineil Is ~ov instead OF tne
nlgher price, Mr.. Walker ADDS,
.ne customer gets no guaIanIee tnat
'iie '1e'iA AesS wnl NC oroAeh'
nond OF Anterest
ooie correspo1luence passed re-
cenyiy petWeen Fresiuent Hooseveit
ana ms COUSIN Wiiliam, ana tne
glst Oh ~ Is passed along Dy tne
ayue rarn espionage. ~ seems tnat
Cousih WiiIiaH, serving as trustee
u an estate III winch tne Fresioent
S.laleu do Deheiiciary' Wrote cousin
r rt lOr aovice: ne reported
tilaI several pollos III tne estate
ilao niatuleu anu requested counsel
Oh reinvestment Oh tne capltal.
me presloens repneo promptly
Snee COUSIN Wnham was trustee OF
.ne estate, II was ms Jop, tne icttei
sa,u, 70 renlveSI tne money. several
oays iater, tne iast OF the noteS was
excnangeo:
lear COUSIN FRANK, read tne
answer 70 tne PRESIDENT I've M
vested .ne money IN government
Donos' you're tne trustee now.
n0Do moteI
Inc nowery, maven OF tne oereiict
oown-ano-ouser ana oyeo-in-tne.
wool Tramp mas q caste system o.
its own ana snoppery down there
AMIDST tne quarter-a-nignt noE
houses, nlckei,a-oinner Gazing
JOINTS ana pawnsnops' galore, Is mol
unknown Mainly. tne spit IN So
ciai rank occurs between tne PERM
One group has no Use Tor the other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

All that Governor Wilbur L. Cross
needs now is sweater on which he may
affix the four letters that were awarded
him this week by members Of his Off
cial staff. The letters were conferred as
result of his four victories as governor of
Connecticut. He received 'Y" for defeat
ing Ernest E. Rogers in 1880; "A", ex-
governor, John H. Trumbull, 1882; "L",
States Attorney Hugh Alcorn, 1884; and
"E', States Attorney Arthur M. Brown,
1886. And what is more interesting to
this observer is the fact that his total
vote in 1885 was more than 100000
greater than his lowest vote (193O) and
not far from 100000 greater than his
total in 1882, which had been his high
mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05


1. What position in the federal
government is held by Harold L..
Ickes?
2. Where did George Washing
toms army spend the winter l777-
1778?
8. In which European city is the
famous street Drury Lane?
4. In astronomy, what are The
Pointers?
S. Who was Antonio Fogazzaro?
6. Name the capital Of Massachu-
sets.
z. What is the property Of mall
Liability In metals?
8. In which state was John Mar
shall, famous Chief Justice Of the
u. 8. Supreme Court, born?
0. Who was George Whiting
Flagg?
10. Where is Ellis Island?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, "The company has
q monopoly on electric cur
rent; say, monopoly Of cleo
trio current"

A. From 1850 to 1852.
Q. Is there any place in the U.
s. where persons who are not Amer
lean citizens may vote?
A. No.
@. Is the American Civil Liber-
ties Union connected with the U. s.
government?
A. No.
@. Where in the Bible is the
Lords Prayer?
A. The long and more familiar
form Is in Matthew 6:9-13; the
short form Is in Luke 11:2-4.
@. What is meant by the frank
ing privilege?
A. 1t is the right, Of Congress-
men, the President, and other gov
eminent officials, and usually the
widows Of former Presidents, to
send matter through the mails
without paying postage. For govern
ment officials ard government de-
partments the fr-.nked mail must
relate to the business Of the United
States government. Congressman
can send copies Of speeches that
have been published In the Con-
gressional Record through the mails
under their franks.
q. Who is the American Con-
sui General In Poland?
A. Thomas H. Bevans.
@. What is the population Of ILL
nois?
A. The 1880 census enumerated
7.63o.654.
II you want q copy Of our book
let on Bible Facts write The Water
bury Democrats Washington Bureau
1912 Thirteenth ST. Northwest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
Philatelic Nez0S

Memorial to St. Francis Xavier-2OO Special
Cancellations Used in German Olympic Series.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

The Little Brown Brother" as we used
to call our collective American
neighbor, seems to have grown up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

England may inalie . large three
penny coin, valued 81 about Elk
cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

Adolf Hitler, according to him, is the
greatest miracle worker in history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
A Thought for Today

And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight;
thy faith hath saved thee.-St Luke 1872.
All the strength and force Of man comes from
his faith in things unseen. He who believes Is
strong; he who doubts Is weak. Strong convic-
tons precede great actions-J. F. Clarke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
Daily Norrv-
Washington 49, : = : -. : - -
BOULDER DAM SPY SCANDAL
NIGHT HAVE LICKED FDR
az DREW PEARSON ana ROBEI

sv DREW PEARsON and ROBERT 3 ALLEN -
WASHINGTON, December S. - One of the big
scandals of the New Deal has just
been debated It involved the gigantic project OF which
the Administration pridefully has boosted - the con-
Str1Iction of Boulder Dam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

II you want q copy Of our book
let ON Bible Facts write The Water
bury Democrats Washington Bureau
1912 Thirteenth st., Northwest,
Washington, ID. G. Enclose 4 cents
i'm postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
PIElLATELIC CALENDAR
Maffamai

December Sc - Rubber City
Stamp Club Open House, Hotel
MayfleweF, AkFen, Ohio.
December 7re--eee0nd annual
Philaislle Congress, Hotel elslieF,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

Q. What is the population Of I'LL
nois?
A. The 1880 census enumerated
1880, 654.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05
Test Y o u :
knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-05

@. Who is the American Con-
sui General In Poland?
A. Thomas II. Bevans.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01

We believe the plan proposed in
which the surplus from years Of
good production would be stored for
use In years when production is not
80 good, to be the best plan offered
yet. II the government could ar
range to store a farmers surplus and
make loan on the stored surplus
and then release the surplus to the
farmer In the lean years upon pay
ment Of the loan, it might serve as
q price stabilizer and prevent the
wholesale dumping of crops that is
so upsetting to the market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
...THEN you SHOULD HAVE
AN ALL-ELECTRIc HOME LAUNDRY!

water every time you turn faucet. Declare
for a separate, well-planned laundry ROOM
which will save you time and steps and keep
the rest of your house from being a Turkish
Bath" every winter wash day.
You may have to build your all-electric
laundry gradually as you can afford equip
ment and construction. But work out your
plan now. To help you, Jeanette craner
noted home service advisor, has designed SIX
efficient but inexpensive aundries for North
west homes. Copies of her plans are tree.
Ask YOUR nearest Pacific Power Lignt
Company Office for them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
WHO'S WHO.

= Down at Larry's Barber =
z Shop is where the kiddies like =
= to stop to get their hair all =
+ trimmed up fine and gift of =
= some nice kind. The grown =
= folks, too, like here to go to get .
= those pretty curls, you know, 3
= or the fringe trimmed round =
= their ears, or tonic for their =
= bald head fears. You may not =
= find Police Gazette, but =
+ Larry's yarns are better yet =
+ a modern shop in a modern =
+ town-some day better drop +
I. around. =
= r,. =
. $$$$$+ 80 . = . .
Congressman Knute Hill Ito visit
orr: 'Now is there anything else
1 can show you around the Capitol"
Visitor: Eyes there is. I'd like to
have q look at that pork barrel I've
heard so much about"
= = =
Substitution of Landon for Roos-
evelt won't make any difference to
anybody, declares George Bernard
Shaw. But then Shaw has never
been a postmaster. .-.
= - =
But no matter who wins on
November 3, don't expect to
pick nickles off the bushes in
December.
- = = ....
Farley has new scheme which
he thinks will elect Roosevelt. He
is going to put Hoover's picture on
the new three-cent stamps.
= - =
A New York banker says he
would like to run q newspaper fox
q couple of weeks. But show us an
editor that wouldn't like to run q
bank for about two hours.
= = =
She had just received . beautiful
skunk coat from her husband.
II can't see how such wonderful
furs come from such q low, foul
smelling beast"
II don't ask for thanks, dear"
said her husband, 'but really must
insist on respect"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01

We've heard lot about the in
teresting conversations that take
place on the party line. They have
never interested us. What we have
always been interested in when it
comes to party line conversations is
the dope that one of the takers
promises to tell the other the next
time she sees her.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
YOUR TAXES DIRECT
AND INDIRECT

AND INDIRECT
Students of government and its
increasing demands on the family
pocketpook have been pointing out
in recent months the Interpretations
ate spread between direct and indi-
rect taxes. ~. sz.sa..,..
AS recently as 1929, they report,
the Federal government collected
approximately one-third of its in
come from hidden or indirect taxes,
and two-thirds from open or direct
taxes.
BY 1885, the picture had reversed
itself. Then, almost two-thirds OF
Federal income came from hidden
taxes, and approximately one-third
from direct taxes.
To the average householder this
contrast is significant. Why?
Because, while direct taxes are
levied, principally on income, gifts
inheritances and the like, indirect
taxes worm their way into bills fol
clothing, food, shelter and other
purchases necessary to the Ameri-
can family.
Although ostensibly directed at
other incomes, they hit the average
workers earnings after sort OF
multiple pass from politician to pro-
Queer, to retailer, to consumer. IN
Willingly they are paid over the
counter by the American housewife
whenever she buys for the home
Thus lurking in the price of 50
many necessities, they add insid-
iously to the cost of living.
Hidden taxes are by no means
new. They have been gnawing at
American workers earnings for
many years. But the serious thing
today is their expansion-with its
consequent burden on the family
income.
Yet the burden can be lessened.
Developed to their present pro-
portions to help finance huge and
often wasteful expenditures by poll
ticians, hidden taxes can be reduced
by cutting such waste.
That. Of course, is the politicians
Job. But it isn't their responsibility
alone.
It's the responsibility of us, the
people, to tell the politicians who,
under the Constitution, are subject
to our control that such waste,
with it's consequent raid on the
family purse, must end. Or else!
Raymond Pitcairn
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01

We note that some one has per-
fected a device that a woman may
wear in her sleep that will produce
a dimple in her cheek. What the
world needs more than more dim
pies in the cheek is dispositions with
dimples in them. Nothing is more
disappointing than to meet up with
person who outwardly is pleasant
but who inwardly has a disposition
like a crosscut saw.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01

Sometimes we think the Soviet
plan of handling grafters and those
who use their office to steal from
the government is the best plan. The
Russian government takes them out
back of the garage and lines them
up before firing squad. It is re-
iably reported that it puts an end
to their grating. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
THE wRECKERs

On the ballot will be found the
rest of the communistic program
for converting the State OF Wash
ineton into little Russia. Despite
all protestation to the contrary, In
itiative 1O1. the so-called civil serv-
ice, is part and parcel OF TINS
program. This is the first step to-
wards placing the control OF the
machinery of government in the
hands of left-wingers and in turn
under the domination of Seattle la
Dor racketeers. ,... -.
Then comes the tax wrecking pro-
gram found in Initiative No. 1l5,
Stevenson's pension idea and NO.
119, the observation-disclosures initia-
tive. i ~ H..
In lis lies great danger to the
schools. If this should be enacted
1t will place burden upon industry
which will mean the driving away
Of a large number of industrial
plants. The loss Of these plants
will mean a heavy slash in the pres
ent revenues from the business and
occupational tax now devoted en-
tirely to the school funds.
The same thing can be said Of the
other two. The civil service measure
means the ultimate doubling Of the
cost of government. This money
can only come from one place
taxes. The limit has been reached,
hence any additional money de-
manded for administration in city,
county or state will be taken from
funds now set aside for other pur-
poses, roads and schools.
Initiative No. 119 goes still farther.
It spells the doom Of the school sys-
tenn and everything else. The state
will take over all business and in
dustry and have nothing left to tax.
There will be no taxes because there
will be nothing left to tax. How
the schools can operate no one
knows.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
THE STRIKE

THE STRIKE
The newspaper strike in Seattle is
at least creating sense OF UNI
easiness in administration circles
both state and national. The fact
that Seattle labor racketeers COM
pletely wrecked one Of the largest
payrolls in Seattle and threw more
than 600 people out Of work is hav-
ing a reaction. Already the effect is
being felt in Seattle stores. The
hating of three hundred and fiji
ty thousand dollar a month turn
over Of pay checks is also going to
have some effect upon the state
tax receipts.
The real call for uneaSiness, how
ever Is to be found in the fact
that the more conservative labor
people, taxpayers and property own
ers, are slowly awakening to the
menace which turks behind the
present conditions. The national
y
administration has tipped its hand
In the p. I. case. It did not want the
Post Intelligencer published during
the campaign. Leaders. however,
afraid that the success of the labor
racketeers who were indirectly urg-
ed to suspend the acknowledgement
may now take it upon themselves to
carry instructions still further and
seek to suspend all other newspa-
pers not friendly to the national adj
ministration.
No one doubts but that the Seattle
situation is going to change a huge
block Of votes. These may upset the
entire Democratic apple cart.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
Printing Takes to Wheels

New York City-Housed in three
baggage cars and Pullman sleep
er painted red, white and blue, a
printing exhibit sponsored by the
American Type Founders began its
16,000-mile jaunt across country, to
consume 100 days. During that
time the promoters Of the plan hope
to show 10000 visitors the newest
developments in the printing art.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
Build from orr free plans!

Off you haven't an all-electric home laun-
dry, winter laundering probably makes your
house very uncomfortable wet clothes
hanging about .. windows covered with
steam ;. your family irritable -. and you
limp and exhausted.
So why not decide right now that you're
tired of old-fashioned methods-that you
want convenience! Decide that you're going
to have an electric washer and an electric
ironer to do your slaving-that an electric
water heater is going to supply you hot
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01

The widespread practice of COM
promising debts has resulted in a
general let down of conscience in
regard to financial obligations. We
have an idea that it is going to be
reflected for a good many years to
come in bank lendings and the ex-
tension of credit among careful
bankers and careful merchants.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
Kept AM Promises

During his four years as chief
executive Of Kansas. Governor ALI
Landon fulfilled every campaign
promise he made. and made good
on every plank in the party's state
platform
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-01
Cuban Newspaper Bombed

Havana, Cuba-Concealed in q
small delivery truck, a dynamite
bomb wrecked the plant of the Pals.
a local newspaper, and destroyed
the interior of the Monserrate Cath
Ole church across the street, kill
ing four persons and injuring twen-
ty-Seven.