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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Thoughts of Spring

Along about this time of the year when everyone wants to see the snow and ice vanish overnight and green grass appear as if by magic thoughts turn towards house-cleaning. Housewives get the urge to pull apart and turn upside down. A grand airing and cleaning orgy is usually fndulged in. The same is true outside of the home, too. The husband turns to with considerable intensity and gives the yard a thorough going-over. The city customarily engages in similar campaign.
 We suggest that this year it be engaged in on a wholesale scale. We'd like to see the city cooperate to the extent that it provide free transportation for all the rubbish that can be collected along the residential streets of the city. Everybody would be thus encouraged to get rid of lot of junk and litter that might be clut- tering backwards and vacant lots. The result would be worthwhile indeed. We'd have heater yards and better neigh borhoods.
 We could select a week late in March or in early April for the cleanup. So many trucks could be assigned to ter ritory. Certain streets would be taken care of each day. Community clubs, of which Waterbury has great many doing fine work, ought to be very much inter- ested in such scheme as this. They ought to provide the impetus for such movement. And the city itself ought to consider such a cleanup real sign of better days. It would certainly have a psychological effect on most people, we think.
 Let's get behind cleanup campaign On 6 citY-wide basis We don't want the kind of a drive that will find only few conscientious property owners or house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Praise Is Deserved

Now that the rush is over, bit of praise is in order. But come to think of it, there wasn't what you might call real rush this year, which is all the more reason for a bit of praise. We're refer ring to the reformation in issuance of Connecticut motor licenses which set some sort of record this year, if the Wa terbury branch office is any criterion. We don't know how the figures compare with other years, but we do know that the long waits of other years were missing.
 Maybe it was the two additional months that we got which made the difference, but we're inclined to think it's the system of Motor Vehicle renewals that Commis- sioner Michael A. Connor and his aides have perfected which is responsible for the present condition. A visit to the local branch office Saturday afternoon, if you were looking for congestion and confusion, would have been disappoint- ing. Quite the opposite was true. The old rigmarole of facing battery of ques- tioners and checkers was gone. Two oper- ations concluded the business at hand.
 And we'll wager that most applicants went away smiling. You signed your re- newal blank; you presented 1t for cre- dentials; with those in your possession you presented yourself to the cashier and were promptly taken care of. We would like to thank Commissioner Connor for simplifying the system, Americanizing it was all that he really did. It's conclusive proof after all that in the democratic party of the state there is plenty of abil- ity The motor vehicle department has more than proved this to be true, con- founding the dire preditions made when democratic legislators moved for change in administration of the bureau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Now is the time for all persons inter- ested in getting rid of such pests as tent caterpillars to get in their dirty work. Clubs and organizations like the Boy Scouts ought to organize weekend de- struction tours, provided they are ac- companied by someone who knows how to destroy the egg masses. Entomologists are reporting another deluge of egg masses evident in our state, which means that therell be plenty of the dirty tents when the leaves bud forth and the cater pillars start to work infesting the trees. March is the ideal month for getting rid of egg masses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

when that country was conquered by Alexander the Great?
 A. Darius III.
 Q. Which official of the Post Office Department has supervision over rural mail2
 A. The First Assistant Post master General.
 e. Who appoints U. 8. Marshals and U. s. District Attorneys?
 A. The President of the U. S., by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 c. Who first performed blood transfusion operations?
 A. The first authentic record is of Francesca Folli who transfused blood from one animal to another in Florence, Italy, August 13, 1854. Transmission from one human being to another was first done by Jean Denys of Montpelier in 1867.
 @. How many times does the word God" appear in the Bible?
 A. According to Strong's Concor- dance, 4,371 times.
 If you want copy of our booklet MODERN CONTRACT
 BRIDGE, write to the Water. bury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth st., North west, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
A Book a Day
Here's Good Sample of Adventure Story
 BY BRUCE CATION

Something in the way of honest, melodramatic romance and adven- ture is relished by the best of men, at times; and if thst's your dish you'll find an excellent example in "The House of the Spaniard." by Arthur Behrend.
 Here we have all the old familiar trimmings-the lonely house in the deserted marsh; the beautiful and appallingly helpless girl whose father is so clearly up to no good; the ardent young man who could kepe out of all trouble by exercis- ing, just once, an ounce of common sense, but who steadfastiy refrains from doing SO; the mysterious boat that takes on Q nameless cargo at a lonely inlet--we have, in other words, all that is needed to make romantic melodrama of the old school.
 Mir. Behrend stirs and cooks these ingredients skillfully. and shows us a dark Spanish plot being matched on the civilized shores of England, with a valiant young EngIishman alternately trying to foil 1t and taking Q hand in 1t himself for love of the beautiful girl above-men- toned.
 As say, this story. like most Of it's kind, depends for It's plot on 2 singular brainlessness on the part of the hero. If the leading man in one of these books should start act- ing like an intelligent adult, the whole structure would fall apart. and the author would doubtless lose his union card. But that never hap- pens, and fl you like quick action with a minimum of demand on your intelligence. this book will do very ueli
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Dying Militarism

1. In the assassination of five liberal statesmen, Japan's nilitarists seem to have made an assault on democratic goV- {. ernment in a way which the most up-to- date dictators of Europe could hardly have improved on. But for all the facC ]. that liberal statesmen lie dead, with m1ll- l. tarv fire-eaters pluning themselves on the patriotic glory of their assassinatlons, 1. this frustrated upheaval in Japan looks l. more like the last act of an old drama !. than the first act of new one.
 ]. The uniformed gangsters who sought power over the bodies of the opposition were not riding mounting tide which was sweeping the country with irresistl- . ble force. The tide that carried them along was ebbing, not rising; their dra- matic coup d'etat looked to the past . rather than to the future. Because our !. own relations with the Japanese govern ment present certain points of strain, any !. change of regimes in Tokio will be bound ]. to affect us. It is, therefore, good thing ]. for us to try to understand just what has {. happened.
 ]. Blood-thirsty militarism certainly is nothing new for Japan. For unnum- bered generations the military caste there !. has been supreme, ansWerable only to the !. emperor. The state has existed to serve , it's soldiers; the army, in very real sense, has been the nation. For perhaps quar- ]. ter century the Japanese have been ex- perimenting with parliamentary govern ment. The experiment was never very successful; the shadow of the past always sianted across it, and the militarists never consented to a change that would make their group simply one among many groups.
 What touched off this most recent eX- plosion seems to have been the fact that the mass of the Japanese people had be- gun to insist on having the military clique whittled down to it's proper size. The anti-militarist party won majority in the last parliamentary election; fur thermore, sort of farmer-labor combine with definitely radical tendencies actu- ally won 22 seats The army group re- piled to this in the only way open to it. not start Japan off on new path; 1t tried to restore it to an old one.
 And in that fact lies measure of hope. For it is pretty clear that the main cur rent of Japanese sentiment is running the other way. The plain people of the land are beginning to suspect that the glOTleS Ol d VlCtOLlOuS dLHly dllO O 6ACno navy put precious little butter on their bread.
 They would like to see less attention paid to the army and more attention paid to the worker, the farmer, and the busi- ness man. It is possible that this coup d'etat is the last stand of the old order. It may make the immediate future ex- ceedingly difficult; but it may also mean
 that the end of Japan's policy of uncom-
 promising militarism is nearer than the
 rest of the world has dared to hope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Puerto Ricai1 Indendence

Puerto K1ca1 1nuenuence
 Behind the assassination of Colonel Francis Riggs, chief of Puerto Rican police, was the growing unpopularity of the United States in the island, and the growing demand for inde- pendence, rather than hatred for him personally.
 Contrary to advance expecta- tions, Riggs was an efficient poe lice officer.
 Last line of an arisIOcrstic Maryland family, he led . vivid life in Puerto Rico. In front of his palace by the sea he set his own lobster traps, swaHn, once was attacked by barracuda. He served his guests with sav0ry sea dishes, cooked with his own hand. He was one of those few men who look dignified in shorts, wore a ragged blue shirt and . big gold badge.
 Riggs was extremely popular in Puerto Rico. But he was the, symbol of alleged American op- pression and he was shot.
 Copyright, 1o38, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Vassar college is about to depart from a time-honored collegiate custom. Its teaching staff will henceforth be denied sabbatical leaves. It seems the professors have been cutting up didoes. In short they haven't been doing right by the col lege trustees. Their sabbatical leaves weren't taken to permit advanced study abroad, but for personal reasons. It al- most amounted to hockey from school, so the trustees have clamped down on the "bad" profs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

The past Saturday witnessed an out pouring of cars. Maybe it was the fact that it was the last day for getting 1886 license plates Probably it was because it was the first Saturday in quite few weeks that many driver could get his automobile out. We presume from now on, weather permitting, the customary Saturday morning and noon traffic jams will be in order Some restrictions and laws might aid the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, March 2-Short Stan gas: The clamor against Major Bowes' Amateur Hour has died away in at leas tone respect: the major is no longer accused of being diabolical Pied Piper who lures poor non-pros to New York and then strands them.
 This does not mean that fame and fortune hunters have stopped streaming into town, by the thou sands, every week. But in so do- ing, the tyros know, by fore- warning, that they are on their own responsibility. Major Bowes has made it plain to stagestruck out-of-towners that no applica- tons are considered unless the applicant is in New York.
 But still they come, and more often than not, on small savings scraped-together proceeds of some nasty sale of personal belongings or on their nerve, to defy the Bowes critical sense, destiny and the gong. Most of them, rejected and dejected, hold back enough money to go home. Some don't. But the Major Is not to blame.
 BOniface John D.
 It seems that in building Radio City, where they even have baby perambulators for hire by the hour now, someone forgot to put up 8 hotel. This slight over- sight, I'm told, will be corrected soon, for the Rockefellers have already picked their site and will be inn-keepers, also, after Q while, If the plan goes through.
 Poor Jceter!
 There are times when 1t pays to be moderately broke, Henry Hull has learned, now. that his shekkels are rolling in. A little over two years ago, Mir. Hull, an actor of note, wouldn't have minded @ starring role in a play, if the job paid enough. Someone sent him the manuscript of Tobacco Road" Since pride walketh before fall, Mir. Hull took the stellar role of Jeeter Lester in the play and made very little dough. As little dough, as a matter of fact, as $25 per week, which is hardly pittance for star. He had agreed with the manage ment to work for a small per cent of the gross, which will give you 8 fair idea of what this fluke play eorned in its early career.
 Then the luck of the piece changed; Tobacco Road" be- came a national institution in time and as partial proprietor, Hull now receives upward of $2,000 each week.
 Teller Told On
 Lucius Beebe tells about Jas- per Morgan, the yachtsman, who has installed steam pipes under the sidewalks of his Long Island estate. After @ snowstorm, he merely turns a valve and shovelling be- comes entirely unnecessary. And your correspondent tells about Lucius Beebe, opera hat journalist, who has his Beach, combers Bar fixed so that a tug at @ cord and a tilt of the hose will induce palm trees to quiver and rain to pour down the windows Some fun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Question Box

Q. Is Q child born in the U. 6. of foreign parents eligible to the pres- idency of the U. S.2
 A. Such child is . natural- born American citizen and is en- titled to all the rights of citizenship, including voting and holding any office including the presidency.
 e. Name the airrnan who shot down Baron Marifred von RichtA hofen during the World War. S
 A. Captain Roy Brown of the British Royal Air Force.
 @. Who was the King of Persia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Horoscope
BY OCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny Is guided by the planet, the daily horoscope is outlined by q noted astrologer. In addition to information of gen. eraI interest, 1t outlines inform ation o: special interest to per- sons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Selected Poem
SOUTH

Kathleen Sutton in the New York Times) This is my country; quiet leafy hills Valiently showing back a blazing sky That vibrates lrom the copper soil and stills The monday pulse to willing apathy What rivers run sluggish and opaque With easy rust; no streams or brooks gush forth sparkling surcease to the constant ache or feyerish roots nuzzing a long -parched thirst Yet allied with this land, men blow and SOW, Giving their sweat to ease it's thirst Each year The corn stands high the cotton row on row, offers It's snowy fruit to the burning air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Daily Almanac
oon sets 3:04 a. m.

Moon sets 3:O4 a. m.
 Sun rises 6:26 a. m; sets 5:44 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases-Full moon, March 8, L2:O6 a. m. last quarter, March l6. 3:27 a. m.; new moon, March 22 il:06 p. m.; first quarter, March @, 4:l4 D. n.
 Morning stars-Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Mars; evening stars-Mars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

affected by conditions today are those born from June 2l through July 21.
 Conditions Affecting Everyone
 Are As Follows
 This day is the center of much trouble. It may gather together as much depressing activity as we are likely to see this year. It is not wise to start anything new. People deai- ing with grain should be careful. The market for this product may slump.
 Today's Birthdate
 You are likely to be very changeable. It is necessary 70 change to progress. but develop stability.
 You may have to face a prob lem which will be confusing from April through July, i936. You should ende Ur to understand anothers viewpoint.
 During March, I036 you may feel low in vitality and subject to colds. Avoid depression and trouble witi' elders.
 Avoid dangerous situations. Use care when handling sharp tools from Oct. i4 through 2i, 1856.
 Give parties or buy clothes from March 26 through 90, ieS0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

i. What is the name of the pri- vate chapel of the Pope in the Va- tican?
 2. Name the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
 3. Who was Chauncey Mitchell Depew?
 4. Who participated in Q famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln?
 s. What is the contemptous name applied to Americans by the Mex jeans?
 6. In which state is Mount Grey lock?
 2. On what river is the city of Pawtucket, R. T.?
 6. What is pomology?
 9. Is the four leaf clover men tioned in the Bible?
 10. To what general family Of animals does the llama of South America belong?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Daily NNow,.v.G Round Washington STORY OF INTRIGUE BACK
 OF SEA TRAGEDIES
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

Washington March 2-Behind Secretary Ropers dismissal of two experts on steamship inspection last week long and secret story of intrigue which goes to the roots of the Morro Castle and other tragedies Of the sea. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Taxes are fine pastime. It seems no time at all from one tax period to another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
A Thought for Today

If ye abide with me, and my words abide with vou ye shall ask what ye will, and 1t shall be done unto you-St John 15:7.
 Faith is the eye that sees Him, the hand that nIines to Him, the receiving power that appro- urtates woodbridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

TO-DAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "The shaft sets firmly in It's bearings; say "is set firmly" or 'sits firmly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
T st Y O u 2 Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
MARCH 3

People who are most apt to be affected by conditions today are those born from June 2l through July 21.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-21
WORK Piled
TO PREPARE
RACE TRACK


Trucks, tractors, water wagons,
harroWs and scraperS are being piled
buSily around the Imperial fair
grounds race track in order to put
the soil into a perfectly packed
floor for the greatest dirt track
racing drivers in America who will
be the focus of eyes on Sunday,
March 8.
Track making after a years idle
ness on the big oval is no mean job
or it is mean-just as you please.
1t takes plenty of coaXing to make
the dirt behave, both in the Wetting
and drying process. It is much like
making prize winning cake for the
fair, believes Secretary D. V. Stew
art But it will be in fine shape
when the day of the big A.A.A. races
rolls around, Stewart promises.
While some race drivers sign up
direct with the fair board and some
with the AA.A. officials, enough
have signed by mail to the fair
board to insure a good program Of
races, according to the secretary
manager who believes there will be
about 80 cars in the speed program
for the fairs second day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-21
NEW YORK BUYS
FIRST SACKER
FROM DODGERS


NEW YORK. FEB. u. U.P-Bin
Tesry.s opportunity 10 hang up
his first-6aseman.s mitt and spikes
came today.
Last summer. Just after New
York mad slumped in the home
stretch Tor the second straight
year. TIE Giant player-manager
he would quit as q
player this year and do his master
-mindjng from the heneh-prUgid-
ed someone could be found to fill
the first base post he had held
down for more than a decade.
Terry. In the basis of his an
nouncemeul last year. probably
WI remain en- the player roster
ont only vii see action as
pincn-hitler or in case Of an en-
Urgency.
Dodgers Buy Hassett
Meanwhile. il was reliably re-
ported that the Dodgers have pur-
chased j I'm Buddy Hassett from
Newark L. take over Leslie's JOB
L was sad taat the deal was
made anH aIter much diekering
between the DODGERS. Giants and
New Yoek Yankees, who control
Newark.
Il is no secret that the Giants
lad been negotiating with the
Yankees Ter Hassett instead Of
Leslie. The Yankees objected -
the deal. however, because the
Newark scdagsteI would be going
to a cub which was too close -
the Yankee Stadium.
The Dodgers then agreed to take
Hassett-With the Yankees per-
mission-a send Leslie to the
Giants.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-21

ARCADIA, Calf, Feb. 81. UP
Horsemen today refused tG be
moved by nuncnes and tips en-
the winner of tomorroW's $780,
900 added Santa Anita handicap
as virtually all experts named
Discovery, Top Row and Time
Supply the solid" horses.
Stick with the champions.
handicapper5 warned as they cast
anxious eyes TO the heavens which
were prepared momenJarily to
send down more rain on the muddy
racing strip at Santa Anita.
The men who make a living
through predicting winners at race
tracks declared that the race
would be strictly a three-horse af-
fair with only three others in the
probable field of IA horses given
an outside chance of scoring
an upset.
The three that might win if
the "champicnsn bog down Were
listed as Rosemont, Thursday and
Singing Wood.
Great Mud Race
n. q. Vanderbilt's Sycamore
Slusher is rated the greatest mud
horses running today. The dis
lance, a mne and a quarter, is
believed ideally suited to him. HIS
workouts indicate Discovery is in
rare form. To the expert he is
the horse 10 beat-T-H-E CHAM
PION.
A. A. Baroni's Top Row, TIM
sen Of Peanuts, a tiny sire, S
considered the gamest thorough
bred on the track.
The sleek Time Supply, Mrs. F.
A. Carreauds fiye-year-old horse,
is also in top term and only two
weeks ago defeated Discovery by
six lengths.
Fourteen TO Start
Racing Secretary Webb Everett
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-21
San Diego's Club
Selects Padres
To Be Moniicker

SAN DIEGO, Feb. q. WRo-The
new San Diego coast league base
ball team, formerly the Hollywood
Stars, will be known as the Pa
dres", Owner William Lane an
nounced at team banquet last
night.
The choice was made by w. C.
futile, league president, Lane andt
neWspapermen present at the af-
fair. Previously the nickname of
"Donss, had been favored but was
voted down because it is used by
San Francisco University.
The new San Diego team was
brought here From Los Angeles af-
ter Owner Lane refused to share
the same grounds with the An
gels. San Diego had been trying
to get a coast league franchise for
several years.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-21
Bench
WARMING
b. KLINE

Coach Coyington IS aeain plan
ming 10 win the Imperial Valley
league baseball championship. He
said that as usual he viii pay very
little attention to track. instead
devotins all of his time to the dia-
mondeers.
L has become a habit for the
Calexico nine 70 win the baseball
tile and It looks like the Bulldogs
vii do it AGAIN this season.
50
What would have been the larg-
est wrestling crowd of the year
was turned away Thursday night
because the matches were indefin-
itely postponed by the State Ath-
letic commission.
The bonding company vent into
the hands Of receivers and as a
result the EI Centre Athletic club
could not go through with the
matches, according TO the ruling
handed down by the commission.
Pete Buzukos has gone to Los
Angeles 10 obtain a new bond and
arrange wrestling in Imperial Val
ley at the earliest possible date
BuZukos hopes to nave matches
at the City Limits arena in two
weeks.