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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
Shrinking Modesty.

There IS not space available to recall all the blunders of which Chairman Hamilton has been guilty or to recount the laughs he has unconsciously contributed to the gaiety of American life. Two of the belly roarS he has created recently will do for this after noon. The latest Hamiltonian crack which has convulsed the country-and panicked republican hopefuls-came out of Maryland. At 8 combination harmony diE- ner and party rally in Baltimore MT. Hamilton was introduced by the toastmaster of the evening as "the greatest Republican since Abraham Lincoln" With the shrinking modesty which is one of his outstanding characteristics Mir. Hamilton corrected the chairman by admitting there could be only one Lincoln and proceeded to show that the correction was justi- fled. Speaking of national re- covery the manager of the Katzell- jammer Kids announced that
 T do not think 1t is by coinci- dence that this recovery began at exactly the same time that the character and principles became widely known and appreciated"
 In other words just as soon as Ali was nominated at Cleveland business upturn began to surge ahead! A statement which Abra- ham Lincoln would never have uttered because he had respect for the intelligence of the people as well as for his own. The Repub- lican press and Republican orators have a thorny subject to handle in the matter of business recovery since MT. Roosevelt was elected. They all admit that 8 remarkable alteration for the better has tak- en place. All, however, are un- willing to admit the real reason for the change.
 ss
 Tell AIs, John!
 The more intelligent opponents of the President and the Democra-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
Daily Almanac

Sun rises s:42 a. m; sets s:45 p. m. tday- light tine).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High tide at Milford Saturday, Sept 26. T:S7 ?. m.; low tide, 1:S7 p. m, daylight timel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

A political campaigns wonderful thing for John Q. Voter. For a little while everybody treats him with respect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
nAanerate Gtraits

As the days pass 1t becomes more obvious to the intelligent observ- CT that the republican generals in charge of the campaign to get Rrn danf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

AS for the poet who says he "cranks his car and goes forth to meet the sum- mer," how far will he get with that old wreck?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

N'Yawk isn't so much. A visitor says "there's hardly Main Street in America that hasn't as good hamburger stands as Broadway's."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

One-man parties, it seems, tend to eliminate themselves by wearing the man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

tic administration, if they exist, acknowledge that we are enjoying g prosperity which few believed ever would return to the United States. But Mr. Roosevelt and his supporters in the Congress had nothing to do with it. It was the result of natural causes, the up- ward swing of the economic pen- dulun, the return of the busi- ness cycle. Prosperity was just around the corner and Mr. Roose- welt did not do anything to hasten its appearance. It would have made the turn anyway. Other irreconcilabIe haters of the admin istration and its head insist that it was only when the Supreme Court threw out the MIRA as lln- constitutional that prosperity showed its nose above the ditches of the depression forgetting all the time that the upturn had begun long before the disputed legisla- tion reached the Nine old Men. It remained for MT. Hamilton to go all the explainers one better by informing an amused electorate from Baltimore that 1t was not until William Randolph Hearst was delivered at the Cleveland convention of the current set of Katzenjammer Kids, Ali and Frankie, that hope came back to our shores, that business looked up, and that happy days are here again. 1t is a relief however to De told that Ais character and prin- ciples have become known. The general impression is that both are such an iEnpenetrable secret that Ali does not know what they are himself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, T did not get to go
 to the theater"; say. sHu could not go" or "I did not get . chance to go."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

the time that Noble ornament of the newsmon- gering trade, William Randolph Hearst, decided on the makeup of the g.o.p. ticket, although the country was still in the summer doldrurns and the accepted sea- son for housekeeping was some months off, the gents from Kansas who are running the republican establishment made up their minds to advance the date of hopping up, and sweeping out. Henry Fletch- CT, chairman of the Republican National committee, was swept out and John D. M. Hamilton was boosted into his place. The Old Guard, Hilles-R s-Roraback-Hoover ct al, were mopped up and midgets planted in the jackboots of the erstwhile giants. The mopping up of the elder guardsmen was wide- ly announced but the announce ment was considered in some quarters as something for public consumption only. Whether or not it was on the up-and-up is a dis puted point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
BY WAY of NO HARM
 -by- James William FitzP Patrick

CThO opinions and conclusions sppoarng below writer They mecsgi tss e ths editors of THE DEMOCRAT they to Do constBed
 invariably. reelection oe their yieBpoint).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25

O89AVAA OAA0O are such an impenetrable secret that Ali does not know what they are himself.
 Swell Publicity
 The other mirth provoker Chair man Hamilton has provided with in few days for the enjoyment of the nation as 8 whole and to the confusion of the Katzenjan- mer Kids admirers in particular is the declaration that the banks of the country are worse off now than they were in 1892. Again the g.0p. crusader in the cause of truth and sanity in government could not resist the temptation to talk through his hat louder than one of his charges. Frankie Katz- enjammer. You remember that Frankie, resorting to the favorite Republican tactic of creating fear in the minds of the minimizing, asserted that today no life insur- ance policy is secure; no savings account is safe." Topped on all over the land for using this last and most deSpicable weapon of a despairing weapon, downright misrepresentation, Katzenjammer Knox hastened to say that his words had been misunderstood. He did not mean what he said when he said 1t. He was considering the threat of imitation which the Presidents policies make and which capable critics of the ad- ministration have long ago ceased to mention. But the harm had been done to the Republican cause and all Katzenjammer Knox's ex- plantations cannot hope to repair it. Right on top of Frankie's bloomer comes MT. Hamiltons breezy Baltimore boaer about the present condition of the banks of the country. It was great piece of press-agent publicity for the bankers who are trying to live down their unpleasant past and 1t must have been received with SnOuLS O1 QeuBut py tuc 1u1dAACAeAS who are kicking in to the Repub- lican campaign fund.
 .
 Explanation
 The Hamiltonian ears must have sizzled as a result of the com ments made by banking big shots on his completely silly picture Of their state of health. The wires have burned with messages from the financial kings to Republican National Committee Headquarters addressed to the chairman and reading something like this;-"Be an ass if you must but not at our expense. Anyway something nAsaasaa1lAA YYnraailkH.aa ka la
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
Glands and Katzenjammers

The transplanting of MT. Ham, ilton from ohscurity to the chair manship of the g.o.p. national committee is just another instance of the failure of the goat gland treatment. This youth whose po- litical vitality was as bounding as the plains whence he came was going to rejuvenate the debilitated old man of Republicanism. One shot of young kid Hamilton and the senile g.op. billygoat was go- ing to go places and do things. Surest thing of all he was going to butt MT. Roosevelt out of the presidential picture. The exact opposite has been achieved. The President is looming larger day by day on the national canvas while MT. Hamilton has become the butt instead of the butter. He has become almost as funny as the original Katzenjammer Kids to which MT. Hearst gave birth in the comic section of his Sunday American years ago and which he re-bore, after elaborate labor pains to head the national Republican ticket in 1886 in the persons of Ali and Frankie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
ScaIlion Wise

Personally am inclined to be- lieve that 1t actually happened. Not because of any change in the essential philosophy of the Repub- lican party but because if the Old Boys were still in charge of the national committee the country would not have been alternately amazed and amused by the blund- CTS which have 8 distinguished Generalissimo Hamilton's conduct of the Katzenjammer Kids cam paign. Messrs. Hilles-R -Roraback- ct al may have been what their enemies said they were but they knew their political scallions. They would not have been guilty of starting a presidential campaign at a time when people were more interested in bathing suits than national issues. They would not have shot off all their ammunii- ton before the foe so much as mobilized. And they would have known before letting loose the high explosive shells that they were nothing but duds. The Re- publican attack has passed it's peak and failed to get any place. The ammunition, duds though It proved to be, is exhausted. Gen. eralissimo Hamilton is growing funnier and more stupid by the minute. And President Roosevelt has not yet fired shot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-25
TeII AIe. John!

The more intelligent opponents of the President and the Democra-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22
Hands Are So Hot
Thermometer
BOiLS Over

NEW YORK, May 22.-William
Hit, 13-year-old, a student at Pub
lie School As, Aqueduct, Queens,
suffered an abrasion of the right
eyelid in science class here when
mercury burst from the tube OF a
thermometer which he was warm
ing with his finger and squirted
into his face.
The boy, who lives at l Broad
way, Howard Beach, had been told
by his teacher, Mary j. Lynch,
that the mere warmth of his hand
upon the bulb Of a thermometer
would be sufficient to cause the
mercury to rise. He decided to
try the experiment himself. His
fingertips we're so warm that the
silver thread leaped up and out
the top of the tube and sprayed
toward his eye. An ambulance
surgeon treated the injured lid
and permitted William to remain
at school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22
i. 5. TREASURY
WILL BORROW
75OM|LL|0NS
International News Service

international News Service
With the public debt standing
at 3112 billion dollars, the Ad-
ministration today prepared to
borrow approximately $50 million
dollars of new money on June
Is, in addition to refinancing
1850 million dollars in maturing
obligations.
Additional cash is needed to
meet payments of the soldiers
bonus, operate the Federal eS-
Establishments throughout the sum-
mer and to keep at least 1000
million dollars in the TreaSury'S
till for a possible emergency
growing out of troubled world
conditions.
According to the latest Treas
urp report, the Government has
a working balance of little
more than 1900 million dollars.
While the $500, 900 adjusted serv-
ice certificates held by war vet
Grams represent Treasury obliga-
tions totalling about 1850 million
dollars, it is not anticipated that
more than $500 million dollars
of the certificates will be cashed
in at once.
Weekly Borrowings
Before June is, the Treasury
will realize $50 million dollars
through it's regular weekly cash
borrowing, while the quarterly in
come tax collections, together
with customs payments and mis-
CellaneouS receipts in June will
pour an additional 500 million
dollars into Government Golfers.
Since the Treasury customarily
carries on it's financing program
at quarterly intervals, money
must be borrowed to meet the
normal expenses of operating
Government departments between
the beginning of the new fiscal
year in July and the next borrow
ing in September. It is expected
the monthly bill for running the
Government will amount to 900
million dollars.
Notes Maturing
In its June refinancing. the
Treasury must meet maturing
notes amounting to $685., 610, 900
which bear 11s per cent interest.
A 1854, 1873, 900 314 per cent note
issue also natures on August Is.
While Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau refused to dis
close whether he would refinance
both these note issues in une.
officials indicated this would be
the procedure to prevent another
financing program in the middle
Of the summer. Holders of these
maturing obligations will be given
the privilege of exchanging their
notes for new issue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22
Sold Their Shoes
For Juq Of Booze

TLAND, Ore. 0.N.SO .
That old barroom ditty I'D sell
my shoes for a bottle of booze"
became a reality here in the home
of an elderly Portland couple on
relief, according to a report
brought into headquarters by Po-
lice Patrolmen Nelson and Sam
mons.
The couple, both were SO years
of age. had a nurse living with
them until their plight was dis
covered by a son. who complained
to police that the nurse had kept
her two charges drunk for more
than a week.
Questioned, the parents admitted
they had given their shoes to the
nurse to get liquor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22
"HoWdy" in Quincy

QUINCY, Mass. G.N.SD.-It's
"howdy" in Quincy. Under direc-
ton Of the chamber Of commerce
new families moving into the city
this year receive letters signed by
Mayor Thomas S. Burgin. En-
closed are gift cards from the
principal merchants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22

Now that you can buy Radox at
up-to-date drug stores it's foolish to
go hobbling around in absolute
misery.
Three or four Radox foot baths
g tablespoonful of Radox to a
gallon of hot wateD and your soft
cornS and callouses are gone, your
tired, aching feet are changed to
strong, vigorous ones, and bear
this in mind
If Radox doesn't do exactly as
advertised--maney back. Peoples
Drug Stores is selling lots Of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-22
Sheer Organizes
s1.s8 : :''

Saucy STYLES with frilly ruffles and
Sashes of matching Organdy. Peach,
blue, maize and orchid. Matching slip.
Sizes to IA. Sketched left.
THE PALAIS ROYAL-BASEMENT
Evening star., 1936-07-12


Annual
youthful figure
in fu of
You will find Fur Coats with swng
specially this sale Fms haze 0d,aneed bought
Evening star., 1936-01-16

Corps, and served during the war as
ouartermaster and dsbursing onicer
At the United States General Hospital.
Fort McIIenry, Nd. and at Amatoi Ar
senal, Amatol, N. j. He later was
assigned to the Legal Division Of the
War Department Transportation Serv.
ice until his discharge for disability.
From 1921 to his retirement last
Spring he was attorney examiner for
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Capt. Watson was Shriner and q
member of several Masonic organiza-
tions including the National Sojourn-
ers, Washington Chapter. No. 3, and
the Five Points Club Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. He be.
longed to q variety Of service groups.
including the Military Order of the
World War, the Disabled Emergency
'Ofcers of the World War, the Dis
abled American Veterans and the
American Legion. He also had been
charter member Of the Argyle Golf
and Country Club and G. member Of
the Manor Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mar
garet Nicely Watson; daughter. Mrs.
Marion Watson Campbell, a teacher
in the Woodrow Wilson High School;
a son. Francis William Watson, q dis
bursing oficer in Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, and . grandson, Douglas
Keith Watson.
Evening star., 1936-01-16

Capt. Wilson, who served in the
Quartermaster Corps during the
World War, had been employed by the
Government for more than 80 years.
He was active IN a variety of fraternal
and civic organizations, serving as
chairman Of the Parks and Play
grounds Committee Of the Petworth
Citizens Association.
Born near Quasqueton, Iowa, Capt.
Watson was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Marion Watson. He was q
direct descendant Of David Watson.
E.. one of the founders Of East Wind
sor, Conn.
Capt. Watson was graduated from
the Iowa State Normal School in 1887.
He studied at the Columbian College
Of Law, now George Washington Uni
versity Law School, from which he
received a degree In 1892.
On graduation from law school,
Capt. Watson was appointed special
legal examiner for the Pension Bureau
and served In that position for many
years.
In 1917 he was commissioned in the
Cuartermaster Corps, Offcers' Reserve
Evening star., 1936-01-16
US. LOSES 20 CASES
AGAINST "PENNSY''
Judge Let's Directs Verdict on
Question of Elkins Act
Violations.

The Pennsylvania Railroad was ab-
solved of charges Of violation of the
Elkins act yesterday in District Su-
preme Court.
A directed verdict in favor Of the
railroad was ordered by Justice F..
Dickinson Let's In the 20 cases charg-
ing that the company allowed Water
street merchants to occupy property
near the railroad terminal free in re-
turn for using the railroads facilities
In their wholesale produce business.
Fines totaling s4oo,o could have
been levied had the court upheld the
Governments contention that the
practice Of the railroad amounted to
freight rate rebating. Justice Let's
held that there had been no violation
because the railroad still carried the
unpaid rentals due from the mer-
chants as debts on its books.
Evening star., 1936-01-16

Oeatn OCCURRED
while he was en-
route to Mount
Alto H o spi t a ]
from his home,
e2l Warn u N
street.
Funeral services
will be held at 10
am. Saturday at
the chapel Of
Joseph Gawler's
Sons, l754 Penn
sylvania avenue, !,
followed by burial
with full military
honors In Airing
ton Natio q !
roraofovyy
Evening star., 1936-01-16
CAPT. WATSON DIES.
OF LONG ILLNESS
Retired Army Officer For.
merIy Was an Attorney
for |. c. c.

Capt. William Ulysses Watson, SO.
q. S. A., retired, former attorney for
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
died yesterday after q long illness.
Evening star., 1936-10-02
PACT TO OUTLAW
WAR IS PROPOSED
Draft Of Agreement Affecting
Nations of Americas Is Pre-
sented by U. S.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The draft of a far-reaching neutral
ity pact to outlaw war among the ma
tions of the Americas has been pre-
sented by the United States to repre-
sentatives of Latin American govern
ments in Washington.
1t constitutes q proposal which this
Government intends to submit to the
forthcoming Inter American Peace
Conference at Buenos Aires if the
other countries approve.
Considered by this Government to
be an important step toward the per-
fection of peace machinery in the
Western Hemisphere. the proposed
pact would obligate the signatories to
settlement of disputes by pacific means
and would leave neutral powers free to
curtail trade and financial assistance
to belligerents in case war should
break out.
Direct embargoes on sales of war
material to nations engaged In hos
tilities and on credits to belligerents
would be provided.
These restrictions would not apply
to nations of the Americas which
might be involved In wars with nom
American state.
Evening star., 1936-10-02

A mans privilege Of kissing his wife
wherever and whenever he pleases re-
ceived the blessing of the law today as
Police Court Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly dismissed a disorderly conduct
charge brought against Armistead w.
Gillian as q result of incidents fol-
lowing q display of domestic felicity
at wyoming avenue and Twentieth
street Sunday night.
Directing his remarks at two rather
sheepish-looking police officers, the
Judge took the opportunity to COM
mend any sentiment that prompts two
persons married for four years to be
kissing in public or private and
warned the officers sternly to "be lit
tie more careful about how you 60
around arresting people for nothing
more than being happily married"
"You had . perfect right to be there
and to be kissing all you wanted" he
told the defendant and his wife.
Things have come tc . pretty pass
when q man and wife can't sit IN
their own automobile and kiss each
other. It's better for you to be doing
that than worrying about the old song
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"
According to the arresting oficers,
H. L. Morton and @. 8. Eckels, they
advanced On the Gillian car Sunday
night because they thought 1t might
be Q stolen machpe.
Evening star., 1936-10-02
Land0n Welcomes Smiths Help
In Warning Against Ne,o Deal;
Roosevelt Sees Budget Balance
President Resumes Campaign Tour
Says Higher U. S. Income Viii
Obuiate Higher Taxes.
By the Associated Press.


today
while definitely andoni attacks
tn
At Topeka Gov ALI Landon appreciation for the
Smith, the 1928 Democratic standard called for
election the presidency a right
n
his one-time ally.
Chief Executive speaking before Pittsburgh night
New Deal expenditures calling them the future
Smiths threat of last January take walk became aay when
stood before Carnegie Hall audience declared that the remedy
M.
THE Republican making progress said
partner the national ticket Col who spoke in
financial policies endanger insurance savings.
Evening star., 1936-10-02
Judge Upholds Husbands Right
To Kiss Wife When He PLeases

Reaching the drivers window, they
continued, they were greeted by pro-
family from the defendant and an
order to go away and mind your busi-
ness" When Gillian refused TO drive
to No. 3 police station they called
the patrol wagon and took him there.
Mrs. Gillian was directed to go home.
In his testimony, Gillian admitted
kissing his wife, but said he did not
swear at the officers until they had
questioned him about what kind Of
funny business" was going on End
why his car had Maryland tags.
Finally, he said, he lost his temper
and made the remarks quoted by the
officers.
He said one of the officers held him
by the belt and swung his night stick
around while waiting for the patrol
wagon and that they were rude to his
wife, who had begun to cry.
Judge Mattingly then called Mrs.
Gillian to the stand, received con-
firmation Of the defendants story and
the information that they had been
married four years,
Prefacing his lecture to the officers
and his dismissal of the case. the
Judge observed that TO be kissing after
four years Is Q sure sign the marriage
"took," and added that there should
Be more like itl
Evening star., 1936-10-02
Autogiro Lands
In Park, Rolls
A,cay as aCar
Throng Sees Convert
ible Craft Exhibited
Here.

Thousands of spectators In down.
town Washington this morning wit
messed the first demonstration here OF
an autogiro which is convertible into
a motor car.
The little craft settled lightly in the
park just north Of the Commerce De-
partment Building, and then, with
rotor blades folded back, circled the
block on power shifted to a rear wheel
The readable" giro was purchased
by the Commerce Department and de-
livered to the front door at l0:3o am
by James G. Ray, veteran pilot.
1t may be the forerunner of a COM
bination air and road vehicle which
can be kept In a home garage and
driven to any convenient small field
for take-off.
The experimental type shown here
was developed by a Philadelphia nrm
al cost between $500 and SO, 900
but mass production, it was said, might
bring tn cost down to that Of fairly
expensive automobile.
The demonstration attracted much
attention from the public and brought
out scores of photographers and news.
reel men. Crowds lined the roped of
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