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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
They Co To Jail

Down in New York City justice is slowly
but surely catching up with the hundred
and one rackets that are spawned in its
streets. An 18-year old boy, not one born
from the sidewalks Of New York, but hail
ing from Norfolk, Va, met with no pity
when brought before Magistrate Anthony
F. Burke in Night Court this week. The
youth was given fifteen days in the work
house, failing to pay the alternative SOS
fine. His crime was that he threatened
an automobile owner who didn't want
the youth to protect" his car while
parked
New York police authorities are out to
break up gangs of youths who are playing
this racket for all its worth. The theater
district is being patrolled daily and
nightly by picked police "rookies" with
instructions to pick up and bring in any
body who may be termed a car watcher.
The racket isn't new or is it confined
solely to New York city. You can find 1t
on minor scale right here in little old
Waterbury. You'll find self-appointed
traffic guides and watchers in many spots
where cars are parked for hour intervals.
The youth will guide you into tight
parking space then solicit your trade,
either a cleaning for the car or just to
watch it while you're gone. While it
hasn't reached the point in Waterbury
where violence is threatened the driver
for failure to reimburse the signal-caller
or to employ him at cleaning your car,
still more than one motorist has been
verbally lambasted and oftentimes his car
doused with little extra mud or water
In New York they resort to extreme
measures and it is rumored that some
guide-books even urge travellers parking
in strange streets to pay watchers" and
thus avoid any damage to their vehicles.
Magistrate Burke has taken the first
effective step in killing this racket. The
workhouse or a fine will dampen the
enthusiasm even of an organized group
that believes certain jobs are divinely
ordained and that theirs fall in this
category.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

Well, it's about time. They're going to
give Thomas Jefferson memorial down
in Washington that will really pay some
tribute to this great American. The
truth is known by this time that Jeffer-
son was not merely one of the greatest
Americans of his day, but of all days.
Through his untiring patriotism this
country was built on solid foundations
which have endured to this day and will
endure for many more days. Jefferson
is seldom, if ever, placed on the same
plane with Washington and Lincoln.
Somehow or other we elevate them above
the crowd of great American heroes; sep
arate them for special attention. Jeffer-
son can be compared to either Washing
ton or Lincoln and not suffer one whit
by the comparison. We are not disparag-
ing either Washington or Lincoln, but we
do maintain that Jefferson Is a great
national hero; always was one; always
will be one. Let his memorial rank with
the Washington and Lincoln memorials in
our national capital.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Selected Poem
THREE WRENS

THREE WRENS
Molly Kerr in the Christian Science Monitor)
1t was when was blackberrying:
The first knew Of them
Was a sharp strong "churr-rring" sound
Immense. for so small bird
1t seemed impossible.
Yet there he was;
Little Cock Wren,
Chattering and Gathering his rapier beak,
And bobbing up and down,
His tail most jaunty, held aloft.
His eye-stripe lending him q smartness
Indescribable And then!
A second note sounded and behold
A second wren, and then third,
All hopping and bobbing on the bramble bush
Not two yards off.
I stood and watched them, loving them,
And grateful for the miracle of birds;
And grateful for three little wrens.
SO unafraid and cheerful,
Hopping and bobbing on the bramble bush.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Party Differences

It is to be regretted that following
right on the heels Of such an outstanding
victory as the democratic party achieved
in Connecticut last November that
already talk of splits, dickers and breaks
should be going the rounds OF the state
press The coming year above all others
should easily be the most harmonious
in the history of the party.
Yet rumors persist that similar tactics
as to those employed in 1888 and 1885
regarding the personnel OF the setup OF
the coming state senate are again being
employed by factions bent upon securing
state patronage. And as in the previous
instances that staunch old war horse,
Governor Cross, seems to be the same
impenetrable wall that stands between
the wish and ultimate attainment.
The trouble with the democratic party
in Connecticut apparently is that differ
ences of this kind should be ironed out
before election, not after, when such
"free-for-alls" usually work to the detri-
ment of the party in general. In word
the republican party enjoys the benefit
of the squabble, and without any rhyme
or reason runs away with the plums.
Back of it all is the question OF plums.
There can be no use denying that the
question of plums is quid pro quo of most
politicians ambitions and will be as long
as political parties function. But there Is
finesse to the securing of such perqui-
sites that even the best politicians OBJ
serve. 1t is one thing to obtain them
tactfully and another to sandbagging
everyone who stands in the way. So we
can hardly blame Governor Cross for not
submitting to the latter, if he's able to
avoid it. He apparently is.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

New Haven is going to copy Bridgeport,
according to newspapers in the latter
city. Installation of series of parkways
in various streets is being planned, SINH
lar to those that Bridgeport has already
established. The esplanades, as you refer
to them when you don't want the tax
payers to know what they really are, will
be about eight feet wide in the Elm City
and utilize space formerly given over to
trolley tracks. Not merely will these
beauty islands improve the streets of the
cities mentioned, but they will also add to
if the streets permit installation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Justice Evens Account

They say that old Sir Basil Zaharoff
I lived the last years of his life in mortal
terror of dying alone. He had doctor
and a servant by him constantly; never,
never would he be alone, lest the angel
Of death slip in past the guards which
his millions had hired and lay its icy
hand on his heart when there was no one
by to help. But in the end he did not
get his wish. Death came upon him
when he was alone, after all, and, when
his minions could get to his side, it was
too late. He departed from his life just
as he, and every other mortal, has to
begin the next one-alone
It is not hard to understand why he
feared loneliness in the presence of death.
For if ghosts ever stalk aboard to visit
poor sinners deathbed-if the past ever
gives up phantoms to point silent, accus-
ing fingers during those last dark mo-
ments = they must have been present
around Zaharoff's deathbed. For here
was a man who, more than any other
who can be called to mind built his life
upon the deaths of other men. The men
who were killed so that he might be rich
would form tremendous army, If their
shadows could come back from the war
rior's Valhalla to pass in review.
human fear is, who knows how it feels to
have the hackles rise when the cold wind
blows in from outer darkness could
any such man 60 willingly to his death in
solitude, knowing that the armies of the
worlds martyred soldiers were waiting
there to accuse him? No. The old mans
terror is understandable. And it is a
solemn reminder that there is such
thing as justice in this world, after all
that the ledger of human effort does at
tain fair balance, in the end, in spite OF
all that man can do to gloss over his
defalcations.
On the surface of things, old Zaharoff
had the world licked He carried the
gospel of complete selfishneSs to almost
Supernatural heights, and he got away
with it, With the legendary sailor at the
messkit, he could say, BLOW you, Jack
- got mine" He sold death to all the
world, profited by blood and agony whose
aggregate is beyond comprehension -
and became rich and honored thereby.
But in the end, we have to pay for every
thing we get in this world. Zaharoff paid
in terror-terror of the dark, of the black
angel who would some day come in past
his servants, his doctors, and his guards
and deal with him as his own engines OF
death had dealt with milton soldiers.
What that terror must have been like,
to live with all those years, to have at
ones elbow like a hideously grinning
specter, Is something for the imagination
OF Poe. Thinking of 1t, we can only say
that Zaharoff did pay for what he cot,
after all - paid for 1t right TO the hilt
The humblest soldier who died on the
wire, and saw death coming and screamed
in mortal terror OF 1t, had better end
han Sir Basil Zaharoff, who sold death
over the bargain counter and lived
In grisly fear OF 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

of the MIRA construction code.
-. The Labor Department and
U. 8. Commissioner Of Educa-
ton John w. Studebaker are Diff
fering sharply over a proposal to
provide craft training for job
less workers. Studebaker favors
the plan, the Labor Department
opposes 1t as a too-costly expert
ment :. Twas dynamic David
e. Lilienthal and Twas arch foe
Wendell L. Wilkie, head Of the
giant Commonwealth 81 Southern,
are both Indianians Atty.
Harry Schwartz, who made
Wyoming political history by de-
feating the powerful republican
Senator Robert D. Carey, will be
no newcomer to Washington.
During the Wilson regime he
served in the capital as head Of
the field division Of the Gen.
eral Land Office. One Of
Schwarts's notable achievements
in wyoming was putting ratifica-
ton Of the Child Labor amend
ment to the Constitution through
the state legislature.
Copyright, 1896, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Answers To
Questions

BY Frederick M KERRY

@. How much was the head tax
ON aliens entering the United
Staets in 1915?
A. Four dollars.
q. Is Armistice day q holiday
In Canada?
A. Yes.
@. How much current does an
eight-lamp string Of Christmas cleo
trio lights consume?
A. Approximately the same as q
40 watt bulb.
@. Who was the Egyptian god Of
the resurrection?
A. Osiris.
@. What are pieces Of eighth"
A. Spanish pesos or dollars,
worth eight reals each.
Q. When and where was the Ro-
man Catholic order Of the Ser
wants Of Mary founded?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Daily AK1,.-.- C~D0-l
Washington ~. y - - =. =.
NEWSMAN TO FILL HOWES
PLACE AT WHITE HOUSE
~ DREW PEARSON and ROB

-- 81 DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 3. ALLEN --
WASHINGTON, December 81 - There will be new
face in the White House secretarat shortly after the
President returns from South America.
The appointee will be Norman Baxter, veteran news
paperan and managing editor of the Washington Post
when 1t owned by Edward (Ned) Mclean, millionaire
payboy who made headlines through his connection with
the Teapot Dome oil scandal and as boon companion
of the late President Harding.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

Here's an order that any salesman
would like to clinch for his firm In this
particular instance it came from federal
agency. The PWA ordered 1897 electric
refrigerators, valued at more than ST.
100000. They are to be used in housing
projects in 26 American cities Please
place your orders now for slum clearance
and low-rental housing projects, Amer
lean cities.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

~>SSe ~AA<
Popular and able, Baxter the
last few years has headed the
press section Of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation.
A close friend Of Charley
Nicholson, he was borrowed from
the RFC by the democratic pub
licity chief early last summer and
put In charge Of q pro-New Deal
Portland, Maine, daily. In this
capacity Baxter did yeoman work
In the administrations drive to
carry the state.
Big Three
Maine went republican, but
Bakers quiet efficiency attract
ed the Presidents attention.
There has been vacancy In
the White House secretariat since
the death early last spring Of
the Presidents confidant, Louis
McHenry Howe. Bakers addi-
ton will bring the staff up to its
original number Of three-provid-
ed Secretary Steve Early remains.
Steve has several lucrative bust
ness offers and plans to step out
after the first of the year. The
President, however, does not want
to lose him and Is trying to per-
suade him to stay through the
congressional session.
Newton Baker
Dean Acheson, former under
secretary of the treasury, and
Jerome Frank, PWA counsel, were
discussing the suit of the Duke
Power company to declare PWA
grants for municipal power plants
unconstitutional.
Acheson and Frank were on OPP
posing sides. Acheson being as
ISOLATED with Newton D. Baker,
former secretary Of war.
"How much time will you
need for your argument?"
Frank asked Acheson.
ut all depends" replied
Acheson, ION how many mis-
takes Of my colleagues have TO
be corrected"
Family Feuds
The fact that republicans will
be almost as scarce as hens teeth
In the incoming senate does not
mean that there will be dearth
Of political feuding In the cham
Der.
FAR FROM TT
A number Of hot personal ven
dettas among the democrats will
amply take up any slack In inter-
party battling.
The two outstanding Of these
bitter family jangles are those
raging between Mississippi's Pat
Harrison and Theodore 1.-THE
MANI Bilbo, and West virginia's
Matthew M. Medley and Rush
Holt.
Both Junior senators, Bilbo and
Holt tried to get their veteran
colleagues scalps In the recent
campaign and make themselves
the political big guns Of their
states. Both failed dismally and
the victors, now are seeking VEN
geance.
Nicely ALREADY HAS
STARTED WORKING OUT ON
HOLT.
In a speech In Fairmont, West
Virginia, he paid his respects to
Holt with this epic Of vitupera-
ton:
"a. this unprinclpled,
kissing, snarling, swapping mon
strosity, this foul blot upon the
escutcheon Of human pro-
priety and decency ne Is
an Infamous traitor 10 the
democratic party. an intolerabIe
abomination 10 the United
states senate, and an everlast-
lasting disgraee 10 the people
of this state shun him ~
You would shun . copper snake
or o ieper .....'
Merry-G Ground
The brains behind the formula
ton OF Major George Berry's In
dlistry -control plans IL Sullivan
.I0naq arahikA0i mh0 had ahnR00
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Daily Almanac

Moon rises l1:06 p. m.
sun rises TOO a. M: sets 4:24 D. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
Moons phases-iast quarter, Dec. Q. i:i2 p.
m; new moon. Dec. IL, GIT p. m: first quar-
ter, Dec II, 0:22 q. m. full moon, Dec. "a,
1882 Pm.
Morning star, Mars; evening, Mercury,
Venus. Jupiter, Saturn.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Test Y o ur
Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test question? Turn 70
last page for the answers.
4. What Ia the significance Of
red and white stripes on the uni
forms Of sailors In the y. 9. Navy7
2. What is the name for lybrids
bet cen the horse and ass family?
8. Give the name Of the legisla-
tive body Of New York city.
4. Is the expression. II walked
I'D" correct English?
s. Where Is Marquette University?
0. What Is o fluting machine?
Z. Name the father Of the Indian
princess. Pocahontas.
3. Who was Gomez Manrique?
0. What In Q "hand" used In
measuring the height of horaes9
10. What do the initials u. 8. q. r.
stand forf
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

nave lost pres"
tige because Of
the stand the
m ajority Of
them took In
opposing 1t. At
least 80 per-
cent Of the
American press
fOug hit with
tooth, nall,
claw, and ink
pot against tne
Presidents re-
turn to ONCE.
The fight was
conducted with
aaaAA
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

Let the young travel cautiously.
q becomes their age, and let
their elders, more seasoned, take
the dangerous curves.
Magistrate Jeanette Brill. New
York City. advocating parked car
petting for middle aged persons
only.
Parents should unite the apron
strings gradually. Allow children TO
have more and more freedom, &C
they win feel they are having new
experiences.
MRS. Mildred Weed, teacher Of
human relationships In Rhoenix.
Aris.. high school.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

England is said to be farther along in
recovery than America. She did it large
ly by building and since the war has re-
housed half her population. When does
our building boom start?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

DECEMBER
Affected by the vibrations today
are those born from Aug. 20
through Sept. "a, and all others to
q more or less extent.
General Indications
Morning-Good.
Afternoon-Very bad.
Evening-Bad.
Avoid any diSsension with those
In authority over you his afternoon.
Birthdate
II Dec. 5 Is your birthday, you
should not put too much value on
money. Remember 1t IL not all In
life.
Guard your health, employment
and relation with interiors during
July. 1887. Changes may occur.
Plan financial advancement for
yourself during January. 1887.
Danger-Aug. 80 through Sept.
Q, 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, II could not Of writ
ten 1t myself; say, "could
mot have written It."

A. In 1888 at Florence. Italy.
q. How long has Ohio had q
sales tax?
A. Since December Is, 1884.
@. To whom can I write for In
formation about the schedule Of the
steamship, 1.-THE Empress Of Bril-
tain?"
A. The Canadian Pacific Steam
ship company, Montreal, Canada, or
any travel bureau in any large city.
@. Has any president other than
Herbert Hoover come from q state
west Of the Mississippi river.
A. No.
Q. How much has the popula-
ton In the United States increased
since 1890?
A. The 1880 Census enumeration
was 2,775. 046, and the census bu-
reau estimate as Of July !, 1885,
was 128,429,000.
Q. What is syndicalism7
A. An economic movement
originating in France, but now wide
spread, which aims at the fedora
ton Of workers In all trades into an
effective unity for the purpose Of
enforcing the demands Of labor by
means Of sympathetic strikes.
q. How old is Tom Mix?
A. In his 50th year.
II you want q copy Of our book
LET ON Bible Facts write The Water.
bury Democrats Washington Bureau
1912 Thirteenth 81, Northwest.
Washington, d. @. Enclcse Z cents
In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

China's new highway connecting
Changsha, capital Of Human, with
Chun9king. the Yangtxe River port
Of @xechwan, Q distance OF about
500 miles, has been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04

They say Santa Claus, too, is building
new plant and going into mass pro-
duction.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
WALTON!

One Of the questions which the
reelection Of President RocSe-
welt has raised Is To what degree
the newspapers Of the country
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
safely be ignored.
. .
The Reason

In Connecticut the newspaper
opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt was
almost one hundred per cent. The
large and influential" journals,
to quote Mr.. Murphy,s descrip-
ton, not only fought the Pres
ident but repeated the canards,
the suspicious, the accusations,
and the threats which character
lied the attacks on him by editors
IN other states. In the light Of
what happened on November Sid
1t would seem that the editors
and publishers Of the large and
inf1uentiap papers Of Connecticut
should repair in q body to some
quiet retreat, there examine into
the cause Of their journalistic Inn
potence, and see what must be
done to cure the disease. It Is
plain that the root Of the trouble
Is not In the news gathering end.
The reporters, In the state and in
the country, did o fine. fair job.
They related what was happening
and what was being said, except
in a few glazing instances, with
out prejudice against any candi-
date on any ticket. The news
columns Of the press printed the
reports which, as I have said,
were generally unbiased. The hav-
90 was created I'm the editorial de-
partment and by the editors.
Whether the latter never read the
stories Of their newsmen, whether
they were unable or unwilling to
interpret the news stories with
any degree Of intelligence Is be-
side the point. They may have
been each or both, and the real
reason Is known only to them
selves. The fact remains that
they made as great mess OF
their Jobs as the reporters made
a success OF theirs. Once again
the city room can thumb Its nose
at the editorial sanctun.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Any Hope?

I doubt II the golden age OF
American journalism, when great
editors who were also indepe1i-
dent, really educated thinkers as
well Is men of indomitable cour-
age exercised an all-powerful In
fiuence on the minds OF their
readers, will ever return again.
Nominally we have q free press.
Actually, with rare exceptions. We
have not. When Edward Filene
Of Boston made the statement
last summer that an independent
press no longer existed IN this
country he was stomped upon by
editorial feet all over the land
and loud were the denials which
came, especially from editors who
opposed the President. Whatever
hope there may be for Q rebirth
Of newspaper influence lies N ca.
itors getting out Of their isolated
sancta, abandoning their sense OF
superiority, and mixing ON even
terms with those for whom they
presume to think. A few years o.
ieg-work among the people wouia
give them again the common
touch which they 90 desperately
need.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Oh, Yeah!

Oh, Yeah!
In an address delivered to o
convention Of grocery manufac-
turers last week, Frederick e.
Murphy, publisher OF the Minne-
apolis Tribune, blandly informed
his listeners that although eighty
per cent Of the newspapers were
against Mr.. Roosevelt and he was
overwhelmingly elected, that fact
did not prove that the press had
lost its influential powers. Accord
ing to MIR. Murphy II was not the
eighty per cent opposition which
created the Democratic tidal wave
but the twenty percent support
the President received. Just what
kind Of logic prompted that state
ment I cannot imagine unless 1t
be the wish is-father-to-the-
thought of school of reasoning.
Admitting, as the Minneapolis
publisher did, that certain large
and influential" journals like the
New York Times, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, the Daily News, and
the Atlanta Constitution advo-
Gated the Presidents reelection
what does the admission prove?
Nothing. Except that eighty per
cent Of the national press has lost
and only twenty per cent retains
the former power Of the Fourth
Estate to mould the opinions and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

BY OCTAVINE
For persons who believe that
human destiny is guided by the
planets, the daily horoscope Is
outlined by q noted astrologer. In
addition to information Of general
interest, IL outlines information Of
special interest to persons born on
the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-04
A Thought for Today

FOR he seeth that wise men die. likewise the
fool and the british person perish, and leave
their wealth to Others-Psalm 1910.
II thou art rich thou are poor; for, like an ass,
whose back with ingots bows, thou dearest thy
heavy riches but journey, and death unloads
thee-Shakespearc.