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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

punged from the record when 1t was shown that the official did not know Miss McCann, had never worked with her and had writetn his communication at the behest of a colleague.
 Suppressed Report
 Now Washington is wondering whether the thousands of words of spicy testimony taken in the secret investigation, including that obtained by Oliver and Ker- lin in trips to Paris and London, will ever see the light of day.
 Oliver is voluntarily: retiring from congress after the first of the year. With him out of the way, the chances of the record being published or of the Bu- reau being drastically house. cleaned are not promising.
 A few officials may be shifted; there may even be some dismiss sals. But there will be no real shakeup. That is, not unless some one else on Capitol Hill takes up the cudgels.
 In his four years as head of the Commerce Department, UNCLE DAN ROPER HAS RE- PEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED THAT HE DOES NOT ACT UNI LESS FORGED TO DO so.
 Merry G0-R0und
 Angling for inclusion on a White House reception list, a Washington matron sent in her genealogical table, with a draw ing of the family tree .. The State Department has never stayed more rigidly aloof from any matter than 1t does from Iaffaire Simpson. Department spokesmen will not even give an answer to the question, "Is she an American citizen?" Most State Department officials give a Spanish flourish to the pronunci- ation of "Buenos Aires" |. Mrs. Melvina Thompson (Tommy) Schneider, private secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt, has a hobby. My hobby" she says, "is my sisters baby, one year old. We named her Eleanor. Guess why!" .... To intimate friends, Cecelia Cummings, wife of the attorney general, proudly shows 8 portrait of Homer" with an accompany ing love verse which he composed about her Eleanor Cooke, wife of Rural Identification Ad- ministrator Morris L. Cooke, does no first-naming with her husband. She calls him by his middle name, "Llewellyn."
 Copyright, 1886, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

Should the Christmas shopping con- tinue at the rate it has started in Water bury good many merchants are going to see their shelves emptied of stock be- fore the eventful day arrives. That means only one thing that people have money to spend this year and are eager to do so; We tt: sincerely rel trust that having ! looked s' return engagement of this unpleasant action by forgetting all about the causes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven 0f these test questions? Turn to last page fer the answers.
 i. Between which two of the Great Lakes IS Lake Huronf
 2. Tn what part of the world is the disease known as beriberi pre- valent?
 8. in which seq is the island of Tenedos?
 (. Who was Harriet Martineaus s. What is Q cherub?
 6. Where Is Fordham University 2. What is maximitef
 6. Who was the father Of Mary I, queen of England. populariy known as ''Dloody queen AaFyS" c. where is Mt. Mtnas
 10. What event is called The Nc. tivityf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Current Comments

Europe will never produce another great motion picture until govern ment supervision and censorship are terminated.-Ferdinand Brucker Austrian playwright.
 
 There probably will be no start ling increase in the intelligence of next years beauties. There is no need for 1t. Most of the beauties I know are damned smart.-Sue Hell varg, New York city operator of models bureau.
 The marriage of the king of Eng land is of no moment to us. We have our own moral problem on the marriage question with our idle rich and well-advertised mving picture stars-U. s. Representative R. J. Cannon (Wis).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

readily deducted from the follow ing list of readings which were presented at the Philatelic Con- gress at Cleveland during the past week. The list follows:
 Revenue Stamped Documents of the Civil War Period,," by J. L. Bopeley; "Philatelic Wishful Thinking. Don E. Dickson; "Side Lights on Air-Mail History" Herbert H. Griffin; Recent Nar- row Gauge Railway Postoffices," Robert w. Richardson: "The Uni- ted States Issues of 1918- 20; An Explanation of the Offset Print ing Process" Donald P. Lybarger; Postage Stamps of the Leeward Islands" Michael J.. Lloyd: George V Silver Jubilee Issues of the British Empire" by George F. Manning; 'Reconditioning Old Covers" Perry M. Hobbs; Men, Women and Children Whose Portraits Have Appeared on the Postage Stamps of the World" Milton R. Miller; Notes on Uni- ted States No. 8 and No. A Stamps" Leo Shaughnessy; Phil atelic Literature" Ralph A. Kim ble; Those Straight Edges You Discard" Donald w. Martin: Chicago: The Stamps and Mail Service of the Private Posts," Dr.. Clarence W. Hennan, and "Tthics of Philately," James Waldo Faw- cett.
 When and if the new King Ed- ward commemorative are re- leased next spring the name Alden will be a new one for collector to look for. The commemorative of this colony, which has never been issued before other than under the stamp of British India, will be issued in several values. In most cases relevant to colonial English stamps the denomonia- tions are of but two or three val ues. In this case, however. there will be no less than thirteen val ues. The name is easy to remem. ber and the stamps will be issued next May. The Alden stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Waterbury Honored

It took many years to convince the state that Waterbury was entitled to' considerable consideration for it's consist ent record as an upholder of the demo. cratic party. Long years ago we started to wave our own flag, but what with the tight grip that the republican party hao on the state, it was not seen too far away from these citadels. However, things are different today and have been for some time And Waterbury has been gwen and probably will continue to secure much belated recognition for US regularity. .,,
 Control of the State Senate will be largely vested in Waterbury hands during the 1887 session of the General Assembly. Presiding over it will be, of course, our own mayor, Lieutenant Governor Frank Hayes. The nomination of Senator Joseph H. Lawlor of the 18th district for president pro tenn at the caucus of dem acratic state senators in Hartford Thursday night was tantamount to his election when the Legislature convenes to organize early in January. It is an honor that is deservedly Senator Lawlor's, the dean of the Senate, and one of US best-informed members.
 When Senator Lawlor first went to the Senate he had but one democratic com panion in that house - Labor Commis- sioner Joseph Tone. When he returned two years later he found himself all alone -one democratic senator among thirty-four republicans. To day Senator Lawlor finds himself for the first time in his legislative career member of the party with a clear and unmiStakable majority. His selection to the important post of president pro tenn, we think, IS richly deserved.
 At Lieutenant Governor Hayes right hand will be the Clerk of the Senate, Charles B. Jackson, member of Water burys Board of Finance and prominent local businessman. An old and intimate friend of Mayor Hayes in his capacity as Clerk of the Senate, to which office he will be elected in January, he cannot help but prove himself an invaluable aide in smoothing and making easy the. way of the presiding officer, while affording the members of the Senate efficient and ln- telligent cooperation.
 We don't doubt that the honorS will be widened, too, when the House organizes. For the past two sessions the minority party - the democratic - has been ably led by Representative John D. Thoms of this city. While technically the democrats will remain in the minority at the 1857 session, actually they will command more attention due to their increased number and the fact that the Senate is sub- stantially democratic. Representative Thoms has been capable leader in years when the going was extremely hard for democrats, there is no reason for any change now. We feel sure if the House members caucus in the future this opin- ion will be well SllpDOrted
 Waterbury, last but not least by any means, is the home of the energetic and victorious Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committed Not in recent years has any committee leader seen the party achieve such successes as it has under the regime of J. Francis Smith. It is just another reason why Waterbury realizes that at last it has been given it's proper place in the sun with regard to state politics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

Things have come to such a pretty pass in Boston's parking situation that it has been proposed that an underground park ing station be built under the Commons. Maybe that's the solution for towns which haven't got spots available in central locations. The authorities up there claim property values are going to decrease unless traffic snarls caused by parking are unraveled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

The fellow in Italy who swallowed a can opener, 3 cigar holders, 13 pencils, 4 fountain-pens, one spoon, two pencil holders, four pen-knives, safety razor holder, several needles, piece of glass, and 5 coins, then complaining of stomach ache, though going to extremes as you might say, was, nevertheless, good deal like the rest of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

e. Would there be more cream on the top of a quart of milk after it had been left for 8 week than at the end of two days?
 A. The question cannot be an- swered definitely. Different kinds of milk act differently. Determining factors also are the temperature in which the milk is stored, and the size of the fat globules. Probably there would be 8 little more cream at the end of two days than when the milk is 8 week old, although this is not necessarily so. The fat globules become more compressed, usually, as the milk gets older.
 Q. Why do hens cackle after they have laid an egg?
 A. The habit is supposed to have been inherited from the wild jungle fowls of India and the Malay Pen- insula, which scientists believe were the parents of our domestic chick ems. These birds cross readily with common barnyard chickens and the crow of the cocks resembles that of young Leghorn rooster. When the hen of the domesticated jungle fowls is ready to lay she steals away from the flock, lays her eggs in a concealed nest and then cackles to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Selected Poem
WINTER SONG

WINTER SONG John Ritchey in the Christian Science Monitor The cornstalk leans in snow, The vine inhabits white The world parts lips to quail This cold ambrosial light. Mark where the black swan sailed The willows mutely stir With unseen winds grown chlll Music, the whisperer, Forsakes the frozen land Where once green petals thrust; As If there were no spring, To rescue them from dust. Yet in an early hour, The bird the bud. the leaf, will wake and dlsavow The fallacy of grief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
DUCK SWALLOWS NUGGETS

Oregon City. Ore. (UP)--Mrs. William McESillop of solco,nb found six gold nuggets In the craw of . decoy duck raised on her husbands . farm. The McKillops thought the Kold came from Holcomb Creek, which slices across their land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
A Thought for Today

= If there be . controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may jldre them; then they shall justify the right eous and condemn the wicked.-Deuteronomy 25:I
 AS the touchstone which tries gold, but is not itself tried by gold, such is he who has the true standard of judgment-Epictetus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

Twenty-Five million trees were planted in the United States last year, but more than that have been burned up this year. Plant few.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12
Daily Aa~x.xx- Washington ..S. . z ..sz@. ====z- IL 'Affaire McCann" Worse Than "L 'Affaire Simpson : to Com. Dept.
- sY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT $ ALLEN

8Y DREW PkARsON snd HUBEEEE B ALLEN
 WASHINGTON, December 12 = For more than wear iittery Commerce Department moguls have been sitting on the lid of volcano in the Bureau of Foreign and nnrneStic Commerce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, 'The policeman said the Empire State Building
 was on Fifth Avenue; say, ''is on Fifth Avenue"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-12

An idea of the vast amount of research work done by philatelists during the past year may be
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-03-12
Ma rcl2 l2 1856

'l-ATANUSKA I2AID" EGGS WILL SOON
 BE A VOTED ALAS-ZAI PRODUCT Ire following orders have been dispatched by the Cor2o sation for livestock and supplies:
 7;0oo chicks; 2l3 geese; 64 gan- ders, 26 drakes, l26 ducks, 46 tom turkeys, l79 turkey hens, rams, 544 ewes, 8 red jersey boars, 75 brood soWs, IA milk COWS, IA hor- ses.
 92 cream seDarators have also been ordered.
 GUEST OF FONOR
 AT FIRE EMS BALL
 It ..as, been announced that Miss Alaska is to Guest of Honor at the E Flrenen' s bal to be held here on NaIci4 l4th.
 UP TO DATE GASOLI1E STATION
 1I5 DODTA TT0HT C ED ACT
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-03-12

UP TO DATE CASOLI1E STATION
 AT TRANSPORTATION CA2ACE
 T35 transport ion garage in the Co.34unity Ce:ster is now equipped wi tn up to- date gasoline dispens- ing standards and a transfer pump has been installed to sllunt gaso- line fro1 tank-car to- storage. T:'is oump recently handled gasoline at a rate of $500 gallons per hour...
 Who says "Roarin' Bill" Taylcr don't know his plumb -bing?
 COLONY SPIRIT EXPRESSED IT PLANS
 FOR NEW C54TF1oLIC BUILDING
 Plans lave been drawn and fell- ing commenced for P lmer's Hew Catholic C.urch Whi oh is to be con- structed north of the Community Center on land recently purchased from Roland Sl4odC,rass.
 T':e new building will be a nov- city in church. constru ion. It is to be a simple, straight onward expression of log construction in a purely northern manner, embodying the frontier inf luence.
 Tie interior is to be of logs, with rustic furni ture to conform wi tn the rustic architecture. Tie ,.ain altar wi Il be of stone, the side altars of wood.
 Living quarters, built integ- rally with the main church struc- ture, will comprise living-room, itchen, bedroom and bath. Tie fin ish will be of natural logs. Inter- for furni shings wi II consi st of rustic. furniture, and of products of local cabinet shops. Native mat erials will be used as much as pos- sible. ..'
 Tne church will not be equipped with st tained-glass windows.
 When finished, it will be the first purely ecclesiastical build- ing of the Pal--er Co11.-unity. The
Matanuska Valley pioneer., 1936-03-12

building cons tructed during the early days of the Colony has been used as a joint wor hipping place by all fai ths extant in Pa Inner, has served as a library, later as a dormi tory.
 Tie new church will be one of the shoW- spots of the town when conpl leted.
 Thanks are due to Arc. itects Jacobs and Wolfe who have applied much of their spare time to the plans of the building. T:oir Joint efforts have resulted in the creat- ion of a thing of beauty.
 Fatiier Merrill Sull1-a1ln and par- ish toners have been very busily felling t1mbers, and should socn have enough to begin building.
 HOSPITAL NEWS
 Fre:4.?1 Linn severed the index finger from his left hand while working on buzz-saW at one of the camps, and Frank Ryan, working at the same place, suffered lacerat- ions of face, scalp and hip in simi lar accident.
 Mrs W7iler, Colonist> Of Tract cave birth on Thurs day at 5:5O PM to ( nine-pCund, seven ounce baby.
 Fs9ay FitzDatric ok is a patient in the Pal4=er HO5n ital where she is recovering from tonsille tony.
 News has been recieved from Rex AtHo0d in ""aa i14- ton, D. c., t2iat Mrs. Atwood has presented him wi tn a five-Douni, three-ounce girl. T~3 , 18th. Mother and child are doing we'll. ---C---
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24
Use Meadow
Strips For
Terrace Outlets

Meadow strips have proven to b
the most effective and inexpensive
terrace outlet channels in the Ala.
nance erosion control project, &C.
cording to W. P. Elam, agricultural
engineer.
On a number of farms in the
area these grass waterways are re-
tarding the velocity of water and
preventing erosion damage.
The meadow strip, according to
Elan, need not be designed by any
definite formula, but must be plan
ned properly to take care of the
maximum amount of water likely
to flow through the channel. Make
them plenty wide, he said. Special
lists Of the State College Extension
Service say that meadow strips have
the additional value of producing
a hay crop.
Meadow strips constructed dur
ing this season of the year are seed
ed temporarily to summer grasses,
which have a quick growing sea-
son and form an excellent cover
until a more permanent sod can be
established.
If terraces are constructed before
a permanent sod is established in
the meadow strip outlet the water
from the terraces should be deliv-
cred from the strip by means of a
ditch.
Evidence that meadow strips are
adapted to Helena and related soils,
which are predominant in Alamen-
&c county, is the fact that a great
number of natural meadows are to
be found in the section.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24

FAST WORKER
Teacher-What excuse have you
for being late?
Johnny (breathlessly)-I ran SC
fast, teacher, that I didn't have
time to think up one.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24
Gives Rate OF
Payment For
Perennial Grasses

Rates of class II, or soil-building
payments offered North Carolina
farmers for seeding perennial gras-
ses under the new farm program
have been announced by Dean 1.
O. Schaub, of State College.
The rates in North Carolina and
other States of the east central re-
gion range from Is cents to 2 an
acre, depending upon the kind of
grass seeded.
The payments will cover the
following perennial grasses, seed
ed any time between January l and
October 81, 1886 with or without
a nurse crop, the dean stated.
Blue grass, 81 an acre.
Orchard grass, $50 an acre.
Permanent pasture mixtures of
grasses and legumes containing at
least 40 percent blue grass, $50
an acre.
Permanent pasture mixtures of
grasses Or grasses and legumes con-
tanning at least 40 per cent orchard
grass, $1.25 an acre.
Redtop, or permanent pasture
mixtures of grasses or grasses and
legumes containing at least 40 per
cent redtop, Is cents an acre.
These payments are offered to
stimulate the growing of grass and
pasture mixtures that will protect
the soil from erosion and provide
succulent grazing for cattle and
livestock, the dean pointed out.
The payments are not intended
to give the farmers a big profit for
planting the grasses, he continued,
but are intended % help them car
ry out good farming practices that
will improve their land.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24
GOOD SIRES PAY SHEEP


Tests conducted at the North
Carolina Experiment Station have
proved conclusively that lambs
sired by a good purebred ram will
bring around two dollars more per
head than lambs sired by a scrub
RAM.
The sire is half the flock, says
John E. Foster, associate in animal
husbandry investigations at the
Experiment Station.
Since the breeding season has al
ready started in eastern Carolina
and is rapidly approaching in the
western counties, Foster explains
that much time and thought should
be given the kind of rams which
will be used in farm flocks.
The ideal ram for North Caro-
line, he points out, is a purebred
mutton type with a broad deep
body and such development of the
head, neck, legs, and body parts
that the whole conformation sug-
gests symmetry, thickness, COM
pactness, and quality. In addition,
the ram should be of good size,
masculine, rugged, thrifty, and
have a desirable fleece, especially
if any of his eve lambs are to be
kept in the flock.
1t is highly important, Foster
explains, that the ram as well as
the eve be in a strong vigorous
condition during the breeding sea-
son. If they are not, immediate
steps should be taken to get them
SO, either by providing better pas
ture or feeding some grain. When
the flock is in a strong vigorous
condition the lambs will be earlier,
more uniform in age, stronger at
birth, and more twins will result.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24
Sunday School Lesson
(By Rev. Charles E. Dunn

Christianity Spread by Persecu-
ton.
Lesson for July 26th. Acts 26:
gil.
Golden Text: Revelation 2:10.
The book of the Acts of the
Apostles is our only full record of
the earliest Christian age, and is
therefore of very great value. Here
WI find real characters of impress
sive personality, and genuine Incl
dents described with compelling
power.
OF the apostles with whose ca
reers the book deals the most i'm
portant by far is Paul to whom
one-half of the space is devoted.
Next in rank is Peter whose heroic
story covers one-third of the mar
rative. The remaining sixth of the
book is devoted to the other leaders
of the apostolic band.
1t must be remembered, however,
that Luke's real aim is not to out
line the deeds of the apostles, but
rather to show how Christianity
expanded through the impact of
the divine Spirit. In this wonder
full development of the Christian
movement two powerful factors
should be noted. In the first place
through the genius of Paul, the
Christian message became not a
Jewish cult, but a universal gospel.
Secondly, the early disciples felt
behind them the propelling drive
of a divine power.
Our lesson makes clear the part
played by persecution in advancing
the Christian Cause. Paul, before
his conversion, was an ardent enc
my of Christianity. But when, on
the road to Damascus, he had that
vision of a risen Christ which cut
his life in two, he made a complete
turn, and henceforth served his
Lord with the same devotion with
which he had previously hated him,
And what prosecutions he snuffer-
ed in the name of the Master. All
through his stormy career he had to
combat those who attacked his
teaching and motives, and strove to
ruin his work. His letters reflect
this struggle, and also reveal what
incredible hardships he endured in
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24

Arrangements have been COM
pleted for making Farm and Home
Week this year the best ever held
in North Carolina, according tc
John W. Goodman, secretary Of
the week.
The program, filled with a wide
variety of entertaining and in
structive features, will open at
State College on Monday after
noon, July u, and continue
through Friday, July 81.
Farm and Home Week will fol-
low the All short course, July r.
u, at which hundreds of North
Cardinals outstanding 4-H club
members will enjoy a week of fun
and fellowship while studying
worth while things about working,
playing, and living on the farm.
Special efforts have been expend-
ed to make Farm and Home Week
appeal to farm men as we'll as farm
women, Goodman said, and State
College extension service workers
r urging all North Carolina
to attend the week if they can.
Not only will they have a good
opportunity to study with experts
the better methods of farming now
advocated, but they will also have
a weeks vacation from their farms
that will be good for the SOUL"
Goodman stated.
He also pointed out that they
will gather valuable pointers about
the new farm program from ad-
dresses to be delivered by notable
speakers from Washington and
members of the State College ex-
tension services.
The women's program has been
well filled with recreation, demon
STATIONS, and class work, he con-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-07-24
Everyday Cooking Miracles
BY VIRGINIA FRANCIS
Hospoins Electric Cookery Isssisssl

"oh, Bill, isn't it a beauty! Why
I can't help but be a good cook
now!'
And this bride, being carried over
the traditional threshold to view her
new home, is right. The new auto
matte electric range, installed in her
kitchen, is so sure to give cooking
success that many modern home