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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
Holy Cross Undergraduates To Giue Dance Wednesday

undertaken in line with a move ment made by the alumni of Holy Cross short time ago in forming a Connecticut Holy Cross club.
 The new movement on the part of the undergraduates will be inau- gurated officially at its first social function at the Rockledge Country club in West Hartford next Wednes- day. The committee in charge is as follows: Anio P. Delfini, chair man, James F. Sponzo, John B. De- pot, Joseph R. Maher, James P. Gill son and George H. Henebry. Many local undergraduates and alumni members will attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
Miss Elizabeth Dobbs
 Honored At ShouUer

Miss Elizabeth M. Dobbs of Syl- van avenue was the guest of honor recently at a miscellaneous shower held at the home of Mrs. Leo A. Harrington of Lincoln street. Miss Dobbs was presented with many attractive gifts. Luncheon was ser we'd.
 The guests included: Mrs. Julia Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Michael Scadden Mrs. John Scadden, Mrs. John Me- Hugh, Mrs. Mary Bowling, Mrs Gerald Wheeler, Mrs. Katherine Clasby, Mrs. Charles Delaney, Mrs. Martin Groody, Mrs. John Pendy, Mrs. James O'Keefe's. Mrs. Elmer Shove, Mrs. William St. John, Mrs. Ralph Vaughn. Mrs. Ann Brophy, Mrs. William Lawlor, Mrs. Walter Baldwin, Mrs. Seiden. Mrs. Peter Daley, Mrs. John Lofreda, Mrs. Thomas Shea. Mrs. Archie Holly wood, Mrs. William Thompson, Mrs. Adolph Bedore. Mrs. William Far rington, Mrs. Leo Harrington and Misses Katherine Brio, Mary Bric. Helen Eric, Julia Finn, Mary Law Tor. Ella Brophy, Julia Grant, Julia Daley, Mary Kelley and Elizabeth DobbS.
 Miss Mary Delaney, student at the college of St. Elizabeth is spend- ing the Easter recess with her par ents. MT. and Mrs. Thomas Delaney of Plaza avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

The annual western New York tournament again was held at Jamestown, N. Y, March IA and 15. The tournament was in charge of R. E. Needham, of Greenville, one of the directors of the American Bridge League.
 Needham has been active in league affairs since its organiza- ton and conducts a number of the leagues important master point tournaments during the year. Batch year, through his efforts, new communities are given oppor- tunity to hold major tournaments.
 R. R. Richards, of Detroit, founder of the league, sends this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
Weddings
Junior League Ballot
 W1H Be Presented Monday

A. Coe, Jr., and Mrs. Walter Deacon assist. Plans will be discussed of tho possibility of forming @ glee club in the league. Kenyon Congdon of Quaker Farms, at present director of the choral work at Saint Mar~ garet's and Westover schools will speak on the subject.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
Personal

MT. and Mrs. Jon Griffin of West Main street have returned after spending a few days in New York.
 Miss Kathleen Gibson of Meriden road has been spending the past few days with relatives in Wor- cester, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

The undergraduates of Holy Cross college have recently formed what is known as the Connecticut Under graduate club which embodies all students at the college residing in Connecticut. This project has been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

interesting hand from one of Need- hams tournaments.
 Some players opened the acc of clubs and then shifted to @ dia- mond, hoping to get their part ners in so they could ruff club. 1his play. however. allowed de- ciarer to make six-odd, while with the king of heSrts opening t took skillfufi play on the part oI de- clarer to make his contract.
 Here is the play as given by Rich- ards: When Vests king of hearts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

Jack Oakie emerging from the RKO edifce He's fedora, brown sports suit sweater cracked his lustiy four suddenly thinking fats Shep Fields starts at the Pierre Roof May 7he's idea "Buy The Dead the Irwin Shaw originally in New The ater and causing plenty of acctement don't Stage, the and just slent It opus 23yea-od author submitted
 to their play contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By WM. k. MCKINNEY Secretary os the American lsrldge League

Wins with Safety Play = Decarer Retains Control of Trumps By Refusing to Take Trick Off,
 fered by Opponent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10
Walter WinacIleu On BrOad70ay
Men1Os of CoIyumar's Girl Friday.
fTrade RsGiseredl sopvreh isaS pay MIrror ine

Dear Mfr w. That controversy papers regarding which did the rescung the planes hostess the Cleveland can best be answered think this The mans ankles brok- en- She just had shock With broken pedals would be d cult to anything what Sunday papers, St. Louis PoDpach (which been day and the Chattanooga td-but the
 for the Seymour Weiss intimate friend of the late Long and Mrs. Long, doubtful that she will consider marriage again The from secretary absolutely wacyust didn't happen they all would appreciate being stated even though the Some of the girls who were fired from the night club mentioned flor falling in love with the they dizzy hornocers he'd them address Musicians BOP!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

had killed the about the conceedthat trip around the world around himl Bill had thought familiar Shirley Howard who should be working steady And whyneh isn't she? delightfully."- signed to do crime the Exposition 9th Judge Sea- bury has dropped politics for genealogy He's been in Trinidad month digging tombstones family history
 opening by firing the first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

Add Givo the tel ling the he is fortunes gift to the and that he would see that he got there Betty Forster once with vanes and Weschester writer Easter Sunday night Willie and Howard at the Versailles the 16tand can't wat But if they don't include their quartet (wh heies) fair That the funniest
 and tome And Red Norvos starts there then plus yes handle will be Ken meth Norvo-slch ars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

you'd confirmation the afternoon Sabn announcing forthcoming Secy of War Dwight Davis ed the denial at the tme-t still the Steel at the Chesa peae last night He's singing better than evergve listen I'm Ziegfed Wm McC;ures sakehe worked hard and long it Beth Brown has finished tenth Riverside Drive" She is talk 8 Sabbatical from Hollywood girl at the Fergucns of the F. April That article broke yesterday The pictures pretty good but they careless reporters They naccuray mothers your family That's what from reading Who's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10


 thought the Presidential campaign by firing the first at Bernie?
 spending the Palm Beach shack of pictures Rooseveltogether
 taken the other night at the WanbowoOm It is Hull Lauretta Taylor will play the Lunt Idiots Delight Mar garet a Wednesday afternoons Shout time Rabbi Wise ted with FDR when he GOv dur the Seabury Walker friendly terms with the
 Brooklyn Dodgers, sent saying it will help sunshine and fresh think it's shame the the NEG crowd has fired all those love- they'll "Cheerio canaries Jim Fully called Said Until Fnd by Pinchon is swell Kn0pf book wrote Viva Villa Ruth Fittings recordings will include Losa lovely thing Your comment Harriet Hlad my marriage first and second reminds Louise Suart Arthur told her to try her luck Hwood first She poued Id rather be N1rstan fa stills beautiful Those ratles they the Maraccas' this they "Th Horsey Se? In the Social Register found The Oterbrdge Horseys
 the Historians Jack touring adjunct the Federal Theatre plays the 21yeaod Irony Lumpkn" "She Soops to Conquer Mr. Began happens to be w youngster of only 6l Eff into Place Eegante hear the French withdrawn the Berlin Games but haven't yet because of the tense
 In day, Jim Smith, grand and ditto reporter died after crash The Governor even attended his this what will get" The reporters all the (which accepd that his coworkers could attend the fera Wasn't that the gesture swell? asked Jack Diamond en the top-nocherS about Why not invite the all gazes into send paragraphs?
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

Just Sweet Potatoes Lima scans Esn.s Fancy Pncappes CantaIOupcs Avacssos white
 Grapes, Japanese Cabbages.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
No Remedy at Court.

The Supreme Courts refusal to review
the action of the lower courts in dis
missing q suit instituted in an attempt
to test the so-called marriage clause"
will presumably end any further effort
to remove an unpopular relic of the
economy act through appeal to the
courts.
The proper source of remedy is Con-
gress, not the courts. And the effort to
annul the marriage clause will probably
accomplish more through emphasis of
the fact that the marriage clause, like
the apportionment of Offices law, is con-
Trajectory to the principles and the spirit
Of the merit system and in behalf of the
merit system should be wiped out.
The proper conception of fitness for a
position in the Federal service is the
merit Of the individual, without consid-
erations of race, religion, place of resi-
dence or marital status. The marriage
clause was founded on a conception of
Federal service as an economic privilege
to be as widely distributed as possible.
IT curtailment of funds in Federal
establishment demands the release of
some workers, the workers to be re-
tanned should be selected on the basis
OF individual merit and ability to do
the work. When other considerations.
such as marital status, come into the
picture the whole merit system principle
Is weakened.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
Prosperity for Farmers
And for Other Classes

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Is the issue before the voters in the
coming election matter involving only
the farmer and the present administra-
ton? 1t seems to me that the New
Deal is laying great deal Of stress on
the farmer problem and passing up one
of the most important factors that would
bring prosperity and tranquility to all
OF the people, and in order that may
bring these questions to clarified un-
derStanding 1, in my humble way, shall
answer them and will endeavor to cover
the vital importance OF the welfare OF
the country as a whole.
Would it not be better for the New
Dealers, or for that matter any party,
to give more thought to industry. arti-
sans, business and labor, instead of
harping on the farmer question? I can
prove, as can any one with grain OF
horse sense, that II our factories, busi-
nesSes and labor make progress, the
farmer is bound to get his share; but,
on the other hand, no matter If the
farmer produces plenty or shortage,
he cannot possibly make gains without
the resources Of industry and labor, and
while it Is true that the farmer is in a
better position to survive by reason that
he can raise enough food for himself
and family, the artisan and laborer must
toll both Drawn and brain in order that
all classes of people may enjoy the
fruits of their labor.
So. instead of making the farmer the
object of charity by the Government.
paying him to lay off farm hands and
encouraging a limited production so
that the consumer must pay high prices
for what he must have to survive, say
that instead of making this farmer VS..
New Deal" issue, let us have instead a
good and constructive manifestation by
being more liberal with business and in
dustry and removing this overwhelming
CONSERVATION that has been on us since
1929. I can see no reason why We must
be the step-children of this adminiStra-
ton and the farmer the pet.
The moral of the issue for the people
should be for the Government to en-
courage industry and labor progress in
order that the farmer may be success.
JOHN J. QUINN.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
MIR. Roberts Resignation.

1t must be a matter of considerable
satisfaction to Mr. Roberts, the peoples
counsel, to note the sentiments Of real
regret from the spokesmen of citizens
associations which have followed the an
nouncement of his resignation. Mr..
Roberts has so thoroughly identified
himself with the job, in its broader
meaning, OF. peoples counsel" that he
will be missed at the District Building.
His activities have not been confined to
the role originally contemplated for the
peoples counsel under the statute
creating the position, as he has taken
every opportunity to champion. In addi-
ton to matters relating to utilities regu-
lation, what he regarded as the best
interests Of the community. His own
conception of his responsibilities tended
to overburden him with work.
His resignation has brought the i'm
mediate proposal from Commissioner
Hazen that the job be abolished and its
duties, before the Utilities Commission.
be merged with those now performed by
the corporation counsel through q dele
gated assistant. II we are to regard the
Public Utilities Commission as q quasi
judicial body, sitting in judgment between
conflicting interests, there is continued
need for an alert and able peoples
counsel who will present and argue the
side of the patrons of the utilities. 1t was
that view Of the Public Utilities Commits
sion that brought about creation Of the
Office of peoples counsel. Mr.. Roberts
himself demonstrated the value Of the
position.
But if we are to return to the original
conception of the Public Utilities Com
mission as an agency for the regulation
Of the utilities In the public interest,
comparable to the role of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in regulation Of
railroads and interstate bus and truck
transportation, then the duties of the
peoples counsel tend to duplicate those
of the commission itself and Of its own
counsel.
There is no doubt that the value Of the
peoples counsel has been demonstrated
In the past and there will be opportuni-
ties in the future. The value Of the posi-
ton lies, after all, in the qualifications
of the man who fills it.
Evening star., 1936-10-13

that It was A. A. A. checks with which
I'VE raised the farmers net annual in
come by $500, 900 0o0." No normal i'm
provement has occurred. The gain about
which Mr. Roosevelt boasted was q Gov
ernment "hand- d-out"-nothing more and
nothing less than payment for work not
done, crops not harvested, idleness and
famine artificially created. He said ire
covery" had been achieved by this device
urllawfully contrived and illegally man
aged. And he insisted that the scheme
was "a policy run by farmers" Secre-
tary Wallace and Rexford Tugwell, sup
posedly, had nothing to do with it.
The President, however, demanded sin
creasing consumption" IF every family
in the United States had enough money
to live on. class A diet" he insisted,
I'VE would need foodStuffs from forty
five million acres more than We are
using today" Probably Mr.. Roosevelt
forgot about "plowing under" at the
moment when he was expressing that
thought. Otherwise he might have Of
fered some theory to obscure the fact
that his doctrine Of higher prices for
the farmers has meant restricted menus
for the farmers customers.
But the President capped his climax
with the statement that "the ultimate
interests of the farmer and the con-
sumner are the same" He added: Il seek
to increase purchasing power SO that
people can pay for more and better food
and in turn provide larger and larger
domestic market for the farmer" Log
ically, then, his goal is to make the city
population q convenience for the agra
rian population. The implications OF
the doctrine are marvellous. Indeed. the
only thing that Is wrong about 1t is
that no minority anywhere can carry
a majority very far or very long. Mr..
Roosevelt proposes an inverted pyramid.
And he should have been the first to
recognize 1t as such.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
STARS. MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS. r. HENRY.

bleach. Rye straw produces more
brittle paper but easier to bleach. Wheat
straw is intermediate between the two.
From the bone-dry material from 38 to
43 per cent of bleached pulp is obtained.
In spite of the previous industrial
uses which have been found for them,
it is pointed out, both corn stalks and
cereal straws still constitute over large
parts Of the country waste agricultural
products and Bureau of Standards chem
lists and physicists are engaged in con-
slant search for new products which
can be made from them-thus providing
opportunities for local industries in
farming sections and giving extra in
comes to farmers.
A method of keeping milk fresh by
the simple process Of concentrating and
freezing it, which may have revolution
airy implications for the dairy industry.
has been discovered by the Bureau of
Dairy Industry of the Department of
Agriculture and patented for the benefit
Of the public.
It means that fresh milk can be ship
ped from Wisconsin to Panama-or for
that matter to Central Africa. Recent
trial shipments of concentrated frozen
milk have been made to the Canal Zone
and sold daily to consumers for more
than a month without any noticeable
deterioration.
Obviously, freezing will keep milk fresh.
But frozen milk in the past has been a
rather unpalatable liquid, as is gener-
ally appreciated by consumers in cities
during the Winter months. In fact, the
thawed product isn't, strictly speaking,
milk. Its physical properties have been
altered.
This can be overcome, the bureau
chemists found, by first reducing the
milk to about one-half of its original
volume by concentration process SINH
lar 70 that used in preparing canned
milk. But in this new process, instead
of heating the milk to a high tempera-
ture to sterilize 1t, the canned milk is
kept sweet by cooling it down below
freezing and holding it there.
The frozen milk may be shipped long
distances and held for weeks until ready
for use by the consumer, when it is per-
mitted to thaw and enough water added
to bring it back to its original volume.
The resulting product compares favor
ably with fresh, whole milk.
In practically. all tropical and sub
tropical countries the milk supply is
serious problem. Climatic conditions
greatly increase the difficulty of main
tanning a high meteorological standard
and there are difficult problems of sani-
tatlon and live stock parasites.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
John Doe Borrows $4,000
And Does Some Figuring
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Let us build up a private citizens case
parallel to and around the same New
Deal brain trust reasoning set forth by
Mr.. D. A. Edwards in your October 8
issue.
John Doe borrows $4,000. He has
many friends. among them some with
the ability to repay a loan and some
with only very doubtful ability to repay
one. To these friends, including both
classes, he lends $4,000 of his borrowed
money. Mr.. Doe then proceeds to pur-
chase f1ashy, powerful $4,000 car.
We will grant that he needed a car, but
one costing $500 would take him over the
roads that his new car travels and in
addition would take him over many
that he would not want to take his
expensive car over. His old yearly fuel
oil contract for his factory expires, so
he purchases enough oil to fill a little
over half full his tanks that hold q
years supply. Our foxy Mr.. Doe now
proceeds to fill his tanks the balance
of the way with water, thereby. saving
CD $4,000 that would have been neces-
sary to spend for oil to do the same
filling with. His son, now in grade school,
which time Mr.. Doe has promised him
check for $500. Being far-sighted
man, he has purchased an endowment
policy to mature in 1945 with which to
pay the promise. However, the son now
decides that he needs the 81 500 at once,
so dad writes check for it and gives it
to him.
He now has due him from his friends
$4,000, he owns a big car that he paid
$4,000 for. he has saved (?) $4,000 ON
his fuel oil and he has given away $l.5OO
that he did not count on paying out of
his ready cash at this time. He next
applies Mr.. Edwards theories and arith-
metic. subtracts $l1 500 from $4,000 and
gets $500 mot s2.5OO and decides that
this is all that he spent. that the $1I 500
does not count, or should not be men-
toned.
Mr.. Doe pays off the net difference in
four years (maybe), but what about the
remaining S11.500? Judging from the
past three years, he will not pay off
even the net difference in the next four
years, but will borrow more money.
c. E. SHEETZ.
Evening star., 1936-10-13
The Presidents Theories.

President Roosevelt's economic theories
sometimes are positively weird in char
acter. At Omaha, especially, he cast
discretion to the winds; his speech was
q melange Of suppositions and guesses,
dubious premises and faulty conclusions.
For example, he applied to both the
agrarian and the urban populations q
single measuring stick-namely, per-
centage of national income. Yet the
farmers wealth cannot be reckoned in
terms of money alone. He has his land,
his facilities for supplying his own food
and fuel, his independence of the gen.
eral labor market, all of which AFFORD
him a distinct advantage over his CITY,
dwelling brother.
But Mr.. Roosevelt did not stop with
that inferential appeal to class con-
sciousness He hurried on to claim that
the farm problem sis problem for the
Nation as a whole" and that is the way
we attacked it. '"' The money we have
used for the restoration of American
agriculture has been an investment in
the restoration of American industry, an
underwriting for the wages of American
labor, a stimulus for profits in American
business" Apparently, it did not occur
to him to explain where the money came
from or how seventy-five per cent Of the
people can be made prosperous by Fed
eral endowment of twenty-five per cent
Of the people. The President also forgot
Evening star., 1936-10-13

these Autumn days Is animate enough.
Old Man Squirrel out after a few nuts
to hide away.
He has received encomiums over the
centuries for his canniness in storing up
food for days when food shall be no more,
or at least very scarce.
Some one has said thas every squirrel
pretends to bury nut eight times before
he actually does so.
This is a matter which every backyard
naturalist may look into for himself,
without running the slightest danger of
being called mature faker"
1t will require patience as well as
sharp eyes to check up on one of these
aboreal rodents, for it undoubtedly pos
sesses a spirit Of mischief as well as
great agility.
Those who have watched squirrels
longest will be the most willing to tell
you that they believe these fellows will
ingly would miSlead an observer, II once
they saw that you were conducting scien-
tific observations upon them.
See those bright, sharp eyes, mirroring
q shrewd fellow in neat fur suit.
He conceivably might make more than
eight attempts to delude you.
A poet of the squirrel race might
parody Longfellows Beware! Take
Care" only in this case he would rewrite
it, He is fooling thee!"
Or does the female squirrel do her
share of finding and burying food?
We have never seen anything on this
subject in Goldsmith or out of him.
Xxx j
Up in the trees these days the entire
family is cracking acorns and walnuts.
These undoubtedly are the squirrels
favorite foodstuffs.
OF the two the walnut is "tops." Squir-
rels out our way spend all their waking
hours cracking walnuts and shoWerlng
shells and cases down On sidewalks.
These make work for tidy housewives,
but this is no concern of rodents. For
tunately for the squirrels their general
activities are not such as to cause the
same antipathy to them that greets rats
and mice.
Most city persons look upon the COM
mon squirrel as an interesting animal,
something on the order OF the monkey
in the comic way. They like to feed them
peanuts and watch them get the meat
out Of the shell.
1t shows no lack of sense in squirrel
when it buries a piece of milk chocolate
as readily as it does nut.
Chocolate is outside the race experience
of the creature. 1t cannot know that the
piece of candy will melt and dissolve in
the earth.
Nature often impresses an observer as
having been started in the beginning ana
wound up forever.
Pods of the Kentucky coffee bean tree
are of wood. intended to float the beans
down stream. Inside they are packed
with gum which keeps them dry. If the
tree grows on a city street rather than
beside a stream the seed pods are always
of the same hardness. and packed inside
for ride on the water, nevertheless.
So squirrels. too, are always the same,
wherever you find them, interesting
enough without any observer being under
the necessity of making up tales about
them.