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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

makers off to prison or concentra- ton camps because of alleged Maxi or Socialist activities.
 The Austrian Government, un- der Chancellor Kurt von Schusch- nigg, former lawyer who took over office when Chancellor Englebert Dollfuss, midget dictator, was murdered by Nazi plotters in July, 1884, has now Q firm grip on the country.
 It knows 1t cannot stop the ceaseless agitation and, perhaps, not even political murder. But 1t is aware that 1t is powerful enough to snuff out any revolt within the nations frontiers either by the Nazis or Red fighters.
 External Aggression Feared
 It fears, however, external ag- gression. The Government. spokes- men avow thct they dread the time may come when Austria will be taken by force into the Nazi fold by invasion across the unde- tended Austrian frontier.
 Officially the frontier is defend- cd, but only by handful of Aus- tria's total army of 36000 men, which is not strong enough to stand up against the military might of a great power.
 Premier Benito Mussolini has pledged help to Austria # 1t K inenaced from abroad, but the Austrian Government feels even with the aid of Italy's Black Shirt army the danger is great and that the Western Powers must hasten to take effective steps to solve e problem which is held to over- shadow the Rhineland question as 6 peace or war issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
REV. DR. HAIRSTON
 BAPTISTS' GUESTS

Rev pr. J. w. Hairston of Ashe- vile, N. C., conducted revival serv- ice last night at Zion Baptist church. He was welcomed by Judge John r. McGrath, Rev. William V. Dickinson of St. Paul's Methodist church and James A. Calling, rep- resenting tht A. M. l.. Zion church. Rev. pr. Hairston said there are 25o000 colored Baptists in North Carolina.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
Wilby Faculty

The Executive committee of the Connecticut department of science instruction of the National Educa- tors association will have a din- ncr meeting Friday evening, May 8, at 6 o'clock at the Colorado on State street. There will be repre- sentatives from the larger cities of Connecticut together with a reps resentative from some of the towns having high schools.
 Frank Hanson, sub-master at Wilby High school, and head Of the science department at th' commercial high school will repre- sent Waterbury. Professor 0. E. UnderhiIl of Teachers College in New Britain is chairman of the committee, and will preside at the meeting. The purpose of the meet ing is to organize a state science group to affiliate with the na- tiOnaI organization which is open to Connecticut science teachers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
EDUCATORS MEET
 FOR FIRST TIME

Naugatuck, May 6 - The new board of education will hold its first meeting Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock in the high school. The only new member of the board IS Peter P. Meegan who replaces Atty. Mar tin E. Gormley, the latter not being q candidate this year.
 It is expected election of a chair man will be part of the business to be discussed. The present chair man, Charles P. Rodenbach, has held that ofiicc for many years. The board will probably set dates for grammar school and high school graduations. A secretary will also be chosen. Atty. Henry Freeman holds that post now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

Tn Austria, the Government and people, as well aS most intelligent observers, are convinced that the danger--the weak link in Europe's structure--lies within this coun- tryS orbit.
 Life in Austria today is remin- iscent of the exciting, breathless days in Germany when Hitler was riding toward victory, but had still no certainty that he and his Brown Shirts would achieve 1t.
 Without any war being declared, Austria is battle-ground. Just under cover of normal affairs, q continual whispering campaign is carried on. Mostly inspired by the Nazis and backed up, according to the Government, by funds sup- piled from Berlin, these rumors are counteracted by the Socialists and Communists.
 Tho latter are not only out to fight the Nazis, but aspire for pow or themselves, fearless of the fate of their former leaders who were hanged after the failure of the Socialist rising in February, 1884, when the Government turned guns on the workers dwellings,.
 Wholesale Arrests Made
 Espionage, sectional battles, whole- sale arrests, even murders figure in the political melodrama now being played in Austria. More than 6 hun- clred arrests followed the recent murder in Carinthia, in South Aus- trla, of two former Nazi Iorm troopers.
 They had turned traitor to the Nazi cause, said the Austrian police, and they were killed by Hit- lcrS supporters. Austrian authorities have 6 name for such crimes. They ar0 "Fcmc murders"-part of the f'aal creed of stilling the voice of the traitor forever.
 Tine Hitler SWastika is illegal in Austria. Officially 1t may fly only on ono building--the German Lc- gation occupied by former Reich Military Attache to the United States, Herr Franz von Popen. But rlRnes suddenly appear in the sky uHN BGhbtGE LILLY bWhbVthhb VVVE tHC streets, Once, the Nazis broadcast paper swastikas. They have learned since then. Now their swastikas arc made of metal; they are harder to get rid of.
 Anyone who Is scen picking up one of these tiny symbols of Hit- lprism is subject to arrest The same fate awaits anyone found in possession of any of the Red Front leaflets circulated byb the Socialists and Communists.
 Foreign Spies Busy
 Spies abound throughout Aus tria, working either for the Gov crnment, for the Nazis or for the Red Front, if not for any of the foreign powers who arc interested In Knowing what Is going on, under cover, in this poltlcs.riven country.
 one day a former Chancellor goes to Jail as c Nazis; the next day & police chief is arrested by his own men as conspirator; while on scores of occasions the authorities break In on so.called social events and rirsh the merry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

Itlay has increased its tax in ba- chelors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

transferred from the New Haven uf- flee of the Southern New England Telephone O., to Hartford. where he will act as traGic manager.
 A large delegation of local tele- phone employees was among those at- tending. The guest of honor was ] given a clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
CHTTTENDEN GETS
 CLOCK AT DINNER

Mayor Frank Hayes was among tfe speakefs last night 1t the testi- monial dinner held at Waverly Inn in honor of Edward A. Chittenden, Jr., of New Haven, who has been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
METHODIST CAST
 PRESENTS SKETCH

Members of the local w. c. T. U. present peace playlet entitled 'The Soldiers Dream" yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the First Methodist church. The cast includ- cd Mrs. Perry Borden, Mrs. George Futile and Mrs. Lee DoWd. Mrs. Arthur Williams directed. Elsie Wenkert, Benjamin Hitchcock, Jane Manning, George Ganung, Barbara Kirshpaug were declared winners or the scientific temperance essay con- test conducted by the group recent ly. Honorable mention went to Doris Blanchard, Louis Nash and Char lottc Edlin.
 TA1m.. l.a, lnaoaa sad lie faX Tn hn 6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
INTRIGUE STAMPS AUSTRIA ASEUUOPE'S DANGER SPOT;
 NAYS BORE IN FOR POWER
Espionage Rampant, Propaganda Showers Down, Murders Charged In Nervous State With Army
 Of 35,OOO To Defend 7,OOO,OOO
By RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN United Press Stan Correspondent

Vienna, May CUP)-The ceaseess, sinister struggle to make of Austria and its 100000 inhabitants second Naz State under the domination of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler goes daily with increasing vgor and fury is a parent here
 To the West, statesmen talk and plan, propose and couner-propose in effort to settle Europes ills which most of them appear to believe center mainly in the vital
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06

officers who will serve during the coming year were nominated at Hast nights meeting of the Waterbury chapter, Disabled Am- crlcan Veterans. The session was held at Mechanics hall. The elections will take place. at the next meeting.
 The nominations were as fOl- lows: Commander, John P. Barry; senior vlce-cOmma Walter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-06
PET RAVEN APES CATS

Chelsea, 1a.-(UP)-Thc local druggist, John Swain, has a pct raven which says Hello" laughs,
 hoots like an owl, fishes peanuts out of a bottle, plays catch, and initiates chickens, dogs and cats, and can also take caps off bottles,
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

Your tax money pOs into the United States Treasury day
by day. but the Raw Dealers have perfected their spending
chnery to such extent that it doesn't stay there long
The Treasury makes 267 checks every of day
pay Government empoye-NoT including the Army Navy
Post Office the State Departments foreign SERVICE and vet
erans' claims
The Checks-some 115O000o month-go to pay the en-
poyes in the Government departments bOOndogger and what
have you.
will interest you since it's YOUR money that's being spent
know that it costs cent apiece pay check and that the
machine that turns them out of the marve of modern
science
No wonder YOUR going up. The Raw Deals 267
checks a minute drawn against YOU
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

band greetS her just as If she is
the same old wife.
Surrender-The capitulation Of
a bachelor who has fought so long
and so hard to escape the hook
that there is no more fight left
in him. (See Poor FiSh.O
False Alarm"-A mans desig-
nation for any attractive girl who
is so blind to her own "luck" as
not to respond to his affection.
Nouveau Richie - Formerly OBJ
scure people suffering from sud-
den wealth, who pay $4,000 to
have their family tree looked up
and $4,000 to have it hushed up.
Bohemia-A mythical Happy
Hunting Grounds" in which all
husbands hope that, sometime or
other, they may be able to camp
for a week or two-and to live
forever, after they die.
Bachelor of ArtS-A philand-
erer who makes love indiscrimi-
nately and convincingly to lot
of women and still has the art to
remain a bachelor,
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

1ney wear a Edwin G. Hill
sort OF starched poncho, about as
comely and convenient as a piece
Of sheet iron with a hole /. 1t,
which, with tights below, makes an
incredibly groteSque effect. Mr..
Wells has a way of taking Homo
SapienS by the scruff of the neck
and shaking the foolishness out Of
him but here he seems to be
licked.
One can understand this just
by reading the newspapers. Here
is the International Association of
Garment Manufacturers announc-
ing at Chicago the forthcoming
poured suit" You are encaSed
from top to toe in a rig like a
tightly-fitting union suit. They
just pour on your suit Of motion
celluloSe, a new chemical get-up
which is said to have the quality
Of fine textiles.
Just as soon as you cool off, you
stroll out done up in lemon yellow,
light red, blue or rose, and high
hat mere tailor-made citizens. No
further fitting or alterations will
be required.
From the beginning of time, man
has been harried by somebody or
other trying to make him wear
more or less clothes, or different
clothes. Away back in 538 B. c.,
when Cyrus was conQuering Per
sia and building his empire, one
Of his first edictS when he made
q new conquest was always an
order that everybody had to wear
pants-loose, baggy trousers, Of
varying design and color, accord
ing to rank.
PAJAMAS
Many Of his new subjects re-
sisted and there were skirmishes
and killings over Cyrus incrable
pants obSeSSion. Sometimes man
will follow all too readily the pied
pipes of the fashion world; at
other times, he is stubborn hold
out, as in the long resistance
against pajamas in the Middle
Western and Western nightShirt
belt.
But the resistance was not alone
in the West. Chauncey M. Depew,
urhane and elegant as he was, wore
an old-fashioned nightshirt to the
end Of his days, as did Calvin
Coolidge. Thirty or 40 years ago
the annual pajama business Of
America was about $4,000. Now
it is around 500, 900, 900.
Not until the 1920's did pajamas
really win out. College girls led
the way in their use by women.
When pajamas were first brought
from India via England, the use
Of frogs on the button hole was
regarded as absolutely necessary.
No garment makers knew just how
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Now See America

Lower railroad fares in effect all Eastern rail-
roads with interstate traffic.
All the carriers except one object the rates and
carrying fight in the courts The passengers
WHILE benefit except Communication rates, which not
affected.
The rate is two cents mile for passenger coach traffic and
three cents mile for Pumans contrasted with the old flat
rate of three and half cents mile.
Experts urged the change because they believed the rail
roads would than make up for their losses gaining
business It's worth waiting for to discover whether that
will be the
Just the time is not yet ripe to pronounce judgment
the experiment While it, though millions who have
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Listen, World!
bY EESLe ROULU8OW
WHY DO WE LIKE TO LIVE IN OUR MEMORIES?
whe last

cause CnOSe loSt loved ones ana
vanished scenes were so dear to us.
But the real reason isn't so pretty.
LIVE IN PAST
We live in the past for the same
reason that the drunkard lives
with his bottle, the addict with his
hypodermic needle, sniff of
snow" or drug-charged cigarette
=. because it's q means Of escape
from unwelcOme Reality.
Memories offer the cheapest
and pleasantest form Of. escape
from Reality on the market. You
don't have to buy a gallon of pois.
onouS moonshine or a vial of ex-
pensive dope to escape from
Reality, If you have an active
Memory. You need only turn
back and Wallow in Yesterday
and away go all responsibilities,
unpleasant pressures and embar-
RAISING challenges.
Today isn't easy to take-and
the older you grow, the harder it
is to face the present moment.
Today is filled with conflict, COM
petition and criticism-repulsive
responsibilities. But Yesterday is
as easy to take as a gum drop!
There are no challenges in our
Memories-no tensions or pres
sures. Only the sweetly sentimen-
tai scenes remain. Time has re-
moved all the rough spots. Every
thing Is serene and, generally
speaking, highly complimentary.
For, no matter how low we rate
today, we're always either heroic
or helplesS-and therefore blame
less in Memory.
MEMORIES DANGEROUS
Once more we are little chill
dren, trudging home to an all
powerful father or an all.protec-
tive mother little children
with no burdens to be borne, no
decisions to be faced. Or we are
tiptoe Youth, performing the i'm
possible in the full blaze of the
spotlight.
Pipe dreams! Beautiful, lazy
pipe dreams of yeSterday-so
loaded with consolation and alibis
so much easier to take than
the horrid, pressing realities of
today. No wonder we all love
them and turn to them oftener
and oftener as the difficult years
wear on and our courage and
endurance fail.
But look out! Memories can
be the deadliest Of all dangers.
Many a man who would look
with loathing on opium, drugs
himself daily with the opiate of
memory. Many a woman who'd
score a cocktail, spraWls, helpless
as any drunkard, in the gutter
Of memory.
If you must turn coward and
run away from today, be an
honest coward-a drunk, a dope
or a suicide. But don't sneak
out Of the forbidden door that
leads to the shadows Of the past.
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~ WAVAA uuC al" AoSVE AoSC@A
fectionate regard for the old boy
the Senator made this spiel in
the Senate Ring:
mo one really knows where
this relief money is to 60. We
know that much Of it will be
wasted, and we know that
much Of 1t will be used for
political purposes. Old Boon
dog will take most of it for
useless and silly projects.
"The bOondOg bays. He tears
crazily through the country on
his mission for bOOndoggling,
dragging the political tin can
tied to his tail by General Far
ley and feeding on the few re-
naming assets Of a fast-disap-
pearing race Of taxpayers. MIR.
President, 1 am afraid he has
the rabies.
"Old BOOndOg took Wigwam
Brook at West Orange, N. j.,
In an unguarded moment, and
left $14,962 of taxpayers
money to pave the bed Of Wig
wan Brook:
How peacefully should the
waters sleep,
With BoOndOg's mattress in
her deep!'"
And not content with his fliel
in verse Senator Metcaf, who was
mistaken for a Democrat by the
young Democrats here, continues
with some details in the sad story
Of Old Boondog:
Harry Hopkins sent his old
BOOndOg into Allentown, Pa. He
should have known that q boon
dog afflicted with rabies would
dash straight to the nearest in
stitutiOn for mental observation,
and so he did. When he left
Allentown, the w. P. A. started
giving facials, manicures and
hair waves to the patients in
the Allentown State Hospital.
so gratifying was Old Boon
dogs sense of well being that
he announced beauty treatments
would be given to the inmates
of the Philadelphia General Hos
pital and the Torrance State
Hospital, and all at the expense
Of the taxpayers.
"Mr. President, I have heard
Of w. p. A., schools for tap dane
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Marry-GO-ROund
BIZ Helen ROULand

Resignation-That point ct
which a married woman decides
that Aait a love is better than
none, and packs all her roman
tic dreams away in camphor.
oredom-A state Of suspended
animation frequently found in
monogamy somewhere between
the expressive 81 VIII" and the
explosive II Won't"
Divorce-A legal separation Of
two married fugitiveS from injus.
tice who have decided that this Is
the only way in which they can
continue to honor, respect and
in some caSes-love each other.
Beatitude-A brief state of men.
tai exhiliration enjoyed by the
average husband when the "other
woman" tells him all the fine
things about himself that he
thinks his wife incapable Of appre-
ciating.
Failing in Love-The act Of un-
corking the imagination and bot
ting the common sense.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

with our ability to go Soppy when
someone mentions the Dear Old
Days. And secretly we think any.
one who doesn't do likewise is q
hard-hearted monster. For surely
there's nothing wrong with looking
back at the days of our youth with
their triumphs and tragedies
in recalling the faces of those we
have loved and lost!
No, there's nothing wrong in
that-if we do it only occasion
ally, and then firmly turn back
to Today and its job. But if we
make a major occupation of Re
membering, as so many do, it's the
most inSidiouS vice on earth,
More lives are wasted and
wrecked by Memories than by all
the drink and dope put together.
For Memories are actually a
sort Of habit-forming dope which
may easily become a SOuI-shatter-
ing addiction.
Why are Memories so popular? :?
Why do we all like to live in the
past? Why do so many live there
all the time? We pretend it's be-
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Uniform Fares

The merger Of the company operating the Sixteenth
Street bus line with the Capital Transit Company places
under one operating agency the entire transports
ton system Of the National CAPITAL envsaged by the
merger bill passed some years ago.
Street car and bus riders have received many bene
fits as the result Of passage Of that bill and the orders
Of the Public Utilities Commission which have carried
it into effect.
The system, of course, is not perfect-it probably
never will be-but it has been able to cope ef-
fecvely with the transportation problems Of re-
cent years than it would have under the competitive
company system previously in operation.
Aside from the problems Of operation and equipment
which are now engaging the attention Of riders COM
pany officials and the utilities commission there is
other matter which is pressing for attention
THAT Is THE MATTER OF DIVERSE FARES
NOW BEING CHARGED ON THE VARIOUS LINES.
There are at least half dozen separate and distinct
fares being charged.
This lack Of uniformity is nuisance to the riders
and in many instances undoubtedly be shown to
cause delays.
The Public Utilities Commission, under the circum-
stances has before it the clear duty Of calling in the
heads Of the Capital Transit Company and endeavorng
to reach an agreement under which uniform fare
throughout the city be charged
In the old days when there were two street car
panes operating here, every time company asked
for an increase in fare the utilities commission insisted
that the fares of both companies be raised.
It based these orders on the theory that uniform
fare was essential
NOW THAT ALL MASS TRANSPORTATION SYs-
TENS ARE OPERATING UNDER ONE COMPANY
IT WOULD SEEM TO BE ONLY FAIR TO THE
COMPANY's CUSTOMERS THAT UNIFORM
RATE BE CHARGED.
PeOpIes Counsel William A. Roberts,, LUhO has
played such important part in the fight to pro-
tect the publics interests in connection Nth the
UariOus utility companies might DeU make this the
objective of his next big battle.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
Wise Words

Necessity is the argument of
tyrants: it is the creed of slaves,
William Pitt.
BetwiXt two vices every virtue
lieS.-William Whitehead.
Habit rules the unreflecting
herd.-WordSworth.
Pleasure, or wrong or rightly
understood, our greatest evil, or
our greatest good.-Pope.
There is none so blind as they
that won't See.-Swift.
A good book is the best of
friends, the same today and for
ever.-Tupper.
Is not true leisure one with
true toil?-John Sullivan Dwight.
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
LONG TROUSERS


Changes in mems dress usually
have brought the charge that such
innovations mark a descent to ef-
feminacy. The male had to fight
to be allowed to wear long trou-
Sers in peace.
At Cambridge University in 1914,
students who attended classes in
long trousers were marked mot
present" A number were thrown
out Of college in the contention
which followed. The Duke Of
Wellington, wearing long trousers
for the first time, was barred from
Almack's, a fashionable London
resort.
France has built up and safe
guarded her fashion leadership
Of the world by government subsi-
dies and by various forms Of state
aid. This might appear to be
merely good business. but there is
in the French people an innate
feeling of the inviolability Of
French fashion which has caused
some strange doings.
The genuine public alarm over
the invasion Of foreign fashions
led to the formation in Paris Of
lie Club des Habits Noirs,' a sort
Of Partisan version Of the Ku Klux
IN reneI fnreio11 STYLES
With all the members masked
and dressed in black, they meet
at midnight with a lot Of solemn
hocus-pocus quite comparable to
the best of our considerable
achievements in that line-once
again that touch of moon mad
ness which always seems to bob
up when any considerable num-
ber of people get to fussing about
clothes.
One recalls the bill introduced
by California legislator in 1911
making a public appearance in a
hobble-Skirt punishable by 10 years
in the penitentiary. At the same
time, the most engrossing concern
of millions of run-of-the-mill citi-
zens is not what to wear, but how
to get it, particularly in times like
these. Which suggests a happy
ending for this discourse.
Those quaint old clothes shops
in New York's Elizabeth Street,
down near the Bowery, are COM
planning Of hard times.
Two or three years ago people
were buying old clothes. Now they
are buying new ones. That's good
news, even if they pour us into
a rose pink and lemon yellow suit
with sleigh bells on it.
Copyright. 1895. King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-03
From Beginning Of History Man Has Been
Harried by Clothes Problem

to make them here, and they i'm
ported Chinese to do it. OF course,
there was no sense in it, as the
absolutely Serviceable but un-
frogged pajamas Of today have
shown. ses
Now they are beginning to make
glass pajamas-that is, a synthetic
fabric, soft and silky but made of
The Washington times., 1936-06-03

task . . . feels
the S ting Of
tears E. peers,
yearning, in t o
the shadows.
M e m o rieS
how they lure
us! And if we
yield to them
too often, how
terribly the y
trap us! But
we don't call it
a trap don't
even recognize
our danger. In
f a C t, W e r e
frankly nleaS Sad
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spent to put
old Boondog
over t h O n
Frank Braden,
the circus press
agent, used to
put the Midget
in M or gan's
lap.
Senator Jesse
H. Metcalf, the
r h o d e Island
pepper pot, is
right wrought
up over Old
ROondop He
thinks he's i'll.
so with due of.