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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
A Book a Day
Here's Humor, If You Like It a Bit Rough
BY BRUCE CATION

There's a grim, slightly callous hurnor to Dove Creek Rodeo," by Alden Stevens (Morrow: $2), which puts this novel of the COW country in class by itself. When you read it, you may wind up by hoping that the class never gets any larger, but you'll at least admit that the book is different.
 The ordinary cowtown novel has a heroine who is almost eccentric cally virtuous, and Q hero who is Galahad and Bayard minus the tin vest. In this book the heroine eff you can call her that is complai- sant beyond the dreams of way ward man; and the hero is liar, a lecher, rogue, and a general, all-round trouble-maker.
 With that understood, we can get on with the story.
 The dreary little town of Dove Creek is holding 8 rodeo. Onto the scene comes the Utah Kid, who says he is just cowpuncher try ing to get along. and who acts as catalytic agent to precipitate all the stored-up trouble which the lit- .le town contains.
 Within 24 hours of his arrival, the Kid has seduced the heroine, got drunk, insulted the sheriff, started three fights, wriggled into ard out of a cow-country variant of the badger game, slugged his best friend with set of brass knuckles, and provoked the citizens into the formation of an impromp- tn vigilance committee.
 He gets out of it, in the end, with 8 whole skin, and goes his way looking for more worlds to conquer; and, somehow, his adven- lures are described with a care- free humor which - if you don't mind humor that is rather brutal makes the book definitely anus ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Ghostly Grim Fiasco

If ghosts ever come back to have look at the old, familiar scenes, the Turks must be getting quite an audience as they proceed with the reoccupation of the Dardanelles The Dardenelles created ghosts in plenty - English, French, Aus tralian, and Turkish. A little spit of land protruding into the eastern end of the Mediterranean, the peninsula con- centrated on it's barren soil some of the most acutely bloody and vicious fighting of the entire World War.
 It was, further, the scene of great hope that failed, of great plan that somehow missed fire. The memories of those ghosts who must be coming back, if ghosts ever do come back, contain thousand dramas of failure, of heroism, of victories missed by hairs breath. The attack on the DardanelleS, in the spring of 1915, was one of the "inspira- tionS" of the war. It was the venture that might have saved Europe from three years of ghastly trench warfare.
 Had it succeeded, the way to Russia would have been opened, Turkey would have been put out of the war, and it would have been possible for the allies to strike at the Central Powers from the rear. Victory at Gallipoli would probably have won the war within the year. And, just incidentally, all this might well have prevented the BolShevik revolution in Russia.
 But this brilliant inspiration some how was less than brilliant in execution. The allies contrived to give the Turks advance warning of the attack; at the last minute of the eleventh hour, just enough Turkish troops to hold the gate were rushed to the peninsula. Allied soldiers who expected to march irresist- ibly up the peninsula had to die by thou sands before contingent could even get ashore. Once ashore, the soldiers found themselves in a box, unable to advance or retreat, fated to dig in stoically and suffer the pounding of the Turkish guns.
 Time and again victory touched the allied fingertips - and then withdrew Once an AnZac detachment reached the peak of dominating hill possession of which would have driven the Turks from the peninsula. For a moment, the sol- diers looked across the straits and saw the sea of Marmara. Then, through some horrible mischance, their own artillery fired on them. The hill was lost, and never regained. The English landing at Suvla Bay could have meant complete victory. For 24 hours no troops opposed them. But the English division com mander let his men go swimming, wasted those 24 hours - and lost the most daz- zling chance that faced any division commander, perhaps, in all the war.
 The story of Gallipoli is full of such tales, all of them written in blood. It makes one of the most dramatic and heart-breaking chapters of the war. And those brave young ghosts must be reliv- ing it now, as Turkish fighting men once more march to the peninsula that claimed so many lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Lawyers to the Bar

The problem of the shyster lawyer has long confronted the American bar. From time to time efforts have been launched to outlaw this outlaw type of attorney, but for the most part the accomplish ments have been negligible. It is, there fore, refreshing to observe that the state of Michigan has put into practice in it's newly integrated state bar, weapon apparently adequate to clean up the shyster.
 In word, the Michigan integrated bar provides that any person may enter a complaint against an attorney to any member of the bar. From that point the complaint is handled through grievance committees, and finally, if the charge has grounds, the attorney is tried publicly before three circuit judges appointed by the state presiding judge.
 If found guilty of breach of ethics, punishment for the attorney may range to permanent disbarment. Banded about for many years by the Michigan legislature, the new measure is described by the state bar as providing nearest approach to politically free system" possible under American law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

And while on this topic of republican eligibles, it's being mentioned here and there that Dr. McConaughy, president of Wesleyan University, might be guber- material possibility. He was rated one two years ago also when he berated state officials, particularly democrats, for the conditions in various state institutions. But when it came to nominations Dr. Conaughy very definitely stated that he wasn't interested. He did, however, sec- ond the nomination of States Attorney Hugh Alcorn at the gop. convention. State Chairman Roraback is back on the firing line now. Perhaps he'll tell the boys who's who in few more weeks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

We'll, it seems that former U. S. Senator Hiram A. Bingham whose official resi- dence in Connecticut now is Salem doesn't want the g.o.p. nomination for Congress in the Second District Inter- viewed after the United Press had carried a story about Bingham going to replace the present republican incumbent, Dr. William L. Higgins of Coventry, on the ticket, the ex-senator said, 'I am not seek, ing any nomination except a chance to go to Cleveland where the Republican National Convention will be held" That's clear enough, yet there are New London county leaders who still insist that they want to make way for MT. Bingham. All of which is not very omplimentary to Representative Higgins, who, incident ally, deserves the right to be called the father of dirt road legislation in this state. He wasn't bad Secretary of State either. We'll give odds that his name is on the ticket next fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Special Legislative Session Connecticut Statute Fails to Recognize "Lame Duck" Amendment to Constitution
 dential Electors Vote Will Be
 Wasted on Desert Air.
Tasted on Desert Air.
HARTFORD COURANT

Apart from the seeming necessity of calling the General Assembly in- to special session to enact legisla- ton setting up an unemployment fund to retain the 90 per cent of the 1 per cent tax on employers payrolls under the Federal Social Security Act, apparently another reason for a special session exists.
 Under the provisions of the Con- stitution, Congress long ago fixed the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the day throughout the United States for choosing presidential electors. These electors are required to meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President The Connecticut law sets the first Wednesday of the January succeed ing the election as the date when the electors shall meet at 12 o'clock noon in the office of the Secretary of State to cast their ballots as re- quired by the Constitution. The bal- lots, duly signed and certified, are then transmitted to the president of the Senate at Washington, the procedure, of course, being the same for all the States. "The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted 50 reads the Constitution.
 But what has all this to do with a special session of the Connecticut General Assembly? A great deal. Under the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution, commonly known as the Lame Duck Amend ment," the new Congress will as- semble on January 3, instead of on March 4, and the President will be- gin his term at noon on the 20th of that month. The first Wednesday in January, 1897, when the Connec- ticut presidential electors meet to cast their ballots, is three days af- ter the new Congress comes in, and it would seem that the electoral votes from this State should be in the hands of the president of the Senate at the opening of Congress although the Constitution is silent on that point. At any rate, the elec- toral votes of all the States must certainly be counted before the President takes office on January 20 The date, January 6, (the first We'd nesdaD being nearly two month; prior to the accustomed convenine of Congress was certainly all right but since Congress now assemblies three days before the electors meet it seems to be all wrong.
 Another question here arises. Il a special session of the General As. sembly is necessary to correct thi. situation, ought it not to be helc prior to the election of November 3 when the electors are chosen;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
PressCOrnnent
CoNNECTICUTs PARKWAY
(Meriden Journal.)

The Merritt Parkway, which at some far distant day may extend all the way to Meriden, is fairly under way and observers can get some idea of what 8 stupendous undertaking 1t is. The present estimate is that the 38 miles of wide roadway through Fairfield county, starting from New York's Hutchinson River Parkway, will cost more than $31,- 100000. It is being paid for by an issue of county bonds, guaranteed by the state.
 The State Highway department is not promising when the highway will be done. contenting itself with the observation that the north side of the parkway will be completed first so that the public will have the benefits of an additional two-lane road at the earliest opportunity.
 Buying the rights-of-way and laying out tho route has been no small Job and at the same time about ten miles of grading has been done, along with necessary bridges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "He had hardly put things in order till John arrived"; say, when John arrived"

the various states in the last Pres idential election.
 A. Democratic, Republican, So- cialist, Communist, Prohibition, Liberty, Socialist-Labor, and Farm er-Labor.
 o. Is the United States Govern ment Printing Office closed union shop?
 A. No.
 o. Must an alien in the U. g. have completed his military obliga- tions in his native country in order to become naturalized in the U. g.?
 A. There is no such requirement.
 Q. Is there any such thing as . cubic acre?
 A. The acre is measure of square area only; there IS no such thing as cubic acre.
 o. Where is the New JerSey Home for Disabled Soldiers?
 A. Menlo Park, N. J. There is also New Jersey Memorial Home for disabled soldiers, sailors, marines, and their wives and wid- ows at Vineland, N. J.
 o. When and where was the first cafeteria opened in this country?
 A. In Chicago, H., in 1895, on Adams Street between Clark and La Sale, by Ernest Kimball.
 If you want a copy of our book let, NNIAL PIONEERING PLANTS" write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Northwest. Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents, for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

The work is estimated to be about one-fifth finished, with this sum- mer's work to provide a consider able advance in connection with grading and bridge-building. Forty bridges will have to be built, exclu- sive of many drainage culverts.
 There will be increased activity now that finances have been taken care of and 1t is possible that cars will be travelling over the fine park way in three years. That is Q great improvement over the ten-year esti- mate that F'airfielders were making about Q year ago.
 County folk are not wholly hap- py. however, some in Westport com plaining already that the state 1s taking millions of dollars worth of property off the town tax lists in ac- quIring rights-of.way. But tho state is spending millions and the parkway should boost tax values duo to new homes and growth of population.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

Otherwise there stands the State law requiring the electors to cast their ballots on the first Wednes- day in January, that is on Janu- ary 6. Could the Legislature, in a special session subsequent to the November election, fix a different date for the meeting of the elec- tors without raising a possible ques- tion as to the validity of this States electoral vote? That is something for legal minds highly probable that, regardless of what the Social Security Act calls for, the Connec- ticut Legislature will have to hold 8 special session to adjust statutes governing presidential electors to the requirements of the conStitu- tional changes ordered by the Twen- tieth Amendment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

sible, if a vacancy occurred, for the chairman to name an anti New Deal substitute.
 Almost invariably, last-minute vacancies do occur in delegate lists. When one does, Talmadge could have himself named to the delegation by Hugh Howell, his manipulated and subservient state chairman, and thus could go to Philadelphia even though he would court almost certain defeat if he entered the primary.
 NOTE-Talmadge's requirement. that candidates entering the pri- mary must post a $10,000 fee is something new in American elec- tion history. If every state set up such a charge, it would cost presidential aspirant $480,000 to enter all the primaries.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Selected Poem
RECLUSE

L N. J. in the New York Sun) Ghosts may be friendly, melancholy folk Clinging to places where the happy past Has not quite faded hoping to evoke More than glimpse of graveyards
 greenly grassed But sometimes houses can be tenanted, And yet hold secrets pitiful and gray, More haunted by the living than the dead, Jealous of their eternal Yesterday. Those sagging shutters made darker
 gloom
 Than any lurking specter could have
 shared;
 Something not bloodless crept from room
 to room
 And like Medusa, Vigantly stared From dusty windows, while we hurried by Fearful to meet that oddly smoldering eyel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Question Box

o. Does Alfred E. Smith 6raw a pension from the State of New York?
 A. No; but he draws retirement pay from the New York State Em- ployes' Retirement Fund, because during his public service he made contributions to the Retirement Fund as prescribed by the laws of 1920 and 1924.
 o. What was the title of the song featured in Bad Boy," and who wrote it?
 A. "As I Live and Breathe" by Lew Pollack and Paul Webster.
 o. Name the principal political parties represented on the ballot in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

The Veterans of Future Wars say they want as good slogan for the next war as make the world safe for democracy. How about make the world safe for autocracY".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
APRIL 24

APRIL 24 Persons most likely to be affected by stellar forces are those born from May 21 through June 20.
 General Influences
 Morning-Good.
 Afternoon-Bad.
 Evening-Bad. Conditions are uncertain to-day.
 Birthdate You may lack sympathy for the opposite sex because of your own strength of character. Try to ad- vance through travel and study. or business during December. Danger, Aug. 15-18. Socially favorable. buy new clothes and entertain May 2 through 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
T est Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. What is metaphysics?
 2. Who was Henry Austin Dob- son?
 3. What is another name for a sage hare?
 {. Who invented the photograph? B. Name the oldest city in the United States.
 6. Which is the highest mountain peak on the North American con- tinent?
 '. In which state was Franklin Pierce, fourteenth President of the United States, born?
 8. What is the Pentateuch? 9. In what year did Robert Full tons first steamboat navigate the Hudson to Albany?
 10. Who invented the sewing ma- chine?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is out lined by noted astr0Ioger. In ad- ditiOn to information of general in- terest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

It isn't really true that everybody and everything is taxed. critic says there are 1000, 100000 in bonds entirely tax exempt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Daily ANe-uC -Do,rv,~1 Washington -v-S-- z - " ----=- FARMERS STEER CLEAR OF
 SOIL CONSERVATION
= By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

Washington April g = Confidential reports from field agents of the new program have been far from encouraging From California, for instance, came an account of meeting of the State AAA Director with county agents to obtain firsthand information regard ing the number of farmers expected to join in the soil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Tow Bridge!"

Tow Bridget"
 Which reminds me that in this advanced and mechanized day when engineers are supposed to foresee practically everything, the guardians of the Holland Tunnel, which con- meets New York with New Jersey, had not made provision for every type of passenger.
 The other day, truckmen em- ployed by Barnum & Bailey were innocently hauling a giraffe to Manhattan and learned to their chagrin, at the tunnels entrance, that their cargo was too tall for the height of the under-river highway. And so, after a lengthy conference, it was decided to take the ferry where the clearance space is lofty and where the wholesome river breezes helped to refresh Mir. Giraffe after all that carbon monoxide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23

Readers desiring additional ln- formation regarding their horoscope are Invited Co communicate with Octavine ln care of this newspaper. Enclose e 3-eent stamped. self- addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
Parker's Problems

Parker's Problems
 Central Park no longer is a good glade for meditation now the out door spirit has moved Manhattan ties to sundry sports. Two new in- novations in the park are the Early Riders Equestrians and the Bicycle Riders club. Wheels vs. hoofs. But 1t has come off, all right. The bicy- clists have promised to keep to their side of the road and the mounted equestrians have agreed to keep to theirs.
 AS for the E2rly Riders Eques- trians, this horsey set met for the first time at a Sabbath dawn for an English Breakfast Gallop. There were no "giddy-yaps" and, to tell the truth. no "Tally-ho's'' either. The BritiSA influences was felt only spiritually and the hounds merely kept on the scent of squirrel. After the ride, Early Riders Equestrians got to- gether at the Tarvern on the Green, listened to an eleven-piece band, then breakfasted on lamb chops and hot toddies. What, nc mutton?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
In New York
@ ioS6. NEA
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 23.-For Manhat- tan maestros, Gloomy Sunday, the Hungarian suicide song, fast be- comes a. Budapestian nuisance Haunted by fear that their listen- CTS may be as fatally affected as the Magyars, by the dirge from the Danube, orchestra leaders are reluct- ant to include it in their repertoire. This, despite the fact that Gloomy is acclaimed by music crit ics and amateur song-lovers, as a deeply sentimental mel ody, in the tradition of Chopin's Funeral March.
 A bandmaster, more sensitive than the rest to the possible con- sequences of "Szomoru Vasar- nap, is Hal Kemp, who leads his famous orchestra at the Madhat- tan Room and over the ether. On the same day he heard the lovers dirge, Kemp shrewdly arranged it, played it and imprisoned the fearful tune in a wax disk for a record company. Several days later came news that a student, soon after hearing Kemp's rendi- ton, had hanged himself while the lyrics of Gloomy Sunday" in desperate death wise.
 And so, thereafter, Kemp re- luctantly omitted "Szomoru Vas- arnap" from his catalogue and consented to play it only upon special request. Even then, he followeds the sad melody with a bright number.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-23
A Thought for Today

Even 50 ye also OutwardIy appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and Iniquity.-St Matthew 23:2S.
  Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to Virtue.-Rochefoucauld
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-07

made the worn cut bones of bent over Fireman like the Marshal, ache and crack with every turn. Young Czarsty's first thought was of heat, and a natural thought it was, too. He went to the cellar, but to get there, he had to go to the sidewalk, open up a hatchway, and descend in ladder fashion. This he did most deftly. The store is heat ed by hot air furnace, supplied with fuel oil. First he filled two one-gallon bottle oil containers. Then he started the furnace in operation, and rubbing his hands in apparent glee, as we all do when such a chore is done, went back to the store. About half hour later he smelled fire, and in the north- east corner of the store, observed little smoke coming up through the flooring. Rushing out, he again raised the outside cellar hatchway, and was driven back by the heavy volume of smoke. An alarm was quickly turned in by some young men, who had observed the situa- ton from across the street.
 Engine 2 nearby responded at once, under Lieut.. Walter Johnson. So did Engine and Truck Go. No. 2 of Burton street with Lieut.. Mi-
 chael Cavanaugh and Lieut.. John
 Stevens in charge, respectively Deputy Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh also arrived. Noticing the set-up
 and the danger, he at once sent in
 for Engine ?, under Lieut.. Frank Finn and Engine 10, under Capt Stephen Bloomfield. Furnace Red Hot
 | The old furnace was red hot from the heat. The fire had reached
 some wood in the cellar, and was
 climbing along to the first floor when the first line reached it, and
 temporarily held 1t until more lines were brought into play. Of course, the firemen were careful not to al-
 low any of the water to reach the furnace.
 The firemen looked for an inside