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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Dr0uth Is Chief Topic

Outside the cities, in this vast middle west you hear little talked of except tho drouth.
 The lean, weather. beaten son of the soil droops in spirit aS he con- templates tho Tragedy of Dust.
 The present drouth spreads over an even greater territory than the historic killer of 1884. Sweeping south and southeastward from the wheat fields and ranges of eastern Montana and Wyoming this mur- derous drouth swings diagonally across the middle west into the lands of the deep south. Tn many places the damage is worse than '34,
 In great portions of southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota-and In the pathetic "dust bowl" that clips of the con- VergIng corners of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle --this "act of God" Is the fifth con. secutive visitation of death and de. gtruction. The accumulated effect has left literally tens of thousands of families helpless and pennilcss. Dakota Farmers View
 Westward from the rich Red River Valley of North Dakota rode out beyond Fargo into the land that has lost hope. As far as the eye could reach were "still born" fields that should have been beautiful waving seas of yellow grain. Heat and lack of rain had turned them into scared brown acres--short straw ghosts of wheat, oats and barley. Corn fields were but mock ing phantoms. Pastures had no more sustenance than dusty billiard tables left behind in abandoned mining camps.
 Some 50 miles west of Fargo l stopped and talked to 0 farmer, driving IS head of cattle from parchcd fields to his barnyard. He was a tall wiry man, with fine, brown eyes that had a look of ut- ter despair in them.
 T own 480 acres here, and they are all paid for" he told mo. I've got over 300 acres in grain this year, and I'll not get bushel of oats or barley or corn, and out Of l20 acres of wheat hope 1 can get 200 bush- els of seed grain for next year. If we don't have rain pretty soon I won't even get that. My pastures are burned out, but I hay have enough hay and straw from last year to carry through this little batch of cattle. sold seven steers last week for $245. That's be my total income from my 480 acres of land and my years work"
 slowly swung the conversation around to politics. T don't mind tellin' you I'm going to vote for Roosevelt" he went on. "I'd say most of my neighbors around here will do Che same thing. We think he done just about everything he could for us. Politicians been prom ising to do things for the farmers ever since can remember, but Roosevelt really done something for us. We'll vote for Lemke for Congressman but not for President" l"
 
 Where Lemke Scores
 From al score of different lips heard substantially the same thing: they'd vote for Roosevelt for Pres ident and Lemke for Congressman. Only one farmer whom I talked to was going to vote for Landon--and he added Chat he recognized that Roosevelt had done a good deal for the farmer he didn't like the way money was being spent and re- lief handled.
 A hundred miles or SO Co the westward ilh the sections of the Da-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
TROOP LEADERS
 VISIT AT CAMP
Hike Held Last Week; New Unit Has Been
 Organized

During the past week several troop leaders vf the Waterbury Girl Scout council were visitors ct Camp WequapauSot and oil took part il, cooking supper ct campflreS. Those who visited tho camp were: Ger. trude oeraghty, Florence Turnbull, Ethel SmethurSt, Bertha Chrisman, Helen Kluge, Etta Bavler, Dorothea deraghty, Dorothy OlderShaw, Gladys Walters, Elin Carlson and Vera Russin.
 The following girls took part In a hike last Thursday evening under the direction of Mildred Turney, Gertrude Sullivan and Diana Aquil- aire:
 Helen Campbell, Jacqueline Yav- vecchia, Dorothea drossa, Char lotte Chlstofferson, Catherine Minor, Lygia Nainis, Jane Mackie, Toula Anton and Ann German. When the girls returned from the hike they were entertained at campfire by Tip Top.
 sunny Lea and Sky High units arose early Friday morning, and went for 6 breakfast hike At Chest- nut hill, where they cooked break fast after Q morning dip.
 Six girls left camp Friday inorn- ing for Q canoe trip up the Ban- tam river, under the leadership of Beverly Bauer and ireno Win ger. The girls who went were: Mar garet Camp, Margaret WilBon, Hel. on Campbell, Jacqueline Yavvecchia, Charlotte Christoffers0n and Ruth Reuter-. Sunny Lea, the new unit organized to accommodate the large number of, girls now in camp, en- tertained ct Fridays campfire. Miss Roddy stoddard is head of this new unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Between us, Paul Donahue of Cherry street and George Gubert of Walnut street enjoyed ideal seven days in Atlantic City last week, Emily Burbee has turned in her Chevve coupe and sporting around in Pontiac sedan, Robert Colby of North Main street and his elder brother George paid their initial visit to the Tower sanctum Saturday morning and honored with two generous bags of tinfo. The former is ond grade pupil at St. Marys and the latter sixth grader at the institution I'm deeply indebted to these two fine young gentlemen Alice Bergamo is in the phone book again after soiourn in Alabama, What souvenirs she brought back Myl My
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Washington, Aug. i7.--The wear. ing apparel of the two U. 8. sens ators from Mississippi is ordinarily e matter of no great concern to anyone but themselves and thCar immediate families.
 At the moment, however, it has come to be Q large issue in the prl- mary campaign which finds Senator Pat Harrison fighting to save his Job from former Governor Sennett Conner.
 Senator Theodore c. Bllbo, hero of the back country" IS the chief supporter of Conner and he has been going about the state showing pictures of Pat in golf knlckers. Ac' cording to Bilbo, these pictures are good and sufficient evidence that Pat is no flt servant of the people and cannot be trusted.
 That was doubtless effective in certain areas until Pats friends res- urrected a story about Bllbo. Early in 1884 Bilbo complained to police in Memphis, Tenn, that his parked automobile had been robbed there.
 He enumerated As among the missing articles some 70 red neck ties---mostly now-"sonle red pa- jamas, some yellow pajainaS, some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Purely personal Mir, and Mrs. Harry Ellis, Doe" Emmons, Charles Maher, H. Carpenter and Mrs. John Ewood drop card from Damariscotta Mills in Maine. Mrs. John Heay of Bridgeport joined their party for few days. City Editor Bill Harrington closed his busy desk this morning for his annual twoweeks of nothng-to-do, John Jenusaitis one-cents me from Hamilton, Bermuda, He says he and Dr. Walter Seens challenged the natives behalf of their Brooklyn Pro- fessional softba team but they refused claiming 1t too much work to run around the bases, Madeline and Rita Bergamo spent two ideal days last week at Cedar Lake, It was long enough for them to acquire becoming coat of tan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Tip.tOc-ing through the tulips, Buddy" Ackcr, cute little blonde from NoOYawk is using the family towels at MT. and Mrs Henry CarrngtonS dOmiClc in Watervie for few days Tillie Grey, curvaceOus Grand street damse with the PepsOdent smile won the U. S. Rubber cOmpanys beauty contest at Pleasure Beach Saturday and the state contest at Roton Point last night Harry X. Cashin has neat layout of members of the Philadelphia Philies display in the window of GenOts advertising the appearance of the Major Leaguers here Friday in a benefit game to help defray the expenses of sending the City Amateur League winners to Cleveland next month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Gathered at random . Henry Loughran Desmond Sullivan and Eppy Baker had their troubles with Tom Wagner at their cottage at Pond Point the past two weeks in endeavorng to get the Personal Finance exec to learn to swim. They took him out in boat, confscated the and dove into the water leaving him alone. That didn't work, Toms Sckto-it-tve-ness won out. He handrowed for hour before get ting back to terra firma dry herring The water and Tom, it seems just don't agree. George Grenier and Jerry Flynn got the thrill of lifetime Thursday night at the midget auto at Donovan Field in New Haven It the first time they caught such event and two of the drivers leave the park in ambuances after taking couple of genuine spills
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Human Side of Tragedy

Even to an itincrant observer the true tragedy of widespread drouth soon shifts from ruined fields to ruined men and women. At Fargo, Dean II. l.. WalSter, of the North Dakota Agricultural College and ono of the wiseSt ane most imagina- tive agricultural leaders in thIS country, painted part Of the pa. thetlc picture for mo.
 "Twenty-ilve per cent of the land in farms in this whole state should never have had foot of their grass turned oVer," he explained. "A hun. dred thousand of our people here are living In country that was never meant for farming, Wind and water erosion and drouth, have beaten them down until today they are the victims of human erosion. Wind and water erosion orc social problems, and until America is ready to pay farmers enough to on. able them to keep their farms free from erosion, the whole future Of the race is endangered"
 Dean Walster caught his breath and then went on: Tt is easy enough to talk about moving people off the land, but there can be no general retreat from any large Secs ton. People are earth.bound - their roots go deep down into the soil. We have to cooperate with climate, not fight 1t. We have to learn to get along with nature. |. Then there is the terrific problem of debt. It's Q dead load around the necks of these poor people--an inc cubus with tentacleB that reach into future generations. In this one state our farmers owe the Federal government almost S260, ,000,0 ,000, and we'll have to have somewhere be-. tween e50,000,000 and Si00,000, 900 more poured in this year.
 "Every man, woman and child of our 680,000 population will owe around S400 to the government alone. Five years of drouth and the accumulative effects of erosion have been the cause of most of this. It's the reason for our radical lean. ings. The rad!calisn of the prairies Is bred from the prairics."
 TOMORROW: Fraslcr Hunt will tell why Minnesota Is doubtful but Wisconsin is for Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
PLATES MILLS CLUB
 GIVES BIG OUTING

Members of Platts Mills Commit nity club enjoyed their annual out- ing Saturday at Camp Pcrshing on the Housatoric river. A program of swimming, ball throwing, quoits, and other sports kept the 50 or moro persons attending busy throughout the day. A basket lunch was served. Howard Lattiner headed the com. mittee on arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Thev're off

They're off. For those who follow the ponies either from behind the rail- through the form sheets or the daily newspaper chronicngs the has shifted to Narragansett with evidently the horses wing with
 news reports last week there were 1900 quarered at the track stables and at every stable within 30 miles of the track So great is the crowd that Saturdays feature attracted ySeven horses with twenty facing the barrier The Rhode Island meet will continue for 37 day and will be the last within local committing distance where you can block the machines this fall Agawam went the block today with plenty of takers ready to gamble on the track for 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
SWIMMING CLASS
 ENDS TONIGHT

The final summer session of the American Red Cross swimming classes will take place at the Crosby high shcool swimming pool this evening from c until Q o'clock un- der the direction of Marion Kraft and Betty Simmons.
 All members of the class are ex- pected to report for the final session tonight. It was announced thH morning that no more Red Cross swimming classes will take place until sometime durng the month 0i September, ct which time they will be resumed under the general sup. ervision of Miss Florence Turnbull, gym and swimming instructor at Crosby high school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
That'Il Hold Him

A visiting European celebrity Ifamed in the financial field, wal Iwitting General Counsel Her. man Oliphant of the Treasury about the government silver pol cy.
 "What are you going to dol with all that silver when you get| I't7" he asked.
 well, we may pave the streets with it," OliphRnt answered That's q lot more than we Can| 10 with all that paper you fel.| lows gave us, representing the| var debtSI"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Double. Barrelcd Drouth

In the four states of Ohio, Mich. Igan Indiana and Illinois more than 100000 colored adults will cast their votes almost unanimously for Roosevelt.
 From western Pennsylvania and New York to the far reaches of Nebraska and Kansas Landon shows gains, but he has yet to "sell" him" self personally to the average voter. Most republican votes will be more anti.Roosevelt than pro- Landon.
 Two reactions immediately result from the devastating drouth. First, In the cities and towns the prob- able increased cost of living will rec fleet against Roosevelt. Second, in the stricken communities the quick response of the Administration in planning immediate human relief, WPA work, feed loans, cattle pur- chases and long term soil conser- Vatlon, dams and resettlement plans have largely re.won the farmer to Roosevelt's side.
 To Q considerable extent this last has offset the very defiant Smail- town drift towards Landon. The two together are the most signif- icant new factors in this shifting political scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

Brass City Glimpses. Ray CrOnan, goth Century Club rubdOwn man, giving the North Square folks cyeful with his mudcOOred summer haberdashery. Franne Clark trying to act composed the date for his wedding to Viola BOentgen. They will middle aisle it next Saturday. Frankie "Alice" Yurksaitis, Dem Stock taker, nbbling a Sky-Scraper he goes about his daily duties Tommy TruleOve, former Crosby runner, rumbling along in his anti quated Chevvy. GeOrgie Dillon rolling his eyes in all pany outing at Quassapaug where he will be judge at the beauty contest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
BY FRAZIER HUNT (CDyrIRht, 1898, NEA Service, Incl

weeks motor of politics and drouh in tho A great Mississippi bowl these conclusIonS Throughout the small towns of the middle west there decided drift to Landon
 In tho industrial cener and larger cities Roosevelt still leads From 60 cent to 70 cent Of the farmers for the adn
  and payments and from the present soil conservation 
 will draw almost votes from Landon from oo Vcl tho DakoaS has Lemke remote chance carrying state.
 Coughlns influence constantly weakened. ToWnsend Wclds greater either Lemke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

black pajamas with .rattleSnake trimmings and "io or 20 shirts, one yellow silk, ono gray silk, one or two with stripes, and the rest white"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
. BEHIND THE SCENES !
 N WASHINGTON
aV ROONEY DUTcHER-
Democrat Washington COrresp0ndent.)

Ghastly Exposure Rocks Old Mississippi; BllbO Has 20 Shirts! HOckaday Al. ways Good for n Show |. European Diplomat Sticks Out His Neck Little Girl Amazed by Scarcity of Democrats MOdesty of ZlOnchCck Revealed by Dl' rectOry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

The automotive industry was the largest single used of advertising space in American newspapers last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Think of It! 20 Shirts!

"Sun. tanned farmers of MiSslSSip. pi," demands the Jackson tMlss) Daily News, editorially, "ye who sit and listen to tho drooling of poison from the lips of Bilbo, is there one among you who ever poS- sessed 10 or 20 shirts, silk or other. wiser"
 The national capital is inter. eSt0d ln the outcome. Harrison, administration wheel.hOrse, ls an important figure In Washington.
 The primary is on August 2B and chances seem to be that Pat will be returned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Tall Tower
 Topics
TRE LApY WlTM TnE bow
sY TIE MAN N TRE TOWER
Good Evening.

THE LADY WITH THE BOW Archery Is pretty game, oh ratherl Isn't 10 So9 Negotlated with arrows And Of course bow Ladies look quite seemly All dressed up for the fray; The archery costume is important When at this game you play It's Q Rams of coordination And you must be keen of eye, IT you want to hit the mark Aiming wide and high. Oh, golf and tennis are nice games, Croquet is quite so-so, But let's hand one out today To the lady with the bow,
 FEM EM,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Modest ZiOncheck

Obituary writers who turned to the Congressional Directory for material after Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck had committed suicide found no help there.
 The representative who received so much publicity in his latter days had been so modest when he first came here, in contrast to congress- men who sometimes take a whole page to brag about themselves, that the biography he inserted simply said:
 Marion A. Zi0ncheck, Demo-
 crat, of Seattle, Wash"
 (C0pyright, 1886, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17

CoughlIn. He is especially strong In the middle west, but tho major- ity of his true believers will follow him politically only to the extent of forcing their congressional nominees to pledge allegiance to the Town send Plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Always Good for q Show

You can always depend on Frank Woody" Hockaday, RirWay engineer from Wichita, Kan, to produce something spectacular,
 Wearing red swimming trunks and an Indian headdresS, ll0ck- aday dumped Q great pile of feathers in the office of Assistant Secretary of War Harry WOOdrlnE, As . sort of Q demonstration for world peace. He Is back in m In. stitMtiOn again now, hut the incl- dent recalled pleasant memories of something Hockaday pulled back in 1928.
 About 200 persons connected with aviation were pilgrlmaging by boat to the dedication of the Wright brothers memorial monument ir Kitty Hawk, N. c.
 It was on Q Sunday and Hocka' day created some consternation bJ threatening to jump overheard un' less church services were held.
 Woody won. Senator Hiram Bing' ham was pressed into service as the preacher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-17
Not a Democrat in Sight

New Dealers who have been va- cationing at the more exclusive beaches found comparatively few political friends.
 The 5-year-old daughter of Chair man James M. Landis of the Se- curities and Exchange Commission returned from Q tour at Cotuit, Mass, one day and reported:
 Daddy, I don't think there's a single democratic on the bcach!"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
Halle Treated AL Alike

Asked if any discrimination was
shown against him by the crowd
Of white correspondents who
thronged Adds Ababa, the famed
Negro reporter said, 81 was treat
ed with the utmost courtesy and
camaraderie by my white confrer-
es in covering the Ethiopian war.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
NAMES
NEGRO SURVEY
SUPERVISORS

State supervisors appointed by
Secretary of the Interior, Harold l..
Ickes, for the National Survey OF
Vocational Education and Guidance
of Negroes being conducted by the
Office of Education, Department OF
the Interior, were announced last
week.
The appointments made by Sc
cretary Ickes from nominations by
leading colored and white citizens
in many States, and which had been
approved by State Departments of
education, are as follows:
District of olumbia-Thomas E.
Batson, Washington; Arkansas
Joseph A. Bailey, State College,
Pine Bluff; Alabama-Ralph Davis,
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee;
Maryland-Victor II. Daniel, Balti-
more; Florida-James A. Espy, A.
& M. College, Tallahassee; Ken
tucky-E. NJ. Norris, Kentucky State
Industrial College, Frankfort; South
Carolina-Orleanis Reid, Jr. Book
er T. Washington High School, Co
lumbia; North Carolina-James T.
Taylor, Raleigh; Louisiana-Ralph
w. e. Jones, Southern University,
Scotlandville; New York-Mrs. Phy-l
lis Brazier, Urban League, New
York City. Alexander F. Miller,
Carlton Ave. YMCA, Brooklyn; Ten
nessee-Monroe d. Senter, Nash
vile. Mildred X, Price, Nashville;
Mississippi-Alcee L. Johnson.
State Department of Education,
Jackson; Delaware-Reese HAM
mond, Wilmington; Georgia
Francis L. Long, Atlanta; Texas
Howard p. Carter, Houston: ILL
nois-Mrs. Lillian Proctor Falls,
Chicago; Missouri Linnear H.
Bryant, st. Louis; Indiana-John
K. Medders, Indianapolis; Oklaho-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
Boards of Trade
Among Negroes
Listed BY u. S. A.

A tentative list of Negro cham
bers OF commerce and boards Of
trade has been made available BY
the Division Of Negro Affairs, Blu
reau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. The compilation will
help promoters, manufacturers, and
distributors to reach local Negro
entrepreneurs, facilitate the inter-
change of ideas and practices
among Negro business groups, and
enable the Division of Negro At
fairs of the Bureau to inform Ne
gro business men of the services
of the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce.
The list has been compiled with
the cooperation of public-spirited
citizens and executives of social
and business groups. An effort will
be made to make the final compila-
ton as complete as possible. Cop
les OF the list will be sent on re-
quest. Chambers of commerce not
listed will be added If any group
omitted is brought to the attention
of the Division of Negro Affairs
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Washington, d. c.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
COL. ROBINSON
is ON HIS
WAY HOME

Chicago-(A n Pc O | one
John G.. Robinson, the valiant
Chicago aviator who has been fly
ing in the Ethiopian Air Corps In
which he was commissioned a
Colonel, for nearly a year is on his
way home. He will stop in Lon
don to deliver messages from EN-
peror Halle Selassie to Ethiopian
Minister Martin.
Six weeks ago in a letter to The
Associated Negro Press, Colonel
Robinson announced that he plan
ned to leave Ethiopia the 18th of
April for a brief respite from mis-
arduous duties. If the war con-
tinues he will return to Adds
Ababa. If not he will become an
instructor in aviation at Tuskegee
Institute, a program which was
under consideration when the op-
portunity came for him to join the
air forces. of the Lion of udah.
air forces of the Lion of Judah.
Mrs. Robinson who, until re-
Gently manager the flyers garage
at 47th and Michigan Ave-, during
his absence, said she was overjoy-
ed to learn that her husband was
returning home safe and sound. A
most attractive young woman, who
is a flyer herself, having been
taught to use a plane by Colonel
Robinson when they first married,
she is not fond of flying and pre-
fers to leave that phase of adj
venture to her intrepid husband.
While she has shrunk from the
limefight during rhe ColonePs
stay in Ethiopia, she has been in
constant touch with him by cable
and letter and has followed will
keen interest his every move.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
dean William PICkENS Is ARRESTED AT BOULDER dam

special guide enabled the party to
see portions of the dam not view
ed by the ordinary visitor and
which would not have been seen
had there been no trouble.