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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
A Thought EOg Today
Down It Drops

Promptly at midnight, Tuesday, the gasoline tax in New York state dropped one cent from four to three cents. This is something to write about in this day and age. When state, through It's legis- lative body, drops the gasoline tax we want to know about 1t and we want every other state in the Union to know about it. New York is to be congratulated on this step. It proves conclusively that high gasoline taxes are not necessary for good government. A moderate tax IS by lar the best and wisest.
 We have always fought any effort to raise the gasoline tax in Connecticut. We have seen 1t go from one to three cents. We hope that the limit has been reached and that it will not be necessary for legts- iatcrs to raise this figure any higher. three-cent tax is extremely productive Of revenue. So much so that unless 1t IS planned to divert income from such sources as gasoline taxes we see no real reason for making the tax any higher.
 Unfortunately good many states see in such taxes a means to an end. They realize that most motorists will pay the increased tax without registering too many complaints. The occasional ones can De easily handled. But those states, where the high taxes were imposed, are beginning to rue the day that they fore saw big things being accomplished by the thousands of dollars raised through the operation of motor cars over state high ways. The abuses that accompany high gas taxes outweigh the benefits.
 We should always keep that in mind here in Connecticut. When somebody comes along and remarks that such and such project might be financed by inn- posing a one-ent gasoline tax for year, beware. That's opening the doorway to more and more such experiments. Ulti- mately the motorist will be paying for everything the government does or wants to do, just as the property owner did for many years, before there was any thought for anything but land tax It is encour- aging, therefore, to find large state like New York reducing it's gas tax. It may mean the standardizing of this form of taxation throughout the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

We're rather sceptical of the claim of the Waterbury Republican, based on Chamber of Commerce figures, which shows that from 1880 to 1885 in this state the number of farms nearly doubled. In the first place we don't think this is pos. sible; in the second we seem to recall reading something about these same fig ures which are quoted to show that Con- necticut has indulged in a healthy back to-tl1e- farm movement. If we're not mis- taken, the census figures of 1885, as re- vealed by the Department of Commerce, are a correction of figures that were first issued in 1880. In short the 1885 figures might easily have explained the situation in 1880, too. If this isn't SO, then the true facts could easily be obtained from Connecticut State College officials, who also have made some interesting studies of the farm situation here in Connecticut and are in possession of good figures on the same. While the state may have eX- perienced mild back-to-the-farm move. inent, it was nothing like that obtained from the figures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Answers To Questions
By Frederick AE. KsFSy

O. Give the membership in the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches in the united states in 1890 and 1906.
 A. Tn 1890 the Roman Catholic church had 7,S43,ie0, and the Pros testant denominations had i4,226,- 7BO. In 1908 there were l2.2i0,7b6 Roman Catholics and 2o,To6,ete Fro- testants.
 q. How many persons were un. employed in the United States in March, 1o36S
 A, The number estimated by the National Industrial Conference board was 0,04o,000, and by the American Federation of Labor (in- cluding persons employed on Feder- al Work Relief projects) was 12,. ie4,000. Both are preliminary es. inmates.
 e. How many months ct the Arctic Circle and North Pole IS the sun visible 24 hours Q dayp
 A, At the Arctic Circle the sun does not set from June 2 to July 2. At the North Pole, the sun does not set for Q period of six months.
 e. Name two inland bodies of water that are saltier than any of the oceans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Tanning The Rive,.
No One in New England Opposes Plan of Uncle Sam Donating Funds Whereby River
 Flood Control Will Be Produced.
NEW BRITAIN HERALD

tain the reservoirs. after they are constructed. So certain are the fed- erals that the New England states will agree to the plan, however, that crack engineers drawn from the Passport, Me-, Zanesville, O., and the Florida ship canal are already ct work making plans for the New England project.
 But isn't this merely Q beginning? We see by the engineering analysis that the 10 projected reservoirs would have reduced the flow at Hartford in the recent flood only 300,000 cubic feet per second to 2S0,000 feet; and in 1927 from 100000 to c little over 100000 cubic feet.
 What the expert engineers really are aiming ct = in the indefinite future, perhaps after the next flood scare-is Q series of 2l reservoirs along the Connecticut. That would really tame the river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

What a glorious trip and vacation of two weeks is being offered the Waterbury jamboree scouts How many boys of Wa terbury wouldn't love to take part in just such a journey as this one. The boys will see the grandeur and wanders of northern New England, New York state, and little bit of Canada in and around Niagara Falls. New York's scenic Finger Lakes district is also included in the itinerary as well as pictur- esoue Bear Mountain and the imme- diate region. All in all 1t is a trip for which any boy might crave and which will certainly give him many things to talk and write about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

It is difficult to find New Eng. land business man who iS opposed to the New England states accepting Q large donation from the federal government for flood control. Hide. bound as we may be about taking care of our own knitting and high strung as our appreciation of rugged indivlduaiisyn may be, we can readi- ly find cogeEt reasons why the fed- erals should take hold oe the major part of flood control.
 The states of Connecticut, Massas chusetts, New Hampshire and Ver- mont have had o long time in which to tame and curb the Connecticut river. They might have agreed upon some plan but they never made serious effort within recent decades Even after the 1927 flood Vermont heaviest hit state, decided to accept no outside aid, not even from the federal government. And Vermont was cheered as showing Q noble ex- ample to the other 47 states when they get Into trouble.
 Of course, none of them followed suit: and c goodly portion of the re- maining .4T demanded and got niil' lions in relief money when struck by the depression. Naturally to contern- plate this spectacle gave Vermont great pain.
 But Vermont, as well as the other New England states except Maine and Rhode Island are involved in the flood control scheme recently passed by Congress, the project which provides for the construction of 10 reservoirs along the Connecti- cut river with the federal govern. ment paying 76 per cent of the cost Vermont at first kicked Q little at tho scheme, but finally acquiesced tc be @ good fellow iIa company with the other states. However. none oi the states as yet have had an op- portunity to vote officially on the matter, and their legislatures will have to join in providing nearly @ | Ia million: and operate and matn-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Thwacking WOrds

Newspaper headline writers seem to be overworking Q few vigorous English words, such as rip, Hay, lash and battle. They are getting rather worn. A diction- ary fathered by the University of Micht- gan shows that the language is unex- pectedly rich in terms of assault and mayhem. And not slang terms of dubi. ous parentage, either, but good old English words. Here are some speci- mems coming down to an unapprecia- tive modern world from the eloquent times of Shakespeare and Elizabeth:
 Batter, bumfeagle, cob, tund, whop, fustigate, lam, slap, sr1ite, smack, spank, thwack, thrash, thump, buffet, pummel' drub, trounce, baste, lace, lash, flog, whip, birch, can, switch, pelt, strike, belabor, punch, jolt, bump, butt, rap, paste, pelt, poke, knock and slam. There are more, but these should last the headliners for several years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

to earn extra money by writing and brcadcasting was not general iy known. But shortly after ehe married Curtis Dall, he desired to enter the brokerage firm of Fenner and Beane for which it was necessary for him Co put up about eiO0,OOO. To raise this, Dall signed c note which his wife also signed, and also fnoEt- gagged their property near os" sining, N. Y.
 Then came Che depression, and Dali's income from the brokerage business was knocked into Q cooked hat His wife, however, kept up not only tho interest rayments, but partially reduced the principal Her RadlO and magazine fees went for this.
 Anna had faded completely out of Washington picture now and seldom comes back any more. She is living Q relatively quiet, very normal life, very much in love with her handsome husband. And the reports are that there is just one thing Anna will not pore init him to do: entertain any aspirations for taking her back to the White House.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
A Book a Day
Coloneies Never Pay Their Way, He Finds
 By BRUCE CATION

Must nations have foreign colo nies?
 Everybody seems to think so. The great colonial empires jealously guard their possessions. Italy and Japan go to war to get some. Hitler announces that Germany, too, will get some. or else
 And 1t is all the most colossal folly known to man. This is the verdict arrived at in "A Place in the Sum-" by Grover Clark Macmillan: e2.50), a book which every American ought to read as background for the foreign news of the day.
 MT. Clark painstakingly complies all the figures, and demonstrates that no colonies pay their way. Since the dawn of the modern era of machinery, he says, colonies have signaIIy failed to do any of the things they are supposed to do. First Of ell, they don't pay. In no case have the profits from CO., IoniaI trade amounted tO nearly as much as the nation in question has spent to get and administer the colonies. Individual men or indus tries may have profited, to be sure; the nation, as . whole. invariably loses.
 Nor do colonies provide outlets for surplus population. Europe has sent millions Of people Co the iElde- pendent nations Of America; to lts own colonies it has sent only the scantest dFibble of emigFants. Over crowded Italy and Japan have emphatlcaliy failed to settle in their overseas possessions.
 Lastly. says Mfr. Clark, colonies are Of no help in var unless a na~ ton can control its overseas colzl- munlcations; and if is can do that lt can get ils war essentials from neutrals as yell as from ife colonies,
 It is a powerful indictment tnei Mr. ClaFk has drawn ID. xt makes aho great scramble for colonies look like the m0at lrnsle waste Of meds ieFu tlmHk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Know Your Politics

Governor Wilbur L. Cross in one of his characteristic commencement addresses this past month gave some good and timely advice to the graduates of Swart- more College. He chose as hiSs topic - politics - one in which he is well versed not merely by his practical experience, but by his observations and knowledge of the affairs of government. We were quite interested in the governors admonit1on to young men and women not to Scoff at the political subServiency of thousands of people who seem to have no desire, but to vote as urged by leaders.
 Governor Cross put it this way: Tt i'll becomes the college graduate, who does not do this, to sheer or smile at the sub servience of the uneducated to the ward boss, who gets his power so largely by performing services for his neighbors which they do not know how to per. form themselves" There is much for ser ious thought in this expression. Would that more people might not take such a lesson to heart. But, no, we are in our youth too often over-impressed with our own ability to see and do everything, that we overlook such a thing as experience and service.
 Governor Cross points out in so many words that experience and service often accomplish what youth and energy, plus scorn for the old order of things, will fail to do. It is good thing to see the youth of the nation interested in our po- litical destinies, but that youth must suppIant what long years has set up is just a bit too much to take. The man who would succeed in the world of politics in the coming days must have a thorough and sound Knowledge of many problems confronting us. These are acquired by both study and experience. Therefore, don't throw too many bricks at the com
 mon political leader, whose knowledge you beIittIe, but whose service often ollt- weighs all you may give to city, state or country in a lifetime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Test Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven oE
 these test questions? Turn Co last page for the answers.
 l. Tn what country is the seaport city Of Cherbourg7
 2. when should wedding an- be sent 0ut2
 3. What is the name of the large bone in the upper arm?
 {. Tn Greek mythology, who was Leda2
 s. Name the lone9st river in Me- vada.
 6. Who was Charles Potvin9
 2. For what university degree do the initials !. Q. D. stand9
 6. Where is Berea ColIegeS
 Q. What is the name for the pro- cess by which an allen becomes a citlxen2
 10. what is chlorine7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 2:33 Q. m. (daylight time).
 Sun rises S:3s 6. m; sets e:2B ?. m. (day- Night timel.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Thursday. July a i0:i3 D. m; low tide, 4:s1 ?. m. tdayiight tlmel.
 AKoon's phases--Full moon, July {. l:37 D. ni.; last quarter. July ii, i2:20 D. Hl.; new moon, July le li:fl a. m: first quarter. July z0. e:2e a. n. (dayllght time)
 Morning stars, Mercury. Mars, saturn; evening, venuss Jupiter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

This is truly the season of picnics and outings. More and more Americans are becoming people of the great outdoors. We don't know any nation that goes more from one extreme to the other. From our hot-house lives in modern homes, where every convenience is at hand, we jump to Mother Nature and revel in her beauties without apparently suffering the slight est discomfort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

GcItucB NUNAIUEJ The sand dry and fine; The turquoise sea, Pale sky, and fog at the horizon. lie on the beach and my fingers, Pushing in the sand softly Find sea-shells and pebbles hidden. turn my head and watch the batliers Lying in the sun. basking and browning themselves They are the color of copper. the color of brass. Of faint golden ivory. The big yellow bali lies on the edge of the waves I watch your fingers knitting. Slowly, lazily, in the sunshine: And I say: "Let us stay here long, long while. Let as stay here for eveT."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
JVJLY 1

JULx !
 Persons most easily influenced by today's vibrations are those born from November 22 through Decem- Der 21.
 General Indications The day is not important. It is, however, favorable in trend. Develop social contacts with women in the afternoon.
 You should be an observing stu- dent of law and order.
 Many changes may occur concern ing friends during July through october, lo36, and April, 1887.
 You must use very good judgment during January, 1887, or you will be- come extravagant and wasteful of property or money.
 Danger July 6 through l2. 1886. June 20 through July 2 is socially favorable and favors home con- ditions.
 Readers desiring additional in. formation regarding their horoscope are invited to communicate with Octavine in care of The Waterbury Democrat. Enclose . Scent stamped aeIe-addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Cheap British Fares

entity will go to any length to attarct bus mess British lines in the last three months have spent more than $5.0O0, 900 to improve service = overhauling equip snent and expanding facilities. They nave also retained the penny-a-nlile. 1hird-clasg return tickets introduced last year and have extended the privileges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Horoscope
BY OCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planet, the daily horoscope is out- lined by Q noted astrologer. Tn addi- ton to information of general in- terest, 1t outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Current Comments

New York City is completely fsmininel Especially ct night. lt la tall. graceful and sheer like one ok madameis gowns. - Jean Goeteau, French poet end dFanaatist.
 
 we want q type oE woman inlel- IeetuaIlv capable to stand bY her husband ln hia interests and hts struggle with lifa and make hla me richer and fnlIeF. Rudolph Nanu. fsaM nff'eiat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

Generally speaking, we believe those Civil War veterans, but we dunno about the old boy who tells of battle where "you couldn't see the enemy for bullets" ;"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

If you want copy of our book let ''Weather and Climate" write Co The Waterbury Democrats Wash ingtOn Bureau, 1913 ThlEteensh Street, Northwest. Washington, D. Q. Enclose 10 cents for postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

You've got to say this for political cam paigns. They uncover lot of forgotten history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "The towns streets were laid out carefulIy"; say, 'streets oR Che town"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

Q. When it IS six D. m. iF Los Angeles, what time is 1t at Cape Town, South Africa?
 A. Four Q. m. of the next day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

Washington July - Anna Roosevelt Boettiger is the apple of her fathers eye and she deserves to be- Vvacics frank heshoulder she has the charm of both parents her mothers energy and sur urisinr amount of common sense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Daily MR~~~.,zT Rnsas1es Washington ~ z y - --~ -.----.z- Anna Roosevelt Boettiger,
 Apple Of Her Fathers Eye
". M nnRNR nHAnanN nna R0nRRI A. AkLEN -.

EDITORs NOTR,Th h he fourth of series og articles on Roosevelt family Tho Elliott Roosevelt VIII follow next week..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

A. The Dead Sea in Asia and Great Salt Lake, Utah.
 @. Which are the largest and smallest states in the UnionP
 A. Texas is largest and Rhode Is- land is smallest in area.
 e. Is the North Pole nearer to the center of the earth than the equator?
 A. The North Pole is nearer to the center because the earth Is slightly flattened at the poles.
 e. Are there any depressions in the oceans that measure more than the altitude of the highest moun- tain?
 A. The greatest known oceanic depth off the island of Mindanao, in the Philippine group, is 36.a0o feet, and Mt. Everest, the highest mountain, has an elevation of 20,lsl feet.
 e. When does the sun reach the northern apex of its orbit and when does it reach the southern apex2
 A. Northern apex on June 2I, and southern apex on December 2I.
 c. When it is six p. m. in Los Angeles, what time is 1t at Cape T0wn. South Africa2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01
Selected Poem.
POWDER POINT, DUxBURY

GA. JacqueIine Shaw in The Christian
 Science Mon.tor)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
Deer Check Reveals
Successful Season.

Results of deer hunting studies on the
Superior National Forest and the Kabe-
togama State Forest indicate that Min
nesota hunters were on the whole sue
cessful in their quest for veniSon.
The checking stations operated by
the National Forest Service and CCC
camps in cooperation with the state
division of game and fish, obtained in
formation from over 1880 deer hunters.
In general the studies showed that
one deer fell before every one and one
third hunters. This figure, when COM
pared with similar studies in other
states where deer are important game
animals, makes those interested in the
future of deer hunting feel more
pleased with the condition in Mime
sofa, according to Gordon Fredine
game and fish biologist.
In most states where deer are hunted
this high success ratio is not obtained
The post season checks also indicate
that the great majority of deer escaped
unscathed and that very satisfactory
breeding stock is left.
A great deal of valuable information
was obtained during the past season
and will be analysed. The men in
charge of the checking stations were
unanimous in stating that the hunters
gave them splendid cooperation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
FORMER CCC MEMBER EXPANDS
FORESTRY VISION AT COLLEGE.

A CCC enrollee is now attending COL
lege as result of his successful work
in the Spruce lake camp of the Wales
ranger district of the Superior national
forest. Arrangements for his college
education was made by j. A. Blatnik,
educational advisor in the camp.
Walter Hill is receiving federal aid at
the Hibbing Junior College, acting as
part time janitor, after first being re-
fused admittance on the grounds that
he was not local resident and the COL
lege was already over crowded. The
camp educational advisor made a
special trip to Hibbing and convinced
the Dean that young Hill should be
admitted. The student will finish his
education at the College of Forestry,
University of Minnesota.
A letter just received by Mr. Blatnik
from the former enrollee emphasizes
the virtues of the organization he re-
Gently left. 1t reads as follows:
1.-The time served as a member of
the Civilian Conservation Corps has
certainly been a pleasure as well as
great opportunity I cannot express
myself adequately on the worthiness of
such an organization. The great wealth
of practical training and experience I
received certainly deserves my most
firm and whole. hearted acknowledge
ment
Having enrolled as member of the
organization, and experiencing camp life
in all its phases 1 became very much
absorbed in the work of conservation.
The inspiration received in doing this
kind of work in camp shaped a definite
course in my life. My desire is to con-
tinue on with such work and accept it
as a life's profession.
"It is my sincere hope that the
Civilian Conservation Corps will be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
DriUerIess Car Calls
Police, Fire Department.

st. Cloud-A squad of policemen and
a fire company with hook and ladder
dashed madly at midnight to a down
town street corner, and all because a
car, its motor dead, had decided to go
on merry little jaunt without its
driver The car travelled two blocks
and then crashed into police and fire
box so that alarms were sounded in
both stations. A patrolman who saw
the crash fastened to the intersection
and was ready to apprehend the driver,
but, like Old Mother Hubbard, when he
got there, the auto was bare" In other
words there was no driver in the car
and he had seen none leave at any time.
The owner of the car had parked it
to attend a show and had the keys in
his pocket. When he was told later
that his car had been in an accident
it was hard to believe, but sure enough,
it had been spirited away in some
amazing fashion and wound up against
the police fire-box around a corner
more than two blocks away with the
motor cold. HawkshaWs have gradually
pieced together the probable solution
to the dilemma and the theory has de
veloped that two cars were parked to-
gether and that the first car evidently
hooked onto the rear vehicle by the
bumpers. 1t seems unbelievable, but
the first car undoubtedly pulled the
second driverleSs machine for more
than two blocks and then when about
to make the corner the bumpers dis
connected and the first car sped away.