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Evening star., 1936-09-05
REVENUE UNIT SQUEEZES
MORE FROM TAXPAYERS
1856 ,OOO, 900 Assessed Over Sums
Reported-$77, 800, 900 of It
Collected at Once.

BY the Associated Press.
The income tax unit of the Internal
Revenue Bureau reported today it had
assessed individuals and corporations
$355,076,147 more in income taxes
than the amounts they reported dur
ing the last fiscal year.
1t was the largest total of addi-
tional assessments made in q single
year.
Also, the bureau said, taxpayers
consented to immediate assessment
and collection of $77,367,187 in ad-
dition to amounts originally reported
during the year.
These results were accomplished,
the bureau said, through the ef-
forts of 3,047 agents and auditors
assigned to the examination Of the
450,002 returns handled"
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Furniture Dealer Dies.

PHILADELPHIA, September Up.
Philip Cation Shaffer, Philadelphia
furniture dealer, died yesterday at his
Summer home at Wildwood Crest,
N. j. He was "a. At one time he
was national head Of the Mystic
Shrine.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
WOMAN DIES OF DRUG
Mrs. Sadie Dennis Reported tt
Have Taken Overdose.

Mrs. Sadie Dennis, 80, of 538 Tenth
street southeast, died last night, cir
cumstances indicating an overdose of
sleeping potion, according to police.
Police said her husband, Cleveland,
told them she took sedative Thurs
day night, went to sleep and never
awoke. He called a Casualty Hospital
ambulance shortly before last mid
night and she was pronounced dead.
An autopsy will be performed to-
day, Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
French Novelist, Kahn, Dies,

PARIS, September 5 UP.-Gustave
Kahn. 76-year-old poet, novelist and
critic, who was known as the dean
Of French symbolists." |" died last night
q q heart attack
Evening star., 1936-09-05

London's Stock Exchange has reject
ed the application of a woman stock
broker for membership.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
SNOW AND HAIL FALL

Stones as Large as Haze1nuts
Reported-Lghtning Kills Two.
LONDON, September P.-Snow-
flakes as big as quarters and hail
stones the size of hazelnuts fell to-
day in freak storms which swept
sections Of England.
Lightning killed couple seeking
shelter under a tree in st. James
Park near Buckingham Palace.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
FRATERNITY TO MEET
Former Secretary Hyde Among
Delta Epsilon Guests.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. September 5 (P.
Delta Upsilon College Fraternity
will hold its 1920 annual convention
here today. Prominent members
scheduled to attend include Arthur
M. Hyde, former Secretary Of Agri-
culture, and William r. Holiday,
president Of the Standard I'll Co. of
Ohio.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
SPECIAL NOTICES

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loads to and from BALTIC, Phila. and New
York, .Ereaue9t trips to other Eastern sts
HE HE pAvfpsoN sseSH1Ff TRANsFER ssHIE sToRaGE
CO. Phone Decatur $500.
AFTER THIS DAY, SEPT. 4. 1895, WILL
other than by myself. JOHN E. JACKSON.
92S French st. NV.
FREE-sAND AND GRAVEL MIXTURE
ssn free s ESufh hRH ~
WORKS. Blair rd. and Underwood ST. NV
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PLAINFIELD ORCHARDS.
Some tree-ripened peaches. late varieties.
Apples. Grimes Northwestern Greening and
Delicious. Sandy Spring. Md on Glen
mont.Sandy Spring rd. VIM. w. MOORE.
proprietor. 7s
GRAPES-GRAPE JUICE.
High-quality Niagara and Concord grapes.
Hreesans ssn, an sTape Juice sn. to order LEI
Chain Bridge. Route o through Vienna to
EHILCOIT ORCHARDS Vienna 1878. s.
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AT QUAINT ACRES.
Nlasaras. Located on Silver Spring, Coles
vile pike (Route 29) only miles from
District. Open z am. till 8 pm.
A DEAL FUNERAL AT S75
Provides same service as one costing $500
Don't waste insurance money" CAN
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or Sc, Thursday am: Reward. Call Shep-
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Hotel. Apt. 766. Reward. %
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POCKETBOOK-La woodward & Lo-
Finder please call Cleve. 64OO or return
same to office, Alban Towers 300 Wis.
SCOTCH TERRIER-Male, black and
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Evening star., 1936-09-05
PLAINFIELD ORCHARDS.

Some tree-ripened peaches late varieties
Apples. Grimes. Northwestern Gree ming and
Delicious. Sandy Spring. Md. on Glen
mont,Sandy Spring rd. VIM w. MOORE.
Evening star., 1936-09-05

High-auality Niagara and Concord grapes
wholesale. retail: grape Juice to order
Chain Bridge. Route o through Vienna to
CH1LCOTT ORCHARDS. Vienna 1913. 5s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Diminishing Unemployment
Pertinent Figures Reveal How United States Has
Lasted Out Depression-Comes
Through Once More
Through Once More
HARTFORD COURANT

those made by the federal census
and include agriculture, forestry
and fishing, mining, manufacturer
construction, transportation, public
utilities, trade distribution and
finance, service industries and mis-
cellaneous industries and services.
The manufacturing industry pro-
vides the greatest amount Of en-
ployment but 1t Is closely followed
by agriculture, the difference being
less than million under normal
conditions. Although the construc-
ton industry Is behind what 1t was
in October, 1t is gratifying to note
that 1t is now employing only $751;
600 fewer artisans than the average
for 1929.
It is clear from these figures that
unemployment Is being conquered.
Those who have seemed almost to
delight In making the doleful pre-
diction that we are doomed to have
a permanent unemployment of at
least five or six millions are likely
to find themselves mistaken. In
fact, competent authorities are
willing to predict that before long
we shall be facing a labor shortage,
especially a shortage of skilled la
Dor. 1t Is pretty hard to keep a
country like the United States
down. 1t may have its cycles of
good and bad times, but following
every tailspin recovery has carried
prosperity to new heights. Since
history has a way Of repeating It.
self we may expect that such will
be the case this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Low Interest

A New York firm the other day bought
a sewer bond issue of midwestern city
at an interest rate of 2.25 per cent, the
lowest in the city's history. The federal
government lately has sold bonds at the
same rate, and has got money on snort
term notes for as little as l per cent.
Everyone knows how little money is worth
at the banks - at least, to the deposltor.
Everything indicates an unprecedented
era of cheap money, and cheap money
means plentiful money. There has been
an over supply of money and credit pro-
duced by the governments heavy borrow
ings Public debt makes more money IN
the banks. This excessive supply OF dol
lars for rent is in itself the answer to
Father Coughlin and others who have
been complaining of scarcity OF money
and demanding forced expansion OF the
currency.
Two things are pretty sure to come
from an over-supply of money or bank
credit. One is higher commodity prices
and the other is speculation. The govern
ment has been deliberately trying to force
up prices in order to stimulate business
and lift incomes, and thus make the
nations vast public and private debt bur-
dens easier to pay. 1t may soon feel like
calling halt on this process.
Speculation starts with stocks, pro-
ceeds to materials and ends in real estate.
1t seems question of but a short time
now until a new realty boom starts. Land
and buildings are already rising. In
year or two, say some experts, we shall
probably see investors and spectators
bidding for houses and apartment build
ings as they were doing shortly after the
war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Usefulness In Citizens

Another alien seeking American citi-
zenship recently has failed to receive it
because he was opposed to bearing arms.
The Judge rebuked him sternly, saying
those who refuse to bear arms "are of no
use in this country. Your citizenship is
denied once and for all time" he added.
IF you aren't willing to bear arms, we
don't want you"
That is pretty hard on a lot of consci-
entious directors who remained respected
citizens during the World War; 1t also
places military service far above other
essential and patriotic services to country.
Many Americans agree with the judge.
There are others who disapprove such de-
cisions. The latter feel that II war actu-
ally came, the problem OF the directors
could be met somehow by setting them to
work at other important tasks. Perhaps
opinion on this point will not be clarified
end settled until the people who are OPP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Duty Discharged

Presidential electors met in their re-
spective states and territories Tuesday
the 18th and discharged the duties for
which they were elected on Tuesday,
November g. All that remains now to
the formal task of electing president
and vice-preSident of the United States
is to open the official ballots next month
down in Washington and to proclaim
those whom we know were elected the
victorious candidates. It's quite riga
marole and ritual, call it what you will,
and we Americans have been adhering
to it religiously for good many years
now.
What we accomplish by the electoral
college only theorist in political sciences
can explain. So far as the practical
working of the electoral college is con-
cerned, it hasn't any. If it was to be of
any value, this past election certainly
should have proved it. The expressed
purpose of the union party in the field
was to throw the election into the House
of Representatives by failure of any one.
candidate to receive majority of the
electoral votes. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's majority was too pronounced
in both the electoral college and the
country to allow such maneuverings.
Perhaps our national legislators will
do some more monkeying with the Con-
stitution, so that gradually we will elm
mate all the machinery that was neces-
sary to guide the workings Of our federal
government back in the stage-coach days.
1t may be a long time coming, though. It
took years for one senator, George Norris
of Nebraska, to convince fellow legisla-
tors that lameduck sessions of Congress
were out of date and that the government
law-making year should begin in January
and not March. The elimination of the
electoral college is the next step in the
process of elimination. It's formality
today; has been for many day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

Regardless of opinion the CCC still
remains the stand-out item on the list OF
New Deal accomplishments. The Roose-
welt administration has brought about
many reforms, achieved many successes,
had numerous failures and disappoint-
ments, but when you mention the CCC
everybody has a good word for it and the
administration itself regards it as the
model pupil. And it's a funny thing, but
at the beginning the CCC was harshly
criticized both on political and other
grounds Today we doubt if bombshell
could blast the CCC out of our midst. It's
here to stay and we're all glad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

1t certainly sounds like the good old
days of the war what with salary and
wage increases being announced by
local business houses. We wonder if the
expression, "bonus" didn't come in with
the war, too. There were bonuses then
when the factories that were engaged in
war work started to give them. A good
many people don't recall the Waterbury
of 1918 and 1915 as European nations
flooded the United States with war orders
and our factories worked night and day
TO fill them. The term was misused when
it was applied later to the soldiers. The
U. S. veterans never were offered nor
received a bonus" Uncle Sam never
placed high price on the services of the
flower of his mankind. Money the SOL
diers received under adjusted service GER
tificates was not something over and
above what they earned, but an effort
to make recompense for removing the
veterans from gainful positions and pre-
venting them earning living at a living
wage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

Why not emulate the oyster,
which, when annoyed by q grain of
sand, throws wall Of pearl around
It? Many sanity husbands are made
so by cantankerous wives-and vice
versa.
DIR. Z. Stanley Jones, English
author. urging married
couples to avoid divorce
courts.
We talk about the dignity OF his
tory. There Ia no dignity. Yet II is
human history. II usage had not
dulled US, we would think our spe-
cies collectively insane 10 70 about
our business In this haphazard,
planless. negligent fashion.
HI. q. Wells, author.
Politics has become the greatest
racket IN the eountry--the racket Of
rackets. Tho masses OF the people
have no vote In nominating candi-
dates for public Office.
Edward A. Alexander, New
York ATTORNEY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
PresSCOrnnent
CHARMING
Boston Post.)

Governor Lucius Wilbur Cross OF
Connecticut is master Of felicitous
prose. Naturally, as the former head
of the English department at Yale
and the author Of many books, he
should be an expert. But even pro-
fessors Of English are often unable
to cultivate distinguished style.
Governor Cross, in his Thanks
giving proclamation, touches high
point in appealing English. 1t reads,
in part, as follows:
Time out of mind at this turn Of
the seasons, when the hardy oak
leaves rustic In the wind and the
frost gives tang to the air and
the dusk falls early and the
friendly evenings lengthen under
the heel Of Orion, 1t has seemed
good to our people to Join to-
gether In praising the Creator and
Preserver, who has brought us by
q way that we did not know to the
end of another year.
In observance Of this custom,
appoint Thursday, the twenty
sixth Of November, as a day Of
public thanksgiving for the bless
ings that have been our common
lot and have placed our beloved
state with the favored regions Of
earth.
This is a prose poem filled with
dignity and charm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Follows Our Thought

State papers Monday were LAVISH III
space given over to consideration or the
financial problems that will confront leg
islators next month The state is not
merely confronted with $14,OOO,OOO
general deficit, but is also faced with the
task of providing just as many millions,
if not more, for carrying on a Dullolng
program in our numerous institutions.
The list, even as published by the press OF
the state, was far from complete. we
don't doubt but what to care for instltu-
tional needs and to wipe out the deficit
Connecticut would need close to $50, OOO,-
900 over and above ordinary approprla-
TONS
That may sound far-fetched. 1t prob
ably is when regarded as vital for the
coming biennium Yet the sum Will be
even greater than that two years hence
unless something is done in 1887 about it.
The best minds in our state government
need to go over the situation carefully
before any plan or program is presented
to the Legislature. Politics must be
shunted far to the background when
Connecticut considers the matter OF rails
ing and spending so many millions as all
this. And we should not lose sight OF
the fact that federal aid might prove a
boon in this such case as we will be
confronted with.
There will be efforts to have depart
mental heads slash the figures that they
have already presented as urgent for their
needs in the next two years. Perhaps the
figures are maximum and may undergo
some slight change. But in the main you
will find that the funds now being sought
are merely another edition of those
deemed necessary back about ten years
ago when the state seriously considered
bond issue or short term notes to finance
just such building program. Should it
be attacked piece-meal or postponed next
year when the legislators are asked Tor
action, we hesitate to think of what Will
be the final outcome. Postponement u.s.
ually proves expensive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

Maine utilities abandoned roads, old
trolley roadbedg, woods roads, etc. to
good purpose. Trying to reestablish the
horse in Maine officials have planned and
actually constructed many miles of
bride paths using the aforementioned
roadways. They fit ideally into such
scheme. Connecticut has done the same
in minor key Maybe we should branch
out and keep pace with the horse en-
thusiasts who spend many hours canter-
ing along old roads.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

But during the early stages of
the Spanish Revolution, possibly
since then, one faction in the
British government was strongly
pro-Revolution. Nothing was
done to put down the arms traf-
fic. Some of the British states
men labored under the delusion
that friendly King Alfonso might
come back.
NOW 1T Is TOO LATE FOR
THE BRITISH TO HALT THE
TRADE.
Bull-Fights
Portugal, land of the historic
bull fight, is deserving that sport
for football.
Only six bull-fights were held
in Lisbon this year, as against
several hundred football games.
The management of the bull ring
says it cannot compete against
them.
German Influence
Signs that Germany is back
again as a real world power begin
to hit you along the North Afri-
can coast and in Spanish waters.
When war broke in Spain, Hit
Ter sent flotilla Of his brand
new naval vessels to protect Ger
man citizens. In the past he
has been only too glad to accept
British aid for this. Or he could
have accepted the help of his new
ally, Mussolini, who had fifteen
ships on the spot.
But he didn't. He wanted to
show what the new German navy
was like. that Germany is to be
reckoned with as a naval power
in the future. Also, it was a
good thing from his viewpoint to
have a few ships near the Spanish
African colonies that Germany
covets.
Copyright, 1895, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

The National Industrial Confer
ence Board, probably our best au-
thority, estimates that the total
number of unemployed workers in
October, the latest month for which
figures have been compiled, was g.
$1,000, which represents decrease
Of 100000, or 10 per cent, from
october year ago. This reflects a
very. substantial improvement and
1t Is indicative Of the rapid strides
that recovery Is making. The total
employment In all types of enter
prise in October was 44,100,000,
which is only 3,056,000 or SIS per
cent below the average Of 47,156, 900
employed in the peak year 1929.
The manufacturing industry Is
now employing only 1,239000 fewer
persons than 1t employed just be-
fore the depression struck In. AS
compared with the month Of Sep
TENDER, October shows an employ
ment gain in all the group divisions
except the construction industry, In
which employment decreased by
1900. The group divisions are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
A Book a Day
Lloyd George Hits
Wartime Generals
BY BRUCE CATION

It Is not news that David Lloyd
George, Englands wartime premier,
became sharply critical of our Gen
eral Pershing In the fifth volume of
his war Memoirs" The cables told
us all about 1t when the book was
puslished In England early this fall.
What will interest American read
crs, now that the book has been
issued in this country (by Little,
Brown and Co., at $0, Is the fact
that Mr.. Lloyd George Is even more
critical Of Pershing's confreres, the
British generals.
Sir Douglas Haig comes in for
an attack that is fairly blistering.
Mr.. Lloyd George assails him for
stupidity, for stubbornness, and for
the wastage Of hundreds Of thou
sands of lives. The German break
through in the spring of 1918, he
insists, was due to two things
Haig's disastrous Passchendaele Of
fensive Of the preceding fall, and
the refusal Of Haig and Petain to
agree to the establishment OF an
allied army reserve under Foch.
Indeed, Mr.. Lloyd George likes
no generals. He accuses Sir Will
liam Robertson, British chief Of
staff, Of trying to set up military
dictatorship in wartime along the
lines Of the Hindenburg- Ludendorff
model In Germany. Over and over
he assails the generals for blind
ness and folly, declaring that from
the first to last they would attack
Germany only where 1t was strong
est and not where 1t was weakest.
All this, Of course, is special
pleading. Mr.. Lloyd George has
his own record to defend. and he
defends 1t from top to bottom. You
will find his book lively, opinionated,
revealing-and, historically, Of vast
importance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

GIBRALTAR - This Rock, identified in the United
States with life insurance and in Europe the mightest
fortress in the world is the verge of becoming about
as useful Fort Robinson, Nebraska once bockhouse
against hostile Indians The life insurance companies will
have to reYamp their advertising
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Answers To
Questions
BY Frederick Nj. Kerby
/. Where is Puerto Bello?

@. Where is Puerto Bello?
A.. 1t was a famous Spanish port
in the early days of the trade with
Panama. From 1t the Spanish gall
Icons carried rich treasures in
pearls and other goods. 1t is twenty
miles east of the mouth of the Pan
ANA Canal, and today consists
merely Of a number Of Indian
shacks.
@. How many Thunderstorm &C.
cur daily throughout the world and
what Is the frequency Of lightning
flashes during these storms?
A. Data collected by the British
Meteorological Office show that at
any one time about 1900 thunder
storms are in progress in different
parts of the world, and that the
average frequency Of lightning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
Selected Poem
THE GAME OF LIFE!


Hildreth @. Mcfarland In the New Haven
Journal-C ourier)
Life is a game we all must play,
From start to finish, till we die
Whateer the length Of time we stay.
For rich and poor. for grave and gay,
For high and low,-no alibt-
Life Is a game we all must play.
Wise and noble, the world will say
Are we, our best to always try.
Whateer the length OF time we stay?
Nations rise and then decay.
Men come and go.-none can deny
Life Is q game we all must play.
Let Truth and Honor lead the way,
Our service here to glorify,
Whateer the length Of time we stay
Gods benediction rest. we pray
On all our efforts-You and ];
Life Is game we ali must play,
Whateer the length Of time we stayi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

I. Who composed the operetta
Iolanthe, and who wrote the libret-
TO?
2. In which European country Is
the Isere river??
3. Who was Larkin Goldsmith
Mead2
4. Name the smallest state In
Mexico.
8. Where was Rudyard Kipling
born7
Q. What happens when a military
or naval ofiicer Is cashiered?
7. What symbolic insignia n
used by Italian Fascism7
Q. Between which two OF the
Great Lakes does the Niagara
river f0w7
Q. What n fer0f
10. who wrote the novel, Faith.
aTE and aans7"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1886
A Thought for Today

For whatsoever exalteth himself shall De
ahased: and he that humbIeth himself shall be
exalted-St Luke H:11.
OF all the causes which conspire to blind
mans erring judgment, and mislead the mind,
what the weak head with strongest bias rules
is pride-that never failing vice of fools.-Pope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

Bernard Shaw says Edward renounced
his throne mot because of his intention
to marry Mrs. Simpson, but simply be.
cause he hated his job" About 'arf n
'arf, we'd sy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

posed to bearing arms solve the war
question by making it unnecessary for
anybody to bear arms.