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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07
AMERICA RIDES THE GYPSY LANES
asing Thousands LiOe L Auto 7raiIers; Boom NeO du
Homes on Wheels Include Every Modern Comfort; "SOcial Status" Far Above
 That of Old Tin Can Tourists

Home! Home on six weels! "tVhere the trallers pull up for the nlghU "Vhere seldom Is heard dlsparaging word, "And expenses and taxes are light"
 -Gypsy Road Song, l9S6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07

It has been formally announced that the Rev. Wllfred Parsons, 5. J., noted Jesuit scholar and wrlt- or and formerly editor.in. chief of "AmeTlca," national weekly re- view, has been selected as lcctur- CT in the Georgetown university graduate school.
 The announcement will be of especial interest to Waterbury graduates and former students of Georgetown and to members Of Sheridan Council. Father Pars0n visited Waterbury last May as the guest speaker on the occasion Of the councils golden anniversary banquet. Ills scholarship address won considerable favorable com. ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07
AnsEUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6. 1. The progeny of parents which belong to different spe- cies or races.
 2. A total lack of reason Ing powers.
 3. English scientist and llt- erary scholar. {. Verdi.
 s. In old Russia. 6. Berkeley, Calf. !. John B0les. 6. The Neva. 2. Arthur KaIiet and r. ,. Schllnk.
 10 ChoFea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07

A midget passenger car, which has made its appearance in Paris, is said to travel 126 miles on gallon of gasoline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07
So SchweIlenbach Baked

Talk In the state of Washington among left-wing Democrats about . vote to recall Senator Lew schwel- lenbach arises from another conVeT- ton incident
 The Washington delegation cau- cused, elected schwellenbach to the resolutions committee, and ordered him to fight in committee for Q production -for-use plank and the
 Townsend plan and, If unsuccessful, to carry the fight to the convention floor.
 The caucus was held while the senator was making @ radio speech and he felt 1t had been called ct that time on purpose.
 So schwellenbach told his polit- ical buddies to "go take c dive" and spent most of convention week at Atlantic City. He wouldn't have minded battling for e production. for.use plank, but drew the line ct embarrassing the administration by c hopeless floor fight for the Town send plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-07
BEHIND THE SC:ENd
 lN WASHINGTON
mV RoDMkV DUTCH aER-

CWhteFbuFy Democrats Washing
 ton COrrespondent)
The Washington times., 1936-06-18
Schools Closing,
Puerto Rico
Cuts Calls

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.-With
schools closing in the United
States, the radio-telephone COM
munication from Puerto Rico to
the mainland, established four
months ago, is expected to drop
off.
Much to the company's sur
prise, telephone calls from island
parents to their sons and daugh-
ters who are students in United
States schools have proved an un-
expected source of revenue. Now,
with the young people headed
homeward, that business is out
until the schools begin again.
On the other hand, the sugar
industry and banks, with the
necessity for continuous business
transactions with New York, thus
far have used the new service
little.
The Washington times., 1936-06-18
CHILD VICTIM
OF TORTURE,
MAN HELD

NEW YORK, June 18 0.N.S0. 0.
Victim of a series of unbelievable
tortures allegedly received at the
hands of her stepfather, a skinny
little girl Of 10 with big, haunted
eyes cringed at the approach of
friendly hands at the Children's
Society Shelter today as Erme-
Undo Questell, 80, was held in
$4,000 bail n a charge of feloni.
Gus assault.
QueStell admitted to Assistant
District Attorney Bernard Botein
that he had inflicted the tortures
on Carmen Vilella, orphaned
child of a distant relative, in
order to support a $25,OOo dam
age suit against his landlord for
falling plaster. Botein related
that QueStell said:
"T used to beat her with a
strap. Once / burned the palms
of her hands with some news
papers I set on fire."
According to relatives, Questell,
q deformed cripple, lashed the
girl with a cable of half-inch cop
per wire and forced her to make q
bed of an ironing board. bare Of
blankets or other cover n 6,
stretched between two chairs.
She was cuffed around and
kicked around continually by
QueSte1l, Botein declared. The
child had been used as a regular
slave in this house. The most diff
ficult and meanest forms Of menial
labor were piled on her shoulders.
Botein added:
"When the detective went to
the house last night he found her
so badly off he could not queS-
tiOn here. UndernOurished and
Shabbily dressed, she showed
fear Of every man."
The Washington times., 1936-06-18
Caterpillar Invasion
Of u. ). Not Likely

TORONTO, ontario. June l8
UN.SO.-Experts today said the
present plague Of caterpillars
would be ended within q week,
but they prophesied a return
to ontario for several successive
years of the peStilence now raging
around Lake Superior. United
States points across the water
need not, however, fear a visit
from the crawling army which
has thrown Fort William and
vicinity into confusion, it was
said.
The Washington times., 1936-06-18
Radium Retrieved
From InCinerdtor

NEW YORK, June IS.
Five tiny particles Of radiun, no
bigger than pin points, accident
ally reached q wastebasket and ul-
timately the incinerator at Israel
Zion Hospital. Since it was worth
$1,000 q radium detector was
turned on the ashes. The radium
was found intact.
The Washington times., 1936-06-18
7-PECE STUDIO OUTFIT

This complete studio outfit consists Of a
Modern Studio Couch that opens to a
fuII-size or Twin Beds; two End Tables,
two Table Lamps, Occasional Chair and
a Bridge Lamp and Shade. ............
The Washington times., 1936-06-18

Consists Of a Reliable Electric Washer
Wash Tub, Ironing Board, Electric Iron
and a generous supply Of Rnso. An un-
usual value Observation-Disclosures.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02

tence but the judge plainly told them that if they plead
ed guilty he would give them tn chair, so they stood a
jury trial-and the jury gave them lfel Life usually
means out in eight or ten years. Another Chicago mutt
laton murderer of the cruelest type also escaped with a
life sentence. In Minneapolis recently a jury acquitted a
drunken driver who ran down and killed a mother and
a small daughter.
Contrast this with a recent London case. An Ameri-
can prize6ghter a year or SO ago went to England. In a
fit of passion he recently slew his wie-the sort of muir
der that usually draws eight or 10 years in Amreica.
The English gave him a trial within 10 days of the crime,
promptly found him guilty and sentenced him to death.
Pleas for new trials, delays and Communication of sentence
were resultless and last week they hanged him. The
British have very few murder-maybe a twentieth or so
proportionately to what we have.
Until we revamp our entire attitude toward crime,
we shall continue to lose billions each year and watch
1900 citizens murdered each IL months.
Dawson County Review.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
Action Necessary to Halt Crime

America is the most crime-ridden country in the
world. We read with establishment statistics of the vast
sums that crime costs our society each year, and other
statistics of the danger to human life from crime. Over
1900 Americans will be murdered between now and
next November. We think it is terrible and something
ought to be done but conditions continue exactly the
same-or maybe they are getting worse.
The trouble is-we wait for the other fellow to do
it; we do not translate our indignation into action.
Among our greatest weaknesses in the battle against
the criminal are weak parole boardss, pardoning gov
errors and soft-hearted juries.
In Chicago last week three men were on trial for the
murder of 10 persons. One of them hired another to set
fire to his store and as a result of the fire 10 people, most
of them children, were burned to death. The least guilty
of the three pleaded guilty and received a sentence of
1919 years, the other two sought a similar plea and SEN
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
Why Atlantic Air Service Lays

Many readers of the Herald have wondered why
air mail service has been inaugurated over the Pacific
ocean to Manila when there is no service of the type
across the Atlantic to Europe "a more profitable field.
The answer is that several nations are engaged in
a struggle to secure control of landing and port rights,
with the idea apparently of getting a monopoly on trans
Atlantic air mail.
Certainly, ships of the type of the China Clipper
would have no trouble flying from this country to Eur
ope but obviously they would have to land at a termin-
al and maybe need some emergency landing fields in
Bermuda and the Azores. The former, British owned,
is about $50 miles west of North Carolina, and the latter,
a Portuguese island, is $50 miles east of that country.
1t is entirely natural for any European country, Civ
ing American airplanes landing rights, to expect sim
liar concessions in the United States. This is not object
ed to, as we understand it but for some reason there is a
stubborn Discrimination to clear up the matter. Some
think it is because Great Britain has prior rights in the
islands but no planes capable of operating the service.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
The Literary Digest Poll

The public generally and the politicians particu-
larly are specializing upon the import of the nationwide
poll of the New Deal, now being conducted by The Lit
erary Digest. This magazine has made a specially OF
conducting tests of public sentiment, scoring with re-
markable accuracy the trend of opinion, in some in
stances down to a fraction of one percent. The good
faith of The Literary Digest is, we think, unquestioned.
Concerning the present straw vote, addressed to the
same list canvassed in 1884, partisans say, on one side,
that it doesn't prove anything and, on the other, that it
spells inevitable defeat for the president next year. OBJ
viously, neither conclusion is correct.
At present, with partial returns from voters, whose
names were taken from telephone directories, motor
registration lists and other rosters, a majority has re-
piled in the negative to the question: DO you NOW
approve of the acts and policies of the Roosevelt New
Deal to date?"
The 1894 poll, conducted by the same magazine,
showed a majority in favor of the presidents course and
forecast the democratic victory at the polls in the con-
gressional elections. Significantly, the present poll shows
a change on the part of those participating in this bal
loting, with a perceptible slip in the support accorded the
New Deal.
The question arises whether a vote disappearing
the New Deal now is a certain vote against Mr.. Roose-
welt for reelection next fall. His opponents maintain the
affirmative, insisting that the trend against him is run
ming stronger than ever and will be 'n flood" when
election day rolls around. His supporters point out that
a vote against the New Deal may come from two widely
divergent groups, one Directing to it because it goes too
far, and the other incensed because it does not go far
enough Moreover, they pin their faith in the presidents
resourcefulness and personal popularity.
Anyway, the Digest poll, whatever it may mean, is
interesting. Certainly, at this time, it indicates no land
slide for either side in 1886.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
DO O
News Items Taken from Files of
The Plentywood Herald of
20 YEARS AGO

F. M. Miller has completed his new residence in the
Rue addition, and moved into it for the winter.
Hans H. Hardersen, a progressive farmer from the
Archer vicinity attended to some business affairs at
the court house Wednesday.
Walter Marion celebrated his 18th birthday Monday
by giving a large numbers of his friends and teachers a
party.
Deputy Sheriff George Cook went over to the 500
line yesterday afternoon to look after some official bust
ness.
The following marriage permits have been issued
the past ten days: Hans H.. Hardersen and Grace Ethel
Morgan, both parties from Archer. Glenn Isaacson OF
Howard, N. D., and Marie Legge, Dagmar
/ challenge to wrestle House to a finish match for
$500 on the side and winner take all. If House does not
accept my challenge within two weeks I will wrestle
c. l. Curtis, agreeing to throw him twice in one hour,
for winner take all and a side bet.-Nels Moe.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02

would be formed, eliminating the
small businessman everywhere.
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA admins
traitor, estimates that the physical
wealth Of the nation will increase at
least five billion dollars as a result of
the work relief program. The actual
construction value of projects is esti-
mated at $685., 100000 and the re-
mainder comes from the increase in
property values and productive ca
pacity.
New one dollar silver certificates
are being distributed with a new de-
sign printed on the back, showing the
reverse of the Great Seal of the Unit
ed States for the first time on any
money. 1t shows an unfinished pyra-
mid surmounted by an y in a TRAN
gular glory. Above the design is
"annuit coeptis," translated "Ile
(God) prospered our e~ndeavours." A
A lower motto, Novus Ordo Seclor-,
UNI" is translated "a New Order of
the Ages" The eye represents an all
seeing Deity and the pyramid is the
symbol of p~ermanence.
The National Lumber Manufacture
ers' Association, which sharply criti-
cized the reciprocal trade treaty with
Canada, has declared its intention to
cooperate with the Government. The
Association realizes that the funda-
mental objective of the government
is a general restoration of i%nternation-
al commerce, that the agreement is
the deliberate conclusion of the pres
ident, and that though opinions may
differ as to the "reasonableness of
particular conclusions, it intended to.
act in a spirit of cooperation" and
hoped that the government would aid
the industry in meeting the difficult
situation.
A new series of United States Saw
ing Bonds (baby bonds) will be issued
on January LIST through the postal
service. Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau discloses that, between
March LIST and November 30th, $178,-
718,250 were invested in these bonds,
having a maturity value, after ten
years, Of 1928 ,29I 900.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02

The supreme court will return from
its holiday recess Jan. 6 instead of
Jan. ID, thus enabling it to hand down
decisions on the AAA, IVA and
Bankhead cotton control act three
days after congress assemblies. The
surprising change of program, cutting
a week off the usual three-week re-
cess, was noted in a recent order. II
does not necessarily indicate anything
as to the conclusion of the court, al
though there is a general idea that a
decision in the Hoosac Mills case and
that of the rice millers will be hand
ed down Immediately after the recess.
Argument on the IVA was completed
last week, thus clearing the way for
a decision. If the court should read
its opinion on Jan. 6, with congress in
session, the administration would be
in a position to approach congress for
emergency legislation in case of an
adverse decision.
The republican national committee
meeting in Washington with optimis-
tic hopes of defeating the New Deal
decisively in 1896, set June 9 as the
date for the national convention, and
selected Cleveland as the city for its
meeting. Chairman Fletcher declared
that the New Deal is slipping and
we can win next year. A fight over
the 1882 convention rule allottine a
bonus of three delegates at large to
each state hat cast is last previous
electoral vote for the republican can
didate, with certain other additions
based on congressional representation
failed. The convention will have 997
delegates, a reduction of 157 from the
1882 conclave. Nearly all states, ex-
cept the six that cast their electoral
votes for Hoover, will lose delegates.
The republicans have, so far, not
centered upon a candidate although
many of them regard Governor Lam
don as the leading contender for the
nomination at this time. The attitude
of Senator Borah has some of them
puzzled and there can be no real
crystalization of sentiment until he
indicates definitely his course. The
Landon supporters think they will be
greatly benefited if the Idahoan does
not make the race. The Kansas gov
ernor has been making some gains in
the east, although his support of pro-
hibition and the AAA are used against
him.
Col. Frank Knox, the Chicago pub
Usher, considers himself on equal
footing at this time, although a recent
declaration favoring immediate pay
ment of the bonus, thus reversing his
previous stand, has not helped him
in the east. Former President Hoo
ver's activity is said to represent a
sincere desire to secure the adoption
of a sane platform and the nominal
ton of a safe candidate rather than
promotion of his own nomination.
Herbert Hoover continues his cam
paign against the administration by
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
HeDIth
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HOMES (No p

After a day of work amidst distrac-
ting noise and confusion, n should
have at least a period of quiet relax
alton. Instead of that, however, the
average young person, especially in
the cities, dress themselves while lis
tening to the jazz coming in over the
radio and rush out hoping to have
an exciting evening. What is the trou-
BILE? What is the cause of all the I'M
rest and constant wearying gaddine?
The chief reason is because the
American home is breaking down. 1t
is no longer a center where the fam
lily spends many long happy evenings.
The children are emancipated at a
very early age. A generation ago,
mother or father often read aloud to
an interested and delighted group
gathered in the living room after the
days work was done. Sometimes they
played the piano and sang or when
school work was pressing, the young
sters prepared their lessons for the
next day.
Now we have very few quiet CEN
tiers OF life, where personality is de-
veloped or character grows strong I'M
der the molding guardianship of con-
secrated and wise parents. This is a
time when people seem to be on the
go day and night. They are restless,
they want to be moving. The speed
mania possesses them. 1t affects them
but little, that $4,000 people were
killed by automobiles last year and
e a million injured. They glance
at the CHASTITY accounts which are
spread all wei the newspapers, then
jump into their cars and run so or so
miles an hour, without a thought of
the sudden death that may be sixty
yards ahead of them.
To what is this leading the youth
of America? Our children must have
a quiet center of life and less of a
iazz-crazed existence if they are to
become strong and noble men and
women. Oh, for real homes, where in
tegrity and old-fashioned virtues
mean more than money or show. Not
many such homes are left in the great
cities, though there are yet many in
the rural districts and the smaller
towns of our nation.
The hope of the world lives in its
homes. The craving for money, ex-
element and show makes for over
stimulation and s~ensationalisn. Our
young people must have parents who
make real homes for them, in which
they find security. They must lead
well ordered lives if they are to make
the kind of citizens who will carry
forward the ideals upon which this
republic was founded.
A Quiet center of family life must
be provided for children and youth.
loyalties must be taught and
practiced. All this is threatened by
the constant going, the excitement,
the hubbub and distractions of the
jazz-maddened speed crazed age. The
American youth must be stabilized by
homes that send good influences deep
into their minds even during infancy;
homes that light torches shining with
and honor to enlighten the souls
of the children and to illumine the
pathway of life long after their homes
have crumbled and their parents have
dust.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02

ME ls36l937 corn hog program is designed to aid cooperating pro
= ducers TO attain three detectives: ~ Adjust corn production to feed
requirements; provide for a 80 percent increase In hog production in
1885 but prevent excessive expansion in 1897. (O Provide consumers
with an adequate and stabilized supply of pork by leveling on the peaks
ana valleys OF the hog production cycle t3l Protect our soil resources By
planting solimproving and erosion preventing crops o n acres shifted
from corn.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02

CUTS HOLIDAY SHORT
COP. PICKS CLEVELAND
CANDIDATES UNCERTAIN
KNOX, BORAH, LANDON
HOOvER'S ATTACK
BLAMES THE NEW DEAL
SEEKING BIG TAX
AFTER HOPSON AGAIN
TOWNSEND PLAN GAINS
HOPKINS ASSESSES WPA
THE NEW CURRENCY
LUMBERMEN COOPERATE
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
Watch the Common Cold"

Most citizens of Sheridan county look upon the
common cold as an inconvenient but not a costly or a
dangerous ailment.
DR.. Lloyd Arnold, of the College of Medicine at the
University of Illinois, says that these Affections will cost
the American people s1OO,OOOy 900 between now and Eas-
ter and cause $4,000 more deaths than for any other six
months of the year. He estimates that two million wage
earners will be sick from colds, or sinus infections, sore
throat, influenza and pneumonia that follow or begin as
head colds. They will lose on the average eight days
from work.
Reading of this estimate should cause the average
person to be more careful and, by avoiding exposure,
prevent colds. They should also emphasize the danger
that turks in the common cold, neglected by the patient.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-02
Telephones and Telegraphs

During the depression many families and small
businesses got along without telephones. They used
postcards. They also got along without sending tele-
grams.
This particular bit of economy is now disappearing.
Replacement of telephones in residences and business
places has increased faster this year than in 1884. In
the first 10 months of 1885 the net gain was $4,000. A
telegraph company makes a nine-month report showing
a net income more than three times that of the first nine
months of 1884.
Telephone and telegraph services are luxuries only
to people who haven't money to pay for them. Normally
they are regarded as essentials. Their resumption is
another evidence of business revival .-Kalispell Inter-
lake.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-31
4 A J S 2
y 10 9 7 5 3 2
- z 3
= None

think that an opening 2-Dia-
monds. by North. is, an ideal bid, rs
the hand looks Sammy, provided
diamonds are not led Immediately
After that opening call, bidding
should go something as follows:
South. 2-Hearts; North, 3-Clubs;
South. 3-Spades; North, 4-Ciubs;
South, 4-Hearts, to show great
length: North. 6-Hearts.
l think. that the opening lead was
the X Of spades in nearly every case
where the opening bid was 2-Dia
inonds. giving an easy grand siam
One table made Q grand slam A.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-01-31
CONTRACT BRIDGE
WAgVN Foa oRtyRAA PRGss
ey E. v. SHEPARD
FAMOUS oaDoe nAoMa

clubs. but only E-Clubs was bid HAD
a small siam az clubs Been bid, with
out the Introductory diamond psychic
cali, the opening lead surely would
have been the ace Of diamonds.
holding deciarer TO 5-odd. Unless
North made an opening ca OF a
club game it is difficult to see how
he ever played the hand at minor
suit make.
Dumb Work
The next deal came in a private
game. South's bidding was bad
enough. but North's was crude and
about as dumb az / have witnessed
In q long time