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Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW

The new law creating a great fund
for the purpose of social security
went into practical effect November
1G, when the distribution began of
the forms under this law to 24,OOO,-
900 workers and 100000 employ
ers. This plan represents the great
est effort ever made to protect the
people from the major ills of life.
People were formerly supposed to
provide for their own social security.
Thrifty people laid by proportion
OF their income, which would secure
them against the "rainy day" Mil
lions of them are proud of the indie
pendence they thereby secured.
Many other millions have suffered
from unemployment, accidents, sick
nesses, etc, and have not been able
to do so. The government seeks by
this law to enable and induce them
to make this provision.
The success of the law depends
upon how far people are willing to
cooperate. With many, the idea of
deductions made regularly from
their pay, is not going to be popular.
They would rather have their money
now. They have the feeling that
even if the employer was required
to pay the full cost of this insurance,
the earning masses would pay
most of it eventually, in higher
prices for goods and services.
Probably the law will be amended.
There is a growing feeling that it
will not be practical plan to Gre
ate a vast reserve fund for payment
If these benefits which according to
estimates would amount to
$4,000, 100000 under the law as it is.
t is difficult to believe that the '
american people with their free 1
pending ways, would ever let any r
uch sum accumulate. Probably the S
laln principle of the law has come a
stay. The American people want
rejection against old age and un- il
mployment, and they should be f,
illing to pay for it. #
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
1UNDFR THE WFTTfFNrp.

What is going to decide il a man
has an automobile accident after he
has been drinking, whether he was
under the influence Of liquor or not?
This question has caused infinite
controversy. Some people claim
they can drive better after they have
had a drink Of liquor. others say
that even a small potion confuses
the perceptions and gives a person
over-confidence, inducting them to
try things which in a perfectly So
Der moment they would not attempt
The Denver police have a system
for telling whether a motorist is So
ber or not. The refiexes of the arms
and legs are tested, a fashlight in
the victims eyes shows the degree
of dilatiOn, and there are other
tests like walking on a straight line
Probably the most common test is
to smell the persons breath. Heavy
drinkers might as well realize that
II a good strong whiif shows they
have been entertaining King Alco-
hol freely, the average policeman
will not probably be impressed by
their innocent story.
1t could be wished that some abso-
lutely scientific test could be de-
vised which would positively show |
just how far a persons Judgment is
affected by alcohol. People vary so
radically that such a test is diff
cult to formulate.
So many accidents seem clearly
due to the influence of liquor, that
every motorist who uses such bev-
erages should have a care. Public
will support severe pen
ilties for those who cause accidents
because of their intemperate habits.
An automobile contains power ca
'able of dealing death and destruc-
ion. No person is i'm fit condition
o drive one. unless his mind is
lear and his body under normal
ontrol. I
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
FORECAsTING THE WINTER

About this time various prophets
arise, and observing natural phe-
nomena, tell US whether we shall
have a severe winter or not. One
prophet has it that the winter will
be severe because the corn husks
are thick. Some think thick fur on
animals forecasts a hard winter.
The "goosebone prophet" has his
own original method of making these
predictions.
Probably the fur of animals and
other such conditions depend not on
the winter that is coming, but on the
kind of weather through the sum-
mer. If there has been plenty of
moisture and food, animals look
thrifty. If food has been scarce,
they look thin and peaked. 1t would
be a wonderful thing if weather
could be predicted far in advance,
but the scientists seem to think it
can't be done very successfully as
yet.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
THINKING OF CHRIsTMAs

Only a few weeks. and Christmas
will be here. win it again be one
Of those grand scrimmages. in which
a mob Of people rush into the stores
a few days before the holiday and
make the postal workers miserable
all over the land with the enormous
burden Of labor to be handled in only
very few days?
Shall we ever get an orderly and
rational kind of Christmas, in which
the stream of holiday buying is
handled with intelligence? As far
as the merchants are concerned they
are all set and have done their part.
If people managed their Christmas
affairs like reasonable human beings,
they would have lists prepared at
least one month before the holiday,
OF all the people to whom they ex-
pect to send gifts and greetings.
Assuming they had money enough
ahead to do it, they would have those
gifts and greetings all purchased at
least two weeks before the holiday,
and most of them sent of in the mail.
That would leave the last two
weeks free for that great body of
people who buy from hand to mouth, |
and feel they could not anticipate |
their purchases. Many of them, by
cutting out this or that useless trile
or superfuity for which they pre-
viously paid their money, could just
as well do their buying early.
If the Christmas trade could be
handled in this regular and orderly
way, store clerks and postal and
)ther workers would be saved a pc
'iod of intense strain, which is
enough TO make many of them sick.
Il would seem as if common kind
less to animals. let a lone to human
'eings, would tell the public to dis
ribute this rush over a longer pc
iOd. so it would not create so much
ervOus exhaustion for these toiling
Let us have a heart" then here in
Iilford and buy early, if we can
ossibly scrape up the money to
o it.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27

YOU COMMONLY SEE news items
such as: John Jones was charged
with reckless driving following a
collision between his car and an
other vehicle. Jones stated that his
steering gear failed. Both cars were
badly wrecked, the occupants sus-
tanning minor injuries"
Sometimes the item has a grimmer
sound, when people are badly in
jured or killed. But the "brOken
steering gear" is one of the COM
monest defenses put up by drivers
responsible for accidents-and, curl
ously enough, the more influential
the driver, the oftener it is used.
AS a matter of fact, it is doubtful
if any part of a modern motor car
is structurally stronger than the
steering gear. Exhaustive tests By
manufacturers show that real steer
ing gear failures are practically un-
known. But John Jones is always
having them.
Maybe John is drunk and weaving
his way home when the crash comes.
He sees that the front end of his
car is completely managed-and so
he calls upon the ghost of his steer
ing gear which broke" for some
reason just as he was making the
urn. Maybe he was speeding on a
slick pavement and went into a skid
well, the steering gear is blamed
lgain. Maybe he was doing and
lidn't even see the vehicle he hit
blame it on the steering gear, it can't
ak back!
It's time we stopped listening to
he steering gear alibi and similar
Ibis which are false 999 times out I
f 1000. John Jones may escape Jail ,
but the fact remains that some
5000 people are being killed each ,
ear in preventable accidents. The
eckless and incompetent motorists
lust be punished and their alibis
lughed out of court, if that CHASTITY
Ill is to be curbed.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
EVERYBODY IS A TEACHER

A school superintendent remarked
in a recent address that all adult
people are teachers, whether they
realize it .Or not. Children are
taught many things. for good OF
evil, by the example of their elders.
The influential students in a college
or school may have more power in
leading the other students than any
teacher can acquire.
Many a boy in his school is COM
ing under the finest teachers in the
land, but he does not look for IN
struction from that source. The in
structors he values are those he
meets on the street and in the dance
hall. That kind of instruction is not
always so good.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
INDIAN SUMMER

}. There is a period Of poetic anC
= mellow charm in the latter days o.
autumn, often called Indian Sum.
mer. According to tradition, the in
dolent Indians Of old times depend
ed upon these days of late fall to
complete the tardy harvesting OF
their crops.
} The poet LongfellOw thus describ-
ed these days of late fall: "The wind
is soft and low. It watts to us the
odor of forest leaves, that hang
wilted on dripping branches. The
birds have taken wing, and have left
their roofless dwellings. Not the
whistle of a robin, not the twitter
of an eavesdropping swallow, not
the carol of one sweet familiar
voice. All are gone"
There is another side of Indian
Summer. 1t is a period of great
calm. The earth seems to lack the
feverish activity of spring time, in
which it is set for a great and
mighty effort. There is now kind
of hush of waiting for the storms of
winter.
The earth has just accomplished
mighty deeds, has produced great
stores of grains and fruits, and now
it is resting from its labors. Under
the sun of many November days, 1t
seems cheered and comforted by
the work it has done. There are no
more pleasant days in all the year
than a November day when the wea-
ther turns warm. It seems like the
rich old age of some grand man or
woman who has performed great
deeds, and who now rests quietly
the things that have
been done.
The sun still shines with genial
light. 1t gives life and cheer, with
put the scorching fierceness of Au-
gust. With many or most of the
trees bare of foliage, you can see
Gng distances and get distant looks
hat were hidden in the full tide Of
Let us take advantage of
.hese days all we can, before old
winter chills US with his freezing u
blasts, and drives us to the shelter "
If the fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES

In every national election there is
an effort to organize one or more
new parties, to contest with the his
toric Democratic and Republican Or
ganizations. Claims are made of the
tremendous vote such new move
ments are going to roll up.
The 1886 election showed about
how such claims usually turn out.
The National Union Party, it was
fondly hoped, would gather in
around 100000 votes. Apparently
it polled around 100000. An old
political party is about like a tree.
You can graft new life on it and get
some fruit out Of it. But if you cut
il down. and try to grow another,
it will be many years before it will
cast any shade.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
THE INTELLIGENT GRADUATES

When someone told about the new
concrete stadium the college was to
have. the reply was that the alumni
had decided to use their heads.
Some pessimistic college profess
Ors, deploring the scholastic lacks
OF their students, may say the above
is no joke. They often complain
that a considerable portion of the
students show little sign of the high
er education. They are more inter-
ested in kicking the football over
the gOalpOsts, than in climbing the
hill of knowledge. If a person is not
interested in acquiring the worlds
wisdom, he would better see what
he can learn by driving nails or
laying bricks.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27

in Congress, governorships, state
legislatures, municipal councils, etc.
But politics is a surprising game
and the unprecedented can always
occur. One guess as to what will
happen to the two-party system in
the next four years is as good as
another.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27
HOME TOWN THOuGHTs

If there is leak in your gasoline
tank, you won't get much mileage
out of your gas. Similarly, if much
money leaks out Of you home town
into the trade of other communities,
your town won't make so much pro.
gress.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27

THE TOWNS WHICH spend their
money at home are almost always
growing in prosperity, while those
which spend their money elsewhere
are apt to be running down.
Milford chronicle., 1936-11-27

Through the medium of this advertisement we want to
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young fellow. Goats priced from $500 to $500 Every
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breasted All shades Sport backs for the young fellow Plain
backs for the conservative man. All models in stouts
regulars and shorts Suits priced from $500 $3.50
Evening star., 1936-05-19
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer,

NEW YORK, May ia slidini
market today measured its losses owe
a range of to 4 or more points.
Lack of buying power. rather thai
selling pressure, pulled support from
under industrial leaders. Dullnes
ruled throughout the greater part d
the session, transfers approximatini
100000 shares.
The list dropped from the start a,
traoerS, generally, thought they saV
reverse signal in the failure of tn,
market yesterday to respond NOR,
vigorously to the voidance of the Gut,
fey coal act.
The fact that equities, for the pas
several weeks, have virtually ipnoret
highly favorable business news wa!
also seen as an inducement for man,
board room customers to seek III,
s1delines- Among the principal shan
casualties were j. I. Case, Interna
tional Harvester. Westinghouse, Alliet
Chemical, American Can, U. S. In,
duStrial Alcohol, Johns Manville
Western Union, American Telephone
Consolidated Edison, Standard Oil O
New Jersey, Phillips Petroleum. SAINT,
Fe, Louisville & Nashville, Delaware 4
Hudson, Southern Pacific. American
Smelling, General Motors, Chryslel
U. S. Steel and Bethlehem.
Corporate bonds were on the de,
clining side. Commodities and foreign
currencies were mixed Wheat va
off "a to 112 cents a bushe1 and corr
eased Is to Y.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 19-Weakening OF
wheat prices carried both the Winni
peg market and the Liverpool marke
today to fresh low levels for the preseni
crop year.
Favorable North American wheai
crop prospects were reported as ex
erting greater influence upon worlt
prices. Gables. said there we're con,
tinued urgent offerings of Canadian
wheat abroad, with demand INSULT,
cient owing in part to improved
weather in Western Europe.
Wheat closed unsteady, i4-115 cent
under yesterdays finish; May. 92H4-ss
July, 85-85ls. Corn, ls-12 down; May
63l23s. Oats. ss-as off. and provi,
sions varying from 2 cents decline Il
5 cents gain
Evening star., 1936-05-19
Canadians Reveal
Pronounced Cain
In Exports to u. S.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, May 19.-Pronounced
gains in exports to the United States
of leading commodities affected by the
Canadian trade agreement were
recorded during the first four months
of 1886, according to w. D. Euler,
minister of trade and commerce. Agri-
cultural products and lumber were
the heaviest gamers.
Following the decrease of the duty
on horses from $50 to $40 per head,
according to Euler, the number of
animals sent across the border rose
from 1,600 in the same period last
year to 8,700 and the value from $780,
900 to $1,025, 900, or more than 400
per cent.
The export value of swine increased
from $4,000 to s390,00O. while the
number of cattle increased from 39,-
900 to $4,000 and the value from ST.
262. 900 to S3,6o5,000 Cheese exports
increased from s21, 900 to s407, 900.
Sales of patent leather rose from
$4,000 to $43,000.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
DOLLAR TURNS HIGHER
WITH GOLD CURRENCIES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 19.-After an early
weakness on nervous Continental SELL
ing, gold currencies and the United
States dollar rallied on the foreign
exchange market today.
Because of repurchases, the United
States dollar closed at 4.9634 to the
pound, as compared to the overnight
New York rate of 4.973s. The French
franc closed unchanged from yester-
days last at 75.44 to the pound.
PARIS, May 10 (P.-Three per cent
rentes, 50 francs IS centimes; AZ per
cent renteS, 74.70.
Exchange on London, 1850. The
dollar was quoted at 1881.
Evening star., 1936-05-19

ris banker, and
Fred N. Shep-
herd, executive
manager of the
American Bank
ers' Association,
will be opening
day speakers at
the nj tion a !
convention to be
held in Seattle,
June 8 to IL.
It is now ex-
pec ed t h a t
about 1900 dele
gates will attend
the convention,
six special trains
Evening star., 1936-05-19
Lindley Renamed
Business Conduct
Committee Chief
BY the Associated Press.

~ bAAS EAoooNAuNSN AVoos
NEW YORK, May 19-Allen L.
Lindley, who last week was elected to
the Governing Committee of the New
York Stock Exchange, running on an
independent ticket, was today re-
elected chairman of the exchanges
Committee on Business Conduct.
Lindley's failure to be placed on the
regular list of nominees for a position
on the Governing Committee had been
attributed in some exchange circles to
his reputation in Wall Street as strict
disciplinarian in handling the affairs
of the committee.
L. Martin Richmond was reelected
vice chairman Of the Business Conduct
Committee.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
HARDWARE TRADE BRISK.

NEW YORK, May 1s R.-Most
branches of the wholesale hardware
market continue to show a good level
of activity. according to dealers. Last
weeks sales were estimated to have
exceeded the volume Of the week pre-
vious. especially in builders require
ueutA
Evening star., 1936-05-19
Liverpool Grain Prices.
new YORK COTTON

By tnt associated RresS
NEW YORK, May 19.-After hold
ing steady during the early trading
cotton eased under hedging and liQui-
dation today promoted by talk of pros
poets of showers in the Eastern belt
and declines in the stock market.
Near months were relatively steady
with the mid-afternoon market ruling
about net unchanged to points lower.
Futures closed steady, 1 higher to .
Evening star., 1936-05-19
STATE AND MUNICIPAL
FINANCING TO DECLINE
Hy the Associated Press.

By Cllr hSSUCldleu FItSS.
NEW YORK, May 19.-New financ-
ing scheduled for this week by two
States and SO municipalities totals
$26.179,172. as compared with the
revised total of s45,616,123 for the
last week, the Daily Bond Buyer re-
portA ~Essuru
Evening star., 1936-05-19
BANK DEBT PAID OFF.

NEW YORK, May 19 Up.-Otis
Steel Co. of Cleveland has paid of
the remainder of its bank Indebtedness
amounting to s1.300.0o0 This was tho
balance due on three-year loan OF
$2,A75,oOo obtained Ia January. 1885.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
Chicago Cash Market.

Cash wheat: No. hard. 9312 No 3
mixed, "a. Corn: No. mixed. 6512:
No. 3 mixed, 64l2; No. 2 yellow.
65a a66h; No. 3 yellow, 64a65l2; No..
4 yellow, 64a65; No. yellow, 62i2a
631a; No. white, 6s12; No white.
69a6912; sample grade, 55a61 Il. Oats.
No. white, 25a25la; No. white.
24a24&4; sample, 2012a24s4. No rye.
No buckwheat. Soy beans, No. 4, yel-
low, 8laS4; sample yellow, "A. Bar
ley, actual sales, 60aS3; feed. 3oa48;
nominal; mailing, 45a92. Timothy
seed, per hundredweight, 2.75a300.
Cloverseed, per hundredweight. 1200a
1000.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
LiyerpooI ouotationx-

LIVERPOOL May 10 LP,.-Cotton. 1000
bales; American nil. Spot quiet; prices 3
points higher Quotations in pence: Amer
ding. 7.01; strict middling. 6.s1; middling.
6;61; strict low middling, 6.31; low mid
ding. SOC; strict good ordinary. $50;
May. 6.27; July, 500; October. 515; Des
cember. 5.66; January. 5.65; March, 56A
Evening star., 1936-05-19
SPEAKERS NAMED
FORA.L.B.SESS|0N
Wakefield and Shepherd Will
Appear on Opening Pro-
qram at Seattle.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

MAYNARD w. E. Park, president OF
the American Institute Of Banking,
notified Washington Chapter today
that LYMAN E. Wakefield, Minneapo-
Evening star., 1936-05-19

Silver King Coalition Mines Co.
March quarter common share earn.
ings before depletion were II cents
VI. 3 ceutA
Evening star., 1936-05-19

New York Shipbuilding Corp
March quarter net income was
S39,031, equal to 8 mills founders
share, VS.. deficit of sl60,543.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
RAILWAY EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, May 19 LP,.-Net operat.
ing income of railroads reporting today
for April included:
1886 1873
Kan. City Southern S254, sos ST. 743
Southern Pacifis--- l.566.913 127Olq4
Erie ----------- 1925. 702 90l 998
Evening star., 1936-05-19

N. r.
1l:00 AM----- 100000 1890 Noon. 100000
100 PM------ $4,000 2:OOP.M. 700 900
Total Sales for the day 10000
Dividend rates table are the annual
cash payment based on the latest quarterly hayeary
ratons
Unit OF trading less than 100 rAnnua
lncuolns extras Accumulated dividends Paid
PAID last year. dCompanies reported
reorganized x Ex-d dividend
Evening star., 1936-05-19

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed weak. May, 8.72b; June, 875n;
July, 8.75b; October, 8.58; December.
8.45b Sales, n contracts, including
switches. Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1936-05-19
C0ttonseed Oil.

Spot steady; middIlng. II.12.
Nominal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-21
DICK TURCOTTE HEADS CARD AT
 ROCK TONIGHT
Local Boy Boxes Eddie Le of New Haven-KOgan Meets Marcus

New Haven, July 21-Eddie II New Haven lightweight, meets Df Turcotte, Waterbury sensation, one of the feature bouts on Di Gray's amateur boxing bill at u White City stadium tonight. Tul cote last week punched out a on sided win over the previously und| feated Al Petonito.
 Lee will be facing one of the harl est hitting opponents of his caret a lad who had the clever Petcnito the floor twice in their match la week. Tonight's scrap should bel slam bang affair from start to finiS
 Turcotte has won B straigl fights. nine of them by knockout Lee, however, has several years el perience behind him and is certa| to give the Brass City batoler plenl of trouble.
 Julie Kogan, Jewish featherweigl meets Joey Marcus of Windsor Lock in a return bout. Kogan won unpopular decision of the Winds' Locks slugger several weeks ago ar the fans demanded a return go.
 Lammy Alderman, local Jewis heavyweight, faces a tartar in Fral Wylott, Windsor Locks slugger, another of the feature bouts. A derman kayoed his opponent of la week but will be facing a tough cu toner in this meeting.
 Johnny Sullivan, Newhallvillt fighting Irlshman, is paired vii Young Terry of New Britain. The boys have met twice this year, vii honors even.
 Tony Koledj. Guilford welte weight, steps into fast compai against Art Pelua, New Britain, another of the feature bouts.
 A team of four fighters are con ing here from New York, headed Willie Carmody who fought at u stadium several weeks ago. Sew Connecticut cities will be reprI Sented.