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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

The first repercussions from the recent book published by Arnold G. Dana of New Haven and entitled "New Haven's Problems" comes in presentation of facts which are calculated to show that the city has many areas now lying idle which are suitable for home building developments. One of the features of Mi. Dana's treatise was his plan for the city to take over much land now devoted to parks and to sub-divide 1t into building lots. Another proposal was that Yale University turn over some of its property for similar purposes. Records of the Board of Assessors revealed, however, after survey that there are many sec- tions in which building could go on un- hampered. We're still waiting to hear what someone will say about MT. Dana's claim that the city is over-parked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Quietly Like The

Washington today is quiet city No longer does it rumble to the full-throated exhortations of dignified senators or the more querulous ejaculations of represen- tatives. Congress has adjourned sine die. Its members are, many of them in their own homes, others on their way home or moving on what vacation lands there may be left at this late stage of the summer There are no political fences to be repaired this fall, save for the cautious who start one year ahead of time to pre- pare for an exciting fall election.
 As temperamental as a young colt might be an apt, if somewhat trite, de- scription of the 18th Congress. It trans acted lot of business since January; as usual it left much undone. Its member ship suffered a major reverse in the death of the veteran democratic senatorial leader, Joseph Robinson of Arkansas. The session was also characterized by the departure of the presiding officer of the Senate, Vice-President John N. Garner for his Texas home long before the session thought about adjourning. Robinson's death brought him back.
 AS HlOSC SeSSlOHS SO CIllS oIle was tlCIAS different from others. After the wheat has been sifted from the chaff we will find that legislation of considerable value to the average man has been accomplished. There will also be much of controversial nature. We could list what is good and what is bad, but the list would be sure to be incomplete. Naturally attention centers on the apparent loss of prestige suffered by the administration in its hectic fight to put through a dictated Supreme Court bill, as well as realign- rent of congressional ranks as a result. This in time may come to be the most important outcome of the 75th Congress breaking up of old and tried party lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
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TO SAVE THE GIANT CONDOR
 (New York Sun)

Tn an effort to prevent extinction of the giant condor of the Califor- nia mountains, lookouts, rangers and other field employees of the Federal Service of Los Padres National for- est will chart the flight of the bird. The increased efficiency of cattle ranching has diiminished the food supply of the condors, which live on carrion. Los Padres National fore est is their only known retreat. At the end of each month throughout the year forms bearing flight re- ports are to Dc returned to the for.
 est headquarters ct Santa Barbara, and the data will be used as q basis for further legal protection of the bird A map already prepared for the information will Dc marked with the points at which the survivors have been sighted, with the hope that the range of North Afnerica's largest bird will De definitely fixed. Rangers in Angeles, sequoia, San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests have'been asked to cooper ate. 1fat l( M sr
 As an example of the encourag- ing results attained through the pfo- gram of bird restoration, the, dee partment of Agriculture points to the return of white pelicafls to Mall heur lake in Oregon after c teii- year absence. Last season sixty-otie pairs of these birds raised young ct that lake. They ileeted on straw stacks placed upon the dry lake bed before the Biological Survey began restoring the area for the use Of migratory birds. when the lake bed was refiooded the stacks became temporary nesting islands. The white pelican, with'a wing spread of about eight feet. Is the largest nest ing bird at Maiheur. W.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Never Would Do It

One reason why this department does not take much stock in the klan accusation raised against Senator Black is that there were senators who voted to confirm his nomination who would never have consented to do SO fl they believed for an instant the charge was jtis- tified. Senatorial courtesy and senatorial swapping of votes is the accepted thing but there are qieSs tons upon which neither sens atorial politeness nor political ex- pediency dare intFude. No amount of party loyalty, no degree of op. portunism, could iinpei United States senators to fofswear ~thew religious royalties. If there was anything to- the charge ievslled at Senator Black, tkat he was ( member of the most benighted gang of bigots the nation has ever known. he weul6 have been eIes vated Co the highest judicial body in the country only after eenateFs Lenergan and Maloney ef Conns ecticut had expired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

A. No. Silver dollars were in. serted at the joining of every foot square slab of marble.
 c. Do any states regulate in- dustrial home work?
 A. New laws enabling home- work regulation have been passed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, and onel Is pending in Illinois. Rhode Island, Con. necticut and New York have laws in operation. Wisconsin requires manufacturers to pay their home workers the minimum wage fixed for experienced women.
 If you want copy of our book. let FAMOUS PAINTERS. write The Waterbury Democrats Wash- ington Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth Street. Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose 5 cents in post akes 'r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Yale University has property in Green wich known as The Yale Farms. Pernis- sion has just been granted the university to name existing streets in this tract for former presidents of the university. Several of them are Pierson Drive, Dwight Lane, Cutler Road, and Sterling Road. The last named thoroughfare is in presented the university with the Green honor of the late John W. Sterling who wich property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

mt only ur1- ''s".
 honored but unknown in these heah paints, suh: And if proof of that statement were lacking 1t is provided by the scandalous ex- position in the Yankee press of the financial rewards, privileges, emolumentst and prerequisites which Mrs. Bibb will receive as 8 result of Governor Bibb,s tasteful act of courtesy towards the wife of his bosom. What good pur- pose was to be attained by trot- ting out the fact that Mrs. Bihb will get 8 salary of @10,000 (pro rated for the length of time she serves her countrymen and the voters of the Sovereign State of Alabama); that she is allowed $l25 Q year for stationery; that she is granted the miserable pit- tance of $i2,000 per annum for clerk hire with the right to give the jobs to her own or Bibb's rela. tons without running foul of the NlFh 0GKFlSG AHWSIg tmMb DhG CsAh drink all the non alcoholic bever- ages and mineral water free, graz tis, for nothing, on the nation? There might be some sound reason for digging Up and broadcastlng these sordid details of United States Senator's life who happens to be c male. But nothing but sheer northern uncouthness, boor- ishness, and disregard for all the fastidious nicenesses which South- ern gentlemen lavish on the far sex could prompt the dissemina- ton of the news that Mrs. Blob also is entitled, under her sena- torial frank, to unlimited beauty treatments in the puIchritude parlor of the Senate Ofiice Build. Ing. That scandalouS, unneces- sary, and contemptible piece of editorial scavenging passes my tiil- derstanding. And for 1t this de- partment hereby extends to Gov. ernor Bibb, to Mrs. Bibb. to all true flowers of Southern r1an- hood and to the lovely damoSelS of their choice It's apologies, 're- grets, and repinings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Answers To Questions
cWyvlshs iss'. mA
By Frederick Nj. Kerby

c. Tn the famous Dempsey Firpo fight, was Dempsey knocked over the ropes or through the ropes in the first round?
 A. He went over the lower rope backward, into the lap of Billy (Kid) Mcfarland, one of the judges seated at the ringside.
 c. When was the English chan- mel first crossed by air?
 A. Vincent Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries crossed the channel in Q balloon, January ', 17s6.
 c. Was the floor of the bar room of the old Palmer House in Chi cago made of silver dollars2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Religious Issue

If Samuel Jol1nSon were alive today he would undoubtedly alter his celebrated statement, "Patrio. tism iS the last refuge of Q scoun. drel." to read, "Appeal to relig- ious prejudice is the last ditch of the politically desperate" one Of the arguments advanced against the confirmation of Senator Blacks nomination to the su- preme Court was that he was c Ku Klux Klansman. The speed with which the accusation was dropped and the failure to prove It's justice indicates that it has no valid foundation. Senator Cope. land. the distinguished stuffed Stethescope from New York. ac. cording to one news account stated that he could lay his hands on two men who were initiated the same night Senator Black got his on. cial Klan nightgown. Another correspondent attributes the pos- session of the two fellow initiates of Senator Black to Senator Burke Of Nebraska. fin any event the witnesses were not produced, an omission which in view of the vlo. lent opposition to Senator Blacks confirmation. b signifcant. Sen. ator Copeland running in both Democratic and Republican pfi. iiaries in New York city for tho iaayoraity nomination, has 6 huge arti-Klan electorate to which to appeal. So has Jeremiah Mahoney who Is running for the Democratic anti-Tammany nomination. Beth candidates are striving Co mako the most of . religious, racial issue to the exclusion Of everything else. If they have nothing better to ad- vance in their own causes it will Do small loss if neither one gets what he Is after. If race or TO. ligion has been made an issue a it was in 1928 against Alfred D. Smith the Issue should Dc fought Co the finish. But when either ls used as an appeal to get votes the user should, by the same token, Do fought Co an even more thorough finish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

cial and diplomatic battles, can now be heard the whispered query What number yout playing to- day?"
 The racket came to the depart. ment like a contagion. The treas. ury caught 1t first someime ago, but officials there drove 1t out by rogorous suppression. Promptly 1t leaped over the White House to the. State Department.
 Patrons of the sport are the de- partment's negro messengers and minor clerks. The contact man among them is messenger as- signed to 6 certain office on the third floor. He makes the rounds during office hours and collects the trifling wagers.
 Among the messengers there is violent difference of opinion about the matter. Some of the proue veterans of the service, like Charles A. .Reeder, who served as footman to President Mckinley are very disappearing and are threatening to expose the "run- ner' and players.
 2 Merry Go- Round
 The Joint committee for the Protection of the Brazilian People is having . hard time getting congressman to go to Brazil to investigate civil liberties there. Ex-, penses are paid by the Brazilian government, which says 1t had nothing to hide regarding the alleged persecution of political opponents !. Representative Martin Dies of Texas made the 2 rounds of the House restaurant the other day collecting for the widow of he Unknown Soldier. ~. Jules Henry, charge d'af. faires of the French embassy and one of the most expert diplomats in Washington, may gett he post of Ambassador made vacant by uie departure of Georges Bennett, now finance minister of France.
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Inc3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Too Near Home

This husband wife business in connection with job holding, polit- ical and otherwise. s nothing new in Washington. A month or SO ago the Senate with magnificent CD ulnanimity vent on record as approving married couples holding positions in the government ser. vice. There was law which prescribed that where lay.offs were being made in federal de- partments and husband and wife were employed in the same de- partment that one or the other had to 90 in preference to single persons. The justice and pro. priety of the rule is obvious to all except those who are demanding with every increasing cIamor that there must Dc no discrimlna ton under any circumstances against married women in business, gov. ernment service, industry, AND EDUCATION. Under pressure from Q powerful lobby the senate which had been boasting of It's independence in the Presidents Supreme Court proposals, knuc- kled under and repealed the law. It is no secret that more than the lobby pressure caused the repeal. The rule as applied to many aefia. torial minds struck too near home. at least In principle. ,...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Unfair!

Even that does not excuse the announcement that the new sen. ator from Alabama may have her face mud-packed, her hair per. inanently waved. her eyebrows pruned, and her fingernaiis tonia- to-juiced on the taxpayers cheek. No such undignlfied publicity is given to the fact that male sen. ators have for years enjoyed the perqulsltes of free slaves, free half cuts, free corn.borings, and free chin reductions. Not . peep about that. But when q loving husband like Governor Bibb Graves appoints his wife, help- mate, companion, friend, cam paign manager and political ad., wiser to job where she may, if she Is 50 inclined, knock of . little harmless face-lifting Cor the like)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Al 1 v uAtH Abr pointed h i 6 wife, Mrs. Dixie Bibb Graves, to fill the seat in the U n ited States Senate made vac a n { when Senator Hugo Black moved to the Supreme Court
 DSHCHs " B uU~
 torious [ h. [ chtva Try, as practised in the Deep South, Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

It is easy to understand why the New Jersey state alcoholic beverage commits sioner ordered down the sign of a resort bar which read-"Get Lit at the Light house." But 1t was certainly smart slogan and capable of endless variations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Too Stin

Something which baffles me even more than the position of the Yankee press on Mrs. Bibbs ap. pointment is the strange attitude taken by the newspapers south Of Mason -Dixon's line. Northern dis- approval and misunderstanding was to be expected. Not even Zone With The Wind" could re. pair our inability to realize that knighthood remains an inde. Structible institution down in Dixie. But Judging from the blasts emanating from Alabama and neighboring states it would seem that Coutherii editors are no more chiyalric than their North. ern fellows. Even they appear to figure that Governor Bibb was Q trife over -chivalrous when he moved Mrs. Bibb out of the Exec utive Mansion in Montgomery Into the Senate Chamber in Washing ton. While accepting publicly the statement that Bibb can thank Mrs. Bibb for what he M today and that if it were not for her skill as c politician His Excellency of Ala. bama might still be nothing more than an aspirant for office. the general newspaper reaction down there seems to be that Governor Dibb made an unduiy stiff pay-off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Current Comment

The fact that she wears pari sian models does not nscsAsarii make her . desifable leader. Afis Lena M. Phillips, at the conventic of tho ItAticaial Federation of Dus ness and Professional Women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Selected Poem
ORDER OF BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
(1y an unknown wrter--from An Old Scrapbook,
 in the Boston Post) ',..'

7 an unknown writer-fron An Old Scrapbool
 in the Boston Post) ,..a The Great Jehovah speaks to us, Tn Genesis and Exodus .... .,. LeviticuS and Numbers see,
 Followed by Deuteronomy Joshua and Judges sway the land, Ruth gleans . sheaf with trembling hand, Samuel and numerous kings appear, Whose Chronicles we wondering hear; Ezra and Nehemiah now 'f' Esther the beauteous mourner show; Job speaks in sighs, David in Psalms, l. The Proverbs teach to scatter aims. Ecclesiastes then comes on, And the sweet song of solomon. Isaiah Jeremiah then F#Nt With Lamentations takes his pen. Ezekiel, Daniel, Hoseas Tyres
 Swell Poet, Amos, Obadiah's. e.. Next Jonah, Micah, Nahum comes And lofty Habakkuk finds room, While zephaniah builds his walls; And Malachi, with garments rent C' Concludes the ancient Testament. "A !,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

One of these days some enterprising young woman is going to organize very exclusive society of those who have been suggested for the role of Scarlett O'FIara in the movies of Gone with the Wind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Daily Almanac

Moon rises s:4a p. m. tdaylight time). l,, sun rises 6:os a. rn.; sets 7:ss ?. m. tday. light tirne). stNG{ All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. @naIff@ f,A tHAs @ i' High tide at Milford Wednesday, Aug. a l:4o p. m.; low tide, s;oe D. m. daylight tine). At11 M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

], 1. What is the difference In time between New York city and Rome, ltaly7
 2. Name the oldest inhabited city in the world.
 3. Where is Waterloo. where Na- poleon met final defeat7
 {. Who was oiacomo Puccini7
 5. Tn what year did the 1oer War end? L.,, 6. What Is q Maxim silencer?
 !. What is the ancient name. for the Black Sea7
 6. What Is genealogy7
 Q. Was Canada ever owned by the United states2
 10. Who was Frederick Albion Cber?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Apologies

It was with a feleing of shame that I read the sarcastic comments made by certain newspaper editors when Governor Blob. Graves of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
BY WAY of NO HARM. {. by
 James William FitzPatrick

CThs opinions conclusions apyearng those og he writer They not nece1eaF those editors of THE DEMOCRAT they 0 bs cOnaed invariably
 ss as reflection of their vswpolntD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

Englishmen don't take off their vests in the hottest weather they keep cool temperamentally .s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
ROOSEVELT MAY RECALL
 CONGRESS IN NOVEMBER
" mR@w HARS0m
amA ROBERT c ALLEN

Washington August 24 - It's 50-50 proposition whether the president will call Congress back in special
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

he is denounced by the press. North and South, as the original Keep-it-all-in-th -the-Fanily guy. I call that sort of thing grossly tin. fair and an altogether undue re. fiection on Governor Blob Graves of Alabama, who like Q true knight believes in and applies the motto, "Chivalry Ike charity be- gins at home"
 Against the Rules
 But if, and perish the thought, Governor Bibb has an over-abun. dance of the "All-in- the-one. pocket" propensity, how many in The Congressional Directory have the right to toss Q dornick at him. When one notes the number of wives, daughters, sons, in-lAws and outlaws who are attached tc congressman and senators as clerks, secretaries, door, openers, door-closers, stenographers, waste basket enptiers, fountain-pen fili- CTS, and chair warmers, the im- precision grows that Governor Bibb's appointment of Mrs. Bibh is nothing unusual. Former Sen. ator Black and now Associate Jus. tice Black of the United States su- prenle Court Is however, . decided novelty. If he played the game, according to what has apparently become the accepted rules, he would have insisted that Mrs. Hugo Black be given the toga Senator Hugo Black dofred to don the judicial ermlne. fear Mir. Justice Black Is even more of Q radical than he is accused of be- ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
A Thought for Today

But when Jesus saw 1t, he was much ans nleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of GOd.-Mark 1O:l4
 
 love these little people; and it is not slight thing when they who are so tresn rom God love uS.-Dickens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
 Never say, "Those people sort of chill you; say, "chill you somewhat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24
Test Y o U 2
 Knowledge :

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn C last page for the answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-01
HERE'S TO 1887!

80 here's to 1937--May we all
live to drive in 1881"
In holiday message to motorists,
the Keystone Automobile Club ex-
presses the hope that the year 1897
will witness tangible results from the
national and state movements begun
this year.
$50 far as the imitation of safety
movements is concerned" said Gar
rison P. Knox, 1895 probably holds
the record. 1t remains for the COM
ing year to show the effectiveness of
the work which has been started.
I'VE are hopeful that the public
interest in the subject will not wane,
and that all motorists will start the
New Year with a determination to
adhere strictly to a policy of safe
driving.
There is nothing inherently diff
ficult about safe operation of motor
vehicles. Authorities agree that the
exercise Of plain, ordinary common
sense is the principal ingredient in
the safe-driving formula"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-01
RELIEF REVENUE PROGRAM
RUNNING AHEAD OF STATE
ESTIMATE

Baltimore citys motorists paid
4O.38 per cent of the $377,280 col
lected by Maryland from the one per
cent automobile titling tax between
April l and November 80, it was
shown in analysis made by Daniel L.
Clayland Sd, director of the emer-
gency tax division, State Comptrol-
ler's Office.
The titling tax is part of the spec
ial relief revenue tax program enact
ed by the Legislature, effective from
last April to March 81, 1887. the
other revenue measures are a one
per cent admission tax; 2 7-16-cents-
per-gallon beer tax; 10 per cent cos
metic tax; 5 cents-per-gallon whisky
tax, and increased corporation fran
chise taxes.
The total automobile titling tax
paid by Cecil county from April / to
November 80, and the percentage
was: Total tax, $6,394.59; percen-
tage, 1859.
The collections for the eight-month
period indicate that the tax program
in the State, is running at the rate of
$3,653,742.48 annually. The Legis-
lature in enacting the program con-
templated it would bring in $780,
900 during the year it was in effect.
The old relief tax program which
ran from April /, 1895, to March 81,
1885, brought in total of s5,167,-
280.26 as of November 80. This in
Guided $350,0O0 from State inheri-
lance taxes allocated to relief. While
the gross receipts tax law required on
March 81, collections of delinquen-
and other accounts are still being re-
ceived. The Legislature contem-
plated return of 100000 from
the old program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-01
DEATHS
II. ELLIOTT KRAUss

The funeral of T. Elliott Krauss,
aged so years, who died in Union
Hospital, Elkton, on Saturday morn
ing, from injuries received in an au-
tomobile accident some hours pre-
vious, was held Tuesday afternoon,
with services at the Tyson Funeral
Home in this town, and interment in
Ebenezer cemetery.
The deceased was a SON of the late
Henry and Mary Brickley Krauss
was born and spent most of his life in
the Principle section. He saw ser.
vice in the Spanish-American War.
Surviving are two brothers and
three sisters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-01
ADMITTED THEFT OF PELTs

Ornan Preston, twenty-seven
Pennington, Md, and Kenneth Jones
"a, Davis City, Mo-, charged with fel
onious entry and larceny, were ar
rested this week by Deputy Sheriff ]
e. Rollins.
According to Rollins, they admit
ted breaking into the warehouse Of A.
g. Fite, pelt dealer. near Eldora, Full
ton Township, on the night of Deem
Der IL and to stealing pelts valuei at
$3.50. The pelts, Rollins asserted,
were sold In Wilmington.
Rollins said the suspects were seen
ut q roadhouse near the Lancaster
county line on the night of the rob-
berry and after being questioned, ad-
mitted the theft.-Quarryville Sun.