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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

Rep. John D. Thoms Waxed extremely sarcastic in his remarks on the merit sys-, tenn bill in the House Wednesday. He termed the republican side of the House as ''leopards changing their spots" It was his contention that the republicans had finally decided that it was better to be with the democrats than against them. In short, although the democrats had been espousing civil service for state employees for some few years, the repub- licans hadn't gone for the idea in big way until this session. We wonder if Rep. Thoms and other democratic leaders in Hartford haven't realized that republi- cans are in fact taking the reins right out of their hands. Many of the govern mental reforms that Governor Cross first advocated in 1880 and which were re- jected while republicans still ruled the roost have now been seized upon and re- publicans are apt to get credit for having them put into effect It's too bad to let this happen, but if the democrats con- tinue to sit back and do nothing it will be their own fault.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Press Comment
THE LAWLOR BILL SHOULD BE
 PASSED

The state senate has approved Senator Joseph Lawlor's bill requir- ing the state to assume mainten- ance of two trunk line highways through each major city of the state, and the measure now awaits action by the house at Hartford. v The Lawlor bill, is, to tell the truth, a mild proposal.
 Slate highways are financed through the gasoline taxes paid in the state of Connecticut. Residents of cities pay the larger share of these taxes. They also pay, general ly, for most of the paving in their own cities. The state has been will ing enough to assume responsibility for improving country roads. and .ln rowing cross state highways, but 1t has never been very anxious to assume any responsibility for main taining those portions of highway, located within cities, which take the real beating from traffic.
 Az a result of Mayor Jasper Mo- Levy's eloquent persuasion, the state highway department finally agreed to maintain one trunk line highway through Bridgeport. The city is still waiting to have 1t fulnll its agreement to the letter. K Senator Lawlor's bill would give the state full responsibility for am other such route through Bridge- l | ort. Considering the gasoline taxes Bridgeport and other cities pay; to the state, the bill should most cer- I ta .ly receive the final approval of kthe General Assembly. <.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

most evenly, Hatch's vote can swing the report on the Presi- dents Supreme Court plan one way or the other.
 Suddenly waking up to this, Hatch is demanding jobs. One is the appointment of his law part ner, E. M. Grantham, as district attorney in New E4exico and the busting of William J. Barker, in- cumbent. Barker is rated by the Justice Department as one of its best district attorneys. But that makes no difference to Hatch.
 NOTE-Being law partner of a senator is one of the best ways to get ahead in New Mexican politics. Hatch once was law partner of Senator Bratton. When Bratton stepped out to be-, come a federal judge, he jumped law-partner Hatch into his shoes.
 Merry-GO- Round
 The senate's bad boy, Rush Holt of West Virginia, is pre- pairing blast against Hull's Latin American policy, declaring it has established and supported Relationships A large per- centage of news which U. s. dip- lomats garner abroad for dispatch to the State Department, comes through British sources, natural ly is somewhat colored WpA,s Federal Theater presents shows ranging from AeSchylus, Aristo-- phanes and Shakespeare to cir cuseS and vaudeville. In Florida they have Cuban revue and a Spanish revue. There are Yid- dish drama units in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco. Seattle, and Newark Government gardeners say Wash ington Is the country's most dif- ficult city for growing grass. Ber- muda grass comes in on the wind and drives out planting to red top and Kentucy blue In its various reservoir areas, IVA has planted 35 million trees.
 Copyright, 1887, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

At the Yale University library in New Haven now is an exhibition of particular interest to the newspapermen of Con- necticut. We rather imagine the general public would. enjoy browsing through It, too. It is collection of early newspapers of this state, the dates being mostly 18th and early 18th century papers. You'll find the Connecticut Courant, predeces- sor of the Hartford Courant, "the oldest newspaper of continuous publication under the original name and in the same place.. /. Waterbury doesn't seem to be included in the list, but nearby Litch- field is with the Weekly Monitor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
A Thought for Today
War Causes Remain

Terrible as was is, it is symptom Of the worlds troubles rather than the cause of them. To work for warlesS world without realizing that the maintenance of peace is only half of the job is to sur render to one of the greatest of delusions. An illustration is provided by the tragic case of the fierce Touareg tribesmen Of the Sahara desert
 For many years the Touaregs were among the most dreaded fighters of Africa. They fought with other tribes, they fought with each other, and they fought most of all with the French, pro- viding the long-suffering Foreign Legion with some of it's most desperate engage ments. But at last the power of France grew to be too much for them. The Tou- aregs knuckled under before the white mems troops, just as the Sioux of our own west had knuckled under; and some three years ago the tribesmen stopped fighting and embraced the ways of peace. And then their troubles began.
 The Touaregs had always been nomadic tribes, roaming up and down and across the limitless Sahara. When peace came they stopped roaming and settled down, SWarming to the oaSeS and the villages, and multiplying in numbers faster than they ever had ill the age-old era of unceasing warfare. Now the Sa- hara is not exactly a garden spot. The number of people it can support is strictly limited. When villages and oaseS ln- crease in population, the Sahara's pro- itluctivity is tested to the very limit. A brief run of bad luck can cause disaster.
 The run of bad luck promptly came. A long dry spell set in. The Sahara's power to produce was abruptly reduced. The Touaregs, centered in villages and around the waterholes, fell easy victims to faminine. A United Press correspondent recently finished tour of the desert and reported that never in his life had he seen such frightful scenes of starvation and suffering as are OF view among the Touaregs. Thousands upon thousands of the tribeSmen have died. Other thousands are reduced to the most pitiful beggary in the towns. Altogether the Touaregs are suffering far more than they ever suffered from desert warfare.
 Now the point of this case is that the iob of making the desert orderly and peaceful was only half done. Peace was established U but nothing was done to make peace workable. The age-old forces that drove the desert men to unceasing warfare were left untouched. And so peace spelled disaster.
 You can carry out the analogy else where. Peace came to Europe in 1918. But the job of making peace workable was left undone The causes of war re- manded as they had been; indeed, through human folly and neglect, they were permitted to grow stronger and sharper than ever. So Europe's peace became painful sham, an uneasy Hull between battles Averting war is not enough. If the things that cause war are not attended to- our work for peace is a delusion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
The People First

Not long ago measure was be- ing discussed by the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, The measure would add to the causes for di- vorce in this state incompatible ity of temper" The Judiciary Committee; for some reason which seems inexplicable to me, Is com posed of lawyers. With 8 unan- imity which cannot be too layishly praised the Judiciary Committee turned thumbs down on the meas ure and for reasons which should be broadcasted from the house. tops. They were to the effect. that although adding incompat- ibility of temper to the present ex- its from the matrimonial trap would be a gold mine for strug- gling barristers, the public inter- est came first. Therefore those wriggling in the shackles of wed- lock would have to corfine them selves to the causes outlined in the existing statutes if they wanted to get free. No incompatibility issue would be tolerated by the Judi ciary Committee of the Copllecti- cut General Assembly even though as a result hundreds upon hun dreds of the committeemen's pro- fessional brethren perisfed by the wayside from hunger, cold, thirst, and pernicious aenemia of the bankroll. I say it. was a noble position for the Judiciary Com mittee to take and that the un- favorable report 1t submitted on the bill was an act of sacrifice, 1a comparison, which makes the his- toric deeds of Horatius at the Bridge and The Boy on the Burn ing Deck nothing to write home about. It is pleasure AND a privilege to give deserved publicity to the committees action and to announce at the same time that the report was written with a per fectly straight face.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

houses of rep- resentatives and
 altogether re- moved f r m politics. They base their ar- guments on the tn c ory that lawyers to live
 must have ch- ents and for that reason are apt to Cake 8 legislative po- Sition W hich considers n 0 t the good of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

welfare of a cient, actual or poe tential. It is, in the language of the legal profession, a moot" point or in other words open to discussion for and against. I am not inclined to take sides on the question but am going to call at tention to something which should be scored in favor of the disciples of Blackstone. IR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Answers To Questions :I'.
,. what is' { 9uturity race?
1881. EzA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Q. What $ | Suturity race?
 A.. One in which the stakes are ito be raced for, long after the nom- nations or entries are made. The possible competitors are often nom- mated before birth. In horse-racing the term generally is.llsed only in connection with stake races exclu- siyely for two-year-olds.
 Q. What, is the translation of the Latin phrase: Fideliter ct diligenter?
 A. Faithfully and diligently.
 o. What Is the par value of the Canadian dollar in United States currency2 7 e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

1. Who was the author of the Virginia Statute of Religious Free dom? @ si'e
 2. In the Book of Genesis, who was Hagar?
 3. What is an Hawaiian lei?
 4. Who was Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy?
 :, 5. Name the great mountain chain of South America.
 6. To which family of fish do haddock belong2. z. Is electricity visible?
 8. What city was the capital of Oklahoma, prior to 1911?
 3. What is a photographic will?
 10. Which celebrated Danish writer was called the "Children's Poet?" yf.sftf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

the President. s
 For a time, it looked as if the sponsors of the amendment would succeed in their strategy to force him to declare himself on the Sit- down issue. That was the real reason behind their desperate at tempt to hang 8 rider on the Guffey bill.
 In private conversation Byrnes of South Carolina and Senator Josiah Bailey of North Carolina frankly admitted this.
 A resolution of condemnation is only an expression of con- gressional opinion. It does not involve the President, since it does not go to him for sigma ture or veto. But by lacking such declaration onto the Guffey bill, an administration measure certain of enactment, the anti -sitdowners would have put Roosevelt squarely on the spot. He would have had to sign or veto the bill.
 Whatever Roosevelt did, he could not have ducked taking a stand on the labor issue.
 Dilemma otsssI.a
 If he approved, the bill with out comment, his action would have been considered an endorse ment of the sit-down condemlla- tion. If he vetoed it, labor would have hailed it as disappearing the rider.
 Being put over the barrel ill this manner was the last thing the President wanted. He does not want to take a public stand on Sit-down strikes one way or the other. The question is loaded with too much political dyna- mite. It involves not only gen. eral labor relations, but taking , sides in the furious row between the A. F. of L., whose President Bill Green has renounced sit- downs, and the c. I. O., whose unions are the chief users of the technique.
 So Administration floor lead CTS put on the heat and after five days of acrimonious battling and with the aid of the re- publican liberals, they squelched the Byrnes- Bailey raid.
 NOTE: A significant feature of the final vote was the fact that all the leading democratic op- ponents of the Presidents Court bill voted for the rider. The enc exception was Senator Burt Wheeler, who ducked the vote entirely. The Montanan Is Eun- der heavy labor fire in his state for fighting the Court plan, Patronage
 Before the Supreme Court battle is won, it looks as If the Admin istration will be mortgaged itself in patronage up to the hilt. It will take a lot of juicy jobs to. swing certain senators.
 One unfortunate movement the Supreme Court fight may cut into is the crime prevention program of the Justice Department. A very essential part of this program is the work of U. s. district attor- neys in securing convictions.
 All the sleuthing of Super-- Dick J. Edgar Hoover would be worth nothing without 2 corps of fortnight district attorneys to follow through. On the whole the New Deals district attorneys have been good.
 Now, however. certain, senators, seeing Roosevelt in 8 tight place for their votes, have demanded the ousting of old district att torneys, appointment of their friends.
 For Example
 Illustration is Senator Hatch of New Mexico 2 Heretofore N nonetity in the senate, Hatch suddenly found hirns{f holding . key position on the all-import- ant senate judiciary committee. With the committee divided al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

Rep. Noah Swayne is making sucn headway in the House this session that he is already mentioned for place on the g.o.p. state ticket of 1888. That's looking ahead for you, but MT. Swayne himself doesn't seem inclined to make much of it for when he was interviewed he simply said, "Never" to all questions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Selected Poem
WHAT OF THE QUIET SINGERS Geslie Nelson Jennings in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

(LeSlle NelSON JSIlIlulBS Al IIIS NAIlStlhA
 Science Monitcr) What of the quiet singers
 Who shook no topless towers, Dreamers and beauty-bringers, Whose words became as ours? They who had learned to wonder And still saw Shelley plain Hurled from their hands no thunder, Harbored no high disdain. The blackbird's duty whistle Where steaming furrows rafi, Burdock and roadside thistle, A seasons golden span Such were the simple sources From which their music rose: A rivers winding courses, The twilight's muted close. Rebels and challenge fingers, Prophets of steel and stone, What of the quiet singers, Whose words arc still our own!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
TURTLE GIVES FINDER sl BILl

Cleveland (U.P.)-Seygeant Hor- kan of suburban Bratenahl police saw large siiapping turtle wad- ding along the lake shore. On one fiapper was a dollar bill. The ser- geant got both the dollar and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
'T0DAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "The fossil was found in the middle strata;" say, middle stratum"
A. $1..ess1.,

o. Are bats blind?
 A. Blind as bat" is a Saying without foundation. Of the many varieties of bats, there are none tl...sI cannot see. although, being nocturnal animals, their eyes are much better adapted for seeing af- ter, dark than in bright light. 70. How many people are employed iii the United States? .g A. The average number employ ed in 1886 is estimated at 42,920,- 900.
 #,sH you want copy of our book let; on ."Child Health." write the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Score One

There are any number of peo- pie who think that the surest way to solve our national problems is to keep lawyers out of senates,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON, April g. - The Senate's rejection of Senator Jimmy Byrnes proposed rider to the Guey coal bill condemning sitrdown strikes close squeak for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
BY WAY of NOHARM
James William FitzPat

The comments opinions conclusions appearing below aFe those of the writer necessarily those of the editors DEMOCRAT they to be construed invariably
 q reflection of their vewpOinG).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Daily Aln,ana,

Daily Almanac Moon rises 406 a. m. Sun rises 5:23 a. m.; sets 6:25 p. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
T est Y UT s2 sSS Knowledge

Can you answer seven of
 these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

{ What is Needed
 z One of the best arguments In support of the industrial union ! organjzation plan is that Jsirisdic- tional disputes cannot exist under 1t. When workers in one industry are joined in one union there can be no fights about who will do what kind of work. Racketeering business agents cannot as now un- der the craft union system put the bug on an employer because they are in a position to call other crafts who are not involved out on strike. Conscienceless employers cannot play one union of against another to the ultimate detriment of all. Best of all there can arise no such nonsensicaI situation as has developed in the motion pie ture industry because of the in- < credible position taken by the Brotherhood of r&inters, Decora- 2 tors, and paper-haflgers. The more I see of the present labor turmoil, the more, T read of re- scrinainations Of Brother Green of
 Eise A. F. os Il. against Brother Lewis of the C.I.0. the more be- .lieve that whas the entire labor
 movement of the United States and Canada Is not so much an al-
 teration in the type of union as 1t
 is | good. strong, sense of humor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1937-12-23

third the size, and q small arsenal
consisting of 10 pistols and auto
matics. He later was dismissed from
the police force.
Last March Langdon was arrested
on q charge Of "idleness" at his home
in New Haven, Conn, after he had
tagged q crack New York, New Haven
& Hartford passenger train and re-
ported he had discovered q plot to
derail the flyer.
Trainmen found a steel chain tied
about one of the rails, OF a suffi-
cient thickness to have thrown the
locomotive of the track had it been
struck at full speed. The ex-police-
man later was charged with obstruct-
ing railroad track, and now is being
held for trial in the New Haven Coun-
ty Jail in default Of $4,000 bond, the
Associated Press reported.
Langdon, however, insisted he saw
man bending over the rails, went to
investigate and saw the steel chain
just in time to save the flyer. He
said the man fed when he noticed he
was observed.
Jail authorities said Washington
detectives had not visited Langdon
recently but had paid him an un-
explained visit in October.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
Hit.Run Victim,
Gets Basket Ball
And S. to Boot

Christmas won't be quite as barren
for 6-year-old Max Crotts, hit-and-
run traffic victim, as he had expected.
Last night he was presented a new
basket ball-item No. l in this years
letter to Santa Claus-and IS to boot
by Southeastern University.
The ball was presented for the uni-
versity basket ball team by William
L. Woodward, coach, and the money
by Raymond Dickey for the entire
university, at Max's. home, 227 K
street NE
Max was hit Tuesday, for the sec
ond time in less than a year, near his
home and treated at Sibley Memorial
Hospital for cuts and severe bruises.
He is the son of George Crotts, a
brick mason, who hasn't had too much
work. A doctors bill added to the
cost Of supporting a family of eight
children loomed big
Mr.. Woodward said today he had
read of Max's accident in the newspa-
pers. THE team had an extra bail
and we managed to raise IS just for
luck" he said.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
CiUiL Service
Places Age on
"KnO,u'' List

The Civil Service Commission is
tired of people not knowing how old
they are, so it was announced today
that hereafter appointees certified
from the central Office here will be
required to furnish proof Of age when
entering on their duties.
Messengers, whose age limit is par
ticularly low-16 to 20-will have to
submit the proof prior to appoint
ment.
The commission explained that it
had worked hardship on appointing
departments to break in new en-
ployes and then find they must be
dropped because Of inaccurate age
statements, and that other difIicul-
ties had been encountered, for in
stance in connection with retirement
provisions.
In many cases. it was said, the
applicants themselves are hazy on the
question of age, so 1t was decided
that the only cure was documentary
evidence.
Evening star., 1937-12-23
War Veteral'sH sHead Ticks Alrav
But He Can Stop 1t if He Tries

physician. But he can control it.
He is capable of starting and stopping
the ticking at will.
1t is hysterical sort of thing, and
through psychological treatment at
the hands of his own physician it may
be possible for him to overcome the
trouble"
The specialist said the ticking in
Mr. Hester's head occurs when his
conscious mind is off guard a moment,
and that, unlike a person with a
muscular tick, he can control it.
Mr.. Hester's head ticking was stopped
temporarily by passing tube through
the nose to the throat, which held the
palate so he couldn't make 1t click.
The 43-year-old war veteran was
urged by physicians to hope that
psychological treatments will end the
ticking and try not to worry about the
ailment.
Evening star., 1937-12-23


death of the comely brunette play
girl
The superintendent of police de-
clared 1t. Truscott had talked only
briefly to Mrs. Langdon about the
case while on the train returning from
New York.
Mrs Langdon was picked up In
midtown New York Monday on a
charge Of soliciting. The case was
called yesterday before Magistrate
jeanette Brill in Women's Court. She
set bail at $500 and examination for
today, the Associated Press reported
Later 1t. Truscott conferred with
the magistrate and Mrs. Langdon was
brought from the Women's Prison.
She entered a plea of guilty and re-
ceived a suspended sentence. The
| woman then was turned over to 1t.
Truscott.
The lieutenant and Detective Sergt.
Earl Hartman have been quietly sift-
ing evidence and running down clues
in the bizarre Limerick case for the
past two or three months, it was
learned today.
Found Shot in Head.
The usherette was shot in the head
with a .25-caliber gun, presumably as
she lay in bed in her home, l8 Nine
teenth street Sc. where the body
was discovered several hours after
death. The residence since has been
demolished.
Langdon was the policeman ION
the beat" at the time of the murder,
which occurred on New Year Eve.
1880, after the girl had attended a
gay party at the Sky High Whoopee
Club
The wound made by the light
caliber bullet was cunningly plugged
| with the girls hair. An ambulance
surgeon summoned to the home pro-
nounced the girl dead from natural
causes" and released her body to an
undertaken, who discovered the bullet
hole in her head while embalming the
corpse.
Langdon was assigned to guard the
death house. Detectives became sus-
picious when the policeman discovered
new evidence" which had not been
uncovered when they went over the
house
Langdon and three other suspects,
including the slain girls brother, were
held for the coroner's jury, which re-
turned verdict of death at the
hands of a person or persons un.
known" after a sensational hearing of
several days. held in the District
Building instead of the Morgue.
While under investigation, Langdon
turned over to police two .25-caliber
guns. Detectives searched his home,
then in the 1900 block of Oates street
NE, and found two stills. one of rs
gallon capacity and the other about a