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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

Reading of rural districts with but single pupil, or of educational activities temporarily suspended for lack of students, one may infer that that typically American institution, the "little red schoolhouse," is on its way to join the deer and the antelope which once dotted the countryside. But survey of those modest rural dailies and weeklies, copies of which are seldom seen in larger municipalities, might reveal that the little red schoolhouse" (whose prevailing color, by the way, Is white) is not only fiourishing, but that to It's traditional three R's" have been added many extra curricular activities.
 Attendance may have, in certain cases, been somewhat depleted be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

General Pershing" stands be- tween Private James Gresham" and "Sergeant William E. Young"
 Richard B. Mellon" Is sI1uggled up against Betsy Ross.
 USA Folklore
 All over the country, WPAs tln-% employed writers are scratching for folklore to set down in their Federal books. They turn up oddi- ties everywhere. Here are some of them:- /
 Marshall, Ill.,, wants to show a. bright face in the night. The city treasury pays for illumination of the front porch of anybody's home.
 Fresno, Cal, profits from the Chinese belief that eating raisins will ensure male children. Its Raisin Growers Association pre- pares small packages of IS or 20 raisirs each for sale in China. , In Hollywood, Cal, a lady named Miss Aline Barisdall do- mated land to the city for estab- lishment of Barnsdall Park. She retained an encircling strip of land, however, on which she sets up signboards to proclaim her so-s cial and political views. @s
 The Tree That Owns Itself ls fin Athens, Ga, where Colonel Wil- liam H. Jackson bequeathed to Q white oak in fee simple all land within eight feet of its trunk. 4
 When 8 cyclone struck settle-, Inent near Joplin, Mo-, the place took the name Cyclone. Popula~ ton four persons: the postmaster, his wife, and two children. '"
 Merry-G Col Round r.
 Jefferson Caffrey, American Ambassador to Brazil and one of, the ablest but most hard-shelled bachelors in the foreign service, finally has decided to take unto himself a wife. She Is Gertrude Mccarthy of Chicago and Evans vile, Ind, and they are to be mar ried in Rio de Janeiro this Satur- day .. Qermany's Ambassador to the U. S., Hans Heinrich Dieck- hoff, is not a member of the Nazi party News camerar1eYl re- port that Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador, formerly on impatient camera subject, now has turned docile Among the safety principles advocated by the, Department of Labor is that office doors should open outward. Doors, in the new Labor Department building open inward .. <. WPAs Replacement office, established two years ago to find new jobs for terminated" New Dealers, Is an idle office today. There are no new jobs. .n
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:4l a. rn.; sets 4:33 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Mondays unexpected sunset must be re- garded as an indication ot some sort of change in weather conditions. If we were nature poet we probably would have rushed to our ri1yming dictionary to find words to describe the sudden effect of coming from inky darkness to glorious sunset glow and seeing the huge globe of golden sun dip behind the hills of Middlebury. It brought the nearly full moon out clear and bright and heavy white frost for Tuesday morn ing early risers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Current Comment


 Although we were always on ttA run, 1t was pretty good while il lasted. Anybody who lived the life we did expected to be riddled witb bullets, or end up like I did. James Dalhover, lone survivor oi. the Brady gang. ..
 & We feel 1t is most merciful to alloW her to sleep her life away. N -Mr. w. w. Goble of Omaha, Neb., whose wife had been sleeping 3A weeks. t&
 War Is contagion whether 1t be declared or undeclared. We are dee termined to keep out of war, yet wa cannot insure ourselves against the disastrous effects of war and the dangers of involvement. 'r President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

Liouidation of the several remaining closed banks of Connecticut by the State Banking Commissioner may find pay ments as high as 92 per cent of deposits This is very welcome news to the affected depositors. It proves conclu- sively that the transfer of control of the closed banks from private to public op- eration was well worth while. It also shows that the inherent soundness of most of the institutions was not impaired by the bad times they encountered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Selected Poem
THE CROP IS IN

Wade Van Dore on the Christian Science Monitc The crop Is in! Let winter comel Barrels of applesl Many plum And peach sealed safely in the jarl A dozen giant squashes are Beneath my bed! Potatoes, pinned, Are safe from freezing winter windl The beans are hanging in bag, And thick board shelves are made to sag With turnips, beets and cabbageSl So let the winter come! It is Near time for winters coat of snow To come and cover all, know Meanwhile cannot help but say "The crop is inl" All through the day say "The crop is in!" I name Them over till 1t seems game The apples, squashes, onions, pears 1 carried up or down dark stairs To cupboard, shelf, and yawning bin That might say: "The crop Is inl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

GhAVAsOsSAy A@A N~S
 Book Day column is turned over to Olive Roberts Barton, child training authority. Her latest list of books suitable for children is presented here.
 
 By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
 All the fact that went into a cloudy place in the back of my mind with commencement years ago have been refreshed in memory decked this time with colored maps, bright description and exciting fiction.
 Your reviewer has been reading the new children's books. And I envy today's children for this grand wealth of knowledge mixed with the cement of interest, that formerly was as dry as the chalk on the blackboard, and erased as easily.
 Frances Kent Gere has done in- tensive museum research for "Once Upon a Time in Egypt" (Longmans: $2). The daily life of Merib, son of an Egyptian prince, and his peasant friend. Jaty, makes framework on which are laid the customs and costumes of the time of the Pharaohs.
 The period of the building of the pyramids is also the setting for De Wolfe Morgan's well spun mystery, Messenger to the Pharaoh" Longmans: $2). This is e thrilling story of the boy Setna and his career at the royal court.
 The answers to all those questions your young geo-zoologist puts to you: How old is the world, Dad dy?" "What happened to the dino- saur, Mother?"-are all giver in two excellent new books, "The Earth Changes" by Jannette M. Lucas and Helene Carter (Lippincott: $2.50) [, and Animals on the March," by w. Maxwell Reed and Jannette M. Lucas (Iarcourt- Brace: $3). Both are for the high school age.
 A story that will make prehis- toric time very real is Gregory Trent's Hunters Long Ago" (lIar- court Brace: 92). Kry and Wala belonged to Q Cro-Magnon tribe, whose paintings are found today in caves of the pyrenees. Battles with the Squat Ones (Neolithic IMan), capture, siege and starva- Iticn make . dramatic tale cf early mans struggle for existence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Answers To . Questions
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ti0n of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research b un. dertaken. Be sure all mail Is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0,
 ,.. THE EDITOR,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. What were the "Hornbook" and the "Battledoor" that were used as textbooks in schools during the Revolutionary and early colonial periods?
 A. The first instruction every- where began with the "Hornbook, {" from which children learned their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Test Y ur Knowledge

Can you answer seven or these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 l. Where is Mercer uiliversity? 2. How many comets are in the solar system?
 3. Tn which country is the state of sinaloa?
 1. What is . metronome?
 5. Who was John Gait?
 6. What was Mary pickford's maiden name2
 '. Who wrote the Epistle to Phil- emon? t,S.l the World Court? 6. What Is the official name of 9. Name the great river of north- ern India, formed by drainage of the southern Himalayas.
 10. Are the graves of soldiers bur- fed in Arlington National Cemetery marked? s""sV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

It's natural for the Japs to invade China. Nearly everything they have m the way of civilization they got there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Putting Business Slump T In Reverse Biggest Task
 Now Facing Roosevelt; . New Pump Priming Urged
- pawW YAARsoR

WASHINGTON, November 17. - Behind the Hurry of White House conferences and masermindng on plans to reverse the downward economic trend are the follow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. Where may I obtain iilforma- tion about exemptions and draft regulations in the World war?
 A. Consult the Second Report of the Provost Marshal General ct your public library.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

We asked frivolous friend why this xxx furry hadn't brought any K-K-Katy parodies and he said, Because it's not so b-b-black as 1t looks"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1887
. Thought for Today

Behold, happy is the man whom God cOr- recteth; therefore despise not thou the chasten- ing of the Almighty.-JOb 65:17.
 God governs the world, and we have only to do our duty wisely, and leave the issue to Him. John Jay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. Is Armistice day on November Il, @ legal holiday in all the states?
 4. Only in 32 states and Hawaii.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

The British foreign policy is to be on every side of every issue at least once year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

Q. What is the purchasing value of the dollar at present?
 A. Tn September, 1887, 1t was 11l.o cents, compared with 100 cents in 1923, according to the National Industrial Conference board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

Turkey reports progress in It's ex- pansiCn of industry. v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. What is the name of the Ham, burg American line steamship which doclred in New York May %, 1913? A. President Grant,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
THE EDITOR.

Q. Is steam ever liquid?
 A. At its critical pressure and temperature, 3226 pounds and 706.i degrees F., respectively, steam Is to all intents and purposes liquid and is not distinguishable from the water with which it is in contact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. How large was the cotton crop last year, and how much was ex- ported? t
 A. The U. s. cotton crop in 1886 amounted to 10 QQo mn holae and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

e. Who murdered Mary Clay" in the motion picture "They Won't Forget?"
 A. The story does not reveal the Identity of the actual murderer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

If you want . copy of our book. let BIBLE FACTS" write the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington D. c. Enclose ie cents lm p0gtaae. 4 a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce Formidable for mid'-a4bl; say, for mid a-bl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

NEW Okhl ANSVs @ASS Ss~o~' You would never guess, of1hand, that Broadway's most prolific play wright at this writing is none other than our old, reverend friend, Will liam Shakespeare.
 In the past week or 50, the Bard's works have provided more excitement than any modern dra- matists; and if you had been about the Rialto at the time, you would have noticed three of old Wilrs shows going simultaneously. They were "As You Like It." Julius Caesar" and Anthony and Cleo patra," and a fourth, we hear, is in the works.
 Take them in turn. For @ half dozen years. the tempestuous Tallu- lah Bankhead of Jasper, Ala, has cherished the notion of playing the Temptress of the Nile. She studied up, consulted with Shakespearean scholars and memorized the text even while she pursued her career in feather-weight plays.
 Finally, Rowland Stebbins, the ex-Wall street broker who pro- duced Green Pastures" was won over to Tallulah's personal ambi- ton and went to considerable expense to offer her as Cleopatra in a lavishly elaborate production. He got Conway Tearle, the erst- while film star, to impersonate Marc Anthony and John Emery, Tallulah's husband of last sum- mers nuptials, donned a toga to impersonate the regal Octavious Caesar.
 And 1t all wound up in such a calamitous shamble on Broadway that first nighters were inclined to commiserate with Tallulah when in her curtain speech she joyfully re- marked, Thank God, it's all over" The Shakespearean profundities, the dramatic critics seemed to agree in @ general body, are not in the modernly glamorous Tallulah's line.
 Coincidence
 1naU JULIUS OheOhE pAAVuAA AaVC followed Anthony and Cleopatra by 6 day is one of those coinci- dences that no one planned ahead. And that Julius Caesar" should have emerged as one of the great est events of the season is one of those fortunes of theatrical war. A startlingly new Julius Caesar" this production turned out to be, cos- tuned entirely in modern dress, sans even an asbestos backdrop by way of scenery and studded with the finest acting the stage has to offer this year.
 This "Julius Caesar" is the ef- fort of a group that identifies itself as the Mercury Theater whose aim, apparently, is to defy all traditions of the current stage. Though the characters in Shakespeare's fustian melodrama wear 1887 clothes and play on a bare platform where even the steam pipes are plainly visible out front, they lost not one whit of the mood, the spirit and the | implication of Julius Caesar; and an electrical expert has drenched the play in varying tones of light that are as dramatic as the drama
 itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
Flowers and Politics

The Agriculture Departments chrysanthemum show this year is unique for a reason other than its rare blooms. Some one with a sense of humor arranged the flowers in the following groups:
 Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt is flanked on one side by "Mrs. Cal- win Coolidge" and on the other by President Hoover.
 "Yin Hcng MI Gwan" (Chinese) is next to "Jinnie HitOe" (Japan- ese).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

c. Where can I find a calendar of forthcoming art exhibits2
 A. In "The Art Digest" pub. lished semi-monthly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
A Book a Day
Mystery of Pyramids Ready for Perusal

Periodically Bruce Cotton's Book -a-Day column Is turned over to Olive Roberts Barton, child training authority. Her latest list of books suitable for children is presented here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17

letters and began to read. It was a thin board on which 6 printed leaf was pasted and covered with thin sheet of transparent horn to protect 1t from dirty fingers. After the "Hornbook," in later colonial times, came the "Battledoor," sort of enlarged and advanced Hornbook, or Primer. This was @ sheet of cardboard, folded to form four to six pages, with an illustrated alpha bet on the inner pages and verse beneath each illustrated letter. The Battledoor was used much less in America than in England, but was known in all the northern colonies during the closing years of the colonial era and was used especially by the Church of England schools.
 c. Is there going to be 8 cele- bration soon to commemorate the first Swedish settlement In America?
 A. On June 27, 1938, the 300th anniversary of the first Swedish set- clement in the Delaware valley will be celebrated in Wilmington, Del. Similar celebrations will be held in other places. The crown prince of Sweden, Qustaf Adolphus, has ac- cepted an invitation to participate.
 c. Where can find a calendar of forthcoming art exhibits2
 A. Tn "The Art Digest" pub. lished semi-monthly.
 e. Who murdered Mary Clay" in the motion picture "They Won't Forget?"
 A. The story does not reveal the identity of the actual murderer.
 
 c. How large was the cotton crop last year, and how much was ex- ported? lu
 A. The U. s. cotton crop in 1o36 amounted to 12,39000 bales, and exports were 5,39S, ,383 bales.
 c. Where may I obtain informa- tion about exemptions and draft regulations in the World war?
 A. Consult the Second Report of the Provost Marshal General" at your public library.
 c. Is Armistice day on November il, 6 legal holiday in all the states?
 4. Only in 32 states and Hawaii.
 Q. What is the purchasing value of the dollar at present?
 A. Tn September, 1887, 1t was 11l.9 cents, compared with 100 cents in 1923, according to the National Industrial Conference board.
 c. What is the name of the Hain- burg American line steamship which doclred in New York May %, 1913?
 A. President Grant,
 If you want . copy of our book let BIBLE FACTS" write the Waterbury DemOcrags Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street Washington D. c. Enclose le centi M posssse. 4
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
PARKING RULE
HELD INVALID

Traffic Court Judge Edward M.
Curran today held null the regu-
lation which forbids parking on
certain local streets between the
hours of 2 a. m. and 8 a. M, suS-
tanning the motion of Attorney T.
Edward O'Connell, made a week
ago. The District, through Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Rice
Hooe, Immediately noted an appeal,
automatically sending the case to
a higher court for review.
In argument against O'ConnellS
motion, Mr.. Hooe flayed automo-
bile owners who are financially
unable to park their cars in
garages, referring to them as i'm
pecuniouS and penurious." In his
motion O'Connell had charged the
regulation benefited no one but
garage and parking lot owners
and as such, constituted class
legislation.
Thousands of cases based on vlo-
lationS of this regulation were af-
fected by Judge Curran's ruling.
Pending a high court decision
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. s.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair and colder tonight and probably To-
morrow; lowest temperature tonight about
"a degrees: gentle to moderate winds, mostly
northwest: highest temperature, 4S; lowest
temperature, 49,
Weather Details on Page 4.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Cairo in Danger

At Cairo Ill., the confluence Of the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers the city commandeered all available labor to bulk
head the evees with sandbags to withstand river level
of 66 feet The water level already had reached 81 feet
and threatened to overflow.
AS further emergency measure to relieve, at great
COST the pressure of the waters Governor Lloyd STARK
of Missouri announced that Government engineers had
dynamited evees south of Cairo to flood 131OOOacro
"reservoir'' in Missouri lowlands.
This huge ''reservor'' is normally occupied by
farmers some of whom prevented dynamtng last night
with guns although the law provides that the Govern
ment shall reimburse them for damage.
With the situation threatening to get out of control
1900 United States soldiers entrained from Indianapolis
for Jeffersonve Ind to help 100000 stricken persons
in that flood devastated area.
Throughout $50 mile of the Ohio and extending
down Mississippi and relief proceeded on war
time footing .
President Roosevelt today took personal charge of the flood
disaster directing all Government agencies in their relief
work
He installed Harry Hopkins WPA administrator IN the Oani'
net Room the Executive offices of the White House as hou
Continued o Page 4, Col p
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Help the Red Cross!

OPREAD of disaster in the
- Ohio and Mississippi Val
Ieys led the National Red
Cross at noon to double to
S4,OOO,OOO the minimum need
estimated earlier for flood re-
lief.
The District of Columbia
Chapter of the Red Cross an
nounced a Washington quota
of $4,000 instead Of the $24,'
900 originally set.
AS directed by President
Roosevelt, at least four mil
lion dollars is needed and
needed Immediately by the
American Red Cross for
emergency work in the flood
stricken areas of the Ohio
and Mississippi Valleys.
Admiral Cary 7. GraySOn,
Red Cross chairman, has
fixed the Washington quota
at S48,OOO.
1ne capital will not fail in
this crisis.
All checks should be made
payable to the American Red
Cross, District Chapter, and
sent directly to the local unit
of the Red Cross, 1880 E st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
How Flood
Affects
z States
International News Service

With their refugee lists reading
like wartime casualties. seven
States battled the worst floods in
their histories today and three
more were feeling first affects OF
worse to come"
A resume showed:
OHIO-S1,5OO,OOO fire quelIed
at Cincinnati. Some $1,000
homeless in Cincinnati area.
Health conditions bad. At Ports
mouth, $4,000 more homeless.
Food shortages, power failures,
poor housing ravage entire Ohio
Valley.
INDIANA - Southern part Of
State under martial law. Esti-
mates of homeless running to
100000. Trains and trucks COM
Continued on Page 4. Col. II
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Il DIE AS BUS
JUMPS ROAD

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. Is G.N.S).
Twenty-one persons were killed to-
day when a huge transport bus
plunged off the Tamiami Trail, 35
miles west of here, into a canal
that paralleled the highway.
Eleven other persons, including
the driver, were rescued, but most
of those saved were seriously in
iured. Several we're unconscious
when brought to a hospital here.
The list of known survivors
given out was:
William Hammond, bus driver;
Continued on Page 4, Col. u
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Mrs. Traders Story
OF Husbands Death

dren. I will bare my heart here,
so that the public may judge and
I hope understand. I will spare
nobody-leaSt of all myself.
1 repeat Clarence was terribly
Continued on Page 3, Col. q
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PERKINS BIDS
STR|KEPARLEY
International News Service

International News Service
Labor has accepted the invita-
ton of Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins to attend a
meeting in her office on WedneS-
day morning seeking settlement
of the General Motors strike.
Thus far, General Motors ex-
ecutives have not notified Miss
Perkins whether they will meet
in the same room with strike
chiefs, led by John L. Lewis,
chairman of the CLIO. Lewis
said he would put his acceptance
of the invitation in the mail to-
day.
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By WILLIAM CARTAN

DETROIT, Jan. Is QN.S0.
While official Washington moved
anew to reestablish an armistice,
new threats of trouble bubbled in
the striketorn motor city area to-
day.
In Flint-scene Of the worst
violence since the General Motors
Continued on Page 3, Col. II
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Louisville Hard Hit

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-More than half under
water and cut off without adequate supplies
and almost without heat, counted 100000
homeless within the city, Conditions grew
more critical at Portsmouth, Evansville, and
Cairo, and new flood threat gripped Pitts
burgh.
The Ohio River has now far outstripped the
record flood of 1884, previously the worst in
it's history At Cincinnati, the river was seven
feet above the 1884 record and was still rising
steadily.
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Pictures on Page 81

Editors Note: The Washing
ton Times today prints Jedn-
nette D. Traders otDn story of
UhGt occurred the night of jan
udru ID When her eStrGnged
husband. Clarence J. Trader.
oWner of the Stockton Light
and PoUer Company, uOaS found
fatally shot in their home at
SnoW Hill, Md.
By JEANETTE d. TRADER
SNOW HILL. Md, Jan. 25.
Clarence was drunk-terribl y
drunk-the night he met his
death.
Perhaps through delicacy
shouldn't say that, but this is nc
time for delicacy. The neighbors
are talking, the town is talking
the whole country is talking. And
the finger of suspicion points al
me.
Would Quiet RumOrs
I hope and pray this statement
will drown those rumors. I hope
it will set at rest the terrible
storm of suspicion that has beer
around me, my home and chill