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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

moved to 6 desk in the entrance hall and given special instructions to stop and question oil strang- CTS.
 If she needs any assistance, there are two armed guards Stand- ing beside her.
 Merry.Go-R Round
 One cut follows another in Re- settlement staff. A year ago the Washington force numbered B. 7iS. Now they number 1850. An. other cut, due next month, will bring them down to i700--a new cut Of 2,0o0 people from the WaSh- ington staff Of one agency. Mean. while. cuts in the field force amount to 1000 Roy Tasco Davis, former U. s. minister to Costa Rico, has become head Of q girls school in Washington su- burbs-National Park Seminary. ... Hoping to become . diplo- mat, Helen Davis, daughter Of Dwight, not related to Roy TaSco, is cramming for exams in the Foreign Service .. Still another all-time record was hung Up when Argentine corn arriving ct U. 2. ports the week ending July IS amounted to 3,7S0,oo0 bushels.
 (Gopyright, 1897, United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
Selected Poem
WATERLOO

WATERLOO
 tBy Gerald Rafferty in The New York Times) With iridescent neck and turned-in toes The brawny Brahma rooster struts along: His humble family follows where he goes For he Is glorious and brave and strong. Beside the brook he tears away the sod That hens and chicks may eat the best that broWs Then, posing with one foot upon a clod, He arches his metallic neck and crowds. An echo answers from across the stream; His counterblast is echoed back again. And now he rises to martial scream As silence falls on chittering chick and hen. Unable to 0utcall his echoed cry, He herds his family from this fierce unknown; Kanquished by fraud. he hastens now Go fly WIG fears nobody but himself alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

self whether you can afford to hire paint CTS, is symbolical, perhaps, of the kind ot rights that must be fought for in detail and preserved If we are, to have anything worth while left of our diminishing per- sonal liberties.
 You may never want to paint your house yourself. Few people do But everyone ought to be Interested in the right to do 1t. For 1t is by little infringe ments, little encroachments like this, al- ways with reasonable argument behind them, that personal freedom is clipped away. And eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

Columbia University educator has stated that President Roosevelts espousal of his Supreme Court plan may have estranged him from political and per- sonal friends, but 1t has stamped him as a great educator. He says, "never before have the people come to know so much about their government" In his talk this same man whose topic was, Should Teachers Participate In Politics7" he urged his audience composed of stu dent teachers to be wary of combining the two jobs, teaching and politics. It is possible for politician to be good ed- ucator, he stated, but the other way around does not pan out so successfully.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

Ramon de Valera was again elected president of the executive council of the Irish Free State when the new Dali Eireann met for It's first session since the general elections. The administra- ton IS backed by the labor group, but former President William Cosgrave as. sailed the government on three issues. The present Dali (senate) Is the last Free State one. When they next meet 1t will be the two state legislature under the new State of Ireland, with president of Ire- land at It's head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
A Book a Day
Rascoe's Life Story Attains Epic Heights Championcd Moderns In Era of
 Poetic RenalaAance

Championcd Moderns In Era of Poetic Renaissance
 Possibly the worst criticism one can make of Burton Rascoe's auto. biography Before Forge" (Dou- bieday, Doran & O., $3) is that it stops just before he gets to New York, where he became editor of McCails, literary editor of The Tribune, editor of The Bookman.
 It is as though he wished to leave you most poignantly aware of his defense of the Chicago he knew in the throes of nascent cul. ture. Perhaps he feels he is in no danger of forgetting the rest of his life; at any rate, 1t is to be hoped that he will put 1t down for posterity in as epic Q manner as he has presented his early life.
 In fluid, inflated, voluminous sentences Rascoe has drawn a pie ture of his boyhood in southwest ern Kentucky and later in Okla homa in its pioneer days which can scarcely fail to awaken recognition in anyone who grew up west of the Alleghenies some 30 or 40 years ago
 From the the he reaches Chi- cago, he slips ot Of the groove of the readers owT. personal recog- hilton; he is no longer just an American boy, but a most unusual young man. He worked at various and often menial jobs 20 hours q day and incidentally acquired a university life. though not much ed- ucation; through the varied exper- fences of reporting he finally att tined literary editorship of the Trib- une in which position he became the champion of such moderns as Cabell, Anderson, Dreiser.
 Unashamed, sometimes proud, al- ways frank and sincere, Rascoe has written a very human document which at times is practically an epic of American life.-D. s. E.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
Answers To Questions
Aw@Mk1@N+
By Frederick NJ. Kerby

c. When did "oone with the Wind" first appear; s 1t still . best seller?
 A. It was published June 90, lo30, and still heads the non. fiction best.selier list.
 e, What Is the date of Independ- ence day in Mexico?
 A. September 10.
 c. Who b the highest ofIicer on Q trans.Atlantic liner7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
Current Comment

It was of no interest to us what people thought. t.-Michael Gromov. Soviet pilot. explaining why he did not report his position on the flight from Moscow to California. It is like trying to imagine the sig of the universe. We don't know how far 1t will go.--Dr. A. J. Carl son. University of Chicago, testing equipment for curing of insanity.
 
 Until we give the worker the right to belong to the union of his choice we will never make a success of democracy.-Prof. Mary B. Gilson Of University of Chicago.
 
 We are now entering a still more dangerous zone of international af- rs--Kx-preuiier of France. Leon Blum, speaking of the Spanish war Niiuation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

these test quegti0ng7 Turn Go
 last page for the answers.
 1. Name the last'book in the King James version of the old Testa. ment.
 2. DO Ministers and Ambassadors have the same diplomatic rank?
 2. Did aliens who entered the U. 8. Army during the World War ate tomatically become American cit- izens?
 {. What famous Boston. Mass. building is called Cradle of Amer. ican Liberty2"
 s. What is entomology
 6. In which country Is the lake Loch Leven?
 2. Which of Charles Dickens's stories has the character Tiny Tim?"
 8. Tn which state are the Catskill Mountains?
 Q, What is the name for the em. ployment of song for magical pur-
 10. Who wrote "rhe Fan of the House of Usher?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

day akeerno oon, watch ed the steam sh oY ell rip up the pave- ment and drop great gohs of concrete in to waiting motor trucks W hlch rushed them away to the
 d Il m ? in g ground. It was c picture of in- cessant activity being executed
 in . bedlam of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
TWO EAGLE BOATS JUNKED

Honolulu (UP) Two trim gray Eagle boats built for the navy by Henry Ford during the World War have been decommissioned here and sold for junk for s366 each. They will probably be lowed Co oakland. Cal. and reduced to junk. They had a displacement of 800 tons and a speed # 1e knots an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

Pat, who suffers from high blood pressure and B fond of tak- Ing the afternoon off to go to the ball park, or to play . round of golf for fancy stakes with wealthy cronieS at the exclusive Burning Tree club, had no desire for the arduous post. But Gerry talked him Into throwing his hat in the ring on the plea that Senator Jimmy Byrnes couldn't make the grade and only Harrison could keep the office from going Co Senator Alben Barkley, the Ad. ministration's choice.
 Adding powerful pressure to Gerry's urging was Barney Baruch, multi l-mlllionaire New York finaneier, who cancelled . sailing reservation and rushed to the Capital when hc learned of Senator Robinson's death. Keeping warily out of sight, Baruch put in some iusty licks both for Pat and for the move. ment Co shelve the court bill and adjourn the session.
 Baruch, Gerry and Harrison aie intimate friends. The financier contributed heavily to Pats re- election campaign last year, and Pat, although openly supporting the President on the court issue, attended some of the swanky parties that Gerry gave last wins ter and spring to woo Senate votes against the measure.
 Social Lobby
 The gocialite husband of Edith stuyvcSant Vanderbilt is little known outside the Senate and eX- elusive social circles. But throughout the current session nc has been one of the most active and bitter behind- -the-scenes foes of the White House.
 Gerry has devoted himself par. ticularly to conducting the social lobby against the court measure. staging . number of fashionable parties for lukewarm democrats and their ambitious wives and daughters. On close terms with republican senators, he also has acted as the liaison be- tween them and the anti-Ad- ministration democrats, who feared t0 negotiate directly.
 Tn this activity he particularly cultivated Senator Burt Wheeler, once fire-eating ieft-winger, with the result that they are now close friends, confering sev. eral times day on strategy to outwit and defeat the President.
 Although Gerry Is so violently anti-New Deal, he owes his present senate seat entirely to Roosevelt. Defeated for re- election in 1928. he tied onto the Presidents c0at-taiIs in 1884 and got . return ticket.
 Too Busy
 Harrison's grab for the floor leadership was a complete reversal of form. Last winter, when the senate democrats authorized Joe Robinson to appoint an assistant floor leader, he offered the job to Harrison. his closest friend. Pats answer was: Thanks, Joe, but I'm too busy"
 What do you mean, too busy'?"
 "WelI, I've got the chairman ship of the Finance Committee and q lot of other things that keep me occupied. And fur- ther, as you know, my health Is none too good"
 "Who would you suggest?"
 "Barkley," Harrison replied. "He is a hard worker and 1t would please the White House."
 So Robinson appointed Barkley and as Harrison had predicted. the Administration was very much pleased, indeed.
 Sit-DOwn Precautions
 With the reduction of relief rolls Harry Hopkins Is taking special measures to protect himself against invasfonB of sit-downers.
 The reception clerk at the WPA huiIqfuN in WakNiuntnu kas heNu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

The older order changeth, and familiar institutions, landmarks and so forth dis. appear; as witness the passing of the covered wagon, horse cars and hacks. And now the old Fall River Line from New York to Boston has become history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

And then there's the man that doesn't like President Roosevelt because he does too much smiling; on the other hand the same guy has no use for so-and-so because he's a sour-puss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

noiSe ana Witn
 impressive speed. I doubt if even the Republican and the American which have . predlsposltion Co find fault with any and every ad.
 ninlstratlon Job which they are not permitted to boss, could devel. op any irritation over the prog ress which was being made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
SEN. GERRY POWER BEHIND
 HARRISON BID FOR LEADER
" DREW PEARSON
end ROBERT G ALLEN

WASHINGTON, July 23. - The real inspirer and behind-the-scenes manager of Senator Pat Harrsons candidacy for floor leader Rhode Islands antNew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
BY WAY of NO HARM
James William, FitzP Patrick

fThe oplnunA appearing below tf the necessarily those o The sdtofs DEMOCRAT they nvsrabN tsaFr gs Q reflection their Vlewp0lntl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
Goln9 AheaId

In company with several hun- dred people who were enjoying the slght Of others working, l stood in Exchange Place wednes-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "The wind blew coIdly and keenIy from Che north" say, "blew cold and keen from the Forth.v
!. The captain, or master.

A. The captain, or master.
 c. 1S there any carbon inonox- ido gas in tobacco smoke7
 A. Yes, . little.
 c. What Is q single tax?
 A. The term is applied to c tax on land values, irrespective ot inc provomentS, and was advocated by the late Henry George. He believed that no tax should Do levied. on the products of labor and, therefore, that oil taxes except on land should Dc abolished.
 l you want . copy Of our book. let THE BABY BOOK, write the Waterl ury Democrats Wash lngton Bureau, 1919 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington. D. 2. Enclose 5 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
T est Yo UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these test questlons7 Turn to last page for the answers.
Washington Journal., 1937-05-28

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The Washington times., 1937-02-24
Mrs. Nora De|ano, Kin
Of President, Dead

TACOMA, Wash, February "a.
Mrs. Nora Delano, 36, widow of
Daniel H. Delano, fourth cousin
Of President Roosevelt, died here
yesterday.
Her death was hastened by
grief over that Of her husband
who succumbed several weeks
ago.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. "a G.N.S)
AS one woman to another red
haired nurse Cat least, she wore
a snow-white nurses's uniform) ,
yesterday held up the woman
owner Of a Brooklyn corset shop
and escaped with $214 after
flourishing a business-hke, nickel
plated pistol.
Mrs. Clara Chalfin, 40, proprie-
tor of the "Clarice Corsetiere, "
was alone in her shop in down
town Brooklyn when her first
customer" entered.
The visitor would have made a
dainty model-about 80, small and
slim, with a fashionable camePs
hair coat draped carelessly over
her nurses costume. She smiled:
II would like to be fitted with
. corset"
Mrs. Chalfin turned for her
measuring tape. When she faced
about, there was the nurse
steely CLINT in her blue eyes, a
pistol in her right hand.
Up went Mrs. Chaltin'S HANDS.
Said the visitor:
"Just give me the money or
I'll put a slug in you"
Mrs. Chalfin is a buStn esS
woman. She argued:
81 have none. I've just opened
the store. There's nothing in the
cash register"
The unwelcome customer smiled
and shook her head. She eased
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
2 Kings and EX-Ruler
Among Riviera Guests

gambling tables at casinos are
jammed.
French tourist officials say these
crowds foreShadow an influx OF
tourists during the forthcoming
Paris Exposition this summer.
Workers are 1aboring to have
everything ready for the expoSi-
ton by May l.
Authorities stress that France
will be safe for visitors this sum,
mer and that there is no danger
Of their being trapped by any war
or revolution.
At present tour is being con,
Quoted for six foreign journalists
This group. which has visited
Paris, Versailles, ChartreS, Rouen
and Chamonix, will end the tour
March /. Other groups of Ameri.
can and European journalists have
made similar trips in recent
months, and the French govern.
ment plans to conduct others soon.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
D. {. Hero No. L
Wins Praise, Also
Gets S. Penalty

A self-styled public hero No. II
drew the commentator of a Po-
lice Court judge yesterday, but
also Iwas given a IS fine.
M. C. Carr, colored, Of 1908 S
st. N. W., who was charged before
Judge Isaac r. Hit with having
exceeded a 22-mile speed limit,
brought into court as evidence a
placard which he himself had pre-
pared. 1t set forth the fact that
in 18 years of driving he never
had been involved in a traffic ac-
cident, and for this distinction
gave Carr the listing of public
hero.
Judge Hit pointed out that 1t
was better to be a public hero
than a public enemy, and then
announced that Carr should
pay IS.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
SMITH TO CITE
MAXWELLCASE
ERRORS

Charles Henry Smith, washing
ton and Alexandria criminal law
yer, today was preparing to go to
Wise, Va, to argue a motion Tor
a new trial for Edith Maxwell, 22-
year-old mountain school teacher
found guilty of killing her father,
Trigg Maxwell.
The argument will be heard by
Circuit Judge Ezra Carter at Wise
next Monday.
Trial Errors Claimed
Smith will contend that because
of trial errors the verdict Of the
Jury, which found her guilty OF
second degree murder and fixed
the penalty at 20 years in prison,
should be set aside.
Commenting on Miss Maxweu's
action in asking the Virginia
branch Of the National Woman's
Party to step out of the case, and
in eliminating the defense attor-
neys they had engaged, Smith
said today:
Naturally 1 have nothing to
do with elimination Of other
counsel from the Maxwell case.
1 have been retained by people
whose sympathies for Edith have
been aroused and have been
asked to work alone. I'Shall de-
vote every effort at my command
to freeing this poor girl. The
tragedy which has envelOped her
can never be entirely lifted"
WOMEN EXPLAIN
Headquarters Of the party in
Washington issued the following
statement last night:
"A story published today in
relation to the Maxwell case has
apparently confused the Ma
tiOnaI WOmen'S Party with the
Virginia branch Of the OrganiZa-
ton which has been active in
the interests Of Miss Maxwell.
"The National WOmen's Party
has never taken any action in
the Maxwell case. 1t is unfOrtu-
nate that there has been . mis-
understanding"
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
0. f. 5. OPENS
NEW HOME

The Order OF the Eastern Stars
new national headquarters will be
dedicated tonight, when members
march into the ballroom Of the
building formerly known as the
Perry Belmont Mansion" at 1913
New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
The mansion, in which the
Prince of Wales was guest, has
been redecorated and furnished
and will be occupied by the ma
tional staff of the Order Of the
Eastern Star. The three-story
structure was built in 1906.
The front room on the second
floor has been furnished as the
chapel for the o. E. S. Large
gatherings, such as tonight's, will
be held in the huge ballroom.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
COAL UNI0NISTS
DUEF0R FIGHT

NEW YORK, Feb. "a G.N.SO.
One hundred and fifty members
Of the Appalachian district scale
committee of the United Mine
Workers Union were reported to
have been summoned to Washing
ton today by their leader, John L.
Lewis, in what was considered a
strategic lobbying move in support
OF the Guffey-Vinson bill.
The bill, a substitute for the
Guffey act the Supreme Court de-
clared unconstitutional, was re-
ported out of the House Ways and
Means Committee yesterday. It
seeks to regulate fair trade prac-
tices in the coal industry.
The $50 union representatives
were in this city to attend the re-
sumption of joint negotiations
with the coal operators here TO-
morrow, but were said to have
left for the Capital last night on
Lewis instructions.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

CANES, France, Feb. "a uN.SD.
Two kings, an ex-king and about
200 other members of royalty are
enjoying the current Riviera sea-
son and helping along the famous
French play-spot to semblance
Of former boom times.
Pointing out the gay Riviera
crowds to six American correspon-
dents who are guests here, officials
of the French government today
said visitors at resorts here now
number 3OO,OOO-1OO,OOO more
than were here last year.
Among the royalties present are
King Christian x of Denmark,
King Gustif v of Sweden and
former King Alfonso of Spain.
The hotels are crowded and the
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
C0NGRESSNEN
INACC0RD0N
NEUTRALITY
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
International News Service

international News Service
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sen
ate and House committees today
united on basic principles Of neu-
trality legislation to choke Amer
lean trade with warning nations
and modify the ancient freedom
-of-the-seas doctrine.
The House Foreign Affairs
Committee approved the bill Of
its chairman, McReynolds Cd,
of Tennessee, which is based on
the same theory as the 1887
Peace Act" of Senator Pittman
Cd, of Nevada, already ap-
proved by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Designed to prevent the United
States from becoming embroiled
in another world war and to help
prevent other wars, the legislation
may provoke a bitter debate.
While the McReynolds and Pitt
man bills differ in many particu-
lars, McReynolds said both sought
the same end and could be har-
monized. He hopes to obtain
House approval of his bill in two
weeks, while the Pittman measure
is expected to follow the recipro-
cal trade bill for Senate action.
Both measures grant broad dis
eretionary power to the President,
but the discretion carried in meas
Nres before the Senate and House
last year has been curtailed.
President Roosevelt, engroSSed
with many big problems, was said
to have turned the whole neu-
trality problem over to Congress.
Under the present law, which
will be reenacted under terms of
the new bills, mandatory embar-
goes are imposed upon shipments
of munitions of war. The vital
provisions of both bills seek to
put other trade with warning ma
tionS on a cash-and-carry basis.
The McReynoldS bill provides:
The President may restrict ship
ment of materials, such as cotton,
oil and foodStuffS, to warning ma
tions if he finds it will promote
the security and preserve the peace
of the United States. No American
vessels could carry goods of this
class, except under exceptions
made by the President. Shippers
could be required to divest them
selves of title at ports, SO that
goods, If shipped, would not be
American goods on the high seas.
Expansion of the ban on financ-
ing foreign wars by making it un-
lawful to solicit or receive contri-
buttons from American citizens for
the benefit of warning nations.
McReynolds said:
Trade would be affected by
the legislation. The reason you
stop trade is to keep the cOun-
try out of war. 1 want to re.
tain as much of our normal
trade as possible, and propose
to give the President power to
make exceptions to this end"
His measure carried a modifica-
ton of the original Administration
proposal that the President be
given power to apply an embargo
to one warning nation and not to
another. The measure provides
that when the President issues an
embargo it must apply to all alike.
Senators johnson (R.) of Cali
fornia, Borah (RD of Idaho, and
others, planned to attack the pro-
posed bills on the ground they
would involve the United States in
war.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
NURSE ROBS CORSETIERE

the gun from her left hand to her
right. With the latter, she reached
inside Mrs. Chalfin's waist and
extracted a roll containing the
1914. Then she backed toward
the door. AS she flung it open,
she promised:
~One word, one mOve-and I'll
shoot"
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
McNutt Is Approved
For Philippine Post

Appointment OF Paul v. Nc.
Mutt, former governor of Indiana
and former national commander
Of the American Legion, as high
commissioner Of the Philippine Is
lands, was approved by the Sen
ate yesterday.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
Illinois Lawyers
Veto Court Plan

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Members
Of the Illinois State Bar Associa-
ton are voting more than to
/ against President Roosevelt's s
proposal to enlarge the Supreme
Court, President C. A. Trimble
said today. Trimble said that the
results of the associations state
wide referendum, so far, showed
2,062 against the plan and 377 in
favor of it.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
II False Fire Alarms
Laid 10 Ex-PoIiCeman

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. "a
0.N.SO O.-Alleged to have turned
in IL false alarms in one hour,
Robert F. Drummond, As, retired
police lieutenant, has been ar
rested. The alarms were turned In
at five-minute intervals.