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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
WATER TREATED
 GOOD ALL YEAR
Fall Apt to Bring Some Taste and Change
 in Color

While in some instances the Fall season may bring with 1t . some what unpleasant taste and altered color in water drawn from Con- necticut's public water supply sys- tems, the change in taste win neither be so pronounced nor will it last as long as 1t probably would have 10 or 15 years ago, for water system lnanagelnentS generally have been taking steps to improve and preserve the palatability of the sup- ply as we'll as its purity. Water is more generally treated to maintain good taste today than ever before and methods of such treatment are becoming more and more perfected.
 The reason why there may be 8 change in taste of the water at this time of year is the change from hot to cooler weather. The drop in ten1- perature causes 8 shift in the cur- rents in the reservoirs Cor in any lake, for that matter) and brings to the surface certain amount of dead orfanic matter that has been ECoVl1B OtL bLlC UOOIOil' 0IitCS WoVC4 Is drawn from near the surface for distribution to the public, this nat ural upheaval of the water may lend some disagreeable taste to it, but as soon as the turnover takes place steps are taken by . large number of public systems to offset 1t by means of chemical treatment. Change of taste or color is not an indication that the purity of the water has been in any way affected, however.
 Alteration of taste and color may result at other times of year than the Fall and Spring due to gases, minerals, vegetable growths and na- tural decomposition of vegetable matter, although for the most part these causes are well in hand. Treatment of the water with cops per sulphate reduces microscopic growths and frequently filtration and aeration are effective in pre- serving probability. Work aimed at this objective is continuous job for the water supply utilities, and one which parallels the never r-end- ing task of guarding the purity of the supply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
A practical memorial.

Apractcal memorial. .. Thirty years ago there
 bad interurban wreck at Elyria, Ohio. Eight people were killed and of the deaths attributed to the cys lack of hospital facilities Among the victims the of Elyria business man named Edgar F. Allen Allen besrred himself to that this tragic story be not repeated. He organized the Elyria Memorial Hospital Association compaigned to raise funds for it, gave literally of his money and retired from business to become treasurer and manager of the new hospital which ptai has done great work And Allen, who died just the other day. left to the memory of his dead son fine and valuable memorial of enduring usefulness and beauty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
By way of the ear.

By way of the ear. . Harry Johnson tells me that Tuesday, 1t was tough job trying to navigate New York streets in gas-machne John Phelan informs me that the west side of Lake 9uassapaug had bigger and
 how our favorte stamping grounds of years gone by is faring. Captain "Bill" Duggan recalls the days when bicycle "scorchers in Waterbury could travel from this city to Hartford cinderpath just built for bicycles Tom Walsh, intrepid hunter, fisherman, and insur- broker of note, informs me, sotto-voce that the "blues" weren't running in the Sound this year and hell have to make 1t nice bass instead . And so home to more log saving and branchchoppng warmed by stom- achtingng thoughts of bass swimming not in lake but in platter and in its own juices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Arizona's sky island.

Arizonas sky island Nothing more purely fas- cnating has appeared in the news of late than the account of Dr. Harold E. Anthonys expedition to the Anthony has reached the top of rock plateau which to have been cut off from the rest of the country 10 or 20 thousand years ago. since the natural forces there have had all those menniuns to develop unnuenced by the currents of ordinary fe there is
 fair chance that strange and extraordinarily inter- just such an idea and in "The Lost World" showed dno saurs surviving down to the twentieth century sky island in South America No such bridging of the aeons who enjoyed Doyes imaginative book can fail to feel thrill of interest at the accounts of Dr. Anthonys exploration of this strangely isolated bit of territory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

state cannot and does not wait until cold weather to prepare for winter, even though snow gave little worry in the transit field last win- ter. The portable signs will be used to mark the bus stops for passen- gers and at the same time to aid municipal authorities in preventing parked vehicles from interfering with snow removal.
 Painting of such signs is only a small part of the work of the com pany in preparing for winter, and even though fall has just arrived these preparations have advanced to the extent where the company would be ready tomorrow to combat a two-foot fall of snow If by some freak of nature 1t should arrive. At the same time the signs were being painted during the summer, both Inotoriged and electrically powered snow fighting equipment was being inspected and put in shape. Worn parts were being replaced, and othey parts were being ordered. Special winter equipment for the moto, coaches, including such accessories as tire chains and windshield dc. frosters, are ready to be attached so that service may be continued with as little interruption and dc. lay as possible.
 While the street railway equip ment of the company operates now only in Hartford and New Haven territories, the electric snow fight ing equipment is ready to keep tram sit service moving in the states two largest cities. Sand Is an important item in snow fighting as well as in rainy weather and tons of 1t are on hand ready for use. The same is true of salt, a big supply of which Is stored ready for use in Keeping switches and tracks free from ice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

NOOn.day mcanderings. It's good to be about at noon baskng in the warm sunshine watching thou- sands of workers hustle about their business of the
 ent. The note of the traffic cops whistle Is bit shrer and more insistent. Battery employees push tagging legs just bit faster speed up the cerebeum processes to keep pace with demands. Stores and doors pour out an amending stream of humans your friends your sisters, your brothers. Wonder If this endless chain would cease revolving or follow another direction some giant voice from the skies to cry out "This is your last noon to follow your ordinary pursuits tomorrow you will not be link in the chain, your place taken by another ="
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Barbs From a distance 1t was rather hard to distinguish between the end of the New York mayOray primary and the first event of the Legion 40 and program. . . The criminal who thinks he can win the race with the law usually ends up the loser - in photo finish. Japan, claiming that its war is humanitarian aid to poor China, may have forgotten that charity is supposed to begin at home critics suggestion that bunch of soldier buns keeping Spain's civil war going is verified by reports that sniping has reached proportions GijOn streets
 Theatrical news is that buresque shows coming back. Department of Agriculture bulletin would have enabled city fathers to do better job of strip cropping
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Shiva Temple Expedition Shatters
 Another 'LOSt World" Legend
But Scientists Study Slight Variations
 In Animals Found
BY JAMES E. KINTNER

NEA Service Special Correspondent
 Grand Canyon, AriS, Sept. 25.-- Many an old proSpector along the rim of the Grand Canyon Is shaking his head today and muttering q told you so."
 The rabbits, wllite-footed mice, chipmunks and the like which have made up most of the catch" thus far of the American Museum oi Natural History party atop Shlys Temple, are just about what, old proSpectors had expected would be found. For old-timers insist they themselves had sealed Shiva as early as 1916. The temple" a flat-topped mesa, once part of the canyon wall, but carved of from 1t perhaps 10000 years ago, Is only one of many such islands in the sky" to them.
 Dan Hogan, last of the real pros- pectors of the canyon area, believes there's hardly q peak in that can- yon between Hermit Creek and Chuar Plateau that some of Us haven't visited looking for ore. We went up ia places where the mour- tain sheep turned back"
 So to Dan Hogan and others like him, the hope that Lost World" would be found atop isolated Shiva Temple or its mate, Wotan's Thorne, was always a slender one.
 Little Difference So Far
 Dr. Harold D. Anthony, curator for the American Museum of Nat ural History, Edwin D. Mckee, chief naturalist and geologist of the na- tional park, and the others of their party continue to set traps iI1 hope of finding animals distinctly differ ent from those found on the can- yon rims.
 It was hoped that animals of Q previous age might have been iso- lated on Shiva and remain today, or that animals isolated there might have 50 changed to At their strange surroundings that they would be markedly different. Thus far little differentiation has been found.
 On the other hand, traces of deer and coyotes have been found, yet the animals themselves have not been seen. This would seem to in- dicate that they have means of get- ting up to the top of Shlva and dow down again which were not re. yealed by the elaborate aerial Sur- veys which preceded the present ex- petition. .'
 The discovery of Indian tools and weapons also showed that Shiva had been hunted over long since the day when 1t was separated from the rim of the canyon and the pro- tective cliffs below its summit were formed.
 Wotan Even More Remote
 Thus the Shattering of another Lost World" legend may be tho chief result of the expedition, and writers of pseudo scientific fiction may sec another prop kicked out from under their gaudy stories of prehistoric monsters and antedi- luvian men discovered just aS they used to be when their isolation from the world was broken. The Scien- tists of the expedition. however, will be Interested in the ninuteSt varia- ton Ni animals found atop shiva as compared to others living on the mainland"
 And 1t is always possible that If
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Controlled by Taxes

Roosevelt and all the real New Dealers, one Is frequently told by in- siders, are behind the general policy often referred to, for brevity, as "the purchasing power theory"
 Interested in various or all phases of 1t you will find Hopkins, Secrc- tary Wallace, Federal Reserve Chair man Mariner s. Eccles, Assistant Attorney General Robert II. Jackson, WPA Economist Leon Henderson, AAA Economist Mordecai Ezelsial,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
HOI
sY THE MAN IN 1-HD TOWER

- Attention, menl
 Give 1t all you've got, Get Into the swing, Make 1t hot. Accent, syncopatel All you brasses, Saxophones slide 1t, y Get in a few passes. Ye woodwindS, too, Tootle 1t cute, A few more quavers From the flute. HI, you drummersl Some spade work, please, A rumbling foundation Is bound to please. Attention, inenl
 Give 1t all you've got, Get into the swing, Make 1t hotl
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Editor Tall Tower Topics Please find enclosed two tickets for Terryvle Fair which will be held Sat- rday and trust that you will be able to visit the fair some time Saturday. Thanks for the space which you have given to the fair. Sincerely yours J. Francis Ryan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Keeps His Head Down

Meanwhile, the presidents closest advisers seem we'll entrenched here. Hopkins, his favorite, commands as much Capitol Hill respect as any New. Dealer. He was with Roosevelt in Albany and P. D. R. always trusts his old Albany associates most. Roosevelt thinks he has done a great administrative job on an impossible task. Hopkins is good politician. too
 Eccles has kept his head
 down, but his real job is to di-
 rect the general lines of New
 Deal economy without treading
 on hte toes of Secretary of the
 Treasury Morgenthau. !"
 He sees businses cycles as fiuctu- ations of optimism and pessimism, with government the only potential balance wheel. y-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
AnsUers To
 Test Questions

Below arc the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. Grover Cleveland.
 9. Cristobal. 3. 49O pounds.
 {. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D. c. 5. Cuba.
 6. The sale of goods or the transfer of property upon promise of deferred payment. !. Louisiana. Missouri, Ar. kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and most of Kansas, Colorado. Wyoming, and Montana.
 8. The crustacea. 9. A genus of African an- telope.
 10. Horse racing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
HISTORICAL

Four hundred and twenty-four years ago today Balboa discovered the Pacife Ocean. oh sayi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Over le.500 disabled war veterans are employed by the British govern 'ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Hopkins ED. R.'s Only
 ''Real" Brain
 Truster Left
This Is the last Of six columns by Rodney Butcher on the Pres. Ident's Brain Trusts.

Washington, Sept. 25-Hary Hop- kipS of WPA, author of spending to Save" is Number One Man among the presidents advisers today the only real general adviser" in the sense htat Moley and Tugwell were.
 The Brain Trust" today Is . lcosely-knit group of New Deal ofIlclAls and economists who have come Co . more or less solid front of agreement on . general theory of economic and social reform, business stability and concentrated authority un- der the federal government ale legedly for the general welfare.
 Apostles of this theory are dis. tinctly unpopular with most business men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
CONNECTICUT co. IS
 READY FOR WINTER

Hartford, Sept. 2S-"Bus Stop No Parking in This Block Until After Snow Removal-Police De- partment." This sign and several others like 1t were standing drying in the shops of the Connecticut Go. during the torrid weather of the later summer, giving clear indica- ton that 6 transit company in this Police Department; Joseph F, Por- ter, president of the Kansas City Power and Light Company; Mayor Bryce B. Smith, City Manager H. F. McElroy, and other prominent Kan sas citizens.
 The Kansas City Congress will be the westernmost ever held. Conven- tions in past years have been held in Chicago, Cleveland, Atlantic City, Louisville, and other cities in the eastern part of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
EcCLEs AND HOPKINS

Tom Corcoran, ChicY Isador Lubin of Labor Statistics, Dr. Charles E Merriam and Fred Delano of the National Resources Board, Author David C,lshman. Coyle, Senator Rob- ert M. LaFollette and others.
 There is no assurance that the
 president would consistently
 press for the application of this
 theory, even # he could. As .
 result of the spit ni Che Demo-
 cratic party. however, there is
 much doubt whether he could
 get far with 1t.
 A keystone of this current dim. mating policy is the idea that the economic system can be controlled and adjusted through use of taxa ton. The administration would like to break up monopolies and "huge concentrations of wealth and econ- onic power" by a tax system which also would skim of profits from big corporate and individual incomes for the benefit of the flower one- third whose increased purchasing power theoretically would help keep the economic system in balance.
 Mass purchasing power, 1t Is held. must be raised and kept at a fairly constant level. Thus the adminis- tration group wants to encourage lower industrial prices and diScour- age high profit margins.
 Want Prices Down
 Mass purchasing power, it Is held, must be raised and kept at Q fairly constant level, Thus the adminIstra. |. ton group wants to encourage lower industrial prices and discourage high profit margins.
 The New Dealers theoretically would like to keep prices down and wages up. Furthermore, they would like to remove all limitations on inc dustrial production which keep the volume of goods down in order to keep the profit rate up. They would discourage price, fixing, too. Roose- welt, never a consistent practitioner of any involved econom ictheory, al- ready has compromised by signing, although denouncing, a national law tpassed in rider" form legalizinR price e.fixing.
 Coyle, closely associated with Ec- cles and other mentioned, Is believed by some to be writing the enduring economic philosophy of the New Deal. Business men seeking to learn administration trends should read his recently written Why Pay Taxes?" which follows his Brass Tacks" and Age Without Fear.
 It's too early to say how much of this theory will go into the adminis- | tration's new tax program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

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The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Says Boake Carter

9 It seems to me that the Administration in its
anxiety to put across its home-building scheme,
has forgotten one Of the prime lessons many
people learned in the last depression-the fact
that when people lose their jobs, they don't go
out and build, or buy, or rent new homes Scat
tered families gravitate back under one roof
Today, layoffs from payrolls have increased.
The older people who lost homes in the last
slump after paying on a mortgage for years,
simply haven't the courage to start again.
The younger people, now marrying, are for
the most part not homecoming conscious. On
the contrary, they are apartment dwellers and
rent on sEortterm leases. Immediately an eco
nomic crisis hits them, large percentage packs
UP and returns to the home Of the family Of
either husband or wife.
Taxation Burden Increasing
Again, the Administration seems to have for.
gotten entirely the steadily increasing burden
of taxation and the higher cost of living. It is
people in America live up to the last penny Of
their wages and salaries, leaving nothing over
for home building.
Then, again, you have the class that has closed
fair-sized home because Of inability to obtain
domestic help and has rented an apartment
It all goes back to the one basic factor that
the Administration and its leader apparently
refuse to face, that too many people are uncer-
tain of the future and live only on dayto-day
program.
Copyright, Ledger Syndicate
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
BvaIyu walsh Mclean

thing / would do would be to allow my own
people to go hungry while shipped my money
away to someone who flatIy refused to pay the
debts he already owed me. Yet that is exactly
what our Government seems to be doing!
More Bewildered on Gold Policy
You can imagine my confusion when picked
up the paper few days ago and read Treas
ury Department announcement of the shipment
of $25,OO0,O00 in gold to France and $5000,O0O
to England last month. OF course it didn't
seem to matter that both of those countries have
left their debts to us unpaid.
Until read that announcement I thought
my bewilderment over our gold policy could not
be more complete. never could and probably
never will be able to understand why the Gov
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
Dear Washington
By Helen Eua,y

Invitation from Mrs. Millard E. Tydings and
Mrs. Emlen Davies for luncheon Monday, Decem-
ber IL, in honor Of Frau Dieckhoff, wife of the
German Ambassador.
Pleasant note and two tickets for the Washing
ton Film society's Wednesday night show at the
Rialto, from raconteur and organizer, Robert
Lincoln OBrien.
Fat envelope containing four tickets for bene
fit card party at st. Thomas Apostle Church
on December 13. Miss Elsie M. Burns, treasurer.
Post card from magazine sales company an.
nouncing receipt Of order for four magazines.
Direct result of non'Sales resistance to guileful
young man working way through college.
Card from the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Wallace for At Home, December 5, at Ward
man Park Hotel. -..f
Tea at the White House
Cards for At Home Sunday. December s, from
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander j. Montgomery, Wash.
ington Golf and Country Club.
Highly pleasing communication from 1925 F.
Street Club, "You have oVerpaid your account,
$2s5O." -
Card for At Home on Sunday December s.
from Miss Ruth Eleanor Jones at 1245 Twenty
ninth st. .... ...,.....
Complimentary season ticket passes for Viz.
ginia Caverns and Massanutten Caverns
Invitation from Secretary Of Agriculture for
Washington premiere of "The River" film pre-
sented by the Farm Administration at the Rialto
on December Z.
Card from Frances Parkinson Keyes for New
England Breakfast on Sunday, December IL.
Excessive milk bill. Forgot to pay 1t last
month";
Pretty letter from director of New York hotel
recently visited, expressing great joy in last
weeks opportunity ito play host to you and to
assure you warm welcome when you come
again."
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

Helen Essary ike u411 Is DeCduSe a
"Darlng What makes you think he's a liar?"
"Anybody'd think he's liar" replied Billy.
"What do you suppose he says? He says he's
had live bears eat out of his hand! And that his
grandfather is President of the United states!"
Notes on December
First OF the month mail of columnist who
hasn't the courage of her convictions, reported
in order in which mail was read:
Note from Representative Caroline oDay:
slope you can attend an informal tea to be held
at the White House. Friday December 10, at
p. m, when some of us who are concerned with
the condition Of the children in Spain will meet
with Mrs. Roosevelt and hear Prof Patrick Muir
ply Mallin, of swarthmore College, just returned
from studying relief needs in Spain for the Ameri
can Friends Service Committee"
Post card from the Connecticut Avenue Citi-
Sens Association-"Come out Thursday night, De-
cember o, to All Souls Memorial Church and hear
Capt. Lloyd E. Kelley, of the Eighth Police pre-.
ctnct, speak on Police Protection Harry C. Grove,
president; Susan L Frazier, secretary"
The Washington times., 1937-12-02

dolph is chairman of the investi.
eating subcommittee, it is re-
garded as likely that most of the
work of presenting evidence will
devolve upon Dirksen. The in
quiry was started as a result of
bills introduced by him to limit
fares to seven cents. Only the
fact that h is a Republican de-
prived him of the craftsmanship.
Robert E. Acorn, local attorney,
filed with Mr.. Dirksen today a
protest against fumes in buses.
He said that he had taken the
matter up with the Public Utili-
ties Commission but had been un-
able to get action. Dirksen indi
Gated that the committee would
consider the matter.
The Washington times., 1937-12-02
THURSDAY, DEC. 2
By Evalm Walsh Mclean

eminent worked so hard to corner all the gold
and then bury it in hole in the ground in
Kentucky, where it draws no interest and ap-
parently does not do anyone any good.
Meanwhile the Treasury continues to scream
for more money and millions of our citizens re-
main in dire need. The Government searches
frantically for money everywhere except in its
hole in the ground.
Would Abolish Red Tape
Conditions would greatly improve think, if
our Government would get rid of most of its
red tape and the laws no one can understand
and return to simple family fundamentals of
management. After ALL the Government and
the head Of a large family have the same COM
mon problems. The family on a small scale
tries to make living simpler and better. The
Government tries to do the same thing on
broad scale. '"t
But now the Government and the American
family are growing steadily apart. Families
are fighting the Government on taxation and
the Government is draining family resources
at every opportunity to support commissions
which investigate the reports Of commission
which investigated the report of another COM
mission, with the result that nothing gets DONE
The sooner we get back to direct and clear
thinking the better off all Of us will be. One
of the first things that should be done is to
yank that gold out Of the ground and instead
of shipping it abroad put 1t to some use that
will benefit the citizens of America.