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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

Ter Merritt of Stamford, veteran national legislator. Yet despite the fact that the road was needed end people were willing that 1t be built as memorial to a living person the whole project has dragged on and on. We're not even riding on one portion of the route today. We won't be one year from today; probably not until late in 1888.
 But 1t is refreshing to read what MT. Clarke had to say about the road. Maybe Senator Charles J. Arrigoni of Durham, republican, would like to take down some notes on the remarks to use in his pres ent feud with State Highway Commis- sioner John A. Macdonald. At any rate here's what Mr. Clarke said, "State Engi- neer John Macdonald has couple ot bridges designed in the vintage of '66. My advice is to get an architect, not road engineer, to design important bridges. The first three miles of the Merritt Highway were out of date before they were built. ="
 Well, we didn't even know the first three miles on the parkway had been built. We thought the state was still paying fancy prices for land to be used in building the road. We would like to have a ride over the Merritt Parkway before passing out of this world, but MT. Clark has so discouraged us that we are now prepared to spend our remaining days composing an ode to the road over which nobody passed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
l. Current Comments

American men are marvellous, the best looking and the incest I've seen anywhere. -swanna Bsauciaire. French ac. tFeas.
 We wish no victories but those Of peace. no territory except our own, and no sovereignty except govs erelgnty oyer ourselves. -The late Elihu Root. noted lave yer. commenting on the Latins American policy,
 
 No. I have no plans foF explora- ten. The world is getting io be ee sell known, where Is one to head fog9
 --EineoID Ellsworth. noted explorer,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
BOb7ghite M Ohi0
Legislators Prevent Bird, Famous in Prose Poetry Becoming Game Bird-Long Been
 Songbird in Buckeye State.
gblrd Tn Buckeye State
NEW YORK TIMES

whistlers that they were in the State House, mot in a meadow" The whis. tiers were in Q minority of one but they beat. Seventy votes were nec- essary to pass the bill. The ayes were co, the nays 59.
 While the loud casual whistler is no boon, these legislative whistlers were 8 pleasant interlude; and their puckered argument was consonant with the subject. According to our learned friend, The Americana, "the 'bobwhite' of the farmers boy is a far more characteristic and appro- priate name" than either "quail'' or partridge" The call "is q clear, loud whistle of two or three notes, variously interpreted as 'Ah, bob white, 'Buckwheat and No buck wheat or More wet and No more wet" The last version stirs old quarrels, best forgotten in the state where the Anti-Saloon League had It's capital. Reference to huckwheat hurts the feelings of the quail. They have a certain fondness for buck wheat fields. "Bobwhite" is the proper cry. It carried the day for the Buckeye quail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Without a Country

Another of those distressing cases of confused citizenship appears in Boston. Roy Tessier, .Canadian-born mechanic who fought for the United States in the World War, is rnarooned in Montreal and can't get back home.
 Tessier has lived in New England nearly all his life. He was never naturalized but somehow assumed that his service in the United States army made him an Aneri- can citizen. He got his bonus last Sep tember and took his wife on visit to Montreal expecting to reutrn in two weeks. On the way home they were stopped at the border in Vermont as aliens. Returning to Montreal, they were told that the Canadian government con sidered them American citizens. Their money is spent and they are helpless. The worst of 1t is that since the war Tessier has become blind Their 16-year- old son is keeping house alone in Boston.
 It is surprising how many of these curi- ous cases turn up, and how much confus- ion and misery they cause. Impersonal governments are often stupid and cruel. Surely there should be more elasticity and more human sympathy in the ar- engagements for handling such matters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Press Comment
FORBIDDEN AIR REPLIES
 (Hartford Courant)

Enactment by the general as- sembly of Q bill prohibiting the carrying of air rifles without Q spe- cial permit puts Connecticut on the ever-growing list of States that have recognized the wicked potentialities of the BIB gun. It is purchased by indulgent parents for their young sters on the strength of its reputa- ton of being Q harmless toy. Harm less and @ toy 1t may be when 1t is used under proper supervision, but too often it's young owner is turned loose to shoot up the neighborhood The toll in dead sparrows, broken windows and painfully peppered cats and dogs Is inevitable.
 But large as is the nuisance value of the air rifle, that alone might not be sufficient to condemn 1t. The clinching argument against 1t is the danger to which it exposes human eyes. The BE shot is perhaps the leading exhibit in the eye surgeons chamber of horrors. There are few oculists with established practices who have not been summoned to try, too often unavailingly, to save the sight of a child shot in the eye by playmate. The bill prohibiting the air rife had powerful SUD- porter in Representative Mcclure of Voluntown who lost an eye to 8 BE shot when he was 8 youngster. The air rifle of today is at once more accurate and more powerful than was that which cost him so dearly twenty-seven years ago.
 Objection has been made that the penalties attached to the violation of the law are too drastic. Its op- ponents argued that fine of $500 and possible Imprisonment for three years constitute too heavy punish inent for playing with an illegal toy But one purpose of the heavy penal- ties is to drive home the fact that the air rife is not toy but a dan- gerous weapon. rightly entitled to the classification the bill gives it with stiliettos, black jacks. brass knuckies. sand bags and similar in- struments of destruction. l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

for floor consideration of the Fraxler-Lelnke bilI."
 NOTE: The Frazier-Lemke bill creates $3,000, ,0O0, 900 in greenbacks to refinRnce farm mortgages. It is bitterly opposed by Roosevelt, is anathama to John O'Connor After Q long struggle last year the bill finally was brought to the floor of the House by discharge resolution and, thanks to John O'Connor's smashing opposition, was defeated.
 Merry Round
 Some of the cabinet critics on Capitol Hill are ribbing adminis- .trationites over the Presidents failure to apply his 70-year age limit ideas regarding the federal judiciary to his official family They say they see no reason why the same rule should not apply in both cases. If the President did apply the rule 1t would mean theI Navy Secretary Claude Swanson, 75, would step out at once and Commerce Secretary Dan Roper would have to quit April 1, when he becomes 70. ... Other cabi- net ages are: Hull, 66; Morgen- thau, 46: Woodring, 47; Cum nings, 67; Farley, 49; Ickes, 8; Perkins 65; Wallace, 40.
 Copyright, 1887, by Unted
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Whew! And a Couple More Whews.

There was lot Of sarcasm and lot ot truth in what Gilmore D. Clarke of New York, the man who designed the Hutch inson River Parkway for Westchester County, had to say about the Merritt Highway in Fairfield County, Connecti- cut. But of paramount interest to the nlotorist of the state who in the long run will pay for most of the miles of the park way is this description of the new route - "extrayagant in construction and antique in design" That must hurt some of the boys down in Fairfield County, cut them to the quick. but it's just about what might be expected.
 There never was any opposition to con- tructIon of & road In Fairfield county hat would parallel the Boston Post road. There never was any objection to calling 4 the Merritt Parkway in honor Of Scbuy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

AS yet there doesn't seem to be any reaction among parents on the plan to legislate the air-rifle out of existence. While 1t will still be possible and legal for boys to possess them, the authorities hope to make it so that the youngsters will be we'll supervised in their use of them. We did think that there would be a kick-back from gun-loving fathers, but perhaps the female side of these households is going to have it's way in this respect. Certainly gun manufacturers were slow to recog- nize the danger to their trade in the bill directed against use of BIB rifles Enforce ment of any such law, though, is up to communities and some laxity may be expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
A Book a Day.
Here's What Science
 Knows About Snakes
By BRUCE CAPTION

Snakes are all right as long as they stay in their proper place and. as far as this reviewer is concerned, their proper place is between covers in book. It's fine to meet them there: any closer contact is alto- gether too close for comfort.
 All of which is just another way of saying that even Q person who has an unreasoning horror of snakes can enjoy reading about them; and an excellent medium for this pur- pose is at hand in new book called Snakes and Their Ways" by 0. H. Curran and Carl Kauffeld (Harpers: $3.50).
 Here is 8 well-written summary of what science knows about snakes. Some of 1t is rather surprising, and all Of 1t is interesting. The authors tell you. for instance. how 1t is that a mongoose can lick cobra and yet fail to lick Q rattlesnake. ex- plain how a constrictor kills It's prey. and discuss the evolution of the poisonous species.
 What makes book of this kind most readable Is its account of the experiences of heFpetologists (Enake fanciers. If you prefer). This one. as a sample. has . hair-Taising lit- tle warn about the expert who ex- perimented on the power of pois0ns by injecting minute doses of venom into his own veins. Eze got along all right until he tried tenth of a drop Of African Inamba venom. What happened immediately theTe- after wlll give you 6 nsw respect for the Iethtal powers Of that reptile.
 Poisonous snakes in this country are not SO deadly as legend asserts. The authors estimate that only 90 per cent of American snake bites bEing 6eAfh. even if there ls no medical treatment nt ali. Just to play safe, though, they tell you just what 70 do f you do get bitten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

Tn a sour moment The Cleveland Plain Dealer permits itself to say that in two months the lower house of the Ohio Legislature "has accom- plished about as much useful legis- lative business as can be carried in the left eye of Q gentleman with a squint." On the day when this bil- ious remark appeared the Ohio House of Representatives at least prevented one piece of sorry lcgis- lative business. Since 1915 quails have been registered as songbirds. Their gift of self-efHacement and their swift flight when flushed make them the favorite game bird of sportsmen. Were 1t not for protec- tive laws such of them as escape the weasels, hawks and 50 on would be served on toast.
 The Ohio Conservation Depart ment fathered @ bill allowing quail to be shot in certain designated areas of not less than GAO acres after application by the owners and with the approval of the department. Hunters would have to pay owners for the privilege to shoot. The Con- servation Department would fix the size of the bag. Every bird taken away from Q designated area would have to wear 6 leg band from the department that had so kindly con- served him. "rhis bill is for the benefit of the quail population" said its introducer. '"rhe purpose o3 this bill is to propagate quail" said an- other friend of conservation. The farmer must be paid. Otherwise he has no incentive to provide cover on his farm.
 A woman member remarked acid ly: T don't know how you're going to propagate quail with Q gun." A clerical member recalled tho feed- Ing of the Israelites in the desert with mama and quail. When the depression was over they were no longer allowed to kill quail" From time to time the opponents of the bill whistled "bobwhite. This pe- culiarly opposite chorus vexed the speaker, who vainly reminded the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

ture reduced the replacement de- mand to 6 minimum, and the dras- tic decline in new building caused an almost total curtail in the mar ket for furnishing new homes.
 Q. How many males and females aged 10 to 16 years were gainfully occupied in the United States in 1900 and 1930?
 A. Tn 1900 there were 1,264,4il boys, 28.l per cent, and 485,7 girls, l0.2 per cent. In 1930 there were 460,742 boys, GA per cent, and 2061,- 376 girls, 20 per cent.
 e. Name the songs which were featured in the motion picture, Born to Dance"
 A. Easy to Love" I've Got You Under My skin," 'Swingin' the JiGx Away" Hey, Babe, Hey" "Rap-Tap on Wood" Rolling Home" and Love Me, Love My Pekinese." If you want copy of our book
 let on Popular Radio Stars" write
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Selected Poem
ORCHARD SIGNS

John Ritchey in the Christian Science Monitor My orchard now returns from sleep, it's roots are long and dark and deep; it's branches importune the sky for vanished bird and butterfly. It welcomes wind 1t welcomes rain where long the winter snow has lain. know that in an urgent hour the pear tree will put forth flower, and sudden blood of cherry greet the air with honey wild and sweet. and apple branches bear the white persuasive blossoms of delight. No man can say when Spring will come to orchards; but the nawless plum will venture leaves md spray the air and cold wtlI go and Spring be tbeFel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

e. What proportion of the total number of children in the United States between 2 and B years at- tend school {?
 A. About 95.3 per cent of the l6,- 100000 children of that age.
 c. Where is the old ship Consti- tution, nicknamed "Old, IronsidesP"'
 A. At the Boston navy yard.
 e. Was the furniture manufac- turing industry severely affected by the depression?
 A. The durable quality of furni-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

We suppose the American exchange students" going to Germany will learn to "Heil, Hitler" and the German students coming here will "Heil, Roosevelt" or "Heil, Hughes, according to the custom of the families they live with.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
T est Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven or { these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Tn Greek mythology, who was Demeter?
 2. Has the U. s. ever had Roman Catholic president?
 8. Which country has the Mar seillaise" for its national anthemP {. Tn law, what is a defendant2 5. Of what country is Lima the capital?
 6. Who wrote, "The Song of the Shirt?"
 T. What was the name of the character played by Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio?"
 8. How are justices of the U. s. supreme court chosen?
 9. Who was Caroline Howard Gil- man?
 10. Name the largest river in South America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

Nobody kicks when economic royal ists" act royalty toward their employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
MINIMUM WAGE ACTDEL
 SEEN AS COURT STALL
and ROBwRr R ALLEN
w DnBw rRABsoM

Washington, February 10 - Speculation regarding the Supreme Courts long delay in handing down a decision on the Washington State minimum wage act is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, 'He is as happy as
 me-; say, "as l." (
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
A Thought for Today

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying This k my body which is given for you: this do In rec membrance of me.-SE Luke 22:19.
  Everyone can remember that which has inter ested elf--Plautus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-10
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4:38 A. m.
 Sun rises SIS a, TD sets S:b2 D. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after klisiEet.
Evening star., 1937-07-18

MINIATURE MAJ
Little s'eono'
Mathis impersono
t;on Of the screen .sa
i%sN S;eH lights Of ;,'ns the
po,\os midget e"e0''
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

time" Stumph said, with all
due modesty. Just let me talk
with them for a while and I'll
tell you whether they're insane
or not"
Stumph explained drooling lips
and glittering eyes aren't neces-
sarily symptomatic of mad men.
Many q maniac, he said, is
"shrewd and smart as a steel
trap"
SOME OF THE SIGNS
On the other hand, most crack
pots make an obvious display Of
their mental meanderings. There
was the man, he reminisced, who
came into the Health Office to
show how he could bend pennies
in two between his front teeth.
He recalled a starry-eyed fellow
who stopped in en- route to the
Capitol with 1000 pamphlets call
ing on Congressman to legiSlate
against tormentors who kept prick
ing him with violet rays.
Stunph disclosed the White
House and the Union Station are
the magnets which draw the great
est number of muddle- le-minds into
police custody. Other favorite
haunts, he said, are the Supreme
Court, the Public Assistance Di-
vision, the Internal Revenue De-
partment and other Government
buildings.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
."BIG BROTHERS"
READY TO HELP
NEEDY YOUTHS
Junior Board of Com
merCe Plan in Motion

More than 80 members Of the
Junior Board Of Commerce have
volunteered to serve as "Big
Brothers" to aid delinquent boys
Of the District in Surmounting
obstacles Of environment and lack
Of opportunity.
WORK WITH POLICE
Their task was outlined by
John I. Dugan, chairman Of the
Youth Welfare Committee, as:
Giving advice, announcement
and otherwise helping boys. The
Big Brothers" will work in close
cooperation with the recently
formed Boys Service Division of
the Police Department.
The Junior Board has three OBJ
jects in mind. They are: Opening
of school grounds and possibly
school buildings as play places for
youngsters, establishing q job-find.
ing office, and forming of Knot
Hole Club" to obtain passes to
sporting events for deserving boys.
KOONS IS CHAIRMAN
Dennis Koons has been selected
as chairman Of the Big Brother
Movement subcommittee Of the
Junior Board. John E. Bleeker,
jr., is president of the board, and
Dugan and DR.. James A. Nolan
are chairman and vice chairman,
respectively, Of the Youth Welfare
Committee.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10

That's not the outburst Of any
disgruntled economic royalist nor
the mouthing of some out-of-the-
saddle politician.
MATTER OF RECORD
It's the .sombre pictrue which
Louis P. Stumph, District sanitary
officer, has etched in black figures
on the white pages of his official
record.
Through the door Of the
cramped quarters he occupies in
the basement of the District Build
ing, stream the mental misfits and
the anticipates, herded or cajoIled
from all corners Of the District Of
Columbia.
Eventually, that door leads many
to st. Elizabeth'S Hospital.
During the year ended June 30,
1880, Stumph's book showed 372
persons adjudged insane here. The
totals marched upward through
1881 and 1882 reaching 635 in the
depths of the 1888 depression.
BRIGHTER IN 1884
Perhaps it was a frightened
economic outlook that stemmed
the tide of mental ills in 1894.
At any rate, the figure dropped
to SOL that year.
Il can spot them every
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
n. Y. Accident
Awards Climb

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-Approxi-
mately 10000 workers were paid
more than $25,00O,000 in 1885 for
injuries suffered in New York
State industries covered by the
Workmen's Compensation Law,
Elmer F. Andrews, State Indus
trial Commissioner. reported.
While the number Of compen-
sated industrial accidents was less
than the totals for either of the
two preceding years, compensation
awards ran $3,000,000 higher
than in 1884 and $4,000 above
1888.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Recovery Program
By Elihu Root, Jr.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.
-Four steps to restore confidence
OF buSiness-"Now destroyed"
were recommended today by
Elihu Root, jr., addressing the
Women's National Republican
Club.
They were: Repeal of the
present unjust and rapacious
tax calendar" amendment or re.
peal of the Wagner act, simplifi-
cation and easing up of Securities
and Exchange Act restrictions
ana a moratorium on new law
making.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Chasing Rabbit,
Dog Lands in Pipe

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec.
10.-Pluto, the German shepherd
dog, raced with distended nostrils
hugging the ground. He whined
impstiently-the scent Of rabbit
was hot. Then, BAN! It took fire
men two hours to remove the
small length Of six-inch pipe into
which Pluto had jammed his head
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
Devils Isle Trio
Swim IA. Miles

GEORGETOWN, British Guiana,
Dec. 10 1NSO.-A 14-mile swim
through waters full of shark and
barracuda today proved futile
for three exhausted fugitives
from Devils Island. They reached
shore barely able to talk to learn
they will be sent back to the no
torious French penal colony. They
escaped in an open boat.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
" A R BURDENS
JAP AN, SAYS HUI
IN SPEECH HERE.
Chang Aide Cites Two
Mediation Efforts

Japan is under financial stress
and for this reason peace overtures
have been made in her present
conflict with China, DR.. HUI Shih,
financial adviser to China's Gen
eralissimo Chang Kai-Shek, told
the Newspaper Women's Club at
a luncheon yesterday in the Ad-
miral Club.
DR.. HUI. who was educated in this
country, cited two efforts recently
on the part of the German gov
ernment to mediate for a quick
termination of the hostilities, de-
claring this indicated the japanese
were feeling the financial burden
of the war. The peace overtures,
he said, have centered around the
proposal of allowing Japan to hold
the territory she has won.
HITS ARMS RACE
A severe indictment of the
world powers for their ever-in-
creasing arms program was de-
livered by DR.. HUI. He declared
of all the nations, China is the
only one which adhered to the
principles of pacifism following
the World War.
AS examples, he cited the arms
race in the British naval program,
expansion of the United States
Navy in the Pacific, the eXpan-
sion of the japanese naval and
military programs and Soviet
Russia's vast military expansion.
The Soviet fortification pro-
gram, he said, was evidence of
the failure of nations to follow
the peace principles of woodrow
Wilson.
NOTED GUESTS
DR.. HUI was introduced to the
club gathering by Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, q friend of long standing.
Among the guests were Counselor
of the Chinese Embassy, zaung
Teh Ing, Mrs. Homer Cummings,
wife of the Attorney General;
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Mrs.
Henry w. Keyes, Mrs. Victor NAL
let, wife of the Counselor of the
British Embassy; Mrs. Douglas
Morrison, Mrs. Clarence Goodwin
and Commander and Mrs. Ernest
Small.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon P. King, Mrs.
Gilbert M Hitchcock, Mrs. Wilton
j. Lambert, Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs.
Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Marshall, Mrs. Perry
Heath, Mrs Jacob Leander Loose,
Mrs. Charles M. Lee, Mrs. Tracy
Dows, Mrs. Edward A. Hartman,
Miss Lucille Colby, Capt. Rhoda
Millikin and Mrs. Atherton Nc
Condray.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
20 Hurt as Trolley
Upsets at Switch

CLEVELAND, Dec. 10 G.N.S).
At least 20 persons were injured
today when a trolley car over
turned at a switch. The injured
were taken to nearby hospitals.
The Washington times., 1937-12-10
LoOney Population
On Increase Here

Washington gets crar the years go by and looks
though its jackpot population will continue to increase