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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
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ARMIES AND POLICE
Christian Science Monitor)

Are national armies properly to be regarded as being police forces safeguarding the peace of the world? This is a defense freouently made for nations armies and nay ieS.
 There are certain differences be- tween the police forces and national armies Of any nation that might well be borne in mind. Otherwise, defense problems come to be regard ed ill a sentimental light that throws tn entire question of pre- serving peace into wrong pers- pective. .4,--,,. "
 In the first place, a police force is subject to certain laws and regu- lationS which do not affect an army. Secondly, police force acts under the instructions of a power that is neutral in the dispute under settle ment, but an army is the instru- ment of one of he parties to the quarrel. Thirdly, in Britain. at any rate, the police force depends much less on lethal weapons than does an army.
 Perhaps, in the not-to distant future, the world will evolve some form of national protection in which these distinctions no longer hold true. A great step forward on the road to peace will then have been taken. <.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Marconi

The world has lost its leading scientist and inventor. Signor Guglielmo Marconi astounded the universe with his prepos- terous suggestions about forty years ago To-day the marvel of quick intercourse with other countries is just another of those things that we take as matter of course. One begins to wonder if we give enough thought to the genius of those who have originated such modern devices as telephone, telegraph, radiograph, marconigraph, and the many inter- related scientific inventions. There is an intensive Spurt of interest shown for time; but so many wonderful scientific discoveries have come in the last century that the interest in each new one has come to be just passing one. We soon forget the intricacies and details in- volved and such things as sending meS- sage by wireless telegraphy are absorbed in something of later design. Thus it goes
 The young Italian of part Anglo-Irish percentage, Guglielmo Marconi, was born about twenty-five years before our high ways and streets were cluttered with horSeleSS carriages. He was only sixty three, however, and while he lived to see great many changes in modern living, his life did not cover the span of many octogenarians, if not nonagenarians. Much of modern progress has derived from the brains of Marconi. He revolu- tionized modern science to a great ex- tent.
 When in his early twenties Marconi presented his theory concerning the pos sibility of electric impulses through the air he was thought to have brain waves. So he did; brain waves that later became real when messages were clicked across oceanic waves. The eminent scientist was known as shy, retiring man. This difidence was apparent at the time of death when he was apologetic, following ais last seizure knowing that death was imminent, about causing undue trouble. lis life was devoted to scientific study
 nd his latter years were spent experi- .nenting with micro-waveS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

A few decades ago, life insurance" was in reality "death insurance" The greatest part by far of life insurance pay ments went to the beneficiaries of the deceased. Today life insurance justifies its name completely - for we'll over half of all payments go to the living persons who originally purchased the policies In other words, where life insurance used to be purchased almost entirely for pro- lection of dependents, it is now largely used to create estates and to assure a secure old age as well. The American public has discovered that it provides the best possible means of investment for the average man and woman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Many of the resettlement projects launched by the Federal Government, aimed toward rehabilitating supposedly unhappy people in straitened circum- stances, have gone far astray of their original altruistic objectives Real Amer ican citizens do not wish to be regi- mented on model farms, or in neatly arranged flats and apartments as if they were pack of rabbits. Dyed-in- the wool Americans would rather live in tin hut down by the railroad tracks than to be ensconsed in barracks-like dwelling, the very completeness and detached coldness of which would sweep away the last ves- tiges of personality and individuality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. When did the present Spanish civil war break out?
 A. In July, 1886, in Spanish Nor occo.
 e. How many airplanes can the aircraft carriers Ranger and Lex ington carry?
 A. Seventy-two.
 e. Has the Duchess of Windsor the former Wallis Warfield, any children?
 A. No.
 e. Do the Navajo Indians mine their own silver for making orna- ments?
 A. No. At first American silver coins were used: then about 1898 Mexican pesos were used. being cheaper and not hardened with cop per; at present bar silver is used
 e. What is the cfIicial title Of Charles Evans Hughes?
 A. Chef Justice of the United States.
 @. What is the average number in the crew on a tramp steamer?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Selected Poem
HAY FIELDS

HAY FIELDS
 Geone Rice Grelle, Mount Carme0
 From the New Haven Journal -Courier) Here lie the meadows, languid heath the sum- Here tangled windrows follow where the rake Too full to travel on another yard, Has left the fragrant cargo in its wake, And blunted grasses straighten with spring Where stout hoofs braced themselves against the pull,
 Here are long hours, scorched with blasting heat, Searching the very heart with their slow flame; Yet here is sky more blue than skies can be And here is breeze that bears sacred name. Here is task that near to breaks man Yet here Is a promise lashed against the mast Here lie the hay fields, warm beneath the sun; Here is the soul of beauty. stark at last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Nantucket-Th She Stands Secession Plan Gains Impetus After Examination of Islands Vote in Last Two
 Presidential Elections
Presidential Elections.
NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE

been brought to the personal atten- tion of the president, it is not incon- ceivable that secession may be granted. The danger of this resides in the possibility that the presi- dents political henchmen, in look ing into the situation, may discover the awful fact that this county of safely democratic state has been as stubborn and recalcitrant as Vermont and Maine. Not only did it cast thirteen fewer votes for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1886 than in 1892, but it cast 157 more votes for MT. Landon than it did for MT. Hoover. The island went republi- can last November by almost two to one. This in itself is tantamount to 'secession-or, at least, to leSe majesty.
 But this is not Nantucket's only crime. Its citizens are rugged in- dividualists, and proud of it. De- scended, most of them, from the old whalers, they are an independent, courageous, Self-willed people. They have no sympathy for new fangled notions, such as the build- ing of seven-mile sidewalk from Nantucket to Siasconset. They re-. sent the minions of the mighty Farley sent in to administer un- wanted federal offices for them, to the exclusion of the islands best people, They dislike having to bear a substantial share of taxation. Such wrong -headedness is intoler- able in an age of collectivism and regimentation, when Washington's wishes rule the land and republi- cans are classed with traitors, infi- dels and Tories. The Nantucketers have virtually forfeited their rights to remain in the Union. sf
 One possible form of secession separation from Massachusetts and the erection of a forty-ninth state would be even worse than the present situation because MT. Farley would make it conditional upon the colonization of Nantucket by enough New Dealers to insure its pernna- nent position in the "safe" column. To be sure, with only Vermont and Maine unsafe" this would hardly seem to be asking much. But not even those two states went two to one against MT. Roosevelt. Nigh unto a thousand safety New Deal "furriners" would have to be set tied on the island to insure its per- petual submission to the Roosevelt regime. This would be asking too much of a people who, during the four brief summer months, see 50 many outsiders that they thank God when the season is over and they can settle down to peace and quiet, broken only by intensive arguments about the weather and general jere- miads about the .deplorable state of the mainland. The country un- doubtedly is going to the dogs, but it would be a comfort to be assured that, come what may, Nantucket will remain American. Rather let the rest of the nation secede.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
WPA Sit-Downer

These are perilous days for. of- ficials at WPA headquarters.
 Recently 30 Philadelphia white collar relief workers marched into WPA headquarters and announced they would sit down unless as- sured their project would be con- tinued.
 Assistant Administrator Nels Anderson tried to persuade them to leave. But they refused. So he summoned the police. Ir the ensuing tussle, Anderson was mis- taken for a demonstrator and was being roughed up by the police when WPA press agent came to his rescue.
 ''No wonder the police thought you were a sit-downer," a WPA executive remarked to Ander- son, who dresses very carelessiy, you certainly look like one."
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Those hardy natives of Nantucket who put forward the suggestion of secession from America two years ago in a spirit of facetiousness had better watch theid step. Not only has the movement been revived with fresh earnestness, but, now that the troubles of the island have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

"We must enlist men in unified drive against the inertia of things as they are," says Owen D. Young. And then lot of indignant citizens will rouse from their inertia and call us BolSheviks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
SINO JAPANESE WAR
 THREAT WORRIES F.D.R.
nv DEW PHARgON
bod ROBERT Q AlLEla

WASHINGTON, July 21. - There has been no ezsag- geraon about reports that the President worried the Chinese conflict In private talk with his State Department advisers he has indicated that he is
 more worried about this than about any other problems facing him - including the Supreme Court fight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

A. Thirty-four if it is an uil- burner. and 43 if the vessel burns coal.
 e. Where should the napkin be kept during e meal? Should 1t. be folded after the meal? N
 A. The napkin is spread across the lap. folded in half. during the meal. In hotel or at a dinner party at c private home or club. the nap kin is laid on the table as It was used. and should not be folded Guests for more than one zeal at a home should fold the napkin neat ly and put 1t beside the plate.
 c. Who established the worlds record for duration of a glider flight record and what type glider was used?
 A. Ernest Jachtmann of Ham, burg Germany, established a new gliding record of 40 hours and 45 minutes ip a Grunau baby type glider, in May, 1897.
 e. When was the last shot fired by United States forces during the World War?
 A. On November II, 1918, thou sands of American heavy guns fired parting shot at the Germans at exactly at II a. m. At many batteries the artillerists joined hands form ing long line at the lanyard for the final shot. There were a few sec onds of silence as the shells shot through the heavy mist. Then the gunners cheered. American flags were raised by the soldiers over their dugouts and guns at the various headquarters. Individual groups un- furled the Stars and Stripes and cheered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

I you want copy of our book let THE BABY BOOK. write the Waterl ury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street. Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose 5 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Our notion of nothing to start war about is mud flats in the Amur River. Even clans would have more sense than that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

We're the most optimistic people on earth. Just look at our installment buy ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
T st Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn Co last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Neither did she raise her boy to "sol- dier" on a relief job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "T haven't hardly
 any clothes;" say, ''haye
 hardly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

1. What is dowlas?
 2. In which state is Tuskegee In- stitute? 5l 'ss
 3. Who said, Tt is best not to swap horses when crossing . stream?"
 4. In which state is the Raritan River? f e Y
 5. To which nation does the Pa cific island of New Caledonia be- long? @ ts
 6. Are seals fish? 2. Name the author of the novel Richard Carvel."
 8 What are wigwags? :.
 g. What is extradition?
 10. How many Presidential Elec- tors is the District of Columbia en- titled to?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

FIvE-INCH SNAIL IN OHIO {.
 Gainesville, O., (UPl Evelyn and Laura Keltto, playing in their back yard. found q huge snail five inches long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
A Thought for Today

And this I do for the gospels sake, that might be partaker thereof with yOu.-I COrin- thianS 9:23.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Did you ever notice that while the gospel sets before us a higher and more blessed heaven than othr religion, it's hell is also deeper and darker than any other?-Warren.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
TVA-Knoxvine
Injunction AS To
Contract Ended
Restraining Order Dissolv-
ed to Bear Out State
Court Ruling

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. April 3.
An injunction prohibiting the City
of Knoxville from contracting
with IVA for "yardStick" power
was dissolved yesterday by Chan
ccllor A.E. Mitchell.
The injunction, which also en-
Joined the city from contracting
with PWA for funds TO establish
the connection with iva, origin
ally was handed down by Mitchell
in 1896.
The chancellor based his action
on a decision of the Tennessee SUI
prcmc court last Saturday, grant
ing the City 81 Memphis right TO
contract with IVA and PWA.
The holding of the supreme
court of Tennessee in the said suit
is conclusive on the only issues
now remaining in this case.
Mitchell said.
Despite dissolution of the inlunc-
ton. Knoxville still found itself
unable TO make connection with
IVA power lines. PWA has been
cnjoincd from lending money for
such ccua-.t'c rs. IVA also is
under an injunction prohibiting
further expansion of its electritl-
cation program pending determl-
nation Of its conStitutionality.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
MOTOR CLUBS
AGENCY GOAL
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lieved the two offices here should
be housed together. Should Mrs;
Wiseman be appointed she would
be the distributing agent Of au-
tomobile license plates. as we'll as
disseminate travel information,
but the work of issuing license
plates would be confined largely
10 about six weeks and the direc-
tors felt that it would not inter.
fere with the normal functions OF
the Chamber of Commerce. q,
The directors also authorized
the employment of extra help IN
the Chamber of Commerce oftlce
during the summer rush period;
ordered the printing of cards set
ting out the regulations OF the
merchants division with respect
to ADVERTISING schemes: and ap-
proved the renewal of the lease
on the Chamber of Commerce OIL
flee for two years.
President T. L Clark appoint
ed c. K. Hoover, c. NJ. Ogle and
DR.. J. G.. Bennett to arrange for
the chambers semi-annual meet
ING in May and named Fl. +. Bu-
chanan, c. NJ. Ogle and W. b.
Hodges to outline a summer en-
tertainment program.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
GRANDDAUGHTER OF
WOODROW WILSON
IS GRANTED DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, April 3. (UP).
Mrs. Ellen Wilson McAdoo de
Onate, daughter of L. 5. Senator
William Gibbs McAdoo and Grand
daughter of the late Woodrow
Wilson, was granted an interlocu-
tory divorce decree late yesterday
from Rafael Lopez de Onate, mo-
ton picture actor.
The decree was granted on the
grounds of non-support after Mrs.
dc Onatc described her husband
as a man who drank nights, slept
late into the day and who allowed
his wife to support HIM with
money contributed by her father.
De Onatc was ordered 20 con-
tribute $25 month for the sap
port of their 2l-month-old son,
Richard.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
Strike Closes
Mellon Family's
Country Estate

PITTSBURGH. April >. lUP)
The farmers of the South Lyon
Ter valley said today that they
will "get along" DESPITE closing
of the Mellon family's 10000
acre Rolling Rock Farms, scene OF
the country'S SwankicSt fox hunts
and steeplechaSes for Is years.
The fashionable country estate
was ordered closed after 30 farm
hands went on strike, demanding
higher wages. and won the sup
port of neighbOrhood farmers IN
a movement 10 bar their lands TO
hunters.
Decision of the MELONS meant
that more than 200 farmers who
received periodic employment ut
the farms will no longer receive
that extra work. Financially. 1t
was Il heavy blow TO the thriving
communities in the valley whose
degree of prosperity has depend
ed 70 u large extent upon the
Rolling Rock Farms.
The farmers received the news
with indifference. Some of them
shrugged and said nothing. Others
talked and complained that the
relocated riders who chased the
fox cut down their fences or
stomped their crops.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
Miners KEEP
S-HOUR week
Contract Agreed on for
100000 Men in Soft
Coal Industry

NEW YORK. April 3. (UP).--
A new contract for the Appalach-
ian districts. granting wage In
creases and time and q half pay
for overtime work for 100000
miners in the soft coal industry,
was ratified yesterday by the
Joint commission OF operators and
United Mine Workers representa-
tivCS.
John l.. Lewis, president OF the
UNIV. immediately issued ord
ers for work TO resume through
out the mining area. Mines were
shut down Friday when operators
failed to reach an agreement on
Thursday night.
The new contract, drafted IN
the form OF amendments to the
old one which expired midnight
Wednesday. provides that the
remain ut 30 hours.
The miners had proposed 30
hour week and the operators had
asked Il i0-hour week.
The contract provides:
IA flat 30 cents day IN
crease for day wage workers, raiS-
ing the old $3.50 rate in the north
to So and the $50 rate in the
south To 5000.
"a TO-cent a day increase
for men working on mechanical
leaders and conyeyorS.
3.--An increase in the pick
mining rate (piece work. Of nine
cents ton.
An increase in the machine
loading rate (picce work. Of eight
cents q ton.
5.-An increase of one cent a
ton i'm the cutting rates for short
wall machines.
6.-An increase for workers on
track-mounted cutting machines
equal to 20 per cent of the in-
crease for shOrt-wall machines.
The contract did not contain
any provision for guaranteed
number Of working days a year.
The union asked Il 200-day mini.
mum.
1t did, however, contain the
union-askcd provision for Joint
commission to study the effect of
mechanical mining on employ
mcnt and working conditions.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
ADMIT CLUES
AREABSENT IN
n. Y. MURDERS
Father of Model Tells Con-
flicting Story But Is
Not Suspected

NEW YORK. April 3. up
Joseph Gedeon was released in
$1,000 bail last nIgnt, and dctec-
tivcS believed that the murder OF
his daughter, Veronica. 4 bcauti-
full. 2O-year-old artists model,
might be the perfect crime that
will 20 uuSOlvcd.
I'VE need 4 break badly" said
one high police official. 1--WE got
one in the Nancy TittcrtOn case
from the piece OF cord left behind
by the murderer. This time, we
haven't got 4 thing.
Five days after the bodies Of
Veronica: her mother. Mary. "a;
and Frank ByrncS. a ledger, were
found in an east 50th street apart
mcnt only one person was being
held as a result of the crime. II
was Gcdcon. father of the model
who earned her living by posing
i'm the nude. but police held hiTl--
not for murdcr-Eut COR the COM
parativcly trivial OffcnSC Of own
ing pistol without permit.
GCdeOn told 4 confusing. some
times contradictory, story. but po-
lice were unable 70 forge the links
of evidence into a chain that
would bind him 70 the crime. Tic
was held in $4,000 bail ycStcr-
day on charges of violating an
anti-wcapon law. but later bail
was reduced 20 $1,000, and he
quickly raised the bond money.
Fifty detectives continued to
run down everything that looked
like clue. Last night they
searched for the mysterious Man
From PasSaic," who. according to
Gedeon. came to visit him the day
after the murders. This man re-
NAMED overnight, GedeOn Sald.
and il was this visit which caused
him to hide the pistol that brought
him into the police lineup yeSter-
day. Gedeon said he did not want
his friend 10 see the gun.
Gedeon. who had undergone po-
lice questioning without sleep for
33 hours. was calm when he APP
peared in the police lineup. For
the first time since his detention
he had a lawyer-Peter F. L. Sab
batino-who accused the police OF
giving Gedeon a third degree.
Hes a mass of bruises, SAB,
batino said. "They used the old
back room tactics on him.
Police Commissioner Lewis J.
Valentine denied Gcdeon had been
harmed.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03

bidder, at public auction for cash.
the following described property:
BEGINNING on 4 marked pine
corner of NJ. A. kuykendall line;
thence south 53 deg. 40 min. r.
24l feet to black oak; thence
S. 30 deg. 80 min. w. 1872 IL feet
to Il Spanish oak: thence 5. III
deg. ST min. T.. sd feet to a con-
crete stone power company's COR
ncr; thence with their line 5. 90
dec. 0S min. T.. 80 feet to a con-
crete monument; thence y. 81
deg. II min. f. still with power
company's line 1910 feet TO a
concrete monument; thence with
LGdshaw and White line y. %
deg. 80 min. ". no feet 10 con-
crete monument; and thence y.
r. deg. 20 min. W. 1910 feet to a
concrete monument on the W.
side Of crock; thence up the creek
south - deg. 4. i5T feet 10
water oak; thence s. 80 deg. ".
28O.5 feet to n stone: thence
s. Is deg. ". 400 feet 10 the BE-
GINNING. containing 22.G acres.
This 25th dav of March, 1887.
IT. II. Kuykcndall, Administrators
of y. NJ. Kuykcndall. Deceased.
3.27-Sat-itp.