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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Presidential "Ambitions''

Wisconsin's 26-year-old apprenticeship law, providing chance to learn trade under the combined supervision of the state, the employers and their parents, is just beginning to get the cooperation of the boys and girls it is intended to bene- fit For 26 years most Wisconsin youths, upon graduating from the grades of high school, spurned the opportunities offered by this law They preferred, officials say, to go on to higher education or make their bid for white collar" jobs.
 The current trend away from that posi- ton is explained with the theory that youth is recognizing that not all of us can be doctors, lawyers or school teachers. Corollary to that is the really horrifying conclusion that these young folks also have decided that not all of us - con- trary to an honored tradition-may grow up to become President. But worst of all, especially in the light of the inquisitorial liquidation of the court change bill in Washington, is the haunting fear that many of these youngsters may not even want to be President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Home-Made Vacation

There are always other details to be settled, but the big problem at vacation time always seems to simmer down to ''Where shall we go?" For families de- batting this question, John T. Flynn, noted economist, has an answer in a re- cent issue of Golfers magazine.
 He suggests that an American steel or textile mill, automobile plant or any other modern factory within walking or motoring distance of most homes afford sights more thrilling than foreign art galleries or museums.
 Americans buy goods across store counters so easily it is no wonder they have overlooked the breath-taking wiz ardry by which those goods are made The magic processes of manufacturing a pair of shoes, handkerchief or tin can, for instance, are unknown to most people.
 There is vastly more than smoking stacks and machinery's hum to industry these days. And probing into the arts and sciences of big-Scale precision pro- Ruction makes an exciting holiday. Be- hdes, tour of this kind is certain not to De adulterated with the propaganda that awaits vacationer abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Death in a White Tie

The Nazi regime in Germany has gone back to the French revolution in adopt ing the guillotine as it's official quietus- agent. Modernized, and for all we know, streamlined, this new refinement of M. Guillotin's happy thought of the era ot Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity now replaces the cruder headsman's sword in Germany. This comes as bit of a shock to Americans, though it is hard to see how being fried to death on an elec- tric griddle is any more desirable.
 The interesting innovation in the new Germanic final leave-takings is that the executioner and his two assistants wear evening dress, with top hat and white gloves. You can almost read the en- graved invitations Herr Hitler cor dially invites you to farewell party for Herr UngehorSam at Moabit prison at 7:30 Tuesday next. White tie"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

One of the greatest battles that Uncle Sam has ever waged was launched just recently when forces were thrown into fourteen states to make war on the Japa- nese beetle. 600 men with $1,500,000 of Uncle Sam's money behind them will carry on this deadly warfare, which is to the death. If we can't get rid of the Japa- nese beetle, we might as well resign our- selves to world that will be ultimately dominated by insects. The reason the beetle has been selected is because it is the most deadly offender of all the insect pests that now wage war on. our crops. It multiplies rapidly and can spread to new territory before you know it. A quaraqtine has been put around the Middle Atlantic and New England States so that farm crops can't be shipped out with inspection and permit. Only through some thorough measures such as a good mop-up will such pests as the Japanese beetle ever be completely conquered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

e. Why Is the term "dog" used as a reproach in the Old Testament?
 A. Probably because the street dogs of villages in the Near East are notoriously cowardly, filthy, treach- erous, and lazy.
 e. Which one of the Marx Brothers is deaf and dumb?
 A. None of them is deaf and dumb, but Harpo Marx plays that kind of a character.
 e. Do hogs cut their throats with their hoofs when swimming?
 A. Some hogs are very good swimmers and take readily to the water, but if they are extremely fat they are likely to scratch their throats by striking them with their front hoofs when they swim c con siderable distance. The scratches may cause them to bleed to death.
 e. How many blind persons and blind deaf mutes are there in the United States?
 A. The 1880 cenus enumerated 63,4S9 blind persons, and 1922 blind' deaf mutes.
 e. How many housing projects
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

Next October State Representative Francis x. Coyne of Boston is going to shock the nation with some revelations on our movie stars. He has already pro- vided some excitement in his native state by demanding that motion picture stars be forced to use their right names. His plan is to reveal the alarming number of aliens that are motion picture actors and actresses Almost any good movie fan could recite the list now, for the true facts of the stars come to light with regularity in gossip columns and movie magazines. And the fans don't seem to mind that it's aliens who get their dough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Selected Poem
ANGUS CURIAE
K. M. S. in the New York Sum-


 CK. M. s. in the New York Sum-
 with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan) Our great Mikado generous man, When he to rule this land began Resolved to try plan whereby Big Business should go "Blotto". So he decreed in accents suave Well pet the Have Not soak the Have" And on our Congress used no salve But simply said You Gotto." He simply said You Gotto' But then there were those Mine Old Boys" Who started raising lots of noise And quite destroyed our Rulers poise With words like Constitution" It rattled all the "Alphabets," It sadly irked the "Soviets," But he said Don't hedge on your bets I think I've solution, l think I've solution" Our need is for larger Court Which may not know a chose" from tort" Whose politics are just the sort We need for our ambition. We'll pack in six to do the tricks We need to save us from this fix, And stultify those poor old hicks So close to hamilton So close to hamilton" But some one threw monkey wrench Into this scheme to pack the bench, And Rubber Stamps" began to bench To hear the public choer And patriots brave took up the fight To lead the Armies of the Right And will they conquer in their might? Just bet your bottom dollar Just bet your bottom dollar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

 studded' and believe he IS telling you the truth when he says he has no diamonds. Reason for our error is the fact that the Con- gressman,s smile and personality radiate so contagiously that one gets the impression of dazzling splendor.
 J. s. Eppes. Goodwater, Ala It is impossible to estimate how much the Supreme Court bill cost the Government, but figuring the cost of transcribing two months of committee hearings, plus the salaries of Senators during days of debate, franking of letters, etc., to say nothing of various intangi- bles, it must have cost several hundred thousand dollars.
 Copyright, 1897, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1:22 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:48 a. rn.; sets 8:07 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High tide at Milford Tuesday, August 3, 9:28 p. m.; low tide 3:26 a. m. daylight time).
 Moons phases-New moon, Aug. 6, 7:29 a. m; first quarter, Aug. l3, l0:20 p. m; full moon, Aug. 21, 8:39 p. m.; last quarter, Aug. 2S TAT D. m. daylight time)
 Morning stars. Venus and Saturn; evening. Mercury, Mars. Jupiter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
Mr: L0nergan:S Status Hartford Times Sees Nothing To Worry About Over His Reelection and Only Trouble for Party Leaders Should They Attempt
 to Unseat Connecticut's Senior
eat Connecticut's Senior
Senator
(From The Hartford Times.)

Rodney Butcher is one of the ablest of the Washington corre- spondents, but he must have nodded momentarily when he said in one of his dispatches some days age that Senator Lonergan will bs bitterly by New Deal democrats as result of his supreme court position-"and will almost surely bt nominated by the republicans if hi: party throws him overheard"
 Possibly the whole discussion i. water over the dam now that thC supreme court packing plan, the under hot debate, is dead. However even if that were not so Senator Lonergan would hardly need tc worry over fear of party opposition from court plan adherents or en- thuse over the idea that the re- publicans could nominate him, un- der any circumstances. The former Is not less unlikely than the lat ter.
 There may be opposition to Sena- tor Lonergan in the 1940 state con- vention, but hardly from democrats on the court issue. The Connecti- cut democracy, as an organization was hardly pro-court-change.
 There might be a third party in Connecticut which would take up MT. Roosevelt's cause with refer ence to the court. It might become formidable enough to worry ths senator. That, however, would mol be a party matter.
 As for Connecticut republicans we cannot imagine them endorsing any democratic candidate for sena. tor. On the other hand 1t is al most certainly true that MT. Loner. gan will have the support of a tre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
A Book a Day
Reviving Lost Saga of American History

T have lately received a letter from His Excellency Genl. Gage complaining much of the riotous conduct of the inhabitants of Cum- berland; that they daily appear in arms and seem to be in State ot Rebellion
 On this very interesting docu- ment, written by Gov. John Penn in June, 1765, and on equally other pertinent discoveries, Neil H. Swan son has turned achapter in Ameri- can history, "The First Rebel (Farrar and Rinehart, $3). Here is a story of the stuff from which real novels are made. It is the saga of James Smith, who led the first armed uprising against royal troops in the Conococheague valley, Pennsylvania settlements, in the spring of 1765.
 "The first skirmish," says Swan son, was fought, not in Massachu- setts but in a backwoods meadow a few miles north of the modern Lincoln highway where it passes through the town of Fort Loudon The first rebel blood was shed there the first American victory was won there, 10 years before the fights oi Lexington and Concord"
 And in cracking, virile style Swanson continues with this lost chapter of American history. A British fort is besieged; the British regulars holding the stockaded post of Fort Loudon raise the white flag and surrender, marching out under the long, ominous rifles of the Pennsylvania and Maryland from tiersmen.
 The leader of this forgotten re- bellion, Smith was only 28 years old when it broke out. Yet he had already I'll nan Indian gauntlet, endured captivity, escaped, raised and trained his own company of volunteers. He survived his insur- rection against the British, was tried for murder and acquitted, later became a colonel of 8 from tier regiment in the Revolution.
 A narrative, yet thoroughly doc- umented, "The First Rebel" is one of the most fascinating stories of colonial America written in long time.-P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

have been undertaken by the Re- settlement Administration?
 A. Ninety-seven. Twenty-nine had been completed in April, 1857, and 6s were under construction.
 c. I have tried painting an oo- ject that originally was stained, but the stain "bleeds" through the paint. What can I do to prevent it?
 A. First coat the stained portions with shellac varnish. which, when dry. should be messed down before applying the paint.
 c. Is there any large newspaper in the United States that does not publish comics?
 A. The New York Times is one.
 If you want a copy of our book let HOME REPAIRS" write The Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C. Enclose 5 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

We'll, some Massachusetts officials like the new reflectors that all Connecticut automobiles must be equipped with. Deputy Registrar of Motor Vehicles An- thony Bonzagni says ultimately all states will adopt the law that Connecticut and New York now have with respect to rear reflectors. He also pointed out that the Bay State forces trucks to display them and soon will go all the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Aug. 2-The quartette of freed Scottsboro boys are the cur- rent object of Harlem idolators.
 After their long jncarcerations, the liberated negroes suddenly find themselves the central social attrac- tions along Lenox Avenue. They are asked to Harlem homes for dinner fests and they have no lack of call- CTS since they were escorted to Man. haitian by Lawyer Samuel Leibowitz.
 The other night, they were talk en to a WPA negro musical show entitled Swing It., despite that titles sinisted connotation.
 But an effort is being made by smarter heads to keep the ScottS- boro boys out of the lirnelight and not to exploit their experiences as a martyrdom. When the initial in- terest blows over, 1t is expected that they will settle down unobtrusively among the people of their race il1 Harlem.
 Last Gestures
 Here's grim note," submits one of the audience at the talkie, High Wide and Handsome" Somewhere in the film, the late Helen Lowel appears in a sequence. Her part t rather unsympathetic, that of g mean village gossip. Ironic, in view of the fact that Miss Lowell, who htus makes her final exit, was known as gracious and consider. ate lady.
 Louise Closer Hale, whose ina picture just before she died was Another Language, also was vel loved along Broadway and in Hol- lywood for her kindly nature. Yet Miss Hale's final film role, too, was that of a malicious, almost conniv- ing mother-she portrayed Mother Hallam."
 Great Appetites
 TEA TIME ON BROADWAY: Eddie Cantor takes his glass of milk with an egg in 1t at promptly foui o'clock.
 Sylvia Sidney is addicted to but termilk.
 Beatrice Lillie Gady Peel to you) has cookies and tea-and abhors crumpets.
 Lionel Barrymore takes cake anc milk.
 Harry Hershfield always gains his strength in high afternoon with 6 bar of chocolate.
 Simone Simon munches on raw carrot, the savage.
 
 Undeterred
 When Ethel Barrymore receives letter from a stage-struck gal, ask. ing her advice on how to crash tht theater, she replies with a form let ter. As follows:
 For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpischore, the memory of 2 Macauley. the figure of Juno-ant the hide of a rhinoceros."
 And make no mistake about 1t She receives many replies that state, Dear Miss Barrymore, I be- lieve that i'll all the require ments."
 True to Drama
 |. Sid Garfield has just come back from a vacation in the Having Wonderful Time" country and has some pertinent things to report. "Ii anyone doubts it." he writes, "the truth is that most of these places are a page out of Arthur Koher's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
City Elections Lieut.. Gov. Hayes Out standing Figure In Coming Mayoralty
 Contests
Copyright iS37. NEA
From The New Haven Register,

Waterbury's municipal elections precedes those of other Connec- ticut cities by month. They at- tract more attention than the elections in New Haven, Bridge port and Hartford, in that they may be used as a gauge for those to come.
 This year it will be of more than usual interest The Repub- licans there, for the first time within the memory of oldsters, have nominated a Democrat. Their man is Sen. George T. Gull hane, who is also the banner bearer of a factional group that appears on the ticket as Indepen- dent Democrats.
 The regular nominee of the Democrats will be Mayor Frank Hayes, who is also lieutenant gov ernor of the state. Culhane's candidacy is one more instance of the growing disregard for party lines in municipal elections. But the reasons therefore are pri- marily local, and in a good meas ure personal.
 Senator Culhane has displayed his independence and freedom from party leadership during his two terms in the assembly. His first term success in forcing legislation making the state bank ing department receivers of all closed banks was not duplicated in the last session. Much of the legislation he backed had more surface appeal than soundness.
 Those, who have not been flo- lowing the course of munipical politics in Waterbury, were un- doubtedly surprised to learn that Republicans could find no suit able candidate within their own ranks.
 There are several important contributory circumstances, which materially affected the nomina- ton. The republicans are long out of power. Mayor Hayes was elected first in 1929. He has beer reelected with varying majori'
 His continuing successes re. suited in 8 change of leadership in the republican parties. Those who now dominate the party ma. chinery, and dictated the Culhans nomination are in 8 sense repub. licans who hold party ties almost as loosely as does their nominee.
 In the 1885 election, the Repub. lican vote plus that of the Dem. ocratic Independents was slightly larger than the totals polled by Mayor Hayes. Hayes polled a. many vGes as ever but his oppo. nents' vigorous campaigns brought out the biggest opposition vote 1T years. These events led to the experiment across party lines.
 Mayor Hayes is. an astute poli. tician. He has a record as a vote getter. He has substantial sup. port among important groups which were in pre-Hayes days ir the republican column. He also has competent political lieutenants The deciding factor may bt whether or not Waterbury Re. publicans will follow their part, leadership. Mayor Hayes also ha. the advantage of the general re. covery in business, a factor which also favors the incumbents in tn, three other cities, all of whom. i is certain, are candidates for re. election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

mendous number of the republicans as individuals. That will be no novelty for him.
 If Roosevelt leaders are well ad- vised there will be no drive against MT. Lonergan, either administrat- tion-inspired or administration -en- couraged. Nothing could do more to solidify Connecticut behind the sen- ator. It would drive republicans and independents to his support CT masse and cost him little in his owr party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
T est Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven or these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Name the great city of anti. quity on the north coast of Africa, founded by the Phoenicians.
 2. Who was Gabrilo Prinzip?
 3. Where are the Campbell Is- lands?
 4. Under which department of the government is the U. s. Coast Guard?
 5. What kind of wood is used to make the best violin bridges? 6. In medical practice, what is carries?
 '. Where is the University oi Washington?
 8. Where is Cape Trafalgar?
 9. Who composed the opers Tannhauser? 10. What is the geographical defs milton of an island?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

By the time we get all the main high ways divided up into traffic lanes, we might as we'll put rails in 'em and Hanged wheels on the autos
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

Hitler and Mussolini and Stalin are impossible. Nobody could know as much as they do. Especially as much of the things that ain't so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
BLACK, LEWIS LINKED WITH FDR IN POISON PEN LETTERS
lR Bmwvg. FRAnsom
a n0wERR q ALLYN

WASHINGTON, August g. - Postal and' Secret Service officials are quietly Investigating the of several poison pen documents which recently have been attacking the President and other prominent Washington fnniraS "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

While the President was away, Con- gress did quite bit of fishing, too, in it's own peculiar way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

comedy, Almost everybody up in the various Catskill Camp Karefrees is conscious of Kober's play. Social di- rectors all are being kidded as be- ing like the comics in the show. If you wonder what's happened to the burlesque comics, incidentally. they're all employed as social direc- tors up there in the high hills. Working currently at various hotels arec omedians who once served the Minsky Brothers faithfully"
 Nutshell Ideas
 Variety's headline writers have hit the bell again. In captioning an item about new midget textbook to be used in colleges, the line ran, NEW HIP POCKET U." It will be a while though, before Variety tops its own front page ribbon annnounc- ing the Crash of ,29. wall Street. !" the banner said Lays An Egg"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say. "You was mistaken
 about tnat"; say, were mis- taken"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02
A Thought for Today

Let the husband render unto the wife due beneyOlenCc; and likewise also the wife unto the husband.-I Corinthians 7:3.
  Husbands and wives talk of the cares of mat rimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them. w. Collins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-02

True to Drama
 |. Sid Garfield has just come back from a vacation in the Having Wonderful Time" country and has some pertinent things to report. 'If anyone doubts it." he writes. "the truth is that most of these places are 6 page out of Arthur Kober's
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
FROST EXPERT SAD;
THERE'S NO FROST!

Imperial Valley, said Woodrow
C. Jacobs. meteorologiSt, is having
unusual" weather. So unusual that
Jacobs sometimes wonders why he
was sent to the valley by the Fruit
Fro~t service.
Usually by this time of the year
the valley has experienced at least
26 days in which the temperature
has dropped below 80 degrees. But
this season only two days have
seen the temperature drop lower
than 80, and then only one or two
degrees below the freezing mark.
Jacobs said that the entire Pacific
coast is enjoying an unusually warm
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-31
Bet His Name is
Long Shot Mack

LEESBURG, o., Dec. 81. (UP)
If you live within eight miles
of Lcesburg and happen to have
quintuplets and they are born
I'm 1888, and are the first ones
born that year, you may be eligi-
BILE for a $4,000 bonus.
That's Mack Sauer's offer.
Sauer is the public spirited
editor of the Leesburg Citizen,
an equally spirited weekly.
Said Sauer:
american first. Let's not take
back seat to Canada-onward
Leesburg, Onward"
The odds against having quin-
tuplets are 57,2S9,761 to l.