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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

London, May 6-(UP) = Twelve American debutantes and matrons were presented to the king and queen of England last night at the first court of their reign.
 Led by Mrs. Homer s. Cummings, wife of the attorney general, the Americans and 700 others made their bows in the great white and gold ballroom of Buckingham pa- lace.
 Mrs. Cummings broke precedent. She wore brilliant coronation red instead of the usual white and pas- tel shades. The previous courts, over which the Dowager Queen Mary presided, were restricted to less bright colors. But Queen Eliz- abeth is not so exacting.
 King George and Queen Elizabeth sat on thrones upholstered in gold and scarlet damask. The king wore the red and gold uniform of a field marshal with the blue ribbon of the order of the garter. The Queen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
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 No more coupons on Kipling's books will be published after Sat- llrday of this week. If you want the books and have not the cou- pons come to The Democrat and make your arrangements to secure the books with the coupons you have. If your are a regular Demo- crat reader we will see that you are able to get the books.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
(. O.P. LEADERS
 DELAY ACTION New Party Creation n Awaits Developments
 in Congress
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Washington, May 6-CUP)-Re- publican leaders in Congress split today over proposals to overhaul their national political organization and select new party label.
 Suggestions for a national con- vention next winter, when an effort would be made to consolidate re- publican and democratic opposition to the Roosevelt administration, resulted in genecal agreement that action should be delayed until con- gress adjoruns.
 Disagr cement on propoced methods of reorganization deve- loped. Alternatives advaced:
 l. Continuance of the campaign just inaugrated by National Chair man John D. M. Hamilton for re- vival of the republican party under the present leadership.
 2. Delay in anticipation of re- action expected by many republicans against the democratic administra- tion on the theory that such con- troversies as the supreme court pro- gram will split permanently armin- istration ranks. Development of that split would guide most of the re- publican leaders in their attitude toward reorganization.
 3. A definite reorganization pro- gram designed to discard present party leadership, appeal to anti coalition organization under new name or possibly as new party.
 Sen. William E. Borah. R., Ida, Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R., N. D. and Rep. Hamilton Fish, R. N. Y., were interested particularly in reorgan- ization of the third type. They said anl action would be postponed until disposal of judiciary reorganization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

was in gown of deep gold brocade with a train of gold lame and col- ored Sequins.
 Mrs. Cummings, and the other Americans were introduced by Mrs. Robert Bingham, wife of the Amer ican ambassador.
 The American women presented last night, in addition to Mrs. Cum mingS, included:
 Mrs. Grenville T. Emmet of New York, wife of the American minis ter to the Netherlands; Miss Elea- nora Bowdoin of Aiken, s. C.; Mrs. George Temple Bowdoin, of New York; Miss Vesta Putnam Culbert. son, of Chicago; Mrs. F. Vernon Foster, of West Orange, N. J.; Miss Lydia Fuller of Boston; Mrs. Do- zier L. Gardner, of St. Louis; Miss Julia Henry, of Philadelphia; Miss Catherine M. Maher of Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. John Perrin. of Boston, and Miss Anne Schenck of New York city,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
Committee Approves 4 State Flood Pact
Appropriations COmimttee Next Group to Get Pro- pOsal--State Forest Expe1sion Under Consideration

eight reservoirs, three each in Yer mont and New Hampshire and two in Massachusetts.
 Ultimately it was proposed to construct 20 reservoirs, with the states contributing $10,575,O0O and the federal government $30,000, GOO. Costs to the states would be shares on the following basis; Connecti- cut 40 per cent; Massachusetts 50 per cent; Vermont and New Hamp- shire five per cent each.
 The states would provide sites for the reservoirs and the federal goy- ernment the construction work. States would share in the mainten- ance, Connecticut's share being $32,- 900 year.
 States in which the reservoirs were located would have the right, with approval of the war depart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR.

BY GEORGE R. MORRIS, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent
 Hartford, Conn.,, May 6.-(UP)- The four-state flood control com- pact, proposed to check the head waters of Connecticut river through a federal cooperative program, had the approval today of the legiSla- lures committee on interstate con- pacts.
 The measure now goes to the ap- propriations committee to provide means of financing the states con- tribution-amounting to $l,08O, ,000, or 40 per cent of the $2,70O,00O project.
 The federal governments share in the immediate phase of the pro- gram calls for an allocation of $lO,- 100000.
 me plan calls for construction of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06
PROSPECT CHURCH
 SOCIAL TOMORROW
Bingo Party Receipts to Be Given St. AnthOny's
 Building Fund

Parishioners of the newly organ ized St. Anthony's church in Pros pect will conduct bingo party to- night in the auditorium of Prospect school. The proceeds will be turned over to the church building fund,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-06

AsASApASADSA@A and it is expected a large crowd will be in attendance. The sponsors have included the general public in their invitation.
 Rev. Richard P. Morrissey, pastor of the parish, is serving in the ca pacity of honorary chairman and is assisted by Alfred Boucher, general chairman; Alfred Fournier, Emil Toscano, Harry purdy, James Doyle, Clayton Walters. Milton Fournier, Carl Cocchiola, Raymond Boucher, Armand Boucher, Roger Fournier and Edmund Fournier.
 The nightly cleanup of London's streets costs more than $4,000, GOO a year and requires $500 men.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
SOMETHING SURELY WRONG

Messer Harry Hopkins, the big relief man, told
a House committee yesterday that out OF the 81
500, 900, 900 appropriation, which the committee
recommended, WPA would get about Sl,4OO,OOO,-
OO0 This. he said would give jobs for II months
IN | $50 900 workers. There must be something
wrong here.
Bv dividing. the number of workers into WPAs
fund we get an average yearly wage OF SSOO ms
must be further reduced, of course by admlnlstra-
ton costs Let us be generous (and reallstlc) ana
fix these at ESQ leaving the average annual wage
at $500 There still would appear to be something
wrong -,
For the fact of the matter is that 5000 would
support not one but almost two WPA workerS-aS
they are paid in North Carolina, that is Their
average annual wage in these parts is 1924, ana
twice 324 is but $48 more than the 5000 which
would remain for each WPAer after admlnlstra-
ton costs had been taken out. Obviously something
is wrong.
Quite So but it is no mere arithmetcal mistake
on Messer Hopkins part 1t all comes down to the
incredible variation in WPA wages as they are
fixed in different states and different parts OF the
country Paradoxcally, the very administration
which is trying to eliminate any wage differential
between the South and the North (cf., the Ellen
bogen textile bill itself permits Messer Hopkins
TO impose a 1900 differential. Whereas VIA
workers receive S27 month in North Carolina, IN
New York state the monthly wage is S65. In Ohlo'
Pennsylvania and Illinois the same disparity with
the Southern WPA wages prevails
Were this not So were all WPA workers to be
maid on the North Carolina scale, Messer Hopkins
could take the lesser billion-dollar appropriation
and make it go round with some left over. But,
alas! it is so-Charlotte News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
BANNING BALONEY BACON

Out of the frying pan into the statute books IS
the course mapped out by proponents of MIMI
mum slice law for the sale of bacon in Tennessee.
Under the terms of the bill just introduced into the
state senate, no slice of bacon offered for public
sale shall be shorter than rs inches nor less imam
1-132d of an inch in thickness"
The proposed enactment OF minimum slice law
is designed to alay unrest arising out OF the IN
roads of the machine in the bacon business through
out Tennessee Liberal factions within the state
have viewed this democratic invasion with grow
ing alarm. Although the issue has been simmerlng
for some time, the filing of bill in the Legislature
brings the bacon question to broil.
The reform group contends that 'the ingenuity
of man has invented machine that will slice ba-
con to such an ninitesmal thinness as to make 1t
invisible to the naked eye at a distance OF four
feet when lying white plate" By pegging the
slice at 1-132d, its supporters naturally hope to
halt the trend toward devaluation which has been
gradually reducing the pork content of the prod
uct.
Although the measure has not yet been submit
ted to a VOTE it is unlikely that any serious oppo-
sition will arise to prevent speedy enactment. In
fact. poll of Tennessee breakfast tables probably
would elicit a unanimous chorus of "ayes" as to
the constitutionality of such act The mere sug-
gestion of opposition developing into test case
should make any jurst's mouth water.-Christan
cc;opca Montor
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
THE NEW y E 4 L
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

pated by tall and the viewers.
Withdrawn assert that the country
is getting 10 the point where there
will be a deficit in purchasing
power. Then, they say, there viii.
be more unemployment piled or
top of the present large unemploy-
ment-in the face of a S35,00O,-
100000 national debt.
"The only answer is to gel
prices down and wages up" says
this group. Now is the time tc
tax and balance the budget at
high level of spending"
This advice may be bad. II
comes, however, from persons
from whom F. D. r. has been ac-
cepting advice for several months
INSTALLATION of recent conf.
- dental adviccs re Spain, a.
received and interpreted by tho
War and State departments:
Mussolini and Hitler have
agreed that they shouldn't LEI.
General Franco lose, and even.
tually they will see to it that he
doesn't. Meanwhile, preferring no!
to repudiate the non-interventior
agreement openly, they have
urged Franco to get together al
the troops he can now round ur
in Spain and try to take Madric
without heavy foreign reinforce.
mentS.
A stiffening of the British anc
French attitudes toward the rebels
has been noted. But our diplomats
have been given to understand
that England plans to wait and j!
she feels adequately prepared, tc
take no the Mediterranean situa.
ton all at once.
Almost anything may happen
in Spain, and not ell the official.
who have read regularly the con-
fdential adviceS of our diplomatic
and military agents in Europe are
impressed by their profundity.
\ Copyright. 1897. NEA Service. Inc
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dlctatorS.
Undoubtedly, DR.. Sampey sees his own
beloved country sweeping forward on the
downward road to a condition which Is
personified in what he termed the totali-
tartan state. He would not have been i'm
PEELED to speak as he did unless convinced
by the trend of the times and the practical
developments of recent years in American
government that the dangers and evils
which have overtaken and wrecked free
government in European countries are
present in powerful array in the United
States. He has sounded the warning and
called not only Baptists but all other Chris
tian denominations, and all patriotic citi-
Zens outside the churches, to rally to the
defense of liberty and the American Re-
public.
What is the totalitarian state to which
Dr.. Sampey made reference.
1t is another word for tyranny; for sup
preston of human freedom. The doctrine
of the totalitarian state is the doctrine OF
dictatorship. AS far as we in this country
are concerned the totalitarian state is
country in which either Communism or
Fascism are in supreme authority; where
there is neither civil or religious liberty,
freedom of conscience, speech, action, or
freedom of the press.
Do the American people desire such
conditions in their country? The answer
probably is that large majority do not,
but there is number who do, sufficient to
create a real menace to representative gov
eminent and to bring about dangerous con-
ditions which surround the people OF tins
Republic on every side.
In spite of their falling away in the past
few years from the true and tried prncl-
ples of Americanism, we still believe the
stronghold of liberty, of democratic prln-
ciples in the United States, is in the South
ern States. This is the territory OF the
Southern Baptist Church. May the mes
sage of DR.. Sampey reach and prove eitec-
tive in stimulating all southerners to that
course of action which is imperative from
this time on.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
A LAMB INQUIRIES
-By WICKES WAMBOLDT

ly. as that why we are taken
such good care of"
Eyes" replied the eve.
Then" declared the lamb, Il
am going to watch my chance
and get away from here"
"Whcre would you go?" asked
the eve.
"TO the forest-to the hills
anywhere to get away from here
said the lamb.
"You would go to worse
fate" replied the eve. "Thc
wolves or the dogs would get you
and you would suffer worse
death. A wolf might even eat off
one of your hind legs, and leave
you still living"
"Thcn I'll run away to some
better man." said the lamb.
"He, too, would eat you" re-
piled the eve calmly. Our only
value in this world is TO serve
mankind with our flesh, our wool,
and our hides. They even make
violin strings of our inteStines."
awful! Awfulw bleated the
lamb.
"Oh, l don't know" replied the
eve. Every living thing in this
world must die, whether it is Of
service or not. II is better to be
of service, and to have real eX-
cuse for living than to have none.
"And listen, little one went
on the eve, "when it comes to
dying, we have a great advantage
over men-powerful and skillful
as they are. We die quickly-eaS-
ily-when we die-a moment and
it is all over. We do not suffer;
but when they die they may suf-
fer weeks, months, years. Usually
they die slowly. They have doc
tors, hospitals, and all kinds of
drugs and appliances which arti-
ficially prolong their sufferingS."
"DO all the wise sheep like you
know what is going to happen to
u.s." asked the lamb TREMENDOUSLY.
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killing my little DfOthef.
The eve said nothing, but
looked far away. The lamb, OBJ
serving her expression, asked,
"What is the man with the kind
face going to do with my little
brother"
"He is going to eat him." re-
piled the eve simply.
"The kind-faced man is going
to eat my little brother?" gasped
the lamb in amazement.
EYES," replied the eve.
"And would he eat me, too"'
asked the lamb.
Eyes" replied the eve.
"That man who picked me up
so gently that day when got
cold, and took me to his house
and warmed me and gave me
warm milk to drink, and smooth
ed my wool and called me a dear
little thing! Would that man eat
me?" painted the lamb.
Eyes" replied the eve.
The lamb glanced wildly over
the broad pasture where many
sheep were feeding: "And are we
all to be eaten?" he cried shril-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Stan C0rrcSpondcnt


NEA Service Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. - The infiuen-
w tial administration group
which has waged preventive war
against price imitation continues,
off the record, to propheSy trouble.
These viewers Withdrawn are
encouraged by what they consider
the healthy effect of several pres
idential gestures and measures to
discourage price increases. They
believe that these and other fac
tors have checked speculative
buying and kept down or lowered
commodity prices. The price of
copper, for instance, has declined
and it is widely believed here that
what was TO have been another
steel price increase has been
headed off.
Various White House advisers,
however, will continue TO urge
further action. 1t is likely that
Roosevelt before long will move
toward reduction of certain tar
if duties which would affect
prices of protected products con-
sidered by economists here to be
"out of line" In this connection,
watch for news of the future of
the copper import tax which will
lapse in June unless something is
done about it.
AN easing of European war ten
"a sion, liquidation of foreign
owned securities here and talk of
gold price reduction are believed
to have had an effect on the COM
modify markets, as well as ad-
miniStration efforts.
But there is alarm over a big
increase in installment selling,
which reached S9,000,000,O00 in
1886 as compared with only
$4,000, 100000 in 1929. This is a
huge pledge of future wages.
Higher retail PRICES are antici-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
THE OTHER SIDE
Civic Treatment Of Sunday School
Lesson, May Is; Genesis,
26th Chapter

This beautiful lesson on pa
ticncc, gcntlcncss and forbear-
ance prompts the question in
civic-mindcdneSS: Are the civic
organizations in your community
digging or filling up wells?
Stopping or filling wells that
might be used by enemies or
rivals was custom Of old, cSpc-
cially in an arid country, in order
to Inconvenience herdSmcn.
What kind Of wells are civic
workers digging where opposition
may arise? Are we filling any
wells to cause others cmbarraSS-
ment?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
FRENCH CITY WALLS
DISCOVERY OF LOST
ART WORTH FORTUNE

PARIS, May I7.-Therc is weep
ing and waiting in the department
of Mayennc, and in the City Of
Lava! the mourncrs go about the
streets. And all because the clerks
Of the city hall set to work to
clean out the municipal files and
get rid of unnecessary wastepa-
per. r..
One of them found letter dat
ed July 10, 1898, signed by the
French painter, Henri Rousseau
the DOuanier--in which he Of
fcred to his native city Of Laval
the now-famouS picture THE
Sleeping Bohemian" for 1000
francs--or 1900, rock bottom
price.
Mayor BoisScl answered that
the city could not buy the picture
because (a) il had no funds for
such acquisitions, and 4 the
municipal museum already had
more pictures than it could find
room to hang. Like most pro-
vinciaI museums in small cities,
its collection consisted Of doubt.
full still lifcS and alarming por-
traits presented by their proud
creators, whose money value was
small and whose artistic value was
zero.
When "Thc Sleeping Bohemian"
was sold from the famous John
Quinn collection when that group
Of pictures was broken up. Dou-
amer RoSSeau's 2000-franc pic
turc went for the equivalent Of
roughly half a million francs.
Hence the sadness Of Mayor Bots
sells successors.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17
BIBLE THOUGHT
TWO OF YOU :.
agree ask it shall be done.
Matt. 1919

Note the order: Two of you-Agreed-lN MY
NAME-IT SHALL BE- DONE' Who can ehal-
lenge this without putting question mark to the
statements of the Lord Himself?
What possibilities for the Church, in "twos' OF
one mind and heart, the people could meet for
prayerl We have seen this tested among young
men in all-night prayer meetings with such definite
results as to intensity their faith-Dr. 7. c. Hor-
ton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

the eve asked
sOlicitouSly.
81 just saw
something h 0 T.
rible!" BILE a t c d
the lamb eXcit-
G d ly. 81 W a 5
looking thru a
era c k in the
barnyard fence,
and | saw that
kind = faced man
who has always
taken such good
care of US and
seemed to think
so much of US.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

Eyes, we all know" replied the
eve.
"Thcn," said the lamb plaintivc-
~, 81 can understand why all
sheep look so sad and sound so
sad"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

"a famine in the land prompt
ed Isaac and his household to seek
a new country and they event un-
to Abimclcch, king of the PhiiiS-
tines unto Gcrar (N.D, where his
father Abraham several years be-
fore had lived and diggcd wells to
water his stock. The PhilistincS
did not seem to need the wells
and had stopped them, and filled
them. with earth" ". 49,. This
was q mancuvcr to cmbarrass 4
newcomer who must have much
water for his many hcards and
servants. Abimelcch invited Isaac
to "go from u.s." (V. IG)-and he
got i'm the habit of moving on
when he encountered opposition.
despite any rights he might have
in that country, in addition to
.spccial blessings from God.
Did YOU ever know a commun-
ity to dig deep wells Of hope and
aspiration, soon to be filled up
by enemies? .,
Did you ever help dig "a well
of springing water" ". l9)?
Your hopes were high; you were
optimistic; the future looked
ROSY. Another visit to the well,
and YOU found it filled with rub
bish; your Indignation wakes hot.
Your community plans were
thwartcd.
Yes. civic workers are digging
new wells every day and much to
their chagrin some Smart Alec
comes along and dumps refuse
therein. Here's where commum-
ties array themselves against each
other, The outcome is much
gravcr than if they had emulated
Isaac and moved on reaceabIy'
avoiding strife. ysFS:
Western Carolina dug g, eat
well of hope by Influencing the
routing of the Blue Ridge Park,
way. but RIVALS came along and
threatened to choke it, stop it up
or fill it, trying to keep certain
communities from cashing in to a
full measure in the blessings OF
the Great Smoky Mountains Ma
tional Park.
Civic organizations dig many
wells but fill up very few. Ihey
have learned to get around Inc
table to discuss inter-communiVy
matters. It is a more inspiring
lob to dig than TO fill a we'll Even
King Abimelech, his close friend
and the chief captain of his army
found that the envious pastlme OF
filling the wells of rival was too
destructive to count for much;
and repentcd of their error apa
formed a delegation toSeal On
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A spring lamb racing terrified
across q pasture was stopped by
a eve of mature years:
"What's the matter, sOnny?'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

Vain man. He won't change himself 10
deserve success, but demands that success
honor him just as he is.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

SiXty-nine people in England
now have incomes Of more than
100000 a year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-17

Isaac, who had not fought back,
in the effort to covenant pcrma-
ncnt peace CNs. 2G, u, 2SD.
LittlcncsS in communities as
well as individuals can be rcbukcd
by bigncsS Of spirit and nobility
of purpose. \ program OF civic
progress calls for digging many
wells. Filling up wells, rs q habit,
Just because we have no use for
them ourselves, doesn't draw
forth fresh, inspiring drafts Of
living water. 1t is stagnant
lob.