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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Should Get More Attention

There are any number of bills facing the Legislature this session which Wou!o put in the trunk line system of the state Streets and roads that now are under clty ar town maintenance. In the main these proposals are all objected to by the State Highway Department for obvious reasons. The department naturally feels that with it's many miles of highway to be maln- tained, it should not have to assume the burdens of city streets or town thorough fares. There is much merit in the many bills, however, selfish they may seem: And two years ago Bridgeport was able to convince the Legislature to this effect. Waterbury secured like concession seV- eral years ago, too, but not until long fight had been waged over the question of putting Thomaston avenue back in the trunk line system, where it rlghttuily belonged. There are many routes Ike this running through cities and towns that are so directly linked to main high ways that to compel the municipality or township to keep them in repair and to keep them cleared of snow in wintertlme is an expensive problem.
 For years we have long advocated the diversion of some funds from the state to the city or town for street upkeep where there are one or more streets, directly linked with state highways or ssaank lines, they should be regarded as
 t enSions of the same and subject to the same maintenance given by the state. fae city can't afford to pay for this up keep many times and certainly in the last { fsH years few communities in Connectl- gs5 have been able to do so. Therefore, is is vital for the state to shoulder a responsibility that is partly its own. Had the highways not been built, the streets would not be subject to such heavy traf- fic.. That's begging the question, we know.
 50 we maintain that there is far bet ter reason why the state should step in 4ai maintain many city and town streets in the way of paving upkeep. The aver age motorist in the course of year will 2 pile up far more miles driving along city streets than he will going over state high ways Yet how many cities or towns in this state collect anything from the motoriSt as his share of the upkeep of that street. It's supposed to come out of the general property tax But every time that motorist drives few miles he adds to the treasury of the state by gasoline street, the city coffers are not enriched by the resulting fine. No, but the state is. The city or town gets nothing for all the wear and tear on it's streets by motor cars. The state gets it all and spends it all on state roads, save for a small amount allotted under the dirt-road fund annu- ally. Why shouldn't certain streets then be put in the trunk line system?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say. Every citizen ought vitally to be concerned with days election; say, ought to be vitaIly concerned"

A. Yes. Downhill races have been held over 200-yard courses car- peted with slippery pine needles. and jumps of 65 and 70 feet have been made.
 o. How many persons were killed in automobile accidents in San Francisco in 1895 and l936?
 A. Sixty persons were killed in the city limits in 1885 and 92 per- sons in 1886.
 o. What is a mares nest?
 A. A mare Is a spirit, witch, or goblin. A mares nest Is something which Is expected to be remarkable, but turns out to be a hoax or de- fusion.
 @. Has any British king, other than Edward VIII, abdicated the throne?
 A. No.
 o. What former chairman of the republican national committee was appointed American ambassador by President Wilson?
 A. Henry P. Fletcher was ap- pointed February 25, 1916, as Ameri- can ambassador to Mexico. He was chairman of the republican national committee from 1884 to June, 1886.
 Q. Who was responsible for the Knickerbocker Theater disaster in Washington in 1922, when heavy snow caused the roof to collapse, killing scores of people?
 A. Criminal responsibility for the disaster has never been fixed. After some civil litigation, all suits were thrown out.
 Gu. How many Union troops were engaged in the Civil war?
 A. 2,128,948.
 If you want . copy of our book let on 'Etiquette for Everybody" write The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau. 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose { cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
It Is Approved

Speaking to radio audience Thursday night Governor Wilbur L. Cross said of the proposed reorganization of our state government, "There is, of course, room for honest differences of opinion concern ing particular details of this program. But, taken as a whole, it should meet with general approval. ." Therein lies the secret of the success or failure of re- organization as planned and offered to the state by a special commission named two years ago to bring in report to the 1887 General Assembly.
 Many people will recall what happened to the report of the special commission named to reorganize the tax structure Of the state. It was taken to pieces, gone over thoroughly, and in the end only few recommendations were accepted. AS a result we are as much in need of tax reorganization today, as we were prior to the appointment of group to study the advisability and need of such changes. The same might easily prove true of the reorganization of state government. We're inclined to string along with Cover nor Cross in his proposal to accept the plan in whole, not in part.
 It is particularly unfortunate that the commission report had to be broken down AuW SeCIIoIlS, oO IIldC eVeIyolle Coulu dCIu- ally see what was being proposed. But that's the only way in which the changes could really be brought home to the aver age man. Governor Cross very rightly said in his remarks the other night, Had the people of this state deliberately set out to develop an organization designed to thwaIt the efficient and economical performance of governmental services, it is hard to conceive how they could have devised better plan for such purpose. Decentralization with it's inevitable in- grease in paper work, red-tape, and Supervisory responsibilities, and with its Unavoidable duplication of services at many points, has been carried to an extreme either through unconscious drift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
A Book a Day
College Classroom, Campus in Conflict
 nnHr6,rr cATTOM

OOIlC&V SAQOoA OOliis
 Campus in Conflict
 By BRUCE CATION Having been Q professor for a good many years, Burges Johnson felt the need to work out some guiding philosophy for his job. He
 worked 1t out in rambling, saltily humorous book called Professor at
 Bay" (Putnam: $2), which contains
 much mature wisdom.
 The American college, he re-
 marks, is a two-house legislature. the houses being the campus and the classroom. Of late, he says, it has been woefully troubled by the fact that the house. have been going in opposite directions.
 The classroom laborS under a
 widespread public misconception of
 the colleges real function. It has it's alumni to satisfy. for one thing, and frequently 8 set of legislators,
 and its trustees. It must heed its
 students parents, who demand practical" courses that will make
 financial successes out of graduates in two years time.
 Meanwhile, the campus goes its
 way. It brings in football, frater-
 mites. social functions, whole host of outside activities" to dis tract the students mind from the classroom. Often enough, 1t nulli- fies the work which the classroom
 is trying to accomplish.
 But all this does not lead Pro-
 lessor Johnson to despair, for pes-
 simism is not in him. He jots down
 his observations on life and the
 world. pausing to write 8 chapter on the decline of swearing, putting in another on the virtues of whit
 ting as 8 hobby, discussing the phenomenon of the "joiners," talk
 ing sly digs at the jargon of the
 arts and sciences-and. altogether
 writing a pleasant, civilized, and dryly humorous book which is read able from beginning to end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Selected Poem
THE OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDE

THE OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDE y Herbert Durrell Smart, Nashua, N H., 1887
 in the Boston Pos0 The brook runs through the meadow, Down past the old grist mill The path winds through the wildwood, Where flowers are blooming still. The summer sunshine fingers,
 Where in childhood we used to roam; And the evening shadows gather sa> Round my old New Hampshire home. I can hear the robins crying, In the gnarled old apple tree; And the breezes softly whisper And caress them there with me- Where blooms the honeysuckle, Around the cottage door, The honey bees are humming,
 As in the days of yore. The scene has changed to winter, And rains have changed to snow; The flowers sleep in the wildwood, And the brook Is running low. Though dreary be the landscape, Wherever we may roam, Iris coy by the fireside,
 In the old New Hampshire home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 l. What is the chief constituent of coal?
 3. Where is the Assuas1 Dam? 3. Name the capital of the Re public of Panama.
 4. Who was Maria Mitchell? 5. What is an intransigent? 2. In psychology, what Is intro spection2s~
 g. Can . woman De President of the United States2
 g. Where did solomon erect Temple?
 10. which state is known as the "Hawkeye Slater"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

In commenting on the set-up of the proposed state jail farm in place of county jail imprisonment the Hartford Courant said Friday morning. .. "The State can not afford to contir ue the present idle ness, non-segregation, and recidivism that exists in the outworn and antiquated county jail system. .'' If that doesn't make the jail supporters gasp and reach for support we miss our guess. There have been things said about the present lineup of jails, but this is just about the finishing touch. Anybody who tries to get around that "recidivism" is going to have to rush to Webster for aid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Does the National Bureau of Standards make commercial tests?
 A. Only in cases where such special facilities as are possessed by the Bureau are not available elsewhere.
 @. If a penny is dropped from the top of the Empire State build ing and strikes 8 person on the street below, will it kill him?
 A. Probably not. It would strike with only about 2-foot pounds en- ergy.
 e. How many vice-presidents were elected in accordance with the provisions of Article II, section I of the constitution?
 A. Three; John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The provision was changed by amend ment prior to the election of 1904.
 o. Are pine needles ever used as t.le surface for ski courses?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
By J. F. D.

five being allowed any one per- son, by sending their name and address, typewriter or printed with the stamps sufficient for first-class postage to the commit tee at B North LaSalle street, Chicago.
 An error has been noted in the one-cent pictorial from Trinidad and Tobag0. It has been claimed that this value should have shown one more island than was actual ly depicted on this stamp. The attention of the Post Office has already been called to the sup posed slip.
 Simultaneous with the issuance of the new 20 and 50 cents trans Pacific air mail stamps the House of Representatives received a re- port on the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill. which called for grant of $750,000, for the es- tablishment of a transatlantic air line with British cooperation. According to the plan, flights will begin on November 1, oper- ating on a weekly schedule of four round trips. The country of origin will receive receipts, whether the plane used by Brit iSh or American.
 Rates will probably be 25 cents and multiples, and the routes will be from New York to Bermuda, thence to Azores, Lisbon, Gironde and London.
 In conjunction with Interna- tional Postage Day, observed Jam uary 10 this year, the Belgian Post Office has issued a special 2Fr. AS plus 2Fr. 55. slate, stamp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

There is talk of monarchic restoration in Germany. It wouldn't be much of change from "Heil, Hitler!" to "Hoch der KaiSer!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
Philntelic NezQS

Post Office Department Announces New Date for Inauguration of Air-Mail Service to China-Spe- cial Commemorative Stamp to Honor Early
 Swedish Settlers-Sherman Series Approved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

Business, observes Wall Street writer, is facing green light. But look out for winking lights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
GARDNER JACKSON VOTED CHAMPION OFLOST CAUSES
,d RoBERr 6. ALLEN
N DREW PEARSON

EDITORS Ring, good Tor free Washington Merry Round presented this week to chiefly responsible for President K0Ose" Of q deal for tenant farmerS)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

WASHINGTON, February 27 - When President Roosevelt sent his message to Congress last week calling
 attention to the plight of the tenant farmer it caxed
 one of the most important contro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27
A Thought for Today

The Lord our God be with us, as he was vifh our fathers: let him not leave us, nor for sake uS-I Kings 8:57.
 There is nothing on earth worth being known but God and our own souls.-Balley'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

By order of Mayor Edward J. Kelly, the Chicago charter jubi- lee committee has had a cover prepared for the one hurdredth anniversary of the incorporation of Chicago as a city. Collectors may secure covers no more than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-27

Congress has been requested to authorize the Postmaster General to issue a series of special postage stamps commemorating the 300th anniversary in 1888, of the first permanent settlement of Swedish cOlonists i'm the Delaware River valley. The request was entered by Pehr G. Holmes of Worcester, Mass.
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25
@YOUTH IS CONTINUAL
INT0xICATf0N1

In the parks adjoining the White
House, the Lincoln Memorial, the
Capitol, and the Washington Monu-
ment, and along the famous Mount
Vernon Boulevard, tented cities have
sprung up to house the National
Jamboree Of the Boy Scouts of Am
erica. Close by at the end of the
Lincoln Memorial Bridge on the
Virginia side there is a CCC camp.
On other occasions tents have cover
ed the Potomac Park when the 4-H
boys and girls clubs have held big
gatherings in the nation's' capital.
All the news writer's seemed to
have overlooked the important fact
that adults, even the regular army,
have not enjoyed these privileges
which have been extended to the
boys and girls. AS far back as the
days 'of Horace, who wrote .Odes, the
Bard exclaimed:
Il sing to youths and maids alone"
And that's what we are doing In
the present day, as special" busses
all over the United States carry
loads OF boys and girls to see his
toric wenders from the A1leghenies
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25

70 The Rockies-and on all sides Of
the mountain ranges, where valleys,
hills, lakes, rivers and cities cover
our great America.
In the Boy Scout Jamboree special
attention is given to different themes
which include Merit Badge subjects,
handicrafts and models, campcraft
and Scoutcraft. skills and products.
The development of youth goes fur
ther since in the secondary schools in
Detroit and Chicago and elsewhere
throughout the country special at
tention is devoted to mechanical
drawing and art classes. The Ma
tional Youth Movement is supple
mented by schools for the deaf, and
every one of these youth groups is
participating in the principal indus
trial movement this year. which Is
the new model car competition of
the Fisher Body Craftsmen Build.
that is backed by a total of $4,000
worth Of University Scholarships and
other awards, posted for the Napo-
leoniG- coach building competition
and for original designs made by
boys of new model automobiles that
express their thoughts about origi-
nal designs in cars.
In this and other competitions that
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25
DELMAR

The following Delmar delaware
teachers left on Monday to continue
studies for degree work at the fol
lowing institutions: Miss Ruth Jonei
at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; Mrs
Georgia Ellegood at the Universit,
of Maryland; Miss Molly Ellis, Mrs
Mabel Hearn and Miss Pauline Ellis
at the University of Delaware.
Mrs. Sara E. Riggin of Whining
ton, was a Delmar visitor on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Lelah Freeney is vis1rng heI
daughter, Mrs. Donald Adams and
family in Washington.
Mrs. Florence Carmine and daugh-
ter of near town are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Hastings at Hamp-
ton, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Locates and
family of Elmhurst, spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Mrs. Marie Garrett of Roanoke,
Va, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. NJ. Nelson on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. ]. Carmine spent
Sunday with relatives at Cape
Charles.
Little Billy Nelson is a patient in
the Peninsula Hospital. Salisbury,
where he is being treated for brok-
en- arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deolia Fleetwood OF
Wilmington were weekend guests OF
his mother, Mrs. Anna Fleetwood.
Frank E. Lynch, Sr.. who has been
confined to his room since Christmas
is very much improved at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Maude NJ. Largin, talented
singer and speaker of Atlanta, Ca,
is conducting a gospel campaign I'M
der the big tent in the park on State
and Grove streets. She is assisted by
a band of talented singers and musi-
clans.
Frank Sample member OF the
National Guard, is attending camp |
at Fort Hancock for two weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Hastings and
children of Cambridge. Md, were
guests of Mrs. Lavenia Elliott on
Sunday.
The summer school which the
Episcopal Church on the shore op-
crates each year, will start June ~
and Close July 2. and will be held at
Ocean City, Md. Teachers, leaders in |.
young peoples work. women's auxil-
larry educational leaders and any in
terested person is cordially invited
TO attend.
The Allen Memorial Baptist Church
building at Salisbury, which has
been remodeled by supervising arch
itect Virgil Hearn of this town. was
opened on Sunday with appropriate
services. This church was organized
in 1859 with twelve members. The
Eastern District Baptist Association
will meet with this church in annual
session on Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 21 and %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncy Hastings 1.
spent Sunday with relatives in VIII
mington.
+ Mrs. Lee Cullen spent Wednesday !
In Wilmington.
Miss Maggie Hastings Ia taking a
course at State College. Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25
FIRST SHOWING IN DELAWARE

When a world premiere of a mo-
tion picture, replete with a Holly
wood atmosphere, comes east-it's
news. But when the premiere and
festivities take place in Delaware
it's headline. All of which is by way
of announcing that the first showing
anywhere of Warner Bros. great
musical picture, "The Singing Mar
1 inc" will be at the Aldine Theatre,
Wilmington, Friday, June 25, start
ing at 11:45 a. m. with a night "pre-
miere" at S:15 p. m. that evening.
Movie patrons who have long
been regaled with cinema shots of
Hollywood's elite attending a gala
premiere at the far-famed Chinese
theatre in the filmdom capitol, will
now have the opportunity at first
hand, of attending one of these eve
nibgs and witnessing a grand gath
erins of film and civic personalities.
Although the film will be delivered
to Lew Black, manager, by airplane
and will be shown at the regular af-
ternoon performance, the official
world premiere will be that evening.
The opening will be marked with
all the fioodlights, decorations, ra-
die interviews and general hubbub
accompanying Hollywood premiere.
The front of the theatre will be ap-
propriately decorated with a multi
thde of flags, Marine emblems, pam
oply and military insignias. A bat
terry of searchlights will play on the
front of the theatre and pick out the
celebrities as they arrive. A huge
carpet will run from the curb direct
ly into the theatre lobby where
battery of microphones will pick up
words of greeting from incoming
celebrities to be relayed over the
airwaves.. .- -.t
Some of the notables who will at
tend the premiere of "The Singing
Marine" will be: Estelle Taylor,
stage and screen star and Will
mington girl; Powers Gouraud, we'll
known aircaster; State and civic au-
thorities, among whom is expected
to be the highest State and city ex-
ecutives; officers from the Marine
and Naval Corps based at Philadel-
phia; Commandant Martin, of the
Marine Corps; Sgt. Major E. c.
Wright, Lieutenant Sea, Sgt. Major
J. w. Simpson, Major Brown, Major
Sturgis and host of other Marine
officers, -
AS the stars and dfgnitaries arrive,
special interviewers of Station
WDEL will broadcast comments and
of the premiere over the
networks. A special detachment CT
25 marines will help handle the
huge crowds, and the entire theatre |
staff will be dressed in marine out !
fits to lend color.
This being the first time in the
history of motion pictures that a
world premiere will be held at a
selected eastern city, no
expense has been spared to make
Hollywood sit up and take notice OF
how real premiere should be con-
iucted
All the fanfare. color and hustle
attendant upon west coast OPEN
ing will be duplicated at the Aidine,
with some surprising Innovations
hat even Hollywood cannot copy.
"The Singing Marine" which stars
Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Hugh II
Herbert and a host of cinema favor
tes, is generally conceded to be the
most lavish, entertaining and hilar-
GUS film ever to come out OF the
.reat Warner Bros. studios.
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25
MILLSBORo

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kemp and
daughter Barbara of Newport, spent
the weekend with MIR. and Mrs. j
A. Burton.
w. II. Timmons, Misses Gladys
Williams and Anne Carey spent Fri
day In Wilmington. Miss Blanche
Williams, a student at Beacon Bus
mess School. came home with them
to spend the weekend here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Will
liams.
DR.. and Mrs. Virgil A. Hudson and
baby son were in Philadelphia a
part of this week and celebrated the
first anniversary of Virgil, Jr.'s birth
on Wednesday, with their relatives
there.
The Sunday school class taught by
Mrs. e. B. Collins had a picnic at
Oak Orchard on Tuesday. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barnett and
son Joshua are occupying their cot
tage at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester v. Townsend
entertained several friends at a din
ner party on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. George Thompson of Laurel
is spending some time here with her
daughter, Mrs. s. P. Darden.
Miss Myra Jane. Sturgis left on
Sudnay to spend the summer with
relatives in Mount Holly, N. ].
The body of Mrs. Annie Belts
Johnson, of Snow Hill, Md, was
brought here for burial in Mechan-
les cemetery on Wednesday after
noon. Mrs. johnson was the daugh-
ter of the late Henry Belts and a
sister of Mrs Beverly Hickman. and.
before her marriage, spent most of
her life here.
Miss Katherine May White of Laii-
rel and one of her friends. have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. White.
Millard Monroe of Washington,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
home with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W.. p Monroe.
Miss Blanche Steele Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Myrtle Adams, near
town. for a while. 'tt
Miss Helen Williams has been
relatives in Norfolk, Va, for
a week
Mrs. z. z. Carey and Miss Ann
Carey are snending the week in VIII
mington with Mr.. and Mrs. F. 8.
Johnson.
Milford chronicle., 1937-06-25

have attracted wide attention it has
been found that in craftsmanship,
models and designs. and drawing that
our boys and girls have excelled
adults in originality and imagination.
New wall paper and textile decora-
tions for childrens clothing are Gre
dited to children.
Itmakes us believe in the old max
i'm which gives so much hope in the
future. ID reads: Youth is cOntin-
usl intoxieation: it is the fever. of
reason"