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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31

.. Speaking of mixed English we don't quite get Premier Hepburn of Ontario when he says the national railways are "an acute drain" upon the dominion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
March of Time

Responding to the suggestion made by John M. Brodie, who is something or other connected with the group which is endeavoring to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
Senator O'Mahoney

was diverted immensely while the "spoils system" film was being run of to hear United States Sen- ator Joseph c. O'Mahoney of Wyo- ming spouting his undying objec- tions to patronage" in the gov- ernmental structure and his ul,iia- tions to all and sundry to put a stop to tho increase in the. mum. Der of governmental employees. If, to paraphrase Senator !O'Maho- ney's declaration, something Is not done to halt the enlargement of the public payroll we will all be in the position of the washer. women marooned on the desert island and who found themselves in the painful predicament Of earning their livelihood by taking in each others washing, It Is true that the number of public servants has increased to huge proportions and that 1t constitutes an exhaustive drain on the nation. al purse. But the tFuth must not 70 unrecogniyed that the business of the government has also In. creased to colossal proportions and it has to be taken care Of. 1 presume the dragging of Senator OMahoney into the picture was intended laside from taking the curse off r. x. MeGonnigle) to prove that if the so.called Merit System were to be imposed Tia. tionally and locally there would be no such frightfui increase in payroll occupants. If SO the. aIgu- ment does not register. But. sup. posing that it did logically fol- low that job holding by merit and merit alone would cut the feeders at the state and national trough
 to a microscopic minimum what would become of senatorial pat. ronage? No patronage, no votes corralled, no votes corralled NO SENATOR'S. Which as applied to some members uf tke distinguished upper chamber of the Congress might be an excellent idea. Espe- clally te these Democrats who crate about the evils of the pat ronage system while at tho aAsne time owing their continued poll. tical existence, Co it ard whese grudge against the Roosevelt ,ae. minlstration Is that lt is dspFlylhg them of lob distFibutlon in theIr personal baillwicks. There ts no one SO bitter opposed for public consumptlon) to "patFonAse" as . national lawmakeF who has nene to pass cut, ,a a.'s,s f-.,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
" DREW PIARsoR

Washington August 31 - The state department is keeping 1t very shushshus but it making exhaustive investigation of the undercover activities of certain Span sh supporters in this country of rebel General Franco
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say. "The captain as well as the mate and the pilot were frightened"; say. twas frightened"

A. Based on c great many meas. urements the average weight of men is computed at l47 pounds, and of women at l30 pounds.
 e. What Is the rank of the United States in the production of tin ore?
 A. Very little tin ore is pro. duced here. and most of that which is produced comes from Alaskan
 e. Do snakes commit suicide by elf-inflicted woundsp
 A It has been stated that rat- tlesnakes are susceptible to their own poison, and that death has ensued from the effects of self.in- fiicted wounds. There is e possibil- ity, however, that the fang in such cases may have punctured the spinal cord or some vital organ, and that death Is not invariably due to the poison. Snakes are not likely to bite themselves except when severe. ly injured or when infuriated and unable to harm the tormentor,
 e. When did the first British troops reach France during the World war2 st.t : A, August 9, 1914. s!.l5 ?.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
BY WAY of NO HARM
James William FitzP atrick.

he opinions and c0ncuslpn apgaflng below te the writer alone They not uecaE hNaa ek e THE DEMOCRAT they construed mvmgob N. . EeAeotl0n oe lhes vIsMHolnN. sNF N.1A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
Synonornous

Another typical appeal to preju- dice which '"rhe March of Time" film, recommended by Mir. Dredie of the Waterbury Chapter, Con, nectlcut Merit system Association, Incorporated, made. was the scene In the backroonn of saloon where the public reformer-privAte scala. wag Y. x. Mot Gonnlgle whacks up the election swag, over a pitcher of beer with his party, thieves, Just as the hero-villain of the scenario had to be, an ?. x. Mc0onnigle 50 the pay-off quarters, had 70 De the back room of a saloon with q pitcher of beer in the foreground. Beer, Mcdonnigles, corruption, erookedness, vice and saloon back rooms must be synonymous terms. Otherwise the fliin would have no ''puii" whatever with aii audience. Probably MT. Brodle and the pro- dueers of the picture never heard of corrupt deals being arranged In the libraries of '.gentiemen's' clubs, of plots against real gecd government being hatched In nen. alcoholic hotel suites hy. saieet squads ef First Citizens, nnd Of payoffs for services Fendered tsF- Ing place In 'thc purlty-plmg sur. rpundlngs Of lthe council Foefl pf an association Of pollfieAl Fer formers, i.t Ns'S Htff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31

America for Americans and, as far as we're concerned, the Asiatics can have Asia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
A Thought for Today

There is no law giver who is able to save and to dcStroy.-JameS 4, 12.
 Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the man Wno knows how-Elbert Hubbard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-31
Test Y our Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
STRIKE Of BAKERS
|SAVERTED HERE
Union Accepts Compromise
Terms of O-Hour Week
and Pay Increase.

A possible strike in Washington's S
baking industry was averted late
yesterday when Bakers Union No 118
accepted the compromise terms offered
by negotiators for the Employing
Bakers Association.
Charles B. McClosky, business agent
for the union, said the agreement
reached specifies an 8-hour day and
40-hour week. an increase of 3 cents
an hour for day work and cents
an hour for night work Helpers,
who now are receiving 55 and IS
cents per hour for day and night
work, respectively, will get Scent
increases.
The union had demanded an in
crease Of cents an hour for bakers
in the present scele Of s1.02 for day
work and 1922 for night work
The bakers also will receive a
weeks vacation with full pay under
the agreement.
McCloskey said there still remained
some minor adjustments to be made,
but he emphasized there would be
no strike
After the agreement was reached,
negotiations we're begun Immediately
for an agreement with the bakery
salesmen, who, through Robert Lester,
business agent for the Bakery Sales
mems Union, also are seeking a con-
tract covering wages and hours.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
u. S. DELEGATES SET
FOR RADIO SESSION
Six From Washington Will Sail
Tuesday for Conference in
Rumania.

The six American delegates to the
International Radio Consulting Com
mittee-representati of the major
nations in the world-today are pack
ing their bags preparatory to sailing
Tuesday for Bucharest, Rumania,
where the committee will meet from
May 81 to June 10. At this conference,
the purpose OF which is to obtain
worldwide recognition of radio engi-
neering problems and studies, an
attempt will be made to smooth over
some Of the difficulties now expe-
rienced by radio listeners, such as the
elimination Of static and other noises.
All American delegates are WASH
ingtonians. DR.. j. H. Dellinger, radio
chief Of the Bureau Of Standards, is
chairman of the delegation, and Capt.
S. C.. Hooper, U. S. NJ, Is vice chair
man. Other members are Lieut.. COL
D. M. Crawford, U. s. Army Signal
Corps; E. K. Jett, assistant chief en-
gineer, Federal Communications Com
mission; Gerald c. Gross, international
section chief, Federal Communications
Commission, and Francis c. De Wolf
Of the State Department.
II the American delegation is sue
cessful in convincing other nations
that = spirit Of cooperation should
exist In the field of radio, its members
will come back home in July with
the promise that radio reception In
this country will be improved vastly,
probably 20 per cent, according to
information obtained at the Federal
Communications Commission yester-
day.
Since 10 much interference in the
broadcast bands comes from the use
Of short wave, not only in the COM
mercial radio field but in the realm Of
diathermy medicine, the experts hope
to convince scientists on the other side
Of the Atlantic that something should
be done about this, too.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
WILL OF WOMAN, 80,
SET ASIDE BY JURY
Benefciaries Under Prior Docu.
ment of Widow Win
Case.

A District Court jury Friday set
aside the will of Mrs. Kate Bunce, 80,
on the ground she lacked mental ca
pacity to dispose Of her $4,000 estate.
Mrs. Bunce, widow of a Civil War
veteran, died last December 9 in
Casualty Hospital, where she had been
confined since October 80. She had
lived at GOT Indiana avenue.
Her last will, which was voided by
the jury's verdict, was executed No.
vember II, 1886. 1t provided that all
her property go to Robert E. Lee, as
sistant cashier of the Lincoln National
Bank.
Beneficiaries under prior will made
January "a, 1888, had asked that the
later testament be broken They were
John L. Fletcher, Mrs Bunce's busi-
ness adviser; Miss Ellen Briscoe, a
nurse; DR.. Francis S. Clair and George
Mitchell, an elevator operator.
Attorneys Marcus Borchardt and
Charles E. Qimby represented them.
Trial Of the case consumed week
in the court of Justice Joseph w. Cox
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Navy Band in the Sail Loft
at the Navy. Yard at 80 pm. tomor-
row. Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader:
Alexander Morris, assistant.
Program.
March, March of the Gendarmes,"
Lake
Overture, "A May Day" Wood
Cornet solo, Southern Gross" Clarke
Oscar Short.
Fantasia, November II, 1913" Benter
Hymn, Lead Kindly Light"
Reverie, Distant Bells Mrs. Gillett
March, Guiding Star" -" Stiebertiz
Characteristic, The Smithy" Afford
Petite patrol, Parade of the Tinker
Toys" Grabel
Serenade. Les Millions d Arle-
gum ------- Dr1go
Descriptive, In Clock Store" Orth
Valse, Sweet Old Songs" Henneberg
Xylophone solo, THE Mocking
Bird" Stobbe
Musician Louis Goucher.
March, The Eagle Of Lille"
Blankenburg
March, Brooks Chicago Marine
Band" Seits
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
ARCHITECTURElAW
TO BE GIVEN TEST
Clifton B. White Charged With
Practicing Without a
License.

The first warrants issued under the
law prohibiting the practice Of archi-
lecture in the District without a IL
cense were served yesterday on Cliff
ton B. White, 1900 block Of Orchid
street. He will be given a hearing
Tuesday by Assistant Corporation
Rice Hooe, chief Of the Police Court
branch, who authorized issuance Of
the warrants on receipt Of complaint
from Secretary Robert S. Beresf6fd
of the District Architects Board.
The warrants charge that In 1894,
1885 and 1886 White engaged in the
practice Of architecture in the District,
and assumed the title indicating he
was an architect without having quail
ified and obtained a certificate Of reg
istration as an architect from the
Board of Examiners and Registrars Of
Architects for the District. Only one
violation in each year is specified.
The warrants were rushed through
because the statute Of limitations In
the first case against White is about
to expire, Hooe said.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
DEAD-HEAD BUS
ROUTE OPPOSED
Residents Hit Use of Iowa
Avenue and Allison Street
in Petition.

Complaint against the use OF Iowa
avenue and Allison street, between
Iowa avenue and Eighth street, by the
Capital Transit Co. to "deadhead''
its busses to the Petworth terminals
was registered with the District Com.
missioners yesterday in petition
signed by property owners and resi-
dents along those thoroughfares. The
petitioners claimed that the buses,
moving almost continuously during the
morning and evening rush hours, are
causing damage to the properties and
annoyance to residents.
The petitioners asserted that the
use Of these streets makes circuitous
route necessary, pointing out that the
terminal is at Arkansas avenue and
Buchanan street, and more direct
route to the terminals would be north
east along Arkansas avenue to Farra-
gut street The roadway on Allison
street, the petition said, is only 80 feet
wide from curb to curb, with steep
grade. and the frequent passage of the
AAS"'y 0uooCo PAOoASNo DULL 4IlCClLolVC
vibrations as to cause cracks in plas-
tering on walls and ceilings and
rattling Of windows The petition
added that the buses pass with such
frequency that as many as seven have
been counted in one block at one time,
all bearing sign mo passengers
The petitioners said the purpose in
presenting their complaint at this time
was to obtain immediate relief from
what they termed intolerable condi-
tions and to forestau what would be-
come an "unbearable nuisance" later
when, with warmer weather, front
porches are used. They claimed they
would be unable to carry on con-
versation because of the noise made
by the passing of these busses, or to
endure the stencil which they would
create"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
5.and-lO Store
Clerks Lose SIS
To Sneak Thief
Burglar Inrades Locker
Room, to Loot Eight
Purses.

While girl clerks in a ve-and-ten-
cent store at 720 Seventh street were
at work last night, thief broke into
their locker room and stole $3.50
from eight purses The robbery was
discovered when the girls were about
to receive their weekly pay envelopes
after the store closed.
Victims Of the thief and the amounts
stolen from them were Elizabeth
Ownes, Alexandria, Va, s35; Ethel
Gavenor, 1913 Seventeenth place
northeast, $3.50: Lennie Foster. 437
Irving street, sass; Margaret Marino
l112 Eleventh street northeast. 55
cents; Dorothy English, 281S Fifth
street northeast, $40; Christine Peyton
1017 Seventeenth street northeast, $40;
Oracle Sebra. 1923 Second street
northeast, 81, and Bernice May, 1850
w street southeast, 81.
Store doors were locked after the
thefts were discovered and more than
a score Of girl clerks remained in the
locker room until police arrived. Later
all were allowed to go home.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
STAFF INADEQUATE
|. SAYS RELIEF HEAD
Miss Hill Tells Welfare Board
March Cost Was Held
to 1928 Per Cent.

Making an indirect protest against
a slash in the administrative budget
for the Public Assistance Division fol-
the next fiscal year. IS provided by
the House in its action on the Dis
trict supply bill, Miss M. Alice Hill
relief director, yesterday insisted the
present staff is inadequate.
While reporting to the Board OF
Public Welfare on the expenses and
services Of her division for March
Miss Hill did not mention the action
on the 1898 budget, now before the
Senate, but declared the administra.
tive and social service costs were kept
to 1876 per cent Of total expenditures
in that month
10 Per Cent Limit Proposed.
The House bill proposes a limita.
ton Of such costs to 10 per cent OF
the total, including Federal grant.
for social security programs, this eff.
fecting cut Of some $4,000 from
the budget as it came from the Bud.
get Bureau.
THE cost Of administration and so.
cial service were kept to 1875 pei
cent only through great inadequacy
Of service" said the statement of Mis-.
Hill. released by Welfare Directo,
Elwood Street.
The load on the case workers of tn.
staff during March was 139 cases tt
each worker, which is twice what i
should be for effective work. Due tt
inadequate personnel, almost 1,l0O ap.
plications for old-age assistance wer,
still pending final action at the enc
Of the month.
Many cases in which resource.
might have been discovered, so tina
the family could be taken off relief
could not be developed because of in
adequate personnel. The staff had Il
do a great deal Of overtime work.
Elimination Of Fraud.
"The staff, through strenuous work
is able to eliminate fraudulent appli.
cations and to determine fairly &C.
curately the minimum need for relief
But 1t is able to do practically moth.
ing IN the way Of developing resource.
by getting people out Of the need o.
relief. Such service includes the Sc.
curing Of health services, hospita
care, dental care. the help of churches
relatives, neighbors, the securing o!
employment through special efforts di'
rected at employers and other meas.
ures which would restore people te
independence"
Total commitments for the month
amounted to $235,997. Administrative
and social service expenses amounted
to $29,816.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
CHANGED
AT DUPONT CIRCLE
Entrance of Traffic Will Be
Staggered for Smoother
Flow.

In move designed to reduce traffic
hazards and permit smoother flow
OF vehicular traffic at one Of the most
congested points in the city, a new
system OF traffic signal light opera
ton will be inaugurated at Dupont
Circle this week. Traffic Director Will
liam A. Van Duzer revealed yester-
day.
The new system, which now is in
operation at two other circles
Thomas and Logan-involves stag
gering'' the traffic signals so vehicular
traffic enters the circle from only five
points at once, instead of ten.
At present, automobiles enter the
circle from 10 arteries at the same
time. This simultaneous flow of
trat1lc comes from Connecticut. Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire ave-
nues and Nineteenth and P streets
each thoroughfare, of course, being
two traffic arteries.
Intersections Alternate.
Under the new system, automobiles
will enter the circle from only every
other intersection simultaneously. For
instance, the first green light cycle
will permit traffic to enter from the
uptown side of Connecticut, the west
side Of P street, south side Of Nine
teenth street, east side Of Massachu-
setts avenue and the north side OF
New Hampshire avenue
After an interval of so seconds
the light will turn red for vehicles at
those intersections, and for the next
so seconds, traffic will enter only
from the west side of Massachusetts,
south side of New Hampshire avenue
| downtown side of Connecticut.
The pedestrian will not be forgotten
in the new plan, Van Duzer pointed
out. After the two green light cycles
for automobile traffic, all lights will
be red for period of % seconds, CIV
Ing the pedestrian-whose average
speed is Az feet a second-ample time
to cross to or from the circle.
Success at Thomas Circle.
The traffic director explained the
system was put in operation at Logan
Circle recently after it had proved
successful at Thomas Circle A great
reduction in the number of accidents
has resulted at both circles, he de.
clared.
He described the new system a.
temporary expediency" until tht
time when subway system can bt
built for street cars at both Dupon
and Thomas Circles. One of tn,
greatest hazards at Dupont Circle
is caused by northbound street car.
travelling around the west side of the
circle.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Spring In.Gathering.

The Washington City Auxiliary Mis-
sion to Lepers will hold its Spring in
gathering from II am. to $3.50 pm.
Friday at Mount Vernon Place M. E.
Church South. The morning session
will be devoted to reports and election
Of officers, with devotional service at
noon, conducted by Mrs. Joy Elmer
Morgan Mrs. G. C. D. Townsend,
president, will preside.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BLAST HURLS WORKER
THROUGH MANHOLE
Gasoline Station Employe Thrown
80 Feet and Suffers Severe
Injuries.

Hurled by q blast 30 feet through
the manhole Of an underground stor-
age tank in which he was working at
q gasoline station at 925 KenilWorth
avenue northeast, William Fenner, 43,
Of Seat Pleasant, Nd, was critically
injured yesterday.
Fenner descended into the sup
posedly empty tank to clean it just
before the explosion occurred. Cause
OF the blast was not determined.
Fenner Is in Gallinger Hospital. =
Earlier in the day an explosion
shattered . heavy iron manhole cover
in tho 1900 block Of Michigan avenue
northeast. The blast was blamed on
sewer gaA
Evening star., 1937-05-02
WORKERS VOLUNTEER
TO AID JEWISH APPEAL
Campaign to Raise $50, 900 Will
Officially Start on Tuesday
Night.

With more than 500 volunteer
workers already recruited for the
two week canvass for funds for
the United Jewish appeal, the $50, 900
campaign drive will start officially
Tuesday night with a mass meet
ing of teams at the Jewish Commun-
ity Center.
Speakers will include drive chair
men, heads of divisions, Morris Roth
enberg, chairman Of the United Pal
estine Appeal, and Rabbi Morris s.
Lazeron, representing the Joint Dis
tribution Committee.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Grocer Loses $50 and Delicateesen

Armed bandits held up grocer and
. delicatessen store proprietor here last
night and escaped with total Of $65.
Samuel Fisher reported he was
robbed Of $50 in his grocery store at
$40 First street southeast by four col
ored men. A. Wulf told police lone
colored man held him up in his deli
catessen store at l457 Corcoran street
and took $35 from the cash register.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

quate hospital facilities for tubercular
patients, and general hospital facili-
ties have been somewhat improved, 1t
Is fact that can't be truthfully denied
that proper maternity hospital facii-
ties are woefully Inadequate, and ~
must do something Immediately to
remedy the situation"
Evening star., 1937-05-02
RESTAURANT WEEK SET
May 8 to 8 Designated for Tribute
to Food Establishments.

BY formal proclamation. the District
Commissioners yesterday called on
residents of Washington to observe
May 3 to 8 as National Restaurant
week, asking that recognition be given
to restaurants for their contribution
to improve sanitation and scientific
preparation Of food.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Will Speak on Hospice.

Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, CO.
founder Of the Volunteers of America,
will speak on the proposed establish
ment Of hospice for destitute girls
In Washington 1t the Sunshine Club
breakfast tomorrow In the Shoreham
Hotal.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
W. A. XANTEN TO TALK
ON STREET CLEANING
Columbia Heights Citizens to
Hear superintendent Of City
Refuse Division.

William A. Xanten, superintendent
of the City Refuse Division, will dis
cuss street cleaning at the monthly
meeting of the Columbia Heights Citi-
zens' Association at pm. Tuesday
In the Fourth Presbyterian Church,
Thirteenth and Fairmont streets.
New officers will be elected at the
meeting. Other matters to be discussed
include a proposal for city manager
for the District, various bills In Con.
gress, taxation, downtown parking and
pubic utility matters,
Evening star., 1937-05-02
TWO STORES HELD UP

(See FEDERATION, Page B-3.)
Evening star., 1937-06-16

baked by Rice's Bakery. 1t is rushed
every morning to your grocer while it
is oven fresh. You get it at the peak
of its goodness.
Start eating Honey-Krushed Wheat
Bread tomorrow. Get the health bene-
fits of this delicious wholesome
bread soon!
Evening star., 1937-06-16

'"toned up"-vieorous. Full of pep!
Many leading physicians endorse
Honey-Krushed Wheat Bread. Every
nutritive part of the whole grain is
contained in this marvellous loaf.
1t is made with pure honey, which
adds to it's delectable flavor and
makes it digest easily.
Honey-Krushed Wheat Bread is