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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Dawes Forecast

Charles G. Dawes, elderly Chicago banker and former vice-president of the United States, is out with another eco homie prophecy. He has a system for it., and seems to have fortold accurately the beginning of the present upswing of bus mess in the summer of 1885.
 We shall go coasting along nicely, he believes, until the summer or fall of 1889, then there will be another stock market collapse It is not to be so serious, how ever, as that of 1929. There will merely be "a minor recession of business of one or two years" After that will come another "period of prosperity" whose end is not given in the present forecast.
 On the whole, it's a reassuring view. If we have good business now for two years or so, we can stand little slowing down for couple of years, preparatory to another resumption of good business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Protecting The Bivalves

From time to time attention is focused on Connecticut's profitable shellfish in- dustry. A good many people are not aware of the fact that the state has fair ranking in this field of endeavor and that it is necessary to have special state commission in charge of it. We nave a shellfish commission, but under the pro- posed state reorganization setup it's duties would be assumed by the State Board ot Fisheries and Game. However, with this we are not concerned.
 Right now attention in the state is cen tered on trial in which Uncle Sam is the defendant He is being sued by eight Connecticut oyster companies who clam that operation of an army dredge spoiled oyster beds in New Haven harbor during a period extending from November l, 1883, to July 31, 1884 Mud and silt over flowing from the dredge is alleged to have covered the beds and thus injured the operation of business. The case is an 1n- teresting one from many angles, partlc- ularly so since it was necessary for the plaintiffs to get permission from Con- gress to bring suit against the federal government.
 The amount of damages being sought is $4OO,OOO and the evidence is being heard by Federal Commissioner c. William Ramseyer One of the principal witnesses at the opening session of the trial was the former head of the shellfish commission, Howard w. Beach, who is now an official of one of the oyster companies bringing action against the government. Many interesting facts about oyster spawning, beds, and injury from channel widening. If it does nothing else, the case will serve to center attention on, as we said above, one of Connecticut's little-knoWn, but very important industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Wait For Alterations

. It may be just publicity gag, but we're inclined to think all this excitemenl over the "trolley-car' bungalows is bit far-fetched If improvement groups, such as that one in Bethlehem, are going to take action to prevent persons utilizing the old trolley cars that once piled the streets of Waterbury, they really ought /. to announce first on what grounds the new homes are to be rejected , After all, owners of the cars probably have serious designs on them And by that we mean designs for modernlzlng them. Perhaps in year no one would be able to recognize in the summer cabin what was once the North Main street trolley car. lot can be done with a paint brush and few tools. Most of those
 people who buy up abandoned trolley bodies do so with the intention of not merely making then tenantable but also preSentable.
 We have never yet seen the man or woman who built their own little cabin that didn't go to extreme pains to make it about the best little cabin there was. All sorts of fancy touches are given to these affairs, whether they be at the shore, by the lake, in the mountains, or surrounded by the forests. You'll find all the comforts of home and few little added touches to complete the bargain. We'd urge withholding all criticism of the use of trolley bodies as summer homes until the period of transition has worn off and they have ceased to be mere trolleyS and are actually homes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

power is paramount: all the dim aeons behind have toiled to pro- duce ME, I care not a jot for the ages ahead and the sons of men, who shall inhefit the earth when l am dust beneath their feet. I am Hitler. Give me my rights. Stand clear of My way. I want and l will have!"
 Such is Nazism, which means the rule of force to revert to slavery an entire nation, to the dictator's $ ideal of a social system where all must bow to his conception of a na- tional unity at the expense of all human liberty, all religions. To establish a Pagan religion based on his ideal, to which all must bow or be throttled and denied express sion.
 Taking the case of the 21-year- old American boy, Helmet Hirscll put to death last week by Hitler for alleged conspiracy to assassin ate 8 certain unnamed German of ficial, despite the efforts of our state department to save him, his trial and method of secret execu- ton give rise to the suspicion that he was made goat of the rentment of one high in authority, who has taken a deep, rooted dislike tc America and Americans. In his letter to his parents-in his last farewell, the doomed boy said:
 Death is the final thing, and the only truth there is. Only if one has felt death deeply Ill ones self, in all earnestness, does one know what life means. For me, this is probably too late, now. There is no other way then, but to stand straight and to show in my last moment what believed to be true, that I should be able to die bravely which means, able to bear the truth" Guilty or not guilty of the charges against him, they were brave words spoken in the grim shadow of the axe. His parents believed him innocent. Maybe he was.
 IRON QUILL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Selected Poem
EXPIRATION

Geslie Nelson Jennings in the New York Sum- Once walking deep in Maiden Wood, Where a green twilight seemed to cling, And no bird had the hardihood
 To tarry long, or sing I saw three birches, winter white,
 Three glimmering birches frail as frost Fugitive from world more bright,
 Irrevocably lost. In that half-shadow something stirred No wind or wing or leaf let fall Something not safely seen or heard
 By any one at all Ask me not where, knee-deep in fern, Those three, forsaken bircnes stood I shall not soon again return
 To walk in Maiden Woodl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
RULE OF FORCE SWEEP ING ALL OVER
 EUROPE
June, 8, 1887.

Editor, The Democrat
 Considering the wholesale destruc- ton of human life going on in un- fortunate Spain, one is impelled to turn to the rules of war that jus tify the sacrifice of innocent wo- men and children as legitimate warfare, and the explanation is found in the German textbook issued by the German general staff for the instruction of German of- ficers during the World war, still in use in Hitler's Germany. The title of the book was: "The Usage of War on Land". One of the rules reads as follows:
 Should they (the peaceful in-
 habitantS of an invaded coun-
 try) be exposed to the fire of their
 own troops? Yes: It may be in-
 defensible, but its main justifica-
 ton is that it is successful. Should prisoners of war be put to death? It is always ugly, but it is some times expedient. May one hire an assassin, or corrupt a citizen, or incite an incendiary? Certainly: It may not be reputable and honor may fight shy of it, BUT THE LAW OF WAR IS LESS TOUCHY. Should the women and children, the old and the feeble, be al- lowed to depart before bom- bardment begins? On the con- trary: their presence is greatly to be desired; it makes the bon1- bardment all the more effective.
 This book was translated from the German by Professor J. H. Mor- gan, M. A., professor of constitu- tional law, at the University College of London, England.
 Here then is the keynote of the Pagan retrogression that is sweep ing over Europe. What appalling logic twenty centuries after Jesus Christ preached the sermon on the mount.
 Such a creed is the elementals oi the atavistic creed of the omnipo. tent force-called by the world die tators-biological necessity and ex- plains the bombing of defenseless cities, and murder of peaceful popu- lations by bombing planes. Dicta- tors whose creed is: Life exist fol for me: This brief moment of my
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M Kerby

@. What is the diameter of an average human hair?
 A. Length, thickness and color varies with races and location on different parts of the body. The diameter ranges from five one thousandths to four one-thou- sandths of an inch.
 o. What proportion of the popu- lation of the United States attends full time day school?
 A. About one-fourth.
 e. Can you interpret one-ilch rainfall in terms of gallons?
 A. One insh of rain is equiva- lent to ELISA U. s. gallons per acre.
 o. Why are barges lowed with a long line?
 A. sBecause a long hawser is easier on the towing pitts when the tug and barge get into rough water,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

The site of one of the most famous Indian battles in all New England may soon be made accessible to the general public if Rhode Island can awaken enough local and national interest in the same. The spot is where the Great Swamp Fight occurred in 1875 and the result of the conflict was the breaking of the power of the Narragansetts in that section of the country. The spot is a hard one to get to and is more or less hidden in boz Efforts are to be made to build roads into it and to restore the battlefield The spot is about 30 miles south of Providence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
A Book a Day
Pirate Kidd's Hoard Waiting on a Finder
 BY BRUCE CATION

Old Captain Kidd was hanged in chains as a pirate some 230-odd years ago. Even so, he had the last laugh on his executioners. For he really did leave pirate treasure" buried on a lonely south sea island in the best romantic tradition.
 So, at any rate, says Harold T. Wilkins in Captain Kidd and His Skeleton Island" Giveright: $0. MT. Wilkins has re-examined the whole Kidd story. Tn his researches, he came across divers old chests once owned by Kidd. Secret draw CTS in these chests yielded myster- ious charts, locating the treasure island.
 This island, says MT. Wilkins, has no name and is not on any modern chart. It is off in the western Pa cific somewhere, and MT. Wilkins is so confident that he is on the right track that he is presently go- ing out there with party to dig it up.
 Captain Kidd was long excor- | iated as one of he worst of pi- rates. Then a reaction came, and he was pictured as an innocent man who was wrongly executed. MT. wilkins, examining his career in minute detail, takes a middle course.
 Kidd was railroaded to the gib- bet, he says. There had to be a scapegoat to pacify the Great Mo- gull of India, whose ships had been despoiled and Kidd was elected. But he was no dainty fingered Pur- itan. He had done his share of seiz- ing, robbing and despoiling, and ale | though his trial was shockingly un- fair, he had, for all that, taken his share. And MT. Wilkins believes that he knows where that share" ] is hidden today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
ressCornnent
A THIRD ROUTE FROM BRISTOL
 (NeW Britain Herald)


 At present there are two improved highways between Bristol and Wa terbury. One can travel over an all- concrete road via Thomaston, or one can turn directly south from Bristol and go via the new road over South Mountain and Wolcott to Waterbury. The latter is the shorter,
 But this isn't enough for the folks living between the two cities. There is an unimproved road over Bucks Hill, and it provides third route between Bristol and Waterbury. It is almost unbelievable, but both parts of the legislature have passed a bill empowering the Highway commissioner to proceed with the improvement of this third road.
 This route would put on the trunk line system a route from Cedar lake in Bristol to Wolcott and over Bucks Hill to North Main and Robinson streets in Waterbury.
 All of which may or may not fill a long-needed want. Such a road ought, at least, to benefit property values along at least portions of the route. That is an important part ot some road promotions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

and also because a long line gets the barge out of the wash from the tugs propeller.
 Q. Who is or was T. Dewitt Tal- madge?
 A. Noted American preacher, born 1892 and died 1902.
 @. How many bases on balls were issued and how many errors were committed in the 1886 season by Carl Hubbell and Dizzy Dean?
 A. Hubbell issued 57 bases on balls and made 3 errors; Dean issued 53 bases on balls and made l error.
 O. When did the United States dirigible Akron crash?
 A. April 4, 1893.
 O. Is there mention in the Bible of the Jews refusing to fight on the Sabbath and therefore suffering de- feat at the hands of their enemies?
 A. Yes, in the Old Testament Apocrypha, II Maccabees 5:25, and l51. There are also several in- stances mentioned in Josephus' writings.
 @. Does the United States own the Panama Canal Zone?
 A. No; the United States holds 1t under perpetual lease from the republic of Panama.
 o. When was the conference on the limitation of armaments held in Washington?
 A. November Il, 1921, to Febru- ary 6, 1922.
 If you want copy of our book let on FAMOUS AUTHORS" write The Waterbury Democrats Wash- ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose { cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Current Comment

If in the coming years car show my gratitude in service tc you, that is the way above all others that I should choose. George VI, in a speech after his coronation.
 Parole today is becoming one of the major menaces of oiir country. Through its misapplica- ton, convicts are freed with lit. tie or no supervision, and often with no sound reason for release.
 
 Boxing is in about the same disrepute as horse racing: even baseball has had its major scandals but no one has ever suggested that the outcome of . university game was fixed"
 -Dr. B. L. stradley. Ohio stats University.
 I would like to see a crop oi lawyers developed with mort
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

Getting back to the dog subject, did you know that over 4,000 dogs were benched at the recent outdoor show held at Madison, N J. It was probably the greatest outdoor show ever staged in the LISA. and certainly proves that the pure-bred dog is more than coming into his own in this country. Time was when pedigree papers didn't mean thing; to- day they are as common as wallpaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

ing companies within their own families; Incorporating in foreign countries to escape taxes.
 Most Americans have never thought up anything so slick and so unsports- manlike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
IN TODAY'S MAIL

newspaper responsible opinions its readers communications accompanied the writer's address will be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

twenty Gotham Plays Going Strong, Including Eight Hits". And recently they thought the speaking stage was dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

Let's hope that when the United States Treasury burned a lot of rare bank notes for Hetty Greens heirs, to make the re- mainder worth more, it wasn't prophetic or symbolic of anything
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
FDR May Keep Supreme
 Court Working In Summer
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Presidents caustic comments on the Supreme Courts fourmonth summer vacation than just another blast of criticism He is seriously considering doing something about it.
 Two plans are being debated in inner White House
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

last page for the answers. 1. Is aluminium conductor of electricity?
 3. On what river is the city of Dubuque, Iowa?
 3. What does the Latin term bona fide mean?
 4. Who was Karl Gutzkow? 5. Where Is the Golden Gate? 6. Name the capital of Illinois. 2. What is a "jinx?"
 8. Name the science that treats of plants.
 g. Where is Bucknell University? 10. What is the name for un- skilled laborers in India and eastern Asia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say "Way up on the hill- side I saw a house.; say, "Away up on the hillside" etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

genuine, humane ambition to ben- eft the poor and unfortunate cli- ents, rather than mainly them selves. -Clarence Darrow. eminent law
 yer.
 A little chloroforn and 1t wpulA be ell over. Just think how much better that would be than permit ting them to live and suffer through. no one knows how nasny, toFturous years.
 Rev. 0. F. Potter, founder of
 Humanist Society, urging legal
 mercy death4"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets 9:21 D. m daylight time). Sun rises 5:2O a. m; sets 8:22 p. m. (6ay- light time). All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09

=. Having just inspected the White House, a tourist asked, ''Now where is the Bunker Hill Monument?"
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
T st Y o U r Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-09
A Thought for Today

But God will redeem my soul from the power Of the grave: for He shall receive me. Selah. Psalms 49:15.
 This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the livng.-Tyron EdWardS.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
VIDAL ORGANIZES
AIRLINE COMPANY
Ex-U. S. Official to Battle for
Busy New York.D. c.
Transport Trade.

A battle for air transport supremacy
on the worlds busiest air route. Wash
ington to New York, Is anticipated
between new air transport company
now being organized by Eugene L.
Vidals former director OF air COM
merce, and Eastern Air Lines, it was
learned today as result Of the gath
ering OF national aviation leaders at
Langley Field, Va, for the annual en-
gineering conference of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Vidars group Is said to be planning
hourly service between Washington.
New York and Boston.
Eastern Air is one Of the Nations
largest air transport systems and Is
the line which swallowed up the for
mer Ludington Lines, pioneer WASH
1ngton-New York service which estab-
lished the worlds first schedule Of
flights every hour on the hour"
When the Ludington system was
forced out Of aviation six years ago,
1t was charged that it was forced out
as a result Of price-cutting compete
ton OF Eastern Air, made possible by
an airmail subsidy which was denied
Ludington.
New Schedule.
The first gun in the war believed
impending between Vidal and Eastern
was fired last Saturday when Eastern
inaugurated a schedule of 20 round
trips daily between WASHINGTON and
New York, offering service every hour
on the hour" Such service has not
been offered since Ludington was
taken over six years ago by Eastern
Interviewed at Langley Field. Vidal,
who Is member Of the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics, to
which he was appointed by President
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Watch Stolen at Ball Game.

PHILADELPHIA, May 10 LP).-Lo,,
Wilgarde, Mayors secretary, reported
for work today without his gold
badge. 1t was stolen at a base bail
game.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
M'KN|CHT GIRLS
'CHUM' TO TESTIFY
Other Members of French
Family to Be Called in
Staying Trial.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., May 10
Two high school pals who some
times pondered life's problems to-
gether after classes. faced each other
in court today.
One Is on trial for her life, accused
Of the hatchet Staying of her mother;
the other, prospective States wit
ness
Pretty. dark-haired Doris French,
the "chum" to whose solace blond
Gladys MacKnight ned one hot Sum-
mer night last July when Mrs. Helen
MacKnight was killed in her kitchen,
was ready to testify in the trial of
her l7-year-old friend and Donald
Wightman, l8, known with Gladys as
Bayonne High Schools perfect cou-
pie"
In purported confessions" of the
Staying, made to Bayonne police and
admitted yesterday as evidence, Gladys
and Donald told how they went to
Doris house after the Staying, before
starting the automobile ride that ended
with their arrest in Jersey City.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
ECONOMY DRIVE
MAY CUT DEFICIT.
Reduction Seen Possible as
Agencies Announce Sav-
ings Effected.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
A Budget Bureau tally of results
of the administration year-end econ
omy campaign led some authorities
today to forecast a reduction in the
estimated s2,557,0 900 900 Federal den
cit.
President Roosevelt told his press
conference yesterday departments had
co-operated in shaving expenditures
between May and the end of the
fiscal year, July l.
Daniel w. Bell, acting budget d.
rector, said the exact savings could
not be made public until reports from
individual departments have been
summarized
The reports were made In re-
sponse to letter from the Presi-
dent in April demanding IAN i'm
mediate curtailment of expenditures. "
Bell said some departments had
not attempted to give estimates Of
savings in dollars and cents, but
merely had advised they were mot
Spendlng single dollar that isn't
absolutely necessary"
Fiscal authorities awaited Bells
summary for an indication Of how
much higher the public debt will 20
by July l, 1t reached new peak
of s35,096, 900 on May IS.
They expressed confidence savings
would be effected in an estimated
s65O,0OO,000 of expenditures this year
by civil departments and agencies,
which they predicted would bear a
major portion Of aggregate economies.
In addition, they cited that bonus
bond payments have totaled only $685.
100000 thus far this year, against Mr..
Roosevelts latest estimate OF $780,
100000 for the entire fiscal period.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

between Washington, New York and
Boston, would connect with the Boston
6 Maine system. Vidal declined to
comment on the possible effect on his
plans Of Eastern Air Lines inaugura-
ton Of hourly service to New York,
said that there will be no delay in
plans for organization Of the company.
He also declined TO discuss the routes
over which he expects to operate, but
did say that his company expects to
seek airmail contracts.
Friends Of Vidal are outspoken in
their belief that the Inauguration OF
hourly schedules by Eastern Air is a
direct blow at Vidal and is intended to
forestall his entrance as a competitor
for the heavy Washington York
air tra1ic.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Roosevelt during his term Of ONCE as
director Of air commerce, confirmed
the fact he Is planning to return to
the field Of air transportation, in which
he became prominent before taking
over Federal leadership Of civil avia-
ton.
He expects to associate with him in
his new undertaking Paul Collins and
Samuel J. Solomon, president and Vice
president Of Boston d. Maine Airways,
which Is expected to form the nucleus
for the new group. Collins and Vidal
were fellow vice presidents Of the
Ludington Lines. Solomon also is
general manager Of Washington Air
port and was = business associate of
Vidal before the latter's appointment
to the Commerce Department post.
Has New Type Plane.
I'VE have = new type of airplane on
order" Vidal said. Il am not prepared
to say much about this ship yet, except
that We expect 1t to be one Of the most
efficient transport types yet produced.
1t is possible deliveries may begin by
July IT,
The hourly service planned by Vidal