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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

Waterbury knows that this is going
to be bad season for brush and forest
fires. Just ask the boys who have had to
put out some. In short, take the trouble
to inspect the records at fire headquar-
tiers. They will show that in the last few
weeks most of the calls have been to ex-
tinguish fires caused by burning brush,
leaves or grass. Property owners and
their employees are VIGOROUSLY careless
about this chore twice every year-during
the spring and autumn months. Those
happen to be the cleanup times of the
year. This spring we are getting unsea-
sonable weather and as result the de-
mands on the fire companies are ahead
: of time. Grass and brush Is highly in
flammable right now due to the fact there
was SO little snow during the winter. We
had plenty of rain, but the sunshine and
winds have more than made up for the
rainfall If you are property owner and
plan to burn rubbish, please exert more
than customary precautions. It may
save lot of damage and also lot Of
work for the fire department.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

when nobody in the State Depart
ment wanted him.
What BuIlitt sold Roosevelt
last summer was not 50 much
that he, Built, needed . new
diplomatic berth In Paris, but
that an, opportunity. awaited
the President Of the United
states 70 check the mad aFma-
ment race in Europe, ana that
Bullitt was the man who could
arrange IL.
SO Roosevelt, who has been
toying with some such idea for
q long time, told Bullitt to 60
to France and do his stuff.
Peace Plan
Since then, Bullitt has been
discussing secretly with the
French all sorts Of formulas for
ensuring the peace OF Europe,
but the one which finally seems
TO have evolved Is the idea of a
new move by President Roosevelt
for a worldwide disarmament
conference.
The French have been en-
Enthusiastically favoring this.
They have been pointing out
that Europe now sees the dread
spectre Of early war, and the
spectre has made It panic
stricken. The nations which
once opposed disarmament, they
point out, now are abjectly
conciliatory.
Today, the French have EN-.
phasized, Is the crucial moment.
A little later, IT will be too late.
Furthermore, only the prestige
and leadership Of the United
States, an outside and disinter-
ested party, would be sufficient
to call an arms conference and
steer 1t to a successful conclu-
sion.
IT IS THE GREAT MOMENT
FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
This Is the argument which Bill
Bullitt, still the idealistic, irrepres-
sibility optimistic ambassador, has
brought back 10 hts close friend,
the President.
Copyright, 1897, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

Running a city Is Just like house,
keeping. That's why I've always said
that women could run city as well
or better than men.
Mayor r. II. LaGuardia, New
York.
I think liquor IL swell as long rs
II doesn't interfere with your gold.
work, or love. making.
william eeabTook, noted
author.
I'm going back TO amateur golf.
That Is. II the United States Golf
Association will let me.
Babe Didrickson. professional
golfer.
Tho greatest foe Of artistic liberty
10 the enormous, stupid, and eilent
censorship Of the mass mind.
Pearl Buck, author.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Test Your
Knowledge

Can ven answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn 20
last page for the answers.
!. What Is o parsec?
2. Who wrote. TALES Of Travel
ler?"
3. what Is irrigatlone
Z. Where Is Death Valleyp
.. IN which peninsula Is 0reecep
.. What compounds have the
property Of iaeutraIizing acidsf
7. Who was Samuel Latham
Mitchill?
Q. II o child born IN the United
states Of alien parents an Amer
lean eItisen7
.. What substance fiIis tbs eavl.
tleS % bones % snnmnsaise
10. Name The largest island Ia tlif
British West Indies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Answers To
Questions
By Frederick NJ Kerby

! @. What Is the difference be-
tween an oculist and an optome-
trist?
A. The oculist Is an eye physician
or surgeon, q doctor Of medicine who
has had special training not only
In optical defects but In the diseases
Of the eye; an optometrist Is an eye
nleasurer who specializes In the ex-
animation Of the eyes for defects
which can be corrected with lenses
to create normal vision as far as
possible.
q. When was the play, THE Gar.
den OF Allah" first produced?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

Mayor Thomas >. Spellacy is nothing if
not adamant In his stand on matter that
Is causing much discussion In Capitol
circles There will be no payment of old
age assistance taxes TO the State unless
NE State In turn pays to the City Of Hart
loEd It's share IN the annual school
Enumeration grants. The State Board OF
Education has refused 10 certify the 'ap-
uolntment Of q Hartford educator and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

We've read lot about parking meters,
but never read where there was popular
demand in any community for them. But
down in New York the Merchants Asso-
citation has petitioned for their installa-
ton. They believe parking problems to-
day are at crucial point and also the
business of many establishments. They
want the Legislature to authorize meters
for New York City,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
In Today's Mail
Anonymous letters win not
be accepted unless accom-.
panied with writer's name.
RED RIOS s APPRECIATES
NEWSPAPER SUPPORT
DURING DRIVE

DURING DRIVE
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
On behalf Of the Waterbury
Chapter, American Red Cross, we
wish to thank you and to express
to you our appreciation for the time
and help which you gave us which
made 1t possible for the Waterbury
Chapter to forward to the National
Organization the sum Of $4,000 for
the sufferers from floods In the Ohio
and Mississippi districts.
Your courtesy and the courtesy OF
your reporters in giving us space
and encouragement Is greatly APP
preciated.
Sincerely yours,
WATERBURY CHAPTER
AMERICAN RED CROSS,
JOHN M. BURIAL,
Chairman
REV. JOSEPH vALDAMBRINI,
Vice. Chairman
MRS. EDITH Z. LADD.
Executive Secretary.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Selected Poem
THE NIGHT FISHERMEN
warren H. Potter in the New York Tin

Warren H. Potter IN The New York IimeS)
Nine miles of land and fifteen fathoms down,
Tideswept and current-crossed, more unkind field
Than any landsman plows for still earth's yield,
Men sow where no day in reap where stars down.
They leave in bright or bitter season, the brown
Soil for the sea. and where the night boats keeled
with brine roll in a wave or rise wet-heeled
Their huddled lanterns light tossing town.
While each the struggling harvest hauls that nils
His hatch vague, tethered things In green-deep hills
Pull all night long against an anchor chain;
And far from Yarmouth Head spoke Of light
Swings IN the fiat wheel OF the sky. as bright
White wings are sudden come-or gone agani.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, March 6.--When q
Vermont farmer walked from the
first to the l03rd floor Of the EN-.
pire State building in 80 minutes
and 20 seconds fiat couple Of
weeks ago, II was time to investigate
other antics that 60 on In the
worlds tallest building.
The Vermont bucolic who
achieved this Alpine feat and
climbed 2240 steps in little more
than half an hour, took everybody
by surprise when he did 1t. Just
announced to the guards that he
had mounted to the peak Of every
tall mountain In New York and New
England and wanted to enhance his
record. SO they let him UP the
stairs.
But friendly guide who watches
the Observatory In the worlds lofti-
est skyscraper contides that the YER
mont farmer is not the only one
to have Stunned the express eleva-
tor. Last summer, q Peter MCGUIRE
who lectures on the scenic vistas In
the tower, tried 1t and got there,
somewhat breathless.
One afternoon last July, q guide
heard noisy rustling outside the
door at seth floor level. When he
investigated, he found two Brooklyn
boys who had come up via the
steps. Although against the rules,
he permitted them to continue their
ascent to the 103rd story.
Too High for Aviator
Life, the men who stand sentry
l03 flights over the street declare,
Is not dull. Whether the visibility
happens to be perfect or zero, they
are kept company daily by sight
seers from all parts Of the world
who gasp In awe as they look down.
Three million people, from all parts
Of the world, the Empire States
books show, have been whisked up
to the Observatory by the bullet like
elevators since the building was
opened in 1881.
The guides have O wealth Of
observations Of their own. They
no longer are impressed by celeb
rites who come to gaze across
the town from the highest man
made vantage because, by this
time, they have virtually seen
them all.
The most frightened person they
ever saw on the 1903rd floor terrace
was an aviator. Though he Is In.
trepid while flying, q stationary
height OF 1850 feet almost sent him
into dead faint. His wife, on the
contrary, refuses to be taken UP
In plane, but was so comfortable
atop the Empire State as II she were
treading on terra firma at street
level.
Added Attraction
Although the guides have played
host to statesmen from all lands,
they best recall Kata Ragoso, King
Of Morovo In the Solomon Isles, who
stole the show away from the throb-
bling city below. Visitors turned
their eyes from the telescopes, the
skyline across the Palisades and the
Manhattan sights to gaze at this
giant chieftain with his kinky hair
and bare legs and native, scant
clothes. He himself paused to tell
the guides that in his hands he held
the club with which his cannibai
father killed forty men.
Pierre Laval Of France spent his
sightseeing time in the tower mar
yelling at the rivers surrounding New
York.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
A Thought for Today

AbsaIOm said moreover oh that were made
Judge In the land, that every man which hath
any suit or cause might come unto me, and
wOuId do him justice.-II Samuel 1854
II Is with our judgments as with our watches;
no two 60 Just alike, yet each believes his own
Pope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

Waterbury Philatelists will be
interested to know the annual
Southern New England confer
ence Of stamp CLUBS will be held In
New Britain this year. The meet
Ing has been scheduled for q spring
session and will probably be held
during the first week In May, the
exact date to be announced In the
near future by the committee In
charge Of arrangements.
Herbert Erwin is president Of
the Southern New England stamp
conference and Leon 9. Sprague
OF New Britain Is secretary. The
host club for the session will be
the Hardware City club and 1t Is
expected between 400 and 500 visi-
tors will be in the city for the one
day conference.
In addition to the regular bust
ness and exhibition sessions there
will also be an auction and the
establishment Of facilities for the
exchange Of stamps. The meeting
will be concluded In the evening
by q dinner.
The four. cent Army and Navy
stamps will be placed on sale at
the postofiice in Washington for
the first time March 2S. They will
probably be available in Water
bury March rs. The Army stamp
Of this denomination bears por-
traits OF Robert e. Lee and Thorn.
ms (StonewalD Jacksols as we'll as
pictures OF Lees ancestral home,
"Stratford Hail.. The Navy stamp
carries likenesses Of Admirals
Sampson, Dewey and Schley, with
view Of the sea and vessels In the
distance. Both are printed In gray
ink. It is believed the printing Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

More bankruptcies are being born right
now, since the fashion for multiple births
began to spread, but nobody pays any
more attention to 'em than if they were
quadrupeds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Philateic Neze,S

Post Office Department Announces New Date for
Inauguration Of Air.Mail Service to Chna--Spe-
cial Commemorative Stamp to Honor Early
Swedish Settlers-Sherman Series Approved.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

you want . copy Of our beck
let on "6tains and Spots write Tho
Waterbury Democrats Washington
Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street,
Northwest. Washington, ID. G. En-
81 .se 4 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

The turtle, like other critters that tote
a lot of armament, has pretty good pro-
lection but doesn't seem to have much
fun.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, II have neither seen
the play nor the picture;
say, have seen neither the
play nor the picture"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

A. October 81, 1911, at the Gen.
fury theater, New York city.
@. What Is Jungle Law"
A. The law Of self-preservation.
In the jungle, the constant struggle
Is for survival, and the natural In.
stinct Of living beings In o wild
state Of nature, Is to kill rather
than be killed.
@, Who wrote the lines: Laugh
and the world laughs with you;
weep, and you weep alone?"
A. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The
poem Is usually entitled Solitude"
Q. Does the name Great Britain
apply only to England?
A. Great Britain Is the name OF
the island comprising England,
Scotland and Wales, and also In.
cludes politically. the Isle Of Man
and the Channel Islands.
Q. What is the name for the
tackle by which life-boats on ships
are lowered and raised?
A. Falls.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 6. - William Christian Bull
ltt meteoric mystery man Of Mr.. Rooseyets foreign
relations is back another mission so mysterious that
not even the State Department knew in advance what
qnl4r. N st
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon rises 2:03 O. m.
sun rises $40 a. m: sets 5:ST y. m.
All vehicles must BE- lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

A. October 81, 1911. at the Gen.
tury theater, New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06
Roosevelt's Friend

Bullitt's chief assets have been
contagious charm, a personality
that he can make hot or cold
like running water, and. In these
later years. the ability TO make
Franklin Roosevelt believe that
anything Bullitt says Is gospel.
This was the secret OF his
ability to be appointed Secretary
Hull's assistant when Hull defin-
itely didn't want him. and later
to become ambassador to France
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-06

Copyright, 1897, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30
80 PER CENT IN HARLEM
JOBLESS, ALLIANCE
STATES

New York, Oct. - (By Melvin Stet-
son for CNA) - Eighty per cent of
Harlem's population is unemployed, ac-
cording to an estimate made by Mich
ael Davedow of the central office of
the Workers Alliance.
Negroes on direct relief total only
42,235, comprising 2l.7 per cent of
total Of l94,975 persons on direct re-
lief in New York City, according TO
the latest figures given out by the
Emergency Relief Bureau. Ninety
per cent of Negroes on direct relief are
qualified for work relief, Daveoow as
serted.
The Alliance official pointed out fur
Their that although the number on dir
ect relief leaves more than 23l 900 un-
employed Negroes unaccounteG for,
only 1921 of this number are at
present employed OH WPA according
to the figures released by Colonel
Sommervel. New York relief admins
traitor
From August |. 1885, to August 1.
1886. total OF 26.03S Negroes were
transferred from direct to work relief.
This indicates that over 1000 Negroes
have lost their WPA jobs in the past
year.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30

the jim crow barrier. / believe that
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., attended one
of these sessions. think that Hamil-
ton Fish was another.
The Commander at that time was a
Texan, SO it needs no explanation as to
his attitude, though out Of fairness to
him, he was as liberal as might be ex-
pected under the circumstances, which
consisted of lodging the issue when
ever possible, and being careful not to
compromise himself, when driven into
a corner.
That is all changed now, Dixieland
sent her Negro Bands and Drum Corps,
and many of them received honorable
mention. Two states of the southland
still have their prescribed lists, but the
fight goes merrily on, and no doubt
sooner or later they must succumb to
the perennial persistence of the colored
delegate who has carried on down the
years in the fight for recognition for
his comrade whom chance and circum-
stance have placed at a geographical
disadvantage.
Congressman and Mrs. Henry G..
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30
OBITUARY NOTICES

Anna May Allen passed away at the
residence of her niece, Mrs. Jessyia
Spieer, z2o Sherbournc Ave., Monday,
October 18th. Funeral services were
held Wednesday. October 10th, at 2:3O
P. NJ, from Neal Funeral Home, Inc.
Rev. Mcdonald efflciated. 1nterment
Forest Cemetery.
Allen French died at his residence,
527 ST. Anthony Ave., Sunday, October
oath. He Is survived by sister, Mrs.
Florence E. Henley, s74 Fuller Ave.
Funeral services were held Wednesday,
October 9th, at P. NJ, from Neal
Funeral Home, Inc. Father Lealtad
officiated. Interment Elmhurst Gene
terry.
John c. Alexander, grandfather Of
James A. Butler, passed away October
18th at his residence at 242l 4th Ave,
South. Funeral services were held Sat,
Oct. 10th, at 2 P. NJ, from Neal Fun
eral Home, Inc. Rev. c. F. Stewart
officiated. Interment Crystal Lake
Cemetery.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30
FLORIDA GOVERNOR
DEFENDS LYNCHING

New York, Oct. - (CNA) Arriving
in this city to confer with Grover
Whalcn on the Worlds Fair, Freder-
lex P. Cone, six-foot Governor OF
Florida, brazenly told an indignant
group Of labor and church represen-
tatives protesting lynch terror In III,
state that under certain circumstances,
lynching and mob violence were justi-
fed.
The committee had visited the COVER
nor to protest the recent acquital of
six former members of the Tampa pol
Ice department who logged Joseph
Shoemaker and two other labor organ
izers. Shoemaker died of his injuries.
According to the Florida executive
the circumstances that justified
lynching was seeking to overthrow
the government. Gov. Cone would
not say who would be the judge wheth-
er man was attempting to over
throw the government or not, and rul-
ed out application of law and order in
such cases. Asked whether union or
ganizers who attempted to get worker
together to fight for more pay and
shorter workers. might not be classed
by reactionary elements as seeking to
overthrow the government, the Cover
nor refused to commit himself.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30
REFUSES TO REVIEW
CASE OF PATTERSON
Defense Groups to Push Fight for Inn.
prisoned Boys Despite Ruling.

Washington, Oct Is. - In one of TIL,
most reactiohaty rulings of its Ion,
anti-Negro history, the United State
Supreme Court today refused to review
the case of Haywood Patterson, one o
the five Scottsboro boys still imprison
ed in Alabama.
In effect the courts decision upheld
the 7s-year living sentence i'm.
posed OH Patterson in Decatur, Ala.
in January, 1886. and will affect tn
appeals of the other four boys now i'm.
prisoned in that state.
Meantime, in New York, Vito Mar.
cantonio. outstanding labor attornc,
and president of the International Lab.
or Defense, declared that the fight fol
the freedom of Patterson and the other
four Negro boys would continue n1ore
vigorously than ever.
Justice Black disqualified himself ano
did not sit or participate in the SCOTS.
boro decision today. The court handed
down no written opinion In the case
The four other boys imprisoned with
Patterson are: Charlie Weems, senten.
ced to IS years; Andy Wright, 9s
years; Ozie Powell, 20 years; and
Clarence Norris, sentenced to die.
Roy, Andy's brother, Glen Mont
gomery, Eugene Williams, and Willie
Robertson. four OF the Scottsboro boys
were freed last summer.
Marcantonio's statement issued II
New York said:
1.-THE decision of the United States
Supreme Court today, not to review
the conviction of Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro boy sentenced to Is years
does not end the case by any means.
"The l. L. D. has fought and saved
the lives of the Scottsboro boys for
six years, and together with the Scots
boro Defense Committee of which il
=, is a member has continued unAaggingly
the fight for patterson's freedom since
his conviction in January, 1886, and his
sentencing to IS years imprisonment
Millions of protest signatures and
resolutions to Governor Bib Grave:
of Alabama, in the campaign sponsored
by the Scottsboro Defense Committee
can have a powerful effect on Alabams
officials who have it in their power a,
any moment to free all FIVE boys TN
conditionally.
1--WE know that the people of Anieri.
ca will rally around this issue as they
have done before, and in even greatci
numbers, to win this freedom"
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-10-30
$4,000 THRONE AUTO
AWAITS DIVINE'S CALL

Pasadena, Cal, Oct. = (CNA) - A
$4,000 touring chariot" especially de-
signed for Father Divine was awaiting
orders this week from the cult leader
for shipment to New York City.
The car was designed by the white
playboy John Huest Hunt, alias n.
John the Revelator, one of Father Di-
vines Eeutenants. Hunt is in Nc
Neils Island Prison. He was convicted
of seducing 17-year-old white girl cult
convert, whom he chose for a new
Virgin Mary"
"The touring chariot" while not quite
as fantastic as Hunt had planned it,
was nothing short of a sensation. 1t
was built ON an extra long chassis. On
the rear seat are two ttpraised
thrones a wide arm fest between
them.
A hand inicrophone hangs just above
the arm rest. Through the h1icrophone
Father Divine or the occupant of the
other throne fiiay give orders to the
driver; who is shut off from the throne
by sliding glass panel.