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Evening star., 1937-12-20
SOWASSTANF0RD,
BUT LOST IN BOWL
However, 'Bama This Time
Has No Howell Hutson
Combination.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

1t was Andy Smith, a great
IL coach and still greater char
acter, who had the first "won-
der teams" of California. AS recall
1t, his 1928 team was the first to earn
the wonder appellation or trade
mark-largely by swamping strong
Ohio State team, % to 0, what with
Brick Muller's passing and a few
other details.
Now the greater part of some $780,
900 California alumni are beginning
to hint that Stub Allison's 1887 team
belongs on the wonder" borderline.
They'll tell you, a lot of them will,
that any one of seven men could
have been picked on anybody's all
America with at least fair amount
of Justification.
The seven named are Chapman,
Meek and Bottari in the backfield-
HerWig at center-Stockton or Evans
at guard-Schwartz at end.
And the other four regulars are
something more than merely caddies
or gap-pluggers.
Evening star., 1937-12-20

Six points: st. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox and Colgate football
team.
Four points: Chicago University
football team, for loss to Michigan;
Joe Louis. for showing against Tommy
Farr, and Helen Jacobs, in women's
tennis.
Three points: Bitsy Grant, in
Davis Cup tennis; Pitts vote against
accepting any foot bowl bids, Jim
Braddock, Minnesota football team;
Jimmy FoXx, Red Sox first baseman;
Pompoon. in 3-year-old racing, and
Van Mungo, Brooklyn pitcher.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
Poor After Early July.

IUI hItcE Early July.
DEAN won only l3 games and lost
10 for the Gashouse Gang this
year. as compared with an average of
27 for the previous three seasons. He
was hurt in the all-star game at
Washington early in July and saw
little service thereafter in the box.
OF the SO sporting writer's partici-
pating in the Associated Press year.
end poll, 20 voted Deans showing the
biggest disappointment of many that
developed during the big league base
ball season. The collapse OF the Gin
cinnati Reds, after raising the spring
hopes of their followers, and the loss
Of the National League pennant race
by the Chicago Cubs, after gaining
commanding lead, came next on the
list of disappointments to the experts.
Evening star., 1937-12-20
MONROE, CHARITY
SCORE ON GR|D|RON
Hot Lunch Fund Gets $1,000
as D. c. Schools Stars
Bow to Georgians.

~ ASS production today was
M stamped as an evil by local
scholastic all-stars recovering
L from the steady OUTPUT of
Evening star., 1937-12-20
Colgate Grid disappointment,

COLGATE'S team was rated the
main disappointment on college
gridirons. more so than the failure of
Plttsburghs No. ranking eleven to
be receptive to Rose Bowl invita-
tion. On the high seas, the rout of
T. o. M. Sopwith's Endeavour II un
the Americas Cup races was the big
gest source Of regret to critical
observers.
Here's the tabulation of sports dis
appointments, with first places and
points:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
May Speed Up Schedule

Connecticut's proposed public institu.. tons building program may DC Speeded up as result of the disastrous fire this week at the State Farm for Women Tn Mantle. FenWick Hall one of the oldest of the wooden buildings that make up this penal institution, was practically destroyed and there is little intention of rebuilding 1t, irasmuch as a new build- ing is scheduled for the State Farm under recent announcements. It was one of the several institutions that were to bene. fit by the huge bond issue that the state is to float and which will permit many other institutions In the state to aban. don old and outmoded structures.
 The fire, however, also reveals that there arc three other wooden buildings at the woners prison, all of them de- scribed as "worse fire traps In the case Of such thing as this we think that action should be swift and sure. The move to eliminate all these worthless structures, replacing them with modern and nre.proof ones. There is no reason to explain that schedules or previous plans won't permit that now. Schedules and plans can be broken and have many a time for various circumstances. The present ones are sufficient unto the hour of need.
 Had the disastrous fire occurred at NJ. antic during the night time 1t is doubt ful If any of the occupants of the build ing would have escaped with their lives. The state is fortunate in this respect. Just by few hours 1t misses tragedy in an institution that would have brought down a shower of criticism and blame that would make the present Merritt Parkway probe seem insignificant by comparison. In view or the fact that TOT received biennially by the Legislature for correction of unbeatable conditions at the Women's State Farm, now housing all women who are sentenced to state prison, 1t would seem as if our Public Works Department had some work ahead of it. It could do good job by cleaning house thoroughly aI Mantle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

who love dogs too much Go shoot them as they are Shooting each other. Behind the trench lines, Chinese and Japanese, Spanish Loyalist and Rebel, are feeding and caring for their dog pets, unaware ot the monstrous inconsistency which will lead them out at any moment to kill their fellow men.
 Tn ontario, the other day, l20-pound st. Bernard pup fell to ledge on Q 300. foot cliff A dozen men, stirred by the beasts pitiful whlnes, spent four days figuring out way to get to him, Then they formed a human chain down 40 feet of preclpitous cliff, and at imminent risk to their own lives, dragged the shiv. ering dog to safety. This men will do for a dog, yet for each other they have only hatred and jealousy and bitterness, de. livered at the point of cold bayonet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Right Up With Us

Hartford is contemplating with sad but resigned mien the prospect of SO75 mill tax rate for the coming year This represents 4.05 fill increase over It's present rate of taxation and naturally the jump is not appreciated nor desired by any of the taxpayers. However, rom a distance 1t would seem as If some such increase as this is inevitable. And the main reason why 1t would seem to be In. evitable down here in Waterbury IS that citizens don't like to sacrifice services to which they have become accustomed. Hartford must give them up, If the pres- Cnt rate Is maintained.
 The natural question then is how can the city have gone through 1887 with 267 mill rate and given its citizens so much service, If now 1t has to suddenly raise the rate more than 4 mills. The answer is that at the close of this fiscal year Hartford is confronted with million dollar deficit. Its tax rate during the past wear has not been sufficient unto it's needs. in other words 1t was running big bus mess without sufficient operating capi- tai. And when this is done deficits oc- cur. Hartford now has million dollar one and in order to prevent this deficit increasing still higher during 1858 the tax rate must be raised.
 All of which makes us feel pretty good down here in Waterbury Instead of ad- vancing tax rates down here we're slowly but surely lowering them. The drop may be slight and 1t may be a slow process, but nevertheless 1t Is going down and at the same time the city has not been forced to curtail the ordinary services that are demanded of an up-and.coming municipality in these days of abundant services. Much has been made of Water- bury's high tax rate by other communi. ties. There have been all sorts of charges, but we think that time will prove that our city officials knew what they were doing and knew that what they were doing was for our best inter- estS.
 We don't know the tax situation in every city of this state; some may have no problems whatsoever, but we'll wager that Waterbury with It's contemplated 3l mill rate for 1888 will be as well off and financially sound as any of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Boys' Reading Habits

One of the soundest features of the Boy Scouts program is the emphasis which 1t puts on good reading as leisure time activity for boys. Dr. James E. West, chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts, ic calling attention to this feature by designating the week of December l2-18 as Boys Life Week.
 The Handbook for Boys which pr. West has created Is one of the most widely read books in modern history, more than 5,7000o0 copies having been distributed since 1t was first printed in 1910. Also familiar to all Scouts is the magazine, Boys Life, which pr. West edits. Follow. ing these, there Is a whole host of whole some, stimulating books available to boys in the book stores and libraries.
 "No entertainment is so inexpensive ns reading; no pleasure so lasting" says pr. West. "No one thing, in my judgment, Is so much a factor for influencing the at- titude of mind and habits of conduct" True enough; and parents generally should do all they can to help the Boy Scouts of America in It's effort to establish the reading habit" in growing boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

about aO00,000 people have been permitted to join tho Communist party in Russia) is to control the state always, as in Russia, man lives to Do the slave of tho Communist party.
 Communism teaches that man has no right to liberty, Blind ohed. ienea to tho state means tho denial of human liberties, In Russia no ono is permitted to er!tieiae the gov. 0rnment There I no freedom of speech or of tho press: there iS no freedom of asSemblago. Only one party is permitted to exist, destroy. Ing political expedition. Those who gather at 2A7 South Main street In Waterbury, Conn.,, to write about communism and to donounco tho government would not Do permitted to gather ln some building in Mos. COW to write against communism or to deneunee the tyranny of the Soviet government.
 Communism teaches that man has no right to the pursuit of happiness. Every thought and act os the inc dividuai must Do suboEdlnated to the material welfare of the state. Thus tho immense factory system In Rus. sia, whore no strikes are permitted and even wemen are chained to fac. tory wheels (the unit of economic being the !nd!v!duaO. If they have babies they must leave them in state institutions during the day while they themselves are chained to ma. chimes. What do Americans who deneunee women factory labor think of th!s9
 But why worry about rights when you got ell you need3 That S just the question. one right that can. not be taken away from tho individ. uai without serious drawbacks 1 the right to private property. Human nature being what it is, the instinct for private ownership cannot Do stiAed without destreying personal initiative. This means c decrease In production, followed by Q lower standard of living for the inaj ajoF!ty of us laborers.
 Besides, man does not live on bread alone Freedom N deafer to him than life itself. It would Dc c folly to sell ones bifthFight to this great heritage for c pot Of Swine's husls.
 "coms join hand In hand, brave
 Americans oil ...,
 No tyrannous acts shall suppress
 your just claim,
 or stain with dishonor Americas name.
 In freedom we're born and in freedom we'll live." Tn conclusion let me say that c. 0. does not believe that he gains in stature with the Communists when ho quotes William Green. However, he does believe that the quote (not 0. 0. hiraselO gains in stature with the iaborer. Az for Roosevelt and LaQ aQuardia, 0. 0. k in sympathy with most of their aims. Both were favored by Q. 0. during the last elections. And as for the mention of Liberty League inembers-ta, tel c. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

To the accompaniment of surveyors instruments the boundary line between Rhode Island and Connecticut is being redefined. In the old days boundary lines were often run to the accompani. ment of shots and shells, Even in this day and age new boundary lines often end in court-houses. However, there Is no dispute between Connecticut and Rhode Island. It plans no court fight to settle any curious little turns or crooks that the line may take in It's course from north to south. 0eodetic engineers are engaged In identifying the boundary Inc as a WPA project This Is being done In many other states, too, and, In fact, all over this state there is work of this iaa- ture going on. Corps of men are tramp ing over hill and dale setting up land. marks estimating heights, and In general providing such information as Is valuable for state and civic purposes. From much of the information obtained by surveys of this sort maps of different types will be prepared and will be available to off. cials who must use them for their work and for divulging information sought by property owners and taxpayers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

Two well.known five and ten cent stores have ceased dealing with Japan. They won't buy any more goods from her until the disturbances In the Far East are settled. However, Americans should be advised that any ban they may place now or may have placed in the last few months on Japanese-made goods, prob. ably wasn't even felt In Japan. Most of the Japanese goods on American counters was bought and paid for long before there was any thought of @ boycott. Therefore, the only ones who suffered from the ban were American exporters and traders, whose money was already sunk In the foreign merchandise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

voice shouting, "Nkr. Secretary. you had better do something about your Alcohol Board. I'm an at- torney who has on office tn the same building with the Board and they are ell drunk and singing ct the top of their voices. 1cs scandalouS." M
 Hastily Morgenthau called the TAA and asked what was happen. ing.
 "I've just been teld," he OK. plalned, "that you are all drunk"
 "Why, that's . confounded Iie, Mir. Secretary" protested on FAA official. we are merely having Q little Chrlstmas gaths ering and singing carols. No ono has had . drop. This is the first town I've ever been In where you couldn't sing carols the day before Christmas"
 Morgenthau said he was sorry he interrupted the song.
 Merry.G Round
 Tn diplomatic circles it is rue mored that President Trujillo of the Dominican Republic is spend- ing 92S0,000 in . propaganda carli- paign to make his American iieiphhors think well of him. First evidence of the campaign is . aeriAa of fliiisDnRe ads in isaotrOs pol!tan daiiles .. Argentina 6 cotton acreage for i03e will show Q e6 per cent increase over 1887. Tn remodeling the Univer. sity club for headquarters of the United Mine Workers, John l.. Lewis not only has renovated the entire building, but has added m entirely new floor on top.
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
WHERE IS LIFE, LIBERTY | PURE CoMEMUNIsTIC
 STATE?

Deo, ST, lvST,
 Editor, Waterbury Democrat;
 The writer for the Communist party of Waterbury in Q recent artis cle has attempted to justify com. munist violence by Q distortion of historical facts, as his eomrade, Earl BroWder, tried to do in his reference to tho Revolutionary War on page 10 of his book, "What 1s Co,nFnu. nism9": "Our American giants Of l770 were tho international ineens diaries' of their day" By thb per. version of an historical truth they have claimed for themselves tho unluuo right to Do revolutionary. Lot 1t bo said that if it iS the privilege of communism to Do revolutionary because we had e Revolutionary War, 1t is the privilege os all, for that Is the meaning Of revolution.
 By the same bad logie any other group could argue that the Revelu. tionaFy War gave them the privilege to Do revolutionary. The Townsend, tho Social Justice, and even the fagelStS groups could claim thiS privilege which would naturally TO. suit In Q free for oil. To return to tho point, the Revolutionary War k the ono thing that speaks against communism, for the simple reason that the Americans Of l770 fought to throw of foreign yoke. There. fore those who sock to throw of tho yoke of Russia aS our ancestors fought to throw of the yoke of England are tho real hoirS of the revolution. That b tho way to love America and not by following the steps of tho traitor Arnold by be. traying America to c foreign power,
 When tho CommunistS speak Of our ancestral Amerieanism or men. ton tho Declaration Of independ- enee, they are merely giving them lip service. Our Declaration Of In. dependence refers to tho rights Of life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap. piness," oil Of which are trampled down by communism,
 Communism teaches that man hos no right to life. Ills life belongs to the omnipetent state. The state !s everything; the individual Is noth- Ing. For the sake Of bread and but. ter, man must sacrifice every thought and blindly obey the state. And since the Communst party (oniy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Selected Poem
WINTER NIGHT
(Margaret s. Hosmer in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

(Margaret S. Hosmer in the Christian
 Science Monitor) The night was sharp with sleet; and blanehed with
 snow
 Beneath It's weight of white the broad land lay Long since had ceased the drifting starred display Of patterned Snowhakes In their soft downfiow. Where silver selected winters tremolo Of winds shook out glint like stars astray Down the wild night, a luminous array Of cices flashed out their blue liambeaux. There iced in silence in It's glassy roof hidden river tnkled to itself
 Through all blue days and through all purple
 nights Of winter. In It's palace, mlisic-proof, The unheard tune along the leaning shelf Of frozen shore flowed on in ice-dimmed lights
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Current Comment

If the administration permits it. self to be stampeded into c sudden reversal of policy end applies the brakes, 1t can stall the car just like Hoover did.
 U. s. Representative Maury Nav erick of Texas.
 There is Q new form of slavery here. ! mean slavery to business.
 Sinclair Lewis. novelist.
 The present slow-down is not Q setback: it's the pause before an. other climb.
 Henry Ford, speaking of present
 business conditions.
 Two warning philosOphies. the reason and serenity of Goethe and the emotional militarism of Adolf Hitler, have put the soul of the world in jeopardy. -Dr. Abram Leon Sacher, Univer- sity of Illinois.
 They do not have any lynchings in Kentucky. They GO not cali it lynching: just little disagreement. -U. 6. Senator T. Connally of Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
A Book a Day
Ludwig's Cleopatra "Fictional" History
BY BRUCE CAPTION

Some little time ago, Emil Ludwig brought out "The Me-" which was probably the best book he ever wrote, Tn the near future he is coming out with c life of Franklin Roosevelt, which also, apparently is designed to be c magnura opus.
 Tn between the two he seems to have felt the need of Q breather; SO now we get Cleopatra" (Viking: $3.60) which is c superficial and somewhat hearts-and- flowers work that Mr. Ludwig, I gather, turned out with one hand.
 "Cleopatra" represents popularized biography ct its most popular, 50 to speak. That is to say, 1t is one of those books that reads like Q cross between history and fiction: 6 book in which the author is never ct Q loss to know precisely what his character really thought at . given moment, or what exact shades of emotion were experienced, or what words were used in conversation.
 That, ! suppose, is fair enough. Yet it Is Q trick, and poor one, hardly worthy of the man who wrote "rhe Nile" The reader never knows how much of what is spread before him is sober fact and how much is Q reconstruction" brought about by Q vivid imagination: hay. ing finished the book, he has no way of knowing whether he has been given an authentic portrait or a dream-picture bearing scant re- semblance to reality.
 That aside, "Cleopatra" Is first- rate reading. MT. Llidwig's prose is as vivid and as supple as his sub- ject, and a great many people will probably get . lot of enjoyment out of the book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 5:24 a. m.

Moon rises 5:24 a. m.
 Sun rises 7:I7 a. m; sets 4:32 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 This is what the hunters term good track ing snow; it's light and it's powdery Animal and bird tracks show Up quite distinctly in it. as you move down the woods path and step into the gloom of many interlocked branches. There's Eothing more interesting to city fellow than trying to decipher lot of marks in new-fallen snow only to find out later that what he thought might have been at least bear was just sparrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Press Comment
INDIAN PARKS (New York Times)

Mon triumphs over Nature D; means of the Machine. If . rnoun- tain b not decontiy inaccessible and unsocial. there must be . road up 1t for his convience. The mod- 1 ern communion with Nature likes to Do accompanied with the barking of hot dogs. T have c half Q dozen first. class canyons," said Q New Mexico man who makes his living by renting cars to tourists that dotc on scenery. That's oil right. Tho motorists are Q multitude. The roads gro often ell too narrow for them. Americans are road.n1ltided. Tho United States is c roadful country. If only for the charm Of contrast, there should Dc yoadless districts that haven't heard the Call Of the Tame.
 Then there ere the Indiana, the old American Stock, our first fani-. flies. Their white brethren got most of their lands. They are ct least en- titled to Q refuge where they can enjoy themselves in their own fashion. So Secretary IckeS end Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Col. Her have marked twelve stretches of Western Indian lands ag "yoadless' and four as "wild." Tn almost i've million acres the American passion for roads can't be gratihed. No mo. torists need apply. The Rainbow Bridge area in Utah and Arizona, covering nearly 100000 cares, is the largest part Of this Indian park system. Rainbows need no roadG.
 The right or claim Of privacy seems unintelligjble to c good many Americans. Many Indians, tr their blindness, cherish 1t. They don't want to Dc bothered or disturbed by strangers. How would you like to have Pueblo Indians climb into your house ask you by the mouth Of girl guide "heap damn foop ques- lions? Well, the Indians will Dc safe in their quiet zoneg." It Is to Do feared that disciples Of Ziinner- mann, Ee1ancCur, Thoreau and 90 on will seek those solitudes but their numbers won't be great ct first. That Indian park is authentic Euto- pia. Roads, roads, roads, where we daily walk or ride in peril, how we hate you for the moment. For Us paths and nothing but paths; and mighty few Of them in the other- wise "pathless forest" Why, hang it, we could read Cooper again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

Bridgeport finds that under civil serv. ice its police department wage scales are showing saving, Appropriations for the coming fiscal year are considerably lower than the present ones. All of which should be encouraging to the merit sys. tenn advocates and should be possible material for their campaign throughout the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Of Dogs and Men

How is 1t possible that men who can love dogs so much can hate each other SO bitterly? To say that in Spain and China men are being "shot down like dogs" is a islander Perfectly gentle, or- dinary men are doing the killing, men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Jobless Census to Show About Il Million Idle; May Be More:i FDR Hay On Relief Needs, Says
 Billion Low As Idle Count Scars
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WASHINGTON, December 30. - When the unen- poyment census figures are made public next week they wI be hreath.taking whoppers. For they tar exceed anything expected by Census Chief John 5ggerS Privately he predicted total of not more than OUVVVVV including both full and partially iobesS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

1. Why do things float on water?
 2. What does the letter 6 on Arn- erican coins indicate?
 3. on what river is the city of Kenton, Ohio7
 4. Who is Chairman of the Unit ed States Steel Corporation?
 s. Which city in the D. g. has the highest altitude above sea level9
 6. Where did German navy crews sink their surrendered vessels after the World War2
 2. Give the Spanish word for a hut or cabin.
 6. who wrote 'sBrewsser,s AgiI- liOns7"
 Q. How many gallons are there in a cubic fo0t2
 l0. which two states originally ceded land to the federal govern naent to form the District of Col- umbia2