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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Safety in Numbers

We don't know if members of the Leg islature had this in mind when they turned down the proposition to decrease the size of the governors commission on Public Highway Safety. Only appointed two years ago the board was composed of twenty-one members, representing varl- ous faiths, interests and walks in Con- necticut life. It was cosmopolitan group and as such naturally interested in preserving and prolonging the life ot residents of our fair state. Its work may not be so speedily apparent as that ot other state agencies, but it has played some part in the campaign to curb reck- lessness on our highways
 At first this year the Legislature, at least some part of it, wanted to chop the commission down to five members. Then the size was raised to fifteen in a SubSti- tute bill In further substitute bill the size of the commission is left untouched and it is continued in office for another two years. It has little powers of enforce ment but in an advisory capacity it can accomplish perhaps good deal TWO years is not very long in the life of board of this type and it is much too soon to expect noticeable results to become apparent.
 We can expect that the future will show some fruit. There is bound to be nat ural reaction to the commissions urgings and emphasis laid on highway safety. Teaching has long been regarded as the means of bringing home the vital truths of automobile fatalities. We can expect that our state commission will in time be the contributing agency to the super fine safety record we anticipate and con- fidently expect in the days to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
A Thought for Today
Pedestrian Has His Day

Operation of motor vehicles along streets and highways is not God or man-given right, according to Judge Frank P. McEvoy of the Connecticut su- perior court It is privilege Walking along the streets or highways, however, is a right. Violation of such rights is not to be countenanced, according to the rul- ing of the court Most people would have it that way, whether or not they are mo- torists or pedestrians. When the right ot a person to continue his way on business or pleasure bent is challenged by mode of transportation to which all sorts or concessions and wide privileges have been granted it is time to make known what IS just and what unjust.
 Judge McEvoy in the case at hand ruled, "As one walks about the streets Of any city in the State, an impression would be generally gained and it would seem to be matter of common observa- tion, that this provision is entirely un- known to operators of motor vehicles. The operation of vehicle upon public highway is privilege. There seems to be a general impression among oper- ators of automobiles that they use the hlgnWayS ana pass over Clle cIoSoWd1ho definitely as a matter of right and that the pedestrian does so only as matter of privilege.
 "The law is quite the reverse. Ever since motor vehicles have come into general use they have been classified separately from horsedrawn vehicles and the power of the Legislature to impose upon their owners and operators duties not placed upon others has been generally up held. . :"
 The weary and downtrodden pedes- trian then has his rights and his right to strut across the street as the rightful user of the same. If only we can con- vince the motorist that his place is that of privileged person, all will be well and accidents and loud talking between driv- CTS and walkers few and far between.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Marinss and Baseball

United States soldiers sailors and marines have left their impress on large number of countries. They have con- verted the natives in every country where they have gone to enthusiasm for base ball. Playing the game is almost as-pop- ular in Japan, the Philippines and Cuba as it is right here At home. But that's not all. Baseball is matter of interest, even when not very well played, in Nicaragua, China, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, France, Scotland and Ireland
 Our brown friends become expert players more readily than Europeans. British cricket remains mystery to us, and baseball remains matter of indif- ference to them. Most Americans are profoundly thankful that the marines are nd longer patrolling foreign territory on demand Yet it is rather interesting to learn that the baseballS, bats and gloves they carried ashore with them on earlier expeditions were as welcome as the uni- forms and guns were unwelcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
One Child Saved

A quick-thinking woman jumped from a moving car, snatched two-year-old child off the pavement and ran to the curb just in time to save the youngster from being run over by truck. The driver of the car from which the rescurer jumped brought her car to as quick a stop as possible. The truck driver stopped, as did other traffic. No one but the woman who carried the child to safety had seen the baby in the path of the truck Before she drove away, the lady gave an older sister she found playing in yard near by an earnest talking to about responsibility to babies in the family
 The story is heartening and instruc- tive. It is heartening to have the child saved and to hear of a person who kept her head and her nerve in such crisis. The instructive features are too numer- ous to go into, but chiefly the incident shows again the peril of allowing little children to play near busy thorough fare. Fairgrounds and backwards are better than sidewalks. Streets, unless roped off for this purpose, should be out of the question.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Listen, Look - And Stop

A newspaper reporter interested in get
 ting an engineer s-eye-view of grade crossing accidents recently took ride in
 the cab of a fast streamlined train-and came back with an excellent tip for all motorists. trains speed, he reports, is extremely deceptive. A fast passenger train may travel a thousand feet in little better than eight seconds. The train may seem to be safe distance away, as you approach the crossing, when, as a matter of fact, it is perilously close. So the reporter boiled his new knowl- edge down to one extremely sensible bit of advice. If, when you approach a grade crossing, you can see train approaching, you simply haven't time to cross safely ahead of it. If you can see the train, wait for it. Never forget thai that train .son cover thousand feet in about the lime it takes you to shift gears and get your car rolling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
have known that either of these two alternatives was undesirable.

The state is hard pressed to find funds to finance one state teachers college. It certainly should not be so extravagant as to attempt to sup port four, three of which it does not need to supply the demand for teacher replacements. If there is any additional money available, it should be used to improve the ac- commodations and the library at the Teachers College, so that all the senior students may work under more favorable conditions.
 On the other hand, the fourth year of training has proved its worth. To cut down the amount of professional preparation would mean handicapping all Connecticut trained teachers in the future. Local boards of education would not be ready to lower their standards be- cause of the states retrogression but would seek outside of Connec- ticut young teachers with four years of preparation. Connecticut trained teachers would have to accept low CT salaries and to meet competition for promotion they would have to devote their energy to extra inten- Sive study after school hours.
 A third alternative might well be considered by the committee. It calls for improvement of the New Britain college by centering profess sional teacher training there, while the normal schools in Danbury, Willimantic and New Haven are used to their full capacity as junior colleges or trade schools. This sol,,- tion of the problem would give to Fairfield, New Haven and Windham counties stronger institutions than they have had in the past. As it is, enrolment has been falling of. In the school year ending last June, there were only 123 students at Danbury and 120 at Willimantic. Not only were these groups too small to be stimulating for educa- tional purposes but they entailed extravagantly high per pupil costs, because of the expense of main- taining and heating the plants for relatively few users.
 If these schools were converted into junior colleges with low tui- ton charges, they would fill a grow ing demand from both girls and boys, unlimited by the number of new teachers needed for annual re- placements. In this direction, not in fighting a losing battle against the demand for better teacher-training at the lowest possible cost, lies their hope for enjoying a bright and use- full future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

Now that Maine finds it's lobster i11- dustry being threatened by the use of crawfish tails in such big markets as Boston and New York, maybe something can be done about shrimps. They say that shrimps are now prevalent in Maine coastal waters in ever increasing num- bers and that eventually this industry will be as big as the lobster has been. It's an entirely new fishery for the New England coast. Discovery of the pres ence of shrimp in large numbers in our coastal waters made by Dr. Johan Hjort of Norway. His country has gradually developed it's shrimp business where it is a leader in fishing. Inasmuch as the shrimps venture into shallow water dur ing the winter months it certainly looms as an off-season occupation for Maine fishermen that will be as welcome as the lobster in May. Once the business of getting the tender little shrimps off the oceans bottom becomes second nature we can expect good competition from New England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Current Comment

The Constitution should be so amended that the United States unless 1t is voted by the citizens of could not engage in a foreign war the country. -Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Behind everything happening in Germany today one may detect the Fuehrer's guiding hand. Hermann Goebbels, NaI min- ister of propaganda. We. lead such sedentary lives that the majority of us have lost the sense of vigorous movement; young people take to the modern dance for release. Ruth Murray. dance instruc- tor. Experience has taught us that the way to avert war IS to seek the pa- cific solution when the cloud of con- troversy no bigger than the palm of Q mans hand first appears upon
 the horizon, -ASsistant Secretary or SCaCe Sumner Welles.
  Government departments have grown so rapidly that eight struc- lures as large as the Empire State building in New York would be re- quired to house their Washington staffs alone. -U. s. senator Harry Y. Byrd. Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
A Book a Day
A Cutthroat Louse Under the Glass
BY BRUCE CATION

The biography of 8 complete and unredeemed heel is set forth with fascinating care and precision by Jerome Weidman in his new novel, T Can Get It For You Wholesale" (Simon & Schuster: $2).
 MT. Weidman here presents the apotheosis of the slick city feller- the Broadway chiseler-who is eter- nally on the make, who has most colossal contempt for all suckers and an 0Verweening confidence in his own smartness, and who will cut any threat down to and including his own mothers in order to gain 8 competitive advantage.
 He shows us this chiseler setting out to rise from SIS a week ship ping clerk to Broadway big shot. The chiseler begins by organizing a racketeering labor union-Which once organized, he promptly sells out for cash. He forms a partner ship in the cloak-and-suit trade, sells his partner down the river, forms a new and more glorious partnership, and gyps his new partners so everlaStingly that one of them gets frozen out and the other is sent to prison.
 And all the time the chiseler climbs, his vanity, his unscrupu- lousness and his bank account swelling together. A man like this can't miss, because he abides oy no rules whatever, and because pure, unadulterated greed can al- ways make place for itself.
 This study, as say, is fascinat- ing. MT. WeidmanS central char acter is just about the most repel- lent louse in all fiction-and when MT. Weidman gets him under the miscroscope you can't stop looking at him.
 Of course, it is not just one chiseler that gets under the mi- croscope; it is the entire milieu in which such people operate, the so- ciety that calls them into being and lets them prosper. MT. Weld man gets it all in, eoldly and with complete objectivity, and leaves you to pass your own judgment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

Interior, has made a deal to boost the cause of the army. In re- turn, the army is to boost the cause of Henry Wallace in taking ing over various conservation agencies from Ickes.
 Army Game
 What Wallace and his boys have forgotten, however, is that the Army has been notorious in the past for it's Sub-roSa deals with the big power interests. Army engineers helped Hoover and Coolidge sabotage the Tennessee Valley. Army engineers, in many cases, have resigned to take iln- portant executive jobs with the power companies.
 And it was the Army which was recommended, under cover, by the power companies to take over the accounts of the Federal Power Commission in order to okay the padded capitalization they were trying to put across on the public.
 If they get control of Boone vile Dam, the Army Engineers will have the job of distribut- ing it's vast wealth of power to whomever they choose, at what ever terms they choose.
 Merry -GO-ROund
 Changes are painful in the State Department. The sign read ing R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary, is still fixed over the door of the office which Moore vacated six months ago :. Molly Flynn, Resettlement educa- tion expert, has been offered a scholarship to study in Germany. ... Standing in the center of the room, in Congressman Bob Mou- toms office, is a model of a big ram, which the Louisianan ex- plains is symbolic of his 1ame- mOuton (French for sheep) :. |. Agriculture's breeding experts, at their laboratory near Charleston s. C., are endeavoring to create a new type of watermelon to fit the average refrigerator :.
 Copyright, 1887, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

Some months ago we told about the new process by which newspaper files may be preserved for all time and in rel atively small space by use of motion picture films, which are stored away in tin containers. Uncle Sam has heard about this method of photographing in small detail the printed page and he's going to have old census lists preserved in this manner. Right now records of 1890 and 1900 are being photographed for social security references. When this is done the oldest census records will be photographed and thus permanently preserved
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Selected Poem
WILD CUCKOO

(Charles Madam in the New York Sun) The wild cuckoo is crying his fantastic note Far down the valley, far far down the valley: "Come out! Come out! Come out!" calling in the
 fields
 Far down the valley. Young men walking in the hills with gun on
 shoulder, Young women strolling by the brook in the meadow With an eye for berries and an eye for summer Hear the voice of the cuckoo growing bolder. And follow his flight at the edge of the field Rising and falling, rising and falling, Thinking of other matters as the sun walks higher Calling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Where did George Moore get the title of his book Hail and Fare- well?"
 A. From the Roman poet Catul- Jus, Ode 101.
 o. When did the swastika become the national emblem of Germany?
 A. On September 15, 1885, when Hitler, before the German reich stag, designated the Nazi flag as the flag of Germany.
 o. What is the principal house. hold heating fuel in Norway, Sweden and Denmark?
 A. Coal. Gas, oil and wood are also used to some extent.
 @. What is the recipe for dry martini cocktails?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Future For Normal Schools Conversion of Present Institutions to Junior Col leges With Low Tuitions
 Tc TIrnod
Is Urged.
HARTFORD COURANT

The legislative committee on ap- propriations recently asked MT. AL bert I. Prince, chairman of the state board of education, two ques- tions. First, 1t wanted to know what the cost would be of raising all the normal schools to college standing. Then, it asked what could be saved by discontinuing the fourth year of teacher -training al- together. Yet the committee must
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
GYPsIEs CAMP IN JAILYARD

Klamath, Ore. - (U.P) - Au- thorities are hoping they will not he obliged to arrest any more gypsies for leaving camp fires unattended When they jailed seven on that charge the 70 others of the band immediately encamped on the court house lawn and remained until the others were released.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
T est Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Is Bombay, India, located on an island?
 2. What is the nickname of the state of Indiana?
 3. Who was George Frederick Root?
 {. In which war was the Battle of Spottsylvania Court house?
 5. What causes knots in boards? 6. Where is the Vaal river?
 2. In what year was the battle- ship Maine blown up in Havana harbor?
 6 What is a carnivorous animal? g. In what country is Rule Brit tania" a national song?
 10. Do alien children, when adopted by American citizens, be- come citizens of the U. S.?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
Documentary Time Bomb May Split Farm Belt Wide Open
IR nmEw RaRsom

WASHINGTON, May %. = If some Senator will reach into certain filling cabinet of the Senate Agri culture committee, he will find time bomb which will Convlllse tl1e farm belt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26
AuTo TARRED AND rEArHEREp

Langley, Prairie, B. C.-(UP)-A group of residents here taEred and teathered an automobile because they dind't like It's driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

We started off with fish, we might as we'll end up with them. So that the ocean drift of sardines may be detected and noted down scientists are preparing to throw 5000 empty wine bottles into the Pacific Ocean. They will be used to chart ocean currents if enough of them are re- turned to California. They may deter mine if the California sardines are the same species as the Japanese, the idea being that the sardines go with the ocean currents or else remain fixed at home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

Of 3,l80 coroner's inquests in Lon don last year 583 were cases of suicide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

When the nations all "renounced war as an instrument of national policy" they were just making New Years reso- lutionS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26


 A. Two parts dry gin; l part French vermouth; 3 dashes Angos- tura bitters per cocktail. Squeeze piece of lemon peel on top and serve with an olive.
 @. What is the pay for enlisted men in the U. s. marine corps?
 A. Sergeants and sergeant-majors $54 to $157.50; corporals, $42 to $52.50; privates, $21 to $37.50: drum mers, $21 to $26.25.
 Q. What is the federal fire coun- cil?
 A. A government agency organ ized in April, 1880, by collective action of government departments and establishments and created by executive order June 20, 1886, as an official advisory agency in matters relating to fire protection of federal employees and property.
 @. What is a simple method of preventing eggs from spreading while poaching them?
 A. Stir the boiling water in one direction and drop the egg in the middle of the swirl.
 If you want a copy of our book let on CHILD TRAINING". write the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose { cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

My, oh my! Former King Edward was sometimes called "jazz baby" and now we learn that King George dances the fox trot at state balls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "This machine is
 superior than the one we used before," say, superior to-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-26

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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-07-08
SOK TOLvAJLAST
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t0s iinnep el6tt

Az elmult het vegefele a toi-
vajok a szokottnal is nagyobb
ambicioval dolgoztak, bizonya-
ra egy kis extra zsebpenzre
volt szuksegiik a ket iinnep-
napra. Annyira akartak min
den aron penzt szerezni, hogy
a nyilt uccan is nyakra-fore
allitottak meg az aldozatokat,
ktil0n0sen az esti orakban es
ha nagyobb 0sszeget mem is ia
laltak, meg / dollarral is meg
elegedtek, cserebe adva a ka-
rosultaknak jokora fejdagana-
tokat. De elfogadtak minden
lehetot is, ami csak az utjukba
kerult, amint ait egy mask
aldozattal megtettek, akitol
mar 38 dollart es meg egy gal
lon edes bort is elsinkofaltak
Sok helyen a maganos lakaso-
kat is megtiszteltek a latogata.
sukkal. Icy valahogy mar csaF
meg lehet elni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-07-08
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legtobben mem youngstowniak,
hanem azok a gangszterek, a
kiket a unio hivott Youngs-
townba, hogy fegyveresen,
bombasan gatoljak meg a gya-
rak megnyitasat.
Sajnos, ugy az akroni, mint
a cleveland "vendegek" k0zt
akadt nehany felrevezetett
magyar bolseviki is.
A katonasag jo resze mar
elment Youngstownb6l. Cam
tonban es Clevelandban a ka-
tonasag oltalma alatt megnyi-
tottak a Republic gyarakat.
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nagy tobbsege visszament dol
gozni.
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Tube nagyon tisztessegesen ke-
zelte a munkasokat. A. kozel
Is ezer munkasbol alig 5O-et
mem vettek vissza es eek mind
olyanok voltak, akik torvenye-
ket szegtek a sztrajk alatt.
A Republicnal azonban meg
mintegy 500 ember mem kapta
vissza a munkat. EFT mem
tartjuk helyesnek. Mar eddig
is kozben jartunk egynehany
magyar erdekeben.
Az termeszetes, ha valaki
nagy botokkal ment "bekesen
piketelni'', vagy elment meg
fenyegetni azokat, akik eltek
szabadsagukkal IS mem hagy-
tax n1Egukat a urioba keny-
szeriteni, vagy eppen koveket
hajigaltak otthonaik ablakan
at, hogy az ilyen ember mem
igen kappa maid vissza a mum
kat. De az, aki bekesen cit
avval jogaval, hogy sztraj-
koljon, az ellen mem tehet XII
fogast a gyar vezetosege.
A gyar vezetosege szerint a
kilatas eleg tartos nyari mum
kara jo es varhato, hogy julius
es augusztuson at legalabb 70
szazalekosak lesznek a mum
) kaviszonyok.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-07-08
ARATASI UNNEPELY
A FULEMILE CSARDABAN

A Fuggetlen ReformatuS
Egyhaz torekvo nepe most va
sarnap ismet sep magyar ha-
zai szokast eleventh fel. Tavaly
a "falusi lakodalmat" mutat-
tax be es most a. minden ma
gyar ember elott ismeretes es
nagyon kedves "aratasi unne-
pelyt" adjak elo eredeti szep-
segeben, a diszes buzakoszoru-
val, aratasi notakkal es nepies
viseletekkel.
Varosunk magyarsaganak
osztatlan erdeklodesere meltan
szamithat e nemes tOrekves.
mely a megszokott piknikeket
egy-egy jellegzetes magyar i'm
nepely bemutatasaval teszi
kellemesebbe es vonzobba.
Hisszuk, sokan fogjak felkeres-
nj vasarnap az "aratasi unne-
pelyt" rendez6 fiiggetlen re-
formatuSokat a Fulemile csar-
daban.