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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
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America-the people are so alive, so eager and young .. Europe, you know, is so full of solemn old men with boards. -Lotte Goslar, German dancer on
 a tour of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, - There is surface calm on Fifth Avenue, Park Avenue and Sutton Place that would deceive all but the knowing.
 Underneath the veneer of the richest residential district in the city seeths a feud that grows more bit- ter day by day, with mansion set against mansion and luxurious apartment against luxurious apart ment. But the battle does not in- volve the Four Hundred except as amused spectators; for the contest ants are the impeccable buffers, maids and footmen of the world below stairs.
 The feud broke out in a mild way a couple of months ago when the annual Buffers Ball was held. Harry Beney, who wears the liv- cry of the Herbert L. Satterlee's (of the Morgan clan), headed the ball committee and printed pro- gram notice that his coterie had squelched an attempt to make a racket out of the affair. Robert
 
 wealthy Marshall Fields, had un- kind words to say about his po- litical opponents.
 Now the dispute centers on a club sponsored by the Beney-ites and a magazine approved by the Hider-ites. Neither side will &C., knowledge that there is any merit in the others club or magazine. Perhaps it is just a tempest in a gilded teapot but in some domes- tic establishments the footman Ca Beneyite) will scarcely address the butler Ga Hider-ite) and it may get to point where Society will have to step in to preserve the peace.
 Weeping Wit
 Undoubtedly the most misunder- stood wit of this day is Dorothy Parker. So many acid and scathing libels she never spoke are attributed to her that the man-in-the-street must regard her as a calloused joke ster. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
 First, Dot Parker is not guilty of even half the epigrammatic slurs credited to her. Secondly, she is one of the sofest sentimentalists around these parts. Thirdly, she was never more dead serious than she is these days after her return from Spain.
 For several months, she has toiled for Republican Spain, with pen money and in the field. She is a tireleSs organizer of affairs that yield funds to the Loyalists. She has had little time for witticisms She never did.
 Whats the Object
 There's always a new game tt keep the smart set affiliated and tht latest is Subject" You think of show, person or book and then gel an article symbolizing 1t.
 Thus, when Sam Byrd, the actol and producer, was playing it at tht home of Dorothea Lawrence, tht opera star, someone held a mouse trap over his head. This symbolizet the show he is paying in, of Mic' and Men,"
 Juicier Profits
 Graziella Parraga, the singer, i back from Paris with the news tha dress designers there arc perturbe' about the Big Apple and are spon soring campaigns to subordinate to the waltz and rhumba. The, claim that Big Applers lean to skirt and sweaters instead of the f1ounc attire that means money in the til on the Rue de la Paix
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Wives of Statesmen Playing Bigger Port Than Ever In World Politics; Mrs. Chamberlain PoIs With II Duce;
 Mrs. McNutt Chief Booster for Husband
N DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT c ARxMgi

WASHINGTON, Nov. You may think that what the of important statesmen are doing today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01

Slogan for the World-noW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
\. January 8, 1887.

Q. How many states have maxi mum hour laws for women?
 A. Nineteen states and the Dis trict of Columbia have general maxi mum hour laws applicable to women, and all but a few on-industrial states have some sort of hour limi- tation in particular occupations.
 Q. I intend to join cruise to all the South American countries and want to know if I must get pass port and visa for each country?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
ca.s-Azaa leaA MIA
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or informa ton to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR Q. When did the United States institute an embargo on the ship ment of arms and munitions to Spain?
 Yoy@,,o~vv fnOn
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

cashed and club returned, which
South won with the A. Having lost
three tricks, South hoped the Sec
ond heart finesse would be success
full. When his hopes were not
realized, he found himself one trick
short of his contract.
AS it was quite evident that the
two losing diamonds would be
cashed as soon as the opponents
gained the lead, South had sure
way to make his contract. After
winning the first club trick and
drawing trumps, a club to the A
should have followed and then a
club ruff. Now the diamond 20
should have been offered, which
East would nave won. After cashing
the other winning diamond, East
would have had 70 return a diamond
or heart, and South would have
lost only three tricks.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28
LIMITING YOUR LOSSES

L1HA1 INV 1OOR LOSOE0
WHEN YOU hold the ace, jack
and ten of a suit, you are in dan
ger of losing two tricks if the king
and queen sit over that combina-
ton with an extra card to guard
them. Even with that situation,
you can limit your losses to one
trick in the suit if you get that
opponent into a position which
compels him, after winning one
trick, to lead the suit back to you,
or leave him no alternative except
to lead some other suit which will
afford you ruff and discard" be-
cause you are void in both hands,
each possessing one or more
trUmps.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28

tnem especially adapted to this
soft of employment. You would
Inlnk it might be hazardous to al
low blind person to operate an
electrlc diathermy machine, but
they learn all the frets and stops
ny running their fingers over the
Aeyooard, and never make a mis-
take.
:. IN the interesting series of detec-
1--WE stories about the blind detec-
1--WE Max Canados, there is one in
~'ilcn is described the manner that
one bind man detects the fact that
a CON handed to him is counter
t teil simply by feeling, smelling and
oaSlln8 1t. A great deal of skepti-
e.sih has been expressed about this
@ +S. but there are plenty of au-
'NehCc records of such feats.
Blind Man Becomes Professor
= Nlcnolas Saunderson, LII. D.,
r; r. s., was born in Yorkshire in
s suez, and lost his sight from the
,.--'"'ipox at the age of IL months.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28

was gwen by
blind persons. 1t
was a real joy
to note how
d e f thy a n d
gracefully t h e
hands of these
hind pc 0 p | e
m o v e d about
their work. and
how much hap
pin SIS t h e y
themselves got
out of it. The
hands of a blind
person become
as sensitive as
ewes and make
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28
HOaU Blind FOIk Learn
TO Overcome Handicap

By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
VISITED last summer an in
stltution for giving massage and
other similar forms of physical
therapy where all the treatment
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28
8 4 K
e K z S
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q J 10 5

actness, perceive the smallest. de-
gree of roughness or defect of pol
ish on a surface: thus in a set OF
Roman .nedals, he distinguished
the genuine from the false. al
though they had been counterfelted
with such eXactness as to deceive
a connoisseur who had judged
from the eye. In a garden ne took
notice of every cloud that passed,
by the difference IN temperature on
the skin of his face He could also
tell when anything was held near
his face. or when he passed by a
tree at no great distance. merely
from the different impulse ct air
in his face. And if he ever walked
over a pavement in. courts or pl-
azzas which reflected sound. and
was afterward conducted thither
again, he could tell in what part
of the walk he had stood"
To DR.. Henry Mayes. the first
blind man to lecture on chemistry,
was given highly polished steel
plate with the stroke of an etching
tool so infinitely engraved on II
that it was invisible to, the naked
eye: with his, fingers, however, ne
discovered the extent and meas
ured the length Of the line.
Many incidents of this sort could
be instanced. to teach the lesson
that a man does not at any period
give up hope.
OUT TIONS FROM READERS
A. M: II am very much troubled
with the formation of tartar on my
teeth. Although I clean my teeth
regularly twice a day, cannot
keep the tartar off. ] have had
my. teeth cleaned by a dentist
about a month ago, and already
tartar is beginning to form"
Answer: There is no reliable way
to keep tartar from forming.
Smoking is inclined to, increase the
|sfornaation of tartar.
EDITORS NOTE: Seven pamphlets
bv DR.. Clendening can now be OBJ
for each and a self-addressed en-
velope stamped with a three-cent
stamp. to DR.. Logan Clendening, in
care p Of this paper. The pamphlets
are: Three Weeks Reducing. Diet.
"Indigestion and Constipation Re
ducing and Gaining. Infant Feed
ing instructions for the Treatment
Of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene"
and 1.-THE Care Of the Hair and Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-28

Dr. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
ohly' and then only through
MS column.
h. h. ula not let this spoil his life, for
sna was graduated at Cambridge
NJ M became Lucasian professor of
li, o, there. Among his
us 5nIef accomplishments HE could,
VIII The greatest nicely and ex-
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
CzECHS YIELD
TO HITLER Will

PRAGUE, Czechoslo vada,
March 10 QNS).-Premier Mi
Ian Hodza's government bowed to
Nazi German pressure today and
agreed to give Szechoslovaha's
German minority a hand in run
ming the country.
It was reported that an i'm
portant order-in-council will be is
sued shortly. decreeing the Ger
man minority, including the Nazi
sudeten party. has a legal claim
to state offices corresponding in
number to the German percentage
of the nations population.
AS a result, Germans will be
given the right to occupy nearly
all important administrative posts
in the German districts of the
country.
In central government depart
ments, % per cent of civil service
posts will be allotted to Germans.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Lithua1ia Yields, Hating
War Threat From Poland

might have involved Britain on
European battlefields, was be-
lieved to have spurred the British
moves to compel peace.
NAZT ENTRY FEARED
Another great danger in the
situation was the possibility that
an invasion of Lithuania by
Poland might have stirred Nazi
Germany, fresh from her tri-
umphant annexation Of Austria.
to further excursions abroad.
Chancellor Hitler had been
watching the Polish-Lthuanian
situation intently and there were
rumors Of q secret agreement
whereby Poland had promised to
let Hitler annex the Free City Of
Danzig and seize the Lithuanian
Baltic seaport Of Memel. both
formerly belonging to Germany.
In return, according to these
unconfirmed rumors, Germany
was to refrain from intervening
with Poland's moves against
Lithuania.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Continued from Page II


was announced here,
fresh tension had been piled up
by reports the government at
Kaunas was issuing arms to the
Lithuanian populace to repel. a
possible Polish invasion.
The Lithuanian government
''knuckled under" after the Brit.
ish government brought terrific
diplomatic pressure both here and
at Kaunas for a peaceful settle
ment of the dispute, which was
set flaming a few days ago by q
border clash in which a Polish
soldier was killed.
Britain, determined to prevent
"a Baltic blow-up, also, applied
heavy economic pressure as II
sought to persuade the two gov
ernnents to refrain from warlikt
tactics.
The fact that Lithuania claimed
Soviet Russia had promised to aic
her In the event Of an armeC
showdown, an eventuality tina
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
ROLL
AMERICAN NAzIS

PITTSBURG &c H, March 10
0N.SO.-Gaping holes in the
doors OF the local headquarters OF
the German-American Bund today
as mute memorials to
the stormy meeting which Will
helm Kunze, American "Fuehrer"
of the organization. attempted to
address last night.
Instead of finding the usual
heiling members of the Bund,
Kunze arrived at the meeting place
to face a battery of grim-eyed
leaders of local veterans, and pa
triotic organizations and a group
of about 1000 indignant oppo-
nents of the order.
While police and detectives pa
trolled the restless crowd outside,
an over-enthusiastic objec n
smashed the glass in the doors
and was treated at hospital and
arrested.
Kunze finally turned to Major
John H. Shenkel, distinguished
local war veteran and for years
head of the Americanization COM
.mitee of the American Legion, as
the questions of the audience be-
came too much for him. Major
Shenkel read the Bund leader a
stern lecture on the principles of
Americanism and warned him
persecution of racial minorities
will not be tolerated in this coun.
trV
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Business Aid
little Mems Council
Denied u. S. Help

If small business wants an "Ad-
visory Council" to champion the
interests of the average business
man-it must organize it without
any help from the Government
This, in substance, was the Ad-
ministration's position, as ex-
pressed by Secretary of Commerce
Roper in a letter to the small
business" committee which waited
upon President Roosevelt recently
to urge specific steps toward re
covery.
The committee, composed OF
chairmen of a number of divisions
at the recent national conference
Of small businessmen, met here
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
NAB 1000 IN PLOT
ON BRAZIL RULER

RIO DE JANEIRo, Brazil,
March 10 .I.N.S0. Government
authorities announced today they
had thwarted an alleged plot Of a
fascist organization to kill Presl-
dent Getulio Vargas.
After a series of raids in which
more than 1000 members of the
fascist group were arrested, police
said the plot had been broken up.
The green -shirted, swastika-
wearing conspirators, police said,
planned simultaneous uprisfngs
in various parts of the country. A
large quantity of arms and ammu-
milton was seized during the raids.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
|LeGderSSeek
| Session End
| By MGy Is |

G.N.S.) Administration lead.
ers in Congress today began chop
ping down the legislative program,
with a view to adjournment by
May Is.
Call it spring fever, the urge 10
hurry home for reelection cam
paigns or a broad view that this
course is best for the country,
the Tets go home" movement has
gained momentum in Senate and
House.
''The outlook is good for ad-
journnent by May 15," said Major
ity Leader Barkley Of Kentucky.
Representative Sam Rayburn Of
Texas, Democratic House leader,
said the House, within few days,
will be marking time, waiting for
the Senate.
AS viewed by Barkley the only
major legislation remaining on
the docket for passage this ses-
sion are the revenue, Navy-ex-
pansion, Federal reorganization
and annual WPA relief bills.
Senate leaders expected the tax
bill would be reported to the Sen.
ate by the Finance Committee next
week. Perhaps two weeks of bat
ting over the measure is likely in
the Senate.
The Navy-expansion bill will be
taken up next in the Senate. The
House is now considering the Navy
bill. .-
Following Senate passage Of the
Navy bill, the annual WPA relief
bill will come up. .
Senate passage of the Federal re-
organization bill by next Tuesday
was forecast by Barkley.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Aide to DOllfuss
Commits Suicide

VIENNA, March 10 Q.N.S0
Baron Odo Neustader-Stuermer,
another statesman who was close
to the Nazi-slain Chancellor Doll
fuss, committed suicide today.
The baron, who was minister OF
public security in the Dollfuss
cabinet, had been under "protec-
tive custody" at his country home
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Reds Execute
TWOPreIates

MOSCOW, March 10 Q.N.S0.
Two high officials Of the Russian
Orthodox Church, a large number
Of clergymen and a group Of
church supporters, arrested Janu-
ary II in the Soviet purge Of
anti-Stalin elements, have been
shot, it was reported today.
The group of churchmen who
fell before firing squads was said
to have been led by Metropolitan
Fean Tulyakov and to have in
cluded Metropolitan Theophan,
archbishopsnf Mini Novgorod.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Hitler's Aims Told
By Barnet Mover

Czechoslov aka, then France,
then world domination, is Hitler's
mad dream, Barnet Mover, Wash
ington newspaperman, told the
Capital City Forum last night.
This dream, Mover declared, can
be met only by forcible resistance
as "dictatorships never will be
contented." America, he said, con-
trolls the destiny Of the world to-
day. ..-
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

the right to rest IN their c0rne
today.
The judges are noting award of
the last round to relationships.
These are now stronger than ever
and ready to attempt a knockout
in the next round Of this blood
less war"
Lithuania and Czechoslovaki&
have decided to yield to force.
None but professional optimists
assert and not even they believe
that either is a victory for peace.
MAP REMADE IN HURRY
During the last fortnight more
territory and spheres of influence
have changed hands on this con-
tinent in less time than can be
found in history for the last Gen.
tury.
These momentous changes, sole
ly to the advantage Of dictator
ships, were accomplished by a
"bloodleSs" systematic use Of
threats of force so immensely SUI
perior that resistance appeared
futile.
But as the French and British
privately point out amid discus
SionS more anguiShed than any
since that moment when the Ger.
man armies almost touched the
outskirts of Paris-there is bound
to be a limit. There must come a
time when democracies will refuse
to yield.
WHERE SHALL 1T HALT?
Nobody seriously thinks the en-
tire continent is going to abandon
itself to the Nazis and their allies
Yet the problem now is:
Where shall democracies call {
halt?
CzechoslCvakia's decision tt
admit -Nazis into its federal anC
local governments means, in thu
opinion of all who know Naz
methods, that they will speedil!
have compete control.
Germany and Austria wer,
prime examples of that. Ono
Nazis are admitted to the govern
ment they proceed with speed
determination and a ruthless pont
ical efficiency which wins then
mastery before their opponent
can draw a breath.
Lithrania's capitulation to tn
Polish ultimatum means tina
Poland and Germany have accom-
plished their joint intention t
drive Soviet Russia from an II
fluential position in this Balti
state. It is important from a mil
tary and strategic standpoint fo
both Reichsfuehrer Hitler an
Marshal Rydz-SmigIy of Polant
On the surface it appears tha
Lithuania yielded only to reli
lively reasonable demands for n
establishment of neighborly reli
tionS with Poland. But actual!
tiny Lithuania knows this is tn
beginning of the end of her nj
tional independence. German
will get Memel and Poland tn
rest of Lithuania. Then wit
Czechoslovakia also tucked int
the German orbit there will be
solid anti-Soviet bloc cutting O.
Russia from the rest Of Europ
This is Hitler's major aim.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Hitler Coup
Is Costly to
Americans
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, March 10 G.N.S0
In Hitlers Austrian coup, Ameri.
can investors have again taken
1t on the chin. this time to the
tune of $24,OOO,OO0. Add to this
about $500, 900, 900 loss on Ger
man bond issues sold here, and the
net cost of Hitler to American in
Vestors is $324.OO0,O00.
The loss in the Austrian bonds
has all come in the last two weeks.
They were selling around par two
weeks ago, but have lost two
thirds of their dollar value since
Hitler snatched that little coun.
try.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Hoover Doubts
Great War Near

LONDON, March 10 (IN.s0.
Former President Herbert Hoover.
who arrived here yesterday, told
reporters: .,
"I do not believe a widespread
war is probable in the immediate
future"
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
2 Frats to Hold
Initiation, Dance

Two Fraternities will gather at
the Hay.Adams House this evening.
Theta Tau fraternity will conduct
initiation ceremonies in the grill
room, while Phi Alpha fraternity
will hold dance in the main ball
room. 80 'sSsM
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
INVASION FEAR
TOPPLES LITHS

KAUNAS, Lithuania, March l9
G.N.SO.-Faced with certain in
yasion if she refused, Lithuania
today bowed to the demands OF
Poland and accepted Warsaw'S
ultimatum.
AS consequence, normal diplo-
matte relations will be restored
and Lthuania presumably will
renounce all claim to the dis
puted city Of Wilma.
Lithuania's capitulation to force
left much bitterness and anti-Pol
ish sentiment was intensified
Three or four cabinet ministers
including the foreign secretary
are expected to resign. Fears Of
German coup in Memel were helc
at least partially responsible foi
the surrender.
Reports the Polish navy was on
its way and that Warsaw's all
force had been massed to aid in q
swift subjugation of Lithuanis
prompted the cabinet to accept
the ultimatum ten hours before
it expired.
PLANES OVER FRONTIER
The decision of the cabinet viii
be made known to the public at
session of the Lithuanian parlia
ment this afternoon.
Officials here said Polish air
planes had been observed in fligh
at the frontier, which on each sid
resembled an armed camp read!
for any eventuality.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
ARNOLD RECEPTION

Col. William R. Arnold, chief Of
Army chaplains, will be rendered
q reception by the Washington
General Assembly of the Knights
of Columbus at $50 p. m. in the
MayfloWer Hotel Monday.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

brief statement that this Govern
ment was studying the whole sit
uation and that it considered it
self deeply concerned over Ger
many'S annexation Of Austria.
FOLLOWS PROCHNIK CALL
The announcement came short
ly after the Austrian minister
here, Edgar Prochnik, advised the
State Department that his coun
try was no longer independent
but a part of Germany. Secretary
of State Hull said:
The extent to which the Aus
trian incident, or any other SINH
lar incident, is calculated to en-
danger the maintenance of
peace and the preservation of
the principles in which this
Government believes, is. of
course, matter of serious con-
Germ to the Government of the
Unite, States"
Hull said the entire Austrian
incident was under careful study
ano that so far no decisions had
been made with regard to this
governments attitude toward
Reichsfuehrer Hitler'S action.
TECHNICAL POINTS ARISE
The question Of according diplo-
matte immunity to the property
which was formerly the Austrian
legation, and is now a part of the
German diplomatic post here, has
not been settled. That, and other
technical questions" arising from
the German conquest will bring
formal decisions after legal ad-
visers of the State Department
and Secretary Hull have carefully
gone over the entire situation.
One of the technical steps" will
be the closing of the American
legation in Vienna, presumably,
with the American charge there,
John Wiley, becoming consul-gen.
eral at the one-time Austrian
capital.
The German and Austrian le
cations here have already been
merged for all practical purposes
with ex-Minister Prochnik in the
German diplomatic service with.
out title.
1t is understood Ambassador
Hans Dieckhoff has recommended
to Berlin that Prochnik be re.
tired by the German government
on pension, just as though he
had always been member of the
German service. Prochnik has
served the Austrian diplomatic
service since a young man. He has
been in Washington for more than
Is years. His wife is an American
and they have several children
all reared in this country.