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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31
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File Reports
 Several local firms recently have filed annual reports in the office of Town Clerk Raymond J. St. John, showing officers as of July l. The M. Freedman Company reports the following officers: President, Sarah Freedman of IA Cables avenue Waterbury; treasurer, Clarence Freedman, same address; secretary, Lewis Freedman, 149 Cooke street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31

Meet Tomorrow
 The Evergreen chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will meet tomorrow night at o'clock in Masonic hall, the first session of this society this fall. Plans for fall activities will be discussed. Mrs. Gertrude V. An- derson, worthy matron, will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31

Stores to Close
 Monday, Labor Day, will be a general holiday here, with factories, most stores, libraries, banks and other institutions closed. Many resi- dents will spend the week end out of town, visiting relatives and friends.
 All factories here are expected to be closed Monday and the majority of stores will be closed also. Barber shops will not be open and it is exc pected drug stores will be on Sum- day hours.
 Postmaster Frank T. Green an- nounced today there will be no mail deliveries nor any window service Monday. Mail will be dispatched from here to other places and re- ceived here, however.
 Business firms will enjoy holi- day Monday and there will be no work by town officials or employees nor any WPA work that day.
 Business firms will enjoy a holi- day Monday and there will be no work by town officials or employees nor any WPA work that day.
 Hundreds of residents will spend the day out of Naugatuck, it is expected, many of them going to beach or shore resorts, in what marks the unofficial end of sum- mer. Tuesday these and many other residents who have been out of town for the summer will return here. Children will return to school next Wednesday.
 A quiet holiday is anticipated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-31
LOUIS HINE, 69,
 DIES YESTERDAY Freeland Street Man Em= ployed By Brass Con1=
 pany 20 Years
TORRlNGTON Correspondent: John Carr Phone TerringtOn 6445

Torrington, Aug. 31-Louis Hine, 69, died at his home, 23 Freeland street, yesterday, after an extended illness of over year. MT. Hine was a native of Torrirgton and spent his entire life here. Until February of last year he had been employed by the Americn Brass company for 20 years. For years he had been con- nected with the Patriotic Order Sons of America which has head quarters in Waterbury.
 Surviving are his wife; two sons, Arthur and Leslie Hine, both these from this city; three grandchildren; two brothers, Edwin of Torrington and Daniel of Waterbury; one sis ter, Mrs. Walter Benedict of this city and also several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held tomor- row afternoon at ? o'clock, from the Gleeson mortuary. Rev. Martin Gurka will officiate. Interment will take place in Hillside cemetery. The mortuary will be open this after noon and evening for friends.
 Ex-LegiOn Heads Mother Dies
 Mrs. Carmella Russo, 58, mother of Joseph Russo, former commander of the Torrington Post of the Amer ican Legion, died at 2:l0 yesterday morning at the Charlotte Hunger ford hospital, after an extended ill., ness.
 Mrs. Russo was native of Italy, coming to the United States and Torrington 34 years ago. The de- ceased was very popular among Italian residents of the city.
 Surviving are her husband, John; five sons, Joseph, Carl, Albert and Anthony Russo of this city and Michael Russo of New York City; four daughters Mrs. Carmine DeFeo and Mrs. Joseph Sanchis of Water bury and the Misses Anna and Rose Russo of this city, and one brother, Anthony DiStefano of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held from the family residence tomorrow morning at 8:15, with a solemn high mass of requiem at St. Peters church. Burial will be in the family plot in new St. Francis cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Spare Our Tender Nerves

New York state has taken happy step which other states will be following one of these days-the introduction of bill to curb automobile horns. Anti-nolse campaigns are old stuff and they fit into a pattern for cities, but the automobile horn is an old raucous offender wherever the auto may be and as long as the motorist has strength to push the right button - long and hard.
 You walk along a city street and are aware of a multitude of sounds, accus- toned sounds that form a background for thoughts and conversation - the Whir of tires, the rattle of cart, the cry of the newsboy, the hustle of unloading vans, the Scrape of feet on asphalt. Step ping through the farmers barn lot (be- cause no one ever walks country lanes any more) are the rural noises that poets have made idyllic - the moo of bossy, the crackle of corn between the teeth of enthusiastic shoats, the rustic of the elm tree by the fence, the murmur of the creek back of the barn. More self-effac- ing noises, these. They don't intrude, but fall forgetfully into the dim, un- needed corners of the brain where noises should retreat.
 Enter the automobile horn. It is tWo- toned, half-toned, vile-toned, and bad hammered It startles, it screams, it rides roughshod over meditation and conversa- tion It shatters nerves and moods, roughens tempers, starts fights and makes enemies. It breaks sleep, dreams and eardrums. The horn is necessary, you say, necessary evil. Perhaps, although that's grudging admission.
 But is it necessary for the manufac- turers to build them so evilly ingenius? So that by pressing button the driver looses a thousand green demons which stride your spine with stabbing steps, driving their trident-barbed spears into your brain with gleeful gusto and twist that sends your brain fibers curling and writhing like bucketful of blacksnakes.
 This is pious plea for moderation in motor horns, uniformity and soothing tones. Let them fit into everyday life like the call of the traffic cop or the whippoor- will. Let them lit or COO or caress, but don't let them quaver and below and screech. Then, if you get run over, you at least haven't been petrified first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Come On, Let's Go!

Invitations have been issued by both Highway Commissioner John A. Mac donald and Public Works Commissioner Robert Hurley for the public to inspect the Merritt Parkway
 At least that's this editors conclusion
 Commissioner Macdonald, in his now famous 169-page diatribe, or could it be termed philippic, says, with regard to the Merritt Parkway, .. "If further proof is needed, one need only visit the scenes visited. .'
 Commissioner Hurley in his brief con- ment on the verbal lacing he took from the Highway Department head and ap- parently only regarding, for the moment, the charge of trick photographs, re- marks, =. "Ridiculous. All you have to do is visit the scenes photographed The road is there. Anyone can look at it :"
 But how much better for the two de- partments to arrange junket in which newspaper editors of the state may par ticipate with stop-offs for each of the spots that seem to be in dispute.
 With both department heads willing for the public to look and judge for itself, what better mirrors could be applied then the representatives of the press.
 If Governor Cross does not call for a special press survey of the route in the interests of all concerned, then a golden chance is gone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

Attorney General Homer S. Cummings is making a mighty effort to push his drive against firearms to a successful conclusion. He won't feel relieved until he has succeeded in forcing voluntary mandate on all persons who buy firearms of any description to register the same with the lawful authorities. He has mighty array of followers now for this proposed law and the ranks are swelling all the time. The move to compel regis tration of all firearms dates back good many years, but it wasn't until Attorney General Cummings came on the scene that real efforts were made to get Uncle Sam's backing. We'd like to see the mea- sure put into effect in every state in the Union. Not that it won't be very unpopu- lar; it will. It will be unpopular among sportsmen and among business men, but it will in the long run, we think, accom- pliSh tremendous amount of good; lessen crimes of violence, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

Indians of eastern Canada are dissatis- fled with the white-mans rule and are prepared to return to the faith of their fathers. In short they want rule by tribes. Up in New Brunswick chieftain has just encouraged his braves to resist Canadian citizenship. One of the things that the chief pointed out was that the Indian was asked to help assume the debts that the White-man incurred. The chief has something there and maybe if he con- tinues to advance such theories as that he can find lot of pale-face braves who will willingly give up their citizenship to become Indians and roam the wilds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
C0ddlimg Our Aliens United States the Last and Only Valhalla in This
 Wide World Left for Aliens
(By William Wainwright in "Newsdom"

to re-enter this country legally. This astounding piece of bureau- cratic connivance was confirmed by Madame Perkins herself. It ap- peared in the printed record of hearings on the Labor Depart ments appropriation bill made pub lie last week. The report disclosed the existence of an agreement with Canadian immigration authorities whereby the Department of Labor was permitted to send deportable aliens into Canada for the purpose of re-entering the United States legally. Obviously the Canadian government gladly consented to this chicanery to offset the possi- bility of nondescript aliens in the United States slipping into Canada to take up 8 permanent residence there.
 On the other hand there are wholesome bills before Congress which provide for a sound immi- grafton and deportation policy. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, of North Carolina, and Representative Joe Starnes, of Alabama, are the sponsors.
 These bills will do much to fer ret out the real troublbe makers among us and they should be given wholehearted support by all citi- zens. The sentimental gibberish and tWaddle ladled out by misguided so- cial reformers may melt those who have not stout hearts. But it comes with ill-grace and at a most inop- perfume time when we look about us and see the deplorable state of cur own laW-abiding, hard working and respectable citizens. Apart from the economic necessity and the cold logic of helping our own first, these bills will curb the &C., tivities of those disgruntled peas- ants who have come over here for the sole purpose of penetrating our labor movement, stirring up class hatred and class warfare, pursuing their criminal activities and under mining our hallowed institutions.
 This is not an attack on the for eign born who have come here to obtain religious and political free com, who are trying to better themselves, who have helped to build up the country, who have fought for it and who are proud of their American citizenship. They are not aliens. It is an attack on those alien hordes and parasites who have no thought of becoming citizens, and who are here to ex- ploit the country and our people, who hide behind the smokescreen of free speech to further their sel- fish aims, who have embarrassed our honest labor leaders and who look upon American citizenship with utter contempt.
 The United States is no longer the melting pot. It is the dumping ground,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
The Die Is Cast

It is trifle unfortunate that the politi- cal ramificationS of the extraordinary grand jury which is being assembled here to consider evidence on conduct of civic affairs in Waterbury are being stressed. We are just bit afraid that lining up members of the jury, not to mention dis cussing others concerned in the probe, as members of this or that political party may have such repercussions that will deafen many of us to the true tone of the proceedings.
 While it has been contended from the outset by those who busted themselves with the task of Wrecking Mayor Frank Hayes administration that their sole pur- pose was civic pride and interest, still the means adopted and the results obtained clearly indicate that on many occasions civic pride and interest were relegated to the background so that political bias and spite might occupy the front of the stage.
 Putting the label of Independent Dem- ocrat and Republican on members of the grand jury, as the press of the state for the most part has done, might almost convince anybody that trial of Demo- cratic officials and Democratic methods of conducting city affairs is going to revert back to the bitterness that accom- panied the 1887 municipal election. If so, then what is to prevent conclusions other than those formed by the grand jury being drawn by the average citizen, whether he lives in Waterbury or some other part of the state
 It is bad enough that conditions have been termed such as to demand the grand jury investigation without forcing loyal Democrats to believe that no matter what is done or said their cause is losing one. Such conclusion is almost foregone, if we are to take the word of the man on the street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Wooziness

A justice in the Admiralty Court in London learned new word the other day. He was hearing a case when the witness, boat captain, made the state ment, "The weather was woozy." Did you say 'hazy'?'' asked the startled judge NO; 'woozy'," replied the skipper What avery good word!" said the judge, adding, "They might like to adopt it in London at this season of the year."
 "Woozy." according to the Oxford Die uonary, is American slang for "fuddled with drink; hence muzzy, dotty" Amer jeans. excepting perhaps those in our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

Golf-ball manufacturers are coming under the watchful eyes of Uncle Sam right now The Federal Trade Commis- sion has just cracked down" on num- Der of manufacturers of golf-balls for price-fixing practices. The Professional Golfers Association was also drawn into the affair and accused of aiding in fixing prices and encouraging discrimination. The dub eventually may not find the ex- pense of new golf-balls not beyond his means.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Selected Poem
THE APPLE TREE

3y Inez Wilcox Dennison in the Boston Pc By the pasture bars it stood
 Crooked in the sun, Branches bent and knotted wood
 Trunk with vines o'er-rm; Where the weeds and brambles made Riot,-there it cast its shade. No one even turned to glance
 At the grim old tree Though the robins found romance
 In it's greenery-; Only one,-in early spring It became wondrous thing. Then,-no queen in proud array
 Wore such loVelineSS, When the orchard trees in May
 Donned their flowery dress Cinderell a at the ball This old tree out-shone them all All its crooked branches wore
 Wealth of fragile bloom,- Every bent twig held flower
 Filled with sweet perfume; Something quite unreal it Seemed,- Something one had only dreamed. Half century has passed
 Since I saw it there,- Yet my memory holds it fast
 Like vision rare: And when spring draws near I see Filled with bloom the apple tree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

merging of many duplicating of- fees and bureaus.
 "Heil Britannia!"
 Following his recent broadcast to Britain on the subject of democracy, Secretary Ickes was deluged with fan mali. One letter stood out from all the rest. It was four-line poem by Witter Bynner, to whom the Eden Cham berlain row was a victory for the "black plague" of fascism. He wrote:
 HEEL BRITANNIA"
 Bare your white open breast
 to the black plague,
 AnOint your arm with 1t, like-
 wise your leg,
 Your unicorn, your loin and
 your crown
 Loosen your tongue for it and
 lap it down."
 Merry-G0-ROund
 While Italy and Germany are providing fresh and appealing ra- dio programs to South America daily, U. s. is providing canned broadcasts. World Wide Broad casting Foundation recently foist- ed upon Latin American listen- ers-if any-a transcribed speech by the Colombian Minister to Washington, which he had de- livered four months ago .. Members of the American Labor Party predict they will have Rep resentatives in Congress at the next session. If you want to see your favorite Washington columnist taken for a ride, read Margaret Marshall in the last Nation" In 8 recent is- sue of this column the British Ambassador to Japan was re- ferred to as "R. E. Craggie." Sir Roberts name is correctly spelled "Craigie" The State De- partment is keeping careful ac- count of planes exported to Mex ico, investigating the charge that such planes are diverted to Loy- alist Spain.
 Copyright 1888, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
A Book a Day
Arctic Harpooner" a Whale of a Yarn
 BY BRUCE CATION

A year or more ago the University of Pennsylvania Press enriched Americas literature of the sea by bringing out book called liar pooner," which was nothing more or less than private journal kept by an old-time whaleman, one Robert Ferguson, back in the late 1870's. It was quickly recognized as 8 per- manent addition to our marine bookshelf.
 Now companion volume, equally valuable, is at hand: Arctic Har- pooner," by the same Robert Fer guson Pennsylvania Press: $2). This book consists chiefly of diary Ferguson kept when he was on two-year whaling expedition to the Arctic in a New Bedford schooner, something less than decade after the Civil War. A little literary mortising and joining has been done to make 8 connected narrative out of 1t, but for the most part the story is presented here just as Ferguson wrote it, in his cramped quarters aboard the whaler.
 And 1t is 8 first-rate story - rich fare for the man who has a fondneSs for sea stories, and fine stuff for any reader who can ap- preciate tale of adventure and daring.
 Ferguson's schooner sailed far up into Hudson Bay, wintered in a remote, ice-locked cove, braved bowling gales, perils of fog and ice- berg, and the other mischances that awaited frail ships in those danger ous waters, took its quota of whales and returned to New Bedford after 8 voyage which was routine for that time and that calling, but which would command streamer headlines If it took place today.
 Ferguson's story tells about 1t, matter-of-factly. but with full at- tention to human-interest side lights. From any standpoint, Arctic Harpooner" is first-rate reading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

most weather-blesSed southern resorts, won't need dictionary to make clear the words neat application to certain types of weather. But there is other wooziness in the world. There are woozy thinking, woozy sentiment, woozy politics, woozy nationalism. Come to think of it, much of civilization seems to be woozy these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

1. On what bay is Newport, R. T.?
 2. What is the date of Indepen- dence Day in Mexico?
 3. How much is the head tax on each alien admitted into this coun- try?
 4. What is the name for female terrapin?
 5. What is a gendarme?
 6. Name the birthstone for Sep tember.
 2. Does Cuba require American tourists to have passports?
 8. Who was William H. Lippin- colt?
 g. For what industry is Glasgow, Scotland, famous? 10. What is the title of the man who has charge of caddies at . golf clube
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Current Comment

l will make one exception, how ever; if a motorist strikes skunk, he may keep right on going. Magistrate P. c. Bergeron, of Cornwall, Ont, who ruled that a motorlst must remain on the scene after hitting animals.
 The whole human race is fidgety but after awhile we shall all settle down more, and know that the world is progressing. Mrs. Carrie Capman Catt, leader of the women's suffrage move ment.
 made no general indictment of newspapers. I have too much respect for many of them to do any such thing.
 Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes commenting on a recent speech Any attempt to bring class against class is vicious.
 -Cardinal O'Connell of Boston. ] The motorst must remember that in the great majority of cases, If he is careful and properly skillful, he won't hit the jaywalker.
 --P. w. Foote, Pennsylvania Motor
 Police Commissioner, defending
 the pedestrian. Fhe person whose parents have been happy is most likely to have g happy marriage. l-Ernest w. Burgess, University ot
 Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Daily Almanac

MOOT SeLS TIT D. m.
 Sun rises 6:25 a. m.; sets 5:44 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. took many different notes. One was seen along the southeast edge of pond where the swirling breezes had piled water and ice on tree ssld bush until all were thickly coated and resembled so many human forms in their grotesqueness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

These are strange times with an Anglo American news commentator making himself unpopular in America by roast- ing England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

If you want a copy of our book let History of the Postal Service" write to Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
A Thought for Today

Only the Lord give thee wisdom and under standing. and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou lnayest keep the law of the Lord thy God-I Chronicles 22:R.
 Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.-Rochefoucauld
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Jimmy Roosevelt Couldn't Duck The Camera on His Naval Tokeoff;
 Entitled to $l72 Pay as Q Marine
 Lieut. -CoIoneI-WiII He Keep It.?
By DREW PEAEs
ana 10391T & AKl.Rgl

WASHINGTON, March B. - Jimmy Roosevelt used the utmost secrecy in taking off from Washington to report for duty Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt of the Marines He gave orders that the time place. and of his departure should not be made known
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

The sensible idea is not higher wages and shorter hours but higher wages and longer hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

Q. Sometime ago you stated that the first system of indirect lighting was installed in 1908. I seem to re- call an indirect lighting installation in one of the buildings of the Chi cago Worlds Fair in 1893. Am I wrong?
 A. You are correct. In the center of the exhibit space of The Brush Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio in the Electrical Building at the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893, there was a Grecian Temple ap-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

Sydney, one of Australia's most important horse breeding centers, is banning horses from its streets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

o. What is the practical speed limit for airplanes?
 A. From 400 to possible 480 miles an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

o. How old is the Indian ele- phant, Alice" at the New York Geological Park?
 A. She is 45 years old, and is the oldest animal in the Park. She came there in 1908.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Enclose three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information 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
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03
T est Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

o. What is the home address of Spencer Tracy?
 A. Encino, Calf.