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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
A Thought for Today
States Attorneys Have It

This is a great year for States Attor- news of Connecticut. Never before have 90 many of them participated in the big news of the day as they have from month to month. Down in Fairfield County it was Lorin w. Willis who delved deeply, with the aid of grand jury, into events connected with the construction of the Merritt Parkway. The case is not yet completed. In our own county there was much to write about, particularly the disqualification of States Attorney Law Eence L. Lewis and his later retirement, both the result of a probe into local municipal affairs.
 The same probe brought States Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford County into the picture, where he will remain until the local probe is completed. A short week or so ago States Attorney william H. Blodgett of Litchfeld County took the stage for brief moment or two to call Governor Wilbur L. Cross's atten- ton to facts with regard to state finances. States Attorney Blodgett, who is former State Tax Commissioner, does not think the state is getting enough for it's in- creased revenue, which in the last few years has been boosted millions by such new taxes as cigarettes, liquor, and cor porations.
 And once again as two years ago States Attorney Arthur M. Brown of New London County is projected into the pic ture. He becomes again the guberna- torial candidate of the republican party with States Attorney Blodgett his run ming mate as the candidate for U. s. Senator. While this does not exhaust the list of available States Attorneys it accounts for goodly number of them The reported candidates are more or less of trial balloons, similar to those Demo- crats were sending up this summer. We regards the Blodgett balloon as one to watch, for he, undoubtedly, is in the mood for joust with the Democratic cam paigners.
 It's big year for States Attorneys Before a new year rolls around, more important events will positively be laid at their doorsteps than those already arrayed there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Here to Stay

More and more we become convinced that of all the New Deal creations, the one most likely to stay with us for many years to come is the CCC. This is not a new or startling statement; we've made it many times before; others have said the same thing. But we continue to marvel at the accomplishments that the CCC has wrought in the United States; we continue to see new fields into which it's endeavors may be applied. The his tory of the eco some day will resemble history of pioneer days in America.
 We doubt if the same impressions are being made on the minds of the youths who comprise the eco. We don't even think that many of them realize the fine work they are doing. They probably -Lgard their tasks all in days work and better than what they had become &C., sustomed to in the last few years. But when they grow older and become self sufficient. they'll come to the realiza-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

Well, New Britain will get it's waiting station for tubercular patients. The Common Council has taken steps to pro- vide such an institution and all that remains is to build or rent one and start it operating. The city plans to save considerable money in upkeep by accept ing an offer from an order of religious nuns to run the institution. The nuns will provide both nurses and other help, the work being done free and only the actual costs being defrayed by the city. This is considerable of an inducement and we aren't bit surprised that it was accepted. It's really the upkeep of such a home that is the greatest expense. Of course food, fuel, and supplies will prove sizable item, but unless the city has a very great many patients who haven't as yet secured admittance to state san- atoria this figure will vary and may eventually become fairly small. We be- lieve that in few more years most towns won't have waiting lists at various san- atoria
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
In New York
By PAUL ROSS

New York, July 23.-This news may interest only adult kiddies-but soon an Elizabeth, N J., firm will begin producing liqdorized ice cream
 The adult kiddie won't be able to walk into the corner emporium and buy flve-cent cone of Scotch or take his best girl over to the Crystal Palace Sweete Shoppe and 1 order up a sloe gin banana split. But if he is an habitue of places which are properly licensed for the dispensation of liquor, he will be able to sample the new treat. The company will sell only to authorized hotels, restaurants and night clubs. A portion of the liquorized ice cream will cost no more than the usual cocktail or highball and will contain per cent to 25 per cent alcohol by volume. Scotch, rum and sloe gin are the "flavors" planned for production first.
 Liquorized ice cream is intended to be eaten as 8 new kind of des- sert or by itself as a sort of com- bination of dessert and after dinner liqueur. All that's holding up pro- duction of the liquorized ice cream is permission of New Jerseys al- cohol control commissioner. Should this fail to come though, the firm will begin producing the hot-cha cold treat in another state. |
 Romance" Rules
 Frank Seiden runs a chain of resort hotels and has spent thirty years, more or less, studying the hunting female in her best natural habitat-the summer hotel. Having introduced more than 2,000 now happily welded couples to each other, MT. Seiden feels that he is close to an authority on how to win men and influence wedding | thoughts.
 Frank, therefore, sends along this sage advice on matters of the heart: Don't fiirt. Arrange an "acciden- tal' introduction either through friend or the hotel management. Don't ask leading questions. Men will tell you all about themselves. In fact, the majority will talk about little else.
 Don't think you have to do all the talking to be interesting. A man talking for hours to a girl whose only contribution is an occasional ".. and what did YOU say?" gen. erally regards her as brilliant con- | versationalist.
 Don't carry on more than one campaign at time.
 Don't try to make him jealous. Don't be hang-on or a hang. around. The boy has lived in terms of one--not two-so don't become l a problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

It's interesting to note the way a rumor or story can be built up into a historical fact. The current grand jury probe in Waterbury is a typical example, When prominent city officials and others appeared in superior court here weeks ago there was brief demonstration by the crowd assembled to see the accused men arrive. There were few boos and derisive calls from the crowd, but nothing like what we read in various papers, Ever since then frequent reference has been made to the reception the officials re- ceived from the crowd. It has increased in imagination from week to week. And with their reappearance this week came almost demands from certain papers for more boos. Even the Christian Science Monitor, under AP dateline, carried a story in which the "boos" played prom inent part.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

he was participating in the most famous transatlantic romance of 1888.
 No. 2 New Dealer
 There was a time in 1895 and early 1886 when the political prog nosticators predicted that Harold Ickes did not sit 50 well with the President and might not remain overlong in the official family. Whether or not there ever was any truth in such prediction, you never hear it any more.
 For those on the inside, in- cluding other members of the Cabinet, say that there is no one upon whom the President relies more completely. When Roosevelt has a job to be done that he cannot do himself, he calls on Ickes. Ickes may get storms of abuse heaped on his head-as in the Sixty Families speech-but he takes it, says nothing, and secretly enjoys 1t. rOr there IS nothing ne nkeS better than to be in the thick of a fight.
 Another thing the President likes about his Secretary of the Interior is the absence of weasel ing or dodging in his character. You know absolutely where Ickes stands. If he says he will do a thing, he does it. He doesn't give promises easily, but when he does, he carries them out.
 To those who really know how the wheels go around inside the New Deal, Ickes stands next to Roosevelt as the No. man in the Administration.
 Copyright, 1898, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
A Book a Day
The Story of Giotto- Mainly for Children
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

The trilogy of Sybil Deucher and Opal Wheeler on Mozart, Haydn, and Bach has met with much suc- cess, and now they inaugurate with "Giotto Tended the Sheep" Out ton: $2.50), a new series on famous painters that promises to be equally popular.
 Giotto, one of the first great artists, led a boyhood well suited to the type of story lives these writers have introduced for young people. While watching his fa- ther's sheep one day, he was idly sketching one of the lambs on a rock when stranger rode by. It was the great master, Cimabue. He was SO struck by the boys tal- ent that he took him to his own workshop in Florence, where Giotto learned with the other young ap- prentices every phase of art. The format of the book is charm ing, including in its illustration re- productions of some of Giotto's own paintings. (8-12 years)
 
 It was 1863, and gold had just been discovered in Australia. When l17-year -old Nicholas Hodges doctor prescribed long sea voyage as the only way to restore his health, the boy took passage aboard square rigger sailing from Boston to Syd- ney.
 Clifton Johnson, author of Sail ing for Gold" Putnam: $2. writes the chronicle of Nick's long journey and his six months in the gold fields with fullest details of the period and place. Everything a boy must have seen and done in such circumstances, from the food on shipboard to the kind of bedding he used in his Australian tent, is recorded. The result is a book unusually meaty and color full. (12-15 years)
 Something out of the ordinary in entertainment Is the book compiled by the five members of the Will liams- Ellis family, Tn and Out of Doors" Coward McCann: $250). It is a combination summer handbook, joke and riddle book, short story and poetry anthology, hobby and game book, and what have you.
 "The authors hope that this vol- tune will be used as family holi- day book" say the publishers. The hope is well-based, for there are collected nursery rhymes for the small ones, information on boa ting, photography and camp ing for those somewhat older, play -acting ideas for rainy days, and even one thorough and inter- esting chapter on cooking hints any and everything that might ap- peal to today,s boys and girls. Three of the authors are modern young people themselves, 50 they know whereof they write.
 Its other merits aside. the book should lay claim to fame simply because of the astounding variety of material it contains in one vol- lume. (4-14 vears.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

Members of CCC S-116 working on July IA in the new section of the Clearfield, Pennsylvania, state for est tree nursery under direction of Clyde B. Plessinger junior forester, United States Forestry Service, came upon a number of pieces of petri- fled wood scattered over the sur- face of spot 150 feet in diameter. Specimens have been examined by competent authorities and their au- thenticity is established. The find is of interest because while petri- fled wood has been found in various parts of the country it's occurrence on the surface in this district is not common.
 Clearfield is the county seat of the county of the same name on the Susquehanna river (west branch) thirty-five miles north of Altoona. It is an agricultural re- zion underlain by deposits of coal,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
PressCOmment
COLORED SMOKE
(New London Day)

According to word from Washing ton a patent has just been applied for on a means of changing the or dinary white-grey-blu smoke of cigarettes into any color milady-or any other smoker-may desire. When the cigarettes go into production assuming that the coloring of the smoke is not harmful and that the cigarettes are produced on com- mercial scale-one may select cig- arette to suit ones mood. It remains to be seen, of course, how popular the colored smoke .Ags will prove, and what the favorite colors for smoke will be.
 Presumably black-smoke ciga- rette will be popular, to match a mood of black despair. Puffing pen sively at such 8 cigarette. milady ought to be able to emit clouds of inky black smoke that would remind one of old locomotive 1700 coming up steep grade with a string of coal cars behind. Or, for the very frilly and feminine female, a deli cate shade of pink would do, or a baby blue. The more robust and masculine might prefer good bright red or blue. We shudder to think of the possibilities of yellow and brown hues, however. The one would surely remind us of the smoke from the gas works, the other of some noxious poison gas.
 Whatever they do, WE hope that the chemists and inventors will not go tampering with pipe smoking mixtures, producing one that will burn with an emerald green smudge or 8 cerise tint, for there are enough foreign ingredients in some of the brands at present. AS for us, we will take the brands that do not feature barium or strontium salts, the one to burn with a green ish flame and the other with the carmine characteristic of these com- pounds.
 Last but not least, let's not have any variegated hues, such as green smoke rings with red ruffles, or any, thing of that sort. Life is compli- cated enough these days without being obliged to learn to blow that kind of rings in order to become the of the party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1:51 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:38 a. m; sets 8:18 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 It has often been claimed that the moons effect on the weather is more pronounced in the summer than in the winter It must be true for the last two phases of the moon when 1t fulled and went into it's last quarter were distinctly uniavorabie and augured rain. As stated here good spell doesn't loom until the new moon appears next Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

1. How many stories high is the R. 0. A. Building in New York city? 2. Name the unit of currency of Chile.
 8. Of what plant Is linseed a pro- duct?
 4. What baseball club recently signed Babe Ruth as coach?
 5. Where in the Bible is the Col den Rule?
 6. In the foothills of what mountains is the city of Pasadena Calf?
 2. What is a tangelo?
 8. Under what government de- partment is the National Bureau of Standards?
 g. Is Treasure Island" by Rob- ert Louis Stevenson, fiction?
 10 Name the capital of Ta~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Selected Poem
TO A CHRISTOPHER
(Mary C. Reynolds in the Christian Science Monitor)
 Jumpety- jump

 Reynolds in the Christian Science Monitor Jumpety jump And off you go! Liveliest fellow ever did know. Oh, please won't you tell How you hop so high, and what makes you bounce Almost to the sky? A kick of the legs And off you spring Clear over some daisies Like bird on the wing, Rest by 8 clover One second and then Jumpety- jump! You bounce off again. Oh, where are you now, Little meadowy friend? Of your busy travels Is there never an end? Do you ever repose meath the shade of flower And like other creatures Relax for an hour?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Current Comment

The old-fashioned type of affec- tion must go. -Margot Grahame, English ac- tress.
 l guess I'm just quilt-crazy. Mrs. Eleanor Stech, of Cleve- land. who has made a quilt of n'aeas from tJs~ Aa stakAs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Facial is pronounced fay'-shal; not fay'-s0-al.

e. Since coming to this country I have changed my name to an Americanized form. I want to ap- ply for citizenship papers. Should I use the name had when came here or the one I use now2
 A. You should use the name you had when you came here and ask that the change of name be in- cluded in your citizenship papers.
 Q. What do the initials c. H. mean after the name Of Washing ton c. H., Ohio?
 A. The full name of the city is Washington Court House. It has been shortened to Washington, c. H.
 e. What is heat lightning?
 A. A reflection in the sky or clouds of far-off lightning flashes in an electrical storm beyond the hori- zon, and most frequently seen at the close of hot day.
 c. At an informal dinner, where are the bread-and- butter plates placed?
 A. To the left above the forks.
 e. How many hospitals and phy- sicians are in the United States and it's dependencies?
 A. Approximately GAIT hospitals and 169,005 physicians.
 c. Is the real estate acquired by the Home Owners Loan Corporation through foreclosure exempt from state and local taxes?
 A. No. The property is taxed the same as that in private ownership
 If you want copy of our booklet SEA FOOD COOK BOOK" write to tho Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

The Japs are more and more annoyed at China. What can be done about a country that drowns itself with floods rather than let invaders occupy it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

When you check up on war as a busi- ness enterprise, you find it's cheaper to buy what you want or swap for it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

Q. Are there any Post Offices in the United States named Bill and Terry?
 A. There is a place named Bill in Wyoming and a place named Terry in Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, Texas and West Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Questions and
 Answers
Copyright isss. HEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton 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.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23
Double Brass Ring This Week Awarded Mr. and Mrs. Harold ckes; Their Recent EIopenent Airline
 Masterpiece of Travelling Incognito
ana RomG8R . Aax1a
" nRgW REAM00se

EDITORS NOTE-The Merry Rounds first of rendered today Secretary his bride of last May the former Jane Dahlman)
 WASHINGTON, July 23 - Officials of the Interior Department disappointed with Mrs. Harold 1ckes. They had eXpected more cooperation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

Q. How many registered voters has Pennsylvania and how many voted in the May primaries in that state?
 A. The 1887 registration was A. 039,059 and the vote in the May primaries was approximately D. 650, 1000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-23

e. At an informal dinner, where are the bread-and- butter plates placed?
 A. To the left above the forks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
All That Crosses
Mexicos Border
Is Not Mexican.

The Watch on the Rhine" hardly held candle to the
watch on the Mexican border Imperial Valley, where
aliens citizens Of the world sometimes slip without
the formalty of a call border immigration border
patromen who scour Imperial county highways and
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
New Achievements
Seen for Plastic
Surgery in Future

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 3. CUP)
Recent advances in plastic surgery
which make it possible now to re-
construct ears and noses ana al
most completely replace skin and
tissue burned or cut off in acci-
dents will be veritably insignificant
by new achievements in years to
come, DR.. Gerald B. OConnor OF
san Francisco said today
He spoke before the joint con-
vention of the Association Of West
ern Hospitals and the Western Con-
ference Catholic Hospitals AsSocia-
ton at the Fairmont hotel.
DR.. Halcolm H. Merrill, chief OF
U. S. department of health bureau
of veneral diseases, pointed out the
widespread public demand to stop
syphilis and laid down a set of
rules for both physicians and hos
pitals to follow in the campaign
against the disease.
Surveys indicate there are ap-
proximately six cases per thousand
population constantly under treat
ment fo- veneral diseases in Cali
fornia," Dr. Merrill said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

tons along the border IN never
ending search for them.
Just because most of the aliens
enter from Mexico is no reason
they all are Mexicans, Chief Her
bert Gerrish said Thursday. Men.
women. ana children from many
countries enter through Mexico in
preference to other points because
they believe it easier to avoid de
lection in unsettled areas. Many
wait in Mexico for a chance to en-
ter the United States when no one
is watching. Night patrols make
entrance Just as difficult in dark
ness as III daylight:
Run Gauntlet
Crossing the International boun-
Diary in safety does not mean they
have accomplished their OBJECT.
They still have to run the gauntlet
of line after line of patrolmen in
this county. lines constantly moved
from place to place to make Illegal
entry still more difficult. Even If
they safely pass this border county,
Gerrish declared, they still must be
on the alert. Other counties have
immigration patrols also.
An alien in the United States
Illegally may be arrested at any
time, weeks or months after the
first danger is past The alien may
think he is lost among the welter
of American life, that he is part
of the picture. On the contrary,
he may be arrested at any time, the
patrol may yet catch up with him.
He never knows when he will be
forced to show the papers requir-
ed by immigration laws.
More arrests were made by i'm
migration border patrolmen in I'm
perial county in February than in
any other month in the last four
years, the chief declared. Eighty
two aliens were arrested, three for
smuggling aliens. and four persons
for other offenses, including petty
theft and carrying concealed weap-
ons. This was the greatest number
arrested in one month since April,
1884.
Smugglers Hunted
Smugglers are another quarry OF
the immigration border patrolmen.
There are persons who make a
business of smuggling and manage
the thing in way they hope will
be safe for themselves if not for
their cargo or those who help in
the dangerous project. What the
smugglers charge for this doubtful
service is said TO vary but usually
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

is conceded TO be al the smuggler
can get out Of the eager men, wom
en-. and children anxious to enjoy
life on the American jazz front.
Ingenious methods for getting the
human cargoes across the border
all into the United States fire.
uuently resemble Rube Goldberg's
best efforts. Gerrish and his pa
trolmen have discovered human be
ings. aliens to be sure but still hu-
man beings, p.tifully stuffed and
cramped into supposedly secret
compartments under, ON top, and in
the interior of automobiles and
trucks. They have found them
packed in cotton, slowed away in
old cattle bones. chucked in among
all manner of trumpery slowed on
vehicles to resemble legitimate
merchandise.
SmugglerS become smugglers for
love of money obtained without a
great deal Of work or in a des-
/ perate play for cash needed in a
/ hurry.