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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

New Britain is fortunate in gift just made to the city of 5000 tulip bulbs, the gift of deceased member of the Holland Bulb Exporters Assn. of Haarlem, Hol- land. The bulbs will be set out in city parks and should make beautiful sight next spring. Five thousand bulbs seem like an enormous number, but when you spread them out in parks, they can soon be lost sight of. There are many ways like this in which public benefactors do noble deed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

k l4 look like a monkey on a stick1 .. Eddie Bernays, high-powered pulp licity man for the Radio Corpor- ation, is sweating to get television sets on the retail market as soon as posSiblbe. How are you going to get a Communications Com- mission license?" asked q friend. Shot back Eddie: Don't worry about the Commission, we'll take care of it."
 REC Appetite
 Federal Housing Administrator Stewart Mcdonald, who is chalk ing up record for home construc- tion has a butler named Matthew. Matthew not only runs all the. de- tails of McDonald's bachelor es- tablishment, but knows the poli- tics and habits of all his masters gugests.
 The other day, Mcdonald told him, I'm having little stag dirl- ner tonight and I ordered lit- tie caviar"
 How much?" asked Matthew.
 "Just 8 pint"
 "Is Jesse Jones coming?" in- quired Matthew a little appre- hensively.
 "Yes," replied Mcdonald.
 "Then you'd better order four quarts"
 Token Loans
 Don't mention token loans" to REC Chairman Jesse Jones if you are tryng to get favor from hn. The hefty Texan is very sensitive about the expression.
 When criticism began popping over his failure to aid small bus mess men, despite all the ballyhoo about what he was going to do for them, Jesse ordered few loans to be dished out. In all, about hun dred were made for sums ranging from $75 to $500.
 Among the REC staff these handouts, purely window-dressing to counter the charge that Jesse wasn't helping small business men, were tagged derisively token loans." Jesse became very peeved, scowls sourly when he overhears the iwitticism.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

after the borough of Brooklyn, New York, which takes its title from a Dutch word naming marsh. The Connecticut town takes its name from the fact that the Quinnepaug River is one of its town lires-or so the State Register and Manual says.
 In this country, 1t is seldom safe to bet that geographical name means what it says. Bunker Hill, for instance, takes its name from a French family named Boncoeur that settled there. Smackover, Ar Kansas, is 8 relic of the early set tiers inabilit to pronounce and spell the French explorers name for it Chemin Convert, meaning covered road. The French explorers and the English-speaking settlers of Arkan- Sas never did understand each oth- CT, as witness the French Point Re- nous, meaning point of the eddy which is now Point Remove, Turn wal, which was Terre Noire, or black earth, Darysaw, which is said to have been adapted from a French phrase concluding with des rons- seaux, "of the little streams" and Cossatot, a reasonable approxinaa- tion of CasSe-tete, the Frenchman's word for tonahawk.
 There are those who try to derive the name of Connecticut's neighbor Rhode Island from the Dutch RO0de Eylandt, or red island, though more probably it was named after the classical Isle of Rhodes. But Dela- wares derivation is clear; it is named, not after a tribe of Indians but after Baron de Ia War, a colon- ial explorer and one-time Governor of Virginia. t
 Another curious process, which this country is old enough to have seen, is the degeneration of names Thus ecticut,S Volunteers Town is now Voluntown, the Hart ford land is Hartland and Kenil- worth is Killingworth. Southfield is Suffield, and what was once Re- doubt, New York, has become Rond! out. Wellington is now Wilmington Hampden has become Hamden and Pontefract is Pomfret But enough has been said to indicate the wis dom of taking geographical names with grain of salt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Press Comment
WORDS THAT QUICKEN
Christian Science Monitor)

Christian Science MonitoD
 A Thanksgiving Day Proclamation by Gov. Wilbur L. Cross of Connec- ticut is always something to read, So good, in fact, so popular, that sev- eral have been published in a book. Doubtless this wide public appeal is something on which his party cam paign leaders hoped to leash in" when they urged the Governor to issue his 1888 proclamation before elections. The Governor said No.
 This years Thanksgiving Day Proclamation has just appeared. Knowing these circumstances, will not people be more deeply moved to ponder its import? Will not the prayerful sincerity of the message. conceived in the quiet sanctuary of the authors conscience rather than in the heat of political battle be more apparent and more effective for that very reason? Is not his abil- ity to rise above personal and par- tisan considerations one reason why Governor Cross's previous proclama- \ tions have been so inspiring and so helpful as to be published in al book? .s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
A Book a Day
Love and Genius Make a Poet
BY BRUCE CATION


 Tn l848 Walt Whitman left New York for New Orleans to take a job on a newspaper. He was totally undistinguished, and none of his newspaper writings gave the slight est hint that he was to become a titan of literature. But when he returned to New York something had happened to him; Leaves of Grass" had begun to take shape, and within few years he was to step forth as Americas greatest poet.
 No biographer has ever got very far in showing just what sort of catalytic agent it was that was mixed with Whitman,s genius dur ing those years. so it is only fair for a novelist to take a whirl at it. John Erskine does so in 'The Start of the Road" (Stokes: $2.50) and produces stimulat- ing book.
 MT. Erskine suggests that Whit man had one of the simplest and commonest of human experiences: viz, that he fell in love.
 The woman, in MT. Erskine's imaginative rendering, is a New Orleans quadroon, a woman raised in France. cultured and artistic, ideally qualified to jar Whitman's amorphous ideas and aspirations into productive pattern - but barred by her birth from playing a lasting personal part in his life. As MT. Erskine tells the story, she bore Whitman a son ard tre7 vanished from his life-and one of Whitmans motives in serv.ng in the Civil War hospitals was a half-conscioIs feeling that he might thus find his lost son.
 Putting a man like. Whitman into a novel is ticklish business, but Mir. Erskine handles 1t pre-. y skillfully. His poet is a fesh-and- blood person, not stuffed shirt from textbook on literature, and the narrative in which he moves is well constructed and interest ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Selected Poem
IN PRAISE OF MAZDA
cEleanor Glenn Wallis in the New York sun)

Eleanor Glenn Wallis in the New York Sun) The wolfhound stood in moonlight, Shoulder-h -hil With vaulted loins and hairy muzzle taut Beneath my palm; his deep translucent eye The pool in which lesser moon was caught. But more than beauty pooled itself within That ambre gaze: stanch protective spirit Looked up at me who set myself to win Love wholly careless of my human merit. And while I spoke to him, shadowy pair Drew near us, moving with fine accord; Pale hound, pale master, on the lustrous air They passed us going up to Abbotsford. Yet was my wolfhound not whit dismayed Nor did the hackles rise upon his back saw he recognized loving shade, A ghostly hound impervious to attack. Sir Walters hand was light upon its mane And softer than the murmur of Loch Leven Within my ears (and yet I heard it plain) His: No more loyal comrade under heavenl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Daily Almanac
3.1I d. un

Moon rises 3:l1 8. m
 Sun rises 6:42 a. m; sets 4:32 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Late Wednesday afternoon the sun went down brilliantly. A huge grey pall quite like a curtain, hung far down towards the vest ern horizon. A narrow strip of lighter grey appeared; it gradually grew brighter and expanded, just as if the curtain were rising on stage scene of beauty and color As cars dipped down into highway hollows the cur tain seemed to fall; then as they came over the brow of rise, the curtain would ap- pear to lift.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Questions and
 Answers
GDethe's Last EYgEds.
e.eyrlsA lsss. VA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-Cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ti0n 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- dertake1l. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed tO the WATERBURY , DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C..
 THE EDITOR
 o. What does the saying: '.He wears his heart on his sleeve, !" mean?
 A. To show ones feeling plainly, to be frank and above board, to lay ones cards on the table. rQ. How much does Dearna Dur bin receive for the use of her name in advertising products as compared to her film salary?
 A., Her film salary is reported to be $1,250 a week, and lnanufactur- CTS pay her $1,750 a week for the use of her name on their products.
 @. Has the art of hardening cop- per been rediscovered?
 A. It has never been lost. If you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

Alley also Is a citadel of folksiness as exhibited in the post office on that block. In that post office there are signs, conspicuous by their size, which read Should Aud Acquaint- ance Be Forgot?," Isn't Someone Expecting a Letter from You?,", Write . Letter to Someone Today!," ]" why Wait a Year? Make Every Day Mothers Day Write Nom To- dayE''
 on tile theory, perhaps, that jit terhugs never keep ili touch, unless they're urged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Daily
 -iiIEsD Washington
ana nOBERT q ALIEN
Q DME11 PEARsON

Roosevelt to. Abandon New Experiments But Defend Reforms Already Mode; Reorganization, Court Attack Dropped, But There's No Retreot on FundomentoIs7 Program Will Be Limited to NofionoI Defense and Sound Security Aims
 WASHINGTON, November 18 - Ten days of grim
 cogaton the election returns has resulted in three
 definite decisions by the President and his inner circle
 od
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
What's M Q Name Few Connecticut Communities Mean What They Seem Geographical Designations in
 Good Many Cases Are Misleading
HARTFORD COURANT

For all the symbolism of the city's seal, which depicts stag jumping over shallow stream, the name of Hartford was not derived from the fable. of 8 hart jumping over ford. It is merely an adaptation of the English Hertford. Conversely, the town of Brooklyn was not named
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Te Y Q ae ! Knowledge

Can y0u answer seven 0f { these test questions? Turn to
 Page 23 fer the answers.
 i. Where is the SheIiff River? 2. Name the science which treats of the celestial bodies.
 3. What is rigor nlortis?
 4. Where are the Aran Islandss } B. For what government agency do the; initials B. Q. c. stand? 6. In which state is the Abr brAham Lincoln National park2
 2. Which state is nicknanaed the Hawkeye Etatea < 8. What is an amp aeteEf
 o How many members of Con- gress were elected this yeaT2 { 10. Name the caplta 0g the Re- public ok AndotTa. 2 <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

have something in his long-range plan- ming, but he's got to sell the idea to nation that is just now busy counting it's pennies and nickels to pay big bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
HomeIy Side of Swing Alley

Fifty Second street is the street of swing, hut you would never ex- pect that in the, heart of the jitter- bug belt, the Jiffy Fire Hose & Supp ply Shop practices lively trade and that nearby one of the rarest wine cellars in town is patronized by gourmets who wouldn't know an off- beat If they heard one.
 Nor would you expect that Swing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

velope5 to our Washington Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. C., they will send you free information about harden ing copper.
 e. How many American-oper- ated airlines employ hostesses?
 A. Seven.
 o. How is the federal appropria- tion under the Smith Hughes Voca- tional Education allccated among the States?
 A. The total annual appropriation is $7. 200. 900 of which 8, ,000, 900 is dis tributed to the States on the basis of rural population for training in agriculture: $3,00O,OO0 on the basis of urban population for training in trades and industries; $i.00O. GOO for teacher training on the basis of to- tai population, and the remaining $200,000 is used by the Federal Board of Vocational Education for administrative expenses. MinimumS were set up so that every state re- ceives at least $30,0O0.
 e. Which railroad operates through the Moffat Tunnel?
 A. The Denver and Salt; Lake Railway.
 c. What is Glauber,s salt?
 A. Sodium stllphate that has crystallized from water.
 Q. When did Dr. Roberto M. Ortiz assume the office of President of the Argentine repubIic?
 A. February 20, 1898. i4
 If you want q copy of our book let, PIES and PASTRIES" write to The Waterbury Democrats Wash ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage. @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Nov. 18-Cancelling the report that he had become a recluse on Long Island, Jimmy Walker and his lovely wife, the for mer Betty Compton, are back in the nightly whirligig.
 They are seen at night clubs, they dine near the "Columnists' Corner at the Stork, they make no pretense of sham privacy. Furthermore, New York's ex-mayor has just gone on the air, without pay, in the cause of hospital support, while his pretty wife directs the affairs of an emil nently successful florist shop.
 We saw the devoted Walkers the other night at the debut of Georgie Jessel in the Versailles club, a plush late spot. Mrs. Walker has wan dered of and Hizzoner, as dapper as he ever was when he was the Mo- 1 occupant of City Hall, waited for the missus dutifulIy near the reser- vation desk, with his back toward the door.
 In came two new customers. After checking their overcoats, they approached the man in swallow tails. "A table for two, headwaiter!'' one of them said.
 The Hon. James J. Walker turned toward him with an amused grin. I'm sure they can take care of you" he said, ."in just 8 minute" " The guest had no difficulty recog- nizing the popular former mayor. He was too dustered to attempt even stammering apology.
 Trained Fleece, Maybe?
 And here is 8 Royalist tale, set against the Manhattan scene: A young but lifelong New Yorker named Nadine Alexander was din- ing with several friends at one of the restaurants on the east side the other night. Tn the midst of the first course, poor Nadine was startled by a tall, thin, stiffly -arched, dinner jacketed gentleman with a pair of brilliant Kaiser Wilhelm nous taches.
 This gentleman, an utter stranger to Nadine, clicked his heels, bowed from the waist and kissed the amazed girls hand. Then, without a further word, walked of. So be- wildered Miss Alexander questioned the headwaiter. From him she learned that the man who had sa- luted her in regal style had been a general and landowner in Royalist Spain under King Alfonso XII.
 But it still was quite a puzzle. And the mystery wasn't cleared up until further inquiry showed that a pretty little pin, in the shape of a gold sword against a solid gold fleece which she had been causally wear ing for years, was the symbol of ''The Order of the Golden Fleece" the highest decoration in the days of monarchist Spain. The mysterious gentleman merely was paying his respects. Nadine got the pin as a token from Prince Alphonso de Bourbon who met her in Manhat- tan some years back. She never regarded it as more meaningful than a fraternity emblem.
 So you see how the pomp and circumstance of ex-kingships sur- wives in this neck of the democratic wo0dsl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

Some nations, refusing to admit immi- grants would get what they deserve if they had to stew in their own juice indefinitely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

@. Has the art of hardening cop- per been rediscovered?
 A. It has never been lost, If you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR Medicine Is pronounced ined- i-sin; not med'-sin.

will send a stamped addressed en- velope3 to our Washington Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. C., they will send you free information about harden ing copper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

Said Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to newspaperman: "It's confi- defitial. Don't mention my name when you write it" {. Before Colonel Batista embarked on his trip to Washington he made his Cuban tailor remove some of the military decorations from his uni- form. Explained Batista, T don't want those AlnericanoS to think I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

@. How many American-oper- ated airlines employ hostesses?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
MEDIATION WAITS
IN SUDETEN FIGHT
Runciman Adiourns Talks.
CzeChs Probe German
Aerial ManeuverS.
Hy the Associated Press.

3
PRAHA, Aug. 20.-Despite reports Of
new German aerial incursions across
the C1echoslovak frontier and the still
unsettled nature of Czechoslovak-
German relations, British-engineered
mediation was suspended for the week
end. An ofncial inquiry into the ap-
pearance Of two planes was started.
Viscount Runciman, unomcial Brit
ish mediator between the Berlin-sup-
ported Sudeten German minority and
the PrahA government, adjourned dis
cussions and departed for Castle Ober-
plan to be the guest Of Prince
Schwarzenberg.
A spokesman for the British mis-
sion termed entirely premature and
unfounded" reports abroad that a
"Runciman plan" for solution of the
dispute was about to be presented.
come of these reports described the
so-called "Runciman plan as a pro-
posal to divide Sudetenland-territory
populated by the Sudeten Germans
along the horseshoe-shaped German
frontier-into small cantons with q
large measure of f-government.
Some versions were that it had been
proposed that Czechoslovakia be d.
vided in that fashion.
Czechoslovak sources said a mono
plane from Germany had flown over
the Friedlaender region, a triangular
bit Of Czechoslovakia along the border.
A second plane, also described as Ger
man, was said to have lowered over
another border region.
The government. while inquirine
into the matter. did not seem to view
the flights grAvely,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
ITALYS JOURNALISM
IN ANTHEM PURGE
Two Newspapers Partly Backed
by Jewish Interests Are
Transferred.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug 20.-Two newspapers
backed partly by Jews changed hands
today and the Jewish editor Of third
resigned in Fascist drive to expel
Jews from any vestige Of control Of
the state or public opinion in Italy.
The campaign is in line with the
Fascist formula which would bar Jews
from government posts and limit
Jewish participation in the full life
of the nation" to q ratio of to 1000
their proportion in Italy's pop
ulation.
An informed source said today a
list Of Jews in Italian journalism was
being compiled. and that 1t already
contains 200 names, The list includes
not only Jewish journalists. but Jews
having money invested in newspapers.
The newspapers which changed
hands we're II Giornale d'Italia, Of
which the authoritative Fascist CON-
mentator, Virginia Gayda, non-Jew,
is editor, and II Piccolo. published in
Trieste. The Jewish editor was re-
placed on the newspaper II Corriere
Adriatico.
Fascists said complete purge" of
newspapers probably would follow to-
days action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21

Ey the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 20.-Charles
Pergler, National University dean, de-
clared tonight that claims that the
German minority In Czechoslovakia is
being mistreated are without founda-
ton in fact"
The German minority in Czecho-
slovakia is well provided for, much
better than minorities in any other
country" he stated in q radio address
Pergler was the first Czechoslovakia
diplomatic representative in the United
States, former Czech Minister to Japan
and at one time member Of the Czech
Parliament.
THE fact Is that Mr.. Hitler Is not
much concerned with the fate of mi
norities," he continued, land he does
ignore the fate of the German minority
under Italy, in the Trentino. Incl
dentally. probably two-thirds Of the
German minority are Czechs and their
descendants who were Germanized TN
der past Austro- Hungarian rule.
"Mr. Hitler is after larger game, and
that is the domination OF the European
continent. The quest is one for Euro
pean If not world power. BY subjugat-
ing Czechoslovakia in one way or an
other, he Is seeking to have access to
the fertile fields of Ukrainia. the oil
fields Of Rumania and the resources
of the Balkans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
RELEASED bR|T0N
. FLEES GERMANY
kendrick Leaves Quickly for
Hungary After BEING
Freed.
B3 the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Aug. 20.-Capt. Thomas
Kendrick the British passport of1cer
IN Vienna whose arrest stirred tho
British government to make diplomatic
representations, was arrested because
there were proofs of his conducting
espionage" it was oficially announced
today.
simultaneously it was announced
ne had been released and requested
to leave the country Immediately.
This afternoon, accompanied by his
wife and chauffeur, Capt. Kendick
left Vienna and headed for the nearest
border, that of Hungary 40 miles
away.
"a Reuters British news agency
dispatch said Capt. Kendrick and
his wife crossed the Hungarian
frontier about dusk and headed for
Budpest. He was expected to
spend the night at Gyor, Hungary,
where room was reserved for
him.
Confession Reported.
The German press said the British
omcer was convicted on his own con.
fession of nisusing official preroga-
tives to obtain military information.
The press said Capt. Kendrick was
spared "direr consequences" only be-
cause Germany desired British friend.
ship.
The oficial announcement on thu
case was the following laconic COM
munique, distributed by D. N. B., OH.
cial news agency:
The head Of the passport division
In the British consulate general in
Vienna, Capt. Thomas Kendrick. has
been arrested because there were
proofs OF his conducting espionage.
The British Ambassador. who
made inquiries into the case, has been
requested to see to it that Capt. Ken
drick leaves the Reichs confines
within the shortest time possible"
Amity Seen for England.
The newspaper Berliner Tageblatt
said in inspired comment on the
affair:
The Reich's government in not
drawing the full consequences of this
confession. mercy gave proof of the
earnestness of her desire to foster
amicable relations with England. It
would be very deplorable if this were
misunderstood in England"
German foreign ONCE Spokesman
said there was no precedent for
the Kendrick incident within their
memory.
Capt. Kendrick had been passport
ohicer in Vienna for Is years The
British consulate in Vienna denied he
enjoyed diplomatic or even consular
status, stating he had no consular
rights and that he worked In con.
junction with the consulate, but In.
dependent Of It,
Capt. Hendricks status, it was said,
was analogous to that Of a repre-
sentative of the United States Treas
ury Department abroad.