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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15
Good Evening.
~ TIE MAN IN THE TOWER


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UsT A F7ANSEEH
CFrom An Anthology Of Selected Poem0
If YOU are on the Gloomy Line
Get transfer.
II You're inclined to fret and pine
Get transfer.
Get off the track Of doubt and gloom
Get on the Sunshine Track-theres room
Get transfer.
II you're on the Worry Train,
Get transfer.
You must not stay there and complain
Get transfer.
The Cheerful Cars are passing through
And there's lot Of room for you
Get transfer.
II you're on the Grouchy Track,
Get transfer.
Just take Happy Special back,
Get transfer.
Jump on the train and pull the rope,
That lands you at the station Hope
Get transfer
Author Unknown
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

The height of something other At the peak
Of the late afternoon traffic recently horseman
and his noble steed pranced through Exchange Place
with the crowd gawking in surprise and marvelling at
Che manner in which the horse stepped nlmDiy
through apparently unmndful of the blares and blasts
of motorists . :. . Hi Y0, Siver!H
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

Editor, Tall Tower Topics: Could you give me any
information the hunting laws in this state Is it
legal to hunt now? Jerry S. (Capies of hunting
regulations may be secured at the Town Clerks
office and usually Obtanedable with the licenses
Copies may also be secured from the State Board Of
Fisheries and Game. However, for your immediate in
formation there is open season deer at all in this
state; rabbit may be hunted from November to
December 81 squirrel from October 20 to November
3d. no open season quail pheasant from October
20 to November % (cock pheasans ony) grouse from
October 20 to November %; Hum partridge, no open
season. The Edo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

Here and there It's hard to think about trolleys
here in Waterbury, but up Hartford they just put
ting so cars in service tomorrow Sunday. The
is many lines have not been operating since the
hurricane 10 troleys operated in normal times
there. According to the Rev J. T. X. Murphy, s. j.
Of Boston College we are pronouncing America wrong
H. farmer lost for three hours his property
this week. He said the he couldn't recognize
any familiar landmarks, the hurricane had changed the
contour of the land So This may have been a wire
service joke, but from Burnside Pa. flash that
q wooden water tank used by the railroad burned
uetey to the ground It was filled with water when 1t
burned . The Madison Square Gardens style of dress
ing up envelopes used in conveying publicity cham
n0nship fights to sports editors has been copied for the
worlds light heavyweight championship bout at the New
haven Arena later this MONTH 1t makes picturesque
envelope as we can boast who copies of such
covers for most Of the big bouts that the Garden has
produced In recent years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA CArvice Stair CnrroensAn der

Hollywood l5The tricky task Of building credible movie
the qnpets has been pleasantly accomplished
story spots from the sheer
pcaons picked again by the small Donn themselves
their third film appearances are generously shown In 1--WE much Longer
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

Resembling mico, o mineral known
as cerbiculite, discovered In Aus
tralia recently, is expected to be-
come increasingly valuable as Q
sound insulators
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

with q nose shaped like D cr0c0-
die, the airplane Crocodile" ap-
pears ct children's events in RUS
sic.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

confident - any virtuoso. y
the introduction Of the FIVE cocker
spaniel puppies by Doctor Luke
Jean HersholD and some amusing
first reactions by the little girls, who
ct first are frightened.
The second sequence involves .
quintuplet derby, on hobby horses,
with Emile dismounting to feed
her steed. Then comes scene in
which ''Dotta Lutte" trying to talk
on the telephone, lis overwhelmed
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15
Today's Answers 70
URANIUM CRACKERS

Problems on Comic Page.
The present poet laureate Is John
Masefield. His recent verse, being
a quatrain, contained four lines. He
was born in 1874.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-15

Critic Previews Goth Fox
Movie, Likes Small Dionnes'
Singing, Dancing and I alking

This Quintuples new
movie o q Kind"
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Watch This Box
MARTENE REALTY KIT,

MARLENE bEAUI4 AAA.
Mrs. Clara Myers, Loans and
Currency, IL awarded one OF
these magic boxes" for face
refreshment II she'll breeze
over to GOldsnberg'S cos
matlcs counter for It.
BOXING: Monday Nor
ment Quarles and Lew Field
man will try mutual mayhem
at Turner's Arena, and two
reserved seats for the fray
will be awarded for the most
interesting or unusual Fed
eral fact sent US by . p. m.
today.
LITTLE THEATER: Ruth
BOhne, Interior, Is urged to
Scuttle by our desk for two
passes to this funSpot, now
showing "The Awful Truth"
with Irene Dunno and Cary
Grant.
HIGH ICE CREAM: Evelyn
GItem, u. 8. Housing Author
ity, has . slip awaiting here
good for one quart Of this
tasty commodity at any High
Store, one Of which operates
at 1880 Fourteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
NeVer Was Real War Crisis

NeVer Was Real War Crisis
IN actual pennies the show was costly. For
their part alone the French paid approximately
$270 900 ,000-the rough estimate Of the cost Of
mobilization, excavations and propaganda Be-
hind the scenes there never was any real war
crisis. The one fear Chamberlain and Daladier
worried about was that bitter statements from
the Czech Government might force the play to
get out of hand and turn great gamble at
makebelieve. into the grimmeSt tragedy since
the world began, and up the cost to bill of rl1nl
The minorities Of the Poles, of the HungarianS,
and the Germanic people in the Sudeten terri
tory should never have been included in q
Czechoslovakan nation in the first place. There
was no racial, economic, or geographical excuse
for their inclusion
The World War victorS forced their inclusion
into CzechoSlovakia for many reasons; the
primary one, of course. being to weaken Germany
CHAMBERLAIN, as did all other realistic Euro
long as France and England refused to admit to
common-Sense readjustment of boundaries in
Central Europe, so long would the horror of war
hang over the world.
Chamberlsin'S problem was to sell the realities,
stripped of all emotionalism and propaganda to
an emotional people That likewise was Dala-
diers problem. in the midst of a country which
had rapidly moved to the left in the last 10 years
Copyright Ledger syndIcats)
fBodEe CdrterS opinions are his own and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtmeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Has Complex for "Othsr Days"

WE went to the Casa Manana the other night,
w where Billy Rose exercises his complex for
oldtime stuff. This complex has always puzzled
US a little because Billy Rose is not exactly an
oldtimer himself, but is more identified with
modernity. Nonetheless. he is great hand for
playing up the old-time business, using oldtime
performers in his shows and paying tribute to old
timers generally in a way that indicates his COM
plete sincerity about the matter.
We have come to the conclusion that Billy
Roses complex goes back to his early youth. In
examining the Rose career we find that, while he
has written a lot of different songs that would
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

uaGkOQS At Tile commencement OF Ln6 SGEIndn"
Czechoslovakian crisis, the world would have
been wrecked.
A Staged Performance
VTNHAT the great show of war preparations was
staged performance seems wellnigh incred-
ibe. The fact, nevertheless, remains that this is
the true story. in the broad essence of what oc-
CURED and why during these last fateful weeks
in Europe.
From sources abroad and from sources at home
which am not at liberty to reveal for diplomatic
reasons. have learned that Chamberlain of
England and Daladier of France had not only
Germany to deal with but far more potent in
fluence-public opinion in their own countries
Sir Samuel Hoare Home Secretary to His
Majesty'S Government, is one Of the unsung
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Speaking Of Government
Workers
-RU 7. Earle MOSer-
Blu J. Earle MOSer'

If apologies to Kiplino)
II my rating Is par excellence"
nv DoTk beyond TeproGch;
And II turn to daily chores
With eradicate approach
II In matters tDhtch concern me not,
do not act the critic;
And excuse determinations,
With the knowledge they're polite"
II tuith tUhdt my supervisor does.
/, nonetheleSs, agree.
II neUer raise my Uotce In protest
And do the tDork OF three.
Yes. And II I don't orow too old to dream
And Uirtue ever pays;
They somehow might retOdrd me Dtth
An administrative raise"
NAT LEWIS SCHEIN.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

dress, careful Of his earnings.
Dresser, the song writer, was a
convivial mixer, addicted to al
most dudish attire. and a
genial spendthrift. In his sos
when he died, Dresser, who
had earned close to three
quarters Of O million dollars,
was almost broke. Those who
knew him say he never turned
down q request for 9 loan or
spurned an appeal for aid.
Young fortunes floated into
his two-way pockets in royal
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

must be done before 1t Is actu-
ally constructed.
Before the field Is ready for
use the Mount Vernon BOule-
ward will be shifted to q new
right-Of-way which will be ap-
prOximately 500 feet from the
edge of the landing field.
Meanwhile WPA AdminiStra,
tor Harry Hopkins announced
an aerial survey will be started
Immediately to determine the
airport and airway needs Of
the nation. This report will be
given to the next session Of
Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Work on D. G.. Airport
Sturts Next Week

After years Of waiting and
hoping, Washington finally is
to have its airport. COnstruc-
tiOn will start next week!
Officials of the Civil Aero
nauticS Authority, which Selec-
ted the GravelIy Point site for
the new airport that is ex-
pected to be a model for the
entire nation, said that actual
work on the project, which
will be built with q PWA
grant, will get under way next
week and the field will be
ready for use in about q year.
Army engineers will direct
the dredging and filling that
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Merely Idle-HOping

CURRENT TALK about
~ world economic or a world
disarmament conference is con-
Sidered idlehoping on high.
RealiStS suspect what is neces-
Sary first and foremost is a Eu-
ropean political conference.
They see no chance of economic
or arms understandings until a
political understanding is ef-
fected.
While hoping is being in
dulged in, the realiStS hope the
Treaty of Versailles may be torn
up and forgotten. This, they
say, is the first necessary step.
The second would be to right
every wrong done Germany, to
eliminate every just grievance
that Hitler may have instilled
into his people. Then, say those
of this theory, would be the
time to go to work for peace,
either by consolidation to stop
Hitter at that precise point by
whatever means are necessary
(including war;, or to get Ger
many into an economic and dis
armament arrangement to pro-
tect peace.
Until these political factors
are Strengthened out, any eco
nomic or disarmament confer
ence might be like a joint dog
and cat fair.
A PLAN along this line has
"A been discussed unofficially
among some officials here. 1t
would call first for another
meeting of the Four Powers Of
Munich to guar .ntee the border
of every nation in Europe. If
this could be done land Hitler
has said he wants no more
ground in Europe), the way
would be opened for a new
League of European Nations to
take hold and maintain a status
quo-for q while.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

Bank Of New York and vice
versa.
Truth Is he has a million and
a half he can use for exports
If necessary. but he won't. No
flight Of capital is expected.
There will be gradual repatria.
ton (particularly for France
but you will see a dream walking
before you see gold flying from
Mr.. Morgenthau or the U. s.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Frances Money Problem

DEAL FRENCH PROBLEM
IL seems to be, not money or
expenditures in the last analysis,
but flight Of capital. French
wealth lacks confidence. About
100 billion francs in gold have
gone out of the country since
the money trouble started. This
wealth must be brought back.
To devalue further would only
frighten capital further. More
over, it would be useless from a
government standpoint because
the government has not yet
taken the gold profit from the
last devaluation. And anyway,
the better economists lately
seem to agree that devaluation
for government profit is not
worth the cost.
GERMANY is digging herself
VI deeper into her economic
hole, but the Czech conquest
was a bolstering against an
early cave-in.
The whole nation is working
on non-productive production,
meaning ornaments, which gen.
crate no wealth. The standard
Of living is constantly going
down. But, at the same time,
Hitler has won q great political
victory and some substantial
economic props. He has gained
access to raw materials of the
CzechS and AustrianS, which
will help to ease his dire inter
nal situation. Like the French
move, his does not solve his
economic predicament, but de-
lays consequences.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

worlds history.
Despite all the mobiliZa-
tions, all the rumors, all the
speeches and all the fore.
boding reports, despite all the
trench digging. sandbag plac-
ing and all the excavations Of
civil populations from danger
zones, there was no actual war
crisis in Europe.
But-had original public
opinion in both England and
France been permitted to die
tate the policies of those two
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
News Behind
The News
.BU Paul MHLLOn-

(world Copyright, 1898. by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. all rights reserved.
Reproduction in full or in part strictly
prohibited)
THE WORLDS money
l. muddles are again inspir-
ing fears from Paris around
to Tokyo, but not very deep
fears, as you may have no
ticed. Day of reckoning ap-
parently is not yet at hand
or near. Some constructive
readjustments are merely
being made to postpone it,
and avoid it, if possible.
France particularly has the
money ague. but If our money
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
OId-Tine Stars

OLd-Tine Stars
WE are inclined to doubt that Billy Rose had
w an old gang that was so dearly beloved by
him as to keep its memory fresh in his mind for
many years, so it must have been just the yearn-
ing for old-time things generally cropping out
in him in lyrical form.
He has Harry Armstrong, bustling, grayish
man with hefty voice at the Casa Manana
singing Sweet Adeline," of which Armstrong is
the author, and it is rumored that Rose sits and
listens to it every night with tears in his eyes,
though that may be an exaggeration. Maybe it
is only every other night.
We must admit that we never were much Of a
Sweet Adeline" fellow because we remember it
mainly as a song for boon companions Of bar
rooms, and in our drinking time we could not
see the sense of wasting time singing when there
was drinking to be done.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Three Joy Bundles

One-pOund boxes of deli.
ciOuS ORIGINAL VELATI
chocolates or caramelS today
are awarded to: IRENE DE-
NUNZTO THERESA CRUMP
and KITTIE TURNER, Vet
Grams Administration. Candy
will! be presented at either
store, Ninth and G SITS. N. w.,
or 500 Fourteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

as creator Of a 5000 millions plus
gold fund to meet expected with
drawals by europeans now that
their crisis is over. In the first
place 1t Is not q fund. 1t is a
bookkeeper'S note that this
amount of unattached gold lies
in the Treasury. 1t is just as
good cc the Treasury books as
is the rest Of the gold on the
books Of the Federal Reserve
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

strikes your own home folks il
brings to you a much better ap
probation Of the work Of such or
ganizationS as this, realization
that you can get in no other way
Yours for a 100 per cent Red
Cross membership for Government
LITTLE RHODY.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
A Versatile Artist

n GFUQtIg <AFEISL
We heard jim Barton u.s. sing Alssandess Rag
Lee" at the Casa Manana, too. The latter song
will always be identified with Barton, yet he sang
Alexander" long years ago, and it was then con-
sidered his greatest effort. Barton is perhaps
the greatest artist on the American stage today
and certainly the most versatile. when you con-
slider that he is a good singer, remarkable
dancer, and an excellent actor.
There was another great artist at the Casa
Manana the night we were there and he played
tune that is one of our pets, so you may be able
to identify us with the period of its popularity.
The artist is Ted Lewis. and the tune goes with
the song when My Baby Smiles at Me-"
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
TOday's Best ShOWS
WARNER BROTHERS.

schedule today: EARL E.
Jean Arthur, James Stewart,
Lionel Barrymore in "YOu
Can't Take 1t With YOu,"
plus Lucy Monroe on the
stage: METROPOLITAN -
"FOur Daughters" with Pri-
scilla, Rosemary and Lola
Lane; ANIBASSADOR-Ran.
dOlph Scott and Joan Ben
nett in The Texans; CAL
VERT Racket Busters"
with Humphrey BOgart and
George Brent; UPTOWN
Martha Raye and Bob Hope
in "Give Me A Sailor; PENN
and TIVOLl-Janet GaynOr,
bert Montgomery and
Frsnchot Tone in Three
Loves Has Nancy"
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

recollect when you first heard
them and under what circum-
stances.
Maybe the ones you like best
70 back to your courting days.
though, Of course, it is quite
conceivable that in some cases
those are the very ones you de-
test and never want to hear
again. However, we think the
rule is that a favorite song is
connected with some soft mo-
ment.
Ncca Sionnllv a SoYp that Won
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

medicine men
know the ir
business, she
W i'll pull
thro ugh In
better conU-
ton than be-
fore.
U n coJnmu-
NEGATIVE M.
Daladier did
not tell the
r r . n G h
c h O m b e r
why he want
ed to be q fis-
cal die tator
The Washington times., 1938-10-08


thought died with your generation comes back
again to find favor with the youth Of the mo-
ment, like "Alexanders Ragtime Band"
Some oId-timers regard this touching Of old
stuff as in the nature of dissertation, but can
not go with them there. We like things like
annie Laurie" all the better when the swingers
hop it up little.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

Der IS. His financial minister
promised no devaluation and no
further money monkeyshineS,
but said nothing affirmatively.
Two courses have been open
to Daladier as the best official
Washington eye sees them.
Neither course involves devalua-
tion. Course one 1t to cut down
armament expenditures. This is
just rhetorical. 1t cannot be
done in the existing European
situation. Everyone knows it
won't be.
Course two is to cut the
service on the French debt by
making arbitrary reduction in
interest rates. 1t would amount
to a capital levy. 1t is an abro-
CATION Of the governments con-
tracts. It is immoral, extra
legal. unfair-but necessary.
It will be done,
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

MO TWO BROTHERS were ever more unlike
AN than Theodore Dresser and Paul Dresser
Dresser the novelist is non-gregarious, careless of
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

ties from such ballads as "On the Banks Of the
Wabash" my Gal Sal" "The Town Where
I Was Born"-and about 400 others.
Has Become Tradition
DAUL DRESSER had become a tradition-as
has Victor Herbert-aS George Gershwn
is becoming-as Irving Berlin is already-though
still alive and enjoying the fruits Of his alert
and sentimental genius. Herbert, like Dresser,
was reckless with his money. He was as
Edward B. Marks once pointed out, the worst
picker of horses in the country, depending
purely on sentimental selections. An ardent
beer-drnker, he formed an intimate friendship
with bartender at Saratoga who drew his
Pilsener at just the proper temperature and
with the correct thickness Of foamy VEIL
CUPERSTTTIOUS BROADWAY insists upon It's
~ macabre trinities-and waits patiently for
destiny's tragic fulfillment. Thus, in Composer
Con Conrads recent death, 1t sees the final page
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
The Brighter Side ByDamonRunyon

appear to have no bearing on the complex, one
of his earliest and mostpopular efforts was that
thing that goes:
Gee, but I'd give the world to see
That old gang Of mine"
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
''But''- Is o.

VTNHE world has been saved from war and civil
ing piece Of stagecraft ever witnessed in the
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Registered United States Patent Office
Copyright 1888, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Copyright ard Other Rights Reserved

VOUR favorite songs are usually the songs that
are identified with your youth, as you can
aee II vna1 lust mentally run over your list and
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
No Need to Worry

SHED no tears for Mr.. Morgen-
~ thau who Is being pictured
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
Says B0ake Garter

heroes of the great drama that saved the world,
not from Hitler but from more Hitlers.
The Washington times., 1938-10-08
G0ngster to General

GdngSteT to OGngr0I
CTRANGER THAN FICTION: Recently there
~ has reached my desk stories Of a redoubtable
Chinese general, reported to be Chang Kai-shek'S
closest military confidant Fantastic are the
tales Of this fellows exploits and his amazing
feats with the pistol. 1t is said that he was
product of Chicago's early gangster era, that
when the scorch was put on him. he fled to
China and there became the bodyguard of
Sun Vat Sen, who later made him a general.
With my habitual carelessness. have mislaid
the notes revealing his Chinese name-but in
Chicago he was known as Morris Cohen and
enjoyed certain popularity as raconteur of
Yiddish dialect stories
THERE IS SOME TALK now Of reviving the
unfettered Bohemianism of the Greenwich
Village, which inspired, so it is claimed, the
blossoming of the liberal talents Of Edgar Allan
Poe, Thomas Paine, Walt Whitman, Eugene
ONeill, Jack London and John Masefield. Here,
according to the earnest young women who have
asked aid in f,rthering the Village renaissance.
the intellectS of another day convened over cafe
table
The Washington times., 1938-10-08

ordination, and in the second
place workers attempting such
stunt would merely find them
selves with more overtime facing
them in order to keep UP with
their work. If there has been ans
such slowing up in the agencies
mentioned in the story it is prob
ably because workers who work
until II or IL o'clock at night for
several nights certainly cannot
keep up the same rate Of speed
in their work on the following
days that they have been accuS
toned to on previous days follow
ing q full nights rest. Further
more, If I were the head of an
agency and such tactics were re
sorted to by my workers I would
Immediately suspend the offend
ers without pay and take steps
to be rid of them and fill their
places with more honest workers.
for surely no office can carry on
it's work If 1t allows its employees
to adopt such soldering" tactics
as those described in the articles. "
ADAM BALDY.
Red Cross Boost
"Dear Mr.. Moser: May I utilize
your column to express the hope
that all Of the 115,000 Federal
workers in Washington will join
the American Red Cross during
the present drive, thus assuring
our city going over the top in a
big way? have always been CRATE
full to this organization for the
fine service they rendered my fel-
low veterans since the end of the
war. Now. however, I have a closer
feeling toward them than ever be-
fore because of letters I have re
ceived from many Of my relatives
in Rhode Island describing the
wonderful work the Red Cross has
done during and since the recent
hurricane. These letters indicate
that were it not for these efforts
there would have been many more
deaths and considerable more Suf-
fering. Somehow, when disaster