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Evening star., 1938-07-27
FOLKS WHO CAN'T TELL ONE Beer
FROM ANOTHER OFTEN BECOME expert
AFTER TRYING DRY, BERRY GUNTHER's

Strange, isn't it, how many people who
always thought all beers were alike become
good judges of beer after trying Gunther's?
On second thought, maybe it isn't 50
strange. There must be standard of com.
parison. For instance, if you'd never enjoyed
4 fine, dry wine, you couldn't we'll qualify
as 4 wine expert, could you?
Try Gunther's and notice how dry il is,
how it is zestful and doesn't dull your appe-
tite. That's because it isn't sweet. Notice the
unusual favor given by the especially high
percentage of choice Bohemian hops. Do
mestic hops alone cannot approach that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Champion Tree Planter

It is over week now since his death was recorded, but it isn't too late to com ment on the passing of Thomas c. Luther of Saratoga Springs, N. Y. The name will be familiar to all who have visited this spot either to partake of it's healing springs or perhaps to engage in a bit of wagering at it's well-known and styl- ish race-track. Saratoga has long been the mecca for the fashionable of the na- tion during the month of August. At other seasons of the year it draws many to it's health-giving springs, now con- ducted under state auspices.
 Thomas c. Luther was proprietor of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel at Sar- atoga Lake 53 years ago. He operated the hotel at that time for the Saratoga and Troy Northern Railroad. After three years management he bought it himself and continued to operate it until his death on December 29. He was 75 years century the White Sulphur Springs Hotel was the rendezvous of the high society that Hooked to Saratoga. It is even recorded that the King of Italy, then the Prince of Piedmont, was once guest.
 In later years when other resorts had sprung up the White Sulphur Springs Hotel became the rendezvous for the sporting fraternity, particularly members of the fighting business. Many of the best fighters trained at the spot, includ- ing Gene Tunney Jack Dempsey, Luis Firpo, Frank Moran, and others. There was something about Luther's place that attracted champions. It wasn't stylish place as modern hostelries go it was comfortable and well conducted. Its proprietor, too, was distinct attraction, friendly, affable, distinguished.
 But what of the champion tree-planter? Thomas c. Luther was just that. In his lifetime he is credited with planting more than 8,0O0,000 trees. All the idle land around his hotel and around Saratoga Lake was utilized for tree plantations. He had private tree plantation containing more than 5000 acres. Devastation of trees in his earlier years spent in upstate New York brought about this great love for them a strong determination to raise them and persuade others to follow his example A conservationist of the high est rank his name will be long revered in circles seemingly diametrically op- posed - those who build up the nations natural resources; those who keep the society pages of the nations dailies alive with their activities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Talk of Monopoly

Apparently we are entering into another era of trust-busting - or at least talk of trust-busting Playing monopoly" seems about to become more popular as political game than it ever was as parlor game. Perhaps little digging into the theory, the philosophy, back of the monopoly discussion won't do any harm. Nobody defends monop- oly. Everybody, capitalist or workman, joins in the cry that it is wrong. There fore it would seem to violate something which Americans generally regard as fundamental.
 What is this fundamental idea? The general thought is very simple: If all goods are made by individuals who sell them in free competition with the goods of any other individuals aiming at the same market, the consumer will get the break. He will get his goods at the low est possible prices, because the compe- tition between sellers will constantly tend to force all prices down to the lowest point where the lowest-cost pro- ducer can make a profit. That is the theory, and up to now it is certainly true that it has caused greater variety and quantity of goods to be distributed here among more people than any other syS- Ce1n III any OIner country
 Periodically there are great waves of protest that monopolies have sprung up, destroying the competitive principle that is the heart of our manner of doing things. That means simply that one man or one organization has such complete control over the making and selling of one article that he can charge what he likes, right up to the last cent people can pay. That is the theory. But like all theories, in practice it turns out to have been too simple. We long ago de- cided that some things must be monopo- lies. The nuisance of two competing street-car lines running down the same street and two competing telephones on every desk, had to be eliminated.
 We have never admitted the competi- tive theory internationally but have always set up tariffs to keep foreigners from competing in our markets. In many fields we have removed labor from con- petition by setting up closed-shop "monopolies" Nof labor in certain fields; even the U. s. Supreme Court has said that labor is not a commodity to be sold to the lowest bidder
 Recently we had the MIRA, which per- mitted suspension of competition if cer tain other conditions were met. Still more recently we had the Guffey-Vinson law suspending competition in soft coal, and the Miller-Tydings law permitting price fixing by agreement in certain fields.
 The antitrust laws, passed some 30 years ago to try to keep competition effective by making combinations in restraint of trade" unlawful, have been largely ineffective. The object of the coming discussion of monopoly is to find out just what we want to do in regard to competition, and make laws that will do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
WHEN I SHOT THAT ONE"
 (NeW York Sun)

Persons who have sat up nights worrying over the alleged decline in the numbers of big game animals in the United States may relax their vigilence. These animals have more than doubled in national forests during the past 2 years, a count of noses by government enumerators shows. According to the census, on the 170,000000 acres of national for estS at the end of last year there were 1,684000 big game animals, an increase of 140 per cent. Deer were the most widely distributed; they were found in every one of the 157 national forests and totaled 1,441 ,00O head, an increase of 12 per cent compared with 1885 So greatly have elk and deer gained in numbers in some areas that hunting has been extended lest range capacities be exceeded.
 In an effort to avoid over grazing on the fenced-in ranges with con- sequent shortage of food, surplus big game was recently offered for sale by the government on four of the western preserves supervised by the biological survey. The offerings were 269 buffalo, 222 elk, and 100 mule-deer. Unsold animals may be obtained by public ZOOS, parks or preserves for the cost of capture, crating and transportation. Private citizens who wish to keep pets can obtain them by sending $60 cash to the nearest preserve. For this sum the government will capture the shaggy animal, crate and deliver it to the nearest railroad point.
 The dressed carcass of a bison, to- gether with the head and hide, will be shipped for $50 Standing proudly before his hearth, feet on the rug made from the hide, the buyer can point to the massive head on the wall and pose as big game hunter. The government is also prepared to aid in the capture of a live elk or mule deer and to load it on truck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
INTERESTING THE ARCHITECTS
 (Hartford Courant)

The Slowness with which applica- tions for examinations for state ar- chitectural positions have been made may indicate prejudice against state employment. The positions are attractive enough. The state needs a supervising architect at salary of $6OO0 to $7500 a year, chief ar chitect at $450O to $54000, assistant architects at $3000 to $500, an ar- chitectural draftsnan at $500 to $2280, a senior specification writer at $3600 to $4200 and junior Speci- fication writer at $2400 to $2880. If after Friday there are not enough applications to make the examina- tions worth conducting, Harry W. Marsh, the personnel director, may have to make the positions open to architects from outside the state.
 It would be unfortunate if num- Der of architects are failing to take advantage of these opportunities be- cause of an impression that the work will terminate with the completion of the state institutional building program. The suspicion has been voiced within and without the state that governmental employment is rarely stable. Few architects care to leave remunerative private prac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
irst Patronage

Patronage has begun to flow in the di- rection of Republicans after long, lean years, it was learned by the Waterbury Democrat this week. Yesterday it was revealed that the office of the Controller = Sherwood L. Rowland, incumbent had issued a requisition which trans fers to Perrys, Inc, local laundry and cleaning firm, the business of caring for all bedding in city firehouses. This busi- ness up to now had been divided among individuals and firms.
 Two of the individuals who have no caste in the eyes of the Republican organ ization and who evidently are not in the good graces of either the COP. or the ependent-DemocratS are widows. One of them has been engaged in doing laundry work for the Baldwin Street fire house ever since it was built thirty years ago. The $25-a-month which she received for this work has been practically her sole source of income in all this time By a strange streak of fate she thus loses her means of Livelihood
 The other laundress has been engaged for some time in performing a similar chore for the Brooklyn fire house. She, too, meets the same fate. And two local laundrieS who had engaged in the same work also are off the list. Evidently Shallet-Lux and the Imperial Laundry are on the COP. "black list" in Water bury, for they are dismissed, too, ay tl1s controllers requisition, causing all fire house laundry work to be done by Perrys.
 It is the first sample of patronage on the part of the controllers office. While patronage giving is expected, still it wasn't expected to take quite as ruthless form as this has. We don't know but this person has been laundress for the city for thirty years. if it can actually be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

It remained for an ex-Marine to chal- lenge the right of New York State to advertise the apidly-approaching New York's World Fair of 1889. He was re- gently brought into court because he had covered up bit of fair advertising, such as appears on the current license plates of New York State He was arrested and charged with violating the state vehicle and traffic laws by defacing plates He intends to carry his case to the U. S.. Supreme Court if necessary, he main- tains. His contention is that he doesn't intend to advertise something for which can't compel him to be sandwich mau for private corporation" Therell be plenty of sympathy for the ex-Marine. And it might not be surprising to find a few legal points being thrown in his direction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

However, there is this distinction in the use of motor vehicle license plates, at least there is in Connecticut. In this state when motorist gets set of plates for his car, he doesn't buy them. He may conceive himself as the sole and solitary owner of that particular pair of plates but the State Motor Vehicle Department says no. The department says the plates are merely loaned or rented to the motorcar owner for certain length of time. Actually the state still owns the plates and has full control over them. That's why defacing them is subject to arrest. No doubt the same situation pre- vails in New York, and while. the ex- Marine may imagine he owns his plates he actually doesn't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
A Book a Day
How History Rides Our River Crests
BY BRUCE CAPTION

The flow of American history in variably has followed our rivers, swelling with the sagas of the peo- pie as they pushed civilization back from the mud banks. Beginning the story of the greatest of these, Wal ter Havighurst has produced a most stirring book in his Upper Mississippi" Farrar and RineharD, $2.50.
 Second of the 24 volumes to be issued under the general title of "Rivers of America" MT. Hav- ighurStS book is concerned with the land settlement and economic development that swept across Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dako- tas and even Manitoba and Sas- katchewan from the 1830s to the 1880s.
 You would expect a lusty yarn, and the author has given you just that. The story revolves around one Cleng Peerson, tall, raw boned fearless leader of the first Scandinavian migration to the middle west. Cleng found chal- lenge from the very start in the vast uncut timberlands, the broad prairie, the rearing rivers.
 Born in the finger reaches of the Mississippi himself, MT. Hav- ighurst ~never loses the pulse of the great river for moment. His book puts new humanism into the land of Hamliu Garland and Sin clair Lewis s-p G T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
PRESS COMMENT

tice for temporary though well-pay- ing state work. These positions how ever, according to state authorities are to be permanent. After the con- clusion of the work on the new in- stitutions, the state architects will continue under the department of public works.
 Once capable men are appointed by means of competitive examina- tion, their salaries and responsibili- ties should not be tempered with by the state. Assurance of this sort would do much to bolster the repu- tation of governmental positions in the eyes of potential applicants and would aid in attracting men of the right sort to the states administra- tive service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Current Comment

These people are a fact and you cannot ignore that reality even if it takes every cent the treasury has. u. s. Senator William E. Borah, Idaho, asking that the government buy farm surplus for the needy.
 
 Why, the other day I got call from James Roosevelt, the Presi- dents own son - didn't even know his own number.
 Mrs. John Roosa, New York city, who has President Roosevelt's former telephone number.
 I have been studying the possi- bility of such trip for some time. It remains for some geological or scientific institution to say whether it shall be realized. Prof Auguste Piccard, noted ball. loonist, is planning a deep-sea expedition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

an attorneys time by asking queS- tions, additional time is added for his argument.
 Parker is a good lawyer; his de- cisions being clear and to the point. While court is in session he works like a horse, and dur ing the Duke case surprised ate torneys by reading a brief filed at 5 D. m. and asking questions from it in court the next morn ing.
 Judge Parker took his rebuff from the Senate graciOusly, and showed not the slightest sign of illustration. But he did seem to take a certian malicious glee in showing up some of the cOnser- vative gentlemen beside whom he came so near sitting. When the Duke Power case first came before him, Parker imnle- diately found in favor of the New Deal, decreeing that the Public Works Administration did have the power to lend money to municipalities for the erection of power plants.
 Reverses the Nine
 This decision was sent on to his would have colleagues 8 year ago and in December, 1936, they stalled. They refused to make decision, and sent the case back to Judge Parker's Dis trict Court on the basis of a technical or harmless" error, which according to an act of con- gress, should not be taken into consideration by the Supreme Court.
 This December stalling, which meant a full years delay for PWA loans on municipal power plants, was the last straw which prompted Roosevelt to make his Supreme Court fight.
 Part of that fight, it will be remembered, was castigation of the Nine Justices for taking off the entire summer when import ant cases were hanging fire. Roosevelt suggested that they do some work during the holidays. Immediately thereafter, Judge Parker showed that he at least was not afraid of extra work, by calling a special session of his court in Asheville for August g.
 Three days later he handed down decision completely favor able to the New Deal. This prompt action permitted the Duke case to get to the Supreme Court this winter. Otherwise it might have gone over for another year tieing up 61 cities and $109, ,700,- 900 Of cash.
 This weeks Supreme Court decision, unanimously uphOlding Judge Parker, has started specu- latiOn as to whether Roosevelt might send his name to the Senate once more when further vacancies occur. Parker is now 53, three years younger than the President, presumably would not be considered an Old Man.
 NOTE-The man to keep your eye on to fill the immediate va cancy, left by the retirement of Justice Sutherland of Utah, is Harold Stephens, also of Utah. Stephens had a fighting record in the Justice Department, now is a member of the Court of Ap- peals of the District of Columbia, where he is doing a brilliant job.
 Another possibility is Judge Joseph c. Hutcheson, Jr., of the U. s. Circuit Court in Texas.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
l. Name the capital of Alabama.

l. Name the capital of Alabama.
 2. Is the North Pole nearer to the center of the earth than the equa- tor?
 3. Name the Senators from South Carolina.
 4. Name the alloy of copper and zinc.
 5. How many nations were in- volved in the World War?
 6. Should a gentleman remove his hat in the elevator of business building or store when ladies are present?
 T. How many rounds did Harry Thomas last in his fight with Max Schmeling?
 8. Name two inland bodies of wa ter that are saltier than any of the oceans.
 g. What is the nickname for the state of Vermont?
 10. Which constitutional amend ment provides for Woman Suffrape3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Selected Poem
MOST OF ALL!

MOST OF ALL! CMary l.. Wright in the New York Sun) A streamlined refrigerator And motor car are mine; Why, even as to pots and pans I boast the flowing line. AS for myself, by dieting And ages in the gym, I have achieved a silhouette That's classified as slim. Alackaday, my other half Is bulbouS in the middle Because he will not do thing To keep fit as fiddle, And though I plead with him to change, He fills my life with rue, For, most of all, I'd like to have A Streamlined husband, too!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 7:17 a. m; sets 4:40 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The moon reaches it's first quarter phase tomorrow. The official hour of change is be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning We find that this is apt to produce cold rain or even snow, depending on the wind direc- tion. A westerly wind indicates rain; easterly, snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

said that politics has played much of a part in the job. It would seem more likely to be human kindness which, we hope, will be virtue of the new officials in our city government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

q will continue to struggle for this unhappy nation until the will of God is done," says the busted premier of Egypt. People have been trying that in Egypt for many thousand years without getting anywhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
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
 Q. Is it proper for persons in mourning to send Christmas and New Years greeting cards to their friends?
 A. Cards may be sent if the per- son in mourning is so inclined, but friends will not consider them un- friendly if no cards are sent.
 o. How much does it cost to fore close a mortgage in the United States?
 A. The cost varies from $5 in Texas, excluding salaried attorneys, to $350 in Illinois.
 Q. Is there a natural reason, aside from the economic one of land values, why New York should have so many tall buildings?
 A. One reason why New York is a city of towering buildings is be- cause, at varying depths for the length of Manhattan Island, there is a strata of mica schist, common
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Jan. 8-Others col- lect stamps, match books, cham pagne corks, playing cards and pack age string. Your correspondent has been saving Quotes. Several sub- mitted herewith:
 H. L. Mencken on Franklin D.. Roosevelt: He has an affable, hearty manner, a gallantly optimiS- tic view on life and a tremendous capacity for enduring bores and nuisances." Fulton Oursler on Charles McArthur: 'McArthur is another loco boy who made good" Moss Hart on George s. Kaufman: "He frightens everybody, I sup pose. But don't let him fool you. I know now, of course, that under meath that beetling brow and be- hind that acidllous manner of speech there lies, to coin a new phrase, a heart of purest marsh mallow." Arthur Kober on Moss Hart: He is the wit of two con- tinents-Fire Island and Manhat- tan"
 Richard Watts, Jr., on George Arliss: T should like to question that George Arliss looks like Alex ander Hamilton, the Duke of Wellington, Cardinal Richelieu, Dis raeli and two of the Rothschilds at the same time" Gene Fowler on Mickey Mouse: "In the eyes of Mack Sennett. whose art he dis placed, Mickey must always remain a scraggly, mustachioed villain and his mischief will never be done." Alfred Lunt on the late Rin Tin Tin: "He was one of the greatest of emotional actors-simply mar velouS." Maxie Rosenbloom on Noel Coward: That Coward must be a smart gee, huh?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
A Thought for Today

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verify, verify, say unto thee: Except man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of Cod John 3:3
 Heaven must be in me before I can be in heaven.-Stanford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08
Silencing the Barber

Silencing the Barber
 Charles Coburn on the late Mark Twain: "Twain's profanity would stop a railroad train. Once par ticularly talkative barber, after shaving his. face once, paused. razor in hand, and asked, Shall go over it again, MT. Twain?' And the writer drawled No, I remember every damn word.'"
 Adrian, the costumer, speaking of Tallulah Bankhead: "Tallulah's eyes are so heavy, they look like the stout, little Stomachs of sun- burned babies" Pare Lorentz on Laurel and Hardy: T honestly be- lieve that Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are much more important than Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich"
 Alexander Woolcott on Paul Robeson: "He strikes me as hav- ing been made out of the original stuff of the world. He is fresh act. a fresh gesture, fresh effort of creation. I am proud of be- longing to his race. For, of course, we both are members of the one, sometimes fulsomely described as human" Gilbert Miller, speaking of Helen Hayes: "She knows all the acting tricks that Elizabeth Bergner knows, only the difference is that. where Bergner lets an au- dience detect them, Hayes is skill ful enough to conceal them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

If you want a copy of our booklet QUEER FACTS OF GEOGRA- PLY" write the Waterbury Demo- crat's Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

There's one thing, anyway, that you can "take with you". Your grouch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

0. What does the name Tai Juana mean?
 A. "Aunt Jane," Spanish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-08

WASHINGTON, January g. = Probably none of the Nine Old Men appreciated the situation but this week they handed the most sincere of all compliments to lower court judge who within hair'sbreadth of sitting with them on the Supreme Court