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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
Treading . Dangerous Path

Representative Herman P. Kopplemann of Hartford has definitely committed himself to the inglorious task of busting from his position of prestige a fellow Democratic legislator who has served his community, his state, and his country pretty faithfully for a quarter of cen- f1rv. The Hartford congressman chooses to fight Augustine Lonergan for the nom- nation of U. s. Senator. It is the privi- Iege of any Democrat to seek any public office if he feels himself better fitted for that post than the incumbent Represen- tative Kopplemann evidently has con- cluded that his record in Congress = three terms = fits him better for the high honor to which he aspires than Senator Lonergan's longer years spread over a greater interval of time.
 Whether either Representative Kopple- mann or Senator Lonergan should style himself the leading New Dealer of the Connecticut congressional delegation IS hardly to be decided between now and election day in November. We don't doubt but what both legislators acquitted themselves nobly in the halls of Congress and we think that the records will bear out these facts. We doubt if the record shows that Kopplemanr has an advan- tage over Lonergan in the specific sense of supporting the New Deal. Blind sup port is one thing; intelligent support another.
 Furthermore, there is political dyna- mite in an effort on the part of Repre- sentative Kopplemann to unseat Senator Lonergan. He injects into the contest, if he intends to make it a contest, an issue which we are most reluctant to dis cuss. Religion does not belong in the fight for the senatorship. Yet it will play a part in the forthcoming fray. So will racial lines. For any mention of the same don't bring them up for the first time; they already have been injected by the contender for the honor to which Sena- tor Lonergan is entitled even in the grimy game of politics. We fear serious clashes before the Democrats hold their state convention and perhaps when they do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
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OLD BURRITT SCHOOL
(New Britain Heraldl

\NeW brltaln HeralQ)
 The school board has given the Old Burritt school, at Main and East Main streets, to the city, which will use 1t for Welfare headquarters.
 It was grand and glorious school once. modern in every detail. When 1t was built 1t stood at a leading corner-a stones throw from the old Elihu Burritt homestead, from which the school got its name. There was an adequate school yard and plenty of other land for play. ing purposes within reasonable dis tance. Also there were beautiful homes on East Main-the finest in the town, such as the palatial Lan- ders home, that of Captain Lee: and Summer, Winter and the other streets in that neighborhood formed choice residential sections. Nearby was Hanna's arena a gathering place-there was no zoning laws. Incidentally, Booths farm, with its big barn. dairy, hay lofts and other rural regalia, extended to near Myrtle and Main!
 The Old Burritt school was the pride of that part of the town the virtual towns center. And now, the Welfare department ge.. it. May it still remain a satisfying structurel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
A Book a Day
Villiers Shows Life at Sea
By BRUCE CATION

Alan villiers apparently is never going to tire of sailing the seven seas ad then producing books about his voyages-and this reviewer, for one, hopes that he never does. For MT. Villiers' books create the feel. the look, the whole romantic ap- peal of the sea for us landlubbers who will never know what it is like to voyage under canvas; and there can hardly be too many of them.
 His newest one is mostly photo- graphs. It Is called "The Making of Sailor (Morrow: $N and 1t is illustrated with something like 200 pictures taken on those famous ships, the Joseph Conrad and the Georg Stage; and if you have any feeling at all for the exciting beau- ty of the square triggers, those photos are apt to take your breath away.
 There is a certain amount ot text, to be sure, which tells a bit of what life is like on a squarerigger and explains what MT. Villiers has been trying to do in the way of rec. creating interest in these ships among young men.
 But for the most part he lets the pictures speak for him-and how eloquently they can speak,
 Here you get views of men aloft, furling sail; of the pattern of light and shadow on deck, as the ship idles her way down the trade winds; of wind and wave in action, far south; of the ordinary, workaday life of the ship going forward under all sorts of conditions; of the beauty and majesty which only sailing vessel can attain.
 Any lover of the sea will find this first-rate addition to his library.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
Ub To S0m1ething
"Bill'' Blodgett's Activity Leads to Conclusion He's Up to Something in Connecticut's
 Political World This Fall.
HARTFORD TIMES

"Bill" Blodgett, who used to be state tax commissioner and is now states attorney for Litchfield county, is up to somep'n." Just what, at this time, does not appear for, like Brer Rabbit, Bill The lay low" and does not disclose all that is in his mind.
 It is not likely, however, that it is entirely for his amusement that MT. Blodgett is writing letters to the newspapers, and to Governor Cross, inquiring what has become of the states $20,000,000 of additional
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York-More paragraphs from this returned tourists Hollywood notebook:
 We arrived on the 20th Century Fox ground day after the com- pletion of "Suez" and only a bar ren sandpile stood as mute and desolate evidence that thousand turbaned sheikS had Stormed over the desert scene twenty-four hours before.
 The most disillusioning experi- ence a novice in Hollywood can have is tour to the back lot of any major studio where settings for numberless pictures give the vicinity the spectral aura of a ghost town.
 On the Warner lot, for example, they have constructed a replica of four or five city blocks in New York's lower east side Ghetto, and wandering through them, in the broad sunlight of a warm Califor- mia day, is an eerie adventure. The reproduction of the slums is too realistic for comfort. The crowded pushcart mart, the unswept filth, the grime, the cluttered fire escapes, the washlines and the grim and dirty little shops, might have been transported bodily from that part of Manhattan nearest the Williams burg Bridge.
 They worship authenticity on that set to the extent of sticking papier mache flies on the store windows and littering decaying bookstall with magazines of recent vintage.
 Gives You the W0Ozies
 The novice to these sights strolls through lanes of elegant mansions and high-stoop brownstones, through cobblestone alleyways, verdant parks or through strip of Parisian Mont- marte. and he will know they are fake.
 But it makes him suspicious of other sights. He hesitates twice, after roaming through the back lot, before he ascends the steps of the administration building for fear that the whole structure will collapse under his tread and the mountain of the background looks as if 1t can be hauled down over night by the men in the carpenter shop.
 Even the actors become intimi- dated by the expert counterfeiting We stood awhile with Pat O'Brien the other day while he waited for the cameras to click in a solemn church scene. The mellow shades of light from the stained glass win- dows cast soft illumination on the set and the Irish film star ground a cigar stub under his heel. Some times" he said, T look around at this place and am afraid to cmoke Too sacrilegious."
 Some of the New York streets on the 20th Century-Fox lot solace the homestick writers when nostal- gia bests them at their scenario scrivening chores.
 Gene Fowler has perfected a temporary cure for those depres- sion periods when he is breeding about New York, and he hos found emulators among many in the writer's cell row. It seems that in those glum moments Fowler re- treats to the back lot, saunters through the New York streets a while, strolls under the phoney structure that passes on celluloid for the Sixth Ave. IT," and after . quarter of an hour of these pere- groinations he feels fine.
 He has been heard to say that he feels comfortable in California only when he is walking along that lpap5ar uischa renlice of caothana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

revenue and why the state comp. troller has not filed a report for the year l936-37 as the state law re. quires.
 His letters are either addressed to the Hartford Courant or made pub- lie through it. That suggests there is more purpose behind them than mere innocent inquiry for the sake of getting the answer.
 MT. Blodgett knows his way about in politics and in state affairs with which he was connected for a gen- eration: first in the legislative clerkships and then as tax commits sioner and always as a stalwart in the Republican party.
 There may be two things in his mind; the first that he was not re. appointed tax commissioner by the governor he is now gently chiding; second, a suspicion that the gover- nor may not be as invulnerable as commonly thought, provided the Re. publicans go at it right.
 MT. Blodgett had ambitions in the direction of the United States Sen. atorship at one time. If he is ambi- tious now, however, 1t would appear that he is aiming at the governor. ship rather than then the Senator ship, in asmuch as his activities are dealing with state rather than ma. tional affairs.
 It may dawn upon his party. which seems to be totally without gubernatorial candidate, that . man who knows Connecticut affairs as well as MT. Blodgett does: who can ask pertinent questions and who has the courage to attempt to find joint in the governors sup- posedly invulnerable armor, might be the man upon whom to pin hopes of preventing the governor from enjoying the fifth term he is sup- posed to contemplate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

Last week at the American Bar Association Convention, Parker and Roberts had several very ccr- dial chats. Both voiced the high est admiration for the other.
 'You know" Roberts told a friend, T have always thought that the grounds on which Judge Parker was attacked dur ing the debate on his appoint ment were extremely unfair. I believe he would have made nm excellent addition to the Su- preme court"
 Parker not only lauded Rob- erts but also praised Justice Stan ley Reed. Parker was prominent inently mentioned for the vacan- cy to which Reed was named last spring.
 Introducing him at a round- table on judicial administration, Judge Parker said, Justice Reed is the sort of man whom we lawyers would appoint to the Supreme Court"
 NOTE-Names most frequently mentioned at the American Bar Convention as successors to Jus tice Cardoza were Professor Felix Frankfurter, Senator Robert F. Wagner and Judge Joseph c. Hutcheson of the Firth Circuit Court of Appeals at Houston. Texas.
 Her name was not mentioned by the male lawyers, but it would pay to keep an eye on Judge Flor ence Allen of Ohio.
 Rob- Hutch 2 b m htetaoinm
 Merry-Go-ROund
 The German Embassy has been scouting around for someone to manage a U. s. lecture tour for Count Felix von Luckner The Washington ohice of IVA has been shouldered out of the old Interior building by the expan- sion of PWA. IVA has now gone to a private office building-the Woodward building-but PWA DUH Pdyc UIlC IClIU AAlC AAOi- lon art collection to be housed in the new art gallery has an esti- mated value of $50,0o0,000 State Department legalists say Mexico has no escape from ar- bitrating the land question as proposed by Hull without violating the 1929 treaty of arbitration It was the bombing in Ethiopia, Spain and China which taught A. gentina the necessity of arming Il the air, says the new military at- tache from Buenos Aires, Colonel Pedro L. Zani. Argentina is mak- ing heavy purchases of military aircraft here The old Su- preme Court room in the Capitol has just been air-conditioned, de- spite the fact that entrance to it is barred. It is museum room
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

They say that politics thrives in hot weather. It certainly does in Connecti- cut, for while the state has been frying and stewing the last week, news of tre- mendous political import has been break ing in many sections. Waterbury is get ting it's fair share and will undoubtedly live up to it's reputation for producing political "breaks" that interest and con. cern the state at large.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

A8oe R08S AVs ~A~S SsseWSees
 1. What is the hydrosphere of the earth?
 2. Tn which European city is Charing Cross7
 3. Name the physician who pre- sided at the birth of the Dionne quintuplets.
 4. What instrument used in navl- gation utilizes the directive force of the earths magnetism?
 s. Name the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administra- ton.
 6. For what state is Sioux State" the nickname?
 2. What is the principal aikaloid of tobacco?
 8. Name the vast desert region of Central Asia.
 9. Is . person, who was born tn the U. s. of allen parents who were never naturalized. eligible for the office of presidsntS
 10. N malaria contasiouss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Enunciate may be pronounced e-nun'-see ate or e-nun' -she. ate.

A. No. The United States has a special commercial agreement with the Soviet Union, entered into August 4, 1887.
 o. Is watermelon red inside before 1t is cut?
 A. There is no such thing as color unless there is an eye to see 1t. Therefore, it is perfectly prop CT to say that watermelon is not red inside until 1t is opened so that light can enter and be reflecetd to the eye. The character of the inside of the watermelon is such that 1t reflects only the rays of light that stimulate the eye to the color red.
 Q. Are there any large natural lakes in Pennsylvania?
 A. The Pennsylvania Publicity Bureau says that natural lakes and ponds are relatively small and are found in the glacial areas in the northern part of the state, more es. pecially in the northeast portion. The largest is Conneaut Lake in Crawford county, with an area of 928 acres. The next largest is Har- vey lake in Luzerne county, with 669 acres.
 e. What are the qualifications an applicant must have when ap- plying for an examination for air- plane mechanics license?
 A. At least one year in the con- struction, maintenance or repair of aircraft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

Q. When were girl operators first employed in telephone exchanges?
 A. Probably about 1882 or 1883. By the late lS80's girls were operat. ing practically all Bell System switchboards in the daytime. How. ever, the use of boys and young men was fairly common even in the larger cities as night operators until as late as 1905 and 1904 and is even now the practice in some of the smaller communities.
 c. Does the United States have 8 reciprocal trade agreement with Soviet Russian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
Questions and
 Answers
0svssaht isn, MA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose . three-eent 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. De sure all mail is ad- dressed 10 the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE RU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. C.
 THE EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

Progress in civilization seems to be largely matter of figuring out ways to make other people pay the taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

If you want . copy of our book.
 let THE DOG AND CAT BOOK" |" write to the Waterbury Demo- crat's Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04

Uncle Sam is patient, but nephey Mexico seems due for spanking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
A Thought for Today

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his riehteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you.-St. Matthew e:5S.
 The body, that is but dust; the soul 1t pud of eternity.-N Culverwell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
Wor Before Aug. IA! Danger Signals Out
 Along Germon-Czeeh Border; Soviet-Joponese
 Incident Is Tip-Off; Jesse Jones RoPs Banks As MiserIy But REC Runs No Gift Shop"
" N@w MAMenm
sas M0nGRT A AExDa)

WASHINGTON-Sometir it is quietest just before he storm and this may be the situation in Europe today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
T est Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-04
Mutual Admirers

One of the bitterest confirma- ton battles in the history of the Senate was the fight over Presi- dent Hoover's appointment of Judge John J. Parker to the Su- preme court. The able North Carolinian was turned down by a narrow margin and g week later Justice Owen J. Roberts got the prize without a contest.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

consin avenue NV, after an illness Of
about six months.
Mr.. Burns was q lifelong resident
Of Washington. His work here included
several years as manager of the rental
department for the late Harry Ward
man.
Besides his sister he leaves another
sister, Miss Eleanore Burns. and a
brother. Gregg c. Burns, both Of this
city.
Funeral services we're to be held to-
day at the Wisconsin avenue residence
Both the funeral and burial are pri-
Vate.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Expensive Sluggers.

CHICAGO P).-Gust Raquot would
not take a slug on the head for 5000.
That was the amount he paid two
men who held him up in his tavern.
Mr.. Raquot handed the bandits $1o0
and said he didn't have any more
money.
When one of the men shouted Lets
slug him." Mr.. Raquot showed alacrity
In disclosing where had had 5000.
The men left without scoring any
knockdowns.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

gressive, forward-looking and has both
feet on the ground all the time"
The reporters turned to his COM
panion, Senator Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach. Washington Democrat.
"You may put me down for the op-
posite of everything that Senator
Burke said," he smiled.
Mr. Burke smiled, too.
Said Mr.. Schwellenbach: I'VE are
going to keep Government spending
until business co-operates with U.s."
Said Mr.. Burke: Business won't
spend anything until the Government
shows some common sense"
Evening star., 1938-08-11

Both men, with Senator Henrik
Shipstead. Minnesota Farmer -Laborite,
sailed to attend the Interparliamentary
Congress at The Hague, Netherlands,
August "a to ~.
Mr.. Shipstead said the Federal Gov
ernment must do something to break
up control Of prices and production.
particularly in the steel and cement
industries. In the automobile in
dustry. he said. competition was quite
free, but added the industry should be
censured for its production and
its seasonal ShutdoWns.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
T,v0 Senators IN Interview
Disagree on Garner for 1910

The New Deal critic, Edward r.
Burke, Nebraska Democrat, said he
favored Vice President John N. Garner
as his presidential candidate for 1910.
II will work for him in the States
before the convention" he ssid. I'll
work for him during the convention
and after the convention. He Is pro-
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Ry the Associated Press.

6N CIe ASSUCIHCeQ 1Icebs
NEW YORK, Aug 1.-Two United
States Senators, a New Dealer and a
frequent critic Of the New Deal. faced
each other in a Joint press interview
on the U. S. liner Manhattan yester-
day.
Both talked, but the New Dealer
saved words.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
PRIVATE RITES TODAY
FOR HOWARD A. BURNS

Former Rental Department Head
for the Late Harry Wardman
Long Active in Real Estate.
Howard A. Burns, 50. for many years
in the real estate business here, died
Tuesday night at the home Of his
sister, Mrs. Harry F. Boryer, 2715 Wis
Evening star., 1938-02-10

the public. Describing various dis
eases, some Of which have become
nearly extinct. DR.. seckinger cited
the difficulty encountered in educat-
ing the public in the proper treat
ment of syphilis.
"A community can determine its
death rate by buying public health" {"
DR.. Seckinger declared, explaining
that by buying public health he meant
support for treatment Of victims Of
diseases Of this type.
Citing comparative figures, DR..
Seckinger showed where there are
1000 cases Of syphilis annually in
all of the Scandinavian countries and
Evening star., 1938-02-10

Heights Cleveland Park Citizens As
sociation at its meeting in the St.
Alban's Parish Hall.
''The members Of the Board Of
Education are specialists on educa-
tion," declared Frank v. Hale, who
offered the proposal. "and cited many
other activities which require the at
tention of the Commissioners"
DR.. Daniel l.. Seckinger. assistant
to DR.. George c. Rutland, health
officer of the District. spoke to the
group on futility Of the accomplish
ments of medical science unless these
accomplishments can be presented to
Evening star., 1938-02-10

$4,000 known cases Of the disease In
the State Of New York.
Waldron Faulkner, president, well
coined Mrs. A. Barnes Hooe, Miss g.
Wright and J. A. Pappadeas into the
association as new members.
Evening star., 1938-02-10
SCHOOL AUTHORITY
SHIFT IS OPPOSED
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Citizens Also Hear
Health Talk. ..

Opposition to transfer Of authority
of the Board of Education to the
Commissioners of the District was
voiced last night by the Cathedral
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-03-31
Aos Perfect
COOKING BAKINC
Hillerud Hardware

is now sitting on an empty treas
ury box gasping for breath.
1t is enough to make one smile,
when we recall that President
Roosevelt last year sent a letter
to Congress in opposition to the
legislation that would reduce the
interest rate on federal farm loans
from 4 to 3h per cent, because he
said it would cost the federal treas
ury million dollars. That saving has
been of great help to our farmers
but Mr.. Roosevelt said that we
could not afford it. Now he Games
out and wants US to authorize over
one billion dollars for naval con-
struction in addition to the four
billion dollars that we authorized
in 1884. My guess is that the Presi-
dent wants us to think about the
danger Of war rather than about
the closed factories and the IA mil.
lion Americans who are out Of
employment; also the fact that our
national debt Is now almost 38 bill
lion dollars. In other words, he
would take our minds off our local
troubles and transfer them to other
lands. Can he get away with It?
I don't know, but he is a mighty
cunning man.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-03-31

We've never had any real quar-
rels," said Mrs. Houghtling. HOf
course, we have disagreed, many
times, but with little patience
what Misunderstanding we have
had have been ironed cut"
The Houghtlings were married in
Sank Centre, Mimi, December "a,
1878. Mr.. Houghtling farmed near
Sank Centre twenty-six years after
that. Then they moved to New
York State, farming there for four
teen years before coming west
twenty-four years ago. They set
tied on a small ranch north Of
Marysville.
Mr.. Houghtling, who is 81 years
old, operated his ranch until seven
years ago, when he retired and
they moved to their present home
in Seattle.
Mrs. Houghtling, who is Is years
old, was only IA when they were
married.
That's pretty young" she says.
II don't believe now in girls marry
ing so young. But 1t worked out all
right for U.S."
The Houghtlings have four sons
and four daughters. They are Mrs.
G. M. Low, 1913 w. 105th St.; Miss
Clara Houghtling, living with her
parents; Mrs. Walter Jennings,
7342 18th Ave. N. W.; Mrs. Cecil
English, 7018 9th Ave. N. W.; Le-
land Houghtling, 2252 18th Ave. W.;
Harry Houghtling, Portland, Ore;
Bert Houghtling, m Saskatchewan,
and William Houghtling, Alham-
bra, Calf.
There are also ten grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.