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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
DoGwooDs MARK

Valley Forge, Pa. (uP)-There
are more dogwood trees In Valley
Forge State Park than at any other
spot In the world. Thousands OF
visitors from all over the nation
come here early IN May each year
10 see the pink and white dcgwood
blossoms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
Testimonial

Thomas II. Colasanto, 3rd, q
member Of one OF Waterbury's
best known italian families, will
be honored Monday evening at q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
HOWARD ROBERTS
LIKELY NOMINEE


Thomaston, Oct. with the an.
nounced candidacy Of J. Howard
Roberts, local attorney, for the once
OF state senator, interest here In the
sand district Republican senatorial
convention In Woodbury. today, Is
running high. Roberts avowed in
tention Of seeking the ONCE came
as o surprise locally, following close
ly on the heels Of Selectman y. r.
Kaiser's withdrawal from the race.
According TO those In the know
the local aspirant's last minute hat
tossing Is apt to prove upsetting but
his many friends here are antloi-
pating his nomination.
Mr.. Roberts Is town clerk and
julge Of probate Of Thomaston and
prosecuting attorney Of the criminal
court Of Litchfield county.
HIS popularity here Is emphasized
by the fact that he has been the
unanimous choice OF both Republi-
can 4 and Democrat parties for the
ofiices which no has held for many
years.
Members Of the local chapter Of
the Connecticut Council Of Catholic
Women planning to attend the
fourth national Catechetical con-
gfess Of the Confraternity Of Chris
tian Doctrine which opens IN HART
ford today are MRS. Thomas =.
Courtney, chairman, Miss Dora Hig.
gins, Miss Mary Howard, Miss Mary
Doyle, Miss Rosa Canglofi, Miss
Mary Downey, Miss Lillian Stuart
and MRS. frank Clemmona.
~
Delegates 10 the Republican sem
atofial convention IN woodbury. Co.
day are George WafrenbefeeE, Leon
Foster. Mrs .. II. Menke and Mra.
Elisa 1unnell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01

Henry QreenberR u the fourth ma
jcr league player 10 nchieve the dis
tincliun ol hitting hk1y a. more
homo runs Ia q single teauor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
AFTER CzEcHOsL IA--WIlATT -
Rich In Oil And Wheat, Rulnania
Lies In HitIer's Path To East
Ruled by King,
She Is Likely Ally
Of DemOcracies
BX WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service STAR Correspondent

NEA SERVICE OtaU COEkespVnucns
Likely ally Of "the democracies" In
any general war against "the dicta-
torships" is Rumania. Which is odd,
because Rumania Is q monarchy
which adopted a cooperative state
setup by one of those 80 per cent
nnajorities, and is now being run by
q dictator.
Army rule, press censorship, and
all the popular features Of first-
rate Dictatorship are present in
Runar1ia, but only, apparently, to
avoid an even more violent pro-
Maxi, anti-semitic regime which
threatened early this year. Here
again, q German triumph in
Czechoslovalk will bring head
aches to diplomats who since the
World War have tried to keep
Rumania in line as a Little En-
tente power allied with France
and England.
This, has been comparatively
easy, for Rumania is one Of the
shave" powers. BY casting her lot
with the Allies during the World
War she was enabled to more than
double her territory and popula-
ton. From the old Austro-H Hun
garian empire she got Trarsyl-
Hania and Banat region; from
Russia, Bessarabia.
MORE MINORITY
PROBLEMS"
But with these acquisitions came
increased racial minority" problems
of the same sort that plague every
small country Of central and south
eastern Europe. OF her 100000
people, probably 100000 are Ru-
manians, q race Of pure Latin blood,
singular in the polyglot Balkan. But
there are million and half Mag
vars in the Pennsylvania Banat
areas, nearly q million Germans,
and q million Jews, 100000 Ukraifl-
ian Russians In Bessarabia, and
many Slavs.
Modern Rumania dates from 1857
when, after the Crimean War, Mol
dava and Fallachia were united I'M
der common king. Caught geo.
graphically between Russia and
Turkey Europe, Rumania has al
ways had stormy history, involved
again and again in wars and diplo-
matte crises. just before the World
War she annexed the Dobruja area
Ia the Balkan War Of 1918.
GERMANY
IS OUTBID
The Central Powers bid high for
Rurnanian support in 1914, but that
country soon found that she was
being stripped to feed the Germans.
So when the Allies bid Pennsylvania,
tho Banat, Hungary up to the Tisza
river, and other gains, Rumania de-
clared war on Austro- Hungary in
1916. Much Of the country was con-
qunfed BY the Germans, but the
arrnistice compelled their retirement.
The enlarged borders Of Rumania,
including Bukowina, were set by the
Treaty Of Trianon.
Always @ seat Of anti-Jewish agi-
tation, Rumania was torn by inter-
national factionalism famed by the
exile and return of King Carol. BY
1863 the Iron Guard, o Fascist
organization, had reached such
strength as to threaten the monar-
chy. Diplomatic representatives Of
italy, Germany, Japan and Portugal
actually marched behind the bodies
Of two Rumanian volunteers with
Franco In Spain In a propaganda
funeral that raised feelings to a
high pitch. Carol suppressed the
Iron Guard, and closed the univer-
stiles where much Of its strength
lay.
But Octavian COCA, becoming
premier, put in effect National
Christian party program which al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01


most duplicated that Of the Iron
Guard, with Jewish prosecutions and
press suppressions. Conditions grew
worse under the COCA regime, econ
omically and politically.
DICTATORSHIP
SET UP
Early this year, Carol overrode
parliamentary procedure and prac-
tice, and set up what amounts to
q military dictatorship to save the
country from Fascist domination.
In late April most Of the Iron
Guard leaders were arrested, and
the movement broken, at least on
the surface. All parties were sup
pressed, all opposition newspapers
closed down. Thus the engaging
spectacle of country resorting to
dictatorship to save itself from die
tatorship
French staff officers have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01

There will be two masses celebrate
cd ut the Church OF 81. John OF the
Cross tomorrow morning by Rev,
Raymond ]. Kennedy. The FIRST
mass will DO at 0 o'cloe.. standard
time and II o'clock, also standard
time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01
POLLS TO OPEN
MONDAY AT ga. M.
Town Officers to Be Elect
ed-Masses Tomorrow
on Standard Time
MlDDLEBURY
Correspondents Eleanor Read
Telephone b.0DSe

Polls viii be open at the town hall
Monday from 0 q. m. to D D. m, for
election Of town officers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01

Rev. william II. MeCance will de-
liver his sermor at i0:46 q. M,
standard time, tomorrow morning,
Church school viii be held at $3.50
q. m. and Christian Endeavor menu
bers will meet at 1850 p. m. OF the
church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-01

Al the .Teacers' association
meeting wednesday evening, the
Middlebury Boy Scout troop I, re-
ceivod n charter from the Malta
tuck council. Representatives OF the
council were: David Babson, Fred
Smith and Frank Mereer. The fol-
lowing boys under scoutnaster John
Hornbecker, received their tender
foot badges: Charles Miner, senior
patrol leader; Forbes McCancel
FRANKLIN Bristol, Howard Peterson,
Donald Beebe, Robert Phalan, John
Hornbecker, Edward Hart, Buddy
orencole, william RILEY, John DAILY
Willis Machin, Bernard Peter.
son, George Thoms and Fred
Steoger.
During these ceremonies the TROOP
was presented an American flag
given by MRS. Charles chrisman.
Rev. and Mrs. william M. me-
Canoe attended the farewell recep.
tion held OF the home OF Rev. and
Mrs. Felix A. Maniey In southbury
this week, for Rev. and Mrs. Roll
land q. Ewing. Mrs, McCAnce was
the assistant hostess. Members Of
the pomeraug Valley Council Of
Churches were present,
Miss Elleda Anderson "a IN Pens
broke. Mass, where she was called
by the illnees Of her mother, Mrs.
Anna Anderson.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03
A Thought for Today
Not So New

Last week Candidate Raymond Z,
Baldwin OF the Republican party TOOK the
OCCASION of speaking about legislators
securing clancy" appointments. While
ne didn't come right out and say that II
was Democratic legislators who should
be forbidden by law to hold another state
office, the meaning was most apparent:
It's not a new idea by any means ana
from time TO time we have seconded the
PROPOSAL We think Candidate BALDWIN
Is quite right In barring legislators from
using their official positions to secure
advantageous Jobs In the state govern
ment
However, the line should have been
drawn many years ago when the Kepup-
llcans were In power. II 1t had, tnere
wouldn't have been the scurrying arouna
among Democratic legislators the last
seven or eight years to get an appoint
ment for themselves or for their telloW-
legislators The Democrats simply con-
tinued a practice that the Republicans
had put into operation a good many
wears ago and which they brought 70 q
hieh point of success when one promi-
nei1t member OF the party held office IN
the legislative, judicial and executive
branches OF our state government.
We'd like to see both Democrats and
Republicans agree on the general thesis
that legislators are exempt from using
their office TO procure another office, We
don't think that the ban should be so
complete that a good legislator shouldn't
be entitled TO advancement II all his con.
freres are agreed that he Is the one and
only one TO be named for the post: That
could happen without any stretch Of the
Imagination. In short there should be a
check-reln on the Legislature being q
market-place where members trade faVors
and privileges for Jobs.
The state Is big enough and there are
plenty. OF qualified citizens In II 70 tind
candidates for the various appointments
that come along without restricting the
field OF selection TO the General Assembly.
On this point all major parties IN the
state should be agreed ,h
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03
Soil Damage

New England farms, as we'll as cities,
are said to have taken a terrific beating"
in the great storm which recently devas-
tated that region. The damage to the
soil may surpass the damage to buildings.
Millions of tons Of topsoil have been swept
into the valleys and streams and on
toward the sea. There are thousands OF
gullies now that were not there before,
and it will be harder to stop erosion
hereafter.
Even so, the region has probably Jared
better than many another part of the
country might fare in a deluge of equal
severity. For New England has accom-
plished in the last generation or two
surprising amount of reforestation, the
tendency of which is to preserve the soil
and restore washed-out slopes and bottom
lands.
Much of this has been involuntary, a
result of the natural reversion to grass,
brush and woods, after abandonment of
cultivation. Anyone from treeless regions
Of the middle-west and south is surprised
to find the eastern states so thickly
wooded.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

Waterbury with all the state has
suddenly become more tree-conscious
because OF the havoc wrought by the
recent storm. How barren and desolate
would our city and the surrounding
country be II all OF our tall trees, partic:.
ularly our stately elms, were TO be LOST
A visit TO some OF the shore towns or
Connecticut and q look at some OF the
central greens and other areas In these
towns have convinced many OF us not
only how fortunate we were In this dis
aster, but how blessed we are and have
been generally with our trees In Water
bury
We have taken our trees for granted,
both those on private property and those
on our central green and along our streets
and highways, but year In and year out
our city Park Department has been jeal-
ously guarding the lives and beauty OF our
trees and Waterbury Is more cheerful
and beautiful city to live In because OF
this watchful care and guardianship.
Waterburys trees are part OF Its real
wealth we should be proud OF them and
always provide for their care and preser-
walton - they are irreplaceable by man.
"Only God can make tree.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03
Chemical Agriculture

Chemists, according TO DR.. Bernard r;
Nobel OF the New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station, are now taking
colchicine, drug obtained from the
seeds and bulbs OF the autumn crocus,
and working wonders with It, They have
developed plant races different In shape
and physiology from anything ever seen
before on this planet. They have also
made previously sterile hybrid plants
fertile. They have improved and altered
other plants, achieving a lemon-flavored
spearrnint, larger fruits, deeper colored.
flowers, and 50 on.
All this, Dr.. Nobel implies, Is merely a
beginning. "Of all drugs tested so far, IN
the search for methods for gaining influ-
ence over the gene carriers, colchicine Is
by far the most useful. II used for the
purpose for which II Is fitted, 1t alone will
revolutionize certain phases OF plant
breeding with due time and care"
So there Is much more to come. Such
changes, we now know, effect profoundly
our whole society, creating new systems
OF agriculture, industry and economies. It
Is lust as we'll to be aware OF this fact ana
to prepare for the inevitable adjustments
intelligently as we 60 along
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

industrial warfare. Il seems strange
when we remember the great general
strike Of q dozen years ago, which pros
trated British industry and aroused Salk
of. civil war. Also when we recall the
fierce political battles fought by Lloyd
George and his followers in the old days
before the war.
The special American commission that
went to England to study the relations Of
employers and employees seems TO have
done, on the whole, useful and timely
lob. The British method OF solving such
problems may not make blueprint for
America, but Britain certainly has at
tained high degree Of industrial peace
and satisfaction, on both sides, through
the initiative OF the government and with
the gradual but now general acquiescence
Of employers.
Self.interest should move American
employers employees and the public In
between to take enough interest In the
matter to learn, at least, how Britain
seems to have risen above the class Strug-
gle In which America Is still engaged.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

No homework. What a thrill these
words bring But what Is school without
homework Educators differ as TO this.
Some are for II, some against. Just last
week an educator told group OF IL
brarians that the adjustment OF all home
study and written exercises that come
under the head OF homework" was not
good for the child's educational well-be-
Ing. A certain amount OF home prepare
ton Is, OF course, essential; what Is learn
ed Just In the classroom Is not enough,
and as this educator contends that
a certain amount OF outside preparation
makes the child familiar In looking up IL
brary material This seems plausible, and
It also gives the child some initiative; II
the teacher does all the looking up, the
child becomes lazy, and Just drags along
In an inefficient manner. Therefore, we
feel, like the librarian addressing his
group that children cannot start too
young In learning research methods; IN
finding out something valuable TO their
education by using their own initiative.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

There are still some OF them left. We
refer to little red schoolhouses, speaking
OF education. Every now and then they
bob up In some locality. Mostly they haze
passed out of existence, but some locali-
Ties feature them as prominently as they
do the old town hall or meeting house. In
Pennsylvania the school department has
decreed that the last OF them are to be
abolished In the state. Marvellous to say
there are over 1000 Of them dotting that
state, and during this next school term 1t
Is planned to close good portion OF one
room schoolhouses.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

The London Times published last Sep
TENDER 20 a London Midland and Scot
fish Railway Centenary Number" This de-
picts In illustrations and describes In ar
ticles the progress OF railroads. The front
page shows the Coronation Scot" a
streamlined restaurant car express which
will cover the distance from London to
Glasgow, which Is 401 miles, IN six and
one-half hours. Nice going, as we say IN
the states. Wonder II the engine whistle
characterizes British Isles trains.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

I'm disguised with night life.
--Viola Mann, ~, Of Chicago,
shortly before . policeman dis
suaded her from q suicide at
tempt.
The Communists are playing the
WPA to the limit.
Homer L. Challaux, Americanism
director Of the American Legion.
As long as there Is public faith
in the government there Is no cause
to worry.
Senator Barkley Of Kentucky.
There Is no social, racial, eco
nonic. or political problem that
cannot be solved II the leaders on
both sides are men and women Of
integrity.
DIR. Charles J. Turck. Of the Pres
byterian Board Of Christian Edu-
cation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03
Selected Poem
WAGONS

WAGONS
(dlenn Ward Dresbach In the New York Tines
An empty wagon makes the loudest sound
But have heard filed wagons turn to song
Down lanes where glory fingered on the ground
Until 1t seemed pageant marched along.
From old roads, hidden by the wood or hill,
Drifts back the heartening rhythm wagons know
When field or wood the sturdy boxes I'LL
And wheels turn home, deliberate and slow.
At lonely bridges far-off thunder wakes
Like memories responding TO the wheels :.
And more each year, when wind grows cold and
shakes
The leaves before 1t, something In me feels
The need to hear. above the rafting husk,
The sound Of loaded wagons in the dusk.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03


4 CrO candidate In last springs
Democratic primary.
Angry, other 6hNto Eederaiton
leaders also Jumped on Green. ~
n meeting OF the state executive
committee, their resentment DOLL
ed over In n siExing resolution
denouncing Davis and his run.
nlng.mate a. ''reaettonaFiesN ana
foes Of labor.
These rehuffs, however, did not
deter Mr.. Green. Passing Through
Ohio, he pumped TO the other
side OF the fence and came out
for Charles Sawyer, Democratic
nominee for governor.
Again the reaction was prompt
and defiant, John u. DFiedenbach,
vice president Of the Ohio state
Federation OF Labor, Jumped down
Green's throat for-of all things
supporting . CIo.endorsed can
didate.
president Green's endorse.
ment OF Sawyer" tFunpNtedA
BFeldenbach, "does not pefleot
the sentiments Of Thousands Of
A. r. Of l.. members who are
waging . militant fight, In 90.
cordanco with Green's orders, 10
carry out the A. y. Of Il policy
Of defeating the 9. !. o. and
political candidates who accept
cid from the O. ]. O."
Perhaps the unkindess cut Of ell
was the action Of the A. y. Of l..
Trades q Labor Council Of Wau-
kesha, wisconsin, which adopted
o resolution berating Green for
"uniting with the United states
Chamber Of Commerce and indus
trialists Of the Tom 0irdler
stripe" In attacking the National
Labor Relations Board.
Merry. Round
washington telegraph opera
tors get 90 many foreign language
messages 10 transmit that they
have q hard time sending sim
pie Happy Birthday" One they
got the other day started"off with,
rudatoryogato tujocoshuyonlsa ko-
Gerald Nye jumped out OF his
car In front Of the Department
OF Agriculture. Hurrying 10 an ap.
polntment with Secretary Wal.
lace. A guard insisted that he
move his car before no could 90
upstairs. Az 0 recent Cuban
embassy party, O Cuban proposed
o toast. Z drink 10 o third term
for President Roosevelt. He has
been 20 good 10 uSl"
Copyright, 1893. BY United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03

OF cities and on representatives IN
congress - each 10 get oil he could
for his own community. Here the
necessary charitable aim seemed 10
justify, for the time being, the poll.
teal results. Effective checks and
limitations were lacking, Being un.
able 10 formulate the principles Of
distribution. IN Irresistible pressure
was laid Oh congress which could
DO avoided only BY passing II on 70
the president.
The system has given rise 10 the
handing OF blank checks 10 the pres
idcnt 10 distribute At his discretion.
This OF necessity has led 10 the set
ting up OF o great federal organiSa.
ton 10 assist IN the adminiStra.
ton and distribution OF relief In
every state and almost every com.
munity IN the land. Here was Q
well.organised and adequately f.
nanced political machine made TO
order, which the politicians were
not slow TO seize upon.
Under these political pressures, re-
lief has degenerated not only into
O means OF rewarding those whose
self. interest would induce them 10
support the source Of relief, but
more than this, II has degenerated
into attempts 10 secure the cleo.
ton Of particular candidates, and
even OF defeating these within their
own party who had not been SUBJ
servient 10 itS leaders demands.
The attempt was recently made
10 settle acute primary contests
within o party BY rushing relief
money into certain states just In
advance Of election day. But II
millions Of dollars 80 offered In
Maryland and b3 millions In Georgia
appear 70 have had the contrary
effect 10 that intended.
This review Of federal relief has
shown that O great evil has devei-
oped which threatens the very key
stone OF Our governmental free
and independent vote. We started
upon an effort TO relieve human
suffering with almost universal ap-
proval; but when we realize that
these efforts have been futile In per-
manently correcting the conditions
OF restitution and unemployment,
and when we realize that We are be-
Ing used unwittingly as the means
Of buying votes, II US insist upon
the correction Of these evils.
Let us insist:
!. That no blank checks shall be
issued by congress 10 be spent at
the discretion OF any president or
bureau.
2. That specific appropriations
for relief shall be made py congress
to be administered and paid for In
part by the communities benefited.
3. That such relief as Is merely
an inefficient substitute for private
enterprise be abandoned.
4. That control Of relief be d.
vorced to the utmost extent possible
from political influences.
Then let US insist that every pos
sible and legitimate assistance be
given to the revival Of business, to
the end that more and more men
may be put to work on productive
jobs in private enterprise.
Instead Of placing obstacles In the
way Of recovery, why not use every
tried and established means Of fur
thering 1t?
CONNECTICUT = @ o OMIC
COUNCIL.
HOWELL CHENEY,
Treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-03
A Book a Day.
A Trader Worked
The Cameroons
NY BRUCE CATION

9& WMgN1 VA 4VN
n you like travel books with ell
the lusty tang and raw emotion Of
the tropics, certainly you can do no
better than 10 70 Adventuring or On
evening or 80 with q two.fisted
young freshman, Brian O'Brien.
Mr.. o'Brien, looking for excite
ment and o regular meal check,
shipped 10 the African CAMERON 10
work for the British Prince Trading
company. What happened 70 him he
tells In q book Us lush and togrid as
the jungle itself. Beating About the
Bush" (Lee Turman: e2.60).
O'Brien became o trader, pushing
up the niiasmic rivers Of the Cam
eroons into the cannlbal country
with trade goods and tr.nkets, COM
Ing back with valuable ivory, rub
Der and oil. 90 he lodged Eaan-eat.
ing sharks and dusky riiaideus alike,
shot elephants and sat soaked IN his
boat many q day and night while
the tropic rain pounded on the wa
tiers like hail.
And In time this young oBrien
became Q sort Of king among the
natives OF the deep bush country, o
swqshbuckling white man who was
intrepid enough to be admitted TO
the most precious secrets OF the hill
tribes. He draws some unforgettable
pictures Of this primitive life, pic
lures often humorous and sequent-
ly deeply tragic.