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Evening star., 1938-09-05

Joy; something to tempt him from
danger zones.
The question might be raised that
District authorities have not had
time to bring development of recrea-
ton abreast of the course Of land
acquisition. It could perhaps be said
modern theories Of recreation are 80
new that authorities have not had
q chance to catch up.
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Parachute Jumper Killed.

EAsTON, Pa, Sept. R.-Harry
Dalrymple. 80, Phillipsburg IN. JD
parachute jumper, plummeted 1000
feet to his death yesterday in view
Of more than q thousand persons at
the Penn-Jersey Airport. His two
parachutes failed to open in an exhi-
bition. He had jumped from plane
piloted by Edward Braden, airport
manager.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

truck as he started the vehicle for
ward.
The time: 11:10 a.m.;' weather
clear.
The vehicle: Investigating oficer
reported it driven properly" had
just started in low gear. in apparent
good condition; brakes okay.
The street: Dry, straight and level
between intersections.
Tho driver: White, male; age So,
Evening star., 1938-09-05
ATTRACTIVENESS
is PLAYGROUND
PROBLEM OF DC.
Space Adequate But Facilities
Needed to Lure Children
Off Streets.

buy playground doesn't necessarily follow hen
play there.
playing e-e streets for
tnsance-in opinion Of modern recreation experts.
sufficient number of play District keep
traffic dangers investigation by
Safety Committee whether their
unexplored subject.
situation acquisition the total
available recreation Washington far ahead of other cities
than 4500 approximately miles
Evening star., 1938-09-05
Curb Lines Are Death Lines

Nine children haze been
killed In traffic here this
Sun,mer-dn unprecedented
number. Why? Are driuers
reckless? Are children denied
sufficient Fairgrounds? Are
parents negligent in warn-
ing children? Are engineer
ing features OF streets at
fault? Are Traffic Court
Judges lar zDith sentences?
A Traffic Safety Committee
appointed by the Commits
Sioners has been searching
for clues to the dnsaDers to
these questions.
The Star has made q care
tul investigation of each of
the nine cases and presents
here for study a series of
official pictures and sum-
maries OF evidence taken by
the Police Department. Ana
lyzing, them may help you,
as a drtDer or as a parent, to
avoid the death and tragedy
that lie on the 1Drong side of
the curb. The eighth article
1oill appear tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-09-05

with over i've years Of driving ex-
perience.
Coroner's finding: Accidental.
Playground nearest accident scene:
Deanwood School, two blocks away,
at Lane and Wilmington streets N. e.
General: Child had been playing in
inclosed yard near truck, but fence
gate had been left open inadvertently
and child went outside Of yard, evi-
IDENTIFY to continue play. -
Evening star., 1938-10-14
CHICAGO SUBWAY
PLANS APPROVED
$4,000, 900 P. W. A. Grant
Gets Roosevelt O. K.-Cost
]. to Total $4O,OOO,OOO.
~ the Associated Press.

" the Associated Press.
CHICAG Oct. IA. - Chicago's
hopes for a subway system, nurtured
for 80 years, were on the threshold OF
realization today.
"A P. w. A. grant Of $4,000, 900
toward the total construction cost OF
$4o,000,OO0 was approved yesterday by
President Roosevelt. Only the dig
ging remains to be done.
Talk of building a subway started
after the turn of the century. The
city's press hammered editorially on
the subject for years. Civic leaders
discussed it at countless meetings.
Each time New York bored new
underground tube the clamor for
Chicago subway reached new in
tensity. To the thousands OF strap
hangers on crowded street cars and
elevated trains the subway finally be-
came less dream than joke. Mean
while the population multiplied and
transportation became nightmare TO
Eafic experts and riders alike.
& Maps Show Routes.
Now the tens of thousands Of riders
Who daily enter the congested down.
town area by elevated trains are
studying maps showing where subways
will take them when the system Is
completed in 1910.
The project, described by Mayor
Edward J. Kelly as "a great thing for
business" will employ 1852 men for
an aggregate OF 12,626,606 hours.
Construction was scheduled to start
by December Is, with men working
three shifts.
The tubes will be tunneled through
the clay subsurface Of the city at
level of about IS feet. Riders will
descend II feet to the ticket window
level and ride the remaining IL feet
to the track platforms on escalators.
According to present plans, coaches
now used on the elevated lines will
be used underground.
In the Loop, the name attached
10 the business district because the
elevated lines inclose 1t in rectangle
of almost square miles, tubes will
sun in State street, the principal shop
ping thoroughfare, ana In Dearporn
etreet, a block west.
State Street Route.
The State street subway will run
from Fourteenth street on the near
south side to Clybourn and North
avenue on the near northwest side.
The Dearborn tube will extend from
Congress street on the near south side,
Just outside the Loop, to Lake street,
the north boundary of the loop, west
beneath Lake street to Canal street
And then beneath Milwaukee avenue
northwest to a connection with the
Logan-Humboldt elevated lines.
In addition to being time saver
. for riders the subway, proponents said,
would mean removal of unsightly ele-
kated structures from busy downtown
streets, increased patronage of down.
town stores and theaters, improvement
ir some property values and reduction
in Loop surface traffic, and would pro-
vide a psychological boost to recovery
Evening star., 1938-10-14
Dances 'Blueprinted.'

With each copy OF new book on
how to become good dancer the pub
fishers insert set of cut-out card
board footprints to show exactly
where and when to put the foot for
EVERY step in every dance.
Evening star., 1938-10-14
Killed in Last jump.

A parachute jumper who was killed
at Augusta, Ga. had sent a telegram
to his father that morning saying.
I'm going to give up transforming
after the show today"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

"reminiscences
By Ess Bradley

As the Christmas approaches and another about
be spent scribe remnsces of by gone days when:
Lafayette Fields had the intestinal fOrtud bring family
back here and start business that thoroughly him
for deserving the Windy City,
The Hollow Skating Rink rendezvous all ice
We had parties It'll the Jms Tavern and the Sterling
Club Gunvere Kelly Twgs tOOn the tuba Now she
from Coast The Young Peoples Council of St.
NJ Church the of lively dscussonhans TO
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

e m Der 4, concentrating his
death. Clarence NJ. Mitchell
was made Executive Secretary of
the st. Paul Urban League. .
And more recently bringing a bride
here, the former Juanita Jackson.
Cecil Z. Newman had enough
faith in the Twin Cities to estab-
lish two newspapers-The st. Paul
Recorder and the Minneapolis
Spokesman. And has worked
night and day to keep them going.
And as the year passes, and a
new one is born:
God, teach US not to listen to
They say" and Il have heard"
Let US not injure anyone
By idly spoken word.
God, teach US blamelessly to live
And generously, too,
And help US always to be fair,
And tolerant and true.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

Two Connecting Rooms for rent
Geneva $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
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DICTATED HOUSING
(New Haven Journal Courier)

Waterbury is currently eXperi- menting with that hour corollary to a brain tariff, the must-live-in-c city limits mandate. An order seems to have just gone out that all teach CTS living beyond the pale must come on ill at once; the ownership of houses beyond or the occupancy of comfortable rents to the contrary notwithstanding. The city as em- ployer, in a word, proposes a dis cipline of its employees which a pri- vate management would be hooted out of town for suggesting; and some of the loudest hooting would be done by precisely the thoughtless folks likely to cheer this kind of tactics.
 The idea, of course, is that the money the city pays ought to be spent within the city. The fact that economic trends don't follow politi- cal boundaries is utterly ignored. If one thing is certain it is that any city profits by and indeed depends on, a prosperous suburban area. Waterbury itself couldn't exist with out the towns any more than the state could exist chopped away from the union. But teachers living outside the city thus contribute to the whole regional economy with just as much force as they do in- side the city. And such an argu- ment is to ignore the invasion of privacy implicit in dictated housing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Forcible Union Incorporation

The decision of Federal Judge Fred L. Wham of East St. Louis, ordering the Progressive Mine Workers of America to pay S117,0O0 in damages resulting rom a lengthy strike, has brought to a new crescendo the long and bitter argument over responsibility of labor unions. The final outcome of the case, which presum- ably will be carried to the highest court in the land, is one which will affect the entire future of employer-employe rela- tions in America.
 Judge Wham's ruling, holding that unions and their members are responsl- ble under the law for damage inflicted as a result of unlawful conduct or consplr- acy to injure an employers property or business, may eventually prove to be a turning point in the controversy over whether labor unions should be lncor- porated or otherwise made legally respons- ible for their actions
 The bitter argument over incorporation of unions goes back to around 1880 when, strangely enough, it was organized labor which was demanding the right to take advantage of the incorporation laws in order to remove the aura of llegallty which surrounded unions at that time. In 1886, Congress passed law permitting unions to incorporate, but by that time labor leaders had had change of heart and few unions took advantage of the opportunity. As years passed, labor sen- timent against incorporation became more pronounced, leaders realizing that such action would make unions subject to many restraints and responsibilities which do not affect voluntary associa- tions. Since that time there have been a few court decisions on the issue, but never controlling and all-inclusive rul- ing on the legal status of unincorporated unions.
 Briefly, the stands of employers and workers on the question are these: Employers contend that the present situ- ation is unfair because they, as 1ndlvld- uals or corporations, are responsible for their acts, while unions are not They contend that employers should receive assurance under the law that, once contract is signed, there will be no strikes or other disturbances so long as em- ployers discharge their obligations. Labor contends that unions are not ire sponsible, do not violate contracts, and need not be incorporated to assure responsibility.
 Without discussing the merits of Judge Wham's decision, it undoubtedly will serve, in the long run, to clear up one of the most puzzling aspects of employer employe relations - whether organized labor is liable for damages for civil offenses. It will not settle, however, the question of whether unions should be made legally liable for damages resulting from failure to fulfill contracts, as no question of agreement violation was in- volved in the Illinois case.
 This, and many other aspects of the organized labor problem, will be solved only when Congress and the administra- tion buckle down to the task of forInu- lating definite national labor policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

to an American friend in New York who is a rabid Republican.
 With the stamp he sent a note, saying, This is the only way you can lick President Roosevelt"
 Merry-GO-ROund
 Guatemalans believe this is the first time in history that the like ness of a living American Presi- dent has been reproduced on a stamp. This is forbidden on U. s. Stamps :. .. Oddly enough, the Guatemalan stamps, portraying the U. s. President, were printed in Holland Civil War can non in national parks henceforth will be painted with genuine Civil War paint. The Interior Depart ment has uncovered old and Con- federate ordnance manuals with chemical formulas for paint |. Another violent Administration foe faces 8 hot reelection fight this year. It is Congressman Gene Cox of Georgia, who will be op- posed by Ira Carlisle, Carlo, Ga, lawyer and former State Senator. New Dealers are planning to send speakers into Cox's district to campaign for Carlisle.
 Copyright, 1888, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Watch When You Bathe

A farmer in Easton has just found out to his sorrow that while he may own the brook that runs through his property, he hasn't the right to bathe in the aforesaid brook. This fact was brought to light when he was convicted back in July, 1886, for bathing in the aforesaid brook, the same being a tributary of the Aspe- tuck Reservoir, source of municipal water supply for the City of Bridgeport. Violation of the General Statutes pro- hibiting such action as the above was alleged and the Supreme Court of Errors has just upheld conviction by the Fair field County Court of Common Pleas
 The accused maintained that the statute is unconstitutional and not a valid exercise of the States police power. ..." He found out, though, if he read the Supreme Courts decision that "The regulation, imposed by Section 2542 is neither destructive, confiscatory nor arbi- trary, but is on the contrary upon all the facts in the case reasonable in time, place and circumstances, and therefore a req Sonable exercise of the police power. ."
 In short the Legislature in setting up such a law as that forbidding bathing in reservoir, lake, pond or stream trib- utary to such reservoir from which a domestic water supply is procured was thinking more or less in terms of human lives. They might be dependent upon the purity of the water entering the res ervoir through the tributary. If abuses along or in this tributary were permitted, then the state would be delinquent in it's vigilance over public welfare. Owner ship and property rights are considerable, but there are times when human rights Transcend them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

not the Democrats been saying for q good many years that MT. Mac donald had made the highway de- partment a place of refuge for Re- publicans, deserving or otherwise? :? One recalls how sore many of them were because Governor Cross did not oust him when he first had the chance, and how embittered they were when the governor reappoint- ed him ill 1885. And now comes for ward no less an authority on Re- publicanism than MT. Pryor to ex- onerate him from the charge of be- ing 8 Republican officeholder work ing hand in glove with the Repub- lican organizations. He casts him over to the Democrats as one never entitled to wear the Republican label even in the old days of the party and who is disqualified for present membership by his seeming indifference to the rejuvenation plans now being attempted.
 To find that MT. Macdonald has been exemplyfying all these years the principles of the merit system even before it was ordained and es- tablished for the purification of poli- tics, that he has absented himself from party conventions and has not sought light and understanding from party committeeman is a trimute to him that should not be permitted to go llnnoticed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
We Gain Everything

The present situation with regard to the New England flood compacts is unique so far as Connecticut is con- cerned. No state in the New England group is more concerned about state or federal pacts than ours. When the Con- necticu River goes on a rampage it's the river valley through this state that Suf- ferS the most damage. But should flood control be provided, it will be, by the same token Connecticut. which will ben eft the most. That's something that is not often mentioned, but it's true nevertheless.
 And should the present plan, Sub- scribed to by the democratic congressman of New England, go through the federal government would foot the entire cost of installing flood control reservoirs. Of course that indicates, too, the full con- trol of the reservoir and dam sites, as we'll as whatever may come of it, power, etc. But should Uncle Sam build and pay for and Connecticut reap the major benefits, for they contribute nothing and their flood problems are at an end
 It is doubtful, though, if New Hamp- shire and Vermont are going to be as big-hearted about the project as all that. They are the states which must Surren- der dam and reservoir sites. They are the ones which in the end will also surrender power rights, if they ever enter into the pacts It's fine thing for Connecticut, but we know that this state will not in- sist that any other New England state surrender rights to the federal govern ment, simply because such action will save Connecticut for all time, probably, from flood perils. We want flood pro- lection, but not at price of loss of states rights by other states concerned in the Connecticut River flood control compact.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
compact

Galesburg, Illinois, is and has been famous for just one thing over long period of years. There it was that thouS- andS of horses and mules were concen- trated to be sold all over the world. At times it was termed the greatest horse market in the world and there have been some rather famous ones, too But Gales burg's reputation as horse-trading center is slowly but surely vanishing. There isn't the demand for horses and mules today as there was twenty years ago and prior to that time. The old barns in which the livestock was stabled before being sold are empty today Dur ing the days of the World War Galesburg enjoyed it's greatest success, for Uncle Sam was supplying everyone of the allied nations with horses and mules. From every corner of this nation the right types of animals were shipped into Gales burg. There foreign buyers examined them and bought them. Occasionally one reads that there is splurge in horse and mule buying, but if so, Galesburg isn't benefitting. Its proud remnants of the horse age are crumbling before the march of time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

A Connecticut State College professor claims that the costs of building roads in Connecticut can be materially cut if more attention is paid to preservation of roads. James s. Owens, the college agronomist, says study of soil conditions is essential to long-life in roads. Providing proper drainage system for the roadbed is also essential. He claims that the average highway engineer is not familiar enough with soil conditions and drainage, but that an agronomist is. Cooperation between such agencies as might pro- vide the State Highway Department recommendations. He should hand this along to Public Works Commissioner Robert Hurley who will surely put it to good use, if use can be made of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

And talking of roads do you know that the United States boasts of one-third of the worlds supply of highways. Roughly estimated there are 9,687 ,0OO miles of roadway in the world. And to proceed cautiously or recklessly along these same roads the United States has two-thirds of the worlds supply of automobiles. A good lightning calculator could now figure out easily how many blowouts or flats that makes per hour per day per week per pear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
ABook a Day
Detective Fiction Is First-Rate
By BRUCE CAPTION

The new year is getting off to a good start in one respect, at least. It is bringing us some very enter taining mystery stories.
 My own favorite among the new ones is "The Judas Window" by Garter Dickson (Morrow: $2). Here we have that gross, eccentric and irritable sleuth, Sir Henry Merrivale, interceding to save the life of a young Englishman who is the victim of one of the most com- iplete and fool-proof frameups in the annals of f1ctional crime. The familiar murder in a locked room is here, with all its trimmings; also present are beautiful girl be- ing blackmailed for whopping in- discretion, an expert on archery, an old steel crossbow, and a well-srls- tained courtroom scene that will keep you on the edge of your chair.
 MT. Dickson employs a sly hu- morouS thrust to good effect, and knows how to confect a puzzling plot. Result: first-rate baffler.
 Another good one is "The Simple Way of Poison," by Leslie Ford (Farrar & Rinehart: $2). In this one we have quarrelsome Wash ington family resorting to cyanide as way out of its domestic difficult ties, with a missing fortune, an interior decorator and half-mad scrub-woman to com- plicate the plot. We also have an engaging detective, in the shape of a retired army colonel; lastly, we have an author who can make her characters act and sound like real people.
 Also. there is Silent Witness" by John Stephen Strange (Crime Club: $2). A New York lawyer vanishes while calling on his ex- wife, and that lady is promptly suspected of cutting him to pieces with razor blades and heaving him out of the porthole of an ocean liner. The lady is exonerated and the case is solved by a somewhat improbable newspaper photograph CT, and it all makes pretty fair sort of story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Mr: PryorS Tribute Commissioner Macdonald Comforted Thoughts That He Belongs to No Party, Is Responsible to
 No Party.
HARTFORD COURANT

Without perhaps meaning to do so, MT. Samuel F. Pryor. Jr., Re- publican national committeeman for Connecticut, has highly compliment ed Commissioner John A. Mac donald of the state highway depart ment. He says that he has never seen MT. Macdonald at any of the party conventions, that my county leader" has not seen him lin a year," and he doesn't think that my state central committeeman has seen him in three years" Furthermore, he avs that he has received no suggeS- tions from MT. Macdonald in con- nection with "the new political pie ture we are developing" So, talk ing one consideration with another, MT. Pryor comes to the conclusion that MT. Macdonald is not Repub- lican.
 He may have been when he was first made highway commissioner on appointment by Governor Temple ton ana when he was retained by other Republican administrations, but when Governor Cross kept him in and subsequently, reappointed him, whatever Republican status he may have had requires a question mark. More especially is this SO, as MT. Pryor views it, because MT. Macdonald has not been hanging around party conventions and hob nobbing with party leaders. The highway department now being un- der scrutiny, it seems to MT. Pryor an excellent time not only to read MT. Macdonald out of the Republi- can party but to raise a doubt as to whether he was ever properly in it..
 All this should come to MT. Mac donald as ray of comfort at a time when he is in great need of it. Have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Selected Poem
EXPECTATION IN JANUARY GA. Jacqueline Shaw in the Christian
 CAin

Science Montor) Now is the old earth turning toward the sun Again. and slowly, slowly does the day Lengthen. And I, for one, Seeing red sunsets fall across the bay When day is done, Look up and say: Summer is on the way What if the lies thick upon the town; Upon the slippery wharfs the ice I see Where the waves lap with angry force; and down From the cold north blows free I do not mind. And colder still the wind? I do not mind the frosty stars Nor the cold moon I stand and blow my fingers Where the sad street-end fingers And looks deep down into the fretfu sea. Yes there stay, And say quite softly to the gulls that sway Above me: Not tomorrow today, Perhaps, but soon,- It will be May"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Daily Almanac
oon rises 1O:25 p. m.

Moon rises 10:25 p. m
 Sun rises 7:13 a. m.; sets 4:53 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Nothing was so musical in the horse-and- buggy age as the ring of sleigh bells. What variety of them there were. Some would be attached to the shafts of the sleigh; others to the horses harness Each set of bells had its own music. But across the snow the min- gled bells were sweeter than anything, save perhaps the musical ring of wheels on fro2ty morning.