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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-28

Auxiliary.
 20. Florio Post Italian American World War Veterans and Auxiliary and boys and girl group.
 21. Waterbury Chapter, Italian World War Veterans and Auxiliary.
 Fourth Division
 1. Babson, Divisional Marshall. 2. Mattatuck Drum Corps.
 3. Waterbury Council Boy Scouth of America.
 4. Girl Scouts Executive Edna Webber and Staff.
 5. Girl Scouts of America.
 6. St. Margaret's Boys Brigade and Drum Corps.
 All divisions will be in position at 800 8. m. which time their respec- tive marshals will report to the pa rade Marshall.
 While in assembly areas and marching thereto, organizations are instructed to interfere as little as possible with traffic.
 In case of fire during the parade, the column will halt and move to the right of the street until the fire apparatus has passed.
 The parade will be reviewed by Hon. Frank Hayes, Mayor of Wa terbury and city officials as it pass es the reviewing stand at the City Hall. The parade marshall and staff will review the parade at the corner of Church street and Grand street just prior to dismissal. Organization commanders will salute and their organizations will execute "eyes right" on passing reviewing officials. Dismissal:-The parade will be dismissed after 1t passes the corner of Church and Grand streets. Or ganization commanders will conduct their organizations to individual dis missal points.
 Parade headquarters will be at the corner of Holmes avenue and w. Main street.
 All participating in the parade are requested to wear the uniform of their service or of their organization, including government or state awarded medals and decorations in lieu of the uniform civilian dress may be worn.
 World War Veterans who are not affiliated with any Veteran Organ izations are cordially invited to march with Corp. Coyle Post No. 1 American Legion in the Veterans Division.
 By Order Of Captain;
 PETER E. FOX, Marshall.
 It. r. c. Nonamaker.
 2nd. It., 102d Inf. CNG. Il Chief of Staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-28
BUS LATE; PUPILS HARDY

Albany, N. Y. - (UP) Rural school pupils who are late because the school bus has fiat tire or is otherwise delayed must be marked tardy, the education department has ruled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-28

Joe Murray met that first tragedy of his life, head. on. Then one day he packed his bag without a word and blew the town. 1t was the start of a long. long journey. lie never stopped again: that is. until quiet Terry Mallow crossed his path. But that would be telling the story. Read it your self. An unusual serial,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-28

will be Grand street to Church street; to Holmes avenue. The parade will march in the fol- lowing order:
 Head of Parade l. Platoon of Police. 2. Platoon of Bremen. 3. Marshall and Staff. (Reserve Officers).
 First Division 1. Fulton's American Eand. 2. Commanding Officer. 2nd Bn., Conn. National Guard and stoff. 3. End. Bn. Hq. Company, 102d Inf, CNG. 4. Company "E", 1o2d Inf, c. N. G.
 5. Company "F'', 1O2d Inf, c. N. 6. Company e." 1O2d Inf, c. N. G.
 T. Howitzer Company. 102d Inf. c. N. G.
 8. Medical Detachment, 102d Inf- c. N. c.
 Second Division 1. Marshall Capt. Franklin R. White.
 2. Caspar Davis Drum Corps. 3. G. A. R. Cars. 4. Wadams Relief Corps Cars. Gold Star Mothers Cars.
 Third Division St. Stanislaus Drum Corps. l. Division Marshall - John P. Barry, V. c. c. O. 2. E. H. Liscum Post U. S. w. V. 3. Wheeler Young Post V. F. w. 4. P. c. Vigneulles Post Y. D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-28

Trird Division 5. 304th Infantry Association. 6. U. s. w. V. Auxiliary. '. V. F. w. Auxiliary. 8. Y. D., V. A. Auxiliary. g. Corp. Coyle Post, A. L. 10. Mary Gormley Post, A. L. II. William Wilson Post, A. L. 12. Waterbury Chapter, D. A. V. 13. U. s. Naval Veterans Assn. IA. David Fannick Post, J. w. V. IS. Lord Kitchener Post, B. w. V. 16. American Legion Auxiliary. IT. D. A. V. Auxiliary. 18. B. w. V. Auxiliary. 10 CaSpnY. DaviS poSt I, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
A Thought for Today
Just a Pal!

Senator Sherman Minton, Democrat, O. Indiana was in good voice last week. lie was also feeling in the right mood. Com bining the two factors brought fortn a blast at the press of the United States which for sheer outlandishness has yet to be equalled. The Senator was oeslrouS of having his colleagues pass Dill "nlch would impose dire penalties on publishers and their newspapers for printing facts which they know to be false, The Dll! was the aftermath of his roasting crltlclShn of the press of the nation in which every newspaper editor was literally boiled alive, roasted on a gridiron, then the remain ing debris picked to pieces
 Senator Minton is known as an ardent New Dealer. He is so thoroughly com mitted to Rooseveltian policies that to utter one syllable against them or the President is the rankest Of rank heresleS Hence his furious anger at the Amerlcan press. It has been dealing blt roughly with the President and his New Deal of recent months. But even so we don't think that the Indianan has any cause to express himself in the belligerent fash ion in which he did at Washington. The neWspapers can stand for criticism and do every day in the year. But when sub iected to abuse like Senator Mlnton poured forth they are apt to grow just a bit resentful.
 AS for his foolish bit of legislation there is no need for any new laws to govern newspapers We have adequate libel laws right now which protect every person, whether it be a President of the U. s. or its loWliest citizen And no reputable newspaper survives very long once it has been established that it prints not the facts but distortions and trumped-up tales. Libel laws and public opinion will do all that Senator Minton wants. He does not need to vent his personal spite in seeking a law which he might invoke for his own benefit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Rolled Again

For the second successive month the Connecticut State Journal has diSap- pointed us Its May issue, like the April one, contains not one line that might interest persons who want to know the "inside' of the grand jury probes in Waterbury and Fairfield County But for the second successive time the c. s. J. fails to come through in it's characteristic penetrating style. It has not even an- nounced that readers should watch future issues for full and complete details of the Macdonald expulsion, which, un fortunately, broke just as the Journal was going to press.
 There is much to be read in the May Journal, such as what might happen ii Governor Wilbur L. Cross did not choose to run in 1888. His place at the top of the ticket would be taken by U. s. Senator Augustine Lonergan Second place on the ticket would go to Labor Commissioner Joseph M Tone, regardless of whether it is Cross or Lonergan. Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford will battle it out with U S. Senator Francis T. Maloney of Meriden in 1940. Most of the beneficial labor and social security laws Connecti- cut now enjoys were the brain-children of Republican legislators All these facts and more are found in the Journal, but nothing of Waterbury or Bridgeport.
 Can it be that the Republican partys mouthpiece is deliberately "ducking the issue" We always thought that where Democrats were concerned the C. s. J. was quick to take up the cudgel Now here is golden opportunity and nothing happens. Subscribers will start talking if the June issue passes up the opportunity to make us all acquainted with what's really behind the grand jury probes that are producing the biggest newspaper headlines this state has seen since the early days of the World War
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
British Taxes

Our British cousins stand lot of tax punishment. Their basic income tax rate, which has been 25 per cent, is now boosted to 27E per cent. The additional income is needed to take care of rearmament and unemployment relief and pay interest on the national debt. There are also heavier national sales taxes imposed on tea, gaso- line, oils and fuel alcohol
 The new budget will be more than $5,- 000,000,000, and in relation to Britains population and wealth is said to represent as much as $10,000,0OO, ,O00 or $15 ,00O ,OOO,- 900 year would mean in America The British national debt, nearly as much as ours now, might be comparable to a na- tional debt of $8O,O00, 100000 here
 Under the new tax schedules a citizen with $3000 a year, who would pay no income tax in America, will pay $20O in England. The tax on $5, 900 year, which is $64 here, will be $640 there. The tax on $10,000 here, which is about $38O, will be $1 ,880 there And so on. Our taxes are very burdensome, but somehow this makes us feel not quite so bad The British, in the matter of taxes, seem to "take it" better than we can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Industrial Deportation

A new problem arises in Flint, Mich. That city of 165,000 people is almost wholly industrial and it's fortunes rise and fall with the prosperity of the auto mobile industry. In normal times 50000 men work in the General Motors factories there. Now nearly 300OO of them are un- employed. There are 12,OO0 families, composing one-fourth of the population, that have moved into Flint in the last four years.
 This influx was mostly absorbed at the recent height of manufacturing activity, but now it swells the relief lists until the city is said to be threatened with bank ruptcy. So the local welfare director, with the aid of various civic organizations, pro- poses to deport the surplus labor. The lat est arrivals, classed as ''non-residents," could be dismissed without much diffi- culty, he thinks. The rest would have to be persuaded. Their transportation to city of their own choosing would be paid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

For years Hartford has been trying to get the federal government to allow the city to gain possession of the old frigate, Hartford" which was Admiral Farra- guts flagship. Representatives and Sena- tors have tried in vain to persuade the powers that be at Washington to relin- quish their hold on the old and slowly rotting hulk which now lies in Charleston Navy Yard. There even have been bills introduced in Congress to allow the capital of Connecticut to take possession of the famous old wooden Warship All to no avail. But now there seems to be new hope for the Hartford" if the city of the same name is still interested. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a recent visit to the Navy Yard noticed the boat and spoke about restoring it as a WPA project. If this is done, then surely the President would be sufficiently interested in seeing that it was lowed up the Connecticut River to an appropriate spot near Hart lord, where it could be floating museum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Selected Poem
SPRING IN SPAIN

Robert Haesche Jr, West Haven,
 in the New Haven Journal Courier) Like It happens in green New England, Well, there it vas
 Or on the golden loam of Nebraska. First, the bleak corpse of winter Washing away in the merciful rain! And the gaunt silhouettes of bitter trees Scratching at gray, full-bellied clouds. Then, like gentle mist, the constant Underlying swell of buds; the very feath Of trees bursting in the red carnage! Yes, it came again! I don't know why! You'd think the old earth was tired of it. Or sickened, or afraid The first grass blades thrust to the sun. Nothing could stop it! It pushed through The dreamleSS skulls and covered them. But where powder or gas had kissed it The scars showed like the black well On slaves back
 They might have paused some of them The ones who wanted to turn their cheeks. From the numbing rife stocks To babies down, or woman If she recognized him But they stayed, most of them And the rest slept soundly In the awakened earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Cox, assistant professor of engineer ing mechanics at Yale, Q man of experience in engineering projects and With private firms, seems a worthy choice. Anyway, he will go to work with the state Monday and from then on we shall be in a posi- tion to judge more fully.
 Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald's decision to resign un- der fire eased the path for his friend, Governor Cross, who lost no time in accepting the resignation. The Macdonald regime .s now his- tory. It began 15 years ago when there was universal belief in the state that its roads equalled the best; it ended during a frantic att tempt to catch up with other states in the construction of modern high ways.
 It was the custom of apologists for the Connecticut road building system to say that the state was doing the best it could under the pay-as-you go system; and latterly it was said that the other states were getting their modern roads with bonds. Finally Connecticut, too, began issuing bonds, for the Middletown-Portland bridge and the Merritt Parkway.
 The Grand Jury charges against Macdonald come down to this: That the construction of the huge parkway found him unable or un- willing to control the squander- mania of underlings; that he per- mitted waste and extravagance without making a reasonable eff fort to stop it. He permitted others to take him for ride.
 Perhaps the big boss wasn't used to parkways anyhow. He had far less trouble when the states ideal of road construction was the con- ventional two-lane highway-and not too much of that during any one season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Meriden is going after itinerant mer- chants in vigorous fashion Through the cooperation of the merchants bureau the police are conducting a campaign to prevent so-called "fy-by-night" mer- chants doing any business at all in Meriden. The authorities take the view point that the reputable merchants who live and pay taxes in Meriden, support ing the city and enabling it's citizens to get along deserve the bulk of the trade. Around Easter time there was similar concerted movement in this city against encroachment on legitimate dealers in flowers losing out to overnight" flower stores
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Whenever possible they would be sent to cities where they have relatives.
 If this is done in Flint, how many other cities will try it? And how will the cities fare to which the outcasts are deported? Obviously here is very serious question, for which some practical and humane solution will have to be found before long. Shall we have, along with shock troops of industry" moved where they are needed, mournful armies of industrial or federal government have to provide refugees for them or public industries to support them?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
A Book a Day
Home Sweet Home on a Shanty- Boat
BY BRUCE CATION

Ben Lucien Burman seems to have carved out the lower Mississ- ippi valley as his literary lief. He has had some distinguished prede- cessors there, but still the territory seems to be in pretty good hands.
 MT. Burman's most recent novel is Blow for a Landing" (Hough- ton-Mifflin: $2.5O, an ingratiating story that seems destined for sure popularity.
 It has to do with the shantyboat people of the river; the poor whites who occupy floating homes on the water, eke out living by strange and impromptu expedients. exist under conditions of the most abys- nal ignorance and complete poverty and seem, somehow, to have fairly good time out of life.
 The family that MT. Burman chiefly concerns himself with does not, to be sure, get any too much happiness. It is family which wants to get away from the river and settle down to a stable exist ence on a farm; and every spring it makes brave but hopeless ges- ture in that direction. It gets lit- tie plot of ground, builds a cabin, makes blissful plans-and then sees everything washed away by a flood. In the end, a good Samaritan does provide @ farm; substantial one, safe above the flood line. The family moves in only to find, after a few months, that it can't be happy away from the river. In the end it is back in the shanty- boat again, shiftless, improvident, and happy.
 Probably it is quite true that MT. Burman idealizes and roman- ticizes these quaint and picturesque people. Even the bad luck that keeps hitting them is softened. But while the realists may condemn him, he does write 8 heartwarming and touching story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Current Comment

All the good or bad that gets done in the world is done by words. pr. John H. Finley, New York
 editor.
 In the end he'll land on the scrap heap, but not before he's had a good time. -Maj.-Gen. Smedley D. Butler,
 speaking of Hitler.
 Speech is free. That means all speech, foolish as well as wise. Henry P. Chandler of the Chi
 cago Bar Association.
 The Republican party has its eye on the past and not the present whereas the Democratic party, witll lot of good intentions, has its eye on the present but cannot see the future.
 -Gov. Philip F. LaFollette, Wiscon- sin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
PressCOnment
LAW AND THE RASPBERRY
(New York Herald -Tribune)

That weird, offensive noise known as the Bronx cheer, the Throg's Neck bird, or simply as 8 form of the raspberry, has been adjudged to constitute disorderly conduct when directed at New York policeman. This decision, announced by Magis- trate Joseph D. D'Andrea, in Brook lyn, in the case of Patrolman John P. Haig against George Snyder, bank clerk may help to clarify the confusion surrounding the status of this valuable noise. It will still be safe, in any event, to give the cheer to dull after-dinner speaker, an inept heavyweight pugilist or an un- popular first baseman. But why must an inept officer of the law be so tenderly protected? The noise of the cheer is highly contemptuous and in terrible taste. But to be told that 1t is illegal to give this horrific salute to a policeman is going to go hard with 8 lot of New Workers. May not the artificial restraint sim ply serve to defect the column of sound in new directions against magistrates, for instance?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

lisle. Once her husband had worked for IVA for $5,000, now is getting $15,000 from the utilities.
 It was this lady who helped pare the statements which pre- cipitated the whole IVA crisis and the personal intervention of the President.
 NOTE-MorganS expense &C., counts, including double hotel- rooms and private banquets, prom ise to be an interesting phase of the coming investigation.
 Costly Cleanliness
 California's young fsepresenta- tive John Dockweiler believes in cleanliness, but $5,O0O a year for towels for congressman is just too much of a good thing.
 When he spotted this item in the legislative appropriation bill, he complained to House leaders that something ought to be done about reducing this expense. They asked him what he would sug- gest.
 "Why not let the towels really get dirty before removing them?" DOckweiler said, "I've mo- ticed that every time a towel is touched 8 porter immediately throws it away and puts up 8 new one. The pOrters must be working for the laundry"
 Merry-GO-ROund
 Visitors from Europe remark on the absence of a military guard in front of the White House, and are amazed that the grounds are a thoroughfare for pedes- trians .. First line in the Con- gressional biography of New Jer- sey's Representative Elmer H. Wene is owns and operates a boby chick hatchery" B. Car aroll Reece, Republican represen- tative from Tennessee, avoids the use of his first name. It is Brazilla Wyoming has only one representative in congress, and he was born in Kansas. He is Paul R. Greever, Democrat. |. An almost weekly chore of Atty. General Homer Cummings is to decline offers to write articles for lurid detective story magazines. Of 100,180 unlisted men in the U. s. Navy, 4,515 were born in foreign countries and one at sea-. New York, Pennsylvania Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa and Missouri furnish the largest num- Der of native-born sailors.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
IcOnOclaSt

Continue to give that unhar- messed impresario, s. Hurok, his way and Carnegie Hall may, like other ; venerable auditoriums, be converted into a theater- cabaret ere long.
 Thanks to the unconventional Hurok, Carnegie Hall has had a jam" session in which Benny Goodman gave swing concert and mighty profitable one, too.
 Previous to that swingy innova- ton, it was Marian Anderson, an erstwhile laundress' apprentice, who occupied Carnegie's stage and lifted "blues" singing into the realm of fine vocal art. The conservatives yelled vociferous protests and in- voked the names of Toscanini, Heifetz, Iturbi, Flagsted and Barbi- rolli. Shades of Bach, Brahms, Wagner and Beethoven! It just wouldn't do!
 Did Hurok finch? He did not! A fortnight ago he annexed Car negie Hall for dance recital by the glamorous ballroom gliders, Veloz and Yolanda, to the musical accompaniment of the night club maestro, Pancho and his band. And again it was a noticeable box office and artistic success.
 So the die-hards are losing out And as for MT. Hurok-"Tradition go hang" says he, tits new faces that are needed at concerts, and I'll get them even if have to present ! Charlie Mccarthy there"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
T est Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. In which country is the sea- port city of Cherbourg?
 2. Who won the 1888 North and South Women's golf championship, recently played at Pinehurst, N. O.?
 5. Between which two cities was the first telegraph message sent?
 /. If two children are born of the same mother a day apart are they twins?
 5. Which state is called The "Apac,,e State?"
 6. Where is the native habitat of the chinlpanzee?
 2. WhicS state is represented in Congress Sy Senator Fred H Brown?
 8. Where in the Holy Land was the village of Bethany, referred to in the New Testament?
 9. Who wrote the play "The Dreamy Kid?" 10. Name the capital of American Samoa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

When the federal authorities asked tobacco farmers to curtail production several years ago, growers in this state cast about for possible crops that could be produced on tobacco land. Some hit upon onions with much success. Others 1ound that potatoes thrived nightly on the soil. And now Wethersfield grower mas demonstrated that tulips are profita- Die. A small backyard garden has ex- banded into 7-acre plot for one grower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Daily Almanac
Moon sets 11:46 D. m.

MOon sets II.46 D. m.
 Sun rises 5:49 a. m.; sets 7:50 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Dogwood is in blossom, wonder of wonders The last of April rarely finds this beautiful Shrub-tree in bloom, but the several hot spells, no doubt, provoked blossoms. Shad- blow has barely faded. But the unseasonal warmth has had its effect in bringing forth blossoms where plant growth had not been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Questions and
 Answers
Copyright iea4 NEA
By Frederick M Kerby

Enclose a three stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion 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. Who wrote the play, "A Wo- manless Wedding" and where may it be obtained?
 A. It is by Hubert Hayes, and is published by The Walter H. Ba- ker Co.,, 178 Fremont street, Boston, Mass.
 Q. What are the advantages of horseback riding?
 A. It provides excellent exercise promotes deep breathing, body bal ance and good partner.
 o. Why is San Francisco called a cosmopolitan city?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03
Macdonald Episode Hadn't Kept Pace With Times or With Modern Methods of Highway Construction,
 One Editor Finds
One Editor Finds
NEW BRITAIN HERALD

Judging from how quickly Cover nor Cross appointed successor to Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald, he had his choice picked in advance. William Junkin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

Hitler has gone to Rome, Italy, to sing a duet with Mussolini. Wonder if the music will sound as sweet as usual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-03

A lot of fellows who have good jobs can't see what the others are complain ing about.