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Evening star., 1938-05-30
Manservant's Solution
OF Key and Lock Problem

To the Editor OF The Star:
have friend living in nearby Mary
land who has an old colored manserv-
ant who has been in his family for
many years. In spite Of some obvious
shortcomings, Old Bob is faithfulness
personifled and there is a strong bond
of affection between the two men. About
every fortnight Bob is sure to be taken
down drunk. On these occasions he
comes in home at a very early hour in
the morning and very stealthily lets
himself into his room.
The gin Old Bob was drinking on his
last celebration must have been par
ticularly potent. My friend says he
heard, in the wee srna' hours, fum-
bling and humping at the rear door so
he quietly raised window to watch the
performance. The following converse =
ton ensued:
THAT you, Bob?"
"Yowsuh, it's me, Mist Don."
"Why don't you come in?"
DOG my cats, Mist Don, somebody
done played me a dirty trick. Some
body done took my key and lef' me dish
here OIL wuthless key in Its place"
There's nothing wrong with the key.
Bob. Try 1t again"
"Dogged eff you amt right, Mist Don!
It amt de key It's de lock, sub. Big
Boy (pet name for the 3-year-old son Of
the family done thowed dat daid latch
when wasn't watchin' him."
big Boy never touched the dead latch.
Try again.
There followed more futile stabbing
at the keyhole. More fumbling and
f1ddling. Each pass with the key was
accompanied by resounding bump OF
Bobs head against the door.
"Well. hush my mouf! Often as has
come in dat do nevah had dat lock do
me no such way as dat befo'. 1 bet a
dollah dat rascal I had a-helpin' me
eroun' heah today been tamperin' wild
dat lock- I has got $50 saved up, Mist
Don. Tomorrow l goes out and buys
me a new lock wild dat $780,"
Finally wearying of the game, Mist
Don went down and led Bob in-by the
scruff of the neck.
"Why don't you and your New Deal
open the door to prosperity, Mr.. Roose-
welt? You proudly boasted that you
would, you know"
Il can't. The Supreme Court took my
n. a. N. dllu lily A. ~ "a hCSo'
Try again. Mr.. Roosevelt"
More fiddling and muddling and stag
gering.
Il can't. The economic royalists and
the Tories threw the dead latch when !
wasn't watching them, my friends .
TRY again. Mr.. Roosevelt"
More weaving and hedging and fuma~
diddles.
II can't open it. my friends. Big
business went on strike and tampered
with the lock while I was on a fishing
trip
TRY a little cooperation between
yourself and the key and the lock. Mr..
Roosevelt. You'll find them o. K"
mo, my friends. We must have a
new key and lock-"
And so with perfectly good lock
and key at his hand, this business genius
goes out and spends s3,247 100000 for
new ones. And they probably won't Al.
S. H. MUMFORD.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Expresses Appreciation !.
OF Letter Noting Fro,

I am indebted to Mr.. McDarment fer
his letter to you concerning my article
on foreign trade. Mr.. McDarment cor
rectly notes that we offer the dollar to
foreigners at 50 per cent of it's former
gold value, instead of SO per cent, as my
article stated. This was obviously a
slip of the pen or typewriter. What
really concerns me is that the situation
is so much worse than my article de-
picted It'll
incidentally, Mr. McDarment is in
error in stating that I used the figure
'69 cents" number OF times. I have
reread the text carefully, and although
it contains great many figures, I find
this figure only once.
HERBERT M. BRATTER.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Measure of Prominence.

Measure Of Prominence.
Oh, what decides your rating in the
modern social scale?
Have you private yacht to brave
private ocean gale?
Or does your income only let you own a
private car
To roam around the railway track in
comfort near and far?
Or maybe you are forced this vale of
tears TO worry through
On wheels that are attached to just a
motor car or two.
Midst talk of rank and title, when you
get down to bed rock
They size you up according to your type
of rolling stock.
The sixty-hcrsepower motor sends a
long, derisive toot
At the pesky little runabout that gives
a faded hoot.
And in the country, If the simple life
you would enjoy,
You must have recognition as the hoss-
and-buggy boy.
IT'S thus we look 'em over till we meet
the patient chaps
Who will join us in the street cars, os-
cillating from the straps,
Where brains and pedigree and all the
rest we're wont to praise
Are tangled up together, as they thread
life's curious maze.
The small boy with one roller skate
when he gets out for speed
Is outclassed by the youngster with a big
velocipede.
The world asks not for family tree; at
toll it seems to mock
1t simply looks you over, saying: "How's
your rolling stock?"
Evening star., 1938-05-30

For the moment, DR.. g. B. Eusterman
of Minnesota becomes q more important
man In public affairs than Mr.. James
Roosevelt. The physician is entirely
hopeful in his diagnosis, but for imme-
diate purposes the public will assume
that q man with any kind Of stomach
ache is entitled to as much Of a vacation
as he needs whenever he wants 1t.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Mr.. Hull Sounds a Warning.

Even though 1t is unlikely to spike
any Of the guns which countries In
Central Europe have unlimbered. Sec
retary Hull's public statement apropos
the German Czechoslovak conflict is
salutary contribution to international
discussion of that potential cause Of an
other world war.
It is customary on such occasions for
governments to weigh their words with
meticulous care. No single syllable OF
them. in consequence, is without sig
nificance Remembering that, none OF
the parties concerned in "the critical
situation" which evokes Mr.. Hulrs COM
munique is likely to ignore the warning
that lies but thinly veiled between the
lines OF his "aide memoire" to the sixty
three nations signatory to the Kellogg
BRAND Treaty renouncing war as an
instrument of national policy.
Germany and Czechoslovakia are both
parties to that pact. The Nazified Reich,
having successfully converted into scraps
OF paper, as far as it is concerned the
Covenant of the League, the Treaty Of
Versailles and the Locarno agreement
there is no reason to expect that Berlin
feels any irresistible urge to respect the
multilateral accord signed by the Ger
man government of that day in 1929.
Prague is, of course, no less bound by
its own signature, although none other
than the co-author of the agreement,
Secretary Kellogg. authorized the in
depreciation that nothing in it is to be
regarded as preventing treaty power
from going to war in self-defense. Should
German-Czech hostilities eventuate, 1t
may be expected that both parties
would plead self-defense. Their respec-
tive preventive" mobilizations are
alibied on that basis.
But the meaningful suggestion in the
Hull manifesto is the warning that, re-
mote as the United States is from the
Sudeten German controversy. there is
no guarantee that it could under no
circumstances involve us. 1--WE cannot
shut our eyes" says the Secretary Of
State, ito the fact that any outbreak Of
hostilities anywhere in the world in
jects into world affairs a factor of gen.
eral disturbance, the ultimate conse-
quence OF which no man can foresee and
is liable to inflict upon all nations in
calculable and permanent injuries"
Stripped of the cautious words in
which Judge Hull wells his thoughts,
what his declaration says is that If war
ensues incidental to Hitler's plan to
Austrianize Czechoslovakia, mo man
can foresee" that the sympathies, in
f1uence and power of the United States
might not be cast on the side OF the
victims Of aggression, because, as Ger
many's war of 1914-1918 showed, another
such holocaust is ''liable to infiict in
calculable and permanent injuries upon
all peoples, including our own.
AS far as a nominally dsinterested
government can do so without formal
commitment, America has now taken a :
position virtually on all fours wi tn that
promulgated by Great Britain last
month Prime Minister Chamberlain
admonished Germany that Central
European explosion would cause a con-
fagration which could easily ignite Brit
ish participation in an effort to extin-
guish it. All concerned are now re-
minded that there is a fire department
over here, too.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Influence.

II know a man in Maryland who kept
praying for rain for over a week. said
Senator Sorghum. when the rain came
it was discovered that he hadn't farm
or a garden and didn't want any;
"Is his case unusual?" asked the
visitor.
mo, it merely shows what lot Of
trouble some people will 90 to merely
to parade their influence"
Evening star., 1938-05-30

It will now be proper for DR.. Eckener
to consider the social life of Washington
with a view to ascertaining whether the
charming wife Of the Secretary Of the
Interior can be convinced that there
would be no harm in the distribution Of
helium. The feminine interest in world
politics is at a height that seems to
warrant almost any kind Of effort at
persuasion.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

A Federal grand jury has made South
Bend, Indiana, the scene Of compre-
hensive motor indictments. Motorists.
however, still hold their own for con-
servative methods of transportation so
long as they retain association with the
roads and do not venture aerial ex-
curSions.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

The New Deal tax philosophy was
heard by thirteen high school graduates
at Arthurdale, West Virginia. 1.-THE
Mikado" is still heard although the
'Three little maids from school, no
longer hold their Importance in po-
litical significance.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

The art Of flying has become so serious
an undertaking that the Government
will have the support Of all thoughtful
people in carefully considering restric-
tions for training. The time has passed
to consider the art of flying as available
to any person seeking merely casual
amusement.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

College commencements are favorite
scenes of public demonstration. It may
be that Representative O'Connell of
Montana wishes that Newark, New Jer-
sey, could be persuaded to study them.
Evening star., 1938-05-30

purchasing power of the consumer
naturally was greater, which accounts
for the greater volume. And an increase
in volume of products obviously calls for
an increased number of workers to pro-
duce the commodities"
The Philadelphia Record is convinced
that business men and workers through
out the Nation are clamoring for pas
sage of the bill as step toward rem
edying economic troubles"
Evening star., 1938-05-30
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Evening star., 1938-05-30

"You can't sllus believe a man who
brags bout bein' resourceful," said Uncle
Eben. II know one dat talks in dat
style because q man broke up eight
panels of fence and fed 1t into de stove
to save de trouble Of sawin' wood"
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Relative importance.

"That mans name looms up as an ace
in the business world"
eyes," answered Miss Cayenne, "but
that fact doesn't prevent him from look
ing deucelike when his wife shufhes 1t
in among her visiting cards"
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Mules on Relief.

From the Bay CITY (Mich.) Times.
The Government is going to pension
wornout mules, and the lucky beasts are
not even required to remember social
security number.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Signal.

We listen here, we listen there
With interest ever warm
And what is said bids US prepare
To face another storm.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Elaboration.

The bird that sings up in the tree
Exclaimed II see I have no chance;
If I a modern hit would be
I've got to learn funny dance"
Evening star., 1938-05-30
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Evening star., 1938-05-30
IncOmpatible.
the Council BlufIs Nonpareil.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. g..
A Council Bluffs grandmother has AN
nounced that she cannot raise flowers
and her 2-year old grandson In the same
yard.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
Turns Her Back.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
It was in 1886 that the Statue of Lib.
erty was unveiled with her back to Jersey
City. This was prophetic.
Evening star., 1938-05-30
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Chinatown, land in destroying large
families In war"
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A reader can get the dns,Der to any
question of fact By Urtttng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Hdskin, Director, Washington. D. c.
Please tnclose stamp for reply
@. Were paper wheels ever used on
Pullman cars?-E. J. H.
A. Formerly Pullman cars were mount.
ed on wheels having steel rim and sides
with q core consisting of baked straw.
board paper. Increasing weight OF cars
brought about the installation Of solid
steel wheels.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
School Board Proposes
Plan OF Retrenchment

October 10. less.
Special Budget Committee Of 1888
% the Beard Of Finance.
City Of waterbury, Connecticut
Gentlemen.
AZ An adjourned meeting Of the
Beard q Education on Friday, Oc-
tober ath, careful consideration
wns Rlven 20 memoranda submit
ted ~ 0riffenhagen q Associates
containing Suggestions for possible
reductions In personal service Ap..
negotiations In the Department OF
Education. After several hours o.
discussion The Board unanimously
arrived at the following conclu-
slOnss
First, The Board Of Education
has been DESTROYS ut all times OF
cooperating with the Board Of
Finance In conducting affairs IN
the school Department on lines OF
rigid economy; but, mindful OF Us
obligations 10 The children OF Wa
terbury, che Board Is unwilling TO
take any action which may Impair
enc morale and usefulness Of
teachers and other school employ
es or be destructive Of the high
standards which the Board has
sought 10 maintain.
Secondly, since the early days OF
Che depression the Board OF Ed
ucation has adopted policy
which has resulted In substantial
financial savings TO the city. AS
vacancies In the teaching staff ocs
Cured positions were eliminated
and pupils absorbed In other
classes. No new positions were
created nor were new appoint"
ments made except when such
were required for greater efficien-
cy. During the past six years
school personnel has been reduced
by ninety mine and annual savings
ON O contractual basis have been
made In the amount Of One Hun
bred Ninety Thousand Dollars.
This policy will be continued BY
the Board and will undoubtedly
add 10 savings already made with
out inflictlng lnjustlces upon en-
plOyes or reducing efficiency In
che schools.
Thirdly, In confirmation Of the
Boards wish 70 exercise strict
economy, che following decisions
were made ut this meeting;
q. The position OF Inspector Of
School Buildings will not be filled
until January I, 1899, with re.
sultant saving In the present
years budget OF Si073.67.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
MORE new VOTERS
BEING MADE HERE
Applicants Greater Than
Tuesday--Board Active
Until 5 P. M.

Making OF new voters resumed To-
day at city hall after o recess over
Columbus Day.
There appeared 10 be greater vol.
uine OF applicants during this morn.
ing than was the case Tuesday, the
first day OF the period Oct. Ills,
inclusive, when fewer than 30 voters
were made until noon. The total for
Tuesday was ITO.
The borad OF registration will
function from 0 o'clock until 0 .. m.
daily, except Sunday, through this
week and Monday and Tuesday
next week.
Meanwhile, the registrars OF vot-
ers will conclude the revision OF the
iiet on applications 10 correct or.
rors tomorrow. There has been
ffree.day period, starting Tuesday,
during which oil voters whose
names or addresses ore incorrectly
shown on the hanging list posted OF
tho north end OF city hall, must ap.
ply fpr corrections.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13

the state. The morning session wlll
be given over 10 ~How We Ask IT."
which will be q discussion Of finance
membership end publicity for league
members, and at luncheon at 100
ID. m. Ward b. Duffy. managing
editor Of The Hartford Times viii
answer the question "Why We ASK
It," The luncheon Is open 10 The
public, and reservations should be
made with the Office of the Con-
nectlcut League Of Women Voters
In Hartford by Friday, October "a.
Mr.. Duffy has for many years been
familiar with the work Of the
League OF Women Voters, and his
wife Is chairman Of Government
and Child Welfare Of the State
League.
During League Week." many To-
cal leagues will hold displays OF
legaue material In public places IN
order that the public may Be fami-
liar with the type OF work which the
league does: local meetings will be
held TO explain the work Of the
league and 10 secure new members.
and q special zone gift brigade"
comprised OF around 100 local
league members, will solicit one con-
tribution piece from people in
their towns for the work Of the
league.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13

b. The position Of Head Janltor
ut Crosby High School, now va
cant, win likewise not be filled un.
OIL January LIST, 1899, FOR, n saw
Ing In this years budget Of $BSi.A4.
Q. The position Of First Assls-
tant Janltor at Crosby High
School will be eliminated on JAM
uary LIST, 1889, for q saving In next
years budget OF SiSi4.OO.
d. Janltors Of 0ronoke, East
Farms, Reidville, East Mountain,
Bucks Hill, and Roosevelt Schools
win be paid after January LIST ON
the basis Of forty-two weeks In.
stead Of flfty-two weeks, with .
saving In the new budget OF
$4,000.
Fourthly, the Board afflrns its
adherence to salary schedules as
adopted by the Board Of Educa-
ton In effect for many years ana
Is opposed TO any change or de-
ductlons therefr0m.
Continuance Of It's policy o. out.
lined above will, the Board Of Ed
ucation believes, promote harmony
and efficiency, rs well rs provide
increased financial savings In ~.
turc years. 4
Respectfully submitted,
4. J. CONDOR,
Clerk, Board Of Education.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
TOBACCO CROP OF
STATEDAMACED

Boston, Oct. lS.--(UP)-About ~
per cent of the harvested Conneeti-
cut valley tobacco crop was lost
during last months floods and hur-
ricane, reports 10 the New England
crop reporting service indicated TO-
day.
Production OF broadleaf tobacco
was estimated at i0,66e,000 pounds,
approximately 100000 OF which
were lost after harvest, aS compared
with last years harvest OF 100000
pounds. Havana seed tobacco indi.
Gated q 0,2i0, Compound crop, OF
which about 100000 were lost,
while 0 i0,i7e, 000-pound crop was
reported o year ago.
Connecticut valley Shade-grown
tobacco u estimated to have totalod
e,4eo,oo0 pounds, 100000 pounds OF
which was lost. The harvest last
year was 0,4ee,000 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
LEAGUE WEEK
PLANS ARE SET
Aims OF. Women Voters to
Be Pointed Out For
Public's Benefit

Plans for League Week" to be
held from October II TO 81 were
completed today OF O meeting Of
the Board Of Directors Of the Con-
necticut League Of Women Voters In
Hartford. During this week the To-
cal Leagues Of Women Voters ell
over the state will attempt to ac-
quaint the public with the aims and
purposes Of the League of Women
Voters, increase membership, and
raise money for the work Of the
league. Material has been sent to
the local leagues from the state Of
fee giving O list OF eleven SUCCESS
tions for carrying out the activities
for this week.
The week will open with q meet
ing on what Price the Lacquer"
at the Hartford Golf Club on Mon
day, October II, which will be at
tended by members from oil parts Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
|BALMY WEATHER
| ENDING TONIGHT
Weatherman Promises
Rain to Terminate
Summers Return

Balmy weather continued today
In Waterbury but the heat OF yes-
terday, when the mercury observed
Columbus day by shooting 10 a sea-
sonal high Of 81 degrees, by official
check, win not be duplicated this
afternoon.
The temperature at I O'Clock to-
day was II degrees whereas the same
hour yesterday showed o reading Of
| 20 degrees.
There Yves S0.degree variance In
the maximum and minimum Of tenn.
peratures between yesterday noon
and this, 30 degrees ct the top yes
terday afternoon, 81 degrees ct the
bottom last night.
Folks who had started their fur.
naces and didn't trust the predic-
tlon, "fair and warmer" cussed to-
day and wondered whether they
hadn't better just give UP on the
heating problem.
Houses where the screams had been
removed anent winters advent drew
files and wasps and other flying
pests.
"Wouldn't 1t DO wonderful II we
had an open winter Just like this,
| sighed one stenogrGpher.
"Fooey and my old fur coat on
you," was the rejoinder OF an ASSOC
ciate.
II will rain tonight. clear tomor-
row, according to prediction.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
AL GAMER READY
TO MEET LEWIS

New haven, Conn., oct is.--CuPD
Handlers Of Al Gamer dissipassd
reports today he had sprained his
ankle and might not be in top con-
dition when he meets john Henry
Lewis here oct 81 in an attempt to
dethrone the light heavyweight
champion.
Gamer set up training quarters
here while Lewis Yves conditioning
at pCnpton Lake. N. J.
Gamers manager Al Mele said
that the challenger's occasional limp
was due to q broken toe suffered
several years ago In o Florida foot
ball game and wouldn't bother him
when he got into the ring"
Gamer and Lewis met IN 1885 IN
an overweight bout which the
champion won on points. Lewis
must scale OF I'VE pounds to meet
the ITS pound limit when they weigh
In next Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-13
WORKS PROGRESS
MUST CURTAIL

washington, oct. 1S-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today instructed
Aubrey williams, deputy Works
Progress administrator, 10 hold ex-
penditures within the S700,000, 900
balance Of emergency funds until
next March !.
Mr.. Roosevelt Issued the instruc-
tions during q White House confer
ence with williams. Williams pre-
scented O breakdown Of the relief
agency's expenditures since July I,
when Congress made available '9i,-
4bB, 000, 900 for It's uses. The break
down showed the following OUTLAWS
by months: July, e20i 900, 900; Aug
ust, $2oi, 100000; September, $751;
100000.