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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce been-bean;
 say, bin.

o. What Is the official name for the agency that administers the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps? How long will the work last?
 A. In June, 1887, new enabling act was passed by Congress which formally changed the name of Em- ergency Conservation Work to the Civilian Conservation Corps and permitted the extension of the Civ ilian Conservation Corps until June 30, 1940.
 Q. How many lenses do cameras have?
 A. The simplest lens is a single meniscus, which is type generally fitted to box cameras. Owing to the limitation of speed and distortion at the margins of the negative, two such lenses are mounted in com- bination to form the rapid recti- linear lens which is fitted to the lower-priced folding cameras. Where greater sharpness and speed are necessary, the anastigmat lens is most desirable. Usually, four lenses are combined to form an an- astigmat, and often five, six or seven lenses are fitted to some types.
 Q. When was the student aid program of the National Youth Ad- ministration started, and how many students were aided the first year of it's operation?
 A. The program started with the opening of the 1935-36 school year, and the peak for that year was reached in April, 1886. when 405 1000 students were assisted.
 If you want copy of our book let Modern Contract Bridge" write to Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Trouble M The IVA
Demand for Joint Congressional Investigation of Famed Tennessee Valley Authority Stirs
 Political Washington.
HARTFORD TIMES

secure honesty, openness, decency and fairness in government"
 The matter must force embarrass- ment upon the administration, Whe- ther or not the Morgan contentious may be sustained. MT. Roosevelt ap- pointed all three members of the board. His discretion in that respect will be impugned alike if it shall be found that they cannot work to- gether satisfactorily, or if two of them have been guilty of official misconduct.
 The board is responsible to con- gress under the terms of the law which created it.
 It seems strange that Dr. Morgan has felt himself obliged to carry the issue to the public rather than to the president, whose influence one should suppose would be sufficient to compose disharmony in the board. Yet no fault can be found with the logic of the chairman's step.
 Under the circumstances, a thor ough Congressional investigation is in order, "let the chips fall where they may" Senator Norris has pro- posed an inquiry by tle Federal Trade Commission. That commits sion would not have the broad in- quisitorial powers of a committee of congress. The law establishing the Trade Commission did not confer upon it the function of Investigating other commissions responsible to congress; moreover it might be &C., cused of being partial.
 Late news indicates that joint House and Senate committee inves- tigation will be had, with strong presumptive Likelihood that it may lead to important discoveries, per- hapS sensational.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Selected Poem
A FATHER SPEAKS
(Giralda Forbes ill the Poets Column,
 Hartford COurantl

Hartford Courant) It's not for home I'm longing, my home is in the West now And it's not that need anything that money can bestow, It's only that the house is lone, and brings wistful yearning, For the young lads who passed away the long years ago. We have a pleasant home now, the fields and or- chards teemng, We toiled that we might give our the best things of the West, But there's no one to inherit now; idle was our dreaming, They flew away-the young birds for whom we built the nest. We're getting old and grey now, the wife and I who ventured Across the grim Atlantic when we were lass and lad, The future so bright 1t seemed there could not come shadow, But now there's only heartache, for the dreams that we had.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

you're stalling just say so and we'll go hOme."
 Grandi laughed, admitted that Italy merely had raised techni- cal objections because she didn't want to sign any agreement, and that ended the conversations. Italian Strategy
 When Chamberlain. accepted Anthony Eden's resignation as foreign minister, he told Parlia- ment he already had Italy's ac- ceptance of Black Shirt troop withdrawal from Spain.
 But after puoiicizing this &C., ceptance, Chamberlain finds that Ambassador Grandi has thrown a lot of technical conditions in the path of acceptance, just as he threw them in front of Nor man Davis. For instance, the Italians now want to control the border between France and Spain, in order to keep it closed, even before foreign troop withdrawals begin. Meanwhile they would remain free to continue arms shipments by sea to the Spanish Insurgents.
 Also, Black Shirt troop with drawals would not begin for two or three months (after study by a commiSSion) and by that time Franco's preponderance of both troops and munitions might make him victorious.
 In other words, the Anglo Italian dickering is now back at exactly the same place it was when Eden was doing the driv- ing. Only difference is that Chamberlain has removed the gentleman upon whom Muss0- lini used such vigorous profan- ity.
 NOTE-On the floor of Parlia- ment last week, Chamberlain was asked who it was who gave him the advance copy of the Italian note supposedly pletlging troop withdrawal from Spain. (Grandi delivered the note formally later, but Chamberlain got an advance copy during the Sunday cabinet session when Eden resigned.)
 Parliament was mystified, when ill reply to this question, Cham berlain said he did not know. Reason for this vagueness was that the advance copy was given him by a newspaperman dis charged from the London Times when the British foreign office complained that he was working for the Italian embassy.
 BenitO COnquers Britain
 Some sort of Anglo-Italian agreement undoubtedly will be patched up as a result of the present converSations-probably similar to the last Gentleman's Agreement-and will provide for a general understanding in the Mediterranean.
 But that this will last more than year or so, or even more eAiiAi O 1SW ulOIlOilo, 10 QOuUGltll.
 Reason is that Mussolini, great student of history, is con- vinced that the British Empire is decadent, and that the Ro- man Empire, once decadent, is on the upward swing again.
 Conversing with one of the few visitors he sees these days, Il Duce graphically illustrated his views on Great Britain.
 British Empire," he said with much emphasis-"Fin- ished!"
 Then he made motions of chop ping off pieces of his arm. like a conqueror chopping off pieces of an empire. Then he pretended to chop off his entire arm, slapped himself on the chest and an- nounced:
 "T!"
 In his own mind at least, there was no doubt that he, Benito, is going to slice up the British em- pire. -....
 Of course, he may. But again he may give it the transmission which will make it last another two centuries.
 (COpyrieht. 1938. nv limited
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

And while on the subject of food, folksies, let's look at the record. It de- velops that the state has just been billed for $70 worth of caviar delivered to one of our state institutions. State Controller Charles c. Swartz isn't going to pay the bill until he has had time to confer with Gov. Cross. No doubt the officials are going to check up on the penal institu- tion that enjoys caviar with it's cocktails or yice-VerSa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Dr. Arthur E. Morgan's demand for a joint Congressional investiga- ton of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority, of which he IS chairman, has stirred political Washington deeply. He has charged that because of a coalition of his two colleagues on the board, D. R. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan, ito steadily increasing degree I have contended with an attiture of conspiracy, se- cretiveness and bureaucratic manip- ulation, which has made the proper and effective conduct of IVA bus mess increasingly difficult" He de- clares that he has been unable ito
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Current Comment

Cooperative effort by business, labor, and government to fight the recession is impossible until the administration confesses its sins and adopts a consistent policy. -U. s. Senator Arthur H. Vanden-
 berg (R). Michigan.
 Nothing can make a Canadian quite so rip-roaring mad as to have one of your people confuse Van couver and Montreal.
 Agnes Macphain, member of the
 Canadian House of Commons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

1. Which state abounds Arizona on the north?
 2. Who is president of the Group Health Association?
 3. What is dip-circle? 4. Has Florida an unemployment compensation law?
 5. Is it correct to say, "Leave go of the stick?"
 6. In what year was the great Chicago fire? ,ES
 2. What is the name for an un- controlled desire to count things? 8. Who was John Paulding?
 9. Which President interceded for Mooney when the latter's death sentence was commuted to life im- prisonment?
 10. Where is the Gulf of Aden2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 Enclose three stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ti0n 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 e. Whose voice was used for Snow White" in the motion pie ture, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?"
 A. Adriana Caselotti spoke the lines for that character.
 Q. Which president of the Uni- ted States had the largest number of children? I
 A. President John Tyler; eight sons and six daughters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1:07 a. m.
 Sun rises 6:16 a. m.; sets 5:51 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The moon reached the first qaurter phase early this morning between and 4 o'clock. This change, according to the astronomical calculations, is indicative of snow and stormy weather at this time of the year. It's not promise, merely prediction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York; March g. Marjorie Lawrence, the opera diva, has been horseback riding in Central Park to train for her equestrian role in "Goetterdaemmerung" at the Metro politan.
 And the other day she dug into her stirrups and sped down the bridle path at a brisk gallop. A policeman halted her at a traffic transverse.
 You know" he said, you shouldn't be speeding like that" Gently the diva asked, Why not?" The gendarme retorted that it wasn't safe. But this is my train ing for an important role at the opera" plaintively said Miss Law renee.
 Opera? said the cop, what opera?"
 The diva paused. "Oh, I don't think you know it." she said, tits Goetterdaemmerung"
 You mean the one that goes like this," the policeman interjected and sang several bars from one of the Wagnerian arias. Miss Lawrence joined in and altogether it made a nice duet-and a bizarre scene in the peoples park.
 Not So Dumb Show Subway Scene: on an express be- | tween Union and Times Squares several pretty young girls were busily conversing in sign language. A handsome lad noticing the con- versation of the comedy mutes started to work his hands buSily He must have been eloquent in the i sign language because the girls were smiling when they alighted at their station.
 After waving goodbye, the youth sat down with a satisfied expression on his face. He turned to his com panion on the left. i've made a date with the blonde one," he said. Mee-Yow!
 It was at a cocktail party for g rather antiquated "glamor girl' that the guest of honor came ill fol roasting.
 How old you think she is?' queried one of the free imbibers "She said she celebrated her for. tieth birthday recently" informed the other fellow. You mean thu Tenth Anniversary of her fortietf birthday" was the rejoinder. Wons and the Soul Tony Wons (anybody listening?. was Strolling through Radio City th' other day and noticed Paulo Ma gini Brescita violin in the music store with these words inscribed ol it's ribs: Viva fui in silvis dun mortua dulce canto." Tony, who is the Ebert Hubbard of the ether waves, got interested When he inquired about it, the, told him that the violin is 150 year old and belongs to Samuel Rosen thai, a noted violin collector.
 What pleases Tony most is tn translation from the Latin. Alice, the inscription goes, T live in tn woods. Now, dead, sing sweetly."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Car Swapping Week is wonderful in- stitution. About million people trade cars as their grandfathers traded horses and enjoy driving close bargain with the dealer just as their grandfathers did, too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

There seem to be fewer rabbits at Washington lately, but the whole coun- try has taken to raising lem and there are rabbit shows like dog shows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Diamonds have been found in the dried-up lak ebed of Verneuk Pan. where Sir Malcolm Campbell broke a numbea rof motor records in 1929.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

WASHINGTON, March g. The idea that the government should help break up the usedcar jam has been under quiet consideration here largely as result of the views put forward by Ward M Canaday, head of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
T est Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Ny DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT A ALLEN

Government Could Break Used-Cor Jam; N. Y. COP GubernotorioI Nomination Attractive; Mussoini- Chamberlain Negotiations About
 Back to Status Where Anthony Eden Left Off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
A Thought for Today

And the woman bare son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him-Judges 1924.
  The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.-Bonaparte.
Evening star., 1938-01-15
MERIT SYSTEM FIGHT
DENIED BY ARCHITECTS
American institutes Statement
Disclaims Hostility Toward
Government Group.

An alliance between the private
architects and the civil service archi-
tectural organization Ia suggested by
the New York Chapter Of the Amer
ican 1nStitute Of Architects in 4 state
merit disclaiming hostility to the
merit system governing employees in
the public service.
In advocating the selection of ar
Evening star., 1938-01-15

18th century. lead the inventories OF
new merchandise. New pieces and
suites appear in oak and feudal oak.
with provincial In the same structural
material, An early American bedroom
suite In Cuban mahogany. from All
original made in America IN the early
18th century, from an English copy,
In which the cabinetmaker introduced
some OF his own ideas, is an interesting
new number.
Exclusive copies Of early American
and Colonial pieces from Williams
burg. Philadelphia and the Ford
Edison Institute are added TO what is
Interestingly new. Quaint models of
early American pieces in maple. highly
decorative selections from French and
Italian cabinetwork, partly painted
dining room suites alternating with
natural wood establishment. Swedish
modern and varicolored leather table
tops are outstanding high lights OF
the January presentation.
Evening star., 1938-01-15
FURNITURE SHOWS
CLASSICAL TREND
Copies of Museum Pieces
Feature Exposition at
Grand Rapids.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatc to The Star.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 15
"A decided leaning toward repro
ductions of classic types Of furniture
featured the opening OF the 12lst
annual showing of the Grand Rapids
Furniture Exposition here. More than
at any furniture market in recent years
are period reproductions emphasized,
indicating 4 definite trend in favor
Of furniture built from examples in
the historic past.
So general Is this expression that
practically every exhibitor Of highly
styled furniture in all price brackets
has added to his showing some piece
or pieces OF known period examples
or followed their inspiration through
design concepts OF his own.
This singular unanimity Of thought
is in all respects 4 meeting Of public
interest and demand. Following the
speculative period during which mod
ern or contemporary styles had a
strong hold on the leanings Of Ameri-
can home builders came q renewed
interest In furniture Of the past and
In the classical styles which have
made furniture history.
Museum Pieces Copied.
Hence, featured in the Grand Rapids
market are reproductions from the
contents Of nearly every American
museum and private collection having
authenticated pieces. Contributing to
this inspiration are the exhibits OF
furniture in Williamsburg. Henry Ford
Edison Institute, Dearborn Mich:
Metropolitan Museum, American wing;
South Kensington Museum. London:
the Louvre and Versailles, France, and
by numerous private collections which
for the first time have Welded up their
treasures for the greater enjoyment OF
the greater number. The result is the
most studied and, from every artistic
point OF view, the most attractive dis
play that Grand Rapids has presented
In a number OF years.
In style vernacular the new pat
terms seem to reach for the simpler
interpretations OF furniture beauty,
favoring French. English and Swedish
provincial and peasant styles. There
is an absence Of doodads and frills on
all new furniture and ornament has
been conservatively applied largely in
the form Of wood treatments. con-
trasts, inlsys and incised decoration.
More Delicacy Shown.
Mahogany with satinwood bands and
satinwood with mahogany bands are
impressively used on case pieces. In
cised rope forms. delicately carved, ap-
pear on edges and corners. and dainty
floral inlays are centered on large
plain surfaces. The total effect in
nearly all exhibits is the impression
that furniture will be finer and more
delicate in feeling than that during
the recent past.
The new seating pieces. chairs, sofas
and settees. follow the same quiet
thought. Small. graceful ornament
appears on chair-leg terminals and
narrow landings on the exposed frame
work parts OF upholstered pieces have
a tendency to tighten their appearance.
Beds, particularly, show = similar trend
toward less ornament or simplifled
treatment of decoration. This not
withstanding the increased number OF
patterns having both painted and nat
ural wood finishes
English and French styles, largely
Evening star., 1938-01-15
MOISTURE ABSORPTION
BY INSULATION DENIED

Upon completion of a home insula-
ton fleld survey. during which the
walls OF 30 houses in the Great Lakes
area and on the Atlantic seaboard were
cut into. leading manufacturer Of
rock wool has announced positive proof
that rock wool in the walls or attic OF
home does not invite condensa ton
and does not take up moisture from
the air.
All the homes investigated have been
insulated to full wall thickness with
rock wool for from to 10 years.
So far as is known. this is the first
comprehensive investigation yet made
OF the year-in and year-out perform
ance OF any type Of home insulation
material. Assisting in the survey, as
impartial observers. were Representa-
tives of nationally known engineering
firms and architects from all parts OF
the United States
Evening star., 1938-01-15
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ing the small openings In the plaster
the paint does not destroy sound
absorbing features.
You may not have q soundproof
room anywhere in your house, but
keep this paint in mind. however.
You never know when you may be
wanting one. And when you do, you
won't make the mistake of spending
lots Of time and money planning the
soundproof walls. only to destroy their
eniciency with paint that clogs the
sound catching cells in It..
The paint can be applied with a
large calcimine brush. 3 or 10 inches
wide, enabling the painter to do sur
prisingly large areas in short time
and thereby saving labor costs.
Over smooth, hard finished plaster.
painted or unpainted. one gallon Of
the paste will give coverage of from
$50 to 1000 square feet.
x
MUST be the weather We are hav-
ing, Can't seem to get away
from wet" subjects this week. Now
we want to talk about showers!
Not the shower itself, nor even 4
shower stall-but q collapsible shower
curtain rod which you can use over
bathtubs in small bathrooms to cut
down the steam problem. You can
push it aside when you are through.
You can set 1t lower and thus get
plenty Of air even while the water
il on. The atmosphere can get
mighty stuffy behind a wet shower
curtain so one that folds up and
hangs itself on the wall, as soon as
you turn the water off, is a blessing.
When you need the curtain for a
shower. one easy motion lifts the end
from its hook, pulls out the rod and
curtain to full length and readily
fastens on to hook at the other end
Of the bathtub. The curtain is FASH
ioned to fit inside of the tub. When
you are all shoWered you unhook 1t
and push the telescoping rod to its
small size, hooking it firmly along a
side wall
II you are troubled with a steamy
shower room. investigate this rod
1t is meant for . corner tub, but will
do for any shower over a recessed
tub-and do well, too.
Evening star., 1938-01-15
FILA. HAS
2-B|LL|0N MARK
Administrator Announces
$3.50, 900, 900 Of Business
Was Done in 1897.

Gross business transacted by the
Federal Housing Administration has
passed the two billion dollar mark,
Administrator Stewart Mcdonald an
nounced today.
Approximately $3.50, 100000 of this
amount was transacted during 1887.
The gross total includes:
Mortgages selected for appraisal, ST.
100000.
Large-scale housing projects ap-
proved, sal ,6s4, 900,
determination and repair notes in
sured, $5606o3, 900
Notwithstanding the decline IN con-
struction activity during the last half
Of 1897, gains were recorded in VOL
tune Of business for the entire year
over 1896.
For example, mortgages selected for
appraisal during 1887 amounted to
S590.100,000, compared to $538, 100000
for 1885, a gain Of 9,5 per cent. Mort
81 ges accepted for insurance in 1887
totaled s44s,ls7,ooo, compared to
S43s,449 900 during the previous year,
. gain of % per cent.
The largest gain was made in pre-
rnium-paying mortgages. In 1895 pre-
MUM paying mortgages amounting to
s308,945 900 were recorded. while in
1887 they amounted to s425,110. 900,
a gain Of 376 per cent. The total Of
premium paying mortgages on jan
uary l was 27,937 900, not includ-
ing those on large-scale rental projects.
Analysis OF the monthly operating
reports of the Federal Housing Admin
istration show that large gains in
business volume were registered during
the first five months of 1897. COM
pared with the corresponding period
of 1895. In June, however. slight
decline wss noted and this has con-
tinued through December.
During the past year mortgages IN
newly constructed homes represented
approximately 56 per cent Of the total
value Of mortgages accepted for in
kurance.
Through appraisal fees, premium
payments and reinvestment of funds
the Federal Housing Administration
now has an income averaging $780,
600 a month. Part of this is being
used under the terms of the National
Housing Act to defray expenses of
insuring operations and part Of it is
being added to the mutual mortgage
insurance fund to meet possible losses.
This fund now amounts to approx
mately s22,00O,ooo and losses charge
able against It are slightly in excess
Of $4,000. The loss ratio on mort
cages insured is approximately IL, 900
Of per cent.
Evening star., 1938-01-15

chitects for public works by open
competition. the architectural pro-
fession has 4een accused Of attacking
the merit aystem, the statement ex-
plains. The contention is made it
Is pointed out, that the public inter-
est is better served by civil service
Workmen because work Is done by
them at lower cost to the Govern
ment than under the guidance of the
private architect.