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The Washington times., 1938-08-12
BurkeS Sail
For Europe

Senator Edward H. Burke, OF
Nebraska, accompanied by Mrs.
Burke and the Misses Beatrice
and Barbara Burke, sailed on
the S. S. Manhattan yesterday
for tour of Europe. While in
New York they were stopping at
the Waldorf.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Return From Cruise

Mrs. Arthur H. Fulberth, with
her daughter, Miss Blanche Full
berth, who have Just returned
from a cruise to the West Indies,
are at the Shorenam for few
days before returning to their
home in Hyde Park, Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Guests of Walter Movies

Bright beach umbrellas dot the white sands of the beach
where diplomats and sociate forget world problems and
taxes while acquiring good of tam Stroing up the
beach spotted the Rumanan consul general of New York
and Nine Popovci who the guests of Mr. and Mrs
Walter Movie for the week end Nine PopOvc whose titan
tresses have taken sweep upward wearing green
and yellow paisley print beach dress
Incidentally the curiosity of the beach Mrs Moyes Be
Be parrot perches nonchaanty her shoulder except
when frightenedhen he prefers the top of his mistress
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Ropouicis Sojour1ing at Bethany Beach 49,
Envoy Of Latvia and Nine. Bilmanis
Expected to Join Colony This
Weekend at Seashore
By Carolyn Bell

udcationno assistant the days
hodayine contribution rendes
VouS-F. NJ
BETHANY BEACH. Del, Aug live hate to gloat
we understand the Washington humidity its old tricks
again but breathing in the cool salt breezes of Bethany
virtually little Washington"
Most any morning spy Cen Hugh johnson gather
ing inspiration for tomorrows column while ensconsed in
his hammock One brave youngr the veteran general
the shock of his life by creeping behind him and
in
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

These days are not SO hot for social
columnists News is scarce
Read any social column and you'll
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
Miss CulbertS0n viii S1n&
TOmOrrOzv at Benefit

Miss Junia Culbertson, daugh-
ter of the former Ambassador to
Chile and Mrs. William S. Gull
The Washington times., 1938-08-12
PETER CARTER
SAYS:

DETH AND REX WEAVER gave of those "Do-come-
- outfor-suppero parties the
other night and-beeve it notal that were asked
rived Just in time for frosted mint jueps served on lawn
that delightfully."- COOL shaded by heavy trees and bor-
dered with garden that mass of brilliant bloom
The Washington times., 1938-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bones
are at the Traymore in Atlantic
City for a visit of two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
When You're Out, You're Out

Reading between the lines or Speclai huilt-up story in last nights Wateroury American concerning the removal ol several inspectors from the street depart ment, at the suggestion of Grlliennasen Gz Associates, and folloW-up eolVor,ai nA this mornings Waterbury Kepupllcall, it's not hard to see what IS upPeIll01SSv in the minds of Waterbury's natlonai1y advertised cruSading newspapers. ~ boils down, when all's said ana uoils' ~ the underlying theme song that mas peer peer constantly played by those papers papers, Si,,eS a,,d anvvbodv connected with the present administration"
 Tn the specific case, that of Frank Doyle, who has been changed from the payroll of the street department to Ihat of the old age assistance tax payroll, lG is not hard to discern the underlyng motive for his being singled out. ne formerly worked in the controllers ofilce -an efficient accountant at that - put had to walk the plank with the rest or the personnel of that office when MT. Rowland was given carte blanche author. ity to remove them by special rulings or the courts. Whether that ruling was to imply that regardless of his ability he was never to be employed again by the city apparently is only determinable In the minds of those who would set them selves up as judge and jury for everything that transpires in Waterbury those same crusading newspapers. The wish in any event seems to be father to the thought.
 However, irrespective of the reasons why MT. Doyle or any other inspectors who may have been transferred from the payroll of the street department to that of the old age assistance tax payroll the payoff of the whole beautifully built-up story and editorial can be found in the last four lines of the final paragraph of the story in last evenings American, which is as follows:
 "The newest appointments take
 care of virtually all of those forced
 off some payroll through the
 economy drive. None thus removed
 has failed of placement in some
 other job yet. IN THIS CASE,
 HOWEVER, NO JOBS WERE
 CREATED, SINCE TIFF STATE
 LAW MAKES THE CANVASS
 MANDATORY"
 Apparently the jobs really exist and someone has got to do them-So WHAT!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

What might be regarded as a hopeful indication of real action towards accom- plishing real flood control work in New England is seen in the offer of Governor George D. Aiken of Vermont to cede land to the Federal government on which dams might be built or reservoirs con- structed. This offer came over the past weekend and involved territory in Union Village on the upper end of the Connecticut River. The offer went to the War Department. We wouldn't have any idea of how 1t might be received there, for opinions have changed so rapidly in the last two years over how flood control should be created and administered in New England that it's impossible to keep a finger on official reactions. At any rate the states seem to be ready and willing to cooperate, save their steadfast refusal to grant power rights to Uncle Sam. On that we stand firm. Maybe on that flood control with Federal aid and suggestion will founder. But there still remains state flood control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

this month. Because of such large expenses, ! must decline" Big0try
 Some of the inner council stra- tegists are urging the President to fire Q blast at racial and rec ligious intolerance in his Noven- Der { campaign speech.
 They are telling him that COG vert Republican attacks on Cath olics, Jews and Negroes are being used to arouse opposition against New Deal candidates in Q number of States, and that he could do much to scotch these vicious tao. tics by a redhot denunciation.
 One example of bigotry laid before Roosevelt Is a booklet with pronounce dantl-Semiitlc bias now being sent to Mlnne- sota voters by the .thousands Co boost the Republican candidacy of Harold Stassen, running against Governor Elmer Ben. son, Q Farmer-LabOrlte.
 Author of the publication Is Ray Chase, former Republican State Auditor and once an op- ponent of the late Governor Floyd olson.
 NoTE-An ironlc sidelight is the fact that Stassen, a Cxecho- Slovak, is himself Q descendant of Q minority race.
 Merry-G Round
 Representative Ed Eicher of Iowa, member of the monopoly probe, is making an extensive study of the effect of future trad- ing on farm prices David Dubinsky, able little head of the powerful International Ladies Garment Workers Union, has been spending several days e week in Washington comforting with Ad. ministration leaders. Dubinsly is a strong advocate of peace be- tween the AFL and CfO. Score. tary Wallace, jibed for heavy inc ports of corn from Argentina dur ing i9S6 and 1887, Is now pointing with pride to the reverse: U. s. exported 100 million bushels in the fiscal year just closed [. Charley Claunch, former sea-go- ing secretary to the president, Is now an usher in the White House Some Latin-American diplo. mats are left dangling in Wash- ington with no cable advices from their foreign office. They come to the State Department begging for news from home.
 Copyright, ie3e, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
MiIk Bottle Changes Years Go By, But Breakable Milk Bottle Is Same Different Type Is Needed, So Re-
 search for New One Rages.
HARTFORD COURANT

morning newspaper, Is mans first contact with the daily world, be- cause It's contents fortify him for his days exertions, a great deal of thought should go Into the design Ing of 6 truly pleasing milk bottle Always welcome because It contains a delectable commodity, that can check the baby's bowling, quiet the hungry cat, settle that morning-aft. CT stomach and put flesh over thin- ly-covered bones, the milk pottle car nevertheless easily start Q day off wrong. A finger slipping through e weak cap Into the cream below, . cap pushed down into the bottle sending Q small geyser over ones pajamas, Q cap falling of when one attempts to shake the milk ana cream together-any Of these ac- cidents Sufiice to put the best of us in an evil mood for the day. And who can say how many animal lovers if Q cap had long aog been designed that would prevent stray dogs and cats from licking the top of the bottle9
 There have been times in the past, when attempts have been made to replace the milk bottle by card- board milk cartons, but al almost every instance the standpat point of view won out and the milk bottle remained its same old self. Yet the forces of change are clearly ct work. Who can say that the milk bottle may not quickly follow the horsecar into limbo?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
"Doctoring" Cars

One word stuck out like "sore thumb" in an address delivered by the Republican candidate for governor, Raymond D. Baldwin, former town court judge and former House of Representatives member, both enjoyed through the largess of the political rnaneuverings which MT. Bald win escheWs today. He was speaking about the cost of the motor vehicle tests that are now conducted twice year throughout the state and which are at- tracting considerable attention in many other states. MT. Baldwin doesn't like these tests and would abolish them.
 But what caught our attention was this statement . Everyone knows that an automobile can be 'doctored up just to get through the inspection lanes. ." We wonder If the COP candidate realizes what the process of "doctoring up" really is and what 1t might mean to the garage and repair men of the state? It might mean for example, that one motorist would get two new headlight bulbs for his car; another might have new blade put on his windshield wiper. still third would have his brakes ad' justed Small items these, but when thousands of motorists fall in line, they mean something
 EerSOnally we LIliiih VHS AiiPAASaefVh derived from use of the expression "doc- tored up" is unjust and reflection on motorists and repairmen alike. It implies that motorist can have his car fixed temporarily before he takes 1t through the inspection line. Immediately after It passes, 1t will fall apart wheels drop of or wabble with uncertainty; horn fail to work; lights blink out; windshield wiper refuses to budge. We don't believe that anybody, even the most skilled mechanic could do this and get away with 1t. The law of averages would demand that the defects show up enroute through the lane.
 Had MT. Baldwin taken the attitude that the inspections were unpopular he night have got farther. They are decid- edly so. Motorists resent the time wasted; others resent the quarter charged. But we must ali of us admit that these inspec. tons have been a move in the right direc- ton. They do demand that a man drive { car that is not q menace on the high Way. If this were all that was accom-. 2.I6hed. 1t would be sufficient to answer Ef Eal1Win's charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
mo Old Home Town

Nothing knlts a community together like common effort. Nothing makes Q community more conscious of It's frailities than lean years. We have gone through fat and lean years here in Waterbury, we probably will continue to 60 through them SO long as our economic life is Ad. iuSted by so many human reactions and not automatically adjusted to varying international events. But Waterbury must admit that down through the ages 1t has had a bulwark against disaster in its manufacturing industries and It's business life in general.
 We should be proud of this clty's indus trial and business history. It is not one of spectacular feats or occurrences. It is one, however, of steady advancement, those qualities that make for a steady upward movement. The foundations for the Brass City'S industrial life were well laid; no shifting sands were chosen on which to place the sturdy columns that marked the beginning of an industrial center in the Naugatuck Valley The slow process was preferred to the meteoric. It has proved it's value.
 Today as never before Waterbury'S industrial and business life constitutes Q mighty bulwark by which we are breast ing the tides of adversity We see shore ahead-a shore of promise and fruitful ness. We do not see how failure to attain this objective can be ours now. But what is the gain if some turn away from this faintly-glowing land ahead and turn back into the mysterious black ocean? Know your community and what 1t means to the individual happiness of each and everyone of us. Know, too, that our sinews are performing their proper duty only when given proper care. idle muscles produce nothing. You have your own task to perform to keep those muscles rippling, flexing, expanding, contracting making the wheels turn-feeding, clothing hous- ing a whole community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

A sample of what might easily happen here in Waterbury occurred in Meriden last Saturday. More than half the city's residential section was without water when 24-inch main burst. Repairs were immediately started, but 1t was expected that the inconvenience would exist for some time. What would happen in this city if the main pipeline from the Wig wam should break or become disabled. There would be a serious situation with the brunt of caring for the city's potable water supply place on East Mountain and Prospect. The second pipeline from the Morris hills to this city thus becomes al- most a necessity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, oct. 2b-Heaven help
 the poor working girl nowl We mean the breadwinning maid who subsists upon singing in night clubs, Those debutantes are still taking the bread and butter right out Of her piauant mouth. The bored society girls continue (despite attempts to discourage them) to want to sing. They want to warble for pay and get their names in the papers.
 A few weeks ago Sally Clark who, by the marriage of her sister to the son of President Roosevelt, achieved Q vague kinship with the folk of the White House, enjoyed short-lived career as Q canary on the lobster shift. She sang in the Persian room of the elegant Plaza hotel and her voice wasn't too hot. She quit. Her mama wouldn't lot her continue, She didn't want to go on with It anyway, after the cats made deris- i've comments.
 soclaIite Into Thrush
 Now we are about to hear from Cobina Wright, Jr. Don't omit the junior, because If you do, you VIII confuse the little lady with her mother who doesn't sing particularly and who has been social arbiter around here for Q long time. The Cobina, file, is going to sing in the ultra ultra Hert room of the Wal darf- Astoria ct 6 fancy salary, we imagine, and here we are confronted by the singular fact that sine can really sing. Whats more, she's betutifui, she's glamorous and
 Suppose we let the man at the Waldorf describe her. He says that she lis slim and vibrant" and that she's the girl "who broke royal hearts this summer while visiting !n Venice" the girl "who can sing so- prano and contralto with equal ease" and who is c cousin of the debutante Diana Blythe, relation of the Whitney clan and Q deBcend- ant of William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colonies in 1921. Gold Girls Rush
 On Broadway, another songbird is about to step out Of the bIuebook and warbie. This one IS Barbara Bannister, Barbara ig heiress to Q ham fortune--no jokes, pieaSe-but either her present allowance is too small or her artistic resources can't be held in check any longer, because she is determined to be heard on . night club fioorr.
 The night club ig Nils T. Gram funds Midnight Sun where the showgirig tan with little or no clothes on, Also where ham ig one Of the smorgasbord staples.
 Now prior to this fling as an en. tertainer, Barbara has been singing for her own amusement. Sine has had little or no professional experi- ence, She dcesn't need the dough. That's obvious because ham still is one of the popular edibles on the American table. She's merely having fun.
 It becomes increasingly dificuIt for the girl who hopes to make . living at precaricus craft to find employment on the nocturnal cir- cult. The qualifications used to Dc beauty, personality and singing styie. Now when . vocalist applies for Q job, the impresario asks who were her ancestors, what state room they occupied on the MayhoweF, her address on Park avenue, and what royal hearts did she break lately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
Selected Poem
FIRE FALL . YOSEMITE

(sara Van Alstyne Allen in the Christian
 Science Monitor) The night came down and hid the sky. A vagrant summer wind passed by Now there was silence, and the breeze Brought scent of pines and mountain trees. And someone sang song we knew . Out of the dusk white moth flew. A deeper darkness came afar Lifting its light, came the first star. Then suddenly one cried "A fireI" We turned and saw the flaming pyre. Upon the cliffs high face the gleam Woke Us again to Beauty's dream. The voice sang on, and with ite flow Over the clih we saw the slow, The mighty river in the night Fall flaming down the mountain heighti The music and the fire flowed on, And from the night dappled lawn Game unafraid .. I saw his eyes Holding the fre-light from the skiesl
 (The firefali is produced by the red-hot embers of large bark fire as they fall from the top Of Q cliff at Glacier Point, some i,40o feet above projecting ledge af granite) O..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
Press Comment
THE QUEEN MARY, UNAssIsTED
New York Sum

(New York Sum
 Some of those who saw the Queen Mary brought Into dock without the aid of tugboats yesterday may have remembered Kiplings lines;
 The Liner she's \ lady by the
 paint upon Ter face,
 An if she meets an accident
 they count 1t sore disgrace
 There was no sore disgrace. Cour- age and skill and the help of New York,s mildest. October weather worked together to bring the biggest ship afioat safely alongside her pier. T brought her in just like . ferry- boat" Commander R. D. Irving ex- plained, but with all duo deference to tho shippers of eli known ferry boats, getting the Queen Mary docked without the customary aid of the puffing and delicate job than bringing the 4:30 ferryboat in with out Q jolt. When men and the weather and . great ship all meas- ure up to the demands Of an emer- gency, exacting standards are set for ali.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
Test Y ur Knowledge


 Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page For the answers.
 1. Tn law, what is . party-waliS 2, What is an afluiet7
 3. How b TIT written in Roman numerals2
 {. Name the recent winner Of the womenb National Golf Grown. 6. Name the leading English as- tronomicai observatory.
 6. What is the unit of coinage in Italy?
 2. Which Is larger. Ajaska or Tex as7
 6. Name the founder Of the Smithsonian Institution.
 .. What is ail ammeteF?
 10. What does the Post Office do with the contents of unclaimed parcels when it is impossible to find either the addrcssee Og the sendeT2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

The suggestion made at meet ing of the Internationa Association of Milk Dealers that milk bottles be modernized might well be made the objective of Q national campaign For if there Is anything that has re- sisted the advancement of time, 1t Is the milk bottle that squats ct the backdoor every morning. While other commodities have been made more durable and less expensive, the fragile glass milk bottle has re mained unchanged for years, It's primitive design unaffected by mod. ern interest in convenience and ecoomy,
 Because the milk bottle, like the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

New London is getting more and more serious about this business of buying all the water front at Ocean Beach and converting 1t into a public park. origi- nally the plan was to buy part of the afflicted region; now 1t is suggested that the entire beach be bought. It would be one of the finest shore parks along the Sound and certainly make New London the only Sound city to own such an area. With proper management 1t should pay for itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
A Book a Day
Beebe Examines a Lively Gulf
By BRUCE CATION

It is hard to think what could have been the origin of the popu- lar conception of Q naturalist as c dry-as-dust fellow with formaldehy- de in his veins instead of blood. Certainly no naturalist ever fitted that description SO poorly as does William Beebe.
 For Mir. Beebe is not merely distinguished naturalist; he Is c first-rate writer. He has both Q stimplating imagination and a perky sense of humor, he seems to get Q great deal of honest human fun out of his job, and he communicates that fun to his readers. And his newest book, "zaca Venture" tHar- court: S3), Is fully as entertaining as any of his earlier ones.
 This time he tells about c cruise in the gulf of Lower California, on which he collected various kinds of marine specimens, explored divers rook.found coasts, and examined such diverse matters as the color changes in c dying bonito, the mat- ing dance of the albatross, and the colossal strength of the whale shark.
 This latter fish runs to some 70 feet or more in length. It seems to be perfectly harmless, but try- ing to capture 1t with harpoon and line b rather like trying to iasso . tornado. MT. Beebe tried 1t; the shark dived SO deep that c steel oil drum attached to the end of the line came Up mashed fiat from underwater pressure. Then the shark towed the boat around for Q while, until 1t finally got tired of the game and started away SO fast that 1t simply tore the iron out as if it were . trouthook.
 MT. Beebe has many good yarns to tell, and his book makes excel- lent reading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
Daily Almanac
sets e:Si ?. m,

Neon sets e:3t ?. m.
 Sun rises e:i3 c. na.; sets 4:6D ?. m.
 Ali vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The biuejay shrieks in the treetop; the crow cawB derisively as 1t flaps its way high over the tree; c squirrel chatters excitedly as 1t races before the furiouwly-yipping puppy; the rooster raises his plunged crest in tFi- umphant crow; a chickadee shrills in the pine tree; from across the valley comes the hoaFee moo of the COW. Natures in tune.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25
Current Comment

This is the nearest thing to Jim- my Walker that I've ever had. Mayor La duardia of New York, on being presented with Q hat smaller than he wears.
 We have done everything for Afr Minister ooering of Ger many.
 Any man who isn't . fool knows that if men can't live together in peace nothing will save them. --The Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Nor- wood, on visit to the United States from England.
 Every democracy worthy of the name has c responsibility to give It's citizens public work If private work is not available. --Nels Anderson, labor relations director of WPA.
 I'm tired Of Hollywood, of the eternally long hours. the boredom, and all the rest ,--Pranchot Tone, moving picture actor.
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 I would keep this reserve free from missionaries, prospectorg and mounted police, ,-Tred DIakeIy, Aus traIian explorer, who states he has found an unknown savage tribe.
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 Americas hospitality Is dumb founding Alan MoWbray, BritiGh- born moving picture actor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-25

@. I am Q night watchman, and frequently about { a, m. l seem to get renewed vitality. Is 1t because of sudden change in the amount of nitrogen and oxygen in the air, or O decrease in the amount of car. bon and dust particles2
 A, There is no sudden change in the amount of nitrogen and oxygen nor Q decrease in carbon and dust particles at { Q. m. At approximate iy this time, or slightly before sun- rise, the temperature begins to rise,