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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

Waterbury manufacturers must have educated firemen at their plants today, for seldom, if ever, is complaint regis tered with authorities about the nuisance of smoke and cinders ruining the weeks wash as it hung on the family clothes-line. There was time several years ago when a series of complaints were being made to the police about offensive black smoke. Out in Salt Lake City they have a novel way of combating this annoyance. There is city smoke engineer, who maintains a 24-hour vigil in his lookout tower to watch for offensive black smoke. As soon as unduly black smoke is observed issuing from a chimney it's location is marked down and an agent from the smoke abatement bureau pays visit to the scene. The operator of the fire is in- structed to attend a smoke school. At this institution he is given the necessary in- structions on running fire that will avoid the nuisance of heavy, black, cin- dery smoke. That's novel, but practical way to treat what many communities consider an untreatable disease"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
Germany Marching

So the blight of Nazism has fallen on Austria at last. The goblins of autocracy and intolerance fall upon that brave lit tie nation, and sweetness and light are swept from Vienna. -Germanism is on the march The Austrian house painter comes back home as triumphant as an- ancient Mohammed when that once neglected prophet returned with a host of converts from Medina to Mecca. Hitler'S faith is religion, too, and he is as fanat- ical prophet as Mohammed.
 There will be great hopping up in Austria as Hitler conSolidateS his power there And there are practical reasons for that. It is hard for democratic nations to look on calmly when a small, free nation with great past is crushed. But Austria is German in language, culture and blood milder and more humane than the Prussian type, yet belonging natur- ally with the Teutons. We shall get used to the "anschluSs".
 The quSetion now is, what next? The "drang mach Osten," the "drive toward the East,' has begun If Hitler holds to the program in My Struggle" which is the German Koran, next perhaps is Czechoslovakia, the fine little republic with it's 3,000,0O0 Germans, and it's Czech and Slavic majorities Hitler wants to set those alien Germans il-Hitlering and goose-stepping He also wants grain and minerals And Czechoslo7akia is long finger reaching eastward, almost touch ing the rich Russian Ukraine which bor- ders on the Black Sea. The march prob ably lies in that direction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

Figuring that New England states will have long time to wait before any re- gional flood control project is accom- plished a WPA flood control project of $25O,O0O has just been approved for Con- necticut. This will enable the state in an emergency to hire men to protect prop erty They would erect sand-bag barri- cades, temporary dams and dikes, and perform such other services as required to aid life and property. No recompense for loss by such damage is provided for and somebody still fiddies away merrily at Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
Selected Poem
THE LUNKHEAD
Perley A. Gilmore, New Haven,

Perley A. Gilmore New Haven,
 in the New Haven Journal Courier) Old Bills boy was a lunkhead, they said, With nary bit of sense in his head, Who never could earn his board or his bed Old Bills boy was lunkhead Because he early summed the schools Could not be bound by rigid ruies- They rated him among the fools Twas certain he was lunkhead He Scorned the ruStics quipS and jibeS, He loved in early morn to rise And scan the blory of the skies Thus proved himself lunkhead. Oft would he muse by ripping streams, They lulled his fancy into dreams; He loved the dying sunsets beams A poets soul had the lunkhead. In quiet hooks and leafy bowers; He'd steal away to spend rich hours He ecstasized OCT fields and flowers An artists soul had the lunkhead. Old Bill, he died, and kith and kin Were left for the distant city'S din But the fool" his life work to begin And the knaves forgot the lunkhead. Years passed, and gallery grand Hung masterpiece by his delft hand, The plaudits of thousands at his command And no longer they laughed at the lunkhead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

State Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald has taken the first steps to bring about condemnation of land needed for the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield County. Property along four miles of the route will be included in the proceedings. The land involved is in the towns of Fair field and Trumbull. Under the law all the commissioner has to do is file with the Superior Court certificates stating he is taking the land. This action is preceded by filing maps of the land involved. The court next determines the damages and the nronertv owners take the award or carry it to higher courts. But highway work goes on merrily while the litigation occurs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
NINE REASONS CITED FOR DE- LAY IN UNEMPLOY-
 MENT CHECKS.
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Unavoidable delays in forwarding unemployment compensation checks to eligible claimants and many mis- conceptions about them have led me to believe that statement should be released to the newspapers. This statement is not intended to excuse or whitewash any delay which may exist but rather to give an explana- tion to the public of the causes thereof.
 It is admitted that there have been some delays, and both the department and I regret them. While we have always felt the law was enacted for the benefit of the working people and have endeavor- ed to administer 1t on that basis, there have been difficulties dating back to the time an unanticipated number of claimants appeared. To date more than 100000 claims have been filed. Below are nine state ments which will help in explana- ton of delay and in correcting mis- conceptions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

the deal through London. At least two New York brokerage houses have worked this system out to such perfection, that they arrange all the machinery in London. Their customers merely have to walk in and place their orders.
 NOTE-The customer has to be very well known to the broker age house, however. It wants no leaks to the SEC.
 Honor Among Thieves
 In the opinion of R. E. Mahon, newspaper dealer, the Capitol of the United States is no place to trust anyone in business, Operat- ing on the honor system, he has had two news stands in the House Office Buildings. Buyers were sup posed to put their money in a box.
 But after one days sale of 115 papers netted eight cents, Mahon got discouraged and closed both branch offices. Now he remains at his stand in the Capitol in per- son.
 Democratic Skeleton
 Representative Henry Luckey of Nebraska certainly found 8 skele- ton in the Democratic family closet when he dug up the Demo- cratic Platform of 1924 endorsing Louis Ludlow's idea of requiring a referendum for the declaration of war.
 It was this same Ludlow reso- lution which so recently worried Roosevelt and Hull and was killed largely as result of their urgent pleading.
 What Luckey dragged out was the fact that in 1924, the present Administration leaders had en- dOrsed this same idea. The chairman of the then platform committee was none other than the present Attorney General, Homer s. Cummings. Also Sena- tor Pittman of Nevada, who as Chairman of the Foreign Re- latiOnS Committee so vigorously opposed the Ludlow resolution, was a member of the platform committee.
 And finally, the chairman of the Democratic National Con- mittee and presiding officer of the 1924 convention was none other than the present Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
 Merry -G0-ROund
 Joe Kennedy has found that the Government regards it as an unnecessary luxury for an Am- bassador to ship his own car to foreign post. In shipping his car to England, Kennedy pays the freight Brazilians in U. S. are expecting that their next Am bassador to Washington will be Pimental Brandao, present For eign Minister.
 Copyright, 1888. by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
Daily Almanac
'on rises POI a. m.

Moon rises 2:01 a. m.
 Sun rises 6:37 a. m.; sets 5:35 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 This is the time of the year when the householder's thoughts turn to the great out doors Much can be done now that will facili- tate spring planting. Many seeds should be planted now if you took some precautions in the spring. The most important was to make available for the end of winter a supply of good dirt for your ".iats," oldxsrames, hot-beds Now is the time to put them to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

noted child training authority.
 Today she reviews the latest
 books suitable for children.
 By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
 To become classic" book must have more than intrinsic worth. It must have luck, if you will, some bomb to explode it into the public consciousness, or long years during which its name by a miracle does not die, but continues to pass from tongue to enthusias- tic tongue until frail chance be- comes strong establishment.
 In itself, there is no reason why Marie Colmont's "The Winter Nightingale" Coward McCann: $2) should not rank with "Heidf and Hans Brinker." Its having won the French "Prix Jeunesse" may be the needed impetus.
 In far-north country, "so far north that you cannot even find it on the map" live Karel, an or phan lad, and near him the Thirty Six Girls. A stronger comes out of the storm one night, and hearing one of the girls sing the black-curled Leni-encourageS her to seek training. When she then runs away to the city, Karel and a woodcutter follow and, f1nd- ing her, join their efforts to her ambitious struggle.
 The characters perform against background of forest, snow and tempest. There are the beautiful erb-Mother, whom wild animals did not harm; the evil Inn Woman: the jolly carrier; rascally Zim- Boom, and a host of others, clear cut, each adding to the progress of the tale.
 February is a seasonable month for biography. The account of Lin- colns life through his boyhood, up to the death of Ann Rutledge, the girl he loved, forms the context of Irving Bacheller's "A Boy for the Ages" (Farrar and Rinehart: $2). The author of the well-known "A Man for the Ages" has written this second volume about Lincoln, for young people, putting into it the same understanding and thorough knowledge of Lincoln'S background (Mr. Bacheller was himself pion- eer boy) that appeared in the adult book.
 Another boys book of an Amer ican hero, treating only the mans youth, is Boy of Old Virginia: Rob- ert E. Lee" by Helen A. Monsell (Bobbs Merrill: $1.25). Well-born, but spending his childhood in gen. teel poverty, Lee played with his many cousins, studied, rode. went nutting and gathered holly for merry Christmas parties in happy, normal boyhood until the books end, wren he leaves for West Point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce arid-ay'-rid;
 say, arid.

A. The total number killed in all those wars was 244,837.
 Q. How much did the federal government spend on relief of all kinds in 1887?
 A. Approximately $2,666, COG, ,000, including federal emergency relief, drought relief, Works Progress Ad- ministration, emergency conserva- tion work and rural resettlement.
 o. How much decline occurred in automobile production in the last week of 1887 compared with 1886?
 A. The output was one third lower in the last week Or 1887.
 Q. Name some of the uses of die thylene-glycol.
 A. It is used extensively in the various arts as a moistening agent, anti-freeze, solvent, condition agent in the textile industry, ingredient in the composition of some synthetic resins, and in the manufacture of low-freezing- point explosives.
 o. What did he.ium gas sell for during the World War and how much does it sell for now?
 A. In 1917, the gas was sold to non-government users for $2,000 8 cubic foot, and now the price is cent per cubic foot.
 o. How does the elevation of Heron Hill in Pittsburgh compare with that at the Point?
 A. At the Point, the elevation varies between little below and a bttle above TAO feet. The highest ele- vation at Heron Hill is slightly in excess of 1,180 feet.
 @. For whom was "Gresham's law" named?
 A. Sir Thomas Gresham, Master of the Mint under Queen Elizabeth.
 If you want 8 copy of our book let Foreign Dishes," write to Wa terbury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Wash ington D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
T est Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 l. Who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it?"
 2. Name the state flower of Ar kansas.
 3. Which state is represented in congress by Senator Claude Pepper? 4. What is ncpnoscope?
 5. Name the parents of George Washington.
 6. Who was Alunno Niccolo?
 T. What is a first water diamond? 8. When did the U. s. become a member of the World Court?
 9. To which U. s. president was the nickname "Old Hickory ap- piled?
 10. Of which mountain system are the Green Mountains part?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
A Thought for Today

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ne shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?-H Kings 1922
 To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loyed-J Macdonald.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
IN TODAY'S MAIL

newspaper responsible opinions it's readers communications with the writer's address will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
Nations Sorest Economic Spot Is Michigan, With Auto Workers Idle;
 Relief Jumped 2859o; Murphy
 Sees Motor Monopoly As Solution
and ROBERT & AI1Elgt

Washington, Feb. Administration advisers are not shouting it from the housetops but the sorest
 homie spot in the country is Michigan and it's automobile industry This is where big banks first began to close and mobS became menacing during the last days of the Hoover Administration which ended in the bank crisis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

First the Jap authorities assembled their evidence; then they dissembled it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

Q. How many American troops were killed in action and died of wounds in the Revolutionary War, War of 1912, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish War, Philippine h. surrection and the World War?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
A Book a Day
"Winter Nightingale" Is a Real Classic

Periodically Bruce Cations Book Day column is con- ducted by Olive Roberts Barton, noted child training authority. Today she reviews the latest books suitable for children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
THE EDITOR

o. Are radio vacuum tubes in- Interchangeable?
 A. The National Radio Institute says that all standard tubes having the same number are interchange able.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

@. For whom was "Gresham's law" named?
 A. Sir Thomas Gresham, Master of the Mint under Queen Elizabeth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Copyright ipse. MA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or informa ton 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 RU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
HeQrSe. Crash
Kills Man

GAINESVILLE, Md, June ga
hearse bearing the body of a col.
ored man from Washington to
Warrenton collided with an auto.
mobile from North Carolina on
the Lee Highway here, killing one
man, injuring three and hurting
the corpse from the hearSe into
the road.
Frank Gosselin, about 25, from
Asheville, N. c., killed. The three
men injured are Robert L. Moser
undertaker'S assistant of Warren
ton, treated for possible fractured
skull; Bruce Beaver "a. of Gambler
N. c., treated for decorations OF
the head, and Horace Gardner, OF
Weaverville, N. c., treated fol-
lacerationS about the head and
arms. At Faquier Hospital all
three were described as being in
serious condition.
The corpse was identified as
that of a Warrenton farm hand
who had died in Washington hos
pltal and was being taken home
for burial.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
PRINCESS JOINS
ILL HUSBAND

NEW YORK, June 90 0.N.SD .
Specialists at New York's medical
center examined Crown Prince
Crstaf Adolf of Sweden today to
determine the seriousness of the
kidney ailment which prevented
him participating personally in
the Swedish tercentenary celebra-
tins.
Whether an operation will be
performed by surgeons here to cor.
rect the recurring affliction will
depend on what the examination
discloses, DR.. Harald Ernberg, the
princes personal physician, said.
At the conclusion of a motor
trip from Philadelphia the Crown
Prince walked into the hospital.
Later Crown Princess Louise
reached New York and went to
her husbands bedside.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
Blue and Gray Vets
Invade Gettysburg

the Grand Rapids national en-
campment.
Only two Confederate veterans
were here ahead of the specia.
trains bringing their 800 antici
pated comrades. They were J
Robert Paul, 1O5, of Charlotte, N
c., and Thomas B. Folks, 80, o1
Ocala, Fla.
Others on hand included:
Maj. Calvin Gilbert, 80, Gettys
burg; Alvin Tolman, 81, Manatee
Fla; Michael Hawk, 90, Sioux
City, Iowa, Iowa Department com
mander of the G. A. r.; Charles j
Rose, 95, Miami, Fla; James w
Bishop, go, Altadena, Cal; James
TX. Polk Barker, 80. Columbus
Ohio; DR.. Overton H. Mennet, ma
tional G. A. R. commander, Los
Angeles, and C. L. Bentley, "a
Fenton, Michigan.
EARLE TO SPEAK
Across the campus of Gettys
burg College. grandstands were
raised for Fridays ceremonies
when Gov. George H. Earle, Of
Pennsylvania, Secretary of Wal
Harry Woodring will speak.
Saturday will be veterans
Day." featured by a parade of 80
veterans musical organizations
and addresses by the respective
commanders.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
FUSION PARTY'S
CHIEFS DIVIDED

ROCKVILLE, Md, June %.
Montgomery'S Fusion party, which
has controlled county affairs for
the last three and one-half years,
will probably be only memory
after tonight, when it is believed
the coalition of anti-organization
Democrats end Republicans will
be dissolved.
The lukeWarm attitude of Subur-
ban Republican leaders to con-
tinuation of the Fusion movement
lis believed responsible for the
present break in the party, which
has continued to widen during the
past few months, despite efforts to
heal it.
Fusion Democrats who have led
the movement for a continuation
of the coalition intimated today
they are becoming a bit disgusted
with their Republican cohorts
who continue to fight among them
selves over prospective candidates
and leaders for the Fusion party.
They admitted somewhat sadly
that tonight's meeting at the court
house here will be the last so far
as they are concerned.
Suburban Republican leaders
said today they will enter a Re
publican slate in the county race
this fall, and unless this move can
be blocked and an amicable set
tlement made the Fusion party
will split up and each faction will
go its own way, fusion leaders
saw.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
MEDALS STOLEN
IN HOME LOOTING

While they we're at their sum-
mer home at Virginia Beach,
thieves entered and ransacked the
residence of Capt. and Mrs. Clar.
ence N. Hinkamp, 1892 Thirty.
third st. N. W., police were ad.
vised today.
Captain Hinkamp, now on duty
in the Navy Department. told
police several medals, one the
Navy Cross of Honor, had been
stolen.
Mrs. Hinkamp, we'll known in
Washington society, estimated
the damage at $500. She said fur
niture had been broken.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
POSLAM IS YOURS
FOR A BETTER
COMPLEXION

Now you can have the benefit OF
this concentrated, yet gentle oint-
ment to care for your skin. Used
for years by many physicians and
nurses to relieve the distress OF
eczema and similar skin irritations,
it has been found to be equally
valuable for unsightly surface pim-
Piles and blotches. You need only
try a single box to be convinced,
because Poslam works fast, pene-
trating the outer layers of the skin,
soothing and promoting healing,
Get a box today from your drug
gist, only soc and improve youE
COMPLEXION.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
|MONTGOMERYCO,.
SEEKS INCREASE.
IN POLICE FORCE.
Officials Act After
Women Protest

ROCKVILLE, Md, June 20.
Montgomery county authorities to-
day are seeking ways and means
of providing additional police pro-
lection in the suburban section
of the county through the ap-
pointment of special officers.
A delegation of more than SO
Bethesda-C Chevy Chase clubwomen
appeared before the county COM
missioners here yesterday and de-
manSed additional patrolmen on
the streets of the two communities
as a means Of curbing the alleged
increase in crime in that area.
WARN OF RIOTS
Pointing out that the number
of attempted assaults on women
a | purse snatching along the
streets of fashionable Chevy Chase
and Bethesda residential sections
have increased tremendously dur
ing the past few months, the dele
cation warned that serious riots
may result from the wave of
assaults unless additional police
protection is provided.
F.. Barnard Welsh, attorney to
the commissioners, said today that
he was tracing the statutes of
Montgomery county and the State
of Maryland in an effort to find
out if the commissioners are vested
with the authority to appoint spe-
cial officers or conStables for
patrol work and if they have
authority to pay them after they
are appointed.
CITES MD. LAW
Mr.. Welsh said that as near as
he could ascertain the law pro-
vides for only three constables in
each commissioner district whose
duties are to serve civil papers
from which they receive fees. Un-
less there has been a change in
this, which he said he doubted,
there is no provision for appoint
ing additional ones to do patrol
duty.
The Washington times., 1938-06-29
PLANE FARE CUT

Beginning Friday. July /, chill
dren between the ages Of 2 and
IL years will be able to travel
the commercial planes of the
American and United Airlines for
half-fare. Announcement made W
local representatives of the COM
panies also said children under 2
years, when accompanied by adults
will be Carried free.