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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-10
Alderman Walker
Bitterly Rebukes
Him On Tax Story
Practically Tells Arbiter Of Controllers Office to Mind
His Own Business-James F. Purcell Included
in Attack Made on Rowland

Pointing out to Controller Sherwood L. Rowland that
his Recommendation" regarding imposition OF the full
tax rate instances would mean seizure OF property
belonging blind and crippled persons Alderman Burton
Il Walker r. today replied to the controllers letter OF
telling the controller in effect to mind his business
Alderman Walker. chairman Of the committee on
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-10
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. i0-(Up)--Goy-
eminent expenses ana receipts for
the current fiscal year through Oct,
7th, compared with q year ago:
Ia: Essr Expenses Sss xss5
1902, 900, 7s7.7s Si,7ss.ssi.7io.so
ts2i, 707, i32,4s .sSes,iso.E60.pi
sso7.1sO.sss.ls sssi.7si.sio.si
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The Weather

Fair Tonight; Tuesday
Rising Temperature.
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The Washington times., 1938-08-09
O'COnnOr's Position,

Representative Pettingill of
Indiana expresses fears that the
right-thinking voters Of New
York may purge Congressman
O'Connor. Why not? All Roose-
velt asks is that those who ride
into office on his coattails sup
port his program after election.
If Congressmen like O'Connor
don't want to keep their end Of
the bargain and play ball with
the Administration after calling
on it to support them for elec-
ton, then let them declare them
selves to that effect before elec-
tion day.
This. incidentally. would make
for straight party government,
which Representative Pettingill
says he wants.
Let O'Connor definitely state
his position, not go through the
motions of supporting liberal
Roosevelt while mostly working
for conservative Wheeler, Hoover
and Hamilton.
ROOSEVELT MAN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

Score 10 for the first eight
questions,
i. Who was Chief Justice John
Marshall's arch-enemyI
2. How many lines should
limerick have?
3. What four-letter word for
description of a color, re-
versed gives the term for a
poet?
4. How long a period is a pen
tad?
5. A famous English statesman
was also nicknamed Dizzy"
Who was he?
6. Who created the French
order of the Legion of Hon.
or?
Z. When is bodily temperature
(a) highest, (b) Lowest?
8. For what purpose was the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
organized and authorized by
Congress2
ANSWERS on Page 14)
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Thinks of Change

Well, I see the people are
waking up to the fact that the
Democrats are not to be trust
ed, and that the best place for
them is out.
wonder if it wouldn't be wise
to join up with the Republicans
about now. After all, they'll be
the ones to handle the pay dirt
next, assuming any is left after
the Democrats get through with
it. Incidentally, I'm a Demo
crat, but not a rubber-stamp one.
A. D. R.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
No Reservations

Hats off to Corrigan for re-
viving the old. independent.
self-reliant Americanism which
F. D. R. and his bureaucrats are
doing their damnedest to de-
Stroy!
Corrigan first defies the swim
ding old-age pension law which
millions of free-spirited Ameri-
cans would disobey if they could
do so without losing their jobs,
because it presupposes all Amer.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
u. S. and Puerto Rico

Apropos of your editorial re-
garding Philippine liberation
the United States seized Puerto
Rico just 40 years ago. During
all those years, your lousy domi-
nation has seen a series of
blunders such as were never be-
fore witnessed in history.
You have ruined Puerto Rico.
The failure of your powerful
country to make simple natives
happy is reason enough for your
government to get out Of places
like the Philippines and Puerto
Rico and stay out. j. M. G. C.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Male Wall FlOuOers

What's the matter with you
fellows that go to dances;
haven't you any spunk? America
has been noted for its brave
men, but you guys are weak and
spineless. If you're afraid to
ask a girl to dance, why go?
Why, the other night we saw
two bashful Romeos stand for
ten minutes before working up
the nerve to ask two girls to
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

LlCk. OIIc uduS d living oCLAAAB
glasses of "lucky" water to the
tourists on their way to the
Giants Causeway near by.
"Why, Uncle Jim," I remon-
strated; you wouldn't take
dirty old Mary with you, would
you?"
THAT is where you make a
grave mistake" he replied.
Mary is neither old nor dirty.
She is a young and beautiful
woman, real O'Cahan, and the
rightful owner of the land we're
sitting on, instead of that cruel
man. your father. There's q
curse on her, that's all, and I'm
going to lift it if it's the last
thing I do"
7 LOOKED with horror at old
= Mary, putting at a black
clay pipe and expectorating
every now and then in and
around the "lucky" well.
How will you do it?" I asked.
by marrying her." he replied
simply, IAN O'Cahan girl be-
trayed the clan 400 years ago for
love of one of the enemy. That's
her, right there. She was con-
demned to sit by the we'll, old
and ugly, until a young and
handsome man took her for
wife. Then and then only would
she be returned to youth and
beauty. I'll be doing one kind
ness to a woman before I die"
Uncle Jim," I told him with
childlike candor, you're not
young and you're not hand
some"
He looked at me for a few
seconds before he replied:
II have been, to many, my
boy, and I still am-to Mary.
Just keep your mouth shut
about it."
I promised-and he went
away. But old Mary stayed-or
seemed to stay. So ] wrote my
uncle in Johannesburg, remind
ing him that he had not done
the right thing by her. In time
there came a reply which read
in part:
That's just an impoSter who
has taken Mary'S place. I have
her here with me and she's even
more beautiful than I thought
she would be-"
Copyright, 1898. by Washington
Herald-Times)
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

has announced that Cochrane
was fired for the good of the
club, but this certainly is not
very explanatory. It is either
something hidden that the club
does not wish to let the public
know about, or because the team
has not done so we'll. Still, it
seems a great shame that Coch-
rane is having such a come
down. He was a marvellous
catcher"
o. X. Wright, 1914 MaSSachu-
sets Ave. N. w., Government
clerk:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Unsung Hero

Why all dees fuss abot Corri-
gan? Vot about me? I buy
model T for ten bucks and sez
to everybody I go California see
moving people. And we're I
land? Yunkers, Moo York. But
do I git parade? Moo. Do get
offered moving contract? Moo.
git nothing, positively abso-
lutely nothing. Foo to you and
you, and especially to Voice Of
Pipple. j. L.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Civilian Flying

Speaking of Corrigan's great
flight, how about creating a
civilian air force geared to turn
out 100000 transport pilots a
year? We have a large and
efficient military defense. An
efficient civilian air force would
be of infinite value in war time
as an auxiliary to the military.
EX-TRANSPORT PILOT.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
"COn1pIinaentary"

Kindly accept my thinks for
printing the compliment paid
me by Mary Sullivan in Mon
days Times.
Being an American who
fought the Germans in the
trenches in the late war I deem
it highly complimentary not to
be classified in the same cate
CORY as Hitler, Mussolini or
Stain, or the loud-mouthed, un-
couth, dollar-grabbing. hyphen-
ated-Americans and the slick,
Squealing, simonized sainties
such as Cantor, Winchell and
other radio robots.
B. j. LAWLOR.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

in four years and finished sec.
ond twice. 1 believe the public
is entitled to a definite explana-
tion of the reason he was let
60. I think he was the best
catcher in the American League
up to the time he was injured
last May. It is unfair to turn
him out even if he is not in the
best physical health. After do
ing so much for the Tigers, he
should have some provision for
the future"
X
Miss Ruth Butler, 726 Fifth
St. N. E., hosiery shop mana
ger:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

WHATEVER experiences whether of pleasure of sor-
w have gathered my wanderngs the world
be credited to my Uncle Jim who during my impression
able years, filled with such gaudy tales that naturally
followed in his wake However managed to do just a
trife better than he did
Ny uncle, as remember him, big, spare shabbily
dressed who having everything there to
asked nothing from father than place to ea
of his old clothes to wear and shilling two for tobacco
As TO Dquor once heard to Pat
him tell my taner after they living selling
halfseed their glasses of "uckv water to the
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Stay Out
Of 1t
Lovers Are in a Hurry

rrAVING ourselves passed through the various
III stages of loves young dream, we feel deeply for
the bow and girl who desirous of hurryng up de-
cison to we'd That's been the natural urge since the
beginning. Having discovered that they cannot DO
without each other the rest of the businessthat OF be-
coming man and wife-just can't wait.
New York's "gin-wedding law" which requires
wait of sevenytwo hours between issuance of marriage
license and marriage is fine piece of legislation and
has undoubtedly prevented many Sudden" weddings
which would have crashed after bride and groom had
sobered up.
However, that piece of restriction has now stretched
itself into waiting period of seven
BLOO0 eSL days, due to the new bood-test law.
nr,,o Proof of freedom from syphilis takes
1UHe0 four days on the average. Then, and
then only, can the prospective bride and groom take
out their license-and after that the threeday
wait called for by the gn-wedding law.
Chicago has gone about this matter very sensibly.
There license and test taken up at the same time
and the test comes back in three days There is no
further wait for the license is already in hand.
Here in Washington we have the gin-marriage law
without the bood-test feature In the ordinary course
of progress will have the latter and at distant
date When that time comes let be considerate of
lovers and cut the time to minimum by parallel action
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

leans ignorant simpletons who
can't handle their own money or
take care Of themselves. Then
Corrigan defies the air dictatorS
at Washington and flies to
fame.
We need more like him If
we're to stop the unconscionable
New Deal coterie from setting
up commissarS to clean our
teeth, brush our hair and herd
us like Nazi goose-steppers into
slavery. J.. T,
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

cerned in the least about their
players except for the most they
can get out of them. He was
considered the greatest catcher
of modern times and he did a
splendid job of managing the
Tigers"
X \ \
John GOrsuch, of Baltimore,
commercial artist employed in
D. c.:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

"It is c.7 outrage.
What other mana
ger has brought re-
nown to his team
in recent years such
as Mickey Coch-
rane has brought
to the De etroit t
Tigers? 1t is posi-
BILE that he is still
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

1T seems a bit
ungrateful to fire a
man just because
Of a streak of bad
luck against an un-
usually good rec
ord. 1t just goes to
prove that the
baseball club own
ers are not con-
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

started the fight all over
again, because my father
was no penny-shaver, though
things were then begin
ming to get tight for him. You
just couldn't leave whiskey
around when my uncle was at
home and expect it to remain
static.
DURING my boyhood he made
four triumphant returns
and as many ignominious de-
partures. He would arrive, grand
and glorious, with money in his
pockets-but which was burn
ing holes there, for he tossed it
from him as fast as he could.
He would. at the start, be an
honored guest, a sort Of con-
quering hero-which he always
was to me, even after he def
nitely reached the doghouse in
so far as my father was con-
cerned.
From the best bedroom he
would work his way, through
declining favor, 20 a tumble
down couch in the attic. From
seat at the table on my
fathers right he ran the gamut
to a chair in the kitchen, dip
ping ravenously into the dishes
as they came down, their con-
tents already cold, from the
dining room above. And he
plunged from the status of a
guest, with the whiskey decan-
ter ready to his hand, to a
thief in the night hunting my
fathers bottle-himself a two
fisted drinker-hoping against
hope that a drappie or two had
been left there.
The best remembered Of his
gorgeous lies, one which stirred
my very soul within me, was re-
counted as the two of us lay on
the warm grass atop an Irish
cliff which pointed out over the
blue sea to Scotland. Around
us were the ruins of Dunseverick
Castle where, legend has it,
st. Patrick himself had been
housed and fed for as long as
he cared to stay by the great
Connall Cearnach, head of the
clan O'Cahan.
81 CONNALL was a more hos
" pitable man than your
father" observed my uncle as
he filled his pipe. He was leav-
ing the next morning for South
Africa-by request. This was
the last afternoon I ever spent
with him and I know he didn't
want to go. For he was getting
old and was sort Of weary Of
wanderings which had brought
him nothing.
"That woman over there is 60
ing with me-" he said, pointing
~
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

m a ny quar-
relS, I'LL for
age for m y
o W n from
now on. You
won't h a v e
to be putting
pencil marks
on the bottles,
you Scotch
p e n n y =
shaver"
And t h a t,
~. e a
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

suffering from the injury he re-
ceived last year when he was
struck by a pitched ball. His
nerves may have given away be-
cause of this. However, I think
the real cause for his being fired
should be made public"
X
Miss Charlotte Beall, Of Cath
ersbllrg. Md:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

II don't think he
should have been
fired. He has a bet
ter record than any
other m a n a 6 er,
since he has won
two A m e r i c a n
L e a G ue pennants
and a world cham
pionship for Detroit
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
AppreciatiUe

Herr Hitler, Signor Mussolini,
Comrade Stain, Senior Franco
and Emperor Hirohito are all
stupid. Each claims to be saving
the world from one thing or an
other by means of wars and
lingual scraps.
But look at President Roose-
welt. He's not saving anybody
from anything, and look how
grand the United States is! Long
live the United States and the
President thereof! A. r. T.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

rane is one of my fathers favor
ite baseball men, and he feels
pretty badly about Briggs move.
He has brought Detroit two pen
nants and a world title and has
never finished out of the first
division"
+ +
John E. Tanning, 648 F st.
S. w., fountain pen repairman:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

"It seems to me
that he has been
given a dirty deal.
He deserves a bet
ter chance. He had
a lot of tough
breaks this season.
Briggs can't expect
to win all the time.
I don't think he
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

Its hard to give
my opinion since
the public has not
been told exactly
why Mickey Coch-
rane was let out as
manager of the De-
troit Tigers. The
auto magnate who
owns the Tigers
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

lost any popularity when he
stopped catching. think he is
still perfectly capable of manag'
ing any team"
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /. 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

II don't know
much about it, but
1 think he has done
so well during his
career that he
should not be fired
because his club is
in the second di-
vision, if that is the
real reason. COch-
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
While at Home

Why do girls go to the coun-
try for summer vacations and
fall for country guys who can't
see them with field glasses,
knowing all the while that the
boy friend in the old home
neighborhood is eating his heart
out with loneliness and lo-o-ove?
J.. M.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
Listen, Pete

Shame on Up-From-the-Ashes
Pete and what he said about
blondes. The blonde I shower
with affection is the darlingeSt
creature in the world-lovable,
kind, unselfish, adorable. The
trouble with Pete probably is
that he never met a nice blonde
on account of him being such q
crumb-bun. s. j.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

dance. Few Of us girls bite;
why the hesitancy?
SHAGGERS, INC.
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
TheInquiring
Photographer.
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
What do you think Of the
firing of Mickey Cochrane?

THE ANSWERS
Miss Mildred Webb, 1853 Penn
Ave. N. w, cashier:
The Washington times., 1938-08-09
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

the should limited 200
be eomitted
The Washington times., 1938-08-09

S. W., fountain pen repairman:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13

sign. Congress then authorized
return of the flag to its original
form of thirteen stripes, one star
being added thereafter for each
state entering the Union.
Gone are the earlier flags of
colonial days; the. rattlesnake
spreading its coils over thirteen
stripes with its slogan of def
ance, Don't tread on me-: the
Grand Union Flag, bearing the
British crosses of st. George and
ST. Andrew where the white stars
in a blue field now appear. An
chors, pine. trees, beavers and 9TH
er colonial flag symbols in infin-
tie variety have vanished, save as
they remain as a part of the in
sigma in state flags.
Forty eight cleaning stars,
representing united nation.
shine among the fluttering folds
of Old Glory as it passes another
milestone on its march through
the years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13
FILA MEETING
ON WEDNESDAY
STATE DIRECTOR OF oRGANI.
ZATIoN TO BE HEARD
ON OCCASION

Every person interested in any
or all of the provisions of the
Federal Housing Administration
are invited TO attend a meeting at
the Public Library, Wednesday
evening. June Is. at 8 p. m, UNI
der sponsorship of the First Ma
tional Bank of Key West
NJ. M. Parrish, state director Of
FILA. with headquarters in
jacksonville. will be the speaker
of the evening. Mr.. Parrish will
be accompanied By G w Butler,
assistant director of Miami area,
and T. j Robbins. chief under
writer OF Miami area. The lat
ter plans to stay over for the
purpose of holding consultations
with interested residents on
Thursday. should the need arise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13
DOUGLAS WILSON
CONDUCTS TOURS
TRAVELLING ASSENG n
AGENT ARRIVED HERE THIS
MORNING WITH PARTY

Douglas Wilson. travelling pas
senger agent of the Peninsular
and Occidental Steamship Co.
was an arrival on the Steamship
Cuba this morning from Tampa,
conducting party of 81 mem
berS of a goodwill group on a
visit to Cuba.
Among the travellers IN the
party were Walter S. Igou. Off
cial of the N. G. and st. L. Rail
road; Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh Crum-
bliss. Mr.. Crumbliss is the presi-
dent of the Chattanooga Chamber
of Commerce. Alvin Ship, Chat
tanooga city treasurer, and
Charles Crane, associated with
the Tennessee free Press.
The group is composed of resi-
dents of Tennessee with a few
from Georgia. and is composed of
about 65 residents of various
cities in Tennessee. with about
eight from cities in Georgia.
Mr.. Wilson said that nc will re-
turn with the visitors Friday and
viii, in Tampa, meet another par
~ of travellers 90 Cuba and re-
turn with them on the Cuba next
Monday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13
REHEARSE HISTORY
PAGEANT TONIGHT
FRIDAY ENTIRE coLoRrUL
PAGEANT WILL BE
REHEARSED

Key Vests historical pageant,
to be held Saturday. July 2 the
romance of Pirates, Spanish Con-
quistadores. Indians. Wreckers
that is the Islands history, and a
Prayer and Praise Service Sun
day, July 3, in connection with
the Fiesta, go into rehearsal to-
night and Friday.
Tonight at the Harris School
at 8 o'clock group of over 200
will assemble for general out
line of the pageant. receive music.
and hold the first choral re-
hearsal. Miss Edna B. Smith. di-
rector, announces.
On Friday, the first rehearsal
of the entire pageant will be held
at 7:30 p. m. at High School audi
torium. This will include songs
and the various historical units
The entire cast will be at this re-
hearSal.
Members of the Junior Wom-
ans Clubs, Senior Woman's
Clubs. Lions Club. Rotary Club
and Junior Chamber of Com
merce are asked to be at the re-
hearSal tonight and Friday.
StetSon Kennedy, writer of the
state Federal Writers project is
composing the material, assisted
by Judge Enrique Esquinaldo. Jr..
who is local director of the prof.
ect. Judge ESquinaldo has made
a thorough survey of the colorful
history Of the city. and IS eombin-
ing his material with that pos
ASeSsed by Mr.. Kennedy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13

shipman Mann, of the Navy, rails
ed our flag over the captured for
tress at Derne, Tripoli, where il
was flung to the breeze on April
81. 1905.
Nearly every schoolboy knows
that "by the dawn's early light
on September IA, 1914, Francis
Scott Key saw the Star-Spangled
Banner still waving over Fort
McHenry, at Baltimore, and COM
posed the spirited song which is
now the national anthem.
From time to time Slight chang
es in the flag have been authoriz-
ed by Congress. The flags dis.
played at Tripoli and at Fort Nc
Henry had fifteen stars ano
stripes design. Two new star:
and stripes had been added wher
Vermont and Kentucky came in.
to the Union, and our flag was oil
that pattern from 1895 until 1918
Realizing that too many stripe:
would mar the beauty of the de.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-13
Wrecking Tug Warbler Goes
To Aid OF Distressed Shin
Vessel Left Here Yesterday
Afternoon At 2 O'clock
Enroute To Scene; IS
Miles Sc OF Miami

Wrecking Tug Warbler sailed
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
TO contact and take in tow the
Steamship City of Alma. which
was benig lowed by the Revenue
Cutter Mojave.
The City of Alma is owned by
the Waterman Steamship Co. She
had engine troubles and was
about IS miles southeast of Mi
ami when taken IN tow by the
Mojave.
Wireless messages were receiv.
ed at the Porter Dock company.
asking that the Warbler be sent
10 take the vessel in tow for the
port of Mobile.