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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce eclipse-c'-
 klips; say, e-klips'.

A. It is the distance through which a point on the tip of one of the blades would advance in one revolution, assuming the water or air in which it turns to be a solid medium; that is, if the propeller be- haved as a bolt in 8 nut.
 @. What is the origin of the word tennis?
 A. It came into Middle English from the Italian, but goes back to Tinnis, town in Egypt from which cloth came for making tennis balls.
 e. Which is sweeter, cane or beet sugar?
 A. When completely refined they arc identical in chemical compost ton, and there is no evidence to in- dicate that one is sweeter than the other.
 Q. To whom must I apply to purchase United States Savings Bonds?
 A. You can order them by mail from and Federal Reserve Bank or from the Treasurer of the United States, Treasury Department, Wash ington, D. O., or they can be pur- chased at any first, second or third class post office and at selected fourth class post offices. 
 If you want copy of our book let "Weather and Climate" write tt Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street Washington, ID. c. Enclose 10 cent. in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

Any one who thinks of venturing into any quarter of New York'S cir cumambient wilderness this coming week end can now be assured that he will find the woodlands green. their floors carpeted with violets and the dogwood coming out in bloom. The hot suns of the last few days, following soaking rains, have been so stimulating to everything that grows in the forest that all the trees and shrubs seem to be racing to put on a pleasing show by Saturday. Some things, indeed, have hurried past their prime. The bloodrott is al- ready losing it's fresh and starchy look. That shy denizen of cold, dark northern hill slopes, the trail- ing arbutus, is dropping petals. The wild cherry is now Haunting its virginal beauty with such abandon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 30.-"Putzy" Haefstangel, the Harvard man who climbed high into Nazi circles, has been back in Manhattan the past few weeks, living the quiet life, ap- parently in an unofficial capacity.
 The rumor persists that he left Berlin for New York, where once he ran an art shop along Fifth ave- nue, in official ignominy. And that he no longer is held in the highest affectionate regard by Hitler.
 The other night, HaefStangel appeared in the audience at play entitled Escape This Night" a murder melodrama which depicts, by implication, the assassination of certain refugees from prosecuting country.
 Charming, M'Deah
 Those mems shops on the pur- lieus of Fifth avenues are assuming as many elegances as milady's grooming salons. So chi-chi, in fact, that a few begin to oppress the masculine eye. Soft-leather back chairs, chromium-edged glass and upholstered counters and salesmen.
 The haberdasher, Charvet, is so shy that no display is set out in the window off the street; and inside, the staff speaks of this cravat cloth or that in reverent, modified whispers.
 At Sulka's, one expects living models to strut forth with the lat est vogues in cuff links, in the man. ner of the fashion salons. I shudder, though, at the thought of the Bridegroom's Trousseau con- ceived by Albert Francis Tree, beau brummel of all haberdashers. The Bridegroom's Trousseau means ex- actly that. Like the litle woman, the groom is expected to line up his shirts and shorts under MT. Trees vigilant, connoisseur's eye before the nuptials.
 Indeed, the fatidious female cavorting at Mile. Modiste's begins to have nothing on the dandified male.
 Frustration
 Here we are, hotly indignant about the autograph hounds, and worn out from crusades against the ! pest. on the behalf of this or that celebrity-and what happens? The police step in and take the sigma ture snatcher's part. It seems that band of maraud- ing dips" have been working the Times Square streets lately, quest ing after the "priceless" John and Joan Hancocks.
 Now three men from the Broad way precinct are on detail. protect ing the dear, sweet pen-pushing hounds from theft. That is what we mean by columnar futility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
A Book a Day
The Men Behind the Barons
RY BRYCE CAPTION

BY BRUCE CATION
 A couple of years ago, or there abouts, Matthew Josephson paid his respects to. the great industrial and financial magnates of the post-Ci war era in "The Robber Barons." a highly stimulating and informative book. Now he is out with compan- ion volume, 'The Politicos" (Har- court, Brace: $450), an equally stimulating and informative book about the statesmen through whose agency the barons operated.
 The industrialists, he points out, were men who acted and said noth- ing; the politicians he describes as men whi did little or nothing and said a great deal. They fronted for the noisless big shots and were the instruments (says MT. Josephson) through which the Rockefellers, Goulds' Morgans, Carnegies, ct al., were able to bend the nation to their will.
 The civil war. he asserts, was a revolution in which growing capital ism burst the hampering bonds of a simpler enconomy. The 30-odd year after the war, as he sees them, were the time in which revolutionary capitalism solidified its position on the ground that had been won.
 Tn this job, he continues, capital had to take over the two-party poli- tical system. The parties had evolved as instruments whereby democracy could circumvent the barriers erect ed by the aristocratic founding fathers: capturing them, says MT Josephson. emergent capitalism cap- tured everything.
 His book is largely a story ol how the capture was effected ano what it led to. It is an iconoclastie story, and profoundly disturbing you may find sine of your pe heroes roughly dealt with. But 1T the end 1t will give you some inter esting and significant information about your country's history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

scholastic ability and love of livestock ranching."
 Some of the old-timers, doing pretty well in the cultivation of the dude-ranch. ing crop in spite of their lack of indoor learning, may doubt the value of all such lore. But that is to be expected. Some fellows have natural genius for dude ranching and others have to learn it. The rugged pioneers of the ranch area will be missed, but their sons and grandsons, with college instruction, will make more money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 8:38 D. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:52 a. m.; sets TAT p. m. day light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Tent caterpillars have started to make their appearance in fruit trees. Anybody who has dislike for these unsightly nests knows there Is only one sure way to get rid of them. Don't be squeamish but simply attack your infested trees with bare or gloved hands. pull ing out the nests and their contents. If fire is handy, burn 'em; if not flatten them out with repeated stamping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

If this were July, we'd say the city had been experiencing dog-days. It was just bit astonishing, though, yesterday noon to read that baseball game in Boston was postponed on account of cold weather, while here in Waterbury we were sWeltering. This has been remark ably fine weather for starting gardens. We only hope that May doesn't spring pranks by spelling the fine start the flowers and vegetables have got.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Current Comment

Economic conditions here may hustuate, due to the temperament of the American people, but there will never be another real depres- sion.-H. Gordon Selfridge, British business man.
 I haven't cried a single tear.- Jane Smith, 13-year-old dancer whose right leg was amputated after she was struck by an automobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Selected Poem
FOR A VERY SMALL CHILD

(Eleanor Aetta Chaffee In the New York Sun) He sleeps: and there is something in his face
 We may have known once, but 1t is forgot. He is a stranger in an alien place.
 Not reconciled yet to his varied lot, Nor yet grown past the wonder of the land
 He left so short time ago. He smiles And stretches out groping, chubby hand,
 Bridging the distance of unmeasured miles. And we who see him pray that we can make
 This world joy to him, as it has been A joy to us for loves and sorrows sake.
 And for the dreams that yet have scarcely been Formed save in the small form lying here
 So strange, remote, and so unutterably dearl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

Along about this time maybe head line truce would be good strategy. Sup pose everybody quit "blasting, ripping" and "flaying'' everybody else for few months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
copsriEht. is,s. NEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton 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 10 the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
THE EDITOR

o. When was President Roose- velt's proclamation of amnesty is- sued, restoring the full privileges of American citizenship to those who forfeited it in wartime and had served sentences for conspiring to defeat the draft or for violating the espionage act?
 A. Christmas day, 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
H IA Daily ~
 nv DREW PEARSON R0BERT & ALLEN
Pressure to Lift Spanish Embargo Gives State Department the Jitters;
 Career Boys Fear FDR Won't Stick;
 AngIo-U s. Alliance the Answer
anA R0BERr & ALLEN
R DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON, April 30. - Not much has leaked out about it. but the State Department has been in bad state of the tters during the past two weeks because or increasing pressure for the lifting of the Spanish arms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

1. Name the second ranking state in area in the U. 8.
 g. In astronomy. what does the word apsides mean?
 3. What is the nickname for the bell in the Parliament clock tow CT, London? :. 4. How many yards are in l rod? 5. Who is Wilhelm Miklas?
 6. What ancient people wor- shipped the god Osiris?
 2. Where is the Colorado River in South America?
 8. What is illitcracy?
 g. Where is Lake Chad?
 10. Under what branch of the government Is the Federal Alcohol Administration?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

An amateur economist explains that spending for prosperity" is like raising the level of water in bathtub by dipping it out and pouring it into the other end:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

There are three remedies for unemploy- ment - work, charity, and war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
A Thought for Today

He rivetb power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength Isaiah 4o:29.
 What is strength without double share or Wisdom?-Mlton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Q. Do snakes have eyelids?

0. Do snakes have eyelids?
 A. No, and they cannot wink or close their eyes. The eyes of snakes are protected by immovable sections of the outer skin which permit the eyeballs to move underneath and which are shed periodically with the rest of the epidermis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

Q. What is the airline distance from New York City to Miami, Fla? A. One thousand and ninety-five statute miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

o. What does the pitch of pro- eller indicate?
Evening star., 1938-12-12

EGGPLANT--supplies insufficient to
dSsl.5e vsns Ssak No7ios 5FSsk 1:ss1s
CoLLARps- weak. Truck re-
ceipts moderate: Vrginia' Norfolk sec
''o ARTIcHoREsMM fssii MMaryland. s " bushel
1.50; North Carolina. 15-pound cartons.
eEz5IaSfas 5S hs::ssi;
~ oGxdKLTc|calitornia 1o-pound sacks,
MUsHgooMs a-pound
0S7Ngfsi TuRNiPsDone isI Canada arrived; one un-
broken car on track Pe5nansylvania. "a
cstorD,s sIIo per D9und ES:
GasiRAPEFRU1T&one Florida arrived; one
Sa1aSke1 Soans Boxes fraSt
i'SGFlAPgs GRApEs-No carlot arrivals; one broken
faT on 5!a0K kOie?s as
175-2.O0: olivette l,40-1 30
HoNEY1Vdgrinia' ! y dg cartons. 2-dozen'
'0toPi g oRAaaEs@one California arrived;
three unbroken cars on track. Florida;
standard boxes. 1.50-2.5O. as to grade and
PEcANs-North and South Carolina.
Money Makes and Mammoth Mostly
sIMMoNS-California fiat crates,
c ocSHAYorrEs California. fat crates,
l.. PARSNIPs- 1a-bushel bas-
kets, 1850
RADIsHEs- "a crates. 1902 90.
o dEaNDIVES-Belgium. 10-pound boxes.
PINEAPPLES-Cuba, crate 1904 90.
hlMES--FlOriia 1,.hrshA1 ha SkAfe. IA.
KUMouATs-Florida. $40 per quart.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Chicago Produce

e5 cHfSAso fGefs sesdy Rss 10 Arm hens yf
pounds up, 1871: less than 4la pounds, l3:
Shern k1e RaeK 6snS % p2@ns sTosf islSJsd RoeFs
springs, under 4 pounds, colored. IA !:
Plymouth Rock; Is: white Rock, .15la; 4
pounds up colored, 15; Plymouth Rock,
l5 white. rock. 49, roosters. 121a: Leg
toms, Is young 1s 1Sos' No. AtnS tuTkeys f5' H5o
ducks, 4h pounds up, coiored, 13: white.
e5,cE.ns eSd; small IL geese 14h; Leshorn
~ Dressed @ turkeys steady, to nrm; bar
hens ssls; o young toms ms caehto ssia south. ah.
western young hens 24la; young toms,
Butter-555422. weak; creamery spe-
$3.50. .5-25s4: seconds ts4-s7Isj. 54fs? 4Sfs?
standards go centralized carlots). 26Iz-a4
tra yz,s stsady; a4.y fresh graded es-
ceiptS: "a - retriserstor extras 2eH:
Potatoes. l33: on track. H4: total U s
weaker undertone: Colorado Msclures ssRbsit bsEs
pale. color stock dull; Northern stoci
steady; supplies liberal. demand very SLOW
Sacked per sewt.. Idaho Russet Burbanks,
Colorado Red McClures. U. s No /, cot
ton, sacks, good quality and color. 1a5:
burla sacks. l 7n-a5, according to quality
and color: Wisconsin Round Whites, U D.
No. !, ll5; Michisan Russet Rurals; q
umphs U g. No. /. 1855; Cobblers 90
per cent U. g. No. l. 1.2O; Early Ohios
30 per cent u 8 No. and better. / 80 -35.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Chicago Livestock
(Reported by Smith. Barney &

CHICAGO Dec, l. lP, tuni.ed States
Department Of Agriculture) Hogs. $4,000,
including 10000 direct; moderately active:
light hogs mostly 10 lower than Fridays
average: others 1925 of; top. $50: good
snd snd % choice, 16o-24o pounds o7.25-6o;
medidmweight and heavy packing sows,
6.6O-s5: smooth lightweights up to 700
Cattle. $4,000; calves 1000: shippers
an and order BUYERS taking several loads
steers steady. paving 12 .oo-75 and better:
lover; 1osslnn meat cutters strike in East . r.
lower on rank and file crop: prime heavies
absent; absent; generally s.75-11.2 .25 market. with
killing quality improved over week ago to-
say; Ho. stockers n.; very scarce: nrm At So
half fat, well-bred steers scaling around
925 pounds; heifers steady to IS lower;
cows steady to weak; bulls fully steady:
vealers 2,5 lower at 900 down; weigiaty
sausage bulls up to 6.75: cutter cows.
400-5.0O.
Sheep. 10000 including 900 direct;
practically no early action on fat lambs
and yearlings indica tions around 25 lower
than Friday: good and choice lamb Offer
ings bid s.75-9;10: best held s.25-35 and
upward; few sheep about steady; native
slaughter ewes 3.75-4.OO.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Auto Registrations
Expected 10 Pass
30,000,000 Mark
New AII-Time Record
Predicted by Close
OF Present Year
b. the Associated Press.

% the Associated PreSS.
DETROIT, Dec. 12.-The rush to
buy new cars and the motor car
industry's response to an increas-
ing daily output probably will push
the total registration Of automo-
biles and trucks slightly over the
10000, 900 unit mark by the end OF
the calendar year. but the men
who make and sell motor vehicles
are not perturbed by this proba-
bility.
Many of the industry's leading
manufacturers and authorities on
motor vehicle traffic are agreed
that the Nations highways can
accommodate at least 5000, 900 more
without material alteration. More
over. say these experts, there Is a
potential market for that many
additional units independent Of the
replacement volume that must be
counted upon for each years dis
tribution.
A total registration OF $4,000, 900
passenger cars and trucks, in the
opinion Of the men who have studied
both the motor car market and
highway capacity, still is some dis
tance away. The next 100000,
they explain, will be harder to add
to the total than were the last
100000. 1t required approximate
ly 10 years to step the registration
up from 19,900,00O to the present
figure of about 29,750.000.
AS the volume of distribution in
creased, however, the replacement
requirements also were stepped up,
and normal obsolescence has figured
in the absorption Of new car out
put.
So far as the capacity of the Ma
tion's highways to accommodate
more millions Of vehicles is con-
cerned, most traf1c authorities agree
that the moving vehicle plays only
a small part in the limitation Of
highway capacity. There is virtu-
ally no traf11c problem on the Ma
tions rural highways, they say,
while a severe restriction is created
by parked cars on city streets.
The elimination Of "bottlenecks, -
further application of underpasses
and overhead highways at congested
points, they add, is logical-and
relatively inexpensive-step to fur
ther increase the capacity of the
Nations highways. The volume of
motor car distribution, the manu-
facturers and sales executives as
sert, is not likely to be limited by
anything but purchasing power for
many years to come.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Steel Rate 10 Drop
.23 Points in Week
Al SIS Per Cent
Institute Finds Activity
Will Sink to Level
Of October 81
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. i2-Operations
In the steel industry for the current
week will decline 2.3 points to 576
per cent of capacity, compared with
500 per cent last week, the American
Iron g. Steel Institute estimated
today.
A month ago operations were at
the rate Of 62.6 per cent of capacity,
while a year ago they were 27.4 per
cent.
The decline in operations in the
current week will be the largest
since the week of September 6, when
activity dropped Al points under
the preceding week due to Labor
Day curtailment.
This is the fourth consecutive
weekly drop and places schedules
back where they were on october 81.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Farm Export Volume
Shows Gain, but
Value Declines
Cotton Shipments Suffer
Sharp Drop From
Same 1887 Period
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies reported that exports OF
American farm products for the
july October period this year in
creased in volume although they de-
clined in value when compared with
the same period last year.
The exports were valued at $277,-
100000 compared with $2S0,000, 900
last year. Exports of cotton declined
sharply. Foreign markets absorbed
1928 900 bales of cotton valued at
$64 ,603 900 in comparison with 1885,
600 bales valued at $106,782 900 last
year.
The bureau said exports of lard,
pork, corn, leaf tobacco and corn
starch gained in both volume and
value.
The July October exports amount
ed, the bureau said, to So per cent
OF the pre-war average for tie
period.
Imports of agricultural products
clasSed as competitive with Amer
ASdiA plOOuCto WcIc VdlucO dI Sl4O,-
1000, or about a third less than
IN the corresponding period last
year. Import commodities which
fell most in value included cattle,
wool, hides and skins, coconut oil
cake and meal, rice meal, molasses,
tapioca and principal oils and OIL
seeds.
The only import commodities
showing an increase were olives, olive
oil, sugar and a few of the minor
oilseeds.
Exports of wheat and flour for the
four months were 11,00D 900 bushels
larger, but the value was a little
under that Of last year because of
lower prices.
Leaf tobacco exports for the period
were valued at ST. 10000 compared
with $57, 7,178 900 last year.
The value of meat and meat prod
uct exports was placed at $13, ,478, ,OOO
compared with 1858 900 last year
Imports of similar products were
valued at s7,11o,000 compared with
SIC, ,437 900 last year.
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Sales Above Year AGO
In Eighth District
By the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 12.-Department
store sales during November showed
substantial gains over the same
month year ago in all but two
cities reporting in the eighth Fed
eral Reserve district. For the entire
district, sales were up 3.8 per cent.
There was decline of % per cent
at Louisville, KY, and IL at Quincy,
Ill.
The months business in a number
OF cities, however, was not quite up
to that OF October, and only one,
Fort Smith, Ark, reported a gain
for the 11-month period ended No
vember 80 compared with the same
period year ago.
The percentage Of increase or de-
crease in the various cities during
November, compared with last
month, November, 1887, and the H.
month period, included:
Evening star., 1938-12-12
New York City Faces
Higher Costs Under
Pension Program
Credit Position Strong,
According to Lozord
Freres Study
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch to the Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-New York
City pension funds now may be
nearly S5o0,0Oo00O below actuarial
requirements, on the basis of unof-
f1cial estimates, according to the in
vestment firm of Lazard Freres &
Co. in a new financial study of the
city of New York made public to-
day, which points to increasing pen
sion requirements as one of several
factors that will result in higher
future budget costs for the city.
With the city already up to its
tax limit, says the report, it is ap-
parent that additional miscellaneous
revenue of substantial amount must
be found next year, otherwise a
forced reduction in operating ex-
penses will be necessary. The con-
clusion is expressed, however, that
this budget problem should not
alter the security behind the city's
obligations, inaSmuch as debt serv-
ice requirements are outside the
tax limit and new constitutional
provision makes them essentially
a first lien on revenues"
The survey gives emphasis to va
rious new constitutional provisions,
including those pertaining to pen
Slons and their probable effect upon
the finances of New York City. The
reviSionS in the debt and tax limits
jnIinotn1
vantages that may arise from the
S315,O00,000 debt exemption for
rapid-transit unification.
The new Lazard study takes the
position that the credit of the city
OF New York warrants a good rat
Ing, based on the wide diversified
tion of the city's economic life, the
high per capita average of wealth
and income, the fact that the debt
burden is held within bounds by
constitutional restrictions, the pros
pect of early improvement in the
clty's fiscal procedure resulting from
provisions of the new charter, re-
cent operating surpluses, satisfac-'
tory tax collections and the financ-
ing of relief from current revenues.
"The only unfavorable factor of
note states the report, is a lack
of proper retrenchment in expendi-
lures for both current and capital
purposes. However, we do not re-
gard this condition with concern,
since the tax rate is not high, COM
pared on a full valuation basis with
that of other large cities. and the
debt burden is not disprceortionate
to the city's resources
Evening star., 1938-12-12
Failures TotuI Coins

NEW YORK, Dec. IL fP.-Busi-
ness failures in the United States
for the week ended December
totaled 221, Dun & Bradstreet re-
ported today, the fourth consecutive
week they have fallen below the
comparable 1887 week. In the pre-
ceding week the total was 207 and
year ago 244.