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Evening star., 1938-01-11
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Jan 11-A break in
Japanese bonds and renewed declines
in some speculative rail issues helped
unsettle the bond market today
and checked earlier recovery tend
encies in many corporate obligations.
Losses in the Japan group in
late trading ranged to and points
In what apparently was an unfavor-
able reaction to reports formal war
might be declared on China in the
Far Eastern conflict Among the
heaviest losers were Japan SIPS and
5i2s. Toxic City SIPS and Taiwan
Electric Power 5i2s.
Liquidation in rails centered in
Erie and Baltimore IL Ohio loans,
resulting in losses running to nearly
Z points in few infrequently traded
issues, such rs Erie First As. Several
Erie liens were freely offered, notably
the SIS of 1875.
Better-grade corporate bonds mostly
held to narrow path in quiet trading
and some pushed ahead for moderate
gains Lehigh Valley Coal bonds ex-
panded previous rally gains
Evening star., 1938-01-11
CORN RECEIPTS SET RECORD.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. IL, R.-Receipts
OF corn In st. Louis set new all
time record yesterday.
The Merchants Exchange announced
S9s cars, or l,470,000 bushels, arrived
here, most Of which was absorbed by
contracts held by Arms having export
orders.
The former record was 500 cars,
established in 1908, the exchange said.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
91.DAY TREASURY BILLS
BRING AVERAGE OF 99.76
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
thau said last night the weekly sale
Of $50. 900 900 worth Of 91-day Treas
ury bills brought an average price Of
99.76, equivalent to borrowing money
at .097 per cent. Last week. the bills
sold for an average of 99.9s4, one Of
the highest prices in recent years.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
new YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Jan. IL U9.-Over-the-
counter market bank and trust companies
opening bid and asked prices:
Evening star., 1938-01-11
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE -
Industrial Bank of WASHINGTON

OF Wasnington, D. c.. at the close OF busi-
ness on December 81. 1887.
Published in response to call made BY
COMPTROLLER OF the Currency under Sec
tion 5211. U. s. Revised Statutes.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
PRICE OF LEAD BOOSTED.

NEW YORK. Jan. ii R.-The
American Smelling G Refining Co.
raised the price Of lead today 81 .
ton to the basis Of 40 oen1e = pound
New York.
Evening star., 1938-01-11
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
tReported by Smith Barney co..

Quotations furnished by W. 3. Hibbs d Co..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Too Little Saved

The American people refuse to save for a rainy day. Or perhaps they are unable to do so The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides facts for such conclu- sions as these: One dollar out of three goes for food One dollar out of ten goes for clothing. One dollar out Of twenty, for amusement and recreation. The typical family has only about three per cent of it's income left over for the church, community welfare and gifts or contributions to persons outside the family. Only forty cents out of every $1OO, or $5 to $6 year, goes for educa- tional purposes.
 Most families spend more for movies than for reading. There is generous use of free public libraries and inexpensive rental libraries, but the purchase of books is low for country of the supposed edu- cation, intelligence and prosperity of the United States
 The saddest fact revealed is that many families spend more than they receive in the course of year. "Taken as whole" says a pamphlet on this subject, "the families of wage earners and clerical employees spent every cent of their earn ings in 1886. New York City families spent an average of $96 more during the year than they received Two families out of every three in Chicago having an income of less than $1,000 spent more than they earned" It looks as if we need a good deal more preaching and practic- ing in the matter of -budgeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

The former dean of St. Paul's in Lon don, Dr. William Ralph Inge, known as the gloomy dean," felt constrained the other day to emerge from retirement and state regarding the British attitude to- wards Barcelona reported bombings: "I am not sympathetic to Fascism and l hold no brief for the Roman Catholic church in Spain. But think it strange that our government should have ad- dressed a ferocious protest to Franco be- cause 800 persons were killed in an air raid, whereas when 50,O00 or 100000 - some say 250, ,000-innocent men, women and children were butchered in cold blood, with every accompaniment of cruelty, under the eyes of government, we still choose to recognize, not one word of protest was made" The former dean also drew attention to the fact that the Loyalist forces are lighting under red flag, not the Spanish flag, and convents and churches were burning as early as 1881, and monks, priests and nuns were in hiding"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
South Pacific Adventurers

The government has been bombarded with letters from men and women volun- teering to leave home and settle on Can ton and Enderbury Islands, those two dots in the South Pacific which the United States now claims. No colonists are need- ed, thank you, Uncle Sam announces. Letters setting forth the applicants quail ifications and aims rate more notice than they will receive if swallowed up in gov ernment files For example:
 A man wrote, Ut isn't that have the usual attack of adolescents itchy foot, it's the fact that have very odd ideas on how to live. I hate civilization and ultra modern, suave, civilized people," Isn't that just new version of old-faShioned spring fever? A young lady explained, q am interested in data on climatic con- ditionS." Her letter was vague. Probably she wouldn't know how to gather her data if she had the chance. She would do better to consult the nearest public library.
 A straightforward fellow declared, q like to work got good reputation and very nice wife who is very strong. She is Irish and I am Polish" He sounds almost too energetic for the South Seas. The letters are proof that no one really escapes the lure of that region. They make one wonder how those islands hap pen to have remained uncoloni-cd so long,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Praise Due Indeed

Governor Wilbur L. Cross is reported to be most pleased with the success of the campaign'to raise funds for construction of Connecticut building at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield. The group in charge of procuring the necessary money recently reported $37,750 was available for this purpose. This amount added to what the state appropriated last year during the legislative session and by approval of the General Assembly gives Connecticut $72,750 available for the far structure.
 For many years the need of Con- necticut building at the fair has been apparent. Now that Connecticut has started active plans to put one up, there will only be one New England state not represented in this manner We are glad that Connecticut has stepped up one notch and that there will be a suitable hall in which it can display it's products and boost it's own stock next September when the fair date rolls around. We pre- sume that the building will be ready for September.
 While the state intended originally to put only $60000 into such building, there is an additional $12,OOO due to the generosity of private citizens of the state. Connecticut legislators set aside $35, ,00O with the understanding that $25,000 would be raised by contributions. This was exceeded by $12,000 and certainly the private contributors are to be con- graduated on their generosity in these times and also on their splendid show of spirit and high regard for the State of Connecticut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
PressConnnent|
STOP THE PRESS! (Meriden JournaD

Waterbury police caught burg lar red-handed the other night. It was quite an event and made the first page. Burglaries were never so numerous or so daring and are gradually going to the back pages along with auto accidents, even when yeggS use 8 van to cart away safe and half the goods in store. They are seldom caught, either be- cause they are more cunning or the police are less so.
 Still, the police seem to be trying They shot State school boy at De- von because he wouldn't stand to he questioned about burglaries in that section. Householders would not be sorry if there were more shooting. since that seems to be about tEe only way to put a stop to the breaks that are making decent people afraid to leave their homes and places of business.
 It's up to the police in the burglar infested communities to stir them- selves into making at least single capture. The punishment to follow should be sufficiently severe to con- vince others that crime does not pay. In the past young burglars have been coddled and are back in circulation in no time at all. That's no way to stop burglaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
A Book a Day
Recalling a Revered
 Name of the Theater

Recalling a Revered
 Name of the Theater
 By BRUCE CATION
 For those who love the theater, nothing surpasses book which calls back the plays and players whose last curtain has been rung down, but not so long ago as to have cut off their names from the memory of living people.
 Such book is "Backstage With Henry Miller" (E. P. Dutton and Co.,: $3). Frank P. Morse, who knew Miller well as publicity rep- resentative and dramatic critic, dips back into personal association and theatrical record for his en- tertaining material.
 Forty-four years in the limelight made of Henry Miller, actor, dir ector, and producer, link between Boucicault and the modern theater. He played under Boucicault's direc- tion in 1886. He died rehearsing a new play, in 1926. All of the period he saw, much of it he was.
 If modern theater-lovers should question the permanent value in plays like "The Great Divide," 'The Rainbow" Daddy Long Legs" Shenandoah" Come Out of the Kitchen" or "D'Arcy of the Guards" or even wonder a little at the people who were thrilled and held by them, why no matter. It is all a part of the his- tory of the American theater. And Henry Miller is only a little more than 10 years dead. Many of hls associates still provide the theater's lifeblood. Names like Nazimova, Hampden, and Chatterton still mean great deal. His son, Gilbert Miller, is still great name in the art his father graced. The theater he built still honors his name on New York's 43d St.
 He made many productions and played many parts" writes George M. Cohan in an appreciation which precedes the book, land always it was a foregone conclusion that a Henry Miller production must be in the best tradition of the theater. Success or failure, there was never a question of its artistic validity" Theater- lovers will find much to interest them in Morse's story of such man.-W. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

The police commissioner of New Bri- tain has urged 10 p. m. curfew for chil- dren under fourteen years of age in the interest of checking a crime wave. His cause is a tenable one and has it's points. Parental and other authority in many cases is negligible in these times and children without the proper home envir- onment are more or less on the loose and quite on their own. A good place for chil dren under fourteen is at home and not, unattended, on the streets during the late evening hours. Not too bad, that curfeW, if it is felt to be needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

of the Senate Finance Commit tee and . veteran big-gun of Democratic party.
 Not long afterwards, Miss Per- kins appeared before the House Labor Committee on the famous Black Connery 30-hour bill, which led to the enactment of the National Industrial Recovery Act that General Hugh Johnson botched so brilliantly.
 The committee was most sym- pathetic to the proposed legisla- tion. Despite this, Miss Perkins put on an exhibition of naughty testineSs that left its members frothing with rage. She didn't talk to them, she lectured them like a school marm tutoring 8 class of backward children. AntagOnizes Press
 During all this period Madame Secretary's mishandling of the the press has been equally insup- portable.
 Not only has she been contemp- tuous, but deliberately mislead- ing. She thinks nothing of mak- ing misstatements, or delaying her press conferences for inexcus- able periods. On one occasion, after keeping large group wait ing half an hour, she greeted them brightly with, And to what am indebted for this distin- guished gathering?"
 Search me-" snapped one of the correspondents, i've were just trying ourselves to figure out why we put up with your discourteous treatment"
 Last year it finally dawned on Miss Perkins that something was amiss in her public relations and she launched quiet campaign to court goodwill.
 She changed her tone of voice toward congressional committees and generally tried to live down the extensive resentment against her. And she is making some heaoWay.
 Nevertheless, it must be chalked up as tragedy to the feminist movement that the first time woman was selected to fill a Cabi- net position in the United States government, THE MANTLE SHOULD HAVE FALLEN UPON ONE AS TEMPORARILY UN- SUITED AS FRANCES PER- KINS.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Check distribution has been much

Check distribution has been much in the public eye in recent days.
 There has been a vast discussion about the manner in which state unemployment insurance checks have been distributed, or not dis tributed And on Saturday evening the post office was stormed by sev- eral hundred seekers after WPA checks.
 With respect to the latter, the WPA office in New Haven offers an elaborate explanation that the checks were not due until yesterday, implying that Postmaster Rankin, who opened a special window and handed out the checks himself, went to unnecessary lengths.
 Such an explanation may satisfy the demands of routine but it hardly meets the demands of hu- man needs. Few if any WPA work CTS have any resources beyond the money they receive for their work. To ask them to face a weekend fundless, when the checks to which they were entitled were already in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Always Explanations

was quite bit of publicity O4..-.. 1t the state when the Board of Finance of the Town of Plainfield, which is in the northeastern part of the state, set tax rate of 50 mills this week. This represents nine-mill increase over the rate that prevailed in the town last week. Some of the news dispatches termed the rate the highest in the state, as well as in the towns history. There shouldn't be any question about either claim, as recourse to latest tax statistics from State Tax Commissioner William H. Hackett's office would show.
 We don't presume, though, this will demand grand jury probe nor needless publicity about the state, such as would happen if Waterbury should suddenly boost it's tax rate from 30 to 35 mills. That may be beside the question, but numerically speaking Waterbury appar- ently is outclaSsed in regard to it's tax rate, as it was obviously outclassed dur ing the past year when Plainfield fathers were forced to levy and collect a 41-mill tax. In Plainfield they say the high rate IS deceiving as property is assessed at low valuations.
 We heard this, too at one time in Waterbury. We tried to show that there was lower valuation on property than existed in other cities whose tax rates were few notches below that of Water bury. But it was like throwing chaff into the wind; there was an internal machine operating and it's exhalations carried everything away before 1.-the good and the bad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Selected Poem
NEW ENGLAND MIND

Htobert Francis in the New York Times) My mind matches this understated land outdoors the penciled tree, the wind carved drift Indoors the constant fire, the careful thrift Are facts that accept and understand nave brought in red berries and green boughs- Berries Of black alder, boughs of pine They and the sunlight on them both are mine I need no florist flowers in my house. Having lived here the years that are my best, l call It home. am content to stay l have no birds desire to fly away envy neither north, east, south nor west My outer world and inner make pair But would the two be always of kind? Another latitude. another mindp or would be New England anywhere?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Handimg Out Checks
WPA Workers Held Up by Routine Procedure Labor Dept. Faces Tremendous Task in Car
 ing for Unemployed Benefits.
HARTFORD TIMES

1 the Hartford post office, is to pay a silly deference to routine. Post master Rankin did the humane and sensible thing in making funds available to those who need them.
 AS for the state unemployment checks, the labor department at the outset found itself confronted by problem much greater than had been expected. Some delays were caused thereby. The department att tempted to operate on a 24-hour basis, and finally did utilize the service of two shifts of workers in reviewing claims and preparing checks.
 In spite of this there has been much complaint about delays. With all allowance for congregations of delay and for unwarranted claims for payment, 1t seems to be true that the promptness in distributing checks was not all that was to be desired.
 The labor department is able to offer reasons for delay and offers assurances to those awaiting their money. However, the problems faced by those waiting for their checks are not, in many cases, easily brushed away. Factory of other workers laid off because of the re- cession have urgent need for money. Delays in many cases amount to tragedy.
 There is no disposition to criticise the Labor Department unduly. It faced gigantic task, without or ganization adequate for the purpose. The department is entitled to cred- it for putting forth great efforts.
 Yet it has to be admitted that Connecticut ought to find a way to do better. In both the cases the prime essential is that money go promptly to those of slender re- sources who are entitled to receive if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Current Comment

Audiences have given strip tease bad name. If the same dance were put in a ballet 1t would be called great art. Countess Barron Levinskatoth, former ballet dancer, who Is now a strip tease dancer.
 
 The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is being rapidly obscured in colleges and universities and may soon be extinguished. -Robert M. Hutchins, president University of Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 2:41 a. m.

Moon rises 2:41 a. m
 Sun rises 5:47 a. m; sets 6:09 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The warm wave this week was welcomed by those who like to see winter end abruptly, but 1t wasn't so welcome where farmers were gathering maple Sap. A warm spell like the one we had always ends the sap-run and should there be climatic change produc- tive Of later run, the sap produced never has the same texture nor produces as good syrup and sugar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce bindery-- bind'-ry; say, bind'er-y.

A. Eighty degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
 o. Where is the original flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1872?
 A. National Museum, Washing ton, D. c.
 o. On what basis are old age pensions paid in Germany?
 A. There Is an old age pension for both officials and civilian work CTS and employees. For officials, the pension is 75 per cent of the last salary received; for workers and employees, the amount depends on the monthly payments to the social insurance company through which the pension is administered.
 c. Please give a description of Jon Hall, who appeared in the re- cent motion picture, Hurricane"
 A. He was born in Fresno, Calf, and is "A years old. His real name is Charles Locher. He is six feet, two inches tall, weighs 195 pounds and has fair hair and gray eyes.
 o. What is the lowest tempera- ture recorded in the United States?
 A. Sixty-six degrees below zero Fahrenheit on February g. 1883, at Riverside Ranger Station, Yellow stone Park.
 If you want copy of our book let Popular Screen Stars" write to Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street. Washington. D. 0. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

London also had an unepected early Spring. Flowers are way ahead of schedule. Rhododendrons are much ahead of time, and roses and lilacs are budding. A new story from across says that tulips are selling for four pence a dozen blooms. If you figure that out, you will realize that in our money the tulips would be costing about eight cents, or perhaps dime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

Dorothy Thompson, New York news writer, urged an audience listening to her discussion of Essentials of Democracy" Thursday of this week to telegraph their senators in Washington in the cause of defeating the reorganization bill. She admits the good points of same but con- siders that it puts too much power in the hands of one person.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
BRASS RING THIS WEEK GOES TO SECT. PERKINS
v DREW PEARSON
and DOBGR9 q AEIHet

EDITORS the Round series what LaFoe called he worst Cabinet in history Secre Perkins Americas first Cabinet officer herewith receives good for ride The Washington Merry -ROundD
 WASHINGTON, March 26. - Miss Frances Perkins is the most paradoxcal member of the Roosevelt Cabinet At one and the same time she is excellent depart mental administrator, but lamentably mpng Cabinet off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

l. In which state are the Carls- bad Caverns?
 2. Name the branch of zoology that treats of birds.
 3. In which round was Max Schmeling awarded technical knockout over Harry Thomas in their recent bout?
 4. Where is the isle of Patmosr
 5. How many cubic feet are in one cubic yard?
 6. Who was William Archer?
 '. What state does Senator Har- ry F. Byrd represent in Congress?
 8. Name the capital of Puerto Rico.
 9. Who was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Gross?
 10. Which of the Twelve Apostles betrayed Jesus?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 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 to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
 Q. Who composed the number entitled The Blind Plowman?"
 A. Robert Coningsby Clarke, in 1913.
 Q. Did the late Enrico Caruso ever sing over the radio?
 A. He was one of the artists at the Metropolitan Opera House, in New York, in 1909, when Lee De Forest, a pioneer in the develop ment of wireless in America, made an expirement in radio telephone from the stage. Caruso's song was heard by about dozen listeners and 8 few ships wireless operators.
 o. What was the lowest temper ature encountered by Admiral Byrd when he wintered at Antarctica?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

Miss Thompson also rather aptly put it: Making the rich poorer does not necessarily mean making the poor richer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

If you have not thus far, be good for the rest of Lent. Halfway measures are better than none.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26

Masterly understatement "a writer visiting Hollywood for the first time speaks of the slight, smoldering insan- ity you feel in the air here'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-26
A Thought for Today

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will do, that the Father may be glorified in the SOn.-JOhn A:13.
  No one who is not accustomed to give grandly can ask nobly and with boldneSs.-LaVater.