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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-09
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-09

Making even a 4-thread stocking
last that long is a problem for some
girls. Frequent runs are the most
common complaint.
Secret of longer wear
Two girls may start with the very
same stockings, yet one will often
get twice as long wear.
Here's an important factor: the
way they're washed! Stockings
should be washed in lukewarm
Lux suds after each wearing.
Lux guards elasticity, on which
the life OF stocking depends. When
the silk is 'lively," it gives under
strain without breaking easily, then
springs back into shape. When this
elasticity is weakened, as it may
easily be by rubbing or by harsh
soaps, runs are apt to pop!
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-09
Stockings Most Expensive
SinqIe Item in Clothes Budget
by Ruth Dennis

AN TNouIRING REPORTER asked six picked at ran
n dom to name expensive single item IN Their cothes
budget Five promptly answered Stockings! Small WONDER
when American women spend 3O0000O0O year on stockng
E tho Nev York State Department of Labor working out
minimum budget for women who work, allowed ~ pairs OF
stockings vear-a new pair every two and hall weeks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Navy's Defense Line

There has been much talk about the United States Navys Line of Defense, for it is a good, resounding phrase that fits in handily when politicians or states men either, have occasion to talk for puO- lie consumption. But until just recently the "Lne of Defense" was vague, lndls- tinct Wavering mark which not one out Of hundred run-of-the- mine citizens could have placed even remotely. Some con- eressman even accused the State Depart ment of placing the line on the Yangtze III China.
 Then the hypothetical line was drawn, and by no less authority than Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval opera tions It runs, he explained according to navy technique, from the Aleutian Islands (off the coast of Alaska) SouthWard through Hawaii to Samoa, eastWard.to the Panama Canal and thence to the Virgin Islands and the Maine coast - an irregular circle bounding lot of water in two oceans, a considerable number or islands and the United States.
 The admirals statement immediately brought up the question: What about the rest of the AmericaS?" Shouldn't the defense line be extended and instead Of cutting through the Panama Canal be  South America? Perhaps it should be, perhaps it shouldn't, It isn't one question, it's several.
 If the Monroe Doctrine should break down and one or several foreign powers should attempt to seize one or several South American countries, just what can we do about it. Would our navy, under its proposed enlargements be husky enough to steam southward and justify the excursion? How much help could it expect from South America itself? Lay ing out line defense is one thing and actually defending that line is another Great Britain found that bluff was just that in a showdown.
 The line of defense for the United States is important and laying it out is undoubtedly necessary. But wouldn't 1t be wise idea to get down to actualitieS and figure out just how all-inclusive that line should be, and how practically de- fensible the line can be in case of test? In other words, draw a defense line the navy can defend and stick to it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

chase of professional services and other devices which might enable many of them to budget sickness bills and relieve the community of some responsibility and expense. It would be miraculous if the associa- tion, after completing the survey which it promises to make, should succeed in writing prescription that leaves the satisfactory perform ance of the social, economic ana technical task wholly to the ''medi- cal and health agencies now avail able" and to welfare societies and community chests. Taxation, insur- ance, no single financial invention has met the. medical needs of Eur ope with all it's long experience. Dr. Davis proposes far more compre- hensive study than that undertaken by the American Medical Associa- tion-a study in which economists, sociologists and organizations rep resenting the paying public would share as well as physicians, to de- termine how the medical reSponsl- bility of the community can best be met. Organized medicine must be consulted on technical questions. But it is the public that must de- eide from what sources it will take the money to pay the medical bills of those who cannot stand the fi- nancial strain of illness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Auto License Numbers

Motorists are finicky about their auto mobile license numbers. And if anyone thinks the age of superstition is really past, let him consult the people that hand out the license plates. Not only is the number 13 dodged with almost unanimous terror, but combinations which add up to 13 are equally summed.
 This problem alone would be enough to make license dispensers job not happy one, but there are many others. There are the followers of numerology who must have special numbers that are expected to make their lives more har- nonious and successful. There are peo- pie who want their license numbers to be the same as their house numbers or their telephone numbers or their ages. The lucky numbers of games of chance are much sought after. Then there are all the people who want low numbers because they seem elegant and exclusive.
 The officials are tolerant and even sympathetic, in spite of all the extra trouble caused. They say that many of the people who want the same number year after year, or who want easy num- bers, are trying to help out their own faulty memory It takes lot of drivers four or five months to forget the old number and learn the new one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Taxes Holding Up

According to State Tax Commissioner William H. Hackett cigarette and liquor taxes are still showing an increase. This is very encouraging news here in Con- necticut, coming as it does so shortly after series of conferences between the governor and department heads. The discussions were on the budget and the ability of the several deparments to stay within them for the remainder of the fiscal year. There was an expression of opinion on this by Finance Commissioner Edward F. Hall who stated that he thought the state could get through to the end of the fiscal year all right.
 We commented at the time that this did not add to the hopes of cutting down the deficit, which is to be retired some time during 1888. At one time this defi- cit had gone up to $14,000,000, but was reduced in the last year or so to SIP 2,000,- 900. If it could be retired at this figure it would mean a saving to us and would enable the $25 100000 bond issue to be cut few millions, resulting, naturally in saving in interest. AS it now appears, it may still be possible to keep the deficit lower than the original figure of $14,000000
 One of the most encouraging tax features of our state government in re- cent years has been the ability of cigar cite and liquor taxes to bear up. This has been done in the face of all kinds of business, good and bad, Consistently have these figures been on the increase. They still are, We long pointed out that liquor was source of legitimate revenue. It has certainly proved to be, So have cigarettes, surprisingly so, They have borne up in the face of bad business. They may yet prove the salvation of the state government and provide an avenue along which can be deposited burdensome taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
A Book a Day
The Italian Farmer Under Fascism
 By BRUCE CAPTION

There is an excellent examina- ton of the pretensions and the hard facts of Italian FaScism in Carl T. Schmidt's stimulating book, "The Plough and the Sword" (Columbia Press: $2:50).
 Fascist leaders, says MT. Schmidt, improved under FaScism?
 To be sure, he had to rely largely an official Fascist reports and stat iStics for his answers; but he suc- ceeded in presenting picture which I suppose, is about as close to the truth as it is possible to get under the circumstances.
 His verdict is distinctly unfavor- able to FaScism.
 l Fascism, he reports. has led to an extension of share-cropping and to greater influence TOY absentee owners. It favors commercialized agriculture as against the small farmer. Common lands have been enclosed. The great landed prop rietors have indeed prospered; but it has been at the expense of the peasant.
 Farm income has declined sharp i ly, and the brunt of the decline has been borne by small proprietors and peasants. Worse yet, both the quan- tity and the quality of food avail- able, per capita, to the rural popu- lation have dropped. The Italian farmer is bearing his full share of the heralded discipline of poverty .''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Selected Poem
TO A COLLEGIAN
(J. s. S., Poets Corner, Hartford Time

U. s. S., Poets Corner, Hartford Times Dear Proxy:
 At your gentle touch" My checkbook StirS within my pocket, much As the potato eye, beneath the clod StlrS when the sunshine warns the sod. But ah, your delft allusion clever To those who have withStood the freezing weather Of this depreSsion'S winter: That brings the tears to my now opened eyes, And many painful memories Of money wounds as yet unhealed Assets once liquid, now congeSted; Of obligations still maturing, And needs beyond mans enduring Ones willing hand, which erst would find The gray green blank which tells the bank To pay, is palsied ere it grasps the pen,- My balance is so 'tarnal small-and then I say, this dread emblazon must not be- For muscles should not rest unfexedly But work, that minds may be the better tuned To work with muscle, both to do and dare This touch sounds fair mid many touches quizzical Because it is for education physical And though when I survey the balance there It throws into both heart and pen, scare Yet, just because you work for others veal, My grip upon the pen I steele, To plunge it in the inkpot To make check, why not? Speed my rheumatic digit Here's the check, my heart goes with it. P. $. And if date the check week ahead
 Pleased be assured the cash is there deposited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
T'he Doctors BilL Problem of Caring for Legally Medically Indi- gent Two Distinct Groups, Calls
 for Much Study.
NEW YORK TIMES

Because many fail to distinguish between the legally and medically indigent the problem of caring for the needy in sickness is not clearly understood. The legally indigent are the pauperS who must be supported in good or bad health; the medically indigent comprise a much larger class which earns a living in health but which is unable to meet the ex- pense of serious illness. In the cur rent issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Michael Davis, chairman of the Committee on Research in Medical Economics, examines the economics of medical care in the light of this classification and arrives at conclusions which or ganized medicine cannot afford to ignore.
 Out of taxes, state and federal governments now pay about $500,- 100000 annually for the medical cars of those who cannot meet the cost. This group includes many who are fully self-supporting while in health. Taking existing expenditures of New York State as basis, Dr. Davis asks: What would 1t cost if all the states were to spend as much in proportion to their population? The additional charge outside of New York would be $400,000,000 or double the present medical eXpen- allure of all state and local gov- ernments together, except in so far as federal subsidies carry part of the load" Even this huge sum would not care medically for all patients in New York for whom full public responsibility is assumed at the present time.
 pr. Davis estimates that $2,000,- 0OO000 is now paid to physicians, hospitals and other agencies by the 85 per cent of the population that constitutes the moderate and low income group. Of this su.1l 9l,Son,- 900 OOO is directly collected in fees, the rest in the form of taxes ($450,- OOO, O,O0O), insurance premiums ($15O,- OOO, ,O00) and charitable contributions ($1OO, ,O0O,OOO). The prospect of doub- ling or tripling local and state ap- propriations and keeping pace with advancing medical practice and hence with constantly rising costs is not bright. The threshold of tol- erable taxation may be reached when the legally indigent are cared for and necessary public facilities are provided for the control of diseases with which public health officers are especially concerned.
 What, then, of the medically in- digent? The American Medical As sociation maintains that they can be provided for without resorting to medical insurance, the group pur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Residents of the Saugatuck River Val ley are not accepting their fate lying down. Their latest step to prevent their custer to permit expansion of a private water system that services the City of Bridgeport, as well as other Fairfield County communities, is 6 $25O,OOO dam- age suit and demand for permanent in- junction to prevent the water company interfering with the natural flow of the Saugatuck River. The particular plain tiffs in this suit are not residents whose property will be condemned, but are others living just outside the proposed limits of the new reservoir Their con- tention is that their homes would be dam aged by proximity to the reservoir All of which probably means that the case will again go through about the same legal formalities that it has already It looks like losing fight for the Saugatuck Valley residents, judging by what the courts have already decided on the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
A Eighty People

Skiing is becoming an American pas sion, and so is the transportation that fosters it. This holiday season is witness ing some remarkable developments Chief among them, perhaps, is the streamlined train, powered with Diesels, that whirls 17 carloads of passengers from New York City to Sun Valley, Ida, for a ski frolic. Think of travelling that far to slide down hill!
 With the growth of this sport and rapid improvement of trains, such expeditions hither and yon, from flat lands to noun tains, will probably be regular feature
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Hartford High school students now have a chance to learn Italian, Greek, Latin, French, and German during their courses. Another language would be added, namely, Russian A group of Russian residents is making an endeavor to have the language included as regu- lar part of the high school curriculum. Such an interest is quite understandable still it would be necessary for high school authorities to know that a good per- centage of students would be sufficiently interested in the language to make it worth teaching
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Current Comment

The crime rate is more than twice as large for unmarried as for mar ried men and admissions to hospi- tals for the insane are higher for the unmarried than the married of both sexes, when ages are the same. Prof. George A. Works, Univer-
 sity of Chicago.
 The New Years resolution im- presses me as a device which many people used to kid" themselves that they are stopping some form of be- havior which their conScienceS tell them is not tco desirable. pr. Robert McMurray, psychol-
 ogist
 It is wise to make resolutions since the first step in progress of any sort consists of formulating plans. pr. George w. Crane, Northwest
 e-n University
 The pace that women keep in this country is enough to kill a whole regiment of soldiers. John Wagener, Cleveland. O.,
 celebrating his hundredth birth
 day.
 No great revolution ever started in the early morning or noon; they all have started about p. m. Hans von Hentig, former professor
 at the University of Bonn. Ger
 many.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Whats this? Newport, R. T., cut off from the rest of the United States? It can't be true, yet it is to certain extent. The New Haven Road has just informed the Newport Chamber of Commerce that after March 27 train service will be dis continued. This follows the action of the Fall River Steamship Line taking the city off it's list of ports of call Freight service into Newport is not to be abandoned along with passenger trains, but New port residents are wondering how bag gage will be sent in by the many wealthy summer residents. Looks as if Newport might have to establish it's own rail service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Mrs. Norton by baC1iers of the wage-nour bill is their fear that failure to press for early action will play into the opposition's hands, enable them to prevent House consideration. That is what happened at the Congressional session last summer.
 The strategy favored by some proponents of the bill, plus most Democratic leaders, is to have the Labor Committee report out a measure that would arouse minimum of opposition; shove it through the chamber and then send it to conference. There the House bill would be revised to conform to the much more drastic measure passed last year by the Senate.
 Advocates of this plan are con- fident that the Representatives, having once passed a wage-hour act and facing an election, would not reject conference-approyed measure even if it were a much tougher one than they had orig finally approved.
 Chicago Housing
 Nothing has riled PWAdminis- trator Ickes so much recently as seeing Housing Administrator St,raus hand two big housing pro- jects in Chicago over to the Kelly Nash political. machine.
 Secretary Ickes happens to come from Chicago, has no great love for the two Irisnmen who dominate that city's poii- tics. Furthermore he, Ickes, planned and built the two hous
 ing projects which St-aus gave away. Named the Jane Addams" and the Julia Lath- rop" ill homer of the two great women social workers, they are among the largest slum clear ance projects Ickes' PWA Hous- ing Division built.
 But after they were built, Nathan Straus of New York took ever the new U. s. Housing Au- thority. Nominally Straus is un- der Ickes, actually he is almost independent. And neither likes the other. So one of the first things Straus did was to turn the two housing projects over to the local Chicago authorities whom Ickes .diSlikaS.
 Merry-GO-ROund
 A survey of wages in the tex tile industry being made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals extensive pay cuts in the past six months. There is a consider able annual turnover in G-men, but not for disciplinary reasons. Most of the sleuths leave the gov ernment service to take better paying and less dangerous private jobs. Senator Josiah Bailey has no illusions about his stand ing with the great mass of voters in North Carolina. Discussing the race between Senator Bob Key holds and Representative Frank Hancock, Bailey remarked to a friend. I'm keeping out of the campaign. My support would be fatal to either candidate"
 Copyright, 193S. by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
Daily Almanac
Moon sets y:46 D. m.

Moon sets 9:46 D. m.
 Sun rises 7:01 a. m.; sets 5:12 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 AS the day lengthens, the cold strengthens, so was the way the old saying went if we re- call correctly. Meaning, of course, that Feb ruary and March can be depended upon to supply the real backbone of winter. Seldom if ever do these ty1o months disappoint by not bringing disagreeable weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
T e st Y o UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What is the political affiliation of Hamilton Fish, representative from New York?
 2. Where is Mt Mckinley?
 3. On which of the Great Lakes is Cleveland, Ohio located?
 4. Who is chairman of the senate foreign relations committee?
 5. Where is Woodrow Wilson buried?
 6. Who was Jacob Perkins?
 T. Which state is nicknamed "Old Dominion?"
 8. What is the monetary unit of Poland?
 g.. Which state is represented by Sam D. McReynolds in congress?
 10. Who founded the University of Virginia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 193S
A Thought for Today

And immediately he received his sight, and he followed him. glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. Luke 18:43.
 A miracle is a work exceeding the power of any created agent consequently being an ettect of the divine omnpotence.-South.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

of winter week-ending. And we shall probably be shooting about in the same fashion, from wherever we are to distant bathing beaches, forests and other points of contrast, throughout the year, by train and plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce acoustic
 a-kOw'-stik; say, a-kO0s' '-tik

A. Or June 30, 1887, the Veterans Administration was operating hos pital facilities with 47,421 beds at 81 locations in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
 o. Who made the first map of the moon?
 A. Ricciolo made 1t in 1850. He also originated the plan of naming the lunar craters for celebrated as tronomers and philosophers.
 Q. Where is the Hell Hole of creation?
 A. That is the name of the Dan akil Depression in northern Ethiopia, 100 miles of desert that is 300 to 400 feet below sea level, more depressed than California's famous Death Valley, and many degrees hotter. Even in the shade, temperatures have been recorded from 14O degrees to 1856 degrees Fahrenheit.
 Q. When was the Battle Above the Clouds" fought?
 A. The name is given to the Bat tie of Lookout Mountain, which was part of the Battle of Chatta- nooga, November 24, 1863.
 Q. Who painted the famous pie ture of "Cicero's Invective Against Cataline?"
 A. Cesare Maccari, a freSco painter and professor at the Acca- demia s. Luca in Rome.
 @. What was the title of the pie ture featuring Edward G. Robinson and Bebe Daniels that dealt with a mining boom? When was it re- leased?
 A. Silver Dollar" which had the Colorado silver boom as it's theme. It was produced in 1882, and re- leased in December of that year.
 If you want a copy of OursbOOklet FAMILY EDUCATING" write the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Water has become SO scarce in the drought-stricken Catamarcas district of Argentina that trains have been carrying water to many, communities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04

Advice to Ambitious Young Men. !. So live that when you're proposed for public job, nobody will have anything on you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-04
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Feb. 4-SometimeS one is forced to the conclusion that the night club entrepreneurS are the most ingenious men in town. There is no limit to the artifices to which they resort to lure trade to their particular dens.
 One day it is Ching Gong, form of oriental checkers, or Bingo or turtle races, and the next, perhaps free wrist charms for the ladies or chance to gawk at the cast of a Broadway revue (who get a free meaD.
 Now a new trend appears. At least one club has decided that its added attraction henceforth will be in intelligence test to determine the 10. of its patrons. Psychology might well prepare itself for some new low figures.
 This department has had the op- portunity to examine the first of these tests at some length and can report only dissatisfaction with the questions asked. Example: Name the husbands of Peggy Hopkins Joyce in order. This is elementary (for night club habitues) and hardly germane to the accurate rating of after-dark intelligence. So yours truly has compiled his own test, part of which is here presented; with some of the answers just to help out.
 Q.-What is the difference be- tween doctored ginger ale and the champagne you are being served? A-$10 quart.
 Q.-Is it polite to pay attention during an act? A.-Certainly not! The kind of person who would do that would arrive at theater be- fore the curtain went up.
 Q.-What is the process used by clip joint walters in compiling a check. A.-Multiplication.