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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

from Jones would be half a vote for his opponent.
 Lewis indicated pretty definitely however, that he was open to overtures from Jones. Regarding Jones' senatorial running mate, Governor George Earle, the CIO chief had nothing to say. Earle was the only one on his slate who blasted Lewis during the campaign, and so far this has been neither forgotten nor forgiven. Whether 1t will be remains to be seen.
 "Puddler Jim" Davis
 For the present Earle is the big gest obstacle to restoring peace among the warning factions.
 Also, although he scored a runaway victory in his race with Mayor s. Davis Wilson of Phila- delphia, Earle in some respects is a much weaker candidate than Jones. Reason for this is that while Pennsylvania labor might stay out of the gubernatorial con- test, they have no reason to stay away from the senatorial voting.
 Senator ''Puddler Jim' Davis Is no New Dealer by any stretch of imagination, but he does have a fairly liberal labor record. He even carries . CIO card, hav- ing maintained his membership in the Amalgamated Tin, Iron and Steel Workers, now a CIO affiliate.
 Labor has supported Davis in the past and 1t could do SO again. If it does. Earle's senatorial chances would be nothing to bet your shirt on.
 Pan-American Propaganda
 Fear of Fascist influence in South America has caused the State Department to form . Di- vision of Cultural Relations, which will endeavor to promote high grade propaganda below the Rio Grande.
 It will push USA radio pro- grams. publication of USA books in Latin America, the exchange of students and professors, the display of American art, etc.
 If kept out of the hands of Cordell Hull's cookie -putschers" the new division may go places.
 Copyright, 1888 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

Local housing authorities are coming to the realization that when they start to comply with federal requirements in lowcost housing projects they are tackling a proposition. Which would seem to make Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy's stand on the matter good one. He told his fellow officials that the city gave up too much for what it received in return. If we're not mistaken the same remark was made in Bridgeport the other day by the head of it's housing authority.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
Selected Poem
LINES FOR MY HUSBAND

CNorah Smaridge in the New York Sum Now that I'm safely home again From my week end, and you explain How well you got along without me, l take breath and look about me Noting you've gobbled up the meat That l intended us to eat Tonight. A funny smell of fish Clings to the vegetable dish And, obviously the garage light Has blazed away since Friday night! You've blithely made date for me To go to Mrs. Browns for tea, Although you know I loathe her, dear You've drunk our last six cans of beer And with tea towels, furthermore, You've polished up the kitchen floor! Yet, when you gayly show me in With your disarming small-boy grin I weakly hasten to agree
 That you have managed splendidly!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
A Book a Day
Snyder r-Gray
 Case Complete
BY BRUCE CAPTION

A A4SoOA STA n OAN
 Every once in a while some mur, der case emerges from the ordinar, ruck of undistinguished homicide and takes the whole country by thu ears: For a few weeks it seems t be all that anybody talks about; anc even after 1t fades and is forgotten people recall 1t now and then fol some queer quirk that makes f memorable.
 Such a murder was the famolr Snyder-Gray case in New York, up. wards of a0 decade ago; and 1t is now embalmed for curious poster. ity in another of the Notable Amer ican Trials books-"The Trial of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray" by John Kober (Doublday, Doran: $3.50).
 The books in this series are thorough jobs, and this one is nc exception. First comes 8 comprehen. sive review of the case. from the development of the background h the actual execution of the crim- inals; then comes the verbatim tes. timony from the trial, page upor page of it. with nothing left out except some of the minor bits.
 All of which, you might think, would make rather dreary reading the Snyder Gray crime having been pretty messy and uninspired af- fair. But somehow it isn't bit dreary; it's fascinating. For the thing that sets this "a ss apart is precisely the fact that the principals were so very ordinary and uninspired. Here were no dashing, romantic criminals, but two everyday people who got tangled up in something that their own wits couldn't get them out of.
 Many 8 reader will finish this book with at least a hint of the There but for the grace of God" | foa1irn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
GOOD JUDGMENT OF PULPIT EDITORIAL
 IS QUESTIONED

Editor of The Democrat:
 I would gladly carry bouquet of the swellest orchids to the home of Rev. Dr. Walker if he had chosen the proper place for his sermon or editorial or political speech or what you will in describing his attack on politicians.
 If were a politician, I would shout Bravo, Dr. Walker. Turn the rascals out, I would say, and let the other gang in. They must be hungry after sixteen years in the dog house.
 If I were a curbstone orator or a poolroom habitue, Dr. Walker, I would say you had something on the ball and that you knew your onions, or stuff or whatever word Emily Posts kid brother would say on such occasions.
 If were interested in any rackets I would say that you knew a setup or raw deal when you saw one, Dr. Walker.
 But not being a politician, curb stone orator or a racketeer, but one who has made his home in Water bury for over half century, I must take issue with you, Dr. Walker. Not on what you said for am will ing to let the public draw it's own conclusion on the guilt or inno- ! cence of persons involved, but on the time and place you choose to say it.
 I am old fashioned, maybe, in claiming that the pulpit is no place for sermon, tirade or song of hate. Let those who wallow in political mud throw the epithets of gangster, 1 crook, etc. Even if the men you have so bitterly denounced were guilty of all the charges linked with their names, does 1t behoove a priest of God to sit in judgment--eyen be- fore the culprits are tried in open court-and hurl stones at them.
 Other men may say the same thing, yes more bitter things than you did, pr. Walker, but you speak ing in church, in an atmosphere where inspiration supposedly flames more brightly in truth, assumed a terrible responsibility in blasting your fellow citizens. Where Is your Christian spirit, where is your for giving nature, your mantle of char ity, that Gods ordained are pre- sumably vested with?
 I admire your frankness, but question your good judgment. I may ! share your opinions to some extent, but if I were a minister I would 1 find some more appropriate back ground to play to the gallery of the cynics, the agnostics, the anti religious element to be found in every community.
 Can you blame me, Dr. Walker. if were to catch some of your rather i intolerant enthusiasm and specu- late on whether you. were playing to the public for applause, for per- sonal gain or were you the reluctant mouthpiece for some politically minded parishioner, some generous | contributor in your church or sus- pecting you of joining in a cam ouflaged movement to smear public officials who didn't subscribe to your political views or religious affilia- tions?
 Be consoled, however, Dr. Walker in the thought that other ministers have found less material on which to give evidence of an eagerness to start tongues awagging on religious issues. Just remove the veneer, Dr. Walker, and what do we find-the old two-time trick-preach brother ly love on Sundays, if there is nc political gossip handy, and then sock the brothers six days week. It's the modern idea of brotherhood T. w. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 2:08 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:27 a. m.; sets 8:11 D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Instead of changing after the middle of the May, as was confidently expected by so many of us amateur forecasetrs, the month has become steadily worse. What was simply chilly weather, has become damp, chilly weather. Crops are hard hit everywhere in New England. Harvests will be late this year.
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1. Where is the city of Cannes?

1. Where is the city of Cannes?
 2. For what government agency do the initials F. T. c. stand?
 3. To which country do the Fiji Islands belong?
 4. Name the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar.
 5. In which state are the Black Hills?
 6. Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
 2. In which state is Kingsley dam, which will be the second largest earth dam in the world when com- pleted?
 8. Which Vice-President was first to become President of the U. S. automatically?
 g. Where are the Lachine Rapids?
 10. Name the flagship of Perry's fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

Connecticut and Rhode Island will soon get federal lake. The U. s. Department of Agriculture is flooding submarginal land that has been abandoned. Most of it is in Rhode Island but the dam will have to be built on the Connecticut side of the line. The project will be started in July and when finished will form recreational spot for eastern Connecti- cut and western Rhode Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
PATSY PERRIELLO FOR MAYOR
 HAS LOYAL BOOSTER
May 23, 1888.

May g, 1888. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 To the people of Waterbury. will you kindly tell me what is wrong with having 8 man of Italian ex- traction act as chairman of the board of aldemen? Is he not justly entitled to his job? Haven't we, the voting public put him there? Then why question his status?
 Just because there are possibilities
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

entered against the city of Chicago, for the allegedly illegal conduct of it's police. Or perhaps that has been done. A police man isn't supposed to have any more right to use violence than a private per- son. Of course self-defense is claimed in all these cases. The courts will decide that point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

If you want a copy of our book let THE BANKING SYSTEM OF UNITED STATES" write to The Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

0. Were you not in error in stat ing that IA pitch roof rises only IA inch per foot of run; 1-2 pitch, 1-2 inch per foot, and so on? My understanding is that IA pitch roof rises inches to the foot; 1-2 pitch 12 inches, and so on.
 A. Yes; the pitch of roof is reckoned from the span, and the run is one-half the span. The pitch is obtained by dividing the rise of a rafter by twice its horizontal run. Thus full pitch rises "A inches per foot of run; 1-2 pitch, 12 inches; 1-3 pitch, inches; IA pitch, 6 inch- es; 1-6 pitch, 4 inches; 1-8 pitch, inches and so on.
 o. How many hospitals for men, tai cases are in the United States, and what is their bed capacity?
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Questions and
 Answers
Copyright 1888, 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 to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
Current Comment

Keep your gentleness If you want to make the most of modern fem mine freedom.
 Lillian Gish. to women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

BEAVERS GET SAFETY DECREE
 Montreal - (UP) - The Quebec provincial government has decreed that beaver colony located on the farm of Randall Boyd at AndersoPs Corners, Que, must not be dis turbed - at least until next spring
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

This is the time when men start kick ing about the hot summer clothes they don't have to wear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
A Thought for Today

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned In his stead.-II Chronicles l2:l6.
 Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the greatest good.-W. Milford
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
IN TODAY'S MAIL

This responsible opinions from it's readers Anonymous communications accompanied with the writer's address will be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
Cleveland Chicago Relief Crisis Result of Stote-Federo Struggle;
 States Try to Shift Burden to U. S.;
 Pass Relief Up with Treosuries Ample
. DRGW RGAE0Osg
aaA R0@RRR 0 AR&09i

Washington, May 24-Nothing has been said about publicly but at the root of the relief crisis in Cleveland and Chicago is ongstanding struggle between state and federal authorities There two phases of this tug
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Coup is pronounced koo; not
 ko0p.
A. The American Medical Associ- ation reports 579 mental hospitals with a capacity of 570,6l6 in 1887.

0. Can you tell me If the local legends about signs or marking on trees and rocks containing directions to lost Indian mines, buried treasure, etc., are based on fact?
 A. The Bureau of American Eth nology says that these legends are without foundation, as the Indians north of Mexico had no knowledge of the working of precious metals and consequently had no treasures which would be considered of value according to our standards. The markings may have been the record of visits of individuals to certain places; sign posts to show the pres ence of water or the direction of a trail In most cases, only the mark CTS of the signs and their intimate friends possessed the key by which they could be interpreted, and for that reason 1t is practically impos- sible to translate them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24

Q. What do political commenta- tators mean when they refer to "Rightists and Leftists?"
 A. Rightist is another name for conservative or Tory; Leftist is ra- dical, such as socialist or commun-. ist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
Test Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02

notion is that Ickes will be sufficient
ly accommodating Cor such sucker'
as to boost their program along.
Ickes won't do it, of course.
LabOr's Wages.
It's a funny thing!
Naturally an American contractor
can't underbid an English contractor
in England, because American wages
are much higher than English wages.
Yet American unemployment is
more prevalent than unemployment
is in England. 1t would appear, there
fore. that our wages should be low
err than in England. The reverse is
true
Well" one may argue, "in spite of
locally adverse conditions, American
trades unionism has kept labOrs pay
upon a higher level than the old
worlds"
water, either; English trades union
ism is ART. liter than unionism is
here.
Buying Power.
There's this to be considered.
In the United States 81 will buy
about 90 cents worth. In England the
equalivent of 81 will buy about $1.2O's
worth.
The American workingman does
have to have a bit higher pay than
the Briton to break even with the
latter
Maybe there's a slight margin in
his favor in the Americans matter
of pay-in dollars and cents. But not
much in his buying power. And less
in the matter Of security of employ
ment. Oh, yes, we're getting some in
creased workingma-l insurance here
but it hasn't begun to take" appre-
ciably.
Iclxes Won't Bite.
Anyway Iches isn't in a position yet
to bid against English workers on an
English reservoir.
The British simply are trying to
make us look silly.
Ickes isn't going to be fooled.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02
Britons Ask
American Bid
On Huge Dam
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlIiI1nist

Washington, Sept. 2-The British
government has evolved scheme for
a whale of a big reservoir up the
River Thames valley to keep the sur
rounding country supplied with mois-
ture in season of drought.
I wouldn't have supposed that that
particular area, with it's exceedingly
damp climate, would need to be very
dependent upon irrigation, and | sur
mise that that proposed reservoir had
been suggested to provide work for a
lot of the regions unemployed rather
than because it is much of an actual
necessity. English unemployment IS
not comparatively, as bad as ours is.
Still, there is enough Of it.
The point is that the story has an
interesting American angle.
Press Asks a Question.
Estimates are that this English ar
tificial lake will cost 1900 coo pounds
TO create, or approximately $5,00G,OOO.
Accustomed as we are here to reckon
ing in billions so small an item as
these few millions seems trifling, but
it's a snug sum to the thrifty British,
with their passion for budgctbalanc-
ing.
Accordingly, the British press is de-
manding to know what a similar i'm
provement would cost the United
States government.
The British newspapers idea is tina,
their government should ask Interior
Secretary Harold l.. Ickes, as Amer
lean public works administrator, to
n1plxp hid IN tho iOh
Their Reasoning.
I don't mean to imply that Uncle
Sam would get the contract in any
event-not even if Ickes were to offer
to cut the British figure in two.
Instead the British theory is that
our interior secretary, if he can be.
induced to submit an estimate, will
submit one two or three times higher
than British bidders own. ThereupOn
the latter will say, See how moderate
we are" And British taxpayers will
fall for $5,O0O,OOO at once.
The prospective British contractors
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02
Consumption
Liquor Wanes
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Sept. 2.-North Carolina
lost 5000 in beverage tax in August
using the same month for comparison
in 1887, an insignificant slump, to be
sure, but in line with the lessening
business in liquor generally reported.
There are more stores operating
than there were in August, 1887, it is
true, but apparently there are fewer
devotees of booze in dog days. In very
few counties have there been gains.
And Wake county has taken for Au-
gust the supremacy in the State from
Durham.
Whether these diminishing returns
have had anything to do with the ABC
counties which now are discussing adj.
vertising, it may not now be said,
since the slump hasn't been abnormal.
The State got $121, 32907 for it's share
of the liquor taxes, and the same
month in 1887 produced $126 1925.
Sales taxes fell off more than 1000,
but there has been a declining sales
tax all along, due to the changes in
the law. Exempted articles have taken
off much tax and further exemptions
are suggested for the 1880 General As
sembly.
Faithful believers in the ABC plan
of handling liquor believe that the
glamour of drinking goes slowly and
that in actually people are consum-
ing smaller amounts of the poison.
But there has been an increase in
bootlegging and there are evidences
that the patriotism of the drinkers
has slumped also. Many of the boot
leggers are selling legally made IL
ouor for the same money that the
county stores demand.
ANYWAY. latest revenue statistics
tend to show that there has been gen
eral Improvement and almost any of
the statesmen will be willing to see
alcoholic beverage taxes shrink II
there is improvement in the general
business of the State and figures OF
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell for
August tend to show that.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02
Travel Tour
Gets Results
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Sept. 2.-Workers in the
department of conservation and de-
velopment have learned that in the
records of the State the hold-overs
from outside North Carolina come
very largely from among the people
who either visited North Carolina in
the famous 1887 tour, or from people
who were influenced by guests of the
State.
Everywhere that newspaper men go
they find some resorts which are run
ming late. They have guests who have
come from outside, many of them.
They may not have been on that two
weeks tour of 1887 financed by the
business people of the State;' but they
had people or friends who were. And
the good is coming on down through
1888 and probably much longer.
The resorts open earlier and stay
open later by many days than they
did prior to the States advertising
campaign And while the 1887 legisla-
ture voted S25O,0OO for advertisement
purposes, less than $1,000 of this went
into the trip last year. But under
State auspices that trip was taken and
IT revealed North Carolina in an
amazing way.
Coleman w. Roberts, who directed
the drive over the State, has not an
nounced the program, if any. for this
fall; but it has been unofficially de-
clared that there will be another trip
which will begin on big boat In New
York harbor, continue to Charleston,
disembark there, and then come up
through North Carolina by bus. There
would be an oceanic sail on the return.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02
FARM LOANS CLOSE
ON SEPTEMBER 10
Farm Tenants And Laborers
Have Few Days Remain
ing For Making Loans

Vance county farm tenants and
farm laborers still have an oppor-
tunity to apply for tenant purchase
loans according to Ivey w. Day
Vance County Farm Security Admin
istration Supervisor at Henderson. He
said today that the closing date for
acceptance OF applications will be Sep
TENDER 10.
Everyone desiring to make applica
tions will have an opportunity. In the
event it is impossible for some far
mers to fill out and return the blank
before that date the time limit may
be extended if sufficient reason is
given.
Under no circumstances will the
time limit be extended beyond Sep
tember rs and only those applications
that are in the hands of the County
Committee on that date will be given
consideration.
Application blanks are very easy to
fill in, Mr. Day pointed out. They may
be secured from the Farm Security
Administration office located in Hen
derson He said that the County Ten
ant Purchase Committee will begin
consideration of applications on Sep
TENDER 10.
Tenant purchase loans are for the
purchase of family sized farms and
will be made to only limited num-
Der of applicants this fall. The pro-
gram, authorized by the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act, is to assist
tenants and farm laborers who can
not obtain credit elsewhere to fin
ance the purchase of farms. The Farm
Security Administration offers them
an opportunity to obtain permanent
security through farm owenrship.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-02
NEW

Cotton goods l
Throwing Observation-Disclosures. /
Knit goods
Hosiery ................... %
Tapestry ...................
Dyeing and finishing .............
Chemicals ......... ..............
warehouses .................
Miscellaneous MISUNDERSTANDING. ii
Milling ............ ]
Furniture A
Mine and quarry ................ 3
Lumber .........
Paper and printing industries -.
Food and kindred products $3.50. II
1otdl ................ 80
ADDITIONS
Cotton goods ................ l
Cotton yarn ............
Dyeing and finishing ........... 8
Knit goods ....................
Hosiery ................... 2o
Rayon Observation-Disclosures. I
SILK ............. .
Milling ................. l
Oou !
Brick and tile ]
Chemicals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ]
MISCELLANEOUS ............... !
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Total .....! observation-disclosures. So