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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
A Book a Day
War and Peace Now and Then
 BY BRUCE CATION

It's 8 bit late, perhaps, to recog- nize the bald truth, but there wasn't a chance for decent peace at the close of the World War. It would have been asking too much of hu- man nature to expect that at thai moment an armiStice signed i'll hatred and steeped in revenge could have produced such peace.
 So the world finds itself 20 years later right smack back where it was in 1914, with a couple of dictators and the strife of fascism vS. Com- munism vs. democracy thrown in to make the picture even darker. But withal, humanity is closer to collective secruity than it has ever been. War has proved a vast futility. Moreover, the overwhelming mass of people in every country, be it ruled by a dictatorship or a democ- racy, desperately desires peace. That is still the No. factor internation- ally today.
 Thus writes veteran foreign cor respondent Vernon Bartlett, after 19 years of reporting Europe, in his hopeful book, "Intermission in Europe" (Oxford: $2.75).
 Looking back to 1918, MT. Bart lett writes lively tale, spiced with scoops, important interviews, rare experiences. But his book is best for its clear examination of the forces that are remaking Europe today.
 He scores democracies for their "cowardice" in the last 10 years, but he holds that their very rearma- ment today is the best safety valve against war. To read the book is to clarify great deal of current. his- tory.-P. c. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
PreSSCOnnent
SLIGHTLY SMELLY
(NeW York Herald-Tribune)

The largest whaler registered in this country has returned to port, after a year spent in Australian and Antarctic waters with approxi- mately $1,O00,0O0 worth of whale oil. This rare item of ship news natural ly reminds one of the days when whaling was major American h,- dustry and its pursuit out of Nan tucket, New Bedford and similar bases supplied material for such lusty romances as "Moby Dick" But, unfortunately, the reminder is full Of irony, for an attempt to extract romance from the voyage and har- vest of the Ulysses is on par with the effort to find beauty in the bombing of defenseless Ethiopians Against the deadly equipment of the modern industry the whales don't stand a chance.
 This is not to say, of course, that modern whaling is without its risks and hardships. The Ulysses in its campaign of year against the giant mammals lost one man who was crushed against the deckhouse of a killer boat by the sweeping fluke of captured whale. And we read of its crew working much of the time in semi-darkness and often in raging storms. But, then, neither does the military aviator who rains death on civilians lead an altogether easy life. The point is simply that in both cases the odds so favor the whole sale huntsman that any suggestion Of heroism on his part is drowned in blood.
 However, it is not he that merits our scorn, but the mechanical age which has supplied him with his ruthlessness and weapons. The Ulysses, a vessel of 10,780 tons, is described as a floating whale fac- tory" A United States Coast Guard officer, assigned to the long voyage to see that the ship aid not exceed it's treaty quota, said that 1t smell ed terribly, the dead whales were worse and there was nothing but work"
 So whaling, too, has become what Sherman called war!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
A Battle Royal

battle royal can be expected over proposed changes in the state liquor laws. We suppose that such proposals are natural as the state experiences Wltn US nresent statutes and finds them stern in some respects, lacking in others. Rlght now the legislative council is considering a suggestion to the next session of the General Assembly which would place more restrictions on the sale and con- sumption of liquors after "closlng hours. There is much room TOT argu- ment as well as endeavor to point out.
 The law now permits person, ire quenting liquor establishment to pur- chase drinks up to midnight. They may be consumed by midnight or after mid night, provided the sale is completed by the appointed hour. This provision holds good from Monday through Friday is permissible after midnight; on Sunday night no drinking is permissible after g o'clock. The legislative council doesn't like this sliding rule and wants 1t unl- form, no drinking after the hour that sales stop.
 Hotel and restaurant men claim, how ever, that this is an infringement on per- sonal liberties. They contend that so long as the establishment lives up to the law, it should not be penalized because the patron is slow in consuming his drink They also point out that if drink remains on a table or the bar after midnight and the bartender or waiter removes it, the patron certainly is going to register protest and take his patronage elsewhere, regardless of the law.
 We don't doubt but what the legislative council may carry the day in it's inten- tion of strengthening the liquor laws along the lines of disregard for closing hours, etc. There seems to be a ten- dency, even in legislative circles, to make the law very definite on liquor sales and consumption. If so then there is bound to be new regime among various estab- lishments around the state which do a brisk business between I p. m and mid night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Liqu0r Lazv Changes Even Drinking After Hours, Although Service Had Been Made Prior to Midnight,
 Would Now Be Banned.
uld Now Be Banned.
HARTFORD TIMES

familiar one in liquor control his- tory. Those who nave a commer- cial interest in the sale of alcoholic beverages naturally want to cater to public taste and demand. Know ing how many people refuse to have any law interfere with their private desires and habits, liquor dispensers have made the most of the unenforceability argument. Be- fore law is passed they declare it won't work. In practice it is flouted. Whereupon it's unWorkableness is used as an argument for it's repeal. In sum, the liquor business must have it's way, law or no law.
 Public policy cannot bow to that defiant attitude. But before re- strictions are enacted into law it needs to be clearly understood that the control provisions have support in public opinion and will be strict ly enforced. There is more harm than good in passing statutes and then permitting them to be disre- garded with impunity.
 Connecticut can have and should have a closing law that means something. The State Liquor Con- trol Commission holds that the present law is not satisfactory on that point. Its experience should count from the standpoint of hon. est and effective enforcement.
 But there is also the larger ques- tion of sound public policy with regard to drinking at late hours at night in public places. Commer- cial pressure will be for longer hours and even greater liquor con- sumption. But once the liquor has been consumed, other questions of deep personal, family and general social import arise which public policy should take into serious ac- count. The people of this state face those deeper implications of the liquor situation and if they are genuinely aware of what this grow ing social problem involves they will give the proposed changes in the liquor law very serious atten- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Selected Poem
APRIL ONSLAUGHT

Frances Frost in the New York Times) The grass is small,
 a quarter-inch of tenderness above the Winters iron.
 Earth hardened and the whitneSs fell and rivers froze to the falls; and down the mountains brooks suspended hung. And children could not tell from buried stone walls where field began they covered hills and continents at once and came up laughing on the farther side. The buds tight
 still on the apple twig; but alder reddened along the back roads fortified with snow, halfway between two maple agones. The white remains in shrinking patches north of pasture-rocks; and in the higher gullies sitting the mountains crystal storms lei deep one blizzard on another and packed down, tracked by the wng-ft of returning crows But in the hills
 arbutus blooms beneath pne-needle rust wet with the sunken snows, and in the marshes the cowslp-gold is opening to the chill veer of the April wind that smells of rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

turned their hoses on each Other."
 Easter Egg Roll
 Nature has provided a rich stage setting for the drama of egg rolling which takes place on the South grounds of the White House today.
 The grass got of to an early start, and has already been cut four times since the first unsea- sonal clipping in January. The giant elms have not come into leaf, but under their high dark branches spring the russet leaf of the Japanese maple and the pink and white of full blooming mag nolias.
 The syringia tree is in foliage, and the giant box bushes near the South portico are full fledged in deep green. The early spring yellows from the daffodils and the forsythia have faded, but the tulips which form a dense border around the South Fountain are just bursting into bloom.
 This spot will be the center of attraction for the juvenile hordes, but there will be no splashing in the broad pool. A temporary wire fence has been strung around both pool and tulips and around all small trees and bushes on the South grounds. The gardeners hope to save something from the marauding hordes.
 Oldest innovations for the day are a score of drinking fountains scattered about the grounds, and large canvas rest tent for the boys and girls.
 Mail Bag
 N. L. S., New Orleans - The British attempt to capture Buenos Aires was made in 1906, resulting in failure. Test best &C., count of this excursion is found in English Invasion of the River Plate" by Ernestine Coeta. F. H. N., Buffalo, N. Y, - The simplest test for tooth paste sug- gested by the Bureau of Stan- dards is to place the paste on a piece of glass and rub it with a five-cent coin. Then wash the glass and inspect for scratches. Tests made by the Bureau dis closed that 10 out of 25 tooth pastes so tested did scratch glass. c. H., Chicago - Reason for Argentina's heavy imports of automobiles is found largely in her new road building program, increasing her road mileage from 10000 miles to 213,00O in one year.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Questions and
 Answers
Copyright lsss. NA
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. What was the composition of the white cents" issued from 1857 to 1864?
 A. They were 88 per cent copper and 12 per cent nickel.
 o. How many Roman Catholics signed the Constitution?
 A. Two: Daniel Carroll and Thomas FitzsimonS.
 Q. How many persons graduated from medical colleges in the United States and Canada in the school year 1936-37, and how many were women?
 A. In the United States grad uates numbered 5,377, of whom 5,139 were men and 238 women. In Can- ada the number of graduates was sos, of whom g were women.
 0. What chemicals can be used to destroy the contents of an out side toilet?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

As its first proposal to be drafted for consideration by the 1889 Leg islature, the Legislative Council has prepared 8 revision of the liquor law.
 The change chiefly to attract at tention is one forbidding the sale and consumption of liquor after midnight any day in the year. The present law orders midnight closing on sales but is construed to permit consumption after 12 except on Saturday nights and on nights pre- ceding certain holidays.
 Hotel interests have voiced objec- tion to the suggested change, stat ing that the restriction could not be enforced. The argument is a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Test Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

l. Name the capital of Mississip- pi.
 2. What is another name for the Malay Archipelago?
 3. How many centimeters are in 1 meter?
 4. What is the lowest non-com- missioned rank in the U. s. Army2 5. Where is Lake Champlam? 6. In Scottish history, who were the Covenanters?
 '. Who is David E. Lilienthal2 8. Tn which state is Mount Hood? g. What is the native country of the bird known as the emup
 10. Who was Thomas Crawfordf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce chianti as ghi-an'-ti; say, kee-ahn'-tee.

A. Powerful caustics, sodium hy- droxide and potassium hydroxide are generally used, but continued use is not entirely satisfactory, and they do not entirely dry or destroy the contents.
 o. Is the noun corps singular or plural?
 A. It is spelled the same in both numbers. In the singular number it is pronounced kor and in the plural kors.
 o. Where is the geographic cen- ter of the state of Pennsylvania?
 A. In Center county, two and one-half miles southwest q the town of Bellefonte. @. When was Alphonse Capone indicted by the federal grand jury for income tax evasion?
 A. June 5, 1881.
 o. On what ship did Marshal Koch come to this, country in Octo- Der, 1921?
 A. The. Paris, arriving at New York October 28.
 Q. Where was the motion pie ture, Naughty Marietta" starring Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy, first shown publicly? A. The picture was given its pre- miere in New Orleans, La, March 2, 1885. If you want copy of our book let "Landscaping," write to Water bury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Wash- ingtOn, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Daily Almanac
1oon rises 10:33 D. m.

Moon rises 1033 D. m.
 Sun rises 5:1O a. m.; sets 6:34 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Nothing is squicker to change the appear ance of an entire landscape than few warm April days, plus a soaking ran. Saturday Natures advance from Friday was easily seen, so green had become the trees over night. Even the much-trodden grass had turned from straw to living verdure. Such is the might of Mother Nature in the spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

Need of more trees along our city streets is always brought to us at this time of the year. There are number of places where trees could easily be set out and with proper care would flourish and make the entire thoroughfare much different from what it now is. Trees not only have this happy faculty of improving appearance, but they also increase property valuations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

Taxes are higher than ever, but the undistributed profits tax by some other name will smell sWeeter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

Our theology is growing confused. A manual worker who recently took an office job is denounced as "a traitor to his class"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

Isn't it rather extreme for New York to give up horses and motorize it's milk wagons?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
Big-Spending Group Fears Thot Re- covey Program Won't Go Far Enough;
 Roosevelt Steers Middle Course Be-
 tween Theories of EccIes and Jones
R DREW PEARSON
aMA N0DEKT c ALEkEgl

Washington, April 18-You hear lot of yelling on Capitol Hill against too much government spending. because they from the Inner Crcleare just the opposite namely the fear that spending will not go far
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18
A Thought for Today

But if it be a question of words and names and of your law, look ye to 1t; for Will DC no judge of such matters.-Acts 1915.
 Everyone complains of the badness of hls memory, but nobody of his judgment-Roche- foucauld.
Evening star., 1938-03-17

Gustav Regler. 39-year-old author
and "pacifist soldier" who learned all
the spoken English he knows in
month spent with his friend Ernest
Hemingway, recounted his experiences
as division commissar in the Spanish
Loyalist army yesterday at q smoke
logged interview In q downtown hotel
room.
Exiled from Germany shortly after
the World War, Mr.. Regler found In
France country where he could again
become . citizen. Automatically he
gave up his French citizenship, how
ever. when he left that country to
1ight for the cause Of the Loyalists.
O1dcially now he is citizen Of Spain,
having been made such by the gov
eminent for his services during the
war.
Injured by Bomb.
About five months ago, at the siege
Of Huesca, he was severely injured in
the back by high-explosive bomb.
He left Spain when only partially re-
covered and sainled to Hemingways
home in the Florida keys for the re-
mainder Of his convalescence. During
the time last year Hemingway was a
correspondent in Spain he was a guest
Of Mr.. Regler much Of the time.
There's q little incident that hap
pened on the eve Of Hemingway's de-
parture for Spain that makes MIR.
Regler see red-not the political kind.
1t seems Max Eastman, professional
humorist and gag master, threw, or
attempted to throw, Mr.. Hemingway
over a desk in his ONCE after declar-
ing Mr.. Hemingway had no hair on
his chest.
Although that last little idiom was
lost on Mr.. Regler for time yester-
day afternoon. he got the import
finally, and in Spanish you can't print
gave very convincing defense Of his
wartime friend.
Front Line" Correspondent.
Hem goes in the front line trenches
when he covers a war;" he blurted
heatedly. How many other corre-
spondents do unless they go to sleep
in a trench behind the lines one day
and when they wake up its the front
line?" Nobody seemed to know.
"Once," he continued, Il saw Hem
in a front-line trench when bullets
were too thick to put your nose over
the edge. One Of the soldiers guns
jammed. Let me have It, Hem
Evening star., 1938-03-17

former wife, Mrs. Monica Janonis, 40,
and her landlady, Mrs. Ursula Jakub-
owski. SO. were found strangled to
death IN q Detroit roomins house
Tuesday.
Detective Hoar said he, found q
newspaper clipping in Burton's pocket
containing an account Of the crime
and his picture.
I saw my wife Sunday afternoon" :"
Burton said. I'VE went for q hide.
asked her to come back and live with
me. I let her of on Buchanan street.
That was the last saw of her. I
was never In the house." Burton said
Evening star., 1938-03-17
'Pacifist Soldier Rests Up
For World War { Within, q Year.
Gustav Regler, Wounded With Spanish
Loyalist Forces, Sees Germany Under
Hitler as Chief Menace.

yelled. He took 1t and fixed 1t and
showed it back at the soldier. It'll
work now If you know how to work
It! Hem yelled again."
Mr.. Regler is the kind Of q soldier
you read about in books, not at oil
the kind you would expect to be an
intimate friend of Thomas Mann
and dozens Of others in the field OF
literature and thought. He wears
very well-cut clothes, the casual Eng
lish slouch. His face and hands are
very sunburned and his hair Just
gray at the temples. There are tiny
lines in his face, and they crinkle
around his eyes like an aviator's when
he laughs.
Awaits New World War.
Mr.. Regler is honestly scared of
what is now happening In Europe. He
believes there will be another world
war within the year, and he's going
back to it soon as he's fit. He'd fight
for Germany II it were to regain her
Liberty" from the Hitler regime, but
until it does he will fight against her
lin any move to make a united Fas-
cist state Of the land from Denmark
to Sicily" He himself fought three
years in the German army during the
World War.
In the present crisis he fears the
might Of Germany because Hitler has
given the people OF the country-par-
ticularly the youth-something they
love, the chance to fight for what they
want under great show Of military
pomp." This characteristic is not
present in the Italian people. he be-
lieves, nor in the Spanish. For that.
he said, the rest of the world should
be thankful.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
Got His Answer.

The old farmer, meeting his hired
man one night on the road, asked the
hired man where he was going that
he needed a lantern with him? I'm
going sparkling" replied the hirec
man. "Sparking!" said the old farm.
er, why, when went sparkling,
went in the dark" "Yup, and SEE
what you got!" was the hired mans
parting shot as he wended his way
into the night, lantern and all.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
Suffering in Vain?

In Under Fire" by Henri Barbusse
one Of the finest Of books on the World
War, the author tells Of the most ter
rible thing to the men In the trenches
the thought that others coming after
them should forget and go through the
same torment, that all their suffering
should be useless and in vain.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
Officials Carefully Watched.

In few countries are the highest pub.
lie officials so carefully watched as in
England and so bitterly rallied against
for a mistake. A trivial fault by
London policeman and the walls Of
Parliament thunder against the police
heads for permitting such a thing.
Evening star., 1938-03-17
AWAITS ExTRADITION
IN DOUBLE Staying
Detroit Electrician Il Held in
Buffalo in Strangling Of
Two Women.
~ the Associated Press.

8y the ASSociated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, March ia
39-year-old Detroit electrician IVES
under arrest today awaiting extradi-
ton to Michigan for questioning in
connection with the strangling Of two
women, one his former wife.
Arrested last night as he played
solitaire in rooming mouse, Peter
Burton denied any connection with
the double Staying.
Burton was arrested by Assistant
Detective Chief Patrick ]. Hoar at
the request Of Detroit police after his
Evening star., 1938-03-17
ICE FL0E'S TRIALS
TOLD. BY PAPAN|N
Narrowing Experiences oi
Soviet Party at Pole
Are Described.

The experiences OF four Russian
scientists Uho dritted on an ice foe
for more than eight months. after
establishing a peather station at
the North Pole, are told here In the
second of t,po articles by the leader
of the expedition.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-09-03
Colored Workers Active In Making
Agreement WthU.S. Rubber Company

After lengthy negotiation be-
tween the management OF the L. s.
Rubber Products Inc. and the
committee for~the United Rubber
Workers OF America. local No. 10i.
an agreement was signed. last
week. covering about six thousand
workers. OF the Detroit plant. The
agreement gives the local union
sole bargaining rights for the en-
ployees who violate the agree
ment. There are about six hum
dred Negroes employed by this
company. one OF whom actively
participated in negotiating the a.
greement. while being ably assist
ed and advised by l.. Smith. Willie
Little. David Brooks and other col
ored members. During the organ
Using and growth OF local No. 101
a militant group Of Negroes have
been active often taking the lead
and thereby keeping race represen-
4
tatives well proportional in all de-
partments.
In April the delegation TO the
state CIO, Convention, at Lansing,
supported and helped to elect a
colored member 10 the vice presi-
dency OF the Michigan State Union
Industrial Council. the only Negro
on the Executive board, MIR. l.. ID.
v. Smith. The local also elected
Smith and Raglyn. along with
eight whites, delegates 10 the In
ternational Convention. TO he held
at Trenton. n. j., September 10
"a. Smith and Raglyn are also
permanent delegates 10 the Great
er Detroit and Wayne County Tn
ion Industrial Council, and II was
in that Council that Smith was
elected chairman Of the committee,
on Educating Co-ordinaiing and Or
ganizing the Negroes and other
minority groups in Industry.
Raglyn is member Of this COM
mittee also. along with seven
whites.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-09-03

sary cash revenue would therefore
have been increased from $780,
600 to sf.514.OOo."
In reference TO the seniority pro-
vision, Mr.. Nolan says:
"The Department OF street Rail-
ways has consistently opposed all
charter amendments which have
affected seniority. There Is much
to he said OF course for both parties
10 this controversy. However. the
voters OF this city have definitely
established system seniority rule
and we believe that the vast ma
jority OF employees are satisfied
with the result OF this change. We
do not believe that any good could
accrue IL this system were chang
ed again. with the Sesultant con-
fusion and destruction to the mo-
rale OF the employees"