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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Needed In Senate

Chairman J. Francis Smith of the Den- ocratic State Central Committee put 1t very nicely when, questioned about the ey-for-President boom started in Connecticut, he said that Senator Maloney was needed in the Senate. lie certainly is and Connecticut should not overlook the chance to keep such capable legis- lator as he has proved himself to be in Washington.
 Favorite son boons are customary about a year before national conventions and are conceived with the best of intentions But oftentimes they do far more harm than good That might easily happen in our own instance Very few of us here in Connecticut least of all from Frank Ma loney give him a chance of being nom- mated for the presidency by the Demo cratic party year from now. But most good Democrats do concede that he is the only man to succeed himself in the high office he now holds. Therefore, why endanger it with complimentary cam paigns.
 Summed up the practice of states get ting a "favorite son" nominated for President or Vice-President just for the honor of 1t has often been carried too far. There is serious business ahead for the Democratic party in 1940. There is serious business ahead for every national political party. Here in Connecti- cut we can help out by planning as strong ticket as possible for state and nation to aid the presidential one. We feel sure that Senator Maloney himself would be quick to urge his loyal supporters to use their energies and enthusiasm to insure his safe return to the Senate, plus the con- plete victory of the Democratic ticket in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

Good old melodrama always reaches the high point when the mortgage is paid and the old family homestead is saved. But that's just in melodrama and melodrama is out, say you. Not so. Take, for instance, one of New England's most famous homesteads, immortalized in the homely drama of bygone days, "The Old Homestead" played by Denman Thomp- son. The recent revival of this drama up in swanzey, N; H., Thompson's birth place, was for such a purpose, to pay the mortgage on the Swanzey community house. Thus "The Old Homestead" enters the American scene again and draws the public's attention to the fact that it is a part of the history of American drama
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Current Comment

When business ends its bitter CD. potion to organized labor, the unde. sirable element in the ranks of labor leadership will fade from the pic. ture, and the cool-headed construc- tive element will take the saddle permanently.
 Sherman Rogers, associate editor
 of the Outlook, to Kiwanis con-
 vention.
 No man loses his job with us on account of his age. K. T. Keller, president of the
 Chrysler Corporation.
 Shakespeare lives in the hearts of all men, but who can remember the name of Shakespeare's bookkeeper? -Tallulah Bankhead, actress. ap-
 pealing for continuance of WPA
 theater projects.
 Are we forgetting that the heay. lest burden of relief is borne by those who are on relief? Sidney Hollander, Baltimore Phil
 anthropist, before the National
 Conference of Social Work.
 The future prosperity of this country depends upon what the sales managers and salesmen put into it.
 pr. Paul Nystrom, professor of
 marketing at Columbia Univer.
 sity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

A correspondent writes that thunder blended with the tympani at the opening of the sixth annual Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in Lenox Mass. However, weather regardless, over five thousand attended the first concert directed by Serge Koussevitzky who, through experience with August weather for some seasons now, seems impervious to natural tonal effects as accompani- ments to Rinsky -Korsakoff, Brahms and other well knowns in musical composition. It seems when the orchestra reached that section of the "Scheherazade" called "The Sea - The Ship Goes to Pieces on the Rock," the drums and cymbals were rum ming close second to thunder in the Berkshire Hills. Quiet was moderately restored when the band arrived at Brahms First Symphony. Most of the spectators were willing to take their rain and their music together since the former was Godsend to the parched earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Thin Straw on Whirling Waters

In August, 1914, when war burst on an unaccustomed world, America scarcely believed the news from Europe. It was all so remote, so unreal The newspapers spread their daily revelations like scenes in hectic drama, and the first days of the World War unfolded like play before fascinated American audience. We have had lot of education since then. First, the world is changed, changed utterly from that pre-war world that be- lieved in the honor of the pledged word in international dealings as in personal affairs. Many people actually believed that great nation which had solemnly pledged it's word to respect the neutrality of small neighbor would do so, even to its disadvantage.
 We know better now. The war which began 25 years ago, and all the dealings since, have established the new interna- tional morality, that nation does what it's leaders conceive to be a good idea at the time, and every man now shares the astonishment of old Bethmann-Hollweg that nation should insist on the validity of "a scrap of paper" Even Britain, which chose so to regard the guarantee of Bel gium is now revealed as less meticulouS about Nine-Powec Facts in the Pacific.
 The United States knows now that when Europe brews war-broth it may we'll serve it piping hot at any time. We are serious about the European situation to- day, we study it as we never did in 1914. for we know that no stupidity, no blunder, no irresponsible and headlong course is too mad to be unthinkable in Europe. That is why people incline to listen care fully when they learn of the New Federal Unionists, group now forming to seek A. eration of democratic nations. It is a thin, small straw on the whirling waters of the world today, but many will grasp at it with the desperation of the drown ing, for today we know what we did not know in 1914-the waters are deep and treacherous
 The idea would be to unite free nations An union bound together by guaranteed civil liberties, mobile and united defense, stable money, an irmmense free trade area, And facile commerce and communicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Tells Tale of a Poetic Bandit

The summer will probably produce no more entertaining book than
 "Tintypes in Gold" by Joseph Henry Jackson Macmillan: $2.50). From old files, records of the Wells, Fargo Company,
 Jackson has written four stud ies in robbery, that of Black Bart, Kattlesnake Dick, Dick
 Fellows and Tom Bell of early California. Just jot of the Bart story is excerpted here.
 Between 1875 and 1883, 28 Cali fornia stagecoach drivers altogether saw that masked an (Black Bart) and knew him for the most famous bandit California ever boasted. All | 28 halted their sweating horses as they were bid and listened for the four words in which Black Bart in- variably announced his reason for stopping the stage. "Throw down the boxw he used to say, in a voice his victims unanimously declared to be both resonant and deep. Twen- ty-seven drivers threw down the box The 28th could not comply. |. This time the Wells, Fargo Express company had decided that perhaps their treasure would have a better chance if 1t were bolted fast to the stage door. It hadn't. Bart got 1t just the same.
 The Bla Bart legend was long time growing.
 On Aug. 3. 1877, the stage com- ing in over the low hills between Point Arenas &sld Duncans Mills on the Russ'an river was held up by a lone bandit. There was no shoot- ing; no rough language; indeed. this lone highwayman was unusually polite. The driver was informed that he might pro eed, and gladly took the hint. When he told his story all he knew was what he had seen {; man in a long linen duster with a flour sack over his head and a double-barrelled shotgun in hls hands.
 They found a clcw. It was no less--a poem.
 Here lay me down to sleep To wait the coming morrow. Perhaps success, perhaps defeat, And everlasting sorrow. Let come what will I'll try 1t on. My condition can't be worse: And if there's money in that box 'I9s mummy in my pursel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

shouting its praises.
 Democratic leaders and congress sional liberals were cold to the bill from the start. The politcos warned that there wasnr enough local pap in it to win support, and the liberals considered 1t a make- shift program of little real spend- ing effect.
 Neither group displayed much heart in pushing 1t and shed no tears when 1t was junked. And Morgenthau himself thought 50 little of the bill that the day 1t faced the crucial test in the House, he was in New York pre- pairing to sail for a vacation in Europe.
 WEEKEND CAST
 The die was cast on the Hatch purity politics bill during the Presidents weekend fishing trip down the Potomac.
 Up to that point he was strong ly inclined to veto 1t because of the numerous objections listed in his message to Congress. But his two guests, Secretary Harry Hop k!ns and Frank Walker, former head of the National Emergency Council, changed his mind.
 Hopkins and Walker are strong third term advocates. They conceded that the bill was full of legal snars and de- fleets and that 1t was put through by q combinat ton of Republicans and Garner Demo- crats as . political blow at the Administration. But they told Roosevelt that If he killed the bill his action would be misun- derstood by the country and fur- nish more political capital to his foes.
 They advised approving the bill with a message pointing out its shortcomings and urging re- visions. The President accepted the counsel. switched his intended veto statement around so that 1t merely recommended changes.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

You can't have the good without the bad, so Fridays welcome and consider able rain did much for the parched earth, even though the torrents caused some destruction. Days of humidity reached their peak at midday Friday, and soon came the deluge and the fireworks. The hope had been general that the rains would come, so we had no quarrel with their nature when the skies opened up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

ition before January 1T, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment became effective2
 A. Thirty-three.
 Q. During whose administration was the first bath tub and cook stove installed in the White House2
 A. Willard Fillmore.
 e. When was Trinity College, Dublin, incorporated?
 A. In 1891 by Royal charter.
 Q. Is there any state that per- mits city police to go outside of the city limits in the performance of their duties?
 A. A law recently enacted in Illinois, which has been sustained by the courts, establishes police dis tricts within county lines and per- mits city police to go anywhere in the district in the performance of their duties.
 Q. Can you offer any suggestions for breaking the smoking habit?
 A. So-called cures for the tobacco habit are almost unanimously dep- recated by the medical profession. The best way to stop smoking is to exercise will power and to gradual iy taper ofY. substituting hard can- dies or chewing gum between smokes.
 c. Is 1t correct to call the min- ister of a church Doctor" when he does not have . DID. degree2
 A. Not unless he has another doctorate degree, as Ph.D. or DLitt, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Daily Almanac

Moon rises il:37 p. m. daylight tisne).
 Sun rises 5:53 a. m.: sets SOP p. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High water at Milford Tuesday, Aug. 8, 5:2i: low water, ll:54 (daylight time).
 Weathermen are already figuring out what the 1889 summer drought means with respect to the approaching fail and winter The converse might seem true, but recall that 1t was said 6 cold summer would follow last falls hurricane. xt didn't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
ACCOUNTANTS IN SPOTLIGHT
(Meriden Journel)

The public still has considerable wholesome respect for accountants, even awe: they are the lads who won't let figures lie. The Coster case was just one of those things liable to happen in any well regulated system. Bank defalcations can al- ways happen despite periodical checkups of the records. The good that accountants do is not publish ed. only the seeming failures.
 But the Waterbury trial has left people a bit groggy as to the fees for public accounting. It was testi- fled that accountants employed at $40 to $50 week were charged to the City of Waterbury at daily rates as much or more than their com- pensation for one week. That would appear to make nice business of ac- counting if one can land the right kind of contract.
 Accounting is something the coun- try wants more of; those engaged in it should become more watchful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
AS A COMMISSION EXPIRES
(Hartford Tines)

NhaItlOIu AiulCSb
 One thing prevented the State Publicity Commission from offering as its swan soi.g as 1t went out of existence July 1, the venerable couplet:
 If were to be so quickly done for
 What. oh. what was l begun for.
 The one thing was the fact that the duties which the body had been carrying on were not to be aban- doned but were to be continued and expanded in new commission from which much Is expected.
 The Development Commission will have many more functions than the Publicity Commission, will operate on a much wider basis and be aito- gether c more important body. Its aim Is high. the material upbuilding cf the State. The success Of thaf As
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Questions
 and Answers
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Nv FREDERICK M kERBH
 Enclose . three-cent stamp fOi reply when addressing any Ques' lion of fact Oe information to the Waterbury Dcm0csat's Service Bu. reau at Washington Legal and medical advice cannot be given nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Re sure all m1ail C ad- dressed Co the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, l0l? Thirteenth Street Washington, D. c.
 o. Does an 1884 penny have a premium value?
 A No. A bulletin giving the values of Rare American Coins may DC obtained from our Service Bureau, 1913 18th St., Washington, D. c. for 4 cents.
 @. Which three states have the highest number of Indian births?
 A. In 1897 Oklahoma led with l,642. Arizona was second with r. 057 and North Carolina was third with 823.
 Q. Is there a counterpart in Morse mythology of the Biblical al- legory about the cherubim with flaming sword, who were set to guard the entrance to Paradise Gen. esis SPA?
 A. Yes. Surt sat at the boundary of Muspell with flaming sword In his hand.
 c. When and where was the first worlds fair in the United States?
 A. New York City, July IA, 1853. to october 31, 1854.
 o. How many states had prohib-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

huge Music Hall stage, he talked about show business, the operation of the worlds largest theater, his feelings about pictures. the pub
 "When a man is going to paint a house, he tries his colors in ad- vance and knows from his color chart what he is going to get. The engineer has his plans, his blue prints, and his bridge energes exactly as to specifications. The tailor has his yardstick - but in the case of the theater and the motion picture industry generally, the only gauge is the public itself. ABLE TO GET
 ADVANCE IDEA
 At the Music Hall, we have devised a rather unusual method by which it is possible to obtain an advance gauge of a pictures worth. We have borrowed little from the painter with his color chart, the tailor with his yard stick, and we have institutel a series of previews held every even- ing at 8 o'clock in the Music Halls private screening rooms.
 Here, assembled every night, are members of the theater's per- Sonnel of 584 employees, executives, electricians, Rockettes, members of the Corps de Ballet and the Glee Club, needlewomen, stage hands, carpenters, musicians, sing CTS, scenic and costume designers, producers, page boys, secretaries, stengraphers, accountants, and at the end of the screening, they all make out their preview report cards. They write their honest reactions.
 From such an audience, rep- resentative of greatly differentia- ting tastes, we obtain in advance an invaluable cross section of our American public's reaction to the picture. And do you know, that this advance guage is an accurate reaction and generally parallels precisely the later response of the general public to the same fllm2" HAVE NO ROOM
 FOR SIDE SHOWS
 The Music Hall, of course, is not entirely a motion picture theater. The question probably most fre- quently asked by patrons Is how a theater of its size is able to present, week after week, a com- plete change of stage spectacle in which so many performers and artists are involved.
 '"That is best explained" says Van Schmus, "by the expertness and highly specialized training of my associates at the Music Hall. each Friday at noon, we convene at luncheon in the theater's studio dining-room. A new show has just premiered Thursday, 50 we are ready to go on with our plans for the new one.
 Each person present has his own tasks. Each department head has his separate unit in gear, ready to run at topspeed on signal. The idea or the theme of the whole show Is discussed and set-- music, machinery, dance numbers, costumes, settings, properties, pub- licity, lighting, theater manage ment-these are some of the se- parate units. From that Friday luncheon, each department head returns to his own department, and the wheels are set to running.
 You ask about temperament with such creative work going for- ward under such high pressure? Well, I'll tell you a little secret of mine. I just say don't under stand tenperament-we have no place for any little side-show-- the big show is the thing and the place for the big show is the stage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
What's Your l..Q.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions9 Turn to back page for the answers.

1. Name the capital of the Bel- gian Congo.
 2. What race of mankind was in possession of the South Sea Islands when they were discovered?
 3. What fs the Pater Noster?
 {. What is the Scottish name for a lake?
 5. Is it necessary to acknowledge in advance an invitation to a tea?
 6. For what is Pitcairn Island famous?
 2. Name the leading English astronomical observatory.
 8. What Is the correct pronun- ciation of the word protege?
 9. Was Oklahoma, Arizona or New Mexico the last state to be ad- mitted to the Union?
 10. Tn astronomy, what Is the name of the path described in space by a heavenly body?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York w. G. Van Schmus gracious, white-haired, courtly is the managing director of the great Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center, which is visit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

ed every year by more tn an s ev en million people m ore than the popu- lation of Great CT New York.
 If anyone in the c n t ertain- nent b u s iness knows the tast- es of the public, it is Van Sch-' m us. Tn his tastefully fur is he q office high above the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
JOE FINDING
(Boston post)

The extent to which New Eng lands summer resort business Is re. lieving unemployment Is indicated in 6 report of the New Hampshire State Employment Service. which found 1929 permanent positions for applicants In June and made total
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
Washington Merry Go-Round "
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN
WASHINGTON, August

WASHINGTON committee will suspend further operations and shut up shop ~ members committee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

placements Of various types of 2ss6 Job-seekers. Mrs. Abby L. Wilder, administrator of the service, de- clares that reopening of recreationai activities for the summer, including the hotel an dresort business. caused the upswing in private employment and reduced the active file of appli. cants for work from 3i ,466 to 30,. Il6 because there were actually more jobs found during the montb than there were new applications.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, we were entitled to draw our rations"; say "authorized" or privileged to draw our ratiOns." You may
 also say, we were entitled to rati0ns."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07
A Thought for Today

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.-James Al. As thou wilt; what thou wilt; when thou wilt. Thomas Kempis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

Cuba Is shipping nsaFly esooOoo worth of tobacco to shs Unitsd States eaeh month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-07

Copyright, 1899. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1939-02-12
ELUSIVE PRINCESS
Contisved from pose four

Il will come with you," the girl
replied.
Besserley stepped into the Wheel
house. took up one of the telephones
and shouted an order below. Then he
talked briefly but very much to the
point to the pilot who was still at the
wheel, and to his captain. Finally he
took up the megaphone and stepped
out on deck. Very soon they we're
within thirty or forty yards of the
submarine. An officer stood on the hull
and shouted.
''Heave to. Sea Sprite. We are
sending a boat to board you
what the devil do you mean by
giving us orders" Besserley rejoined.
Evening star., 1939-02-12
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

THAT is not your affair."" was the
prompt rejoinder. 1--WE order you to
heave to-"
Il refuse" Besserley replied. 1--WE
are going right ahead. What are you
going to do about that?'
"Sink you, was the angry retort.
Besserley leaned over the side.
Let her 60, boatswainy' he called
out.
There was a sudden report from
beneath. violent oscillation Of the
ship. One of the two officers on the
submarine in his start nearly slipped
into the water. The other was holding
on to the coming tower. They seemed
too amazed for words.
That was blank charge" Besser-
ley informed them politely. We've a
live shell ready now. can put you at
the bottom of the Mediterranean in
few seconds if you try any more of
those threats. No." he added, waving
his arm, you wouldn't have time to
swing round the machine guns even.
You are asking for it. Do you want
it?'
There was no reply. Besserley
turned to the captain Full speed
ahead!" he ordered. Ram the SUBJ
marine if she's in the way
you have no right to carry guns,
one of the officers shouted, his voice
trembling with passion.
And you have no right to fly a
flag that isn't the flag of your coun-
try" Besserley answered. Il have a
license from the United States Govern
ment to carry two guns and that is our
flag and you had better turn round
and 60 back to where you came from"
A further group of the officers came
up from below They we're all shout
ing and gesticulating incoherently.
The Sea Sbrite was tearing through
the water now at twenty knots and
increasing her speed every minute
Il don't believe they have a torpedo
left" Besserley grunted. 'Anyhow
they will never be able to get into
position to fire it. Swing her round to
starboard, captain" he added raising
his voice. Keep her lined away and
due southeast"
Besserley's surmise was probably
right. In quarter of an hour the SUBJ
marine was nothing but a little gray