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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-09-16

Repertory Theatre under the capable
direction of Edwin Burr Petit The
popular galaxy of lovely ladies known
as the Debs-About- Town will be official
hostess for Gan Unusual Sundav' at
the beautiful Green Acres Country
Club IN Saxonville September "a
welcome home to our summer vaca-
tlonlsts and they will all arrive in time
to attend and hear the greatest attrac-
ton OF the Columbia Broadcastinp
System Thursday evening, October 12
at symphony Hall in Boston when the
entire cast of forty-fve colored radio
artists will present their complete and
thrilling broadcast program of "Wings
Over Jordan" :. and get your tickets
as early as possible since this concert
has been sell-out from coast to coast
-. Uncle Paul and all the gang ex-
tends hearty congratz to Bemas G.
Marsh and Margaret Alice O'Banyoun
VINO went to town in the grand manner
linking famous families of Los Ange-
les and Boston, Massachusetts If
was real western union Mrs,
Elizabeth Sawyer and son Robert Jr.
OF New York City, are the house guests
Of Mrs. Mary Sawyer, mother of the
popular Bobby all this week in a return
visit -. she is the former Elizabeth
Boyer, famous stage and screen beauty
OF the golden era Of Miller and Lyles
and "Shuffle Along" she made
several picture feature films for the
Monarch Production Company and her
classic profile adorned the cover of
many copy of the Taller and theatre
cal pages of the press later she
appeared with her husband in Boston
theatres and night clubs billed as Saw
yer and Boyer -. she has since retired
and devotes her time to a fine family
OF daughter Catherine and son Robert
Jr. they are being royalty enter
tanned here by Bobby's sisters Mrs.
Gladys Thomas and Mrs. Pearl Powell
and the column trusts that she will
make pleasant memories during her
Boston stay that battle SCARED
veteran Kenneth "The Wanderer'
Smith is still going places despite a
bad case of athletes foot suffered
while playing Chinese checkers
we hope for his speedy recovery since
he gets around more on three legs than
he does on two -. Bill Robinson comes
to town at the Shubert Theatre with
the original cast of the Worlds Fair
Hot Mikado on or about October Thrift
eth =. Grace Desmond Butcher of
Sharon, Gotham and Washington is
visiting with the home folks near Lake
Massapog at Sharon and now to
our many Jewish friends and readers
l wish "L'Shonoh Tovoh Tikvosanu'
or Happy New Year to you all
Goombye.-Goo E. Duck.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-09-16
George Washington

General Washington's manners
were rather reserved than free;
though on all proper occasions he
could relax sufficiently to show how
highly he was gratifed by the
charms of conversation and the
pleasure of society. His person and
whole department exhibited an I'M
affected and indescribable dignity,
unmingled with haughtiness, of
which all who approached him were
sensible; and the attachment of
those who possessed his friendship
and enjoyed his intimacy, though
ardent, was always respectful
From Marshall's Life of Washing
ton"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

To country watching somewhat anx-
iously the commissions of the oil industry
as 1t struggles to find means OF opera
ton that will be fair alike to producer,
refiner, distributor, and consumer, 1t
seems strange to think that the whole
oil industry is only 30 years old. Oh
Is at the bottom of our economy today,
1t is at the bottom of world power and
military might. Nations fight for 1t, lie
for it, steal for it. The life-blood that
runs in the veins Of modern industrial
civilization Is oil.
So greatly has the world changed
since the day, 80 years ago, on August
81, 1859, when detected Uncle Billy"
Smith was preparing to knock OF work:
They had been drilling with salt-Well
drilling apparatus for two months near
Titusville, Penn, laboriously forcing the
drill deeper with blows OF heavy wooden
mallets. "Uncle Billy" and his boss,
"Col" Edward L. Drake, were pretty dis
couraged. But that night before he left,
"Uncle Billy" happened to glance into the
open end Of the pipe. He saw that 1t was
almost filled with a thick, blackish liquid
He didn't even have bucket to dip out
the oil. So he stuffed rags into the end
of a rusty tin roof-spout, and began
bailing. That was how he drew out the
first oil ever produced in the United
States.
Eighty years have passed, and world
has been put on wheels by the golden
LIQUID. Millions of dollars have been lost,
millions more gained, in the feverish race
to discover and produce oil. The United
States soon led, and today leads the
world in its production. But with all
the plenty which nature hid deep under
the ground, we have apparently not
learned how to handle it. Because mil
lions Of barrels of the precious oil were
allowed to run uselessly away or to burn
In spectacular torches against the skies,
movements were set on foot to regulate
oil production.
Throughout all the jumbled history
of this regulation, no system has emerged
which would prevent the kind Of shut
down which now paralyzes great part OF
the industry. Thousands Of men are with
out Jobs, hundreds Of wells are endang-
cred, scores of producers investments are
lettering, because Of conflicts between
producer, refiner, and distributor which
they have not been able to settle in less
drastic way. Thus far there is no con-
sumner shortage. Nor must there be. For
the general rule that applies to many
people and things applies also to the oil
industry: who cannot control himself
must submit to control by Others"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

To the Waterbury Democrats
criticism Of Times.star editorial
on tolls, we beg leave to reply with
Once there was q small apple
tree. u had Q root and the root
Tiourished the pretty stem OF the
tree. Then came man and he
gFafted--in the ponlologicsl and not
the political meaning OF the word,
he grated onto that stem Q branch
Of q different kind Of apple tree.
And the root asked II II was sup.
posed TO pourish that thing too, and
the man blendly said II was.
The root Eai1 II was willing
enough 70 nourish It's own stem with
tolls, but u didn't see Why Y should
develop asi extension. And the man
explained that II had 70 do that
because the root was In the ground
most fertile IN tolls. More tolls could
be collected at dreenwich, the man
explained, because more motorists
we're there than anyWeFe else. Any
way, the man sad, that what the
root had 70 do. And 80 " was.
TO fuil siss, tie man hooked on an j.
other twig. this time up the line
toward Waterbury, and soon he
came and added another branch,
this time along the shore 70 New
London. And 70. soog, there was a.
noble q tree as one could Wish 70
see, complete with twigs and inter-
iacing arteries and sprouts I'll over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

Well, it finally seems as II there would
be real political battle over the accept
ance Of the charter proposed by the Cit
liens Good Government Association. It's
desire TO throw out the present type Of
city government and substitute a city
naanager-council form has had pretty
smooth sailing up to the present. Many
factors joined TO make the situation q
most opportune one for the city manager
advocates. Chief Of these was naturally
the conspiracy trial and It's effect on the
voting public.
Another was the apparent unwilling.
ness Of the recognized political groups or
their leaders to commit themselves to
ANYTHING definite on the issue. Everyone
seemed to be waiting for somebody else
10 make the first move. Neither the
Democratic nor Republican Town Com
mittee expressed an opinion one way or
the other on the matter. which was prob
ably q good thing when you null over
the matter. But other unofficial groups,
representing both major parties are now
becoming vocal In their opposition to the
proposed new charter.
Whether or not It was the publication
q the charter in the local papers or the
rsalization that the referendum on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

What is taxpayers? Some weeks ago
Secretary of State Sara B. Crawford
sought an official ruling on this query
from Attorney General Francis A. Pallot-
ii so that officials Of her hometown of
Westport might properly name COM
mission to take charge Of the town beach,
the same to be composed of taxpayers. A
dispute arose as to whom might be rated
a taxpayer. Now the Attorney General
is willing to admit. defeat. He can't
furnish the Town of Westport with a le-
gal and binding definition of taxpayer,
for the simple reason that the law has
never heretofore defined the term. The
Attorney Generals office has never been
called upon to give an opinion. And to
do so now would require Atty. Pallotti to
write book on the subject. And the
same situation prevails in IS other states
Of the Union, for letters from their legal
departments revealed similar lack of
binding legal definition. So there's q
chance for some legal light to make state
history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

We don't blame General Sanford H.
Wadhams for asking that the state sup
ply him with deputy. AS head of the
State Water Commission he has been an
indefatigable worker for great many
years or ever since the commission was
organized back in 1926. And this year
the Legislature created new state board
to exercise supervision over the state
dams. This task was given to General
Wadhams and he finds the added work
is too much to be accomplished by one
official. Hence his request for an as
SiStant. We should think that public Of
ficialS at Hartford would be quick to
realize the need of such an aide and the
justice of the demand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

matter Is only few weeks away, we
don't know, but at any event there is q
real fight on now and there will be one
in the next few weeks. The list of or
CARNATIONS opposing the city manager
campaign Is growing, but mere announce
ment of opposition won't make the voters
Senator George T. Culhane is the only
public official to bring the opposing side
to the public, while Rep. Hugo GuaStafer.
ri last night espoused the city manager
cause.
In another week real honeSt-to-good-
ness campaign should be on with no
blows pulled or quarter asked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
Brass Hat Danger

Perhaps in the end it will have an in
fluence In ending war. From now on,
generals may die in bed, but it will not
be the peaceful death of which they were
assured in the old days. The bombs can
seek them out in their beds just as they
will seek out little 4-year-old girls and
little boys of 10.
When the bombers roar over London,
the Chamberlains and the Churchills will
have to duck with the rest. When
bombs scream down over Berlin, the Hit
lers and Goebbelses will have 10 scram
for the cellars. And when steel shrieks
down on Rome, the Mussolinis and
Cianos will have to scramble for shelter
with every Tony and Marie. When those
who make war are subjected TO some
thing of the same dangers and hardships
as those who have to fight, 1t may exer-
else restraining influence at last.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

lations and take measures to pro-
vide the essential war industries
with adequate and peaceful labor
supplies. It will supersede the La
Dor Board, Wage-Hour Admins
tration, Cancellation Service, the
Women's and Children's Bureaus
and set up o new Cancellation d
Adjustment Service with the pow
er to prevent and settle strikes and
to set aside existing child labor
laws.
'While the employment u
children under the age Of rs
years In industry and agriculture
win be avoided wherever pos
sible," says the Plan, 1T must
be recognised from the begin
ming that the nature u the
emergency may require such
employment In its Later stages"
PUBLIC RELATIONS ADMIN
ISTRATTON, I'm other words,
censorship, will coordinate and
direct the national publicity ac-
tivities 80 as to insure that the
purposes, views and progress Of
the government In prosecution Of
the war are properly and ade-
quately presented to the people
and that the aid Of public opin-
ion Is enlisted to the fullest pos.
sible extent in behalf thereof"
The sELECTTvE SERVICE AD-
MINISTRATION will direct con-
scription Of man-power for the
army forces.
The PRICE CONTROL COM
MISSION will be q quasi judicial
body with power to fix prices,
regulate profits, and establish wage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

Only minor revolution in Connecticut
legislative circles can change our pres
ent method of representation in both
House and Senate. And we can't see any
such upheaval occurring in the imme-
diate future. Yet every so often there is
mention made of Connecticut's rotten
borough system" It crops up at the
most unexpected moments and often
times in places where you don't expect to
find it.
Just last week at the state convention
Of the Connecticut Federation of Labor
Secretary Treasurer John ]. Egan called
on one Of the members, who Is a state
legislator, to introduce again in 1041 a
resolution calling for change in the
Method of legislative representation. 1t
liar resolution introduced for a good
many years now, but without certainly
any material success. And other indiv-
iduals and organizations have fumed and
fretted about the same thing, too.
So 1t would seem as II Connecticut'S
Legislature Is going to be preserved pref
ty much as 1t exists today. Make an eff
fort to give the larger centers Of popula-
ton more representation and there is the
customary protest from the rural regions
who are equally represented and who by
virtue of their greater numbers FREEDOM
mate and control the situation. When
you attempt to legislate mans job out
Of existence, you attempt the impossible.
If you want further proof OF this, recall
the obstacles in the path of preventing
legislators getting appointive jobs or
changing the methods of naming minor
court judges.
No law-making body willingly agrees
ers or shifts control from one group to
another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
AUTUA1N's APPROACH
(New Haven Journal Courier)

Seasons, II seems, Just weren't
made for the city; you have 70 get
out IN the country to SAVIOR them
fully. To the average city-dwelieE
various degrees OF heat and cold.
dTyness and dampness, constitute the
seasons. He is seldom fully aware OF
their approaches. those periods OF
transition when one season Is slowly
supplanting another. Just now. sor
instance. with August gone and Sep,
TENDERS sunny days slipping away,
many OF us have 10 remember the
calendar lest we forget just where
we stand equinoctially.
In the country, however, the
march ct the seasons cannot be
ignored. Long before autumn plants
her tattered standard on the hills,
her coming " manifest. Even now,
mac leaves are scarlet. A few OF the
naples are beginning 10 turn; soon
on lonely woodland knobs, the su.
their aging leaves will De red and
yellow. And before they have com.
pletiy strewn the forest aisle the
other trees will be dropping their
dress. Aspen leaves win 20 spinning
Oh IN the slightest breeze; the graee-
flil sweet brown leaves OF the beech
will fall way, leaving sllyery
branches open 70 the winds; and
then even the oak leaves viii deiach
themselves. red and burnished.yel.
low. and every one enamelled.
The days themselves now are az.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Aviatrix Feared
Growing Old

Amelia Eashart was one Of che most
popular women In the United
States; yet few knew she little
traits and characteristics that
led 70 that final fight ever the
Pacific from which she never re-
turned. George Palmer Putnam,
her publisher husband, gives
those interesting sidelights IN .
biography Of his wife that 10 ex.
trenely human and readable,
Soaring Wings" (Hafcourt,
Brace 4 Co: $2.Se). Just . jot
ID given here.
In the way Of everyone who Is
never 1t loss for outlets to make
life interesting and fruitful, AE
always had projects she was keep
ing ahead" Come OF them were
known to us who were close to her.
We realized there were others she
kept to herself. At heart she was
q singuiarly unhuryied person.
Yet realize now that, wholly
without melodramatics, she visual
lied herself as never growing old.
One strangely revealing incident
seems to make that beyond all ques-
ton
It was wiatry blue dusk. and all
around us buildings were checkered
with gold when AE stopped her car
at q traffic light. An old man,
ragged. weary, paie-stepped out
from the curb.
Before he could quite get the
words out, and though my hand was
already on the way TO q pocket. the
lights changed and our car was be-
ing impelled with the stream.
Words which had been 50 hard In
coming noated after Us. TITS hard TO
get old. 80 hard. )" The man
spoke simply, without bitterness.
Later. when the world was closed
down and still, Amelia said, 1T Is
hard TO be oid-so hard. I'm afraid
III hate H. Hate to grow oldp
She was quite for some minutes.
And then, as one who may be
imagining OF simply comprehendlng
O fact. she said slowly, u think
probably. oP. that III not iiye-to
be old"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

scales. It's decisions will be issued
in the name Of the Prensident and
will have the effect OF law.
The WAR FINANCE CONTROL
COMMISSION will have power TO
control stock and bond issues and
other forms Of private investments.
The two other key agencies,
still In nebulous form, are listed
as the Subjective SERVICE
ADMINISTRATION and OTHER
ADMINISTRATIONS. These units
win control fuel, coal, power,
transportation and other indus
tries not covered by the other
agencies.
THE AIM
First objective Of the Plan 10
the creation, equipment and fur
nishing Of adequate supplies for
an "Army Of l,ooo,o0e men six
months after the country enters
q war"
To this end some 1e,eoe factor.
les have been designated as key
plants and q corps OF specially
trained ofsicers has been estab-
lished to act as liaison between
the Army and these concerns.
Every one Of the le.e0e plants has
been instructed what to do to
change TO military production In
the event Of war.
To train these factories the
Army has been giving them So
called educational" orders. Last
year $4,000. 900 was spent for this
purpose. and this year Congress
upped the fund 10 $i6,6oo. 900.
Copyright. 1888, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

(Grace Miner Lippincott In the New Haven
Journal.Courier)
(Read at Vesper Service, Sept S, Madison.)
And Indians roamed the rock-strewn land
When sunrise touches sea and land
And paints the earth with light
Old Tuxis with Its sturdy form
Stands forth upon the site.
That marked the shore for PIONEERS
When mighty trees were young
And Indians Hoamed the rock-s.rew land
As tribal chants were sung
To one Great Spirit; strong. sublime,
Who heard each faltering word
And siiflouettes that we connect
Are cut away from time.
As we reject upon the years
We must not fail Connecticut
With al her valiant store
OF men who went TO sea In ships
Or made new trails ct home
And builded lasting silhouettes
OF sky-lined church and dome.
Like mile.stones on the early paths
That market the way for feet
That held up men who never leaned
But made each task complete
And rested whe nthe sun went down
with sons and daughters near
TO carry on the heritage
Coinecticut holds dear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
Views of The Press

Connecticut and all expecting the
toll-gate ct Greenwich to nourish
but visibly connected with the orig
inai stem, or an extension Of the
them because they were tenuously
origional stem, or an extension OF
an extension or something.
And 50 the original root finally
said, Good night, this amt wuth It,
and curled Up and dried UP and
died.
And that's what we foresee for
ourselves in Fairfield county. We
expect TO see ourselves paying tolls
indefinitely for building highways
and byways all over the state for
no other reason than that more
tolls can be collected here than any
where else because trafiic Is thickest
here. And that seems to the Times
star one-and one pretty import
ant--reason for being against this
business Of tolls collected IN one
place for benefits In other places.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11

The bark Of the Townsenditss Is
worse than their Chairman
Hamilton. OF the Republican Ne.
tional Committee.
] have always made II q habit 10
be courteous to ladies. but. 4
want 70 say In the most polite man
ner that can that the lady's state
ment Is not true. s-Representat ives
Graham Barden, D.. North Carolina.
ut Q wage-hour hearing.
We believe no friends viii abandon
or betrAy US while we ourselves re-
main sound and upright. Chang
Kai-shek. Chinese Nationalist lead
IsE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
WOMEN MORE CAUTIOUS
Boston PoSt)

Gold statistics Of the National
Safety Council for 1888 pay q great
tribute to the women Of the nation.
In $4,000 pedestrian deaths last year
on 2i.s per cent were females and
only 50 per cent Of non-fatal In.
juries were received by members Of
the fair sex. The conclusion Is
reached that women are more safety
conscious because for generations
they have had the responsibility Of
caring for children, which has en-
dowed them with O great awareness
OF danger. In the matter Of drinking.
which causes up to IS per cent Of
pedestrian deaths, the traffic en-
gineer In charge Of the survey says
It seems to be pretty well estab-
iished by the records that there are
fewer inebriated women pedes-
triAns."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
Daily Almanac

Moon rises $40 Q. N. daylight tame).
Sun rises Gas q. m; sets 7:io D. m. daylight
time).
AL vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes AZ.
ter sunset
High water at Milford Tuesday, Sept "a,
ii:ai; low water. S:37 daylight time).
Frosts were claimed on last Saturday IN scat.
terlng sections Of the state. but II 80 they were
extremely light enes. However. the weather Is
definitely chilling. Notice the heavens these
clear nights. There haven't been a. many stars
since early In the summer before humidity az
tected the atmosphere
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-11
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and when did 1t become CONNER
cial?
A. 1t first became sustaining
program on May II, 1888, and .
commercial program on November
Is, 1898.
@, What does Tishri 23,56S4 In
the Jewish calendar correspond to
In the dregofian calendar?
A. October 8, 1893.
@. What position does John l..
Lewis's brother hold In the o. !. o.?
A. A. d. Lewis Is chairman Of
the United Construction Workers
Organizing Committee.
q. What may be used to etch
steel?