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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Mooney Freed

It's hard to believe that Tom Mooney is finally free man, able to come and go as ordinary citizens of this nation. No longer do prison regulations bind him to routine that is confined to the mere activities that may be indulged in behind grey walls. If 9 years imprisonment has not killed his ambition he can still plan for future in which all is bright and cheerful. January 2 will long be bright day in his remain ing years. California's new governor will long be highest in his regard.
 It is hard to believe that man who could fight for the full 22s years that he spent in prison would be guilty of the crime of which Tom Mooney was com mitted. Why people have grown to man. hood not even knowing why he was in prison, but convinced that he was in- nocent because they read of his many and impassioned pleas to public officials, par don boards, governors, senators, presidents for hearing that he might prove he had nothing to do with the 1916 bombing plot in San Francisco.
 And yet there are many who still be- lieve he was implicated in the bombing plot. Most of them, however, are willing to see him go free. But the number who think he was an innocent victim of cir cumstantial evidence far surpasses the Sceptical. They are the ones who made possible for many years the long legal bat ties in which Mooney sought to prove his innocence. Let it be said in all fairness that he paid well for the crime of which he was accused, whether or not he had any part in it. His release at this late date is generally acceptable to all fair-minded persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
The State Publicity Commission

The State Publicity Commission comes in for recommendation in the recent mes sage of our new governor, Raymond E. Baldwin. The commission has just issued it's second annual report and it has asked the Legislature to authorize a change in name of the board from Publicity to State Development Commission. In reality that is the work this group is doing, so it would seem in order to confer upon it a title which might more thoroughly and effec- There can be no thought about discon- tinuing the commission, as was hinted at one time. Its value is so completely es- tablished that we can only see more and arduous duties being imposed upon it as its value to the state becomes apparent. While the watchword now is economy, it isn't any extravaganza to seek more funds for the State Publicity Commission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

With an eye on the ever-increasing prison population in this state, Chief Jus tice William M. Maltbie of the State Su- preme Court suggests that fewer first of- lenders may be kept out of jail. He calls attention to a statute which he says is lit tie invoked, but which if it was would keep down our jail population, particularly of young men and women who are awaiting trial, faced with their first offense. He points out that such culprits may be placed in the custody of probation off, cers and he believes that the chances of failure to appear are slim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
These Dark Ages

We have made great progress, as every one knows, in the last 150 years. And # has been not only in mastering our material resources. There have been "a thousand and one social reforms" says Sir Richard Gregory, notable British scientist, addressing the American Asso- citation for the Advancement of Science at Richmond, Va. But spiritually, we are still in the dark ages.
 s.Man has advanced so little in spirit ual evolution" he says, "that he is just as much barbarian in his use of aerial bombs and poison gas as he was when his weapons were only clubs and arrows" The question naturally arises, what man shall do to be saved.
 s "The time has come," he maintains, when exalted spiritual ideals must be combined with the results of scientific research. Whatever differences of opin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Selected Poem
DEMETER SHARES MY WOE

OENXE Ln SHARES M WOE Rosemary Farrar in the New York Times) It is not the tall pines signing, it is not the whisper of last leaves falling, not the sound of Summer dying: in the night hear her calling, in the dark hear Demeter crying. She mourns her olive groves cut down, the Shorn stumps chayred, the foliage brown; reluctantly her light feet go across the Attic farms laid low. Longest beyond my door she fingers touching with tender, questioning fingers her ravaged stems, her pillaged crop whose futile roots lift up no top. Why does she finger, finger so, weeping in darkness? Does she know at bloody Salamis he died who made her furrows deep and wide? While all mortal men lie sleeping, over empty fields Demeter goes. her piteous Autumn vigil keeping. The dark pines sigh, chill wind blows: in the long night we are weeping, weeping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

It will cost New Britain exactly $10,000 to have the city surveyed in the interest of municipal power plant. The taxpay- CTS may be called upon soon to decide if they want to pay this much to get an idea of what a change in service might mean. And there is no assurance, we feel safe in saying, that after the survey the change can be made. There is still the task of proving that better service can be provided than that now being given by the private utility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
BRIDGEPORTS GOOD NAME
 Bridgeport Times-Star)

The Sity of Bridgeport. the other day, sold the $900,000 in refunding bonds part of the budget of the current fiscal year at an interest rate of 1.47 per year, which is termed the lowest rate the city has ever obtained on a bond issue. It means that the city is borrowing money for a song.
 Two factors play a part in that good fortune. One is the condition of the bond market.
 The other is the fiscal good name which Bridgeport enjoys. Bridge port has 8 reputation for honest government and honest financing that is nationwide. Therefore, its bonds bring a good rate.
 Such reputation is enviable, and it's among the finest assets Bridge port could have.
 We appreciate it most because this tribute to Bridgeport's fine reputation comes at a moment when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Views of The Press

other fine repu,ations have been discovered to be false.
 Bridgeport has a reputation for honesty at the moment because the people assumed a vital interest in their government, and dictated hon. esty. If the people of Bridgeport are going to be sure of keeping that reputation, they must continue to maintain their interest in govern ment. Protection of the city's good name is not something that can be delegated; it must be the con- tinuing function of every citizen. Let us realize our present good for- tune, and resolve to keep it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Book Day
A Decade Inside Earth
 BY BRUCE CATION

D4 DAbOSA1 SAA n AOAN
 You don't really have to head north or south if you want to ex- plore dark, lonely, cold and unin- habited parts of the earth. You can head straight down if you like, find some o fthe eeriest sights imagin- able, and add much to the sum total of human knowledge.
 A graphic picture of this kind of exploration is furnished in Ten Years Under the Earth" oy Norbert Casteret, translated by Barrows Mussey (Greystone: $3).
 An athletic young Frenchman who didn't mind getting into tight places even when he had to crawl on his stomach to get there-M. Casteret shortly after the World War began Investigating all the cave, caverns and earthly crevices that he could find. In the process he nad some astounding adventures.
 The chief equipment for this sort of career would seem to be nerves of chilled steel. Following an un- derground~ river, M. Casteret ap- parently thinks nothing at all of diving under a subterranean barrier without knowing whether there will be a place on the other side where he can come to the surface and breathe. He has descended into ghastly underground crypts, alone, with all the gay assurance of a movie star going to premier.
 And in doing all of this he has made fascinating scientific discov- cries. Secrets of the lives men lived 20 or 40 thousand years ago are contained in some of Europe's mountain caves; relics of old camp fires. the earth's most ancient paint ings, footprints no mortal has seen for hundred centuries-all of these things, and more, he has found un. derground.
 His book, as you can imagine is an absorbing one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

1. Of which State is Montpelier the capital?
 3. At what age do cats attain full growth?
 3. On what island did Napoleon reside during his first punishment? 1. What is chlorophyll?
 5. Name the German minister of economics.
 6. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word gila (monster)? | .. What part of the earth is in- habited by the Polynesians?
 8. What is the General Land of- flee of the U. S.?
 9. How many feet are in a sta- tute mile?
 10. In England. what is . Peers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Current Comment

If I ask her to eat something she doesn't like. she will do 1t if tell her Americans like it, --Marlene Dietrich, speaking of her daughter, Maria, l3. who hopes to become an American.
 The secret is to land on both hands and feet.-Billy Lee Rich- mond, explaining to Detroit police how he had jumped from 8 40-foot chimney to escape after a robbery.
 
 We hope for a bloodless revolu- ton to set up new economic sys- tem.-Manford Ishmael. 18-yeal -old assistant commissar of high school student movement in Oklahoma City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

Only Republican to congratu- late Roosevelt after his opening message to Congress was Senator McNary of Oregon, the Presidents shrewdest enemy and also the fairest. Said McNary: T guess we'll have to call that natural, MT. President" The Presi- dent recently told his secretary, hard-working Marvin Mcintyre, to get a physical examination and some rest. Mac demurred. Roose- welt then told his Navy doctor, Ross McIntire to examine Mac even if he had to do it forcibly. Dr. McIntire recommended that Secretary Mcintyre take weeks rest. So far he has not followed doctors orders. .. A popular dish on White House and Cabinet tables during the holidays was Arkansas yams, rated high by gourmets. They were the gift of Harvey Couch, Arkansas magnate and former REC member.
 USA ISOLATION
 Far-sighted ex-Senator Jim Pope of Idaho, visiting Europe in 1885, predicted that the United States could not remain aloof from another European war. Peo- pie scoffed. Editorial wri ters hooted.
 Now, Fortune Magazine pub-
 fishes a suvey showing that 76 per cent of the American peo- pie believe this country cannot stay out of another European
 war, while 59.S per cent of the men and 52.8 per cent of the
 women believe that the United
 States should join other democ- racies in united front against the dictators.
 NOTE-The Fortune survey is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
borne out generally by other re- cent surveys of public opinion. ROOSEVELT SpEECHES


 When the President blunders in reading a public address, he never turns back. That is part of his radio technique. He knows that to repeat makes the radio audience aware he is reading, not talking.
 In his address to Congress, his manuscript read that men must defend "the tenets of faith and humanity on which their church. eS, their governments and their very civilization are founded"
 When Roosevelt came to the word civilization" he fumbled it and said Foundations" h. stantly he saw that he could not say, Foundations are founded" so without moments pause he changed the wording and said, Their very foundations are set" COED AVIATORS
 The new program for collegiate pilot training will be co-educa- tional - BUT there will be few girls enrolled.
 Originally it was planned to bar girls, but on the advice of poli- ticos the experts changed the rule to avoid a hullabaloo about sex discrimination from profess Sional feminists.
 Authorities anticipate no diffi- culty in holding down the number of feminine students, because of the stiff examination requirements and because only 8 small propor- tion of women are interested in becoming pilots.
 In training mechanics, however, women students will be encour- aged to enroll, since they could, if necessary, replace men needed for military duty.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

ion may exist as to the respective fields of religion and science, they meet on com mon ground in the pursuit of truth and it's influences upon human conduct" Science, he adds, is always ready to accept new ideas and interpretations of life He it were, he thinks, religion could trans form human life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

@. How often does a total eclipse of the sun occur?
 A. Those that are total some where on the earth's surface are not very rare, averaging one about every year and half, but the track of solar eclipse is a very narrow path over the earth's surface, averaging only 60 or 70 miles in width, so tiat in the long run total eclipse hap pens at any given stat,on only once in about 360 years.
 o. In which States do the local governments get the highest frac- tions of the motor vehicle license fees?
 A. Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota return approximately fifty per cent of the fees to the local county and muni- cipal governments.
 @. Where are the Farallones Is- lands?
 A. They are group of six small rocky Islands in the Pacific, off the coast of California, about 28 miles from the entrance to the Golden Gate. A large number of rabbits are found on the islands; they are prolific in bird life and many sea- lions are on the coast. The islands were created a Federal bird pre- serve in 1909.
 e. What was the death rate in 1900? How does it compare with our present death rate?
 A. In 1900, the death rate was 17.6 per 1000 population and in 1886, it was 11.5 per 1000 popula- tion.
 If you want 8 copy of our book let. STAMP COLLECTING" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
 teenth St., Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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Daily Almanac
Noon rises 10:d1 p. m.

Moon rises 10:0 p. m.
 Sun rises 7:11 a. m.: sets 4:42 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Three days of overcast skies, one night of was last weeks record. The change of the moon on Thursday no doubt had lot to do with the change in the weather. It usually does produce some sort of weather phenome- non.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

ter aC my ears. !. |. . However, the Frank Becks were invited to dinner, and I wanted them to come because we hope to get them to live In Y onk CTS, as neighbors. .... So I decided to
 play host for an ening, against the ad- vice of my good
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

The indictment of the American Medi- cal Association for alleged violation of the antitrust law is startling. Next the lawyers may be accused of monopoly and then there will be trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
New York Day by Day
BY CHARLES B. DRIsCOLL

New ork, January 9.-Diary:
 Still a prisoner of the grip, unable to leave the house. and having to listen to strange tornadoes that rumble through my head and bat-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Questions
 and Answers
By FREpERICK RG. KERBY


 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be givens 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.
 e. Does the tail of 6 decapitated snake wiggle until sunset?
 A. Owing to the reaction of the snakes nervous system its tail will continue to wiggle long after the snake is otherwise dead, but there is no scientific foundation for the belief that it will continue to wig gle until sunset and then stop.
 O. How much candy was import ed into the United States in 1887?
 A. Imports of candy, confection- cry, etc., in 1887, amounted to B. 671, ,778 pounds, valued at $618.459.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

Wall Street plays in hard luck. Just as the public was forgetting about the Whit ney case, this Musica-C -Coster business had to bust out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "I will try and see you tomorrow; say, "try to see you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

Frank Beck dogs D.. Ter hume can see that this is going to be a rather doggy column. So those very few friends of the column who don't like dogs had better turn to other reading matter.
 Beck is a dog-lover, draws many pictures of dogs. He knows oceans of dog lore. Owns a blood- hound, Sctnozzle, that weighs no pounds.
 Recently Frank was driving from California to New York in his big car, in a heavy rain. Near Windsor, s. C., the car went itno ditch. AS it struck the dirt bank at the roadside with a dull thud, Schnozzle was thrown head-first through the side-curtains. He landed on his feet and kept on going.
 Frank dug himself out from un- der lot of baggage, and, without surveying the damage to the car, started looking for the blood- hound. But Schnozzle had been thoroughly frightened. Crazed with fear and panic, he had run blindly on through the woods, through swampy lowlands.
 Most of the night, Frank Beck hunted for his beloved four-year- old hound. How would he ever explain to Nancy and Barbara, the children who'd be waiting to greet him and Schnozzle?
 He stayed a week at the little town, exploring the swamps and settlements during the day. Fortu- nately, there's a clean little hotel there, and Beck didn't mind get ting acquainted with the inter- esting countryside.
 Finally he heard rumors that his dog was being held for ransom by swamp-dwellers, far in the in- terior. He went to the settlement, announced that if Schnozzle wasn't delivered to him at his hotel by a certain hour the fol- lowing day, federal men would be called in.
 Schnozzle arrived that night, and Beck paid the embarrassed captors 0f the dog five dollars, since he had offered that reward in the beginning.
 At this point, as I'm getting pretty proud of myself for being almost able to grind out column in spite of the amusing lead noises the grip has brought with 1t, I.have telephone call from al, agency. will I go on as master of ceremonies in 8 new radio series? It must be obvious from the sound of my voice what a swell m. c. I'd make! I tell the gentleman that can't get out of the house just now. "Oh, that's all right; we can wait until tomorrowl" he re- plies briskly.
 I could go around begging for radio jobs all year, but let me go slightly goofy with the grip, and they'll call be out of bed to broad castl Or am I being just slightly irritable?
 .. :. .. Copyright, 1939)
 (McNaught Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
Whats Your l. O?

Can you answer seven of these test questions. Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
A Thought for Today

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright i'm heart shall glOry.-Psalms 64:10.
 Never. with the Bible in our hands can we deny rights to another, which, under the same circumstances, we would claim for ourselves.- e. Spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09


 dumb host. hardly hearing any thing that was said. After mid- night I drove the guests to the end of the subway, and rolled into bed, where I've been for eighteen hours since. .. My wife is plying me with broth, but it all tastes like goose-feathers to me. Beck, a cartoonist who has had much experience with motor cars and once took a course in automotive engineering, is such an entertaining conversationalist that was content to listen and catch what I could of the talk. Both the Becks like to talk about the glories of California, 50 I decided to have them meet Dr. Cyrus Wicker, of Miami, who is just as eloquent about Florida. ... And here arrives a large crate of oranges, grapefruit and apples from Anon Carter, of Fort Worth, with good wishes for the year just beginning. The apples, particu- larly, are among the finest-flav- ored I've ever tasted. |. I wonder If I could still keep the doctor away by eating one of these Texas apples. I'm going to try. .. So I rest my ears from the sharp sound of typewriter keys by reading, at intervals, poems from Harp in the Midnight" a new and impress sive book of poems by Aletheia Garrison, of Kansas and Okla homa. A young lady who will go far. Also, a wonderful little book I picked up at Putnam's the other day, Real Tales of Real Dogs" by Albert Payson Terhune. The tales are those he wrote for me when I was his editor, and the title is that which I gave to his series, except that his book publisher has added an extra "real" at the beginning. Got up for children, but mighty good fare for adults, with grand dog etchings by Diana Thorne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-09
HOUSE CHAFF

boys to do is come over to the AfIsAu essln
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Cotton Prices Recover
All Losses From
Previous Week
Some Deliveries Soar
To New Highs for
Current Season
By the Associated Press,

oJ tne AsSoclated Press.
NEW YORK, July 10.-The cotton
futures market this week regained
all of the losses of the previous
week, and some deliveries estab-
hshed new high levels for the cur
rent season.
On the New York Cotton Exchange
active futures contracts advanced IL
to 18 points, with the nearer deliv-
cries up the most.
The controlling factors in the mar
ket, analysts said, were the contin-
ued short supply of old-crop cotton
in trade channels and the posi-
bility that the new crop may not
equal domestic consumption plus ex-
ports in the coming season If ex-
ports are stimulated by an export
subsidy. In consequence of the
shortage of commercial supplies of
old-crop cotton. the trade was still
forced to go to the Government loan
stock for requirements pending the
harvesting Of the new crop.
The Governments acreage esti-
mate issued on Saturday. 24,943 900
acres. compared with 25.018,000 last
year, was about in line with average
trade expectations, or possibly a
little smaller. Private acreage esti-
mates had ranged from about a.
100000 to around 26,800,000 bales.
Assuming average abandonment
during the growing season. this
acreage, with a yield equal to the
average of the last five years, would
make crop Of roughly 100000
bales.
Yields have tended sharply up
ward in recent years. Two years ago
this country made the phenomenal
yield per acre of 269.9 pounds, the
largest on record. Last year it made
1858 pounds per acre, the second
largest on record. The average yield
in the last five years has been about
2l24 pounds.
Domestic mill conditions continue
favorable from the standpoint of
volume of mill activity and of goods
produced Mill margins, which
were recently extremely low, have
improved in recent weeks.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
New Sears Contract LET
To United Wall Paper
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, July 1O.-United Wall
Paper Factories, Inc, announced to-
day the renewal of a contract to
furnish the major wall paper re-
quirements of Sears, Roebuck g. Co.
for period of three years.
The new Sears, Roebuck agree
ment, together with an existing con-
tract with Montgomery Ward & Co.,
again ranks United Wall Paper Fac
tories, Inc, as producers of wall
paper for two of the largest con-
sumner outlets in the United States.
The completion of negotiations
with the Sherwin- Williams Co. and
Acme White Lead & Color Works
for supplying wall paper stocks for
distribution through their subsidiary
paint and wall paper stores was an
nounced at the same time by A. j..
Browning, president of United Wall
Paper Factories, Inc.