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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

British law now says that pony, as well as dog, is entitled to at least one free bite at a man. After the first bite the aggrieved one may recover damages. Therefore if visiting in England and dog or horse makes a lunge for you, make sure that his first bite is a dainty one, because you won't collect on it. This ruling was handed down recently in the Kings Bench Division by MT. Justice Humphreys who said: "The law in this country is that the owner of domestic animal is not responsible for damage to person done by an animal unless he has knowledge of some propensity on the part of the animal to behave in that way" A London woman had sued dairy com pany whose pony, unattended, had knocked her down and tried to bite her. It was brought out by the defense that the horse had never shown such trait prior, so no damages were allowed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

zon, another American gunboat, on the Yangtze, and he asked Admiral Leahy to transfer 1t for fear it would bring about another Panay incident.
 In the present Far Eastern crisis, however, Secretary Hull, has little to worry about. There will be no Japanese incidents in volving the United States. An American citizen probably could go out and slap a Japanese sentry in Tientsin with relative impun- ity. For the Japanese are handling us with kid-glove kindness-at least until they get rid of the British.
 THEN IT MAY BE OUR TURN. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Tourists note: The transfer of the Bureau of Fisheries from Commerce to Interior Department will not affect the aquarium in the basement of the Commerce building. It will remain where it is One member of the Bi- luminous Coal Commission who harbors no ill-feeling over shift ing the agency to the Interior Department is Commissioner John c. Lewis. While his colleagues were muttering being abolished, Lewis circulated petition at the AFL convention in Iowa endorsing Roosevelt for third term One of the youngest members ever elected to the House still is there. He is hard-working Clarence J. Mcleod, Michigan Republican, who won his seat in 1920 at the age of g Senator Bob Rev. holds of North Carolina is blos- soming out. In addition to pur- chasing a large apartment house near the Capitol, he has hired a one-time AP reporter as publicity man and editor of his covertly anti-Semitic publication, The Vindicator Under Secretary of Commerce Ed Noble, former chairman of the Civil Aeronau- tics Authority, itched to go on the first trip of the Atlantic Clip per, but listened to the objections of his family.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

The proposal that the United States and Canada issue joint commemorative stamp in honor of the recent visit of the King and Queen and also to celebrate 125 years of unbroken peace between the two countries is good one. All the peace stamps possible should be issued today because with Europe as jittery as she is this continent should do all in it's power to demonstrate how easily peace may be maintained. How such stamp would be issued, we don't know, but probably each country would issue similar stamp save as to it's own peculiar denominational markings or colors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
What's Your l. O?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Which two signers of the Con- stitution became Presidents?
 2. In which country is the prov ince of Ontario?
 3. Do male mosquitoes bite?
 4. In Greek chronology, what was an olympiad?
 5. Which State is represented in Congress by Senator Carl A. Hatch? 6. In liquid measure, how many fluid drams are in one gill?
 '. Which city in Italy has the second largest population?
 8. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
 g.. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word lyceum?
 10. With which sport is the name of Alice Marble associated?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

them with that. But eventually we've got to realize that we can't be isolated"
 BRUSSELS FIASCO
 MT. Hull's retreat after the Chi cago speech was one factor in the collapse of the Brussels Confer ence, winch was the next attempt to work out joint action between the United States and Great Bri- tain to blockade Japan.
 This time the British had aban- doned their old hesitancy. In the late summer of 1897, they had hung back, while MT. Hull had pushed them forward. Now it was the reverse. Captain An- thony Eden,' then foreign minis ter, actually gave Norman Davis, our envoy at Brussels, a com- plete layout of where British Pacific to carry out the blockade.
 BUT MIR. HULL SAID NO.
 Since then MT. Hull has been- absolutely consistent in his speeches, but when it has come to actual showdowns, he has hesitated to apply his theory. At the time the Japanease deliberate ly bombed the U. s. s. Panay, Admiral Leahy reported to Roose- welt:
 "T can move out in ten days, MT. President. Everything is ab- solutely ready. No war game ever was simpler. We place ships at Singapore, some at Panama. The British have in- formed us that they would send 16 ships (*asked for "A but we don't really need that many.) The Russians have 50 submar- ines at Vladivostok which they wiM send down to harass the Japanese lines of communication between Shanghai and Naga- saki.
 q CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WON'T LOSE MORE THAN TWO SHIPS"
 OUR TURN NEXT?
 MT. Hull demurred. "We had best wait until there is another incident" he told his advisers.
 But by the middle of the next year, MT. Hull was worried over the presence of the U. s. s. Lu,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Current Comment

I speak with authority based on 8 somewhat vast education at the hands of nine children-U. s Am bassador Joseph P. Kennedy.
 The rights of persons of any po- litical beliefs to hold WPA jobs can hardly be challenged legally.-Roger N. Baldwin, director, American Civil Liberties Union.
 I'm going to be stuffed shirt. got licked for Congress for not be- ing one.-Maury Mavericks winning platform in the San Antonio may orally campaign.
 I used to ask him why he never spoke, but he would never answer.- Detroit wife, asking divorce after 10 silent years.
 Nol No want him!-Indians at New York fair, on being offered Manhattan Island back again.
 Banking for some time has been operating between two grinding forces-declining earnings and pub- lie criticism.
 President Phillip A. Benson, O
 American Bankers Associa ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Views of The Press

for any one who gets off the relief roll.
 Governor Baldwin's theory is, If we may interpret 1t, that there would be good jobs in private in- dustry if the federal government would only stop meddling with in- dustry.
 This happens to be Gov. Bald wins opinion or prediction, appar- ently his sincere conviction. He can't prove 1t, any more than he could prove that government in- terference with business was respon- sible for 1929. But this is his theory, and his theory is not, as careless scanning of the headlines he is creating would indicate, sim ply that everything would be won derful if the federal government would only halt relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERICK q. KERBY

Enclose . three-cent stamp for
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 ton of fact or information tO the
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 reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un. dertaken. Bo sure all mail is ad. dressed tO the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU.
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 @. What girl is represented in Sir Joshua Reynolds's painting "Stm- plicity?"
 A. Ofy Gwatkin, 17ss.
 o. Who writes the script for Ed- gar Bergen's radio skit with the dummy, Charlie McCarthy?"
 A. Bergen.
 @. When did the Radio Corpora tion of America acquire the assets of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company of America?
 A. In November, 1919.
 @. How many cities have special schools or classes for mentally defl- cient children, in their public school systems?
 A. The Biennial Survey of Educa- ton of the U. s. office of education reports 643 cities having such class es or schools.
 o. How long did the government operate a mint at Dahlonega, Geor- gia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
WHAT GOV. BALDWIN MEANS
 Bridgeport Times-Star)

We hope Gov. Raymond E. Bald win is not giving impression that he believes the only thing standing in the way of private job in in- dustry for every American is the fact that the federal government insists on keeping its relief rolls padded.
 Perhaps because he neglects to state, in the speeches he is making before various national audiences, the essential premise that people are on government relief payrolls only because private industry has no place for them, Governor Bald- win sometimes comes perilously near being misunderstood.
 But the confident manner in which he announces that there's no substitute for . good job in pri- vate industry" does not mean that the good job Is out there waiting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
THIS WEEKS APPRECIATION:
Christian Science Monitor)

To the Hartford (Conn.) Courant for its announced adoption of a pol icy of emitting generally from obi tuary notices the name of the dis ease to which the person is supposed to have succumbed. Every physician knows" says the Courant editorially, that the mental attitude of the pa tient has a great deal to do with his or her recovery, and it cannot be otherwise than disturbing to one undergoing treatment for a given disease to pick up the paper and read of deaths due to that same cause. If we can make through the policy here announced a small con- tribution to the peace of mind of those who foster gloomy predictions we shall be well satisfied" This may well contribute to a helpful change in the customs of journalism and in the well-being of readers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Selected Poem
MELLOW FIELDS

(Lansing Christman in the Christian Science
 Monitor) One seldom uses this old dirt road But the fox and the rabbit, And sometimes, when summer comes. The wide fields either side are sanctuary For the timothy and hawkweed. They have not felt The movers scythe since the last inhabtant Of the hill farm moved out ten years ago. The bobonk's song undulates in the June wind, And meadowlark calls are plantive accompaniments To high meadow songs. Buttercups fringe the weter Places, and form border of gold around the hard
 hack,
 The swampland steeples, under which the redwing Builds. Everything StrS; event the heabane swims In the heat shimmering over the mellow fields
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

What ever happened to the plans to create number of new one-way streets in Waterbury? There were lot of recom- mendations made for smoothing out traffic Snarls here some months back, but none of them has as yet been accepted or put into effect. That's one of the faults of Connecticut government. It's slow to make changes in existing conditions de- spite the knowledge that changes are imperative for general good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

A. From 1888 to 1861, for coinage of gold only.
 @. What is the address of the manufacturer of the ''Volkswagen," Hitler's German car for the mass esq"
 A. volkswagen-Wer G. M. B. H., Berlin, Germany. @. Was Confucious the real name of the famous Chinese philosopher? A. His Chinese name was Kng- fu-tse, which was corrupted into Confucious by foreigners. In China he was generally called Master Kung. | @. What was the title of the col- umn of humorous typographical er- TOTS that the old Literary Digest used to publish?
 A. "slips that Pass in the Night"
 e. Is the English language de- rived principally from Anglo-Saxon? A. The late Frank Vizatelly, Lit. D., wrote: 50 far is the English lan- guage from being the Anglo-Saxon tongue, that it is the most composite language known today" A statement showing the sources of English words can be obtained free by send- ing a stamped, self-addressed en- velope to our service Bureau, 10l3 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. @. How long has the family of Dwight w. Morrow been in this country?
 A. Alexander Morrow came to America from IrelarI before the Revolutionary War, and settled in the Panhandle region of Virginia, now West Virginia. The family es- tate, known as "Fairview," has been in the family possession ever since.
 @. How far is the planet Uranus from the sun, and is it visible to the naked eye?
 A. The mean distance is 1.782,- 100000 miles. The actual distance varies 48 million miles because of the eccentricity of Uranus orbit. When 1t is in the evening sky, Ur- anus is barely visible to the naked eye as 8 faint star on dark night With good telescope the planet shows sea-green disk.
 If you want a copy of our book
 let "SWIMMING AND DIVING
 LESSONS" send to the Water
 bury Democrats Washington Bu-
 reau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash
 ington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Baby Cry Drowns Sound of Guns

Sound of Guns
 You will not soon forget the stark, graphic picture of modern
 warfare that Japanese Corporal
 Ashihei Hino paints in his diary
 of the struggle in China, "Wheat and Soldiers" (Farrar and Rine-
 hart: S2). Even in translation, it holds it's classic form. Given here
 is one glimpse of the Chinese war as the Japanese soldier saw it and hated it.
 Some Chinese refugees, caught in the swirl of fighting, had been trying to make their way between the lines to safety beyond. The hinese had spotted them and prob ably mistaken them for Japanese. They were hit by their own people.
 There's a man, there," said Shirahasi ."He's dead. Right near him is woman wounded. She must have been holding a baby. Anyway baby is lying in the road. Listen. You can hear it crying.
 That was the faint, flute-like sound we had heard. The woman was moaning.
 The baby cried almost all night. Sometimes it's little voice grew loud and shrill, cutting the dark, silent air like knife. Then it would die away and then begin anew.
 It affected us very badly. Each succeeding vail was like saw, drawn across our taut nerves. Even the insects seemed to join, to create a symphony pathetique. The men murmured and finally began firing their revolvers into the tir to drown the sound. The mournful cry, in- cessantly repeated, gradually drove us all to the breaking point. At last, l was unable to endure it any more.
 With a sudden jerk I hoisted myself out of the trench and began wriggling across the ground toward the road. was barely conscious of the danger. The baby's cry was my guide. In a few moments I was on the road. thought my heart would burst when I saw what was there
 The dying woman was some distance away. Her arms were out stretched, trying to reach the baby that lay on the other side of the road. Her body moved, with painful heaviness, as she tried to reach it ..
 And then, suddenly, the Chinese opened fire agin. Their machine ] guns pumped bullets toward us and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

New York to wander in the Be- tanical Gardens.
 Lee conveys practical informa- tion. To the ladies who venture into Gotham, he pleads, Don't go in the park alone at night. It is not safe for unescorted women.
 "If a strange man annoys you in a theater, call the usher. Then conduct yourself as quietly as possible. If you are annoyed in a crowded subway and cannot find the conductor or policeman (most women have a hard enough time merely finding a seat) the wisest thing to do is leave the car immediately and forget about it" WHERE TO GET
 MARRIED-QUICK
 Guide Mortimer is a man of practical mind and so he offers a turly helpful miscellany to the visitor. No other Broadway Bae- deker has thought to warn you that "if you must marry in a hur- ry, nearest place that doesn't re- quire an advance license is Vir- ginia. You can reach Virginia in four hours by railroad. Or hire a car" Or fly down, if you're that martially impatient.
 At swanky night spots, says the author, more famous people than the casual caller have been turned away. So in order to avoid embarrassment, the visitor would do well to add a van or de- to his name. Soy "This is Baron de Punk" or Count van Limburg' calling" That, says MT. Mortimer, twill surely get you in." You can try it, anyway. What have you got to lose?
 CHORUS GIRL
 INSIGHTS
 Now for some dope that long has been neglected by others. DON'T" Mortimer urges the sus- ceptible out-of- of-toWner, "idolize a chorus girl. She doesn't want to be put on pedestal. Only 'chumps' treat them as superior human beings, lavish gifts and money on them.
 "They may accept the presents but their love will be given to the boy friend in the swing band who probably borrows lunch money from them.
 Tt is a crime to check into hotel, obtain lodging or food and then refuse to pay for same!
 You may enroll in one of the citys hundreds of art schools. paint nudes from life. Even if you can't paint, you can enroll.
 "Chorines and other pretties are mad about dogs. Way to their heart is gift of a pooch. Nuts most popular this season are cocker spaniels."
 STYLE
 HINTS
 Sartorially, you can learn from the informative MT. Mortimer.
 Don't carry cane. Umbrellas and rubbers are permissible (that is, they're not against the law) but not often used by New York CTS.
 Don't carry bundles, suitcases, etcetera.
 "A lady may carry hat-box. If she's pretty, she may be mis- taken for model.
 Tt is customary when escorting a lady to the theater or night club, to send her a corsage of flowers. Orchids are in good taste"
 Finally, says MT. Mortimer, "be sure to count your change!"
 Now those, I submit, are gems of Solomonic wisdom that you'll not find in ordinary guidebooks whose pages start off with "On your left, you'll see ."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:23 8. m.; sets 8:28 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases-Full moon, July l, 11:08 a. rn.; last quarter, July g, 2:41 p. m.; new moon, July 16, 3:55 p. m; first quarter, July 23 6:26 a. m.; full moon, July 31, 1:29 a. m. Standard time)
 Morning stars Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Sat- urn; evening, Mercury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

M o r t 1 m c r W hich h is a tough and cyn- teal Baedeker to the metro- polls.
 Behind tn c Scenes" is how M ort i'm CT, a W i S e d-u p so- phisticate with no ill u S i on s about his town, calls his bro- chure. He goes on the theory that you have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, July 1 - Most guide books to New York City gild the lily and sound false and flashy to the native, but there's one by Lee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

the milky night air was filled with their ugly whining {. <. I crept hur- riedly back to the trench.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
Washington Merry-Go-Round
D R E w PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN
WASHINGTON .J,11v

WASHINGTON the must back the 937 shang
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01
A Thought for Today

He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do like wiSe.-Luke 3:11.
 Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities, We gain only as we gve.-Simms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

toned variety, half of the "emer. gency" variety, guaranteed to wear forever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never use the word gents" for
 "gentlemen." The former ls | extremely vulgar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

o. How long did the government operate a mint at Dahlonega, Geor- gia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

Q. Who writes the script for Edr gar Bergen's radio skit with the dummy, Charlie McCarthy?"
 A. Bergen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-01

A. From 1888 to 1861, for coinage
 of gold only.
Evening star., 1939-02-16

ing even though its parents or
legal guardian does not reside
therein, IF the child has gone there
in good faith for the purpose of
acquiring home and not for the
purpose of taking advantage Of
school privileges
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
declared in connection with the
Fairgrounds that the Board of
Education would not be liable for
action in accident cases, but the
District government would.
In the case of stolen property, the
school officers had asked that some
agreement be made with the Gov
ernors Of Maryland and Virginia
for the return CT stolen property
from secondhand dealers without
the District having to pay the
dealer the claim on it, inasmuch as
no appropriation is made to the
schools for this purpose. Mr.. Seal
refused to do this, expressing the
opinion that such action would not
be desirable to police in any of the
communities involved and might
lead to dealers concealing such
property. Under the present system,
he said, $74,835 worth of property
has been recovered.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
Indian Service
To Test Rugs
In Cafeteria

The Indian Service of the In
terior Department will apply prac-
tical methods in testing the dur
ability of Indian rugs by putting
them In daily service tomorrow on
the hoor of the huge departmental
cafeteria IN the new building.
Several Indian maids in native
costume will take part in the cere-
mony at 10:30 am. under the
supervision Of Commissioner John
Collier, who will give his reasons
for the tests. It wasn't necessary
for the department to bring the
indian girls from distant reserva-
ttons as they are among the several
score Of pretty and eflcient Indian
typists and clerks working in WASH
ington.
The Interior cafeteria is one of
the largest in the city and Mr..
Collier thinks If the rugs, which
Indians send here to sell, stand up
well enough under thousands Of
feet they should pass any ordinary
home test.
Evening star., 1939-02-16
QUESTIONABLE 10 Poll
House Democrats
On New Deal Stand
Do Voters Want Buckinq
For White House or
independence, Is Problem

Three House Democrats seeking
Information on the voters attitude
toward growing congressional jnde-
pendence about White House legis-
lative proposals were almost ready
today with detailed questionnaire
which they are going to distribute
among their colleagues.
The questionnaire is being drawn
up by a special subcommittee Gre
ated 10 days ago by the Congress
sional Campaign Committee, whose
purpose is keeping the Democratic
majority in the House intact. Rep
resentative Cole of Maryland is
chairman of the subcommittee.
Serving with him are Representa-
tiVes Hare Of South Carolina and
Houston Of Kansas.
Representative Cole said he hoped
through the QUESTIONABLE to obtain
"a very good cross-section picture of
the entire country" On the basis
OF the replies, he and his colleagues
Will prepare report for the Con-
gressional Committee, which will
use the report in planning the
House reelection campaigns in 1910.
Specific Questions Secret.
The specific questions which are
being put to Democrats in the House
cannot now be divulged, Mr.. Cole
said.
The inquiry is the first major
political response to the problem
which has been growing in weight
ever since Congress convened: Did
last autumn's elections, in which
the Republicans gained many seats
IN the House and Senate, indicate
the voters wished their congression-
al spokesmen to show greater free
dom OF the White House, or are
Democrats erring politically in ex-
hlbltlng great independence?
Ihere is no rush about the re-
phes," Mr.. Cole said of the ques-
tlonnalre. I'VE want to give the
members plenty of time"
He indicated he would look for
the questionnaires' return to the
subcommittee some time during the
spring. Representative Drewry Of
Virginia, chairman of the Con-
gressional Campaign Committee
PROBABLY will work closely with the
subcommittee.
Further Usefulness Seen.
Ihe three takers of the countrv,s