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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

Some time back we commented on an error that crept into the columns of the Connecticut State Journal, which, we suppose, shouldn't have been done, be- cause mistakes happen in the best of regulated newspapers. Evidently the edi- tor of the Republican Party organ has been waiting for good chance to "get" something on us. It looked as if the opportunity was at hand recently when in the Democrats columns appeared an item about Mrs. Winthrop B. Palmer Of Fairfield as the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for secretary of state in 1888" This looks bad, but it actually isn't as bad as it seems and as the editor of the Con- necticut State Journal must know. Mrs. Palmer was a candidate for the nomina- tion for secretary of state on the Demo- cratic ticket year ago and that was what was meant by the item.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

Grantham got the job Hatch turned around and helped write report on the Supreme Court bill which cut its heart out. ME, OR ELSE
 Senator Ed Burke genial anti- New Deal Nebraska Democrat, was chatting with newspaper friends about Gov. Cochran's announce. ment that he would run against him next year.
 Looks serious for you, sena. tor" said one of the reporters, grinning mischievously.
 "Well, boys," replied Burke with broad smile, "this Is the way I look at 1t: They can nominate me and have . Dem. Ocrat of sorts. or nominate someone else and elect Re- publican. It's either me or else =.
 YES OR NO
 Lingering senators are still chortling over the vote that re- stored the $ll9,0OO,000 Commodity Credit Corporation farm aid fund to the deficiency appropriation bill. The item was ripped out by the House Appropriations Committee but was put back by the Senate Appropriations Com mittee under the threatening scowls of farm organizations.
 When the issue was taken up by the senate, acting committee chairman, Ava Adams, one of the most vocal economy clamorers in congress, tried to sneak 1t through without a vote. But the little Coloradan's scheme was blocked by Kenneth Mcclellan. scrappy Tennessee New Dealer, who insist cd on roll-call and got his way.
 Then the fun began. On the Republican side all eyes focused on Bob Taft, who the day be- fore had tossed his hat into the presidential ring, and Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan aspirant, both strong for economy. Taft had said nothing about the fund but Vandenberg had talked briefly in a hostile vein.
 Taft's name came first and with out hesitation he voted No. When Vandenberg's name was called. he paused for @ moment and then quietly said "Aye".
 Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, a hilarious little drama was taking place between Josiah Bailey of North Carolina and Harry Byrd of Virginia, two more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Don't Toss Matches Away

The country has been reasonably fortu- nate thus far this summer about forest and brush fires There haven't been many, even though great sections of the eastern part of the country have been hard hit by drouths. That's luck. Now Is the time to be careful. The youngest Bow Scout learns not to throw matches about or leave fires burning. But many If his elders do not have the wit to remem- Der the same thing when it comes to their cigaret-butts or cigar-stumps.
 Almost all costly and dangerous forest and brush fires are caused by carelessness. Going on vacation? Don't be the cause of such fireI Try to remember tne mer, est Elementary rules of safety and good sense. Don't throw matches. Don't leave < fire<unguarded, or leave 1t behind you without thoroughly putting it out. Watch those cigaret-butts. For the season TOT forest fires Is coming to It's peak
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Record Broken

The fine record for highway safety that was established on the Merritt Park way during the first year of its use has just been smashed. A fatality has occur red. We doubt if few of the modern big highways can boast such fine record as this. Opened in June, 1888, it wasn't until August, 1889, that motor fatality was recorded along the twenty odd miles in use. That's distinct credit to the builders of the road, as well as those who drive over it. It proves conclusively that 1t embodies in its construction modern safety devices.
 We well recall when the state opened the Milford Turnpike from New Haven westward what toll there was along It's straight and broad contours For time there pedestrians were being killed regu- larly and much of the controversy over sidewalks along state roads began then. Real impetus to the campaign to get such paths was lent by the number ot people killed walking on either side of the Milford Turnpike. There are few pedestrians along the Merritt Parkway, because it is primarily motor-road, but even SO the number of near-fatal crashes has been slight compared to those else- where.
 If Connecticut does nothing else but extend and continue such roads as this one down in Fairfield County she will be making a vast contribution to the cause of highway safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
CoURT-CoNsCIoUs MERIDEN
(Meriden JournaD

Meriden throws out her chest. She will have sittings of the superior court, just like Waterbury, New Haven, Middletown and other iEn- portant towns. (New Britain and Bristol papers please copyo Judges have been assigned and a clerk has been named. It's up to the lawyers to rustic up some cases. There will be little doubt about plenty of naturalization business, but we had that in the city court.
 We are highly court-conscious for a town which provides so little .busi- ness for courts. The police court is barely used by the residents in the depression which would be all right If the maintenance costs were not so great. Figures from the clerks office for 1888 are interest," ing:
 Cash received. $6.775.l9; paid to witnesses, to officers as fees and to state in auto fines, $4,l89.17; paid into treasury of city of Meriden $2,586.02. Not enough to pay the principal judges salaryl
 Back in the horse-and- buggy days of 1928, the clerk of court reported Cash received, $36,62l.48. Paid wit nesses, officers and auto fines tc state, $21 ,504.O5; paid into ths treasury of city of Meriden, s15,- 11743.
 The cost of the police court, with the city court contributing slightly for 1888, was $l3.576.80 and includ- cd these salary items: Judges, s4,- 500: prosecuting attorneys. s2.6o0; clerks, $l.e00; probation officers $2.600; stenographer, $500.
 The cost of the court in 1928 wal approximately the same. ei5.428.22
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Views of The Press

In that year the city had a profit" from this source of nearly $2,000 Last year more than $l0,000 had to be taken from the taxpayers to pay for the court. :.
 Under these circumstances it is costing the city dearly for holding the distinction of being on Q pal with large municipalities in provid- ing court facilities. But we fall short of their business level, t seems, and can produce only a frac- ton of the revenue needed to sup port the court in the way to which 1t has become accustomed to living under 6 beneficient Legislature. We are court-corscious and will become cost-conscious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

Attorney General Francis A. Pallotti has still to give his opinion of what con- stitutes taxpayer in the eyes of the law. Westport residents are the ones chiefly interested in the definition for they'll name a commission to handle town beach direction on the basis of waht taxpayer is or isn't. After all is said and done, though, any citizen of a Connecticut community is taxpayer, regardless of his standing how much property he owns, how he voted in the last election. If a citizen and voter he must be tax payer in some way
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

economy shouters. When Bailey's name was called he remained sil. ent behind a newspaper, which he had hurriedly started reading a few moments earlier. Byrd had vanished from the chamber when his name was reached.
 But q second later he dashed
 in from . cloakroOm, went into
 . huddle with Bailey and then
 bolted back to the cloakr0om, to
 reappear in a few minutes for
 another whispered conference.
 What was said remains @ mys- tery, but after Byrd dashed back into the cloakroom for the third time, Bailey rose and belatedly voted against the appropriation. Byrd remained hidden in his hide- out until after the result was ara- nounced.
 ADJOURNMENT FANDANGO
 The contrast between the corn- petent floor leadership of the Re- publicans and the weakness of the Democrats was shown up by the votes on the defeated lend- ing and housing bills. Gu the former the Democratic leaders had no idea how they stood and made no effort to find out. Their whips never functioned on the issue at all, while the COP leaders knew how everyone of their men would vote. On the housing bill, Re. publican Whip Harry Englebright, alert Californian, informed the Democrats what the vote would be and hit 1t right on the nose. Illinois dressy Democratic Senator Scott Lucas is built like an Olympic athlete. but he act- ed like @ scared rabbit when 1t came to voting. On practically every roll-call he waited until he saw what the result would be be- fore he declared himself [. Friends of, Representative Joe Starnes, noisy Alabaman, are cred iting his bitter anti-New Deal stand to secret plans to run for the senate. Starnes was elected as @ liberal but has gone ovel to the antis Smoothest jot of individual leadership in tht closing hours was by Georgiat able representative, Bob Ram speck, who put a bill sought bJ the Wage Hour Administrator through the House so deftly tha' wage-hour foes didn't have tint to bring up their amendments k emasculate the law.
 Copyright. 1889. by United ] Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
Alaska Warmer Than You Think

The spotlight is going to play
 more and more on Alaska
 for military and economic
 reasons. The projected visit of
 President Roosevelt turns at-
 tention to 1t, for one thing.
 So it Is an exceedingly timely
 book that Merle Colby has
 written in "A Guide to Alas
 ka" (Macmillan: $3). It is also
 one of the most exhaustive,
 and entertaining books on the
 Territory, profusely Illustrated.
 Excerpted here are Popular
 Errors About Alaska"
 "The farther north you go the colder 1t gets."
 The Arctic region is warmed by heat from the ocean radiated through floating ice. Thousands of square miles of Alaska lowland are colder than Point Barrow.
 This idea is on a par with the be- lief of early geographers that oceans boiled and rocks were red hot south of the temperature zone At Fairbanks, some l20 miles south of the Arctic Circle, it is sometimes 100 degrees in the shade. The aver age snowfall in Arctic lowlands i' less than the average in Virginia Luxuriant vegetation and mildnesi of climate have caused several re. gions of Alaska to be facetiously referred to as the banana belt" Alaska is remote from civiliza' tion."
 Alaska's front door opens on thu Polar sea, and its neighbors on thil modern Mediterranean are Can ada, U. s. S. R., Norway, Iceland and Greenland. Alaska is about Il hours direct flying time from Yoko homa or New York, Central Europ lies about Q day and Q half ava. via Yakutsk. Omsk and Moscow.
 "Gold mining is the principal in dustry of Alaska"
 Fishing is the most importan industry, exceeding in annual valu of product both mining and fur taking. Unlike the extraction c
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

A. The adjective is correctly used in close association with the verb when some quality of the subject rather than the action of the verb IS expressed. Following this rule. "The flowers smells sweet" is correct.
 O. Who is President of the Na- tional Football Coaches AssociationP
 A. Lou Little, of Columbia Uni- versity, elected in December, 1888.
 c, Would an American born person become expatriated If he went to Europe and lived there for ten years?
 A. An American born citizen may live abroad indefinitely with out losing his citizenship provided he registers periodically with an American Consul and does not take the oath of allegiance to any for eign power.
 o. Is the western film star, Roy Rogers, relative of the cowboy philosopher, the late Will Rogers? A. No. His real name was Leon- ard Slye. He ch-.nged that to Dick Weston for radio work, and his film studio renamed him Roy Rog- CTS.
 o. When was the ci-devant En- peror Maximilian of Mexico execu- ted?
 A. The morning of June ls. 1867. A
 o. here may I obtain map showing all the railroads in the United States?
 A. From the Engineer Reproduc- ton Plant, United Etates Army, Fort Belvoir, D. O., for sixty cents in cash.
 e. What is the date of the feast of St. James the Greater, first apos- tie to suffer martyrdom?
 A. July 25.
 c. Is the planet Mercury larger or smaller than the earth? | A. It is about 3,100 miles in di- ameter, which IS about 38 percent of the earth's equatorial diameter.
 c. What was the original name of Los Angeles?
 A. Fl Pueblo de Questra Senors La Reina de los Angeles.
 If you want 8 copy of our book let, "Your Pet Animals, send to The Waterbury Democrats Wash- ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
LIGHTsHIP FOR SALE
(Bridgeport Times-Star)

Bridgeport T1mes-Star)
 Of course, the Cornfield lightship, tucked away in Long Island Sound, seldom had to ride out such storms as rarely cease to beat on the Am- prose and Nantucket light vessels in the open sea. But for half cen- tury the Cornfield marker did its duty. And now 1t Is scrapped and for sale.
 Many Bridgeporters knew 1t, up near New London and Saybrook. It stood guard over . shoal which small vessels need not fear but which deep ones must avoid with respect.
 Its hull is iron and as sound to- day as when 1t first was put to- gether, fifty years ago. Its length is more than hundred feet and it's beam Is broad and comfortable. When it spoke in the fogs. it's roar ing voice was heard for many miles. And now that voice Is stilled. rec placed by the bray of . buoy. Corniield iightship is no beau-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

New Haven is starting to change its opinion of parking meters They were received pretty coldly when first in- stalled and motorists summed them as if they were the plague, but the last com ments we read in New Haven papers showed the merchants of the city coming around to the opinion that they were serving fairly good purpose. All of which may act as guide of their installa- tion in Bridgeport and perhaps other towns, too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Selected Poem
THE FARM

THE FARM Keith Thomas in the Christian Science
 Monitor) This low, long roof among the trees That lean across the yard, This leaf-and-sun intaglio Are mine to disregard, Are mine beyond all fancy, Or need of eye to see,- The stepping stones at angle Around the bending tree: Unchanged for me by changing The years are thus and so- The lane behind the gateway Where pastured cattle go; The hedge and sloping oatfield, The rooster's flap and crow I mean all these are casual And mine to keep and know, That any lark, in cottonwood With song, still gaily sings, And crows drop down at sunset Across these many springs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. Which English king was sur- named Occur de Lion?
 3. What is the difference in time between Chicago and San Fran cisco?
 3. Does the Kiel canal connect the Mediterranean and Red Sea, the North Sea and the Baltic, or the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
 1. From which country did the U. s. obtain the land included in the Louisiana Purhcase?
 s. On which finger should class rings be worn?
 6. Who won the 1889 national P. G. A. golf title, recently played at the Pomonok Country club?
 2. What is an arboretum?
 8. For what labor organization do the initials I. L. A. stand?
 g. What is the correct pronunci- ation of the word despicable?
 10. On which continents are rhi- noceroses indigenous?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:55 a. m. sets 800 p. m. daylight time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High water at Milford Thursday. Aug 10, 7:24 low water Ill daylight time).
 Hurricane predicters and other foretellers of dire disaster should take page from the book of F. P Latimer of Hartford. He fore cast the 1888 hurricane. had been looking for some such visitation to the New Englasd coast for years; claimed the storm was late when 1t did arrive in all it's fury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Aug. 9.-There's al. ways a little thrill attached to a stroll through Chinatown with its numberless shops, oriental volup- tuousness and crooked little thor. oughfares that run twistingly up hill and down. Yet after each
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

was place Of dives and saloons and dance halls; 1t was honey combed with underground pas- sageways leading to the places of the On Leongs in Mott street and the Hip Sings in Pell.
 It was the stamping ground of Chuck Connors, the King of the Lobbygows and the self-styled Mayor of Chinatown and of Mock Duck, an oily, faced scoun- drel who probably stirred up more trouble in Chinatown than any other man who ever lived. Fan tan and pi gow games ran wide open from Chatham Square to Pell street, and on quiet nights the fumes of opium, smoked in the basements and in dingy little rooms above the dives, fioated down to the street and mingled with the odor of stale beer.
 OLDEST STREET
 IN THE TOWN
 Doyers street IS possibly the odd est byway in the whole section, for 1t is a thoroughfare that is little more than 200 feet long, and 1t curves and twists SO much that to get from one end of 1t to the other one could almost follow the direc. tions for reaching the house of Kassim Baba-"first to the right and then to the left and again to the right and again to the left" But instead of Kassim's house there is at the Pell street end the sidewall of the Hip Sing tong house.
 BATTLE-GROUND
 FOR TONG WARRIORS
 Much of the history of China town has been enacted around the old Chinese theater and the Bloody Angle, the latter @ sharp bend in the street opposite the old Arcade, which once led to Mott street and was closed by the police many years ago because 1t offered too easy an escape for the hatchet men of the On Le- ongs.
 The police believe that more men have been murdered at the Bloody Angle than in any other like area in the world. It was an ideal place for an ambush-the turn is very abrupt and not even a slant-eyed Chinaman could see around the corner. Armed with @ snickersee and hatchet, the tong killer lay in wait for his victim, and, having cut him down as he came around the bend, escaped through the Arcade, or plunged into the theater and thence into Mott or Pell street through one of the underground passageways. GUIDES NOT
 ALWAYS RIGHT
 The theater is now mission, with hymns and sandwiches for the buns instead of the witticisms of the comedian An Hoon.
 The Rescue people made no changes in the old theater, except tO blFS ~ u bhul, ACiilONC tiiC Vpl~ um hunks from the basement and wall up the tunnels.
 Frescoes used to be on the walls of the theater and considerable time ago, when the Mission first took over, they were pointed out to tourists as fine examples of the Chinese art. ! once heard a gab- by guide describe them as Ming Dynasty work which had been re- moved from an ancient Chinese temple.
 As a matter of fact the pictures were painted by Chin Yin, who lived next door and was a house painter, artist and janitor. He received $35 for the job, and in one panel he depicted a prince of the blood wearing a robe of the Ming Dynasty, Q headdress of the Sung period, and Manchu foot year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

minerals, with proper care fishing can remain at the present high level of income forever.
 "The purchase of Alaska was not economically justifiable."
 Since it's purchase the returns on the original investment have been about 2,430 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

visit one cant help thinking that he has arr rived 30 years too late.
 For civiliza- ton and relig- ion have come upon Chinatown now, and tour ists can feel as safe there as in their own par- lors.
 In b on e days 1t was @ fascinati n g l y wicked place: it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

The wallflower gets a break in new dance approved by the Dancing Masters and in the process of same an unescorted girl may cut in on couple. She may, but will she?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

ty. But for half e century it has been warning vessels far more beau- tiful and far more costly to steer clear of the flats on which 1t squatted ugly and motionless, but kindly and patient and reliable. Who will say. now that that career Is ended. that 1t vas not worth while7 Who will say that it was not magnificentp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Questions
 and Answers
sy FREDERICK Aa. KERBY

Enclose Q thEee-cent stamp tor reply when addressing any ques. tion of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Blu. seau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given nor can extended research be un. dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed Co the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, lOl? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. 0.
 THE EDITOR
 e. What are dog days9
 A. The unpleasant, hot and sul- try season of midsummer in July and August. A circular describing their origin and the superstitions concerning them, will be sent by our Service Bureau, 1913 18th St. Washington, D. G. on request, ac. companied by Q self-aooresseo' stamped envelope.
 O. When is Finland's last pay. ment on its debt to the Uniteo States due?
 A. December IS, 1884.
 O. Should one say, "The flower smells sweet;" or, "The flower smells sweetly?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Washington Merry Go-Round
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D R E W PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

Insiders putting their money ns fas A Vong (Ihursday)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

If in the seventeenth century there had been a man in Germany capable of uniting the country. we would be leading the world-not England. Now we have to catch up in couple of decades on what we failed to do in a couple of cen- turies.
 Minister Joseph Goeb-
 bels of Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
O. What are dog days2

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "They were both
 of the same age and equally as tall"; omit "as."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

I never go to night clubs. They are refuge for those who have no other place to go. Elsa Maxwell, professional party
 throWer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
Current Comment

It will prevent district attorneys, internal revenue collectors, customs collectors and thousands of other government employees from going as delegates to political conventions, and I want 1t to do that very thing.
 Senator Hatch, N. M., author of
 mo politics" bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

Civilization is established on too solid a foundation to be destroyed by anything that now threatens. -Dr. R. F. Moulton, Washington
 astronomer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09
A Thought for Today

' The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth the wicked is shared in the work or his own hands.-Psalms 9:16.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-09

If you want copy of our book let, "Your Pet Animals, send to The Waterbury Democrats Wash- ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
Moose Pass miner., 1939-09-04

A bus load of children from the Jesse Lee Home at Seward passed thru Moose Pass Tue sday en route to Hope on berry-picking outing.
Moose Pass miner., 1939-09-04

The framework of Bob Saxt on's hou SC is rapidly nearing comp1 1etion, Jim Brown steadily working on it during his evenings and all other spare time.