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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Many Issues Involved

Although the bill of Senator George T. Culhanes extending time of payment of local sewer assessments from 120 days to one year occasioned considerable debate in the State Senate yesterday, general observation shows that there wasn't bit ter antagonism to the proposal. AS matter of fact most of the legislators who objected to suspension of rules so that the bill could be passed right after the Cities and Boroughs Committee had re- ported it in favorably did so not in the Spirit of objection, but for the purpose of securing more information on what the bill proposed to do.
 True, there is an effort being made locally to have the bill recommitted, but that, too, is for purpose of clarlflcatlon. And we note that both Claims Attorney Vincent Scully and City Engineer Charles Root have information, as contained in recent letters to local legislators, which might call for further investigation of the proposed change by the legislative committee. If the city'S revolving fund is exhausted very shortly and property spring have full year in which to pay for them, it might mean that the sewer program for the rest of the year would be disturbed.
 This is serious matter and one re- auiring some debate before anyone arbi- trarily says that the payments must be made as they have in the past within 12O days = or can be delayed full year. Watcrbury's sewage program is of para mount importance today, because Wa terbury right now is one of the few large communities that has not as yet installed a sewage disposal plant. True the groundwork for one has been delayed, but if we continually postpone the ulti- mate reckoning, the State Water Com- mission is eventually bound to change it's present attitude which has certainly been one of utmost leniency and cooperation with us.
 There are many factors involved in shis business of extending the time limits on sewer assessments, some of them pop ping up each day as one mulls over the idea. We cannot help but have the great est sympathy witt those property owners who cannot pay their assessments within 120 days. But disruption of the present system must be accompanied by some compensating factors. That's why addi- tional study of the problem may be ben- eficial to all concerned. And aren't we all concerned when you come right down to it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Outdoor Forums

The growth of public forums" in this country today is almost incredible. There is hardly a city that hasn't its discus sion groupe" of one kind or another, meet ing regularly to talk about public affairs and world problems. The "ToWn Meet ing of the Air" conducted in New York City along with the thousand smaller groups born of it throughout the coun- try, is an impressive example of this tremendous urge to exchange ideas on important matters.
 All this sort of thing probably started "A centuries ago, when the philosopher Socrates assembled his informa- discus sion groups on street corners or in the Athenian market place and argued about everything in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. It was taken up in a big way later in Rome, whose market place or Forum produced the very name we still use for our unofficial debates. The Round Table" is much later idea, but valuable addition, referring perhaps to the table at which legendary King Arthur and his knights sat, ate and talked, on terms of equality, because there was no head of the table,.
 All this is by way of leading up to the point that our American forums" thus far have been mostly indoors, when by origin and heritage they really should be outdoors when climate and weather per- init. It would ease the argumentative pressure of this nation if every town had at least one spot, with a raised platform, preferably of solid stone, where any citi- zen or visitor at any time could stand up and get anything off his chest.
 Cleveland used to have famous forum of this sort in the days of Mayor Tom Johnson. There has long been one in cal, social and oratorical pressure of a community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

Some day an inventive person will dis cover a set of tire chains that can be removed or put on at will without involv- ing any labor or back-bending proceed ure. It would be just ideal for this type of weather. When the State Highway Department cleans off the roads today it has plough run up and down certain stretch until the pavement is bare. In the city streets the blows are elevated higher and the snow is merely pushed into the gutter where it is picked up by the automatic loader or shoveled into trucks by manpower. You need chains on most of Waterbury's hilly streets for several days after snow storm; you don't need them on the state highways. So what's good motorist who wants to drive carefully going to do. The emer- gency chains and links are very good for such times, but even they involve getting down into the muck and even they can break. What we need is something un- breakable; easily adjustable; easily removable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

And while on the subject of slushy weather word or two to erring drivers. Why take it out on the pedestrian? He is at most times an easy victim to speed ing car, particularly when he becomes jaywalker. Right now he is drenched and soaked from repeated showers of water, ice, snow, and dirt thrown up into his face from cross-walks. Slow down the tempo while driving along city streets and 9. particularly j;:! when approaching any standing at it's edge Motorists who cause spray to dirty peoples clothes should be forced to pay for the damage done. Com mon courtesy at least demands an imme- diate apology.
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ests the boys and girls, makes them busy and happy in their work and play, keeps mischief out of their minds and SO keeps them out of mischief.
 Without wholesome interests they will get into bad habits. When they become interested in constructive work, they form good habits. This way of putting it may seem unduly simplified. There are, unfortunately, some boys and girls that not much can be done with, but prob ably fewer than a person might think. Not many human beings have positive urge toward evil. The evil creeps into their minds mostly when they are not occupied with interesting activities.
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more effort. This time it will
 turn out tractors. The American
 COoperatives, Inc, will produce
 tractors and farm equipment at
 cost for farmers cooperative or
 ganizations. The plant is under construction.
 NOTE-Farm Security Adminis- tration has had better luck else- where. At the Jersey Homesteads in HighstoWn, they set up fac- tory for making women'S and children&s clothing. It is running at capacity. Pants are produced with signal success by the home steaders at Westmoreland, Pa; woodworking plant will open next month at Tygart Valley, w. Va.; and construction of silk throwing plants and hosiery mills is begin ming in five other homesteads in Tennessee, West Virginia, Ala bama, and North Carolina.
 WEALTH AND POVERTY
 Construction of the Mellon Art Gallery proceeds apace. It will cost Is million dollars, or million dollars more than the great mar ble palace of the Supreme Court, and will house collection of art more valuable still.
 Meantime, directly across the aveiue, there thrives another type
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Current Comment

have been silently watching these believing tax dodgers Gov. w. Lee ODaniel, of Texas, com menting on the opposition to his proposed transactions tax.
 
 The new Injun dance built around the idea of an Indian buying a radio, tuning it into Harlem and getting swing. Donald Sawyer, New York dancing instructor, warning the Ohio State Dancing Teachers at Cleveland.
 The new white rabbits no longer produce cheers as they are pulled out of the hat-Representative Bruce Barton, of New York, com menting on President Roosevelt.
 I am going on a journey of ex- ploration, information and educa- tion.-Frank Knox, Chicago pulp fisher, sailing for Chile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Danger At Hand

Once again the danger of floods is up- permost in the minds of many Connecti- cut residents The heavy snowfall of the past weekend make conditions such that in event of sudden and prolonged thaws or heavy rainfall the run-off would overtax streams and rivers and cause them to overflow their banks Everyone is aware of the fact that much damage can result in this state, as well as throughout New England generally, if the weather turns soft. And at this time of the year that can be certainly expected.
 Some weeks ago it was announced at Washington that approval had been given by the War Department to con- struction of power dam at Enfield and opening of the Connecticut River to boat traffic as far north as Holyoke, Mass. No one is seriously objecting to such projects, leastwise here in this State But there are many objections to such projects be- ing launched right now when all of us are deSirous of securing flood control. The time may never come again when Con- necticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire property owners will suffer from the ravages of floods as they have in the last few years, but it is very probable they will.
 So at time like the present when a sudden quirk of nature is all that is required to send tons of water rushing down every hillside into the Connecticut valley and thence onward to the Sound, thoughts at home turn not to power dams and river navigation, but to flood con- trol. It still remains vital issue in this state and our local legislators should be advised that once more the threat of tre- mendous property damage hovers over us with no progress being made since the last time the forces of nature wrought so much havoc in our midst and we faith fully resolved that never again would we let it happen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

of art, announced by an adver- tisement reading, Expert Tattoo ing In COlOrs. This is done in the Modern Barber Shop" where the price of a haircut is quarter, and where, if you get thirsty, you can duck into the Charles Hotel next door, which advertises that we Have It And We Mix lit"
 On the swanky side of the ave- nue, the contrast is emphasized not only by the incompleted Mel lon gallery, but by the Apex Building of the Federal Trade Commission, and the marble mau- soleum of Archives-three multi million dollar buildings within a stones throw of Charles Hotel. where you can flop for the night for 50 cents, and buy a sandwich for a nickel.
 NOTE In 1892 President Hoover gave, as excuse for evacu- ating the Bonus Army from a plot of vacant land along Pen- nsylvania avenue, the fact that new building was about to be constructed there. Only now, seven years later, has this building the Mellon Art Gallery-been started.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
In Today's Mail
IMMIGRATION B A R R E R S SHOULD GO UP STRONGER
 THAN EVER
Waterbury, Conn.,,
 March 12, 1889.

Waterbury, Conn.,,
 March 12, 1889. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Here is an open letter to Senator Francis T. Maloney Senator Maloney,
 U. s. Senate,
 Washington, D. 0.
 Dear Senator:
 Referring to s. 480 presented to this session of congress-; A bill to provide for a census of unemploy- nent, to prohibit the interstate transportation of certain articles and commodities produced under condi- tions which are inimical to the pulp lie interest, to protect the health and provide for the welfare of the unemployed to provide for the gen. eral economic welfare of the nation, and for other purposes.
 To provide for the general eco- homie welfare of the nation I think this bill should be made broader in its scope, that is, to procure a record of all factors that contribute to the cause of our national dis grace, to name just a few:
 l. How many aliens hold jobs forcing our citizens onto the unem- ployed roles?
 2. How many married women are employed and why?
 This bill must include provisions to:
 1. Stop all immigration, even to placing our army on the Mexican and Canadian borders to stop the smuggling of aliens. ?. Stop the practice of differen- tial rates, between sections or our country. No economic favors to north or south; east or west.
 In discussing this bill with nu- merous persons I find vast major ity in favor of the above provisions. All agree this question is the most vital of all issues before our con- gress and must be settled promptly or bring about the total collapse of all our Christian Democratic insti- tutions and great number are ask ing; What powerful foreign interests are ao work in this country diverting our legislative minds towards op- pressed minorities abroad when such grave conditions exist at home? I believe s. 480 amended as above is the solution of our unemployment problem.
 Respectfully yours,
 AMERICAN CITIZEN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 2:52 a. m.
 Sun rises 6:06 a. m. sets 5:58 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The anniversary blizzard of the weekend was rip-snorter in every sense of the word. Anyone who really ventured out into the midst of it knows that. Far from the city's protecting buildings out in the open spaces it didn't take long to lose bearings or be- come confused as the snow whirled and the wind howled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Whats Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

l. What are pelagic animals?
 2. Name the State flower of Mas sachusetts.
 3. What is the name of the 35,000 ton battleship recently launched by Germany?
 4. Name the Attorney General of tfG United States.
 5. What is the name of the science which treats of coins and medals?
 6. Of which continent are the West Indies geographically part? T. How many cubic decimeters are in one cubic meter?
 8. Tn which State are the Ever glades?
 g. What is gold bullion?
 10. What is the name for young seals?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Selected Poem
SEED CATALOGUES

(Leila Jones in the Christian Science Monitor) This is the month the poStman brings, Trudging through snow and rain and fOgs These early harbingers of Springs Return-the garden catalogues. Snug by the blazing hearth, plan fiower-bed woven of dream Of larkspur and valerian
 And lilies bending by stream. Though these frail seedlings may not bloom In bright profusion, what see Prefigured in this lamp-lit room Is none the less reality.
 Nor frost nor winter storms shall pale This pledge of Aprils counterpart, Nor all the winds of heaven assail garden planted in the heart!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

 and Answers
By FREDERICK q. KERRY

By rMHDE8ACA u4s AEHBx
 Enclose . three-cens stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Ru- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, iOl? Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
 o. Has the motion picture story, 'aThey Made Me a Criminal" ever been filmed before?
 A. The same story was used in 1883 under the title of ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan," featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Loretta Young in the leading roles. Originally it was stage play, "The Sucker" by Bertram Milhauser and Beulah Marie Dix.
 o. Do dust explosions in indus trial plants cause great loss in human life and property damage? A. During the last 20 years they have taken more than 300 lives and caused $35,OO0,o00 property damage. @. Were any battles fought on Delaware soil during the American Revolutionary War?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSUR- ANCE FINDS MUCH
 SUPPORT
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 Editor, The Waterbury Democrat: Justice Brandeis conceived Say- ings Bank Life Insurance and it is considered the greatest achieve ment of his public career. Massa- chusetts inaugurated the system in 1907.
 A bill to Establish Savings Bank Life Insurance in Connecticut, has been introduced in the legislature by Honorable Charles L. Johnson of Sherman, Conn. A hearing on the bill will be held April 5, 1889.
 Governor Ely of Massachusetts in 1884 stated, Savings Bank Life In- surance has demonstrated not only the vision of its founders but their wisdom and the soundness of their economies.
 A study, made by MT. Stanley King, president of Amherst, College, of the industrial (weekly premium)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Preventing Crime

"A good school is the best agency of crime prevention we have, even though it accomplishes its results indirectly and tion'," says A. H. MacCormick, New York Commissioner of correction. Certainly: Because good school, wisely run, inter-
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cla inns to be crammed with vital data: each takes the town apart and vain- ly tries 70 put it together, stuff ed with statis- tics and histori- cal palaver. We'll and good. But you won't find thisa and thata in most of the big city Bae- dakers:
 M a n h attan's oldest. fhnrO,YOh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
A Thought for Today

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take 1t; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honOurs in the dust.- Selah-Psalms 7:5.
 Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel, but cruel because it is wrong.-Whately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

business for the year 1881, showed that the. people of Massachusetts paid $55,0O0, 900 in industrial prem iurns in 1881 and fully $24,000,O00 could have been saved if the work CTS had been insured under Savings Bank Life Insurance.
 HARRY c. COHEN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

A. The only engagement was the sc-called Battle of Cooch's Bridge, near the village of Newark.
 o. When was the Division of Cultural Relations" established in the U. s. state department, and who is head of the division?
 A. It has been operating about 8 months. Benjamin Cherrington is chief of the division.
 o. When a player is called away from bridge table, before rub Der is ended, may side which has a game toward the rubber receive any score for that game?
 A. According to the laws of con- tract bridge, when rubber ends by arrangement, a side which has one game toward the rubber adds 300 points to it's score. A rubber is considered as ended by arrangement If a player is obliged to leave and no substitute acceptable to the other players is found.
 Q. When were music boxes in- vented?
 A. Machines for making mechan- ical music have been known since the invention of clocks, but real music boxes were not introduced until after 1750.
 @. Who was secretary of state in the cabinet of President Taft?
 A. Philander c. Knox.
 @. Who was the wife of Jose Rizal, the Filipino liberal?
 A. Josephine Bracken, an Irish girl. Later she married Vincente Abad. She taught school in the Liceo de Manila, and public Ihools in Illoilo and Cebu. She died in 1908.
 o. When did New York last have a worlds fair?
 A. In 1853.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
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In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, March IS = Guide books galore for deluging New York, waiting to reap harvest from millions of Fair folk. Each
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

As for military secrets" aeronautic or otherwise, do they really exist outside of detective stories?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'He was refused a pardon;" say, "A pardon was refused to him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

If you want copy of our book let STAINS AND SPOT RE- MOVAL" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
YOU TELL FEM

ny LlllS oOIIlc LlIIlG WIlcIl you T6 around here: Only one New Yorker out of every 1882 can say where $50 Fifth Avenue or 825 Eighth Avenue are. All right, you tell him The first is the Empire Sta:e build- ing, the second Madison Square Garden.
 Back in the seventeenth century Broadway was called the Great Highway. Back in the twentieth century, a Broadway columnist plagarized half and dubbed it The Great White Way.
 New York has two kinds of pe- destarians, the quick and the pop pinjay.
 Some folk think that Mott Street, the main thoroughfare of Chinatown, was named for a mighty Oriental. But you'll died laughing. It was called after a Dutch butcher named Joseph Mott who was the first to settle down there. Whats more, the adjoining Pell Street was named for Q Joseph Pell. He was butcher, too. ! Skyscraper Oddity: On a clear Empire State Building, Alfred E. fogless day, from the top of the Smith can't even see the Hudson river. That's because he doesn't go up there too often these days. BARNYARD BULLETIN You would never think that in sophisticated New York, 2,700 COWS are kept for pasturing-some fairly near the Fair Grounds and in toughs' parlance, there are 18,00O bulls in the Police Department waiting to ram an aggressor.
 New York, at 8 recent census, had some 14,000 taxicabs patient ly waiting for passengers. But on rainy nights there is only one and that one usually is taken. Ancient Fact About New York Morning newspapers may be bought at night, afternoon papers appear on the newsstands in the morning and Sunday papers are available on Friday.
 The subway tolerates passengers who carry large bundles, but for some inexplicable reason, coesn't stand for folk who cart harpSi- chords, properly encased, into the trains.
 PASSING PARADOX
 Hardest thing to find in New York: a place to park. More para dox: The Second Avenue Il" runs over First Avenue and the Third Avenue "L" runs over the Bowery I How do you like that? When the Fair opens, and the millions of visitors pour in, greater statisticians than I have declared that daily 15,634 transients will de- clare: "New York is a great place to visit, but I would not live here if you gave me the place!" No player ever hit fair ball over the wall at Yankee Stadium. Any bets that we're right? Ice cream is New York invention. It was discovered in the 1800's when some sweet stuff froze over and the man who tasted it (his name was MT. HalD said it was delicious.
 The hardest thing to find on the Staten Island Ferry is new paper. We don't know why. Most logical place to look for a sailor when the fleets in town is on the Central Park Lake. Don't ask us to explain that, either.
 Points of Interest: Almost any except Greenpernt.
 All right, buy a guide book fl this doesn't tell you just about ev- erything you need to know about New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

| fare was called Great Dock Street. is now named Pearl Street and is called Poll Street. Three hundred years ago, New York consisted of the following: One broken-down fort. one brick hotel, two wind- mills, 35 beer taverns and 700 cus- toners.
 Only 400 of Manhattan's Chinese live in Chinatown which has :. pop- ulation of 18,O00.
 New York Arithmetic: If Peter Minuit were to ride an elevator today to the top of the Chrysler Building Qy046 feet high), he would be more than $50 years old. And if 207.65 New Workers die to- day, 16 per cent of them will die of senility which isn't bad rec ord, is it?
 Something to Remember: They say the Bowery is the only place in town where it is impossible to find a cigarette butt on the pave- ment-the Bowery denizens find it first.
 Transportation: It is possible to travel 600 miles a day in New York for a nickel, by riding continuously in the subway.
 A man getting on train at the age of 21, and getting off at the age of 70, can ride 10,731 900 miles on nickel. If we were putting out guide book, we'd then com- put that for one cent, a New Yorker could ride 2,146, 200 miles in the course of his natural life. And that, Fair visitors will have to ad- init, is the lowest transportation cost in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

A. The only engagement was the sc-called Battle of Cooch's Bridge, near the village of Newark.