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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
PUT DOWN THE CONCRETE
 (New Britain Herald)

They have been playing with the rolled gravel" pavement along the Berlin bypass in a vain effort to mend the holes. It's a battle with the effect of heavy traffic, and traf- fic always wins. The State Highway department can prevent the holes from reaching China, but no amount of fooling eliminates the parachute jumps as unsuspecting drivers take their dives.,
 Why not properly drain the by- pass, or the springs under 1t, using the customary pipe systems such as even farmers use to drain swampy land nowadays; then put down a concrete pavement2 It will have to be done some day anyway, why not now?
 The claim that the bypass will have to wait year or two to settle" doesn't hold water. The state consistently puts down con- crete on new highways. It was done along the Pennington cutoff, the Merritt Parkway, and at present is being done along the new sections of Route A in Avon and Simsbury. With proper draining this can al- ways be accomplished.
 The Berlin bypass Is an import ant road. A poor travelling surface will induce traffic to return to the Worthington Ridge route. thus null lifying the advantages of the bypass Too much traffic already is doing that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

Two things came to this writer's atten- tion over the weekend One was that a section of the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway is open and being used. It's stretch of roadway about four and one-half miles long up in the northeastern end of the state in the town of Union. Whether or not this roadway is in it's final parkway form, we don't know, but it is the piece of highway to be used for the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway Another thing that became ap- parent was that this part of the parkway was being used by trucks and that the State Motor Vehicle Commissioner had no intention of barring trucks from using it. We don't think he should, but we do think that the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway, as most of us conceive it, an extension of the exist ing Merritt Parkway, should be closed to trucks, provided, of course, an alternate route for them is available. Maybe, how ever, the citizens of the state have the wrong idea of this new parkway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
A POLL ON TOLLS (Hartford Times)

Citizens of Westchester county New York, appear to be considera- ply agitated over the idea that their authorities may establish a system of tolls on some of the county's fine roads.
 It is one thing for the county supervisors to talk of retaliatine against Connecticut for imposing fee for the use of Merritt Park way, a very generous share oi which will be paid by New York car owners. It is quite another thing, however. when the rank and file of citizens of Westchester county contemplate being obliged tc pay tolls for the use of their own roads, merely that their authorities may get even with the neighborine state.
 The fact that 1t is decidedly an. other thing seems to be indicated by poll taken by the Automobile Club of New rk. This straw vote Is interpreted by officials of the motorists organization as indicat. ing that % per cent of the residents of the county are opposed to tolls. The poll. of course, is entirely un- official. It may rot be either repre- sentative of the population as . whole or accurate as testing crost section. It would not be surprising however. if it reasonably met any requirements whic'i might be laid down In either Of those directions Westchester county people may bf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Views of The Press

will not be jeopardized in any way thereby.
 Since Commissioner Cox is him. self a citizen of New Haven 1t is tc presumed that he knows local senti- ment and local tradition--including the tradition that the regicides hid on the top of West Rock and he wouldn't do anything as highway commissioner that would run afoui of all that local sentiment.
 As we understand the plans the commissioners proposal would moi be detrimental to the appearance oi New Haven's famed cliff. But know ing the conservatism not to say ob- stinacy of the New Havenites in such matters we suspect that the highway commissioner has got the biggest selling" job of his career tc convince the people of that town that their sacred monument will moi be damaged by the highway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Rich Dog's Day

The Roman emperor made his favorite horse consul, the story goes, and de- manded full civic honors for the beast. We read the old story with an audible sniff, and say, What quaint ideas those ancients must have had!" But is it any more fantastic than this: In Opelika, Ala, live two dogs, Minnie and Willie. They are rich dogs, as dogs go, for their late owner left $500 in trust for them, providing that $15 month should be spent for dog delicaces.
 But Minnie and Willie were not satis- fled with the delicacies. They bit Sallie Sanford. And Sally sued to get the $500 as balm for her injuries. We may yet see Minnie and Willie in an Alabama dock, as rats and wolves were once solemnly tried in medieval courts for assaults on human beings. It has long been known that every dog has his day. But not until now has 1t been day in court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

ished or you'll have Abraham Lincoln's face carved there in- stead of Washington's."
 That's be lot better than Tom Corcoran's,": shot back MT. Robert. BEAT THE GUN
 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia isn't saying word about it, but he certainly put over 8 fast one on Cliff Woodrurn, so-called czar of congressional relief funds.
 Woodrum had neatly inserted @ provision in the WPA bill fixing a $25,000 limit on building proj- ects. Under the pressure of state and local protests, the Senate boosted the figure to $75,000. But in the conference committee Woodrum refused to accept this liberization and forced a com- promise at $52,000.
 To LaGuardia even this figure spelled doom to various New York schools and other municipal build- ings he hoped to erect with relief labor. But in going over the bill, he discovered one tiny loophole which Woodrum had overlooked. This was that the $52,000 limitation became effective July 1. Building projects approved before that date were exempt.
 So two days before the re- strictive law became operative, the willy Little Flower" hopped down to Washington, conferred with Roosevelt and got his okay on all the projects LaGuardia had mapped out for construction during the coming fiscal year.
 NOTE:-LaG Guardia was an out- standing leader in the House when Woodrum was an unknown back-row Congressman.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Whats s Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Is Mexico situated in South or North America?
 2. What is the name of the sec- ond period of prehistoric man?
 3. What is the average life of horses?
 4. Where is the Libyan Desert? s. Who was recently appointed manager of the Toronto team in the International Baseball League?
 6. What is the common meaning of cosmogony?
 2. Name the State flower of Mis- sissippi.
 8. Name the Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia.
 9. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word ordinary?
 10. Where did Solomon erect the Temple?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

verscd, and a Republican Gov ernment was attempting to sup press revolt, the career boys did everything in their power to help the Fascists. Today they are consistent at least to the ex- tent of still wanting to help the Fascists. For they know that a loan to Franco from the United States would bring tremendous prestige to Franco, and probably discourage Republican revolt. Perhaps this is why the career boys are so eager.
 Cooler heads in the State De- partment, such as Judge Walton Moore, are concerned over the fact that under the law, a U. s. loan to Spain must be approved by the Spanish legislature. Fran co is not worrying about legisla- lures. And the career boys aren't either.
 BAD TO WORSE
 The President got a big kick out oA d otOAy toAd AilAA Illc OLilCL ddy on Tom Corcoran, his favorite brain truster. The man who told him was Elmer Andrews, Wage- Hour Administrator, who had just returned from a trip to Atlanta to hear the complaints of Southern industrialists against the Wage- Hour Act.
 Andrews made the trip by air in company with L. w. Chip" Robert, secretary of the Southeast Governors Conference, who ar- ranged the wage hearing.
 As the plane flew over Stone Mountain, where Georgia officials once commissioned the famous sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, to cut the face of George Washington in stone, Andrews looked out and re- marked to Robert:
 You people had better hurry up and get that monument fin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

spiracy trial may figure prominently in the campaigning, but we don't think so.
 There will be conspicuous effort made to fight shy of linking any candidates with the trial. And certainly use of the trial as an issue will prove a delicate matter which may even be discouraged by authorities for fear of mistrial. It's mid July and Waterbury's political pot is simmering; watch it boil right after Labor Day when the real fight on the kind of government we want really is waged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
TUNNELING WEST ROCK Bridgeport Telegraph

Highway Commissioner Cox. pug zling over the method by which the Wilbur l.. Cross highway (really the extension of the Merritt parkway the change in name being merely an unnecessary confusion) wfll skirt New Haven. has boldly suggested q tunnel right through West Rock According to the plans developed by the commissioner this will save some miles Of detour and much better serve the interest of both the userf and of the city Of New Haven.
 But West Rock is c park and New Haven's park commissioners will not assent Co such q tunnel unless they are convinced that the beauty oi West Rock and the use of the park
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
A Southerner Finds Himself

F1nQS f1lIHSell
 "One mans discovery of life and
 of the w0rld," (Harper and
 Brothers: $3), before his death
 in September, 1888. But his
 novel, published posthumously, is
 far more than that. A master
 full work, it is the deep. psycho-
 logical study of boy growing
 into manhood, of the forces that
 guided his destiny, of the love
 that came into his fife. The
 following paragraphs, from the
 concluding chapter, provide 2
 glimpse of the fact that fantasy
 which distinguish the novel.
 As he sat there staring at the image of his body in the mirror, the memory of their life together came back to pierce him with its poignant mystery.
 Yes, they had been long together, this body and he. They had lived alone much, and now they knew what they knew. they did not deny and regret each other. they were friends.
 There had been a time. a childs time of wish and fable. when he had not seen his body as 1t was. Then he saw himself clothed in comedy flesh. Together they were the hero of a thousand brave and romantic exploits, they were brave and beautiful together.
 Then there had come . time when he had cursed and hated his body because he thought it was ugly and absurd and unworthy Of him. because he thought it was the cause Of all his trouble and grief, because he felt 1t had betrayed him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:34 a. m; sets 8:22 p. m day light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High water at Milford. Wednesday. July i9, 2:0l: low water. s:3i daylight time).
 This is ideal touring and vacation weather but hard on the farmer. His crops are bee ginning to show the effects Of the long drought Showers at this time Of the year aren't enough 70 insure a good growing sea- son. There must be a few rainy spells. of the line-storm variety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERICK aL KERBY

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any gues- ton Of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Washington Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un. dertaksn. B. sure all mail 6 ad- dressed Co che WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, lO1e Thirteenth Street.
 THE EDITOR
 o. Has the big game in the Na- tional Forests materially increased during the last l5 years?
 A. It has nearly trebled. In 1924, the estimated number of big game animals in the National Forests was 6o3, ,00O and in 1899 they had inc creased to 1,842,000.
 e. Which newspaper received the Pulitzer award for 1888 for the most distinguished and meritorious serv- ice rendered by an American news paper?
 A. The Miami (Florida) Daily News, for it's campaign that led to to the recall of most of Miami's City Commissioners.
 o. How many industrial stores are operated in the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Selected Poem
LAST NIGHT

LAST NIGHI Daniel Smythe in the Poets Corner, Hartford
 Times) Just for this finish, shall walk, The day that pivots on the hill Must soon be under key and lock- And it is best to take ones fill With trees, a path, keep in touch, Now that the dark is coming on. This stream of day has meant too much; Here is thought before it's gone. A shape of cloud, stone turned just so, I note them down. In the grass-spread. There must be flowers do not know Perhaps night-brd overhead. What bounds this walk take away Into a secret place to keep. count in dark one fruitful day Before turn my mind to sleep.
 Moon sets 8:25 p. m. daylight time)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

A. As of June 30, 1936, there were 4,l70, of which 67.7 percent were op- erated in the coal industry; 15.l per- cent in the lumber industry; 87 per- cent in general industries; 3.2 per- cent in textile towns.
 @. What is the name of the con- stellation consisting of @ circle Of small stars that is now overhead?
 A. Corona Borealis, the Northern Grown. The brightest star in the constellation is Alphecca or Gemma, the Jewel of the Crown"
 @. Could congress pass a law to require that only college graduates could be presidents of the. United States? l A. The qualifications for the President are fixed by the Constitu- ton and law restricting the office to persons holding college degree would be unconstitution. o. Where is the Riviera? A. It is stretch of beautiful Mediterranean shore in France and Italy that is famous for Its almost tropical climate and many health and pleasure resorts. Specifically the Riviera extends only from Nice, France to Spezzia, Italy, but in a broader sense 1t comprises the entire coast of the French Department of Apes Maritimes and the Italian coast as far as Leghorn. The region is divided into two sections, between Nice and Genoa being know as "Ri- viera di Ponente" (the Western Ri- viera), and between Genoa and Spezzia is called "Riviera di Levan- tes" (the Eastern Riviera).
 c. How far from New York is each of our territories and princi- pal island possessions?
 A. Alaska, approximately $500 miles; Puerto Rico, 1899 miles; Ha- waii, 7,718 miles via the Panama Canal; and the Virgin Islands, 1,4oo miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

MuSlCaI CUIueuy. She has never appe area in pic tu res and, the chances are, d espite her popular ac- claim, she never will.
 She is Margie Hart, exper t practitioner of the officially banned art of strip-te 8 si n g The crow d e d aisles and the bOi sterOus en.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

shut him away from the He he loved.
 He knew as he looked at the gr0tcsquc figure in the mirror that he had done all with his hunger and flesh that one man could. And he knew also the spirit that dwelt behind this ruined mask now looked calmly and sanely forth upon the earth for the first time ii' 70 yeagA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, July 18.-The per- son whose name is in the big gest lights of Broadway is not a dramatic star, nor yet an ace of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Current Comment

The price they must pay, and which am sure they will pay glad- ly, is the performance of the high duty of supporting our government at all times, and Of living here as good neighbors. Roose- welt, welcoming new citizens through naturalization.
 know many young couples who have put off having babies because of the expense fo hospital and medi- cal care, and I cannot see tha' any thing has been done in recent years to help remedy this situation.-Dr. Henry r. Helmhc.tz, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
 It is not a question of the Jau- anese having the right to do so (stop and search neutral ships). It is something that is necessary and which we are doing.--Japarese spokesman" in Chinese war zone.
 want to be excused and get out VI AlCiCs--ktCPh hCoCht0tAFC fAAACAt q . Treadway, Mass, as the ways and means committee discussed @ house not on the Townsend plan.
 We know that medicine in fact is about the only major endeavor which has not failed. but on the contrary has improved it's quality of service us well as its distribution during the repression years. s.--Presi- dent Rock 5leyster. of the American Medical association.
 irritated because they will have to pay tolls whenever they come into Connecticut. but that would not necessarily make them wish to pay tolls every time they use highways in their own district. Their approv- al would be much more likely to bt won for q s.ep taken as c neces' sary means of financing road con struction, than if C were under taken in spirit Of revenge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Washington Merry-Go-Round sa: so.
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON July damned the Presidents office just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, we generally speak German at home; say, usually"
Montana labor news., 1939-01-26
PAMPHLET CONTAINS
INFORMATION ON THE
DEPORTATION LAWS

NEW YORK. - The 32-page
pamphlet, "How to Become an
American Citizen" issued by the
American Committee for Protection
of Foreign Born, 100 Fifth Avenue,
New York, contains invaluable in
formation about the present de-
portation laws, giving the various
grounds on which a non-citizen can
be deported from the United States.
The pamphlet, which sells for ten
cents a copy, contains as well in
formation about the naturalization
of married persons, the citizenship
of children, the present immigration
laws and a series of questions and
answers to help applicants for citi-
zenship. A copy of How to Be-
come An American Citizen" can be
obtained by sending ten cents, in
stamps or coin, to the American
Committee for Protection of Foreign
Born, 100 Fifth Avenue, New York
City.
Montana labor news., 1939-01-26
CENTRAL TRADES,
LABOR COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING

KALISPELL-The Central Trades
and Labor Council at its regular
weekly meeting Friday in Carpen-
ters' Hall took action to cooperate
in the program to conquer i~nfantile
paralysis, and announced its support
of the Presidents annual ball.
The following committee was
selected to cooperate with other
groups of the county in raising funds
for the fight against infantile
paralysis; Perry Melton, Charles JUS
tice, Fred Gyrion, Joe Dzivi and Ing
valid Anderson. Assisting in the
work of this committee will be mem
bers of the ladies auxiliary groups
now being organized to cooperate in
activities of local unions and the
Central Trades and Labor Council.
At the meeting last evening, Frank
Shea, fifth vice president of the Re-
tail Clerks International Protective
association, was present and gave an
outline of conditions among organ
lied and unorganized sales people
throughout the state.
Mr.. Shea expressed his apprecia-
ton for the efforts being made by
local organized labor to better con-
ditions in Flathead county and paid
high compliment to the Carpenters
Union upon the construction of their
new hall. He asked that the meet
ing of the Retail Clerks Union
scheduled for Monday evening at 8
p. m. be announced to the public as
an open meeting and requested the
delegates to extend a special invita-
ton to all retail clerks to attend, in
order to have the first hand oppor-
tunity of learning more of the true
purposes and policies of organized
labor and the Clerks Union in Kali
Specifically Inter Lake, Jan. IA.
Montana labor news., 1939-01-26
Open FORUM
EQUITABLE TAXATION

Taxes come and money goes,
which all leads to endless destitu-
ton, but why stand for this sort Of
human misery when it can all be
remedied by the use of little COM
mon sense or commonly known as
horse sense? Investigate the tran
saction tax that reaches out in all
directions like an octopus, a tax that
makes no exemptions, an equitable
tax to the extent that regardless of
the amount of the transaction or the
person that makes it, a 2 per cent
tax will be paid on that transaction.
That is the Townsend Recovery
Plan. Why close your eyes to your
own beneficiary? To you examiners,
are you satisfied with the conditions
the way they are? To you taxpayer,
are all your taxes just and equally
divided among everybody? To you,
the army of unemployed, are you
satisfied with the competition in
labor? If you all are content or
not, look into the Townsend plan
by attending the meetings every
Monday, 8 p. M, at Lowell avenue
church. Public invited. Friend or
foe, don't stay away.
All members of Townsend Club
No. 2 are urged to attend next Mon
days meeting for nomination Of
officers.
Chas. Killian, 1903 Nevada,
publicity chairman.
Montana labor news., 1939-01-26
Eastern Unions Show
Cooperative Spirit in
Connection With USHA

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Co-oper-
ating with the United States Housing
Authority in an attempt to maintain
prevailing low costs for construction
of slum-clearance and low-rent
housing projects, the Elizabeth On.
J.) Bricklayers, Masons and Plaster
ers Union, Local No. 10, has agreed
to waive its demands for a 7-hour
day on USHA projects, it was an
nounced today by Walter V. Price,
Director of Labor Relations Of the
USHA.
In a letter to Mr.. Price, Albert
Moy, business agent of Local No. 10,
stated that its members were pre-
pared to work an 8-hour day on all
USHA projects with no demands for
wage increases. He added:
=" We do not intend to use
housing as a club with which to raise
wages or shorten hours. :"
The local unions action is in line
with a resolution adopted December
6, 1888, by the Elizabeth Building
Trades Council of the American
Federation of Labor, intended to
obviate the possibility of any
stoppage of work during construc-
ton of USHA low-rent housing
projects.
To date, Building Trades Councils
in 85 other cities and 535 local
unions have adopted similar resolu-
tions, which provide:
l. That in case jurisdictional dis
putes arise on a USHA project, there
shall be no stoppage of work until
such time as the Building and Con-
struction Trades Department of the
A. F. of L., the local Housing
Authority and the USHA have had
full opportunity to adjust the diff
ference between the trades.
2. The wage rates in effect at the
time work is commenced on such a
project shall remain in effect until
its completion.