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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19

part of the neutrality act (that regarding Spain) when the Sem ate was ready for 1t last year, the precedent would have been fixed and the way paved for exactly what Hull wants now.
 For certain Senators who were leading the fight against the Spanish embargo, such as Nye and Borah, are the ones whom Hull most wants to convert to his side now.
 LONG OF LOUISIANA
 Quiet research regarding the money maneuvering of Dr. James Monroe ("Jingle Money") Smith, former president of Louisiana State University, reveals an in- teresting angle regarding the new governor of Louisiana, Earl Long.
 It will be recalled that Doc Smiths account in wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade, was handled through J. M. Brown, of New Orleans, and Equities, Inc, of New Orleans, of which Brown is president.
 It now develops that the man who drew up the incorporation papers for Equities, Inc, was none other than Clem Sehert, of New Orleans, law partner of Earl Long.
 In return for incorporating the company, Sehert is reported to have received 5000 in stock in lieu of fee. Since Brown was president of Equities, Inc, and Doc Smith 8 director, It Is highly likely that Governor Earl Long, partner of Sehert, knew at least something, if not all. about the high powered opera tions of the Louisiana Universi- ty President--and other high ly placed individuals operating with him.
 (ED NOTE Another Merry Go-Round column on the Louisi-
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JUST A FEW MORE PENSIONS
(Meriden JournaD

Some of the treasury watchdogs in gay Waterbury have the pensions blues since Senator George Gull hane got a bill through the late Legislature expanding the munich pal pension system to take in the widows of former city employees. Re- quests made thus far by would-be beneficiaries will cost the city an additional $11 1,000 year; and that's not pin money, not even in Water- bury.
 Nine requests on file are from the widows of fire chiefs, police chiefs, deputy chiefs, milk and food in- spector and an employe of the en- gineering department. The highest payment will be $500 qear. Ap- plications have only started to come in and the complete list promises to be an impressive one.
 In some instances the employees had been dead for several years and the budgeteering fathers did not foresee that this year the city would be called upon to start paying addi- tional pensions. The Culhane bill came as something of a shock in official quarters; 1t may result in a court test.
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Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the most abundant of all metallic elements.
 9. Where is the Seward Penin- sula?
 3. Name the principal river of Nebraska.
 4. What is the name for male fish in breeding time?
 s. Where is the Assuan Dam? 6. With what sport is the name of Sid Wooderson associated9
 T. Name the capital of Sicily. 6. What Is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word ostracize?
 9. What Is the chief constituent of coal?
 10. Are whales fish?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19
CANADIAN eco
(Boston PoSt)

Possibility that parts of Canada may copy our Civilian Conservation Corps is seen as the result of ap- proval by the Dominion government to long-term youth training agree ments for eight of the provinces National Conservative Leader R. j. Manion is a strong advocate of es- tablishing training camps patterned on those of the CCC and others point out that King George and Queen Elizabeth expressed admira- tion of the eco programme in the United States. A fine start has been obtained with between 800 and 1000 youths in forestry protection and development camps ard plans to enroll : ther 5000 in provin- ciai projects. Just as fin the United States there Is a marked opposi- ton to any plan of military or semi- military camps. There is littli doubt that the success of the eco can be attributed, in part at least, to the fact that it has been kept non- military. Canada would do well to adopt the best features of oul youth training plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19
Current Comment

Some committee in congress ought to have something to say about some $i2,000, 100000 slipping out of our hands without any effort whatever being made to collect 1t. Senator Borah on the World War
 debts.
 Italy has conquered Spain by love. -Gen. Gonzalo Quiepo de Llano,
 Franco commander in southern
 Spain.
 Events abroad have shown us the tragic consequences of propaganda Of hatred. --Pronouncemen of National Con-
 ference Of Christians and Jews.
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ldulCo WllO dIC holding tn cir own & ga 1 n st male horticul- tural merchants. A n d d o i n g mighty well at t h e ir fragrant occupation, too.
 It h poe n s that the three ladies inherited t h e IT craft s from deceased husbands.
 Mrs. Ere d a M e c 0 n 1, a
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 100l p. m. daylight time).
 Sur. rises 5:35 a. m.; sets 8:2i p. m. day light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 High water at Milford Thursday, July 20 2:55: low water. e:32 (daylight tims).
 With the moon setting fairly early these lights fine opportunity to view the heav- enly cancellations is afforded. Late July and August always bring the stars out in full briliIance and star-gazers of scientific vent. are in their glory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19

generations were Irish you would be considered 6 full-blooded Irish man.
 0. Which of Shakespeare's plays Is most popular?
 A. Hamlet" has been produced most often.
 e. What does the name Eutopia mean2
 A. It combines Hebrew and . Greek word and means Gods country"
 e. When did Mussolini proclaim the annexation of Ethiopian
 A. May 9, 1938.
 o. Can you tell me how to make paper barometerp
 A. Make solution of 1 part CO., bait chloride, 1 part gelatinc, and 100 parts water. Immerse the paper in this solution and let dry. The nor nal color is pink, which changes to violet in medium humid weather, and blue in very dry weather.
 e. How many U. s. cavalry bri- gades are entirely mechanized7
 A. The Seventh cavalry brigade ct Fort Knox, Ky, is the only one.
 If you want . copy of our book let R RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirt -enth St., Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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ana political scandals follows t
EARLY BIRD WOODRING

With the State Department taking over the entire old State, War and Navy building, tempor- ary quarters were ordered fixed up for the three top War Depart ment officials in the Munitions building. Eight rooms were as- singed for their use and the other day Assistant War Secre- tary Louis Johnson and Chief of Staff George 0. Marshall went over to inspect them.
 This is what they found. One small office had been set aside each for Johnson and Marshall. The other six offices were re- served for diminutive Secretary of War Woodring. Harry had got there first.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 As one of the big Army bomb- CTS Ca B-18) was coming down over Boiling Field in Washington Q gunshot pierced her fusilage. Investigation found that the en- emy was no German, Italian or Japanese, but two small boys practicing with .22 rifle in near by woods C.. Rowland Shaw is the State Department official who presides over the destinies of young diplomats after they enter the foreign service. Shaw's other interest in life is criminology. He is 6 board member of the Ma tional Training (correction) school for Boys Adminis- trator R. M. ("Spike") Evans bet q friend the July wheat estimate would be not more than 700 mil- lion bushels. He lost the bet; the figure was 716 million.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Steam Wagon In Test Run

When Farmer Jack Macd0ugall
 moved his family from York
 state to the new Nebraska
 territory, he settled on what
 he hoped would someday be-
 come Q "steam wagon road"
 . broad highway for steam
 engines to pull long lines of
 freight wagons between Nc.
 braska City and Denver. That
 day never came, but wealth
 and prestige did, as Clyde
 Brion Davis skillfully relates
 in his interest holding his-
 torical novel, IN rask a
 Coast' (Farrar and Rinehart,
 Inc.: $2.50). The first test of
 the proposed steam wagon x
 told briefly here.
 The crowd was small this morning and we had opportunity to look over the huge engine, looming up as high as . cottage, and It's red painted drive wheels swelling up 12 feet in diameter and two feet across the boiler iron rims. Inside the big wheels were smaller wheels, about six feet in diameter, with cog knobs that fit into grooves in the drivers, and these six-foot wheels in turn were cogged and meshed into small gear wheels and the small gear wheels were on Q shaft connected to the steam engine.
 The front wheels were about six feet in diameter and were hooked up with the ships pilot wheel, which was at the front of the machine. There was red painted roof over the whole of the wagon except the top of the boiler and the floor was nearly five feet from the ground
 Major Brown had i've freight wagons hitched to the engine. The canvas covers were taken down from the first four wagons and they were draped with flags and red, white and blue bunting. In the first wagon was the Nebraska City brass band. The next three wagons had been fitted with plank seats and they were filled with Nebraska City women and girls very gay and excited and holding up their ruffled parasols against the sun
 Major Brown nodded his head to Charley Sloat and the engineer pushed and pulled his levers. =. Steam roared and the floor under us quivered. The gigantic red wheels began to move slowly
 We were well out into Main street and inching up the hill when the last white covered freight wagon moved into line. Then Sloat pulled the lever again and again the engine quivered and responded with louder and quicker whoosh- -wosh. whish-whish and the clank of gears took up a faster rhythm. My the time we were half-way up the hin we were travelling as fast as an oEdinary horse could trot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19
A Thought for Today

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast belleved! blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed John 20:20.
 He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have very long head or very short creed.-Colton,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19

view. What they can never understand is that handful of silver senators boost ing a small industry, are in a position to make Congress jump through practic- ally any hoop they set up at the first cry of "Hi-Yo. Silver!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19
Questions
 and Answers
By vREDERICE nA keRBY

" beS@eS&ASAO4e 8As aeSaS8k
 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton oe fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- eeau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Do given, nor can extended research be un. dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed Co Che WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, lO1a Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0.
 THE EDITOR e. Where Is the lowest point of dry land on the earthP
 A. The shore of the Dead Sea, ,200 feet below sea-level.
 c. Am I @ full-blooded Irishman If three of my grandparents were Irish2
 A. No. If your ancestors for six
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In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, July 19-The other day, on wandering through Man. hattan's Flower Market in the West Twenties, I came upon three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Don't say, "One should not expectorate on the side- walk; the more common word "spit" Is much better, "expectorate" means literally come from the breast"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-19
Washington ry-Go-Round
MIA service. iw,
D RE W PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN

his oath
  Id
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friendly blonde With an eVer-
 cheerful smile, is putting her son through a theological seminary on the proceeds of the orchids she sells-and she sells orchids be- cause her trade mainly is with dehiita ntpS
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Evening star., 1939-03-20

So AL Peasley and formed COM
bine. He gave me three horses to
bet on the first day. Two of them
won. The next day I collected a
$20.50 pay on long shot. The third
day Pearsley only suggested one
horse, and it didn't come in. But
I was delighted. There was a lot of
satisfaction in knowing that l,
greenhorn, had pulled such fast
one on these smart track followers.
A week passed. Peasley and 1
collected $36, which I split with him.
Not bad, l thought, for some good
entertainment. But I became eager.
l wanted to win more and urged AL
| to figure out some long shots. He
did. The first won. The second lost.
The third lost. The fourth lost.
Studies Account.
That night, out at the Paddock
Night Club, saw man who re-
minded me lot of Al Peasley, and
it set me to thinking. That was the
same night that figured out how I
stood with the ponies. The answer
was rather startling: I'd won $ll85O,
half of which had gone to Peasley,
and lost $232, all of which I paid
myself.
The next day I got hold of a cop
and went up to Peasley and had
him arrested. When they got him
down to headquarters they washed
his face, and there was the man I'd
seen at the Paddock Club-only
there wasn't any imprint of horse
shoe on his features.
The smart think for you to do"
I told him, lis to reimburse me the
amount I've paid over for your
phony tips. Otherwise I prosecute"
"On what charges?" said Peasley.
"On charges of impersonating a
famous jockey named AL Peasley,"
I said, smugly.
The man looked at the COPS and
Winked. Did you ever hear of a
Jockey named Al Peasley?" he asked.
The boys hadn't.
And furthermore" said the man,
Il don't think you'll find a Jockey
by that name listed on the books
Moreover, you'll have a sweet time
proving that I ever even claimed
to be jockey. 1t must have been
some other gent who told you that
story" He grinned I began to have
a chill. whats more" went on this
SNUG little runt, "if you're smart
you'll slip me hundred bucks for
damages SO I won't prosecute you
for having me falsely arrested"
I thought this over. Carefully.
But quickly. And paid. After all, I
was used to paying by now.
(Copyright, 1939)
Evening star., 1939-03-20
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Dinner, Washington Trade Asso.
citation Executives, Annapolis Hotel
$50 pm.
Meeting, Junior Board of Com
merce. Raleigh Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Democratic National
Women's Council, Hamilton Hotel
8 pm.
Meeting, Southern Cross Chapter
U. D. c., Willard Hotel, pm.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast, Early Birds, Willard
Hotel, 8 am.
Luncheon, Dartmouth Club, An
napolis Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Civitan Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon. Lions Club Directors
Mayf1oWer Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Optimist Club, May
flower Hotel, 1890 pm.
Meeting, National Press Club Post
No. 20, American Legion, National
Press Club, $50 pm.
Banquet, Botanical Society of
Washington, Mayflower Hotel, 7 pm
Meeting. Power Engineers, Raj
eigh Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Kappa Gamma Sorority
Raleigh Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, zeta Beta Chi Sorority
Raleigh Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Gold Star Mothers, Raj
eigh Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, National intercollegiate
FLYING Club, Shoreham Hotel, pm
Meeting, Columbia Historical So
c1ety, Mayf1ower Hotel, 8 pm.
Lecture, Catholic Thought Asso-
citation, Willard Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Meeting, Syrian Washingtonian
Club, Willard Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Luncheon, Columbia Heights Busi-
Evening star., 1939-03-20

do1e. 1ou cOuIQ put your money
on the horse he rode. You probably
read what happened to him last
year"
1 smiled in faint amusement. I'm
afraid you've taken me for much
more of horse fancier than l
really am. The fact of the case
is I've never been interested in
horses or racing. Down here in
Florida it's different. It's the thing
to do to visit Hialeah, so here I am. >
Brown smiled back. I'm not
much better myself. I'd heard about
Peasley though. He was thrown last
year. Another horse stepped on him
He didn't die, but when he got out
OF the hospital his nerves were all
shot. The doctors said he'd never
ride again."
Tough. What became of him?"
Brown nudged me and nodded to-
ward the paddock rail. There he is
now. That little chap in the gray
suit"
He was forlorn figure, this once
famous Al Peasley. He stood alone
by the paddock rail, looking visit
fully at the horses that were to run
IN the next race. There was some
thing about his face that instantly
caught your eye-the faint, red out
line of the imprint of a horseshoe.
With Browns story still fresh in
my mind it seemed that the acci-
dent had happened so recently that
the scar was not yet healed.
Idea Takes Form.
AS soon as I could politely do so
drifted away from Brown. An ex-
citing idea was taking form in my
mind. I may have been a novice at
horse racing, but, by Jove, I still
had the sense I was born with,
and this looked to me like an op-
portunity too good to pass up.
Peasley was still standing alone
when I sauntered up to him and
Idly passed the time of day. At
first he didn't answer; then 1 men,
toned that Saunter Home looked
good to me in the sixth and didn't
he think so?
He turned toward me then with a
look that was at once scornful and
lndulgent. "Saunter Home" he said,
quietly, will barely be in the money,
and then only if he's lucky" Which
proved to be an accurate diagnosis
of the situation. And it was all
wanted to know.
1t took me three days to cultivate
AL Peasley, to break through his
aloofness enough to make the sug-
gestion that was uppermost in my
mind. Look here" said, you know
horses. You know 'em as well as
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Probation Officer Renamed

Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of
District Court today announced
that, under a general term order,
Joseph Y. Reeves has been reap
pointed probation officer. This be-
comes effective April l and will run
for term of two years. Mr.. Reeves
has long held this post, and at one
time practiced law here.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
Women Democrats to Meet

DR.. Clark Eichelberger, chairman
of the League of Nations Associa-
tons, will discuss international rela-
tions before a meeting of the Wom-
ans National Democratic Club at s
pm. Wednesday at the Shoreham
Hotel instead of at the st. Thomas
Church parish, as originally sched-
uled.
Evening star., 1939-03-20
DAILY SHORT STORY
LONG SHOT
By Stanley Cordeii

You hear all
sorts of stories in
the paddock at
the Hialeah Race
Track. One that
interested me tre-
mendously W a S
about the jockey
AL Peasley. A man
n a m e d Iva n
Brown told me
about Peasley. I
had met Brown
a week before; we
had met every day
since, exchanging
comments about
the races, about
Florida's climate,
about horses.
" Peasley " h e
said, was about
the finest jockey
" no as YER
hoisted in to a
saddle. DeDend-
Evening star., 1939-03-20

any man on the
track. Now, look,
I've a little money
to invest. Sup
pose I place it
where you think it
will do the most
good? We split
any profits. I
stand any losses" p"
He looked at me
for a minute, and
I held my breath.
After all, he need
ed money. Any
one could see that.
And his racing
days were over.
Pride seemed at
the moment to be
his greatest en-
emy.
20. K" " he said,
finally. Nothing
wrong with a deal
like that"
Evening star., 1939-03-20

Each question counts 20: each
part OF a t1co-part question 10.
A score of so is fair, so good.
AnSaDerS on Page B-8.
l. This man, defeated for the
United States Senate last fall,
made what move recently to
contest the election of his op-
ponent?
2. What event did Sidney A.
Fortel attempt to foretell?
3. Unscramble the names of
these newlyweds into the proper
pairings: Hedy Lamar and
Dick Merrill, Ursula Parrot and
Gene Markey, Toby Wing and
Alfred Schermerhorn.
4. Where was a war within q
war fought recently?
5. Why did the Iowa Legisla-
ture vote to send Alabama a
dag2
Evening star., 1939-03-20

ness Mems Association, Scholl's
Cafe, 1915 pm.
Meeting, Progress Club, Raleigh
Hotel, $50 pm.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
BACKACHE,
LEG PAINS May
Be DANGER SIGN
OF Tired Kidnevs

II bAckAchs and leg pains are making you
miserable. don't just complain and do nothing
about them. Nature may be warning you that
your kidneys need attention.
The kidneys are Natures chief way Of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood. Most people pass about 3 pints day o.
about pounds OF waste.
Frequent or scSnty passages with SmartinR
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
If the Is miles Of kidney tubes and 6lters
don't work well. poisonous waste matter stayS
in the blood These poisons may start nAgginS
pep and energy, getting p up ny night. % swelling, eli e.
Dufiness under the eyes, headaches and dissiness.
Don't wait. Ask your druggist for Doan'S
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years, They give happy relief and will help the
Is miles Of kidney tubes Aush out poisonous
WastO from the blood. Get Doans Pills.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
D. C. SYMPHONY
GIVES CONCERT
TO SUPPORTERS
Kinder Urges Hall As
Memorial to Jefferson
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

The National Symphony mad'
fitting acknowledgment of its OBJ
legation to the members of thu
supporting orchestral association
whose generosity made the orches
tra's continuance and enlargement
possible when, last spring, they
oversubscribed the sust inin
fund.
Four thousand Of these liberal
and civic-minded music lovers were
guests of the orchestra at a special
concert given in their honor last
night in Constitution Hall. =,
They heard, first, Hans KIND,
1er's quiet and gracefully-Worded
thanks. his remarks being ex'
tended to a definition Of Washing
tons still untitled musical needs
These, he said, include "an ade,
o,late concert hall, which might
fittingly be a memorial to Thomas
Jefferson. a man Of culture and a
musician"
STORM OF APPLAUSE
This sentiment evoked a storm
of applause which may well be In
terpreted on the Hill as an expires
sion of Washington'S abiding dis
satisfaction with the Jefferson
memorial now under construction
The program of this gala con.
cert was serious. It was devoted
to two compositions Of Brahms,
the violin concerto and the Z
minor symphony, and 1t proved
one of the most stimulating events
of the season, thanks to the orll-
liant art of Ruggiero Ricci, young
est of the truly great violinlSts,
and to the truly great interpreta-
ton of the symphony submitted
by DR.. Kinder and his orchestra.
MASTER OF BATON
So important was the after that
It seems necessary to deScriIe it
as the most significant achleVe-
ment of the conductors career.
Certainly it was a reading that
could be admired for its dramatic
power, its lyric cloquence, its tech
nical logic and perfection. and its
profound sincerity.
There were no tricks Of super
ficial shcwmanship in this expoSl-
ton of a dramatic but untheatrical
masterpiece. indler, who has so
many If the qualities that turn
less serious masters Of the baton
into prima donna conductors, loves
music too deeply to exploit it sell
fishly.
He dealt gravely with the medi.
'tative discourse of the first move
ment. He let the second sing its
song freely. He made the third a
graceful dance. He summed up
the whole in the finale leaving
the listener exalted in spirit and
quite untroubled. 1t was a great
performance.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
FAY WRAY FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10 UNSO.
John Monk Saunders, writer of
film romances, found life dull
and monotonous'' with his wife,
Fay Wray, the movie star, de-
clared in filing suit for divorce
here.
1t was bad enough that he even
secretly should harbor such un-
gallant thoughts, but he went so
far as to voice his opinion many
times about the monotony of his
married life, Miss Wray com
planned.