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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

individual or families is optional and may differ as to the contract drawn up be- tween the subscriber to such services and the medical corporations. The bill that faces legislative action this week would enable any organized medical society jointly or individually to form such cor poration and to proffer its services to any group including not less than seven in- dividuals.
 AS the plan is now enviSioned it is more or less unfinished No definite outline of services has been drawn up and much routine work of this nature will follow hard on favorable legislative action, no doubt. It does follow quite closely, though, existing spitalization plans and it is safe to assume that medical authori- ties in this state saw in the very success of this latter endeavor the answer to their protests against encroachiment of the federal government into the field of medicine in an effort to socialize it.
 It's safe to say that if the Connecticut experiment works and is seized upon by the public, it will be copied rapidly throughout the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
States Can Get Together

People who deplore the extension at federal power usually have trouble in an Swering the question: "Well, who's going to take care of those things which affect two or more states, if not the fed eral government?" OffhaEd, one might say there was no other answer. But there is. And gradually the states are finding it in the technique of interstate agree ments and joint operations
 Compacts to control sewage flow i'll four of the country's major river basins have either been approved or are pending tooay among 16 states and the District Of Co., lumbia. The Council of State Govern ments, that invaluable agency which IS working to coordinate the work ot states in legislative and administrative prop lems reports that the valleys of the Ohio Delaware, Potomac and Red River of the North are the major rivers affected.
 Each flows through territory in many states. Clearly, each state has rights and interests. None can be selfish about its river-control measures without affecting the others They might have all stepped aside and asked the federal government to take charge. But they did not. h. stead, they got together Nine states are included, for instance, in the ono River Valley Water Sanitation compact. Indiana and West Virginia have ratified the agreement. It is pending in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. Ohio, Ken tucky Tennessee and Virginia are the other states affected The agreement be- comes operative when five states have ratified
 North and South Dakota and Mime sota have approved compact for pollu-- ton and conservancy control of the Red River of the North. The Delaware basin is already under the joint control of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Della ware. For many years the Port of New York Authority, joint creation of New York and New Jersey, has handled vast business in connection with navigation between these states, and handled 1t et- fectively and well. It is gradually pay ing out both states on the money they entrusted to it.
 Possibly one reason for federal "en- croachment" on such fields is the general helplessness of the states themselves. They forget their sovereignty except for oratorical purposes. It is when states step up and demonstrate their ability to grapple with their problems that the cry for federal aid dies down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

Connecticut should be proud of the motor record that she established for Memorial Day. There were no fatal acci- dents in the entire state over the holiday. This is rather remarkable when you take into consideration the increased number of vehicles that are out on the highways over the week-ends and on holidays. All lawful authorities can take some pride in this no-death record that the state has just established And all motorists can take some satisfaction, too in their safe operation. And at the same time they ought to make a firm resolve to drive even more carefully in the future. Let all our good driving records be continued; let everyone. determine to drive cautiously, looking out for the other fellow not merely one day in the week, but every day. Vigi- lance on the highways should never relax once the car is in motion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Appreciated Words

The world is full of hatred today, and it is seldom that anyone in one of the authoritarian" countries has decent word to say for anything in one of the democratic" countries, or vice versa. Communication between these two seg- ments of the world today is pretty we'll restricted to mutual abuse. Thus it is pleasant to record that at least two Ger man newspapers were generous in their praise of the rescue of the living mem- bers of the crew of the Squalus. ".. feat of seamanship which deserves uni versal acclaim" said the Boersen Zeitung, and ". among the most impressive peace-time accomplishments of the U. s. Navy" said the Allgemeine Zeitung.
 Bravery and heroism are beyond na- tionality or party or political bounds. So, too, should be their recognition. For these tributes, thanks, and resolution to be no less generous ourselves when occasion offers. A little more of this courteous and decent spirit would not hurt an embit- tered world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Jest Growed Up

There is much comment these days in
 our state press over the changing of the
 name of Connecticut State College to Uni
 versity of Connecticut. There is also
 much rejoicing at Storrs at this coming
 of age of this very fine institution which
 we have created and which is the direct soutgroWth of the small agricultural
 school that once was Storrs. A number of editors think that we have bitten off more than we can chew. They point to ! the comparatively small size of Connec- !. ticut and the presence in our midst of such places as Yale, Trinity, Wesleyan.
 The development of the state college into university was predicted some years ago. It was a natural and not forced growth, therefore we need have no qualmS .of conscience about the existence of one more institution of higher learning. If the state college at Storrs could not have completed with the privately endowed remained small land-grant college and not have continued to expand and in- crease it's course as has been necessary. True the University of Connecticut will continue to be large item in the state
 budget. It may even become more so as
 more and more boys and girls are at tracted to 1t and realize the values of the education close at hand. But Connecti- cut officials long have been preety level- headed where it came to spending money on education. We don't look for any con-
 troversy over the status of the state uni versity or it's continued rise in scholastic endeavor. So long as such fine school can be maintained in our midst we should be willing to exert ourselves to
 make it bigger and better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
State Medicine Plan

Under the auspices of the Connecticut State Medical Association plan is being pushed for legislative action which soon might make this state the first to adopt the present prepayment hospitalization plans in vogue throughout this state and elsewhere It is also an answer and very likely. challenge to the plan to social 1zc aI1 medicine and put such services directly under control of the government.
 The Connecticut plan still alleys for |41ifIQual Independence m the practi~ z|oHef because tho planned services for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes by virtue of his Cabinet position assumes charge of all Uncle Sam's insular possessions. His domain extends from the Caribbean to the China Sea. And he soon may get supervision of a group of 7,083 more islands. There are that many in the Philippines and under the Roosevelt re- organization plan control over the Philip pines would be vested in the Interior De- rpartment. The War Department now con- trols them Now Secy. Ickes rules the Ha- waiian Virgin, Puerto Rico, Islands off the coast of Alaska, South Sea and Equa- torial Islands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Selected Poem
AFTER SUPPER

(By Florence M. McClelland in the Boston Post) Do you recall-when the long day was over When we'd eaten our supper and finished the chores, How we all liked to go in the warm summer evening And sit for while on the front steps outdoors. How pleasant 1t was as we sat in the twilight, Relaxed in the knowledge of duties well done; The dusty old toad came out from his hiding, The firefiies lighted their lamps one by one. bittern booms harshly across the long meadow While over the lowlands a mist vaguely steals Down past the turn on the road to the village, We heard the slow creak of some slow wagon wheels. We watched the moon on the distant horizon, Rise from silvery. shimmering sea;
 Escaping the grasping hands of the tree-tops To sail through the heavens, triumphant and free. We harked to the cricket, we talked of the morrow, We watched the bright stars in the sky overhead; Then. yawning and tired, all ready for sleeping, We said our goodnight and ran upstairs to bed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

1. What is the name of the in- strument. used to measure humi- dity?
 2. In what year was the capital of the U. s. moved to Washington, D. C.?
 3. What are the pigment primary colors?e 4. Who was recently appointed U. s. Army Chief of Staff by President Roosevelt, to succeed Gen. Maln Craig?
 5. What is the name of the great vulture of the Andes?
 6. From which country was the Gadsden Purchase made?
 2. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word embryo?
 8. What do the stars in the U. s A. flag represent?
 g. Name the Strait that separates Greenland from the North Amer ican continent.
 10. For what invention is Eli Wlsitney famous?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

Vermont may soon become New Eng lands best-knoWn cattle state. A prom inent resident and former state official has just bought stock farm and is going into the business of raising beef cattle on a large scale. Such an experiment is worthwhile and should prove of inter- est throughout all New England. We are always looking for new fields to try or to conquer. Why not cattle raising for beef as well as the dairy?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Views of The Press
PASSING OF THE BIG ESTATE
 (New Haven Journal Courier)

One by one big estates in New England-like some in Old England are vanishing. Either they are be- ing cut up into new developments of the most modern, if sometimes modest, dwellings, or they are being turned over to cultural organizations for educational purposes. Among the latest to fall to this use is the estate of the late Frederick B. Jennings, a lawyer of New York city, whose property in Vermont has been acquired by Bennington College.
 : The change in this property, how ever, Is incidental to the main trend, which is toward the passing of the big estate. Not only in New England but elsewhere also. Why are the great city and country estates pass ing? Because they are out of tune with the times. Taxation and the advancement of domestic science are bringing an end to the old system. Nevertheless, it has been well re- marked that the country will sur .vive the passing of the big estate. A. Scottish writer, J. Harries McCul- loch, applying this thought to his own country, said: When all is said and done, the home of Scot lands genius has matched roof"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

Others seek victims through the mails. Sometimes the racketeers even offer to take block of stock, but when the showdown comes the businessman discovers that the agreement is so worded as to be useless.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Justice Bill Douglas talked for an hour to Randolph Paul, we'll known tax expert, trying to per- suade him to become assistant at- torney general in charge of taxes Douglas believes it is the duty of businessmen to serve a time in the government Fiorello La Guardia can be mayor of New York just about as long as he wants to, but has his heart set someday on becoming a U. s. sen- ator Remark attributed to Mayor Hague of Jersey City after the conviction of Jim- my Hines of Tammany and Pendergast of Kansas City: ''These Democrats is falling like flies" It may or may not be significant, but it's tough job these days to get the complete files of Senator Sheppard's Pri- mary Purge Committee.
 Copyright, 1889. by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

For the past 50 years or more Tobie Spring at Arvonia, Virginia, has been Natures own icebox. A pit, 35 feet deep and 45 feet across, has had ice all the year around. With such a handy ice box folks in Arvonia ought to be able to build their homes right around the spring and take advantage of it's properties. All sorts of explanations are offered for the phenomenon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
TALENT SCOUTS" (Boston Post)

The government is now reported to be wing with big industry in employing "the cream of the crop" of this June's college graduating classes. Each year big business of fers opportunities to young men and women who have been outstanding in their studies. s
 Now, so the story goes, the var ious government agencies are send- ing men out to line up graduates to enter upon government careers. They vii seek chemists, bacteriolo- gists, statisticians, etc. Of course, the college men will welcome any chance to step into government job. The talent scouts" are sure to find plen- ty of available material.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

The "front money" racket is an outgrowth of depression finance. It results from the fact that banks are reluctant to take chances and make loans, so small businessmen find themselves hard put to ob- tain needed funds. The REC has power to aid, but has been al- most as tight-fisted as the banks.
 Result is that smooth-talking swindlers have used this to their own crooked ends. They have approached hard-pressed small businessmen, claiming to have powerful brokerage connections and influence with the SEC, and offer to float stock issues for an advance payment. These sums have been as low as $250 or as high as $10,000.
 Of course they never produce and the businessmen, fearful of adverse publicity, keep silent. Or if they do complain, they are told that the brokers who were to handle the stock Notation turned it down. Evidence un- covered by the SEC duplicates not only the crooked promoters but number of shyster lawyers and brokers.
 Some of the swindlers offer their services III advertisements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Making Frontier Law in Kaintuck

Lusty, informal history is that
 which Thomas D. Clark uncovers
 in "The Rampaging Frontier"
 (Bobbs- HMerrill: $3), how people
 lived in the early days from the
 Car0linas to Missouri. Quoted
 here from it's countless anecd0te
 is one of Kentucky lawmakers
 report to his constituency.
 ''Feller citi7ensl" saluted the red faced Honorable Mullins, when you elected me to the legislature I wished that I mought have the tall- est pine growed in the mountings, so that I mought strip the limbs from the same and make it into an enormous pen, and dip it in the waters of the Kaintuck river and write acrost the clouds, God bless the people of Estill countyl'
 "Arter you elected me I went down to Frankfort on the Blue Wing and as we wended our winding sinu- osities amidst its labryrinthian meanderings, the birdlets, the batlets and the owlets flew outen their se- cret hidin' places and cried out to me in loud voices: Sail on, Mullins, thou proud defender of my country's liberties
 When I reached Frankfort, went up into the legislatur hall and thar I spied many purity perlicues a-hangin on the ceiling to pay for which you had been shamefully rob- bed of by unjest taxation. When matters of small importance were before the body I lay like Q bull pup a-baskin in the sunshine, with blue-bottled fly atilcklin of my nose; but when matters of great im- portance come up rig from my seat, like the Numidian lion of the desert. shuck the dew drops from my mane. and gave three shrill shrieks for liberty"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

reservoir does not come under the heading of pleasure, because his purpose is to remove miscellan- eous objects that thoughtless folk might have thrown into the water. But. his constant vigilance at Manhattan's most famous walking course keeps him posted.
 After all these years, he knows the notables by their first names. MT. Conan is George V"to him and they always swap stories when they encounter each other. Dor- gan is not much of walker him. self, but he likes to clock the oth- CTS. The champion for the course, he says, is an unknown who does it in somewhat less than sixteen minutes, though Paul Whiteman almost equalled that record once. Dorgan, incidentally, takes credit for the diminution of the White man girth. He urged him to trot around the reservoir daily. THAT WHITE
 MANS BURDEN
 A guest at the Paradise the other evening was Mabel Sugnet, judged by Senator Tydings of Maryland, Representative Ram dolph of Virginia and other we'll known legislators to be the most beautiful and intelligent of all of Uncle Sans employees in Wash ington.
 One member of our group beg ged an introduction and asked Mabel, Are you interested in a career in the show business?"
 T might be-" smiled Miss Sug- net. '"Know any good producers?"
 The fellow who asked her was George White, who is about to bring out another of his famed Scandals" and is on the powl for beautiful girls.
 ONE KIND
 OF RAISE
 Four newspapermen were swap ping city-room yarns and one veteran at the table recalled that era when Herbert Bayard Swope was managing editor of the Old World.
 A reporter on that fiery gazette was detedmined to ask for a boost in salary and finally got up enough courage to approach Swope in his office. Members of the staff grouped anxiously outside the door it await results. Finally, the supplicant emerged. Well" they queried, 'did he give you a raiser"
 "Yeah!" replied the newshawks, with his eyebrows!"
 IT'S A S. w. AFTER ALL
 Friend of mine in Brooklyn re- gently tried to catch up with an old acquaintance and finally trac- ed him to Calcutta, India, whither he had drifted on business. So my friend wrote letter addressing it to Calcutta, and waited patiently for a reply. Months passed. Then came word on official paper. Moved" said the India post office notation. "See Brooklyn Post Off, flee for new address!"
 WINDOW
 ACTOR
 Dapper Harry Richman has ventured into Big Business with a vengeance. The double-breast- ed-suited songster is retailing patented cigarette case. For many years he used to amuse the au- dience by confiding in it that he had just secured "a long engage ment" in the window of huge department store.
 The ensuing laugh came home to roost, because the other day Richman did play an engagement in the window of a big department store-to demonstrate his cigarette case. He was hit, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Questions
 and Answers
Bz FREDERIcK aa. kERnt

Enclose a three-cent stamp fOs reply when addressing any Ques- tion 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- iertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, TOT? Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. c.
 THE EDITOR @. Where are the laboratories be- ing established by the U. s. Dept. of Agriculture for the study of bet- ter uses of all agricultural com moditieS?
 A. There will be four regional laboratories: Philadelphia, Pa; New orleans, La.; Peoria, H.; and San Francisco, Calf.
 @. Which Federal agency gives instructions to group of employees in private industry about organlz- ing Federal Credit Unions?
 A. The Farm Credit Administra- tion, Washington, D. o.
 @. What was the error made Tn the first hundred Jefferson five-cent pieces minted?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

or IT ID @ V d Warheld has t @ k e n his m orn ing con- stitutional, or if Bert Lyten has b e en there. Dorgan is t h e reservoirs off, cial guardian and the only man permitted to row a boat in it.
 Actually, h Is ow : b o a ting arnnnd the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

A. Despite many rumors, there was no error in the design or the Jefferson fve-cent piece.
 o. How was steam obtained in the old Stanley steamer automo- bile?
 A. It was generated in water boiler, heated by kerosene burner.
 @. When is the next regular election for U. s. senator in Colo- rado?
 A. November, 1922.
 o. Is treatment at the National Leprosarium at Carville, La, free to lepers?
 A. Yes. All patients are clothed and otherwise well cared for at Fed- eral expense.
 @. Did Negro play the title role in the motion picture, "Gunga Din?"
 A. Sam Jaffe, who played the role, is white.
 o. Why are pineapples so named?
 A. Because the fruit resembles the pine cone.
 o. For what do the initials F. R. G. s. stand?
 A. Fellow of the Royal Geograph- ical Society.
 @. If the United States imports circular saws, from what countries do they come?
 A. Circular saws imported for consumption in 1887 were 2,752, valued at S12,415. Of these, 2,0Ol came from Germany; 288 from Czechslovakia; from Denmark; l83 from Sweden; IS from Switzerland: 46 from the United Kingdom; and B from Canada. e. Who discovered the pendu- lum? A. Calico, in 1881, while watch ing lamp set swinging in the cathedral of Pisa, he observed that whatever the range of its oscillat- tions, they were invariably executed in equal times.
 e. How many two dollar bills are outstanding in the United States? A. As of March 31, 1889, the num- If you want copy of our book- let POPULAR SCREEN STARS" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau. 1913 Thir- teenfh St Washington. ID. e. En-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6;2s a. m.; sets SIT p. m. (day- light time)
 Ali vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases-Fu moon. June i, fl:0s ?. m.; last quarter, June o. li:6o p. m: new moon, June i7, e:29 a. m: first quarter, June D. i227 a. m. tdnylight timc).
 Morning stars, Venus, Mars. Jupiter. sa- turn: evening. Mercury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

It Is said that the Gutenberg Bi- bio printing Is far better than much of our modern work. Many of it's pages have delicate marginal dec- orntions of illuminated scrollwork which give 1t the effect of being enc tirciy hand worked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
In New York
BIZ GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 1--For news of pedestrian traffic. around the Central Park Reservoir. the man to consult is Tom Dorgan. Tom knows If George M. Conan has strolled around the night before,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Current Comment

An attempt. was made to make New Mexico guinea pig to white wash the sanctity of WPA, but Harry Hopkins was not able to cear WPA political skirts with inno- cent New Mexico people. Senator Dennis Chavez, New Mex
 ico Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Washington Merry Go-Round ?,
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DIRE W PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

White but CoaAaska travelling beencO |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

Personally, I think it's all very silly. -Lothrop Wilmington, Jr,. original
 guppy gulper, of Harvard Uni
 yersity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

| ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "I was most home ,khen it began to rain," say, "ai-
 most home"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
A Thought for Today

Owe no man anything, but to love one an other: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.-ROmans 13:8.
 All true love is grounded on esteem.-Buck- ingham.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01

If you want a copy of our book let POPULAR SCREEN STARS" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau. 1913 Thir- teenth St., Washington, D. C. En- close 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-01
Whats Your l. O?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.