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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
In Today's Mail
poor and yet they would be rented
 only to persons with steady jobs who

poor and yet they would be rented only to persons with steady jobs who could guarantee the payment of their rent. Are these the poor? We have no such guarantee from our tenants and when the latter are unemployed lose many months rent but we pay our taxes just the same. Those who applauded MT. Harris last night are the real poor, for they do not have steady employ ment and would not be permitted to rent a flat in the "poor mans para disc" or should we say fools para diSe?"
 Lower our taxes to give us full exemption, give us the same fair and generous treatment and we can make cur rents available to the low-wage earner. We can use the money offered by the government to improve these rents. We have a building inspector and board of health who are paid to see that these houses are Tit to be lived in. We do not have to be told by MT. Harris but by the building inspec- tor and the board of health about housing conditions. They are duty bound to condemn houses not fit for habitation. Let the government
 help the tax-burdened property holder and he will be overjoyed to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

You hear the cry on every side that realty is overtaxed. Listen to this com plaint from Clarke G. Daley, president of the Real Estate Board of New York: Formerly about Is per cent of the in- come from real estate went to taxes. Dur ing the past decade the proportion has increased until now from 26 per cent to 30 per cent of the income is absorbed for taxes. Indeed there are many instances Hundreds of properties are offered for sale every day at one-half to one-quarter of their assessed valuation. Why? Because of the terrific tax drain."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

Bowers, q used to exchange
 prisoners for them. If you want
 me to, I can get a safe-con-
 duct from the Italian Govern
 ment."
 NOTE-In the end, Bowers de- ferred to Welles' wishes and is sending messenger from Burgos to Madrid to collect his clothes. On his return, Bowers has the choice of becoming Minister of Canada, which certain State De- partment officials hope he will ac- cept, or of publishing his book on Spain which will be sensational, and which the State Department very much hopes he will not do. AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN
 Carter Glass of Virginia con- tinues to be one of Roosevelt's bit- terest Senate critics, but believe it or not, he still has something to say regarding diplomatic ap- pointments. He has been behind slated to become new Ambassa- dor to Franco Spain.
 Weddell is now ambassador to Argentina, where he was great golfing pal of ex-President Justo and popular with Argentine high society. As Ambassador to Spain he will not be the man Claude Bowers was, but he will be big improvement over Republican predecessors Ogden Hammond and Irwin Laughlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

said they would. Ribbentrop, al- ways rabid, always an extremist, is now doubly dangerous because he is SO close to Hitler.
 FRANCO RECOGNITION
 So closely guarded was the State Departments plan to recog- nize the Franco Government in Spain that not even Ambassador Cuade Bowers knew about it until he read 1t in the papers.
 Shortly thereafter he called on Under Secretary Sumner Welles to tell him that he was returning to pack up his personal belongings, and mentioned the fact that he was going to Madrid. To this Welles objected. He said it was all right to go to Burgos, capital of Fascist Spain, but not to Madrid, capital of Old Spain.
 Surprised, Ambassador Bowers remonstrated: "Why not? Is it because the government that you have just recognized might not be able to give protection to an American Ambassador"
 That was not the trouble, Welles replied, but the Italians were in Madrid and Bowers presence there might cause embarrassment. Welles did not say so, but doubt less he had in mind Bowers strong anti-Fascist views.
 "Oh, the Italians are good friends of mine," shot back
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

New England's longest bridge is year away for use. Measuring 1000 feet from end to end this structure will link the west side of Narragansett Bay with the Island of Jamestown. The project will cost over $3,OOO,OOO and when finished an important link in the Atlantic coastal roadway system will have been com pleted At the present time ferry service provides transportation between the two places. Incidentally this ferry line has been in operation since the colonial days of 1875 and may be the oldest transpor- tation line in the country. Oddly enough the motorist who speeds over this struc- ture year hence will find that when he gets to Jamestown, he either returns whence he came via bridge or else he con- tinues by ferry to Newport As a compar
 ison to the length of the span it is just twice as long as the Middletown bridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
Current Comment

I said: "Now, wait minute, MT. Ambassador; let's get down to brass tacks." Abe Pickus, Cleveland's one-man peace organization, de- scribing an interview with Ambas- sador Hourinol' hi of Japan.
 Plainly the lord was with us.-- Field Marshal Hermann Goering, describing the rise of the new Ger man air force.
 The whole secret of life is liv- ing, the secret of living is loving, the blessing of loving is giving, and the reason for giving is God.-Rev. Joseph D. Ostermann of the Com- mitte for Catholic Refugees from Germany.
 It Is the business of the schools to train citizens to sit in their living rooms and evaluate the days news and to arm them with facts against barrages of propaganda addressed to this country.-Walter F. Downey, state commissioner of |education in Massachusetts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
HOUSING PROJECT FOR CITY SEEN AS WILD SPECU-
 LAYTON

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 I'm hoping that you will see fit to reprint the enclosed letter, which is copy of one that have just submitted to the Board of Alder men. Thanking you ROCCO CALO. AS Ward Street, Waterbury, Conn. April 15, 1889.
 The Board of Aldermen
 City of Waterbury
 To the Board of Aldermen of Waterbury:
 I was present at the public hear ing considering the federal hous- ing project which has been propos- ed to the Board of Aldermen who have been elected by the people of Waterbury to represent and protect 1, the interests of the people of Wa terbury, that is, the people with whose money, earned honestly and by hard labor, the city is main- tained.
 The federal housing project as proposed by MT. Harris is unsound and contains the seeds for intoler- able economic burdens to the City of Waterbury.
 I believe that with great patience and careful clear thinking we, the honest taxpayers, can get together and find the real way of providing low-priced rents for the low-wage earner, providing that the federal government be as willing to CO., operate with us as we are. MT. Harris charitableness toward the poor of Waterbury is not true Christian charity for his plan would only impoverish the City of Waterbury all the more and would place many people, who work by the sweat of the brow to keep what lit tie property they have, in the al- ready swollen ranks of the poor. The plan is completely devoid of foresight that I am surprised that the Board of Aldermen did not veto it long ago. A plan which burdens the city for sixty years at the rate of $60,000 per year should not even be considered. And not only would the city have to pay such a large sum for more than half century but would receive nothing in return for the water. street lights. police and fire protection, sidewalks, sew. CTS, street cleaning and removal o1 snow ct cetera that it would be bound by contract to furnish free We who pay taxes to the city fol these things have no such contract And if we can't pay our taxes or time, we are fined!
 The houses built by this might mare" are supposed to alleviate the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

They are still after Works Commits sioner Robert Hurley for his speech in Boston. The New Haven Register has let loose barrage not because he spoke without telling the governor of his plans but because he revealed that this state plans another big building program. That isn't news. Even before the present one was approved we knew that the millions left from a $25,O0O,OOO bond issue after retiring the deficit wouldn't care for half of our wants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
Selected Poem
LITANY
For the Beauty of Death

For the Beauty or Deatn Louise Burton Laidlaw in the New York Tim The scarlet leaf and the singing swan Are beautiful to look upon The unsuspected pause of breath That seals the sanctity of death Demands of life no more, no less Than solitude or tenderness The agony of limb and mind That suffocates the battle-blind Or squeezes from a vanquished throat One tortured, unintended note, Reeks double death, and rends that bond Of mortals who aspire beyond The shriveed leaf the splintered reed. Mans death were beautiful indeed Could man but let his fellows die In glorified serenity. The scarlet leaf and the singing swan Are beautiful to look upon. An unsuspected pause of breath Should seal the sanctity of death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
Questions
 and Answers
By VkEDERICK Al KERBY

10NA4A~ a@AB~
 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. tion oR 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- dertaken Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, lOl? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
 @. Can the federal government take over privately owned vessels Tn time of war?
 A. During any national emer- eency proclaimed by the president, the U. s. maritime commission IS empowered to requisition vessels documented under the laws of the United States, and provision is made for compensating the owners.
 o. What is depth of focus" of a camera lens?
 A. It is the distance from the nearest object to the farthest object that will appear sharp in the nega- tive. The lens can be moved forward or back, while the camera bellows expand or contract. When 1t is moved well forward, objects near to the camera are in "focus," and ap- pear sharply defined on the plate. When the lens is closer to the plate, distant objects are in focus, and at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 3:52 a. m.

Moon rises 3:52 a. m.
 Sun rises 512 a. m. sets 6:32 a. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Wildlife conservationists tell you that this is the time of the year to keep hunting dogs on leashes or tied up. Many birds, those of the game variety particularly, nest close to the ground. They are busily engaged now in building those nests. A dog running loose through the underbrush not only scares the birds. but drives them from their nests and matching eggs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

IOu dt CdUds ret, after his arrival from the cinema capital. The ex-G-Man had asked to be shown the night life of Gotham as change, he said, from his "early-to-bed-and- early-to-rise routine in Holly wood. He took a dropperful of scotch to be sociable, though 25 years of enforced abstinence have made him lose the taste for 1t. He wore a brown, tweedy suit. His hair was cropped close.
 His Nazi spy Investigations, he hints, only have scratched the surface. It is his conviction that much more eventually will be un- covered.
 Secrecy, he said, shrouded the making of his picture, Comics sions of a Nazi Spy" Because the film is entirely based on the facts that he exposed in the Nazi spy case which he broke in the federal courts. his word was final on the lot. He okayed the scenes and the players and the dialogue, all in the interests of accuracy, and his name appears over the talkie, as authority for what it has to say He enjoyed every minute of it.
 T never felt so free in my life," said the G-Man who toiled in the Lindbergh case, the Dillinger catch, the Kansas City massacre, the Nazi spy case and many other notorious crimes. Most of my life, I've been used to working 16 to 20 hours a day, always on the trail, or under cover, or ready for danger" He still hasn't recovered from those over-long stretches of work. for he has become a chron- ic insomnia-suffered. Only in Hollywood did he learn to turn in at midnight, for the activities after dark in the cinema capital are few and far between.
 I asked the G-Man to tell me what was the closest he ever came to being killed on the job. "The Webster Theater in the Bronx" he related, where we went to pick up couple of fellows. They were going to have their rendez- vous in the lounge, we were tip ped off, and planted myself in the closet. When the main man we wanted came in, stepped out and covered him with my gun. But he was fast with his fists. He let me have it and I went over. He started to run. I chased him down the corridor and, while we tussled, the gun went off. Missed me by the fraction of an inch"
 His second close shave occurred after the Kansas City massacre, when he drove down the road to pick up suspect. As he was motoring along the highway, an- other car swiped in beside him and turned him over into the ra- vine below He was left there for dead. But he regained conscious ness in couple of hours and staggered into the town. He was in the hospital, after that mishap for 20 days.
 He speaks with a faint accent and it is hard to put the finger on its source. So I asked Tur- rou about his origin. He is of French-Po percentage, he ex- plained, and he lived in France for many years. He lived in Po- land a while and then embarked upon career of travel. He went to Egypt. Greece, and finally paused in China, whence he made his way to America. When the war broke out, he went back to Europe and joined the Russian Army. After the Armistice, he returned to the United States to inaugurate his career as skillfufl copper.
 His home now Is in Jackson Heights, Long Island, on the sub- way line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

improve his house and to lower the rent. Give us tenants with steady jobs who can pay their rent and we will accommodate them with all modern comforts.
 The responsibility lies with you members of the Board of Aldermen to oppose this plan detrimental to the city of Waterbury. Do your duty as honest, intelligent citizens entrusted with the welfare of your fellow-citiZens and let MT. Harris take his plan elsewhere. We want no part of it, we need no more spectators in Waterbury we have had our fill of them.
 Sincerely yours,
 ROCCO CALO. N. B.-I have been a resident of Waterbury for 45 years and have always paid my taxes as a good, honest, law-abiding citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
D R E w PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

 more behind Attorney General Mhy trip with Edgar than the federal judiciary o the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

HIS Q co K , "Nazi Spies in America" is a best = seller. A new motion pie ture which he closely super vised is coming out. A new ju- V n le book, How to Be a G-Man," is on the way.
 A group of us were passing the time of night with Tur- rnii ait A caha.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, April IT, Ex-G- Man Leon G. Turrou has been putting his thrilling adventures to profit, through literary chan nels and, more recently, through Hollywood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

| one point all objects beyond cer- tain distance from the camera are in focus. This point is called "in- finity," and is the focal length of the lens.
 @. Does the United States gov- ernment actually use red tape, or is that just name for delay? A. The government has recently advertised for bids on 8,584,7O4 inches of red tape to be delivered May 2 of this year.
 @. Of the aliens deported in 1888, how many were returned to Mexico and Canada? A. Mexico, 5,113 or 55.1 per cent; and Canada, 1,941 or 20.9 per cent.
 o. Which was the first library in this country to have special de- partment for children?
 A. The Minneapolis library served children from a special desk in 1892, and installed full children's de- partment in 1893.
 @. What is the automobile regis tration fee in California?
 A. Three dollars.
 @. What is the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain?
 A. The Order of the Garter, cre- ated in 1348 by Edward III.
 o. When was the first university founded in Hungary?
 A. It was founded by King Louis the Great, at Pecs in 1867. At one time it had 2,000 students, but it passed out of existence in 1543, when Pecs was occupied by the Turks.
 @. What was the original name of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road?
 A. It still bears its original char ter name.
 Q. How much does United States dime weigh?
 A. 38.58 grains.
 @. What is the name of the Jew- ish holiday that is celebrated near 1 to Christmas?
 A. Chanukah, the chief post biblical festival of the Jews, is cele- brated eight days from Chislev 25, in memory of the restoration of the temple service during the time of the Maccabeans, 164 B. c. It is also called the Feast of Lights. It began on Sunday, December IS, in 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "Mr. Brown is a patron of my store"; say, Customer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17
A Thought for Today

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.-II Chron- icles 15:19.
 If we have not peace within ourselves it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.-Roche- foucauld
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-17

If you want a copy of our book let, 1.-THE DOG AND CAT BOOK" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
Are We as Democratic
 AS We Think We Are?

The minute you begin to take a thing for granted, you begin to lose it.
 That's true of liberty, of dem- ocracy, of religion, and many other things.
 We think the United States is a democratic country. We hope so, at any rate. We are impress sed by the way in which for eigners are impressed by our in formal manners, and the lack of servility in servants.
 But the truest democratic spir 1t is in equality, and it will come as a shock to most Americans to read of at least one foreign ob- server who didn't think we are especially democratic at all. He is Prof. Gunnar Myrdal of Swed en, an economist now touring the country to study certain prob lens of American life, especially that of the Negro.
 Sweden has a king, and there is quite frankly an upper and lower class in Swedish life. But the class lines are not drawn with that finality which exists in Britain, and exceptional persons move from class to class with complete freedom.
 But Professor Myrdal, in an in- tetview with Marquis w. Childs of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, revealed that he felt class dis functions in the United States, subtle but clear, of which he thought Americans themselves might not be conscious.
 Professor Myrdal noted that Pullman passengers In trains re- ceived extreme courtesy from porters and train officials but the day-coach passengers got scant attention from either. He noted that Park Avenue residents were spoken to with difference and excessive politeness by police men, but that poorly dressed peo pie often got sharp words and short shrift from the same offic- CTS.
 Of course it was not the differ ence in accommodations on the
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
Course of Instruction In RadiotelephOny

A very complete and well CO., ordinated course of study is now made available to Alaskans, in- terested in the science of radio and the operation of radio trans mitters, receivers, and associated devices, through the recent re- leases by the Federal Commun- ications Commission, of hundreds of sample questions such as used in the various examinations giv- en for the various classes of ra- diotelegraph and radio-telephone operators licensed by them under and by virtue of regulations form ulated at the International Con ventions held bi-annually at diff ferent world capitals.
 Investigation of the sample questions now made available in dicates that interested persons can delve into the radio field very completely or as completely as desired by obtaining sample questions on Elements l to 6, in elusive, which should be studied in their numerical order for max imum profit, from the Federal Communications Commission or one of it's field offices.
 The more advanced subjects are covered in the higher num- bered elements and persons mas tering those questions pertaining to elements and 4 will have ob tained a good working know ledge of the theory of electricity and radiotelephony. While Ele ments 5 and 6 deal more partic- ularly with radiotelegraph trans mitters, both ashore and af1oat, they likewise offer the interested student much material for study.
 The Alaskan office of the Fed eral Communications Commis- sion is located in the Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, and may be addressed Box 2719, Ju- neau, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
All-Steel Totem Pole Described by Tower Man For Fairbanks REAR

Crowned by a 1000-watt bea- con, easily visible 25 miles and more, KFAR's transmitting tow CT will loom a 300-foot metal monument to Interior Alaska's spirit of continued progress.
 U. M. Culver, Portland engin- ger who has supervised the erect ing of more than 50 such struc- lures on the Pacific Coast and in the Midwest, expected to issue the call to start work on the KFAR tower last Tuesday.
 KFAR's highpowered all-steel totem pole" is one of the largest Culver has ever erected, exceed ed only by some 325-footers now standing as part of the State of Misouri's police radio system.
 Culver represents the Contract ing and Sales Company Incorpor ated of Portland. His is the job of supervising construction for the company.
 Barring unforeseen weather handicaps, Culver expects the KF'AR tower to be gleaming com pleted on it's foundations in 30 days.
 Verbal description given by the construction supervisor of the structure calls for a tower approximately 14 feet square at the base and tapering to two square at the pinnacle. The tow CT will be of the "shunt fed" type being uninsulated and fastened directly to its concrete founda- tion. There will be no "guy' wires.
 At the 100 and 2O0-foot levels will be attached red 100-watt air way markers. These, Culver stat es, are to prevent some airplane from chopping the tower off close to the ground" At the top will be a 1000-watt beacon.
 Almost 10 miles of wire will be "plowed under" in the ground ing system for the tower.
 One hundred twenty wires run ming up to 400 feet in length will radiate from the towers base, one at each three degrees. The wires will be planted" by a spec ial blowing implement which lays the wire as it furrows the earth.
 Culver will also supervise
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

train that impressed the foreign CT, though he felt that was a greater difference in these than in Europe between third class and second-class trains. After all, the customers were paying for the difference in physical accom- odations, and that was all right. It was the difference in the atti tude of the porters and police men toward people evidently diff ferently situated.
 Does this seem a trif1ing mat ter? Perhaps. But yet perhaps it is not. For real democracy lies not in equal physical professions for all, but in equal respect and consideration for all by one an- other.
 It would be shameful if, with out our quite realizing, it, we were beginning to lose the spirit of the Legendary Irish ch-dig- ger. A friend asked him, you will remember:
 "Shure, Pat, and is not one man as good as another?"
 "Indade he is," snapped Pat, and a dom sight better!"
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11

How many cigars do you smoke a day?" About ten"
 What do they cost you " Twenty cents apiece
 My, that's two dollars a day. How long have you been smok- ing?"
 Thirty years"
 Two dollars a day for thirty years it a lot of money" "Yes, it is.
 Do you see that office build ing on the corner?"
 Yes"
 If you had never smoked in your life you might own that fine building"
 Do you smoker"
 No, never did"
 Do you own that building?" "No."
 Well, I do."