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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Eliminating Jobs

One of the bugaboos that has followed in the wake of all the Republican pro- nouncements that Connecticut is to be given very economical government dur ing the next two years and that many services will be dispensed with in an effort to procure balanced budget has been the complaint about ending many jobs which would throw people out of work and create further problem of relief. We don't think that is the idea behind the Republican plan for bal anced budget or economy. No political party desires to throw people out of jobs, unless it is for the purpose of replacing them with individuals of their own polit- ical preference. In this instance that wouldn't be good politics.
 However, jobs are being done away with in the state government and it may be that more will go before the end of 194O. Right now we read that there is a move ment afoot to abolish the office of County Health Officer. That's a job about which most of us have no real or intimate knowledge. Perhaps we have heard the title at some time; maybe we have even known an incumbent. But the County Health Officer is not like your City Health Officer who is very much in the fore front all the time today watching out for the Safe-being of thousands of citizens by seeing to enforcement of certain standards in health and sanitation.
 County Health Officers perform such tasks as prosecution of violations of state and local laws on contagious diseases, nuisances injurious to health or life; registration of vital statistics; control of sale of poisons or antitoxin, as well as pro- visions of the sanitary codes. The off cial works in conjunction with the local health official or State Health Depart ment. It would be hard for the average layman to say whether the job could be eliminated without loss of service. The same fear was expressed when talk was heard of the abolition of the office of coroner.
 And so it goes. When governments seek to abolish offices, they should not merely mention such fact, but should accompany the announcement by long list of reasons why such action is nsces- Sary and how it can be accomplished with out loss of efficiency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Books for Sailors

The annual drive of the American Mercahnt Marine Library Association for books for seamen has more importance than ever this year. The mercahnt marine replacement program, aiming at fifty new ships year for the next ten years, will mean steadily enlarging per sonnel and an increasing demand for books for distribution to ships and light houses.
 People who like to read, people who like to travel by boat, people who are in- terested in young men eager to make the most of life and opportunity, should all respond to this annual appeal. Donors may send books from their own shelves or new books bought especially for the purpose. In either case, judgment should be used. Sailors are people and no more interested in reading rubbish than the rest of us. Only third of the calls are for fiction. Nautical textbooks. history, philosophy, technical and scientific works are all in demand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
New Income Tax Payers

It is no longer necessary for Congress to enact laws to legalize the collection of federal and state income taxes from, re- spectively, state and federal employees. Two decisions of the United States Supreme Court have ended the 69-year-old theory that such taxation was unconstitutional.
 Federal employees will now be subject to local income taxes in B states having such laws Public school teachers and numbers of other state and local employees will be subject to the federal income tax. They will, of course, have the same ex- emptions - for dependents, and so on which are allowed all income taxpayers.
 How much revenue this extension of the field of taxation will bring in remains to be found. There should be no attempt to make the taxes retroactive. That would be as unfair as to let such incomes con- tinue untaxed in the future. Otherwise, the reversal of the old practice is gen. orally regarded as sensible and in line with public opinion on this subject.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Views of The Press

for the accommodation of traffic from the Merritt parkway-wher5 trucks are barred-and will eventu- ally connect with the proposed Cross parkway-where trucks should also be barred.
 Eventually, we believe, the state must come to a policy of providing on-commercial routes such as the Merritt parkway as alternatives to every road such as the Post road. Such parkways pay dividends not only in the pleasure and conven- fence of ordinary motorists, but in safety. Whether it goes so slow that it holds up traffic and forces dan- gerous passing, or so fast that it strikes terror into the hearts of peaceful travellers, the truck is the marauding villains from the high ways today.
 The Merritt parkway is, happily free of this menace, and that is one of the big reasons it is a paradise for motorists. The bridge to serve the parkway should also be kept free, and the Cross parkway which is to connect with both should also be made non-commercial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Current Comment

Americans have no intention of re-establishing the independence of the Philippines.
 Der Wehrmacht, German mili- tary weekly.
 A good beard will be no excuse for selling liquor to minors. Thomas Gosland, liquor enforce ment officer of San Francisco, commenting on high school boys growing boards to mark the Ex- position. .
 All these new laws disregard fun- damental medical facts and past ex- rcrience, lack uniformity in policy and procedure, and disagree on fundamental principles. -Dr. F. A. Jacobs, head of de- partment of urology at Cleyeland's Mt. Sinai Hospital, commenting on restrictive marriage laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

one vote. Whether the converts are actually sewed up remains to be seen, but there are tell-tale signs that some of the previous anris may flop.
 Senator Jim Davis of Pennsyl- vania told a joint session of his state legislature last week that he would vote for $150,000,000, and Senator J. Warren Barbour of New Jersey has been worriedly telling colleagues that his last ballot against WPA had a very sour kickback.
 If the Senate should vote to restore the cut, the House will either have to back down the whole way CT comprise on $125,- 000,O00-which a lot of Repre- sentatives privately would like to do.
 JUSTICE DOUGLAS
 William Douglas got the first word of his appointment to the Supreme Court from the man who made 1.-the President.
 Roosevelt called up the young New Dealer at his home Sunday afternoon, just as he had started to write radio speech scheduled for that evening, and said, 'tBill, I've got important work for you. I've decided to name you success sOr to Justice Brandeis."
 "That is a big order, MT. President" Douglas replied gravely, but I assure you I'll do my best to fill it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
NEW ENGLAND CHOCOLATES
 (Boston Post)

It is credit of no mean conse- quence that New England has cap- tured the quality chocolate market of America. As much as anything can, it reveals the diversity of New England's industrial talents, which, in a previous generation, were so vital to the development of the tele- phone and the railroads and the au- tomotive industry. While New Eng
 land, which in this case means mostly Boston and Cambridge, pro- duces 30 per cent of the cOuntry's candy, it is responsible for 99 per cent of the country's quality candy, as Walter H. Belcher, managing director of the new current New England Manufacturing Confection- CTS association convention, joints out. The whole world is familiar with the great Diamond Jim Brady legend. This sport of enor- nous appetites was so delighted with some chocolates he purchased here he financed the local factory in an expansion program and its product becam world famous. With the type of men heading the industry now to be found in it, New England will never lose its pre-eminens po- sition in this field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Book A Day
Personal Memoir Of Mrs. Wilson

They are nearly all gone now, the leading actors in the cosmic drama that swirled around Woodrow Will son, 28th President yof the United States. Most of the data on which his position in history will rest is now written.
 No other record of the time, how ever, is quite like My Memoir" (Bobbs- Merrill: $3.50), now present. ed by Edith Boiling Wilson, the Presidents wife during the climac- tic period of his career.
 l AS the title suggests, this is no critical study of policies or even persons involved. It is Mrs. Wilson's personal memoir of the part she played and the things she saw as the Peace of Versailles was framed and Wilson came home to make his last fight, and to die.
 Her own background, her White House courtship and marriage, the social side of the Peace conference, the tragic fight for the Treaty and the League her husbands break down, the arrangement of House. Lansing, Tumulty, the invalid days, the return to private life, the faith that did not waver while Wilson lived, are all told, and the mind which was perhaps closest to that of Wilson, especially in his tragic closing months, reveals itself. Critical scholars may find that comparatively little new light is shed on the politics and great af- fairs of the stirring period covered. but without these intimate recollec- tions, the story of the period would never have been quite complete. Even when some of the details of who wore what appear little triv- ial, nevertheless Mrs. Wilson has done we'll in contributing to full un- derstanding of the events. And the picture of the titanic Wilson turn ing like a tired boy to his wife for understanding and help is never to l be forgotten.
 1 Mrs. Wilson has done well to dis charge her obligation to the history Hof which she was part.-W. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

to the writer. A history of the Dead Letter office, and the procedure in handling unbelievable mail is con- tained in the booklet '"The United States Postal Service," which may be ordered from our Service Bur- eau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washing ton, D. c. price 10 cents.
 @. What was the real name of Bunny, the creator of Foxy Grandpa?"
 A. Carl Emil Schultze, born 1866. died Jan. 18, 1889.
 o. Which minerals are found only in one locality?
 A. Cryolite, a sodium m-aluminum fiuoride, found in Greenland, and baddeleyite, zirconium dioxide, imned in Brazil, are two of them.
 0. How many first magnitude stars are there?
 A. Twenty. A circular naming the brightest stars may be obtained by sending stamped, self-addressed envelope to our Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. If you want copy of our book let, POULTRY RAISING" send to the Waterbury Democrats
 Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
 teenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERICK na. HEREBY

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to 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, lO1? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c. {.
 THE EDITOR
 @. Has any President sought 8 third term?
 A. President Grant did, but was persuaded by his friends to with draw his name. Theodore Roosevelt is said to have sought third term when he was candidate before the Republican convention in 1912 and the nominee of the Progress sive party in the same year. He had previously served out the ball. ance of McKinley's term after he was assassinated and one full term to which he was elected.
 o. What happens to letters that are not deliverable and have no re- turn name or address on the en- velope?
 A. They are sent to the Dead Letter office. If there is name and address in the letter it is returned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
What's Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

l. Which is larger, Canadian or a U. s. gallon?
 ?. Can Mexicans be naturalized in the United States?
 3. In which mountain range are the Green Mountains?
 4. Are sweepstakes winnings sub- ject to federal income tax?
 5. With what sport is the name of Wayne Sabin associated?
 6. What is a pyrheliometer?
 '. What is 8 chiromantist?
 8. Name the famous pass between India and Afghanistan.
 g. What Is spelter?
 10. How many lines should . lime rick have?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

Douglas told his wife the good news, but no one else. He went through with his speech as if nothing had happened. But he talked extemporaneously; he never did finish writing out his remarks.
 BUSINESS APPEASEMENT
 Tip-off on what Roosevelt thinks of business appeasement is the fact that one decisive in- fluence in making up his mind to name Douglas was the SEChair- mans sizzling retort to the Wall street moguls, who planned to cut the heart out of the SECS regula- tory powers. The SEC is one of Roosevelt's prized pets and Doug las fighting defense of it made a big hit.
 He called up Douglas and congratulated him. Then he in- quired jocularly, Bill, what are you doing to appease business?"
 'I'm enforcing the law, MT. President" Douglas replied.
 "Thatab0y!" approved the President.
 NOTE-The new Justice is as informal in his attire as in his speech. He wears blue shirts with collars attached, $1 neckties, and doesn't care whether his shoes are shined or not.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Washington Merry-Go-Round
D R E w PEARSON ROBERT 5. ALLEN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Selected Poem
NIGHT COMES TO THE WOODS (Mildred s. Ferguson in the Christian
 Science Monitor.)

Mildred s. Ferguson in the Christian
 Science Monitor) Night is an owls wing
 across starry skies. . Night is green fire in wood-creatures, eyes. Night blows dry leaves where the wood-creatures walk. Night lays shadow where
 brook waters talk. Night is a coon-dog
 that bays on the hill. Night is soft wind that whispers, be still Her voices of warning,
 her sheltering wings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
IAUCMo OOA Bridgeport Times-Star)

The roads, bridges and rivers com- mittee of the general assembly is right in giving scant notice to the proposed measure which would per- init truck traffic over the new Hou- satonic river bridge.
 The bridge is primarily intended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

b o u g ht is scrib btng S in enviable quan- tity.
 O occasionally, he emerged on n e W s p a p ers' front pages, as he took one martial step af- ter t he n e X t, and his money W c n L o n a n E a sy Com e, Easy Go basis.
 H e h a sn' t written a pub-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 3-He was a celebrated literary figure decade ago. His books were regarded with respect by critics. And the public, because his fiction dealt with Love Gin Greenwich Village) |,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "I propose to make a trip to Alaska; say, intend
 to make . trip" or purpose making 2 trip"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:34 a. m. sets 6:18 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Full moon tonight a few minutes after Il o'clock It's the best indication of fair weather we've had in long time and may be the desired seasonal change for which we have been waiting and which has been pre- dicted long in advance for April
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
To Choose Tom
Thumb Wedding
Cast Next Week

The committee in charge of the
Junior Woman's Club Tom Thumb
Wedding will hold tryouts for speak
ing parts in the play, at the high
school auditorium eerly next week.
Parts to be cast are: minister,
announcer, bride and groom, maid
of honor, best man, four flower
girls, ring bearer, six bridesmaids,
six ushers, mother and father of
the bride, mother and father of
the groom, and about so guests.
A matinee performance will be
presented on Tuesday, Sept. 26. at
P. NJ, especially for grade school,
junior high and high school stu
dents. An evening performance is
scheduled for September u, at 800,
for the general public.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
Y.P.F. Meets
At Parish Hall

The regular meeting Of the Y.P.F.
was held Sunday evening at the
parish hall. Plans for the fall and
winter were discussed and games
enjoyed during the evening.
Those present were the Misses
Virge Walker, Peggy Titcomb, Mary
Krupp, Margaret Bercich, Corrine
Arend, and Jack Titcomb, Frank
Krupp, Alto Coffin, and David Mil
ler. Mrs. q. a. Titcomb and Rev.
and Mrs. e. c. Howe chaperoned
the group.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Medlen
are expected back the first OF the
week from a trip to Ada, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Dorothy Titcomb was a Wis
itor in Tucson last evening.
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DR.. and Mrs. E. c. Houle left a
week ago yesterday to spend week
vacationing at Grand Canyon and
other northern Arizona points.
assesses
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Pottinger and
two sons returned Saturday night
from a weeks vacation trip to Cali
fornia. In Oceanside they were
guests of Mrs. Pottinger's sister,
Mrs. LEWIS A. Curtis, husband and
two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Sisk and
Patricia returned Satur-
day night from ten day vacation
trip to the San Francisco fair.
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Miss Mary Louise Becker, who
has been the house guest of Miss
Mamie A. Norton, 332 Hudgin
street, for the past several weeks,
returned to her home in Los An
geles Wednesday,
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Mrs. S. w. Petheram, of the
MonteEuma Hotel, had a delight
full dinner party at the Border Cafe
honoring Miss Mary Louise Becker
of Los Angeles.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Fleischer
returned Monday from a vacation
trip to Boulder Dam, Grand Can
yon and the Painted Desert.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Tovrea and
daughter Ann of Tucson will spend
the Labor Day holidays with Mr..
and Mrs j. G. Tovrea of Crawford
street.
Mrs. Bert Schleimer and daughter
returned to San Diego yesterday af-
ter visiting the formers mother,
Mrs. John Glissan.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
Junior W0man's
Club Have
Proqram-Tea

The Junior WOman'S Club will
entertain prospective members with
programmed at the clubhouse on
September z, from 400 to 500.
Mrs. Russell Meeker, president of
the Nogales Woman's Club, and
Mrs. C.. S. Smith, sponsor of the
Junior Woman's Club, will pour.
Hostesses for the afternoon are
directors of the Junior Woman S
Club: Mesdames H. M. Capin, T. C..
Graydon, D. D. Karam, w. S..
Manning, Albert Atwood, Wally
Smith, Dale Dorothy, and Miss
Margaret Wood.
All younger ladies, between the
ages of 18 and IS, interested in
joining the Junior Woman's Club,
are cordially invited to attend.
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Mrs. w. E. Carroon has been i'll
the past week or so at her home
on Noon street.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Diehl and two
children have returned from a va
cation trip to Los Angeles and
neighboring beaches.
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Joe Karam and family and Mrs.
Alex Karam and children and Miss
Janet Karam, have returned from
a vacation trip to Long Beach.
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Miss Jean Young OF San Antonio,
Texas is visiting Miss Clara Ed
wards, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Edwards.
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Mrs. Roy Cheshire and daughter
Kay will return tomorrow or Mon
day from two weeks outing at
Long Beach.
Georgia Bowman, three year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Writ G.
Bowman, is recovering nicely from a
serious illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Cleland, for
mer Nogalians, arrived Thursday
from Kansas to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Zacharias of the Rosemont
Apartments.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
(SOCIFTYWCLUBSdfPRSONN
Dinner Party In
Honor Of Guest

Miss Mamie Norton of Hudgin
street entertained with a charm
ing dinner party at the Cavern
Cafe honoring her house guest,
Miss Mary Louise Becker, of Los
Angeles.
Guests included Mrs. S. w. Pc
theam, Mrs. Warren Corlay, Mrs.
Walter Freeman, Miss Tina Free
man of San Angelo, Texas, and the
guest of honor, Miss Becker.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Myers and
two children got back Sunday from
q two weeks vacation trip to Mis-
sion Beach, near San Diego.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
Popular Local
Couple To
Wed Today

Miss Amalia Gourdin and Enrique
Carlos Lineiro, popular Nogales
couple, will be married at 1880 am.
today at Sacred Heart church and
will leave Immediately after the
wedding on trip to the San Fran
cisco fair.
Upon their return to Nogales they
will make their home on Walnut
street.
Wednesday, night the bride-to-be
was honored at shower given at
the home of Mrs. Edmundo Puchi.
Miss Gourdin, a very attractive
girl, is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rafael c. Gourdin, and was en-
ployed for several years until re-
Gently in the offices of Attorney S.
D. Monahan. Mr. Lineiro, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique Lineiro, is
employed at the offices of c. F.
Holler & Company.
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Mrs. Bert Schleimer OF San Diego.
formerly Of Nogales, arrived here
last week to visit her mother, Mrs.
John Glissan.
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Mrs. Milford Noon and children
are visiting Mrs. Moons parents in
Stafford.
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MIS-. MABEL Patterson has return
eo from vacation trip to Califor-
mia.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
Friday Dessert
Bridge Club

Members of the Friday Dessert
Bridge Club were entertained last
week at the home of Mrs. John
Jund in Sunset Heights Mrs. Glenn
Harker was a guest of the club sub
stituting for Mrs. E. c.. Houle.
Members present were Miss Mar
garet Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Otto Herold,
Mrs. Grover Marsteller, Mrs. C. S..
Smith, Mrs. E. A. Titcomb, Mrs. A.
E. Sanders and Mrs. Jund.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
Mrs. Hudgiir
Is Hostess

Mrs. Louis Hudgin entertained
Wednesday afternoon for members
of her dessert bridge club at her
home on Crawford street.
Mrs. j. c. TOvrea was a guest
for the afternoon, members pres
ent were Mesdames w. A. O'Con-
nor, A. A. Spurgeon, J. G. Glissan,
II. j. Karns, A. j. Milliken, F. w.
Hannah and the hostess Mrs. Han
nah held high score for the after
noon.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02
LOCALS
BACK FROM CANADA

Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Henderson of
Patagonia returned week ago yes
terday from a 35-day trip to the
New York and San Francisco fairs
and his birthplace, Prince Edward
Island, Canada. 1t was his first trip
to the latter place in 38 years.
Mike Hogan, well known Harshaw
mining man, was here yesterday.
William LOTUS was here yesterday
from Patagonia for the funeral of
AL Peck.
Nogales international., 1939-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Bellman re-
turned this week from Iowa where
they spent the summer.