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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
SITTING DOWN TO GUZZLE
 BEER
(New Britain Herald)

One of the late fool laws, oi "rules," or similar species of regi- mentation by the Liquor Control commission, pertains to how to drink beer at picnics. The customers must sit down.
 Call out the National Guard, the U. s. Army, the Marines and the Navy's bluejackets to enforce this new one!
 It's as futile law as the one against bingo before the game was legalized; or the hiking law; the law against wild carrots; and other bizarre examples that sprout from the tutelary deity ot regimentation on Capitol Hill. The liquor commission, which also tries to cope with drug stores selling liquor at the wrong time expects the dutiful local police tC enforce the new system, seeming tc think that every community has 6 surplus of cops for the purpose The cops, noting how quickly they can make enemies of otherwise i happy friends, will be as keen about putting in on picnics as they were active in enforcing the late anti. bingo law before the newer mode was passed; or as they don't enforce the hitch-hiking law.
 Out of this palladium of pompou, piffle an attempt evidently is being made. by fiat, to provide more work for the carpenters unions; and fol the walters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
The Lid Clamps Down

With passage of the Hatch bill and signature of the same by President Roose- welt yesterday some political leaders can visualize the gradual disintegration of national political machines. But if this is going to take place and if it is going to be such a calamity to political leaders, it hasn't seemed to affect them very much to date. We don't imagine that there would have been such calm acceptance of the situation by congressman if the sit uation was as bad as it has been painted.
 However, the Hatch bill should serve good purpose and perhaps should be extended, as the President suggested, when Congress goes into session again next year. In this respect he is on ground familiar to us here in Connecticut. We went through sort of modified Hatch bill during our recent legislative session. We refer to the many attempts to pass a bill eliminating dual job holding in this state
 While the comparison is a bit far fetched, there is enough to make us real ize just what can happen when the Hatch bill begins to apply to thousands of employees, known as federal patronage, and they find that their political activities henceforth must be limited. We tried to limit legislative activity here to just that and not to other branches of the state government. Ultimately this will come to pass, just as the federal government now takes politics out of thousands of jobs all over the nation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

pick up in turn. The spiral has been reversed.
 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of General Motors in his quarterly report notes that "there are equally effective and powerful forces which, once set in motion and given free dom to act, will build an ascending spiral leading to new levels of prosperity and progress"
 It seems possible, with business already better than expected, with Congress ad- journing, and with somewhat quieter international situation, that such an upward spiral is beginning to uncoil. Surely that is time for everyone who can do so to release purchasing; expan- sion, employment, investment, or any other means of speeding up the spiral.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

Patrick Joseph Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, who is returning home fol- lowing New York visit during which he visited the Worlds Fair, said before sail ing that in his estimation New York City leads the world in civic works. He re- marked in part: "it is the most social and civic-conscious locality of any world metropolis'. He learned much, he said, from the Fair and would suggest that English and Scottish engineers be sent to this country to study ideas on liv- ing. So impressed was the Lord Provost with New York social conditions that he stayed many extra days studying up on the citys social reforms. Most are agreed that it is hard to duplicate New York City which has so much of everything, and where most any type person can find a proper niche. Just to,read through some of New York's attractions in the line of museums and other cultural spots within the city limits gives an idea of the extent of what can be seen and done in New York City. Many visitors to New York at this time, persons who have never visited there before, find the lists of things to do endless. At any rate it is nice to have our ranking American city appre- ciated by a visiting Scottish gentleman. So many come and criticize but do not praise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Cheaper Houses

The reduction of the cost of building house is one of the central problems of the day. To own home and little land is the legitimate ambition of nearly all Americans. Until we have made it possi- ble to realize this, we have not succeeded in America. More than half of the urban population can afford to live in houses selling at between $2,000 and $4,00O. Yet only IS per cent of the houses built last year fell within those price limits.
 The reduction by 20 per cent of the cost of home-building, a present objective of the administration, is certainly laudable one. To do this, and yet not decrease the standards of building-trade workers, material dealers, builders and other per- sons directly involved, is problem, largely a problem in efficiency in an industry known for the contrary. It is a real chal- lenge to American ingenuity, to be met boldly, skillfully, and wisely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 9:32 D. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:49 a. m sets 8:07 D m. tdaylight time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High water at Milford Friday, Aug. A. 2:l3 low water, 8:37 daylight time).
 If the amount of sunshine that has flooded our state throughout May, June. and July could be measured 1t would run into a size- able number ot hours. This has been one of the surniest summers of recent years too much so. unfortunately and not that nice mixture Of sun, cloudiness and rain that makes for average production.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

Summer is a beautiful season but it has it's drawbacks as the season advances, hay fever and the discomfort from mos- quitoes among the most pesky. What a great thing it would be if the mosquito could be completely eliminated. The bite of the mosquito is not it's worst crime against humans Malaria results from some mosquito infested regions, and good old Dr. Brady tells us that the malaria season is on. There are mosquitoes and mosquitoes, but just console yourself with the fact that the one that carries with it's bite malaria germ is the Anopheles, and this little pest alights at an angle, if you care to give it the once over. But the mosquito that we find more commonly under our trees and on our verandas is the Culex, and alights parallel with sur face, and does not carry the malaria germ. We are grateful to pr. Brady for telling us all this, but I doubt if any of us will try to classify the miserable insect If we get it on the first whack that's all that we care
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Is Soviet Russia A Democracy?

Latest of many sincere attempts to
 comprehend the Union of Soviet
 Socialist Republics is the scholar
 ly work of Michael T. Florinski of
 Columbia University, Toward an
 Understanding of the U. S. S. R."
 (Macmillan: S2.5O). Is Russia a
 Democracy? That is the question
 bearing heavily on world politics
 today. Here is Professor Florin-
 skis answer:
 The monopolistic position of the Party in the Soviet State and the complete control of the Party by Stalin give very definite and grim meaning to the phrase dictatorship of the proletariat," which the Webbs found it impossible to comprehend. Nevertheless the Soviet leaders have a certain formal justification for de- scribing the U. s. R. as a demo- cracy since the Constitution has introduced universal suffrage and the direct secret ballot Univer- sal suffrage and the direct secret ballot, however, are merely the tools of democracy in the sense that the term is used outside the totalitarian countrieS( U. s. s. R., Italy, and Germany. The essence of political democracy is the right to hold and express freely views that do not agree with those of the group in power. Organized opposition is the most vital element of modern democratic system, an element that is indispensable to the efeficient and orderly conduct of the business of government. Great Britain has off, cially recognized the importance of the dissenting minority by provid- ing a salary for the leader of His Majesty's Opposition" in the House of Commons. The one-part State is the antithesis of political democracy in the accepted meaning of the term
 On every conceivable occasion the tramping of million of feet re- sounds in the streets of Moscow, just as 1t does in those of Rome and Berlin. Nevertheless the as- sembled multitudes and their &C., credited representatives are far more obedient and docile than are public opinion and parliament under any other form of government.
 The apparent paradox may be sex- plained by paraphrasing the Ger man adage: "Und der Koenig ab- solut ween CT unsern Willen tut the king has absolute power if he does what we want him to do. The reverse is true of the modern one- party State: the people have ab- solute power provided they do as they are told by the leader through the instrumentality of the party. That fs the real meaning of demo- cracy in the one-party State. wheth- CT Soviet, Fascist, or National so- cialist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

closes for the year about 1,500 handbook establishments open up all over the city. All are sup piled with a racing news service operated on a national basis by Moe Annenberg, Philadelphia pub fisher.
 New Orleans representative of this service is John Fogarty, son of the late Judge Fogarty. All handbook operators pay regular rental for this service, and in addition, they pay $60 weekly pro- lection money which goes to cer- tain high politicos.
 Some idea as to how closely these handbook establishments cooperate with New Orleans Of- ficials can be gathered from the fact that when the handbOoks are closed during the local rac- ing season, their employees are registered with the Uncmploy- ment Commission and receive unemployment insprance.
 AlSO, WllcLl oOIllC Ol GliC COiol CO croupiers working for MT. Bean- sic" were found stealing money, their employers had theaudacity to go to the criminal court and get the cooperation of the district at torney's office in bringing charges of embezzlement.
 While it is difficult to estimate the amount of protection money paid by the handbook industry to New orleans officials, those in the know conservatively put 1t at around $10000 week.
 This is the system built up during the dictatorial days of the late Huey P. Long, but which has blossomed and flourished even more luxuriantly since his death.
 Copyright, 199, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Two-Way Spiral

There has been so much talk of the vicious spiral" of descending business conditions, that we forget that all such spirals can work both ways. It is true that when one business falls off, dis charges workers or reduces pay, this cuts purchasing power, and in a widening circle its effects are felt on other busi- ness, tending to drag them all downward. That is the spiral. But 1t is a two-way spiral. When one business picks up, hires more men, increases pay, this money is spent on other businesses, which tend to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
FORESTRY AND
 FLOOD CONTROL
Bridgeport Telegraph

NbTlQBepUEI 1clcSldiAl
 By one of fate's little ironies, the time set for a hearing in Waterbury or the question of flood control along tn, Housatonic and Naugatuck valleys, fell right in the middle of 1 the worst drought this region has suffered in a generation. There was little grim humor in the fact that while witnesses were reciting before the board of army engineers the ex- tent of the flood damages suffered by Waterbury, newspapers on the streets outside were telling of the ravages of this summers drought.
 There is nothing the matter with Connecticut's water supply so far as quantity and quality are concerned but the manner of distribution evil dently leav, something to be desir- ed. We have too much in spring and fall at times, and not enough in midsummer.
 The army engineers recorded the testimony in Waterbury and will for ward the facts to Washington, where there will be consideration of some definite plans to curtail the floods on the Housatonic and its tributar- ies, particularly the Naugatuck.
 Presumably the army will recom- mend some direct method such as construction of flood control reser- voirs on the headwaters. But the in- direct method should not be over looked. That is the encouragement of forestry and the creation Of ex- tensive state forest reserves along the headwat rs.
 We are beginning only to realize the extent played by trees in reg ulating both floods and droughts. A forest floor with an accumulation oi humus made by generations of de- caying leaves. is veritable sponge; 1t will hold as much water in sus- pension as an equivalent lake. This water, instead of running of madly as fast as the rain falls. is fed out slowly through swamps and springs refreshing the brooks and keeping them running evenly through the dry months.
 This kind of flood control requires no unsightly flood control reservoirs and returns an endless dividend ir the shape of . continuing lumber supply. And the public gets an ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Selected Poem
RADIO RASH

Marvin Cox in the New York Sun) Name new product of British Guiana" Whose maiden aunt first played the piano?" Quo Vadis, the novel, was authored by whomp" And what was the name of Sweet Guinevere's
 groom?" These are the questions my radio brings, When I'd even prefer soprano who sings. question, quiza conundrum, puzzle, hear till yeam my loud speaker to muzzle Cease please, these requests for obscure informa-
 tion, And heed lone listeners sincere supplcation: Sponsors and artists and radio men, Pray give us regular program again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
shoes, once buying S2,50O worth of shirts in one swoop. WHITE AND COLORED GAMBLERS

shoes, once buying S2,50O worth of shirts in one swoop.
 WHITE AND COLORED
 GAMBLERS
 There are hundreds of small dice games for Negroes in white saloons all over New Orleans, and in some of these places the Me- groes and lower type whites shoot craps together. But the most prominent colored dice establish ment in The Fair, located on old Magazine street and operated by Earl MertzWeiller, another close friend of Hayor Maestri.
 Biggest Negro gambler in New Orleans, and also reported to be on good terms with Mayor Maestri, is the famous "Mr. Beansic", real name Edgar Eau ria, who is so important a fig ure in the gambling world that he is always accompanied by white bodyguard, Frank Licalzi. alias Fungi" whose picture is in the police rOgues gallery. These two once got into a dis pute with a white policeman name Molinary, and when the latter tried to bring charges against them, the district at- torney's office suggested that it was wiser, for the policeman's sake, to drop the case.
 HANDBOOK RACKET
 Most lucrative business of MT, Beansie" is operating "handbooks," or pool-halls for betting on the races. These close when the New Orleans track, owned by Maestri, Seymour Weiss and other Huey Longites, is open. The idea is to send the public out to the track.
 But after the New Orleans track
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

let, Mixed Beverages and Wines" containing almost 100 recipes for all kinds of mixed drinks, may be pur- chased for 10 cents from our Wash- ington Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth street, Washington, D. c.
 @. How many signers of the United States Constitution were Masons?
 A. Twenty.
 @. When was the University of Mexico in Mexico City founded?
 A. Tn 1853, by the Tcoman Catholic church.
 o. Why does balloon rise in the air?
 A. Because the air that the ball. loon displaces is heavier than the balloon, consequently the tendency is for the balloon to rise, and con- tinue to rise until it reaches re- zion in the atmosphere where it's weight and the weight of an equal volume of the air are identical. The sinking of a ship in water is a con- verse analogy.
 Q. Are there any municipally owned motor bus services in the United States?
 A. The following American cities own and operate bus services: De- troit, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoe- nix, Eureka, Calf, Tacoma, Coral Gables, Fla, San Angelo, Tex, GreenfieldMontague Mass, Monroe and Alexandria, La, Radford, Va, Culver City and Santa Monica, Calf, Ashtabula, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Fla.
 @. Who invented the rubber gloves worn by nurses and surgeons?
 A. It is said that Dr. William Stewart Halsted, professor of sur- gery at Johns Hopkins university 1889- 1922, devised the rubber glove to protect the hands of the nurse he loved and whom he married.
 Q. What is the area of the fed eral district of Buenos Aires, and how many parks does it contain?
 A. The area is 72 square miles, and it contains more than one hun dred parks. o. Are all of the characters on the radio program, "The Johnson Family" played by a negro?
 A. Jimmy Scribner, who plays all of the roles, is white.
 If you want a copy of our book let LETTER WRITER'S GUIDE" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

dLlu CLlLCA GU 1lCA chauffeured limousine. It is her home, and she no doubt is fright ened by the Jazz Age growing about her.
 There is a new club about to open in the basement of her building. They are painting the murals now and the entertainment has been announced as "typically Gay Nineties." If this doesn't drive the kind lady from the block, we can think of nothing that will.
 IT'S KNOWN
 AS PROGRESS
 Progress, we suppose, may be directly attributed to persons like Tom Adrian Cracraft, who are not satisfied with the way things are. MT. Cracraft's fancy, when it doesn't run to scenic designing, is the identification of musical in- struments, and he has just come out with an orchestra that is com- posed of a dozen electrically con- trolled violins, cellos, string passes, pianos, tympani and guitars.
 The electric orchestra, let 1t be known, does not replace man. poWeWr, but merely broadens the scope of a instruments tone and special effects. The Cracraft vio- lin employs no resonator; it is merely a skeleton in which the sound emerges from an amplifier and not fro mthe violin itself.
 Stradivarius wouldn't like that! LONDON
 DANCES
 About Manhattan: A starry eyed World Fair tourist wandered '. .around to the Soviet Pavilion and came upon that outdoor amphi- theater where they show movies glorifying the USSR. Over there is a sign which merely says Gin ema." Tell me-" the lady asked of the guide. "is that anywhere near the Crimea?"
 I know two Well-knoWn gentle men in this town who still are holding their heads and grooming into their boards because they're the fellows who refused to buy 25 per cent of Hellzapoppin for $5000 during that million dollar shows last evening tryout in Boston.
 Boomps-a-Daisy is the new dance panicking the minkrlined set in London. It's said to be more horrible than the Lambeth Walk.
 John Garfield tells his friends, in homesick missives, that he is coming back to do a play on Broadway, but won't find the time until next January.
 Rudolph Valentino's brother, AL berto, is working in the auditing department of 20th Century Fox and wouldn't take a movie role if 1t were offered to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the capital of Puerto Rico. Y
 2. Why was the Arc d Triomphe in Paris built?
 3. What are deciduous plants?
 4. In which round did Max Schmeling knock out Adolf Heuser in their recent bout?
 5. What is the purpose of the North Atlantic ice patrol?
 6. Which State named it's capital city in honor of Abraham Lincoln?
 2. What does the legal term Locus Deficit mean?
 8. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word preface?
 g. Are moluccas kind of sea ani- mal, a geographic place name, 4 an East Indian food, or kind of barl- boo? e
 10. How is 1776 written in Roman numerals? Fg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Views of The Press

tra dividend in recreation, in the preservation and propagation of game birds and animals in the for est shelter and finally, in the sheer joy of having these woods to look at.
 The last consideration may seem far fetched, but don't dismiss it. It has cash value in making the state more beautiful to the eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

Wasp waists and rounded hips are indicated for fall and winter. It looks as if Charles Dana Gibson might have to get busy once more in shaping the figure that was popular in the nineties and early 19OO's And who knows but we may once again hear that old gag - why do they call her the Gibson girl?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

thm, Ver1tably, on the run.
 An d so it seemed a bit i n c on g I'll ous the other af- ternoon when a sweet-faced el- d e rly matron, swathed in the lace and fash ions of yester- day, descended the stairs of one of Swing Lanes brown s t one houses and entered her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York,-Manhattan's fa- nous Swing Lane," as the Sand Street block betdeen Fifth and Sixth Avenue is called, houses at least two dozen tiny bistros, sa- looms and restaurants. At night, it is New York at its maddest-rhy-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Current Comment

If everyday men and women will not work for themselves and for democracy, 1t is obvious that san- other form of government will eyen- tually replace what we have now. Samuel Vauclain, chairman of the board of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
 The most wonderful thing I have seen in this country is not the New York Fair or New York, but the spirit of democracy which is every where.
 -Istvan Katona, Budapest news paperman covering Cleveland con- vention of Rotary International.
 
 Nations at the Worlds Fair ex- hibit their fruits of peace rather than their bombs and poison gas and samples of their concentration camps. They are not really proud of those things.
 Henry Ford, at the New York Worlds Fair.
 l wouldn't lose a chance to vote against Franklin Roosevelt for the crown of England.
 -Howland Spencer, the Presidentt Krum Elbow neighhor, 6enyina
 that he will seek British citizen.
 ship. T4
 I got mad and realized that be- cause of the baby couldn't 70 out like other girls.
 Mrs. velma Fink. 22. Ohio d. vorcee, explaining why shs killeo her i0-week- -old baby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
FIRE ORDERS wARsHIPs

Southampton tUP)-Another new navy is being brought into being. The government Of Fire has order ed from John l. Thornycroft and
 Company. Ltd. the famous ship
 builders. two motor-torpedo boats Of the latest type.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

A man down in New Jersey found him. self so henpecked that he moved into the chicken coop, which recalls J. M. Barrie's character who was so contrite that he moved out into the doghouse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

o. Please give me recipe for Tom Collins.
 A. One jigger of dry gin, one tea spoon of powdered sugar, juice of half lemon. Shake well and pour into glass containing ice. Fill with sparkling water. A 24-page book
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
FARM IDEA SPREADS

London, Harringay Arena, which operates two hockey teams. has ss- abolished It's own junior farm at Portage Ia Prairie, Manitoba, Can ada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "The circus clowns
 were edifying;" say, "enter- taining."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-03
Washington Merry Go-Round

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