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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

New Britain joins the list of Connecti- cut cities that are considering or actually planning to give parking meters test. In the Hardware City the idea has been shelved temporarily while city fathers watch how. the experiment works out in New Haven where meters shortly will go into operation on a number of import ant central streets. Bridgeport, too, will give the meters a try-out. With two of our largest communities endeavoring to solve the perplexing parking problem by this mechanical means, we don't blame other communities for becoming inter- ested. However, the eventual general adoption of the metering scheme through out the state would depend entirely on a good reception in the try-out towns this summer. If New Haven and Bridgeport found the meters to their liking, we vision even Waterbury falling in line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
A Thought for Today
Jobs For All

Fear that legislators might find the door shut on public positions is gone. Although States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn is supposed to have intimated to officials of the Hartford city and police courts that it would not be well to name legislators to the appointive positions, such ban is not going to be general one throughout the state. According to good reports legislator has been named to clerkship in the New Britain court and similar action is expected when the New Haven court is fully manned.
 All of which doesn't prove, of course, that appointees are being given positions for which they are unqualified. Quite the contrary is probably true. Most of the legislators who aspire to court jobs are quite capable of holding them No one has ever argued against the qualltl- cations of the individual in the dual Job- holding fight. The argument lies in the general idea of having one man hold down positions in the legislative and judicial branches of the government at one and the same time.
 We have grown up here in Connecticut WlIIl IIlS lOCd UllQG CllC ASS AS - stepping stone to other offices. There's nothing wrong with a. lawmaker being ambitious and desirous of contiuing up the ladder of success. That's an under standable quality in any man. We all want to get to the top The question, though, lies in the very obvious chance of one position being played against another Tn short if a laWmaker uses his time on this job to secure another job, he isn't exactly fulfilling his duties as a duly elected official.
 And since we know that this has been the case many times in Connecticut, most people feel that dual jobs in our state government should be eliminated. The Legislature fooled around with the idea this year, but it's feet were clay. Only complete about-face on this subject will end the discussion and prevent abuses of many privileges accorded those elected to public office
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
DARTS
(New York Times)

A music hall song which never fails to rouse a British audience is Lets Play the Jolly Old Game of Darts" To us the jolly old game may seem less important, but over there it is cherished institution at once @ thrilling amusement, an organized sport and one of the en- trenched liberties of the British pub. So a stealthy attempt of err mined justice to ban the common mans sport has just evoked what threatened to become a parliament tary crisis. It is pleasure to re- port that darts and British liberty emerge triumphant, hand in hand.
 It all started with magistrate in Glasgow who forbade not only darts, but checkers and dominoes, from all licensed premises" under his jurisdiction, apparently on the theory that liquor should be con- stunned in surroundings as unat- tractive and unsocial as possible. The police supported him with tes- timony that the dart might even be a dangerous weapon in the hands of an unsteady customer. Politically 1t turned out to be an even more dangerous weapon. The judicial de- cree reckoned without the quarter of a million Britons in darts clubs and the uncounted millions more who hurl the little missiles between becss on public premises. A cry of protest went from one end of the land to the other. Liberty was at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
END OF HER DAYS
 (Boston Post)

The schooner Alvena, big four master, that has been familiar sight in the coastal trade for nearly 40 years, is the latest of that one time inspiring fleet of canvas vessels that helped to make New England ports among the most picturesque in the world to bow before the pas sage of time. Her days at sea are at an end. It is expected her new owner will transform her into a pleasure craft to be tied up at a wharf as a dine-and-dance enter prise.
 Like her predecessors, she once cut her way through the seven seas, a thing of breath-taking beauty Powerful engines have now taken the place of sails. Days and weeks of sailing are measured by hours. For the lover of the sea, however, it will be hard to forget the day of schooner supremacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

Several things happen to the state liquor laws on July l. For one thing liquor will be served legally until 2 a. m. That isn't the reading of the law, but it is the interpretation. Liquor establish ments now can sell until 1 a. n., for that is midnight, standard time With day. light time continuing until September and the law permitting sales until 1 a. m. after July 1, actually the closing time will be 2 a. m. everywhere that day. light time is followed. And don't forget also that prices are bound to soar after July 1, what with healthy jump in taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Whats Your l. o?
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the vast desert region of Central Asia.
 2. Was President Andrew Jack son a college graduate?
 3. Of which country is Nova Sco- tia province?
 4. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word ionic?
 5. In which State is Rainbow Ma tunral Bridge?
 6. Which two European powers recently signed ten year uncondi- tional and automatic military all nance?
 T. What building in Boston isl called Cradle of Liberty?"
 8. Was Vermont one of the thr- teen original States?
 g. How many acres are in one square mile?
 10. Name the largest country in Central America.
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the crossroads and very noisy about it, too.
 The banner of freedom was lifted in the House of Commons by MT. A. P. Herbert. By what authority, he sternly asked ir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary. did any licensing| justice presume to oust the ancient and honorable game of darts? The Home Secretary evidently saw he| was in a tight corner. No British| Government in its senses cares to| facean electorate armed with darts3 His reply was bland and reassuring! "By no authority" he said in effectI adding that he himself regarded darts rather fondly ''as a distractior| from the mere business of drink | ing"
 So British liberty was saved once more. Yofr Englishman may accept appcascn nt, conscription or whaQ not lnee y enough, but an attack on dartf s something else again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Current Comment

The schizoid mystic who returns to the mountaintop to commune with the elemental forces within his own personality returns, upon oc- casion, with renewed cathexes Of sa- distic impulse, to bring about reac- tions which afflict whole national- ities.
 pr. Richard M. Hutchings, pres
 ident of American Psychiatric
 Association.
 It turned out that the Duke of WindSor's speech was one of the sanest and most appealing pro- nouncements for world peace that has been uttered during these last few years of crisis. Senator Lewis Schwellenbach
 Washington Democrat.
 No political activities by anyone in any state have been authorized by MT. Dewey.
 u. A. Jones, secretary to Thomas
 E. Dewey.
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of being their second choice, if they can't make the grade them selves. Naturally it all depends on whether Roosevelt is in the pie ture.
 If not, McNutt is proceeding on the theory that the leading can- didates-Garner, Hull, Farley, Clark and Barkley-all will get hog-tied in a convention dead- lock. So the party generalis- simos, fearful of another 1924 fi- asco, will turn to the dark horse on whom they can compromise.
 It was exactly such tactics that won for a little known Ohio sen ator named Warren G. Harding in 1920. It might dot he same for Paul V. McNutt in 1940. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Some of the pledges" that have come back to the Texas Garner for President Committed" in Dal- las make hot reading. One from c. Toby Thompson, Seaford, Del- aware, read: NOTHING DOING" Why don't you run him on the Republican ticket? He's been playing back door Republican politics for the last four years" The Argentine government now claims that Buenos Aires has displaced Chicago as the sec ond largest city in the western hemisphere. Population of Chi cago, 3,258,444 of Buenos Aires, 3,304,000.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
END OF A CAREER
(New York Times)

Between June 1, 1925, and May 2 of this year, Lou Gehrig played 2.1s0 consecutive games in the American league. It is a feat unmatched in a hundred years of baseball. Beside it stands a record of good sportsman ship and clean living that has been a shining example for every boy who ever stepped on playing field.
 A man who had the courage and the stamina to set Gehrig's mark on the diamond does not want pity. even when his playing career has been cut short by chronic infantile paralysis. Here in New York, where Gehrig played on the sandl6ts and the Columbia campus before he en- tered major league baseball. there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
South America Simplified

In "South American Primer"
 (Reynal and Hitchcock: $1.75)
 Katherine Carr has produced
 just that. As a first book" on
 the great neighbor continent
 which Americans are begin-
 ming to try to understand, this
 would be hard to beat. Our
 job there, as Mrs. Carr sees it:
 If we are really concerned with the preservation of democracy in this hemisphere, and not just with the preservation of our own business enterprises, we will do everything in our power to encourage a real democracy to grow up in South America. We will not use our great wealth to maintain minority dicta- torships in power. We will stick to a real policy of Good Neighborliness. and will not offend South America further by our meddling, no mat ter how we disguise it or explain it to ourselves. Let US by all means use our buried gold to make loans to South America. Bullet us ear- mark those loans for genuinely social purposes. to build schools and train teachers, to build roads in rural districts instead of in capital cities, to provide sanitation and medical care for the sub- merged masses of South America. In that way we can help the South American nations to build strong, independent. and truly democratic states. And if we thus help real democracy to come to life in South America, we will not have to worry about preserving" 1t from the Fascist menace. or the Nazi menace. or whatever menace there may be tomorrow or a hundred years from now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

than personal campaigning to get him the nomination.
 ROOSEVELT VS McNUTT
 Chief factors the high commis- sioner must reckon with are Roosevelt and Jim Farley. Either one probably could spike him. And knowing this, McNutt went to see the President when he was here about 8 year ago, frankly asked for an opinion on his can- didacy.
 According to McNutt,s friends, Roosevelt replied that he wasn't indicating any preferences for the 1940 nomination. "But," he add ed, "I am keeping list of peo- pie I'm against. And you're not on that list"
 Jim Farley may be 8 tough CT obstacle. For, the postmaster general does not like McNutt, and makes no bones about 1t. Jim says McNutt will get on the 1940 ticket "0nIy over my dead body; and from the way he is lining up delegates, Jim will have lot to say about the con- ventiOn.
 Another McNutt obstacle is the labor unions, which have not for gotten the fact that McNutt called out the troops against them when he was governor of 1n- diana.
 DARK-HORSE STRATEGY
 However, the returning high commissioner is playing a cagey game. Briefly, it is to play ball with all candidates in the hopes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

Once again the handsome highway bridge across the Connecticut River at Middletown draws national applause. This time it has won the annual award of the American Institute of Steel Construc- tion for the most beautiful monumental bridge of 1888. This is it's second award and not only our state officials, but the entire public can take plenty of pride in this fine span which does cause the observer to gasp in admiration when it's outline first is seen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Selected Poem
THE SWANS OF KILLNACRY

(Seumas O'Brien in the New York Sun) The five white swans of Killnacray Rose from the lake and flew away With memories of the croaking toads, And tinkers crawling on the roads, And all the brids that wondered why The five white swans forgot to die. Old Patsy said he knew them when He was lad of less than ten, To hear them sing some lonely night. And waited till his beard grew white But no one heard them sing or sigh, And who can tell when they will die? Blind Sheila thinks they must have been Enchanted children of queen
 Who lived in Egypt when the Nile Was little more than half a mile,
 And changed to swans until they find The apples Adam left behind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'T had better go"; say, would better"

A. Yes. She was the eleventh of fourteen children. She was captured by the Indians, but later returned to Rhode Island where she married John Cole, and had numerous chil- dren.
 @. What accounts for the yellow ish color in milk?
 A. It is derived largely from two substances in the food of dairy cat- tie, carotin and xanthophyl.
 @. What becomes of the money paid into the Conscience Fund.-"
 A. It is itemized on the books of the treasury as, Money received from persons unknown" and is cred- tied to the general public fund.
 @. What is the name of the bright star to which the handle of the Big Dipper constellation seems to point?
 A. It is the first magnitude star "Arcturus" of the constellation "Bootes." It takes the light from this star about 40 years to reach the earth, and the light that left it in 1893 was focused on a photoelectric cell in 1883 and utilized in the formal opening of the Chicago Century of Progress exposition.
 o. Has there ever been time when an alien brought to this coun- try as a baby, automatically became citizen when he reached hisx twenty first birthday?
 A. Only if the mother or fatherA became naturalized before his twenty-first birthday. Alien girls who married American citizens bel fore September 9, 1922, also became citizens automatically.
 If you want a copy of our book let 'MOTOR LAWS OF THE STATES" send to the Waterbury, Democrats Washington Bureau 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington. DS c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:2o a. m.; sets s:27 p. m (day- iighD
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 This is Mid-summer's Day. Why. we don't exactly know for summer is only a few days old. onicially speaking But the name dates way back 10 the English custom of designa- ton and is still remembered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

riding high on the crest of Babe Ruth and a crew of behemoths whose big bats rained hits and runs off the best of oppo- sition fingers. Gehrig was part and parcel of murderers' row even when Ruth was in his prime. He fitted in and he continued to fit in. He was great player and deserves every plaudit possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

and inaccurate. For the late Joyce Kilmer is b cling proven W T ong. Poems and skyscrapers may be made by fool genius
 es, but they also can make 8 tree verdant in the heart of the meJrOp0llS.
 Last spring, the Rockefellers planted elnns on F fifth Avenue, raitkinnn nnka,,..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
In New York
BIZ GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 24-Manhat- tan is on such a horticultural bent that columnar references to Gotham as the "city of steel, dust and iron" soon may be obsolete
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Views of The Press

will be qualification in the fact that even in illness, one of the finest fig ures in American baseball remains the captain of the Yankees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

WASHINGTON there American Legion parade in Indian McNutt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Questions
 and Answers
0 FREDERICK co KERBY

Enclose Q thrce-cene stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or infOrznnti0n Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bn- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be nm. dertaken. Be sure all mall is ad- dressed tO the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, IO1? Thlrtecnth Street. Washington. D. c.
 THE EDITOR @. Are medicines patented?
 A. That method of protecting proprietary medicines is seldom used now. Usually the protection consists of adopting a distinctive trademark and keeping the ingredients secret. The complete formula must be dis closed in 8 patent application.
 @. What is the meaning of the expression "catcl1 the larks?"
 A. It means to prosper.
 @. What are first and second de- gree burns?
 4. In first-degree burn the skin is red but not broken, and in a ond-degree 1t is broken and blistered.
 @. Did Anne Hutchinson of Colo nial times have a daughter named Susan?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24

o. Did Anne Hutchinson of Colo nial times have daughter named Susan?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Washington Merry-Go-Round
DIR w PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

BawR one free
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-24
Are medicines patentedp

@. What is the meaning of the expression ''catch the larks?"
 A. It means to prosper.
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Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Nogales international., 1939-01-21
NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR THE
BURIAL OF INDECENT DEAD

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office OF
the Board of Supervisors, Until 10
o'clock A. M, Monday February
9Th, 1899, for the Burial Of Indi-
gent Dead for the year beginning
February 9Th, 1899.
The coffin used in burying OF
indigents to be coffin made OF
Glass A clear lumber upholstered
with excelsior and lined with mus
lin. The headboard to be of Class
A clear lumber, 1x12x3, surfaced on
both sides, painted, with two coats
of white paint, and shall contain
Of known) the full name, age and
date of death Of deceased, and all
graves to be marked by permanent
marker, showing name and date OF
death or burial.
All bids, must be accompanied by
a cashiers check for Fifty ($5o.0O
Dollars as a guarantee that the
successful bidder Will enter INTO
contract for the faithful perform
ance of the service and will be re-
uutred to give substantial bond in
such amount as the Board Of Su-
pervisors may require. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
or all bids.
All bids must be accompanied by
a copy Of this advertisement.
BY order Of the Board of Super
yisors this 5th day of JAN. 1899.
VIM. G.. SLMONTON,
Clerk of Board of Supervisors,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Pub. Jan. 14-21-28. Feb, 4, 1889.
Nogales international., 1939-01-21
NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR FUR
NISHING MEALS FOR COUN-
TY PRISONERS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office
of the Board of Supervisors, until
10 o'clock A. M, Court House Time.
Monday, Feb. 9Th, 1889 for the
furnishing of meals to prisoners
confined within the County Jail,
for the year ending Feb. 5th, 1910.
Each bid must be for the furnish
ing of two wholesome, substantial
and well-cooked meals each day for
each prisoner confined in the
County Jail, bids to state prices to
be charged for each meal.
ALI bids, must be accompanied by
a cashiers check for Fifty ($50.0O
Dollars as a guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into
contract for the faithful perform
ance of the service and will be re-
ouired to give a substantial bond
in such amount as the Board OF
Supervisors may require. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
or all bids.
All bids must be accompanied by
a copy CT this advertisement.
BY order of the Board Of Super
visors this 5th day of jan, 1888.
VIM. G. SINONTON,
Clerk of Board of Supervisors,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Pub. Jan. 14-21-28. Feb. 4, 1899.
Nogales international., 1939-01-21
LEGAL NOTICE

stated prcie per inch for as many
insertions as may be required.
All bidders must file an affidavit
with their bid, showing that the
newspaper in which the publication
is proposed to be made has been
established and published within
the State for at least one year prior
to the filling Of the affidavit
All bids, must be accompanied by
cashiers check for Fifty ($50.O0)
Dollars as guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into q
contract for the faithful perform
ance of the service and will be re-
quired to give a substantial bond in
such amount as the Board of Su-
pervisoTS may require. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
or all bids.
All bids must be accompanied by
copy Of this advertisement.
BY order Of the Board of Super
visors this 5th day of JAM, 1889.
VIM. G. SIMONTON,
Clerk of Board of Supervisors,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Pub. Jan. 14-21-28. Feb. 4, 1899.
Nogales international., 1939-01-21
NOTICE, FOR BIDS ON COUNTY
PRINTING

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office OF
the Board OF Supervisors. Until 10
O'Clock A M, Court House Time
Monday, February 9Th, 1899. for
County Printing and Publishing for
the year beginning February 9Th,
1899.
For the publishing OF the Pro-
ceedings of the Board OF Supe1vl-
sors a stated price per inch, set IN
the body type of the newspaper,
one insertion only.
For publishing and printing no
tices of rewards, notice for bids and
all other notices required by the
county officials that are by law g
county charge. set i'll body type,
Nogales international., 1939-01-21
LEGAL NOTICE

600, and $40 pages for record ruled
books. And price per book with
printed headings and for printed
pages. Also price for indexes and
canvas covers
The above books are to be three
quarter bound, patent back, flat
opening. The paper must comply
with Section 2755A Of the Revised
Statutes of Arizona, 1881 Session
Laws.
For printing, binding and furnish
ing Loose Leaf Record Books SINH
lar to those now in use in the fol-
lowing sizes:
Demy-16x101a sheet size.
Medium-18x11h sheet size
A stated price per book of 500, 600
and $40 pages for record ruled
books. A price per book with print
ed headings and for printed pages.
Also price for indexes and canvas
covers.
Printing the following leg a |
blanks and furnishing the stock
therefor: 8kx28, 81ax14. 7x8h,
price per 100, $50, and 500, printed
on one side; price per 100, $50, and
500, printed on both sides. Also a
stated price per so, 100, and ESQ,
ruled and printed stock forms.
ALI bids, must be accompanied by
cashiers check for Fifty ($50.00)
Dollars as a guarantee that the
successful bidder will enter into a
contract for the faithful perform
ance of the service and will be re-
quired to give a substantial bond in
such amount as the Board of Su-
pervisors may require. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
or all bids.
All bids must be accompanied by
a copy Of this advertisement.
BY order of the Board Of Super
visors this 5th day of JAN, 1899.
VIM. G. SnMONTON,
Clerk of Board of Supervisors,
Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
Pub. Jan. 14-21-28. Feb. 4, 1899.