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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Uncle Holds the Bag

The United States is losing consider able trade as result of absorption of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis, but that isn't all the financial story, by any means. The little republic owed our people and government about 3oooo,ooo of post debts, along with $62,OO0,OOO that was owed to our country by Austria when it was taken over by Germany, make nearly $300,000,000 for which the Nazi govern ment is now considered responsible.
 But it is probably not bothering Hit Ter, Goering & Company. They have steadfastly refused, so far, to acknowledge any responsibility for the Austrian debt, and are expected to treat the Czechoslova- kian obligations in the same way. Unless change of heart occurs in Berlin, the same irresponsible attitude will be adopted as Hitler adds other countries to his Nazi empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
BURGESS MEREDITH, M. A. (New Haven Journal Courier)

Justice is not always poetic and is perhaps even less often punctual. But we don't see that Burgess Mere dith has any kick coming. For if you've kept up with your theater for you know that Burgess Mere dith is one of those college alumni before whose class numeral the pre- fix "ex-" is placed. That means that Burgess Meredith didn't graduate with his class nor take his degree at Amherst College. But in the inter- vening years Burgess Meredith has achieved a degree of eminence in American life which surpasses that of most of his one-time classmates. So now Amherst College has decided to do something about 1t.
 Burgess Meredith went back to Amherst the other day and they gave him a Master of Arts degree honoris causa, which means for hon. or. And 1t all came out then why Meredith had funked the trigonom- etry tests that finally separated him from the college roster. For he'd gone over to Smith College which is notoHiouSly near Amherst, for what he solemnly swears was Little Theater work. Well, we might as well take his word for it and SC we'd argue that maybe Burgess Meredith earned that degree after all. Perhaps his shiny new M. A. was really as much a matter of justice as of honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
In The Limelisht

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin con- tinues to remain very much in the fore front of New England politics His recent visit to Washington, during which he spoke over the radio, is regarded by some commentators as sign that the Repupn- can executive is being measured up TOT a part in the presidential parade of l94O. However, he won't lack for company III this preview of the election season. Every Republican notable in the nation IS being dissected these days, for the party leaoerS feel that somewhere III the ranks IS man who will step into the White House earlv in 1941. thus ending the New Deal reign of eight years.
 It isn't the first time that the gover- nor was singled out for attention in con- nection with COP hopes in 1940. Soon after his inauguration his name was linked with the nomination for President. All of which is certainly nice to hear back home in Connecticut. We've never given the Union president; maybe we won't next year, but at least it's nlce 10 be mentioned so prominently. Personally we think that there will be quite Job here in Connecticut for the governor, even with the Legislature not meeting III 1940.
 There's no doubt about Gov Baldwin getting off to flying start, but events of the last month or so in the General Assembly have noticeably slowed down the tempo And there are lot Of exas- perating things still ahead. We could mention the dual job-holding bill or we could dwell on adoption of the state bud- get, both of them perplexing problems Snd not to be solved as easily as had been planned. The next year may blast the hopes of many an aspirant to high national political honors It has worked out that way countless times before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

There have been plenty of complaints about holes in city streets this past win ter. This isn't anything new. Any winter in which snow, ice, and rain are heavy causes pavements to break. In the repair program this year we think a serious effort ought to be made to remove ct of the trolley rails that still clutter up the middle of important thorough fares. They constitute menace many times and require lot of repair work to keep them from protruding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

1. State the official name for Rus- sia.
 2. What proportion of U. s. Sen- ators are elected biennially? 3. Can the President order the coinage of U. s. money?
 4. Name the capital of the Madei- ra Islands.
 5. Has an absolute vacuum ever been attained?
 6. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word laboratory? T. Name the only city in the U. 8. where two Presidents of the U. s. have been born. 8. On what island in the Pacific did the mutineers of the ship Bounty" settle with their Tahitian wives? g. What is static electricity?
 10. Where are the Dry Tortugas Islands?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Views of The Press

ands with outboard motors and small motorboats could convenient ly voyage on 8 river presumably cleansed of the off-scourings of cities and marine Diesel engines. Most audacious of all, this last pre- sumption of a Hudson fit again to go upon in small boats and possibly some day, to bathe in.
 "One hundred and fifty miles of the finest waterway in the world" {" says the commissions recent report to the Legislature, "offers an op- portunity of recreation and develop ment unequaled anywhere-along its 300 of shorefront some of the finest scenery in America is unfolded." 1" Every one will agree as to this op- portunity described thus in super latives. Embracing the opportunity and acting upon 1t promptly and vigorously will prove that New York CTS can confess 8 barbarous negli- gence when shown it. and can make good a barbarous default.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
A BARBAROUS DEFAULT (New York Herald Tribune

If ever public good intentions, well reasoned and closely planned, deserved the full support of the people of New York State, the pur- poses and plans of the Hudson Val- ley Survey Commission, beyond shadow of doubt, do. With fatuous absentmindedness amounting almost to imbecility, New Workers for one or two generations have been lock- ing away from one of the most beautiful rivers in the world and permitting 1t to become Q mere ship channel and sewer.
 The Hudson Valley Survey Com mission plans, among many other things, would develop a highway along the east shore that would give back to motorists those magnificent views that present state highways There have virtually eliminated. They would establish many more yacht basins for small craft-nnar- mas, they call theni-so that thous-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

Dug or driven wells in Connecticut may be inspected by special commits sion named for this purpose if a bill now facing the Legislature is passed. There is much support for the bill. The pur- pose behind it is to outlaw fy-by-night well-drillers or amateurs who have no regard for health conditions once the well is operating. The commission would have to give approval to locations of new wells before they could be dug or driven so that contamination of water can be prevented.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

ernment bureaus and would have pretty well stymied the bill.
 Reason for this right-about-face was the Purge.
 Take, TOT instance, Senator Cotton Ed" Smith, whom Roose- welt opposed in the South Caro- lima primary last summer. Smith voted with Roosevelt and against the Wheeler Amendment last year, but with Wheeler and against Roosevelt this year. His explanation was given informally but very bluntly on the electric subway when he saw Mrs. Alben Barkley, wife of the Democratic floor leader, seated in the car and inquired if he could ride with her.
 Certainly, Senator, but I mo- ticed you didn't ride with us on the Wheeler amendment vote."
 "No," beloved Smith, land I don't ever intend to ride on anything that man Roosevelt is for"
 It was two Carolinians, however, who gave Roosevelt his final vic- tory on Reorganization. Tn the House it was a North Carolinian, brainy Representative Lindsay Warren, who put across Reorgan- ization, and in the Senate 1t was the canny South Carolinian stret- egy of Senator James BSrnes which won the day.
 Byrnes does not always see eye to eye with the White House particularly on labor and relief issues-but when he does and is in command of Administration forces he seldom loses.
 COSTER-MUSCIA MOTTOES
 Among his various talents the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Book A Day
The Philippine Question" Persists


 Forty years after Lieutenant Brumby raised the American flag at Fort Santiago, beginning United States occupation of the Philip pines, the question of what to do with the islands is still with us. So says William H. Anderson in a timely, provocative book hitting squarely at our outlook in the Pa- cific, '"The Philippine Problem" (Putnams: $3).
 The trouble begins, of course, says Anderson, with the fact that we never set out to acquire the Philippines at the start. Their oc- cupation was more or less inci- dental to the liberation of Cuba. Next, we proceeded to handle them Realistically insetad of de- fining a practical, long-term policy. The result has been untold eco- homie loss to the United States and no adequate solution for the islanders themselves.
 A case in point, says Anderson, who has lived there since 1898 as an American businessman, is our recent decision to give the Philip pines full independence in 1946. The whole character of U. s. in opera tion has been guided in that direc- ton but now that the islands are going to be free a campaign is al- ready under way to win a thorough re-examination of the whole prob- lem. Freedom doesn't look so good with Japan. just around the corner
 Andersorfs book is perhaps the most exhaustive treatment of the Philippine question you are likely to see for a long time. It is com- plete from early tribal history to the travsls of Commissioner Paul McNutt. To read it is to focus the whole Far East question in so far as it involves Uncle Sam.--P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

A. A wand, usually of hazel wood forked at one end, but sometimes of metal, which is supposed to have the power of indicating by a strong tremor the presence of minerals or water beneath the earth's surface. A circular on "Divining Rods," will be sent on request by our Service Bureau, 1913 thirteenth St., Wash- ington, D. c. Enclose stamped, ad- dressed envelope.
 c. When did Hitler march troops into the Rhineland, which was de- militarized under the Treaty of Ver- sailles?
 A. March 2, 1886. o. When and where was the first
 formal observance of A1bor Day? A. April 10, 1872, in Nebraska, in pursuance of 8 resolution adopted by the state board of agriculture. o. In which trade union are glaziers organized?
 A. The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of
 America.
 o. Can kerosene be used to ex- tinguish a fire within 8 bale of cotton?
 A. Yes, but because of the Ham,
 mable nature of kerosene, tho method must be used with care, and
 all fire on the exterior of the bale must be extinguished with water be- fore the kerosene is applied. Kero- sene penetrates the cotton bale much more readily than water, and acts as an inert liquid, because the air supply around the shoulder ing cotton is insufficient to support
 combustion of the kerosene vapor. e. Is 1t possible to deposit Q plating of chromium directly on
 zinc base die castings? A. It is possible, but such coat ings furnish very little protection against corrosion. It is therefore
 desirable and customary to apply first 8 relatively thick coating of
 nickel, or copper plus nickel, prior
 to the chromium plating. If you want a copy of our book let HOUSEHOLD PESTS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

late maSter-Swindler CoSter-Mus- ica had a penchant for notices.
 When federal investigators went into the McKesson- Robbins of- fices in Bridgeport, Conn, to ex- anime the files where Coster-Mu- sica kept the records of non-ex- istent drug stocks, they were startled to find over the file case this printed apothem: Don't stick your nose in other peoples bus- inesS."
 But this ironic touch was cap- ped by another motto over Coster- Musicals personal desk: Don't ask too many questions. Your friends trust you and your enemies won't believe you anyway"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 The Food and Drug Administra tdon is getting more and more high-handed regarding the use of proper language for labels :. The first film to be made from a WPA Federal Theater produc- ton has just been released-"0 third of a nation" Its social theme nowhere slows down the dramatic pace :. IVA charges that editorials appearing in small newspapers, attacking IVA, are put out by publicity agents E. Hofer and Sons, subsidized by utility companies Most U. s. foreign officers are Episcopal ians. Next religion of their choice is Presbyterian.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

April 30th the influx s h ould turn G ot h a m topsy = turvy in a manner un- rivalled s in c e the fren zied days of 1853 when the Crys- tai Palace laun- ched the fair motif in New York.
 Already there is a ak e r's dozen of lady parachute ium:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Daily Almanac
.oon sets 12.01 a. m.

Moon sets 12!01 a. m.
 Sun rises 5:46 8. m.; sets 6:10 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 There is different note to the songbird today. week or two ago with the world bathed in snow his outlook was precarious Today a bountiful nature surrounds him, holding out great promise for the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

 pers who have set up headquar- ters within city limits. The hard jest of the lot has been ferreting out possible promoters from one end of town to the other, trying to get the necessary wampum for a hop out of a plane from the stratophere.
 This aerial Amazon would trail Worlds Fair ballyhoo from a dis tance above this earth never yet attempted by anyone. She claims scientific research, all the gadets invented for parachute plunging and a thorough experience in sky walking to her credit.
 The toll for any intrigued pro- moter?-$5, ,000. And the lady all ready has picked out the Mojave Desert as her setting down place. She'll probably wind up extolling the virtues of some Manhattan night spot, via a portable micro- phone and a coast-to-coast hook up, en route from the strato-. sphere sometime in May.
 FLAGPOLE FLOP
 The legion of flagpole sitters is headed by Shipwreck Kelly, who only the other day was bemoan- ing the fact that the army of his competitors now encamped in the Broadway vicinity has gutted the market on f1agpole squatters. Shipwreck has been knocking on MT. Whalen's door, without suc- cess, for a fortnight now. His lat est scheme is 8 feminine partner who sits atop his shoulders, and Shipwreck already has the site picked out
 MT. Kelly will probably turn out to be the most frustrated fair man of them all-with that huge trylon poking it's nose into the Blue over Flushing and nary soul occupying the top of it! WHALE OF AN IDEA
 Only a few weeks ago gentle man who had previously grabbed off some degree of space in the public prints by peddling an ice- box to an eskimo, breezed into town with trained whale. His scheme was to set up the whale, the only live householder blubber behemoth in captivity, in a man. moth bath tub out at the Flush ing Fantasy and sell advertising on the leviathan's back.
 Every time the sea-going gar- gantua leaped into the ozone, the praises of some hair tonic or pat ent medicine would accompany it. The fairs decision on the man. nal has been tabled.
 BIKES AND PONIES
 Quite naturally, most of the dementia has been centered around Billy Rose, who is no ex- emplar of conservation himself. All sorts of witchcraftmen, medi- cine-men and other toilers of the fakir industry have been trekking through the Rose portals.
 A Leonard Spielberg crashed the bitsy Barnum's atelier only the other day with desire to bicycle across the nation-back- wards, with Roses banner floating from the rear wheel. The day be- fore, a hardy horsemaIl peleaguer- ed the mighty midget of Broad way with an offer to travel pony express fashion from Manhattan to Los Angeles on horseback, pass ing out handbills along the high ways for a one thousand dollar fee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Selected Poem
REvEILLE

REVEILLE Harold Willard Gleason in the New York Sun) Now forth from bole and burrow, From fusty cave and lair! Mans coulter cleaves the furrow And lays the brown earth bare Stretch sinews winter-knotted; Long-idle claws unsheathe; Blink eyelids sleep-besotted
 And light the spark beneath Fain nostrils wide dilated,
 Snuff deep fresh scents of Spring! Cock ears to catch, life-freighted, The woodlands n1urmuring! Aware, with hunger burning,
 Of teeming hill and plain, o brood of restless yearning,
 Emerge and live again!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Current Comment

used to work terribly hard, now work bores me to death. live en- tirely for pleasure.
 Emma Flames, 73, once a grand
 opera star. If you eliminate sex and eliminate politics, what have you got? |-KEharine Hepburn. actress. com- menting on the movies as she ob-
 served them during her Hollywood career.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Questions and Answers
ny FREDERICK M. HEREBY


 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact CT 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, 1O1? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR O. Where is the tomb of Mother Cabrini, the first American to be beatified?
 A. In the Mother Cabrini Memo rial high school, 70l Ft. Washing ton avenue, New York city. o. What kind of fish live in the Black Sea? A. Sturgeon. mullet, marcherel and anchovy are the commercially important food fishes there. Her. ring are not important in these waters. There are a few Sword- fish and dogfish, and porpoises are abundant.
 c. How many correspond schools are in the United States? A. There are less than 400 schools, whose total annual revenue is between $700,000 and $750,000 a year.
 o. What Is 8 divining rod2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, March 27 - The screwballs, crackpot and profes- sional pixies are descending upon Manhattan like Punchinellos now that curtain-raising time of the Worlds Fair draws closer. By
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
Washington Merry-Go-Round
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "The weather was | real cold"; say, really cold"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27
What's Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

If you want a copy of our book let HOUSEHOLD PESTS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-27

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1939-08-22
Niqht Club Dancer Sues
Coogan for $4,000
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.-Jackie
Coogan has his first stage leading
role and a $4,000 defamation of
character suit to think about today.
A Hollywood night club hula
dancer. Mary Yuana Wallace.
charged she repeatedly turned
down Coogan's undesired atten-
tions," after which ''be became angry
and insulted her on numerous oc-
casions, and sought to blacken her
name and reputation.
Specifically the dancer, billed as
Princess Luana," accused him of
exclaiming in a cocktail bar that she
was stepping out" with his STEP
father, Arthur L. Bernstein.
Coogan not long ago received a
$l25,00 settlement with Bernstein
and his mother for his earnings as
child film star, estimated as high
as $4,0O0OO0.
He said he planned to leave Sep
tember 81 for New York to take the
lead role In a road show production
of the Broadway play What a Life" ."
Driving isn't dancinp Don't cI,t In
Evening star., 1939-08-22
Buses May Replace
Manhattan Trolley Cars
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Manhattan
which boasted LOT years ago of the
first horse car line in America,
soon will abolish the last of its
trolley cars and replace them with
buses-if plans by Mayor La Guardia
are carried out.
Mr.. La Guardia said the proposed
arrangement with the Third avenue
railway system provides for the
gradual elimination of the trolley
cars in Manhattan and the Bronx
over period Of years. First to go
would be the Forty-second street
crosstoWn line and those on upper
Broadway.
The city's first streetcar, horse
drawn, ran along the Bowery each
fair day except Sunday"
Evening star., 1939-08-22
Hayes Summoned
By Aldermen After
Posting $4,000
Waterbury Board Will
Determine Removal
As Mayor Of City
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WATERBURY, Conn, Aug. o.
Frank Hayes, still Mayor of this
manufacturing city of 100000 per-
sons despite the fact that prison
sentence of 10 to IS years for con-
spiracy hangs over him was sum-
moned today to appear before the
Board of Aldermen to determine
whether he should be removed from
the chief executives Office.
The 56-year-old bachelor Mayor,
who was Connecticut's lieutenant
governor until last January, was
sentenced yesterday with % others
charged with plotting fraud by
which the city treasury was looted
Of more than $1000,000.
Maintaining steadfastly through
out the trial that he would never"
resign the mayoralty, Hayes would
not comment on his plans as he
spent more than five hours in the
courthouse last night while his at
torney arranged to post the $4,000
bond that will insure his freedom
until the State Supreme Court hears
his appeal.
Summoned BY Aldermen.
Meanwhile, however, the 15-man
Board of Aldermen met in city hall
and summoned Hayes and Alder
man Thomas P. Kelly, Hayes
executive secretary who received a
to II years sentence for his part
in the plot, to appear Thursday
night to face custer charges. No
action was taken concerning the six
other city officials sentenced yester-
day.
Hayes present -year-term, his
fifth, expires January l, 1910.
Escorted through a rear door o1
the courthouse early today after he
had finally posted bond, Hayes was
met with barrage of boos and cat
calls from the fringe of crowd esti-
mated by police az 10000. Attracted
by the noise, others in the throne
surged forward, but were checked
by police line as the Mayors cal
turned into the street from the
courthouse driveway.
Crowd Demands Mayor.
Earlier, the crowd had roareC
Bring him down" as an automobile
appeared to take two guilty pleading
defendants to Jail.
Nineteen men convicted with the
Mayor last Wednesday at the close
y of Connecticut's longest crimina
trial, sentenced by Judge Ernest A
Inglis to terms ranging from the II
to Is years imposed on Hayes anc
one ether down to two months il
Evening star., 1939-08-22
Jail for two men, also filed notices of

Jail for two men, also filed notices of
appeal.
The other accused who received
the same penalty as Hayes was
Daniel j. Leary, ally of the Mayor
and city controller during the first
four of Hayes five terms.
Carl D. Olsen, young bank execu-
tive who resigned after his arrest
in May, 1898. like Kelly was SEN
fenced to terms of from seven to IL
years.
They were described by the State,
during the eight-and- half month
long trial, as the big four" of a
conspiracy through which the ac-
cused, for eight years beginning in
1880, enriched themselves by excess
sive and fraudulent payments of city
funds to lawyers, contractors, ac-
countants and others who frequently
kicked back to city officials some of
the money they received.