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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Views of The Press
LAW AND THE HITCH HIKER
(New Haven Journal Courier)

The hitch-hiker is a nuisance, of course, but we doubt that there ought to be another law. It has been suggested from time to time that new statutes should legiSlate him of the highway altogether, and the state police chiefs association has discussed such 8 proposal. Some folks even want to make it illegal for 8 motoriSt to pick a hitch-hiker up, as well as to deny the higher the right to thumb. This probably carry ing the legislative remedy little too far, especially since we have rules already which touch the question with some vigor. We want to re- member that laws aren't everything. We rather suspect that the in- dividual motorist acting on his own judgment of the time, the circum- stances, and the signalling hiker, can be left to settle the problem. Of course his sudden stops are some time disconcerting to traffic behind him, and a good many times the hikers get too near the flow of traffic for their own, anybody else's safety. But it's going to be pretty hard to police a law which makes it illgal to pick folks up. How are you going to define hitch-hikipg, for instance? How are you going to exempt @ mo- torist's friends?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

ever, describes Tumulty as look ing 'slike 2 little boy caught rob- ping birds nest" upon Wilson's negative decision.
 UNIQUE SECRETARY
 Actually, if Joe Tumulty had edited Mrs. Wilson's book 1t would have been far more favorable to her and to Tumulty's chief than the one now published. For Tuim- multy was slavish in his devotion, and never would have permitted his master to be portrayed as hen-pecked and dominated.
 History would have been the loser and Mrs. Wilson the gainer
 by Joe's editing.
 NewSpapermen, who are harsh est with any occupant of the White House and all around him will always look back on Joe Tumulty as the secretary who handled everything - the press, presidential engagements, legisla- lative battles = and did it with unequaled efficiency and good will.
 During the years since Wilson's death, Joe never went back to live in New Jersey, whence he came. has become a fixture in the Capital where he is known as the kindliest of human souls. He has made a fortune and given it away again. Never has he lost the liberal outlook of his chief.
 Wilson, knowing this, just be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

We presume that many Connecticut industries were included among the 10000 in the United States that Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, have been selected to make munitions in the event a war should break out. A good many, though, are in the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, where MT. Johnson tnf0Tss e Wof n ngna n aant sy
 be prepared to become veritable arsenals -" Incidentally this ability to change overnight is due to considerable extent to Representative J. Joseph Smiths bill granting educational orders to potential munitions plants.
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fore his death sent a letter to James Kerney of The Trenton Times regarding possible icandi- dates for senator from New Jer- sey.
 Idon't think you ought to over- look Humility" Wilson wrote, whose political training has been more varied than that of any other man I know, and who when he was in the New Jer- sey assembly - proved himself 3 redOubtable debater. He would make some of the reac- tionary senators sit up and take notice of the arrival of modern times and circumstances"
 A few weeks later Wilson died. And his widow, still nursing her vendetta against She man who loved her husband most, forbade Kerney to publish the letter in hi memoirs on Wilson.
 ON THE NIGHT WILSON DIED, HIS FAITHFUL SECRE- TARY STOOD OUTSIDE THE HOUSE IN THE RAIN UNTIL FOUR IN THE MORNING, UN- ADMITTED. AND AT THE FUNERAL, UNINVITED, HE FOLLOWED WITH THE COL CRED SERVANTS IN THE REAR.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Book A Day
Two New Views | of Lincoln

Seventy-four years after John Wilkes Booth stilled the heart and hand of Abraham Lincoln, the fig ure of the Great Emancipator so blends with time that we see at best a sort of legendary character. But the real Lincoln was anything but that.
 You meet him again as he ac- tually lived and laughed and wept in two books of transcendent im- portance, Lincoln Talks" biog- raphy in anecdote by Emanuel Hertz (Viking: $3) and Lincoln and the Civil War;" by Tyler Dem nett (Dodd, Mead: $4). Neither are to be read at a sitting but should be mined, you feel, on repeated oc- casionS.
 Take MT. Hertz's unique study, hefty volume of some of 700 pages. The anecdotes, the reflections of a thousand men and women have gone into this to portray the gan- gling Lincoln from his youth to the presidency. It represents the fruits of a lifetime of research on the part Of Hertz, who more than any other man in recent years has given us the real Lincoln. You feel somehow that the railsplitter from Illinois would have liked this book, since it is biography by everyone. He was invariably dis trustful of the ordinary biography.
 It would be idle, of course, to cull from such a book in this space and the same applies to MT. Den- nett's excellent collection and ar- rangement of the letters and diaries of John Hay in Lincoln and the Civil War" MT. Hay was secretary to the president from 1861 to '65 and he continued with the administration through the days of the Reconstruction. The result is an intimate picture of the president in crises. Through 1t move Seward, Schurz, Fancy, Chase, Grant, and countless vital figures of Civil War days.-P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
DICKENS: THE LITERARY
 ANGLE
Christian Science Monitor)

At the recent meeting in London to celebrate the 127 anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, 8 speaker remarked that, Dickens had the good fortune never to be a literary man." The statement can be interpreted in several ways; but 1t is true, at least, that had Dickens preferred to study letters rather than mankind, he might, instead of being a writer who had something to say, have become merely one who had to say something. In which case MT. Pickwick, and all his en- chanting companions, might have been consigned to oblivion by bel- leslettres de cachet.
 Yet, unless literary" be taken as a synonym for precious" in a writer there is one reservation to be made For degree more of grace in Dickens's style would have been no misfortune. Had he not acquired so many rhetorical tricks" had he not fallen so frequently into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

1. Does light travel as ast as elec- tricity?
 3. Which State Is represented in Congress by Senator Dennis Cha- veg?
 3. Which is the smallest breed of dogs?
 {. Did Victor McLaglen ever win the annual award for the outstand- ing actor made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? 5. Did aliens who entered the U. s. Army during the World War auto matically become American cit- iZenS?
 6, What is kleptomania?
 2. Has the U. S. ever been a mem- Der of the League of Nations? 8. In units of length. how many yards are in ore chain? g. Name the capital of Iceland.
 10. Where in the Holy Land was the Valley of Kidron?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

The Legislature had better hustle it's controversial business along, as April is approaching and there are number of important reports due about that time from commissions named earlier this year by Governor Baldwin. Their reports, unfortunately, will be hurried and far from complete. We don't see how such an important subject as the states edu- cational policy can be revamped in six or eight weeks and the legislators told what to do about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Current Comment

I thought my girl friend would like me better.-Clyde Tudor, Buck eye, Ariz., high school boy explain ing why he jumped in an irriga- tion canal.
 So sorry. meant to call the doc- tor.-Rural housewife, two miles from Enola, Pa, when the volun- teer fire department arrived at her home.
 The chief snag is finances Mgr Edward J. Flanagan. discus sing an exhibit of Boys Town at the New York worlds fair.
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nave Deeu WILL ing paragraphs about pie and things. I felt that my emotional re- action to the scene at the Golden G 8 te might cause me to write more glowingly than the scene would
 warrant. B u t now I av e
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Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERlCK al. kERRY

~S~-e - eeA404
 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any cues. ti0n of fact or infotmafion Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. LegaI and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail S ad. dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, l0la Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
 @. What was the maiden name of the mother of Cornelia Otis Skin- ner, the well-lnown actress?
 A. She was Maud Durbin. who married the actor Otis Skinner.
 Q. How can nnistletoe be eradi- cated?
 A. Complete eradication involves killing the rootlike sinkers, or re- moving them by pruning. Mistletoe usually can be kept under control by breaking oil the brittle growths every year or two with . long pole or other suitable implement.
 o. Name some famous persons v';1o were born in February.
 A. Henry Cromwell, Mark Hop. kins, Aaron Burr, Charles Dickens, Wm. Henry Harrison, Thomas A. Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Anne of England, Queen Mary of England, Louis XIV of France, Charles Lamb, David Garrick, George Washington, James Russell Lowell, George F. Handel, Victor Hugo, Henry w. I,ongfellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Daily Almanac

Sun rises SPA a. m; sets 5:45 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Another snowy or rainy period is about to break. The moon enters its full phase shortly after noon Sunday and the outcome is dreary. It would be surprising, though, if March didn't provide weather of such type as this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
New York Day by Day
BY CHARLES B. DRIsCOLL

Clovis, N. M., March Al have waited until have got well away from it before attempting to give you my impressions of the Golden Gate Exposition at Treasure Is- land. in San Francisco Bay. I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
A Thought for Today

Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. Kings 17:18.
 Never forget what man has said to you when he was angry If he has charged you with any, thing you had better look 1t up.-H. w. Beecher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

bombast or blank verse in the effort to be moving, he would be no less esteemed, and even more widely read today by the cultivated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

Most of us don't know much about Europe, but we know which countries we dislike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Washington Merry -Go-Round
EDITORS NOTE-Today Tumulty private secretary Wlson)
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN

Wilson is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

If you want a copy of our booklet MODERN CONTRACT BRIDGE" send to the Water bury D e m r a t's Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'He sensed the fragrance of the flowers:
 say, "smelled."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

@. How many people died in the United States in 1886 and 1887?
 A. In 1936 there were 1,479,328 deaths and in 1897, 1,450.715.
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Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

ing desert, and have talked of many things to persons who have not been to San Francisco.
 I won't attempt to describe the fair. That is done in due course by writers much more competent for that kind of job. You already know that it occupies an artificial island of 400 acres, which is to be an international arport after the fair is over. The permanent build ings are to be part of the airport facilities. These four buildings are among the less important features of the Treasure Island scene at the present time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-04

Q. What was the name of the king of Siam who abdicated? A. Prajadhipok. He abdicated in March, 1885, and has been living in England since then.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
Parade, Rally Planned
ByEast End Democrats
Entire Ticket to Be Greeted at Mill Plain Grange Hall
Tomorrow Nght-Entertainm Also Arranged

Grange hall on Meriden road will
be the scene Of q Democratic rally
tomorrow night, the event having
been arranged by Democratic voters
Of the east end. The rally will be
preceded by @ parade through streets
Of the east end area.
The parade will form following q
reception to Democratic candidates
at the home Of Mrs. George Cor
coran, l01 Idylwood avenue. With
several bands and drum corps and
some dozens Of automobiles taking
part, 1t viii proceed from Hamilton
park to East Main street, to Frost
road, to woodland avenue, to Meri-
den road, to the Grange hall.
Heading the list Of speakers will
be Vincent A. Scully, Democratic
for mayor. Others who will
make addresses include Thomas M.
Cohlon, candidate for controller:
Joseph M. Shea, candidate for city
clerk: Clayton Briotti, candidate for
city sheriff: Serge Belanger, candi.
date for city treasurer; Mrs. Mary
Kilmartin, candidate for reelection
as town clerk: John T. Derwin, cam
didate for reelection Is registrar Of
voters: and Democrats candidates
for minor Offices and places on the
boards Of aldermen and education.
An entertainment program for the
rally Is being arranged BY Miss
Anne Egan.
All Democrats who reside In any
section Of the east END are invited
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
CONDITIONS HERE
WARRANT CHANGE
Foster Deserves Mayor
atty Honors Declares
Bane at Irish Party

The record Of Charles o. Foster
entities his advancement 70 the of
fice Of mayor, declared Thomas +.
Bane, Republican candidate for
town clerk, at an Irish night pro-
gram given In his honor last night
at Moose hall by the Bane-Sor. Town
Clerk club. Mr.. Foster, he said, had
achieved large savings while serving
as city purchasing agent.
Conditions In waterbury point to
the noed for change, according 70
Mr.. Bane. He claimed that Q Repub-
lican administration would be able
to reduce bonded indebtedness. He
attacked the Democratic candidate
for mayor, Vincent A. Scully, Is
IAN Office holder under men who
were indicted, convicted and sen.
tenced to prison."
Mr.. Foster asserted that the pres.
ent campaign Il apathetic. land
claimed that the reason Is the lack
Of any effective arguments By the
Democrats. He claimed that the
Democratic ticket has connections
with the old machine"
Judge Theobald e. Conway was
master Of ceremonies. Harold Boyce
was chairman Of the arrangements
committee.
The program included entertain
inent and dancing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
Burial Supporting
Foster For Mayor
Former Republican Candidate Issues Statement APP
pealing to Electorate to Pull Second Lever

John M. Burial, Republican can
diate for mayor in 1885, today issued
q statement in which he asked the
public to support Charles @. Foster,
Republican nominee. Maj. Burial
said:
Lets put the issues Of Tuesdays
election right on the line for q
careful study. Do we as residents
Of waterbury want honest efficient
government; lower tax rate: better
business due to the normal cause OF
increased employment In private in
dustry? Do we want our city re-
spected throughout the land for Its
sincere efforts toward repairing the
damage done by machine rule? Do
we want q community where Our
children's rights to o proper govern
ment will be safeguarded?
Or, on the other side Of the pic
ture, do we want political rule to
continue2
There can be only one answer by
the right-thinking citizen, regard
less Of what his or her party label
has been in other times. There was
never 50 important an issue before
citizens Of any community.
It Is the choice we must make
next Tuesday; whether we want
political rule by q remodeled ma
chine, or whether we realize that
the elements behind all this fanfare
Of new faces contain much OF the
evil which carries over from the
times we all want to forget.
Every ballot cast Tuesday for
Charles Foster and the Republican
ticket he leads, will be o ballot cast
for honest and efficient government.
There can be no splitting hairs or
clubbing over issues when the best
interests Of your home city are ct
stake.
Take q non-political view Of the
matter and you will see that 1t isn't
Just a question Of party labels or
levers. It goes much deeper. It is as
profound as the contrast between
right and wrong, this election choice
you will make Tuesday.
BY all means don't avoid your
duty as citizen. Get out and vote.
But don't betray your convictions
when you pull that lever and don't
be fooled into belief that your real
interest can be served by any other
choice than casting your ballot for
Charles Foster and the Republican
ticket.
There is nothing so harmful to O
persons self respect as the knowl-
edge that he has betrayed trust.
Your vote Tuesday Is o public trust
which you must handle with the
highest honor.
Be honest with yourself. by all
means. And be honest with your
community. There will never be a
better chance to prove the value you
place on being citizen Of Water
bury"
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North End Club
Called Dream of
atsy Travisano
Editor Of The Democrat

Editor Of The Democrat
Looking over the paper this
evening I notice that william
Ferrari secretary Of The Young
italian Democrat club attacked
Pasouale Travisano for his unfair
attacks on Mr.. Domenic Barbieris
stand. The article also goes on
to say: That there Is q North End
italian American Political club,
who has announced its support
for Mr.. Scully, and the Democrat
ticket The writer Of this let
ter has found out that there Is
no club Of this name in the North
End. He has also investigated
other fly by night so called clubs
that are not even on paper, and
are the work, Of one or two per-
sons In each case.
The statement made in the
Democrat that North End Club
was In favor Of Mr.. Scully name
" the North End italian Amer
lean Political Club and that the
name Of its president, Is Pasquale
Guerrero, and AL Guerino its
secretary is also all wrong, as
these names can't be found as
having any thing TO do with said
club.
I have q feeling that said club
is another Of Patsy Travisanos
dreams. I'm sure when he reads
this letter he will run to the
nearest phone and call up the In
dependent Democrat party, with
its four members, Hartley, Tobin,
and sheehan and tell them all
about 1t. The public Of Water
bury knows that birds Of feather
flock together, and last but not
least Vincent Scully.
There can be q hundred 80
called clubs organized. In each Of
the thirty-two districts. But when
the man who has to pay the bill
goes to vote his vote will not be
In favor Of the old deal, but It
will be In favor Of O new deal
when the old car goes to the
dump, we always get o new one.
How can the Democratic party
win in Waterbury, when 1t Is
split four ways.
Yes, you will say how can the
Republican party win when 1t is
split two ways. The answer Is
easy the crowd Of so called party
boilers were always with the
Democrat party, Pasquale Travi-
sano Is on the Republican primary
list. He is. listed from 48 East
Farm street, which Is not his home
but q Barber Shop, many other
double machine persons are or
the list. The Republican party
will have the votes Of at least
five thousand Democrats who
want O change. The Socialist
party will hurt the Democrat par
ty more then the Republican par.
ty.
Yours truly
FRED MAssoNETTI
waterbury, Conn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
INFANTRY SCHOOL
TO HOLD SESSION

The 4isth Infantry Schcool will be
conducted this evening at 8 o'clock
at the Field Street Armory In the
Reserve Officers Association rooms
through special arrangements made
with Major Thomas H. Horrigan.
Major Henry w. Furey, regular
army instructor on duty with the
418th Infantry, will be the guest
speaker. Instructions on the organ
ization Of the new infantry regiment
viii be conducted by Majer Newton
w. Alexander.
Credit will be given every reserve
officer attending. Special permission
will be given all reserve officers In
passing through the military guard
which has been stationed at the
armory drill shell all this week dur
ing the weeks additional training
period ordered by the War Depart.
inent for ell national gussdsman.
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pict the activities Of the 81 children
who were guests Of the Lions at the
farm during the summer months
Layton A. Rose, general chair
man Of the game tournament has
appointed the following Lions to
assist him every Monday night:
Francis ]. Calvin, Merwin 3.
Bronson, Anthony Nastri, J. Sid
ney Pearson, Robert Lagerquist
Louis Wenzei. John Turbet, VIII
liam o. Taylor, Adolph Raymond
william ]. Slator, Charles Green
blatt, Harry x. Cashin, william
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
DEEP-SEA FISHING
EXPERIENCES TOLD

Edward B. tracy, assistant sales
manager Of the American Brass
company, yesterday described his ex.
periences while deep-sea fishing on
the Florida Keys. His talk was given
ct the weekly luncheon meeting Of
the Kiwanis club.
William T. Jebb, district manager
Of the Connecticut Light d Power
company, was admitted TO member.
ship ct the meeting yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
Vincent Scully
Elected Tuesday

Vincent Scully, Democrat, af-
ter . successful campaign, was
elected Tuesday.
Hold on Q minute, though 80.
This Scully happens to be Win.
cent J. Scuily and he was elect
ed TO the board Of aldermen n
New Haven. He's not Water.
bury's Vincent A. Scully, Demo-
cratic candidate for mayor here.
The local balloting Is slated for
next Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
CANADIAN POLES WILL FIGHT

Edmonton, Alta. - (U.P0-Polish
men living In central and northern
Alberta are awaiting word from
representatives Of the exiled Polish
government In Paris concerning the
formation Of a new Polish army.
Many men In this province stand
ready, they declare, to enlist In this
force to fight Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09
LIONS CLUB VIEWS
PICTURES OF FARM

Motion pictures Of their health
farm at Bantam Lake were viewed
by members Of the waterbury Lions
club at the weekly luncheon meet
ing today at The Elton. Robert 9.
Walker took the pictures which de-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09

with an afternoon off from
Judge Hardy and Son." Mickey
Rooney and his stand-in, Dick Pax.
ton, spent the time ct the studio
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-09

IN Hngiand. during 1888. ~
100000 milk bottles went astray:
the bottles cost approximately six
cents each.
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engarten, Bernat Holczer, Perry
Gracerstein, Abraham Matzkin.
Publicity Committee: Abraham
Rubin, Chairman; LYMAN Hell
fend, Arthur Infeld, Paul Camp
ner.
Hall Committee: Harry Frank,
chairman.
Entertainment Committee: Ju-
Illus Tarr, chairman; Bernard
Blick, Samuel Ershler, Harry
Frank, Ike Pasternak
Presiding chairman Of the eve
ming: Bernard Holczer.
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to attend. Representatives Of east
end voting districts are In charge Of
plans.