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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
A Costly Switch

In letters addressed to town and city
officials State Highway Commissioner
William ]. Cox urges abandonment of
what he terms the obsolete methods of
road maintenance by sand and oil in
favor of the more modern "armor-coat-
ing. The State Highway Department
adopted this system in the last few years
and is very much pleased with the re-
suits. 1t still does lot of oiling and
sanding, however, for the change-over
has not yet been completed. It's an
expensive proposition, but is said to be
cheaper over spread of years.
In short it costs more to "armor-coat"
q road than it does to sand and oil it,
but the process does not have to be re-
peated every summer as is the case in
the latter job. Once the road is given it's
coating of asphalt and crushed rock it's
good for long time. And that's where
the saving comes in and that's why the
Highway Commissioner urges cities and
towns to adopt the same procedure in its
maintenance program. Some will doubt
less fall in line; others will procrastinate.
There is this much to be said, though,
and city like Waterbury should not
overlook it. The Highway Commissioner
is prepared to render financial aid in
ulueI CdhllS ClllS lIlOue1lllLdI1Oll p1OSld1ll.
There is lot of money on the depart
ment books in state aid grant credits.
There is also a million dollars due in
state aid funds on June &c. And there
will be town aid grants also available at
this time. And there's no reason why
the dirt road funds could not be applied
to such work, too.
A relative comparison of costs shows
chat oiling and sanding can be done for
about $270 per mile, but the process is
repeated year after year. The cost of
"armor- coating" one mile of roadway is
$500 to $500, but the job is good for six
to ten years. In three years, therefore,
the new type of roadway has really paid
for itself After that there are real say
ings which the Highway Commissioner
urges be applied to improving roads with
out proper or sufficient drainage to allow
"armor- coating.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
POSTPONED-NOT CANCELLED
New York Tines

The Olympic Games have fallen
on evil days. -Four years ago they
were held in Germany, in an at
mosphere of constraint, suspicion
and pretense that made most peo-
pie glad when they were over. They
could not BE- held this year in ia
pan, for japan is engaged in a war
which may be informal and unad-
mitted but is certainly real. They
were to have been held in Finland,
but Anti Kukkonen, the Finnish
Minister of Education, has just an
nounced that because of the alb
normal situation prevailing between
the great Powers" this will not be
possible.
Mr.. Kukkonen hopes that "sorely
tried Ffnlani will not lose her turn,
but will be permitted to organize
the next games on whatever date
they may be held" This is in accord
with the Olympic practice and,
which is more important, it is GER
tainly in accord with the over
whelming opinion of the democratic
countries. The United States is
free in the meantime to go ahead
with the Pan-American Games
which have been planned for this
Summer.
But the next Olympics-! When
will they be held and under what
conditions? What countries will
participate? Will the Pale Horse
man have first choice before the
candidates 'e picked? If one knew
the answers to these questions one
could predict the worlds destiny
for a generation to come.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
$3.50 Greed

For sheer swinishness, it is hard to beat
the loan shark racket. New York inves-
tigators have turned up cases where small
loans were made to yield as high as 1865
per cent. More than half-million peo-
pie, it was found by Attorney General
John J. Bennett, Jr., borrow 100000
annually from loan sharks who gouge
their helpless victims with usurious
talons
The egally-controlled small loan bus
mess, the cooperative credit union loan
business, fill need, and do it at decent
rates. But the harpies who seize on a
mans misfortunes to strip and bleed
him, place themselves outside the pale
of civilized society, and should be
handled accordingly
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

gether enough of the bull to make
a hamburger sandwich.
"The moral of this story, for
the benefit of my good Michigan
friend, is that everyone admires
his powerful courage but nobody
admires his judgment"
Hoffman was the only one who
didn't join in the roar of laugh
ter.
UNCERTAIN HOLD
John L. Lewis political hold on
his CLIO followers seems to be
very uncertain.
Joe Salerno is head of the Mass
achusetts CLIO and potent fig
ure in New England labor. During
a radio debate before the Boston
Forum he was asked: Does the
rank and file support the stand
of John L. Lewis in opposing a
third term for President Roose-
velt?"
Definitely no." replied Sal
emo. "There are hundreds of
thousands of members of the
CLIO who will support the Presi-
dent if he runs again."
CENSORED
The speech John Neff, national
secretary of the Young Democratic
clubs, made at the 13-state meet
ing in Philadelphia was far diff
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

Racing in the New York area is on the
verge of suffering stroke. A New York
City legislator wants bill passed taxing
tracks ST. 900 race per day. his would
virtually close up the two tracks within
the city limits - Aqueduct and Jamaica.
AS there are usually seven races on a
days program it would mean the tracks
must pay daily tax of $1,000 That's
just about enough to put them out of
business and set up Belmont and Empire
City as the only metropolitan area tracks
in the business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
. HIGHlIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Fiction Killer
In New Setting

/ Fiction Killer
In New Setting
The ghosts of the gangster was
laid to rest - fictionally - several
years ago, but w. r. Burnett has
! awakened the shades of Little
Caesar" and the killer of the Dill
linger-N Nelson Barrow area is on the
loose again in High Sierra" (Knopf:
$2).
Burnett's story of Roy Earle is
no ordinary gangster story. 1t packs
plenty of excitement to satisfy the
thrill-seekers, but its real worth lies
in the character study of the farm
led who grew up to be a public
enemy.
Roy had been with Dillinger, so
the big shots got him out of prison
to direct the holdup of Tropico
Springs, playground of the rich in
the Sierras. 1t looked easy, even
with the handicap of three untried
punks, who were to help him.
But Roy's farmer-boy instincts
couldn't be denied. He wants to
know folks like his own family, let
a little crippled girl play him for a
sucker. Roy liked dogs, and a little
white mutt put the finger" on him.
Burnett's novel is a throwback
of "a dead past, well done and Ger
tain to keep you awake until the
last page.
The natural longing to know more
of the personal lives of the great
carries the chief appeal of Arthur
Piers 1.-The Young Man From Mount
Vernon" (Stokes: $3.50. 1t is the
fictionized story of the early life of
George Washington, the young Vir-
ginia gentleman and soldier, who
was far more adept in winning than
in winning hearts.
Piers story robs the Father of
His Country of the cold austerity
the face on the postage stamp has
bestowed upon him. This is Wash
ington who fell in love with Sally
Cary, lost her to Will Fairfax; who
fought the French, battled for his
military rank, but was defeated in
his courtship of Mary Philipse. The
story ends with Washingtons court
ship of Martha Gusts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

The victory of Mayor George J. Coyle
in New Britain Tuesday may be cause of
some exultation in Democratic circles in
the Hardware City. The incumbent
Democratic official not merely won by
plurality of 1903 votes, but he defeated
a candidate who has had the distinction
of having unseated more Gins than prob
ably any other candidate for public office.
Ex-Mayor George A. Quigley has been
perennial candidate for office in his home
town. He has served in that office on
many occasions. He has been defeated,
too but he always seemed able to turn
around and administer coup-de-grace
after his opponent really thought he had
got in the final blow. In addition to de-
feating Mr.. Quigley the mayor also beat
the independent candidate, Mrs. Eliza
beth Roche. Failure of the Democrats to
endorse the COP candidate for Tax Col
lector, whom they have supported in past
years, may have cut down the mayors
plurality.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

This Democratic victory in New Britain
is interesting in many respects. 1t may
not indicate trend in the fall voting,
for New Britain is Democratic as often as
it is Republican, but it allows the party
in power to continue campaign that it
has waged and in which the state is GER
tainly interested. We refer to the issue
of private control of public utilities as
opposed to public ownership. New Bri-
tain has become conscious of the posi-
bilities of it's own electric power plant
through the efforts of Mayor Coyle to
get one for the city. The matter was a
campaign issue 1t now may bound
forth as an issue to concern every large
community in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Selected Poem
MAPLE SYRUP TIME

(By Eleanor Anderson in the Boston Post)
The icicles are melting,
Dripping, dropplns from the ewes.
The window paneS are clearing,
Making lacy fretted leaves.
The snow is soft in patches,
The wet brown earth shows through.
Maple trees toss their branches
AS their life wells up anew.
So be up! light your lanterns,
Bore hole, insert the tap.
Hang your pail upon a spike
For the dripping maple sap
Bring the sap, bright and golden,
Store it in the topmost loft.
With the last drop in the boilers
We will dance while it sugars of.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
In Today's Mail
WRITER SEES HIS PREDICTIONS
REGARDING EUROPEAN CON-
FLICT COME TO PASS
Waterbury,, Conn.
April 10. 1910

Waterbury, Conn.
April 10. 1910
Editor of the Democrat:
Four days ago in this column APP
peared an article I was inspired to
write by observation of foreign news
that led me to believe very inn
portant decision was about to be
made. Today see my Judgment
indicated. requested our leaders
to keep us out of the war, also said
it was useless to try and help people
that could or would not help them
selves. 1t appears today that Eng
land and France could profit by
this advice. My hat goes off and my
heart goes out to poor little Fin
land and their man Mannerheim.
To Denmark, Sweden and Norway
we will let history tell us just what
the story and excuses were for their
leaders to let them down so, either
in the face of Germany or the Allies
So much, I say again for the old
World side, and now for the New
World, our side.
l. There is fair and right side
to this trouble over there, as we see
it at this time it is impossible for
any man in this country at this
stage to say what that is.
2. We say that both sides are
wrong to resort to war to win the
right by might, yet we cannot be
so idealistic as to say that under the
same circumstances we could have
done different.
3. To our leaders in Washington
at this hour as an American / say
this, "You are my and my fellow
Americans appointed representatives
to act for our best interest. 1t IS
YOUR JOB TO GET DOWN TO
YOUR JOB AND FIND OUT THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AND DO
IT! Forget petty politics, go after
the facts and GET THEM and act
accordingly and before everything
else with a prayer in your heart
that We will never use the means,
get this country in a position to
defend herself.
4. Peace is IN our hearts, it is
our first and last aim, but none of
us want to give one hair of our
freedoms head for it. I have rea-
son to believe that this cloud will
pass, pray to God it will. Our i'm
mediate embarkation on a 1907
preparedness will help it pass.
hope.
Sincerely
GEORGE N. SMITH
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

ferent from the one he intended
to deliver.
A big Virginia apple-grower and
strong Garner booster, Neff ar
rived in the City of Brotherly
Love with manuscript loaded
with hot anti-third term shots.
Word of this reached the ear of
Paul Lewis, head of the Penn
sylvania Young Democrats and an
ardent third termer.
Lewis summoned Neff and
bluntly demanded to see his
speech. Lewis declared that the
Pennsylvania clubs we're on rec
ord for third term and would
not countenance a hostile speech
in their own bailiwick. Either
Neff produced his speech for an
advance perusual. or he wouldn't
be allowed to make it.
Confronted with this ultimatum,
Neff forked over and Lewis and
his lieutenants eliminated a half
dozen anti-third term cracks. The
only remotely critical allusion they
left was a statement that the
Young Democrats should support
a conservative liberaP (whatever
that isl for the nomination.
copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Current Comment

A lot of people say, health and
prosperity" I think if you have
health, you're bound to have some
happinesS-and you'll get all the
prosperity you'll deserve.
Vice President John N. Garner.
=
President Roosevelt can, of course,
win reelection easily if he hsould
decide to run.
-Atty.-Gen. Frank Murphy.
y
From the lipstick to the revolu-
ton, from the reform in footwear to
the overthrow of the monarchy
all has been voluntary in China.
DIR. HUI Shih, Chinese ambassa-
dor to United States.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Views of The Press
A CANADIAN "BONER"
(Hartford Courant)

N11dA GAO4u SOI1 dllGj
The Attorney General of the Pro-
vince Of Ontario, Gordon Conant,
does not speak for the Canadian
government nor, one hopes, for any
important section of the Canadian
public when he proposes that Can
ada bride the United States to join
the war in Europe. If the United
States wants the st. Lawrence wa
terways, says Mr.. Conant, by all
means let - have the waterways.
If it wants land or air rights across
Canada to Alaska, it is small price
to pay to get the United States in
to the war. Give the United States
anything short of the impairment
of our status as a sovereign nation"
cries Mr.. Conant, if the gift will
bring the United States into the
scrap abroad.
The United States is asking MOTH
ing from Canada. If, contrary to
the dictates of WISDOM, it should
undertake the st. Lawrence water
way project, it would be a joint en-
terprise in which the United States
would pay the major part of the
cost. If it should negotiate an
agreement on a right of way by
land or air across Canada to Alas
ka, it would be by the normal pro-
cesses and Canada would not be
asked to yield anything that it
would not freely give in time of
peace. Though why we should seek
such a corridor" as Mr.. Conant
suggests from a friendly country
does not appear. The United
States is. taking brides from no one.
And by the same token, it is not
piling into anyone else's war.
Mr.. Conan, it appears, had han
died the legal affairs of the Dionne
quintuplets. That seems to be a
more appropriate field for his tai
ents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

DR.. Wilbur L. Cross celebrated his 18th
birthday this week and apparently is still
the favorite in many Democratic circles
that he long has been Whether or not he
will be pushed to the front by Democrats
this fall depends to considerable extent
on what the national party does at it's
convention. Strange as it may sound the
makeup of the national ticket is going to
decide the makeup of our state one.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Questions
and Answers
By FREDERIC M. KERRY

BY FREDERIC M. kEkb1
Enclose a three cent stamp for
reply when addressing any ques-
tiOn OF fact or information to the
Waterbury Democrats Service Bu-
reau at Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot be given.
nor can extended research be uD-
taken. Be sure all mail is ad-
dressed to The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE b.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street.
Washington. D. C. =
THE EDITOR.
@. When was the musical comedy
mo, No, Nanette" first produced?
A. The original version was pro-
duced at the Globe Theater in New
York, September 16, 1925.
@. Which government agencies
are placed under Civil Service by
the Ramspeck Bill?
A. The bill does not place any
government agency under Civil Ser
vice. 1t simply gives authority to
the President to place any or all of
the 26 agencies mentioned in it I'M
der Civil service, at his discretion.
@. What type of body is prefer
red by purchasers of new automo-
biles?
A. Almost half of the purchasers
now buy 4-door sedans, and APP
proximately one third favor 2-dool
SedanS.
@. Is the face of the Egyptian
Sphinx a portrait, and how old is
the statute?
A. The antiquity of the Sphinx
was long in dispute, but it has now
been established that the head is a
portrait of King Sulphis II, who
built the Cephren Pyramid of the
Gizeh group, and it is believed to
have been constructed in his reign.
This would make the date approx
mately $500 B. c.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Daily Almanac
Moon sets 1918 p. m.

Moon sets 1918 p. m.
Sun rises 500 a. m; sets 1927 D. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
April is rapidly drawing toward its fullness
Here is month often too little appreciated.
People wish for an early May. Despite this
months chilly winds and bursts of rain it
provides us with Natures awakening, glori-
GUS process to watch at close hand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

IAAC ~ AAIdAy dLc
no better than
even.
Because tn e
carrying of Cali
fornia is of vast
i'm p o rtance to
the whole draft
Roosevelt move
ment, and be-
cause the party's
split there is in
many ways SYM
p tom a tic OF
b a ic national
disagreeme n t S,
t he California
picture is worth
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
A Thought for Today

And he shall spread forth his hands in the
midst of them, as he that Swimmeth Spreadeth
forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring
down their pride together with the spOilS Of
their handS.-ISaiah 25:11.
We rise in glory as We sink IN pride-Young.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
a little study.
FOUR TICKETS
IN FIELD

FOUR TICKETS
IN FIELD
-Four tickets are in the field in
the Democratic presidential pri-
mary. They are:
IA late headed by Gov. Olson,
pledged to President Roosevelt.
There is actually chance that this,
the only out-and-out Roosevelt
ticket in the field, may not even
get on the ballot; several members
of the original slate have dropped
off since the delegation was formed,
there is a question whether what
remains is a legal delegation, and a
court test is expected.
PA slate pledged to Lieut..
Gov. Ellis E. Patterson, carrying
with it a good part of the states
liberal backing, and likely to
PUNK for Senator Burton K.
Wheeler if it gets to the conven-
tion. Failing that, it could go
for Roosevelt.
"a ham-and-eggs party slate
headed by Willis Allen, boss of
the $3.50 every Thursday" group.
"A slate pledged to Vice
President John N. Garner.
HANDFUL OF VOTES
MAY DECIDE
In a four-way scrap like that,
anything can happen. Califor-
mans here, who are in close touch
with the situation, say that any of
the four groups might win and
predict that difference of $4,000
votes may decide the outcome
microscopic difference in a state
as big as California.
In addition, the bitterness raised
by such a scrap could easily
carry over into the fall election,
with disastrous effects.
PATTERSON GROUP
COURTS c. /. O.
, One significant angle is that
Oliver Thornton, publisher of
the United Progressive News in
Los Angeles and head strategist
of the chief left-wing group in
California, has just made flying
trip to Washington, presumably
to see John L. Lewis and to try to
get G. 7. o. support for the Pat
terson ticket.
Such a move would make sense
in several ways. The Patterson
groups favorite candidate is
Wheeler, who is also Lewis IA
vorite. Labor's Non Partisan
League in California has worked
closely with Thornton in the past.
qualification of C. I. Onion
Partisan League strength behind
Patterson would be logical next
step in Lewis recently announced
program of political action.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
What's Your |. O.!
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

/. Name the largest ship in the
world.
2. What kind of a dog is a Borzoi?
3. Who said: II have just begun
to fight?"
4. In which river are the Thous-
and Islands?
S. Name the oldest university in
the United States?
6. The laws of the pendulum were
discovered by Archimedes, Calico,
or Newton?
2. What was Theodore Roosevelt's
military title when he entered the
Spanish American war?
8. What Is a "Poilu?"
8. When was the first official
United States census taken?
10. Who was the first child of
English parentage born in the New
World2
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@. Give formula for making an
ink for writing on glass.
A. Pale shellac, 2 o.; venice tur-
pentine, o.; sandarac, Ia o.; Oil
of turpentine, fl. OF. Dissolve by
gently heating and then add = OF.
of one of the following pigments;
lampblack (black ultramarine
(blue); brunswick (green), or YER
million (red).
@. BY how many votes was
Thomas Dewey defeated for Cover
nor of New York?
A. BY 64,394. Governor Lehman
received 1891 1856 votes and Dewey
received 2,326,892.
@. What is the penalty for
boarding gold?
A. The Act of Congress of March
9, 1888 fixed maximum penalty at
$4,000 fine and imprisonment for
10 years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PIE A Il 5 u N
ROBERT S. ALLEN
WASHINGTON. April

to boost
tell
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

Three distinct earthquakes &C.
companied by rumbling, were ex-
perienced in parts of Scotland re-
Gently.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, April lit is be-
coming more and more possible that
the third-term movement may stub
its toe in California in a big way.
The Democratic party APP
proaches its May Z primary there
troubled by four-way split.
Chances for Roosevelt victory in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-11

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, II want to see you
very badly; say, Every
much"
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If you want a copy of the book
let Poultry Raising" send to The
Waterbury Democrats Washing
ton Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth street.
Washington, ID. C. Enclose 10
cents i'm postage.
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copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, IncJ