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Tall Tower
Topics
Bf THE MAN IN TO TOWBB
Good Evening.
A THANKSOIVINO LAY.
Cutlea In 8p«tn are crumbling again
But here in America we fare
Better then there to the Old Hemisphere
Where all la unrest and deepelr.
So Thank Clod on high this Thanksgiving Day
And pray that the present remain thus alway.
Our meadows were rich with gleaning this year
And harvests all over the land
Were filled overflowing so that no fear
Is ours for the winter ... no hand
Of starvation to menace us . . .
What riches Ood left us I
Our resources arc fabulous,
Our harvests miraculous,
And over us a peaceful blue sky.
So thank Ood this day
In prayer or In lay,
Americans all, you and I.
But pray above all that we
A prayerful and careful nation might be . . .
And brandishing thus our sword not of war
We'll lead the world's nations as ever before!
REV. J. J. KRIPAS.
Editor, Tall Tower Topics_In answer to Anthony
(Rudy) Flore’s letter, let us state his stupidity gripes us.
We are burned to a crisp at him. If he had any sense at
all he would not write such a letter, implying that danc
ing will raise more dust than skating. We won’t waste
any breath on this point. Common sense overrules his
argument. And Mr. Flore, a few hootchy-kootchy dancers
Who choose to work themselves into a frenzy hurt only
themselves, but the roller skating enthusiast is causing
displeasure to the crowds who until now enjoyed the
dance floor at Hamilton Park. We hope the masses will
not give in to an individual. People danced for years at
Hamilton Park and the floor was as good as new. But
• lust think what roller skating is going to do to that
floor. Before long it will be like a washboard. It will
be impossible to dance on it and what’s more it will be
impossible to continue skating on it. How many seasons
did the floor at the Roller Drome stay smooth? Our
purpose is not to deny Mr. Flore his fun. Let him skate
on his kitchen floor. But we do deny him the privilege
of destroying a dance floor which we were proud of until
now.. . . Sincerely, Lenore, Lillian, Frances and Aldona.
The winnuh! ... Remember some time back when
we advertised the Canadian maple leaf contest for the
largest and most beautiful specimens found in the
Dominion. Well, the prize — $100 — has Just been
awarded to Miss Madeleine Cote of Quebec City. Her
leaf was adjudged the most beautiful and was picked
Bp, so the winner declared, in the parish of St. Fidelo.
. . . The largest leaf was submitted by Miss Marina
KHivnitzky of Ladyftmlth, B. C. . . . It measured
22 1-2 by 18 1-8 Inches and had a surface area of 236.4
square inches.
Tower telescope.... Waterbury at twilight presents
an impressive picture to the motorist first coming on the
olty from the nelghts of West Side Hill with Its myriad
lights stretching up and down the valley and reaching
far up and around the many eminences that go to make
our city so up-and-downy. , . . You never see a horse
drink from the Carrie Welton Memorial Fountain unless
you maintain a 24-hour-a-day vigilance around Exchange
Mace_Incidentally the latter name was not derived
from the fact that you “exchange” there on trolley cars,
but from the fact that It was the city’s first public
market place In the days gone by.... A good many years
back, not as many as the preceding Item takes us, there
was a popular number that started something like this.
. . . “Any rags, any bones, any bottles today. . . . ” Well,
It resounded over the radio waves the other evening and
one listener almost fell off a chair from pure astonish
ment at having the dim recesses of his singing past raked
like that. . . . Introducing Mr. Jack Rutman, unofficial
Holy Cross alumnus In Waterbury but official representa
tive of the college as represented on the athletic field.
The Worcestcrlte is nothing If not loyal to the college
that made his home town famous.
Stray thoughts. . . . Hazel O’Neill of the Baldwin
street O’Neills Is around now after being discharged
from the Waterbury Hospital where she recently under
went an operation. .. . Harold Wells of Wyman street
is receiving visitors at St. Mary’s Hospital. . . . Jackie
Fllntcr, 14-months old Walnut street laddie, Is con
valescing at his cozy domicile after a long siege at the
Waterbury Hospital where he was a pneumonia
patient.George A. Bauby of Willow street, fresh
man Ht the University of Vermont, was recently pledged
to Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Editor, Tall Tower Topics: Will someone please let
me know why the fellows out at Hamilton Park are so
"high-hat" (or rather think so)? Perhaps one of the
Siilty parties can help satisfy my curiosity. Do they
Ink tney are such good dancers that It’s necessary to
sit out and criticize the ones who make an effort to
entertain the girls? Well. I certainly give them credit.
It doesn’t bother me, as I always manage to have a good
time, but I’m playing the good Olrl Scout for some girls
whom I happen to know that don’t have a good time
(and for many others). I also want to know why fellows
With their pants up to their knees would get up and
dance instead of showing their (beautiful) legs. I Just
had to write because so many are complaining about
roller-skating and I thought It was my turn to write
because I just hate to see some of these good dancers and
cute girls sitting out when there is such wonderful music.
I know the Park would get a much larger and nicer
crowd if they were all more sociable. I didn’t mean to
write a long letter but your column seems to be an outlet
for one’s feelings and so I felt free to write Just what I
thought. I read your column every day and I find it
very interesting and original. I’m looking forward to
reading this in your column. Thank you. Obligingly
yours, One who is interested in seeing that everyone has a
good time_"What do you think?’’... (The same as
you, I hope.—The Ed.)
Editor, Tall Tower Topics. ... I have seen Indian
war dances and think dancing was all right in their
times. I think our attempt at shagging or trucking is
perfectly safe and sane. None of us can compare with
Ffced Astaire. He’s a professional. Give the youth
credit for the attempt. I have danced at Hamilton
Park and enjoyed myself. In New Haven here we have
a roller skating rink and it sure does give youth plenty
of exercise. That’s what C. J. W., who wrote you the
other night, needs. I don’t think roller skating will
hurt the Park floor. That rumor started from some
one who doesn’t know how to skate. C. J. W. should
try it some night and maybe he’ll think differently.
.R. L. J., Hamden.
Good Night.
Roosevelt Expected to bend
Energies Toward I/mg
Time Unemployment and
Relief Program . . . Hop
, kins Would Keep Children
in School Until 18 . . .
Millions Are Likely to Re
main Jobless.
Washington, Nov. 33 — Out of
President Roosevelt’s thoughtful de
liberations during his "vacation" on
the high seas may come the first
plan for a permanent program
which will treat unemployment and
relief as a long-time problem.
His most Intimate advisers have
urged such a plan upon him and
believe it Is In the cards now that
the worst of the depression la pass
ed and the president faces four more
Sears In ofttce. Intimations dropped
y Roosevelt indicate he la think
ing In that direction.
Officials have told Roosevelt
they will need around <150,000,000
to carry the federal works pro
gram through the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1937. WPA chiefs
privately aspect to run out of
funds by February, which means
Congress must act soon after It
convenes In January.
For tho next fiscal year, estimates
run up to <3,500,000,000, but Roose
velt's budget estimates are likely to
be well below that.
It should be realised that although
the congressional relief appropria
tion for 1936-37 was only <1,«35,U00,
000, the full works program for this
fiscal year will cost more than <3,
000,000,000 when you count use of
unexpended balances and anticipat
ed deficiency appropriations.
Men close to the president point
out that If he can cut that by a
billion he will have made a real
showing.
Relief Problem Permanent
Convinced that the unemploy
ment and relief problems are con
stant, however, high New Dealers
are oven more concerned with for
mulating ah Integrated program
which will eliminate as much un
employment In as many ways as
possible and at the samo time get
federal relief activity on a per
manent, co-ordinated, and efficient
basis.
The present Social Security Act,
subject to certain changes, Is con
sidered a cornerstone.
If Roosevelt aoeepts recommen
dations of WPA Administrator
Harry Hopkins, ho will push for
legislation to shorten working'
hours In Industry, for an unem
ployment census, for rigid child
labor laws, for minimum wages,
for a lower minimum age limit
an old age pensions and Insur
ance, and for a permanent WPA
to tide over workers who can’t
find Jobs at periods when they’re
not covered by unemployment In
hhranoe.
Hopkins Is understood to believe
that boys and girls should bo kept
In school until they are 18 years
old. He has said that there are
8,000,000 persons over 68 years of
age in Industry. An 18-years-old
law would take somewhere between
two and three millions out of In
dustry.
• • •
Burden Still Heavy
Although the relief burden has
been decreasing and Hopkins esti
mates there will be a million fewer
eases on WPA and local relief this
winter the problems of unemploy
ment and relief remain huge. >
Half the unemployed have nev
er received aid. It Is from that'half
that the Increased ranks of labor In
Industry, the WPA, and the local
relief rolls receive most of their re
cruits, which Is ono reason why
business and employment can pick
up without corresponding decreases
on relief and works rolls.
It Is estimated that at one pe
riod there were about 18,000,000
unemployed and a peak of 6,800,
000 eases receiving aid. Estimat
ing today's unemployed at be
tween eight and eleven million
the differences Is still between
four and seven million. •
Hopkins says unemployment has
decreased 40 per cent from peak and
the relief load has dropped 38 per
cent from peak. He points out that
Industrial production Is now about
10 per cent below 1830 and accepts
First Pictures, Radioed To America, Show
Bursting Shells Fire Buildings Along Manzanares River
While bunting khelle end the omlnout drone of rebel olr roldere ehottered the quiet of Madrid, the NEA
Service - Wa terbury Democrat cameraman recorded this aeene In the beleaguered Bpanlah capital, Kuahed to
London, tho pleturo waa fiaahed to America by radio. In the background amoke rlaee. from building* aot ablaa*
by ahella In the battle dor the nearby bridge aerooa the etemly defended Manaanarea river. The troepo In the
foreground are armed guard*, on duty to prevent looting.
Period!® ^j*?J*Urged
Examirn^*
oggt preventive o
Frequent Ch^j^cLrtytoocer
Since it la quite poaalblo to be In
apparently excellent health, and atlll
carry hidden within the body the
beginnings of disease, particularly
cancer, the periodic phyaloal exam
ination to inventory physical and
mental assets and liabilities Is of
utmost importance to the preserva
tion of health, according to Dr.
Matthew H. Oriswold who Is m
charge of cancer research for the
state department of health.
An an article appearing in the
department's current monthly bul
letin, Dr. Orlswold declared that "If
man would spend as much effort
In improving his own physical being
as ho does in breeding and oaring
tor his cattle, dogs, and vartouf pets,
much of the suffering in thin world
could be avoided."
Periodic Examination
The doctor said that the need for
periodic, thorough examination by a
physician was especially neoessary
for the detection of canoer, since In
its early stages cancer seldom
causes pain, or any great discom
fort, and can be deteoted only by
the moat thorough Investigation
which scrutinises every portion of
the body, and makes use of all the
needed laboratory, meohanieal, elec
trical and other aids to diagnosis,
"When one realises that canoer Is
very frequently curable when at
tacked early, but is practically al
ways fatal when neglected, the value
of any procedure likely to detect this
disease or Its possible causative fac
tor Is readily apparent,” he stated.
Proceedure
In making such an,examination,
thTSSibiiity that It will reach the
\939 peak some time In 1937. i
* • *
Milllonn to Stay Joblean
Even tho return to 1939 produc
tion figures will leave between 9,
600,000 and 7,600,000 unemployed.
How many of those persons could
be properly classified as unemploy
ables, no one knows.
But It seems certain that the re
turn to 1939 production figures will
still leavo 3,600,000 heads of fami
lies and single, persons on tho fed
eral works and local relief rolls—
which means, according to authori
tative estimates, between 13,000,000
and 14,000.000 destitute men, wo
men, and children in need of public
aid.
Those casoa, plus an approximate
ly equal number of unemployed not
resolving aid, are the big reason for
current planning toward a long
time program.
(Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Ino.)
the physician will go over the pa
tient's history thoroughly, even del
ving Into the history of the par
ents. He will Inquire as to pain,
discomfort or any other peculiarity
noticed by the patient. He will check
height, weight, posture and appear
ance, Including condition of the
skin, hair, nails, and the coloring
of these parts, and of the eyes.
Particular care will be taken to
trace down any departure from the
normal. A dark oolored mode of
persistent Indigestion may be sus
pected by him to be a fore-runner
of cancer, and the ounce of preven
tion can be applied. Ohronlo Irrita
tion of the skin will be disoovered.
To makd the examination of real
value, the physteiatk must carry out
the examining procedure fully and
in detail, and If neoessary .refer the
patient to a specialist; and the
patient must be frank, avoid evasion
answers, and cooperate In heljjtag
the doctor to find the truth,
while Idea,” Dr. Orlswold said, "a
to save money, time and suffering
by detecting and making possible
the eradication of disease conditions
In the early stages.” »
Daily Ststiitici
On Anto Accidents
1»M MM
All TrafBe Acci
dents .
Fatalities ,1......
Injuries ..
Adult Pedestrians
Killed .
Child Pedestrians
Killed .
Adult Oocupants
Killed .
Child Occupants
Killed .
Adult Bicyclists
Killed
Child Bicyclists
Killed ..
Adult Pedestrians
Injured .
Child Pedestrians
Injured .
Age Not (liven At
This Time
MAM
401
11AM
14.457
M>
10AM
Adult Occupants
Injured .
Ill
14
Ml
5
I
3
1,500
1,114
30
Child Oocupants
Ago Not Olven At
This Time ....
Adult Bicyclists
Injured .
1,530
Ml
41
151
3
I
4
1,300
Oil
05
7,Ml
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1M
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OUR LIQUOR STOCK IS COMPLETE
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PKMVCTT
BABY BEEF CLUB
PLANSF0R1937
Total of 101 Applications
for Young Steers Bought
for Coming Exposition
Springfield, Mew., Nov. 23.—Ap
gllcetlonn for 101 pure bred baby
eef steers from boys and girls of
Oonnectlout, Massachusetts and
New York were received by the
Eastern states exposition baby beef
feeding and management oommlt*
tee in its annual meeting here to*
day. These were approved and the
steers will be distributed next
month and shown and sold next
September at the 103? Exposition.
Rules and regulations for next
year's 4*K olub baby beef camp and
sale were adopted without major
Changes, and it was voted also to
have a booth next to that In whieh
the grand Champion baby beef of
the 103? Exposition will be shown,
to be manned throughout Exposition
week by baby beef, olub members
who will take orders from the publlo
for steaks and roasts from these
prise animals. This will be done as
part of an eduoatlonal campaign to
acquaint the publlo with the aavan*
tage of home grown beef.
Prank Richards of Pine Plains,
N. Y., was elected ohalrman of the
committee. Other officers ohosen
were: Vice-chairman, H. V. Toiler,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y,; secretary, Ken*
neth Ripley, Blandford, and theas*
urere, Robert J. Oleeland, Spring*
flCld. Executive committee members
In addition to he officers are: Prof.
W. B. Young and Prof. Harry L.
Oarrigus, Storrs, Conn.; Prof. 0. J.
Fawcett, Amherst; Samuel R. Mor
rison, Windsor; Harley A. Leland,
Amherst; John Buckler, Pittsfield;
P. W. Burnham, Greenfield, B. M.
Granger, Thompeonvllle, Conn., and
Robert O. Jahrling, Springfield.
BISHOP M’AUUFFE
OFFICIATES HERE
Confirms Large Class at
' Church of Immaculate
Conception Yesterday
The /increment ot confirmation
tv an administered to a large cleat ot
aspirant* by Moat Rev. Maurice V.
McAullfTe, D. J„ bishop of Hartford,
at services In the Immaculate Con
ception church yesterday afternoon,
Priests of the city assisted the
bishop. The services were concluded
with a sermon and benediction.
Members of the class included:
Anita Allard, Ruth Anderson, John
Allman, Lillian Adams, Oeraldlno
Ayotte, Mary Byrne, John Butler,
Jeanne Barry, Theresa rown, Joseph
Bannon, Martin Brown, Pauline
Basetraohe, Joseph Bagdan, Oeorge
Byrnes, Ernestine Bercier, Oeorge
Carroll, Raymond Coburn, Fred
erick Corey, Elisabeth Cremtns,
Francis Carroll, Andrew Oeoherlni,
Shirley Oosgriff, Catherine-Carroll,
Shirley Conway, Robert Conlon,
Thomas Curtin, Mildred Corey, An
thony Coburn, Oeorge Colby, James
Connelly, Edward Corey, Dorothy
Geffrey, i James Oleary, Marilyn
Ooogen. Henry Oosgriff, John Drew,
Rita Day, Mary oDnnelly, eJanne
Doucette and Catherine Dowling.
Mary Dalton, Robert Day, Rose
mary Donahue, Daniel Driscoll,
John Daniels, John Deegan, Har
old Deegan, Frederick Erwin, John
Egan, Catherine Estln, James Ftts
gerald, Elisabeth' Fltapatrlck, Ruth
Fallon, Lucille Fogarty, Edward Fa
gin, Elisabeth Fears, Dorothy Foy,
CLEAN
FALSE TEETH
EASY WAY
Flats Shattered By Air Bombs
i
t
Hundred* killed and wounded. Thli NBA radiophoto, ruebod from
Madrid to London and flaehod to America, I'lre* a rivld illmpee of the
headlined peril that ralne on reeldente from the ekr. A tew minute* be
fore the picture wae taken, an air bomb had blaeted away a big lection
of the apartment In a woalthy reeldentlal area.
Survey Of Industrial
Conditions In Nation
\ _ •
Optimistic Picture Is Presented By Labor Department;
Increased Employment, Payrolls in Factory Centers
By 0, L. SULZBERGER ,
(United Press Iteff Correspondent)
Washington, Nov. as—(UP)—An
optlmUtlo picture of increasing em
Sloyment and payrolls In most of
tie nation's manufacturing centers
was presented today by the labor de
partment In a,survey • of'Industrial
conditions. New benefit* were said
to have been distributed to labor as
the eoonomlo barometer, showed
continued improvement in the dur
able goods Industries, considered by
many analyst* the Indices of busi
ness health.
Giant Steel Leads
Led by, giant steel, with Its num
bers of workers and weskly payrolls
approaching the 1833-1835 mark set
bythe bureau of labor statistics, as
normal, a great part of the manu
facturing Industry appeared to bo
moving, forward at a rapid pace.
Blast furnaces and rolling mills;'
turbine and tractor shops; automo
bile and airplane factories; laUml
num, copper, and broAse, establish
ment* had Increased employment
figures compared with what the
bureau fixed as "normal" standards.
Labor dspartmipt. chart* showed
rapid expansion in the airplane In
dustry, whloh employed more than
five times as many workers last
month as;It did during the 1833
1835 perlM. , *
The business, statisticians ex
plained, was in it* comparative In
Lola Foley, William Oallagher.
Eleanor Griffin, Olive Oavanello,
Margaret, Oarrlty, Rita Oarrity,
John Oreco, Marguerite Ollbert,
Florence Oredler, Franola Healey,
William Hart, Raymond Hockert,
Harriet Hale, Margaret Hayee, Er
win Hale, John Henebry, Robert
Hurlbut, Philip Harel, Edward
HotchklM, Adele Habib, Annelueso
Huelster, ElUworth Julian and
Franola Kelley.
Jamea Kenney, Miohael Killian,
Mary Knightly, Thome* Kenny,
Mary Kearney, Raymond Kelley,
Elitebeth Lawson, Dorothy Lawaon,
Daniel, Leary, William LePage, Ed
ward Maher, Mary Maroney. Cath
erine McElllgott, Mary MoLamey,
Roaemary McCarthy, Anna Mc
Orath, Patricia MeUughlln, Joaeph
McNlohola, Edward Miller, France*
Mangle, Ruth 'Miller, Elisabeth
Murphy, Ohrlatopher McAllen,
Franola McCormack, Thomaa Mor
rlaon, William McOrath, Maureen
McKenna, Jeannete Monnerat. Jo
teph Marciano, Thomaa McOuIre,
Dorothy MuliiganVjohn Miller, Wil
liam McAllen,, Oordon
_ Murphy,
Mary McCarthy. Npraan McCarthy,
Mary McNellla, Robert Hole, Fred
erick Nation,
Margaret O’Connor, Mary O’Con
nor, Charlea O’Dell, Robert O Con
nor, Kathleen Paul. Marie Perkln
son. Mary Patera. Kenneth Plnard,
Rite Quirk, Mary Rock. Paul Ryder.
Catherine Roke, Marjorie Smith,
Oenevleve Stover. Marie Stewart.
Roaemary Sullivan. Dahiel Scannell,
William Smith, Mildred Sugrue,
Jamea Sugrue, Mark . Scott, Ann
Shea, Arnold Scriven*. George go
bury. Helen True, Edward Thiel,
Jacqueline Thiel. Agnea Thompson,
John True, Bertha Theroux. Thom
aa Vance, Kenneth Walker, Mau
rice Walah, Ruth Walah, Margaret
Wrenn, Harold William*. Ellaabetli
Ward, Patricia Ward, Helen Zalnc.
Perron- with an annual income of
between *1.000 and *1300 buy most
of the motor care sold in this coun
try.
fancy-at tha time fixed u normal
Aa a result, the labor department's
Index today ahowed employment In
the induatry at 006,0 compared with
100 for 1999-1936 and payrolla at
370.1 for petober, thla compare*
with 430.3 and 830.4 respectively for
October, 1930.
Durable Goods Industries
Of the chief classifications of th*
durable goods Industries the follow*
lug have approached or surpassed
the 1033-1930 normal Index In both
employment and payroll figures.
Employ- Payrolls
ment (Equals
(Oet.) 1933-30
Normal)
97.6 99,8
Lumber la Trailing
SUU trailing, so far as re-employ
ment is concerned, were lumbei- and
allied products, with employment at
e.93 and payrolls at 01.4; railroad
repair shops, with employment at
00.7 and payrolls *t 03.9; and stona
clay and glass products, with em
ployment at 09.1 and payrolls at
The restricted position ot the rail
roads was hinted at when it wie
disclosed that employment hi looo
motive shops was only 39.0 per oenl
of 1933-1935 and in railroad oaf
shops only 01. „
Of the chief categories in the
non-durablc goods industries, only
rubber, leather, and tobacco man
ufacturers were shown to be em
ploying fewer workers and releasing
small weekly payrolls than in the
three year "normal period".
Main Classifications
The following table lists the mala
classifications and thetr October in
dex figures based on 1933-1030 as
Class ill- Bmploy- Payrolls
cation ment
Textiles and their ■
products .104.8 10.4
Leather and Its
manufactures .... 93.0
Pood and kindred
produots .138.9
Tobacco manufac
tures ............ 04,4
Paper and printing 103.9
Chemicals and al
lied products and
petroleum
Rubber produots ... 97.8
74.
111.3
04.9
90.0
114.0
00.0
Answer*.To
Tost Questions
Below are the answers
' to test questions printed
on page 0..
L Zachary Taylor.
8. Hants Fe.
3. A whole number which
leaves a remainder when div
ided by two.
4. Rudyard Kipling.
8. Twenty-one. *
5. Tennessee river.
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g. Germany.
‘ 9. French poet and critic.
10. Only two—by birth dr by