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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29
Waterburys S yesterdays

Waerburys yesterdays Washington avenue, back In the days the end of the Bank street ne was known as Maiden And lovely mdns boopdy boopd male hearts along the way The Duggan school known the Bank street school city changed honor ot noDua Brooklyn priest The upper part of Congress avenue was nown as Clark street and the wild title of James street eddes homestead upper Bank show place Ben Whenever a horse was stopped Exchange place the duty would walk the nag 10 the Carrie Weon fountain and let cool of Wlnd sweep up through boards of the old Bank street bridge blew many the during the summer months
 St Johns of the vacant lot opposite Wards fats Fishermen their luck the brook that from Lakewood North Main. The Waterbury Manuacunng company occupies of the site to-day ftkers vted me famous Indian Watervle the Chase Metal Works and were often rewarded by finding heads
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29
Gladys Hubbell of
Bras. ringing the merry -go-round

Brass ringing the merry -so-round Gladys Hubbs' or be park department office shes stenog visiting MT and Mrs Clint Rose Bloomfield N where Clint IS scout exec u,ye Of you Clint and the lady former Water burians Thanks 0 Mrs Francis Mullen of V Catherine ,venue for contribution of foil Bless you mllady Peg left yesterday for Lake Zoar where she crochet few happy hours embrod large moonlight nights during the r.xf two weeks Peg White Helen Collins and Lillian Jafe beach ing around the village and they easy on rne eyes well as the pajams
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29

Gourteen walters in a Birming- ham, England, hotel, who sued the holder of a winning ticket in the ICalcutta sweer Sor their share be- cause. they claim that 1t was gift to the lucky man and should go into the walters pool. have with drawn the suit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29
Uncle Rays
 Corner
OUR MUSCLES

Do you use your muscles?
 By asking the question, I am not trying to fatter you. The answer is "Of courseH' You may. not be an athlete, but everyone has muscles and everyone uses them. You could not get out of bed in the morning, you could not even raise your arms, If you did not use your muscles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29
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Believe it. The Universal Old Timers will make their first appearance Saturday MTC. going the air from until 50 in the afternoon They heard WDRC and WCC and proven extremely popular The cast includes Charles oao Frank Leone Capabo. Frank Flammia. Francis Shhan Claude Brandon George Palmer and Mike Marzano Catch thr aceS Saturday I m you'll enjoy it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-29

A corner for movie fans. Shirley Grey. own Agnes will play premiere lead Richard Dix next picture
 Maene Dietrich likes lufed by her lufers kissing papa Hollywood Marene hubby has arrived 10 visit his lufly wifi Lew Ayres will 'Caows A Tower Marie Deer hot Politics" The Spirit of Noe Dame production at Universal City, Billy Dove flies her airplane
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS ARE FAIR:
 NED INFRINGEMENT

Business conditions in Alaska are fair and the country will come through the present econ omic depression in fine shape ii there is cooperation in the pro- gram to retrench on government expenditures until 1881 taxes have come into the treasury next spring.
 Such is the opinion. of Cover nor George A. Parks after sur vey of business conditions in the several communities between Jun eau and Fairbanks, reports the Fairbanks NeWS-Miner.
 It will be necessary to put brake on some of the Territorial projects which had been authoriz- ed by the legislature for this year, the governor explained, if the treasury is not to be in the same shape as Mother Hubbard's cup board before the taxes start roll ing in.
 If all appropriations authorized were made it is calculated the treasury would be empty as the bulk of the taxes from the can- neries do not start coming in until January.
 Money must be kept on hand for certain institutions such as schools, the Pioneers Home and pensions, said Governor Parks, and in order to assure that funds the available some projects not absolutely imperative will be held in abeyance.
 The outlook for favorable fish pack this year is good but the Territorial officials do not believe they should go ahead and ex- pend funds to the full limit and then face the possibility of small tax returns.
 Then, it was said, if taxes come in as they are expected to appro- priations could be doubled up next year we are going to come out in fine shape,' declared Cover nor Parks.
 The Territory is not in the posi- tion of most governments which, If they need money, can go out and borrow it. By the organic act 1t is restrained from going into debt, necessitating a close watch on the treasury at all times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25
CHILDREN HELP MOTHER

Mrs. Harold Painter, who recent ly underwent an operation in the Seward General Hospital, is re- covering nicely at home where the children are a wonderful help to her; and the boys too, of course. The girls do the cooking and the boys wash the dishes.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The fleetest-footed boys and girls in town, under 12 years of age, will be discovered by Cooper's Cash & Carry Store which is of fering the youngsters a total of $1O in prizes to be run off under the auspices of the American Le- zion on July 4.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25

The big Alaska Transfer barn is having a coat of Stucco affixed which will make for more warmth for the horses in the good old winter time.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25

A bulletin blackboard, hung in front of H. s. Young's Seldovia store is proving a great conven- fence to Seldovia residents inter ested in the departure and arrival of boats in that active town, re- ports the Herald.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25

Have you read the Grand Ho- tel?" Chosen by the Book of the Month Club; chosen by the Book Society of England. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25

The Gateway has more cores Dondents than any paper in the Territory. Subscribe today and get q load off your chest.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-25

Wonderful assortment of rec ords, for S100. Alaska Shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

and only a trile fat. OF course, his
fame as a Beau Brummel is largely in
the past. His appeal, naturally, will
interest the older women. They prob
ably are the only ones who remember
him on the screen. Present-day flap
pers not only do not possess the means
to satisfy his modest" desire, but most
Of them probably place him in the same
era as the battle of Bunker Hill.
But for the older cnes what a
chance! Movie stars, if Bushman can
still be termed one, are, known to make
the kindest and most considerable hus-
bands. Never are they the least bit tenn
peramental. In fact, the longer they
carry on, the more docile and domestic
they become. They never want to grab
the spotlight, and they are noted for
their helpfulness to younger players
who will soon replace them. So all
these qualities, it can be seen, make
for that kind of happiness that is de-
sired in every little love nest.
1t will probably not be long, there
fore, before some lucky woman will be
saying, Good morning" to her new hus-
band, Francis X. Bushman, and he will
courteously answer as he puts on hat and
coat, Good morning, wife, dear. I will
need a dollar today for my shave and
haircut. There are some other little
trifles that 1 cannot think Of now, so you
had better make it five dollars. If there
is anything else I will let you know.
Good-by."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
The Bus Hearings.

Tomorrow will bring TO a close the
lengthy series Of hearings, conducted in
various parts of the country and ending
in Washington, into the various aspects
Of interstate bus and trucking opera
ton On the basis Of information de-
veloped in the hearings. the Interstate
Commerce Commission will eventually
recommend to Congress the nature and
extent Of governmental control that, IN
its opinion should be extended to what
has come 10 be one Of the vital cogs
in the Nations transportation system.
Those who naturally have shown
keenest interest in the bus hearings
have been the railroads. They are the
ones that have suffered most from the
unregulated competition Of the bus
lines. They are the ones that expect
the greatest benefit from some form Of
regulation that will remove the dis
elimination against the rail carriers
which, in the railroads opinion, exists
from non-regulation Of the buses. But
there are none among whom exist more
radical differences Of opinion over the
extent Of proposed bus regulation than
the railroads themselves. Their sug-
gestions for regulation range from one
systems plea that the buses be left
alone, 10 the suggestion, seriously ad-
vanced by another, that the BUSES be
abolished as a factor in interstate COM
merce transportation in sections where
their competition has injured the rail-
roads. Between these two extremes the
interstate Commerce Commission must
seek the middle ground upon which to
build It's proposals for regulation.
There will be, Of course, recon-
mendations for regulation. Regulation IS
necessary IL competition between the
bus lines and the railroads is TO be
placed on an even footing. And If the
need for regulation from the standpoint
of the patronizing public is net wholly
apparent now, it will be plain when the
bus lines have emerged from the pre-
liminary struggles among themselves
that always mark the early stages OF
any great industrial enterprise, and
from which the public often temporarily
benefits through rate cutting and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
Mr.. Hoover,s Working Holiday.

George Bernard Shaw's who's Who"
autobiography sets down his recreation
as anything but sport" Herbert Hoover
evidently defines vacation as anything
but idleneSs." The President will pro-
coed to the Caribbean this week aboard
a battleship for ten-day "rest" in the
salubrious Antilles, but the announced
purpose of this respite from the
White House grind is a visit of fnspec-
ton to Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands. The Chief Engineer, In other
words. is about to embark upon work
ing holiday.
The country wishes him happy days
at sea, but will deplore his determine
ton to season them with official duty.
One of the hardest working Executives
who has occupied the presidential chair
In years has not INDUCED himself in real
play and relaxation period, save weeks
fishing in Florida, since he took Office.
Mr.. Hoover's week ends at his camp on
the Rapidan are largely devoted to the
Nations business. August ThysSen,
famous pre-war Rhenish ironmaster
sometimes known as THE German Car
negie," adopted as his motto: If I
rest, I rust" The President subScribeS
to the same strenuous doctrine.
Mr.. Hoover's decision to look at things
on the spot, in both Porto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, is a portent Of better
things for both of our Caribbean pos
sessions. Events of the past few years,
economic as well as physical, have dealt
them heavy blows Hurricanes, famine,
pestilential rains, agricultural distress
and political unrest have seriously re-
tarded the development of Porto Rico.
Enactment Of prohibition in the United
States devastated the Virgin Islands
once thriving rum trade, their main
source Of livelihood. Acquired by us
originally from Denmark to Illustrate
a projected sale to Imperial Germany,
the islands have just passed from con-
troll by the Navy Department into
civilian administration. The President
10 evidently anxious to see how his
newly appointed governor purposes
launching a brand-new form Of Ameri-
can insular government.
Between his conferences at San Juan
with Gov. Roosevelt and his sojourn at
st. Thomas with Gov. Pearson, how
ever brief they are bound to be, Mr..
Hoover, with his particularly well
trained powers of observation in exotic
chimes, will CLEAN much of value to
Porto Rico, to the Virgin Islands and
to the American people. Uncle Sam
has definite and important obligations
in the Spanish Main. He will the better
be able to shoulder them as the result
Of the Presidents impending voyage Of
exploration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
Bermuda Rejection
Of Autos Is Approved

From the Albany Evening News
The Upper Legislative Council of
Bermuda has rejected the measure
which the Lower Council had passed
permitting physicians on the island to
use automobiles while calling on pa
tients. So the old remains. The island,
which has always been free of the
modern automobile, will keep its free
dom. And somehow we are glad. It
is good to think that somewhere in the
world is a place where motors are not
and motor horns never rack our nerves
There ought to be a motorlSSs Eden
somewhere and Bermuda has acted
wisely in keeping the automobile out
If physicians had been permitted to
use cars then others might also have
asked the privilege and gradually there
would be many cars on the island. It
leaves a place where the pedestrian
is top dog and where one mar go to
return to the quiet Of olden days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

forms of bidding for business at the ex-
pense of the weaker competitor.
But the problem OF bus regulation has
almost as many ramiflcations as there
are buses. The bus operators are point
ing out that Federal regulation is i'm
practical; that it would reach a mi
nority of operators, and that common
carriers, operating over specified routes,
would bear the burden and the public
would pay the bill. They have asserted
that contract truck carriers, which have
no fixed routes and which carry the
major portion of automobile borne COM
merce, could not be reached They have
produced voluminous data relating to
the high proportion of taxes paid by
b jses, and to the regulations already
extending over their operations as laid
down by State public utility bodies.
From the standpoint of the Govern
ment, the railroads, which have been
placed under regulation, are entitled to
the protection from unregulated COM
petition. The public is entitled to the
same protection from the eventual pos
sibilitIes of combinations and rate
manipulationS by the buses that played
part in extending governmental regu-
lation to the essential railroad industry.
And in the end the chief problem of the
Interstate Commerce Commission will
be to work out scheme based on the
theory that there is room enough and
business enough for both railroads and
buses, provided each is assigned an
operating field Of its own, each guaran-
teeing to the public the most adequate
and convenient form of transportation
that circumstance permits at the lowest
possible cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

vision are you IMP" Portia replied:
ooh, don't work here" The in
quisitive one persisted: We'll, where
do you work?" Quoth Mabel. I'm in
business for myself" Then, in answer
to- final interrogatory as to her
identity Mrs. Willebrandt disclosed it,
and her boy friend, having reached
his floor, stepped out, fiabbergasted.
The former Department of Justice lady
now inhabits an Office building, owned
by Secretary Of War Pat" Hurley,
which has under its roof a whole
nest of former Coolidge administration
Stars-"Ted" Clark, Everett Sanders,
Bill Donovan, Henry H. Bond ct al.
Shortly Bascom Slemp, another relic
Of the Calvinian era, will join them.
x K
No more diverting memoirs, of politi-
cal import, have come from the press
in many a day than Alfred Pearce Den
mis- Gods and Little Fishes" Why
the vice chairman of the Tariff Com
mission wastes his time en- dull and
dreary customs-rateS instead of devot-
ing his talents to literature will strike
his readers as incomprehensible. DR..
Dennis knew at close range three men
destined to become Presidents of the
United StateS-Woodrow Wilson, under
whom he studied at Princeton; Calvin
Coolidge, with whom he chummed at
Northampton while Dennis taught at
Smith College, and Herbert Hoover,
whom the Secretary of Commerce sent
to Europe as a special investigator Two
screaming chapters in Gods and Little
Fishes" deal with Dennis chaperonage
of Senator Brookhart through Europe in
1928. In a spirit of rare craftsmanship,
the author includes Brookhart's maya
ZIne-article reply to devastating ac-
count of the Corn Belt idols idiosyn-
crasies, which Dennis had previously
published.
Secretary Stimson at press confer
ence last week sprang a new idiom
Somebody asked about London yarn
that the United States would insist on
brand-neW treaty in consequence of
the Franco-Italian naval deal. 81 Sus-
pect that's just a journalistic enter
prise" the colonel replied. Stimson
takes to water daily and punctually at
1850 pm, because Eddie Savoy, per-
ennial colored doorkeeper of the Sec
retary's Office, brought glass to Frank
B. Kellogg at exactly the same hour for
four years, and has trained Stimson to
the habit.
Alaska newspapers indicate that
movement is afoot farthest north to
change the name of Mount Mckinley
and name it after some locally famed
Indian chief. Mount Mckinley National
Park is our second largest park, being
almost as big as Yellowstone The great
peak which honors the memory of our
third martyred President is 10000 feet
high and the tallest in the Western
Hemisphere. A project to rechristen it
wouldn't arouse much enthusiasm at
Washington.
(ConYriRht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
Anthems Official Approval
Turns Attention to Merits

the law was passed" thinks the Port
Huron Times Herald. "And it isn't
a bit easier to sing But it is the song
OF our National flag, and the flag more
than anything else is the symbol Of
our country. And that made it our
National anthem without any act of
Congress. 1t is inspiring music and it
is fixed in our hearts by time and ira
oition and history. Probably 1t will be
played and sung always, even If some
more popular song of national senti-
ment is some day evolved. And If the
act of Congress has made it more sacred
in the eyes of few who have been
worried for fear something would hap
pen to it, well and good"
Considering criticism from musicians
that sit Is not matter for legislation"
the Topeka Daily Capital states: "At
least, the National anthem is not in the
Constitution, and Congress can amend
or repeal as suits it. The country can
be calm about it, so long as Congress
does not bring in a national hymn Of
its own composition or President Hoo
yer does not appoint special commits
sion to draft one"
ut is difficult to appreciate the rea-
sons, If there are any," according to the
Hartford Times, why the land of the
need to be regulated by Congress as to
what patriotic songs it shall sing. A
national flower by legislative enact
ment may come next, following example
set by individual States. But the wild
rose will bloom from Maine to Frisco
in superior loneliness and variety,
North or South, whether there Is a
ballot taken on 1t or not"
But why stop here?" asks the
NUnrRnCfnVs NJ Sr all
statute. The next Congress can repeal
it, If a sufficient number of members so
desire. Why not place such a measure
into the Constitution as the twentieth
amendment? And why not require
every public gathering to sing The
Star Spangled Banner with the add
tional provision that the high notes and
the low notes shall all be sung with
equal ease. volume and pleasing effect?
And think of this horrible OMISSION
there is still no law against singing
America or Speed the Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass Of inquiries handled oy
our great Information Bureau main
tanned in Washington, D. G. This VAL
liable service Is for the free use of the
public. Ask any question Of fact YOU
may want to know and you will get an
immediate reply. Write plainly, inciose
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage, and address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has
kin, director, Washington, D. G.
O. What is the stick called with
which an elephant is prodded by the
man driving It'll A. B.
A. An elephant driver is called a
mahout and the stick is an ankus.
This goad is a stick about 2 feet long,
capped with a sharp spike and hook.
@. Where does Angelo Patri teach
school?-N. F. NJ
A. He is principal of School No. As,
New York City.
@. What kind of paper is used to
make our stamps?-H. Y.
A. The paper used in the manufac-
ture of postage stamps is made Of
bleached chemical wood fiber derived,
at the present time, from North Caro-
lima pine trees.
@. What does it cost to collect the
internal revenue taxes?-J. A. S.
A. The total cost of administering
the internal revenue tax laws for 1880
was $34,352, 06341, the cost being $1.13
for each 500 collected.
- 2. A. -. 4,te,,..oY &c. - -
volving wheel greater at the rim than
inside TIC. S.
A. The Bureau Of Standards SAYS
that the centrifugal force of revolving
wheel is greater at any point on the
rim than at any point nearer the
center.
@. What was the first industrial
undertaking started in this country
F. E. D.
A. The first industrial enterprise in
the United States was a glass bottle
factory erected in the Virginia colony
soon after 1907. 1t was located in the
woods about one mile distant from
jamestown.
@. For whom was Thomas A Edison
named Alva?-R. w.
A. His middle name, Alva, was given
fathers, Capt. Alva Bradley.
@. What is the difference between
Memorial day and Decoration day?-
NJ. H
A. The terms are used interchange
ably. They refer to the same day.
O. Why do woodpeckers bore into
trees?-C. B.
A. They are hunting the burrows Of
Wood-boring insects for food.
@. What were the measurements of
the city of New York a hundred years
ago?-B. j. NJ.
A. An article published in the Chris
tan Advocate says: "At the beginning
Of the nineteenth century the com
mercial metropolis of the United States
occupied only the lower end OF Man
haitian Island, what is now up town
being still made up Of spacious farms
and country estates, including the little
village Of Harlem. The actual measure
ments Of the city proper are given as
three miles in length (from the Battery
to Fourteenth street,, one and half
miles in width and eight miles in cir
conference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
D. c. Memorial Urged
For Woodrow Wilson
To the Editor Of The Star:

AS one Of the great number of ad-
mirers Of the late President Woodrow
Wilson and believing him to be, as in
deed great majority of American do
one Of the outstanding men of our coun-
try, I am deeply interested in any move
ment to perpetuate his memory through
an appropriate and suitable memorial.
The fact that I have not seen or
heard of any attempt having been made
to start movement toward the cree
ton of a suitable memorial in memory
of the late President Wilson in the City
of Washington prompts me to write
to ask if such a memorial has not
been considered and, if not, your idea as
to the practicability of it. 1t occurs
to me that no more fitting tribute could
be paid by the American people to one
of our greatest statesmen than a Wood
row Wilson Memorial erected in the City
of Washington, the Capital of our great
Nation. w. EARL HOPPER.
Asbury Park, N. J..