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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
Y. M. c. A. NOTES

"The cutting of wages is not the way out of the current business de- preston, declared Walter A. Jarvis, the main speaker at last nights meeting of the Foreman's club of .Winsted and vicinity, meeting in the Winsted Y. M. c. A. Jarvis who is the personnel manager of the Chase companies and who Is also an active member and past president of the Industrial Foremen's club of Water- bury, discussed the topic Essen tials of Foremanship". He took up subjects of safety, order and cleanli- ness and elimination of waste, em- phasizing the responsibility of the foreman to reduce the number of accidents, to keep his department clean and orderly and to eliminate small items of waste which keep up too high cost of production. Fifty five foremen and executives heard Jarvis address at the second meet ing of the newly organized Winsted Foreman's club.
 Between 50 and 60 members of the Foremen's club have signified their intentions to attend the club smoker at the Central "Y" tomorrow night at which Commissioner Frederic. B. Williams is to explain some of the points of Compensation Law" with which foremen ought to be familiar. Guest tickets for non-members of the club may be secured from Arthur L. Purinton at the Central Y.
 Walter S. Berry and Arthur L. Purinton will attend a meeting of the executive committee of the State Y. AF A Tr.A frfnI In Nn1U Haven this evening. Dinner will be served at the Graduates club at 6:30 o'clock.
 Members of the Tuesday Twelve club related various gems from the realm of mythology as q part of last nights banquet program of the club at the Y. M. c. A. The decorations for the dinner table were green and white and the centerpiece was made up of daffodils Those present were Mary l.. Martin, Mary c. l.. Phelan, Helen R. King, Mary E. Brazis, Elea- nornor Dodd. Mrs Betty Minor, Ha- gel Shafer, Horace K. Mallette, Roy A. Ferris, Frank coffey, Ernest Nal ley, Nathan M. Pierpont, William D. Pierson. and William Dupre. This class is third year class in public speaking taught by Miss Martin.
 The inter-club committee appoint ed by the inter-clpb council of young mems clubs at the F.. M. c. A. to cooperate in the sale of tickets for the "Y. M. C. A. Scandals" will meet at o'clock. The committee is As follows: Calvin Teller. chairman; James Donahue, and Frank Bares, representatives of the Square circle, Emanofts. and Cwoans club respec- lively. M is expected that practi- cally all of the IS young mems clubs will attend the April 15 presentation of the ". M. c. A. Scandals" in q body.
 Friday night. March 20, the Ema- non club will have another pre-Eas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
New Service For
 Property Owners
Engineers Office Will Furnish Grade and Building Line
 on Request

proceed with the installation of 10 pipes on the bridges on Washington street. He explained that the pipes are in a badly corroded condition. The board will take its annual in- spection tour this Friday, providing there are no snow storms to inter-, venes The board was all set last week but young blizzard halted the tour. Superintendent Fleming was authorized to straighten out the dif- ficulty on Bidwell street where the Lexington avenue stairs were re- moved property owners explained the grading at that point has not been completed.
 A petition for construction of a sewer on Bradley avenue was re- ferred to the board of aldermen. The petition for the reconstruction of a retaining wall on winchester street which recently tumbled. was referred to the street committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
APPLICATIONS
 FOR BONUS STILL
 ON THE INCREASE
Frank T. Hines Says It Will Cost a Billion COm- mander O'Neil Differs With Him

Washington, March 1O-.CUP)- World war veterans are following the ancient advice of Omar Khay- yam-"Take the cash and let the credit go"-so literally that it is now estimated the cost of the loan legislation enacted by congress will reach billion dollars, says Frank T. Hines, veterans administrator. The flood of applications, which reached grand total of 1,372,006 in the first two weeks confronted the treas ury to-day with necessity of provid- ing additional money to pay the ex- soldiers at a time when the govern ment faces a deficit and income tax collections apparently arc far off on account of the business depression. The Veterans bureau already has paid out $104, ,035,366 on 282,874 ap- $367.78 each.
 Concord, N. H., March 18-CUP)
 National Commander Ralph T. O'Neil of the American Legion does not agree with Veterans Adminis- trator Frank T. Hines that an out lay of billion dollars will be ne- cessitated by the probable number of veterans to avail themselves of loans. He challenged the predic- tion here last night at banquet in his honor.
 "It is my opinion that the loans will not exceed s500,000, ,0O0." he said. Therefore, with the fund al- ready in reserve, and with the new appropriation of .$10O,000,000 to come along at the end of the year. all of the veterans loans should be met out of their. own fund with mill lions to spare. Insofar as the state- ment about there not being a penny in the treasury to meet such A de- marid is concerned" O'Neil declared. q would cali your attention to the fact that the veterans reserve fund, for which the treasury acts as trus- tee, now amounts to nearly $S00,- 000,00O. The amount already bor- rowed under the first bonus bill against the compensation certifi- cates. up to the time of the new act. has come from the government life insurance fund. Therefore. the en- tire certificate fund of $S00.000, 900 is available and can be borrowed un- der the new law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
Motor Vehicle
 Hearing Mar "A

The following persons have been cited to attend a hearing in the police court room Tuesday. March 24, to be heard relative to alleged violations of the motor vehicle law: Patrick W. Menillo, officer only, "A Commercial street, Bridgeport; Clay ton l.. Gabaree, officer only, F. O. box 295, Unionville; Herbert J.. Kabisch, Box 101, RED, Wilburst street, Plantsville; Elsie M. Brown, Middlebury; Harry G. Olson, 37 New street, Naugatuck, and George A. Ackerbloom, 252 North Main street, Union City; Elsie Prophet, Main street, Suffield and Linford, 26 Mansfield street. Waterbury; Epip- hane Cote, 43 East Liberty street, Waterbury; Thomas F. Honan, Gay lordvil1e; Joseph Lavoie, 234 Bald- win street, Waterbury; Clark N. Well ton, Mountain View Park, West Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

ter forum. A short time ago the Rev
 Joseph O. Todd spoke to a similar forum on ''The Significance of Lent. The talk this week will be on "What Easter Means to Young Man" and Rev Clarence P. Wells, of the Frist church of Watertown will be the speaker. These forums may be attended by all Y members and are part of the Christian edu- cation program of the young mems club. Frank Martin, chairman of the club forum committee will preside.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Let the Tax Bill Die
Pigeonhole the Mapes Measures

The Senate District Committee very easily solve prob
lem presented by the passage by the House Of the Mapes
bills.
Let Senator Capper group simply stick the into
pigeOnhole.
That procedure would the committee members the
trouble Of holding the lengthy public hearings which Senator
Capper, in his usual fair way, has promised.
Il would relieve the Senate itself Of the necessity Of lengthy
discussion and debate on the floor.
It would relieve the minds of District taxpayers and
them Of getting out Of the slough Of
the depression.
would also be fitting rebuke to the House, the House
which passed these bills without adequate consideration
without anything that might be considered debate
After Chairman Mapes had rushed the bills through the
House. and when okers and discrepancies
pointed out in them he calmly remarked that the Senate
could straighten them out
It is not the function Of the Senate sraghten
committed by House dashng headlong down the
pathway Of injustice.
The House itself should have stopped and thought about
what it doing.
Recalling the conditions under which the Mapes committee
conceived the Senate could well stand upon its dignity
and refuse to give any consideration to the bills which the
committee fathered.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
A POWerleSS Board
County Group Needs Authority

After investigation of what occurred at the Colonial
Tea House inquest the Prince Georges county commissioners
told constable
"You are fired"
The constable calmly replied:
II am not"
And strange to say, the constable was right
Recent incidents in the county along the line of law en-
forcement have been dsgraceful that meeting of
protest held.
State officials recommended dismissal of two constables
But the county board presumably the highest governmental
body in the community is powerless.
It cannot fire Constable Howard Slater and he won't quit
Apparently under the law, Slater any other constable
uggng innocent persons and nothing be done
about it-at least by the county commissioners
It is proper that the jobs Of those charged with law
forcement should be based something solid than the
body.
But the other hand the heads Of citizens should be like
wise protected against the whims Of blackjack welding
constables. ~~r
Clearly there is need in Maryland for thorough study
and revision Of the law which gives county boards authority
appoint consabes but does give them any control
their activities after appointment
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Savings Banks Boom
A Paradox of "Hard Times"

The trte saying IT'S i'll wind that blows nobody good
powerfully illustrated by the prosperity Of savings banks
during the depression
As Henry Bruere president Of the BOwery Savings Bank
told the Senate Banking Committee in Washington never
before have these institutions been stronger Only few
months ago. in fact savings banks virtually turning
away depositor by limiting the size Of SO
persons running them deposit what left
Of their assets that much capital being tied up
This tendency the part Of the public is natural but is
easily carried too far.
The time save is when prices are high The time to
spend is when prices low.
But the average individual if he has money spends
less when they are low than high
This Of the paradoxes of hard times It is not
png therefore, that the foundations of of the great
fortunes Of America laid by who were shrewd
enough to pick up bargains in the slump seasons which the
Of the public md thoughtless to grasp
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

~ a. ~ ~ ~
country'S course for the next
IL months. Let's stop hang.
ing wreaths on ourselves and
cut out the beaming ballyhoo
and have the courage and
honesty to ask the one, fun
damental, shameful question
which yesterday makes impera-
tive to ask
IS THIS A CHRISTIAN
NATION? .,.
AFTER MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS
OF PROGRESS AND PROS
PERITY AND PRODIGIOUS
LABOR, ARE WE A CHRIST
IAN NATION?
We have celebrated the su-
pren1e Christian holiday.
Christian Gestures
We have gone through a
number of admirable Christian
gestures
And we are chuck full of
brotherly love and turkey
hash
But the fact remains-WE
ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN Ma
TON.
No nation where thousands
Of men and women and chill
dren are hungry and homeless
and hopeless on Christmas
Day lis a Christian nation.
Even though we feed and
warm them all for a day, that
will not make us a Christian
nation.
AS LONG AS WE PERMIT
CONDITIONS WHICH PRO
DUCE HUNGER AND IGNOR-
ANCE, VICE AND FILTH, Pow
ERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT,
DESPAIR AND DISEASE, WE
ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN MA
TION.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

AS long "as we permit dark
alleys
And slums-
And sweat shops
And blind pigs
And bawdy dance halls
And factories and fields run
by child labor ..>
And brutalizing penitentiaries
and reform schools
AS long as we permit an In
duStrial system which gives
rich men and smart men too
much chance, and poor men
and stupid men not enough
chance
AS long as we break peoples
pride by forcing them to take
charity instead Of jobs
Poor and Privileged
AS long as some are well born
and some are i'll born
AS long as some are born
privileged and some born handi-
capped
AS long as there is one child
in America who has not an
equal chance with all other
children at health and happi-
THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN
NATION. AND WE'D BET
TER STOP KIDDING OUR"
GER .UES THAT WE ARE.
Yesterday we remembered a
gentle. Christ, born in a
Today we would do well to
remember an indignant Christ
who befriended the Qutcasts
and the needy. who febuked
the hypocrites and Pharisees.
who lashed the money chang
ers from the temple. who
cried, with His dying breath:
"FATHER FORGIVE THEM
THEY KNOW NOT WHAT
THEY DOL" :.
Yesterday we kept holiday
for a Poor Man, for a Man
who gave His life for other
poor men - And while we
feasted, outside in the street.
shuffling along in the rain and
the wind and the mud, seven
million desperate men filed by!
Suppose Christ had been in
that pitiful mob?
HOW DO YOU KNOW HE
WASN'T?
Father, forgive us!
Forgive us for our selfish
ness, our stupidity, our mud
ding and drifting that have
brought America to such a
Christmas as that!
Father. forgive uS-we knew
not what we did!
BUT WE CAN LEARN!
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

A barblesS fish hook has been
designed to prevent serious in
jury to fish caught on it. Game
officials believe their wider use
will prevent the tremendous waste
Of underSized fish caught and
returned to the water badly 'acer-
ated.
A famous scientist in Switzer.
land has invented a gun for
spraying a thin coating Of metal
over wood, glass, or celluloid
bases. The molten metal coat
ing makes the wood or celluloid
free from fire danger, protects
the wood from the weather and
increases its strength.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Three Cent Postage
Needed Now

The Postoffice Department like other branches Of
the Government is spending than it It is $780,
100000 in the red nOw with prospects of larger deficit to
come.
threecent rate nonocal letter mail would this
deficit Otherwise it must be met by tax increase.
0utoftown letter mail costs to deliver than local
letter mail An extra cent would work hardship
the pub-the is too small to be felt Nevertheless
would relieve the country of part the burden
Of direct taxation With total deficit of than two
billions any relief, however small, is welcome.
Threecen postage has been charged in previous
gences There protest against it. The country faces
emergency Congress should promptly authorize
threecent stamp for this class Of mail and when
the emergency is over
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
GREAT HERD OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS SEEN FROM
THE AIR.

Looking these pictures hastily you would ask What
they? And you might get this reply Potato bugs
haps rabbits Looking closely you the curled
know that you looking down upon great herd
of elephants not all Of them visible in the picture.
This and the other two pictures in this column taken
Central Africa by apane The second picture shows that
the roaring Of the plane dropping low to examine the monster
herd has frightened the elephants They DASH in terror into
swamp where they find protection from enemies GOODNESS
and coating mud to protect their bodies from the hot sum-
The third picture taken from the aplane shows
of the great schools of hppopoamuses the Ruchuru
River.
Thanks to the killing instinct Of white and their
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Ability and Opportunity

Ability and Opportunity
Is is unfortunate if you are
not gifted with the ability to
make a success such as gained
by many men you know.
It is regrettable if you did
not have opportunities to fit
yourself for a more important
place but those conditions are
past.
Do not be one Of those per-
sons who gives up hope of ever
amounting to anything just be-
cause Of early scholastic lack Of
training.
If pou are Of average intelli.
gence you can get the equiva'
lent Of academic schooling from
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
.ONCE-OVERS

certain reading courses, or
night schools.
You cannot get the fraternal
feeling and the pleasure of as
sociation that most youth has
with its own age in general, as
in a school or college.
But the essentials are to be
obtained If your ears are open
and you take advantage Of op-
portunities that are to be had
If you are in earnest.
Instead Of grumbling about
past miSfortuneS, make the most
Of your opportunities to gain
the rudiments at least in essen
tial subjects.
Many of the most highly sue
cesSful men had no better start
! than you.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
DO YOU KNOW THAT

There are at least IL metals
heavier than lead, and 20 Of
them are more precious than
gold. They are palladium, plati-
mum, iridium, mercury, osmium,
rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium.
tantalum, thallium, tungsten md
The process Of making wom-
ems footwear out Of tanned fish
skins has resulted in some very
attractive shoes. One Is the
golden" slipper, made from
goldfish skin. It has the color
of q fnany-hued goldfish and is
made after a special tanning
process ,.r
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

highly efficient killing machinery hppopotamuse rhinoce
elephants lions and other big rapidly disap
pearing.
On the whole it is probably good thing for the human
that they do disappear.
All wild animals breeding grounds for insects that
spread disease and plague there germs, there
would be disease plague epidemic When the inhab
of the earth limited, they will be day, to
animals of only kind-namely human seves-the
invisible microbes will rapidly disappear. t+
These three pictures remind you that everything depends
on comparison, and where you stand
single facing Of these elephants the ground
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Bridge, Poker
And Human Nature

fends who have been following the Lenz Cuber
SON battle Of the century find much in the series to
fort them for their own Mr. LEM conrved in the
first session play notrump hand through under the i'm
preston that he had bid diamonds There have been various
other technical Slips and the contestants are now crcng
their opponents their partners canddy four
some in the smoker Of the 515.
Nobody suggests that the match will break up in free
fora But apart from the publicity is just another card
game with the science literally diluted by large adixtures
And incidentally those who that poker
game which the latter element plays more part than
in evidence at the Hotel Chatham there behind
pile of chips the old days at Cripple Creek Colorado
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

would before him towering monster with huge tusks,
trunk upraised and eyes grng He would feel him
self little, powerless. against such enemy.
From aplane the situation changes, and looks
down with goodnatured curiosity creatures terrified by the
noise of his machine
His inventive genius carries into the air and makes
him the master of all that remain the earth Heaven help
the nation that inferior in fighting aircraft
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Is This q Christian Nation?
Wen, we've had Christmas.
We've sung carols and lighted
Christmas trees and distributed

charity a n q
said the Isll-
al beautiful
things about
peace on
earth . good
will-tomen.
So tn a t's
that. n . W
let's get down
q n d face
facts.
Let's t a C e
those facts
which will
d e t er m i ne
o ur course,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
The Bow-Boy is looking for
a soft target, when he should

Hal TASL11d1Iok11p'
His arrows are flying wild
and most of them seem to be
hitting the wrong people. The
middle-aged men who should
be impregnable, but seem to be
much more impressionable and
softheaded than the young
Lotharios. And the middle
aged. girls in their second
blooming.
Every time Eros lifts his bow
and aims at a sweet young
debutante, her grandmother
gets in the way. And every
time he aims at a gay young
bachelor, his dad holds out his
wallet and defects the arrow.
Dear old girls, who ought to
be petting their arteries or SIT"
ting by the fire knitting doll
caps for the children, are out
getting platinumed and face
lifted" and learning the new
dance steps.
And nice old boys, who
should be warding off rheu'
matism, counting their calories
and learning how to whlttle
and play checkers, are plaster.
ing the remaining strands OF
hair across their foreheads and
flashing wicked smiles with all
their bridgework, at the flap
perS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

A castle, after all. is but a
house
The dullest one when wanting
company knowles
The most frightful idea that
has ever corroded human ma
.ture, the idea Of eternal pun.
ishment. Morley
FalSehood may have its hour,
but it has no future.
-PreSSenSe,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

I claim not to have con-
trolled events, but confess
plainly that events have con.
trolled me. Lincoln
Nothing is less selfish than
Q desire of fame, since its only
sure acquisition is by laboring
for otherS.-Landor.
Remember when the judg-
ment's weak the prejudice is
strong % 'Hara.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

ton. If they will only watch
their step, and remember that
while a young heart and lovely
arteries are all right after 40,
they are no excuse for a weak
mind and a giddy head.
When Cupid aims at your
vanity, make sure that your
heart is arrow-proof and your
wallet is out of range!
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

Cupid keeps all his arrows
for the peppermint-lozenge age.
He probably figures that he'd
have to use a machine-gun to
put the younger generation on
the spot-sentimentally speak.
ing.
Grandmother no longer reads
the household hints and cuts
out the recipes for current buns
and blackberry mush; she skips
right over the newspaper, until
she finds an advertisement for
something that will help her
figure. The beauty column is
her meat!
And Granddad barely skins
the political news and sports
sections, and hurries on to the
ads for llair-restorers and re-
ducing diets.
They are all drinking butter
milk and eating yeast-cakes for
vim, vigor and sex-appeal, and
hopefully watching the mirror
for the return of that school
girl figure and that schoolboy
TT"
All Of which is their own
business and gives them zest
in life, which is better than sit
ting around grumbling and
picking on the younger genera
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All Of which is their own
business and gives them a zest
in life, which is better than sit
ting around grumbling and
picking on the younger genera
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
BY HELEN ROWLAND
Cupid Tales q Holiday

Nowadays, when cupid wants
to wound a mans heart, he
aims at his head-or his pocket
book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-06
S1O0, ,000 CONTRIBUTED TO J0BLESS FUND
Citizens In Four Weeks Roll Up a
 Tremendous Sum
Balance of S4O 900 on Hand as Relief Work Continues City Able to Care for Unemployed Without Sacrifice on Any Particular Class of People

driving through Waterbury and saw the men without gloves in the cold weather.
 Treasurer Reeds report showed a falling off in receipts for the past week but this was due to the fact that some of the factories were on short time the previous week, there by lesscning the pledges and dupli- cate contributions made by the fac tory corporations, themselves. How ever. pickup is expected this week due to the ending of the holi- day recess.
 The balance on December 27th was $33,020.95, Treasurer Reed re- ported yesterday. Receipts since then brought the balance to $51,- 2T4. The disbursements included $17,1O0.71 for payroll, $458.53 for food, $112.3G for clothing. $70.02 for fuel. $192 for rent, $49.28 for sun- dry expenses and $8.84 for milk. a total of $17.331.44, leaving a balance as of January 2nd. a total of $33,- 283.06.
 The report yesterday showed to- tai donations to date of $23, ,043.43 and subscriptions of $70,703.79. making a total to date. as shown in the report, of $93,747.22. To this. of course, may be added over $7,000 received since the report was com piled to bring the total receipts to date over s100,00O.
 Total disbursements were $60.- 464.16 since the relief committee swung into action. There is now over $4O,OOO of q balance actually in the relief fund.