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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
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Washington, Dec g. (UP)- When the democrats frame their congressional legislative program, they will not falter for lack of ideas.
 Nearly 4,000 bills to meet unem- ployment, solve the treasurys di- lemma, relieve the farmers plight, palliate the railroads distress, and for other multifarious purposes, have been filed in the House alone. Senate bill drafters were equally busy, but there are fewer senators.
 Official publication of the bills were held up until the House for mally adopts it's rules of procedure.
 Washington, Dec g. (UP)- Speaker John N. Garner already Is breaking gavels. A prize one, made of mesquite wood and presented by the West Texas Chamber of Com merce, withstood Gamers pound ing at the opening session of the
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 Miss Egan explained her reason for recommending $3,000 for Miss MInnahan. She said that Miss Mlnnahan does the work Of three sub b-department heads. She is as- sistant town clerk. deputy registrar of vital statistics and official in- dexer for Waterbury.
 In other cities, Miss Egan said, these Jobs are divided up among various persons and the cost as h result is much in excess of $s.00O. Tn other words. she pointed out. the s3,O00 proposed for Miss Min- nahan was to put her on n fair basis with other cities for the same kind Of service.
 TOwn Clerk EEnn was before the finance board whom her budget was under consideration and ex. plalned her stand. The official imdexee Gee thM small eitx ~ MiA-
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Congressman GOss
 One of Tauest
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Adams school where the Lonergan children will continue their studies.
 Reports in Waterbury to-day were to the fact that Congressman Lonergan is definitely slated for a post on the house interstate and foreign commerce committee. Con- gresman Tierney, it is said, may be named to the banking committee. However, 1t is understood that the congressman does not desire this committee.
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earth. We should have applied that money to the debt and thereby re- duced our intreest. We progressives told the senate that when they were talking tax reductions back in
 the so-called prosperity days. They laughed us right out of the senate. the democrats and republicans did. Those tax reductions were absolute
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IN MANY COUGH SYRUPS

DOPE! Yes - dope! Opium. Ether. Chloroform. Morphine. Many old.fashioned cough syrups rely on fbese for their results.
 why take chances! Why risk these drugs' Why
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New York, Dec S-(UP)-Pal- mer & Co. was suspended for in- solvency by the New York Stock exchange today. The concern had three offices in New York and one In Rnafnn
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Senator Henrick Shipstead of
 Minnesota is undisputed leader. of the farmer-labor party in the sens
 ate. While republicans and demo- crats in congress have had their
 leadership squabbles, the matter was simple for the farmer-labor party. Shipstead had only to go into caucus with himself and emerge to announce his election. He
 is the party's only member in the
 senate. It has one in the House,
 too-Representative Paul Kvale, also of Minnesota.
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stiff -shirted persons standing around here looking important. To- morrow we'll get going! Even Mrs Culbertson, who takes the whole thing very seriously in- deed. didn't seem to worry about last nights results.
 FEY told me- Mrs Culbertson told the United Press. that no matter what comes of this com petition with Lenz. that he's through with this sort of thing. He's through with match play. He realizes now that there Is more In life than a continual fight across the bridge table. He has finally realized that Eff and Jump Bid Ely. our children, mean more than four no-trump and a successful finesse.
 "When this thing Is over, he has promised me that he will devote most of his time to his home, his wife and his children. So you see. I don't particularly care what hap pens in this match, except that want to see the approach-forcing system prove superior to the so- called official system. And if you don't mind my adopting some oi Elys immense egotism, we'll win Never fear. Lenz, with all his tricks, can't beat me and Ely. But while Mrs Culbertson and Ely strutted hither and yon, Sid ney Lenz and his big old handsome football playing partner, Jacoby (pronounced Ja-koby), went quietly about their business of get ting some sleep, for there's another session scheduled tonight. Thurs day night and Saturday night. This four tim es-a- week schedule will be continued until 150 rubbers have been played.
 'I am not at all surprised" said Lenz, about what has happened so far. I think our system is the best and that when 150 rubbers have been played, the official, or 1-2-3 system of bidding. will stand as the one correct and logical method of bidding contract hand"
 The only really distinctive hand of the evening was that in which Lenz made the large mistake of the evening. All the other hands were routine-just such as you and Mir | Smith and Jones would ponder l over at a Tuesday afternoon meet ] ing of the Jackson Heights bridge club.
 In case you would like to look al hand in which one of the worlds greatest bridge players forgot what | was trumps, here 1t is-: LenZ
 $40
 H-A.Q
 D-A-Q-1O-8-6.3-2
 Culbcrtson Mrs CMibcrtsoT S-K-0-S-5-4-3 S-iO-7-2
 H-9-4-3 n-J-lO-S-1-o-s D-5-4 D-
 C-fO.6 C-A.J.2
 JacOby
 S-Q-J
 l H-K-2 l D-K-S-7
 / C-K-Q-7-6-5-3
 Bid: Lenz opened the bidding with two diamonds, In accordance with the use of the invitation tw' bid in his system, to show q stroni hand and invite partner to con tInue with moderate assistance. M Jacoby bid three clubs. MT Lem three no-trump, and then Jacob! made the slam invitation bid o four no-trump, which all passed
 They played 1t half through be fore MT Lenz broke out with th' admission that he didn't quit catch on. -.
 As far as the llmber-tongued Fl! Is concerned, he remarked to tn press as the press headed To home: Don't ever think that Sid ney made q mistake! He did It oi purpose!"
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House. But afterward the handle snapped when he was giving q few whacks to show photographers how he does 1t.
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uANn RY HAND TALE

HAND BY HAND TALE
 New York, Dec 8.-OP)-H Here is the hand by hand story Of the first session in the Culbertson- -LenZ contract bridge match last night.
 First Rubber:
 1-Jacoby 3-NT. set one; 2- Culbertson. SD. set four; 3-Lenz. All, made; 4-Lenz, ANT, set two; 5--Mrs Culbertson, INT, set one; 6-Jacoby 3-D, made six: 7-Lenz All. set one; S- Jacoby 3-S. made 1t.
 Second Rubber:
 9-Jacoby AS. doubled. set three :1O-Lenz. All, made z; H. Lenz As, made 1t.
 Third Rubber:
 12-Mrs Culbertson, 6-H, dou- bled by Lenz. set five; 13--Mrs Cul- bertson 2-S, GOO honors), made IL; l4-Jacoby AS, doubled by Mrs Culbertson, set one; 15-Lenz, 3-S. set two: 16-Culbertson, 3-H, made four and game; 17-Lenz. g. NIT, made i've: 18-Lenz, 2-D, made six: 19--Jacoby. IS. made two; 20-Culbertson. All, set one: 21-Mrs Culbertson, Is. made g.; 22--Jacoby 2-NT,. set two; 23-Mrs Culbertson. 3-H, bid and made.
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Four Boys Are
 Saved By Judge

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Town Clerk
 Fully Explains

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Bridge History
 Made Yesterday

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Action on the
 Budget Halted

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"My Hffie girl o| ibyss hsa z very ob- ssinsSs eossb. Noib- ing ssemsa fo bes Tbss ,sasSasy gs gSVs Der Hb BroSbsgf Syrsb. find lsdsy s6s's sSi ssf- fiss hs a'r for bs 6vi Hms n ii'esA'i" hvlCbas. f Bsiisr Psiebosss. 4. l.
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Senator Norris
 Demands Funds

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| try" he says simply. Then he
 painfully twists his body and his l eyes blaze.
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Legion Auxiliary To
 Bring Yule Cheer For
 Nation's Disabled Vets

tabled veterans.
 This year, as in pnst years. every disabled World War veteran who K fOyccd 10 spend Christmas in a hospital will receive Il Christmas gift from the American Legion Auxiliary. The gifts will be arti- cles of substantial value. selected as far as possible 10 meet the needs md desires of the individual vel cran receiving them. In many cases they will be taken 10 the hospitals by auxiliary women and presented personally 10 the vet erans.
 The purchase and distribution of the gifts iA being handled by the state organizations, the auxiliary
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women in each state taking the re- sponSibility for getting gift 10 every veteran in n hospital within that state. Through a national fund assistance is. given to the auxiliary departments in states where the number of hospItalizcd veterans is large and the auxiliary membership small. It is estimated that $75,0D0 will be expended in the auxilIary's Christmas gift pro o- gram.
 In addition to its Christmas nc. tivities for the d'gubIcd veterans in the bospitnIa. tho auxiliary will bring ChrIatmas cheer into thou sands of homes left desolate by tho death or disability of U vcteran Clothing. food and fuel. as well as toys. candy and fruit for the chil- dren. will he included in the Christmas glfts to the families of disabled and deceagcd veterans. Practically all of the auxiliary's 7.J0O local units will care for ono or more needy families Of veterans in their communities on Christmas.
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT? HERE IT A HUNDREDFOLD! Bed-Ridden For 20 Years, Crippled Ex- -lronworker Cheers FeLLow InDalids Throughout Nation
Writeo Letters From Hospital

And when the reaction sets in they'll clean up things as they should. I believe it's coming. I have faith"
 Years.
 once hc didn't have faith In anthing.
 When he was crushed by the fall of a derrick In December, 1911 his back, legs, arms and even hls fingers were broken. On one day he was lusty young iron worker full of the joy of living. On the next day his was pathctically broken body, Surgeons said he had only q few hours to live.
 In his agony of body and soul. he prayed. He prayed for one thing---death. But he lived! He lived not to regain health and strength but to lie in bed, the shattered shell of what had been husky Tom Shinners.
 Books.
 When he was Q young man of 20 years. Tom Shinners was practi- cally uneducated. Now he has read and studied everything, from history to philosophy, from poetry to politics, at least 5000 volumes.
 He Is GO years old now. and he has learned to enjoy life more and more. He has q radio by his bed, a telephone and portable type writer which he operates with one finger. His friends are legion. He Is either q member or an honorary member of nearly every organiza- ton in the section.
 "It's remarkable how you can build up real friendship with pco- pie you have never sccn," he says as he recalls the hundreds, many in similar predicaments, with whom he corresponds.
 So Tom Shinners lives. in quiet and peace--and pain. But though he can take no active part in the whirl of the modern world, he looks forward to life with joy n his heart.
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STUDENTS RUN
 COLLEGE FARM

Mena, Arb.--The overall-clad student seem on the campus of Commonwealth college. near here, lsn't q hunky carrying books tfoi some college professor. but he Ia wearing the accepted dress of stu dents here. And what Is more, overails are accepted as a correct Rarb for evening wear.
 The college, located on a 320 acre farm in the rolling hills of the Ouachita range. ls communal institution and each student works 20 hours a week to pay for his meals. lodging and laundry service The system. says Lucine Koch, 24- year-old president of the college. is not only q success but 1t has re- suited In students living cheaper at the college than they can at home.
 Glasses are held in the morning. md a.ter lunch the entire student body goes to the fields. sheds, barns and milk housee. where farm chores are performed,b,e,>i 4,sgas..y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18

Indianapolis, Ind.--"Homc for Christmas" was the hope with which American soldiers living In the mud and desolation of France chcercd themselves thirteen years ago, but this year more than bO,- 900 of these men still will not Dc home for Christmas.
 They will be confined In hospi- tnls in many parts of the country where they are struggling to regain health and strength lost fin the war, to Mrs A. II. Hoffman. of Des Moines. Iowa, chairman Of the anxillary's national rehabillta- ton committee, who is directing the nuxiliary'g efforts to bring n touch of Christmas to these dis-
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1 '"rhe thinking people are going
 to wake up. You'Il gee. They'll take matters in their own hands.
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INDIAN PRINCES
 HOARD GOLD

London.--Much has been printed recently In the newspapers regard ing the frozen gold In the Federal Bank of the United States and the Bank of France, but not much about the frozen gold treasure of India. .&
 Some of the ruling princes in India have more gold and precious jewels than Ei Dorado ever saw.
 The Indian bns his own ideas of banking. and the savings of the poorer people invariably take one of two forms. gold ornaments for the women. or little cache of gold. usually underground.
 So rich are several of these rui Ing princes that they do not know Inc meaning of the word money"
 One of them. recently visiting London, called on an automobile ninnufacturer to inspect the worlds most luxurious car, which hod been made for him. He ex- pressed desire for certain nddi- tlons 10 be made. with endless gadgets. and the salesman beamed. 4 s20,000 order. "The car shnji be delivered without unnecessary dslayt"' he said to tho prince, who. raising his eyebrows. remarked. The cary T. desire fl dozcn."
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Black diamonds are slightly harder than white oneal
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WAR LORDS
 z HUNT GOLD

PeipIng.-Marshal Chang iseuh- Hang is wondering what has nap pened to a personal fortune esti mated at $s0.000,60O tsiiVerl. which was accumulated large'y py tis father. Chang Tso-lin. and romewhat increased by his own cf- forts. v, t.
 Al the same time. Tang Yu-Iin. inc war lord of Jehol. and one oi Marnhal Chang's subordinhteS, " even more anxious about lhs ,vfiereabout1 of fl personal hoard estimated at $t0.000,000 (sllyerl' which he had in the vaults Of his MuIsden home.
 That the Manchurian chleftains never expected to the Japanese; to take such drastic action hs they did in September, is indicated by inc fact that these two war lords' and several of their subordinatcS, left great treasures behind.
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New Yorl<.--The iIoarding oi corporation earnings by business leaders during prosperity in the fu- tile attempt to build up a t6p- heavy industrial capital structure, is one of the chief direct causes ot the present business slump, Paul NJ. Mazuf, an eminent banker, will say in his new Viking Press book,
 New Roads to Prosperity" to be published next woke. Pointing out that an economic balance must be
 maintained between production and consumption. between corporate earnings and dividends and wages, Mir Mazur points out that "ln the years 1926, 1927 and 1928 the aver age profits of American corpora tions are estimated at S7.220,70O; average dividends for these same years totaled about $4, ,000, 900, or sixty per cent, leaving 93,100,- 000.000 undistributed.' He advo- catcs q policy of huctuatlng divid- ends closely based on earnings.
 Such surpiuses accumulated In vested in the stock market where LbVy hiO bkeHtD iU tH5 OVCT~btkutu- . lation of speculation, or they are deposited in banks where, under our present philosophy of credit. they are used primarily to Btimu- late the production of other indus trial companies. or they are in- vested in the expansion of the pro- ductive capacity of the particular company in question" continues Mir Mazur. When the money k used as credit for security purchases, 1t furnishes not only the basis of q speculative boon. but also the inc evitability of money being drawn from consumption for the furnish : Ing of margin requirements"
 When the money is used for plant expansion or purchase of materials. or as bank credit fo- production or season peaks of working capital. it is not only with
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, ize a history of the future coursc of prices which showed greater variation than that of the past ten years during which continuity of dividend payments obtained"
 The following changes in policy by corporations arc urged by Mr Mazur in his Forthcoming book:
 "f. 4 more generous percep- tage of profit De paid as dividends of equity stock.
 "2. Dividends paid each year be In direct relationship to the inc come of that year.
 "a. Ali expansion of plant capacity, the necessity of which is not patent. shall be provided by capital in part out Of earnings and In part out of subscription to stock offered with covering lei . ter of explanation at the time of tho dividend payment. (This is the same as an alternative offer of . stock and cash dividend and gives the stockholder a chance to elect his choice.)
 sH. Funds accumulated for the purpose of protecting requirements of working capital end soivency or future dividends to be kept in cash or it's equivalent and not invested In capital assets for increased pro- ductIonS
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Hoarding. Earnings
 Cause Of Depression
Economic Balance Destroyed By Withdrawal of Pur.
 chasing Power to Capital System Says Banker

|, drawn from consumption, but 1t al- 70 creates additional productive capacity by means of which to flood the country with goods and create the condition of over-pro- duction."
 The fixed dividend policy of cor porations Is no protection against sltifhp periods, and sstl1e fact that the practice of continuing dividend payments rarely survives even one adverse year removes nearly all Of the possible practical value of the policy" Granting that fiuctuating dividends on securities might give rise to wide ranges of prices oe securitieE, he says: "but 1t would take . vivid imagination to viaual-
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Retains Faith In World
By DEXTER H. TIED NEA Service Writer

Passaic, N. l., Dec. - chrIstmas means great deal to Thomas gilinners, though for 20 years he has lain in bed in St Mary's hoa- pital here, hopcicssIy crippled. al- ways in pain, able to use only his right hand and to move his head.
 TIe might well be Respondent. but he isn't. He has hope, he x cheerful, and he has faith.
 .'As we approach the Christmas geason am happy and at peace with tho world" he says with q sincere smile. "I am blessed with hundreds of the finest friends q man ever had.
 ITO those less fortunate Tn friends and happiness --1 wish them n Merry Christmas and ! hope that God will bless them and bring them more friends. peace Of mind and happiness in the years to come"
 Tom Shinncrs Is doing all he can to make others happy. With in- finite patience, writing painiuHy with q pen in the right hand that he uses with so much effort, he is sending cheering messages to 4oO bod ridden people and crlppIeS 'n every state In tho union: sofhc- times he uses typewriter.
 You feel that you are doing something worth while when. you can cheer somebody else up, nc There will be a Christmas tree in the hospital ward solarlum tnat I,as been home to Tom Shinners since 1911: evergreen, the glitter ana sparkle of tinsei. presents.
 Friends.
 People from all walks or Iiie coyna 10 sec him. Bootlcggers ana bankers, gangstcrs and politicians and humble workingmen---aii nave nnds ont what is going on In the world. , ton In public office, crime ana bad government. how indignatioh flames in him! You feel that rom
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Shinners would be out fighting to right wrongs If he could.
 "f still have faith in my coup-
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A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

SINNERS LITTLE hospital
  he IS m without lending help
  along pathway be a better having lived in it."
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-04-24
Twelve Years Ago
From The Herald of April "a, 1919

From The Herald of April %, 1919
The law firm of Marion e Burke
had been dissolved and E. w.
Burke was going to have his law
offices in the old First State bank
building.
Judge C. c. Hurley had appoint
ed Arthur White of Savage county
commissioner in Richland county
to succeed John II. Bawden who
had resigned.
Ferd Meyer had bought the Wolf
Point Cafe on Third Street from
M. S. Lee and had placed George
Torrell in charge.
Bids for t%ranscribing the Sheri-
dan county records that had to do
with the newly created Roosevelt
country territory, were too high,
and were thrown out by the coun-
ty commissioners.
Wolf Point had raised her quota
of $4,000 in the Victory loan
drive.
Mrs. Frank Cusker, whose home
was north of Poplar, died after an
Illness of only a day.
The city council was having a
census of the city taken. The work
was being done by Adolf Hauge
and Mrs. Walter Chapman.
Among the 1874 Montana men
who were aboard the U.S.S. trans
port Floridian, which locked OF
April IA, coming from st. Nazaire,
France, there were Peter Wig and
John Belgrade of Wolf Point, AL
bra Willard of Terrace, William
Witt of Hamblin, Cleve Rankin of
Prairie Elk, George F. Kott of Pop
lar and a number of others from
Northeastern Montana. On a trans
port that locked on the 18th were
Svend Sand of Wolf Point, Nels
Nelson and Joe Alvarez of Poplar,
Henry Phillips and Henry Jones
of CuIbertson, Albert Weuss of
Frazer and Arlie Livesay of Balm
vile.
E. o. Nickel had just received
word that four of his nephews and
nieces in Iowa had just received
legacies of $4,000 each.
The Hanson Cash store was
planning to add a line of dry
goods.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-04-24
Regular Meeting of
Cow Creek H. D. Club

The Cow Creek club held their
regular meeting at Mrs. Alfred Nc
Nett's on April Is In the afternoon.
Meeting opened with several songs
and one Of greeting to the visit
ors, Mrs. Bullock, Mrs. Strodimier.
Project leader Mrs. McNett gave
the natures Spring tonic topic. Ar
terward, a vote was taken as to
how many enjoyed and wanted the
club work for the coming year to
continue. Is votes were cast, IL
for and l against.
Two delegates were appointed to
go to Glendive to school of in
struction. They were Mrs. Geo.
Hall and Mrs. Albert Amundson.
The next meeting date being
changed to End Wednesday In
May to be held at Geo. Halls, the
meeting adjourned and the group
Of ladies cooked and served the
lunch of eggs baked in tomato
sauce on toast, carrot-raisin salad,
apple-grape u pudding, ginger
bread, cocoa and coffee.