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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Gold and Platinum

The supply of platinum is increasing. Russia, which has been the worlds chief source of supply in recent years, IS rapidly increasing her output. Meanwhile Canada reports larger production in northern On tario. and talks of supplying the world with this precious metal. Industrial users are interested accordingly. There should be equal interest to the fine arts, and also to economists and financiers.
 One of the most remarkable changes in the last decade or two has been the swing from gold to platinum in the jewelry busl- ness. For no very obvious reason except that platinum was expensive, this metal has largely replaced gold for purposes of per- sonal decoration, thus robbing the latter of an artistic and economic value held since the beginning of civilization.
 This has been one reason for the cheapen- ing of gold and expnsion of credit. When there was no longer much use fro gold ex- cept for money, of course there was an over supply of money, which brought high ptiees for commodities, land and securities. Now if platinum is going to become plentiful and cheap. popular taste may turn to gold again which always has been more beautiful and suitable for artistic use than any of the may strengthen out along with artistic val ues. Indeed. the change is already observ- able.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

The chief thing still needed. says Orville Wright in recent interview. is an automatic pilot that will keep an airplane from stall ing. The pilot thinks he is going faster than he is. or is mistaken about his angle, or the speed or direction of the wind. Losing head way he goes into nose dive or tail spin from which he may not be able to recover. What is wanted is something that will indicate accurately and instantly the exact air angle incidence of the plane - mechanical device which will show clearly the definite move ment of the machine in the air both as to angle and rate of speed, whether in head or following wind, or in dead air This is large order but perhaps not impossible When such an intelligent mechanism is pro- duced, nearly all of us may fly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER s, 1881
Captain Maurice T. Healey

There were many expressions of regret heard in Waterbury when 1t became known that Maurice Healey was dead. Although he had been on the police department retired list for the past six years he was still held in the same esteem as in the days when he was conspicuous member of the force. Maurice Healey became member of the Waterbury Police Department in the days when a man constituted force unto him. self. Oftentimes the policeman was called upon to enforce the law and to judge the culprit all at the same time. Through this period Maurice Healey passed with high honorS.
 He was good patrolman; he became an excellent officer He knew bis duties and he fulfilled them to the best Of his ability which was considerable. He recognized the need of discipline within the department and gave it to his superlors, as well as ask ing it of his men when he was elevated to sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. He was familiar figure on the streets of the city prior to his retirement in 1925. There were many inquiries for him when his active duties ceased and he retired for much needed rest. People had come to connect his presence with the routine of city lite. Without it something was missing.
 Just as faithful as was Maurice Healey to his police work so was his devotion to his family and his church. He was a good husband fond father, and devout church. man. That is as much as can be asked ot any man. He met ife's buffets with his head erect and facing always to the front. Waterbury will be the poorer for Maurice Healev's death
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
SWEDEN AIDS GERMANY

On Sept 8, 1917, the department of state of the United States startl- ed the world by making public telegrams sent in cipher to the Berlin foreign off1ce-through the Stockholm foreign office - by the German charge at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 Secretary of State Lansing de- clared that the telegrams had been sent by Count Luxburg, German charge d'affairs at Buenos Aires and dispatches from Buenos Aires by the Swedish delegation to the Stockholm foreign office as Swed- ish messages.
 Most important of these was the following:
 This government has now re- leased German and Austrian ships on which hitherto a guard had been placed. In consequence of the settlement sof the Monte (Protegi- dol case there has been a great change in public feeling. Govern ment will in future only clear Ar genuine ships as far as Las Palmas. I beg that the small steamers Orah and Guazo, 31st of January (mean- ing which sailed 31st), which are now nearing Bordeau with view to change flags. may be spared .. or sunk without trace being left | (spurlos vesenkt).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Roosevelt Doomed

While there was no overwhelming demonstration for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York at the Kent Falr Saturday there appeared to be an undereur- rant of feeling which made the New York governor the favorite in the eyes of Connee- ticut democrats. There is an exceptionally good chance of the democratic delegation 10 the national convention of l93Z pledging itself to Roosevelt although there are those in this state who still persist in clinglng to their 1928 Al Smith banners There might be chance to use them next year, but 1t IS doubtful if ex-Governor Smith would stand in the way of his successor being nominated
 On the basis of what was said at Kent there could be no conclusions drawn about Roosevelts availability. Neither the gov ernor of New York nor the governor ot Connecticut strayed far afield in their re- marks. Governor Cross was quite eireum- spect in his brief talk. He side-stepped political issues in his best professorlal style' He was probably wise, too. Although boomed as democratic outing the opening of country fair was hardly the place tor two governors to meet and open an attack on any republican strongholds or lay down
 
 their tenets and plans for coming years
 There was more said in undertoneS among spectators and political leaders from various sections of the state about political issues than on the platform. It is often charged that more politics is played In the anterooms of conventions than on the actual convention floor itself. We often think of these closed chamber sessions as rehearsals for the finished play in which delegates and spectators play the parts that the authors and stage managers assign them Sometimes they do it uneonseiously; often they do it only after going over their parts time and again. There was little of that at Kent Saturday. Some were disappointed. but they can take heart in the thought that 1t IS a bit too early for presidential possibilities to lay their cards on the table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

All of which makes us wonder why the state and Uncle Sam himself don't do more about the sale of firearms. There are prob ably more firearms in the hands of ire sponsible people to-day than even in the time of war. And the bootleg sale of such dangerous weapons as machine guns, not to mention sawed-off shot-guns is equally alarming Gangsters have no trouble in se- curing the very latest in small arms. There certainly is no infringement upon their rights. If the lawless elements of the nation found more trouble in arming themselves with dangerous weapons considerable of their bravado would vanish. Most of them are towards at heart. They need plenty Of dope and gun to brace their courage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

able fees which would cover the bare cost of operation.
 Federal prisoners read an average of one book week from prison libraries, according to bureau of prisons figures, and it is estimated that the average prisoner reads as many books in a month as the average person dependent on public libraries reads in a year.
 Library service in the federal institutions has been improved and expanded and within seven months the book circulation at Atlanta penitentiary increased 67 per cent and that at the penal institution at Chillicothe, O., 103 per cent. The greatest demand is for ad- venture fiction and there has to be some censorship. officials say, bu. not much. The worst of the rack eteering and crime stories and the "dime novel type of fiction are the kinds likely to be prohibited. Pris- oners are encouraged to read non- fiction and 1t is noted with appro- bation that there is a strong de- mand for books which tell how to write letters and use grammar, about psychology and how to be successful in life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
THE OYSTER RETURNS
(New Haven Register.

The good old oyster is playing a return engagement at all the shellfish emporiums. September has arrived and being possessed. as usual. of an "R," out comes the seductive bivalve from its annual vacation or should it be its summer hiding act? Anyway 1t is here in large quantities and just as full of fun and flavor as ever.
 New Haven oystermen them selves are smiling as happily as possible. They announce a splen- did "crop" in the making and then grow confidential us they admit that they have been stall ing all these years about the re- lationship of "Rs" and oysters. The fact that openly say that the story was created by themselves for their own comfort, so the season would end with April and give them until September to get over the excitement and spend their profits.
 As a matter of fact 1t was the modern refrigerator man who charged them with being falsi- fiers on the "R" score and then went ahead and convicted them. That Is one reason why they now admit the attempt to get away with the idea. Still. we must not be angry with them for the inn position, for actually there was good reason why oysters should be avoided in the hot summer months before modern systems for shipping oysters and keeping them fresh and safe for eating, came into general use. In the old days an oyster was apt to be poisonous within few hours after being brought to the surface of the ocean, opened and served. It does not take long for this shellfish to spoil in hot weather. But now it seems that the oyster Is frozen very quickly after being taken and remains perfectly safe as a food until thawed and served. When the oyster appears on the bills fare of the country 1t Is time to get the heavy underwear out of the camphor. It is about the best little alarm clock we know. Resembles the assembling of the baseball rockies in the Southland in March in that re- spect. It tells definitely what tin:e of year 1t is.
 Well, as we said before-"Here's to the oyster. May he live long enough to grow fat and luscious,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
NEA Service Writer


 Washington-Loud cheers went up from over the nation as 1t be- came evident that the illness of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wen- dell Holmes at his home at Beverly Farms, Mass, was not as serious as at first supposed. Signs of re- lief arose, too, when it appeared that the country would be spared hot fight in the overburdened next Congress about supreme court continuation.
 Speculation concerning a suc- cessor to Holmes began in no time at all, stimulated by memory of the startling, bitter struggle against confirmation of Chief Jus tice Hughes and the defeat or the Judge Parker nomination. The advanced age of several of the justices is constantly provocative of such speculation and there's a furry of it whenever one of them contracts a slight cold.
 Whether President Hoover would appoint a liberal or a conserVa- tive to replace such man as Holmes or Brandeis is matter or guesswork. But the chances are that if Hoover is reelected he will, by the end of his second term, have appointed majority or the members of the supreme bench and leave behind him Hoover court"
 Most of the justices take 1t fairly easy in the summer, put three of them this year have had extended holidays in Europe. Ihe three are Chief Justice Hughes' Justice Van Devanter ana Jus tice McReynolds.
 None of them stick around nere in the heat. Young Justice ROD erts is reported to have been grubbing around on his Pennsyi- yaria farm and Justice Butler has summered at his mountain home in the same state. Justice Bran deis has spent most of the ums at his summer place at Chatham on Cape Cod, Justice Stone has been buried away in Maine and Justice Sutherland has been Tn California.
 Automobile parking is one of the great nuisances of ire III inc capital and a bill will be in- troduced in the next congress 10 erect big garages within a few minutes walk of the principal new government buildings SD that the federal employes-some 6S, OOO-will have place to park their cars.
 There will be 23,000 employees in the new buildings on the Tri- angle below Pennsylvania avenue and about at fourth of them drive their own cars to work. The bill for garages, to be built at an esti- mated cost of $7,50O,00O is spon- tsored by the Federal Bar asso- ciation. It is proposed to charge the government workers reason
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Here, There And EDeryuDhere

Me-" the English words as we'll as the Japanese being we'll known to the musically inclined Japanese youths and maidens.
 Naturally. Americans may be flattered by this evincing of pleas- ure in their melodies by the Jap anese, whose attitude for several years has been tinctured with dig nified aloofness. When one nation sings another's songs, assuming they are fairly good songs, there is an inevitable gain in mutual un- derstanding. These gay American ditties, and French and English ones as well. may readily make a contributio nof their own to an era of still better feeling between the Orient and the Occident. And this, as q Japanese popular song de- votee eager to use his acquired vo- cabulary might say, is 70. K"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
GUESSING AT TT
(Hartford COurant)

A newspaper in Washington publishes a letter from a reader
 who asks the public to consiuel
 the tortoise, not the ant, ana pe
 wise. The tortoise is phophesylhs
 an unusually severe winter so ne tells us He writes, "Scoff. II you will. but the very fact that they are foraging after food with ex- treme yigor and haste in order to
 grow fatter and fatter so they VIII have plenty of flesh to draw sus- tenance from, is a srue inuication
 of a long cold winter with plenty of ice and snow" At any rate, we cannot say tha' the Washington man did not warn
 us, but even in the face or the warning we recall that the sum
 mer to date has been excellent Tor
 the growth of animal, insetc anu
 vegetable life, and, though we were never called upon to house or iecu a totoise, we feel that whatever II
 feeds upon has been abundant, as food has for all the lower iorhs of life. For that reason why would 1t not be logical to say that, instead of being an inspireu
 weather prophet ranking ahead ol CnleI Cs K. MAEtin OA sAAS w Bureau. the totoise having found an abundance of food. has eaten 1t and has waxed fat. thereby in-
 creasing its chances of survival un-
 til April. 1882. or whenever tns
 soil thaws? As for the type of
 winter now coming we feel sure the tortoise knows naught or u.
 There may be a severe winter:
 in fact. we can see reasons Tor ex. pecting it., the main one being that i those of the past three or four years have beenmiid. That does not guarantee that the coming one will be otherwise. but 1t affords grounds for a belief that U may
 date of the first severe frost:s. IT that should be before September iS, we should regard it as . fur
 ther indication of q severe winter. But neither we nor the tortoise can
 be sure of the matter until. say. ! March aS. sas9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Airplane Safety

There are a good many airplane accidents right along. Frank Hawks. the speedy flyer was quoted lately as saying that only Der cent of them are caused by defective planes. Nearly always it is defective flyers or unforeseen situations. Too many aviators ,,e careless. A human being at his best. cannot function perfectly in an unnatural eoyironment. Man was not born to the ar. Fer this reason he needs all the mechanical help he can get.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
THE POPULAR SONGS VAIL
 HALLA
(chritsian Science Monitor)

When the popular song is no longer popular, when small boys eject 1t from their whistling reper- toire and even the hurdy-gurdy man replaces it with a new tune, what happens to 1t? Not dark ob- livion, as one might expect, but, on the contrary, another period of youth in the land of the cherry blossom.
 Which is to say that when Americans tire of erstwhile favor ite songs the Japanese populace take their turn at responding heartily to the tuneful melodies. Once the songs have won foot hold in Japan, 1t is interesting to note, they continue to be popular for A much longer period than in America, This is especially true to foreign novelties which are adapted to the Japanese idiom; songs written in a mixture of foreign and Japanese styles so that while they may be sung easily by the Japanese, they have the ele- ment of imported novelty.
 To illustrate just how yer popu- lar popular songs are in Japan, the Japan Advertiser states mat ter-of-factly that the monthly sale of records in Japan averages l. 500, ,000.
 Outstanding favorites have been Tokyo Koshinkyou." or "Toyko March" of which 100000 records have been sold; "Kimi Koishii' ("You Dearly and That's o. K. from which the Japanese have ob- tained not only a new song but a new expression.
 Other imported songs which have been widely enjoyed in Ja- pan, after translation into Jap anese. recently have been "Ra- mona" My Blu Heaven" March of the Grenadiers," "The Univer- sity of Maine Stein Song" sous les Toits de Paris" "The Gay Cab aller," Mon Paris" and "Tell Me. Of these last songs. all too familiar to the American reader. the most nonular in Japan has been "Tell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Quotations

Within the next 10 years l ex- pect to be flying $50 miles an hour regularly.
 -Captain Frank M: Hawks Many men are paying more to fail to put a golf ball in a httie hole than they are spending on their children's education.
 Professor Frank Roscoe A sense of humor must be im- portant for a long life.
 Albert Bigelow Paine pios- rapher.
 The purpose of an education Is to help find the truth in order tnat we may do right.
 No faith m words. Give us deeds
 Leon Trotsky.
 
 If all the women in China would put four-inch ruffies on the bot tom of their dresses. they would soon use up ell the surplus. cotton --Governor William H. (AIfaifa BiIi) Murray.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
OHMIGOSH

They quarrclcd on their honey
 moon,
 And now the judge, no doubt, Will rule the marriage wasn't safe, And call the wedding out.
 O-O-o A young girl learned to fly after taking lessons less than three hours. They're evidently making it quicker to die now than last year.
 o-O-o
 The only thing the average man wants to take on the chin these days is a razor.
 O-O-o The gasoline war reminds one of old days in France. It's a bat tie between the tanks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM
THE WILLOW

(By Jean Batchelor in The New York Times) The willow Is half spider And spins green light: over the bright river Her slight strands gleam. Ripping downward Like woven water The long leaves flow To the flowing stream, Dangling in the meadow Green and gold. This net of sun and shadow Seems hanging tkere To catch and tangle Sweet summer forever Down hy the river In a willow. snare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
IT WAS EVER THUS

'Hay fevcr," said the doctor, Whose eyes were opened wide, Impossible" yelled the flapper, Hey, hey, old thing, outside"
 o-O-o Don't fall in love with a nurse until you see her. sans uniform.
 o-O-o
 Every clock is a boost" said the workman, looking over a healthy order.
 O-O-o Where there's a will there's gen. erally a bray from some lawyer, anxious to break the thing.
 o-O-o A lot of people trip the LIGHT fantastic until HEAVY with sleep.
 O-O-o
 It's a long road that has no road hogs.
 o-O-o Speaking of live business men, we're waiting for some of 'em to put up signs. "Skates Sharpened, 20 Cents.'
 A-n-n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

It's getting tougher on the federal dry agents every day. Director Woodco has just issued a long letter in which he forbids agents in the future drinking intoxieants to obtain evidence What life what life! Arrests must be made now right after pur- chase of liquor. And it will be hard on the agent if what he purchased turned out to be near beer or some such connection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Male Avar Hya

Is it dangerous to have a mole just above the eye removed by muriatic acid? (M. J.)
 Answer-I should not advise 't. There are many safer and more satisfactory methods of removing mole, which any competent physi- elan can use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08
OHMIGOSH

Her face Is her fortune. So they say, And since she Is two-faced, Two fortunes. hooray!
 o-O-o It looks as if the soldier bonus battle will be fought all over again. We'll. money talks.
 O--O-o People who lock horns nowa- days arc generally autoists.
 O-O-O Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

Here lies the body,
 Of Tom and Kate, The roadstcr's limit Was Four, not Eight. O-O-O Autumn is always colorful de- spite the fact that private awnings are taken in ere it arrives.
 O-O-o The man who has but little to says is generally married to q woman who more than makes up for the deficiency.
 O-O-o
 It was Darwin who started all the monkey business about mans descent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

High tide at Milford "Wednesday, Sep tember 9, 9.l5 a. m. Daylight llme); low tide, 3.42 p. m. Daylight Time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-08

The question of carrying weapons, whether concealed or open. is regulated diff ferently by the various states In some