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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Here, There And Eoeryuhere

numbers or answer them; they did not have either to make speeches or suffer those of others; they did not have to turn to the lady on the right after the roast, or open their mail and throw it all away. or summon up sales resistance or seem pleased to meet strangers or step to the front of the car or wait until the red light turns green. They were spared the sound of in- dustrial voices prophesying better days, and the sight-which almost invariably followed such sounds of another ten-point decline; they ,<ere prevented from viewing two or three dozen very bad "movies"; they had, all in all, a delightful. restful and healthy vacation from all the annoyances, interruptions, gadgets and complications that compose what seems to be known as civilized life, which they will find, if anything, a little more complicated and annoying than it was on the day that they were stranded.
 A good many of us who were not so stranded could quite easily be tempted to swim back through the sharks and spend the next six months growing beard on Cocos Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Representative Alien T. Treadway, re-
 publican. of Massachusetts fears that the House of Representatives will be deadlocked so hopelessly when it comes time to organize
 in December that some extraordinary means will have to be taken to break it. With this in mind he states that T have said from the start, ever since l returned from Washing ton in June after being called there by President Hoover that could see no pos sibility of our organizing after December 7 and passing important legislation before December l5. :. Either we must pass leg islation before December l5, or foreign na
 tions oweing us $245, 100000 must be in default A precedent for non-appointment of committees was established in the Sixty
 third Congress when the Underwood tariff act was passed. The only committee at that time was the Ways and Means Committee. .... -" Mir Treadway's proposal is that William Tyler Page, veteran House Clerk. be elected temporary speaker and only such committees be named as are necessary to carry out special legislation. The idea isn't new. if we recall correctly. Somebody else suggested that expedient some months ago. Maybe it was, Representative Treadway. At any rate it doesn't sound legal to us. We should dsduce that the speaker must be of the House membership. although custom may have dictated this more than actual rule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
WHEAT AND VEGETABLES
(IIartford Times)

In the welter of discussion re- garding | wheat Charles Lathrop Pack, head of the former war gar den commission, recalls that the use of wheat has been drastically reduced through the increased con- sumption of fruit and vegetables. He believes that while this shift of appetite was more or less me chanically brought about through wartime measures. the transfer Of gastronomic affection may be a permanent one.
 If the American diet contained as much wheat to-day as fifty years ago, domestic consumption would provide a market for 147.O00,00O more bushels of wheat than is now the case. The per capita use of this cereal has declined from 233 to TIT pounds per year during the past half-century. By contrast the twenty-five leading truck crops have increased their acreage by 40 per cent during the last seven years and fifteen leading crops have eX. banded their car-loadings by SO peI cent during the past decade.
 Some will suggest that the fad for feminine slimness has in more recent years also had a bad effect on the domestic market for starch. laden wheat. Still others will point to the unexempled advertising cam. paign carried on to popularizs certain fruits. At any rate, fruits and vegetables have come to the fore and wheat and its derivatives have receded as food items on the American table. If this aspect of the situation were more clearly realized in the grain areas there might be less hankering after leg- islative devices such as the de- benture fee as means of solution. The. wheat grower needs, to culti- vate his. market, not the politicians, Perchance he may win back some of his lost clients. Fortune may yet smile on him by restoring more healthful lines to the feminine physique in which even his advertising bill will be paid by others. And might not something be done to offset the competition of fruit and vegetables by pointing out that these are mostly water, and need not nec- essarily replace the traditional ''staff of life" s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Judging by the tone of the news that comes from Washington today Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court is attending his last session of the highest tribunal in our land. He was 90 years old last March and is still capable of attending court sessions and rendering decisions of vigor and clarity that younger man might well envy. He is ranked among. the liberals of the court. Just at present touch of lumbago has confined him to his home. His general physical condition has been good for his advanced age. but the demands of the Supreme Court are such that many believe Justice Holmes is at the end of his brilliant career. We trust not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
(NEA Service Writer)

GNEtlCC
 Washington-This Is one city where revelations of police brutal to a shakeup in which the very their official heads.
 Recurrent police scandals in the capital have been arousing con- gressional wrath and public resent ment for years, but it was after the Wickersham commission last summer revealed widespread use of the third degree in American cities that the District of Colum- bia force found itself facing an &C., tual cleanup.
 Things began to move after a badly beaten police victim went to a newspaper here with evidence. Other prisoners and ex-suspects came forward with stories of sta- tion-house torture. The department of justice, with the approval of President Hoover, investigated in- tensively after police officials had entered denials, defenses and pro- testations of ignorance. Eighteen policemen were recently indicted on assault charges and investiga- tors turned over 53 cases which they said demanded disciplinary action against certain policemen.
 Now Major Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, has been retired. An in spector is also on the way out, three others are believed due to follow him, a couple of captains are retiring and the whole force is wondering how far this thing is going to go under Brig-Gen Pel- ham D. Glassford, the new chief. The older officials are being eased out as gracefully as possible, their chief offense being that they haven't given the capital a satis- factory police department and were complacent about the third degree and other examples of po- lice lawlessness.
 The man behind the reorganiza- 'tion is Maj-Gen Herbert B. Crosby. the presidentially appointed com missioner in charge of police af- fairs. Crosby was the army's chief of cavalry and Hoover named him after he had made known his de- sire that Washington become n model city for law enforcement. Crosby undertook to build an eff1- cient, law-abiding police force with some semblance of morale. After much effort he came to the con- clusion that he was being baked by the police machine which couldn't or wouldn't improve on its old methods and traditions.
 Public disclosures that the third degree had been extensively prac- ticed here gave Crosby his sue for action. He decided that Pratt and certain other officers would have to go and the annual physical ex- aminations, through which some of them might be retired without too much of mess. gave him a change to begin.
 The present reorganization probably has forestallcd a con- gressional investigation of the force. Crosby's attitude is that laz- mess and inaction of the superior officers has been largely respons- ible for unsatisfactory conditions and that the new deal will instill morale, pep, discipline and effici- ency.
 The police must not break one law to enforce another,' he says. He believes the third degree . is partly a form of laziness displayed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
THE LUCKY CASTAwAYs
(New York Herald-TrIbune)

(New York erald-Tribune)
 The three castaways' who spent three lonely months on Cocos Is- land chasing wild hogs and grow ing long boards were 90 impatient to get aboard civilization once more that they swam out to the rescuing gunboat through a shark infested sea. We who remained on the good ship Civilization all that time may try to understand the castaways' anxiety to exchange ioin cloths for a three -piece' suit with buttons. creases. lapels and a watch pocket. but our feelings about them must include certain amount of envy. They suffered great hardships, to be srrc, but think of the things they cid not have to soc, do or henr. tho things they were--howcver unwillingly- itblo to get along without.
 They did not have to call wrong
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
"I" AND I'VE"
(springfieid Republican,

(Springfield Republican,
 President Hoover's statement on the Philippine independence issue was notable in that 1t referred to the consideration i've" have given it in cabinet session. This use of i've" was repeated. One does not remember a similar White House statement from another President with as much suggestion or the meetings of the cabinet as a gath ering of equally qualified members of a board of directors.
 It Is unlikely that the most care full research will disclose similar statement from Wilson, Roosevelt, or from Andrew Jackson even aft- CT he disposed of the regular cabi- net to consult his kitchen" cabi- net. Lindbergh wrote the story of his lone transatiantic flight under the title "We," but Presidents have generally been more partial to aTu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY sl lAlgkZA
CAPTURE OF ITALIANS

CAPTURE OF ITALIANS
 On Oct. 31, 1917, an official re- port from Berlin announced that 120,000 Italian and 1000 guns had been captured on the Tagliamento Plain. 844 Ers E.stL
 The engagements; in which the Italians were captured, were de- clared in the dispatch to have been 'very successful" .
 A new Austrian army under Gen eral von Krobatin moved south westward from the Carnic Alps and attacked Wemona. The Germans pushed on southeastward fir om Udine.
 On the same day, Germans in Brazil were declared in revolt. The Brazilian army was mobilized 10 handle the situation. Chairman Hurley of the United States shipping board, promised that the United States would have ready during 1918 ships totaling 6, 900. 900 tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

IA E
 Chief Garrett J. Farelt of the Hartford Police Department gave a timely warning yesterday when he said that ''Rowdyism will not be tolerated Saturday night, in issuing his Halloween mandate. We rather inn agine that idea will be preached to every police department and enforeer of the law today. Of recent years such festivals as Halloween have been chosen by youths as occasions for wanton acts of destruction. Gone are the days when few gates might be lifted from their hinges or clothes lines taken down. Nowadays modem youths think nothing of destroying personal prop erty that may be of considerable value to the owner The fire departments suffer. too. False alarms are frequent. Deeayed fruit and vegetables are often strewn on verandas and sidewalks. Boyish exuberanee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Blame it on the depressionl Last August several islands were discovered near the is- lands of Peter and Paul off the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil. A recent search for the islands failed to reveal them. Nobody is scouting the story of their discovery by an English freighter, but scientists believe that the islands have simply disappeared below the surface of the sea. Perhaps they will reappear, perhaps they won't. If they do, we don't advise building summer bunga- low on them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
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

by policemen who consider it cas- fer to beat confessions out of pris- oners than to assemble evidence against them. He also believes that the police should make cases against bootleggers and speak easies instead of attempting to dis courage law violators merely by destruction of their property.
 About the time the third degree scandal developed this summer a grand jury report on charges that a policeman had been framed" by other members of the force had also strengthened the likelihood of a congressional inquiry. The grand jury sustained the frame up" charges and recommended that all police officers who had had any connection with the case be sev- erely reprimanded for negligence and incompetence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Personal Health Service (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., 1931-10-31

When we get the governments of the world to disarm. maybe we'd better invite our burglars, hijaekers gangsters. and private bombing and machine gun squads to attend a disarmament conference. Also the arms manufacturers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Workers in the Research Insti- tute of the Cancer Hospital. Lon- don. report that they have discov- cred a chemically pure substance of known structure which produces cancer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Because the house was too small to accommodate the crowd who attended the fune-si of Color-Ser- geant A. saycrs at Shs eriess. Eng land. the coffin Wis placed on tres- ties In the s:ree. and The service held there. D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

can break forth without Ftsofting to such meanness. We believe in fun tempered by a regard for person and property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
AND THAT'S THAT

Whats the use of signing, It's bound to cramp your style, It doesn't smooth the pathway, So cheer up brother, smile.
 o--O--o
 The trouble with the so-called big navy men is due to the fact that they're small where they're supposed to be big.
 O-O-o
 It's all right to bring home the bacon, but don't forget the liver. o-O-o With Capone in jail gangland in Chicago will start shooting the chutes instead of the innocent by islanders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 o-O--o
 OH YOU DON'T SAY Tho old oakeil bunket,
 Is debunked, they say, It was oak, but chestnut, Three cheers, hooray.
 o-O-o If bath robes were used solely for baths, the number some peo- pie take, should give the robes a guaranteed mileage of 50,O00 or more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

ing the Japs in Manehuria. But doggone it, whose country is 1t?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

The name of F.. N. $. Weston- super- Mare. q sioop heing built at Davenport. England, has raised the problem of hon !. can be in- scribzed on sailors cap so that 1t can be read without walking around the wearer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

All vehicles must be lighted not later than $40 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Quotations

There Is no statesman in the united States or in Europe who measures up to Herbert Hoover in his ability to comprehend any sit- uation; he consults politicians less than any executive I have known and accomplishes the greatest re- sults.-Se:ator Tess of Ohio.
 We in India feel that the law governing brute creation is not the law which should guide humanity. -Mahatma Gandhi.
 Although girls sometimes seek, through their charms, higher marks than they deserve, they meet with little success.-Professo Ho- mer A. Watt.
 Advertising to-day is undoubtedly one of the greatest forces in the business structuSe of the United States.-Colonel Leroy W. Heron.
 It is naive to assume that any court whatever is composed of dis embodied intellects.-Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
O-U--O OH DEAR ME

She gave him a lock of her hair, And now they'll never part, For when she gave him lock of
 her hair,
 He gave her the key to his heart.
 o-O-o Divorce is merely a back door escape from matrimony. o-O-o
 The man who assumes too many responsibilities is liable to be consumed by them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

To-day civilization is facing dif- faculties as grim and far-reaching as those 1t faced in 1917.-Gover- nor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

She was spurned by an aviator, Didn't think they'd ever part. Now she's in love with a glider- Who flew right in her heart.
 o-O-o ' Nowadays correspondence is done with speed on typewriters. Years ago it was inkstartaneously.
 o-O-o The prohibitionists will never back water, says one of their leaders. Literally or fig uratively, may I ask.
 o-O-o I suppose prosperity will re- turn in the nickel of time.
 o-O-o
 DEALING I called my gal on the old dial
 phone,
 Then got a shock, oh gee, l thought that it was leap year, She said. "Is this a ring for
 o-O-o Just when they began to talk about reducing noise in America, soup kitchens became popular
 o-O-o
 A little song, T Call My Girl Honey Because She's Always Buzzing Around" o-O-o Washington Park Community club last night received a bust of Washington. We hope the cele- bration planned next year won't be a bust. ." t.."''' -.4.. t4..-f o-O-o, !. If you followed a big wind to its source you'd be sure to find a politician at the end of it.
 o-O-O If they held elections in win ter, rather than fall, they'd be able to throw snow balls instead of mud.
 Connecticut wants a train- ing school to fit young men for the sea. Thought in a few years we'd be flying over it, instead of sailing across.
 O-O-o At a football game, never kick the man in front of you, it's quite possible you may break the bottle on his hip.
 o-O-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
SALAD DRESSING

Tommy is fond of salad, He's a playbOy, as you guessed, He doesn't want his salad nude, But dressed.
 o-O-o Life's greatest safety play is made by the bachelor.
 o-O--o
 The richer get richer and the poor get unemployment.
 o-O--o A returning Englishman says America is filled with shouts. Guess hre must have seen nothing over here but our football games.
 o-O-o
 It took the flight of i'm agination to make possible the first flying machine.
 o-O--o Very often. it's a hit and RUM driver.
 o-O-o The battle between vets and drys takes place in the next con- gress. The floor leader better preside with a sponge.
 o-O--o
 DING, DING
 Sing a song of padlocks, Three joints i'm a TOW, Waterbury's getting hit,
 Oh, oh, oh.
 o--O-o This concludes our series of pro- grams for the week. They came to you over DBD and were broad cast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the air again Monday evening.
 o-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
OH YOU GO ON

oh 1OC oO ON Her smile was disarming,
 He walked to her side, Then found himself captive, Loves bars glistcned wide. o-O-o We'll, they've announced bids on the new post office. Sounds like contract bridge, doesn't 1t? O-O-o
 Who can remember the good old days when you'd prick your fingers just about this time of the year, trying to open chestnut burrs?
 O-O-o There's a new song hit, Life is Like Bowl of Cherries" Sounds like apple sauce to us.
 o-O-o
 Now they're offering yeast in the shape of chocolate eggs. Yeaster eggs, as it were.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
LOVE VIA THE AIR

She was spurned by an aviator,
 Didn't think they'd ever part, Now she's in love with a glider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
RECESS IS ORDERED
BY SUPREME COURT
Highest Tribunal Delays Rul-
ing on Case Attacking Ma
tionaI Prohibition Laws.

The United States Supreme Court
after handing down seven decisions and
g number of orders took a recess yeSter-
day until February "a. This means
that the court cannot render decision
until that date or thereafter on the
validity of national prohibition involved
in the appeal from the recent New
Jersey case
sustained Louisiana in boundary dis
pute with Mississippi.
Government Loses.
In a case from Virginia it held a
State had the right to prevent corpo-
ration from doing intrastate business
to take out charter.
The court also ruled against the Gov
eminent in four tax cases involving the
time when interest charges begin and
the statute Of limitation takes effect.
The court refused to stay its man
date giving effect to its recent decision
setting aside an Interstate Commerce
Commission order fixing rates on logs
shipped between Florida points.
Refuses Play Case Review.
"Abies Irish Rose" had an extremely
short Supreme Court run, the tribunal
declining to review a case in which
Ann Nichols, author of the play, claim
ed the movie "Cohens and Kellys" vio-
lated her copyright.
The court refused to review the claims
of more than 5000 Seminole Indians to
oil lands in Seminole County, Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
REHEARSAL HELD
Legion Post Sponsors operetta,
~'songland's Romance"

The first rehearsal of "Songland's
Romance" operetta to be presented by
the Costello Post, American Legion, in
the near future, was held at the Cairo
Hotel last night.
Young msn and women who desire
parts in the operetta have been asked
to attend the rehearsals each Monday
and Thursday night at the Cairo Hotel
at o'clock. The entertainment viii be
presented at one of the local theaters
and at the veterans hospitals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

Although not identified in name, the
history of the Red Cross may be traced
back to 1913, when some ladies' of
Frankfurt, Germany, formed themselves
into a society, called the Frauenverein
to alleviate suffering caused by the
great continental war commenced in
that year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
BLOOD AIDS PATIENT
Wife of Philippine Commissioner
Helped by Transfer.

Mrs. Camilo Osias, wife of the Philip
pine resident commissioner, was report
ed in a fairly good" condition at
Emergency Hospital this morning, fol-
lowing a second blood TRANSMISSION Sat-
urday. Mrs. Osias underwent an OPP
Grafton Tuesday for. an abdominal
tumor, which followed closely a seri-
Gus illness from which she was recu-
perating.
Mrs. OSias had been in bad health
for some months and Washington doc
tors last Summer recommended sea air.
Accordingly, she returned to the Phil
ippine Islands, but on the trip back tC
the United States, a short time ago
contracted pneumonia. She was con-
fined to her bed in a West Coast hos
pital for some time before coming back
to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

No change in Jelleff's policy;
no change in its determination
and ability to be first with the
new fashions; no change in
its policy of low prices.
But a great and a wonderful
change in the physical aspect of
the store. Extra floors added
important departments expand
ed-new, beautiful and useful
fixtures installed.
The store is now as beautiful as
the merchandise it carries. To
those who have not visited us for
six months or so visit now will
be thrilling and a delightful
experience.
1t is The New JelIef's-an en-
lareed and improved Jelleff's.
You owe it to yourself to pay us
call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03

Beauvais embroidered envelopes and vaga.
bond pouches. . the new Mirocello crepe
bags on simulated shell frames. Persianette
tapestry bags in Paisley colors.
Jeue6's Bag Shop-Street Floor