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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
Left-Handers {
 Will Soon Come Into Their Own

s,e Paris, May 2.-Equality for left handlers is coming to France. The ministry of public instruction, upon the suggestion of a left-handed of ficial, is suggesting to publishers that in the future "left-handed edition" be issued of all important boks.
 A left handed edition would differ from the normal editions in that page l of the book would be at the end of the book and the reader would read backwards towards the title page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
ILLNESS MORE FREQUENT
 IN LOWER ECONOMIC GROUP

St Louis. MOE-f(UP) ---. Illness IS decidedly more frequent in the lower economic groups, according to Frank J. Bruno. professor of So- ciology at Washington University here.
 In study of the casual relation between illness and dependency he found 83.1 per cent of St Louis fam flies receiving charity were also in need of medical care and that 2.37 per cent were physically disabled.
 A study of 22,600 deaths reported by 12 insurance companies reveals a higher death rate among the poorer classes, Bruno reported. The infant mortality rate increases definitely sthe income of the par ent declines, he also reported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

Daniel Bartholomew, 22, of 24 Ward street and Morris Wilner, 35. of A Clinton streer, both charged with transporting liquor, had theE cases continued until May 12th when arraigned in city court before Judge John F. McGrath this morning. Bartholomew pleaded guilty to the charge and Wilner pleaded mot guilty. Failure of the state .officer who made the arrest to appear in court was responsible for the con- tinuances. @A Nt 1 a
 All of the other important eases were continued until future dates this mernilig. That was the dis position of hte cases of Joseph Pro- bukis, 22, of 53 Maple street and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
FLYERS STARTED {, FOR AUSTRALIA
 n

Lympne Airdrome, England, May 2-(U. P.)-Captain T. Neville Stack and J. R. Chaplain. attempting to test the practicability of the air mail flight between Australia and Eng land, departed to-day on their third attempt to fly to Australia. 4
 On two previous attempts to make the round trip in 21 days. they had been forced back by weather con- ditions and motor trouble. l.a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
Liquor Cases 7fsfs
 Get Continuance
Bartholomew and Wlner Face Trial on Maysi2- Cider
 Case Also Goes Over f#

Charles Mikaitis. z4; of oe Poplar street, both charged with robbery.
 On motion of Attorney Ralph (. ,Coppetto, counsel for the accused. sAfubarah Corey 46s of 1Bl Scovill street, charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell, the case was continued until next Tuesday to de. termine swhether the liduids seized contained. any. alcoholic contents. Members of the ' local emergency squad, Oar Carson, Pat Moylan and Fred Hickey ,afresttd sCorey son Thursday afternoon and. confiscated several gallons of alleged hard cider. Corey was alleged to be operating his place across from St Mary's parochial school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
Democratic State
 Organization
lcontinued from Page 1)

H. Dannenberg. representatives from Bridgeport. and Representative those active in pushing the forma- ton of the permanent organization. When talked with they said that the matter will be brought to the atten- tion of the democrats in the legis- lature for action during the coming week.
 It is believed that the idea will meet with unanimous approval at the hands of the democrats in the 1881 legislature as it will present means of keeping the party's issues alive during the off-year when no state campaign is on in earnest as rule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
Market Weathers
 Rather Bad Week
Fact That Wall Street Withstood Decline Indicates
 Better Business in General

fear of contradiction that most or them are without foundation. As has been the case for some time, commission house selling has not been an important factor in this weeks decline for the reason, as pointed out heretofore, that the holdings of the general public have been reduced to exceedingly small proportions. While the picture this week has been 8 rather gloomy one. lit is worth noting that no great scare has exhibited itself concerning the market and such stocks as have had to be "jettisoned" have been ab- sorbed by investors who recognize that the present situation offers op- portunities for securing many sound stocks on a very attractive basis, regardless of what the immediate future holds forth.
 In addition to the regular absorp- tion, which has been going steadily forward, the market has found It. self obliged to take up g consider able quantity of stock which has been liquidated as result or the recent suspensions. The fact that such absorption has been possible, in an orderly way. without more serious disturbance of market con ditions than has been shown. is gen. orally noted as an element Of gena uine improvement. There can bf no doubt that short selling. which has been fashionable during the past few weeks, is being overdone; indeed, that side of the market IS now so crowded" any important attempt to cover would inevitably result in smar, pick up in prices as stocks certainly offer great bar gains at current levels for those who are in a position to buy and hold. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
EOT,D MIssIssIPPI LOW

St Louis, May 2 = (UP) = The Mississippi River at St Louis was at one of the lowest average stages from April 1, 1880, to April 1, 1881 in the nearly 100 years of govern ment observation. Navigation was seriously impeded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

TEMPLE COLLEGES GODDESS
 Philadelphia, May = y(UP1 - A goddess" will preside over the May festival at Temple University in place of the traditional Queen of the May. University officials said the change was made as result Of students request.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

The general committee in charge Qf the Memorial day celebration 10 be held in Waterbury this year an- lu0un<ed to-day, that the first part of the program. the school chil-
 lren's Reclamation contest, will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
DIVORCED IN RENO

Reno, Nevada, May ? - tUP) = Mrs Mabel Dillon Koletsky was granted divorce from Joseph Ko- letsky. New Haven, Conn, lawyer. yesterday. on the grounds Of ex- treme cruelty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
NACE sETs RECORD

RIVER TONNAGE SETS RECORD
 St Louis, May 2 ". (UPl lore tonnage was transported ef9nss the Mississippi river last year than Tn the "hey day. of river trarsporta- tion half century ago, statistics re- veal s. 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

While the quinquennial census of the native and foreign population in France has been completed it may be several months before the results can be announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
MAss NOTICE

FiNNEGAN-A first anniversary mass [ Tuesday morning tMay 5th) at 5 o'clock at St Patrick's church for
 the repose of the soul of the late Mrs Mary Finnegan..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

MIG DERMOTsr There will be q s months mind Mass celebrated on Monday morning. May 4th, at o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church for the repose of the soul of Michael McDermott, late of Catherine Ave nue., c
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02
FUNERALS

The funeral of Miss Julia Lawlor will be held Monday morning at S:l5 o'clock from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street to, the Immaculate Conception church at g o'clock. Burial will be in old St Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-02

MASS NOTICE KENNY-There will be a months mind Mass celebrated on Monday morning at the Immaculate Con- ception Church at o'clock for the repose of the soul of the late Joseph ' Kenny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
STATIC BEING STUDIED
BY LISTENERS CLUB
New England Group Will Gather
Data in Observations Made at
Same Hour Daily.

Gathering data on static and its Diff
ferent manifestations by means of a
series of observations extending over a
period of weeks is work recently
undertaken by the Radio Listeners
Club of Central New England.
Fifty members of this. organization
have been furnished with data sheets
which will enable them to record their
observations. Although living in va
rious sections CT Worcester County, they
will listen in at the same time to make
possible accurate comparisons. Each
member participating tunes in at 10
pm. and at 2 am. each day and
records his observations.
This test work Is only one of numer-
Gus activities undertaken by this re-
Gently organized club, whose member
ship is already extending to many parts
of the country. 1t Is the only club Of
its kind in New England and one of
the most active in the country.
One of the feature functions is DIX
broadcast, which goes on the air over
WTAG, Worcester, every Sunday from
to 80 am. Listeners have responded
to these programs from all sections of
the East and Middle West. Another
is the Gossip Corner, a regular feature
of the Evening Gazette. and conducted
purposely for club members, who are
thus enabled to exchange comment.
The feature is directed by Frederick L.
Rushton, secretary of the club, and
radio editor of the Worcester Telegram
and Gazette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Army and Navy News

miral. Rear Admiral Legs is one Of the
few officers of the Navy who come with
in the provisions of the act of Congress
Of May 4, 1916, which provides that
such officers of the Army and Navy as
were detailed for duty with the 18TH
milan Canal Commission on the Isthmus
Of Panama for more than three years
and who shall not have been advanced
in rank for such service by any provi-
sion Of law, shall be advanced one grade
in rank upon retirement" Rear Ad-
nliral Legs will be placed upon the re-
tired list Of the Navy on January /,
1882, when he will reach the retiring
age, and will be entitled to advance
ment by zone grade in rank" not hav-
ing been promoted for Panama Canal
service otherwise
1t has been rarely that officers of the
Army and Navy have reached this high
rank, an instance in the Army, for ex-
ample, being that of the late Lieut.. Gen.
Edgar Jadwin, formerly, and retired as
chief of Engineers of the Army. Rear
Admiral Legs has been on duty at the
New York Navy Yard since 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

are intended for use on q site in the
Washington Navy Yard.
The local Reserve battalion has not
been well equipped with armory IA
cilities since it was forced to vacate
the National Guard Building on the
Washington Channel water front,
which was used before the war by
the naval militia, then a part of the
land militia forces. l. While there the
| Reservists had dock facilities for a
large ship and could keep small boats
for training, but in their present loca-
ton they are some distance from the
Anacostia water front. While officers
and men are DESTROYS of having a
water front armory, nevertheless they
realize that the important thing is a
new building, even if it has to be
located some distance from the waters
edge.
Improvement in the conditions
whereby certain divisions have an ex-
cess of chief petty officers is expected
by the Naval Board of Inspection prior
to January /, next, the board reported
This is expected to result from special
instructions issued by the Bureau of
Navigation requiring each division to
reduce to the allowed complement. The
board said that, while this probably
will result temporarily in a reduction
of the total number of petty officers
in some divisions, 1t is believed that
these shortages will soon be made up
and a more properly balanced compile
ment of petty officers will be available.
1t was added that this will also have
the favorable result of reducing stag
nation of promotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
D. c.. Naval Reserve

small. and the Reservists are said to
be considerably hampered in some of
their drills. The drill hall, the dack
of which was recently renovated, is so
small that the full battalion cannot be
unanswered in infantry drill at one
time, and this branch of training must
be confined to division work.
While officers of the battalion have
been discussing new ar1nory prospects
for some years, it is understood that
the project has gone far enough now
for the preparation of plans. How
ever, it was indicated that, even with
the plans, there is little likelihood of
obtaining funds with which to erect a
new building now, as it probably would
be thrown out as unnecessary at this
time, when the Navy is trying to cut
its expenditures in every possible
source.
While the new building is badly
needed for the proper training of the
Reserve sailors, nevertheless 1t was
pointed out that they have a building
and they probably will have to strug-
gle along 70 a few years until 1t is
possible to g an increase in the
governmental expenditures. However,
it was said that the expense of con-
struction would be the only one. as
the designs which have been prepared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
HIGH POWER GRANTS
WILL DRAW PROTEST
Six Broadcasting Stations 2iaA
Appeal on Ruling Denying
Them Same Category.

Within the next three weeks at least
a half dozen enraged broadcasters 9p-
Grating powerful stations will mach
into the courts to protest the FEDERAL
Radio Commissions decision granting
to certain of their competitors the max
imum broadcast power of $4,000 watts
These stations. it appears, will not
attempt to hold up the hisH 17ower
grants to the sucISAfuI applicants, but
will challenge the validity of the deci-
sion on the ground that it is discrim-
inatory, contrary to the engineering
facts and wholly unwarranted as to
public interest. They will seek to have
the Court of Appeals Of the District of
Columbia, which sits as sort of super
radio commission, set aside the ruling
denying them increases to the maxi
mum power.
The appeals will grow out Of the
commissions determination that only
one-half of the stations operating on
the 40 exclusive wave-lengths with
power of 5000 watts or above may use
the maximum power of $4,000 watts
Nine vacancies were filled by the COM
mission tentatively last october !, while
another group of seven stations were
authorized to go to $4,000 watts power
In all there were "a applicants, but Of
them were not in the clear channel
category.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

from that country for a while--the
Mexican ministry of communications
has given every indication that 1t ex-
poets to stand by the Mexican corpora
ton. basked by Bfinkley money, Whlch
it licensed to operate XER. In bul-
letin it defends its right to license the
station on an intermediate channel.
Wave Farley Looms.
The bulletin reads: "Any per20n has
a right to use this station for ann0ance-
ments and commercial broadcasts It
is not true that 75000-watt station In
Mexico can be considered prejudiclal to
the United States stations, since this
station and those in the United States
operate on different wave lengths. This
one is in absolute compliance with the
international regulations now In force
If new North American conference
is called soon-and it is more than
likely that it will be, in view OF the
desperate situation that appears to be
developing-there must needs to be a
new division of channels among the
United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba
and the Central American republics. At
present the SO available channels are
divided so that American stations use
10 and Canada six exclusively, while IL
are uSeu mutually ny GcldIlfSly AOW-
power stations In both countries.
Recent advances in radio technique,
aimed at reducing interference. may
make it possible for both the United
States and Canada to keep their pres
ent facilities while finding places to
squeeze in the Mexican stations. This
entails definite agreement as to 1imi-
tation of power on shared channels.
But Mexico's demands may also mean
a revamping of the American and Ca
madam structures and another reallo-
their favorite stations elsewhere on the
dialS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Behind the Microphone
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.
\ ESPITE the general bust
ness depression, waning

~ ESPITE the general bust
ness depression, waning
~ 1881 finds the National
BroadcaSting Co. and the
Columbia System on the thresh-
hold Of a record-breaking wear
Total income for the two COM
panieS, it is estimated, will ap-
proximate 35,000,OOO.
From modest beginnings that
represented heavy losses to be
compensated for by the expected
increase in radio set sales which
network programs might stimu-
late, the business of broadcaSting
from the networks point OF
view, at least-has reached a
self sustaining and profitable
basis. 1t was on November Is
1926, that N. B. G. first went on
the air to serve a group of aSso-
ciated stations with a program
from New York that included
such stars as Mary Garden, Will
Rogers, Tito Ruffo, Weber and
Fields and Walter DamroSch.
Today N. B. G. serves "a sta
LlOIlS, D6Sluc lUS OWI1 dIlu OLIlGI
short-wave auxiliaries. On No.
vember IA it added KGU, Homo
lulu, as a regular member, Serv-
ing it via short waves. Deem
Der l it will add KOHL, Omaha
Council Bluffs, to bring the total
to IS. C. B. S. now serves 80 sta
lions also, but on December l it
loses KOHL to N. B. C. Soon c.
B. S. may add several other sta
tions, including WMBD, Peoria,
Ill, and WCSC, Charleston, S. c.
N. B. c. now owns or controls
about a dozen stations, most of
them on clear channels and lead
ers in their field. 1t has two
basic networks, the WEAF and
WIZ nets, and it recently added
a second gold network to supple
ment it's orange net on the Pacific
Coast. In addition, it has various
supplementary or split groups.
Columbia owns or controls
about half dozen important sta
tions, with one basic network
radiating out of New York and
various supplementary or split
networks, notably the Midwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

that came this foot ball season
resulted in the banning of Ted
Husing, Columbia's ace sports
announcer, from all future Har-
ward games in the CambridGa
Stadium. Harvard so ruled BE-
cause Husing, wniie covering the
Observation-Disclosures game re-
Gently, referred to the work of
players on both sides as 'putrid."
HuSing later apologized, but both
he and William S. Paley, G. B. S.
president, remarked that they
did not feel that efforts should
be made to throttle free speech
on the radio any more than free
criticism in the press.
a DID to DR.. Leon Levy's ingeni-
= GUS microphone contraption
alongside his baby's crib-de-
signed to warn the family via a
loud speaker in the dining and
living rooms when the baby
should awaken-another inven-
ton reported from the Pacific
Coast. 1t is radio gadget that
not only will give warning of the
baby's cries, but will actually
rock the baby's cradle and per-
form other services by relay con-
troll.
DR.. Levy, manager of WCAU,
Philadelphia, and secretary of the
Columbia Broadcasting System,
created something of a stir when
he announced his invention,
which is simplicity itself. 1t con-
Sists merely of a small receiver
transformed into a tranSmitter to
carry the baby's cries from the
micophone at the crib by wires
to the loud speakers.
The West Coast inventor goes
him a little better. Mother and
father need not be in the house
at all. They may be out riding
in their radio-equipped cars. Tun-
ing in the baby's walls, mother
modulates the carrier wave of the
tranSmitter in the car to operate
the relay controls at the baby's
bedside. Those controls will
either rock the cradle, hand the
baby it's milk bottle or-naybe
clout it on the head.
One commentator suggests that
careful mothers must make sure
that due to some maladjustment
of the grid bias the baby be not
overloaded in the matter of milk.
He also sees danger in tanning"
of the relay controls which might
result in the baby getting heavy
clout instead of its milk supply.
Apart from this, he suggests, it
might be cheaper to leave the
child in charge of a nursemaid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22

! group which is keyed by WBBM,
N. B. C. came into the field as
subsidiary of Radio Corporation
of America, so per cent; General
Electric, 80 per cent; WeSting-
house, 20 per cent. Today it is a
100 per cent subsidiary of r. C. A.
and, in these days of depressed
radio equipment business, is one
of the few profit-making units Of
that corporation. Columbia came
into the field in July, 1927. as a
subsidiary of the Columbia Phono-
graph Co., but today it is so per
cent owned by family interests
represented by William S. Paley,
its president, and so per cent by
the Paramount motion picture
interests.
Early available figures indicate
that the two networks will equal
or exceed an income of $35 ,000,-
900 from time sold during 1881,
of which N. B. G. will account for
we'll over two-thirdS. Their COM
bined monthly averages for the
first eight months of this year
ran $2,835,32O, with the latter
months of the year always bring
ing greater seasonal revenues.
During 1880 their combined
gross income from the sale of
time was 26,667,3 1891, which was
a AZ per cent increase over 1929.
when the aggregate figure of
nearly $18,750,000 was an 80 per
cent increase over 1928. In 1880,
N. B. C. accounted for nearly $22,-
10000 fortune sold.
X X X X
THE United States Army Band
L opened the Winter series of
radio concerts by Washington'S
three service bands Friday over
an N. B. G. network.
Throughout the season the
Army, Navy and Marine Bands
will give two concerts week
each. The Army Band concerts
are scheduled from to 4:30 on
Tuesdays, and to 2:30 on Fri
days. The concerts of the Marine
Band will be broadcast on Mon
days from to 4, and on Tuesdays
from 10 to 1920 am. The Navy
Band will continue its regular
Thursday concerts from AIS to
4:45, and give an additional con-
cert on Mondays at 10 am.
rs radio responsible for the re-
L duced attendance at collegi-
ate foot ball games this season?
NO" reply the broadcasters.
eyes," say some of the leading
coaches and athletic directors.
The latter, however, admit that
radio is only partially responsible,
for they say that the business de-
preston has probably contrib
uted even more than radio to the
smaller stadium turnoutS.
Yet not single coach ap-
preached on this question will al
low himself to be quoted as being
opposed to the broadcaSting of
his foot ball games, whether the
broadcaSting is being done by the
networks or by local stations. AS
matter Of fact, the coaches are
rather partial to radio. Is it not
another main avenue of publicity
and do they not thrive on pub
licity?
The fact remains, however, that
foot ball attendance in general
is lower this year than in any
year since foot ball reached its
high state Of popularity. One of
the results has been the SlaShing
of the prices of admission at
some colleges. Unlike the profess
sional prizefight promoters, the
colleges have raised no hue and
cry against radio despite the pri-
vate opinions of some of the
coaches and athletic directors.
The only outcry against radio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
DOOMED FOR RADIO POST

Prof. w. c.. Cady of Wesleyan Uni
versity, Middletown. Conn, and L. E.
Whittemore of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co., New York, have been
nominated for the 1882 presidency of
the Institute of Radio Engineers. Elec-
tons take place at the January annual
meeting.
The I. r. E. has also nominated
Prof E. v. Appleton of Kings College,
London, and Bath van der Pol, jr., of
the Phillips Works, Holland, for the
honorary vice presidency, which an
nually goes to a foreigner. For
managers, two of the following are to
be elected: w. r. G. Baker, r. C. A.
Victor Co.; o. H. Caldwell, former
radio commissioner: e. L. Nelson, Bell
Laboratories, and Capt. r. H. Ranger,
Newark, consulting engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22
Hugh Walpole to Broadcast.

Hugh Walpole, widely read contem-
porary novelist, has been booked for
Columbia's international rebroadcast
next Sunday. He will speak from the
London studios of the British Broad
casting Corporation on THE Contem-
porary Theater."