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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08
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.AUsTRIA,s BREAK

sAUSIFtlA'S BREAK
 On April 8, 1917, the government of Austria Hungary severed .diplo- matic relations with the government. of the United States
 As. soon as the announcement of the break was received by the ad- ministration orders were given for taking possession of the Austrian merchant vessels that had been self interned in this country.
 Here is an excerpt of the note handed to the American charge d'affaires at Vienna in the absence of Ambassador Penield, who had left for America few days previ- |ously:
 Since the United States of Amer ica has declared that state of war exists between it and the Imperial German government, Austria Hun gary, as an ally of the German Elm pire, has decided to break off diplo- natic relations with the United States, and the Imperial and Royal Embassy at Washington has been instructed to inform the depart ment of state to that effect"
 cal year the grand total of deporta-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

There should be water running over the spillways in all reservoirs after these early April rains. We hope we don't get too much rain this month to compensate for last years aridity. If the ground stays cold and wet spring planting will be late and so will early summer crops. And that we don't want to happen in this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personas health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad- dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

The government is now going to admit various rowdy books in foreign languages. evidently with the idea that anybody who Will take the trouble to learn foreign language deserves some reward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

India's now allowed to make her own salt and we'll see if she's worth it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08
Good evening.
 O-O-o TO HIM WHO WENT DOWN
 IN SHIPS
"A SMILES THE THING"

A million souls heath Flander S skies, Arranged in row and row; Beneath each cross soldier lies, Where wind kissed peoples grow. The tale is long the havoc wrought, Is penned as history; It tells of youth which strove and fought, And died for liberty, A million aged mothers made. The trek to distant lands; To weep and pray OCT grassy blade. And touch with feeble hands. The cross that guards loved ones sleep. Once full of life, now still; But thoughts persist in mem'ry deep, Of him meath distant hill. The scene is changed a mother grey, At home is sad and blue; Her hands aloft are held to pray, For one who left home too. His course was not toward Flander' $
 skies, He chose the deep blue sea. Out there somewhere his body lies, Where waves roll high and free. No Flanders fields to house his
 grave, No cross to guard his rest; There'll be no trek though heart
 may crave. With loves undying zest. The joy that once surrounded home, Where he was held so dear; Can never bridge the brimy foam.s Or curb the falling tear. He felt the call of duty ring. He gave his all in pay; And so I hope these lines will bring, A thought for him today. o-O-o Manufacturers of safety razor blades are having war. One is bound to come out with an edge on the others. o-O--o It takes an aviator to get
 away to- a flying start.
 0-O-o
 The man who goes into business with the idea of it being .'sink or swim" for him, should wear bath ing suit.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING. Big Bill Thompson has been licked,
 The nation shouts hOOray, It looks as if, gunmcn in Chi,
 Had staged their final play.
 o-O-o
 When Mary lost her little lamb, ah folks, alas, alack; she puts a want ad in the papers, and got the dear lamb back. o-O-o Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: A hymn of love can turn into a "him" of hate. O-O-Ot Life hands out the bitter with the sweet, but the bitter is seldom ! sugar coated. O--O--O ! With long dresses back in style, there's chance for a ] revival of burlesque shows. o-O-o | Who can remember the good old days, when the back yard boasted q barn with weather vane instead 0t a garage with flag pole? l o-O-o | The honeymoon is over when | three of the six tea cups lack handles. | o-O-o 1 The latest dance is a product ot Chicago. I suppose you wear. gun metal shoes while in the steps. { o-O--o | Rubber checks, says Kid Wa l terbury, are merely stretching your financial imagination. O-O-O  | The Torkomian trial is a dope story. so the proper position is or the sporting page. 1 O-O-0
 OHMIGOSH. Jack gave Mae a hope chest,
 When December skies were gray After June 1t will be shirt wais,
 box,
 Following marriage, it's ever thal l way. | O-O-0
 A stenog runs a Remington dur. ing the day and Buick after office hours. M
 O-O-o &
 The best thing about camping
 out Is the illustrated catalogues
 that tent makers put out about
 this time of the year.
 o--O-o | A little song. entitled, "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver, It Will Still be Gold to Me- O-O-O 1 ni1vv nnrnthv,a dizzy sister
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:53 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

Many new busses are to be placed on the strests Of Cork. Irish Free
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

cal year the grand total of deporta- tions for 1881 will reach 20,0O0.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
Ina Rubens Own Tragic Story of Dope Ruined Life

boom had subsidized, he decided
that he must seek a milder eli
mate if he ever expected to get
back on his feet-phySically and
financially.
So it happened that while en-
route my father developed one
of his severe attacks and was
for many days confined to bed
aboard boat. Of course, because
I was only three, my mother and
Hazel would go to the dining
room alone, leaving me, the baby,
playing on the floor under my
fathers watchful eyes.
Up until then I never had ut.
tered a word, a mute condition
that had worried my mother al
most to distraction.
My father had dozed off, and
I, suddenly aware of the fact
that he was off guard, toddled
over to my mothers trunk, the
lid of which was open, seized
from within long-cherished can
of talcum powder, and proceeded
to make merry.
After daubing almost every
thing in sight with the powder,
I climaxed the proceedings by
emptying the remainder on my
fathers shiny, black derby-the
pride and joy of his existence.
An Impending Evil
He must have had a Fremont
ton of impending evil, because
he awakened just as I had ad-
ministered the last sad rites of
rubbing it in so hard that no
amount of brushing could ever
make it look the same.
Father tried to leap out of bed,
but the terrible rheumatic pains
which resulted from his move
caused him to collapse with a
groan of mingled anguish and
despair.
Baby, oh baby. baby" he
moaned. "Baby, you dem little
devil, leave that hat alone. BY
golly, I never saw such a little
devil"
Just then mother and Hazel
The Washington times., 1931-01-26

) My father was of the dreamer
type, phlegmatic, but possessed of
certain stole pride, which,
coupled with his extreme honesty
and high ideals, ever stood in his
way of becoming a business sue
cess. Bad health also hampered
him during the last 20 years OF
his life.
I have always greatly resem-
bled him. much to the distress OF
my elder sister, Hazel, and my
mother, both of whom are ex-
tremely practical in business
way.
But, thank heaven, they are
that way, and if it wasn't for
their foresight and insistence
that turn over half my earn
irgs, when I was making the big
money, to them for investment,
I might now be a pauper. AS 1t
is, we have a big ranch in Call
fornia and considerable amount
laid aside for the proverbial rainy
day. And it has rained plenty.
Her Earliest Recollection
My earliest recollection goes
back to the time when I was
about three years old. With my
father, mother and sister, was
aboard a Pacific coastal steamer,
en- route from Alaska to my ma
tive city.
Some six months prior to my
birth my father, inspired by the
tales of suddenly acquired wealth
in the Klondike, had borrowed
money and joined the rush to
that Mecca in the late COS and
early part of this century.
Unsuccessful there, too, still he
had managed to accumulate
enough to send for his family
when I was about five months
old But shortly after our arrival
he was stricken with rheumatism,
a disease so painful ana which
became of such a chronic nature
that in his later years he was
able to do very little.
Eventually, when the Klondlke
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
DUPE
OF FARO GANG
Times Staff Photos

CHICAGO, Jan. 26 GN.S0.-In'
vestigation of the faro game
swindle that stripped Mrs. Myrtle
Tanner BIacklidge, former col
lector of internal revenue, OF
$4,000 cash today revealed the
operations of a confidence ring
that has victimized officials OF
more than a quarter of a million
dollars in the last six months.
Among the victims, according to
police and Federal agents investi-
eating the confidence ring, were
a United States Senator, prom1'
nent Chicago business leader,
David Tinkham, a prominent En-
glishman. and julius Frank, a Ger
man subject.
Senator Loses $6S,OOO
Investigators announced that
the United States Senator was
mulcted out of $4,000 on racing
racket. His name was not dis
closed.
AS in the Blacklidge swindle,
faro was used to trick the un-
named Chicago business leader out
of 100000. He, ,regained $4,000 Of
this by a compromise with the
gang, it was learned.
David Tinkham was fleeced Of
$4,000 in a "stock tip" swindle,
it was announced, and julius
Frank lost $4,000. At least IL
other prominent men in business
and politics lost varying amounts.
according to detectives.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
OUTSIDE KITCHEN AFTER BLAST

Wearily he donned his great,
coat and arcticS and followed
the woman into the storm.
A Prophesy of Nature
AS they entered the portals o.
the Reubens home, a square
built, two-story, frame structure
of undesirable ugliness, there
came binding flash and ter
rifle explosion, followed by a
piercing scream from an upstairs
room.
Almost stunned by the bolt. the
doctor and his escort leaped up
the stairs to the bedside of a
pretty. young Irish woman, who
lay writhing in the agonies of
childbirth.
The lightning had struck tree
just outside the one window of
the drably furnished room, and
had split off huge limb, which
had crashed through the aper-
ture and had fallen across the
legs of the unhappy victim.
Quickly the doctor cast aside
the incumbrance, opened up his
surgical case, fiddled around a
few minutes, and then suddenly
held up in his hairy hands a
squirming, crimson-hIed infant.
He spanked it lightly, and in
stantly it broke into a squall of
vociferous protest.
And thus, under these unusual
and trying circumstances, was
Alma Rubens, destined to become
one of the stormy petrels of the
mimic world, ushered into life.
Of course. I have no first-hand
knowledge of this epochal event,
except what my mother, the doc
tor and Mrs. Margaret Schmidt.
the neighbor. since have told me.
However, I always have accepted
their version of the incident-or
I might more aptly term it my
mothers one great tragedy-as
true.
Terror of 13
And I can also state that to
this day my mother, always Of a
highly superstitious nature, as
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
By ALMA RUBENs

One midnight just few weeks
after the turn of the century,
"Old Doc" Washington Dodge,
who later lost his life in the sink
ing of the Titanic, was aroused
from an armchair nap in the
study of his home on McAllister
Street, San Francisco, by frantic
pounding on the door.
A terrific gale and electrical
storm was sweeping in through
the Golden Gate and the rain was
falling in torrents. The old man,
exhausted and worn from a long
vigil at the bedside of a dying
patient, frowned with an air of
evaporation. Then he drew his
dressing robe more tightly around
his portly form and shuffled to
admit his nocturnal visitor.
The caller, a woman, wet, be-
draggled and out of breath, was
a neighbor of Mrs. Theresa Hayes
Reubens, long a resident of the
neighborhood at No. 13 Buchanan
Street.
Hurry up, doctor" she cried
Historically. Hurry up. Mrs.
Reubens is going to have baby!"
Tut, TUT" the kindly old ply
sician soothed her. That's moth
ing to get excited about. Seems
like all the women are doing
that same thing these days, and"
and he paused a moment while
he peered gloomily at the belch-
ing heavens, sit seems like they
always do it at midnight, too,
just when man ought to be
getting some Sleep"
The Washington times., 1931-01-26

>are so many of the Irish race,
lives in mortal terror of the nu-
neral "13," a fear founded on
the trials and tribulations in her
life which followed her ordeal in
that rickety old house at No. 13
Buchanan Street, San Francisco.
Many persons who have fol
lowed my career on the screen
and stage mistake me for a Jew
ess. This belief perhaps was
strengthened when I married Ri
cardo Cortez, my third husband,
the only one I ever really loved,
and whom I am now trying to
divorce.
Although I didn't find it out
until almost a year after our
marriage, "Ric," instead of being
the gallant, Spanish caballero
which I believed him, was the
son of a kosher butcher, with a
shop on First Avenue, New York
City. His real name is Jacob
Kranz.
His origin, however, of which,
apparently, many OF my 1rlendS
were aware, but of which they did
not apprise me. had nothing to
do with our inability to get along
together. The real reason for our
separation will be discussed later
on.
Alma'S Ancestry
So, getting back to my theme,
I must dispel the current rumors
of my Jewish ancestry. AS mat
ter of fact, am of German-Irish
descent, my father, John Bernard
Reubens, having been born in
Strassburg, Germany, coming to
this country in the early COS,
when he was %.
My mother was born in San
Francisco, of old Irish-pollce-ot-
ficer-pioneer stock, the entire fam,
lily being most devout Catholics
My father, while never of a par
ticularly religious bent, was an
avowed Lutheran, and this diff
ference of faith resulted in my
poor mothers ostracization, so far
as her family was concerned.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26

walked in and I chortled in baby
ish glee: Devil. Baby dem little
devil" much to their surprise and
CONSERVATION. From that time on
I talked fluently, and continuous
ly, so continuously, in fact, that
some of my friends-and some
not so friendly-often have re-
ferred to me as a human phono-
graph.
Upon our arrival in San Fran
cisco, we moved to No. 989 NC
Allister St., almost next door to
DR.. Dodge, who had officiated at
my birth. My father, Isenefited
somewhat by the milder climate,
managed to regain his feet and
became distributor for a cham
pagne manufacturing concern.
AS soon as we became settled
mother made Hazel take me with
her to- services in Sacred Heart
Church, near by. I liked this and
up until I reached the third
grade, I fully intended to become
a nun.
I admired their sober costumes
and their stately manners ap-
pealed to me. I initiated them
in every way possible, even 60
ing so far as to cut up my moth
er's best lace curtains to make
myself a frtlled surplice.
But later I developed ha-
tired for school; such a hatred,
in fact. that nightly I prayed
that it might burn down, or that
we might have a devastating
flood that would sweep it en-
tirely away.
And, strange as it may seem,
nv prayers we're answered. At
least, I thought. so in those days.
because along came the great
San Francisco earthquake, and
my school building, the John
SWEET Grammar School, was al
most completely demolished.
This did not solve my Difficult
ties, however, because was sent
to parochial school, much against
nv wishes. It was while there
that I felt the first great urge
to become an actress. n
Subsequently, lay awake
nights, trying to make up my
mind whether the stage name OF
Rose La France or Grace How
ard would be the better under
which to seek my career.
Desires the Forbidden
I have already mentioned that
I was of the idealistic, dreamer
type, like my father, with an in
tensely inquiring and retrospect
tive moodiness accompanied by an
abnormal impulsiveness and sense
of intuition. Added to these char
acteristics was a vivid imagina-
ton and an almost uncomfortable
desire to do the forbidden.
These queer traits have, through
out my life, led me into many
errors of both commission and
omission, and have trapped me
into many situations both ludl-
crous and serious.
And, in later life, I have often
suspected, they have been mainly
responsible for my seemingly fu-
tile fight against the deadly drug
habit.
Since earliest girlhood have
had an inordinate feminine ad-
miration for masculine courage
and combativeness which reminds
me of my first great love-and
my first grand hero!
Read tOmOrrOw's thrilling in
StaIlment of the tragic life and
loves Of Alma RubenA.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
Bandits Kill One,
Shoot One in HOLdUD

CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (U.S0.-1n-
formation leading to the capture
of three bandits who killed one
watchman and probably fatally
wounded another while attempt
ing to hold up Hillman's Pure
Food store in the Loop Saturday
will be rewarded with $1,000.
The reward was posted BY tho
company while an emergency op-
Grafton was being performed to
save the life of Eugene Toro. a
clerk who was shot in the head.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
Dean at Yale Heads
Studu of y. S. Courts

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 26
(U.SO.-Dean Clark of Yale Law
School. has been named chair
man of a committee on Federal
courts to supervise an investiga-
tion of administration of law in
these courts throughout the coun-
try.
Plans for the study have been
approved by President Hoover's
national commission on law OBJ
servance and enforcement.
The Washington times., 1931-01-26
(Continued From Page y

(LontInued FTon1 rage u
only a few weeks before her death
she wrote "finis" to the real
life story.
Life Story Gripping
Every instalment of this nara
tive of a girl who reached the
heights of stardom, only TO be
dragged down by the formidable
monster, Dope, is gripping. The
first chapter follows:
The Washington times., 1931-01-26

international NeWsreel
LORETTA TURNBULL
THIS outstanding feminine
motorboat racing driver of Los
Angeles is the first woman to
be admitted to membership in
the National Mems Motorboat
Racing Association.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24

tonous desert levels are be-
ing increasingly planted
with gardens and groves of
of date palms, most of which
are still in an immature
stage. With the advancing
years the real dignity and
beauty of the trees will be
CONSPICUOUS. Whatever the
ssituation-whether in city
parks, in villages, a o n G
wide alluvial bottoms, or in
groves around some group
of desert springs-the date
palm dominates the land
Scape. 1t sounds the key
note; all the other features
must harmonic with it and
are subordinated to it. 1t is
a note wild, half barbaric.
tropical, yet tull or sweet
ness and mystery.
Potentially at least, Pinal
county with its admittedly
large areas suitable to Date
culture has nature mono
poly, and if it is handled in
telligently as it seems it will
be, nothing can stop the
industry from being a won
derful financial success.
While remaining expert
mental years will be watch
ed with interest enough in
formation has already been
gained to justify any one
who has suitable ground to
plant trees now.-Casa
Grande Dispatch.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
RED CROSS MET THE CRISIS

Without the aid of the United States gov
ernment the Red Cross provided relief for
100000 individuals in 22 states to March l,
and today has 10000 families and about
LOG, 900 persons on its relief rolls.
In Arkansas, where on March l, at the
peak of the emergency, 161, ia families
were being given relief, there remained but
603 families on June Is, which needed help.
Kentucky and louisiana have staged similar
comebacks.
Congress insisted on donating $25, 100000
for this work, but when John Barton Payne,
the chairman notified Congress that if it
voted this fund his organization would not
administer it, then congress changed its
mind. Something over $10,4O0,O00 was
subscribed by private parties, to which the
Red Cross added SIS, 900, 900 from its own re-
serves---and the work has been done.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
THE HOG CALLERS

If the "horn tooter" who sits in his or her
auto and arouses the whole neighborhood with
an incessant hellabloo knew how they aroused
the ire of even those who may have love them
heretofore, they would get out of the habit.
Originally the auto horn was invented to use
as a warning to pedestrians to get out of the
way but of recent years it has been used by
those too darn lazy to get out of the cushioned
seat to notify sweetie and the world at large
they have arrived. They are "hog callers
pure and simple. The girl who marries "hog
caller is entitled to all the slops she gets-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
DATE PALMS MAY PROVE One
OF STATES BEST CROPS
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Continued from page u
localities named.
Experts attest that a we'll
cultivated date farm, free
from leaf pests, can yield
several hundred-weight of
the high priced fruit as an
annual crop. Not counting
the offshoots, they declare,
the output per tree here may
easily run to $500, which
amounts to approximately
$4,000 an acre.
The valley acreage is eX-
pected to increase rapidly
as more and more OffshOOts
become available. Arizona
unquestionably has larger
area suited to the industry
than any other American
section or state. Govern
ment surveys indicate there
is no dangerr of overprOduc-
ton in dates, as the acre
age in the United States
suitable for the industry is
so small.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24

AS intimated, the trans
planting of the date indus
try from North Africa and
Mesopotamia to this part of
Arizona has brought here al
so undreamed of possibilities
for landscaping. The mono
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
ADVERTISING WILL BRING PROSPERITY

Reports from all over the country show
that newspaper readers are falling in line
with the suggestions of advertisers to loosen
up their purse strings and to take advantage
of the economical buying opportunities now
offered them.
Newspaper readers are quick to respond
to common sense appeals to their intelligence.
1t does not take them long to determine
whether or not advertisers are sincere in
their statements.
Repetition by newspaper advertisers of
their purposes to aid in the restoration of
business by disposing quickly of all available
merchandise at attractive prices, is convinc-
ing newspaper readers that they must do
their part in bringing back good times by
doing more buying.
Many newspaper advertisers announce
that the number of their attractions with the
public have increased enormously in recent
weeks causing them to employ more workers.
This is proof of the quick responsiveness of
newspaperreaders to common sense appeals
Volumn of business done in recent weeks
shows, in many instances cash receipt in ex-
cess of any similar period since 1929.
There is no doubt about the general con-
viction that advertising in newspapers is the
primary cause for the better feeling spread
ing all over the country. Newspaper adver-
tising saued the situation in 1921 and it is
doing it again in 1881 Editor & Publisher
The capitol of the United States this spring
has been hostess to two national conventions
of women. One represented 800, 900 women
banded together as the Woman's Organiza-
tiOns for National Prohibition Reform. The
other IL, 600, 900 women, united as members
of the Woman's National Committee for
Law Enforcement. Both held enthusiastic
meetings, the one denouncing the Eighteenth
Amendment as wicked and intolerant, the
other equally emphatic in urging every citi-
zen of the country to give loyal support to
the Constitution.
The number of hogs the farms has decreased
since 1925. 1t is said they have taken to the high
ways.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24

The number of hogs on the farms has decreased
since 1925 1t is said they have taken to the high
ways.