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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

newspaperman named Theodore G. Joslin of Boston was made Hoover's secretary, with the job of contact ing the correspondents. Things be- gan to be different.
 The most startling innovation of the "humanizing'' effort was the use of National Broadcasting com pany representative who spent a day in the White House and then went on the air to tell the country about "a day with the Hoovers."
 Soon after congress adjourned the Hoover grandchildren for the first time were allowed their fair share of publicity and the news papermen were fed many charming little anecdotes about them. Mrs Hoover spoke on the radio and the country was allowed to learn that she had been knitting sweaters for drought sufferers. The women's s division of the Hoover emergency employment committee issued Q long story about Mrs Hoover as an outdoor girl.
 Untiedt and Interviews
 The rear grounds of the White House were opened to tourists a, noon each day and the Hoovers waved greetings from the balcony The president invited Bryan Un. tiedt, youthful Colorado bus dis. aster hero, to the White House with the assurance that there's boy worth knowing" He even granted an interview to a magazine-presi. dential interviews are unheard o1 things-on the subject of child wei. fare. The magazine has large female circulation.
 Human Touches" Ted Joslin, meanwhile. let 1t be known how we'll Bryan Untiedt and Hoover were getting along together
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

We knew it would happen some time Of another. There has been plenty about news papers in fiction and fact; dramas have re- vealed the strange characters that drift in and out of the profession. But never has news- paper actually been hero of book or play. The Columbia, Missouri, Herald, once edited by Waiter Williams, president of the Univer- sity of Missouri is the hero of book that has just been written by Williams wife. The Herald ought to be hero. for it has given employment at odd times to Eugene Field, Jouett Shouse, Homer Croy Earl Crow. and Charles G. Ross. There's an imposing list for you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
Quotations

Fifty million Frenchmen can be wrong.-Texas ouinan.
 The legal profession is unpopular because t has to bear the mistakes of both the law.makers and the 10 sbrea kers,-sir Ernest Wild,
 To have c distribution Of the see' 0ndsrate 50 universal that it ellmll' aies the frst.rate cannot be fegnrd' ed az wholly beneneIai'-Wiillam Lyon Phelps.
 We are living in . tima Of great opportunity, Of stimulating appeal Co ihs Imagination, ,--WaiteP b' uIf' ford,
 DlvOvAen should not be Obialhed 6C easily, MAtFlBlDnH lh \ heFl0bs business, ,~peHgY HOpklnh Joyce MilllOnaIpesi Thev Age becoming Ag common hs bhes Of pepeOgnI~- ThsedeFs bfslssE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

New York.-From physical standpoint, Hells Kitchen appears as depressingly ramshackle as ever. Its tenements present the same un- inviting appearance. But its repu- tation as an unsavory and unsafe neighborhood has been fairly well erased during the past five years.
 An almost complete turnover in population has been partially re- sponsible. And an army of Irish cops. who were just little bit tougher than any of the gang-kids of the "kitchen," took a lot of "playfulness' out of many of the harder mugs.
 The newcomers to the district make up a vast colony of Poles and Greeks. peaceful folk who work hard and live thriftily. It was this change in population that brought also a push-cart belt that is now second only to the historic East Side curbstone market. The famous old fighting Irish-American stock has moved on to other sections. Those left behind have changed with the times.
 Even in its most terrifying days, "the kitchen" knew no such rack eteering and gangsterism as exist to-day. The Irishers may have liked their brawls and their young sters may have been as tough citi- gems as could he found In Manhat- tan, but the fear they inspired was quite different from that caused by the cowardly gun.tactics of the mos ment.
 About 12 years ago. . big film concern found 1t convenient to los cate Q large plant In the very heart of "the Kitchen" For years. em.. ployes who were detained by night work loft only in q body, and free quentiy with pjoiiee protection.
 When George Mclaughlin be. came Q police commissioner he sent 50 many fgbtsl0vinR oops Into the district that the EanRstera grew tired Of getting the worst Of it. In the elder gang days, tbii | BsIshb0Fh00a was looked up0p aA [ ppsiiy good recruiting ground, The huileissaiuPated Legs" Diamond Was R fairly typical graduate, sInes ha started his career down bp tbt HeIi'H Kitchen docks he q bovsthlel wb0 lifted packages from parked f6s aoeh ssaIon in the mld, FOFilae, which was q siAhNlnf HF0uDa feY YepDa Eenis eneh ha Dia.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

William Randolph Hearst must be trying to persuade Calvin Coolidge to transfer his af- fections from the Herald Tribune Syndicate to King Features judging Dy his recent article in which he boomed the former president for the republican nomination in l932. It was in all seriousness that Mir Hearst coupled his espous- al of Mir Coolidge as available presidential timber for the republican party with strong attack upon President Hoover's moratorium of war debts. Mir Hearst stands practically alone in his position on the latter question:
 As to Mir Coolidge for. president he ought to be able to sell the idea to J. Henry Rorabaek of Connecticut We don't think the republic can state chairman has ever lost his regard for the Northamptonite. Maybe it isn't person. al one. but it is certainly one in which the success of the republican party is involved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

released a story about how much oftener Hooover used the telephone
 than other presidents had, com pared the number of Hoover and Coolidge speeches and conflded
 many little White House occur
 rences previously denied the corre-
 spondents.
 This sort of thing goes right on
 and its publicity value to political candidate is enormous The big "humanizing" effort is no radical departure from previous presiden-
 tial practice. Such efforts are nat
 ural and probably inevitable. Tho
 thing that attracts so much atten- ton to this one is that 1t has de-
 veloped suddenly and come along with such a rush.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

We've heard of campaigns to save trees. waterfalls. lakes. rivers. and even mountains from destruction. but we never knew of any person who wanted to preserve canal Guess it all depends upon what the canal resembles after al At any rate Pennsylvania and Dela- ware. that is. certain parts of the two states are up in arms over the proposal Gin legisla- tive form) to abandon the canal entirely and to use portions of it for highways the re- mainder to be again converted into proposed eanalization of the Delaware river The few canals that are left in New England were never noted for their remarkable beauty. However it develops that the Delaware Division Canal is one of the famed beauty spots in eastern United States It has been painted by all the famous people in this profession, It is sn un. failing source Of inspiration for the brush Of the new painter Now that is beauty is ssr' iously threatened this gentry is nIlyipg 10 its support and proposes that tbe canal and bluffs on each side be made into q state park. That should meet with GoyUnor pinehofs approval. We eIn see him ysioing ibs utili' isfIsn scheme for ibe aesthetic. Ons point in hs favor is ibsi ibs canal attracts ibousaDds Of people annually by iiS bssuiy. We're on tbs eonsefvsionIMs side, bat will refrain from entering Sn argument 50 iG distant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
Disabled Veterans

Eight hundred of the countrys disabled veterans have just been entertained at an an- nual garden party at the White House in Wash ington. This is a fine recognition of these men. But 1t only touches small fraction of this great army of cripples, who suffered for our sakes. What has life in store for all the rest of them, on the many days when the general community pays no attention to them? The disabled men came back from the war suffering losses that will never be repaired The happiness of the people at the end of the war did not mean so much to them. The country may have won. but they had lost They will still pay the price of victory so long as they live.
 Many of them have learned to do new kinds of work, and are relatively content But even they must have many pangs, as they see themselves cut off from pleasures they former ly enjoyed. The legless or armless man still pays his heavy price, though he may have learned to perform some task by which his mind is occupied and his living earned. Far worse is the case of those whose injuries were SO severe that they have not been able to fit into any regular job. or are so handicapped that they must still spend years or the rest of their lives in hospitals. When we fret about business depression. or lack of money. how small these troubles really are compared with those of such men.
 The country has meant to be generous with these veterans. and has done fairly we'll in providing hospitals and medical care. Yet much remains to be done beyond that. Even life in the best hospital becomes tedious after a time Their friends and aequaintances and townspeople should not let them drop out of sight, but should visit them. write them. provide entertainment for them. We must never forget them. They gave the cream of their lives for us here in Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY sghKA
RUSSIAN TAX LAWS

On June 29, 1917, the provisional Russian government issued law in- creasing the existing progressive in- come tax to 30 per cent on incomes over $2O0,000.
 Another new law increased the war tax on increment of industrial profits to 60 per cent. A third law established supplementary pro- gressive income tax, rising on the largest incomes to more than 30 per cent and making, together with the highest ordinary income tax, 60 per cent of the income.
 The new Russian loan received subscriptions amounting to $1,50O,- C0O,000, bringing the total debt to $20, 1000, ,00O.
 On July 12 8 dispatch from Pet rograd stated that the deposed Elm peror Nicholas had appealed to the provisional government to allow hirl and the members of his family to acquire stock in the Loan of Free dom." He announced that the amount of their investment in the loan depended upon whether the Russian state intended to support his family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
Heat Wave Antidotes

Every heat wave in this country I accom- panied by . sudden increase in sets of violence, dfewnings quAmsls and 60 on. A good many people seem really 10 De crazy with ibs hest" This need nei De 90. There Tt places Id ths world that sn much warmer snd mere humId lbsn sny in ihs United States, aa1 ihsif hssi lssIs nsesi Of ibs year insissd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

It doesn't pay to initiate Joan of Are too realistically. The recent pageant held at Paris to celebrate the 50oth anniversary of the famous Maid of Orleans almost resulted in fatality. The Rouen girl selected to play the part of Joan is in serious condition at a Paris hospital. When the fagots around her were lighted it proved too much for her nerves She tainted That's realism carried too far
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

| Signed letters pertaining to personai
 health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady' Ad- dress him, care of the Democrat schoi"s stamn and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
STILL SOME sAILERs

Isondon,--Tha grain fleet is in from B0uth Australia, and Falmouth hnrb0r ia one 0f the most romantic places on the globe as result. The grain ships, for the most part, are old wIHdjammeps, some 0f the few that ape still ah0at, Despite thelr ant!iqYliy, however they . aii maas made known Co aail more than If miles an h9nT, which Is considerably fastaI than the average steamers tlme,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

High tide at Milford, Tuesday, June oo' 1o3l, 12:4o p. m. Daylight time); low tide, 6:42 a. m. Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

Recipe for preventing war-When you get mad at another country stop and count million dead men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:58 Daylight Saving Time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29


 o-O-o
 If tears are the rain of life, some of us seem to have more than our share.
 o-O-o The lawyers went on an outing to-day. It's the first time they've failed to carry brief cases since last years outing.
 o-O-o
 The stock market is brighter so perhaps lot of people fig ure they can afford new avn ings after all.
 o-O-o When the office stenog takes off her smock, it's not the heat, but the humility.
 o-O-o
 Swedish janitors are said to be very fond of Danish pastry.
 o-O-o Girls are going without hosiery, which is more or less shocking to the stocking industry.
 o-O-o There's nothing quite so bor- ing as a bathing beauty looking bored on diving board.
 o-O-oF A lot of us thought we went through an ordeal during the war, but some of the hardest battles are fought at Q hospital bedside.
 o-O-o
 OHMIGOSH. Years ago on the front porch At 10 D. m. would be a shock. But now they sit in rumble seat And spoon at three o'clock.
 o--O-o Some of the new styles suggest such thought as, Weighed in the balance, and found wanting"
 o-O-o
 Funny we never see any pie lures in the papers of gradu- ating classes in reform schools.
 o-O-o Sinclair Lewis says the tank towns are not so bad after all. Evi- dentally the prodigal son is think ing of coming home and wants the fatted calf ready for the feast.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING They speak of language of flow- CTS,
 No doubt they mean quite we'll, For years, you know, they've told us That daisies never tell.
 o-O-o Generally the master mind is the one who falls for a mistress. Sometimes it seems we go through hell in order to find the keys to heaven.
 o-O-o Life is a school. but the trouble seems due to the fact that tot many of us want to be teachers. Graft is something that somebody else gets that you'd like to receive. o-O-o All manner of life has a balance to keep things on even keel. Ever our feathered friends are kept from over-conceit through the efforts o! the mocking bird.
 o-O-o
 Then there was the absent minded doctor, who went to operate on a plumber. only to discover he'd forgotten to bring his tools. Some housekeepers are so stiff they put an extra large dose O. starch in the lace curtains.
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 Sometimes the only way you can keep a stiff upper lip is to wax the old moustache.
 O-O-o City folks go in for lemonade set but a farmers wife is satisfied witi a new tin dipper. , o-O--o
 TEE, HEE. Summer complaint, summer com piatnt,
 At it VIC just can't sneexe. It includes Of course the Ice man, Late with deliveries.
 o-O-0 Many a man Is saved from horse in the kick Of time.
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 The girl who marries q man with suspenders as well Rs belt, ts sure Of additional support,
 0-O-0 Sometimes we msasuve the dsptl Of the human soul by Inc yard stiel Of personal sorrow,
 0-0=-A Tbis completes cur opening pro Kpam of the week, it came % tDl OVpP DlBD and was broadcast by th Waterbury Evening Democrat, plo nssv 10 thls ivpe 0f newspape work, We are signing of at tbj lime, Co Do back On ibe aIP aEal tOsm0TVew evening at ths nHnh b0ub TIlI iheDss DgDHuN 0eed RlgbL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

A good many people seem to think if they can only keep their old cars going little longer they'll get brand new ones for them in even trade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29

DeePsaalnR passenaeg lrahia hi caused the hpdneps Mel bourne A service in AusifallR Co ehanEs lr0l . tFisweahlv Co weekly schedule
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-29
Good evening.
 O-O-U AN OLD MAIDS PRAYER
"A SMILES THE THING"

Heaven listen to this plea. Send man right down to me. What matter be he thin or fat, A mans a man for all O that. What matter if his hair be thin. Or if his stomaeh's falling in. Just send man to make me glad. Give me the thrill I've never had. I'll care not if he's short or tall, Flat footed. won't care at all. Or if his teeth are on a plate. And arms swing like garden
 gate, Just send a man right down to me. A man to chase my misery. Let him be cockeyed as bat. A mans man for all O that. Oh. heaven, hearken to this plea, That I send through the blue to
 thee. I've had parrot and a cat,
 They thrill me not. just leave me
 flat, Please send man before I die, Oh. lend an ear to this maids cry, Let him be coekeyed as bat, A mans man for all O that.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14
HIGHWAY WORK
 ADVOCATED BY
 BUSINESS MEN
Channel Chambers of Com merce Urged to
 Cooperate

The Douglas Chamber of Com merce held it's regular meeting in the city hall last evening with a good attendance present. Getting right down to business several im- portant issues were discussed and steps taken to get action thereon.
 A committee of five was ap- pointed to meet with the Executive committee of the Juneau Chamber to marshall forces to secure some very much needed road repairs on the Island The matter of getting the channel dredged was taken and preparations will be made to- ward that end The Children's Home in Douglas is to be sup ported to the full extent of the Chambers influence and plans are to be discussed with the Board of Guardians by Committee.
 It was reported that the Peko- vich deal had been virtually set tied and as soon as the necessary papers are drawn up, work is to start on the claims immediately.
 The attitude of The Daily Alas ka Empire in endorsing the or ganization and it's efforts here
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14

SYNOPSIS: Seeing strang- CT, Umbertc, enter the hold of ihe Doloro1, Juanita BaSara hides in a chest that captures his thieving eye. When she re- vivc- she is in New Orleans gambling place, questioned by Jascn Divitt, the proprietor, to whcm she tells her strange story. He believes her to be an Argentine girl who has run away-perhaps to avoid an un- welcome marriage, but plans to keep her captive so that her story might not involve him in an unpleasant explanation about the stolen chests. Only the dwarf, Gabreau, seems to be her friend, as Divitt, Umber- to and Conchita question her.
 But Divitt, who with his wife, Nelly, run the place, admits that they-like herself-are out side tho law. You protect us. We protect you," he says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14
LIEUT.. AND MRS,
 NOYES RETURN
Well Known Army Officer and Family Back After
 } Years Absence

After an absence of three years, Lieut.. and Mrs John R. Moves re- turned here today to make their home Lieut. Moves was recently reassigned to duty with the Alaska Road Commission, of which he was at one time Secretary and, also member os the engineering per- sonnel
 Lieut.. Moves continued north ta Chilkoot Pairacks on the steamer Alaska. He will direct the con- struction of a new water supply system there.
 Mrs. Moves, who was formerly Miss Eunice Zimmerman and teacher in the local public schools, and their son will remain here.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14
moon Of DELIGHT
 bn Mauaa1et.B Bell H0uAZ0sa.S

Gosh" thought Molly. Shes beautiful"
 The pale face with it's lovely oval, the tumbled blue-black hair, the dark eyes with their darker lashes; the body so delic e ly rounded. And how she looked at you beneath the straight line of black browsl Divitt had not pre- pared Molly for these.
 GO and talk to her" he had ordered. She's been in some devil try. But get her confidence. She may do for what we want.
 Do?" thought Molly. Shell more'n do" Then she came in smiling.
 The girl did not smile back. Her eyes rested on the open door as if desiring Molly to close it.
 I've sent Gabreau for some things you'll need" Molly said cas- ually. The bath is down the bal cony.7
 A half hour later she sat by the bed while the girl drank the coffee and toyed with the food Conchita had brought her. At every step be- yond the closed door she started, yet listened to Molly, seeming to study her.
 Tt was awful Molly was say- ing, aware that the way to win condolences is to make them, when I got in trouble and did time out west. I forged a feller's name to pay what he owed me-and up I went I was a stenographer at the time, but after got out was rusty on shorthand. I took flyer in Hollywood, learned a lot out ohere, costuming and how to ar range the sets.
 T loved it. But along come a feller from back home with Here know that girl and it was all up You'll find it that way, hon. ey. Thereu always be somebody that knew you.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14
Chapter 3
OHdplST UNCONVENTIONAL" MOLLY

Gabreau could not sleep. In the short bed he had never out grown he muttered and tumbled One end of the room had been curtained off for Gabreau.
 "She is a queen" he whispered to Conchita, who came over to make the mosquito bar tight about him, who run away from revolu- tionp
 ~I'hey do not have queens in Ar gentine,' said Conchita.
 I'm glad you feed her and give her yo' night gown"
 She do not wear him. She let him drop on flo'-and she do not gat the food
 "Madre de Dios, her eyesi" groan- cd Gabreau Did you see Umber- to look at her, maman? He like to eat her At first he is skeered. Den
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14
Nine Air Speed Records
 Set in Europe by Hawks

NEW YORK, Aug 14.-C l.. Frank Hawks, speedy commercial flier, travelled 10000 miles in his three-months' tour of Europe.
 He returned with nine records to his credit two of them representing lowering of his own marks.
 His best average speed was 2222 miles an hour, made by flying from London to Berlin, distance of 600 miles in two hours and 57 minutes.
 The lowest average speed was made between Copenhagen and Amsterdam, 184 miles an hour. Six of his records were of 200 or more miles an hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-14

Lie flat now and rest" said Molly as Juanita Basara's hand moved to her xeyes, covering them I've talked to you enough for one day"
 No, no. Finish Juanitas eyes met hers. Have you ever got away from-the thing?"
 Only here. I brushed up on my stenography and landed here and got job at the Hotel Tijon, publ lie stenographer. Divitt use dto come in and talk to me, just enough to show he was friendly. He was from Montana, he said, and told him that was my state.
 Tn come man one day. Hell To- he said. I know you I pre- tended not to remember him. He told the manager about me, and the manager let me out. I couldn't do nothin' but cry. The girl at the cigar counter said, Why don't you see MT Divitt? He owns this place. JOlQ ll1ltl all dOOuO lO. IL true I said. but I wouldn't forge check again if my life depended on it. But I'm good stenographer though Tint not from Montana
 I'm not either Divitt said. And maybe I've done things just as unconventional He said he guessed I didn't want to go back to the, Tijon anyhow, and he need ed a cashier if I'd work in the evenings. Can you beat it? And pretty soon we were married" You love him7" Juanita asked.
 How can you help loving man who makes you cashier after you've forged a check?"
 Well, I'd do anything for him. The place was a sight when l came-sawdust floors and a regular gang playin'. Divitt let me fix it up.