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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

There is a new marathon in preparation. A contest to discover who in this broad and fair land, can hold high C longest is to be broadcast over national radio hookup. A young woman in Los Angeles says she has held that note without break for three minutes. It's bad break for radio fans. She challenges anyone to beat her record. Beating records is about the best thing a large part of the nation does these days, whether in making new lows in stocks or holding high C's in vocalizing Already a second young woman has appeared who fixed her eyes on the clock in broadcasting studio. burst into high C and stayed there for three and one-half minutes. We don't wish anyone hard luck. but an epidemic of laryngitis wouldn't make us sore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02
TOWNS SITTING PRETTY
(Meriden Journal)


 Times are hard with most com munities and even necessary pub- lie enterprises have had to be de- ferred which makes more interest," ing the occasional announcements of towns that are sitting pretty in a financial way.
 Here is the little place of AL stead, N H., about opposite Bell lows Falls. Vt, on the Connecticut river. which will be relieved from financial worries. It was the birth :. place of the late George N. Villas. who owned the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York, and by his will the town will receive outright $475.000 in cash and real estate and later on will receive $20O,0Oo additional in cash.
 There are also specific bequests for q nav hiGh school. q public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

A motorist in southern Ohio recently car ried his dislike for snakes too far. Driving along hilly road he saw large snake crossing the road ahead of his car. The driver speeded up his car so as to pass over the snake. He didn't keep to his own side of the road. His car colided with another coming over the brow of the hill. Even if we must kill snakes (and it isn't at all nee essary) there's not much sense in pursuing them with motor vehicle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02
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 pr Brady Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

You certainly have to hand it to Pro- lessor Doran's boys these days. Their re- cent schooling has done them lot of good
 Of course you know Professor Doran who holds his degree for enforcing prohibition laws in the nation. His agents are getting smarter every day in every way. Recently they obtained permission from Mayor Cougleton of Newark, N. J.. to open up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

Two cents is not enough for delivering a letter" says the postmaster general. May be. But one thing there can't be any doubt about is that l5 cents is enough for deliver ing an air mail letter weighing an ounce and a half. when one ounce letter is delivered for five cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

swimming pool and other public Improvements. but the bulk of the benefactions will be made into a trust fund. the income to be used to reduce taxes.
 Shortly before his death MT Villas paid for a steel and concrete bridge across the Connecticut between the adjoining town of Walpole and Rockingham, Vt.
 Ilstead's good luck is a remindre of the pleasant financial conditions of towns nearer home. Haddam for example has benefited similar ly from the Hazen fortune and Newtown is another place that has received most generous benefac- tions. The late Mary Hawley gave the town its imposing town hall. It's high school, funds for a library and an endowment to help maintain its public buildings.
 Fortunate indeed are such towns and how they must be envied by the towns whose taxpayers have to scrane tn make ends meet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

Now that the Chicago school teachers have got some pay we know that one corner has been turned. anyhow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.18 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02
ANOTHER vOLsTEAD?
(Hartford Courant)

The borough council of Ceilings wood, N. J.. has passed an ordi- nance forbidding dogs to bark be- tween p. m. and 6 a. m., the pen- atty for a violation of the ordinance being a fine of $100 or imprison-
 ment for ten days, or both. It is a fairly stiff bylaw, and we hope that every dog in Collingswood has read it before this. The dogs may have noticed that they are not lia- ble to imprisonment; 1t is their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02

OH DEAR Three weeks from Thursday, Thanksgiving comes to hand, So buy your turkey early Is the cry throughout the land.
 o-O-o Football is like the game of life. You charge for your gal but there's always some one on hand to try and throw you for a loss.
 o--O-o The gambler who Is lucky at cards should make enough to be lucky in love.
 o-O-o
 With Japan getting news from league members before 1t Is an- nounced officially, it begins to look like the LEAK of nations over there.
 The greatest heroes of the World war were the white haired mothers with two . stars in the window service flag. People on vacation should eat loaf cake.
 O-O-O What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury woman who used to wear lace shoes?
 o-O-o
 A good leg requires a good face to set it off.
 o-O-o
 The boot and shoe industry Is rapidly recovering its pros perity. So why not present 1t with a leather medal?
 o-O-o When a bride first marries she creams everything. But after a year or two the only cream Is on the milk bottle.
 o-O-o
 The big navy men say Hoover is ignorant of conditions. They said the same thing about Will son, Harding and Coolidge. in a very select circle of notables.
 o-O-o
 Bill Harvey, who served in the navy during the war. says we need personnel And more admirals on the poop decks, eh Bill?
 O-O-O
 Banana Firm Trial Started. Headline in Republican. Hope the lawyers don't slip on some of the skins.
 o-O-o
 A rainy day makes pressing business for the tailors on the following day. o-O-O Next Monday the local post of the Disabled Veterans of America start their sale of forget-me-nots. All proceeds to go carry on work among the disabled soldier. This column endorses the campaign, in fact it goes a point beyond and tonight published Bill Registers famous poem, "The Forget t-Me-Not Speaks" It follows: o-O-o
 When woman loses weight she smiles. When a man be- gins to drop he frowns. o-O-O Fortune tellers nowadays seem to be misfortune. o-O-o If the depression hit college football games so they'd have to lay off a few hundred cheer lead- CTS, we'd say some good came of the thing at that. o-O-O
 If they reduce the navies of the world, why not reduce the size of the ocean?
 o-O-o
 Italy is building an ocean liner that will ride smooth whether the water is rough or not. But what good is an ocean voyage if you can't tell the friends on returning that you were seasick going over and coming back?
 o-O-o
 The man who talks straight from the shoulder generally keeps his listeners at arms length.
 o-O-O
 This concludes our opening pro- gram of the week. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast 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 tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 0-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-02
Good evening.
 o-O-o NOVEMBER
(Ushers in the holiday season)

Another "ember" month is here. The third that marks each fall, Life quickens to cooler tune. That plays its notes for all, Days shorten as the winter sun, Prepares its visit here, And yet we welcome such month, It smacks of yuletide cheer. Thanksgiving day and Christmas. Mark well a round of fun, We're hardly through with one.
 before
 The other must be done, Then comes Happy New Year. Glad tidings streak the sky. Another year comes into view, Another year to die. So sing a song of "embers, Life's just day at best. Let's get our fill of sunshine, And share it with the rest, The old years been a tough one. It's handed us a fall, Let's finish up with gladness, There's Santy after all.
 o-O-o
 The papers this morning as- sured us that prosperity was on the way. A decided turn for the better is noted throughout the entire country. So it looks as if we're going to have a Merry Christmas" after all. Three cheers for that!
 o-O-o
 New York Is becoming the city of bridges as well as skyscrapers. We'll, you can burn your bridges behind you.
 O-O-o
 Once upon a time in the old world they used to hang criminals with ropes made of paper. A sort of moose paper, l suppose.
 o-O-O
 OH DEAR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
AUTO STOLEN TO
 HAVE JOY RIDE
 PROVES TRAGEDY
Chased By Police, the Car Went Over Embankment Two Killed, Three May Die

Arlington, Mass, May, 14.-UP)- An automobile apparently borrowed for a "joy ride was pursued by Arlington police early to-day and plunged over an' 'embankment, kill ing two occupants and injuring three critically. The dead were John Scott, 22, of Watertown, and Mrs Helen Flynn, IS, of Somerville bride of a few weeks. Those in- jured were Hugh Quigley. 21, of Sommerville, said to have been driv. ing the car; Miss Helen Lyden oi Sommerville; and Robert Gibson, 19 |of Cambridge. They were taken to Symmes Arlington hospital.
 John Griggs saw the machine be- ing taken from his garage. Five persons were in it. Police were noti- fled and sped after the fleeing auto mobile in a police car. Sergeant Thomas Sullivan fired five shots after the machine which was said to be travelling at more than 65 miles an hour. The stolen machine finally turned into Schouler court, a dead end street, and plunged down a 40- foot embankment over-turning sev- eral times and landing upside down on the edge of the Arlington high school athletic field. Police thought they had lost the automobile until they heard the screams and moans of the injured. Fire apparatus held searchlights while physicians extri- cated the dead and injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
Fight Against
 Railroads Has
 Been Decided
As Fuel Commissioner for State of Conn He Made Battle for Reduction of Rates on Gasoline and Fuel Oil Carried Into This State - Interstate COnl= nlerce Commission Up- holds His Contention
RATES UNREASONABLE
 SAID DECISION

Another victory for Congressman Edward w. Goss as fuel commits sioner for the state of Connecticut in his fight against the railroads for reduction in rates on gasoline and fuel oil carried into this state is re- ported in a decision of the interstate commerce commission submitted to- day. The decision is rendered under the title of "State of Connecticut against the Pennsylvania Railroad coMpanty, ct al"
 The finding which is signed by Commissioners Meyer. Eastman and Nathalie states that the rates lon pe- troleum and petroleum products. in tank car loads, from Marcus Hook and Chester, Pa., Bayonne, Com mrinipaw, Constable Hook and Eag- loil. N. J., to destinations in Connec- ticdt are found unreasonable to the extent that they exceed those pre- scribed in Petroleum and Its Prod ucts,. 171 I. e. C. 286.
 Tn other words, the rates asasiled by Congressman Goss as applying to gasoline and fuel coming into the state by rail are found unreasonable by the commission. The commission bases its finding on previous ruling under the title, Petroleum and It's frOuuClS, ltl, I. Ss Ss III tts0 hno- ing the commission set certain rates to apply to petroleum and its prod ucts brought into the state by rail.
 Congressman Goss under his ap- pointment as fuel commissioner by Governor Trumbull investigated the rates throughout the state and al- legged they were too high. He filed a complaint against the Pennsyl- vania road in April of 1880 and in- cluded other railroads bringing gaso-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
POPE PLUS WILL BROADCAST
 RADIO ADDRESS FRIDAY THAT.
 MAY PROVE VERY IMPORTANT

Vatican City, May IA (UP) - The radio address to be broadcast by Pope Plus XI tomorrow will be the basis for his forthcoming ency- clical on the relations of capital and labor.
 The encyclical. which is to be made public later this month, will be summary of the Pope's address. it was learned.
 The Pope, it was indicated. will give Catholics throughout the world directions regarding labor questions insofar as they are connected with the moral and religious aspects of society.
 The radio address will be broad cast over the new Vatican station HvJ. It will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the "Rerum Novar- um' encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on the same subject, express ing the Catholic church's views on new problems.
 Pope Leo XIII issued his famed encyclical "Rerum Novarum," dated May IS, 1891. as a frontal attack on socialism. At the same time he ac. |csntsd what hs tsrmed "the spirit of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
FIRST PARTY OF
 1881 GOLD STAR
 MOTHERS ARRIVE
One Mother Threw Flowers
 in a Bottle Into Sea, in Memory of Boy She Lost

Paris. May 14.-(UP)-The first 1881 party of Gold Star Mothers to visit battlefield cemeteries of the American Expeditionary Force ar rived today. Frances greeting was extended at Cherbourg. Officers and nurses of the American army took charge of the mothers. Mrs Mary Bentley, 77, of Cleveland, Ohio, was chosen to lay a wreath on the tomb of Frances Unknown Soldier. Other wreaths will be placed as gifts from American patriotic organizations.
 During the crossing on the George Washington, Mrs Dode Hill of Ohio threw flowers and bottle containing the names of the Gold Star Moth- CTS upon the sea in memory of her son who disappeared at sea during the war. A center of attention was Mrs Hattie Ridgdill of Barton, Polk County, Florida, who was alone in the group as having two gold stars in the family flag. There were AZ Ohio mothers in the party, 16 from Iowa, IA from Oklahoma, 12 from Florida and many from IA other states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
DIVORCE AND DIVORCEES ARE BITTERLY SCORED BY DEAN
 EMERITUS OF YALE COLLEGE

the average individual by the grace of God to make response to those principles and methods of life which comment themselves, in the wider experience of life as being right and true" he continued. .Whosoever putteth away his wife. save only for one cause (which he named) and marrieth another committeth adul- tery.' No ifs and ands about it. There it is. The ministers of Christ as the ordained representative of Christ's kingdom may very properly decline the solemnizati9n of unscrip- tural unions.
 There are people in almost every community who have been divorced by legal process under such unsavory conditions that the minister of Christ does we'll to refuse to invoke the blessing of God upon the new unions which they may seek to con- tract. They have been divorced by officers of the state. If they are to remarry. as thsy often are allowed to do by the law of the land, let them be remarked by officers of the 1t4t6s v t4... ]. -a. .A ! ! I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
TOTAL FINES AND
 JAIL SENTENCES
 IN LIQUOR CASES
Amount for 10 Months Is We'll Past $4,O00,O00- Jail Sentences Will Total l,7l2 Years

Washington, May -sUP)-- Fines in federal dry law cases in April throughout the country to- tailed $592,4SS, according 10 Pro- hibition Director Woodcock's monthly summary. The total for the ten months of the fiscal year is we'll past $4,000,000. Jail sentences during the month totalled 2,949. for an aggregate of 1,712 years.
 Maine, it appeared from the sum- mary. Is the place most to be feared by prohibition law violators if money is an object. The average fine in that state during April was $750. as against national average of $146 for the past ten months.
 New York led in arrests. but shared with Pennsylvania. New ter sey and Delaware the distinction of being the most lenient of those con victed. New York states arrests to- tailed 1,427. and the fines there averaged $57.91. Vermont had only five arrests, Delaware four. South Dakota four, and North Dakota three. Rhode Island with no state enforcement law, had five. Mary land. in the same plight, reported 118.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
BRICADIER GEN LEROY ELTINCE
 DIES IN OMAHA
He Was Deputy Chief of Staff of the, A. E. F. Dur- ing the World War

Omaha, Neb. May 14-(UP)- Brigadier General Leroy Eltingc. 5S. deputy chief of staff of the A. E. r. during the World war, and commander of the 14th brigade at Fort Omaha for the past several months, died at Methodist hospital of double pneumonia.
 He also served in the Spanish rection, the pacification of Cuba in American war. the Philippine insur- 1906 and 1907, and on the Mexican border in 1915 and 1916.
 He wore the distinguished service medal, silver citation star for Phil ippine duty, the French legion of honor. the Croix de Guerre with palms, the Belgian order of the crown, the Italian commander. or der of the crown, Companion of the Bath of Great Britain and Order of Solidaridad, Panama.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
THE ''OLD WHITE
 CHURCH'' BURNED :.
 AT DARTMOUTH

Hanover, N. H., May 14.-(UP)- Dartmouth's "old white church" was lin ashes to-day. The 160-year-old
 structure, officially known as Christ church. Congregational, was destroy
 ed by ire last night. Loss was esti- mated at $50,0OO. Eleazar Vince lock, Dartmouth's founder and first presiednt, built the church in 1771 land preached the first sermon there. The student fire brigade. led by
 Shep Wolff of Brooklyn. N. Y., as- sisted firemen from six towns in an
 attempt to save the church. The
 blaze started in the upper rear sec
 |tion of the church. spread rapidly, and was beyond hope of control when fire apparatus arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

revolutionary change" which he said had passed beyond politics and en- tered the field of practical econom- ics. and in many quarters his ideas were found startling at the time they were expressed.
 The socialists were. in the Pope's opinion, working on the poor mans envy of the rich. endeavoring to de- stroy private property" but such proposals were termed futile and unjust and the principle of private ownership was strongly upheld while 1t was declared that ''the main tenet of socialism. the community oi goods, must be utterly rejected, for It would injure those whom 1t in. tended to benefit"
 The Pontiff's address will be re. broadcast in the United tSates by the National Broadcasting Company over station WEAF and a nation. wide network. including station wOR. The program will begin al 12 noon. EST, and Pope Plus will start speaking half an hour later. His address will be translated hy Mons Francis J. Spellman of Whit man. Mass beginning e IA As N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
NOVEL WEDDING IS PUT UNDER
 INVESTIGATION
Bride Stood in Canada and
 Groom in United States
 When Ceremony Was
 Performed

Lansing, Mich, May 14.-(UP)-- Detroit's international wedding, in which the alien bride stretched her finger across the Canadian-Americ boundary line to receive the ring, was under investigation to-day by the attorney general.
 The legislature last night ordered investigation of the legality and propriety" of the strange ceremony. The groom. Reginald Cridde, nat uraIized American. was barred from marriage in Canada because his Mexican divorce from his first wife was not recognized by Canadian law. The bride. Miss Emily Hunt. of Scotland. could not enter Detroit to be married here because the Scottish immigration quota was already filled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

New Haven, May 14-(UP)-Di- vorce is a civil function and re- marriage of divorced persons should be performed by civil, not clerical authorities. in. the opinion of Dr Charles R. Brown, dean-emeritus oi Yale Divinity school and one oi Americas outstanding religious au. thorities. Ministers of Christ may very properly decline to remarry divorced persons. Dr Brown declared last night in a Shaffer foundation lecture on the teachings of Jesus Those divorced. he said. are separa. ted by the state and should be re. married, fl, they must, by the. state.
 He described '.companionate mar riage' 'as, a "joy ride" advocated by shallow minded people,.
 Jesus, said Dr Brown, would not for a moment lift off Of mems hearts the Responsibility for theii own actions. He would have the trippler escape from the vice ci drunkenness not by virtue of the volstead act but by exercise of his own eelf-resp6ct and self-controI.' 2
 'yesus trusted h the capacitx oi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
Sir Thomas Upton Has Crashed Doors
 OF Exclusiue Club

London, May 14-(UP) - Sir Thomas Lipton was elected a mem- Der of the Royal Yacht Squadron to-day.
 The honor of belonging to the foremost and most exclusive yacht club in Great Britain has come to Britain's famous yachtsman late in life.
 Despite his long and valiant fight to lift the Americas cup from the United States with Shamrock after Shamrock, Sir Thomas has been consistently ignored by the commit tee of the Cowes club. Some time ago, however the news leaked out that he was to be elected.
 The fact that Sir Thomas, who made his fortune selling tea and groceries, was a tradesman, has al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
.LARKIM AND
 GILLETTE
 MAY LOSE
They May Be Frozen Out By Speedy Action of Cover nor Cross - Judge Finn May Fill Positions
(By Democrat Stan Man)

Hartford, May 14-The possibil- ity of Prosecuting Attorney William J. Larkin and Clerk William M. Gillette of the court of common pleas of Waterbury being frozen out'' of their positions loomed here to-day as 8 near reality. Governor Wilbur l.. Cross was reported as being strenuously opposed to the vicious ripper bilr' sponsored by Attorney Larkin to insure reap pointment to his position. Promi- nent republican leaders of Water bury and of the general assembly greatly embarrassed by the prose- cutting attorneys persistence in feathering his own nest are hopeful that the governor will find way in the controversy and spare the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
UNION MINERS IN KENTUCKY ARE IN
 VERY UGLY MOOD
Governor Is Accused of Breaking Faith and COl= Onel in Command of the Troops Sides With the Owners

Harlan. Ky, May 14-(UP)-Na- tional guardsmen patrolled the southeastern Kentucky coal fields from their new base here to-day under an ultimatum from 11,00O unemployed union miners that, if they did not soon get help they were going to help themselves
 Governor Elem D. Sampson was accused of breaking faith with the unemployed miners and Colonel Daniel M. Carrell, in command of the 400 troops sent here by quell disorders such as have taken five lives. was charged with siding with the mine owners, in statement is- sued by William M. Hightower. president of the Evarts local of the United Mine Workers of America. in behalf of the 11,000 men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

ways been regarded as the reason for his failure to make the Royal Yacht Squadron. He belongs to most other yacht clubs of importance. however.
 As a friend of King Edward VII. there is story that the king once tried to have Lipton member, but that the club refused to stand for it.. The story has never been substan- tiated.
 Lipton's election occurred at the spring meeting of the squadron at Claridge's. More than 80 members attended. A formal ballot was taken after Lipton had been proposed by the Earl of Shaftesbury and second. ed by Sir Philip Hunloke.
 Noel Guinness also was elected to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
REVOLT CAUSED
 BY COLLEGE BAN UPON DANCING

Tiflin, O., May 14.-UP)-De. nlands for abolition of the bar against dancing and card playing al Heidelberg college were ready fol presentation to officials to-day as students continued in revolt against the administration of President Charles E. Miller.
 Unrest over religious restriction which flared up with the stoning of President Miller's offices last week, smouldered on the campus when it was learned that the 70-year-old eX- ecutive would neither lift the bans on social life nor reemploy Dr New ell Sawyer. popular English profess sor. Faculty members and trustees have backed the president.