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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
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THE MOTHER WATCH fs,.aekN

She never closed her eyes in sleep till we were On pa party t nights nigh till we came home she always
 sat and read; We little thought about it then when We were
 young and gay, f - How much the mother worried when the chii- We enly knew she never slept when we were out at night .,, And that she waited just to know that we'd
 come home all right. Why sometimes when we'd stayed away till one
 or two or three, It seemed to us that mother heard the turn
 ing of the key:
 For always when we stepped inside sne 5 call anu
 we'd reply,
 But we were all too young back then to un- Until the last one had Tsturned- she always kept For mother couldn't sleep until shed kissed
 us all good night ea She had to know that we were safe before she She seemed to feel the world might harm the
 one she loved the best. And once she said: s'Whsn you are grown to
 women and to men,
 Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through;
 may be different then" And SO 1t seemed that night and day we knew q That always when we got back home we'd
 find her waiting there. ,+ Then came the night that we were called to
 gather round her bed;
 "The children are all with you now" the And in ' her eyes there steamed again the old- That told that she had been waiting just to
 know we were all right She smiled the old familiar smile. and prayed to Us ssfs from harm throughout the years. and then she went to sleep T-:7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

New York.-Where the old live corners" acts as a sort of hub for lower Manhattan, sending it's spokes in every direction, you'll find a sing ularly unchanged slice of New York.
 Here, If you're looking for "atmos- phere" in the big city, you'll find 1t in generous slices. There has been no lifting of this face or powderins of the nose.
 The lower Bowery Is still the low ler Bowery. huddling under the lshadowing crossbars of the elevated. Here Professor" Wagner still car- ries on his historic tattoo esta blish- ment in the rear of a venerable bar Der shop.
 To be sure, competition has finds other tattoo artists closing in on him. Just across the street. an- other expert with the needle has fresher designs arranged in his window.
 But Dr Wagner now has window display which boasts of 25 years of defying his completitors to match him. These windows re- veal the fact that Mile Blanche" of the Sells-Floto organization had her bigger and better tattoo decora- ton done by this artist; that so-and- so at Coney Island was one of his customers
 While, just across the street. you'll find slightly more modern istic trend.
 Still and all. the barber shop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
Strategic New England

So much interest in New England rail- roads. as has been manifest lately. certainly is more than meis newspaper talk. This at- tention must be merited. After reading reprint from recent New England News Let ter we can see any number of reasons why this section of the country is singled out. Without discussing the 'endeavor of the larger roads to sobble up thisSterritory as their own and thus control freight shipments we might call attention to the army and navy air games that are to center over New England late this month. >~5
 The thoughts of war are not exactly allur- ing. Despite the efforts of publie-spirited Americans to interest our government in the World Court if not the League of Nations there are those in the United States who feel that we should be prepared for the next great conflict which is bound to occur probably in the lives of most of us. Why single out New England for this magnificent air display! Why indeed with New England constituting the greatest industrial asset of the nation! Uncle Sam isn't convinced that New Eng lands leadership is being taken by the Middle West or the South.
 He remains convinced that foreign in- vasion would immediately be made against New England so that it might be cut off from the rest of the nation and crippling blow struck at the outset. The English had the same idea away back in l777 but it failed. When 673 sirplanes. all of the arny's and nsvy's east of the Mississippi are concentrated in defense of mythical attack on the Atlantic .seabosrd it is high time to take stock of our selves. The New England Council did that in convincing fashion and unearthed few facts that should be in every home.
 For example how many people know that 74.4 per cent of the total amount of firearms produced in the United States come from New England. Continuing along this line we quote the following statistics: worsted goods 68.9 per cent, cotton. small wares. 64.7: woolen goods. 63.2; boot and shoe findings. 63.l; textile msehinerys 62.3; emery wheels and Ssher abrasive and polishing appliances. 6l.S; meieey and edge tools. 5S.7; clocks 48.o; ubber fcotwezr 46.l; boot and shoe cut ssoek. 45.l: tppewrissrs, 3o.4; felt hats 3z.s; cotton soods 36.9; hardwars 35.9;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

additional vote in the house to which it is entitled, but nothing more. Because representative elected lat large" would have no constituency to serve. the people of the state would in fact not gain the direct representation in the house which they are entitled to have. The new representative, if elected "at large" would be nothing more than a free lance. directly responsible to
 The reapportionment can be made fully effective only by the creation of new congressional districts. Most of the states which. like Connecti- cut, gained representation In the house as the result of shifts in the population during the last twenty years, have already redistricted. In Michigan, new districts have been created for the most part in and about Detroit. where most of the tn- crease in the population was made. In New York, new districts have been created in the suburbs about New York city, where population most notably gained. As result the people that have been denied proper representation in the house during the last ten years have been given the representation which Is their due, which would have been denied them had the new represen- tatives been lat large"
 The situation of the people or Connecticut Is no different from that of the people of New York and of Michigan. Not to redistrict the state. would mean that the com- munities which have gained in pop ulation since the last redistricting would still lack the representation to which they are entitled. while the communities which have not gained would in effect be given still fur ther representation To redistrict Is merely to deal fairly with all the people of the state. The decision of the committee on senatorial and congressional districts of the gem evai assembly at its hearing to-day should be In favor of the only meth cd of eiecting the new representa- tive which accords with the spirit and the intent of ths law. Asa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY &z &l9kNA

IT is the mothers duty to incul- cate character in their children. The unbalancing of these duties Is re- sponsibie for so-called flaming youth.-Judge Francis B. Allegretti of Chicago.
 
 DON'T consult anybody about poll itics. Ask me and you will get even more than . postgraduate course. Mayor James J. Walkers advice
 to the Prince Takamatsu.
 t IT is our rule that he that works not. neither shall he eat. In capi- talistic countries they have now amended 1t - he that worketh shall not eat, either
 Premier Molotoff of Russia.
 ~ WE have let the idea of freedom under se1f-respect go to seed in ou' colleges and are turning out toe many hard-boiled. hard.harted. dumb-bells.
 -wiiliam Allen White.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

ufacturing watches and cuckoo clocks. How, ever. don't be mislead on this traffic tie-up. It isn't automobiles that are causing the complaints from harrassed pedestrians- It's ti,e bicycle riders. It seems that just now there is craze on bicycles in this Alpine nation. You find them any place you go on the mountain tops and in the valleys. They pass along the streets of villages in endless lines
 And weather has no terrors for the cyelist. He or she appears whether it is raining or showing. Bicycle races along the streets or the sidewalks are quite common. Of course,
 broken glass is an old trick. but it usually works. 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
SATURDAY. MAY 3, 1881
Connecticut Restraint

Representative John Q. Tilson gave some good advice to the senator's and represents- lives of the General Assembly when he ad- dressed each house this week. The congress man from New Haven warned sgainst passase of too many laws. He commented upon the fact that Connecticut has showp remarkable rsstraint in recent years in not filling its statute books up with lot of mandates that would probably be ignored and would merely clutter up the records. In this respect Colonel Til- son is quite right. There are far too many laws passed by Legislatures. Some one of these days General Assemblies will have to. devote oue full session to ridding themselves of useless and worn out statutes
 We noticed that Mir Tilson spoke at some length of states rights and home rule. We hope it was noticed by our republican legis- lstors who are doing their best to change that. We wonder if Mir Tiison is aware of the in- ereasing number of ripper bills that the Con- necticut Legislature is passing nowadays. There are several on the books now that could be easily eliminated. But. no. not content with them the Assembly added few more at this term. Middletown's city council no longer names the court prosecutor as it has done for countless years. A republican judge will replace demoerstie prosecutor with one of his political faith.
 The New Haven court judseships will be taken care of by the Legislature and not by the apvernor. since Wilbur L. Cross is a.demoerat and chooses to name bipartisan court. consisting of one democrat and one republican. Judges of the court of common pleas. nom- mated by the governor for close to 50 years. will continue to be appointed in the same way. but since the republican stand would be inconsistent. constitutional amendment will be passed allowing the governor to continue to name the common pleas judges although fhe law specifically says he can and an amend- ment isn't necessary.
 iThings have certainly changed since Mr Tilson was Speaker of the House. 24 years aeo.. He might have added that. when he was commenting upon the fact that the pres- ent speaker. Howard w. Aleorn. was little boy playing around the Capitol in those dAys. As for states rights. if Connecticut in- sists that the federal government keep its hands off what is the states business. why doesn't it repeal its liquor enforcement act or take favorable action upon many of the diverse liquor bills that have been introduced this yearl If the federal government did not en- .croach in this, ,mstter it never has, Of course. it isn't republican politics to do that and Mir .Tilson is too warm friend of President Hoover to advise the state to take such ac- ton. Yes we must agree with Mr Tilson Connecticut has shown remarkable restraint of recent years. Almost too much. we say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

Dr. E. M. Stoddard. promolcgist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. is being congratulated by his associates these days. Earlier in the year the state pomolo- gist predicted that,we would have apple blos- soms by May 6. Sure enough they, were here this week.. even up around Waterbury which is often scverals weeks behind the lower end of the state in blossoms, etc. Stoddard bases his predictions upon the way the leaves fall off the trees in the fall. If they fall late we can look for an early spring, he says Records and experiments over period of years have enabled him to fix pretty accurately the date when the apple trees will bloom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
GUoTATIoES
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CAPTURE OF FREsNoY

On May g, 1917, the Germans re- captured Fresnoy at the height of the battle of Arfas.
 Philip Gibbs, was correspondent. describes the capture as follows:
 Upon this village (Fresnoy) and the neighboring ground the enemy concentrated everything he has In artillery which can be directed on this sector of the front, and in addi- ton to the ordinary high explosives and shrapnel. he flung a storm or gas shells wherever he thought the British had battery positions.
 "Fresnoy itself had been a diff cult place to hold since the Canadi- ans took it so sallantly on May 8. The enemy had marked 1t down for attack, and for several days. made strong counter-thrusts on each side of it in order to prevent British troops getting forward to straighten out the line. English troops had to bear the brunt of the German con. centrated fury"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

motorcycles and bicycles 35.6; boots and shces. 34.4: dyeing and finishing textiles. 33.5: brass bronze. and copper. 3L6: tools. 2S.9: woodworking. 2s.l: paper. 26.8.
 Of course. that doesn't cover all New Eng lands industries. There are thirty-seven other kinds contributing between ten and twenty five per cent of the nations total. All of which should certainly make us puff out our chest with self importance. New England isn't such bad neck of the woods after all. now is it? i" i--- f'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER x: Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE

antine and the purity of food and drugs.
 The intelligence sections of the war and navy departments CO., operate with other executive depart ments "to discover and bring to justice persons engaged in activi- ties against the United States" and exercise police powers over army and navy property as we'll as within army and navy ranks.
 The police and investigative pow CTS of the civil service commission, the radio commission and the inc terstate commerce Commission are also cited. e.
 The state, war, navy and post office departments are the only ones among the ten departments which are mentioned without credit for contributions to prohibition en- forcement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
2{NGNyEElMIY|QRkKS yElME RkKS

,where Dr Wagner holds forth
 still displays in it's windows. along side the replicas of tattooed sideshow artists, that time-honored sign reading-"Black eyes treated while you wait" This sign has many variations as you wander along the street. For a generation, overhanging street signs have announced that black eyes are made as good as lnew.
 Unfortunately, there are few customers in these times. Arguments are no longer settled by hsts. In fact there are few of the old-time ug-and smash arguments left. Most of the wayfarers on the Bowery are licked before they get there. They are tickled to get a room for cou- pie of dimes.
 Still and all, the lower Bowery lhas its cheap tobacco shops and the drug store still shows vials filled,
 with strange herbs in the windows. If you're 8 good old Boweryite. you can dig up some old-fashioned leeches on a moments notice. Or, if you choose a highway other
 than the Bowery, it's likely to be Division street.
 And Division street Is one of the most predatory highways left in America. On the face of it, Division
 street might well be an avenue of middle priced shops with gener.
 ous display windows. even as in Main street. But should you try to make your way through it. my advice is to carry either handy fist or 8 gun.
 For from every doorway will pop
 salesman, trying to drag you in
 and sell you . dress, suit or, necktie. lit makes littue different, so long as a sale is achieved. Seafaring folk. fresh from their ships, are the chief bait of this high way. Before they know 1t, the hard est boiled mariner will find himself set upon and will walk away with
 starched shirts and Broadwayese clothes.
 Thus it was always in the lower Bowery-and thus, it seems, 1t
 will be for many year to come. | GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1881. NEA Service. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
THE STATE SHOULD BE REDISTRICTED
(Hartford Courant)

Whether or not the state should be redistricted in order to provide for the election next year of the ad- ditional members of the house. of to which Connecticut is entitled under the reapportion- ment based upon the census of 1880 admits of but one answer. To re- district the state will not be easy. but in no other way can the require- ments of the situation be fully met. To elect the new representative '.at iarge' would give Gonnecticut the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
Tho old umbrella mender,
 Is seldom seen to-day, It's cheaper to buy new ones, And throw the old away.

Tho old umbrella mendcr,
 Is seldom seen to-day, It's cheaper to buy new ones,
 And throw the old away.
 o-O-o The old fashioned Waterbury girl who used her fellows picture in d locket, now has his silhouette en- graved on her flask. SS o-O--o
 Long drives in a car are more satisfying to he-men than long drives on a golf course.
 o-O--o Z One mans assets become another mans liabilities. 'a o-O-o ' It Is claimed that we waste a lot of strength talking. I sup pose that's why women are called the weaker sex.
 o-O-o When two young people agree on everything they're in love. When they disagree on things of merit. they're sensible.
 o-O-o IT WAS EVER THUS. She threw him a kiss,
  Perhaps there's something after all To the claim that love Is blind.
 o-O-o
 The man who lives on salads will live long to sit at meat. ~
 GOO Love seems so. cheap when dear is used so commonly. This Is national music week. so be kind to piano tuners.
 o-O-o
 Control of the golf ball is very important. And control of the temper while trying to con- trol the golf ball. of equal im- portance.
 An army of ants is reported trav- cling in a nearby state. Enroute to the summer picnic grounds, sup pose.
 Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: It's a wise parent who admits the child is dumb.
 o-O--o
 Nowadays a girls popularity Ia judged by the booze stains on ner party dress. It takes a cop to HANDLE a gay young BLADE. o--O-0
 It is reported that men are re- turning to the old fashioned girls. who are quite and 1adylike. From the call of the wild to that or the mild. ,, This completes our regular Sat- urday program. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again Monday evening at the usual hour. Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

The first report of the sidewalk eommis- sion whel, Senator Lawlor of this city heads is eagerly awaited. The commission is investigst- ing the feasibility of footpaths along our state highways to cut down the number of deaths of pedestrians. The commission met for the first time this week and some interesting data can be expected when it makes known its deliberations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

Switzerland is faced with real traffic problem. Experts are, being called in to un- tangle the situation. All of which goes to prove that the Swiss go in Tor other things than yodelins. archery. making milk chocolate. and climbing mountains, not to mention man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D. :

signed lettess pertaining to personaI health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatmeat. will be answered by pr Brady. Ad' dress him. care of the Democrat, sendins stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

For the arts of war consult woman. A notorious gunman sought by the police finds his best defense powder puff .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

As a philosopher once observed it's shame the way man corrupts the animals We know racketeer dog that goes around eop leeting all the bones in the neighborhood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09

All vehicles must be lighted not later than s:26 0 clock Daylight saving time) tonight;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
Good evening: Z v .O-O-O ANOTHER MOTHERS DAY STORY
-A sMILEs THE THING"

She had fight with her husband. Left him flat they say. Came home to live with her mother. On dear old Mothers Day. ] o-O--o when the sewing circle meets you realize that stitch in time saves reputation.
 o-o--o
 Wonder if these so-calied child prodigies, dunk their toast in the morning cup of coffee?
 o-o-o
 Many a nurse takes a mans heart while taking his pulse.
 o-O-0
 Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but perhaps the fire- men preferred music at their blazes.
 The first talkie ever made was woman. n
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 Nowadays the "Toastmaster" E is a machine that turns the toast out automatically. f o-o-.So
 We often wonder if the smutty stories told by gangling females at bridge are responsible for the game being 50 popular with the so-called fair sex.
 o-O-o
 Plane Builder Leaves For tune-Headline. Sort of heir plane as 1t were. 0-O-o The only people who read the box scores are the chaps in the baseball pools. iF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
 OHMIGOSH.

He was cry baby in life
 Was Sammy Sillers,
 Now he's buried beneath
 The weeping willows.
 o-O-o
 Those signs along the highways, Winter Cas-" certainly look out . out of place these warm spring days. Give man enough tow-rope and he'll get his, car out of the mud. o-O-o
 Talk is cheap until the law yer asks for a carbon copy.
 o-O-o
 Golf equipment is becoming SC cheap that the game is losing its ritzy appeal. - 7 'F''' 'hSt --,' 0-O-- O 9ff ra-.r- Y } In the old days when woman went calling in the afternoon she carried a sewing bag. Now it's a cigarette case and lighter.
 Women say they smoke at meal time so they won't eat '. very much and thus preserve their slim figures. If they keep it up, eventually they'll have the same shape as a cigarette.
 o-O-o
 A nick town is a place where the yokels gaze through windows when some one passes wearing a sport sweater.
 2 lE f. -O-O--o y.y -r~e ls Some gals wouldh1 make the V boys rubber if they wore rubI Der stockings.
 O-O-o SHE-"Yes. my voice is a gift" HE-''That's the unfortunate part of gifts, you've got to accept tnem.' tH O-O-o ssg AND so IT GOES
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-06

Many Montana truckers who
had hoped to get work unloading
pipe were sadly disappointed. Al
though word had been sent out
by the Montana Power company
that Montana labor would be con-
sidered first. on Friday fleet
Of trucks arrived In Cut Bank
carrying California licenses, and
these trucks are in service while
Kevin-sunburst trucks and men
are idle.
''The same condition apparent
" exists in road work being
done on Montana highways, labor
from outside Of the state being
employed, not only on the road
between here and Conrad but on
the road between Shelby and Cut
bank where construction work Isl
under way
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-06

Montana Oil Journal.
Great Falls. Montana.
Gentlemen:
A short time ago / noted an
sd Of the Montana Power com
pany saying they would hire only
labor from Montana in construct
ing their pipeline.
Hundreds Of men from Mon
tana are here for work, truck
men, welders. laborers and
others. Nothing Tor them to do.
Nearly all men hired here are
from California and Iowa. An
the trucks are from those two
states. These trucks, carrying
sight tons Of pipe. are tearing
up Montana roads but paying no
license in this state and are get
ting away with It.
Montana trucks. which have
paid their license fees In this
state. have no work. are Mon
tana officials and police afraid
Of the Montana Power company
! might also say these trucks are
using Shell gasoline.
These are facts and viii bear
Investigation. Am sending similar
letters to Great Falls daiIies.
wondering II they win publish.
Yours very truly.
q. H HARRIS.