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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
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We are fed up with being q foot ball in the hands of an ambitious politicians. We are not fighting for parties or profiteers, but solely for Germany.
 Storm Captain Walter Stennes, In refusing to obey orders of Fascist Leader Adolph Hitler to dissolve his storm troops.
 The liberal party used to say that the voice of the people was the voice of God, but today it is only the voice of God when 1t speaks in Welsh. Sir Romert Horne. Ministers should try to spiritualize actors and actors should help to humanize ministers.
 Clayton Hamilton. We must construct a new spirit 'uality as perfect as possible, as total as possible. With this will come comprehension of the significance of life.
 Count Hermann Keyserling. Wisdom you can never cram into man. E. c. C.. Baiy. I want peace. and I'm willing to live and let live. I'm tired of gang murders and gang shooting.
 Al Capone. Take advantage of the little cp- portunities and you won't need to wait for a big one.
 William Feather. There will be noiincrease in taxes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
At The National Capitol
Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

planes and the other a preponder- ance of bombers and attack planes, in an effort to determine the rela- tive combat values of the various types.
 Ground troops operated in cons junstion with the air forces as if in wartime. Umpores flew with each squadron to judge the success of bombing raids, observation pene- trations, attempt of pursuit planes to clear the skies and so on.
 The duration of those maneuvers taught the crews, air and ground, what might be expected from the several types of military aircraft when out in the open for pro- tracted period away from the shell ter and comfortable facilities of the home hangars.
 Lase year. Air Corps units con- centrated at Sacramento and for a month bombardment, pursuit and attack groups-which train and are quartered separately -prac- ,ticed together in cooperation while the staff officers worked out the- ories of combined action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

to provide quite few laughs The measure was introduced as a companion one to that introduced into the U. s. Senate by Senasse Hiram A. Bingham of New Haven befof: Congress convened this spring. Minority Leader Bergin stated that with warm weather approaching beer would be most welcome beverage. Such little thing would satisfy so many here - and elsewhere. think this is an excellent resolution and ask that it have the support of this body stated Senator Bergin Majority Leader Leete. however. vetoed this by saying Connecticut can not take such step until the federal government makes the first move. He was seconded by Senator Caplan who said chaos and confusion
 would result if the state enforcement act were repealed It's a good thing those phrases care handy. We've seen them applied to present conditions in the United States, SO don't imagine that Connectieut's repeal of it's state law would add much to the general din.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

the chain system of ownership ap- plies to most of them. There will be much cutting down of the elabo- rate overhead, and possibly re- vision in the price list in an effort to lure back the crowds.
 Recent civic movements for q cleaner and better town have been menacing some of Manhattan's more colorful industries.
 D Chief among these happens to be the pushcart belt of the East Side For generations the pushcarts have cluttered Orchard street and ad. joining arteries of the old tenemen belt. They have become identifie' as part of the city's authentic at mosphere and colors.
 I, for one, will miss them if the. are done away with. But, Then, don't have to live among them. GILBERT SWAN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY Sl elgklKA
AMERICAN DAY"

On April 30. 1917, the city of Liverpool celebrated America Day" in recognition of the entry of the United States into the war.
 A special town meeting of citizens was held at noon. 1t was preceded by a service of thanksgiving at St Nicholas Church, attended by the lord mayor, city officials, the United States consul, consular repre- sentatives of all the allied powers, and leading citizens. The sermon was preached by the bishop of Liverpool.
 This day. also marked the thou sandth day of the European war. Two days later Herr Joseph Nau- mann,' former conservative mem Der of the German Reichstag, was reported to have made in a lecture the following statement:
 Until now the war has caused us 1,30O,0O0 dead. This. together with the decrease in birth, gives a reduction of 3,S0O,000. The surplus of females has increased from 800,- 900 to more than 100000. The na- ton has bled as never since the Thirty Years War"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
MIR T1LsoN FOR spEAKEE
(Hartford Courant)

Modest to degree is Represen tative Tilson in expressing the be- lief that he should be considered in the selection of the speaker of the House of Representatives. His attitude is thoroughly justified. In under no obligation to dwell upon his qualifications for the post. Dur ing his twenty years of service ii, the House, they have become abundantly evident, and his election four times running as leader of the majority has demonstrated that his colleagues recognize them. In such circumstances Mir Tilson is not re- quired to push himself for ward as q candidate for the post made va cant by the death of Nicholas Long, worth. His availability Is manifest and in the choice of speaker fl cannot be ignored.
 No other member is better Quaii- fled than MT Tilson to carry on the policies of Spsaker Longworth. As leader of the majority. he has been largely responsible for the efficiency, the dispatch and the fairness which have characterized legislation in the House in recent years. Popular. respected, able, he could be de. pended up on to preside over the de- Alterations of the House to the satis- faction of all. His election as Speaker would, furthermore, be re- garded as strengthening the hands of the Administration in Congress in 8. difficult period. The adminls- tration, has not had a more con- sistent defender on the floor of the House than Mir Tilson whose ad- vocacy of It's policies Is responsible in no small measure for whatever legislative successes have come to 1t. Even in behalf of lost causes, his championship has not wavered, as was demonstrated during the last session when( almost alone, he stood out against the bonus to the veterans.
 The election of MT Tilson as Speaker would be gratifying to New England, but 1t would not be ret garded in any sense as a sectional triumph. In all proabiiity, MT Tii- son has an interest in being chosen Speaker as the representative of one section as opposed to another. and he doubtless will have mo part iD raising sectional issues. The speak. ership Is a national office. and In 1t Mir Tilson could be depended upon to give national service.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

Troy, New York. has another claim besides that of being the Collar City. It wants the federal government to erect memorial to Uncle Sam in the city, for the real and only original Uncle Sam is buried in Troy. Samuel Wilson was the man who gave rise to the title, Uncle Sam, and mighty popular one it has proved to be- He was brick maker. but during the War of 1872 contracted to supply the army with beef and pork. All barrels were always stamped E. AUS, the initials of the partners in the business. Sol diers soon popularzed Uncle Sam. Further more he looked like the pictures we see of him today. Certainly Uncle Sam ought to have monument Let's have it immediately
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
What Is a "Wet"?

The country today seems to need new vocabulary. applying to party politics and also to prohibition. Republican" and Democrat are terms far from definite in these times of party irregularity and sehism. The terms wet" and dry are likewise too general. Worse still, they are often mislead ing There are various shades of dry and still more of wet" The latter word espe cay needs clarifying A wet used to be one who frankly favored the liquor traffic and was opposed to any restriction that inter- fered with it. Nowadays the title is applied loosely to anyone who expresses dissatisfae- ton with the present liquor laws.
 The so-called wet may be patron of booteggers and brewer of home beer. He may be in the liquor business himself. He may favor immediate repeal of the dry amend ment and it's enforcement act, regardless of results. Or he may be, in intent at least sincere reformer. who has obeyed the dry laws but believes from observation that human nature being what it IS, they are un- workable and indirectly mschevous. He may have what he regards as constructive program for modification which, while per hitting somewhat freer use of liquor than the present laws do in theory might promote temperance in fact. and incidentally help to dry up the sources of crime now financed by a oontraband traffic. Such citizens. whether wise or unwise in their thinking, deserve some better title than the indiscriminate wet that groups them with drunkards, crooks and citl- zens lacking social conscience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
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New York.-The bongo, I learn, is far and away the most romantically different musical instrument to reach Broadway in many a season.
 In recent column devoted to the rumba craze, l mentioned the bongO as part and parcel of the rumba band equipment. Since that time however, scouts for the research de- partment have come speeding in from the jungle with the latest in- formation on this pew arrival.
 To begin with, the bongo is a member of the tom-tom family. But it is one of the most temperamental of instruments. Before it can be used in an orchestra it must be warmed up-literally! For the na- ture of it's covering is such tha it must be heated and expanded in order to be sufficiently taut for ef- fectiveness.
 And, again-the bongo cannot be played by everyone. A native is carried along, and he is an old time bongoist. Bongo players are born, not made. For the bongo is thrum- med by instinct and not by music No part music Is supplied--the bon go banger must sense with his ear the exact moment at which to begin tapping his drum. He can break in whenever he feels like it.
 Ofttimes, when the virtuoso feels Q bit lazy, he overlooks bets and has to be awakened from his jungle dreams by . dirty look from the director. Then he springs into life and turns on the tom-tom beatings.
 There is no way of teaching any, nna tn vUhu nu the hnnUot ainon ifte sa distinctly native instrument--so it looks like pretty fair season for a number Of unemployed native lads from South America.
 At the moment Broadway threat ems to lose it's subtitle of "chow mein street"
 Those giIded and glittering Chi- nese restaurants that came pell- meiling into the great white way are threatening to thin out a bit. For a time every third door along the bright lights boulevard appeared to be a chop suey resort.
 Then, to give competition to the other night resort spots while ap- pealing to the purses of the average salaried persons, the Chinese cafes went in for bigger and better jazz bands, for little dance floors, for hat check concessions and, in some in- stances, even for a small convert charge after a certain hour.
 Two or three of the bigger and more splendifer6us Oriental spots engaged some of the best syncopa- tionists in the business. B. A. Rolfe and Paul Tremaine are but couple who have provided music for the chow meiniams.
 But even as the other night re-, sorts, the Chinese have felt the pinch of the times. Several will probably go out of business, since
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
DING. DING.

Tho old Oakcn bucket,
 Is never seen now, Like the old family tooth brush, It's taken the bow. o-O-o Then there was the chap who went looking for a pair of navy trousers when he was told to get on deck.
 O-O-O
 There's a suit in local courts regarding the reputation of cheese.I suppose the cheese will put up a strong defense.
 o-O-o The honeymoon is over when the lump sugar disappears and she goes back to the granulated.
 o-O-o
 TEE, HEB. Mayor Walker won another fight, And 1t was quite n size, He was smarter, SO tt seems Than dear old Rabbi Wise.
 o-O-o Life Is just one darn think after another for the fellow trying to knock out column.
 0-O-o
 Reincarnation: An old man eating baby food and expecting somebody to appear and hand him a pacifier.
 O-O--O> It has been discovered that bed bugs fear the light, so another dark secret has been exploded
 O-O--o The old fashioned buggy didn't have an ash tray attahced to the dash but you enjoyed smoke just as much while riding.
 AND so IT GOES A dollar here, dollar there. Sometimes a five or ten, You've spent the money that you've
 earned,
 And must start back again. | o--O-o Girls claim they'll go without stockings this summer which means they're going to lack sox appeal.
 o-O--o At last father is getting a break Electric ice boxes make 1t upneces- sary for him to visit the ice plant Saturday afternoon and electric clocks eliminate the nightly winding Just as soon as they invent electri- cally fastened screen doors and elec- trically painted porch furniture. the old boy will be in clover.
 o--O-O Cabbage is one vegetable that seems to get HEAD much quicker than the others. o--O-o This completes our regular Thurs day evening program. It was broad cast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Water bury 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., 1931-04-30

full time, and the depression would be over. Perhaps such conference can suggest some new policy that would give our fearful folks more courage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to persona' health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or trea,ment will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad- dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

"A large part of the people of this country are clearly dissatisfied with the ten year noble experiment with the 18th amendment and the Volstead act, said Representative Elect William L. Tierney of Greenwich in address ing the conference of organized labor's na- tional committee for modification of the Volstead act in Philadelphia this week. Rep rescntative Tierney who has been in Washing ton lately preparing for the opening of Con- gress in December when be will take bis seat in the Connecticut delegation for the first time is positive that the dry law is doomed. He further states that The United States will certainly abandon prohibition as has every other country that ever tried it. It IS so clearly against all the principles of personal liberty and the old Jeffersonian doctrine of states rights that it is only question of time and method as to how we will accomplish the peoples will. 1 am in favor of the eonstitu- tiona method of eliminating the eighteenth amendment from our law. But it will require d slow process even under favorable oondi- tions. We are not concerned with any dis cusson of whether the Volstead act can be enforced. We know that it cannot be en- forced except by such monumental effort as might wreck the nation in the process. :" We'll, there's one representative about whom we can have no doubt Would there were more in Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

More evidence that spring is right on top Of us and summer just around the corner is the sight of COW slips in nearby bogs. The Mid dlebury road is fine place to observe them by the wayside Also the whir of lawn mowers is beginning to remind us that he who lets the grass grow too long suffers lame back as result
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

Whats in name? Too many letters! Cleveland is going to change the name Of Kosciuszko avenue because the residents cant spell it. And helpful citizen proposes calling it Mereczowszczyno, for Kosciuszko's home town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30
Good evening.
 YOU ARE NOT HERE
"a SMILES THE THING"

You are not here. my earliest friend. Your aid and influence to lend; And when the storm-eloud hovers
 OCT. My darksome path, your voice no Can waken hope. or banish fear Guide of my youth, you are not here. No more I see your look of love, Pure as the smiling skies above; ~ That look could nerve my heart tc
 bear, When on the verge of dark despair, But now whenever my soul is sad. You are not here to make it glad. Spring comes again, the skies are
 clear, But you. my mother are not here: You. who showed the creeping vine Beneath my window where to
 twine; You. who reared the blossoms gay. Henceforth, forever. are away. You are not here, amid the flowers. see you not. in twilight hours: And yet. l sometimes think 1 feel Your spirits presence OCT me steal. Soft as the breath of evening air. To calm my throbbing brow of care.
 Pauline Saylor.
 o-O-o We're all victims of habit, but only n few, thank heaven, of the riding habit
 Movie houses are clustering US now with lessons in golf. Which gives me a chance to sleep for several minutes.
 o-O-o There's nothing quite so deep as debt, remember that. ere you experi- ence the fact.
 g A young fellow was told to cut expenses to the bone, so he gave up his fat sweetie and started going with skinny gal. Suggested slogan for parachute makers: Good to the Last Drop"
 o-O--o The height of imagination. Getting a permanent wave in wig.
 O-O-o The best thing about an airplane ride is the fact that you never have to stop and change a tire. <.
 o-O--o y>. They want standard uni form for night watchmen. All right, why not dress 'en in evening clothes.
 O-O-O Then there was the waiter who didn't refuse to take tip on horse and thereby cleaned up considerable. o-O-O Autoing is becoming less ex- pensive. Now we've got free wheeling as we'll as free air.
 o--O--o The sale of red ink has increased in America the last two years. Rus sians must be doing lot of writ ing home.
 O-O-o
 DuN<s uNuNr,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

if the next Congress imposes no ,in- creases upon the budget or other expenditure proposals which tho will present.
 Herbert Hoover. Age is no proof of truth. -Rabbi Harry Levi. At present few people want a boom, but they do desire sub- stantiaI improvement in all the markets.
 William o. scroggs. in outlook.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

After all the marble tournaments have been held maybe the kids will knuekle down 10 school work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:l6 o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-30

In Killing bill to legalze four per cent beer in Connecticut the Legislature managed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
INVITE PUBLIC
TO HEAR LYONS
United Press Expert Will
Appear Here Tuesday,.

Members of Indianapolis lunch
con clubs, business men and inter
ested citizens today were invited to
hear Eugene Lyons, Moscow CORE
spondent for the United Press, speak
at q luncheon Tuesday noon at the
Columbia Club.
Lyons is appearing under spon-
sorship of The Indianapolis Times
The Universal Club will be the host
organization at luncheon.
Invitations are being extended
through secretaries of the Merca-
tor, American Business Mems and
Advertising Clubs. Men who de-
sire luncheon reservations also may
obtain them from Lester Nagley, 901
Continental National bank, Riley
2047.
Lyons, who has represented the
United Press in Russia for three
years, is considered one of the best
informed of foreign correspondents
on Russian affairs. He has made a
series of extensive trips throughout
Russia and the Turkestan region
studying economic and political con-
lions.
Due to the limited time he will
spend in the United States, Lyons
will not be able to appear in In
dianapolis, except at this luncheon
meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
STATE POLICE
PLAN STUDIED
SubstationS Will Be Set Up
Throughout State.

Plans to create a series Of sub
stations throughout the state to
handle the forty more state police
which will be put on when new
budget funds become available are
being drafted by Chief Grover Gar
rett of the state police department
Definite decision as to where these
subStations will be located have not
yet been made, Garrett explained.
Each subdivision will be equipped
with telephone, and those in
northern Indiana will have radio
communication with the Michigan
state police department, he said.
This was arranged when Garrett
and Robert Cold, assistant secre-
tary of state, visited the Michigan
department recently 1t was decid-
ed to base the Indiana setup of sub
stations on the Michigan plan.
Under a law passed by the 1881
legislature, Secretary of State
Frank Mayr Jr. is permitted to
double the present police force and
it's scope will be increased to check
ing overweight trucks. Attempt to
make the department bipartisan
failed. All new appointees will be
Democrats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
FIREMAN is GASSED
Blaze ROutS Apartment
OWeIIerS From Beds.

Fire Thursday night in the base
ment of the Clearview cafe, 602
North Illinois street, routed residents
of Mckinley Lodge. LOG West North
street, from their beds, and a fire
man was gaSsed while fighting the
flames.
R. c. Wallace, chauffeur for AS
sistant Fire Chief Oscar Hupp, was
taken from the building, semi
conscious after his gas mask failed.
PatrolRan Giles, first on the
scene, ran through halls of the
apartment building in which the
cafe is located, rousing the sleepers.
A roll of money, hidden in
bucket in the basement, was charred
in the flames, but will be sent to
the United States monetary recIama-
ton department for salvage. Several
hundred dollars were in the roll.
Origin of the hlaze is unknown.
Harry Turner, 5i0 North Alabama
street, an employee, opened the b~se-
ment door and found the cellar
filled with flames. Loss was
estimated at about $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
GREENCASTLE WILL
HEAR GEN. BUTLER
Marine Corps Officer to
Speak Sunday on YES
per Program.
By Times Special

By 1fmeS SpectGt
GREENCASTLE, Ind, March q.
Major General Smedley D. But
Ter, the United States marine officer
who recently escaped court-martial
for voicing criticism of Mussolini,
Italian dictator, will address De
Paw university students, faculty
members and townSpeople here
Sunday evening in the Methodist
church, appearing on the univer-
sity'S vesper program.
The unusual career Of General
Butler over a period of thirty years
is widely known. But 48 years of
age, he rose from the rank of sec
ond lieutenant in 1898 to that of
major-general. His service has
taken him to all parts of the world.
Not only has he done military serv-
ice, but civil service too.
In 1924 he was loaned to the city
Of Philadelphia by the federal gov
eminent to clean up lawless sit
uation. His first public statement
was to the effect that, "I1l strike
regardless of whom it hits" Two
years of stormy administration made
him powerful enemies who caused
his dismissal from the post of di-
rector of public safety.
His life story has been incor-
porated into three lectures. The one
which he will deliver here Sun
day evening will oe "Our Crime
Problem" stating his experiences
in Philadelphia.