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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
Y WASHINGTON LETTER

to her. She also asks a six-cent copper tariff, $25,000 for wild life experiment station and A. 900 acres for Q buffalo-antelop refuge.
 California legislators implore m increase of power for Q San Jose radio station, restoration to Goat Island in San Francisco Bay of its ancient name "Yerba Bue- ma" - (which is more euphoriious and in keeping with the nomencla- ture of historic landmarks in Cali fornia," a $5,00O,000 loan to the reclamation fund. transfer of a naval oil reserve to the Interior Department, christening of the na- val dirigible ZRS5 - to be sta toned in California - as the Palo Alto Ca name Typical of Califor- mia and in harmony with the bases location") and $1O0.000 for an inn mediate survey of serious fores- insect conditions,
 Idaho wants flood precen- ton from Snake River and removal of snags, trees and other debris to make the Kootenai River naviga- ble. Illinois proposes a $5,000,- | 900, 900 prosperity loan and a mon- ument at Laclede, Mo, to Pershing Maryland suggests Q national mili- tary park at Monocacy and "some added memorial to Washington and Lincoln.
 Montana urges 10-year cam. paign to destroy predatory wild animals and suppress rabies and tularemia among them. New Jer' sey wants congress to build shir canal across-state from Raritar Bay to the Delaware River. South Dakota wants Uncle Sam to buy up and free toll bridge across the Missouri River to Nebraska. New York wants federal Legislation tt aid treatment of crippled children Wisconsin pleads for public con struction programs to give every body work. remission of bonus loan interest, a federal five-day week, state control of Indians = with federal subsidy, federal olt age pension laws, a new nationa park, prohibition of excess wal profits, the Norris Muscle Shoali bill, no tariff on oil, but higher tar if on butter, eggs and cheese, un' employment insurance laws, cleo ton of federal judges for 1O-yeai terms and anti-lynching laws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
POLITICS IN THE SCHOOLS
(Meriden Journal)

Within the past seven years there has been a decrease of 1,144 pupils in the kindergartens and gram mar grades of the Waterbury pub lie school system. That condition Is not confined to Waterbury; other cities including Meriden have reported decreasing enroll ments in. the lower schools. while lately the high schools have taken up the slack in every community.
 As to fewer pupils in the lower schools-Dr Michael c. Donovan, superintendent of Waterbury schools, has been asked, apparent ly, why he did not make q cor responding decrease In the number of teachers in those schools.
 He chose to give his answer In his annual report to the board or education and 1t is a convincingly clear indictment of those officials who have made a political instru- ment out of the school systems. Dr Donovan's hands were tied as shown by these statements:
 'The scientific and equitable mapping of grammar school dis- tricts is a far more difficult prob lem in this city than in any other city in New England. There are political factors in it over which the superintendent Of schools has absolutely no con trol. .. -
 q. . decreasing the number of teachers is one of the most dim cult things @ superintendent has to face. There is a very long waiting | list, and he finds himself faced with more kinds of opposition than those which appear on the surface. 1 When a man finds himself the chief manager of Q public school system, and 1t Is necessary to swim against the tide, 1t takes some- thing like heroic courage to do so."
 Doesn't that describe exactly the position of our Supt Thompson There is a difference. however. In the conditions of the two. cities. Meriden has more politics in its schools than Waterbury ever dreamed of having.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
THE CHOICE OF CHICAGO
(Hartford Courant)

The choice of Chicago as the site of the republican national conven- ton of 1882 is justified on many other grounds than its offer. of S150,OOO to meet ''the expenses of the convention" No other city may be so easily reached from all parts of the country, for 1t constitutes the every hub of the railways of the nation. In addition. 1t has an excellent auditorium, together with a multitude of hotels at which the delegates may gather. confer and, occasionally, sleep. It can be hot with the brassy heat that only the Corn Belt produces. as delegates to the convention of 1920 can testify but It's lake usually gives It Q de- Iiightful climate in the early days of summer.
 Tn the history of the republican party, Chicago has q special place | it was the site of the Wigwam where Abraham Lincoln was nom'
 mated for the presidency at the second convention of the party n l1sGO. There, he was renominated | in 1864. In 1868, the convention
 was held e third time in Chicago
 where, at Crosby's opera House
 Ulysses 5. Grant was nominated Succeeding conventions were held nt Philadelphia and at Cincinnati
 but in 1880 the party again wenl | to Chicago Co nominate, somewhai to his surprise, James A. oarneis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

poorly written and directed, the best of them now taking up just Q scant hour of your time? No doubt talking pictures--ando one ex- poets to give them their due-have reached a certain degree of perfec- ton as to sound, photography and general technique. On the other hand the average feature Is too short, is too poorly written, and has no value as a dramatic piece. This is just private opinion.
 PLAYGOER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

When the town council of West Hartford met Tuesday night it was brought to the st- tention of the members that poor street lights at a certain point on the West Hart Pennington highway were to blame for three fatalities which occurred recently. In every instance it is claimed that improper lighting was to blame for the accidents in which three people were killed. Therefore change in the present lighting arrangement was sought. One councilman believed that proper lighting within the town limits was demanded but he did not believe that the three deaths were due to improper lighting. It was coincidence. he claimed. The spot in question must be familiar to Waterbur- ians who have occasion to drive to Hart ford. It is that section of the road which goes by the West Hartford reservoir and is. as stated at the town meeting. exceptionally narrow. However there seems to be a sim- liar case in Waterbury. Poor street lighting on East Main near the Seovill plant was re- gently pointed out at works board meet ing as a cause of several bad accidents one involving the death of a local patrolman. However, 1t might require considerable argu- ing to prove such a contention. Neverthe- less when city or town finds such charges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
NEA Service Writer

NEA SerVlC6 WElUcr
 Washington River snags, euphony. oleomargarine. forest insets and diseases of wild animals were some of the things our state legislatures got sufficiently excit- ed about in 1891 to memoraiize congress.
 About 110 memorials were plopped into the two houses here immediately and there are plenty of others. Twenty-nine came from Wisconsin alone. |, Massa chusetts and Rhode Island asked for steps toward repeal of the Eighteenth amendment, New York for both a national constitu- tional convention on the amend- ment and popular referendum. Wisconsin's legislature asks in six memorials for resubmission, con- stitutional convention for repeal or change, national referendum on prohibition and 2.75 per cent beer, regulation of liquor on the British Columbia plan, repeal or modifi- cation of the amendment and mod ification of the Volstead act to per- init beer and light wines.
 Montana, Arizona and Colorado asked federal legislation or an in- ternational conference designed to stabilize the price of silver, Color ado proposing hat the metals momentary value be fixed at 20 to 1 for gold. Illinois and Arizona urge cashing soldier bonus certifi- lcates. Wisconsin. North Dakota land Iowa want the St Lawrence waterway speeded up. Wisconsin and Minnesota ask Congress to pro- hibit use of oleomargarine by the army and navy and other govern ment consumers. North Dakota demands that oleo with palm oil in 1t be taxed as colored marger- line.
 Mississipprs legislature called for Ia moratorium on seed, feed drought and other farm loans.
 Montana and Nevada support the Frazier bill for federal liqui- dation and refinancing of farm mortgages. South Carolina and South Dakota urge government payment of interest on federal farm loans for one year.
 Arizona complains that two thirds of her land is under fed eral Jurisdiction and askc that all public domain reserves and other U. s. land be turned over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
In To-day's Mail all md
 the Editor of the Waterbury Dmont
STAGE OR SCREEN?
Editor of The Democrat:-

Editor of The Democrat:-
 Why is 1t that dramatic critics, those who write about the talkies, are so much more lenient in their criticism of a picture than the critic who dissects the latest stage production? A play on the legiti- mate stage with no more merit than great many photoplays would be laughed to scorn and sad ly treated in no polite terms by the average New York critic. But do the critics use those same vitriolic sentences when discussing screen plays? And so often screen pro- auction is no great shakes as play, Is poorly written, sensation ally "streamered." a trifie better acted, and even 6 bit better photo- graphed. But what do good pho- tography and a few good actors get you if the show is mediocre and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
MENUS AND FASHION
Editor of The Democrat:--

Editor of The Democrat:-- "
 Menus in restaurants and hotels
 follow Q standard fashion the sama
 as do styles in dress. notice now
 that nine out of ten menus start
 with tomato juice cocktail. Ten
 years ago there was no more pop
 ular first course than oysters on the half shell, plain or with cock- tail sauce; and then there were those who preferred little neck clans. The fruit cup cocktail held It's own as an opener for years and is still the favorite of many eat-
 CTS; but tomato juice cocktail
 seems to be the most popular choice at the present time; clam
 juice cocktail is likewise popular
 but is not so generally liked as the former. EP1CURE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

of Ohio. The conventions of 1884 and 1888 were also held there. the first nominating James C.. Blaine the, second Benjamin Harrison. In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt was nom- mated in the Coliseum, and in 1903 and, in 1912, William Howard Taft
 was likewise nominated there, the second time disastrously, and In |I916 Charles Evans Hughes was the candidate of the convention as- sembied there. The last conven- ton held in Chicago was in 1920.
 when Warren c. Harding won the nomination after a contest that nearly exhausted the convention. Returning to Chicago, the re Ipublicans will be in q place fami. Her to them, and they will do well | to aequaint themselves again with | a city that, although given much
 unfavorabIe publicity b the last twelve years. is stlII the second greatest of the nation. With a democrat for mayor. Chicago has ] an opportunity to show its visitors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

ial highway it will certainly have to include the three states. Washington didn't pass over this commonwealth in one leap. We are willing to let the Hub have the president for an address, but when any memorial highways are being mapped out and ded- icated we want our just share of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
SOVIET CHURCH BREAK

On Dec 1T, 1917, 1t was an- nounced in Petrograd that all lands, churches, money. gold, sil- yer and precious stones of the Russian church had been confis- cated by the Soviet government.
 Religious instruction was ex- plicity banned from all public school and church schools were ordered closed immediately.
 Employees at the Petrograd city hall went out on strike when the new Bolshevik mayor. former day laborer, appeared.
 On the Italian front, an Austro- German attack at San Marino was beaten off after severe fighting, and an attack by British troops at Monte Fontana Secca also failed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
SANTA, PLEASE NOTE.

Editor of The Democrat: My mother Is dead and we are nine in the family. My father is not working, we would appreciate if we could get little something for Xmas.
 We thank you very much.
 "M." Waterbury Conn. Flute Street
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

There should be no scarcity of vreaths and other Christmas decorations this year. And what will please consumers most of all is the price. In these times there can be no reason for high prices The material is free to those who gather it: the labor. well that is plentiful. Everybody ought to do plenty of decorating. Let's bolster our courage with fine holiday spirit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
Personal Health SerUice (Dy William Brady, M. D.

SiGned lettess pertaining t0 personal health and hvwssne. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by. Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

If Congress is going to tax the million aires. it had better get busy. From present indications they may soon be extinct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

Three years ago Wall Street supermen thought the economic cycle was abolished and now they're sure of it. Only. then it was the bottom of the cycle that was abol- ished and now it's the top and middle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
TO AN OLD FRIEND
Dear Ed:

Dear Ed:
 A thought just came to me While running through my files About chap called "Cynie" Who gave me many smiles. I wonder what's become of him? And has he learned to write1 Perhaps they call him Sunny Jim" Since he got such a fright While trying to play the
 "Cynie" CA part that did not fit) I'll bet he's just the kind of chap could like quite a bit. Do you suppose he'd play again If l sail pretty please"s And tip toe through the tulips Or rest heath willow trees With 'Babs" and I and maybe Our old pal. U. A. B."!?f!!! Oh. say. Ed! Could we have
 fun You can bet your B. V. D.s.
 M. J. M.
 Waterville
 O-O-O The best things in life are free. Free afr for instance, when one of the tires are flat.
 o-O-o Only six more shopping days to Christmas. And only seven moro sleeps as the kiddies put it.
 O--O--O Life is like Q violin. Sometimes 1t snaps when we're playing our prettiest tune.
 o-O--o There seems to be too much. Icon" in congress.
 o-O-o After a man passes sixty he can pass almost anything.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
YOU DON'T MEAN TIT

If I could get old santy's ear, I'd feel SO overjOyed, I'd ask old 6ant tO bring job, For all the unemployed.
 o--O---O
 Instead of reducing the navy. Hoover should eliminate the Naval league.
 O-O-O This concludes our regular Fri day evening program. It came tc you over DBD and was broadcasl by the Waterbury Evening Demo. crat, pioneer in this type of new. paper work. We are signing off ni this time, to be back on the aii again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 o-O-O Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 455 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

being made they should be thoroughly in- vestigated before the charge is cast aside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 o-O-o M. J. M. WRITES A SONNET Just a silly bit of verse (Without bit of style) To shoot at the "blue devils" And eonjure up a smile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17

Ha, Ina, here's good one, The while laugh, then pause, Fathers nose is always rcd, But he's no Santy Claus.
 O--O--o Booze victims would probably feel more at home if they were placed in padded cellars.
 o-O-0
 A good mince pie minces no fake recipe, remember that.
 O-O-o Sweets are the fruits of diversity If you're not the one taking the rap.
 o-O-o
 Many a grandmother Is just as grand as her name.
 o-O---O The man who tells all he knows generally doesn't know very much. What every American city needs at the present time is a board of help.
 o-O-o
 The Christmas spirit is an alcoholic one with some people. o-O--O Life is a problem in geometry. Proving I suppose that parallel lives never meet. S NW gUa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-17
Sing q song of sunshine,
 Sing 1t loud and free, We're gonna hang depression Upon the Christmas tree.

Sing q song of sunshine,
 Sing 1t loud and free, We're gonna hang depression
 Upon the Christmas tree. People who live in glass houses are due to pane-ful experiences during a hail storm.
 O-O--o
 The country to-day is round, square or flat, depending upon the condition of your bank roll.
 o-O-o Toyland is joyland for all the little ones.
 A mans future is like his Sunday shirt. Something to be approached with awe as well as dread.
 o-O-o The latest in Waterbury is cuff cakes. Which are merely cakes put on the grocer's cuff.
 o-O--o
 OH, YEAH Jack Frost, Jack Frost, (Now folks please hear this cali,) Jack Frost is sure the greatcst-- Cold dealer of lem all. ,.s. A.k o-O--o The man who thinks two can live as cheap as one, wants to try running two automobiles. It's a sure cure for such a fallacy.
 o-O-o
 Christmas eve to Santy Claus is just one stocking after. an- other. s" o--O-o 4 With traffic cops at every crossing, the poor motorist during the Christmas rush sort of prays as he goes. I o-O--o The man who salts away his money will have plenty of pep per when hard luck shows It's / head. O-O-o A centipede never has to worry about having a leg to stand on. o-O-O TEE, HEB
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-04
JOHN MARTIN d.
SERIES STAR
Cardinal Youth CIoutinR
EN- Ears Steals
Bases, Too

ST. LOUIS. oct. 3. R-Johr Leo
nard Pepper" Martin. the young
man who said he could hit any
kind or pitching the world champion
Athletics had to offer, and has prov
ed It 50 far. today stands out as
the World series hero 10 date.
No less an authority than Connie
Mack himself paid this tribute TO
the sensational young Cardinal out
fielder. Mack says Martin has been
the outstanding playe- or the series.
Martin. whose tempestuOus base
running yesterday helped Wild Bill
Hallahcr subdue the AS and square
the series. was not even counted ON
as a starter III the classic, because OF
injuries. But ne was N lively cripple
when he stole two bases on Mickey
Cochrane and scored both Cardinal
runs IN the shutOut victory.
Pepper announced before the series
he could "hit any kind M pitching"
but did not mention anything about
sensational base running. His batting
average for the first 2 games OF the
set. .7l3, proves he car hit, and his
pair OF stolen bases and all around
work In the outfield have given Con-
ME Mack's champions something
more 10 worry about.
Martin Is SO powerfully muScled as
to appear musclebound but lis ex-
Ceptionally fleet or foot. He IN n
product OF the Cardinals chain store
system or baseball and was a great
bargain. He was located by Scout
Charley Barrett I'm Greenville. Tex,
for the modest sum OF $500. Try
and get him for ten times that
amount nov.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-04
WILSON BAR
ESCAP ES BEING.
A FRED MERKLE

ST LOUIS, Oct. 3. CP-Not since
Fred Merkle failed to touch second
base o since Gene Tunney took
the long count" has the sports
world found more TO argue about
than the stately, or lack OF II. IN
the second game Of the World
series.
If the Athletics had come through
to beat Hallahan and the Cardinals
with the bases full in the ninth.
after Catcher Wilson threw I'd the
wrong base on Jimmy MooTe's strike
out, the st. Louis backstop would
have been nominated for a place
With Merkle among the goats OF
baseball history. But the Cards sur
vived this brain-slip. winning 2 to Q,
and the sec0nd-guesSOrs today took
none less than the old master. Con-
ME Mack. TO task for questionable
tactics.
Mack made the same mistake
twice, many seasoned baseball men
declared. when he allowed George
Earnshaw TO take his turn at bat.
instead Of sending In q pinch-hitter.
with the tying run on third base
and others In the offinF. Connie
explained afteTward he had conf
dence In Earnshaw's hitting ability.
especially against q l~eft-hander. but
the facts were, first, that Big George
hit into a double play In the fifth
with the bases full and. second, n
ned in the seventh with men on
first and third. The Cards led only
bv 10 both times Even a lone fiv
would have tied the score in the
fifth and as late as the seventh
with Hallahan in ARE form. II look
ed to many observers as though the
better part OF strategy was TO
nominate a batting replacement.
The Athletics. all hands agreed.
will have to speed up their control
Of the Cardinal base-runners. es-
pecially Pepper Martin. II they are
to stop the National leaguers from
g~alloping away with the series. Right
under the noses OF the finest defen-
sive club in the American league the
Cards yesterday ran wild. Watkins,
a. well as Martin made an extra
base on an ordinary single. due 70
slipshod work In the outfield ~
Haas and Simmons. On top Of that
Cochrane's aim was far from It's
usual accuracy. whether or not a
perfect throw would have nailed
Martin on each occasion he stole a
base.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-04
u. OF MEXICO
BEGINS YEAR
Opening Game To Be Play.
ed At Denver Coming
Friday
BY JACK STARR-HUNT

MEXICO CITY, Oct. Twenty
eight men have been selected by
Coach Frederick J. Llnehan OF the
University OF Mexico to be ready for
action when international football
makes It's seasons debut at Denver
with q game between Mexico and
the University OF Denver, Oct. 9 at
night.
This squad OF 20, accompanied BY
Coach Linehan, Backfield Coach
Stuart Ludlum, and Manager Ro-
berto Noriega, Is due to arrive in
Denver Oct. z. following departure
from Mexico City the night of Oct.
3. The Mexican gridders will then
have two days TO practice in Den
ver.
Mexico's chances to break into
the win column are not any too
rosy against Denver, although the
team, led by lanky Manuel Landa,
right end. represents a healthy i'm
provement over last years eleven
and the green eleven that started
football here two years ago.
AhNnNy LAAC
The bulk OF the hope for the
Mexican eleven can be pinned OH
the strength OF her line, this for
ward wall, which will average about
100 pounds from end TO end, hav-
ing worked hard the past two
months under the tutelage Of an
all-American guard, Coach Line
han Of Yale. The backs too have
been whipped into shape, and Mex
ico's offense constitutes a threat
via land or via air. Ludlum, also
a Yale man, has charge Of back
field coaching.
While Mexico's starting lineup has
not been picked, the following, with
the weights Of the linemen indi-
cat.d, Is a likely one:
Ends, Landa (captainJ 1876, and
Gavaldon, 1870; tackles, l.. Mendez,
1872, and Romero. $50; guards, l..
Hernandez, $50, and Jauregui, 1856:
center. Estanol, l76; quarterback
Andreani: halfbGcks, r. Miranda
and Florduy, and fullback. Roberts.
Other Players
Other players selected to make
the trip we're: Gonzales and d
Mendez, ends; Villareal and Mon
ties, tackles; Castillo and l.. Nori-
ega, guards; Levin, center; K. Mi
randa, 1ermeno and Cells, quarters
and Cusi, Pineda, Clotier, Il. Her
nandez and Simon, backs.
Before returning to Mexico City
after the Denver game the Mexico
eleven will appear in action al
Dallas against Southern Methodist
University, which will probably use
its B" team. This game Is slated
for the night OF Oct. is.
Other games already scheduled
with United States schools include:
University OF Tulsa. at Tulsa, Okla.
Nov. Il: Brownsville College, al
Brownsville, Texas, Nov. IL, and
Mississippi College. in Mexico City.
Dec. 6. Other engagements are be-
ing scheduled.