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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON BITTER
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
)AILY WASHINGTON LETTER

other half holiday law covers about 65,000 workers in the District of
 Columbia and about 215,000 in the field. To these may be added 15,000 field employees of the interior depart-
 ment, excluded in the act but grant
 ed the half-holiday by executive or- der of President Hoover. About 10,-
 900 Panama canal employees and about 125,000 rural letter carriers and other field postal employees were
 not covered by either act.
 Evidence that the government is
 making its employees work harder, as part of its economy drive and to
 keep the half-holiday from being an added expense, comes from many points. The Federation of Federal Employes is insisting that the work
 CTS must receive their legal half-holi-
 days or compensory time. It at- tributes failures to enforce the law der, made on instructions from Pres in the field to a Budget Bureau or-
 ident Hoover, who said that he in- tended to entertain no supplemental or deficiency estimates of appropria- tions for carrying out the general half-holiday act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
Crossing The Bar

Captain Robert Dollar famous shipping man. near his end after 87 busy and useful years. was reported the other day as still ris- ing in the morning and conducting family worship as he has done for over half een- tury. then returning to bed. He said recently: When l come to die. hope I'll have hard day at the office. come home and read my Bible. then go to sleep and wake up in the next world" May it be so! There are few of his kind left.
 Here is another of his characteristic utter anees which has worldly value. Don't wait for your ships to come in. Just keep sending them out. They'll keep coming in all right as long as you send them out" Isn't this just the word our business men need now? Too many of them have quit sending out their ships
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
GU0TATIQHS
 AS o - @ @ @oTJ 0 "

Limitation of armaments has not yet gone so far as to include mer- chant vessels, but 1t is evident that merchant fleets are indispensable auxiliaries to war heets.-Captain George w. Steele, Jr, naval officer. A scientific study of the 18th amendment by some the best minds of the country reveals the fact that it does not curtail nor destroy ordered freedom.
 -Dr Walter Dexter.
 
 Prohibition has established the the speakeasy as a national institu- tion. Mrs Cortlandt Nicoll
  The west is too materialistic, sell fish and narrowly nationalistic.
 -Mahatma Gandhi. We should have allowed the war imitation to be squeezed out 10 years ago. Melvin Traylor. If this period of convalescence through which we have been pass ing must be spoken of as a period of depression, 1t is far and away the finest depression that we have ever had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

A drinking fountain that has stood at the corner of Atwood and Seymour streets in Derby for 25 years is to be removed accord ing to news from the valley town. Since the fountain has been more ornamental than useful of late years the city fathers decided to remove it from its present location. Certainly it won't be destroyed. While the horse troughs of years gone by may have outlived their use- fulness they certainly are link with an- other age. Waterbury wouldn't think of get- ting rid of its famous Carrie Welton memor- ial in Exchange place. although efforts have been made to do so. Old folks like to cling to the landmarks which remind them of the days of their youth. We don't blame them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

Talk about fiery legislative sessions. The one that IS now going on at Springfield. Illi- nois. just about beats all records that have been established in recent years. When heated words are passed at Hartford it is a topic for the newspapers. but this week at Springfield one representative wrestled all around the Speakers rostrum while he was attempting to secure the roll call pad. The fight started over reapportionment of the states congressional districts. an argument that the Connecticut Legislature ducked very eutely. The repub- leans control the House 8 to v and had just secured vote on caucus amendment. Thomas J. O'Grady of Chicago rushed to the Speakers desk and grabbed the roll call pad. Several republican representatives charged him from various angles but Doorkeeper F. J. Leonard was there first and battled the embroled leg isator all around the rostrum. Fists flew freely in the general melee. The pad was finally replaced on the desk and the battle renewed verbally. Later O'Grady hurled copy of the house rules at colleague. All of which makes us wonder about the eabre of men we send to our state eapitols to make and unmake our laws They are supposed to be of sound and mature minds. Their actions often belle this fact
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
THICKER SLICES or HAM
(New Britain Herald) )


 We stand four square with Con- gressman Cyrenus Cole of Iowa. who asserted that what the country needs is thicker slices of ham on ham sandwiches.
 Or. to cover more ground. thicker slices of ham when ham and eggs are ordered.
 One of the pitiful aftermaths of the World war is that slices of ham have not kept pace with other con- ditions. During the war they were so thin, 1t will be remembered, that they could easily have been mistaken for pieces of red paper napkins; in- deed. 1t is on record that many a hard-pressed dollar-a-year man, or- dering a ham sandwich in an eatery. had occasion to inquire. after being served. as to where the ham was in nifying glasses with them, so as to see the ham when served.
 Since those days. so Congressman Cole has learned, the slices of ham have not grown sufficiently in width. The price of sandwiches, too. has not gone down precipitately. Before the war it was possible to obtain q first-rate ham sandwich, with ham cut nearly half an inch thick, for q nickel; indeed, countless saloons gave away such sandwiches free of charge so long as customers bought steins occasionally.
 The price nowadays is mostly dou- bled. and at some place Is 1b cents. but nowhere does one obtain enough ham to choke an elephant.
 The congressman. of course. ia thinking of his constituents as we'll as the country as whole.
 ff everyone, says nc, would only slice his ham thiekers much more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
NETWORK
wiIh Gilbert Swan

New York.-The religious life of New York is one of its least known aspects. In fact. it seems to me l hear 8 snicker from somewhere at the very mention of the idea. Yet nearly 100000 people so to church each Sunday in Manhattan. and only a small percentage of these are visitors. There are some 600
 churches in New York city and twice that many in Greater New York. Sev- eral of these are among the city's
 outstanding landmarks.
 In Fifth avenue most of the
 churches keep open during the
 busy shopping hours and bear signs inviting the tired and weary ones to drop in for "a moment of prayer" And you'd be surprised
 how many in the hectic throng find
 solace and renewed hope thereby.
 Hundreds of noon religious meet ings are held for business men. workers and shoppers. The one of the city's most famous fig- ures.
 In lower Fifth avenue, a pulpit opens out of a doorway and almost every day noon sermons are de- livered to street throngs.
 Neighborhood sections have scores of churches about which the social life of the district swings. just as in thousands of small communities over
 the land. Ice cream socials are held in summer; Aunt Hattie brings a pie and some potato salad and the chill dren are amused by various games.
 Much neighborhood welfare work quietly goes on from such church organizations, through social centers are scattered throughout the tene- |ment belt.
 Furthermore. it's possible to find almost every belief under the sun |represented-from voodoo fanatics in Harlem basements, to mystical
 cults in the Sixties and Seventies. to Oriental temples and hallelujah
 missions down in the Bowery. Broadway has several "actors' !"
 churches, of which St Malachi's is perhaps the best known. The Little Church Around the Corner
 has, of course. quite . following among theatrical folk, since its lib-
 eral attitude toward the stage dates
 back to the days of Joseph Jeffer- son. An actor friend of Jefferson having died, the historic Joe went
 to a certain fashionable church to arrange for a funeral. He was told that no service for an factor person" could be held there. Jef-
 ferson, greatly hurt by this recep-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
NEA Service writer

NEA Service Writer
 Washington.-Little sentiment has developed in the ranks of govern
 ment for proposals of a five-day week in the federal service, but after July nearly all government employees | will be entitled to @ Saturday half 1 holiday the year around.
 Most of them have been working only four hours on Saturday since early March, but there remain the postal employees whose 44-hour week as voted by congress goes into effect after this month and an undeter- mined number of government work CTS over the country who complain that they are not being granted their ihalf-holidays because of the economy drive.
 Long Week.End, But The new laws provide longer
 and more enjoyable weekend, but 1t is doubtful whether they will re. lieve much unemployment. The A. hour week for postal employees was provided in a law which authorizes the extra expense incurred through the fact that the system operates 24 hours a day, but President Hoover and Director of the Budget Roop have decided that the half holiday for other employees must be arranged without incurring any expenses chargeable to deficiencies. Tn both cases, however, where employees are required by public interest as inter- preted by their superiors to work on Saturday afternoons they are en- titled to compensatory time off on other days of the week.
 Complete enforcement of the four
 hour Saturday law already would
 have provided certain amount o1
 new employment, but according to
 many complaints received by the Na-
 tional Federation of Federal Em-
 ployes 1t Is exactly in the instances
 where they would require extra help
 that the half-holidays are being de-
 nied. In Washington the law is be-
 ing observed, but most government
 employees serve in the field and that
 Is where the complaints come from
 Although Senator LaFollette and
 the postal employees unions, in seek.
 ing the 44-hour law, used the argu. of the unemployed, that prospect probably will not be realized to any.
 thing like the extent once expected
 Orders have gone through the service that the four-hour Saturday must be absorbed through equalization on
 other days and without any addition
 to the payroll wherever possible
 The department also has had a policy
 of failing to fill its constantly occur
 ring vacancies whenever it can be avoided and of cutting down employ
 ment of its substitute workers. Pos
 tai employees unions estimate that
 about 10000 substitutes have been
 affected and that at one time about | E AtA
 Any extra employment made abso-
 lutely necessary by the 44-hour law
 Is expected to do little more than
 i'll vacancies and employ the substi-
 tutes for longer periods.
 Rural Carriers Out
 About 185,000 postal employees are
 affected by the 44-hour law. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
A Wronged Citizen

philosopher might find entertainment in a lawsuit filed in Detroit. A citizen has sued the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Company. the contractors who built the tunnel. and also the city for $60,O00. as damages he has suffered from that improvement. His business. he complains. has been ruined.
 And what was his business? It was a small but profitable bit of cooperation with beer-runners from Canada. He keeps a river-front hotel. Before the tunnel was built, the beer runners used to pay him S45 week per room to store their beer. The excavation made the place shaky. and his tenants for sock him. Thus we see again how privilege or perquiste, even though illegitimate. soon becomes vested interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

the college. She seems to be most active in securing support for the movement which is a splendid idea and one that ought to have the backing of all of us. One section of the arboretum will be devoted to the propagation of Connecticut trees and flowers It is to be started immediately. which indicates that those responsible for the arboretum idea are fairly sure of the needed support. Trailing arbutus dogwood. mountain laurel are among the native plants to be started now. There are many others that could be included. such as shad-blow. and the myriad of spring flow CTS that are common to Connecticut The arboretum should attract many visitors once it is established. It certainly will be valuable adjunct to Connecticut College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

ham would be consumed--and the creased demand for his product. Un- der present conditions of thin ham slices, tho nations pig-raisers are having a difficult time. Incidentally. they sell their ham on the hoof at but a fraction of the cost that the ultimate consumer pays for thin slices of ham. That, we take it. along with tho Iowa congressman. is ono of tho main troubles of the nation. The money that the hard-working soii-tiilers obtain. and the money the long-sufferlng dwellers in tho cities pay for tho same product, forms c difference that is tho only thick slice in tho present eeonomle system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
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 Dr Brady. Ad. dress him. care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

Plans for the state arboretum at the Connee- tieut College for Women are progressing rsp- idly thanks to some excellent proselytizins upon the part of President Katherine Blunt of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:55 o'clock (daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

Luis J. Baeardi. (yes one of THE Ba- eards). has settled an argument. The name. which has described very potent and ex- tremely pleasant brand of rum for several een- turies is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable and not the second as so many Americans imagine. There's no disputing that, for Luis is one of long line of rum- makers, whose fame spread from Cuba throughout the drinking world many years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

What business needs is a periseope to see around that corner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

Since his recent experience in Nicaragua Uncle Sam may conclude that even earth. quakes are a eountry's own business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

Marriage is sometimes . hit and miss affair. The husband gets hit by the former miss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13
Good evening.

Four little fishermen,
 Returning home quite wry, Now comes the question,
 Who'll tell the biggest Mo3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-13

I think the fish were the first to popularize the slogan, Spare the rod"
 o-O-O When a man gets corned he generally starts smoking a corn cob pipe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
Golf Tournament
Set AT McAnen

McALLEN, Oct. 9-Somethinr IN
usual IN the way Of golf tournaments
Is scheduled for the Tepehauje
Country club course in McAllen Sur
day morning. according to anounce-
ment made by John Cardwell, local
pro.
A mixed foursome two ball tourna
ment will get under way when the
first fourSome tees off at $50. The
men Will be given all the tee shots
with the ladies playing the second
and each alternate shot until the
ball Is holed out.
All participants will be divided
into two teams and the losers will
have to entertain with a picnic sup
per.
The purpose Of the Tournament. +
to stimulate interest on the part OF
the ladies. The play IS not limited
to local members but will be open 10
al Valley golf enthusiasts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
GOLF MEETS
Are PLANNED
Heinrich Gets Harlingen
Course Ready For
Competitions
lRv Staff -Corregnondentl

HARLINGEN, Oct. 9. Numerous
tournaments are being planned on
the municipal golf course here by Z.
E. Heinrich, new professional. it
being hoped to have another open
such as the Grapefruit open Of last
winter.
Women'S tournaments and Other
competitions will be staged right
along. said Heinrich who supervised
construction Of the course which vas
designed by John Bredemus.
Heinrich has been assistant pro
at the course but became pro with
the resignation of Pat OrBrien who
will take a position in Boston next
spring and who may be connected
with the McAllen Country club in
the interim.
Heinrich will devote most Of his
time 70 management Of the course
and The concessions and Is doing
considerable maintenance work 10
keep the purse in first class condi-
ton.
Golf instructions will be given BY
Harry Nichols. formerly Of Tampico
who has been instructing players on
the local course for several months
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
SMOOTH PLAY
IS EXPECTED
Army Has Heavy Club With
Good Staff OF
Coaches

The Brownsville Junior College
eleven which takes the field here
Saturday against It. Sam Houston
viii likely be a much smoother
unit than the one which hewed out
= $50 victory over the 2srd In
fantry last Friday.
The coaching staff has been busy
this week polishing up the scorpion
machine. The club had ample power
70 bull its way over the 2sn' ou.
this week il will show the ians
some smooth timing on complicated
wing-back reverses, douole-reVerSeS
and spins.
SATURDAY. the fans will see what
they can expect when the Scorpions
hit Schreiner. John Tarleton, U. OF
Mexico, Aggie Freshmen, etc. the
entire squad is in good conoitlon
and the newcomers are fast absorb
ing the new style of football as
taught BIZ Red" Irvine and MS
associates.
The visitors have a big club that
should be wei Inc Soa~
ing staff includes Capt CHAR
CTexas), Carton (Army). Hamlet
(Army) and Stokum CLEMSON.
The ace Of the Fl. Sam attack IS
Steinbrecker- 1874 pound .ulback,
who has averaged five yards every
time he has carried the ball al
season.
The team has six OF last years
first string men back and conse-
nuently should show team work.
The Fl. sam team has made strong
show1ngs against Victoria j. G. and
Lutheran College (Seguin) in It's
opening games. !,
Capt. O'Hair and his squad VIII
arrive from San Antonio Friday
night and put up at Fort Brown.
The army players viii leave sun
day morning.
clean playing is stressed by the
club. Capt. O'Hair removes all
players from the game who are
guilty OF unnecessary roughness
regardless of whether officials call
a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
CBy the Associated Pres

10y tie ASSOSldled FreASl
PATTERSON. ". J-Samr-
Mandell, Rockford. III, and Joe
Harrison. Garfield. N. j.. drew, nOl.
DETROIT-Jackie Fields. Los An
geles. outpointed King Tut, Nil
waukee. C10).
MUNCIE, Ind.-Willard Brown.
Lafayette. Ind. outpointed Nick
Fleetwood. Fort Wayne. Ind. QCD.
Tony Lombardo, Toledo. knocked
out Eddie Goldberg. st. Louis. 80.
VINCENNES. Ind.-Nick Broglio.
Herrin. Ill., stopped Otto Anderson.
Terre Haute. 90. Red Boyer, VIM
cenneS. outpointed Bob Ryder, Law
r~enceville. IL. 90.
MASON CITY. Ia. - Clarence
Phillips. Algona. Ia. outpointed
Johnny O'Hara. St. Paul. 60. Leon
ard johnson. Forest City. Ia. out
pointed ANDY Anderson. Duluth. 80.
PITTSBURGH-Jimmy Thomas.
Pittsburgh. outpointed Pinky Silver
berg, New York, C0).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
NIGHT GAME
AT M'ALLEN
Large Crowd Expected Al
Dog-Falfurrias
Contest
CBy taft Correspondent

McALLEN, Oct. 9.-ThurSday
evening found the McAllen Bull
dogs tapering off for their night
The Bulldogs will take the field
game with Falfurrias Friday night.
with an average weight advantage
Of about five pounds TO the man.
However, the boys from Falfur-
riaS promise a shifty backfield be-
hind a heavy line which is a tough
combination. Three Of the regular
Weirmen will be out of the contest
on the injured list. These will be
Snowden, tackle, with a broken
hand, McVay, who also has an in
jured hand. and Jimmy Pate, Shifty
little quarterback from the junior
team last year, will be put out with
a badly cut eye. Loss OF these boys
will be felt. 1t Is hoped that they
will be in shape for the next FRI
day game.
Reports from Coach Robert H.
Gardner, former Texas A. aid NJ.
star. from F~alfurri.s. reveal that
his team is in good shape and that
his club expects a victory. This
team boasts a fine combination in
Captain Mace, quarter. weight $50;
Ballenger, full. los, and j. G. Smith,
speed merchant, who weighs in at
120. These three men are expected
TO give the Valley boys something
to worry about. while at tackle
there will be plenty OF beef with
Villareal on the left side. 1877. and
M. Vera at the other post, weight
156.
Starters in the night tilt probab-
~ will be:
Falfurrias Pos. McAllen
x Mnuth .......-.... j. Hays (c)
Left End
II. Villarreal ............ o. Yates
Left Tackle
TED Lewis --....-...... II. Duncan
Left Guard
II. Scott j. Ford
Center
II. McCullar .......... r. Osborne
Right Guard
M. Vera ID. Dean
Right Tackle
u. DAQAt II.
Right End
mace tCJ ........-..... j. ChidlOw
Quarter
j. g. smith ............. F. Webb
Half
U. Gonzalo .............. ID. Jones
Half
J. Ballenger .......... @. Karam
Full
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-09
Famous Race Track
Destroyed In Fire

LEXINGTON. Ky. Oct. 9. Up
The grandstand from which cheering
thousands watched Peter Manning
set the worlds mile trotting record
OF 1:56 "a in 1925 was a mass Of
cnarred wood and twisted steel after
a fire which destroyed the structure
at the Kentucky trotting horse
breeders association track early to-
dav.
The blaze. its origin u~nascertain-
cd. started in the betting sheds and
swept through the building before
fi-emen could arrive. The grand
stand was built in 1893. Track en-
ployes saved most Of the assoc:a-
tons records. kept in offices under
the structure.
The grandstand was last used a.
the grand circuit meeting here last
month. II overlooked an oval known
as the tastset mile track in America.
because Of the many trotting records
set there.
Track officials estimated the loss
at $4,000.