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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
Try, Try Again

The astonishing defeat of the young American tennis players. Sidney B. Wood and Frank / Shields. in the interzone finals at Pan, Sunday stunned the sport world. There can be no other explanation of it than the English players. Bunny" Austin and Fred Perry have finally arrived al the heights of international superiority. ] hat they can defea, the French defenders al the end of thls week when the clash for the Davis Cup starts i, still being doubted. but anything is liable To happen. fl Austin and Perry can keep their game a, the heights to which il ascended in the intefzone final the unexpected may happen. They need only to win three of the four singles matches 10 clinch the match The doubles match the English are bound to lose
 On tbe bass of former play both Shield, and Wood outrSnk Austin and Perry head and shoulders. Austin did give promise of bright tennis future when he Hashed on the the horizon some years back He was boy wnsation. somewhst ai Winnie Richards was though not pos.essln2 the dynamic game of Richards However. international tennis demands somethin2 more than mere brilllsnee of performance. Such a, ShleIds displayed al Wimbledon until bIs ankle gave way and be defauted to hi, teammae, Wood. rather than subject tbe injured leg 10 added strain. Austin has had his share of international sea,onIn2, Perry hasn't. I he former won both hl; singles matchef, really won the day for the English
 According 10 all accounts of the matehcs Shields played hne tennis a2alnH Austin. while Wood wag spotty playing Perry I here must be some other ezpIana- ton of this upset than tbe mere recital Of outs, nets. double faults. etc. that the pres, sefviees supply us Was there j touch of over confidence in either of the American defend. CTS Sunday when they stepped onto the courst There couldn't have been in Shields when be faced Austin with he realization that hls match meant everything to both competitors. Shields failed 10 slug Austin of he cours. Wood couldn't 'oft-ball bim 10 death. We can only conclude that tbe Eng IIsh player has arrived or is just having his day. Certainly be never displayed this ability playing in the United States,
 Failure of tbe United States 10 enter the challenge roudd tbis year marks the first time since 1920 when we captured the cup with tbe aid of the two Bills Iilden and Johnston. France took il in 1927. the first time that any nation not speaking English. had captured the trophy. The occasion sesms 10 be indicative of change. II Eng land captures the Davis Cup there will be holiday in all Great Britain. Certainly no nation has arived more manfully for tsn- his supremacy than I, For our own players who tried but failed. we can merely point to lo32. That may be our year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
NETWORK
wlh GiIbert Swan

buildings sidewalks lined with baby carriages.
 Of such K the kingdom of Broadway. from the Battery to the fringe of Harlem all for nickel. And take your timc
 And. while on this personally conducted tour, here are few tips for those who have written letters of inquiry within the past few months--the Singer building was first of the skyscrapers. being | 41 stories high. No wood was used in It's construction. No. 20 Broad way Is the business home of John D. Rockefeller. . The in- teresting weather bureau instru- mcnts are on the top of the White hall building. which occupies 13 acres of noro space. And quite worth looking at. 1 mean the weather office.
 The New York Stock Exchange is made entirely of Georgia gran lte. The Flatiron building
 was the first New York structure to cost several millions. The fare to tho top of tho Empire 1 State building K $1, but there are
 plenty of catch-penny set-ups eD route. Grand Central termi- nal covers 70 acres. has 42 sets | of tracks on one level and 2b on | ,1b0 cars at one time.
 GILBERT SWAN.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

in this rather exciting pastime of killing rattle snakes and bringing their rattles in to collect the bounties. It sounds like risky proposition to us. Anyway rsttlesnakes don't exist in every section of the city. There probably are only few eommuni- ties that are actually bothered by the reptiles. We do admit that rattlesnakes and copper heads aren't nice neighbor. but we never vet saw snake disturb human being without first being disturbed itself. Leave them alone and they won't bother you. A tip to Middletown. though. buttons will grow again on rattlers when gut off. It might prove good racket for some Yankee salesman to start a rattlesnake farm and then sell the buttons to Middletowns town clerk regularly at $5 per set.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
A RATTLER BONUS
(New Britain Herald)

The town of Middietown hal good ideas about rattle snakes. The idea in the town. 1t appears. is that the only good rattlesnake is q deao one, and to stimulate the industry of killing rattlesnakes q bounty ol $b each is paid for rattelrs killed on the Highland Country clut property in tho town.
 The bounty is paid from the city, 2b per cent of dog license fees whuch must be used only for sucf purposes and compromising citizent for damage done by dogs. Come C think of it, n rattlesnake can dam age a dog If the canine is not smar enough.
 The bonus idea for dead rattle proposition of public good. If sucl necticut thousands of the unem pl0yed might find a profitable lin and rid the state of bothersom pest at the some time. The sam bonus paid for dead copperhead likewise would do some good. For years rattiers and copper heads have been a nuisance in vari ous parts of Connecticut. To get ri of them by paying sb each for de1 ones would not only give employ ment to many. but would, as state tend to eliminate them until tb state would he in the position 0 Ireland. where there are no snake at all.
 Of course. the ordinary biac snakes and the garter snakes woui remain. They are friends Of man. and when man has sense enough [ realize its
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

New York.--There are thousands of New Workers who have never taken q trolley ride, and who laugh at the idea.
 "As old fashioned as trolley car" k the simile they use.
 "Yet Manhattan also has a con- siderable army of trolley fans. who ride hours on end. first on one line and another. making n lcisurely tour of the thoroughfarcs with ample time to inspect all that lies about them. They get the biggest nickeFs worth to be had in Gotham, and visitors who have the time and inclination can travel about in the most unhurried man ncr while taking in city sights which usualy are ripped over or missed entirely.
 With five cents and Broad way street car, any one can get a cross section of this metropolis. Starting down by the waterfront at Broadway's landmarkcd begin nigs. it's possible to blsect the city while reaching such opposite poles as Wall street and Harlem. The time required for such q Junkct depends largely on the hour of day in which the attempt iB made. Even if rush-time traf. fic is avoided, one may have am pie time to get acquainted with the conductor and 10 learn all about his young sons measles. If I put this down as a tour of considerable importance. it's be- cause the tourist will learn that Broadway contains more than the 10 blocks located between Forty second and Fifty-sccond streets This is something every out-of- towner should learn in hurry since most New Workers have for gotten 1t. With such a head start the visitors soon will know more about the town than most of the columnists put together.
 When the trolley starts they will see. for instance, whenc, comes the money that keeps tho bright lights burning fraE. mcnts of revolutionary days wil make contrastful foreground |. midtown department storei |. old hotels and city squares l.. movie palaces. taxis. traffic crowds q transplanted Conel Island with hot dog stands. peep shows and cold drink counter old brownstones filled witi music teachers and eIOcutionist .. dance halls and Chlncs' restau aurants and schools for aero bats. Song shops and a peel at the new Tin Pan Alley.
 A mOnotonous residential sec ton, beginning about Seventy fifth street. and then n section o Coiumbia university !. subwa, openings and more old hotel |. landmarks and small shop and delicatesscn stores mu seums and geographical societie |. miles of hat shops and dra
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 
By RODNEY BUTCHER

ernment could grease it. Our may ory and governors welcomed them, they were cheered by many thous- ands and banquetcd in New York. Our most famous aviators, includ- ing Lindbcrgh, met them when they landed at Curtiss Field.
 Russian and Americau flyers joined together in airplane search for Eiicson and Borland. Ameri- cans. when they crashed to their dcaths near Cape North aa they tried to take food to a bcleaguered ship. Several Soviet planes were in on the search and Moscow rushed crack pilots to the area. Secretary of the Interior Wilbur had broken precedent by unoff1cially appealing to Skvirsky for Russian aid. A So- vIet flyer finally accompanied tho bodies back to the United States.
 These acronautica1 relations have virtually assumed the form of q sporting arrangement. remote from the held of international poll ties
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

It evidently doesn't pay to tap on neigh- bors windows. A four-year old girl did 1t recently in Union City. N. J. The oeeu- pant behind the window seoIded the young s,er. Her grandmother and father inter vened. Then the occupants husband ar rived A blow was struck and then the fun began. Finally two struggling men crashed through the window that had been So 'nno- gently tapped. They were patched up at tbe hospital and then removed to the police station where they will later tell it to the judge And it all happened because four year old girl tapped stick on window pane and woman on the other side berated her angrily We wonder if the heat d'dn enter into the fray, 100.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
Too Much Government

Socialists think we have too little govern ment and they want to give government still more power But the average citizen. noting how amely government work is apt 10 go. says we have too much government now. and he wants 10 simplify II.
 Governor Roosevelt of New York says that many citizens of New York live under 10 units of government. including federal state. county township. school fire. light ing. water sewer and sidewalk. All of these units levy and spend taxes. There are said 10 be 500 000 units of government in the United States which includes all local governments Factory machines save labor but political machines make more labor for which the taxpayer pays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
Quotations

The United States talks fast and flies slowly. England flies fast and talks slowly.---Alford ]. Willia ms. former navy speed ace.
 It used to be easier to make college address when the world was more traditional and habitual.- Newton D. Baker.
 The mass change to optimism which will mark tho beginning of the upturn in general business is about due.--Ambassador Charles c. Dawes.
 The American public should real ize that Germany's financial relief can be no greater than Amsrica's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY & agkZA
RUSSIAN CABINET ORDER

On July 21. 1917. the new Rus sian cabinet issued an appeal to the army. It said in part:
 Three weeks ago. in compliance with the order of the minister of war. the armies of the southwestern front. under the leadership of the comma andcr-in-c with mighty revolutionary enthusiasm. started an offensive the mutiny in the rear has been suppressed by the peoples authority. but the Revolu- tion is still in great danger.
 By the will of the rcvoluntion- ary people, at the first order of your military superiors. march for ward in close ranks. Save Liberty. save the Fatherland. Y" General Kornllov. commander In chief of the army. also made an appeal to the troops.
 The following day the executive com mittee of the All Russian coun- cils of Workmen's. Soldiers and Peasants delegates decided to con fer supreme and unlimited power lon Kcrenskys cabinet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

Deer and moose meat can't be sold in the Province of Quebec for the next three years according to recent ediet. We can unders,and this order unless it IS to save ,be animals from extinction. However. that won't prevent American hunters from over running Canada and making the weik'n ring with shots No car is complete in the autumn unless decorated with the carcass of a deer or two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
OH DEAR ME

Mary had q little lamb. (And ft was hard to chcw,) So Mary slipped it in the pot, And then, tender lamb stew.
 O--O---o The trouble with parks k gen erhlIy due to the fact that they became 70 darn pretty after q while that you're afraid to use them.
 o--O--O
 Then there was the wise cracker who said he'd put the stove bod in coal storage.
 o-O--o Now if orchestra leaders would only bob their hair we might be able to see the singer on the stage
 O--O---O
 Living in q farm house for a few weeks makes you hp- prcciate the Connecticut Light & Power company a lot more. (Et Tu Charley Allcn.)
 o--O--o Very often. the fate of new style for Milady hangs In the bal ancc.
 Very often the bride Is obliged to dye in order to economiZc.
 o--O--o Some day a boOkkceper will rise In his or her wrath and write n book on "The Trials and Tri- bulations of D Trial Balance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
 OIIM1(sOSH

 Ills smile was captivating. And reached from ear to car, A JOe Brown smile you'd call it, 4 wide one, never fear.
 O--O--O Niagara Falls should be the nh- tlonnl godhead of the prohibition Isis.
 O---O--O
 The straight-lace church gocrs seemed to disappear about the same time as the coTsets.
 I suppose by using Gold Dust. house leaning has q silver lining.
 O---O--O The worker who picks up his feet will never be found laying down on the Job.
 O--O---o Many n ROCK garden IA spoiled by q Hhowcr of hall STONES.
 O--O--O
 Druggist Insane for Years Before Discovered. Headline. suppose he featured NUT Bundacs.
 An egg is like hash. You're noi sure of the thing until you've tasted it.
 Humble seats only make more work for the corn bor- CT patrol. Contented cows are often just x.f t,f n n ad fu m CTS.
 O---O--o
 A clock has plenty of time on it's "hands".
 O---O--O Signs won't improve in Germany until the Allies flash the dollar sign.
 O---O-~O EXERCISE CARE IN EATING
 TT Pity this chap. Poor Oscar Mccrs, He went deaf when watermelon Stuck in his ears.
 O-O--o It isn't necessary to put up witt relatives when you decide to pu them down.
 O-C--0 Sometimes It's chceaper to buy the horse than the expea- sive riding habit.
 O--O.--O Just q chip of the old sock. sait the spendthrift pulling off sDothe ten dollar bill.
 o--O.--O
 If the wife wears a kimono til noon her work won't be finished until after supper.
 o-O--o Sometimes I think it's the suit the hunters wear that make tn wild geese wild.
 o--O.--O This completes our regula Tuesday evening program. came to you over DBD md wal broad least by the Waterbur, Evening Democrat. pioneer In thi type of newspaper work. We ar, signing off at this time. to he bacI on the air again tomorrow even ing st the usual hour.
 o-O--o Good night. -A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to pcrso"n' health and hygiene, not disease diaghos's or tmcnt, will bc .answcrcd ny pr brn"S' Address him. care of the Democrat s'"""s s,nmp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

Middle town IS going 10 pay bonus of $ for every rsulesnake killed on the grounds of the Highland Country Club in that town. The money will be taken from the dog license fees The edl,pr of the New Britain Herald proposes ths1 unemployed of tbs state get their respeetis rns and cities to pass similar legislation and then engage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

H,ob tide at Milford Wednesday. July 22. 5:48 p. m. (dayhght time): 10" "oe' I2;52 q. m. (daylight tme).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

All vehicles must be lighted not later than $50 (dayligbt saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

If it's true. as an efficiency expert says ina, depressions are caused by unfinished business. we move to lay all such business on the table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21

Isn't it about time for Margaret oan2Stef 10 move to Italy or Japan!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
Good evening.
 O--O--o THE MILL END SALE MAN
(You'll Find One in Almost Every Household.)
"A SMILES THE THING"

You wouldn't know her husband. Since the mill end sale was here. He wears a new mill end sale shirt. Mill end sale sox. dear. His brown mill end sale suits 3
 beaut.
 And his mill end sale tie. Why. folks. it makes mill end
 man.
 The type to please your eye. He wears a set of mill end shorts. And this his mill end straw. Why. it's the sweetest of the sweet. Without single flaw. His mill end shoes are wonderful. He stands there in the van. Just tip your lid. and voice
 cheer.
 To this mill end sale man.
 o--O-.o
 Weather note. It's not the heat but the stickidity.
 O--O-O The trouble with the world Is due to the fact that some of us have too much trouble and the rest of us not enough. O-O--O Now they're advertising bathing suits at 33 1-3 off.
  O-O---O Dog days are the ones that make people pretty catty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-21
financial sacrince.--Professor r. n

The nearer you can bring tho war making power within the con. trol of those who must do the light ing and the dying when war comes. the more certain it will be that war will not come.-~senator Borah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
]. s. WILL PRESENT
I'M ALONE BRIEF
Arbitration Board Must Set
tie Two-Year-0Id Dispute.
With Canada.

The case Of the rum runner I'm
Alone again has become active be-
tween the washington and Ottawa
governments. after nearly two years
of silence.
Submission by Canada 10 the state
Department OF its points Of contention
completed the first step in bringing
the question before arbitration conn
miSsioners appointed by the two gov
ernments to settle 1t after diplomatic
correspondence showed q Wide differ
ence Of opinion.
The case grew out Of the sinking by
q Coast Guard vessel of the rum run
ner I'm Alone mere than 200 miles
OF the Louisiana coast. The vessel
was Of Canadian registry. although
claims that 1t Tas American-owned
lost his life when the rum runner was
sunk.
The Canadian contentious we're sub
mitted to the department for trans
mission 70 the American agents before
the commissioners by Hume Wrong,
Canadian charge d'affaires In Wash
ingtop.
The next step in the arbitration, q
statement by the State Department
said last night, will be the submission
by George Wharton Pepper of Phila-
delphia. American agent. OF the Amer
lean answer and an outline of the
American contentious.
The American commissioner Is As
sociate Justice Van Devanter of the
Supreme Court The Canadian COM
missioner Is the Ri Hon. Able Ly-
man Poore Duff. senior puisne judge
of the Supreme Court Of Canada. The
arbitration machinery was set up un-
der terms OF the snti-rum smuggling
treaty Of 1924 between the United
States and Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
WOMEN TO OFFER PLAY

THE New Poor" farce by Cosmo
Hamilton. will be presented tonight at
Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K streets,
by groups of women associated with
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. The play is to be under the di-
rection of Mrs. Alice Sigworth Morse,
assisted by Miss Margaret Hibble, Miss
Peggy Cragg and Miss Elizabeth Nor
row.
Ushers for the play have been
chosen from two Y. w. c. A. clubs, and
include Miss Rose Zandonini, Miss
Gladys Fitzgerald and Miss Louise
Ryan of the Blue Triangle Club, and
Miss Alice Lee Dix, Miss Jessie Hardin,
Miss Ellen Seimon and Miss Elizabeth
Hunter of the Silverelle Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
USIAN J0BLESS
ESTIMATED AT 100000
Official Survey Lists Floods,
Drought and Poor Olive Crop
as Causes of Crisis.
By me Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, March 3.-More than
100000 persons, or IL per cent of the
working population. are unemployed in
the provinces of Andalusia. according
to official figures made public today.
Floods, drought and a poor crop of
olives officially are blamed for the
crisis, which affects the provinces Of
Jaen, Cordoba, Seville, Granada,
Malaga and Cadiz.
The government is planning develop
ment of public works as a measure of
assistance. In addition, private firms
have organized subscriptions in an eff
fort to mitigate suffering.
Offieials said today that the situa-
ton was the most serious in Andalusia
in so years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
NEW COURT FOUNDATION
WORK TO COST $50, 900
G. B. Mullin Co., Inc, Awarded
Contract for Excavation and
Construction operation.

A contract for excavating and laying
the foundation for the new home for
the United States Supreme Court was
awarded yesterday to the O. D.
Mullin Co, Inc, of this city, which SUBJ
mitted the low bid of $50, 900.
The site for the Supreme Court
structure, extending from First to Sec
ond streets and from East Capitol
street to Maryland avenue northeast,
was cleared recently. The contract
awarded today marks the first step
toward actual construction Of the
building. which win face the Capitol.
The contract was awarded at a meet
ing of the SutEeme Court Building
Commission, at which David Lynn,
architect of the Capitol, submitted The
bids which had been received from 81
bidders.
Congress already has made available
$3.50 900 for the Supreme Court
Building. with authority to enter into
contracts up to $9.740,O00. The con-
tract awarded today covers only the
excavating and foundation work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
GROUP is BLAMED
FOR BANK FAILURES
A. B. Banks and Associates Held
Responsible for Trouble
in Arkansas.
az the A,sociated Press

BY the Associated FfeSs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March 3.-The
operations of A. 3. Banks and q group
OF men associated with him in banking
and insurance fields were held respon-
sible for much of the trouble and
financial disaster the State has expert
enced," in the report of q legislative
subcommittee filed yesterday.
The report was given to the Senate
by joint legislative Banking and In
sursnce Investigating Committee.
State banking officials we're credited
with working honestly and efficiently"
TO control unsound banking.
The report said the Banks group
sought to dominate banking and insur-
ance interests in the State, placing too
great reliance upon intergroup hnanc-
ing. and much of Banks wealth was
in bank and insurance stocks so closely
related that when disaster struck in one
place the whole structure toppled.