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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
NEA Service Writer

Washington--Thre of very serious political trouble in the west had to come along at a time when the administration was al- most completely occupied with the threatening situation in Europe.
 The farmers are supposed to be inadder than ever and the familiar old agricultural issue is likely to figure more importantly both in the next session of congress and In the 1892 campaign than anything that arises from developments on the other side of the Atlantic.
 Tho republicans have been wor- rying seriously about the farm states ever since the 1880 elections and their apprehension has contin- ued to increase. For many years farm revolts" have been threat ened with almost monotonous reg ularity and none of them has ever come off. The E. o. D. doubtless will continue to hold the middle west in line, but there are some new things about this present situ- alton which suggest that there may be something more than repeti- tion of the same old story.
 You don't very often find the vice president of the United States barging about in active furtherance of the farmers interest, publicly criticIzing an important adminis- trative agency such as the farm board. And 1t ts all so unprece- dented for the presidentially-ap- pointed head of such an agency to holler publicly that 1t isn't taking any orders from the White House.
 Blurtcd Bitterly
 Chairman James c. Stone came around to accepting advice from the president and announcing 6 limit of sales on the boards large wheat holdings, but not until after he had bitterly blurtcd out that the board wasn't subject to presiden- tial interference.
 The present unpopularity of the farm board is almost without par allel, too. Of all the so-called Hoover comm issions 1t stands the most friendless. It has been banned steadily and consistently and. at one time or another. by all concerned. Lately 1t has been kicked by tho farmers and the grain traders. the progressivcs and the conservatives. It has been talk Ing abuse from such staunch reg ulars as Charlie Curtis. Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania--whO wants 1t abolished. Even President Hoover failed to back 1t up when 1t decided to sell as much wheat as the market would absorb.
 Political reports from Kansas have been just as extraordinary as the news of 25-cent wheat. That supposedly good old republican state, when 1t was a lot happier than it is now, elected a democratic senator and democratic gov ernor and cast nearly 100000 votes for a candidate whose name had to be written in on the ballot.
 How AwesOmci
 Reports agree that at this timc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTEl
By RODNEY DUTCHER

Kansas would vote with grim fer vor for a democrat for president, which would be an awesome spec tacIe indeed. No one can prom ise Kansas with any assurance that she will be much better off 8 year from now.
 Large patches of mail coming to Capitol Hill indicate that Kansas has no monopoly on farmer discon- tent and that the desire for "a farm moratorium" is keen in states which customarily elect much more radical candidates than Curtis, Senator Arthur Capper and Henry Allen.
 The 1882 campaign begins un- officially, however, when congress meets this winter, and signs now point to the flercest farm relief battle yet fought. Chances are very good that both houses will pass an export debenture bill or some other drastic measure which MT Hoover will be bound to veto There will be more support for such legislation than ever, although the question whether the presiden- tial veto could be overridden is at this time rather speculative.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Quotations

The shock of fear opens our eyes quickens the mind; fear Is the father of courage and the mother of safety.
 -Dr Henry W. Tweedy, of Yale.
 Communism is the most import ant, vital, and far-reaching issue affecting the civilization of the world and tho happiness and liber- ties of our own people. -,Representative Hamilton Fish.
 The cynclsm of youth is q mask which conceals the failure Of It's anccBors.
 Harold J. Laslsi, professor of po- litical Science, London Univcr- sity.
 The inroads of the free clinic and a rather prevalent habit of not paying medical bills have made the practice of medicine a precar- ''' --pr Frederic Damrau.
 It is a curious thing that up to date the only research done in connection with birth control has dealt with It's negative aspects.
 Mary Breckinridss. In general, nice people leave tho policing of the world to hirelings because they feel the work to be not such as c person who is quite nice would wish to undertake.
 Bertrand Russell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
TO.DAY'S SELECTED POEM
THE SUMMER TANAGER
Re-Printed from The Christian Scient
 MonItOfl

fRc-Printed from The Christian Science
 MOnltOr) Better come here!" he says among the leaves, Better come here!" up where the branches
 sway, His delicate, high. inHstent speech he weaves Among the green hours of the summer day. A hundred times 1 catch his gay suggestion For one glimpse of his bosom'a rosy glow That glow that sends dim memories back, to
 question old gardens bright with zinnias in n row. They say Q free-born. that you only call Your green gold mate, your spiendor- -dusted
 love. Nor dream of wistful. grounding me, at ali, Smiling and pesring for you, there above! 1 know you taunt me. Brother, for my good; "Bettcr come here!"--How gladly. if could! --Karlc Wilson Baker. in "Dreamers oh Ifowss he ck. |"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Secretary of State Higgins has just an- nouneed that the new state seal has been approved and shortly will be put in use by all departments of the state. The new seal is colonial in character and circular in shape. It contains the armorial bearings of the state in the center. Around the outside is space for the various departments to be placed. Many of the seals now in use vary in slze shape and design. The new official one will replace all these. The familiar state motto, Oui Transtulit Sustinet. is also Tn evidence. The l93l Legislature authorized issuance of an official seal as described above.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
TODAY IS THEA' ANNIVERSARY hgAKA
BRITISH WAR REVIEW.

On July 31, 1917, General Sir William Robertson, chief of the British Imperial General Staff. re- viewed the previous three years of the war. He summed up the situ- ation, in part, as follows:
 What Is the position today? We are far north and facing north. We no longer have our backs to the Germans, and we arc millions where before we were thousands. our guns are hammering them now as they have never been hammered before.
 "Do not let us underrnte the Germans because their. cause bad. because they are guilty of pro- voking war, and because their ma terial resources are less than ours. The whole German nation Is as disciplined as an army. Germans have discipline in their blood......
 What could be more margnifi- cent than the spectacle which America now presents to man kind? It is not for me even to pronounce an opinion on America's preparations, but I should say that throughout the world freedom breathes more freely and demo- cracy is more confident for the mere spectacle upon itself the re- straints and rigors of discipline"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
TILsON's CHANGES ARE
 SLIGHT
lNew Britain Harald)


 According to Frank R. Kent. the politically uncontaminated Wash ington watch dog of the Baltimore Sun. Connecticut's star performer in the house of representatives the Hon John c. Tilson---is q can dldate for the speakership or the next house. but that. as q demo- crat will be the next speaker, MT Tilson will occupy no more en- hanced position than previously.
 Also, according to Mir Kent. the opinion is widespread in Washing ton that the democrats will hava no trouble at all in organizing the next house, there being 20 western republicans who are certain Tor the most part to favor the democratic candidate for the speakership. The democrats themselves are expected to back their contender to man. and with enough insurgents com ing to their aid. the republicans will have scarcely an opportunity to do more than greet the new democratic speaker with courteous expressions of welcome. insincere though such expressions may be:
 All of which won't prevent MT Tilson from continuing his strus- 0le
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

There's despot. monarch. tyrant. dictator. ezar. and even boss. Somehow or other. though we can't fit them to the urbane Mir Rorabsek. And although he didn't place much stock in the vote getting ability of one Yale professor (even though he had elevated another to the United States Senate) we almost think that he could be referred to as Professor of Politics to the Electorate of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Good evening.
 o-O-o /, THINGS I JUST HATE
"A SMILES THE THING"

A fapper sitting in a canoe. Two flappers sitting in a canoe. Three flappers laughing in a canoe. A girl showing off in her bathing
 suit. Two girls showing off in two
 bathing suits. Two bathing suits. Ed. that
 wouldn't make one. If you know the kind of a suit l
 mean. These are a few things that I hate, Here are a few more things I hate. Fellows mauling girls at the beach. Fellows mauling girls at the lake. Why do fellows maui girls in hot
 weather? Why do girls let fellows maui
 them in hot weather? l don't know. Ed. do you! I'm not jealous. but think it's
 tough on the girls. What do you think, Ed? 1 know you won't print this trash
 of mine. But you say you like stuff that is
 different. l guess this is so bad it's bound to
 be different. But this is my summer hate hour. And I'm not an old maid. but a
 young girl. Engaged to be married. But my sweete doesn't maui me. And l wouldn't let him.
 T. H. P.
 o-O---o It's never really hot until the candles on the buffet fall to one side.
 And it's never really cold until the electric ice box only goes on once during an hour.
 O-O--o Now they have n powder, guar ahteed to make false teeth stick But the real test is to try and eat corn on the cob--after the teeth have been subjected to the pow der.
 O-O--O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
DUST WHIRLwIND

Tonopah--(UP)--With the whole desert at It's disposal. n whiriwind of dust had to choose q patch or highway near Nina for It's opera tlons. and just at the moment when an automible and gasoline truck were approaching each other. Blinded. the drivers crsshed head on but were uninjured. One was Hank Gilbert. deputy internal reye- nue collector for southern Me- vaAa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Here, There And Euery.Dhere

ton of the state chairman. There Is no evidence that our satrap is- sues orders in Washington any more than formerly. We should, however, expect to find that snuff taking in the Allyn house produces more aneezIng in the senate office building at Washington than a similar gesture would have twenty years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
AvIATRIx HAPPILY WED

Pittsburg--(UP) - Mrs Louise Thaden, of Pittsburg, winner or tne first women's derby in the National Air races. declares after three years of marriage that she couldn't pc happy with a husband not interest cd in aviation. She is safe. because Herbert Won Thaden, is one cf the nations leading aircraft designers and buIldera.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Members of the old l02nd Division. A. E. F., not to mention other Waterburans will remember the old Liberty theater at Camp Devens. It was destroyed by fire thls, week. The building was used as an amuse- ment center in training camp days and local veterans link many pleasant memories with it. It was condemned several years ago as unsafe, because of its age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

that ''The Finnish people are quiet and in- dustrious but rebel against dietation regard ing what they may eat and drink. Y. I have made very close study of the sub- jeet and have asked many citizens whether they approve of prohibition. Outside of the temperance people found none who did not believe prohibition was very detrimental to the country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
DING, DING
Her father belonged to the Red
 Men.

Her father belonged to the Red Men, ~ It's honest, yep, by heck, And so she did her necIdng, Down at Indian Neck. ~
 O--O--O Years ago women used a market basket when shopping. Now everything is in the bag.
 O--O--O New York bakers are on short time. But then half. q loaf for a baker Is better than a whole loaf.
 O-~--O--O I suppose all is fair in trench warfare.
 O---O-O A baby's been born with three hands but we hope 1t won't prove a handicap.
 O---O--O Here's news. The new municipal slaughter house will not be open until after the fall election.
 O--~O--o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to pcrsoha' health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr bra"S' Address him, care of the Democrat schdihs stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
oHMIGOsH

When some girls don n Onc-piecc
 suit,
 (We fain would hang the crepe.) For q onc-piecc suit looks awful, In q bungled four-piece shape.
 O---O--o There's always n goat at every sheep roast.
 O-O-o This concludes our regular Fri- day evening program. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Demo- crat, pioneer in this type of news paper work. We are signing off at this time. o be back on the air again tomorrow at noon with a special Saturday program.
 o--O--0 Good piehL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31
DING, DING
Sing a song of suInincr, Heat waves fin a row, Thermometer is rising, I'm mn shnt1I DS.

Up, up, she'll go.
 o----O---O Front porch political campaigns were popular a few years back. This summer front porch vaca- tions are all the rage.
 O--O---o
 Crude oil is not half as crude as the price to which it has Topped.
 o--O--o Farmers wives arc reported dollar dresses. Dollar day on the farm at last.
 O-O-O
 The electric clock is okay. You don't spend an hour looking for the key.
 o---O--o Women arc only as old fashioned as fashion.
 o--O--o For often .you'll find that murder has q cover-up charge.
 O----O---o Many q murder stars off like q funny movie. with a scream.
 o--O--o
 The Philippine Islands have not felt the depression. And yet they want independence when all independent nations of the world are up against it.
 O---O--O A summer girl gets a thrill rid ing on a hay rack and q farm ga gets hers. riding in summef girls automobile.
 O--O--o There's fight on between wire and wooden wheels. suppose both have spokcs-men.
 O---O--O Would you Say that q the- atrical press agent lives off the fat of the hams?
 o--O--O The head of a proposed old maids national association say that all men "are beasts". Th' fox said he same thing about thu grapes 1t couldn't reach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Hiob tide at Milford Saturday, August 1, 1:3l a. m. (daylight time); low tide 8:l7 a. m. Daylight tme).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Good idea to start digging the Lakes-to- tbe-sea channel. The country will need to when business resumes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

Stadiums holding 100000 people would be grand thing if patrons could park tne'r cars in the same county.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-31

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:4l (daylight saving time) tonight
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
WASTED,
SAYS WIFE

Richard Douglas Dear, 349
Sierra ST., Reno. New, is accused
of Squandering 100000 in seven
years by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice
MilStead Dear, 1924 Monroe st.
N. W.. in a suit for absolute di-
vorce and an injunction to pre-
vent him from prosecuting di-
vorce proceedings in Reno, filed
in Equity Court today by her at
torney, Godfrey L. Munter.
Mrs. Dear names a core
spondent in her petition and al
leges the other woman was the
object of her husbands alleged
extravaganza. The wife says she
was awarded $500 monthly ali
mony by the Circuit Court Of
Loudoun county. Va, but her hus-
band has paid her nothing since
last November and she has been
compelled to vacate her apart
ment and is now destitute.
Last spring, Mrs. Dear says
her husband informed her he was
going to South America, but that
he went to Reno instead and she
has been served with divorce
papers, alleging false grounds.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
DELAY SNAGS
HOTEL CASE

! Hearings on two rules issued in
the Mayflower Hotel case requir-
= ing the hotel companies to show
cause why receivers should not
be appointed and why Charles
C. Moore, trustee under the
second mortgage, should not be
removed and a substitute
appointed, were deferred until
"wednesday by Justice Peyton
Gordon today after a conference
with counsel.
Justice Gordon, however, signed
orders allowing two other parties
to intervene in the suit. One
intervening group represented by
! Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
is composed of an additional
number of second mortgage
bondholders to the five petitioners
which she already represents, and
the second intervening group
represented by Attorney Edward
r. Colladay, is said to hold
100000 worth of the bonds and
lis fighting the receivership.
The Mayflower Hotel companies
are represented by Attorneys
william E. Leahy, Edmund D.
. Toland and William j. Hughes,
jr., and when the arguments on
the rules to show cause begin
wednesday Mr.. Colladay is ex-
pected to align himself with
them,
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
Poor Little Silk Worms
Poisoned; Children Sad

More than 1000 silk worms are
dead from stomach ache, and a
demonstration which was urged
by the teachers of the District
schools was brought to an abrupt
close due to lack of coordination
in Government departments, DR..
F.. L. Lewton, curator of the
division of textiles of the Ma
tional Museum, said today.
Picture the poor little silk
worms doubled up with pains in
their middles, caused by arsenic
poisoning from feeding on
sprayed" mulberry leaves.
This was the sight which
greeted DR.. Lewton, who had per-
sonally fed and cared for them
days, nights and Sundays for
four weeks. when he returned
yesterday from the home eco
nomics convention in Detroit.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
JURYMEN~ TOLD
BY DOUTH|TT
Of ASSAULT
Magazine Editor Charged He
Was Beaten by Some Cop;'
Contempt Case Dismissed

Harry N. Douthitt, editor of an
unofficial police magazine, ap'
peared before the Grand Jury
today to back up allegations of
graft he made recently.
Douthitt was severely beaten
by an unknown assailant several
months ago, suffering a skull
fracture. When police and As
sistant United States Attorney
William H. Collins interviewed
him to determine the identinty
of his asSailant, Douthitt said it
must have been some cop who
beat him up, because he knew
too much about the lice bill
"Ice Bill" Was Graft
The lice bill" Douthitt ex-
planned under questioning, was
graft paid by law violators to
policemen to keep things COOL"
United States Attorney Leo
A. Rover summoned Douthitt be-
fore the Grand Jury to back up
the statement. but Douthitt Sc
cretly departed for Philadelphia
when he left the hospital.
For his failure to appear before
the Grand Jury he was ordered
to show cause before Justice
Peyton Gordon why he should
not be held in contempt of
court.
Found Story True
Department of Justice officials
investigated DOuthitt'S statement
that he was too ill to return to
Washington, however, and three
cOntinuances of his appearance
were granted when investigators
found his story true.
After Douthitt left the Grand
Jury room, he was taken before
Justice Gordon to ."nswer the
contempt rule. Justice Gordon
expressed himself as being salts
fled that Douthitt was restrained
from complying with the sum-
mons because of his physical con-
dition and dismissed the con-
tempt proceedings.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
WOMAN. CHASES
PURSE THIEF

A purse snatcher spent bad
few moments yesterday afternoon
just as the storm was breaking
when the woman whose purse he
snatched chased hin from Fiji
tenth Street and New York Ave
nue. to Fourteenth Street. He es-
capped in the crowd that was hur-
rying to get out of the storm.
Miss Callie Philbeck, a clerk in
the Peoples Drug Store in the
Washington Building, Fifteenth
and G Streets Northwest, went to
the women's rest room about $50.
She noticed a MAJ in the outer
rest room. Thinking it was one of
the porters, she made her presence
known.
Instead of retreating, the man
came into the room, snatched her
purse from a table and ran
through the building with Miss
Philbeck in close pursuit, yelling
at the top of her voice.
The man, who was we'll dressed,
ran out the New York Avenue en-
trance of the building. Several
men, attracted by Miss Philbeck's
screaming joined her in a chase.
The man disappeared at our
teenth Street.
Miss Philbeck returned to the
Washington Building. Just out
side the rest room door she dis
covered her pocketbook, which
the man had dropped in flight.
The pocketbook contained a val
liable diamond ring and about SIS
in money.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
3 STRUCK down
BY AUTOS .

Three persons were struck
down by automobiles last night.
None suffered serious injuries.
TneZ Hemphlll, %, of 1920 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., was struck
while crossing Connecticut Az
enue near Van Ness Street North
west, by an automobile operated
by Theodore Edelschein. of 4707
connecticut Ave. N. W., who took
her to George Washington Uni
versity Hospital where she was
treated for contusions, bruises
and shock.
william M. Wood, As, of 2701
Connecticut Ave. N. W., who was
crossing the street in the $500
block near Garfield Street North
west, was struck by an automobile
operated by John A. O'Brien, 33,
of 2811 Cathedral Ave. N. w. He
was treated at his home by DR..
James G. Mckay. of 2009 Colum-
bia Rd., for bruises on his head,
left hand and arm.
3 An 84-year-old woman received
lacerations and bruises when
struck by an automobile oper-
ated by Harry Thomas, of 915
Sixth st. S. E. The victim, Mary
Fillmore Coeyman, was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
CENTRAL LABOR
UNION FIGHTS
GAS GROUP
Alleged Policy of SubIetting
Contracts to Nonunion
Concerns Draws Protest

The hiring of nonunion work
ers today threatened to force a
major controversy between the
Washington Gas Light Company
and local labor interests.
A meeting of the Central Labor
Union has been called for next
Monday night and a formal pro-
test will be made against the
alleged present policy of the gas
company.
Work Is Sublet
The row centers about the con-
Struction Of new gas tank at
the southeast plant of the corpo-
ration, at the intersection of Elev.
enth and H Streets. The con-
tract has been let to the Bartlett
& Hayward Co., of Baltimore,
which has sublet portions of the
work to outside concerns alleged
to be employing nonunion boiler
and iron workers, and paying far
below the prevailing rate Of
wages in Washington.
A protest already has been
made to gas company officials,
who have refused, it is said, to
make any representations to the
Bartlett & Hayward Co. on the
subject.
COIpOys Discusses 1t
John B. Colpoys, editor of the
Trades UnioniSt, said today:
There are plenty of men in
the metal trades out Of work
in Washington. Our local utili-
ties should employ them when
it has. construction work to do.
They, should not assent to the
importing of cheap outside
labor for such work."
The Central Labor Union will
appeal to the local business inter-
ests for support in it's stand,
officials said today.
The Washington times., 1931-07-02
MISS WAKEMAN

Today they are all dead, and
school children, who had hoped
to see them spinning their
cOcOOns, are sad.
An isolated white mulberry tree
frequented only by small boys
and blackbirds had been found
in the Smithsonian grounds. Col.
U. S. Grant, head of public
parks, granted use of a few
leaves and agreed not to spray
them until after July 4.
But the spraying department
was Jealous in its wOrk-the tree
was sprayed. But the museum
authorities were not notified
hence the havoc!
It would not be so, terrible if it
were not a repetition of what
occurred five years ago and
caused discontinuance of the
silk worm exhibit, DR.. Lewton
said.