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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
A Family Ends

The death of Ella WendeI, elderly spin ster last week, closed a family history that had a long existence in New York but was remarkably out of tune with the clty's pro- 2ress. The family was established century or more ago in the fur trade ] he elderly Wendel was competitor of John Jacob Astor in tbc fur business He evidently pros pered for when be died he left an estate valued at S100. 900 900. He also left son. John and six daughters. The son acquired notions of bis own and these were imposed in turn upon his younger sisters as they came under his influence Whether John Gottlieb Wen del Jr was deeply disappointed in love or whether by nature he was just soured on the world we don't know, but be managed to pre- vent the world coming into contact with bis sisters until bis death. After that it probably didn't matter.
 However. the Wendels continued 10 acquire property and wealth. It was an axiom of the family to buy properly. but never to sell 't That's why the most aaute of New York realtors failed to secure the fabulously valuable Wendell home at tbe corner of 3oth street and Fifth avenue, just south of the New York public library and in the heart of the fash ionable Fifth avenue shopping district The shabby brownstone house and adjoining yard, protected by , high board fence, became more of mystery az years passed and its doors and windows remained shut lt wasn't devoid of life. though. The Wendell family lived and died in 1t.
 The last sister passed to Der reward at the age Of 80 and the gigantic fortune will go to charities unless this Wendell intends to starle the city and nation by conditions in her will for disposition of the estate in other ways There were all sorts of tales about tbe Wen del mansion on Fifth avenue, New York likes to surround itself with tbe mysterious and romantic There seems 10 be no romance connected with the drsb little house. True. it didn't have electric lights until the last few years nor a telephone until Ella Wendell was taken with her last illness. But the lone sur, vivor of the family evidently lived the only life which she knew by habit and by training.
 Only one sister dr6ed her brothers com. rsnds and carried out her intentions This one, Rebeees. married . retired college pro. lessor, Her last years were spent in the Wen deI home on Fifth avenue, though She man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1s3,
A Veto Overridden

Along purely party lines the house yester- day overrode Governor Gross veto of the bill repeating the law which demands custer pro- cecdngs against the Public Utilities Commis- sion by the Attorney General upon petition of 100 electors. lt was this same statute which Professor Albert Levitt invoked in an effort to force the commission to take action against the New Haven Road for failure to eliminate one railroad grade crossing annually for every 50 miles of track Had not the Bedding man brought his suit against the Attorney General it is doubtful if the law would now be re- moved from the statute books.
 However, the action of Professor Levitt and his untiring and relentless persistence 'n keeping after the republican officials 10 follow the dictates of the law necessltated it's ampu- tation In the future the Public Utilities Commission won't need to fear the wrath of any individual or corporation. It can do as 1t pleases regarding public utilities. We some times wonder if it doesn't do that anyway. Not that we believe that Professor Levitt was entirely right in bis campaign. He bad the law on his side, but not logic. What the legislature should have done some years ago was to repeal the law requiring the grade clminations, one for every 50 miles of track per annum
 It would be an almost economic impossi- bility for any railroad to follow such sehed- ule as this and continue to pay dividend 10 its stockholders. We don't suggest that there be fewer elimlnations than heretofore. We think that the present rate of elimination IS as much as any one company can bear And we must remember that the law provides against new grade crossings being constructed. That part of the law should be left intact. but nobody minds the other provision being re- moved Therefore we see that Professor Lsvitts apparently sound argument IS based on a premise that is unsound. He had the law on his side but not.a fair law.
 However. in removing this law tbe legisla ture should not deprive every citizen of the right to demand action be taken against tbe Public Utilities Commission should the oc, easion arise The democrats in the assembly offered an amendment to the repeal bill where by the gricved individual or individuals might apply to the superior court who in case of prima facic evidence would direct the Attorney General 10 open custer proceedings As 1t stands now there is no recourse for the eitt- zen against the commission It can continue to do as 1t peases. But now it is protected by law whereas before the voter was protected.
 or course that will be helpful if any citizen should ever take it into bis head ta complain noisily and at great length about the cost os electric rates or do some other nonsensieaI thing like that. Yes, it's nonsensIeal for how can he hope 10 expect anything but reverse with Mr Roraback still controlling the legislature. Although some of his hand picked eomms- sions are being dealt with severely he still preserves the balance of power. That's why such measures that now being repealed can be removed and the public made 10 like it. nay. even support il.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
SLOT MACHINES AND LAW
frfartsord Tires,

(Hartford Times)
 In view of the fact that Connects cut state courts do not agree on the question whether slot machines are subject to seizure as gambling de. vices unless detected in q gambling operation and the federal district court Judges are nlg0 divided on tho matter, 1t is extremely desirable that the judiciary committed of the leg islature should raise n meastirc which would definitely describe these ma chimes. Any vending machine for other device which byits operation vends money or, any other thing by chance is . gambling ifnplement'and is used for that purpose. Tho law should make that clear.
 Tho present method Of operating these machines has circu1nvented the spirit of Connecticut's Yantf-gaIYtIy- ing laws. Police in tf1esieading cities of the state have been hampered in their suppression of these appliances because promoters were able to ob- tain court injunctions against con- fiEcation. This Is no. fault of the courts, but reflect a weakness in tho law which now gives wholly unde- served protection to these devices.
 The statutes should describe the slot machines exactly for what they are and sany one knows who has operated them or seen them in Ae- tion. That their prineiual use is fcy gambling is denied only sby thoHe who have commercial interest in their operation. This being public Knowledge there is no good reason why the law should not Dc In accord with 1t. Organizations and persons who are intereetcd in the morals of boys and young men, who are the principal addicts of the questionable type of entertainment" should make their sentiment known to the Judiciary committee which has this subject elnder consideration. As no formal bill was introduced in the legislature covering tfis matter If anything is done at the present ses- sion 1t will be necessary for the judiciary committee to report out . bill of it's own. It should be given to understand that this Is the desire of large numbers who are interested in routing the questionabIe contrap- tions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

6f floating oil 5apons tise surface of
 thos to kIl1 SeG birlIs by q slow
 and gterfibie torture. An aSpn ms the
 birds. whether they are ducks or geese or gulls,. are daubed by the Foil they are Rdoomed. They live on, desperately kfying to save them 7
 selves, but 1inable to get the sticky
 mess from their feathers and dc- privcd by 1t of the protection which
 their feathers oFdlharily gave them.
 Death comes slowly with Z pitiful
 struggles, from cold. exposure, or even drowning.
 How many sea birds are killed every year by floating oil cannot be
 estimated with any accuracy. but the humber Is enormous and 1t is in- creasing. We are even told that oil is more deadly than all the hunters
 of tho whole coast. There is not
 much use In trying to conserve wild life unless the menace of oil can be |removed 4A. oas
 The spcctacle of hundreds of |.blrds dying off the South Beach last week is one to move the pity, not only of those who saw 1t, butt hose who heard the scene described. A few years ago 1t would have been in- credible. No one would have be- lieved 1t possible for this refuse oil to turn. into such an affiiction with power to kill wherever 1t touched. We have to go back to the days of the war when gas attacks were in- spring dread to find ah approximate condition of destruction.
 The difficulty in removing the menace, lies in the fact that oil burning vessels may discharge their waste at sea without being seen.
 Endorsement of n law to protect the sea birds is therefore extremely com- plicated. But the taituation is ono to demand action, and the owners of vessels can be placed under an ob- itgatfon which they cannot cvade. A drastic regulation is needed, and the Imposition of heavy penalties should follow any violation. No matter what the cost of the necessary in-, spectfoii or police work which will lend the oil hazard, 1t should be met by the government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

Tho "lsms" and '.istics' are what's wrong with American art.-- Frank Lloyd Wright.
 Tn the long run money brings folks q lot closer than poverty. Ed- de Cantor.
 TO me New York iD a place where you are interviewed ht ii o'clock and get . letter from an indignant reader at 12--J. D. Priestley. Capital n the seed corn of the rext harvest .--Lord fnchcape.
 
 Tine bird Of war is not the eaSio tut the etork Rev ChafIea Francis potfeFs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 Fly RODNEY BUTCHER
There's similar story about cot
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

There's similar story about cot ton.
 Stone at least docs not come in with the handicap of being tagged as Q $f00,000-a-year superman. Legge's failure in the fnce of in- vincible odds, despite the fact that he worked fercely and honestly. has both dimmcd the glamor of $10 0, % 00-a- year men and scared that type away from such an apparently hopeless job as the chnirmanship. President Hoover is understood to have searched for another of Legge's prestige and to have failed. He now comedies difficulty in locat. ing another member for the boards existing vacancy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
TO.DAY'S SELECTED POEM
MARCH CARRIERS (EfOm q Pullman window

7 Margaret Laurie Seaman In The Christia
 Science MonitorD MaunderinR muddy streamlct, Pudding through the wood By flying train outruns you,
 But your sioth Is very goodl In lazy 0oziness you creep
 About the wakening roots Of oak and pine and pepperldge, And withy, willow shoots. FulI-freighted aimoner, new joy Your yellow sleam foretells; You carry food for bourgeoning, And wax for lily bells. My steeI-bound, screaming carrier Thunders along its road: Tn tdilnB qtiietness you bear Sc silently. your 1cadt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

This doesn't sound SO promising for the Nautilus, the undersea boat with which Sir Hubert Wilkins hopes to ehisel his way under the North Pole. On its first trial trip from Camden. N. J., to Marcus Hook. Pa. blind ing snowstorm sent 1t back to the shelter of the harbor. Wonder what the navigators will do when they head the prow downward for the plunge under the Arctic wastes That when fellow might need friend or two. to our way of thinking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not dIsease diagnosis of treatment. will he answered by Dr Brady. Al. dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
QUESTIONS AND ANswEns

Toxin-Antitoxin Goes Through Skin
 Guess this will make you sit up and take no. ucc! A WcD.
 Answer .-~ Ho hum, not much. "This'' is a clip ping of one of those funny items from Vienna telling how some professor has discovered that toxn-antitoxin (for' immuDization against diph- therin) has an Improved cnect'--whatever that might bs~-if it s rubbed into the skin after tho skin has been rcddened with mustard plaster. mustard plaster sometimes makes fellow sit up but not this time. Even our Amer the unbrokcn skin absorb anything 50 we should not expect the Vienna profeasors to get further.
 Ancuvism
 What Is ancurism of an artery and how does lt affect the patient? (Mrs A. S.)
 Answer.--Aneurism is baIlooning or diia- ton of nn artery nt some point where the arte- rial wall has been softened or weakened by dis ease This being q health column we leave the symptoms to the private consolidation of the pa- ticnt and his physician.
 The Sanitary Bridge
 PIease advise whether removable or nOn.re. movable bridge is preferable, and why. Two upper blcnsplds on right side have been extract. ed, My dentist advises nOn.PemOvable but would like m unbiased opinion. (W. $. WI
 Answer.--f should adyise you, to change den- 1dence. Of course your dentist knows better than ony one else which typo of denture will be more satisfactory for the purpose to Dc served To your case. Theoretically removable denture may be more hyRienic than anything permanent ly fixed, but practically should leave that Ae- cision to the 1udsment Of my dentist. or. as I say. if lacked faith in his professional skill or honesty, should change dentists.
 Copyright, John r. piIie Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
HERE'S NEWs--sOME PEOPLE WANT A
 BABY

To-day's Best Letter comes from Brooklyn and ja signed aontthing like this: John c. Doe, Jr. Young Does does not give his age, but from the | texture of his note paper and color Of the | typewriter ribbon estimate he is thirty-seyen and Mrs Doe s not far behind. like John Does style imnenseiy--indeed that Is one reason why chose his letter to-day--although there Is still | not discourage young MT Doe for there are mil- lions of CT. executives just as wasteful as he is in American business life. Dr Wm. Brady, Dear Sir: [ would appreciate any informa- ton you may send me regarding adopting Baby.
 Thanking you in advance for any informa- ton you may send me, am.
 Yours truly,
 John Q. Doe, Jr
 The second paragraph of the young mans let give thanks fl, advance. Dr Webster will explain 1t if you care to know. But the first paragraph is mighty good news 10 me. Sometimes. you see. get so gloomy and pessimistic that have to re- sort to an hour with Schopcrhauer in order to tighten the chuckic bolts Arthur is the best mc- dicine know when one's chuckle gets out or order
 The first thing I should advise young Doe in this baby leasing business is 10 plan on installing make into Il home If pot at one time, then one il year or so after the other A lone child in any family is out of luck, and so is the family.
 Next, every holiday afternoon off take the wife AND a basket of toys, eats or even picture books. and visit the hospitals or other institu- Your own doctor will tell you the best places. If you don't know When you come across one that
 
 of your heart go that you just can't get away from 1t, and not just strikes you as cunning or sweet---don't go dany about the kid until you've brought your doctor around to give the young stcr the once ovcr This 0. k. of your own doctor IS very important. It ie sad to adopt Q child or to become too greatly attached. only to discover that the poor little tike is sick or tainted So be sure your bimbo is sound physically. If your doctor finds the child sound physically, don't worry your head a bit about any little question of heredty.
 Now having had the doctors approval of yotYr choice. arrange to take the child home trial for month or two. before proceeding with for mai or final adoption.
 I am not particularly mtshy about babies. In- deed it gives me n pain in the neck to hear any, body call em "kiddics or to see strangers or vis- itors Kiss cni. But can assure John c. Doe Jr, and his wife and relatives and neighbors and fellow citizens generally. that any guy who can't love adopted babies well his own blood is q queer one. In view of the availability of babies for adoption everywhere 1t strikes me as selfish. hard-bocd. unnatural and unad- rnirable thing for any couple to go years and years without the blessing of children in tho home don't see how they can stand it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

An Englishman explains that the British government pays the workers dole to prevent revolution. Couldn't that purpose be &C., eomplished just as well by paying wages for useful work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
AZARSA F2!ES''||;3!3|ssS]EEE|
cALHouN,s RrItrH

On March IS, 1872, John c. Cal- ,hOun, distinguished American states man. was born in Abbeviile district, South Carolina.
 Entering Yale college in 1902, Calhoun was graduated two years later with high honors. He resumed the study of law, which he began nt the age of 18. and was admitted to the bar in 1907. The next year he was sent to the state legislature in South Carolina where he attracted so much attention as to secure an election to congress in 1911.
 < Calhoun later served as secretary Of war under Monroe and vice presi- dent under John Quincy Adams and then under Jackson. Tn 1929 Cal houn declared that state can null lify unconstitutional laws. and in his Address to the People of South Carolina" three years later, set forth his theory of state sovereignty. On the passing of the nuillflcation or dinance by his state he resigned the vice presidency and entered the sem ate, where he became a champion of the Maveholding states. ~.
 Calhoun, Henry Clay and paniel Webster are often called "tfie great tTiumvirate" of American political oratcrs oftheir time.
 H A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:31 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

In glaneng at the report of the president of the commission, which. by the way. is com.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
Good evening.
 o---O---o SPRING OPENING

sH There's nothing like new duds.
 know,
 l think you will agree A suit or hat or pair of shoes Are quite the thing, you see, So that is why each spring we have A fashion show in town To which the populace responds. And eopes from miles aroun'. It's great to think that you can buy New trappings. and why not. It sort of buoys the Spirit up When things have gone to pot. With something new. a fellows head Will perk right up and say. Cut out the gloom. just smile
 awhile,
 You'll find it's bound to pay" Just trip down town this very night, And look around bit, And maybe there's dress or two That's bound to make a hit. It's true that things are Better, We're easing from our low. So just join in the merry throng At the eity's fashion show.
 o--O--o Funny, but they made the money smaller just before hard times came knocking at the door.
 o--O--o
 Now America wants q nation- al airport. How about congress, enough air at this spot to na- tionalfze anything.
 o--O---o The curb market, Would be stock buyers, standing on the curb and dis cussing the trend of shares.
 O--O--o
 Tn heaven the first shall be last and the last shall be first. But on earth the first gets e good seat while the last very often has to wait for the second show.
 The vets look forward to 1032 but there is little danger of brewery whistles blowing Tt that time.
 o--C--o
 Leaders claim that prohibi- ton is q moral issue, not bolit- ical. Fine, who could associate morals with politics anyway?
 o--O--o It's a wise child who knows the brand of cigarettes it's mother smokes.
 o--O--o & The man with too much cheek generally has q double chin as well.
 O-~O--O Some gossipy women are like vacuum cleaners. They get all the dirt.
 o--O--O
 When the baby cOmes--the old man generally goes out every night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
KILLEr, BY oiI4
Vineyard dazettc)

Man has done nothing more cruel to the innocent creatures of the world than turning loose q plague
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
O----O~'-@O OIIAs:GOSH

-si57 < It wasn't what she wore,
 That made the boys oil fit, But rather, 50 they say
 The way that she wore 1t.
 o--O---o The success of the well known business man, MT Penny, Is really sensational.
 0--O---o
 It's the catty wife who always dogs her husbands footsteps.
 o--O--0 Fur coats were quite pronounced at spring opening last evening.
 O--O--0 The best things in life are free if you've got the money.
 o---O--o
 Boxing is dying out. Which merely proves that a long suck ering public has had enough of 1t.
 Whats In a name. Five Dedham high school students in auto crash and two dead.--Bufietin.
 o-O--o
 Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: After q man pass es forty 1t will pay him to pass up the dessert.
 o--O--o Editor Day by Day: You said the other night that q woman who con make q good apple pie will hold her husband? Do you mean q crab7--o. w. N (Weli that all depends.--The Ed.)
 <a A .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18

Dick0ry, dickory dock.
 The mouse ran up the clock, But then It's poor eyes opened wide,
 The clock had been electrified DicIogy, dickOFy doc1<.i
 o--O-~O The man who thinks two can live as cheapiy as one is only q bachelor. O-O-o The man who counts his chickenf before they are matched finds this little feat much easier with an in. cubator than pulling the old hen of the nest. The difference between q blue plate and square plate Is about ton cents. 0--O--o Soon they'll be putting shatter. proof glass in spectacles. o--O--o. The wife who has c cook book {, on the kitchen table instead of c iOve story is doing something for her country. O---O--o This concludes our regular mid. week program. ft was bFoadcaAt .bj DBD and camo fo you through ths courtesy of the Waterbury Ey0Difl | Democrat, pioheer in this type ol newspaper work. Wa are slgninf of at this time. to be back on ths afr again tomorrow evening at ths usual hour. Good niabt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-18
HIS HARD LUCK.

He married talkatiyc grille, At least that's what hcard. No wonder he's grown so silent, Never finds time for . word.
 0-O--o Its fishing pole if it only COS q dollar. A rod if you pianket down three bucks for n.
 O-O--O A5t
 AFF f4fA AM
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-07
new MAJESTIC
ICING unit HERE
Chicago Factories Now Are
Producing at Rate of
1000 Daily

The new Majestic refrigerator is
on display in Redwood Falls at its
authorized dealer. The Majestic re-
frigerator is made by the Grigsby-
Grunow company, Chicago manufac-
turers of the Majestic radio.
The formal entry of the Grigsby-
Grunow interests into the electrical
refrigeration field becomes a fact
with the announcement from Males
tic Household Utilities corporation in
Chicago that its factories are now in
production at the rate Of 1000 daily.
Four cubic foot size, $169.50. The
prices are 1926 for Model $50, having
:. gleiminal capacity Of five cubic feet
of food storage space, and $3.50 for
Model ITO with a seven cubic foot
capacity. These prices are f. o. b.
factory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-07
ADS BACKBONE
OF FILM CAMPAIGNS

Newspaper advertising has been
and will continue to be the backbone
of motion picture campaigns, "Chas.
E. Mccarthy, head of the advertising
department of the Paramount-Publix
corporation, told the company's inter-
national convention in San Francisco.
"There is no better medium than
the newspaper for advertising a spe-
cifc attraction for specific time and
place." said I .cCarthy. Careful sur
veys have proved the terrific drawing
power of an attractive advertisement.
Because of this, Paramount-Publix
will increase its appropriation for
newspaper space next season to the
highest point in the company's his
tory"
George Akerson, an executive OF
the corporation and former secretary
to President Hoover, said that motion
pictures were statesmen extraordinary,
SELLING America universally"