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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
GREAT SHOW AT
 THE NEW GARDEN

Showing at the New Garden to- day is The Side Show" with Win nie Lightner and Charles Butter worth. A real circus for the kids a thrilling romance for the grownups. New, different, novel. Fastest moving talkie you've ever seen. Appreciative audiences last night found Victor McLaglen as Bull" Stanly in Fox Movietone's Not Exactly Gentlemen" in a role much to their liking. As a hard boiled bad man. he played a part that fitted like the proverbial glove.
 Fay Wray was as lovely as ever while the quips and pantomine of McLaglen's two partners in crime, Lew Cody and Eddie Gribbon. judged from the reactions of the people in the theater, were good for many laughs. Everyone pres- ent. young and old, seemed to be having an enjoyable evening. Also on the bill is Harold Red" Grange in "The Galloping Ghost. The added attraction tonight will be Country Store and 30 baskets of choice eatables will be given to patrons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
STATE STREAMS
 NOW PROTECTED
Pollution Problem Settled for All Time By Judge
 Els in 1929
WAS IN WALLINGFORD

Connecticut water supply utility officials report that they have had little trouble in the past two years in preventing the pollution of streams which empty into their reservoirs were permitting bathing, sewage dumping or other unsan- itary actions. In these cases the landowner when asked to stop the menace to public health would in- sist that he was within his right because of his ownership of the land bordering on the water.
 Cases of this sort have almost completely disappeared since 1929, however, since in that year Judge county superior court settled this down a decision in favor of the local water department of Wal lingford and against real estate t-.hing in a small pond which was part of a reservoir tributary. Since prohibiting of bathing would hin- der development of the property, the realtors refused to comply with ment and of the state department of health. The case went to court.
 In his decision, Judge Ellis said: "The stream of which this little pond is part runs into reservoir and pumping station and its water Is used for public drinking pur- poses. The fact was well known by the plaintiff. Bathing at this point would be a positive and seri- ous menace to public health. |. There are specific penal statutes prohibiting all the acts complained of" The decision has since frus- trated all attempts to force water utilities to buy property in order to prevent pollution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
High Tariff a
 World Handicap
Reduction Would Aid Labor and Foreign Trade, Says
 COP. Leader and Businessman

Washington - The high tariff Is handicap to America and the whole world" declared Colonel Will liam c. Procter, chairman of the Board of Procter and Gamble com pany and a member of President Hoover's Emergency Committe on Unemployment.
 Colonel Procter has been prom inent in the republican party for many years and in 1920 he was the head of the committee which rais- ed the huge campaign fund in sup port of General Leonard Wood, re- garded as a Progressive, for the presidential nomination.
 Amplifying a report he had made to his company's stockholders, Col onel Procter said on the tariff:
 Whatever may have been said in the past concerning the advant- ages to us of a high tariff, 1t is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Jury Found for
 the Plaintiff
Returned Verdict of S3,= 75O for Mrs Amelia
 McGuire

After deliberating about 90 min utes a jury in the common pleas court brought in verdict of $3,- 750 in favor of Mrs Amelia Me- Guire against the Connecticut Co yesterday afternoon. The case was given to the jury at 2:15 o'clock and the verdict was brought in at 3:15 o'clock.
 The plaintiff sued to recover for injuries suffered when struck by a Connecticut Go bus turning from North Riverside street into West Main street on Jan. 18th. She al- leged that the leg injuries she suf- fered together with nervous shock aggravated a pre-existing case of diabetes which became acute. Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis and Attorney Edward r. Sweeney appeared for the plaintiff. Attor- ney Walter E. Monagan represent ed the defendant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
$4,OOO Awarded
 Mildred MOngillO
RecOvers Damages From New England Banana Co
 for Accident

Damages of $4,000 were award ed Mildred Mongillo against the New England Banana. Co and Samuel Daddona in verdict re- turned by a superior court jury late yesterday afternoon. The jury found for the defendants in companion suit brought by Thomas Colella.
 The cases were tried this week in superior court before Judge Newell Jennings and jury. The plaintiffs sought to recover for injuries suffered when the car in which they were riding was struck by the defendant company's truck operated by Daddona, in Ansonia, on August 10, 1928. The jury took the case at 1915 yesterday noon and after an hours time for lunch resumed deliberation until 4:50 o'clock, taking about three hours and 30 minutes.
 Attorney T. V. Meyer and Mi- chael J. Galullo appeared for the plaintiff. Attorney John H. Cas- sidy and William T. Keavney, Jr, represented the defendant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

certainly true that the tariff now is a handicap to us and to the en- tire world.
 Our workmen in this country would also be greatly beLeited if tariff reduction could be brought about. The tariffs imposed by the various nations have reduced for eign buying power and therefore operate toward reduction of em- ployment and of wages in this country and throughout the world.
 "The level of wages in our own country has been comparatively high, not because of the tariff, but in spite of it.
 Labor would undoubtedly be more fully employed at better wages if the obstacles now hamper ing international trade were re- moved"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
CRACK TRAIN A
 N. E. PRODUCT
Fifteen Firms Contribute to Yankee Clipper
 N. HIS Finest
THIS CITY REPRESENTED

"The Yankee Clipper" the New Haven railroads deluxe, two-way, New York and Boston train, is a Yankee product. Into the construc- tion of the Yankee Clipper, which has been pronounced by railroad men as the finest day train in America, went twenty-two manu- factured products made by fifteen New England firms, eleven of which are located in Connecticut.
 In building the cars for the train. numerous innovations were made. Among them were special types of windows in the Sun-room car; an ice-making plant and one hundred per cent mechanical refrigeration in the diners, possessed at that time by no other railroad in the United States; mahogany and satin wood inlaid furniture in the diners; special carpets, draperies. lighting fixtures and decorations in all the cars; ships clocks in keeping with the name of the trains and the heating and ventilating devices; Colonial type interiors; tables and table lamps; roller bearings on all cars.
 The Connecticut products used were as follows: Lamp fixtures, brackets, fans. speed controls, axle lighting equipment by Safety Car Heat and Light Company, New Haven; end door locks. refrigerator latches by James L. Howard com pany, Hartford; wire and cable by Kerite Insulated Wire and Copper Co, Seymour; hinges by Stanley Works, New Britain; ornamental upholstery nails by American Ring Co, Waterbury; locks and door checks by Yale & Towne Manufac- turing Co, Stamford; relay switches for fans by Simplex Equipment Co, New Haven; fin type radiation for heating by Vapor Car Heating Co, Hartford; silver ware by Interna- tional Silver Go. Meriden and R. Wallace & Sons Manufacturing Co, Wallingford: ships clocks by Wa terbury Clock Co. Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Keegan Supplies
 Missing Link 5
Acquaints Providence Man With Family History
 and Name

From time to time members of the detective bureau have travelled far and wide searching for fugi- tives from justice, lost persons. stolen cars, missing valuables and during their hours of leisure at tempt to supply courteous answers to foolish questions.
 During the past week Captain William P. Keegan and Detective John Leary turned back the pages of local history to the late nine ties in search of information to enable a Customer" in Providence establish his proper identity.
 Such little acts are regarded as just part of a days work. It was a long trek back to the musty, dusty pages of 1898 but Captain Keegan gentleman in Providence and in forming him that his name is not John, but Martin Flynn.
 MT Flynn Is man of about 40 years of age, He was born in Wa tCA TIC was oDout yCoi ol age when members of his family became separated and some Were adopted by relatives. Recently MT Flynn had reason to identify him. self in legal way and desiring in formation he wrote a letter to Cap tain Keegan. We'll, believe it or not the captain recalled incidents con- corning Flynn family back in the fading days of the nineteen cen- tury. He dug up few record books, a few almost forgotten di- rectories, a few newspaper records and thumbed his way to success. Records of 1898 disclosed the fact that the Flynn family resided here. There was also a mention of the children being adopted. And among them was a youngster named Mar tin. Unless records are off color, MT John Flynn of Providence may sign his name as Martin Flynn. Thanks to the local police for their research efforts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
CaIfs Heart i'm Throat

Mygatts. Wis.-(UP)-A calf that had its heart in It's throat when sold by the owner to Chris Madsen, local cattle buyer. was ex- hibited by him here. Madscn no. ticed a pulsating protrusion on the front of It's throat and called {, veterinary, who said that the calf was in good health despite It's freakish heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

By orders of Superintendent Joseph H. Mclean this evenings observance of Halloween in Wat erbury will be of the "safe and Sane'' variety.
 The official lid has not been clamped down on parties or street parades of youngsters. They can whoop things up in the real old fashioned way. They can imper- gonate George Washington or Al Capone. They will be permitted to wear grotesque costumes and sport disguises of any nature. No attention will be paid to them if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Post Office To Be
 Completed In APO Days

The treasury to-day announced that the contract for the new post office building at Waterbury had been given to the March Brothers, St. Louis, and that the bid is $325.- 900. The concern must complete the work in APO calendar days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Norman Cohen, supervisor of the eastern district of Kings hat sores is in Waterbury for the pop ular sale which the Bank street esta ablishment is conducting at this time. He will be here for another week. Cohen has been with the firm for the past two years. He has a B. A. from the College of the City of New York and Colum- bia University and considered one of the most successful merchan- dising supervisors in the east.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Washington Park Club
 Halloween Masquerade

The annual Halloween mas querade dance of the Washington Park Community club at Piedmont hall last night was largely attend ed by people from all parts of the district and many from other sec- tiOnS of the city, .--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
BY WILLIAM HAMMER Lifelong Friend and Scientist As- sOciate of Thomas A. Edison, as
 Told to Willis J. Ballingcr

Copyright, 1891 NEA Service Incl
 When the World war broke out, Edison was approaching the Bibli- cal allotment of three-score years and 10.
 His life's work had been practi- cally accomplished. Yet. while young men offered their bodies for their country, this old man in years volunteered a mind still young in creative capacity.
 Edison was elected the honorary head of the naval advisory board. His contributions during the World war were numerous and remark able. Our collision with Germany had cut our industries off from many chemicals. Particularly were short of carbolic acid. of which Edison was the largest user in the United States. Edison found out how to produce it synthetically. but he needed phenol for this purpose. He secured the cooperation of other interests, improved his process and turned out 1000 pounds of carbolic acid a day in 1915. from the phe- mol.
 But this used up great quanti- ties of phenol, and a shortage of phenol meant considerable suffer- ing. Tn the first place it is an in- gredient of aspirin. It threatened to cut us off from the consolation of music, for phenol is used in making photographic records.
 More impressive still, the chemi- cal is vital to the making of picric acid, which is used for filling bombs.
 With accustomed energy the wiz ard of electricity turned chemist with tremendous success. He devel- oped on a large scale the manu- facture of phenol and, less than a year after American entered the war, there were 15 phenol plants turning out 64,146.499 pounds of the substance, valued at over $23,- 000,000.
 There arose a great war prob- lem of rubber. How were we go- ing to shoe our ambulances? How were we going to find a substitute for a substance that has ramifica- tions throughout our industrial life and which is, also a war necessity?
 The United States consumes three-fourths of the worlds rubber was a pretty problem, indeed. And it was one that taxed the genius of the grand old man to the limit.
 We see rearing golden rod IA feet high. We see him getting a sap yield from this giant golden rod plant of six per cent.
 When I get eight per cent yield. the rubber problem is solved" he muttered determinedly.
 But one secret of nature was stubborn even to the penetrating mind of an Edison. To the day of his death. synthetic rubber baffled him. And it was a tantalizing baf- fiement. Only just a little more yield from that giant golden rod and America could snap her fingers at the foreign owners of the pre- cious substance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Bronson Library Open
 Sunday Afternoon

Commencing tomorrow. the reading room of the Silas Bronson library will be open from 2 to 6 o'clock Sunday afternoons during the winter months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

one-eighth of the population of Alabama is composed of children between the ages of five and nine years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

The world generally regards Edi- sons incandescent lamp as his greatest accomplishment. His fa- vorite invention was undoubtedly the photograph.
 The Jumbo" dynamo certainly baffled him more than any of his successful inventions. Up to the time of the Jumbo" a dynamo could be lifted about by several men. Edison produced one weigh ing 30 tons. which drove a six ton armature $50 revolutions a minute by means of a direct con- nected steam engine.
 The dynamo is a device for trans lating the mechanical energy of steam engine into electric energy. The most effective dynamo in the world at that time was the Gram me-" which had only the efficiency of Al per cent. whereas the Edison dynamo translated 90 per cent of the steam power into electricity. The Jumbo" dynamo solved the problem of economically general ing electricity on huge scale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
Copyright, Ie,l. NEA Service, Inc.

needle. I was feeling the power of the sound waves on the needle when, all of a sudden, 1 raised my voice to a shout, and the needle stuck so hard that it drew blood from my finger.
 In an instant recalled the prin- ciple of my automatic telegraph and wondered if I couldn't make a rec ord of those sound waves and then have them re-transmitted. be- lieved that I could make the thing talk back to me"
 With his finger still feeling the prick of the needle on that dia- phragm, Edison sat down and quickly sketched in model of the device that was to catch the sound waves. He drew cylinder about which was to be wrapped tin foil to which was attached diaphragm with mouthpiece to talk into and needle protruding in the back and touching the cylinder. which was turned by crank. One of his as- sistants, James Mackenzie, the man who had taught Edison how to telegraph in his boyhood days and who was now a pensioned employe in his laboratory, looked at Edison's sketch and asked what it was for.
 What do you think it is for?" Edison asked.
 Mac replied that it looked like sausage filling machine.
 No" said Edison, that's going to talk"
 Now let us consider Edison as the unsuccessful, interesting figure. The first patent Edison ever took out was in 1868, on his Vote Re- corder. This device would enable congress to register a vote in al- most minute and place the results immediately on the desk of every congressman.
 Edison had high hopes in this. his first invention. There he was told that, If there is one invention that is not wanted in Washington that is the one Congress argued that it would prevent filibustering when the minority desired to hold up undesirable legislation by re- peated roll calls
 Edison took his first failure much to heart. He resolved that hence forth he would confine him. self to making inventions for which there was demand. Edison at one time became in terested in extracting electricity from coal. But his investigations were all failures.
 At another time Edison became absorbed in the problem of flying He became convinced that the fu- ture of aerial navigation would he determined by means of the hell copter-a form of flying machine that screws itself straight up into the air. He actually patented a form of helicopter. It came to nothing.
 These are only few of his fail- ures. He had many more. A mind as prolific as that of Edison was forever restless. It is self-evident that, with such an indefatigable worker and experimenter. there must have been failures. but what do they count when one considers his manifold successful inventions? :? NEXT-Edis0n's school days. .... Attempting to read an cn- tire library of books. "ScOop- ing" the big city ncwspaDcrs with he tiay Weekly Herald. His shyncss. Decorated by France as q commander of the Legion of Honor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

Major Hammer named the Ed!- son machine the "Jumbo" dyna- mo. The first two standard 30-ton Jumbo" Edison dynamos to cross the ocean were shipped to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

We are pleased to announce that on and after November first we will be located at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31
To Wills J. Bsllinser

Editors Note-This is the ninth of 12 exclusive stories on Thomas A. Edison by Major William Jos eph Hammer. his scientific asso- ciate and lifelong friend, who re- veals the human side of the great inventor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-31

NExT-Edis0n's school days. .... Attempting to read an cn- tire library Of books. =. "ScO0p- ing" the big city ncwspa ncrs with he tIsy Weekly Herald. His shyncss. Decorated by France as commander of the Legion of Honor.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-04-10
Zabavny vybor
VSETKYM UDoM A UDKY-
NAM MSS. v MAHONING DO
LINE DO LASK. POZORNOSTI,

Spojene Odbory N. s. s. V
Youngstown a na okoli usporia-
daju zabavny veGierok "Card
party' slovenskej Sokolovni, {.
319 Washington St., Youngstown,
v nedel'u veter, dina 10. apriIa O
8. hodine prospech novo sorga
nizovanej basebalovej 6aty, kto-
ra bude znama pod menom N. S,
S: Preto lctive pozTvame vSet
kych bratov a sestry n. S. s. a
v6bec vsetkEch Slovakov, aby
mas svojou navstevou poctili. ia
'dobrn zabavu ru6i vybor spoje
nych odborov.
Frank Vidumansky, zap
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-04-10
SEDLIACKY BAL v YOUNGs
TOWNE.
Usporiada ho spolok sv. L 'udmi.
ly, &. 325. 1KszJ. 13. aprila
skole Sv. Cyrilla a Methoda.

Uctive povolavame ct. sloven.
ske obecenstvo Youngstown a
okolitych osad, aby sa prisli me.
dzi mas zabavit'. Pravda, taky bal
sa uz odbyval inych osadach
ale v Youngstowne este ME a .ial,
to uz vse bolo, ze kazdom mie.
ste inaksia m6da, tax to i tn u
mas m6ze byt' nieco krajsieho
Kazdy, kto len m6ze, mech sa O.
blecie do sedliackych Stat a kto
bude najkrajsi, bude odmeneny
Vybor sa postaral 0 potrebne We
ci a zvlast' dobr1 muziku, kto-
ra vyhovie jak mladym tax sta
rym a nebude nikto banovat'. kto
sa tel zabavy z1castni. Hrat' bu-
dn Eddie belongs Collegians.
Vstupne 25c pre- danny a SOC pre-
panov. Myslfm, ze kazda ddkyna
tohto spolku Una, ze bude musiet'
"a vstupenku zaplatit', tax lepSie
zrobia, ked' sa kazda pride zaba-
Wit ! so svojou milou rodinkou.
yfber.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-04-10
OZNAMENIE sCH0DZE ssK,

Clevelandsky Diecezalny Sbol
Sdruzenia Slovenskych Katolikov
bude vydrziavat' svoju riadnu
mesacnil schodzu nedel'u veGer
26. aprila 0 pol 8. hodine, vo vel'-
kej sieni pod kostolom Sv. Mar,
tina ma Vychodnej %. ulici SEQ.
vile Ave. Uctive povolavame "a
stupcov osad, osadnych odbociek
SSK, iiradnikov a 1radnieky vse-
tkych katolickych slovenskych
spolkov V Clevelande, Lakewood
a okolici.
Ma tejto schodzi bnde sa roko.
vat odpuste k Panne Marii LIE.
vocskej, Observation-Disclosures
Slavnosti, verejnom koncerte a
o inych vaznych veciach. Pre- tie
a inc prfciny je nutno potrebne
aby vsetky osady, odbo6ky SSK
a muzskf zensk6 spolky boIy
zastnpene. s i1ctou
Urad Cleve. Diecez. sb. ssK
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-04-10
OTVoRENIE BUDOVY
OHIO EDISON co

V sobotn, IL. aprila cd 2. do 10.
hodiny vecer bude slavnost' otvo-
renia novel vel'kolepej lradov-
nej budovy Ohio Edison Compa-
ny, ktora sa nachodi ma rohu
Boardman Champion ulic. V
tito dobu budova bude otvorena
pre- obecenstvo a nradnici "a
mestnanci spolocnosti budn mu
k sluzbam. Pri tel prilezitosti bu-
de vel 'ka vFstava rozmanitych E.
lektrickych pristrojov a pom6cok,
vIstavka svetla od jeho zaciatkov
az po najmodernejsiu ziarovku e.
lektricku "colorama", ktore
barvi so svetlom, ako al najnov-
sieho vzoru neonovy letecky ma
jak. Bude ukazovana rychlost'
svetla mnohe inc pou6ne "a
ujlmave veci. Tiez budl davan6
pamatne darky a preukazovane
bud1 najnovsie vynalezy elek-
trickom domacom priemysli. Obe-
'cestvo le srdecne pozvant. Vchod
do bndovy pocas slavnosti bude
Champion ulice vVchod do
Boardman ulice.
Stavba novel budovy zapocata
bola V marci 1890. Budova nary
sovana bola youngest stownskou d.
viziou Allied Engineers, Inc, n
pracovali ma jej stavbe miestni
robotnici.
Stavba dala zamestnanie mno.
hym tunajsim robotnikom, ktori
pracovali spolu 100000 hodin 60
Sa rovna zamestnaniu 100 muzoy
"a cely rok. Mile v Youngstowne
robenIch ciev a rtir a tony TN
VyrobeneJ ocele, cimentu, tehly a
lnFeh stavebnych latok dalo do
datocnd pracu mnohym miest-
nym rObotnikom.
Architektonicky budova :ie led
noducha, ale uhl'adna n6e)na
okrem rozmanitych uradnych
mlestnosti, je tam i auditorium O
go Sedadlach, kde sa budl od-
byvat schodze a preukazovat' no.
We stroJe a pom6cky. Strecha bu-
dovy bude osvetlena 1890 lampa.
mn bude tam ohromna tabnla
S menom "Ohio Edison' $ neono-
wynn osvetlenlm, ktora bude vi
dltelna ma poldruhej mile.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-04-10
sCH6DZA 6. 80. I. X. s. Z, J

Spolok Sv. Amy, 6. 80. IKsZJ
bude odbyvat' svtrt' -roGn1 sch0.
dzu v nedel'u, II. aprila, ma kto-
rel preeitana bude zprava o fl.
nancnom pokroku nasho spouu
Tiez bude vypracovany plan ma
zadovazenie prostriedkov, z kto.
rych sa budd platit' prfspevky
"a ndkyne, ktore ME sd vstave
teraz platit'. Preto je vel mi po-
trebne, ably sa ma sch6dzu do.
stavily vsetky idkyne nasho spoil
ku; menovite tie, ktorych sa, po-
jednavanie bude tykat', ably mo-
hly povedat', ci budii tym spo-
kojne. Udkyne, ktore dlhuj1 Wy.
Sc diva mesiace, povinne sd ma
tejto schodzi sa ohlasit' lebo ak
nepridu ma. sch0dzu, budd vyld.
Gene tohto mesiaca.
SO sesterskym pozdravom,
Maria G. slifka. preds.