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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
FORGOTTEN REMEDIES
(Hartford Courant.)

A man in Texas is said to lave 8 corner in rattlesnake oil and now discovers that 1t is of no value to
 him. Three years ago, he was told that rattlesnake oil was worth $10O a gallon. He embarked on a rattle snake hunt with such success that
 he secured 8 quart of oil, only to
 learn that there was no market for
 it. In response to his letter of in- quiry, the government has informed
 him that "the enforcement of the
 food and drug law has put the snake oil doctors out. of business. They
 used to claim that this oil was good for bruises. sprains. rheumatism gout and other ailments. but careful analysis has proved that man
 might as well rub water on his ach-
 ing joints"
 There goes another illusion, and we can see that still others have to mind instantly, so far as Con- |necticut is concerned, is skunk's oil. Fit may be said for the benefit of a generation which knows naught of | 1t that this oil should not be asso-
 ciated with the odori characteristic of the skunk. It was nearly if not quite odorless, but 1t was oily be- lyond imagination. Of course ii
 rubbed in it was "good" for. rheu-
 matism' and for many other things. Croupy children were anointed
 with it. If they had a severe cold it was again applied to their throats,
 the rubbing in being a part of the
 ritual which could not be omitted
 Still if an emergency arose. and
 skunk's oil was not at hand hen oil was utilized. and generally the child survived. On the whole. these oils
 were more popular than were the liniments which one bought at the
 grocery store at almost any time be- tween the surrender of Lee and the first election of Cleveland.
 Perhaps the rubbing had much to do with the relief which came to the
 sufferer, but we surmise that faith in the remedy had more to do with the cure. Confidence in the treat
 ment and in the person administer ing it has been responsible for many recoveries, though the fact is often ignored in favor of the remedy taken or applied. Now we are compelled to place our faith in pill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
CRUELTY IN MOVIES
fNew Haven Register. !

Script, a publication devoted to the motion picture industry con- tains an editorial signed by its pub fisher in which he declares that the uncalled- for slaughter of tame and half tame animals to provide thrill CTS for movie 7 fanss should be stopped, and in this sentiment should have the support of all right thinking people. MT Wagner in the course of his editorial declares that lions which have been bred in con- finement and know nothing at all of wild life are thrown before the camera and prodded or shocked with electricaily charged wires to make them appear wild then shot to give color to jungle pictures"
 He instances an occasion when one of these "wild lions" was tossed into a ring with timid little gazelle and was so frightened that he start ed to run and was pursued by the gazelle all over the lot before he was captured either by the gazelle or the willing helpers of the director and recaged. It ha been intended that he should eat up the gazelle to give a thrilling climax to picture.
 Further along it Is said that the cameramen who ''shot" the picture "Tradar Horn" were sickened by the slaughter of tame animals in the filming of that picture in Mexico. where directors stage these scenes So as to be outside the laws of the as far as being located In Africa was United States against cruelty to aIli. ,mhls. That the pictures were faked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

Once upon a time the red-cheeked school- boy learned that the sun never sets on Great Britain. its territorial possessions being So ex- tensive that they circle the globe. Now the National Geographic Society claims that the sun never sets on the United States during five and one-half months of every year. Consider the widely scattered units over which the Stars and Stripes wave. and some time honored geographic statements have to be revived until they sound like believe-it- or-not' series says bulletin issued by the society. And Smith County. Kansas isn't the geographic center of the United States. To be exact it would have to be placed some where in Hawaii. Eastport, Maine. claims the honor of being the most eastern point in the United States. However. since we own the Virgin Islands. St Croix. where Santa Cruz rum was once made. now holds the title. Of course we can't account for those other SIX and one-half months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
In To-day's Mail. A Question in Syntax

Editor Democrat:
 Suddenly pr Leiva was struck over the head with butt end, of pistol" ,sa
 The above sentence refers to the assault on Senor Leiva, counselor oi Fl Salvador legation at Washington ID. C., on May IS, when he was brulally attacked by thugs. Now |any person who has even a, little
 knowledge of syntax knows that 1t lis impossible to strike anybody lover the head" Yet have read this |same ridiculous expression many times in great New York news
 paper, and also have read it on pre- vious occasions in papers published in this state and city. The original offender, and 1t has come down the |ages from away back, was of course. |some very illiterate reporter.
 The ease with which errors in spelling, punctuation, syntaX. and division of words at the ends of lines occur, is often likely due to the hurry of this machine age, or to the short work day of those who labor in newspaper plant.
 The old days of the compositor. |or hand type setter, was longer and slower day. It was also a day
  old timer was a fine speller, pune |tuator and reasoner. He was also Il very discerning manuscript reader. The "copy'' was all written stuff, no |typewriter's clean pages eased his sore finger ends or added any balm to his weary day of setting up" and throwing in.'' And he or she had la great pride in this work, looking always to correct spelling. punctua- |tion and word division. They would not dare let i'll spacing or division of such a word as into" at the end of a line, in fact they had rule never to divide such word IS a proposition or an adverb. Also, the Ieditor held them to this rule. Proof readers had '.all seeing" eyes, for many times they aided the weary comps or scolded if the forms were held up.
 The editors were the main springs of the whole plant. directing, writ ing, laboring at the stone or press, and always Joining in the vocal con certs which helped to pass many a tedious day. once knew such an office.
 D. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

concerned the public undoubtedly guessed, but they now learn that the jungle noises' such as roars of lions and other sounds emitted by wild life are also faked and made by machinery in studios after the slaughter. of the tame beasts has been accomplished over the Mexican line.
 We assume that this article is based on fact. It is published in a periodical of standing and signed by the editor of the publication. There fore we can take cognizance of it. This being true we feel that it is time that the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to. Animals or some other organization undertook to put a stop to the disgraceful epi- sodes that have so far been regard ed as daring exploits of daring men in dangerous pursuit, of man-killing animals in their native lands. The American people enjoy being fooled, apparently. They have stood con- victed of this weakness ever since the days of the late lamented Phil meas T. Barnum. They are not. however, to be fooled at such cost. They demand that all such cruelties in pictures be abandoned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES
(Hartford TImes.)

Connecticut supports the theory that deserving judges should be re- appointed. It also accepted the req soning of Governor Cross that one political party ought not to monop- olize the judgeships and treat them entirely as partisan patronage as the republican organization has done in case of the court of common pleas. Hence it had no disapproval when the governor decided. to substitute Edward J. Quinn. democrat, for Frederick w. Huxford, of Stamford, in the common pleas court of Fair field county. and Edward J. Finn, of Waterbury, for Judge Harry A. Beardsley in the judicial district of Waterbury.
 Governor Crosss nominations were marked by a wise discretion and the legislature which has now supported him In the matter after much backing and filling was well advised iu so doinx.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY s ghKA
THE TRAINING CAMPS

On May 15, 1917. sixteen camps for the training of officers were opened in various parts of the United States, the numbers of trainees in attendance being 10000.
 The camps were scattered through out the country so as to afford the opportunity of entrance and training with the least inconvenience and ex- pense of travel. Officers previously commissioned in the reserve corps were required to attend the camps, and, in addition, about 30,O00 se- lected candidates were accepted from among the much greater num- Der who applied for admission.
 These camps were organized anu conducted under the supervision of department commanders; applicants were required to state their quail fications and rough apportionment was attempted among the candidates to the several states.
 At the conclusion of the camp, 27,341 officers were commissioned and directed to report at the places selected for the training of the new army. By this process the national army need for officers was satisfied and the roster of the regular army filed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

In any discussion of old age pensions we must remember that Connecticut IS already partly committed to them. State Senator William H. Hackett of New Haven brought out this point "Wednesday when the Senate defeated the old age bill by the close vote of 17 to l6. The senator remarked that Con- necticut now pensions state employees and wid- ows. In extending the pension system to the aged the system would merely be expanded. And after the exhaustive study of pensions that the Cheney commission recently made the state should not need to appoint still more commissions to study the matter. Of course it requires deliberation. but not proerastina- tion. ,ss &.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
THE LAME DUCK" RESOLUTION
,(Hartford Courant.)

After years of delay the house has adopted a so-called flame duck resolution to amend the Constitution So As to reduce the thirteen-month interval which now so often obtains between the election of a congress and the time when it takes office. A example of this interval is now to be seen in the fact that the congress which was elected last November will not take office until next De- cember-assuming that there is no extra session. This interval was pro . vided to allow for the slowness of travel in the early days of the republic; in these days of rapid transit it is highly unnecessary.
 The resolution passed by the house would cause the presidentsand vice.
 president to take office on January
 "A instead of on March 4. Congress would convene at least once a year,
 beginning on January instead of on the first Monday in December, as is now provided. The delay is thus reduced from thirteen months to two. With unimportant variations in dates these provisions are similar to those of the Norris resolution, which was passed several times by the senate, the last time being June
 2, 1929.
 Because of the general desirability of the Norris resolution the house has been criticized for having waited so many years before acting on the
 measure. If the only change effect ed by the Norris resolution were in
 removing the thirteen-month inter-
 val this impatience at the house would be easy to understand. But the fact seems to have escaped cer- tain critics that the Norris resolu- ton, as passed by the senate in 1929, effected another important change. This consisted in setting no time limit at all on the sessions of con- gress. Under the present system congress must end it's session on March 4 in the. .odd-numbered years.
 It's next session thereafter does not occur until December. If 1t is to sit in the interim fit can do so only at the call of the president. SR
 Speaker Longworth, properly crit ical of this feature of the Norris res- olution, has successfully altered it on i the floor of the house. Instead of the possibility of perpetually sitting congress, as envisaged by Senator Norris, MT Longworth, backed by the | lOu66 dlIlclQSu t1tC ACSOAuSAOu 0V eNo | to perpetuate the short session sys- tenn which now exists. According to his amendment, the meeting of con- gress in each even-numbered year
 ''shall not continue after noon on the 4th day of May" The short ses-
 sion would thus be preserved, length ened by one month.
 The resolution now goes into con- | ference. If agreement is reached and a resolution is adopted by both houses, consent of three-fourths of the states within a seven-year period
 must be obtained before it becomes operative. This should furnish am- pie opportunity for public discussion. It is to be hoped that favorable ac- ton will be taken on this measure.
 As amended by MT Longworth 1t
 promises a valuable improvement in | conversational government. il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
Falconry For Eagles

An American eagle is on its way to Eng land. the possession of Captain C. w. R. Knight, lecturer and naturalist. Capt Knight plans to teach falconry. The captain already has golden eagle, native of Scotland with which he hunts. This is thought to be the first time. however. that an American eagle has been trained for this sport.
 Falconry for some reason. has never been an American sport. It has been popular in Europe. Asia and Africa since ancient times. in some countries being traced back 1000 years B. C. Although it has been very little practised since the invention of guns, author ities on the subject say it has never been even temporarily extinct. Just now faleonry seems to be increasingly popular in England. If that American eagle proves great success in the sport. other eagles may have to follow it across the water. Then faleonry may be introduced to this country; or new problem in the protection of American eagles may be introduced here
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

We are in hearty accordance with the recommendations of the George Washington bicentennial tree planting committee for Connecticut. Meeting this week at Connec- ticut Agricultural College the committee voted to ask the state park and forest commission that some area in Connecticut be designated as the George Washington Memorial Forest. Of course this does not mean that the state must acquire new land for this purpose. Any portion of existing state forests could be des- ignated in this fashion. Up at the Peoples state forest there are certain portions named after donors, for example the Harris White more camp site. And might We suggest that perhaps the state might choose to call part of High Rock the George Washington Memorial Forest. Inasmuch as it is our newest state forest it might be thus honored and at the same time signal honor paid to the memory of the late Harris Whttemore of Naugatuck whose splendid interest in the state park and forest commission was largely responsible for the acquisition of High Rock Another pro- posal of the state committee was that every town should acquire and operate forest to be named the George Washington Memorial Forest Anything to encourage town forests. The idea ought to spread in this country. but 1t dossn't seem to catch the fancy at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
Personal Health SerUice
 (By William Brady. M. D. '

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by pr Brady. Ad. dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

l
 I have found that Broadway and Hollywood hold nothing but the fteshpots. Knapp, "the most beautiful girl in the world
 A dictator produces better head lines than democracy, but in the rest of the story the advantage Is the other way.--Walter. s. Clifford. F I am proud of it.--Serge Rach- maninoff, Russian composer whose works have been banned by Rus sia.
 Content-the absolute resignation to things as they are-is not nor nal state of mind. It is fatalistic. There is virtue in making the best Of things, but that is cheerful acs ceptance.-Mary Roberts Rinehart.
 Health is a matter of backbone and it's more important to Sa man than jaWboneeDr A. !. MorreIis |Westminsters Md.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

Cultivated spring flowers, such as the tulip. hyacinth janquil daffodil. etc, are lingering longer with us this year than they have in many And the reason is. of course. the cool weather, Warm days, or, warn, rains. soon cause these flowers, especially the tulip, to go to seed In this kind of weather they will thrive for weeks and weeks. However,. too much rain will keep the annuals and per- ennials back. if it doesn't rot them entirely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S.32 o'clock Daylight saving tine) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

Emigration from this country now exceeds immigration. Plans are being made in Wash ington for further reduction of immigrant quotas. Won't we be owing people to Europe?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
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 WHAT THE EDITORS THIS STATE AND ELSEWHERE HAVE SAY ABOUT THIS. THAT AND THE OTHER THING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15
Good evening.
 WE'RE GROWING OLD
..A sMlLEs THD THING.

When: our. rheumy eyes keep
 dropping x
 Like an old Saint Bernard hound, And our glasses never fit us.
 No matter how they're ground, 2 When our once abundant hair crop Disappears as in a night. While its color turns from darkness 5 Toa Heaven born silver white We're growing old. boy. devilish !. old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-15

When we try to put our uppers
 Where the lower ones should be. When no more we eat late suppers,
 And we even cut out tea, When the past keeps rising upward Like the bubbles on brook. And we hover near the cupboard. ]; Just to see what we can hook We're growing old. boy, devilish z G@ old. Sz@
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
EXPLORER TO MAP
ARCTIC BY PLANE
Macmillan to Leave Polar Ship for
Flight Over Unexplored Parts
of Labrador.
Nv the Associated Pre-!

BY the Associated Press.
WIsCASSET, Maine, June 27.-The
Schooner Bowdoin starts for northern
Labrador for its eighth season today
with Lieut.. Comdr. Donald B. McMil-
Ian. explorer and lectures, at the helm.
But instead of commanding the
sturdy little vessel throughout the trip,
the veteran explorer will leave her at
the mouth of the Sheepscot River to-
night or tomorrow and little over a
week from now take-off from Rockland
by e;rplane,
The plane is to be used by Mcmillan
to map 5000 square miles Of uneXplored
territory in northern Labrador
The Mcmillan expedition will CO.
operate with Sir Wilfred Grenfen and
the scientific expedition of DR.. Alex
ender Forbes, who sailed from Boston
last week.
Six college youths were among the
Bowdcin's crew of Is. They included
, Hoffman and Ned Brown. Chicago; and
Alvin Buchenburg, Toledo, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
WN-TO-DUSK FLIGHT !:
TO CROSS LOWER u. S
PilotsBlevins, Atlanta, to Take Mr.
and Mrs. Asa G.. Gambler, Jr.,
from Los Angeles.
~ the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. juno 27.-Beeler B,evins,
Atlanta pilot, today announced plans
for a Gawn-to-ousk flight across the
southern part CT the United States,
from Los Angeles to Jacksonville. with
Mr., and Mrs. Asa G. Gambler, jr., of
Atlanta as passengers.
Rlevins said the flight would take
place in about two weeks, and would
per hour.
The plane will be delivered to the
PARTY at Burbank, Calf Blevins said
he planned to leave Los Angeles at the
first streak CT dawn ard fly nonstop
to some Teas city. Big Spring. Fort
Worth or Dallas, refuel and take of
for Jacksonville. The distance rs ab1ut
2,100 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
SLAYERS OF NARCOTIC.
RUNNER GIVEN LIFE
Two Acquitted Of Buckley Kill
ing Sentencei-Women Jurors
Coilarse.
b. the Associa ted Press.

DETROIT, June 27.-Freed two
months ago of charges of Staying Gerald
E. Buckley. Detroit radio announcer,
Ted Pizzino ana Angelo Livecchi to-
right were under sentences of life in
the State prison on charges of the
shooting of William Cannon, Chicago
narcotic runner.
a jury that deliberated more than
73 hours found them guilty of second
degree murder late today and the life
sentences were pronounced Immediately.
Three women jurors in the case COL
1apsed as the verdict was read. De-
Tense attorneys said they would demand
an Investigation, charging the women
were 'browbeaten into agreement" with
the rest of the jury.
Cannon and George Collins were shot
TO death in front of the LIZ Sale Hotel
last July 8. 1t was in the lobby of the
same hotel that Buckley, announcer for
radio Station WMBC. was slain % days
later. Pizzino. Livecchi and Joe Romar-
rito were tried and acquitted in the
Buckley case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Full Rigger Stirs
Memories of Past
AS Voyage Begins
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Queenly
and aloof, a strange craft in this
word of steam and steel, the
Tusitala, one of the last Of the
full Tiggers, cleared New York
harbor today Honolulu bound.
Aboard was her owner, James
A. Farrell, president of the United
States Steel Corporation, who,
with Christopher Morley. writer,
saved the vessel from the scrap
heap some time ago.
Farrell left the ship with her
pilot at Sandy Hook and her
skipper, Capt. James Barker,
veteran seaman, steered the TuSi-
tala's nose for her 100-day trip
to the Midpaciflc.
The TuSitala carried freight.
She was built in 1883.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Church Plans Dance.

OXON HILL, Md. June 81 Especially.
The annual chicken dinner and
dance. will be held at st. Barnabas
ChurShs August /. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

Five-year-old Johnnie Kicks of 'Ad-
dlestone, England. who exhibits his
pony in circus tricks, is winning prizes
at horse shows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
LIGHT PARTICLES
PROOF ANNOUNCED
Nobel Prize Winner DiSCoV-
ers Wave Characters in
Tests With Gases.

Bv the Associated Press.
CALCUTTA, India, June 27.-Sir
Chandrasekhara Yenkata, this years
Nobel prize winner in physics, an
nounces discovery of proof that light
consists of particles possessing additional
attribute of angular motion, which
hitherto. have been regarded as theo-
retical.s
He made the discovery by expert
ments in scattering light in gases to
determine the state of polarization and
molecular spin.
LIGHT WHIZZING AND CURVES.
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