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The Washington times., 1931-09-30
LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

proceed with 100 per cent force
and enthusiasm. He was al
ways making inner reservations
keeping an eye out for trouble
questioning the wisdom OF his
own act. He was already half
licked-FOR HE HAD KNOW
LEDGE THAT HE COULD BE
LICKED. There was nothing
mysterious about his failure. He
was like a man trying to dig
a ditch with one hand tied
behind him. Half Of his fight
ing force was tied by fear.
Confidence in Power
The woman has no such han
dicap. She refuses to consider
the possibility of failure. She
knows, of course, that there are
as many arguments AGAINST
doing the thing she contem-
plates as there are arguments
FOR doing it. But what good
will it do her to consider those
arguments? It will only waste
her time and chill her ardour.
If she is going to succeed, she
needs to have perfect confidence
in her own power and in the
thing she is about to do. And
so she puts prudence aside. :.
won't stop, look and listen. o..
r1lsheS ahead. ON FIRE WITH
FAITH.
Her success is no more myS-
FERROUS than the mans failure.
She digs her ditch with BOTH
her hands and all her heart.
Her decision was reckleSs-the
mans decision was wise. But
she backed her decision with
FAITH and the man backed his
with FEAR. AND FAITH
WON.
I've learned a lot about liv-
ing by watching those two peo-
pie. They are not exceptions.
The same thing always works.
Why do the wicked so often
flourish and the good so fire.
quently get it in the neck?
Because the wicked HAVE
FAITH IN WHAT THEY'RE
DOING and the good are just
acting nice and trying to keep
out of trouble.
Why does. youth so often
win where cautious old age
y y
and age has learned to FEAR.
Remember that old saying
Fools rush in where angels
fear to tread?" I thought that
a wise saying once. I don't any
more. The longer I live the.
more I'm convinced that THE
FOOLS KNOW THEIR STUFF
AND THE ANGELS MISS A
LOT.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Domestic Freedom

news item from Moscow gives the impression that the
novelty easy divorce in Soviet Russia is wearing off, The
of this wearing off you appraise for yourself
In 1923 there 800 divorces for every 1000 marriages.
Just 20 per cent of those marrying remaining that
state In 1880 there 636 divorces for every 1000
ge So far this year there have been $50 divorces per
1000 marriages
There is some falling off in divorces it is true but it
Is appalling of affairs when $50 divorces follow
each 1000 marriages.
The political theories of Russian Communists radical
enough but it is terrible thing that there is little
sancy in domestic life Laws that permit this state of affairs
degrading to who must abide by them They do
not directly egaze polygamy but it amounts little ee
because Russian male bring about domestic conditions
that will enable him to divorce many he wants.
taking wives at frequent intervals.
Marriage and divorce offices scattered all Russia
Couples married today may return the office and be
divorced tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Our Merchant Marine

The action of the Federal Shipping Board deciding
to retain United States Ship Lines under American control
will be gratifying to every patriotic citizen.
It the desire of the international Mercantile Ma
rne acquire these great merchant vessels following the
them At once three American shipping magnates began
campaign such action and offered take
the liners and retain them under the American flag.
An agreement has yet been entered into but the
nouncement of the Shipping Board that the Chapman
Dollar interests have their contention keep
the American merchant under the Stars and Stripes
There been much felt throughout the country
because of persistent efforts to scrap the American marine
by the Shipping Board during the last few years That has
dessed from destroying entirely will afford sasfac
ton at least to thoughtful Americans.
The latest plan to keep vessels entirely owned and
controlled in this country. .....
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
It Remembered Her

Money breeds money though the owners Of money some
times forget it.
You may recently that Miss Laurette Taylor the
actress has thousand dollars than she thought she had
Fifteen years ago her brother before he left for France and
World War; put $500 in the Union Dime Savings Bank to
her credit The brother has since died. and Miss Taylor did
not remember his gift the money lay there, accommodating
interest each day.
This week somebody Miss Taylors name among the
unclaimed balances published in the New York State Bull
etin She notified and after search she found her old
Compound interest had almost doubled the original
deposit
Miss Taylor probably the first that forgot
thousand dollars She not the first person. however who
has forgotten the Of money to grow safely put away
and untouched for period of years.
tie up all your money in savings, assuming you have
any money up Spend when prices are low as they are
now. That is the best economy.
keep always in the savings bank for emergencies
and take the thought that whether you work or
not that money is always working for YOU
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

I know a man who prides
himself on making the most
sensible decisions. He always
weighs and ponders every
problem which presents itself,
looks at every side Of the ques-
ton, considers all the risks and
obstacles involved.
Now, you'd think that de-
cisions made as carefully as
that would succeed, wouldn't
you? But they don't. In spite
of all these elaborate precau-
lions, this man never seems to
get anywhere. Someone is
always outsmarting him-grab-
bling off the prizes while he
pauses to "stop, look and
listen"
On the other hand, I know
a woman who makes the most
outlandish decisions. She never
seems to do any serious think
ing, never stops to consider
consequences, just barges in,
on impulse. regardless of risk.
wouldn't you think she'd come
to grief? But she doesn't.
For some amazing reason,
almost everything she tackles
succeeds. She takes the Graz
lest chances, does the most I'M
precedented things-and gets
by with them! Everyone calls
it "Marion's luck"
Luck" MyStified Me
For a long time, I couldn't
understand this mystery. II
irritated me. Why should such
a scatterbrained person have
''luck" like that while careful,
serious people failed? It was
against all the rules. -. terribly
unfair. But gradually I began
to understand
It wasn't just fools luck
just "happenstance." There was
a sound reason why this reck-
less woman's plans succeeded
and the careful mans failed.
Her decisions might seem
idiotic and his might seem wise
but that wasn't the point.
The decision, in itself, mattered
little. IT WAS THE FEELING
BEHIND THE DECISION
THAT MATTERED.
What feeling lay behind the
mans decisions? Prudence. But
prudence is only a fancy name
for fear. That man made his
decisions in fear. His mind was
filled with thoughts of failure
as well as thoughts of success.
When he started to act, that
thought of failure unconsciously
cramped his style. He couldn't
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
WildneSS of Statement

One great curse of humanity is wdness of statement ire
sponsbity in hurtful utterances. ..,.'
We are still having much of it in the charges of certain
leader about the American Legion convention having
been drunken orgy" The follows his asser-
ons by wholesale throwing vriol on everybody that dis
agree with him to prohibition.
Mrs Mccormick an able fine of great intellect and
power described Judas Iscariot" on the drv issue
and Senator Morrow of New Jersey elected to the SEN
ate not because he was wet but because he was the
fatherin-aw of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
Bitter personalities entirely of place in the fight
for against prohibition There certainly enough facts
to supply argument When prohibition leaders begin using
ytro they indicate losing Biting tongues loose
accusations lasting impression convince nobody
Calling Names making nsinuaons is the easiest thing
in me It is last thing that loser to-
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
TIMES TEST

Mark each statement as true
or false:
/. The Bots de Boulogne is
in Vienna.
2. The Eiffel Tower is the
highest in the world.
3. Sarah Bernhardt is buried
in Westminster Abbey.
4. The Peace Treaty Of the
Great War was signed in
Paris.
5. The present Pope has been
in office since 1922.
6. The Egyptian Pyramids
were built to commemorate
wars.
7. An allegory is a war song.
8. The Pacific Ocean was once
called this South Sea.
9. A place for storing weapons
is called an abattoir.
10. Bankruptcy is inability to
pay debts.
Match correctly:
II. Milan
birthplace Of Dante
IL. Genoa
built on small islands
10. Florence
chief seaport Of Italy
IA. Trieste
capital Of Lombardy
Is. Venice
belonged to Austria until 1919
ANSWERS ON Magazine PaseD
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

with which the President has
come in contact.
When the present tariff act,
which has dealt a deadly blow
to foreign trade, and driven
American factories beyond our
tariff wall where foreign labor
can be employed by American
capital, was before Congress, it
was driven through by an cor
gained minority"
Public sentiment was over
whelmingly against it. Three
fourths of the press, regardless
of party persuasion, was against
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
WISE WORDS

Still achieving, still pursuing.
Learn to labor and to wait.
-Longfellow.
All things come around to
him who will but wait.
-Longfellow.
There is, however, a limit at
which forbearance ceases to be
a virtue. Burke.
To pity distress is but human;
to relieve it is godlike.
Mann.
A mother who boasts two
boys was never accounted rich.
Browning.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
ORGANIZED MinOrities

The President has issued a
statement. apropos of the &C.
ton Of the American Legion in
refusing to take a stand in
favor Of bonus legislation, in
which he warns against a raid
on the Treasury this winter.
The statement is misleading in
one respect. He says that had
all the plans to meet the pres
ent crisis proposed in the last
Congress been adopted it would
have cost the Government ST.
100000, 900.
Many Of these plans were
Implications, and had one been
adopted the other would not
have been. But in every Con.
greSs, if all the bills intro
duced and providing for local
improvements in rivers, harbors,
public buildings, and so forth,
had been passed, 1t would have
cost billions Of dollars.
The President evidently Is
more alarmed by this than
members Of Congress who un-
derstand that many such bills
are introduced by individual
members on the request of
constituents and are never
pressed by the author of the
bill or given a moments con-
sheraton by House or Senate.
AS a Usual thing Congress saves
the public great sums of money
by reducing the demands of ex-
ecutive departments. This hap
pens in almost every session.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
it. Practically all economists

it. Practically all economists
were against it.
But there was an organized
minority" consisting Of the
few industries that hoped to
be the beneficiary that was
behind it, and its representa-
tive, Mr.. Grundy, served no
tice that this organized mi
nority" having contributed lib
orally to a campaign fund,
expected to get what he con-
ceived they had bought, and
the President took his stand
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
AStrOlOger Predicts Beer

scientific astrologer of Hoboken NJ j. predicts that
President Hoover will out for light wines and beer and
the sensible part of his statement is this:
Prohibition has made white slaves today than
there black slaves before and during the civil war
Fortune telling arologsts do not any beer and wine
The stars They are guessing possibly hs right sids
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Demanded Restoration Of
The Tobacco Tax

~~~A~A~N~AS~~N~ GS~N1SOA s~SAOAA Va
The Tobacco Tax
This continued until 1909
seven years. Then Senator Bev.
eridge, acting upon a startling
and fascinating report of the
commissioner Of corporations on
the Tobacco Trust, demanded the
restoration of the tax, to COM
pei the trust, which had been
collecting a tax from the con-
sumerS and keeping it, to pay
it into the Treasury.
The organized minority had
its lobbyists in Washington by
the score, but the speech ex-
posing the whole thing by Bev-
eridge made action necessary.
But when the bill came out of
conference there vas a reduc-
ton of the tax. and only about
half of what the trust was col
lecting went into the Treasury.
The organized minority" kept
the other half.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
President Stood With
An "Organized Minority"

AM OIKdMIEGU MIMUFIIy
The complaint of the PreSi-
dent against organized minori-
ties has more substance. But
these organized minorities are
not all concerned with appro-
priations from the Treasury.
Nor are these the only ones
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

AVJs
Another Striking
Illustration
Another illustration of what
organized minorities have done
to the Treasury: At the time
of the Spanish-American war,
when everything was being
taxed, a tax amounting to as
much as $2O,0O0,000 a year
was laid on tobacco products.
Since we so often act upon
the theory that, however much
the powerful are taxed, the
consumer must pay it so as
not to reduce the profits on
the watered stock. Congress
graciously permitted the To
bacco Trust to give short
weight packages to the con"
sumers. Thomas F. Ryan and
an organized minority saw to
that.
Then in 1902 the war taxes
were repealed, but the autnori-
zation to sell Short-weight pack
ages was continued. The I'M
informed majority did not know
what was going on.
Few members of Congress un-
derstood the significance Of
what was taking place. But the
organized minority" knew that
the $20,000,0O0 it had been col
lecting from the consumers and
paying into the Treasury would
continue to be collected from
the consumers and paid into
the Golfers of the trust.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
By Claude G. Bowers

with this organized minor
ity."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
BANKING BOARD
 OF PRESIDENT
 TOSTART WORK
To Develop S5OO,OO0,0OO Relief Corp - Experts Drawing Up Board and Its Requirements Now

New York, October 8 - CUP)- The committee of New York bank CTS appointed at President Hoover's request to develop $500.000,0 00O bank relief corporation probably will begin actual operations within ten days.
 George L. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, announced today the plans of the committee were turned over to legal experts with instructions to draw up a broad and compre- hensive charter as soon as possi- ble.
 Members of the group, appoint ed by Harrison yesterday. are Mor- timer N. Buckner, chairman. pres ident of the New York clearing house and chairman of the New York Trust Company; Charles S. Mccain of the Chase National Bank; Harry E. Ward. president of the Irving Trust Company; George W. Davidson. president of the Gen. tral Hanover Bank and Trust Com pany; Herbert P. Howell, presi. dent of the Commercial National Bank and Trust Company; and Gordon S. Rentschler, president o1 the National City Bank.
 The committee held two meet ings yesterday, but none of the plans drawn up were disclosed.
 The members of the committee are all officers of the New York Clearing House Association member banks of which have mel time and demand deposits of $7,- 500, ,OO0, 900. The clearing banks already have pledged 2 per cent oi these deosits. or $150,000.0O0 to. ward the projected $5O0,oo0,oot fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
EDISON SHOWS
 STRENGTH AS
 HIS END WEARS
Vitality of Dying Inventor Amazes Physician-Did Not Sleep We'll Last Night

West Orange. N. JUL, Oct G. (UP)-Thomas A. Edison, whose death is believed to be only a mat ter of a brief time, is showing tre- mendous vitality in his quiet strug- gle against ever-growing weakness.
 The aged inventor did not sleep we'll last night though he ate . fair breakfast this morning. He did not appear any weaker.
 The official bulletin issued by his physician, Dr Hubert S. Howe, fol- lows:
 "Mr Edison had a restless night. He ate a fair breakfast and does not appear to be any weaker than last night. His vitality is amaz- ing
 While Edison dies slowly, there is none of the quiet and sombre- ness which ordinarily goes with an- ticipated death. People and their many activities whirl about the quiet Edison home in wooded, ex- elusive Llewellyn park. If Edison were an ordinary man, he could die and not make a ripple. But man who created mechanics that chang ed the complete course of existence can not die that way.
 Edison's home is a rambling red brick structure which is set we'll back from the park drive with clusters of trees at each side. In a roomy upstairs bedroom that overlooks a sweep of lawn, Edison lies, heavily inert, in bed. Nurses are in attendance day and night. Mrs. Edison, who has been his most constant companion. since deafness made his world silent one, is al- ways with him. or nearby. She is the only one who si able to arouse him from a condition his doctors describe as ''lethargic."
 Because of the peculiar pitch of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
HOME OWNER IS NEXT THOUGHT
 OF PRESIDENT
Plan of Real Estate Fi- nance Discussed at White House Confer ence Yesterday
By PAUL R. MALLON

Washington, oct s.-UP)-A plan to remove some existing bur dens from the man whose home ts mortgaged is being formulated by President Hoover for presentation to congress in December.
 Ten leading bankers, real estate men and insurance executives met with MT Hoover and Secretary of Commerce Lamont yesterday. They discussed principally a plan of real estate finance, embodying a proposal for a central mortgage re- discount bank. government super vased, which would float bonds for public sale and handle real estate mortgages. This plan previously had been submitted to the presi. dents conference on home build ing and home ownership by the National Association fo Real Estate 8oards.
 Mfr Hoover's conferees reached no definite agreement. Those who met with him for the most part were members of the finance com mittee of his housing conference, The real estate men favored the Central Mortgage Rediscount bank. Building and Loan association men opposed 1t.
 From the results, however. Mir Hoover is convinced a concrete finance arrangement for home building will be presented to him by the conferees before his hous- ing conference meets December 2. The president will have ample time to submit the proposal to the open- ing session of congress. It prob ably will, be an important part of his annual message to that body.
 It was said officially there is little likelihood any definite plan will be ready in time for use in the present emergency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
Japanese Planes
 Bomb Palace Of
 Young War Lord
ChinchOW Residents Flee City as Raid Continues Cabinet Votes to Send Battleships to Shanghai Where the Chinese Are RiOting
JAPAN SENDS
 CHINA WARNING

Tokio, Oct 8-(UP)--A Nippon Dempo dispatch from Dairen said Japanese military airplanes drop ped scores of bombs on the goyer- nor's office and barracks at Chin chow today. The planes returned to their base at Newchang. q
 Mukden, Manchuria, Oct 9-(U P)-Japanese opened hostilities a. gainst Chinese in Manchuria today when nine Japanese airplanes flew from Newchang and bombarded Chin how Chinese provisional headquarters.
 Marshall Chang Hseuh-Liang, young war lord and Manchurian ruler who was in Pe1ping when the Japanese occupied Mukden, estab- lished his headquarters at Chin- chow, railway center southwest of Mukden.
 Prior to the bombing, the air planes dropped hand bills warn Ing civilians to repudiate ChanS' | temporary government and deciar- ing that the Japanese were prepar- ing for positive action.
 It was reported here that Jap anese troops and airplanes had been ordered to Changtu after re- ports of Chinese attacks on Kore- ans.
 A Manchurian communique said 12 Japanese naval airplanes sys- tematically bombed the temporary capital at Chinchow this afternoon, killing many and wrecking bar racks and government buildings.
 The airplanes returned to their base at Newchang and the Chinese exodus from the city continued.
 Tokio, Oct 8--(UP)-The cabi- net decided to dispatch the war; ships Tenry and Tokiwa with 400 ma;ines to Shanghai to-day follow ing reports of widespread anti Japanese riots in the Chinese city.
 The orderw announced in con- junction with the publication of a cabinet protest against boycotts of Japanese goods in China. The war ships and marines will protect Japanese property endangered by the riots, it was explained.
 Naval authorities later an- nounced that five warships will g. to Shanghai, two to Hankow and one each to Chinkiang. Shasi. Ich- ang, Chunking, Port Arthur. Lun- kow, Chefoo. Tsingtav. Ranking, Wuhu, Kukiang and Changsha' Small vessels will be sent to other points in China.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
SECOND CHARGE PLACED AGAINST
 GIRL LCOMMUNIST
Released in Bail at Law renee, Mass, To-day Strikers Now Number Over 10000

Lawrence, Mass. Oct S-(UP)- A second charge was placed a. gainst Miss Edith Berkman, 27, of Los Angeles. as she walked to dis trict court today for arraignment on a charge of addressing striking woolen workers without a permit on Lawrence Common yesteday.
 Police said Miss Berkman, com munist union organizer, was re- sponsible for mastering of a crowd of several thousand who trailed her to the courthouse, intent upon demonstrating. They charged her with disturbing the peace.
 Miss Berkman pleaded not guilty to charges of speaking with out a permit and disturbing the peace, and was released under $500 bail for hearing October IS.
 Another prominent communist, Harry Canter, 39, of Boston, was arrested here today. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of disturb irc: the peace and wa released under s200 bail for hearing Octo- Der 15.
 Police detailed about the muni- cipal building in anticipation of the intended demonstration began dis persing the crowd.
 Another development today in the strike affecting more than 20,- 900 workers was the enforced temporary shutdown of the Pros pect mill, an American Woolen Company plant employing 800, mostly women spinners.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-08
DOLLAR MUST BE STABILIZED SAYS
 | PROFESSOR FISHER
Has Inflated Since l927- Wages Are Not in Tune Foreign Debtors Find It Increases What They Owe
BY BOYD LEWIS iCOpYright 1881 by United Pressl

NSOpyEiSht AUo1 Dy ShtCu AACsoI
 New Haven, Conn.,. Oct. S-iUP) Wages must be "in tune" with the value of the dollar and the dollar to-day is inflated. according to Professor Irving Fisher of Yale.
 The economist declared in an ex- elusive interview with the United Press that he does not believe the buying power of the masses would be increased materially by cutting the incomes of millionairs to a minimum and spreading the differ ence among a large number of per- sons. Because great wealth is con- centrated in the possession of a small number of persons, he show ed, the amount each person would receive would be infinitesimal.
 One of the most important prob- lems confronting the government is stabilization of the dollar, in the opinion of Professor Fisher. Since 1927 the value of the dollar has grown about one-third. This has worked out to the embarrassment of foreign debtor nations which have to settle their debts to us in swollen" dollars, the economist pointed out. England for example, after pinching and scraping man aged to reduce the principal of her debt to the United States by about s174.000,000. But to-day England finds in reality it owes about $1,- 200. 0.000.000 more than 1t agreed to pay in 1927 because of appreciation of the dollar.
 Contrary to public opinion. Flow
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