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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
MOTOR CAR INSURANCE IN
 MAssACHusETTS
tBridgsport Telegraph

Governor Ely of Massachusetts has made . number of specific recommendations to the legisla- ture which Is to consider ways of improving the states compulsory automobile insurance law. The gov ernor suggests the adoption of a system Of merit ratings based up- on a driver'e record, with higher rates for those who have been in accidents; authorization of a de ductibie form of policy in which motorists will be responsible for d fixed portion of any damage claim. the Insurance canpanies to asaliftie the balance; an amend 'mSkt to forbid guest riders from suing their hostS under the com puISory insurance act; rsqulrement that claims be filed within Q reas- enable periedi strensthsnshg of the law requiring the. insured to give the ihsurarice company notice In case of accident.
 It will be observed that most of these recommendations follow the practice already in force In Con necticut. This state was the first to adopt the system of rating drivers on their experience and record. It Is true that this prac- tiee has not been carried as far as 1t might be, but at any rate 1t of- fers a beginning and Is obviously attracting the attention Of other states.
 connecticut was likewise one of the states which pioneered the "auto guest law" to end the nuis- ance of suits of a eollusivs nature and to protect those who drove motar cars from nuisance suits filed by guests who suffered in minor accidents.
 The most interesting feature of Governor Ely's recomrnendation is the authorization of Q deductible policy. It Is suggested that In event of accident the metorist should be responsible for the first Si60. This would tend to make nina cautious and would also ilelp to bring down the rate. Thus far ssachusetts' compulsory incur afice law has been little better than d costly failure, The mounting cost of insurance. due to excessive claims, has driven the motorists to rAhAlliou
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

I'm not at all surprised was all that J. Henry Rorabaek, chairman of the repub- lican state central committee would say when notified that ex-president Calvin Coolidge through the medium of the Satur- day Evening Post had declined to be cam didate for the presidency in 1852. It may be recalled that Mir Rorabaek was outstand- ing for his persisteney in demanding the re- nomination of Mir Coolidge in 1928 at Kansas City. In fact the Connecticut dele gation became rather conspicuous by the action of its titular head in refraining from getting on the Hoover bandwagon. He was severely criticized upon his return to Connecticut. Perhaps this was more be- cause he displayed unusual opposition to fellow citizen, Representative John Q. Til son of New Haven who was being men, tioned for the vice presidential nomination. As we have said recently. though. the events of the last three years may have proved the wisdom of Mir Roraback's stand for Mir Coolidge and against Presi- dent Hoover. Maybe he is just as well satisfied as if he had joined in the swelling throng that was acelaiming Mir Hoover as a miracle man. We rather think he is secret ly pleased with events as they transpired, They certainly vindicate his actions with regard to the presidential nomination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
A FEATURE OF FAIRS
(Hartford Courant)

A resident of Litchfeld county writes that the country fairs. which we feared had disappeared. may still be found in northwestern Con- necticut. It is good news. We might name several elderly persons who would make an effort to attend one of these farm festivals. but we fear that they would now mourn the lack of the long cavalcade of yokos of oxen groomed for the occasion and later tortured for a few mos ments when attached to a stone boat loaded with pig iron.
 But what we should chiefly Ike to see, it seems to us, would be the tents on the square in which re- treatments were served by the w. R. c. or the Ladies Aid Society. It was the one great day of the year in any event but if malign providence sent rain, it became one of humiliation. But a disaster of this sort rarely occurred. so that the ladies' were early on the scene. the tents were placed and rivaled heshlves as centers of industry.
 The thrill which came to the average country boy lay in the fact that he had been given 25 cents with which to buy his dinner in one of these tabernacles. We write "dinner'' adyisedly, for dinner came at twelve o'clock noon, not at 6 in the evening or later. That meal was supper, and everybody knew as much. And the boy was ready for dinner; he had been for two hours at least, for he greatly desided the thrill of ordering . meal and pay for it as a man it made no difference to him that the food was like that which Ma prepared at home or that he knew by slght at least half of the other diners. The joy came in the fact that tt was his business to pay and that he was dining in the pres- ence Of many other persons. It was lik hslng In a far country. He knew very well that if he wished a sec- ond ''helping' 1t would be forth coming, but he rarely asked for It. not because he did not care for #. but because there were so many things to see outside the tent.
 What he did not know was that it was the first of many dinners which he was destined tot buy, though at a much higher price and that the others would involve an ever increasing display of tables ware and that he would be expect
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

Believe it or not Danbury has two ad- ministrations It still sticks to the old form of eleeting both town and city officials at different times. In Waterbury where the town and city have been practically oonsol- dated both elections are simultaneous. Next week Danbury will elect its town officers. Most of them are republicans, while for the last six years the city officials have been democratic It seems like needless expense in these trying days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Quotations

| am beginning to set worried about the crime wave.
 --Heywood Broun.
 A motorist has no right to hopt and expect 2 pedestrian to act as a contortionist.
 Magistrate button. London.
 Experiments conducted by edu- cators have shown that unques- tionably radio has been an innuel- tiAl factor In reducing the nuulr Der of iiiiterates both dirsetiy aas n~pr Wilil,sm J. Cooper. commis- sioner of education.
 Depression is a period of edus cation and we can graduate from it only by employing safe and sane policies rather with more real ef- ---Sdurray E. Randeii. Omaha.
 Nobody with character is vul- gar. "A. A. Milne.
 In thia country we own 52 per cent of the wealth of the world, and we can go out and tell these other people ta stand cm or else veI H pound n hs!l !, s sus .S'ss SE them; n aut,.r I have dseoratiens from Italy, 0ern:nliy, Humanip. Spain and Huneafy. What do they saY about thatl -.~Hefhr 5'mHs "s'Aers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

Without entering too seriously into discussion of the prohibition question in this brief item (by the way does Chairman Fess of the republican party admit that prohibition is an issue) we should like to dwell upon the action of the National Grange in opposing legalized beer. Num- bering more than 800,000 farmer members its word will count for something. since proponents of the plan assert that the re- turn of beer will aid this class. It main tans that legalized beer would mean re- duetion in consumption of soft drinks dairy products. candy. and the like. There might be a small falling off at the outset but we believe that in time the loss would not be felt. In the first place prohibition can't get all the credit for increased sales in these commodities. It must be remembered that the population of this nation in the past ten years increased about sixteen mil lion. Prior to the World War our pop ulation was o2,000.0o0. To-day it is l22.0o0.000. Those figures do some ex- plaining.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

to fad out that practically every public official in this nation, let alone the world. at some time or other could be found puck ering up his lips for good whistle. Now the professor says there are two Kinds of whistlers--those who whistle from the throat and those who merely use their lips. The latter are the morons Aw. cut your kidding, professorl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

That man Gandhi may be poor be- nighted Hindu. like the limerick hero who made his skin do, but he's pretty fair wisecraeker. The difference between him and the English. he says. is that they wear plus fours and he wears minus fours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

we II prODaDly near what the D4ll player said to the ump, when called out at second.
 OH, YOU DON'T SAY He bought a five foot ladder, And he was five foot, too, But the ceiling was 12 foot high, Now what is he to do?
 o-O-o If an apple 0 day will keep the doctor away, what will apple sauce do?
 o-O--o
 Many a boy and girl make love beneath a hall tree.
 o--O--o When eating chicken pie, it's al- ways best to use your imagination as we'll as your knife and fork.
 o-O--o The trouble with the country prior to the depression was due to the fact that we had too many Andys and not enough Amoses.
 o-O---osT Helen Murphy says if you don't blow your own horn, nos body else will. Oh, I don't know. Sometimes the traffic cop will blow it if you stay in the building too long.
 o-O--o Then there was the dumbbell who looked up a coat of arms for Venus.
 o-O--o Now they want to erect a monument to golf. A steel shaft, I suppose.
 o-O-o Marriage Is an institution and like all institutions 1t costs a heap of money to keep going.
 so IT GOES.
 o-O--o Have you heard the latest wise
 crack,
 It's making quite a blat, "You could have knocked me
 down. with Q feather From an Empress EugeIiic hat"
 o--O-o The thrill that comes once in a life time. Finding fifteen cents in an old pair of pants, decorating the back closet.
 I suppose they figure angel cake is a recipe from heaven.
 o-O-o The question of the moment: "Have you got your winters sup ply of coal in?"
 o-O-o
 suppose they'll pack Christmas greetings this year in cellophane.
 o-O-o People who stand together, eventually fall apart. WITH APOLOGIES TO THE ADS "It so happens, I don't smoke, But if I did, I'd stick to cubcbs, My smoke when a kid"
 o-O-o Why do they call 1t a dough- nut? There's no nut involved.
 o---O-o
 Another mighty issue of the moment: "Will we heat the whole house this winter or shut off three of the rooms?"
 o--O-o If they made weddings harder, there wouldn't be such a cry about easy divorces.
 o-O-o
 The man who admires his wife's home made hat is false tp her.
 o-O--o A pair of tennis shoes are one of the clues in the Ceilings mur- der. But they haven't made much of a racquet as yet.
 o-O-o
 OHNnGOSH A voice in the dark.
 As the hours clink, Mnilia, wanna
 DRINK.
 GOO The man who dunks his dough- nut three times will probably drown it.
 o-O-o
 Birthday presents are last years Christmas gifts in new box.
 Who's going to ride in the sec ond car in the election parade Tuesday night? That's what's troubling the boys.
 o-O--o This concludes our regular Fri- day evening program. It was by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Wa terbury Evening Democrat. pio- neer in this tyne of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the air aeaif, Io-mororw at noon with our usual Saturday program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Missouri Has Huge Melon Crop

Missouri Has Huge Melon Crop
 Jefferson City. (UP)--A crop of 2.9s9,760 watermelons was har- vested in Missouri this year, ac- cording to state board of agricul- ture estimates. Size of the melons averaged IS per cent larger than in 1890. Only. 1,624,000. melons were raised last year. The tomato crop was much smaller than in 1880, averaging only Is tons per acre against 22 tons last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
  Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

suggestions for increased loan funds, work facilities. emergency scholarships and other extra meas ures designed to keep students off the employment market.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

What a beehive Professor Charles Gray Shaw of New York University stepped into when he announced that only morons whistled. It was a sodsend to newspaper editors laboring through reams of copy about depresscns. gold standards, etc. They just went after Professor Shaw with all their complete forces It didn't take long
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

If the drift of American industries to Canada continues, Canada can manufacture for us and we can raise crops for Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Here, There And Euerywhsre

ed to leave q trail of small silver behind him as he went. Just the same, his education began in that tent at the annual cattle show and fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
Good evening.
 o---O-o FIVE CENTERS
"A sMiLH's THE THING"

Politicians are politieing, The speeches flood the air. They stage rally over here. And next they stage one there. They talk of our finances, Until, good gosh. my stars. We know where there's election
 smoke, \ There sure must be cigars. One night they talk of city debts, The next our tax rates due. They speak of this, they speak of that,
 It seems they're never through. They spout of our expenditures. And rattle at the bars, We know where there's election
 smoke,
 There sure must be cigars.
 e--O---o Milk has dropped one cent a quart. Even the cows are wise to the depression new.
 o---O--o
 The expression, "Men stood there like rock,' was handed down to us from the stone age.
 e--O--o The "uncertain age" for girls, is just between the marriage years and those of the old maid.
 o--O---o The heneymeon is over when she uses one of his old B. V. D.'s for dust cloth.
 o-O-o When talkie-television comes, we'll probably hear what the ball player said to the ump, when called out at second.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02

All vehicles must be lighted not later than eos tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
HIS FIDDLE IS SILENT,
(Hartford TImss)

tR4EltVEu 4MteJ
 Nellie DuHham ~ss g, man whom success could not spell. nor sven change. His death reminds sny ssssg aF x1S s, hfy b asfss sss.ns % '. Gf f were s tAd sSg s.s tss iass that the wovld learned of his ability to believe AGs thst ths @ bssis t p of his iIfe had been altsred. nor that his mus :Ssa 'jast ssns soana ~as rSyth% Hs cSntiaSsd sss
 osTsy' nss,s i aan..a hs aha n sws asns ss n per per shoes shoes end woolen sld'Ft open at
 As an example of the untutorsd musician. Nellie Dunham was a flpe illugtration of the finesse that can bs delsyoispd without knoW- ledge Of the technical rules thht apply to the art. Nellie did not profees to be . musician. f1e had only carefully noted how . Ereat vloiinIst held his instrument and after this oid-fashioned fiddler re- Had wholly on hie penee of rhythm. Turkey In The straw" and other tunes took care of themselves Iu hls nimbIs hands--and feet.
 BUNxAN's LAST DBsDENDANr
 Giens Falls, N. x, tuP)r-The latest descendant of John Bunyan, author of the noted "PilEriu1's Progress" is John Hunxasl stuart, Infant son of MP and Mfs eufher- land Rusgs stuart. The bahx wac hprr refsrtIy.
Nogales international., 1931-07-01
HF DHN E Observation-Disclosures
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Grasshoppers And turkeys

For several weeks past, farmers Of the Salt River
valley have been bothered by plague OF grasshop-
pers They are the same llnWelcone visitors VINO came
10 trouble the farmers last year
At this season Of the year, the grasshoppers have
been particularly obnoxious to the cantaloupe grow
es The grasshoppers puncture the vines and also the
melons Unless prevented. they will quickly destroy
q field Of cantaoupes
The cantaloupe growers have been put to great
expense and trouble in combating the winged hordes
Of insects Both poisons and traps have been used to
destroy the grasshoppels. Neither method IS entirely
effective.
There is one old farmer, however, to whom the
grasshoppers do not constitute a menace. Rather,
they are an asset to his scheme of farming. This
man. for many years. has practiced diversified farm
ing Among other things he raises ten or fifteen acres
Of cantaoupes each season. His wife also raises a.
bout 400 turkeys for the market each year. While
other cantaloupe raisels desperately combating
The grasshoppers, this man does not worry. He lets
his Wifes turkeys do the work He simply turns the
turkeys loose They do the rest It is unucky grass
hopper that lands on his farm. The turkeys are wax
ing fat on this deectable dish,
Neighboring cantaloupe growers regard him
with envy Several Of them have tried to borrow his
turkeys.
This farmer sleeps well at night while other mel
on growers worry whether their crops will be ruined
on the morrow by the invaders.
This is just another instance showing the ad-
vantage Of diversified farming over the one crop
system.
Nogales international., 1931-07-01
Can Amundsen Be Aliue?

Three years ago, last week, Roald Amundsen,
veteran explorer and hero Of world fame took to the
air in effort to rescue lost explorers in the frozen
wastes Of the northland
He has been given UP for dead, but Anthony Fla
la explorer of New York, ventures the opinion that
he may be alive on Urince Rudolph island, where
Anlundsen knew food cache had been made and
which was sufficient to keep him alive for several
years.
Well, we don't know whether the Norwegian is
alive not but we do know if there is the slightest
chance Of his existence that the world owes him the
debt Of establishing the fact Surely, there is some
way of making certain his fate!
-O-Q-
The people who live in small cities, like Nogales
seldom realize the value of the neghborly spirit that
exists
About the most useless citizen at this time is the
man who is trying to outguess the dope horse races
baseball games and politics
War is funny affair. First, we lend the Allied
nations vast sums to beat Germany, and when they
begin to pay cut the debt down to fraction Then
along about this trne are asked to help Germany
get over the financial difficulties caused by the lick
ing that she got. We are not diplomats, and we can't
understand it.
Nogales international., 1931-07-01
uIy4Rapiidly :

(C,jnt!nuet tom Page IL
ances have been growing quieter for
several years, police point out.
Prohibition of fire crackers in
many cities has had lot to do
with the change. A few years ago
restrictions were few whereas now
a majority Of the states incor-
porated cities regulate or bar the
use Of fireworks.
Buckeye, and several other towns,
permit fire crackers on the Fourth
only.
In Yuma, Phoenix and a few 9TH
er cities, fire crackers are banned
outright. They cannot be sold or
used in the city limits.
IN Prescott, Nogales and WinsloW
there will be plenty of excitement
without resorting to fire crackers.
Prescott is staging its annual From
tier Days Rodeo. In Winslow wild
west attire prevails also in pre-
paration for Fourth rodeo. The
annual Circle z rodeo is to be held
near Nogales.
Nogales international., 1931-07-01
20 Jurors

~ ~ SAK VA =
Continued From Page One)
j. E. Hogan,
ID. Bachelor,
A. c. Reid,
j. Kent Fryer,
Jerry Sheehy,
A. D. Eandley
+. M. Cox,
z. Mcfarland,
L. D. Scoggin,
John A. Benedict,
r. L. Hanlon,
A. C. Yeary,
Capt. Rogue Ortiz,
Carl Phillips,
J. j. Sullivan,
Diego Ramirez,
o. H. EIankel,
Arthur T. Valdez,
George Harris.
A. F. Duval,
John H. Vanderwalker,
@. B. Kelly,
Frank Aubrey,
Henry Acevedo,
Eco Hines,
Clarence Swanson,
j. K. Wise,
Frank Martinez,
George Hale,
L. L. Odle, Jr.,
w. ]. Mitchell,
Bert Logan,
Lawrence Hunt,
M. A. Hogan,
A. O. Humphreys,
James R. Kramer,
James A. Harrison,
John A. McCarty,
H. Z. Dearman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
new CHICAGO. laws
TO CURB GANGDOM
Gun-Toting Acts Made More
Stringent, Bail Bond Regu-
lations frightened.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, June 30.-The peace OF
mind Of Chicago hoodlums, already dis
turbed by the activity Of Federal ON
Gals, received further jolt today with
the news that a series of new laws,
aimed at gangsters and criminals, would
20 into effect in Illinois Wednesday.
These measures, Just signed by Gov.
Louis L. Emnerson. put teeth into gun.
toting statutes and curb the evils OF
bail bonding. They are intended to add
to the troubles Of those who thrive on
law-breaking.
Clever gangland attorneys in the past
have unanswered around laws against
carrying concealed weapons, because the
statutes required concealment on the
person. Guns were carried on the seats
or in special pockets of automobiles.
The new law makes 1t crime for
any person to carry any firearm in
motor vehicle with the intent to use
1t in the commission OF any crime, or
for any person who haoitually asso-
ciates with thieves or frequerts houses
Of Ill fame or gambling places to carry
any firearms in Car.
This same law makes it unlawful to
change. alter or obliterate the name Of
the maker, model number or other
identification mark on any flrearm.
Possession of a gun so altered would be
prima facie evidence that the pcssessor
had changed the markings. 1t also Is
unlawful for any person to carry tlre-
arm in a motor vehicle within 10 years
after violation of the act.
The other bills, backed by the Com.
nonwealth Club, an organization OF
prominent business men, and signed by
the Governors, provide for licensing
professional bondsmen. Courts are
given the power to revoke the licenses
of bondsmen charging extortionate rates
or attempting to interfere with the ad-
ministration Of justice. The bills also
correct a technicality which made it al
most impossible to collect on forfeited
bonds. Out of $18,00o,000 worth OF
bail bonds forfeited here In the last
few years. only $4,000 have been col
lected. Only nine bonds In this period
Of years have been collected in full.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Marriage Licenses.

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HELEN R. Wright 49, this city; Rev. hugh
francis A. Lowe, 81; Lawrence, \. Y. and
Florence c. Taylor A. this city rev. Z. d.
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IS. both of Wadesboro, N. c.; Rev. John K.
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