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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-05
Murder in the
 Kentucky Fight
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I
 Louisville. Ky. Nov 5-(UP) - Judge Ruby Laffoon, democrat, of Madisonville, today held a lead over Mayor William B. Harrison, of Louisville, as returns were ta- bulated from all parts of Kentucky in the race for governor.
 The figures for 1.513 precincts of the states 4,178 were:
 Laffoon 176,340; Harrison 131,- 105.
 The returns indicated full democratic cabinet would be in- stalled, and, as is usual in Ken lucky, a predominantly democratic legislature.
 Coxey Army Mayor. Massillon, O., Nov 5-(UP)- General Jacob Sechler Coxey who led a ragamuffln army of Jobless on Washington 37 years ago, today as mayor promised to issue bonds worth from a quarter to $10 to be used as money because the people have no money"
 The aged 'generar was elected mayor Tuesday by a comfortable margin on a campaign platform that included the low interest bear ing bond issue, similar to plan he for years urged congress to adopt.
 The bonds will be traded or ex- changed for merchandise locally, he said. we've got to do 1t for the people have no money
 'Then, we're going to buy the waterworks," Coxey said. "If the utilities won't sell, we'll build a waterworks of our own. Present rates are too high and must come down. We're going to buy the output from the Electric Company and distribute the power to con- sumers ourselves. The Company can't refuse to sell us all the power we want and we'll want enough to take care of the consumers needs.
 ''Furthermore they'll give us a low base rate or we'll go to the Public Utilities Commission" Woman May Lead. Washington, Nov 5-(UP)-lf the democrats gain control of the house next month, a woman prob- ably will head one of its commit tees for the first time in history. and incidentally became the first woman mayor of Washington" Mrs Mary Teresa Norton. of New Jersey, elected to congress in i024, Is second ranking democrat on tho house District of Columbia coni- mittee. Rep. Christopher D. Bui. livan of New York Is the ranking member but he is in iine for tho chaifmanship of the insuiar affairs committee. It is likely that he would be chosen 10 bead that eom- mittse leaving the district e0mmlt- tee open fer Mrs Norton. So Important tO the residents Of Washington Is the district o0ia- mittee that its chairman has como l0 Dc termed tho mayor of Wash. ingten.
 RrosFessives Active. Madison, Wis Nov b-tpPl = DeilDlta statement of principles eP outline Of R course of action On tie part of Wleoensln's lndepen1ept fepnbliean representatives, "a the
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Also Several Late Models at the
 Lowest Prices
 ATWOOD BROS. 249 No Main St. Phone 3-3256 452 Meadow st. Phone 4-161G
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BUICK COACH. s1e5
 EssEx ssEx coAAcHH,, ccoAcH, ;1ss wENZEL & COLLINS. 14 Grove St

1927. NAsH-.spec 6 Sedan. Car has see. Has been all checked up by US. Here's high grade transporta- ton for you with very little out lay. A real bargain at $225. The Waterbury Nash Go, 395 West Main St. Tel 3-11o4.
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HsF0gT0asIVfs ANlIVe.

Madison, Wis Nov b-tpPl = ss,s sss"sns Ss.s es afs'G sssps"ase sn .nf republican representatives, in tho
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SALE-SALE-SALE-SALE 100 Repossessed Cars to Pick From 1-2-3 Years To Pay-We Need Room 1881 Auburn Conv Coupe 1881 DeSoto 8 Sedan 1880 DeSoto Roadster 1890 Chevrolet Roadster and Coach 1890 Ford Coupe and Roadster 1880 Roosevelt Sedan 1880 Chrysler Sedan 1880 Auburn Coupe 1928 Chevrolet Coupe and Sedan 1929 Dodge Sedan 1880 Nash Conv Coupe 1929 Ford Coach and Sedan Repossessed Cars--Our Loss
 Your Gain.
 S29 No Main St, Tel 3-3347 Open Evenings Tel P M.-
 All Day Sunday
 HONEST AL" MANAGER Cars Priced From $25 to $1.000
 FREE BUS TICKETS With each Used Car purchased
 Unusual values offered at AUBURN 4S0 Watertown Ave.
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To.DAY's SPECIALS

2-'29 Ford { Door Sedans--Driven
 approximately 9,200 miles. 31 Studebaker Demonstrator '29 Stud Pres 8 Sport Sedan 80 Stud Pres 8 Conv Coupe '29 Buick Sedan
 '2S Stud 7-Pass Sedan
 DECENTRALIZATION, INC.
 Stud G Pierce Arrow 37s West Main St Dial s-4ls5
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For Rent Real Estate
Apartments . Tenements

EAST MAIN ST, 153--Heated apart. ments Apply John C.. Moriarty Dial 3-S620.
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Merchandise
Household Articles

A-1--Big load hard wood, season- ed, sawed any length with barrel kindlinGs, S4.00 delivered. Ashes removed. Phone 4-58OS.
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Real Estate For Sale
ss Buildings q Business Property
Houses For Sale

BOULEVARD-Section. A 1-family
 6-room house with oil burner and
 heated garage. 5000 under actual Sons. Burlington Bldg. Dial s-si1S.
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EAST MAIN ST, 76--5 room heated apartment. Apply Frank Hayes office on premises.
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Buy Gervasfs NEW IDEA OIL BURNER. Equipped with self-lock- ed control. 24 improvements. 262 No Main St. Dial 3-1042.
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EDISON AVE, 160-4 rooms, srd floor, all improvements. Reasonable rent. Phone 4-S641.
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SILENT GLow-On range burner Sales and service. 10 months tt pay. Super.Service, Inc. S99 West Main St. Dial 3-340e.
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FOURTH ST. 22--Brooklyn, 5 rooms, 2d floor, newly renovated, iabt saIbase If Tsasona65S Sor to 4-5940.
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For Labor Day

It is one of the great achievements of America. that it has established the full dignity of labor. While philosophers have always cherished that idea. it is not univer- sally accepted, and it was not at all general previous to recent times. In Europe today. people who engage in trade or business or who work with their hands, are looked at with certain eondescension. People ot social standing look down on their asso- ciates who do such kinds of work. Ameri- can sentiment has always said that that idea was false and that any useful labor is credit able and ennabling. Other countries have encouraged large elements of people to live in idleness. America says that everyone should work, and that even if people inherit money. they will be happier and more valued in the community if they fit them- selves for useful service, and carry on some kind of effort.
 The Labor day holiday voices this senti- ment. and says that everyone should have his share of the tolls of the community. If peo- pie have all the money they need, there are plenty of civic and philanthropie causes in- to which they can throw their energy. lhis sentiment is so widespread. that few young people come up today, even in the homes of the wealthy, without preparing to go out in the world as workers. Idlers are unhappy in these times.
 Unfortunately considerable number of boys and young men are coming up, who have conceived the eda that they can get money without work. By crooked tricks and acts of violence, they think they can beat the universal law of Labor. Would that some voice to which they would listen, some teacher or preacher or good friend, would tell them the true meaning of Labor day, that America has no rewards of happi- ness or welfare for those who seek to dodge the responsibilities of toil
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Noticing complaint in the Tall Tower Topics department of this paper about the use of our public tennis courts we are tempt ed to side with the writer who maintains that frequent tournaments and league matches prevent the ordinary player from utilizing courts especially at Hamilton Park, except at inconvenient hours. For some years the writer has entertained the opinion that this city ought to boast few superlative courts upon which its annual park tournaments could be staged. There is plenty of room at Hamilton Park for more tennis courts. if officials ever decide that they have the money to erect them. These courts could be used by all making the proper application, but when commitments and leagues are being held. they should be reserved entirely for this pur- pose. Tennis court manufacture has pro- ceeded to the point where the ordinary clay court is now treated to special top dressings that preserve it indefinitely and add to the players ability.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-05
THE MANxMAN
Christian Science Monitor)

Sir Hall Caine was one of those
 successful noyelists about whom controversy always rages. Their
 literary foes mention with con- tempt that their novels sell in mil lions, Their friends remark that the detractors are for the most mart writers whose works do not sell in millions. Each side seems to think its argument final.
 Now a novel is not necessarily a bad novel because 1t sells in large numbers. Nor is a critic necessarily a poor critic because his works ap- peal to a minority of the reading public. To prolong the controver-
 sy between these two groups is not likely to be profitable. The work Of both Sir Hall Caine and MT Max Beerhom has its uses.
 Whatever the final judgment on
 Sir Halls literary standing. 1t may undoubtedly be said that he sim
 cerely believed in himself and in his work, and that he achieved his extraordinary financial success without adopting unworthy meth ods. As Cosmo Hamilton has put It,
 'He used large and noble can vas for his stories, dealt highly with the simple, serious problems
 of life and never pandered to the lower instincts of his enormous public"
 It will be pleasant for his admir- CTS to remember that although Sir Hall was knighted for his services in presenting the British cause to Americans during the World War. his membership in the Order of Companions of Honor was granted to him in recognition of his serv- | ices in literature.
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At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

Nobody is answering that one with
 any assurance. The point at issue
 Is whether Curtis will again be his party's vice .Isidential candidate when MT Hoover runs for re-elec- ton. The various theories disagree as to whether Hoover is or is not quite anxious to have Curtis on the ticket. And as to whether Curtis, seeking maximum safety as a. veteran jobholder, believes that his best bet is to run again with Hoover or just go after his old seat in the senate. If Curtis, after weighing the situation carefully, has come to any dcision, no one knows what it is. Lately there have been some stories, possibly traceable to sources near one or another of other republic vice presidential aspirants, winch stress the fact that Curtis Is now Fl years old and would be 77 by the end of his second vice presidential term. Egg Charles are something else again. Egg charles are alcoholic drinks. They were named after Curtis, 1t is true, but for no good reason whatsoever because Curtis is notoriously dry. Egg charles mean one thing in one speakeasy and something else in another. but most egg charlies are mixtures of peach brandy and ginger ale, serv-
 ed highball fashion. The one
 thing all egg charles have in com mon is that there's not a speck of
 egg in any of them. And if you must have a full answer to the question what about egg charles
 it must be admitted that they are
 not vet extinct.
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BUT IS IT FUNNY?
(New Britain Herald)

Somehow there is something amusing something fantastic, about the pyramid that William H (Coin) Harvey has built for the purpose of housing relics of our present Amer ican civilization. Mir Harvey be- lieves our present civilization will pass away and in time be forgotten. Then. some day, an explorer will find his pyramid, excavators will dig down to its foundations and archaelogists and historians will begin the task of reconstructing a history of the era of the hot dog and fiapper.
 It seems absurd. But is it?
 Nero, seated in the coliseum watching lions devour Christian martyrs, would have scoffed at the soothsayer who predicted that i'm
 perial Rome would change into a mass of ruins interesting only to tourists and that the Christian faith would capture large portion of the civilized world. To him the Roman empire was lasting and en- during; the Christians. followers of a peculiar sect that wouldn't out live the century.
 No Roman built a pyramid hous- ing a complete history of Roman culture-it wasn't necessary. The empire would never pass away. Caesar would never cease to rule. But how could American civiliza- ton follow the road to oblivion along with Rome, Central America and other shrines of early culture? We do not know any more than the ancient Roman could divine those things which would bring ul- timate death to his civilization. But perhaps we should profit sufficient ly by these classic examples from the past so that we will not scoff too much at the ideas of an old
 man who wants to preserve a com plete record of our present mode
 of living.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881
A Boost For Beer

Representative William E. Hull of Illinois is home from tour of Europe during which he spent most of his time investigat- ing the liquor problems of the countries through which he passed. From time to time he has sent home reports on conditions as he saw them and as they were interpreted to him by both American and foreign otfl- cials of the country in which he happened to be visiting. Arriving in New York this week he announced that immediately after Congress convenes in December he will pre- sent to his colleagues plan to amend the Volstead Act so that 1t will read 3.2 per cent alcohol in beer by weight, not volume as opposed to its present one-half ot per cent.
 He believes that beer of this content would be non-intoxicating and at the same time given the nation drink that would eliminate consumption of illegal and ur- healthy connections that are now sold tor beer. He estimates the illegal manufacture of beer today at 20,00000o barrels most of which he claims is no good. Probably there are good many people who will agree with him. His idea would mean the use ot l2O,OOO,000 bushels of grain annu- ally which, of course, would relieve the dis tress among the farmers of the Middle West to considerable extent.
 We were interested in other points in the representative's report. We hope that complete one will be issued from his office in Washington soon SO that the entire eoun- trv can benefit thereby. Listen to this. But what amazed me after weeks of re- search was that with the exception ot I'm land. the Scandinavian countries. known as hard drinkers, had turned to light wines and bears. And much to my astonishment the only country which, per capita, had more fragrant violations of the prohibition laws than the United States was Finland. l here can be no question, after intensive Study' but that Finland is more prolific in such violations than even the United States, in- credible as it seems. However. found that even the enforcement officers in Finland openly avowed that they had found 1t inn possible to enforce the prohibition laws.
 They do the same thing in this country, too, but naturally lose their jobs when It becomes public. The ranks of those who blind themselves to the failure Of prohiDi. ton are thinning in this nation. Inside or five years if prohibition hasn't been wiped off the statute books it will be so openly flouted that nobody will care what be- comes of the liquor laws. That is the pros peet we see for the noble experiment. We certainly don't claim that it is entertained by everyone today. We know there are ardent prohibitionsts who honestly believe in the cause they preach so eloquently. But we do know that many backing the prohi- bition movement are not the old type Of temperance zealots. We can support tenn peranee pleas but never prohibition by lesis- lation.
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There will be no rash action upon the part of Governor Cross with regard to the recent finding of the Hartford County Grand Jury on the Newington air crash of July. The jury blamed Deputy Aviation Commis- sion Jack Lenox for the fatality and also found fault with his superior, Charles L. Morris for laxity in probing the crash and in withholding information. However. it did not contemplate criminal action against either Mir Lenox or Mir Morris. Just now the governor is studying the report thor oughly before making any official statement upon his own violation. Until that time there will be no demanding of resignations he announced It has been rumored in ot- ficial circles that the War Department in- vestigaton of the accident, which was never made public. exonerated the civilian flyer ot responsibility. If the governor could se- cure some indication of this he might so guide his own course with reference to the future conduct of the state aeronauties com mission. There is a strong current of feel
 ing that even if the present officials are
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done. Some one of these days we will get down to brass tacks and eliminate the ''frills" of government. which were talked about Thursday. But when we do that we will find ourselves confronted with the bugaboo of politics. It's costly game in which everyone has to dig deeply. The postwar period of mad splurging isn't a normal American life. The sooner we get back to simple ways the better off we will be as nation and the easier it will be for our communities to serve their own interests without going into debt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-05
War Over Alaska

Senator Lewis of Illinois, who has been studying conditions in Europe. especially from the vantage point of Germany, finds that Russia is preparing to make war on the United States The non-aggreSSion pacts Russia has been concluding with nations ot Europe" he says "are directed against America And why will Russia attack us! Not as might be imagined. to force her Communist system down our throats. It will be on account of Alaska. She will raise the cry that the sale of Alaska to the United States was accomplished by deception on our part, and the Soviet Republic will fight to win it back And while Russia is taking Alaska from us she will allow China or Japan to take the Philippines.
 It may be that Germans in Berlin. who themselves are afraid of Russian aggression. really believe this It is harder to see how an American statesman can take 1t seriously.
 How about the non-aggression pacts that the United States herself has been eonelud- ing with the other European nations? They are pledged not to fight us. Russia may just as well interpret such pacts as hostile to her.
 As for eonquering Alaska, hasn't Russia enough trouble on her hands already, holding the vast area she owns and trying to con quer human nature and adapt an artificial industrial system to l60.000.00O ignorant peasants? Do we really need to arm for defense = further strengthen our army, navy and air forces? Are we SO weak now! Remember how little Japan licked imperial Russia at her strongest9 What would hap pen to navyless Soviet Russia. with her industrial experiments tied in knot If she tried to attack American territory not only at the end of that single-traek Siberian railroad, but across the Pacific?
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HALL CAIN
(New Haven Register)

The death of Hall Cain at the ripe old age of 78 years removes one of the greatest writers of the past generations. Prolific to a remarkable degree, Sir Hall failed
 in what he had promised the worh would be his greatest effort, his life of Christ" The work was left unfinished, though the aged novelist had striven as best he could against advancing years to complete 1t.
 When one stops to think that three of Sir Halls greatest books were based on Biblical foundations yet won their respective ways m a modern and worldly world. one cannot but feel that literature and religion both were great losers in the demise of this man before the last chapter of this effort was q finished product.
 The "Deemster" was the story Of the Prodigal Son; "The Bondman" that of Esau and Jacob: "The Eternal City" that of samson and Delilah. Undoubtedly his "Life of Christ" would have been his out standing work. for he had for many years planned it as Q eap- stone and had devoted very large mart of his time Co the preparation of the theuxht that should under
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NEA Service Writer

NEA Service Writer
 washington-What about eggs?
 What about Egg Charley? What about egg charles? "What about eggs?" was one of the things Senator Charles Curtis used to shout when he was cam- paigning successfully for the vice presidency. Thanks to the tariff and especially to his own efforts, he told the farmers agai nand again, their hen-fruit was pro- tected against the frozen and dried eggs that had once been imported from China.
 Senator Curtis went roaring into his egg story with such gusto and frequency that correspondents who accompanied him came to nick name him Egg Charley" He re- turned to Washington with the appellation and it has remained with him throug the dignified days of his vice presidency.
 But now Curtis Is among those who observe with twhat doubtless resembles dismay that 1t is the democrats, with their low cunning, who are yelling:
 "Yeah, what about eggs?"
 It is Congressman Clarence Can non of Ellsberry. Mo, who asks the question with special insistence. Congressman Cannon is talking about the tariff, too. That is, he is talking about the Hawley-Smoot tariff in general and in particular the Canadian tariff on eggs which was one of the repisal incdeases made by Canada.
 During the first four months of 1880, Cannon recalls, this country exported into Canada 2,728,500 dozen eggs. In that period Can ada was imposing a tariff of only three cents a dozen on shell eggs. But then Canada increased the duty on American eggs to 10 cents dozen and in the first four months of this year we shipped only 17.96s dozen eggs to Canada. most of which, Cannon says. were for matching purposes. He adds that as a result the farmers of Missouri, who had been known to ship 300.000 dozen eggs to Mon- treal market in a. single month, were getting only eight cents a dozen early this year as compared with 38 cents a dozen at the same time last year. If this is true, one assumes that the egg situation is much the same in adjacent Kan sas, the home of Egg Charley" himself.
 We'll, what about Egg Charleyt
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TO.DAY'S SELECTED POEM
LANDLoCKED

(By Bert Cooksley in The New York Times) My fathers before me went down to sea, Month upon month and year upon year. FTheir tall women watching them from the quay
 Till the last white spanker should disappear My father before me were sailing men.
 Readers of tides and students of stars Sailing, returning. and sailing again
 As much their ship as It's deck and spars There's little to wonder at then. when
 Can hear in the wind Of the city street The whistle Of gulls and the deep-lunged cry
 Of storm-caught men on far sea beat; Can feel in the lash of the city breeze
 salt spray washing my hands and lips, Ana a thrill in the heart which centuries
 Fashioned to take to the sea in ships. There's little to wonder at when my throat Grows tight on the homeward ferryboat!
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Quotations

Eugenics is supported by politic- ally-minded scientists and scientif- ically-minded politicians as an an- tidote to democracy.
 Bertrand Russell.
  At the moment there is a sort ot hiatus in American letters.
 HI. l.. .Mencken. Our theory is that @ hoodlum in penitentiary on one charge is there just as effectively as on any other.
 -U. S. District Attorney B. o. Johnson of Chicago.
  From the way business is pick ing up in most of the major indus- tries, I am sure the slump is over and we are getting back to normal,
 Julius l.. Meier.
 
 If our system can and does care for the average man, and we pray it does, this is the time to demon strate it.
 President Beaven of Colgate Rochester school.