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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
FIRE STARTED
 IN SALES ROOM
Bad Scare at Harry Wal- cOtt's l244 Baldwin St
 Last Night
GOOD WORK OF FIREMEN

An automobile on display in the sales room of Harry Wolcott of 1244 Baldwin street caught fire in some unknown manner last evening about 9:22 o'clock and gave the members of the four families residing there a big scare. Two companies of fire apparatus responded to the call. Engine Company No. 4, from Bald- win street, laid a line of hose in quick time and checked the course of the fire as 1t made it's way along the ceiling of the store. J. B. Hull Is the owner.
 4 dump fire off Thomaston ave- nue was extinguished by members of the department last evening about S:1U o'clock. The Waterbury Ash Removing company is the owner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
1 NAUGATUCK l Complete Plans For
 Memorial Observance
Parade Will Start at 9:3O-Freemen to Vote or
 $l5OOOO Trunk Line Sewer Project

Plans for the annual Memorial day exercises of the local patriotic
 societies have been completed by the
 committee in charge of observance
 of the day. The usual Memorial
 pardade will be held starting at
 9.3O o'clock from the local town
 hall. The Naugatuck Military band
 will head the parade. There will be
 a platoon of police under command
 of Captain Anthony Malone, ST. Har-
 ris Whitetmore, Jr, will be grand
 marshal The surviving members
 of the G. A. R. and members of Is-
 bell Womens Relief corps will ride Union Veterans, Naugatuck post of the American. Legion, Crusader post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and frater- nal organizations of the borough
 will march in the parade. The line of march will be down Maple
 street to the Memorial bridge where a floral float will be lowered to the waters of the Naugatuck river on honor of the deceased naval men. the firing of a volley by the firing squad and the sounding of taps. The marchers will then proceed to the old cemetery on Oak street where the monument erected in honor of those who served in the war of the Revolution will be decorated and a volley fired and taps sound ed. They will then proceed to Hill-
 side cemtery where graves of ex-ser-
 vicemen will be decorated as will those of St Francis cemetery near
 by. Returning the line of march will be down North Main street to Maple to the Soldiers Monument on !, the Green where exercises will be
 held. Following these exercises
 the assemblage will go to the war
 memorial erected in honor of de-
 ceased members of the World war
 on the horseshoe green where exer- cises will be held by World war vet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
SENATOR MILAN
 ON PROHIBITION
Puts the Question Before the Public in Its True
 Light
UNSOUND IN PRINCIPLE

Former Senator George F. Mclean has given his view of the eighteen tn amendment to the Hartford Cour- ant in a manner which puts the question before the people in it's true light. MT McLean's interview is in part as follows:
 q did not vote for the 18th Amendment when was in the sen- ate," he said, T looked upon 1t as a 17th century throw-back, impossible of enforcement and unsound in prin- ciple. In the days when our Puritan ancestors were using force to rid so- ciety of the horrendous practices of the Quaker sect, the small beer sold by tapsters was taboo unless 1t con- tained sufficient alcohol to prevent disturbances of the stomach A Quaker is now president of the Uni- ted States and he is trying to enforce a law which in turn attempts to rid certain stomachs of their desire to encircle an notwithstanding glass of beer.
 Thankful for Changed Times
 Times have changed, and for the better in most respects, but 1t still seems to be easy for an emotional de fusion to take possession of the heads and hearts of good men and women.
 Nobody will question the motives of those responsible for the 18th amendment and nobody will question the desirability of ridding society of the drink evil. The immediate spon- sors and supporters of the amend ment in the delirium of the war days became intoxicated with the same kind of politico-religious nectar that confirmed the fathers in the faith that the creeds, customs and appe- tite of men can and must be regu- lated by law.
 ''The supporters of the 18th Amendment hoped to prevent the abuse or the use of alcoholic bever- ages by stopping the manufacture of alcohol-an experiment utterly un- sound in principle and therefore doomed to failure. Incendiary fires are terrible things, but we don't try to prevent them by prohibiting the mining of sulphur or the manufac- ture of maches. Pistols and jimmies are made of steel, but we don't try to prevent murders and burglaries by prohibiting the manufacture of pig iron. We don't prohibit all speech to prevent an occasional islander and we don't sterilize race to prevent an occasoinal birth out of wedlock. Many Punished for Few
 "The 18th amendment runs on all fours with any one of the foregoing illustrations. It punishes 10000 tenn
 perate men hoping to catch an oc-
 casion toper but it doesn't catch
 him or if it does, it doesn't attempt to punish him. Sugar and alcohol are said to be bad for some kidneys. The
 manufacture of the one is as free from crime as is the manufacture of the other. An attempt to cure our diabetically inclined neighbors by prohibiting the manufacture of sugar
 would be as precisely sound in prin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29

Spain now has IFS talkie theaters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29

for himself or his neighbor will look in vain. Until that time comes, the cause of prohibition will be defend- ed by good but mistaken people.
 q don't object to referendum, \ like the idea but it should be borne in mind that should the vote be 3 to 1 in favor of sustaining the pres ent law, it would be none the less unsound in principle and impossible of enforcement. Constitutions are made to protect and defend the rights of the humble citizen against the onslaught of mistaken mobs and ma jorities.''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
Exhibition At St Paul's
 Methodist Church

St Paul's Methodist church par lors were the scene of well at tended entertainment last night. A slight of hand exhibition was given by the "Great Michae". The magi- elan mystified his audience with his exhibition of tricks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
$50, ,OOO ESTATE RETURNED TO C0MST0CK
Scovill Co. Dividend
 Payable July l

A meeting of the Board of Direc- tors of the Scovill Manufacturing Company was held Thursday after noon when dividend of SO cents was declared payable on July 1st on stock of record of June 18th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29

The story of Comstock's disap- pearance is an interesting one. He left this city, was later heard from in Canada and then all. trace was lost of him until he turned up in California.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-29
Dr Eddy Guest and
 Speaker at Second Church

Rev D. Brewer Eddy, DID,, will be the guest and speaker at the Second Church tomorrow morning. pr Eddy comes from the Congregation al House in Boston. He is g mem Der of the Home Department of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
STREY DRAFTS
BILL FOR new
HIGHWAY SETUP
Wedeking Defense Weak,
Says Senator: Wants
Board Abolished.

Senator Charles L. Strey Rep.i
Kosciusko and Wabasn) is prepar-
ing to reply to Chairman Albert j.
Weddings defense Of the state
highway department today by in
PRODUCING next week bill to abolish
the present commission entirely and
create a new setup with four full
time commissioners to be paid $4,000
year and to be nominated by the
Governor with senate approval.
Wedeking issued statement de-
Tending the commissions failure to
collect federal aid by showing that
in years gone by this also happened.
The statement came from Lafayette
where the commission chairman is
attending the Purdue university
roads school.
This failure to collect the funds
is to be investigated by committee
of the senate provided for by a
resolution adopted unanimously
Thursday and headed by Senator
Strey. The committee will hold its
first meeting Monday, Strey an
nounced.
"Wedeking's defense is pretty
weak" Strey commented this morn
ing. ut doesn't deny that the COM
mission failed to collect $4,000 900
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
HenlorrhOids
How to End Painful Piles
Without SaIves or Cutting

Thousands of Pile sufferers have
learned that quick and permanent
relief can only be accomplished with
an internal medicine. Neither
salves or ointments remove the
cause.
Bad circulation of the blood In
the lower bowel causes piles. The
veins are fabby, the bowel walls
weak-the parts almost dead. To
end Piles an internal medicine must
be used to stimulate the circulation
and strengthen the affected parts.
DR.. J. S. Leonhardt was the first TO
discover real internal Pile remedy.
He called his prescription HEM ROID.
and prescribed it for 1000 patients
with the marvellous record of success
in go cases, and then decided every
Pile sufferer should be able to get
HEM ROID from their own druggist
with rigid money back guarantee.
DR.. Leonhardt's prescription has
wonderful record of success right in
this city and Hook Drug Stores invite
every Pile sufferer to try HEM ROID
and guarantees to refund the purchase
price if it does not end all Pile misery.
Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23


in federal aid at time when the
money was sorely needed for
drought and unemployment relief.
Nor does it explain that the COM
mission. while letting this money lie
idle at Washington, borrowed ST.
100000. although they had s22,Ooo.-
600 a year to spend, the greatest
sum IN commission history"
One Of the points Strey says his
committee viii inquire into is
whether it is not a fact that the
commission had more contracts let
year ago last October than would
have been necessary to collect all
federal aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
MARIE AND POLLY
ARE TOGETHER AGAIN

AXE IOGETHEK AGAIN
The easiest job ever offered extra
players in Hollywood came to a
group Of 200, used in "Chuck" Ries-
ner's new Metro Goodwin Mayer
picture, Reducing" co-starring
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran,
which will be shown at the Palace
for one week, starting Saturday.
Usually the lot of the extra is not
easy. In costume pictures such as
1.-THE Great Meadow" period of 1776,
he has to be fitted to costumes, wear
wigs and put on an elaborate make
up which takes a long time to pre-
pare.
In Cecil B. De Miles Madam
Satan" scores of extras made jumps
in parachutes from a falling Yep
pelin. In John Gilbart'S WAY COR
Sailor" being soaked to the skin
in rainstorm was just part of the
days work.
In Reducing" however, the extras
didn't have to put on makeup or
queer clothes. They were ordered
to come just as you are" and all
to "cone just as you are" and all
was to walk around and laugh at
the antics of Marie Dressler and
Polly Moran.
Just think of getting paid for
that! They were used to simulate
"a crowd in the Grand Central sta
ton, New York, Inassing around the
exit to one of the passenger tunnels,
as Marie, with family, arrives to visit
her sister, the successful beauty
parlor owner, Madam Pauline
Rochay."
Marie's two boys get into mischief
Immediately and in extricating them
from trouble their mother nearly
causes a riot.
Reducing boasts a strong sup
porting cast, including Anita Page,
Lucien Littlef1eld, William (Buster)
Collier Jr., Sally Eilers and William
Blackwell.
Other films comprising the ball
ance Of the program will include
Metro oldwyn- Mayer colortone
revue, "The Snappy CabaIlero," the
Hearts Metrotone News Pictorial, a
Flip the Frog cartoon novelty and a
curiosity subject.
q Il
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Benny Rubin at the Indiana, 1.-THE
Widow from Chicago at the Ohio,
1.-THE Bat Whispers" at the Palace,
1.-THE Man Who Came Back" at the
Apollo, Mothers Cry" at the Circle,
Salt and Peanuts at the Lyric,
movies at the Colonial, and bur-
lesque at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
In Legislature
so Years Ago
By United Press

=
A BILL designed to prohibit
IA railroad trains from travel.
ing at a rate greater than twenty
five miles an hour was introduced
in the 1881 legislative session by
Representative johnson of Jeffer-
son county. The bill was num-
'bered 121 of the session and en-
titled "An act to prevent railroad
accidents .
It provided that "at no time
trains run at speed greater than
twenty-five miles an hour, or
more than four miles an hour
when approaching crossings, and
shall come to a complete stop for
a few seconds at all crossings"
Some lawmakers received the
bill with favor because they be-
lieved it would lessen the danger
to drawn vehicles at cross
ings, but it never became a stat
ute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23

rests on the seventh. This is the
most famous of the so-called "in-
terrnittent rivers" numerous in
that region.
"Nahr Ell Argus" was well
known to the ancients, and proba-
bly, is the original of the legen-
Diary Sanitation" famous in
Hebrew folklore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23


at his surroundings with a mind that
is almost blank. He dares to hope
he sees glimmer of possible happy
days to come-and from this
moment he is a, changed man.
THE Criminal Code is from the
play of the same name which was a
famous Broadway hit and prize win
ner. 1t is said to be an absorbing
romance with a distinctly original
slant.
Walter Huston, who plays the
stellar role, is a veteran of many
motion picture successes.
He is supported by Phillips
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23

Not" series and Crying for Caro-
line are included on the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23

Holmes, who plays the youthful con-
vict, and by Constance Cummings,
who is the lovely daughter of the
prison warden.
An imposing number of screen
celebrities make up the rest of the
cast. Howard Hawks, who has
directed many notable screen pro-
auctions, is the director of this latest
audible screen attraction.
Vitaphone Varieties, including the
third of the Ripley's Believe 1t or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
REAL PRISON LIFE
is FOUND IN MOVIE
"The Criminal Code" Does Not Make PoIyanna Char
aCterS Out of the Men Behind Iron Bars.

ME crime commissions attempting to curb the epidemic
of laweness the United States attacking
distinct angles.
They attempting with
which breeding places for
they trying give good
and the they
THE Criminal Code coming to the Apollo Saturday pic
Of the breaking and mndg youthful convict soul
transforms desperate shattered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
ASKS STATE AID DELAY
Indiana Senate Suggests Congress
Hear Views Before Acting.

Federal aid to states, in various
forms, is appreciated, but states
should have some voice in the mat
ter, the state senate believes.
The senate Thursday adopted a
concurrent resolution introduced by
Senator j. Francis Lochard Dem.
Dearborn, Jennings and Ripley
asking congress to defer any action
on pending bills designed to make
financial grants in aid to the sew
eral states until state legislatures
may appoint committees to confer
with appropriate congressional COM
mittees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
Aged Farmer Dies

D. fTNc9 cpCCtdt
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 23.-Mat-
thew Kirby, So, lifelong resident OF
Bartholomew county, died in the
county hospital here following sew
eral weeks illness. He operated a
farm west Of the city. He leaves his
widow, ( son and daughter. James
Kirby. Cssian, akid Mrs. Charles
Neal. east Of here
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
COLLEGE HEADS
ELECT WILKINS
AS PRESIDENT
0berIin Chief Selected at
Close of National Meet
ing in City Today.

Literature is at one Of its lowest
ebbs.
It suffers from an orgy OF indis-
elimination.
Future greatness Of American
letters rests in the schools and col
leges.
The book business is its worst
enemy.
These terse comments with the
Injunction to hammer classical
books into the mental taste Of citi-
zens were made by Joseph Whar-
ton Ldppincott, president Of the j..
3 Lippincott Publishing Company,
at the closing session of the Asso-
citation Of American Colleges today
in the Claypool.
With the conclusion OF the two
day meeting, Dr. Ernest H. wilkins,
president of Oberlin college, was
elected president Of the association.
Urges Manuscript Tests
other officers are: ]. P. Mitchell,
registrar of Stanford university,
vice-president; DR.. Robert L. Kelly,
New York City. executive secre-
tary, and William Mather Lewis,
president of Lafayette college,
treasurer.
In Lippincott's address he re-
cited the book publishing flood that
struck the nation few years ago.
'The average life of a book grew
shorter and shorter The publisher
met it with hand to-mouth buying
without regard for the relative
value OF the publication. The pub
lie got what it clamored for but,
naturally, was disappointed in
quality" he said.
IF every manuscript, before
publication, was subject to a test
Of whether it was worthy to be
placed on the shelf Of a college
library, there would be better books
and less titles.
DIR. Bryan Is Speaker.
THE book trade alone can not
make a book reading nation. 1t is
the work of the colleges" he con-
Guided.
DR.. William Lowe Bryan, presi-
dent of Indiana university, in talk
on vocational and Nonvocational
Training In the College Of Liberal
Arts" urged that professional and
preprofessional studies be postponed
until after graduation and that gen.
eral college courses be taken during
the undergraduate years.
Frederick woodward, vice-presi-
dent of the University of Chicago,
and Marion E. Park, president of
Bryn MaWr college, also spoke.
New members named on the as
Sociation's executive committee were
Dean Luther P. Eisenhart, Prince
ton university; Dean Herbert E.
Hawkes., Columbia university; James
L. McConaghy, president Of Yves
leyan university, and Rector James
Fl. Ryan of the Catholic university
Of America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23

The SabbaticaI River-The
Sabbatical river (Nahr ell Arus),
which flows from Mt. Lebanon,
Syria, is so called because it flows
for six days of the week, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23
7-7Y 90

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Thursdays Times;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-23

The Popular ~ of the Davises
Senator and Mrs. James ]. Davis
Of Pennsylvania have five chill
dren-James j., Jane, Joan. Jewel,
and Jean. Mrs. Davis name also
is Jean.
Saturday: 1.-THE Tree That
Rains"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-14
BY CAROLINE DREW

wildwood, Pa. will go down in workingclass
history as one of the most bitter battlefields of
the miners struggle. Masses of striking miners
marched to smash an injunction handed down
by the bosses, and were shot down in cold blood
by yellow bellied deputies, who have long prison
records
The Butler Consolidated Coal Co. at Wild
wood is one of the most mechanical mines in
the world 1t has been in operation only for the
past two and half years, and the most modern
Old Roy loading machines Joy loading machines,
motors, cutting machines, are in use. Special
skill is needed to work on these machines. The
operators of the mine secured the injunction on
the basis that the workers were not miners but
operators of machines. And, the courts which,
are owned and controlled, by and for the bosses
did not call in the workers, miners with years of
experience men, who have gone into the bowels
Of the earth year after year, and dug black da-
nonds, to ask them if they were miners
There is no company patch at wildwood. The
miners are scattered all around, within radius
of thirty miles. Many of these miners live in the
company patch of closed down mines. The house
bosses Of these shut down mines tell the miners
not to go picketing and warn them that If they
do they will be evicted.
These miners struck against the sliding wage
scale. According TO the company, coal in this
mine, could not cost more than one dollar ton.
The company added up all the costs and If the
coal cost more than dollar to produce then the
company reduced the miners wages. If the COM
,any decided that the coal had cost $l.25 ton,
then the miners would get 25 cents wage cut
on each dollar. If they decided the coal cost
sll5 ton then the miners would get is cents
tut on each dollar. Only the operators, had the
right to know and decide how much the coal had
cost to produce. The miners knew their figures
we're "phoney" because before the sliding scale
had been put into operation in January, coal had
rost SO cents ton to produce The sliding scale,
was another way to cut the workers wages any
time the operators felt like H.
This was tho first strike at wildwood the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-14
Wildwood Miners to Garry On

workers came out 100 per cent strong. They
were fighting bunch, determined in their mass
pcketing and strike activities, to keep the scabs
out of the mine, and to smash every effort Of
the operators to break their strike. When the
bosses court handed down the injunction, they
began immediate preparations for the mass
picket line to smash the Injunction.
The entire Allegheny Valley section, was rallied
for the picket line on Monday morning at the
picnic held on Sunday. Men and women, stayed
up all night making preparations and sending
the trucks on. In the early morning hours the
strikers messed over half a mile from the mine
Everyone knew of the march 10 smash the in
junction, and yet on Monday morning, not state
policeman was in sight Twenty deputies were
hidden in ambush with shot guns, machine guns,
revolvers drawn and ready The plan was care
fully prepared by the operators together with
Governor Pinchots state police, who we're told
to keep out of the way. They fired with intent
to kill, upon the command of one Reel, who has
been one of the most savage deputies, who gave
the order to kill every bastard black and white,
men, women and children" They singled out GER
tain of the active strikers and filled them full of
lead. They we're particularly vicious against the
women Reel, himself, fired the first shot. Zig
aric, was killed and IL wounded After the shoot
ing the yellow dog deputies, state police, went
into every house, searched it, took whatever they
liked and arrested all the men. They were on
man hunt, and the booze they had in them, and
the abuse they showered on the men, women, and
children, showed to what lengths the coal oper-
ators will go, in attempt to terrorize the strk-
ers. to drive them back to starve at work.
When another march was announced on Wild
wood the operators and claw" stationed rs de-
putes 10 state police, and ambuances for
about half mile around the camp.
Pete zigaric who was murdered by the oper-
ators and Governor Pinchots deputized thugs,
will long be remembered and honored by the
workingclass. His death adds more determine
ton to the miners. their wives and children, to
continue the struggle. and fight all their enemies
His death puts fire into the blood of every worker
and makes them resolve 10 help the miners win