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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Seadrome Sovereignty

It has escaped the notice of most people that bridge is being built from America to Europe. It is sort of aerial pontoon bridge. string of "seadromes' or floating Islands for the landing and servicing of air. cfaft crossing the Atlantic. with aeeommo- dstions for tourists The first unit is now under construction in a Delaware shipyard. Ifwill be floating dock chained to the bot tom of the sea, rising 70 feet above the wafer. with landing deck of $40 feet wide and HOO feet long and nearly all fhe conveniences of luxurious summer re- soxt. It will be anchored 100 miles of the Xmerican coast, and if it works all right fI,sre will be seven more units built as step pino stones across the sea.
 3Whereupon new international problem ,rIses, which may yet trouble Geneva. Will <f.ose seadromcs be islands or ships' What Isw will govern theml What sovereignty 1. ||I tl,sy acknowledged Whst esg will they 6v # shyl Whsf will De their status in css of wsfi Here is new puzzle tor the ||pI*<@+W
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Senator Capper of Kansas has been hav- ing quite bit to say about the economic benefits of legalized beer lately. Some of his remarks were quite seornful. The Hart ford Courtant rather mildly opines that 'He does not consider for moment the differ ence between countrys running along with its accustomed industries all adversely affected by hard times. and the economic ef- feet of introducing an entirely new indus try :. t." That has been our idea right along. We admit that countries in which liquor sales are controlled are experiencing business depressions probably worse than that in the United States Still We believe that legalization of the sale of beers. wines. and liquors would serve as an impetus that would go long ways toward placing con- ditions back on their normal level. It stands to reason it would. Everybody is wonder
 ing how they are going to pay rising tax bills. They wouldn't have to rise if there was a new source of tax revenue. Liquor is one. The excess bushels of wheat. barley. hops. rice. etc, could be utilized in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

It's too bad that most of the car owners don't own motorcycles. Then there would be no change in marker plates for l932. such as is proposed and will shortly go into effect. The state motor vehicle department has just mailed out 100000 blanks to car owners. Plates will be issued beginning to- day. Up to. November the applicant may reserve certain number. However the plates are undergoing radical change. All will be uniform size, g 1-4 by 6 inches. Only three numerals will be printed on any plate. So that this will be possible the depart ment has devised an intricate system of let ters. For instance in Waterbury there will be K1 to K9oo Then there will be K over A, to oo9, and so on down the alphabet. By the time you re through figuring out a plate it'll resemble an equation in algebra or trgonometry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
TEMPTATION OF ST JosEPHUs
lNew York Timesl

Once to every man or nation, as Lowell, said, comes the fateful moment. It now confronts the edi- tor of The Raleigh News and Ob-' server. Josephus Daniels is be- sought to pull North Carolina out of the sloughs of taxation troubles and divided counsels by running for governor. A dispatch from Ra- leigh to Sundays Times states that his only comment thus far has been: Interesting if true"
 MT Daniels has always main tained," writes our correspondent, that an editor should not be a candidate for public office in the state but should confine himself to his own function as critic, friendly or unfriendly, as the circumstances might require, of those in office." If he is wise, the ex-secretary of the navy, ex-public printer of North Carolina, ex-chief clerk of the interior department under Hoke Smith, will continue so to maintain. From the "conning- tow CT of the Raleigh News" where,5 as Wallace Irwin once wrote, MT Daniels "learned his nautical views" he should not allow him. self to be dislodged. Great as may be North Carolina's peril, an edi- tors, when in ofiice, is greater. There is no closed season on edi- tors. From big and from wilderness rise forgotten men whom he has offended. armed with poison darts. His contemporaries find in a rivals | official misfortunes ill-concealed pleasure. Even those of his own staff, though warned to treat the temporary statesman as news like everybody else" feel their pens shaking in their hands and their typewriters faltering.
 During the eight years in which
 he cruised over the carpets in the
 navy department. MT Daniels
 learned what it was to gather into
 his breast, like Winkelried. the spears of newspaper criticism. He experienced the agony of not be- ing able to respond as "we"' but only as "I." That should be enough for any editor. though the call for him sweep from the Tidewater- to | the Piedmont. .. ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
MORE TAXES IN SIGHT
(New Britain Herald ,


 After Mayor Quigley got through some time ago. talking about the need for special taxes on sundry luxuries. the cir cleared and now nothing more is heard about 1t, It was a good tonic for universal con versaticn while it.lasted. Now the discussion along these lines. has shifted to Washington. and there we find officials of the government quite agreed that certain tax in- creases are Unavoidable"
 Obviously. the main reliance for the increase is the income and cor poration tax. Small incomes. we are assured. will not he touched bv the increase. The b'g shots will have to pav more. however. and drafts are hair" wade of plans for in~orts on luxuries.
 It strikes us, that this is some thing of a reversal in WashinEton. It was only a few rronths ago when word went forth that the admiris- tration would not stand for any tax increases. These, it was held. would be hnd for business and hard on politics. It was the object of every administration to reduce taxes.. not increase them.
 But in a few months conclusions appear to have chanred. With the government facing the continual iise of red ink on It's books until more insome is derived. more sn- roIne needs 10 Dc derived ir, order to save on the consumption of red ~ Whsn ths eovsrnmsnt recently
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

They work for the commerce department on such matters as ex- tension of our trade and advising as to trade opportunities, the entry and clearance of American ships and discharges or assertions of seamen, and report to it on fish cries, lighthouses and measures and standards. They report to the navy department on Photographic data, lighthouses, harboring and coaling facilities, wireless stations, port regulations, movements of vessels and various marine data. They report to the post office de- partment on postal affairs. They tell the agricultural department about crop and market reports and estimates, plant introductions, weather, entomology. biology and so on. They do other jobs for the war department, the labor depart nfent-especially regarding immi- grafton, the federal reserve board, the justice department--on extra dition matters, for instance, the interior department and the ship ping board. s @
 Thus, they are likely to be kept pretty busy, regardless of climatic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

The poor old Nautilus. After all the re- pairing and extensive preparations to equip her for dive under the icy wastes of the North Pole regions she is finally to be brought to the North Sea and sunk. Sir Hubert Wilkins. the noted explorer, finally gave up his bizarre idea of cutting his way through the polar ice pack with as old ves- sel as the Nautilus and has just been given permission by the U. S. Shipping Board to give the undersea boat watery grave far from the ice fields and also the crowded shores of America. At last sweet repose will be found in the bosom of Davy Jones locker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM
DROoPING LEAVES
(By stanton A. Cobientz in The Christian

(Bv stanton A. Coblentz in The Christian
 Science Monitor) That Summer dies, and beauty. like the rose, Strips off her petals round withered core; That youth. sylph-footed laughs but comes no
 more, And black clouds hang about the daylight's
 close; ta Y. That hope turns pale, and old ambition glows To soot and embers. we may well deplore Yet be resigned to- since for ell before Earth has reserved the same contemptuous
 blows. But when the fault Is mans and we perceive Comrades we loved and lauded strut aside And snap the firm links of our early trust Then. with dry eyes, we may not seem to Yet long, beneath the scars. our hearts may
 hide A bleeding Image blurred with gathering dust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
AN UNIQUE PLATFORM
(New Haven Times. )

Out in Missouri an independ- ent candidate is seeking election to congress on an unique platform. He favors reduced pay, or depres- sion pay for lawmakers. However, reduced, or depression, pay for ciais is advocated by Kansas man who has already achieved election 10 the house. ec This is Representative Harold McGugtn who, as legislator two or three years ago, was able to gauge Kansas sentiment so &C., curately that he dared to intro duce q bill repeating the states ancient anti-c.garette law. He caused the repeal to be enacted, too.
 According to his computation, he IS drawing, and will draw, as a
 house member, a salary of 33.0OU
 bushels Of wheat and he declares that it Is too much. Tn salary and incidental expenditure, the sover- | nor of Kansas is costing the states 1 taxpayers 30,000 busheis of wheal l a year and that is too much, he adds. According to his informa- ton the president is drawing his salary regularly and it amounts to 250,000 bushels of wheat, and he | thinks that the output of more l than 125,O00- acres of average Kansas wheat land might suffer a
 cut of some few bushels with bene- | fit to all concerned.
 Congressmen being what they are. 1t is quite possible that Mi ! McGugin will not get very far with his idea at Washington, but it wiI' always be- within his power to ap- ply, the idea to his own salary. Az U 24,75O-bushel congressman, it
 might be possible for him to show that he Is every whit as valuable
 to his district and the country as a full 33,OO0-bushel congressman One of Mir McGugin's computa- tions has jared Kansas and might cause considerable jar in other states. He figures that, in all taxes
 within the state, Kansas will pay q total of $113.000.00O this year. But
 he also figures that at present prices the total Kansas will receive from its three great stable crops of
 wheat. corn and oats Is only $92,- coo. 900.
 That is a computation that win
 bear considerable study. It indi-
 cates that. If the Kansas farmer had to pay no taxes at all and not | a dollar was spent In stabilizine I plans, sor other relief plans. and the received nothing form the source of their principal incomes they would be about $2i, 900. 900
 better off than under things as they gre this year.
 Of course, taxes cannot be re- |mitted. but 1t emphasizes the i'm. lportant place taxes of all kinds
 have in the scheme of things and the eternal need for public econ
 omy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Here, There And EuerylOhere

saw fit to float some short term notes they were oversubscribed in jig lime. This was taken as con crete evidence that the govern ment has admirable credit. That is perfectly true. But the reason there is such confidence in the gov ernment as a borrower Is that the government has power to get all the money 1t needs through taxa ton. If and when 1t hasn't enough it can tax more. That appears to be the program. reluctantly adopt AI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Washington.-The state depart ment recently compiled list of about, 50 foreign service officers who have died in the line of duty and bronze tablet with their names probably will be placed somewhere in their honor.
 About nine out of 10 of these victims were consuls. Diplomatic officers in the foreign service go to capitals where their chances of survival are better. Consuls are sent to all sorts of posts. The "hon- or roll' shows that they have died or been killed in Santa Maria, Aux Caves, Martinique, Apia, Anadaka- be, Messina, Teheran, Catania, Ma tanzas Bay. Bahia, St Thomas, Acapulco, Funchal, Demarara, Tumbez, Colon, Guayaquil, Callao. Durango, Bassorah, Bagdad, Aguas Seven of them, mostly in the early days, were lost at sea. Five died in earthquakes or volcano eruptions. Three were murdered. Four died from exposure to extra ordinary hardships. Two were drowned trying to save life. And 29 succumbed to diseases which they would hardly have encounter ed at home-such as yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, high attitudes and malaria. s'' Thomas Mast, the famous po- litical cartoonist. is on the honor roll. In 1902 he obtained an ap- pointment as a consul at Guaya- quill, Ecuador, which was then a notorious pest hole. He had hardly arrived at his post before he suc- cumbed to yellow fever and promptly died.
 Back in 1780 one of our first consuls was lost at sea and in 1911 Joel Barlow of Connecticut, the new minister to France. went to Russia to confer with the invading Napoleon. got caught in the rush during the retreat from Moscow and perished from cold and starva- tion. t'sfE 8f
 In the last 15 or,20 years hardly anyone in the foreign service has died in an epidemic or from a plague common to the place of his assignment, indicating a general improvement in medical knowl- edge and sanitation in some of the posts once regarded as highly dan- gerous.
 The consuls do the dirty work of the foreign service, in contrast to the secretaries of legations and embassies in the same grades of the service whose work is less ar- duous and whose social duties are more so. They represent practically every branch of the government and, to some extent, all business men and private citizens. Their jobs as officials of, the state depart ment include protection of Ameri- can citizens and their interests political and economic reports to Washington, serving in consular courts in coutnriesy where extra territoriality exists-notably China notarial services, relief of Ameri- can seamen and attending to their estates, matters of citizenship, reg istration of Americana, passport services, alien visa control, deaths of Americans in their territories and attention to the estates of such Americans, witnessing mar riages, recording vital statistics and a great amount of correspondence They answer trade inquiries from American business men and miscellaneous inquiries from others back home. receive and forward mail of travellers, advise tourists and statesmen and watch the well fare and whereabouts of travelling Americans as far as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY
AIR RAID ON LONDON

On October l, 1917, German air craft made its 34th raid on Lon-
 don, this time killing 10 and in- turing 3S. The first air raid was made on London. by German aircraft Jan- uary 19, 1915. In the 34 air raids, the enemy killed outright S65 men, women and children, and wounded over 2.500.
 On this date the German planes were repulsed by barrage fire be- fore they could do any more dam age.
 Railway stations. churches and public buildings were thrown open to the people for protection. A correspondent wrote: Public
 buildings of all kinds which were stout enough to offer some resist
 ance to possible bombs had open doors. and the caretakers and others of the staffs in many of the great blocks of offices and busi- ness premises were also quick in
 their offers to share their greater safety with any who sought it. conditions which may afflict them.
 Most < members of the consular
 service are on salary of less than $80 a week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Quotations

There, is no crime problem in our land to-day, murder. thefts. lust and lawlessness to the con- trary notwithstanding. tf,s
 -Rt Rev Ernest V. Shayler.
 The question of the relative. guilt of bribegiver and bribetaker is of more than academic interest. Edward T. Devine.
 Woman to-day values herself ac- cording to the number of people who love and court her. and not by the real friends she has.
 -Dr Olga Knopf.
 Fundamentally. the solution of the world crisis boils down to the question of getting the unemployed to work again.
 < 9- Edward A. Eilene.
 My fingers ache to produce from clay the works of art thnt. will pro- claim me as a great aculptress.
 --Joan Crawford.
 t5if4ft, ------>----- f F 'fa. This repeated cycle of aceelerat- cd increase. climax. sudden de- crease and inereaee again ia com- mon tc'a great naHux auinals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

manufacture of the now illegal beverages. Many men would be employed if not direct ly then indirectly in the manufacture. We honestly believe the end of prohibition would react on this nation as did the auto- mobile years ago and of more recent years the radio. And it wouldn't be as short lived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
Good evening. o--O-O
 THE SERIES l,
"A. SMILES THE THING"

When the players take the field, And the old ump shouts, Play
 ball" Every son gets on his toes. Answering the seasons call, Blood pressures begin to soar, Each fan just seems to do his bit. Then there comes a mighty roar. As favorite knocks hit. Inning following inning, yep, Score is close, and now they're
 tied, Who's that coming to the plate. An, a hitter, watch his stride. Swings and doesn't hit a thing. Next one is a ball. oh dear, Pitcher puts one in the groove, Single. WOW, just pipe that
 cheer. He Il steal second, fleet of foot, There he goes, he beat the
 throw, A single now will tie the score. Come on. pitcher, let 'er go. Here's slugger Dan. with features tense,
 He hits the ball, ah road to fame, It's a homer, in the stands, Oh, boy, but wasn't that a
 game.
 o-O-o The kid who robs birds nests grows up into the chap who pliers from church poor boxes.
 o-O-o
 During a showdown, some- body is generally shown-up.
 o-O-o Eight hundred thousand farmers oppose the return of beer as an economic measure, claiming it would not help agriculture as claimed by the city vets. A farm CT may have hay in his hair but he's also got brains in his head.
 o-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Just what part Connecticut will play Tn the Washington bicentennial celebration in 1932 will shortly be made known, we sup pose. The commission named by Governor Cross this year held meeting this week to organize its forces. Collaboration with Representative Sol Blooms national eom- mittee will probably constitute most of it's work. There are many ways in which the state can cooperate. Certainly planting memorial trees is one of the easiest and best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

R. c. Blunt and [. B. cromb, members sof the New Zealand cricket team. read tho. lessons at the recent appointments service co pownaend church. Worcestershire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Say what you will about the Russians they're model citizens. They believe every thing the government tells them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 606 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

Besides that garden why shouldn't every Ford employe have fish pond in the yard and double garage with cow in the other end?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01
TING-A-LING

Election cigars,
 Have a rotten scent, So do politics ~ They represent.
 o-O-o Then there was the, dizzy poul- try man who fed his chickens egg plant, thinking it would increase their laying. ,.
 o-O-o
 Remember this. prophet is always without loss in a foreign country.
 o-O-o Suspenders came back into favor. just when the country need ed little additional support. "" o-O-o
 so IT GOES
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-01

The daughter snubs mother, When things arc going fine, But she always come back,
 When hubby's on short time.
 o-O-o An eleven-year old boy learned to fly an airplane in eight hours. Pretty soon mothers will be watch ing the skies to see where the junior members of the family are.
 o-O-o
 The Japanese will find the Chinese army chain no stronger than its weakest Chink. o-O-o' Basebalrs hall of fame is ready for a new entrant. It looks as If the series will be another bust.
 o-O-o
 Chickens are being de- .livered now by airplane. We'll, some of the planes make pretty good crates.
 o-O-o People who whistle are called morons by a professor. Wonder how the Waterbury traffic cops feel about 1t. a-n-o
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-28
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
missouri SynOd)

In his sermon of last Sunday
the pastor showed two important
differences between the Law and
the Gospel. In the sermon of Sun
day, Aug. 80, which is to be based
on the text: Galatians 3; 1922,
the pastor will show "How the
Law Harmonizes with the Cos
pei"
Our Savior's Lutheran
6 miles northeast of Vida)
Bible Hour-10:00 a. m.
Sunday School-10:0O a. M.
Divine Services-11:00 a. m
On Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock the annual congregational
meeting will take place. All vot-
ing members are urged to be pres
ent.
Radio Services over KICK
Gospel Thought Period"
Daily at 500 a. m.
Spiritual s~ustence is needed in
hot weather as we'll as in cool"
Attend church Sunday.
Rev. E. G. Kleidon, pastor
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-28

The Wolves won the Montana
pennant at baseball by defeating
Cutbank two games out of three.
A six-game series was scheduled
with Minot.
The building investment in Wolf
Point for the year up to Sept. 1
was a quarter of a million dollars.
A subscription paper was pass
ed to secure funds to send dele
gates to Washington to make a
plea for Fort Peck homesteaders
relief. $647 was secured.
Sigurd Hove and Esther Hert-
ing we're married by Judge Gordon
on Aug. %.
Elizabeth Peterson and Sam
Strodemeir were married by Judge
Rapp at Glasgow.
Wallace Smith was badly in
jured when he was caught be-
tween two box cars and seriously
crushed.
The Mountain States telephone
company was extending it's ser
vice to the Northside.
People were complaining because
of the high cost of living, and
authorities were blaming this to
the extravaganza of the people.
The motto of Work and Save"
was given as a remedy for the
evil.
Both Roosevelt and McCone coun-
ties shouting for a county
seat election.
John Barrymore, Harold Lloyd,
Hale Hamilton, Madame Petrova,
Virginia Pearson, Elsie Ferguson
and Charles Washburn were either
starred or featured at the Glacier.
The Valley Market carried an
ad telling of a cut in meat prices.
All cuts of steaks were 2Sc, pork
chops 3Sc, pork steak 35c, pork
~tenderloin 5Sc, salt pork SIC, NUT
ton and veal chops and outlets
soc.
Gordon Montgomery recently
discharged from the medical SER