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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-07
EXPLOSION SHOOK UP HEATER
Back Tax Collector
 Attorney Guilfoile
 Made Great Record
Nearly One Million Dollars Has Been Taken in By His
 Office in the Past Three Years of Service


 
 
  he back bills with the aid of assistant  After the months probing
  
  are ben   urned in to the tax
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This weeks special Of WOrdcn's is BURNT ALMOND and TEA BERRY PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM. W0rden's delicious specials are one of the biggest treats ever offered. Try our combination. Give the whole family treat. Order from your nearest WOrden's dealer.
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Richard Dix and His C0m= pany in "Cimmaron" Had Just Completed Film When Under Ground Blast Came-3l People Were Injured Taxicab and Occupants Hurled Into the Air
STREET PAVEMENT
 SHOT SKYWARD
BY RONALD w. WAGONER (United Press Staff COrresnondenf

ICH1teu T'TeSS otUn CUFTcSISOn0entD Los Angeles, Feb z - GU. P.) -
 An underground explosion in front
 of the Orpheum Theater last night injured 31 persons, two seriously, in a crowd straining police lines at the
 showing of a talking picture star
 ring Richard Dix.
 The film "Cimmaron" has just been completed and Fred Niblo,
 Hollywood director, was introducing
 member of the cast from the stage when the theater and nearby build- ings were rocked.
 The explosion was believed to
 have been caused by ignition of
 sewer gas caused by faulty electric (Continued on Page 9
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HYMN BOOK SCRAMBLE ENDED

Pittsburgh, Feb 7-(UP)-The scramble for hymn books at the Allegheny county jail during Sunday church services has stopped Eight hundred hymnas have been provided by the United Prebyteran Board of Publication There are 700 prisoners.
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LOWEST INFANT DEATH RATE

infant death in the country statistics released by the government show The rate of deaths was 48 per OOO State of Washington second with 49 deaths per 1000
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Late Bulletins
WANTED TO BE PUT IN JAIL

New York, Feb 7-(UP)--Wiiam Whitford asked policeman to put him in jail and when Magistrate Mog esky asked him why, he replied that "when the company left, my wife started picking and might do thing rash. The judge had to dismiss him for he had committed no crime
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Milk that has been satisfactorily
 pasteurized by Worden's Dairy is Safe and 1t need not he pasteurized again in the home. That Is why doc- tors recommend 1t for infant and child feeding.
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1909 FALLS PROVED FATAL

Columbus, o, Feb 7-(UP)-There 1909 deaths from falls reported to the Ohio department of health dur ing the first 10 months of 930 of which 6O9 occurred in the home according to the annual report.
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Cleveland o, Feb 7-(UP)-Mrs Emily McCreary, who born in log cabin here when Cleveland was hardly than village, is dead at 90.
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PLUNGED TO ITS DEATH

Middletown, N. Y, Feb 7-(UP)-A pack of dogs chased fawn through this city until it leaped up bank to the roof of shed and then poised for moment the edge of the roof plunged to it's death the other side
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STAR FIRE FIGHTER AT s2

Cleveland, O. Feb (UP)-Although George A. Wal ace 82 to go full pension for 60 years service with the fire department March l. he recently fought fire for four hours in blindng snowstorm with the temperature below freezing.
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HOG CHASED HIM UP A TREE

chased George Beatty into thorn tree when his shot, tended to kill the animal, went wild. companion Joe Vals killed the hog and Beatty climbed down.
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HOUDINI IS IN JAIL AGAIN

Bowling Green, o, Feb 7-(UP)-Els Gee, 37, was called Mchgans Houdin by officers recently when they returned him to the Jackson Mch state prison for the fourth time following his The fourth time he recaptured at his home in Portage near here
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FATAL TRAIN WRECK IN POLAND

Warsaw Feb 7-(UP)-Four persons killed and 20 injured when two express trains collided Cracow today M Hyla deputy in the Polish parliament among the passengers injured Both locomotives and six coaches were destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-07
Race For Sandland Labor Position Now
 That He Is Assessor
The Ex-Mayor Must Resign From Place in Labor Commissioners Office and There Are Many Applicants
(By Democrat sMH Nfan)

H.  
 
  avalanche applicants 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-07
STIMS0N MAKES SPEECH ON OUR
 FOREIGN POLICY
Secretary of State Tells How and Why Hoover Regime Differs From That of the Wilson Administration
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Feb 7.-UP)-In his first public speech on Americas present foreign policy, Secretary of State Henry l.. Stimson last night interpreted it in effect as an aban- donment of interference in South American countries and willingness to recognize any new government which can and will fulfill it's inter- national obligations.
 (Continued on Page 9
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STEAMER sINKING.

Riga, Feb 7.-(UP)-The Soviet steamer Sergiev, with 100 passengers aboard struck a rock near Sebasta- pol and was in . sinking condition
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VOLSTEAD HAD AN OPERATION

Minneapolis Feb 7-(UP)-Andrew J. Vostead, CO., author of the nations prohibition law recovering in Fairvew hospital to-day from operation for append cts.
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The Weather

Cloudy, Not So Cold, Tonight and Sunday
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-20

dren the stars that shone over
the Nativity.
The burning of TIE Yule log,
still customary in homes having
open fireplaces, was iraugurated
among the Norsemen, who thus
symbolized their faith that their
Yule festival marked the end of
dark winter and the beginning of
longer days and more sunshine.
Carol singing began in the Middle
ages, when the church sent out
singers to thus spread the true
season for JOY and gladness on a
holiday that had become a time
of unseemingly and riotous feast
ing and merrymaking. In our
Christmas church program is a
modern survival of the very first
form of modern drama: the dram
atization of the story of the Nativ-
ity for the benefit of a congrega-
ton of whom Biblical Latin was
unintelligible.
And our Christmas dinner, even
including many of the items on
the menu, is a time honored Gus
tom, beginning perhaps in the
convivial wassail bowl, hot spiced
ale with apples floating in it
passed from lip to lip about the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-20

her her first pair of silk stockings
which so pleased her red headed
majesty that she then and there
foreswore wearing cloth" ones!
Feminine Accessories as Gifts
If gloves and hose and jewelry
were. pleasing to good Queen
Bess. they are certainly not less so
% the modern woman. For her
love of dainty articles for her per-
,onal use is at least as long
standing as Christmas itself.
Queen Elizabeth's gloves are today
museum pieces exquisitely made
gauntlets, of fine leather which
even tocay retains its suppleness
with flared cuffs heavily embroid-
cred and encrusted with gold and
gems. Nor are modern gloves so
different. The gauntlet today is
The slip-on, and its cuffs flares
Or does not flare according to the
width of the sleeve with which it
lis worn. In it's love of decoration
the modern glove also borrows
from the Sixteenth century. Col
ored hand stitching. appliqued
Heather with brilliant-set buckles
hold them in tighat at the wrist,
and some of the longest formal
gloves boast inserts of a contrast
ing color at just about the middle
of the upper arm.
Gloves
A conservative choice in formal
gloves is the regulation long pair,
either of black or chalk white or
a soft pinky beige. For the young
er woman very short formal gloves
are newer, one-button lengths slip
ons, and one French house is adj
vancing this short glove in a defi-
mite period style, with a little lace
ruffle about the top. Gloves for
street and sports wear would be
bought a half size too large, to
give that wrinkled bulky appear
ance now SO smart, and should be
hand-sewn, and of washable
leather.
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Christmas Celebrations Originated Long AGO

grooming board in some great Sax
on feasting hall; and reaching its
climax, probably, in the days of
Elizabeth, when 100 dishes were
not too much to set before royalty
and serf alike on this day of
days. In ElizAbeths time, also,
when the manner of celebrating
Christmas reaches heights of ex-
travagance almost unimaginable
today, W efind those theatricals,
masquings and mummings of
which our own holiday parties are
perhaps a direct descendant.
Gift Giving in Olden Times
In spite of the lesson of the
original Christmas. people have not
always given each other presents
on this day. It has been custom
airy in England for some time to
award faithful servants and trades
people with gifts Of money on
Boxing Day." the day after
Christmas. Little Dutch children
were the first to hang up their
stockings on Christmas Eve in
hopes of having them filled with
sugar plumbs by their good Saint
Nicholas, and the custom of CIV
ing good children presents at this
time of year came into this coun-
try with its first Dutch settlers.
But New Years presents have
long been popular, and are COM
mon in France even today. Dur
ing the Sixteenth century the
practice of giving New Years gifts
was cultivated, it is said, by the
royalty, and much of the elaborate
royal wardrobe was consequently
accumulated on the first of Janu-
airy at the hands Of adoring and
favor seeking courtiers. Queen
Elizabeth is reported by an old
chronicler to have dotted on fine
gifts of this nature, so that those
anxious to win her favor show
cred her with richly embroidered
sleeves, jewelry, handsome gloves.
A waiting woman, it is said, gave
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-20

1d1llIOIlS anu IdSVeS III lllJSTlOr QSC-
Grafton, which will link this par
ticular Christmas anew with the
romantic past which originated
them.
Origins Of Christmas Customs
Important in the typical Ameri-
can Christmas is Santa Claus him
self. He was Sixth century
saint, known for his generous gifts
to the poor, whom children in
Holland have long revered as Saint
Nicholas, "Sinterklass." Today,
grown plump and jolly with many
centuries of childish alteration,
dressed in a red suit borrowed
from Russia. where he is a patron
saint, and equipped with reindeer
and sleigh given him by his admir-
erS in Finland, Santa Claus is the
very symbol of Christmas itself.
Important also are Christmas dec
orations. Our holly wreaths are
the same the Romans used during
their feast of the Saturnalia; our
mistletoe was used by the old Brit
ish Druids, or nature worshippers.
who invested it with miraculous
power to protect from harm; and
our Christmas tree, one legend
says, was first set up and trimmed
with lighted candles by Martin Lu-
ther to symbolic for his own chill
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-20

Silk hose. were a novelty tc
Queen Elizabeth, but no more
pleasing to her than to the mod
ern girl who already owns doz-
en-. pairs. She will be especially
| happy, in this year OF femininity
and romantic dress styles, to re-
eaive very sheer clicked pair in
che OF the new cClors. Mesh hose
are an acceptable choice for street
wear, and the bigger the mesh
the better. Bronze nose are Paris
choice for wear with the new
browns we see everywhere, espe-
cially with bronze kid or satin
pumps. And for evening wear give
her gold or silver hose, or if she
wears evening sandals, SO that
they are the new "toed' type de-
signed for wear with this popular
type OF evening shoes.
Bags
Handbags, another feminine COS
tune accessory that you may wish
to place on your Christmas list,
are invariably large and flat for
street wear, envelopes or pouches,
and they are also, invariably, con-
servatively trimmed. Some are
mounted on shining metal frames,
or have squares and circles of
metal set on them for decoration.
Others are trimmed in leather or
fabric of a contrasting color: and
many show jewelry touches, ball
clasps of green jade or brilliant
set, long bars at the top of black
clip pins along the edge of the
flap Evening bags are much
smaller and almost always of
pouch shape, mounted on heavily
jeweled or filigree frames, and of
rich fabric, thickly embroidered
or sewn with seed pearls. A very
new evening bag is of velvet, with
a talon fastener inside and flag
snapped down under a boWknot
of seed pearls.
Give Her Something She Can
Wear
The present vogue for period
costume has lent fresh popularity
to all sorts of feminine foibles
such as make highly desirable
gifts. 1t has brought back into
favor the collar and cuff set, es-
pecially a high collar like the old
fashioned stock, with ruffled jabot
attached and a pair of wrist ruff
files to match It has lent new
emphasis to scarfs. Sports scarfs
are often hand knit, and are
shorter and narrower than hither-
to to avoid bulk. They are worn
in an ascot tie with knitted o.
corduroy suits, and sometimes have
matched beretS or rolled caps.
Evening scarfs have attained new
They are usually of chif-
fon, very long and oddly shaped,
and woman of imagination may
her own individual effect
by ingenious draping and twisting.
One consists of two long oblongs
of chiffon held together by a
thick, rope-hke necklace of several
strands of pearls and thin strip
of chiffon twisted together. An
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1931-12-20

other is a long whisp of material
ending In single fur cuff.
Wells
Face wells, now that they are
longer and more mysterious, have
attained the advanced rank of ac-
ceptable Christmas presents. Most
OF them are of very fragile mesh,
with large chenille dots along the
edge of narrow lace pattern. Or
look at parasols, the tiny ruffly
kind, to ward off undue sunshine
at Palm beach or during the com
ing summer. And fans, of carved
ivory or shaded ostrich plumes or
dripping coque feather, to lend
old-fashioned coquetry to the mod
ern party costume.
Or Something She Can Use
Cosmetics themselves are some
things most women, these days of
artistic makeup, will wish to
choose for themselves; but not so
their containers. Vanity boxes in
bright enamels, or dainty cloi-
some, or crusted with brilliants.
are one of the most pleasing of
gifts. Toilet articles, too, are dear
to the woman's heart. Dresser
sets come in handsome, smooth
compositions, and in a variety of
colors and designs to complete the
decorative scheme of any bedroom,
Or there are the many plated or
sterling silver toilet articles to
choose from, manicure sets, shoe
horns. Perfume bottles in pairs,
of sterling or old fashioned stud
ded''' or engraved glass are always
welcome. And there are many
homely little articles of practical
use, glove frames for her to dry
her gloves on, glove stretchers to
work the fingers into shape after
drying, shoe trees and dress hang
ers, shoe boxes covered with bright
cretonne and divided into COM
partments for each pair, nests of
boxes for use in her bureau
drawer.
Or Something in Jewelry
Jewelry is perhaps the most sat-
isfactory of gifts, and is as much
a favorite today as it was in the
days of Queen Elizabeth, when Or
nate bracelets and rich necklaces
won the good queens graces I'M
failingly. For ones nearest and
dearest there is the old glamor of
diamonds, in handsome solitaires
in the new geometric stone-cuts,
in combination with colored stones
in paved bracelets and short neck
laces, caught in filigree of plat
mum in earrings or dress clips.
Pearls, too, have been given new
fashion emphasis by period styles;
and genuine crystals, carefully cut
to catch the light, are the choice
of the many women who are wear
ing velvet this winter.
Wrist watches are important.
The newest ones come equipped
with a bracelet that harmonizas
with the case, either of flexible
metal links, or with a double cord
of metal or silk.
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CHRISTMAS we will celebrate it this year is
pose holiday, made up of customs and beliefs borrowed
from countries and periods all blended together
by that wonderful and universal thing known the Christ
mas Spirit 10 this historical aspect of the Christmas cee
braon do not often much thought accept gift
giving and plum pudding unquesonaby small children
do Santa Claus But revival of interest in things of the
past has recently arisen to influence most obviously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
Door Bell Ringers.

These are the days of door bell ring
ers. Unlike Halloween, the call to the
entrance means something. Then a
summons to the door was impelled by a
rnischievous prank and sales-resisting
talk was unnecessary.
But now at this season of the wear,
and this year particularly, the call to
the door has a purpose back of it..
The housewife must go, even if she has
a maid in the house. The caller does
not want to see anybody but the mis-
tress of the house.
Often these visits are legitimate. A
salesman is calling. 1t is the only way
he has of plying his honest trade. The
only means he has of making liveli-
hood Perhaps it is an unfortunate
looking for work. money or a meal.
No one with heart would deprive
those in either class the right for an
appeal. One does not have to acquiesce
to their demands but a firm answer,
not a gruff one, should be given.
However, there is another class of
callers. who at this time can we'll be
dispensed with. They have no appeal
Their call is nuisance. This class
consists of small boys making their
way from house to house asking that
the occupant take a subscription to
magazine. In the majority of cases
these boys are sons of well-to-do fam
lilies, who allow their children to make
these canvasses for an addition to their
spending money. The children do not
need it, and older folks do.
1t would appear that it would be
much better for families to keep their
young offspring off the streets and let
those actually in need take their places
Housewives are willing to help those in
need, but dislike to be annoyed by con-
slant appearances at the door for those
who are undeserving
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necessity for honesty, have q secret Of
their own.
It is this:
That the secret sign of the initiate is
his willingness to accept an honest re-
mark, honestly made, whether one
agrees with 1t or not, at It's face value,
without finding 1t necessary to make
any inimieal or joking comment about it.
The inner secret Of the honesty seek
ers Is this:
honesty.
The devotees of the older religions
knew that not all men were able to
bar the great secret of the mysteries,
which was that nobody knew
It was a tough truth, as they saw It.,
and had better be kept for those who
had endured, and therefore could stand
the ultimate sorrow.
X + 4
The modern cult of utter honesty
does not 60 so far along the path of
denial.
Bolstered by the divine hopes Of
Christianity, which shed a radiance in
the darkest night, in the sorriest lives,
the seeker after honesty knows but
one rule, that of good taste.
Let no one shrink back here, afraid
that q certain juvenile, amateurish
quality creeps into the discussions of
those travelling the honesty trail.
Good taste has its place in the world,
and it may be encompassed by the
serious minded without descent to
banality.
Good taste means a sense of proper
ton. It means that one has accepted
the dictates of the mind as well as Of
the body, Of the spirit Of man, which
enshrines his immortal longings. as
we'll as of the earth, which holds him
for the moment.
Be honest, then, only with the chosen
few.
Let them bear the brunt of ones
winnings, as others might call them.
Honesty of expression Is q search for
the ultimate.
No one ever finds the ultimate, in
the very nature Of things
The search itself is the real good.
"It is better to travel hopefully than
to arrive" said wise man, in another
connection.
The thought applies, however, to the
search for the ultimate by means OF
honest thought, honestly expressed
The whole world of thought is the
field for this happy use Of the intelli-
gence.
Until one mas Cr1eo IL, ne may not
realize how few times he is given to
putting his honest thoughts into as
honest words as he can find.
Once started, he will reveal himself
to himself as no other human being
can.
This is about as near to seeing ones
self as others see one as 1t is given to
mortals here below to look into the
mirrors of divinity.
A human being stands on the very
tip-top, misty with the unknown, when
he tries, even though he be seated on
nothing more mighty than a chair in
basement restaurant, to probe into
the heart of life and drag out there
from a few bits of authentic fact.
Facts, let it be said, are not neces-
sarily facts. Sometimes they are opin-
ions. Often opinions are facts which
no one recognized as such.
No one, that is, except few choice
souls, rare honest men, who. because
they really tried, we're on the trail of
reality even though they knew it not.
To them was the reward Of having
seen first glorious dawn.
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Death at the Crossing.

A motor car was hit by a Chesapeake
Beach Railway train the other evening,
just at sunset, and+the two occupants
were instantly killed. the train being
derailed, with fortunately no injuries
to the crew or passengers. The acct
dent occurred in suficient light to have
permitted clear view of the crossing
and the approaching train by the driver
If the car. No explanation is forthcom-
ing, perhaps none is possible, of the
reason why the driver, with the train
in plain view, proceeded to the crossing
and tried to pass in front of the engine
AS long as railroad tracks are crossed
at grade by highways there will be
fatalities. For just SO long will drivers
seek to beat the trains. The impulse to
get over the line first is strong in q
great many motorists. They will take
chances that experience has shown to
be deadly dangerous. They either over
estimate their own speed or underesti-
mate that of the locomotive. They do
not reckon upon the chance of their
engine stalling as the motor is forced
over the line, which usually lies at a
slightly higher grade than the road.
Or they fail to take into account their
own disposition to do the wrong thing
In crisis and by some impulsive move