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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
IN MIR. RENTS ABSENCE
(New York Herald-Tribune)

Rockwell Kent, Americas fight ingest artist, has just lost another notable controversy, but he prob ably will derive some satisfaction from the circumstance that the pub lie service commission waited until he was in Greenland to give the Delaware and Hudson company leave to discontinue passenger train service between Plattsburg and Au- sable Forks. Last year. with MT. Kent on the scene as an embattled resident of the tiny upstate town which is the terminus of spur line from Plattspurg, the dispute ragged with unabated fury. The railway company contended that two pas sengsrs a day neither paid diyi- dends nor indicated a pressing need for service. In the first encounter MT. Kent was victorious, but Inc sensed impending defeat even as he sailed on his holiday.
 ITO my knowledge" he declared from the pier, Al Capone, Peggy Joyce, Mahatma Gandhi and Ser nard Shaw all rode on the line in one day, and a very happy party they were, too. On another occasion the conductor told me he had talk en the names of Trotzky. Aimee Mcpherson, Garibaldi. Lydia Pink ham, Senator Hefiin and Romain Roland It would be intolerable to deprive these eminent persons. of railroad transport and might pre- cipitate an ugly international situa- ltion."
 | But now the service is gone, and when Shaw and M. Roland next visit Ausable Forks they will have Ito ride by bus, while another fla nous Kentian controversy is closed. Readers of the public prints will
 recall with gusto the to-do which ensued back in 1916 when the artist
 was tossed out of Newfoundland by the local government on the charge lof being in the pay of the Kaiser,
 the battle when the Fabre Steam
 ship company landed his son at the
 wrong port of call, the withdrawal
 of his painting from the Worcester
 Art Museum as -Vanzetti
 protest. the set-to over the Har-
 yard -Bok advertising award and the
 belaboring of the stuffed shirts" of the National Academy of De-
 sign, the customs service and oth-
 CTS. Perhaps it is not too much to hope that MT Kent will bring homo
 with him a nice new controversy from Greenland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
(NEA Service Writer)

Washington.-Lately the air has been full of vague, wispy rumors that President Hoover was about to say something or do something calculated to set the country on its feet, completely re-establish the Hoover popularity and insure re- publican success in next years campaign.
 Just who starts these various tales and how they come to receive so much apparently serious atten- tion, especially, but by no means entirely, outside of Washington, is more than your correspondent has been able to learn. They can't be traced to the source and one is left wondering.
 The present rumor period has followed an interval in which there were recurrent, untraceable re- potts here and there that some very prominent person had died or been murdered. The victim" was usually the president, the world $ heavyweight champion, the most famous of our transatlantic flyers or the last democratic presidential candidate. A week or two never passes without newspapers being called up for verification of such a report. The inquirer usually said he "heard 1t over the radio" Some celebrities were so often called upon to deny such rumors that they became pretty mad about it. How much responsibility may be ined they heard something, who faln fa of a rt something or who spoke surrep- tiously into convenient micro- phones at odd moments is a matter of idle speculation.
 The oldest and most fiourishing among the current rumor crop is the one about light wines and beer, or just about beer. A year ago or so this began with wide circulation of mysterious yarn that the beer business was about to be restored, all at once, to it's former status. Apparently the thing was just supposed suddenly to happen, without act of con- gress. Then it was consistently re- ported for months-and often written by correspondents here that the Wickersham commission would recommend light wines and beer.
 During 1891 the rumor. some what revised, has been that MT Hoover planned to recommend re- establishment of beer as legal drink as a step toward reviving prosperity. Such stories are often credited to, or believed in the highest quarters" They are said to have appeared in Wall street ticker services. Even money has been bet on their alleged accuracy At one time they were coming so thick that they q, irritated the White House and investigation as | to the source was reported under way. The best informed persons, one might as well make clear place no credence in them what ever.
 Now one begins to hear that the president has a surprise Of an other nature in store Tor us some radically drastic stroke which will be good for what ails us ana good for what ails the administra- ton. For instance, that MT Hoo- yer plans to urge upon American industry the five-day week system
 with non reduction in weekly
 wages. And, perhaps, a shorter
 workday. Assistant Secretary ol
 the Navy Ernest L. Jahncke, close
 friend of Hoover's, recently pro
 posed those things in a speecf
 which stimulated the rumor. Also
 YOU hear whispers of a Hoover
 proposal of a gigantic building pro
 gram. And others concerning som' likely world-shaking proposa which the president may make IT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
NEW ENGLAND, THERE SHE
 STANDS.
(New York Herald -Tribune)

A certain tendency among the uniformed to discredit New Eng land as an important factor in the current industrial and economic scene and make light of the re- gion's traditional business pru- dence and conservation probably will be checked by the recently is- sued report of the New England Council, a purely statistical docu- ment which proves that New Eng lands industries and finances gen. trally have suffered less during the last eighteen months than those of any other section of the country.
 A few quotations from these tab ulations will serve to indicate the general trend of things in the northeastern states. While in the United States outside of New Eng land in 1880 there was a reduction in building contracts of 22.4 per cent, the reduction in New England was only II; and while in the same field during the first half of the current year the falling of was 33 per cent, in New England 1t had fallen off only 4 more than the year before. In the shoe trade during the first five months oi 1881, while the rest of the country was sustaining a loss of 2.6 pei cent. New England gained siightl, under per cent, The report oi the Federal Reserve Board. show | ing the debits to individual ac counts in the principal cities fol the week of August 10 asserted thal the total for the Boston district. a'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
BUILDING TO LOSE SUN TAN

New Haven-(UP)-Yale au- thorities have decided they don't like the heavy sun tan complexion waterproofing material gave to the $10,000,000 Hardness Memorial quadrangle, show building of the campus. so they are spending $t5.- 900 more for facial. Workmen hope by opening of college to havs removed the waterproofing mater ial. The building will be just as 1t was before, offer the $30.000 is spent. college officials hope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

North Carolina is rather eonsratulating itself on it's latest conservation measure. It has set aside 23,870 acres of marsh and wa ter for waterfowl sanctuary through the Game Board of Dare County. It will exist for one year under federal supervision. The gift is unusual as Dare County and, of course. North Carolina exacts considerable portion of its annual income from hunters who flock there for ducks and other wild fowl. But Dare county realizes that the thoughts of the last two years have raised havoc with waterfowl, hence it does not care to exterminate the ducks that are lay-
 ing its golden eggs. Although the reason is purely altruistie. it is better than no sane tuary at all. stsg Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
Here, There And Euerywhere

compared with the corresponding week of 1880, showed reduction of per cent. while the totals for all districts showed a falling ofir of 25 per cent.
 These figures, obviously, cannot be interpreted as indicative of any lush prosperity, but they seem to confirm the wisdom of the conser- vatism that has been traditional Tn New England business. New Eng land has not been as hard hit by the lean years as have most other parts of the country and as a re- suit she may well have the jump on rivals when industrial rehabil.- . tation sets in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
 A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

regard to war debts and disarma- ment.
 The one about Calvin Coolidge expecting to take the republican nomination from Hoover and about an alleged politicians plot to aid him persists. That semes to be the bunk, too. Some of the drys and some republicans also have a theory that most of the practical democ cratic politicians who lately have been declaring for Governor Roosevelt have in reality plan up their sleeves to jam through the nomination of Al Smith when the party's national convention opens.
 The one thing these more or less wild thoughts have in common is that there are large numbers of people who don't mind fathering them with wishes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

We hope to hear something from the state committee to investigate concerning a change of name of the Connecticut Agri- cultural College during the next year and one-half. That's long title. but if the members solve the problem that is vexing many citizens nobody will mind. There is plenty of objection to name which is mis- leading. Our state college is not confined to agricultural courses, which seems to demand a revision of the title. & N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

see which way the democratic voters of New Haven react to the closing scene of the pre- primary scuffle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

High tide at Milford, "Wednesday. Sep tember 2. 2:38 a. m. Daylight time); low tide, $50 a. m. Daylight time). E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

During this depression good many un- fortunates are reduced to as low scale of living as their parents were in good times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
MARBLE REPLACED yoLK

HilIsborough. N. H.-fUP)-- Collecting eggs in her henhouee Mrs John Kuibacki noted that ons of them ratfied. She broke lt opef and found a marble ln place os the conventional kcIks .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

The successful man just now is the one who can borrow money enough to keep him going.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:56 Daylight Saving Time) to- night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01
Good evening,
 u--O--o LIFE'S JUST A SONG

Sf@ If you carrya a song in your heart, my friend, A song with lifting swing, "A song that cradles an aching soul, A song you love to sing, You'll cover the rough, hard
 places,
 The spots where the going is
 bad, And give your heart tonic. Like Miss Pollyanna, the glad. If you carry a song in your heart, srny friend. A song with a verse or two, A song that's rich in rare perfume, A song to see you through. You'll climb the highest heights,
 my lad,
 And ford the swiftest stream, Find once more the pot of gold, Live out the cherished dream. If you carry a song in your heart.
 my friend. A song to cradle an aching void. A song you love to sing. You'll climb the mountain of
 hope, my lad, Come down in the valley pure, Discover the road of hope again, It's the song that brings cure.
 o-O-o A gal in California, weighing 11O pounds married fellow who tips the beams at 787. We'll, per- haps she wanted a BIG wedding.
 o-O-o
 The United Fronts under Eddie Udelowitz seem to be putting up pretty poor front.
 o-O-o How about a moratorium on ra- dio crooners or insurance sales- men?
 o-O--o
 The old fashioned girl who went to the we'll with a pitch CT has a daughter now who goes to the dance with a flask.
 o-O-o The state of mind in a dry state is just about the same.
 o-O--o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

men?
 The old fashioned girl who went to the we'll with a pitch CT has a daughter now who goes to the dance with flask.
 The state of mind in a dry state is just about the same.
 o-O--o
 DING, DING
 When hard luck comes,
 Just grin and smile, ' It's bound to clear up, { < In a while. SSa h o-O-o v The man who is sitting on top of the world will be wise if he keeps his feet on the bottom of 1t. .ft. o-O-o
 The tendorloin in any city is far from being tender.
 o-O-o
 Health is wealth, if you don't believe it, ask the guy who pays doctor bills.
 A New York state woman, suing for divorce, names rumble seat as correspondent. We knew 1t would come sooner or later.
 Succotash is merely corn, served via a can opener.
 .o-O-o
 When a wind storm is at ta haioht uirlg akirta generally the same.
 o-O-o
 Many a man in a blue suit looks as if he had the blues.
 OHMIGOSH He sold unemployed apples, But wasn't on his back, Till he slipped on q banana skin, An folks, alas, alack.
 o-O-o
 Billy Sunday says the devil never stops working, which means he gets no cut in the wages of sin.
 o-O-o
 Call a woman a clothes horse and she purrs like a kitten. refer to her as an old nag and watch her blood pressure soar.
 o-O-o
 All marriages are supposed to be made in heaven which merely proves that any product may be inferior after 1t is put to the test.
 o-O-o
 People are never interested in farm aid until they contract hay fever.
 The honeymoon is over when the house is hung with four cor ner pants.
 They speak of the debt we owe society so why not call moratorium? A song without words: A tune in & deaf and dumb school. o-O-o "Old Ironsides'' is described as a ship that was once O navy. My, how disarmament has grown. o-O--o The clergyman who considers his flock as one of sheep will per- haps find out sooner or later that some of 'em are trying to make him the goat. O-O-O Baby finger prints on the wall may be works of art to poets, but landlords see 'em merely as a new papering job. A noted English woman say bachelors are only half alive. IT other words, love for them is lift, per cent dead. o-O-0 Research work is merely the things of yesterday that they failed to catalogue and have ready for to-day. o-O-o
 This completes our regulal Tuesday evening program. | came to you over DBD and wal broadcast by the Waterbury Even ing Democrat. pioneer in thts typ' of newspaper work. We are sign ing off at this time. e be back os the air again fo-morrow evening at the usual hour. o-O-o Good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-01

| have been taking your calcium inctat treatment for migrainc witk very good results get the xlgxag flashes hut not the headaches My brother has suffered from bad mfgrain headaches preceded by the flashes. hut since h began taking the calcium treatment hc has ha only one mild attack. Thank you SO much. C.D
 Answer--A great many sufferers have foun relief from q six weeks course of calcium treat ment twice a year--iO grains of calcium lac tate after food three times daily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10
Keep Record of Household Expenses

agent for five years. In making her
report to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture the agent said /:
"A number of interesting points were
brought out when the results were
summarized and compared. There
was great surprise at the number and
cost of guest meals-what might be
termed the high cost of hospitality.
The women also noted the higher cost
per meal in small family than in a
large one. All agreed that giving chill
dren an allowance develops in them a
sense of the value of things. The econ
omy of using home produced foods
was greatly emphasized The meet
ings resulted also in the development
of nutrition standards in meal plan
ming when it was seen that food ex-
penditures and a balanced diet were
necessarily related, and that maintain
ing better nutrition standards even at
higher food cost was more important
than expenditures for some other
items"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10

-four well mixed. then add one cup
full of boiling water and a teaspoon
full of soda. Beat well and pour into
a deep dripping pan and bake forty
minutes in a slow oven. Serve a Ii
mode or with whipped cream.
Lamb Chops With Oranges.-Trim
the fat from six thick chops and dip
them into melted butter Place on a
broiler and cook eight minutes. Turn
and place a thick slice of peeled or
ange on each chop. Broil eight to
ten minutes longer. Sprinkle gener-
Ously with salt, pepper and paprika
and serve hot
As the apples which have been kept
in cold storage have lost some of
their freshness and flavor add half
cupful of grapefruit juice to them
when putting to stew, instead of wa
ter; the result will be a different and
tasty applesauce.
Welsh rabbit mixture makes a fine
filing for sandwiches; the ready pre-
pared is always good.
Sliced cold meats with potato salad
are never without an appreciative
diner.
&c. 1881. Western Newspaper Union,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10

ing shock which the child's processes
are not organized TO handle Repeat
ed shocks of this kind may cause per-
manent injury. There is way TO ex-
pose the baby TO plenty of sunshine
without eye injury, as is shown in
the accompanying illustration. The
hood of the baby carriage is arranged
so that the sun will shine on the
baby's cheeks but not in his eyes. He
should be turned first on one side and
then on the other. His hands, too. are
exposed to the suns rays for few
minutes each day. The illustration is
from chart prepared by the extern
sion service of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture in a series
which is called Build Early for Good
Growth"
In summing baby care must be TAX
en- not to burn his tender skin. A
slight reddening of the skin each day
will gradually bring about tanning.
Get the baby used TO sunlight by de-
grees. Excessive tanning should be
avoided because it prevents the ultra
violet rays from penetrating, and
therefore makes the sun bath less eff
fective. Every few days the amount
of body surface exposed should be In
creased, at first slowly, but as the days
grow warmer, more rapidly. After the
face and hands are used to the sun
the arms may be barred. Do this for
only few minutes at first, the time
being increased daily. Soon the legs
may be barred. Later sun baths may
be given the whole body. In warmer
months the length of time is increased
considerably, but the summing should
be given II a. m. or after p. m. to
avoid the very hot part of the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10

cod liver oil during the winter months
and sun baths the year around.
Only a part of the sunlight is effec-
tive-the ultraviolet rays. Less Of
these are present IN the winter sun
light. These rays do not pass through
the ordinary window glass nor through
heavy clothing, so it is necessary to
put babies frequently where the direct
sunlight will fall on their skin. At
this season of the year a baby can be
placed out of doors in his carriage ev-
cry sunny day if protected from wind.
People used to think it necessary for
babies to be carefully shielded from
direct sunlight. When a baby was put
out-of-doors he was bundled up in
many clothes and the hood of the car
riage was pulled up to keep out ev-
cry ray or sunlight.
1t has also been believed that
baby's eyes are weak and sensitive
to light. The sun does not cause in
fiammation, but it should never be al
lowed to shine directly on the eyes
whether they are open or closed. The
moment the child opens his eyes he
gets the full effect of the glare, caus-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10
WORLD
WAR
VAR MS
A NAVAL Victory" ON Land
by Lieut.. Fronk E. Hogon

The final month of the war found
Americans and French closing in on
Sedan and the Germans trying TO with
draw enormous stores from that city
over the Sedan-LOnguyon railroad
which one German general had called
the "life-artery" of his army. That
"life-artery" was cut by American
shells fired from some of the most
powerful guns possessed by any of the
Allies.
They were five giant 14-inch Amer
lean naval guns mounted on steel
railroad cars and manned by crews Of
American sailors commanded by Rear
Admiral Charles P. Plunkett. When
he brought the guns TO France, it was
considered a very doubtful expert
ment. They said the guns wouldn't
work and that they and their car
riages would wreck the tracks and
roadbed of the protesting French rail-
roads over which they were run. On
their very first trip to the front, a
French railroad official tried to stop
them. go and talk to Marshal Foch,"
Admiral Plunkett replied. Hes the
man I'm working for!" Then, turning
to the engineer of the train. he said
Iaconically Let FER gor"
And go they did-up towards Sedan
TO take part in the assault on that
historic town. With crash and
roar that shook the ground, Plunkett's
guns began hurting shells, weighing
400 pounds each, nearly 10000 yards
to the junction points on the German
arterial railroads. They put the rail-
roads out of commission during most
Of the day by hits on or near the
track. Then they turned their atten-
ton elsewhere. They set fire to the
lower freight yards at Montmedy and
threw 80 shells on the Montmedy
bridge. One shell landed in German
headquarters, which were Immediately
moved. Until the last minute Of the
war (and this battery fired the last
American shot in the war; they gave
Longuyon its daily dozen of shells.
They doomed the beginning Of the
end for the Germans. Sedan fell to
French and American soldiers but it
was a naval victory on land" won
by Admiral Plunkett's guns, which
helped make that possible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture l-WNU Service.
Babies need sunshine, and so do old
er children. 1t has an important eff
feet on their growth. OF course, ev
eryOne has realized this in a general
way for a long time, but only in re-
cent years have we known the rea-
sons.
Normal growth Of bones depends not
only on the food that the child eats,
but also upon the mineral content of
that food and the presence Of vitamin
D. Vitamin D is found in cod liver
oil as well as in certain foods, or it
may be supplied TO the body by expos
ure to the direct rays Of sunlight.
When bones do not form or grow nor
mally, we say the child has ricketts,.
Where there is plenty Of sunshine
and children can be out-of-dOOrs in the
sun throughout the year, they seldom
have ricketts,. In colder climates, how
ever, where children must be indoors
so much, this disease is likely to be
prevalent. Mothers should begin very
early to take precautions against rick
cts by providing diets with adequate
mineral content supplemented with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-10
Laconic Report

A colonel who was chief of staff of
an American division on the Lorraine
front was the first American officer of
the war to capture a prisoner. Incl
dentally. his catch was a portly Ba-
varian lieutenant and was the first
German officer captured by the Amer
leans.
The capture was made during an
attack by the French whom the col
onel had Joined, preparatory to the
American occupancy of the sector. His
own troops hadn't arrived when 1t &C.
Cured and knew nothing about it
until later.
When pressed for details of his &C.
complishment, the colonel replied
briefly and riodestly: Il foun1 the
Boche In an angle of a trench when
his automatic wasn't aimed my way
and mine was pointed straight at
him"
&c. 1881 Western Newspaper Union,