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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

(New York Herald -Tribune.)
 Whatever the future of the strick- en American chestnut, So fondly re-
 membered-the tree that still names
 many 8 Chestnut Street the country
 over-Americans probably need not
 hereafter go chestnutless to bed. For
 while some arboriculturists are
 blight resistance in new little native shoots, others have long since turned
 briskly to China and Japan to save the situation. Perhaps some day we shall have our own back, but in the meantime the Bureau of Plant 1n- dustry has brought home from Japan 250 bushels of Oriental chestnuts. These were planted in the depart
 ment of Agriculture's. Maryland nurs-
 cries during the autumns of 1928 and 1929, and the result now Is more chestnut trees, prepared to try life in
 q new land. We have already be-
 gun the distribution of these to state
 foresters and to our experimental plantings," reports R. Kent Beattle, chief pathologist.
 The naturalized baby chestnuts go
 forth as fast as they grow big enough, having been set back some-
 what by the drought, but 1t is too carry to tell HOW ldF IHcy uidy Ouc day be able to compensate America for the devastation of the blight. Perhaps they can almost atone for having brought destruction upon our own trees in the first place, through | a relative.
 The effort to find a substitute for our vanished native tree is well
 worth making. Although the num- Der of American chestnut shoots | which appear to have fought off the baffling disease is increasing. "noth- | ing has developed" in MT Beattie's i opinion, "to indicate any solution of | the problem" here.
 For more than. two years he searched the Orient for blight re- sistant chestnuts, pushing far into Corea and even into Formosa. Chi nese hairy chestnuts were captured
 and set to growing over in Palisades | park, some right out in the woods. | others in nurseries. The Chinese
 species is capable of entertaining the sickness without suffering from 1t. and so far it thrives where once | grew the magnificent chestnut for
 ests of the present Interstate park. l It Is a welcome Oriental immi- | grant, and while it makes itself at home, so close to New York. we still | may hope that the desperate fight | of our own species, which has so
 sturdily tried to meet its great dis
 aster by producing seed even from
 sprouts that come up around stunsps, | will in the end bring victory and | return of those autumn morning races to the old chestnut tree that
 used to be a major joy of American
 boyhood.
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Reno has become modern Gar den of. Eden-Dr Nathan Krass.
 The peace idea has progressed immensely in the last few years Frank B. Kellogg, former secretary of state.
 False romance is more poisonous than honest open criticism.-Sidney w. Carroll.
 hope I never write a master piece.-Joan Lowell.
 We still are likely to be fascinat- ed by paper plans, and to forget that our ultimate interest is not in this or that political program. but in finding that rare combination of in- telligence and rectitude without which any program of administra- ton may prove to be a curse-Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes. We make constitutions by day and hospitality ruins them by night.-- Maharnjah Of Alwar.
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TO=DAY'S SELECTED POEM
THE EAGLE

THE EAGLE
 tBy Laurie Merrill in The New York Times) The eagle spreads her wings for usty flight Into the evening sky, that changing dome Of cloud and sapphire star; through the blue
 light
 She gazes down upon her mountain home, Where in sef-lying mist her feathered young Grown the dim nest that marks their solitude: Then sharp across the space their cry! Heart wrung.
 She whirls to coiled shape near her brood Of his swift shot has caught the eagles breast; She calls in vain-her dark wings make stroke Athwart the heavens toward the lofty nest; She falls this mighty bird. without a sound, A broken. burnished arrow. to the ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

New York.-For some months now one of Broadway's more important theaters has been wearing the name of Edgar Wallace.
 Which, if the British thrill con- | cocter doesn't happen to know it, is some slight achievement. To be sure, some years have been spent and a considerable amount of money trying to make Wallace the figure | in America that he has been in England. One publishing house, | which held title to any number of | his innumerable detective tales, found that, however many millions of his writings might be sold in the United Kingdoms, the job would be a bit more difficult.
 He's been in the cigar store H. brary catalogue and in the dollar books-but Wallace has yet to join the huge seller list.
 | In the theater, it's a different story.
 l When the decision was reached to present a series of his dramatic thrillers, the grandest of gestures was made: a theater was dedicated l to this man who has won the repu- tation of a human writing machine His capacity for turning out manu- script has long made Ford plant seem to be standing still.
 l And so, overnight he joined the whose names are identified with theaters-such as Conan, Harris Erlanger, Barrymore, Miller, Wal lack, Craig, Cort and all the rest. | But there's more to the naming of Broadway's playhouses than appears on the surface. Most successful man. agers or producers have sought to have one house which seemed to be a monument to their success and achievement. More than one has named playhouse for some con- l tracted star as a gesture of ffattery or friendshpi.
 l Take, for instance, the Eltinge theater. At the time this was dedi- cated, Julian Eltinge, the female i'm. personator, was one of Al Woods Important performers. The funny part of 1t Is that while the play house is named after Eltinge, that particular actor has never appeared | on it's stage. Yet there 1t stands.
 One of the first gestures made by
 the Mons. Shubert when they cap. tured Ethel Barrymore for their own particular star was to name their newest theater after her.
 Frohnlan named his Lyceum thea ter after Henry Irving's playhouse in London and when he moved from
 the old Fourth avenue belt, he took the name uptown with him.
 And, whether Mons. Wallace
 knows it or not, the theater which
 now bears his name started out te
 be the Forrest, after the historic actor.
 A year or more ago, when Wal. lace was visiting America, wa,
 asked up to meet him at breakfast Although he had been grinding
 out yarns on three dictaphones un
 til late night, he was waiting in {
 bathtub and smoking cigaret iron
 the longest cigaret holder I have ever beheld. He was immediatel, eager to hear all the slang of tn,
 underworld and told of having thre,
 engagements with New York ant Chicago. detectives to be takei
 among the gangsters.
 Talking of his amazingly prolin, lqualities, he credited it largely tt
 newspaper training and organized
 routine in application. His tastes job, he said, was the turning out o 36,000 words on World war in q lhours. Since no nansr sent him t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

Bridgeport is going in for new director ate. It will be none other than Director of Color The duties of the new executive will be to advise business men or home owners of the best colors to paint their houses or business establishments Too much variety in the present color scheme of the town is the cause of the new job. Bridgeport wants har- mony. whether it be in the modernistic or colonial design.
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the city streets. This year the company's tax was S38.O00. However, the company will probably keep on decreasing this figure by substituting busses for trolleys. The grant makes no provision for buses. We recall some years ago that the trolley company tried to void the grant. but the courts upheld it and the company paid over sum involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Since then the company has been prompt to pay each year. And again we think how fortunate Hartford is and how wisely its legislators were years ago.
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On Feb 5, 1779, Zebulon Pike. an Amefican soldier and explorer after whom Pike's Peak is named, was born in Lamberton, N. J., the son of an army officer.
 At the age of 15 he was cadet in his fathers regiment and was made a first lieutenant six years later. On Aug 9, 1905, he started from St Louis on an expedition to reach the source of the Mississippi and was successful, returning 8 year later.
 He then immediately began the exploration of the Arkansas river, which he ascended to Pueblo, Colo. After discovering Pike's Peak. he visited the site of the present town of Leadvi1le.
 He was promoted to the rank of major in 1908, colonel in 1872, and brigadier general in 1913. He died of wounds received in the expedition in Canada. @ cans have. But from the standpoint of politics, their logical decision Is comparatively easy to make.
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in unprecedented numbers and with unprecedented insistence.

Hoover Is Baff1ed
 Important leaders on both sides have been telling him that it is poli- tical suicide for him to firmly es- pouse the other cause and if Hoover is sorely baffled by the question whether to be wet or dry, his feel ings are easily to be understood.
 The democrats, on the other hand, are almost certain to go wet. Mo- body thinks they could carry sim gle one of the aforementioned six states with dry candidate. Political considerations will decide their course just as they will dictate the republican attitude. And in 50 far as the democratic convention is con- cerned, the wishes of the dry south will have to be sacrificed to the end that the party may assure itself the hope of a lot of electoral votes.
 The democrats have wide split on prohibition just as the republi-
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France, he sat at home and ground out reviews.
 His chief interest is not his writ. ing but his racing stables, and on occasion it has cost him most of his income backing his own horses. He began life selling papers in the London streets and graduated as an editor, working until four in the morning and then writing tales until o'clock when he would go to bed.
 GILBERT SWAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

Everybody in Connecticut is admitting now
 that some city father in Hartford was wise when it was proposed to tax the traction com pany two per cent of its gross receipts for the right to a franchise. The so-called Tucker grant has been in existence good many years now and Hartford is still collecting an annual sum from the trolley company for its use of
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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. Ad- dress him. care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

California has law compelling couples contemplating matrimony to stop and think 1t over for three days What has California got against matrimony?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
Spending Relief Money

Not meseiy is the raising of relief rooney for the drought sufferers big problem. but it is an equally baffling one to spend it. It was given out. in connection with the $25.-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

The five-day week and six-hour day ar fine for us, but bad for other folk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

The traditional charity fete of the Berlin film world was held recently in the Berlin zoe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:43 o'clock tonight
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Good evening.
 o-O-o DOW GIB UP DE HIP
"A SMILES THE THINos

 An de powder an de shot am runnin' low, An de butcher an de grocer aint de same,
 An de landlord am a hollerin' fer his dough! Oats no time to fold yer hands an cry:
 Oats de time you want to take a club, An promise dat ole wolf he's gwine to die. An den go out an rassel fer some grub.
 Yo' am neber licked until yo' sho
 am daid. So don't give up the ship" yo'r
 tryin' to steer; After eberything has gone been done
 an said, Dere's times when dis we're life looks
 mighty queer! But yo' has libed all thro' de year
 dat's gone .. An also thro' de year dat went befo' De fac am you has libed since yo' was bon So, jes' decide yo'se gwine to lib
 some moe. All de folks aint done got hearts ob stone; .. Dere's some dat's beatin' jes' as good As any dis we're world hab eber known. An some ob dem is sure gwine .o help yo' So jes' tighten up de belt another
 notch, An den spit on yo' hans an grab dat club. An be yo' English. Irish. French Of Scotch,
 Jes' hustle out an rassle up som grub. M. J. MeDonough.
 Waterville. l o-O-o l Lonely Lily's prolonged silence has started to dim the enthusiasm of her friends. Only two contributions were received this morning. One was from Gustave Wind and fol- 1 TO HOMELY BILL Listen Bill. why must your Lil, Be defended by friend Greta, Why not stand up in front, And dare Joe to come and get her. Don't be afraid of P. U. Joe, He's just a bag of air, Why not take your pen in hand, 1 And trail him to his lair. Bill. if you arc not a phony, l Why sit and mediate? If Ill is your one and only, l Why not make a date. | -GUSTAVE WIND. | Ada from Ansonia is back with us and here's what she has to say: | HOW ABOUT TT? I often wonder how Lilly feels, | Knowing that each mans hear
 she steals, Undoubtedly she has a great deal
 Of that thing we call sex appeal ]. She's kidding us, Ed, truly, About being so very lonely, For judging from her description, Il She admits she gets attention. If they look at her in bathing suit
 In clothes there's bound to be pur | suit,
 Somehow think we'd have. mucI | fun, I If Lily accepted me as her chum. ADA, AnsOnia. | And so we'll leave Lily and hel friends for the time being. Days hay, elapsed since Lonely Lily wrote las and her silence is beginning to pug zle.-The Ed. Editor Day by Day: Will you b, kind enough to print the lines below in your Day by Day" column ?- Ruth. Il A HOUSE OF CARDS built my house of cards From storms of life 1t failed to ]! guard,
 Then swiftly did 1t fall, In the dark tried to find a wall But only empty space I found, |. My house of dreams was scattered all around.
 And as the dawn found 1t scattered there,
 The damage deep I'd fain repair, stood the cards again in a row They fell once morc-too late know
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-05
A HOUSE OF CARDS

I built my house of cards
 From storms of life 1t failed to guard,
 Then swiftly did 1t fall,
 In the dark I tried to find wall, But only empty space I found, |. My house of dreams was scattered all around.
 And as the dawn found it scattered
 there,
 The damage deep I'd fain repair, stood the cards again in a row. They fell once morc-too late l know
 To build a house that's sure to stand, Ono must build on rock. not on the sand. o-O-o The fellow who would make a mountain out of a mole hill is the same chap who'd insist he had seen the Ground Hog. o-O-o Local lawyers want prohibit ton repealed. The bar stands for a return of the bar, as 1t were. o-O-o Horse sense is always advisa ble
 when a person becomes stubborn as a mule. o-O-o A pessimist is a man who buys a new automobile and then goes out to purchase a trouble light. O-O-o This completes our regular Thurs day evening program. It was broad. cast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Water
 bury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be bask on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour. o-O--o
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HOW ABOUT TT?

Ada from Ansonia is back with us and here's what she has to say:
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IMMIGRANT CHEsTNUTs

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ex-newspaper men to think up things to say:
 Senator Borah does not have to resort to this outside help and is envied by some of his less vocal colleagues who have to spend money from their own pockets to hire speech writers.
 But it all changes when a man becomes a presidential possibility He becomes afflicted with intermit- tent laryngitis and there is no tel ing when he will go. completely dumb right in the middle of q reporters question.
 The phenomenon is almost epi- demic now. Every one knows that President Hoover will be the re- publican candidate for president next year. His republican work CTS are out all over the country clearing the path for him.
 But so far as anything Mr Hoover has said indicates. he is not conscious that a presidential election is right on his heels. Every newspaper correspondent in Wash ington has been on his toes for months to catch t-.e first hint from MT Hoover himself that he will be a presidential candidate.
 Probably a majority of demo- cratic politicians believe that Gov er4or Franklin D. Roosevelt will be the next democratic president ial candidate. He is regarded i.y practically all in both parties as the leading figure at the moment.
 His closest political advisor, James Farley, chairman of the democratic state central commit teet of New York, has recently completed a transcontinental tour during which he consulted with democratic leaders in many states about Roosevelt's candidacy. Far ley said he was merely going 70 an Elks convention at Seattle, but this explanation was received hy his friends in the Pickwickian sense.
 More curious was a personal letter received here few days ago from Roosevelt who being asked for some comment on current pub lie matters, explained in his en- gazing way that he was not a can didate for president.
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PRICK FUNERAL
 SERVICES TO-DAY
Widow of Multi-MiIliOn- aire Died at Summer Home in Beverly, Mass, Sunday

Beverly, Mass. Oct 5.-UP)- Private funeral services were to-day for Mrs Henry Clay Prick, 72, of Pittsburg, widow of the multi-millionaire steel mag nate. who died at her Pride's Crossing summer home yesterday following a long illness.
 The Rev Nelson Poe Carey, rec tor of St Johns Episcopal church will officiate at the services, to be held at the home. Later the body will be taken in the private car Westmoreland to Pittsburg, where further services will be held Wednesday, with burial in the family lot at Homewood ceme- tery.
 Mrs Tricks condition became acute Wednesday, and her son Childs of Roslyn, L. l., and daugh- ter, Helen, both were summoned, arriving by airp1ane.
 Mrs Prick was the former Ade- laide H. Childs of Pittsburg.
 New York, Oct 5.-(UP)-Art traesurers valued at more than $50, 00.000-painting of Italian renaissance period, the Dutch mas- ters, and Spanish artists, collected with the profits of vast steel and coal enterprise-passed into pub lie ownership to-day following the death of Mrs Henry Clay Prick of Pittsburg.
 Mrs Prick. widow of the Pitts burg steel man who was a partner of Andrew Carnegie, died at Pride's Crossing, Mass. yesterday. Under the terms of her husbands will the collection now will be em-
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MAC DONALD GOES
 TOLLOYD GEORGE
Prime Minister Seeking Support of Liberals in Coming General Elec- ton

London, Oct 5.-(UP)-Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald mo- tored to-day to Churt, country es- tate where David Lloyd George Is convalescing, in a final effort to obtain the support of the veteran liberal leader.
 The prime minister sought to obtain from Lloyd George and the liberal party collaboration in a national appeal for unity in the general election which appears in- evitable.
 Lloyd George had previously refused to sanction a general elec- tion. It was understood that a decision on holding the election this month could not be postponed more than day or two and some announcement was expected be- fore parliament adjourns Wednes- day.
 Macdonald studied the whole situation thoroughly over the week end at his coutry place, Chequers. Politicians could not decide wheth- CT his visit to Lloyd George was an example of the mountain going to Mohamet, or vice versa.
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An early morning telephone message to the Waterbury Police department today stated that Will- fam Sanda, IS, of 72 South Leon- ard street had been shot and was in a, critical condition in a hospital in Euclid, Ohio. The authorities were requested to inform his par ents and tell them that the hospital authorities were waiting their per- mission to operate.
 Later in the day the authorities learned through the Euclid police that a Joseph Hill of that city was under arrest and was being held on the charge of shooting with at- tempt to kill. He has been identi- lied as Sandals assailant.
 From Euclid 1t has been learned that Sanda was shot while attempt ing to act as peacemaker. The youth returning home from attend ing a dance Is said to have wit messed an attack on an aged man. Leaving some companions he in- terferred in the fight and attempt ed to save the party being assault ed. Enraged by Sandals act the would be assailant of the aged man turned on the Waterbury youth and drawing a revolver fired point blank at him. The report of at- tending doctors showed that the
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William Sanda
 Critically Hurt;
 In Ohio Hospital
Went to Aid of Aged Man Being Beaten By Thug-As- sailant Turned Weapon on "GOOd Samaritan Inflicting Serious Injuries -K Known to Local Police

bullet entered the youths left side not more than four inches below the heart. He had a narrow escape from instant death.
 Young Sanda is known to the To- cal police as the result of an ex- perience with two companions here last January. It was his offense and he took his medicine here without a squawk and saved a pal from a 30-year sentence. Three youths were found in possession of stolen car in Darien. When they faced superior court it was a ques- tion of one of the three taking a long term as fourth offender. The cards were set for a stretch that court officials estimated to be 30 or 35 years. Young Sanda, first time up, pleaded guilty. He received a jail sentence and the youth that was ticketed for the long, long stretch went free.
 Sandals parents to-day were waiting for more information con- cerning their son. He left Water bury a few weeks ago to find em- ployment out west and to escape future contacts with some of his former pals here.
 According to the report from the hospital authorities the wounded youth was in a very critical condi- ton this afternoon.