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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
HANNIBAL RECOGNIZED
(Newark News)

It seems there was a Carthagin- ian general named Hannibal. whose old mans name was Hamilcar Bar ca. also quite a person in his time. This Hannibal crossed the Alps from France into Italy in 218 B. C. to pick a quarrel with a Roman general named Scipio in the course of carrying through the Second Punic war. It took Hannibal fif- teen days to get over the noun tains, but after he got into Italy he cleaned up the Roman consuls in no time. Hannibal thought he had done a pretty smart thing, but for some reason he was disappoint- ed in the newspaper publicity. Hannibal grouched a lot about not making the first page and pie ture layout. so fifteen years later he took some poison and has 1t yet.
 Now here only the other day the French took the notion 1t was time to do something about Hannibal and his crossing. There was con- siderable overdue publicity due the old fellow and something had to be done. So the French are getting up q big party to commemorate that neglected episode in history. with a celebration, speeches. | bar becue and general rejoicing. There is an obelisk on the hillside mark ing the spot where Hannibal took off. but an obelisk is not very ex' citing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
Quotations

Civilized society today is com posed not of individuals exercising their own minds upon the prob lems which face them and deter mining for themselves their respon- silibities, but of associations whose business 1t is to do the thinking for them.
 Lord Eustace Percy. ;. The more wet restrict immigra- ton the greater the pressure 10 enter this country illegally. Harry E. Hull. commissioner general of immigration.
 
 You know I don't care for money except what I can get for 1t. Major Henry l.. Higginson.
 
 It is nice thing about men that if they get it Into their heads they have married pretty girl they never see anything to the con- trary. Mrs Custer. widow of the gen %t8ts .... a..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1881
The Athletic Field

Sentiment seems to be growing against tbe proposition to enclose Proprietor s Common in Hamilton Park with wire fence so that high school athletic teams may derive some revenue from their football and baseball games The idea in most peoples minds, of course, IS that public park IS simply that and not an athletic held where events may be run off for profit. The case is singular in that it has waited till this late day to be proposed as an actuallty' whereas in former years 1t was merely Sug- gested with bated breath and treated with silent contempt by the authorities who never even considered such actions as plae- ing an enclosure around property that has always been free to the public.
 While a wire fence would certainly pre- vent many people from witnessing high school contests gratis we feel positive that there would still be quite few who would look on from the outside, whether they had their noses glued to the wire mesh or sat on the soping hillsides. That has always been one of the beauties of the Hamilton Park athletic field. Games could be watched from parked automobiles along the Plank Road or from the slopes leading down from Idylwood avenue and East Main street. It is not often that city has natural amphi- theater for such purposes.
 Our personal opinion on the matter has been expressed before. We admit we aren't in sympathy with the present plan, although we have given and will continue to support any and all movements to secure proper field. stadium, and clubhouse for the local high schools. When the drive was initiated in the city, we acclaimed it ard supported it as best we could. We were aware of the fact that the time wasn't propitious and stiil isn't. Hence, we don't think that the money which local citizens donated whole heartedly for one definite purpose should be spent to build wire fence at Hamilton Park The fund might better be left intact until such time as it can be reopened and pl,ns for real field discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

has held up very we'll so far, but any real shakiness will precipitate matters and con- centrate authority.
 What Britain does along this line is Bri- tain's business. Americans are iAterested only in seeing British solvency and social or der preserved in a grave emergency. But the detation game is getting pretty close. Some ordinarily levelheaded Americans are saying. What we need here is dictatorship" We need nothing of the kind. All we need is common sense and intelligent action along American lines before we drift into anything like the British situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
ALLY WASHINGTON LETTER

up for the rule on the theory tha; its retention would best serve the interests of the governors candi- dacy. It now seems likely tha. the rule will remain undisturbed
 next year, although you never can tell.
 Proposals to get rid of the rule
 have appeared during close con tests during various past conven
 tions. They failed. Democratic state conventions in a pre-cOnven- ton referendum in 1880 voted to
 retain 1t. The only two can>.-
 dates who ever attained major ity vote and then failed of nomi-
 nation were Champ Clark. who had a majority on eight of the 29 ballots in 1912, and Martin Van
 Buren, who lost to James K
 Polk in 1S44. President Andrew Jackson, whose renomination was assured, is supposed to- have caused the rule to be establish. d in the 1882 convention in order to solidify support behind Van Buren as his running mate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
Self-Made Reformers

Crime is matter in which a great num- Der of people without experience or knowl- edge of conditions, become sef-made aut- thorities The nation is alive with these amateur crime reformers. Their voices are raised in our legislative halls and in audi torums and their views find their way into print. That of course, is their right. But it would be we'll to give their projects the closest scrutiny before making them the law of the land
 Advocating anti-revolver laws is their favorite cure-all for crime. They reason that as some persons .:c injured or killed with small arms, such articles should be legally abolished. On the same ground, au- tomobiles, which in the hands of reckless or inexperienced persons. kill more individuals than war; should also be abolished. So with arplanes axes, knives. hammers, etc. The point that the refo-n,ers miss is that the gun in itself is perfectly innocent imple- ment for lawful uses To make its owner ship unlawful is tantamount to saying tha, anything that may be used in the commis- sion of crime should be illegal.
 Actual experience has proved anti-gun laws failure New York city is a suffi- cient example. An unprotected home or store is an invitation to the underworld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY S8GA@

On Sept 22, 1917, the government announced that it had found among cipher documents seized at Wolf con Igel's office in New York, in August, 1914, secret mes sages purporting to be from John Devoy, Supreme Court Justice Daniel E. Cohalan of New York, and other rish-Americans, ad dressed to the kaiser's higher off cials and urging Germany to cause revolution in Ireland. CohalaH issued a denial.
 In the message in question thc writer said that an irish revolu- tion could only be successful if helped by German, and that 't should be started by aerial attacks on England.
 The writer also suggested that troops, arms and ammunition be landed in Ireland. to enable the Irish to close their ports to Eng land, and to establish submarine stations along the Irish coasts to cut off the food supply from Eng land.
 He concluded with, "The ser vices of the revolution may there fore decide the war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

". .. But he is beset on the other hand by ardent prohibitionists who tell him that he must not do it. that they would desert him if he did and that it would be impossi- ble to bring back beer without bringing back the saloon = an institution that has not disappeared under prohibition, but which has acquired the dignity of a speakeasy." - Hartford Courant. The him is President Hoover. Remember when prohibition was only going to be war time measure along with other things, such as amusement taxes. ete3 They've gone. but we still struggle with prohibition. Why, oh whys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

And while on the subject of the fight for the Speakership it now develops that both John O. Tilson of New Haven and Bert rand H. Shell of Potsdam N Y., may be sidetracked by the republican party for a compromise candidate who would be able to withstand the threat of the democratic nominee for the position. John Garner of Texas. That compromise candidate IS Representative Carl E. Mapes of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mapes is said to be agreeable both to the administration forces and to the western Progressives Personally we don't see how it is possible for repre-.
 sentative to be agreeable to both these fae-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
THE BENIGNANT BLACK BEAR

(New York Herald-TriDune)
 New York is not so rich in game animals that 1t can afford to lose the black bear. Sportsmen with out question are in sympathy with the proposal of the conservation departments advitory council to give the bear equal protection with other big game in the state. The present restrictions on shooting. although covering large territory, are something of a travesty. They protect the bear for II months in the year in all except six counties. those counties are in the Adiron- dacks and the Catskills-the bear country. In short. bear are treated as vermin and outlawed in the only parts of the state where they are to be found in appreciable mum bers. The protection. to be worth anything, should be statewide.
 The black bear is not dangerous. Some years ago the Dartmouth Outing club. fighting the New Hampshire bear bounty, offered s1OO reward for evidence that q New Hampshire black bear had ever been known to assault fatally a human being. So far as we know. the reward was never claimed. but 1t is said that Bruin has weak ness for sheep. although he Is ai- most exclusively a vegetarian. hi- bernating only when the last berry has been picked. The loss of the stock that can be charged to the bear is SO small that no friend or wild life will condemn him on that score: but. granting that he IS an occasional sheep raider, the Penn syivania game commission. for ex- ample. squares that account by re- imbursing stockmen for any such losses fairly proved. making pay. ment from tine conservation fund which the sportsmen provide.
 Pennsylvania is the greatest black .ear state. thanks to the ade- quate protection of its big game natives. It Is probable that many
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

tions without dealing from both sides of the pack Certainly Nicholas Longwotth wasn't that type. He was strictly administration. We only know one instance where he failed Mir Hoover. MT Tilson and Mir Shell would be of the same ealibre. We rather imagine Mir Mapes would too, which seems to leave Mir Garner alone in the running.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

Jouett Shouse, chairman of the national democratic executive committee, position which John J. Raskob created with good success is advocating inclusion of light wines and beer plank in the platform of the democratic party in 1852. The question in a few months will be who isn't advocating the return of wines and beers And by the way may we remark upon the remarkably fine work that Mir Shouse has done for the national democratic party since Mir Raskob signed him up. Aided by good publicity man in Charlie Nicholson, former newspaper writer. he almost swung control of Con- gress into the democratic column in the l930 election. Perhaps he did, for control of the House won't be settled until it convenes in December to elect Speaker. And with Nicholas Longworth dead. there won't be any outstanding republican figure to com mand united support The chances of the democrats controlling the next House are just as good as those of the republicans even with a variance of one or two in respective membership MT Shouse says the party should declare itself for prohibition referendum by offering substitute for the 9th amend ment. Connecticut certainly would support such move with its wet congressional delegation and apparently wet sentiment ex- pressed by the l93l Legislature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

Wonder if Sundays short but heavy down. pour was connected in any way with the an- nual line storm" that oldtimers will talk about with awe and respect. Of course. the weather forecasters tell us not to believe this line storm ballyhoo. The advent of au- tumn has no effect upon the weather. Still we like to think of other years when tor- rential downpours around the 2lst of Sep tember made the old folks shake their heads and recall still worse ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
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 tue Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
Here, There And EuervDhere

of the Catskill bears are migrants from Pennsylvania. Let New York
 also do what 1t can to preserve
 one of the most interesting inhab- itants of the north woods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
EVEN STEPHEN

MALE HfKER: l got even with my wife last night.
 FEMALE HIKER: How was that?
 .'she hung her shorts on the end of the bed, so 1 went through her pockets. s."-Hummell Hamburg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

High tide at Milford, "Wednesday, Sep tcmber g, 1929 p. m. Daylight time) j; low tide, 4:05 a. m. Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
Good evening. O-O-o
 TELL HIM NOW (By John A. McIsaae of E. Braintree. Mass. in Along
 the Line"
"A SMILES THE THING"

~>~ / If with pleasure you are viewing Any work a persons doing,
 If you like him or you love him. Tell him now; Don't withhold your appreciation. Till the Parson makes oration.
 As he lies with snowly lilies OCT
 his brow. For no matter how you shout it,
 He won't really care about it, He will never know how many teardrops you have shed If you think some praise is due him, Now's the time to hand 1t to him.
 For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead. o-O-o Those of us who are trying hard to keep the wolf from the
 door, often wonder if it's merely
 a sheep in wolf's clothing. O-O-o It's an old wheeZe, but good | just the same. Quite a few of
 the boys around town are
 working for Do Little & Co. o-O-o Local concerns received orders
 for ammunition, so business is l booming" once again. l o-O-O Speaking of canned heat, don't forget the old rounder loaded with moonshine. | O-O-o ! Only dressmakers are anxious to
 marry model men. There's req | son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:2l o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

A lot of fuss is made about gang killings. but there are just as many family killings in homes from guns that weren't loaded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
AND THAT'S THAT

Kate married a p.uno tuner. Each is happy as a dove, ,.hicb merely proves that music, Has much to do with love.
 o-O-o After you listen to a political speech you realize what a wonder ful instrument the radio really is.
 o-O-O
 The woman who puts plen- ty of crust in her pie Is gener- lar amount personally.
 .o-O-o Things that never happen. Housewives asking their ice men for autographed photos.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22

It's surprising how many Cubans still in- sist that Cuba is or ought to be a republic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
ANOTHER KNOT IN THE
 LIONS. TAIL ..

Ensland's dropped the gold stand- ard,
 (Whatcvcr that may bel The next thing she may drop Is India,
 Gets stick around and scc.)
 o-O-o Years ago college boys wore ..kull caps. Now We often wonder if they even wear skulls.
 O-O-o
 Soap has made more people come clean than all the third degree methods in the world.
 o-O-O Veterans at the legion conven- tion in Detroit, hollered, We Want Beer" I suppose during the war they were members of the TANK corps.
 O-O-o
 A noted New York doctor says marriages are merely ac- cidents. Why not cover 'em then with the correct type of policies.
 O-O-O Where there's a will there's generally a willowy relative.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
DING, DING

The depression has it's bright side, That's why the thing is chccrcd, Believe 1t, Hawaiian music At last has disappeared.
 o-O-o China has appealed to the league of nations to save it from a Jap anese invasion. We should have done the same thing in connection with the Japanese beetles.
 o-O-o
 Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's intellectual idiot, thinks a CO., ed is an editors assistant.
 o--O-o Farm machinery should include electric washers for every farm wife.
 O-O-o
 To-day's dizzy question: Sol- diers marching four abreast. how many feet in q mile?
 o-O-o Years ago when you saw red flag it meant an auction. Now it means a load of pipe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-22
OHNiIGOSH

The bathing suit bears many holes, Its shape is known to sag, Now mother plans to use the suit, For a winter dusting rag.
 o-O-o
 Street cleaners report more cigar stubs than usual in the gutters. Well, the election campaign is on.
 o-O-o
 The man who stoops to conquer may be painting the inside of a low bridge.
 o-O-o
 Man Swallows Knives and Forks Headline. l suppose he has a "chest" of silver.
 o-O-o
 Times change, the Inns are going out.
 Rudy Vallee is appearing in a naughty revue. The "Maine boy" who sings those mother songs Is going white wayish. oh dear, what shock to the radio fans.
 o-O-o
 This concludes our regular Tuesday evening program. It was broadcast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Wa terbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to he back on the air again to-mor- row evening at the usual hour. o-O-o Good night.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
mixer on the Type ritter.

In many instances the typewriter
ribbon dries out before 1t wears out,
They ere mace OF fine silk and 1t Is a
rather expensive operation 10 renew the
ribbon when it is in good condition
as far as the fabric is concern. :,
just because it lacks the pigment. A
little attachment has been recently in
troduced which Is placed on the ma
chine when the ribbon is dry, and ths
ink Is renewed as the machine k In
liz
Evening star., 1931-12-22

3. Disencumber.
4. A nodded jar.
S. A thorough mixture of things.
6. Hunting dogs.
T. Southerly winds on the coast OF
Chile.
8. Indians Of TERRA del Fueso.
9. Kind Of serpent.
10. Penal retribution.
II. Producing little or no crop.
II. To oppose manfully.
13. Pressure or strain.
IA. Asserted.
10. A beverage
%. Edifices dedicated to the worship Of
deity.
"a. To check the fiow Of.
26. The scriptures of the Mahometans
%. Sea eagles.
80. To decay.
80. A chum: colloq
35 A book of the Old Testament.
SO. Discloses
81. To extend over and beyond.
38. To ornament with raised work.
80. Cargo.
40. Cylindrical case Of minced pork.
Al. Encircles.
AZ. An island forming part Of the houn-
dairy of New York Harbor.
IS. An electrified particle.
49, To bring to bear
49, The wife Of Abraham.
81. Beasts of burden.
SO. A river in Egypt.
S. A salutation.
So. The multitude.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
Across.


/. PulsateS.
7. Cleansing agents.
- A system of writing for the blind.
Is Evenings.
IS, A small barrel Of varying capacity.
Is. A kind Of large box-shaped nshing
net.
~. To terminate.
Is. The principal star in Scorpio.
20. A southern constellation.
a. An entrance or passage.
% Erases
"a. A long cut.
rs Smooth.
81. A point in law.
2B. An attempt or endeavor: Scot.
%. Those who have an estate for a
term Of years or life.
81. Scattered liquid in small particles.
SO. For the Affirmative side.
81. Babylonian god of the sky.
35. Stretched out
80. Strips the blubber from.
:. A3. A number
~. A Russian village community.
Ae. Scarcely sufficient.
81. Genus Of the birds.
;48. Central American fabaceous trees.
so. A native Hawaiian woman's dance.
j 81. A Gaelic god of the sea.
50. A graduate of oxford University.
81. Perched.
IS. Softens by kneading
81. A wry face.
SO. Slave traders.
CO. An element which forms salts by
-. union with metals.
81. Exhausted.
81 An ancient ruined city Of Upper
X Egypt.
Down.
"A. To roll thing on little wheels.
2. More convenient.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
Measuring Atoms Movement.

According to j. G. Won Hevesy of the
University Of Freiburg, in Breisgau, all
atoms are constantly in motion, even In
solid metal. In an alloy OF lead and
gold, at a temperature half again as
high as that Of boiling water, the atoms
wander through a space Of a hundredth
OF cubic inch in a day. In pure lead
however, moving about Is not nearly %
easy; in pure lead an atom can migrate
IN one day through . space e. July two
ten-billionths Of q cubic Incl.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
UNEMPLOYMENT
. RELIEF TOPIC
/. At LUNCH
Otis J. Rogers Tells of Work
Done by Department of
Labor to Help Suffering

Unemployment relief, the work
being done by the Department of
Labor to alleviate suffering this
winter, and the activities of the
District of Columbia employment
office were discussed by Otis j.
Rogers, superintendent of the
office and mercantile division of
the United States Employment
Service of the Department of
Labor, at a luncheon meeting of
the Optimists Club in the Hamil.
ton Hotel today.
Rogers, whose work has brought
him in close contact with the
entire employment situation, cited
the many means the department
is using to- do away with lay
offs, find work for those tenn
porarily unemployed, and creating
Jobs.
He stressed the work the local
office was doing and told of the
many positions which have been
located through the service. The
office here is one of the most
active in the country.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
BODY Of WOMAN
+. FOUND IN PYRE

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Oct. Z Il.
N.SJ.-Deputy sheriffs yesterday
found the badly burned body Of
Miss Violet Livingstone, 80, Of
Rockford, Ill, in the ruins of a
cottage on the shores Of Lake
Koshkonong.
Sheriff John Fessenden ex-
pressed the belief that. she had
been murdered, for the body had
been soaked with oil.
In the woman's purse found
among the ashes was note
which police believe was left to
prevent a murder inquiry. The
note complained Of i'll health.
Fessenden said he would seek
samples of Miss Livingstone's
handwriting.
The victim was an employe Of
Rockford College at Rockford, 10
miles distant. She had been
missing since Sunday, relatives
said.
The death cottage, only large
enough to be used for sleeping
quarters, was in a remote spot.
When it burned other residents
thought it was unoccupied.
The Washington times., 1931-10-07
CATHOLICS R ZAP
BIRTH CONTROL

A resolution condemning "vi-
cious propaganda" urging birth
control to expedite unemployment
relief as a "hypocritical pretense
of economic necessity in face Of
prevailing unemployment" was
presented today to the eleventh
annual conference of the National
Council of Catholic Women in
session at the Mayflower Hotel.
The resolution "unqualifiedly
condemns" birth control as a
"vile social evil" and re-affirmS
it's stand on the question on
moral and religious grounds.
The unemployment situation
has not only it's economic effect
but also its moral and religious
influences brought about by the
"hampering of virtuous living" it
was asserted in another resolution.
The resolution, referring to the
recent encyclical Of Pope Plus XI,
urges Catholic cooperation with
all local agencies for the relief
of the sick and needy.
Another resolution assures Pres.
ident Hoover of the councils sup
port in his present efforts for the
alienation of unemployment and
distress.