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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1881
State Democratic Rumblings

It is regrettabIe at this time to hear of rumblings and mutterngs of dseontent com ing from within what was thought to be in Connecticut rejuvenated democratic party. True. the insurgent element which is now in control has had scarcely time to be tried out. yet it is clearly evident that it's short reign so far has not turned out to be the Utopia that it was claimed it would be when 1t overthrow the old guard prior to last years election. And on the other hants it can hardly be expected that the old guard would stay dead. especially with presden tial year piekings in sight, without one more gasp before it renquished it's earthly grasp entirely
 What the Democrat means to arrive at is that at this time there seems 10 be concerted action on the part of old guard leaders to up- set the present regime at the very earliest op- portunlty. T hat this condition will con- tinue to grow can well be expected by the groans of dissatisfaction from all sections of the state about things in general, and especially the distribution of patronage. That it IS generally conceded that there has been rank favoritism and sectionasm in this matter IS no secret 10 anyone. Yet the in- surgent wing of the democratic party goes serenely along without any thought. as they say, of other days to come. This policy coming on the heels of the sketchiest of democratic victories last November. one man victory. if one wishes to be precise, can scarcely strengthen the party for bigger vc- tories later on.
 It IS with this end in view that the Wa terbury Democrat thinks that the present democratic leaders should adopt more elas- tic policy of give and take towards its de- posed members, who are just as capable if not more SO, of re-enaeting a similar coup to that staged a year ago when the Mc~Neil- O'Sullvan- Tone trumverate triumphed oyer Messrs Spellacy. FitzGerald and Walsh. No one wing of the democratic party IS big enough to carry on indefinitely without the full strength of united party behind it. and policy which was carried on before by the old guard and now by the nsurgent group can't get far in Connecticut.
 That certain few prominent leaders have satisfied their own ambitions and those ot a few friends and cliques IS about all that can be gleaned from one year of democratic rule. This. one must conclude, as far as the party has gone under the new order of things, is indeed regrettable, Furthermore, it presages little for the future and offers the electorate little in the way of a change To be exact it is merely jumping from the frying pan into the fire. And in that event it looks as if the democratic partys eggs were done as they say, on both sides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
Crasshoppers

The casual hopper, frolicking among the grasses. is usually taken in song and story as d humorous person. But in western fields and orchards he is no joke but rather a deadly plague. In day green field may be eaten alive, leaving only brown dried stalks of what were grains and grasses bare trees which held beautifully ripened fruit. In South Dakota field of l,600 acres ento- mologists found not enough remnants left to feed one animal. Prayers and poison it is said. have been resorted to in that state. Farmers have knet where their grandfathers knelt 60 years ago for the same relief.
 But ah, in northern Nebraska there is another story. There the farmers ha>s heard that the Wisconsin fish hatcheries are buying grasshoppers. Hundreds of pounds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
MIR JAHNCKES FLOATING
 RELIC
(New York Herald -Tribune)

(New York Herald -Tribune)
 Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary of the navy. has offered an amende honorable to the 'sheliback' In his admission that the Constitution could be manned and commanded not only by Amer ican seamen at large, but from the personnel of the navy. He says that his remarks. which were cer- tainly clear and pointed enough as they were reported, were mis- understood. He still stands by other objections to sending the old frigate to sea under her own canvas, however, and thGse de- serve examination, particularly in view of his assertion that he is personally in favor of training na- val cadets "in old-time sailing ships MT Jahncke still insists that, the Constitution must be lowed to keep her schedule, and he suggests that "the continued serviceability of the ship as a his- toric relic" would somehow be impaired by sailing her.
 Unless the reconditioning has been of such . character that the new gear is stage property and is not sound enough for actual ser vice, it's hard to see the pertin- ence of his last argument. The old man-o'wars rehabilitation has been made possible largely by public subscription and by the do- nation of materials. Possibly the question of upkeep is now a problem, and 1t is thought that the new fittings would last longer rotting in @ dock than if they were worn out at sea. If this is the consideration which agitates our high naval authorities. the idea suggests iteslf at once that if the Constitution were again commissioned as a training ship her upkcep would be guaranteed, because 1t would come out of na- val appropriations as a matter of routine, and there would be no further resort to the very undigni- fled business of begging the pal try sums required for an occasion al overhaul.
 If there Is any naval officer or merchant seaman who does not agree with MT Jahncke that course of training in sailing ship makes a better sailor and manlier and more efficient officer. he is hard to find This seems, therefore, like golden oppor- tunity for MT Jahncke to urge that the Constitution be kept up by the government. not as a slowly deteriorating museum piece only, but as 6 training ship and, therefore, as living and useful souvenir, in every port she enters, of stormy and inspiring epochs in our history.
 As for the question of the scheduled. which 1t seems the old ship must keep if Mir Jahncke is to retain his peace of mind. 1t still is not clear why 1t is so sacred nor why the Constitution has to be anywhere at any par ticular time. If the reason for the Navy's anxiety about the schedule is An inadequate ex- pense allowance, as one is tempted to suspect; the subscribers to the "Oid Ironsides" fund are certain y entitled to know 1t.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

It looks as if Russian is competing suc- cessfuly with American in one line of pro- duction, at least That is. in movies for the Japanese market. If we may believe Dr Toyohiko Kagawa, described as Japanese labor leader and social reformer. Russia is now making better films than Hollywood. They are more beautiful he says, and are superior to ours in plot and technique. Our "talkies," he complains, make Japa- nese people deaf He is kind enough not to say anything more specific about our film kisses and other details of sex interest which simply make Japanese people sick. If the truth were told they have the some effect on many American people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
The Nicaragua Canal

There is no longer any question as to the fact that there will be Nicaragua Canal. Nor a Great Lakes-St Lawrence waterway. The only question is when they will be built and how much they will cost.
 The Nicaragua Canal will doubtless take in the 70 miles of Lake Nicaragua and fol- low for much of its l7} miles the valley of the San Juan river It will cut some thing like 900 miles off the present route from coast to coast. IL will cost something lee S750,0O0.00O. and will take l0 years to build.
 There are two reasons why its eonstrue- ton will probably not begin very soon. One is that most people seem 10 think that the St Lawrence project should come first. l be people of the central states need that access to the sea They suffered a good deal from the Panama Canal. and the Nicaragua project. shortening the route still more. oheapening it more, would increase the already existing dfferential. now working to the midwests dsadvanta2e, The Pan anna Canal is earning an income of }-8 per cent on an interest bearing indebtedness of S553. 100000.
 The disadvantage 10 certain localities brought about by great national improve ment like the Panama Canal is only tempor- sry. and is usually overestImated. That IS 10 say the gains to all the people are not thought out and balanced against the losses To one part. The gains to that part may be less obvious than 10 others, but they are there, none the less
 About two years would probably suffice to complete the St Lawrence route The next project should be Nicaragua, and il IS not too soon to be getting ready for 1t. It might. for instance, bring lot of private capital out of hldln2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

The testing of the naval destroyer Stod- dert, recently at San Diego, reminds us of Scotch teakettle we once saw that whlstled when it began to boil. If no answering hand turned off the gas the teakettle shrleked louder and louder for help. The Stoddert's s automotc machinery. controlled and directed by radio from another ship, enabled her to maneuver without man aboard her and when something went wrong with her ap- paratus she turned off her engines and whistled for help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

of hoppsrs are being shipped to feed the fishes.
 If there were only some vacuum cleaner arrangement which could suck d,em off the fruit and grains. and if perhaps they could be used. by the ton. for fertilizer. there might be greater hope. It's pretty diseouragng. after mastering all the other difficulties of hard time. to get a good start at the years crop only to have plague of Egypt sweep over everything and de- stroy it before ones eyes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
Quotations

Just use the phrase (political apeasement) anyway; nobody will knowwhat 1t means and It will be all right.
 Andrew W. Mellon.
 Men who are elected to office are not those who have the greatest knowledge and capacity, but those who have the greatest political skill. Will Durant.
 The statement that a person IS lousy in his engagements and en- deavors, meaning that his efforts are not commendable but rather inferior in result, and on the whole subject to unfavorable criticism. is not Iibelous per Sc or libel at all. Justice Schmuck of New York.
 A crying need of the world to- day is Marquis of Queensberry who will lay down rules governing feminine hostilitics.
 - Elsiie Mccormick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY s zlgAZA
HENDERSON RESIGNS


 On August II, 1917, Arthur Hen- derson, secretary of the British la bor party, resigned from the Brit ish war cabinet owing to the gov ernment's dissatisfaction iwth his support of the stockholm socialist conference.
 In the previous spring Hender- son had visited Russia, just after the revolution, on behalf of the British government, and found the then provisional government strongly in favor of an interna- tional and socialist conference at Stockholm. It was his conviction that 1t would be better that British representatives go to the confer ence, rather than permit Russia delegates to meet German dele gates there alone.
 Accordingly, on his return to England, he promoted the partici- patton of British labor in the con- ference. Two labor parties en- dorsed his attitude but the Sailors and Firemen's Union refused to carry the delegates; and most other labor parties in allied coun- ties did not follow his lead. When Lloyd George and his fellow min isters indicated publicly their ob- jection to his policy, Henderson resigned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
At 7he National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE
By RODNEY BUTCHER

The ten-cent taxi fare which several cab companies established as a move in Washington's taxi rate war meant that five people could get in a cab and ride for miles at two cents apiece. And maybe you think they didn't take advantage of that!
 One hears from the senate In- dian affairs committee that the original apartment houses in Amer lea are the pueblos of New Mexico, some of them centuries old. The largest run five or six stories high and house several hundred Indians in one or two-room apartments. Stairways up the side instead of elevators, of course. Antonio Mirabal, one of the leaders at the Taos pueblo where the dwellers still wear blankets and braided hair, recently visited the east and reports by letter as follows:
 "I learn that the east is entire ly different from our home, as We don't have many people and not hot like in the east and not much noise. New Mexico is the country for me. where 1 can do the fish ing and hunting any time I want.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
NEA Service Writer

Washlngton.-Pos Gen.
 eral Walter F. Brown, who came into office with a considerable
 reputation as 8 concocter of rare- bits, hashes and omelettes and
 moved a stove in alongside his of- flee 80 he might cook lunches to his hearts content, did not get far with that. Brown thought he was going to have more leisure than he has had. For year and a
 half, with perhaps one or two ex- captions, he hasn't used his little stove. More folks call on the F. M. G. than on any other cabinet official. He is the one who invari- ably seems to have callers waiting
 in his outer office. Other depart
 ments have diversified activities,
 whereas the postofiice is just one large service where things seem to converge on the man at the top. Visitors pile in on Brown from all points of the compass-people 10 talk about airmail contracts, pro- mote appointments and postoffice sites and grind axes of all kinds. And, not quite strange to relate. q
 steady stream of men flows in just
 to talk politics.
 Around corn planting time some one working in the Treasury An
 mex building on Pennsylvania ave-
 nue dropped some corn on the
 small lawn below. The corn
 sprouted and a tender hearted
 grass clipper let 1t grow. Now there are five high stalks of corn
 growing behind heavy ramparts of
 stone and grilled iron and even
 couple of what seem to be ripe
 earns. It looks funny and there's speculation in the coast guard and narcotics bureau offices in the
 building as to who will pick the corn.
 Senator George W. Norris of | Nebraska went out to his home town of McCook thls summer to start construction of a new house He has nephew who is an archi- tect and they had planned long, low, white building which presum- ably would have been very beauti- | full indeed. But next door neigh
 bor, 1t turned out, had gone and built right up to the edge of the
 Norris ground and the plan had to
 be abandoned in favor of some thing like the old Norris house which didn't cover so much terri
 tory. The senator hadn't lived in
 his old house for many years. Nor-
 ris has large, attractive summer place at Waupaca, Wis. however, and his political enemies last year distributed pictures comparing the two houses and hinting that the | senator had profited by his 1928
 support of Al Smith, although
 everybody knew better. This
 sort of stunt Is often. pulled on
 western members of congress in
 campaigns. The Washington resi- dcnces of the elder Senator La
 Toilette and of Senator Wheeler of Montana have been widely pub
 lished in past struggles as If to
 convince the voters that they
 lacked progressivism. A Kansas | congressman few years ago
 bought a nice place in Virginia
 and was defeated for reelection
 after a photographic reproduction of it had been plastered on near
 Iy every telephone pole in his dis | trict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
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. senoihg stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
SWISS AIR "NAvY'

Many have been the Jokes on the Swiss Navy" but there can't be any played on the Swiss aviation fleet. because there is one. The Swiss are taking rap idly to aviation, despite the noun tainous location of the country. and more than no licensed pilots are now listed in the country. This figure does not include student and military pilots.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
O-O-O TO EDDIE YODEIOWITZ
Dear Eddie: Please accept these

Dear Eddie: Please accept these
 lines,
 You're sure great go-gcttcr, You've never been to college, Ed, But boy, you've got your lct-
 ter (s). "Is Pink Tooth Brush Neces- sary," asks an ad. Not if you've got false teeth.
 Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's intellectual idiot, thinks a moratorium is the back room of an undertaker's shop.
 o-O--O Before getting laugh out of life you've got to put laugh into it.
 o--O--o
 The collectors motto Is Due unto others when the bill comes due"
 o-O---o All the hardships are not sea- going vessels.
 Very often the wagon tongue Is sittin g up on the seat.
 O--O--O The first hundred miles are the hardest for the new automobile driver.
 Russians are said to be fond of Charley Chaplin movies. Well Charley goes on five-year plan himself when he makes one. There seems to be more dip than much of anything else in European diplomacy.
 o--O-o
 The owl is wise. It sleeps during the daytime when what 1t sees at night might be giv- en circulation.
 o-O-o The web of circumstance some times makes spiders of us all.
 o--O--o
 DING, DING. over the hill to the poor house. Some day the best folks fly, But there's always q kick, To the final trick, As the car goes up on high.
 o-O-O When it comes to a case of either being a man or a mouse, elect the man angle. you'll escape the trap.
 O-O--o
 What the unemployed and under-employed need Is 6 wages and means committee instead of ways and means.
 O--O-O This completes our regular Tuesday evening program. It came to you over DBD and was broad- cast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 o--O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

advocated that an effort be made. on an in- ternational scale. to stabilize silver. If that is done. it will mean increased employment and activity in all lines of endeavor in our mining states. Western prosperity and mining prosperity go hand in hand to-day as they did in the past when the search for precious metals led to the establishment of the great western empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

Banks are said to be chuck fuil of money they don't know what to do with. If they can see their way clear to lending it to people who need it, why not make 1t earn it's keep by charging admission and showing it to the more or less broke popuaee who haven't any other sort of look-ln.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

The discussion concerning silver stabiliz- ation is of vital interest to western states. It is generally agreed that the business of the world cannot be entirely carried on with gold. The present depression is largely the result of mis-relaton between the value of gold and the value of silver. It is now being
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

We've got to admit, anyway, that the electric power companies in Canada are fair minded and impartial. They've been supporting both political parties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
Good evening.
 o-O-O RAINY DAY PHILOSOPHY
"A SMILES THE THING"

 Lifes matter of resignation, Nature works in divers ways, And it's useless to raise a finger. Either in seorn or praise. We kneel in meek submission, For that's Christian creed. If God sends rain on a Tuesday. Then it's rain we need. We plan big things for the
 morrow,
 But our plans are swept away, For the governing power of
 universe,
 Is unknown from day to day. We frown as skies grow sullen. For sunshine there's a greed, If God sends rain on a Tuesday. Then it's rain we need. What matter our trials and
 troubles,
 What matter the road ahead, What matter the burning words
 of scorn
 That might have been left
 unsaid. We're merely the children of
 chance, Born of a common creed, If God sends rain on a Tuesday, Then it's rain we need.
 o-O-o Just three weeks more of sum mer. No wonder the coal dealers are starting to smile.
 O--O--o
 If man drinks booze. that's his business. If he drinks too much of it, that's the cops business.
 Political rallies should be staged near the seashore, so those who throw mud can hop In the water and clear themselves of the stuff.
 o-O--O
 Politicians who are waiting for the lightning to strike should get out in August thun- der storms.
 O-O--o Hint to a gal: If your sweetie insists on reading poetry to you, be prepared 10 take in washings after you're married.
 O--O--O
 The political campaign is starting to warm up. Eddie Yodelowitz has written his 13,413th letter and busted into both morning and evening pa pers. If YodelowitZ ever gets writer's cramps the campaign will be a flop.
 O--O--o And when they called 'em a prim AIRY battle they called 'em right.
 The democratic primaries will be staged on Thursday. It was on a Thursday that Wall street crashed. So be- ware Black Thursday.
 O--O--o The women have been very si- lent in the campaign to date. It's merely the calm before the gab- fest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
Here, There And Euerywhere

to wrestle with the task of ex- termination. The mosquito is foe fierce enough to call for the united effort of the residents of whole region where the little savages rise right out of mud puddles to prey on the human family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

It's all right to keep Germany solvent, but what the average American worries about just now is Mothers household bud get
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What I want to ask you, Doctor. Is 1T panl in my left side can he anything scrio""
 (R. B.) Answer--Well, l don't like to joke aboul 1t right here before everybody. And I broke my clairvoyant spectacles and so l can't tell at this distance what the pain means.
 VaricOse Veins
 I saw where one of your correspondents has been helped by some chemical treatment for varicose vcins If you have such treatment please let us know all about 1t. have yaricOsc veins and I know at least twenty others who would do anything to get relief
 (Mrs B. D. H.) Answer--It was probably reference to the chemical obliteration of varcose veins. That is q modern method treatment which only com petent and trustworthy physicians can admin ister. It Is giving great satisfaction to many thousands of victims Any good physician can give you the treatment in his office. Beware of firms or self commended "specalsts" who of- fer any such treatment. For your own security make certain the doctor is one of good stand ing If in doubt about his standing and respon sibility, give me his name and address and per haps I can advise you.
 No Erysipclas
 Please write crysipelas some timc how It Is contracted, its symptoms and proper treat mcnt. (W. HD Answer-Eryspelas is a serious illness and there Is Title layman can understand about 1t. It is caused by specific Streptccoccus and is very contagious and very dangerous The main feature is redness and inflammation of the skin, with chlls ana high fever and other severe symptoms. Any suspicion of such illness warrants immediate medical attention.
 Copyright John F. bile Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11

An insurance company C3aiims that the average child costs $e.150 to raise.
The Kusko times., 1931-05-23

correct some of the ills that came to it's attention. These bills will be in- troduced in the Senate and we recom- mend them to your favorable consid- eration and for passage.
 Your committee realizes that the time that could be devoted to the matter referred to it was entirely too short and that much still remains to be done. Differences and difficulties will continue to arise and your com mittee recommends that a permanent standing joint committee for corela- tion of public offices be appointed at the beginning of the 1883 session of the Legislature, whose duty it shall be to examine into the conduct of all Territorial office and to recommend legislation to correct any conbict n the laws relating to the duties of the several offices"