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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-10

With the budget of the board of charities for the fiscal year which does not end until March 31. 1882, practically used up the members of the board at their monthly meeting held last night in the of- flee of Superintendent of Charities A. Barton Cross did considerable pondering as to what will be done the balance of the year. It was stated that it is estimated that It will take about $40,OO0 more to carry on the department work be- fore another appropriation Is made. It will be necessary to borrow this money. Robert Cleary in speak ing of the condition offered the suggestion that instead of borrow- ing the money a special tax be laid, Other board members drowned on this suggestion. Warden Green called the boards attention to the big holler that has gone up from property owners relative to the revaluation of property.
 The report of Superintendent Cross disclosed that the sum or S3,2S0.64 remains in the. depart ment budget with five of the hard est months of the year coming. The general opinion of the board members was that there must De a tightening up on the department expenditures.
 That several of those being aid- ed by the department are owners of automobiles was evident from the discussion of the board mem. bers. Warden Green stated that he believed that 25 per cent ot those being aided were owners or cars. He stated that on the re- port of the superintendent there was at least one specific case that he knew of. The opinion was ex- pressed by George H. Waite, mem ber of the board that the superin- tendent should check the tax lists to ascertain if any of those being aided owned automobiles and 1T it was found that they did they should be refused aid. Warden Green stated he felt that aid was being handed out without discre- tion. The conditions in Naugatuok were a great deal better in many other places. He stated that the street department, the charities de- partment and the Unemployment Fund were taking care of 422 per. sons in the borough at the present time.
 Warden Green informed the members of the board that the great strain uopn the department will be relieved to great extent by the Unemployment Fund. It IS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23

vinced the newspapers that they were of public interest.
 Later, when the National League was doing some recognizing, ex- ecutives were told Heydler was a good man to get because he was the only one who had any knowl- edge of the playing records" He became private secretary to the late Harry Pulliam, then league president, and subsequently, rose to the circuits highest office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
WRESTLING IS EXP0SED;FANS
 DUPED, CLAIM
Seattle. Athlerlc Commis- sion Are Given
 Inside Dope

SEATTLE, March 23.-Mem0ers Of the Seattle Athletic Commission said testimony has been given them that fans have been duped by al legged faked matches and wrsstlers have been booked around the cir cult like vaudeville actors and told when to lose and when to win"
 Aber Kubey, Seattle referee, tes- tified that Ted Thye and Virgil Hammond, Por tland promoters, tried to influence him to give cer- tain decisions.
 Floyd Mu sgrave, matchmaker,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
CLUB TO
 HAVE NEW MANAGER

SEATTLE, March 23.-The ap- pcintment of Richard P Ward as new manager of the Washington Athletic Club is announced by Oar win Meisnest, Vice President and Chairman of the Board of trustees. The club will be reorganized and refinanced this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23

FOR NINETEEN years, Research Department has kept intimate touch with every development of Science that could be applied the manufacture of cgareue During this period there has been development of value or importance to the smoker which have tot incorporated into the making of Chesterfield cigarettes
 Ligget G MJes Tobaeso Go.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
said he was disgusted with the methods of the promoters. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER
 TO PLAY FOR TITLE

VANCOUVER, B. C., March 23 A five game play-off series will start here tonight between Seattle and Vancouver hockey teams for the championship of the Coast Hockey threo-team league.
 The teams ended the regular schedule with Seattle having 4l points, Vancouver 36 and Portland 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
GENE SARAZEN IS
 WINNER OF $5,00O

MIAMI BEACH, Florida, March 23.-Gene Sarazen has won the $5 900 first money in the Fourth an- nual $15,000 LaGorge open with score of 282 for 72 holes, three strokes ahead of Tommy Armour who is in second money.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23

Jacks ashore he's liable be going places once But thing Navy together onwheher Hong Kong, Seattle Center Tah what they cgaetesthe taste mder baco nothing They cigarettes feet That's why Chesterfield the Navys choice! ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
OREGON BASKETBALL TEAM TURNS DOWN
 KETCHJKAN'S OFFER

SALEM, Oregon, Marcn 23-The High School Athletic Association Board of Control has decided to reject the invitation of the Ket- chikan High School basketball play CTS for an intersectional game with the winner of the State Tour nament. The Board said the policy is to decline intersectional invita- tions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
JEAN BOROTRA
 DEFEATS BELL
 INDOOR TENNIS

NEW YORK, March s3 3-Jean Bcrotra, of France, Davis Cup play CT, last Saturday defeated Berkeley Bell, of Dallas, Texas, for the American indoor tennis singles championship, three sets to two.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-23
Sport ], S1antS
 A1M46oea1

It is seldom if at any time that the boys look for their drama and excitement among the columns of baseball statistics, nor has there been any recent campaign that I nm aware of to produce more and better figures, except insofar as there may be some competition between such gentlemen as Al Munro Elias and Irwin M. Howe, the chief chasers of the elusive numerals.
 Yet there has been no little TO- nance in the development of the statistical side of baseball There is no question that is matter of national concern. For proof of this, it is necessary only to note the baseball bugs who digest the box scores eagerly each summer morn ing along with their prunes or ham and eggs. In no other sport, are the detailed figures subject to so much scrutiny as in the national game
 Charles D. White, Spalding fig ure expert whose fame has been perpetuated by the Little Red Book" an indispensable item to all sports editors, furnishes some in sight into this interest.
 When we first began to assem- ble a major league record book some twenty years ago. White told me, "it consisted of a mere eleven pages, supplementary to the annual Spalding guide. The latest issue is in separate book form and takes up 213 pages.
 Tt has meant years of the most persistent research to straighten out the records. In the old days, no one thought of making a com plete record and keeping it for pos terity. AS a result we have had to dig most of the information out of obscure places and we are still being checked up. I have one man alone doing nothing but look ing for mistakes.
 There's a Harvard friend of mine who spends his spare time cross checking the Little Red Book and discovering mistakes. A pro lessor of the University of 1ndi- ana studies it carefully and writes me when he discovers any error. One time I received a valuable lot of information from a train dis patcher in a lonely Montana town, He wrote me that only one train day went through his place in either direction and that he spent his spare time pouring ever the records"
 It is not widely known but 1t IS a fact that John Arnold Heydler, the National leagues able chlei executive, first attracted the at tention of baseball leaders because of his penchant for tabulating the major league figures.
 While working in the government printing office in Washington over 30 years ago, Heydler spent much of his snare time making up the
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
District of Columbia Tops
Nation In Many Ways

For remarkably good advertising the District of Co.
umb indebted to the American Mercury which publishes
of tables dealing with wealth. culture and education
in this country
These tables show that the District of Columbia stands at
the top of the list in than State and is
just about the most desirable place of residence in this big
and glorious nation.
The District heads all States the percentage of population
filing income taxes In 1928 per of people filed
income tax returns and paid taxes California second
with sos per cent
In the of telephones 80 per of District people
telephone California is next with 24 per cent
In postal receipts per capita population this city tops the
List with $12.41 Illinois second, with $1034
This city has 2598 students in colleges per 100000
aton heading all States of the union abundantly substan
atng claims that this the best college city the world
District of Columbia is FOUR TIMES better off in the number
Of volumes in libraries than any State of the union Students
in institutions have accessible the finest libraries in the
United States.
District people the best readers Of newspapers the
United States because 9042 out of every 1000 take their
daily home papers
New York English language newspapers second with
circulation of 615O1 in every 1000 people.
To these figures that considered indicative of culture it
may be added that in of science Washington has re
mendous lead In fact scientists in this city larger in
number than in any dozen States Of the nation combined
The result of these many tables to stamp several States
of the country most backward in wealth. culture literary
and educational advantages but the District be pleased
with the fact that the tables put it where have long de-
cared to belong the summit of the nation in its distinct
advantages for enjoyable residence
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
City's Police Situation Is
Incensing Public

No matter how desrous the people of Washington are to
back up their Police Department something to turn
up dspae confidence and shake the goodwill necessary
for cooperation between the public side and its law
enforcing agency on the other,
1t is fair and just that too hasty conclusions shah not be
arrived a but there not the slightest doubt that citizens Of
Washington the most substantial ncensed the
latest developments and urging cleanup of policemen
Of all kinds who not credit to the force.
An attempt at cleanup may BE In progress among high
officials in charge of the department but is seemingly slow
and imperative for the good of the force that the refor
nation shall proceed more swiftly.
months is regetab That does indicate that the force
whole is undesirable in its personnel It does indicate
that there too many of these bad eggs and that the house
cleaning must be rapid and continuous.
This newspaper months urged Commissioner Crosby and
Major Pratt to create secret body of picked to inves
gate the lives and work Of any and all members of the force
suspected of failing to up to- the requirements that
should be possessed by policemen Such body may have
been created and may be at work If u.s. it has much
to do not named the recommendations renewed
Keeping crooks under surveillance presumably applicable
only to the criminal field. It is just applicable to unfit
in the service of the public Men above suspicion should
earth those who do belong the Washington
police force
This city personnel of policemen in whom there is
full confidence and esteem The great body of honest
policemen must not be smeared by retention of few
who do not deserve public faith Put
bad eggs out.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

To prevent death parades like that in The Bronx last Sat-
urday the New York Board of Estimate at Commissioner Null
request has appropriated $4,000 to equip cruising
police cars in the metropolis with radio receivers,
The appropriation for them should be made Immediately and
the sets installed.
They will be equivalent to increase Of the police by
eal hundred patromen because they will enable the depart
ment to hur squads of officers the of the shoongs
before the gunmen get far away.
police had been tipped off by radio twelve
pursuit of the deahtaxi Saturdays battle would have been
unnecessary
The buecoas could have got their few minutes after
Patrolman Webb murdered-and of the innocent
pedestrians and motorists who killed by stray shots would
now be alive.
Fifty leading cities of the United States including Washing
ton, have supplied their police automobiles with radio
Bulletins be flashed instantly the
quarters the transmitting station hears of the crime
Departments that have tried the plan enthusiastic at the
results.
is possible to scramble the messages so that criminals
cannot listen in
Arrests have been speeded up and the crime rate has
dropped in most of the cities where system in use
New York needs every weapon available its on crime
This is of the most effective weapons available.
No time should be lost in equpping the New York
police.
1t will save lives
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Beer, the Medicine
For What Ails Us

Come to think it, the thing to panacea for this
countrys troubles is beer
BY beer good, four per cent legalized beer
And by troubles unemployment, surplus farm
products and crime Those three things when you get down
to it, what all u.s.
Legalzed beer would make big dent in all three
As Charles Tutt former United States District Attorney
in New York former prohibitonst told KiwanSps up
Glens Falls N y the other day. legalzed beer would Put
million to work. y
There than million out of work but to give
jobs even to million is worth something
worth than all the efforts of the Federal Govern
ment combat unemployment anyway And worth
than the efforts of the several States we'll
Legazed would provide an Immediate market for
lot of the grain that the Government has buying and
storing away in elevators and warehouses.
There nothing to do with that now, unless give
away the starving Chinese-who by the way rice
And can't that the Government would be ncon-
sistent in allowing this grain be turned into beer
The Government has helped finance the grape growers
whose turned legally into concentrates
wine bricks and thence into wine
As for crime the good legal beer there is tap the
less crime there will be tap,
Some of eminent racketeers from AL Capone
down, beer runhers
When beer is legal their occupation will be gone.
Beer short is medicine prescribe for sick and
unhappy country.
would be the best that could be administered
could be prescribed by Congress without foong with the
Eighteenth Amendment which going to be in the Contu-
ton good many years longer
could be legazed by the simple declaration in Congress
that-up to four per cent-beer is not intoxicating
It Intoxicating happens unless you drink half
keg of it, and in this imperfect world few do that
Beer would be the the nations prayer But it Ii
that you won't long Presidents and Con-
afraid Of their shadows and don dare to
open their mouths for fear the Antsaloon League Will jump
down em.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
TIMES TEST

Mark each statement True
or False:
/. The direct cost of the
world war to U. S. was less
than $4,000, ,O0O,0
2. The decisive battle of the
civil war was fought July /, 2,
g.. 1863, at Chickamauga.
3. Benedict Arnold tried to
sell his country and country
men for $4,000 during the
American Revolution.
4. A sonnet is a poem writ
ten in dignified, elevated style
for some set occasion.
S. The Aar is a large Ger
man river, 200 miles long, and
flowing into the Rhine.
6. The highest active volcano
in the world is Cotopaxi, in
the Andes, Ecuador, Sout1
America7-about 1858 feet high.
Z. The recognized head of
the provisional government Of
Mexico in 1915 was Francisco
Villa.
8. The fandango is a popular
Swedish dance, in three-four
time, accompanied by guitars
and castanets.
>9. ITO the victors belong the
spoils" was the policy of An
drew Jackson. -
10. In 1865 the English estab-
lished the oldest city in
America.
Match correctly:
IL. Grounding Day
Celebrated January 8.
IL. Flag Day
Celebrated July Is.
13. Tournament of Roses
Celebrated February 2.
IA. Jackson's Day
Celebrated March II.
IS. st. Patrick's Day
Celebrated June IA.
(Answers on Magazine Pags)
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

One of the fallacies of the
average man is the idea that
the United States Senate has
degenerated, and that most
Senators are small bore now,
where all of them once were
commanding figures. This IS
due in part to the systematic
propaganda against the Sen
ate; and this propaganda is
due to the presence in the
Senate of too many men who
are their own men.
But the majority of us, re-
calling Clay, Webster and Cal
houn, and later Douglas and
Sumner, imagine that Senates
were once composed of just
such statesmen and orators.
Best Cure for
The Illusion
The best curt for this illusion
is to look over the lists of the
Senators at different periods
and to discover that nine-tenths
of them are mere names,
signifying nothing. In the very
first Senate, when it might
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

recognize among them more
than eight. When Webster
made his reply to Hayne. New
York was represented in the
Senate by Nathan Sanford. of
Albany. and Charles E. Dud-
ley, of Albany. These men were
commonplace; and neither ever
distinguished himself in the
Senate to the degree that Sen
ator Wagner has by his con-
structive measures.
Even among the eight out
standing ones only the close
student of the byways of his
tory would recognize the names
Of John M. clayton, who lives
because of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty; of John Forsyth, who
was Secretary of State under
Jackson, and Edward Living
ston; of Levi Woodbury., who
was voted for once for the Pres
idential nomination.
Men Unknown
To the Nation
Or take the period Of 1850,
when Clay, Webster and Cal
houn were dealing with the
threatening sectional issue that
was to lead on to war. The fol
lowing States we're represented
by. men entirely unknown to
the nation by name today:
Arkansas, Connecticut, Della
ware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Eleven States out of 81!
Much is here conceded to
several of the 20 States by the
assumption that the country
today recognizes the names Of
William r. King of Alabama,
Berrien Of Georgia, Pierre Soule
Of Louisiana. John P. Hale Of
New Hampshire, Willie Mangum
of North Carolina, John Bell Of
Tennessee. Of the more promi-
nent names, we have John C.
Fremont of California. who was
a dull Senator, and Sam Hous-
ton of Texas, who lives on some
thing other than his common
place Senatorial career.
The Great Majority
Ordinary Men
The lesson is that in every
Senate from tho oroo T1jzot tioY1
of the Government, the great
majority of the members have
been ordinary men; and a very
few of great gifts or command
ing genius have stood out and
led. This, of course, is true of
every parliamentary body. How
many Englisme men know the
names Of more Sthan a dozen
members of the House Of Com
mons in the days of Fox, Pitt,
Burke and Sheridan?
It is hardly fair to measure
every member of the Senate to-
day by Clay, Webster and Cal
houn, or by Douglas. It would
be possible to show that the
Senate today is more brilliant
and OF greater capacity than
that of 1850 by measuring the
average member Of the Senate
then by such men as-for illus.
tration-Borah, Walsh Of Mon
tana, Norris or Robinson Of
Arkansas.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Well, here it is again, for the
umpty-steenth time, the same
old FLANDERS luck" chain letter.
You've had 'em, too. Everybody
has had them. Bet you could
recite it by heart
THE FLANDERS CHAIN OF
GOOD LUCK. This was sent to
my house. Copy it and send it
within two hours to persons you
wish good luck. This was
started by American officers in
Flanders and has bees around
the world so times. Tee one
who breaks the chain will have
bad luck. It is astonishing how
prosperity will come in a few
days. Wait and see what hap
pens. In four days it will bring
good luck. Send this one and
four others to the people you
wish good luck. Do not keep
this one"
An Old Custom
Chain letters-theyNe been 60
ing the rounds since Auarn was
a pup. What started them?
That's easy. They were started
and they're kept going by the
oldest, commonest emotion in
human nature-FEAR. And
they'll keep on going as long as
human fear holds out. Which,
from present indications will be
plenty long.
But 1 know of cases where
they worked" someone says.
81 know a man who refused to
send one on. He said they
weren't going to get HIM. And
he had the awfulest bad luck.
His bank closed that very week.
Then there was my aunt.
Everybody says my aunt is ter.
ribly superstit ious. They
laughed at her because she sat
right down and \ copied that
letter and sent 1t out. But
right the next day she rented
her spare bedroom to a boarder.
Maybe you'll say it was just an
accident"
Not necessarily. These par
ticular cases may have been
condolences. That bank, prob
ably, was getting ready to close
weeks before the chain letter
arrived. And boarders do rent
rooms without Flanders warn!
ing. But, accidents aside,
GOOD LUCK AND BAD LUCK
DO FOLLOW MANY A CHAIN
LETTER. But it isn't the chain
letter that brings them.
IT'S THE FAITH OR THE
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Police Court Ladies' Dav"

The Police Court of Evanston Ill., establish Ladies
Day exclusively for women charged with traffic violations
The magistrate Of the does not regard his decision as
one for flppant comment He takes the seriously but
the serious thing about is that such day necessary
Women drivers in Evanston get careless they elsewhere
and mighty few cops chivarous these days
Most of fortunately kept out of Washington
Police Court about the unnvng place on earth They
deposit collateral at police stations and escape going
Still there be spirit of gaanry among the able judges
OF that court that may lead them to initiate the Evanston
scheme in which event there will be rivalry among the three
judges az to sitting ladies day.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
Andrew Mellon, Wizard

There was hard and difficult abroad for Andrew
Mellon Americas wizard Of finance but it at least not
complicated by criticism and heckling.
Back at his desk in the Treasury this placid master Of
national and international financing will face mighty prob
lens and usual hostility in Congress- some members
of which have flaws to pick with him.
is fortunate for President Hoover that he has the aid
and support of such able this time It fortunate
for this remarkable fnancer and statesman that his long
experience in the Treasury will enable him to easily
handle the problems in front Of him and his country
paratvely in the Treasury would asuredy
swamped in the national and international affairs that
be disposed of.
Andrew Mellon has not yet served quite as long as head
the Treasury of his predecessors but his service has
been time filled with gigantic transactions weighty
policies with responsibilities far greater than faced by other
former Secretaries of the Treasury.