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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
PEDESTRIANS MAY NOTE
(IIartford Tlmes)

(HartfOrd TlmeS)
 The question of building side walks, along state highways, dis cussed in the last Connecticut leg islature and topic of interest in other states has recently been rais- ed to the importance of receiving attention by the Massachusetts supreme court. In the Bay state. some towns have built walks along state highways and litigation had arisen as to the maintenance of the former and responsibility in case of accident. The court ruled that the towns, having been given authority to build these walks on the states right of way, the former continued to be in all respects re- sponsible for them.
 This presents queer situation of divided authority. Physical changes in the shoulders of the highway for the laying of cement sidewalk would appear to be more logically and efficiently in the of the state which maintains the general roadbed. The cost. which is the real reason that sidewalk building has been left to local communities, could well be assess ed against them so that other parts of the state are not made to bear the expenditure for local con- venience.
 Unless pedestrianism comes into renewed favor one does not readily visualize the construction of side walks along state highways in Connecticut. The automobile has so largely taken the place of sole leather and shank power that per- manent, smooth surfaces for the motor vehicle only seem necessary. To be sure, the pedestrian has lit- tie or no rights on the paved high way and 1t is even doubtful that he has much safe walking room on the shoulders, but if he will pick his way with caution he will have no difficulty in reaching his destination. He should walk against traffic for one thing, gauge his position in relation to each on- coming car for another and carry a light at night if he wishes to be reasonably safe from being run down., TrafIicwise. there seem to De other and more important hings 10 do than build sidewalks along state highways in this state. Where trunk lines run through cities and |villages the sidewalk problem can bessoIved under authority hf local ordinances and the expendituse of local funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

Part of famous trolley route may soon
 be abandoned. The Connecticut Company is petltioning the public utilities commission
 for permission to give up its trolley route from Meriden through Southington to Lazy Lane. Had the Green Line of this city con- tnued its operatio.s down Southington Mountain to the junction. at Milldale the proposed abandonment would have worked serious hardship upon the local concern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

column scr!bblers who. would have had the world Believe that ping pong balls are mnde only in Vest port, Conn.
 Having something of a genius for useless information, have learned that this is not exactly the case. Massac achusetts lays proud claim to such factory. A big game gent named Parker, is the official ping-ponger, I am told. and the word itself is an importation from Europe.
 GILBERT SWAN. Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

The trolley line from Meriden to New Bri- tain via Huntsville. Southington, and Plain- vile was well patronized once upon a time. And Lazy Lane (we wonder where it ever got the name) was great junction, espe- cially SO on Saturdays and Sundays when hundreds would make their way to Lake Compounee. Buses are gradually supplant- ing the electric trolleys They'll soon be thing of the past in this state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

The state hospital at Middletown now has 3.045 patients which seem like quite few too many for an institution of this kind. It is the largest number in the history of the hospital. That means that the Fairfield county hospital at Newtown won't be built one day too soon. Most of our state insti- tutons are sadly overerowded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
Personal Health Seruice
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will he answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

High tide at Milford, "Wednesday, July 15, ll:39 d. m. Daylight time);' low tide, 5:47 D. m (dayight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
SUMMER sILHOUETTEs
A thought for tonight.
 As the shadows flee, Don't stand in the window

A thought Tor tonight,
 As the shadows flee, Don't stand in the window,
 In your B. V. ID. .+st.- O-O-o Pity the poor pianist. He must face the music.
 Some women become catty when you talk about their fur coat the wrong way.
 O-O-o
 Fish is brain food and that's why a lot of us wonder at 1t being confined to Friday serv- ings.
 A husband never has time. to teach his wife to swim, but oh my, how he does enjoy holding the girl next door.
 o-O-o This completes our regular Tuesday evening program. It was broadcast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of 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.
 0--O--0 Good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

A woman we know says she thinks this moratorium principle of business is just grand and she's thinking of buying new kitchen stove on the suspended payment plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

A coumnist says what the l7-year To- eusts holler is "Phara- -o-o-oh!" Which just shows how slow minded loeusts are. They think they re still plaguing Egypt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:54 clock Daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
OH DEAR ME

Gut readers, forgive this shock) If you have to pay a flyer, Then the dress becomes frOck.
 o--O-O There are no strings on me" sasy Legionnaire Ted Conway, new chairman of the republican town committee. And the buddies who claim Ted as one of their own. ad- init he knows the ropes, and for that reason frowns on strings.
 O-O-o
 Lovers Slain in Lovers Lane Headline. One of those poeti- cal murders.
 o-O-O A waiter generally has the de- sire for a tip on the tip of his tongue.
 O--O--O
 Gatty went round the world Post haste.
 O-O-O If Edison only sleeps four hours d day, those Beauty-Rest mattress es have no especial magnetism for him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
TT WAS EVER THUS

"It's the little things in life that
 count" Said Doctor Herman Mack. This while he picked the microbes
 up
 And dcftly laid 'em back.
 O-O-O The oil burners are starting to put the anthracite mines in coal storage.
 O-O-O For light summer reading we recommend the story of the electric bulb.
 O-O-O Pity the over-worked society wife who has to bath the canary every morning and see that the water in the gold fish aquarium Is changed twice week.
 0-O--O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-14
Good evening.
 oSb-o DOG DAYS

DOG DAYS How I hate these muggy days, With their languid vapid ways; Days that make fellow cuss, Just kick up a gloomy fuss. Dampness fills the summer air. Clothes are sticky everywhere, These are dog days, so they claim, They're doggone vicious, just
 the same. I detest this season grim, When the sun seems always
 dim. Can't go here and can't go there, Not a bit of sun to spare. Muggy hours through the day, Nights are just the same, I'll
 say, Wish we'd have some days of pep, How 1 long to up and step. Mother Nature, hear my plea, Send new weather up to me. Sunny days with cloud free skies, Nights to match a lovers eyes, Mornings when the sun rides
 bright,
 Quite refreshed from sleep at
 night, Summers mighty short at best. Give these doggone dog days l
 rest
 o--O-o
 Roosevelt discovered the river of doubt, but the har- bor of conjecture is still un- known to d lot of us.
 o-O--o When the federal agent gets hip to the bootlegger he generally searches the rear pockets.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING Who can remember the good old
 days,
 The good old days, by golly. When we'd beg poor ma to let us
 sit,
 On the back seat of the trolley.
 o--O--O A cough is dangerous if it lasts too long. You generally have to cought up for treatment.
 O-O-o John McCormaCk's second marriage seems destined for disaster. It seems he couldn't forget Colleen Moore. his first wife Which proves that after all there's only one love in a mans life.
 O--O-o It's what you get on blue plate that sometimes makes you blue.
 O-O--o
 The Ladies' Aid meets to tack a quilt and attack those not present.
 Sometimes coldness develops be- tween husband and wife and an ice man is to blame.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Will Tinker Balky Machine

The Prospective visit of Premier Laval of France to Washington. where he will con- suit with President Hoover in an epoch making event. The worlds industrial and financial machinery has been baking and these heads of great governments must find some way to set it going.
 Formerly the United States had to go to Europe when it wanted such help. Now Europe comes to us. That change should not lead to any vain glory. It is due to our good fortune quite as much as to our merit America has become the most power 'ful nation, and power brings added responsl- bility.
 The problems of the world are not diff fieult of settlement, if only the nations will act like reasonable beings. In the past they were all so set on their fixed ideas, that they could not cooperate. The great effort made by the French premier to visit Washington at least shows an increased spirit of coneiliation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Japanese Expansion

Japan invades China. and China is too proud to fight. The statement of Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, youthful governor Of Manchuria is interesting. The surprise attack in Mukden, he says, and subse- quent occupation of that and other places in Manchuria by Japanese army units. con- stitutes an act of war. The world has been launched so far as Japan is concerned, but China has no intention of being an armed party to it. China is sontent to allow pub. lie opinion throughout the world to form its own judgment and hopes and expects jus tiee to be done in this case
 This attitude is not only loftily moral but extremely high-hat. Also in harmony with a certain treaty signed by many nations Japan, which China has never yet been able to regard as quite grown up and civilized, may feel herself rebuked and withdraw. And again she may not, any more than she has done from Korea. It seems to be up to the League of Nations to do something.
 China is probably right about it being all wrong. But China is like fat pig ready for carving. Manchuria is naturally tempt ing to overpopulated Japan, lacking space and natural resources. So is the vast ex- panse of eastern Siberia. And America, which has about all the territory it needs, admirably located, hasn't much to say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09

Oregon. California, New York and other states are showing what good secondary roads can do. not only for the farmer, but for small towns and as an attraction to tourists. The entire nation - particularly at this time. when Federal aid has been increased and road building is advocated to relieve unemployment - should get in line and build the roads that are so vitally needed.
 Only small part of our total highway mileage is paved. The majority of our citizens in agricultural and rural areas live on roads that are hardly different from those used by their fathers in the horse-and- wagon days. It is an economic impossibility to give all these areas high-type highways yet they must have easy. year-round contact with the outside world. And the answer is secondary roads roads with local ma- terials as baC. and treated with one ot the inexpensive, but long-wearing, modern aSphaltic materials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Coffee Topers

Somebody is drinking a lot of coffee in this country. and it must be most of us. The United States Chamber of Commerce reports that coffee imports in the first half of 193l were IS per cent greater than for the first half of l930. and 28 per cent greater than the average for the 1926 30 period. We imported e72,677,O0O pounds up to July 1. Coffee recipts now are at the rate of more than IS pounds a year for every man. woman and child in the country.
 It is to be hoped that the infants are not drinking their IS pounds. They should be having milk. not coffee. But eliminating the children increases the adult ration startl- ingly. Who can say whether this is an evil or good development' There will be plenty of advocates for either side. May coffee consumption never gets into politics or be taken up by reformers!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1881
"Old Guard" Stages Comeback

The result of the democratic primary contest in Hartford last evening in which William J. Rankin was victorious by little more than one thousand votes over David A. Wilson is tantamount to what is thought to be the beginning of drive on the part of Connectlcut's ''old guard to re- establish itself statewide before another presidential election rolls around. The eyes of the state, politically speaking, were trained upon Hartford yesterday and what the out come presages is anyones guess at this early date in the coming state and national cam paign.
 However, it is no secret that the fine touch of the recent democratic state chair man, Thomas J. Spellacy, was apparent in the warm battle which has been merrily going on up in Hartford for the past few months And, although that astute general of other wars refuses to comment on the outcome one way or another on the grounds that he is only a private In the ranks, nevertheless, 1t is generally conceded that his is the maStermind that engineered the deal.
 Furthermore, that Hartfords lead in openly making an attempt and apparently succeeding in breaking the new and recently formed insurgent groups hold on things in the state politically is only beginning of drive to unseat the present ineumbents all along the line and is generally conceded by those who seem to be in on the know. How far they will succeed again We say is matter of conjecture and one which only the fu- ture can reveal. But there seems to be no doubt as to a growing spirit of unrest in democratic groups not too strongly affiliated with the insurgents and from all accounts their number is legion.
 At any rate the first real open test of opposing strength has been made congress man Lonergan apparently suecumbing to Thomas J. Spellacy in the Hartford primary last evening. Hartford's fight perhaps was closer drawn than others that may follow. owing to long standing feud be- tween these two leaders in that city for dom- inancy. Yet, if it is any indication of things in general the ole guard is still factor to be dealt with in state politics, despite its overthrow eighteen months ago. l93Z looms big in the offing as a presidential year of rare possibilities for democrats and political leaders are not loath to let such an opportunity slip by without at least try for seat on the bandwagon. when the parade goes by. And that Mir Spellacy made a good start yesterday in that direction can not be denied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09

Much of Indian lore and tradition forms part of the early history of Connecticut. A great many of the towns still bear Indian names. and delving into history our neigh boring towns have most picturesque back ground "The Lure of the Litehfeld Hills in its September issue describes in more than one article quite bit of Indian lore in this section of the state. One article about Woodbury speaks of the Pomperaug valley and its winding curves; what is now known as East Meadow Brook Falls and once an Indian camping ground. The ar ticle states. in earlier days this was the site of a Pootatuck Indian village. and the first deeds of Woodbury have among others, the names of Paquanow and Punnahan from whom the land was purchased" Nome waug Falls is another spot that receives men, ton, deriving its name, according to the writer from Chief Nonnewaug who was buried nearby and whose memory had been honored by a bronze tablet erected by a lodge of the fraternal order of Red Men" In another article much of interest is related about New Milford and surrounding eoun- try. The Sehaghtiscoke Trail which fol- lows the Housatonie river and the old le-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Where Nations Meet

When leading men of leading nations conferred in London short while ago on the financial crisis in Europe, the press com mented enthusiastically on the openness of the negotiations. Once. these nations would not have met. They would have exchanged formal notes. and the public could only have guessed at the backstage eonspiraeies. Above board diplomacy passed milestone on Jan uary 10, 1920 when B non-combatant states joined 2o allied states of the World war in forming the League of Nations. Without funds. building or organization. the peoples of the world thus expressed their urgent desire for peace and cooperation. That desire has built up the League and sustains it today.
 A World Assembly of representatives of 54 state members of the league is now in annual session in Geneva. In addition to the assembly. the league embraces an exec utive council which convenes three times year, and permanent secretariat comprising 600 officials who serve throughout the en- tire year. Permanent committees meet reg ularly to consider questions of finance. eco monies, transit, health, drugs or other world problems. Nearly 400 journalists watch every happening at Geneva and flash the news to remote places. Mexico's recent &C., ceptanee of the leagues invitation to join is regarded as one of the most important events of the decade. This leaves only four large nations the United States Turkey. Russia ando Brazil out of the league.
 No wonder people interested in world events flood the league with thousands Of requests for information. To satisfy the knowledge the Geneva Research ln- formation Committee publishes two month lies. "The League of Nations in Review and Geneva Special Studies.' The first is a resume of league activities for the preced- ing month. and the second is more intenS- i've study of some subject that concerns or is expected to concern the league. Both publications are more concise and readable than the voluminous. technical reports off yciaily issued by the league. but they also reports of league activities. Their popular supply information not found in newspaper ity with the public has demonstrated their value.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09

An editorial writer in the New York Times speaks in favor of novel in the old style, Tong and leisurely." Some of the briefer works of recent years have become boresome not only to this writer but book lovers in general. It is true. the longer novel seems to be gaining hold again. and as they get bigger they seem to get better. Says this writer: 'As the $2 book shrank in its covers sentences and paragraphs with- cred. Sometimes a sentence. doubtless full of hidden meaning, contained two words. Dialogue became more staccato than a machine gun" All quite true. and even if some of the briefer works had much in their favor as to style and technique. what a relief it is to pick up something longer and more leisurely; one would even sacrifice a camp in the hand holding a nice big vol lume of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens or Thackeray. Too much of the terse and spasmodic type of novel pals eventually and five hundred to thousand pages offer a pleasing antidote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Quotations

I believe in equality for every one except reporters and photogra- phers. -Mahatma Gandhi. The smaller industries are not about to disappear. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 s
 Insects are our rivals here on earth and probably the last liv- ing thing will be some active insect on a dead lichen.
 -Dr L. O. Howard. A human being laid off for lack of work, after the narrowing experience of endeayoring to find work, is never again as self-re- specting and self-reliant a human being as he was before--he has lost something that can never be re- placed. Gerard swope.
 
 If we could pacIfy the political trend of the times take look at the clothss the women are wear ing.
 Prof Baker Crownell of North
 western U.
 If we could pacify the political atmosphere We may be near the very bottom of the depression.
 --Prof Bonns 8erlin v.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
Here, There And EDerywhere

because an independent had en- tered the field, L. L. Collins, ss an out and out wet demanding repeal of the eighteenth amend ment and the Volstead act. Col lins ran so far behind that he was completely distanced and had his votes been added to those of Pal mer, the Johnson majority would have remained neorly 5000. How ever, what following Collins had came chiefly from the democratic side.
 As there are at least six other vacancies which may be filled in the list of congressmen elected In the country last year, it Is not yet pos sible to determine the actual figure of party balance December l, but the republicans can draw no en- couragement from what has fash ed from the Sedalia wires. The poor showing made by Collins does not increase belief that wet senti- ment has gained much in dry states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-09
TURNING BACK TO 1492.
(New Haven Register)

A group of intrepid young Span iards under the leadership of Cap tain Julio Cullen, 35-year-old yachting enthusiast, are preparing to resail the course of the Santa Maria to bring to Santo Domingo a stone from the monestary of La Rabida for use in the construction of the memorial lighthouse to be erected there to the memory of Columbus.
 These young men, some 25 in number, will sail in an exact dup licate of the Santa Maria, the 220- ton flagship of the discoverer with two mainsails, dark hole for the crew below decks, and the cap tain's cabin under the raised stern just where the ship gets a sicken- ing roll from the impace of huge combers against the tiny cockle- shell sides.
 with hardstack to last for three months and water for five months. no instruments or comforts post dating 1492, not even a radio In case of emergency. this exact re- plica of Columbus's flagship will slip away some time in February from Palos, where Columbus set sail, and will follow the great ex- plorer's route.
 While an adventure of this sort is ever perilous, as 1t was with Columbus and his men, neverthe- less 1t should provide a most valu- able lesson to those of tender years in the various ports the ship will visit. It should give a much clear CT vision of the hardships mariners of those days were subjected to. as compared with ocean travel of today. Furthermore, it should serve to add to the respect of the young CT generation for things that are old and ways that so often ridi- culed, when they should be prais- ed.
 Youth needs plenty of lessons of this type today. There Is far too much fiippancy apparent in the oncoming generation; far too much of the joke is seen in the very serious work and lives of those who were the real pioneers In the development of this continent 10 its present magnificent advance ment.
 1t is ever we'll to turn the mind backward for a moment to com pare yesterday with today. There is much to be learned from yester- day. Perhaps. more than from today, for we can see It better and note its effects on later life.