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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-07
Council q to Hold
a Farewell Party

Council 81 of the United Council
Of Workingclass Women has ar
ranged a farewell banquet for Com
rade Sally Roshiwalb. who is leaving
for the Soviet Union. The affair will
take place on Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 7th, at 261 Utica Ave.
Comrades are invited to come and
make this an eVentful evening. Ad-
mission is SOC.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-07

Protect the foreign born. Elect
delegates to N. Y. Conference, Feb.
8, ct the Irving Plsza.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-07

; CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-16

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-16

Full fashioned 48-gauge chif-
fon hose Gordon and other
makes) with picot tops and
French heels. Kayser sheer hose,
some with picot tops and slipper
heels. Kayser service hose with
Isle heels, toes and garter welts.
All sizes but not in every style
Main Floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Movies and Morons

For the moron audience" says Profes- sor Walter B. Ptkin, Columbia University psychologist there are only about three subjects of large and irresistible appeal They are sex. food and crime" The importance of this diagnosis may be seen from the fact that film producers, in order to succeed, have to make an appeal to the masses. and most of us, according to the psychologists are morons.
 Of these three appeals. Professor Pitkins observes, one is virtually eliminated from film use. You might make up picture showing your hero eating $40 worth of ham and eggs in a restaurant. but 1t would lack climax" We're not SO sure about that. There would probably be poignant climax right there in front of the audience. if the hero made conscientious job of it. But if the food appeal is ruled out for artistic reasons. though Charlie Chaplin used it ar tistieally enough in The Gold Rush" there is still the fourth big appeal that used to be invoked as a matter of principle by the New York Sunday World. That is money.
 Professor Pitkins conclusion. however may be sound. He says that since Will Hays insists on soft-pedalling sex the pro- ducers have to fall back on crime. to suc- eeed. And that is bad public policy. be- cause the movies are educating the feeble minded" and such education for such people isn't fair to the rest of society.
 The cheap crime appeal is worse in films he insists than it was in the old yellow back dime novels, for this reason To get criminal education from those yellow backs the patron had to be able to read. A patron doesn't need to be so intellectual as that to understand picture And it IS made still easier for the dumb by dropping captions and making the actors talk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Illinois Coal Prices

There is serious disorder in the bitumln- ous coal fields of Ohio. Pennsylvania. Vir- 2nia and West Virginia. According to report of the Russel Sage Foundation there is industrial peace in the btumnous coal fields of Illinois. What is the difference! In the Illinois region there IS collective trade union agreement between miners and employers. The administration, interpreta- ton and enforcement of this agreement Tn such matters as wages, hiring. firing, con- ditions in the mines, and SO on, have result ed in the establishment of certain principles and practices which are genuinely effective in settling disputes and correcting wrongs
 Three things are agreed upon from the start: that management and workers recog- nize it as mutually desirable to settle dis putes through their joint commission; that management has absolute authority and re- sponsibility within it's own sphere; and that workers have right to hearing and to redress through the joint commission on which they are represented. Is there any reason why the troubled coal mining regions cannot adapt these or similar practices to their own situations!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Trading Goods

In the times before modern factory de- velopment, much direct trading of goods could be done. Business depressions were not so serious. If times were bad in some town SO that orders could not be secured for the products of the community. then the various trades could swap work with each other. If the shoemaker could get no orders. but he needed suit of clothes, and the tailor could get no orders for his gar ments but he needed shoes, then the shoe maker could walk over to the talior's shop, would make him one or more pairs of boots in return for the needed suit So. although the circulation of cash was impeded by the hard times. yet the various trades could find work by swapping between each other.
 The business machine has now become so extraordinarily complicated, that the same remedy is not available. Some people have thought that that old principle of bar ter might be applied even in these times They have argued that some factory or group of factories making shoes or other products might swap their merchandise di- rectly with factories making garments or other things, and thus both groups of pro- dueers could find work. and satisfy their needs. even if orders were lacking.
 It is conceivable that such scheme might still be worked. But in all probability. the needs of the people are so complex and ndi- vdual, they all demand so many different things that such plan is not practical.
 But although the complication of modern business does lead fiom time to time to seri- ous depressions. yet no one wants to go back to the old primitive times, when people did not have a twentieth part of the we'll being of today. If our people all woke up to- morrow believing that business was going to be good, and all placed orders and made purchases based on normal business needs. all depression would be over within a fort night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

taken for granted and few protests are made.
 A recent newspaper dispatch bears the news that a Hollywood hotel has hired seven sleek -haired gigolos to entertain the lonely ladies.
 This Is interesting to a New Yorker, particularly since the gigo- 10 industry failed miserably in the big town. While few elderdly ladies found well-groomed young men to take them about. the busi- ness of hiring men as dancing part ners never clicked in Manhattan.
 It may be that some of the more able to sell their attentions to a definite person. Certainly, few of the ilk have gone in for the small change that comes from cafe or hotel salaries or from individual tips.
 If they were smart, they could "chiser in on fairly good society, make themselves companionable and amusing and live, somehow. without working.
 I have known few who even affected some sort of employment. They have taken small paying tasks that sounded important and used this to cover their real purpose which was getting by without toll.
 As matter of fact, the number of personable young men on the loose in Now York has always made 1t difficult for the gigolos to crash in. The manners of Manhattan be. ing what they are, an attractive young gent who is able to converse and dance can astonism even him. self by his social success.
 GIDBERT SWAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

Incidentally while Superintendent Tit comb was showing Mir Beck around the state hatchery one of the ponds was being cleaned. Twelve of the larger variety were saved out. Their weight was approximately A and one e-half pounds. Two of the fish weighed six pounds. one five pounds, and the remaining nine. three pounds and one quarter each. They were tremendous fish,
 remarked Mir Beck. T have seen lot of fish in my day but for trout have never seen anything that could touch those we saw yes- terday. We are going to tag the twelve of them and put them in streams in the fall. am going to offer prizes for their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
PROPERTIES TAKEN" BY
 STATE
(Meriden Journal)

mcIiuCu SVeAANsS
 Property owners in general will sympathize with those on Middle town road who suddenly have been confronted by the state highway department with the announce ment that their land and even buildings extend upon the public domain.
 This naturally Is discouraging to the folk who supposed that they owned to the apparent highway lines and had built accordingly. It is unfortunate that the authorities have been neglectful in defining the road boundaries in the manner that city streets are marked.
 Some depreciation in market values may result from the states action but otherwise the result Is not likely to be serious for there Is hardly a chance of the state widen- ing the highway for a great many years.
 The same practice has been fol- lowed by the state in marking lines on other highways hereabouts to the discomfiture of the dwellera thereon. It appear that on the Waterbury end of the Milldale pike the state went further and marked out a wider road to be used in the near future. Some of the residents were incensed and have appealed to the courts. Sim liar action may one fay be taken by land owners on other roads when the state attempts to use the property within the boundaries that have been arbitrarily estab- 1ished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

Here's good news for Connecticut ang- lers and in particular for certain members of the Crosby high school faculty more or less addicted to the pastime of casting for the wary trout. Thomas M. Beck. chair man of the state fish and game commission. has two trout. each weighing six pounds, that will be tagged very shortly and then released in one of the state streams. Any angler who is fortunate enough to land one of these beautiful specimens of fnny perfection will be given S2O upon presen- tation of the Identification tag. Evidently the proud possessor can also eat his catch. However, there is a catch in the catching. It must be caught with an artificial fly. If taken with bait or single hook spoons the lucky man or woman only gets Slo. These fish are at present in the Burlington hatch cry which Mir Beck regards as one of the most modern in the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Watering Trees

An astonishing number of amateur gard ners, and still more astonishing number of professional ones do not know anything about the care of trees. Most people water them wrong. Last year. for example. many trees were watered artifieially by owners who were willing to carry pails for the sake of saving their tree friends from the drouth But they put the water only at the base of the trees. Out around the edges where the root growth should have taken place. the rootlets were left dry.
 A tree just transplanted will have small area of roots for a short time. But any normal tree has roots extending as far from the center as the branches spread from the trunk There ought to be enough water to saturate the soil foot down. says an expert, and this water ought to be laid on at least
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Quotations

To share with others is a great step toward happiness.--A Lewisohn.
 Good manners and good business have quite 0 lot to do with one an- other.-Clough William-Ellis.
 We are turning out too many hard boiled, hard-hearted. hard headed dumbelIs in our colleges.-- William Allen White.
 Charity is not a rummage sale. --Bishop Charles E. WoodcGsk.
 The man of well-tempered char acter is unacquainted with laziness, or, at any rate, if he feels the ap- proach of lassitude he never aban- dons himself to it.--President Dou- mer of France.
 Drink is more important than food, and beer is the most impQr- tant of drinks.--Dr. Friedrich Vincenz von Hahn.
 All a fellow has to do Is to swear once or twice and a reputation ts fastened on him for life.--Major General Smedley D. Butler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
NEW YORK
wth Gilbert Swan

New York-Considering the mill lions that gather each hot weekend on Coney Islands sands the code of behavior Is amazingly well pre- served.
 have seen the beach so thickly packed with humans that & little peep of sand became a rare event. Yet this propinquity, while 1t breeds many a casual Irritation. seldom oversteps its social bounds. There are few arguments and fewer fights. Rarely, in these days. does a cop have to step in; in fact, the rol of an administrator of the law has become so stereotyped that they now arrest boardwalk prom enaders who perch upon the rail fence.
 In older times Coney had the reputation of being muscularly rowdy; brawls were frequent and many q beer mug was smashed over a Sunday.
 There is something in the over whelming throng that seems to create & herd -ethics and q smiling challenge usually greets the bold est approach.
 Among the groups that huddle together, there is either buoyant play spirit of q frank personal 1n-- timacy. The greatest amount Of pickering and argument can gem orally be found among members of the same family. with some East Side mother at the loud end of the harangue.
 The chatter is in most of the lam guages of the earth; yet there are extraordinarily few eavesdroppers. Strangers somehow manage to ad- dress each other without anything more than suggestion of inti- macy; yet only few inches of space separates one person from his neighbor.
 Once off the beach and on the boardwalk, the entire procedure changes. Then any pretty maid, or not-so- pretty maid. is the object of ogling approach. This is. seemingly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
At 7he National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

Turkish and Russian troops held the territory, however, and the Lausanne treaty of 1923 kept Tur- key in Asia Minor intact. The "re- public" is divided between Turkey Persia and Russia. King says the Turks have been driving out hun dreds of thousands of Armenians.
 In recent years King has kept resolutions, withdrawal of marines from Haiti and Nicaragua. He pro- noted the current investigation of Indian affairs. He was quick with a resolution for recognition of the Chinese Nationalists and vitriolic in attacking anti-Semitic tactics of Rumania.
 King was barred from Haiti by President Borno when he was go- ing there to get new material for his attacks on our civil and mili- tary rule. Early this year King was again in Haiti studying latest developments
 The Filipinos have for years been the leading campaigner in this country for their prompt and com plete independence. His wide knowledge of that situation Is all most incredible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
TODAN IS THEA ANNIVERSARY S hgkXA
BALKAN CONFERENCE

On July 27. 1917, a conference of allied diplomats and military leaders adjourned at Paris after examining the situation in the Balkan peninsula.
 The conference reached an agree ment concerning the Greek terri tories in military occupation. Great Britain, France and Italy agreed to cease simultaneously, as soon as possible, the military occupa- tion they were obliged to under take of territory in old Greece, Thessaly and Epirus.
 These three powers decided to retain for the period of the war the naval and military base at Cor fu, which was to remain under Greek sovereignty. Before separat- ing, members of the conference passed the following resolution:
 "The allied powers. more close ly allied and more closely united than ever before in defense of the rights of nations, especially those of the Balkan peninsula. are de- termined to render impossible any return in the future of acts of criminal aggression such as those for which the autocracwy of the Central Empires has been respon- sible."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Stalin and Lenin

In new bok. Seeing Red" by Eve Garrette Grady. is a Stalin story that de- serves passing around. It isn't the joke on Staln for which she was fired out of Rus sia, but she thinks it's better. It purports to be yarn circulating in Moscow.
 Stalin met Lenin's ghost, and they talked of Russian affairs.
 How is the fve-year plan working out'' asked the departed leader.
 "Very well indeed" replied his sue cessor.
 But how about the peopIe'" asked Lenin.
 They're with me. answered Stalin What are your plans after the five year plan is eompleted''
 We intend to begin a second five year plan"
 And the people,
 They will be with me- Sralin as- sured him.
 No replied Lenn sadly. The people will be with me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
ABANDONING THE FARM
 (New Haven Registerl


 New Jersey is now finding itseQ in the midst of an exodus from it1 farming sections. During the past year something like 10000 acres Of arable land has been abandoned in Hunterdon county alone, the owners seeking livelihoods in cit. les.
 The authorities find that the reasons why this is going on are that in far too many instances people buy farms with small down. payments and are unable to carry the resulting mortgages and that those who can manage to erly trained in agricultural pur- suits or willing to suffer the hard ships that every farmer must en- dure if he does all that he should do on his land. with his live stock and in his buildings.
 The lure of the citly. too, is proving too much. Children of farmers are not content to stay at home. They want the movies, the dance halls, the general ex- citement of urban life and leave home as soon as they are able to make livings in crowded commit mites. This very naturally draws the old folks into the maelstrom and the farm is abandoned for the reason that purchasers are not easily found.
 If 800 farmers operating 20,O00 acres of gooG land in one county have made this drastic change in one year what must the total number migrating to the cities in the entire state have been? Also, if this has occurred in one state in the last year what must have been the total migration in all the states? These are queries that naturally arise as one contenn - plates the problem, but the an, swer may not be known for an other decade when . further na1 tional census will be taksn..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
IT WAS EVER THUS
Beautiful wild flowers, Un thu dell vOxv

beAut1IuI W11O flowers,
 In the dell, VOW, Along came some picnickers, Find the flowers now.
 o-O--o If the world understood the language of flowers. there'd be a lot more beauty among human beings.
 Readi-sliced bread is popu- lar. How about readi-sliced pot roast?
 Beavers work about a dam and that's why woodmen damn the beavers,
 It's not the size of the diamond that counts. but whether or not it's paid for.
 Many a crank turns & crank at a filling station.
 o-O-O
 Sign in a local store. "You're Here Because You're Thrifty" Quite effective to say the least.
 O--O-O Where there's a will, there's generally a William to break 1t.
 o-O-O Years ago, good riders were "born to the saddle" Nowadays. good autoists. are "born to the rumble seat
 Mayor Walker is the only man in the world who can wear a. double breasted suit in July and look comfortable. If fish is brain food, how about the chap who eats flat fish? The modern house is able to see. Years ago 1t was BLIND folded.
 A diplomat is merely an in- ternational yes-man.
 o-O-o Dizzy Dorothy, Waterburys in- tellectual idiot, thinks steeple- chase is a game played by steeple- jacks.
 O-O--O
 A dust cap is merely bou- doir cap that has lost it's cunning.
 once a girl gets her beau, loves arrow has found its mark.
 DING, DING. The hand that rocks the cradle, Has lost its old time class, It's given way folks, to the foot, That steps upon the gas.
 o-O--O Why doesn't Germany ask Al Capone for a loan?
 O-O-o suppose they have rear view mirrors in cars 50 back seat driv- CTS can see themselves.
 o-O-o
 A traffic cop is always right --even when he's wrong. Senator McKellar says the United States should not lend money to Germany. This may start a battle in sauerkraut bar. rel.
 O-O--O This concludes our regular Mon. day evening program. It came tt you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Demo. crat, pioneer in this type of news paper work. We are signing of at this time, to be back on the air again to-mororw evening at the usual hour.
 o-O--o Good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Good evening.
 o-O-o SHORE NEWS

SHORE NEWS Bathing suits are shorter.
 This year. Show more than they orter.
 This year, Sides of them are cut away. Showing oodles of. hay! hay! Wonder who makes em that way,
 This year. . Many cottages to rent.
 This year, Some folks haven't got a cent.
 This year. Beach umbrellas fill the air, Lots of color everywhere. Same goes for each bright beach
 chair,
 This year. Clans they say are hard to find.
 This year, That is. clans of the right kind.
 This year. Lobsters sit upon the beach, Gazing on each bathing peach. Most of them are out of reach.
 This year. The chap who is forced to live In a tent will never hear the knock of opportunity.
 o-O-o The best place to try camp ing out is to erect tent in your bedroom.
 O-O-o I suppose the politicians use soft soap on heads that are ivory. You can't blame golf course for being rough, considering the coarse language used by some of the golfers. ..
 O-O-o Very often the BREAD boy feels CRUST fallen when complaint is made of the stuff he peddles.
 O-O-O The fish peddler horns in on the meat man.
 O-O-O Palm Beach suits are losing their popularity 50 prunes still remain as the champion 70 wrinklers of all time,
 O-O-o Life is a circus to a. lot of peo- pie who never get beyond the side show tent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

inston to secure lower toll rates. The three free bridges that the two states have just completed would probably put the toll structures out of business but that angle should have been discussed years ago. It's the danger of permitting private corpora tions control of highways and bridges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease dia&nosls OF treatment, will be answered by pr brady' Address him, care of the Democrat. sendine stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

once week in dry weather. The soaking should be over an area equal to the spread of the tree above the earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

High tide at Milford Tuesday. July Ao' l1:4S p. m. Daylight time): low fide' 5:37 a. m. Daylight time.) f.Etss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

Washington taximen are having as spirit ed a price cutting war as are the gasoline retailers of Connecticut. Down in the na- tional capital you can take ride to any point in the city for 10 eents the lowest fare in years. according to old timers. Gas oline, down in Fairfield county especially has been hitting the low spots recently. too. We have seen it offered as low as 9 cents which is certainly pre-war value. Maybe pre-war stuff, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

The famous bridge warfare between Texas and Oklahoma may end soon. &C., cordng to reports from the battle front on the Red River The Texas legislature has just passed law. now awaiting Governor Ross s. Sterling's signature. which will au- thorze the bridge company to sue the state on a contract with the highway commission for an amount between S80,000 and $l50.000. This action will permit the At- torney General of Texas to seek dissolu- ton of the injunction secured by owners of the toll spans across the Red River to prevent the free bridges opening All of which doesn't seem to prove anything. If state or two states can't erect bridges across. interstate rivers without having federal in- functions secured to prevent their opening by toll bridge operators then things are in a pretty pickle. However. it looks as if Texas and Oklahoma got themselves into their present predieament all by themselves It didn't have to permit the three toll bridges to be built in the first place Evil dently they never pleased the motorists for there have been frequent hearings at Wash
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

Experts were telling us just two years ago that prosperity was going to last iof- ever because the business cycle had nat tened out" They were just a little of. It has fattened us out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:45 Daylight saving time) tonight.