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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
SEATS ON SALE FOR
 "REMOTE CONTROL ''

Tickets went on sale to-day for the last Little Theater production of the season, Remote ControT at Jacques theater Wednesday and Thursday nights of this week. The sale to members was open this morning and the pubic sale contin- ued in the afternoon at Pickett's drug store, West Main street. The sale continues tomorrow, and tick cts may be secured Wednesday and Thursday mornings after ten and during the afternoon and after 2 in the evening at Jacques box office.
 The famous broadcasting station will be open directly at S:30 o'clock and you are requested to be in your seats at or before this time. play of comedy and thrills will be un- folded with an exceptionally large cast. The radio broadcasting station which you will see when the curtain rises will be in full operation songs will be sung, speeches will be riade, tap-dances will be tap. danced, and murder will be done.
 The drama Is by Clyde North. AL bert Fuller and Jack Nelson. The curtain will not be lowered during the course of the play which is con- tinuous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
LOTT AND VAN
 RYN VICTORS

Auteuil, France, May 25-(UP)- George Lott and Jc''n Van Ryn, American Davis cup stars. won the French Hard court tennis doubles championship today. defeating the South African team of Vernon Kirby and Nat Farquharson 64, 6-3, 6-4 in the final round.
 Miss Dorothy Andrus. youthful American star of Stamford. Conn.,. won her first round match. defeating Mile Jacqueline Gallay, 10-S, 6-4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25

Washington, D. C.-It will sur prise most Americans to learn that in their regular army of today there are two regiments which have come down intact from their organization
 during the lifetime of George Wash ington. According to the Division of Information and Publication of the United States George Washing ton Bicentennial commission, both
 these regiments were formed un-
 doubtedly with Washington's advice and counsel, and the establishment of one of them must have had his official signature as first president of the United States.
 What is now the Third United States infantry was formed in 17S4 as a Pennsylvania regiment, auth orized by an act of the Continental ongress on June 2. C17S4, and desig- mated as "the Regiment of Infan- try.'' This was six months or more after Washington's formal resigna- tion as commander in chief of the armies. But during his subsequent presidency his hand may have left it's imprint on the destiny of the regiment, in its official re-designa- tions in 1789 and 1796, when it be- came the First Infantry. Afterward in it's history 1t went thruogh other re-designations, but 1t still was the same organization.
 As the Third Infantry in the United States army of to-day, it is stationed at Fort Smelling in Minne- sota, between Minneapolis and St Paul. And are its officers proud of the ancient history of their outfit? The word yes can hardly be ex- pressed with sufficient emphasis for United States army is entitled to decorate its flagstaff with silver band for every battle in which it has fought the staff of the Third Infantry must be thickly plated with them, for the list of it's battle honors tells of a story of participation in nearly all the heaviest fighting of our history.
 It figured in the War of 1872; in Florida in 1914. It was distinctly present at Lundys lane. It's record includes service in the early Indian wars in New Mexico. During the Mexican war it fought at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Vera Cruz, erro GoCrdo and hapultepec. Cts fighting in the Civil war began with the first Bull Run. and includ- ed Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chan cellorsville, Gettysburg, and Appo- matox. During the Spanish war it distinguished itself at Santiago.
 What is now the First Regiment of Infantry in the present United l States army was authorized by the new congress of the United States in 1791, under Washington's presi- | dency. and has another long list of Battle Honors to its credit in the | official army register. It's glories
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25

There are now 615 members of the British house of commons. The chamber in which the body sits pro- vides seats. for only 476.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Two U. s. Regiments
 Date To Washington
First and Third Regular U s. Infantry Formed Original
 ly By Act of Continental Congress in 1784

were chiefly acquired in early wars with the Indians.
 Not an officer, not a man of these regiments but looks with justifiable pride, now and then, at it's silver banded staff, and at the streamer which, with the flag. floats from it as a marker to it's ancient and hon. ora ble history of service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
uET,pING THE COPS

Denver.--if everyone the cops had to catch in this city would Do as accommodating as W. II. Hnrris. the city could do without half It's police force. Harris was wnnted on a charge of stealing an automobile. Before officers could start c search for him, he called the police sta. ton, gave his address. and told them to come and get hln, Iie was waiting when they arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Who Will Pay For Them; Men Cannot
 Afford Expense
Members of Traffic Squad and Motor Patrol Unit in Declaring Outfits Would Have Dignity and Snap and Add Considerable to Majesty of Law-Ihen There's the Financial Side

cent of the cost of clothing expendi- lures.
 The committee on men and disci- pline of the board of police com missioners will hold special meet ing this afternoon to discuss the plans for new uniforms. There's no question about the uniforms be- ing snappy, military-like and very cost money,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25

The tangerine Is not a hybrid. It is a variety of the mandarin orange.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
CAuSE OF CRASH.

Wayne, Neb. May 2b-(UP) =
 A downward air current was believed to have caused an airplane the lives of Guy strickland. Wayne. and Wayne Putnam, Napier. Strick- land was at the controls when the machine went Into tailspin and crashed from low altitude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
MOTHER KILLED
 TWO CHILDREN

San Francisco. May 25-(UP)- Mrs Bernice Sanders. 30, surrendered to police today an hour after the bodies of her two children. drugged to death by chloroform, were found in the rear of her small lunch room.
 Beside the bodies was note. signed by Mrs Sanders. which said: T hate to do this" "I just couldn't let the children face the hard life have led" she told the police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25

dage over his eft eye since an oper- ation two weeks ago. He was seen walking unassisted about the estaxe at Purchase where he Is residimgs He wore smoked glasses.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
IN THE DEPRESSION
IN THE WAR

This picture published by the workmens paper Labor
published in Washington, made by John M Baer for
ery radical Congressman from North Dakota It will in
terest many that can't living, and workers
that can't find job
On the left the Old Guard meaning best nan
cial Republican minds appaudng the workers and farmea
for their great services during the
We sending billions of dollars to European govern
hen money taken from the people that they
paying in taxes.
We also sending wheat and meat.
And sending than hundred million to our
Armenian friends and others that happened be hungry and
needed the money That in time, and all
excited
The picture the right shows how things change
SUDDENLY.
When sent everything had to Europe, that
NOBLE PATRIOTISM.
But if anybody suggests giving something to
farmers whose children hungry Arkansas and else
that's NOT patriotism.
Only one terrible word THE DOLE" can describe that
And if the dole isn't word terrible enough impress you
the Old Guard will be glad change and call Anarchy
Communism Socialism and Paternaism. nation rich enough
to send billions help other nations kill each other and hun
dreds of millions to help feed foreigners can't afford fifteen
twenty millions to take of its people in want No
war enthusiasm
The Washington times., 1931-02-05

I do know, however, that
should a European war ensue,
these two nations will side to-
gether.
In all, I think the admirer
of General Butler concerns HING
self too much about the Duce:
Why not leave MusSolini alone
and attend to our own affairs?
With few exceptions, 100000
Italians are satisfied with their
leader.
The very last thing the Duce
would do is to sacrifice the
youth of Italy for his own enc.
It must not be forgotten that
Mussolini is first, last and al
ways a patriot.
Whether we as individuals
approve of his methods is
personal opinion. We must
first know the ideals, the mis-
tory, the psychology of a na-
ton, before we judge the leader
of the same people. I often
wonder if any one could have
done as much for Italy as Mus
solini has done for her, con-
sidering the difficulties, the
criticism this great leader
has been subjected to.
Have we forgotten that Italy,
right after the war was on the
verge of financial and moral
ruin, was on the brink Of COM
munism, when suddenly from
the chaos emerged this great
soul; he collected all his forces,
material, mental and spiritual
and saved Italy from a sure
Anarchy.
For this alone, the civilized
world should acknowledge his
leadership and owe him graft
ROSALIND PULLS.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05

The findings of science with.
in recent years have been so
complicated and often mutually
contradictory that they have
inevitably led to a discussion
as to the limitations of human
thought. Is it perhaps possible
that our knowledge of nature
will always remain partial and
imperfect? Are certain things
comprehensive, and other
thing incomprehenSible? Do
certain problems transcend the
powers of the human mind and
imagination? Is it not prob
able that as science widens and
deepens, humanity will be COM
PEELED to attain new powers of
comprehension and receptivity?
One of these singular impaS-
seS, occasionally encountered in
the history of science, is puz-
zling the physicists of today.
There has been discovered a
puzzling quality of apparently
irreconcilable wave and corpus
cular properties which charac-
terizes electrons. To the lay
man, it is incomprehensible
that a scientist could bring
himself to look upon electrons
las corpuscles and also as waves.
What is the ground for this
singular and puzzling phenome-
non, which Is apparently full Of
mutual contradictions?
Just Thirty Years Ago
Go back some 80 years ago,
and we were confronted with
many new and beautiful phen-
omina observed in highly ex-
hausted electrical discharge
tubes.
Beams of radiation from the
cathodes of various tubes
Geissler, Crookes, Roentgen ray.
and other tubeS-are DETECTED
in electric and magnetic fields;
and it was shown by J. J.
Thomson and by Weichert that
this radiation DETECTION takes
place just as if the radiation
were stream of swiftly moving,
negatively charged particles.
This, and other discoveries
pointing in the same direction,
indicated, the existence OF an
ultimate unit of electric charge,
to which was given the name
"electron."
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

ASOOAAA0OAA
and brought to our company
hospital for identification. AS
1 leaned over the camp wall
and watched the eager, excited
crowd toll up the hill behind a
litter that bore what little was
left of the boy, 1 observed my
son stepping briskly along at
the side of the doctor. I was
aghast and not a little angry.
The doctor surely would have d
sense enough to send the child
back. In about half an hour
they both returned.
"'It was Jorge! my son re-
marked conversationally. There
wasn't much left of him, but
the doctor knew him by his
shoes. His legs were just
sticks, but the shoes had stuck
on.
IT glared at the doctor and
the doctor glared back at me.
The Wrong Viewpoint
That's right he snapped.
Start saying "how awful" and
what do you mean by letting
my child see a sight like that?'
and in two minutes you'll have
the kid sniffling and thinking
he's seen something horrible. I
tell you, teacher, you haven't
gone down to principles in this
teaching business of yours. ..
Teach your children to look
clear-eyed at life and death
alike, and neither will have so
much power to terrify them
later, Children aren't naturally
afraid of anything. It's only
when grownups point out what
they ought to be scared of, that
they begin to develop fear COM
plexes.'
Something to think about
yes? I'm remembering when
American frontier life was al
most as frank and simple rs life
in the Bolivian mining camp.
Expurgate the vital statistics?
How could you-with spring
lambs aborning in the plaza and
all of us kids peeking in the
kitchen window at old Pat Multi
gan's wake? Mulligan'S wake?
Snivel in those days and you
got smacked. They bred 'em
husky-then. I wonder what
these modern mothers with
their denaturing technique will
breed.
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Mussolini- Butler

Controversy
Editor, The Times:
Will you allow me to com
ment upon the letter referring
to the Butler-Mussolini contro-
versy, for which I thank you in
advance.
In the first place, General
Butler did not express his own
opinion concerning II Duce. He
merely believed a story about
Mussolini to be true and re-
peated it in good faith.
It would surely not please
General Butler if some italian
officer accused him of similar
cowardice; he would have eX-
pected an apology had such a
charge been made against him
on mere hearsay, and without
knowledge, a thing which he,
General Butler failed to do,
thus complicating the whole
affair.
To be submissive does not
necessarily denote weakness,
on the contrary it denotes
strength of character in an in
stance like the one in question.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05

My friend, Ellen Arnold, won't
let her children read the regu-
lar editions of old fairy tales.
She says they're blood-thirSty,
full of horrors-that they teach
children fear. The juvenile
books in her library are all ex-
purgated. No messy killings.
No bad fox tumbling into a
boiling pot. No wolves gobbling
up grandmas, nor giants con-
Stunning little boys and girls.
Ellen says that's the way to
prepare children for life and
keep them unafraid. Protect
them from ugliness. Only let
them see lovely sights
I wonder. Will that really
keep children from fear? Or
will it put fear into them?
Alicia O'Reardon Overlook
wrote an article in the Decem-
ber Harper's which Ellen
should read. It's the story of
her attempt at school teaching
in a Bolivian mining camp.
The native Bolivians are a
frank folk, unShackled by our
Squeamish, civilized notions.
Why-reaSon the Bolivians-
should children be kept from
knowing the facts of life, or
death. Such facts are natural
phenomena. Children are not
born fearing them. They ac-
cept them as naturally as they
accept blue skies, bright water.
Why break down that happy
naturalness and teach them
fear and false modeSty concern
ing conditions which they must
inevitably face?
Bolivian Practice
Such is Bolivian reasoning
and practice. And so the Over
beck youngsters - to their
mothers frequent but futile
CONSERVATION - witnessed and
discussed the CORY details of
local cock fights, knew when
and how Gypsy was to have
pups, observed with perfect COM
posure the "wailing, drunken"
funeral professions of Indians
carrying unSteadily an un-
painted wooden coffin from
which stared Stiffly the waxen
face of a man, woman or
child"
There was the incident of
Jorge
"Once in the midwinter
floods, a native office boy was
carried off by the river. Late
in May his body was recovered
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Restrictions on Physicians
In Liquor Prescriptions

The Wickersham Commission was at least unanimous on
one thing That the removal Of restrictions on the number
of liquor prescriptions issued by physicians
The American Medical Association maintaining the highest
possible ideals opposes existing restrictions as interfering
with the work of physicians in treating the sick.
The Senate refused eliminate restrictions on amend
ment offered to the Howell BILL but there strong support
for elimination.
medical profession in the District is composed of high
class honorable men, Some of them do believe in the
efficacy of alcohol for the sick Others do and they should
not be handicapped by drastic regulations.
In every profession there who do not reflect credit
upon their fellow and who would misuse privileges given
them but it far from right to cast reflections upon all
physicians for the wrong doing of few Practitioners who
dsobey the prohibition laws may be arrested denied the
privileges of issuing prescriptions but there doubt that
the bulk of all District physicians would not deliberately
misuse unrestricted rights given them.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
WISE MEN

Poetry, which, by a kind of
enthusiasm or extraordinary
emotion of the soul, makes it
seem to us that we behold
those things which the poet
paints.-Dryden.
Every man has his station
assigned him, and in that sta
ton he is we'll, if he can but
think himself so.
-L'Estrange.
God is more truly imagined
than expressed, and he exists
more truly than he is imagined.
st. Augustine.
The great man who thinks
of himself is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel
on his fire.
Gratitude is the faireSt bios
som which springs from the
soul, and the heart of man
knows none more fragrant.
-Ballou.
Men love to hear of their
power, but have an extreme dis
relish to be told Of their duty.
Burke.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Character of ELectrOns
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., DEL, LID,
Famous Scientific Authority

Many experiments, of both a
direct and indirect character,
confirmed the view that elec-
irons were a universal constitu-
ent of matter. AS Davisson says,
they could be vaporized from
matter by heating; they
STRAINED forth under the solici-
tation of light and X-rays; they
were elected spontaneously by
radioactive materials. Measure
ments were made of their
charge, most precisely in the
famous oil drop experiments Of
Milliken. The mass of the elec-
tron was determined with great
accuracy. An ocular demon
Stration Of the corpuScular ma
ture of electrons was arrived at
by c. r. r. Wilson, who actually
photographed the tracks pur-
sued by individual electrons in
traversing a gas. Electrons were
also shown to be diScrete par
ticles OF electricity by observing
the fluctuations in the current
flowing from a heated filament
In character and magnitude
they agree with the random
emission of charges of tbs
known magnitude of electr 0ns.
A new Theory
Every conceivable experiment
seemed to point conclusively to
the conception that electronic
radiations were of a corpuscu-
lar nature. This gave rise to
an elaborate theory of the op-
tical and electrical properties of
matter. The famous Bohr the
ory of the atom rests squarely
upon this same assumption.
Finally a new set of discov-
cries gave rise to a different
conception Of radiation. Light
had been observed to have both
corpuscular and undulant char
acteriSticS.
The quantum theory gave rise
to a curious correlation Of fire.
quency and energy. Moreover,
the theory of relativity gave
rise to a certain correlation of
mass and energy. The French
scientist, Louis de Broglie, came
to the conclusion that the con-
ception Of the electron as a par
ticle might in certain circum-
stances be found inadequate.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

velous young nation. In order
to learn something more about
the Duce, would advise the
admirer of General Butler to
attend some of the lectures
given by E. M. Newman at the
National Theater on Sunday
afternoons. The nature of these
are both educational and his
toric. One may also get an
insight of Mussolini, the man,
for the lecturer discusses Italy,
past and present, and fire.
quently speaks about the Duce.
AS for the Duce being the
cause of France and Italy be-
ing unfriendly, this state of
affairs dates back to a time
when the Duce wasn't even
born. Russia and Italy not
friends? I never knew that.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Home for Vice Presidents

Congress will some day provide permanent home for Vice
Presidents of this country but is not likely to accept the
gift of home
There been bona de offers of fine estates for
homes for Presidents These not accepted
The White House the permanent home of Presidents but
two of them may want spend their at the
place. That has been for not accepting offers Of
establishments The main reason, however has been
that the Government does not feel that it is proper
The Vice President of the United States is the second high
official Of the land good many have succeeded to the
Presidency upon the deaths of Presidents Most of them have
not been rich but they had to maintain the dignity and
Importance of the position comparatively small salary
The Government itself should build permanent home for
our Vice Presidents making annual appropriations for main
tenance That would give additional prestige to the position
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
ONCE-OVERS
Speaking of TreadmilIs

Although you have a good
position, your family is getting
along well, there are times
when you feel that you are
leading a treadmill existence.
Holidays don't mean much to
you any more.
Usually there is something
about the home that you must
do; the family have demands
to be met; you can't do as you
please.
You think back to your single
care-free days when each holl-
day meant some break in the
routine.
There was an out-of-town
trip, or a day for your faVorite
sport.
Now you feel forbidden in
diligence for the rest of life
with family ties to prevent.
Do you realize that these
things would not have the same
attraction if you were free to
take advantage of the pleasures
of youth?
You and your crowd are
older and they, as we'll as you
have, taken on responsibilities
such as yours.
Only single, unattached per-
sons could be free as you were
once.
You'd find yourself with a
younger crowd who would not
tolerate you for long.
Your time for foolishness is
passed and your family should
be your keenest joy-your
home your greatest comfort.
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
The Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen Rowland

charms and virtues of good old
fashioned monogamy, in a
crowd of modern sophisticates.
The more a man gets of any
thing in this world, the more
he wants-unless it happens to
be spinach, a Jail sentence, or
the same woman'S kisses.
A man will make a 20-lnile
detour around the woman who
appeals to his commonsense
and would make him happy, in
order to find one who appeals
to his imagination and can
make his head go round.
Many a wife owes her huS-
band to some other woman.
Almost any woman can marry
a man when he is trying to
forget "the woman before"
This is the safe and sane
age of fool-proof traffic-l lights,
kiSSproof lipsticks, waterproof
rouge and fireproof hearts.
Copyright, 1881, King Features,
Syndicate, InC.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-05

Why didn't he offer this
apology?
I have always admired Gen
eral Butler for his many &C.
tivities, his vitality and energy.
In all sincerity, I think Gen
eral Butler Graves publicity, and
his already vivid personality
has become more conspicuous
through this publicity.
The facts that have ensued
since this affair doesn't justify
one to accuse Mussolini of max
ing a mountain out of a mole
hill. He considers the incident
closed long ago.
In all his utteranceS, in all
his speeches, the Duce has
always admired the Americans.
1t is a known fact that he is
a great admirer of this mar
The Washington times., 1931-02-05
Annoyances of Children

Washington expert in child research finds there
2 ways children may annoy their parents but has taken
poll Of the number of ways parents may rate children
Heredy the expert finds has little to do with determining
what child will be in later fe but the way he she is
brought upenvronment and what he
she will be adult.
surplus of anxiety the part of parents of
peramens accounts for many of the supposed annoynes
What parents would call annoyances would be deemed
"cuteness by others.