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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
What Rioting Convicts Want

The prisoners in the recent outbreak in the Illinois penitentiary vented their wrath chiefly against the parole board. This fact interests many citizens who have assumed that parole boards were maintained for the benefit of the prisoners and favored them more than society. What is wrong? A chaplain explains. There is a strong feeling against the indeterminate sentence law and the way it is enforced. And since similar laws probably exist in all the states, the criticism should be considered seri- ously everywhere.
 years, or one to 20 years, or one year to ife or some other indefinite period The pur- pose of this policy was humane. It was meant to give the prisoner the benefit of re- pentanee and good behavior. or of any revea- tions that might be made in his favor after his conviction. Often it has been an instrument of justice and mercy But often it has not The prisoners complain that the poor man hasn't got chance with the board" that in- fluenee' counts too much. that only three of the 0 members of the board actually sit in hearing, that the prisoners are not allowed time enough to state their cases, that they are wait hours when called for specified time
 Some of the prisoners. too. seem to object to the principle of the indeterminate sen- tence. saying that they would rather serve definite term, so that they would know when they were going to get out. instead of being kept in suspense year after year. There is nothing to be gained by ignoring such protests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

Archery is gaining in popularity. Country clubs put in archery ranges as well as golf courses. Most programs of indoor recreation include archery. It is pastime enjoyed by both men and women. Interstate contests in which both teams and individuals com pete for championship honors are beginning to attract much attention. College physical education departments teach archery along with fencing. tennis, and swimming as whole some health-building sport. Robin Hood splitting a willow wand and William Tell piercing an apple on his sons head had bet ter look to their laurels with more and more modern archers making and breaking records However, we don't believe that state legisla- lures ought to pay much attention to the pleas of archers to be allowed to hunt game. It would open the door to considerable abuse of the privilege as well as making pineush- ions of our few remaining wild animals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

Working at full speed and without wraps the Wickersham commission is ready with another report. This time it will deal with crime statistics. As there are only three more months left in the commissions tenure of off, flee it had need to speed up its research work. It goes out of existence on June 30. Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School IS in charge of the crime statistics report. And we sincerely hope that it won't create the divergent opinions that the prohibition report did. Despite the fact that Chairman Wicker sham says the vets got the better of the bar gain in the report they don't seem to be bit satisfied with it. For that matter who was or is?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
POP GOES THE WEASEL
(Hartford Courant, :,

(HartfOrd COurant)
 The Oneonta Star tells it's readers that unemployed men in Sullivan County, New York, have taken to trapping and have made a consider able nick in the county treasury, for they have killed 1,117 weasls be- sides a number of wildcats. The county treasurer paid $1 each for the weasles, but we are told that no bounty was claimed for the wildcats. as theft belts bring high price.
 Let us keep an open mind as to the cats, but we feel that the county is all the better for the killing of 1,117 weasles, and if there are more, the slaughter should continue. When the witchcraft delusion possessed New England, those who were ac- cused of sorcery and who confessed Satan appeared to them in the form of dog. They should have said a weasel, red-eyed and sinuous, snake like in it's movements.
 The weasel is, from almost any point of view, devilish. It is rapid and silent in its movements. it is alike secretive and sagacious and it kills, not alone because 1t needs food but for the sheer love of killing. By the time the farmer discovers that aught Is amiss the work of the killer has been completed. One feels that the farmers of Sullivan county will not mourn when they learn that trappers or hunters have made a great killing of weasels. Certainly wild birds and the smaller quadrup- eds will find life safer.
 We are not inclined to lament the capture of what are termed bob cats" of which we assume this state has it's quota, but we decline to regard them as constituting such menace as is the weasel. The cat Is slow, positively clumsy as com pared with the weasel, and it's desire to kill is far more easily sated. One feels that the unemployed in Sulli- van county are making mighty good use of their leisure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
Pity The Poor Tax Collector

A striking example of what might be regarded as municipal inefficiency was printed in last nights Democrat. We refer to Tax Collector Ennis comments upon his efforts to collect small tax bills and the necessity of placing liens that will cost the city ten and it doesn't happen to be an example of munie- ipal inefficiency. It is simply an effort upon the part of various taxpayers to evade bills they have contracted. If the bill is collected the city will still be the loser as 1t will have spent more to collect it than 1t actually received.
 However. it isn't the city that is forced to pay for imposing tax liens, but some other taxpayer who is more prompt in appearing at the City Hall with his check. Whatever bills the city contracts in laying and collecting taxes are paid by the same taxes. A few of our Waterbury taxpayers ought to remember that. They aren't cheating the city of money. but are forcing their neighbors to bear more than their share of the municipal expenses. If taxpayers object to paying they should do it in the way that the law provides, namely. clecting men who won't lay such heavy taxes upon them. But when the city cuts its ex- penses to the bone as Waterbury has in the last year. there ought to be some cooperation from the taxpayers
 We hear all sorts of complaints about hard times and inability to pay high taxes. How ever, everyone of us must remember that these high taxes would drop if everybody paid his or her taxes promptly and didn't force the city to pay $55 to collect $2.80 bill. It's just such little things as this that keep our taxes where they are and make it neees- sary for the city officials to practice rigid economy. even to the point of depriving many of us of the major improvements that we are demanding. Just keep this little incident in mind and mention it to your friends. It may do lot of good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
WEST POINTS NEED OF LAND.
lNeW York Timesl

It should be plain sailing in the House os Representatives for the bill adding 15.O00 acres to the West Point Military reservation. The Sem ate passed it month ago. The session is drawing to an end. Presi- dent Hoover is known to have inc timated that this legislation is nec-s essary; Secretary Hurley told the Military Affairs committee that the Academy would not be able ''to ful- fill the mission for whcih 1t was established and developed" unless 1t got the land needed for training the cadets.
 The opposition, led by Represen- tative Fish, has contended that a good aviation field could not be made out of tract along the river in the village of Highland Falls. and that to take 1t would deprive ttIe village of considerable taxable prop erty. General Fechet. chief of tic Army Air corps, hold that the tract Is well suited for instruction in dy-' ing. and that If is of pararhouDt importance that the United States
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
Big Building Year

It is going to be great building year. says Charles F. Abbott. who directs the Amer iean Institute of Steel Construction. He makes the conservative estimate that public and private construction this year will exceed S7.000, 100000. This huge sum seems in deed conservative. from the figures on which he bases it. In the last three months he says, there have been recorded plans for $6,000,- 100000 worth of new construction, and the total is now increasing at the rate of Sl,000- 100000 a month. He estimates that s. 00,00O.000 worth of prospective municipal and utility work have not yet been recorded. Contracts should soon be let on one-third of the projects.
 Here is a solid basis for expectation of slow but genuine and cumulative improvement during the present year. Building is funda- mental to prosperous business conditions. The demand for steel is its best index. Present gains in the steel industry are reassurng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

Rumford's Birth.

On March 2s, i75s, sBenjamit Thompson Rumford. British-Ameri. can scientist, philanthropist and ad- ministrator, was born at Woburn, Mass.
 He began the study of medicine at 13 and later taught school. Ac- cepting an appointment in the militia from the English gover- nor, he innocently incurred the distrust of the colonists. Although acquitted of all charges of dis loyalty, he left America in 1776 for England, where he rose to high position in the British for eign office.
 Tn 1785 Rumford entered the service of the elector of Bavaria at Munich, where he inaugurated inn portant reforms and reorganized the army. For these services he was made minister of war and count of the Holy Roman Empire.
 On returning to England in 1795, Rumford made notable ex- Eperiments on heat, which he was the first to recognize as a mode of motion. He later established the Rumford professorship at liar yard. He died in 1914.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
OOU
 OHsIiGOSH.

A horse, horse, my Kingdom for . horse, His soldiers heard him shout in
 fiendish glee, A fliyvcr came along, and To, he
 hOppcd right in, For horses, well they're quite
 passe, you see.
 0-O-o There is no use crying over spilled milk but you could retrieve the loss by having cat around to lick it up.
 o-O-o
 Poets in fancy tell us to keep to the middle of the road, but evidently they forget there are automobiles to contend with.
 o-O-o
 Scientists have discovered that the average life of a beg bug is eleven days. What won derful men these scientists are.
 O-O-o You've heard about the chap who ate fish because he was told 1t made brains. We'll there's one now who has gone in for bean soup. Probably believing it will aid his bean.
 o-O-o
 Nothing cowardly about a grape fruit. It certainly does tnings 70 your race.
 O-O-o r Stone quarries in Belgium are shutting down, due to lack of busi- ness. We'll. Waterbury has given up the idea of Belgian blocks these many years.
 o-O-o This completes our regular Thurs- day evening program. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
Americans buy books but don't

Americans buy books but don't read them. s% M John Boynton Priestley, British
 author. Thank God for clothes. v William B. Powell, writing of
 visit to German nude cult
 (naked) club.
 People are becoming tired of hear ing about justice and liberty and equality, and the old conJure words. They want to know how to get job and how to prosper. Albert Ritchie of Nary land.
 It is ruining Europe to have Ger many underbidding all markets. -Dr Lauritz Birck, Danish econo-
 mist.
 - n. p
 Journalism is life. --Vittorio Mussolini, 14-year old publisher and son of Premier Mus
 solini.
 There is nobody like Garho.
 -Marlene Dietrich. {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

Democrats were left holding the bag when rural road advocates dropped their plan to seek $5000.000 annually for the purpose of getting the farmer out of the mud and compromised on $3.000.000. The demo- crats in the legislature had declared them selves strongly behind the $5,000.000 meas ure and were throwing all the support they could muster to the farmers. Now Minority Leader Citron and his followers find them- selves without even the aid of the farmers. In view of the fact that state appropriations already provided for nearly approximate the estimated revenue for the next two years dem- ocrats might proceed cautiously in this dirt road problem. It probably will be wise move to side with those who believe the $3,000.000 compromise will take care of the present situation. There is no sense in the democrats forcing the state to go into debt for few rural votes. But there is one phase of the proposed measure that bears attention. We refer to the provision which allows the money intended for use in improving dirt roads to be used for town aid roads or for other highway improvements that the town may vote. If the S3.00O.000 is to be used
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

To mark the position of the gov-: ernor-general of the Union of gOutf Africa as the kings personal repre- sentative. the new official in that of ice will fly a special flag ccnslstinf of 2 blue ground ton. which is tn royal crest iu god with tho word Union Of south AfrIcan in EngIisi and African . 3 x N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

annually to get the farmer out of the mud let's use it for that purpose and not give towns the option of deciding where the money will go. It would be an easy thing for group to control town meeting and vote the dirt road funds for almost any high way purpose they desire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personai health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady. Ad' dress him. care of the Democrat sehdihs stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
AND so IT GOES.

He ate some ginger cookies, Now see the state he's i'm, 1t seems the so-callcd cookies, Were mighty long on gin.
 O-O-o There's always room at the top which merely proves that conges- ton is never a matter of altitude.
 o-O-O
 The state legislature is going to discuss the matter of free wheeling. We sincerely trust 1t won't affect the clogged wheels in the heads of some solons.
 O-O-o Who can remember when a bang ing blind on the house next door would keep you awake half the night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

keep a check on the executive branch.
 Congressman George Huddleston of Alabama put in realistic note when he said: When the people want better government and de- serve one they will get better one. You cant blame congress, with each of it's 531 members elected by the people, for being what it is. It inst that the people aren't patriotic; they're ignorant and haven't the facts. Congress is composed of men who want to be reelected and they will do anything in order to be re- elected, even to the extent of faith- fully and honestly representing becomes necessary"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

Captain Sloan Danenhower who is to com mand Sir Hubert Wilkins submarine Nautilus on its dash under the icy wastes of the North Pole regions may yet be added to Governor Cross staff. The captain has been honored by number of state legislatures with hon. orary posts, such as being made an admiral by Kentucky Anybody who will dare dive under the North Pole in submarine deserves all the honors he can collect before he departs.
 Farm population in this country has gained 25O,OOO in the last year, the first gain in 10 years Mostly city people out of jobs going back to visit the old folks.
 Tip to non-budgeters: the less income you have to budget, the more you need budget system
 All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:3o o clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

While working in a shaft, 30 years old, in New South Wales, three brothers struck quartz reef IS inches wide, which produced an average of six ounces of gold to the ton, and as a result of the find 112 applications fer claims in the yicin- ity have been made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

For every man who makes a fortune
 In oil, There are millions who lose 'em,
 In toll.
 o-O-o The politician who soft soaps the public is going to be lost in the suds some day.
 o-O--o I suppose these starving ar- lists get a crumb of comfort when their paintings are given q place in some prominent ex- hibition.
 o-O-o After hearing women of all na- tions talk, it is quite easy to see why they refer to languages as the mother tongue.
 O-O-O You may travel faster, travelling alone; but think of the dust you kick up.
 So-O-o The man who slows up after forty was never very fast before he reached that age.
 o-O-o The person who has but a single thought will never be accused of playing double.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:39 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26
Good evening.
 o-O-o APRIL SHOWERS
"A SMILES THE THING.

o-O-o APRIL SHOWERS When winter takes his sheen of snow,
 And hustles to fade-out dim. We toss no kisses in his way, At last we know we're rid of
 him, Then spring appears in raiment
 brown,
 Each year the dress is always seen Till April rains come down apace, And garments spring in brilliant April showers bring a color, To nature dried the winter
 through, Lending life and needed nurture. Born again beneath the blue. As the warmth of spring continues. Fields are deeked in flowers gay. Started in those days of April, When warm showers marked the
 way. So to April, lift your voices. Chant a chorus for its sake, Flowers, filling life with sunshine. Follow in its humble wake, Month of spring that comes eternal. Bringing love amid the bowers. Hail its benediction always, Let us bow to April showers. o-O-o Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's in- tellectual idiot, wantA-to know if free wheeling means that the boys can take both hands off the steering wheel.
 o-O-o
 The man who lets success slip through his fingers probably has all thumbs on his hands.
 o-O-o Discretion may be the better part of va1or, but who thinks of valor and being discreet at the same time?
 o-O-o
 A chain is no stronger than the weight of the car it at- tempts to pull from the mud.
 o-O-o The movies stood for talking from the audience for a long time. Now they're getting back at the audience.
 o-O--o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-26

There is nobody like Garho.
 --Mariene Dietrich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-27
CHESHIRE. MAN
 SUES STUDENT
 FOR AUTO CRASH
George Turner Asks $20,- 900 Damages From Charles H. Collins of the ROxbury School

Charles H. Collins, Jr, of Ghent, N. r., student at the Rcxbury preparatory school in Cheshire, is named defendant in suit for $20.-. 900 damages filed In the superior court here to-day by George Tur- ner of Cheshire who seeks to re- cover for injuries suffered in Q col lision with the students car.
 According to the complaint the plaintiff war operating his car near the Cheshire railroad station on September 18th when the de- fendant driving at reckless and dangerous rate of speed struck the plaintiffs machine. turning it over. The plaintiff alleges he sustained multiple lacerations, abrasions and contusions of the head, body. chest, abdomen, forearm and hands. He sustained fractured fin- gers on his left hand and will suf- flr permanent loss of function of the left hand, according to the complaint. He alleges he was earn ing $25 weekly at the time of the collision and will be unable to fol- low his occupation again,
 The plaintiff charges also that his car, valued at $500, was totally demolished by the force of the col- lision. The case is returnable to court the first Tuesday of Novem- Der according to the papers drawn by Attorney Luke Stapleton Of Cheshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-27
MOTHER OF AIMEE JEFFERSON WILL
 TRY THE STAGE
Mrs Minnie Ma Kennedy Hudson With Her What a Man Going Into Vaudeville

San Francisco. Oct 27-CU. P.)
 Mrs Minnie (Ma) Kennedy Hud- son. who married Guy Edward Hud son to the boom of dynamite at Boulder Dam. went into vaudeville to-day to show the public why she calls him What a Man." In a new marcel and a eugenie hat, Ma" rehearsed her act with what a man to the hiss of Kleig lights. She promised that you'll know why when you know him better" The bride, whose first marriage to "what-a- man" resulted in a series of law suits and had to be done all over again, indicated the vaudeville skit will not be an imitation of her famous daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton.
 ''I won't try to be an actress" she said with emphasis. "I'l leave that to the Evangelists. And I'm not going to initiate my daughters tactics in Boston by stating public ly that I will give a percentage of the box office receipts to the unem- ployed. If you give and tell, be- lieve you get no thanks from God though you may get some publicity here below"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-27
RED HOT PAPER
 OF BOSSY CILLE
 NAMED ASBESTOS
Name Is Very Appropriate Judging From the Blis- tering Stories Contain ed in First Two Issues
BY HENRY MINOTT

(OnteQ FreSS StaM COrreSpon0cntD
 Newburyport. Mass. Oct 27-- (UP)-The metamorphosis of Mayor "Bossy" Gillis from gentle reader to ye fearless editor has produced a newspaper which, true to promise, Is so "hot" 1t may be handled comfortably only with mittens.
 This new product of the press is a pale pink weekly called As bestos" which has just made it's second appearance, with the ver- satile, vigorous. vitriolic ex-sailor in the all-inclusive role of owner, publisher, reporter, advertisins manager. circulation manager and office boy. The actual printing is done by. another fellow. Bossv re- fusing to impersonate the mechan- ical department. |
 Tive stood for plenty of abuse from the public prints during my four years as mayor. Now it's my turn to tell other people where the he'll they get of" His honor's eyes twinkled with the joy of anticipa- ton as he thus summarized the reasons why he recently bought the commercial press and entered the fourth estate.
 Lets see. you come up for re-
 tContinued on Page III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-27
BRIGHTER WENT DOWN IN EAST
 RIVER TO-DAY
Crew of 20 Men Rescued After the Vessel Had Called for Assistance

New York, Oct 27.-UP)-The Long Island Sound freighter City of Stamford heavily, laden with a miscellaneous cargo and carrying a crew of 20 men, sank In the East River to-day. The crew was rescued. '
 The piercing blast of the steam er's whistle told the harbor of its distress and several tugs and smaller boats put out from shore to the rescue. Some of the tugs put lines aboard the singing vessel and hauled 1t to point in the river where the water was 30 feet deep as compared with the 90 where the accident happened.
 The vessel settled to the bot tom. the top of the pilot house and the smokestacks showing above the surface of the river. ',f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-27
By Strange Coincidence It { Was Georgia Boy Who Died in That Game 34 Years Ago = Mother of That Youth Saved Foot- ball at the Time From Dying Out
CLAMOR TO STOP
 GAME ON AGAIN

Atlanta, Oct 27---CUP)-Th The part a Georgia mother of a foot ball player. who met his death in the game he loved 34 years ago. played in saving the game for the south was recalled today by Ralph McGill, sptrts editor of the Allan ta Constitution.
 ~omm .nting on the death of Cadet - hard B. Sheridan of Au- gusta, Ga, from injuries received in the Army-Yale game, McG.ll said in his column Break of The Day.:
 From some quarters will come storm of criticism for the game that brought him to his death. Sheridan, C.: may be reasonably sure, " I resent that that boy would not want the game, the game he loved, to suffer because of what has happened.
 Sheridan was a Georgia boy. It
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