davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Is Named
To AttOrneU General

President Hoover yesterday ap.
pointed Roy st. Lewis, Oklahoma,
Assistant Attorney General Of
the United States to succeed
George r. Farnum, Massachu-
sets, resigned.
Mr.. st. Lewis had been United
States district attorney for Okla.
homa. Herbert K. Hyde, his as.
Sistant, will be named as his
successor, it was announced.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
State Senator Hilton
ReceiDed at Hospital

State Senator Robert Hilton, OF
Montgomery county, is in George
town Hospital in a critical condi-
ton following an illness Of sew
eral days at his home in Rock
vile. ..
Senator Hilton is president Of
the Farmers Banking and Trust
Company of Rockville, and one
of the Democratic leaders of the
county.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Lhey like 10 listen!

COUNTLESS children disappointed if their
cereal doesn't pop and snap in milk cream. And
that's why many mothers always get genuine KellOggs
Rice Krispies - the cereal that actually crackles
NOurishing, toasted rice grains. That's Rice
Krispies Crunchy crisp. Crammed with the flavor
of rich, fluffy rice.
Serve for breakfast. Add fruits honey for lunch
Great for nursery suppers -O or to accompany the
afternoon glass of milk just the treat for late bed
time snack. Healthful and easy to digest.
Use Rice Krispies in cookery TOO. Make crisp maca-
rooms, candies. Butter and like pop corn. Use
for ice-cream sundaes.
Order the red-and.green package from your grocer
Served by hotels. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek
You'll enjoy KeLogg Sumber Music broadcast and
associated stations of the B. C. every Sunday evening 1880
EDST Also Los Angeles, Seattle 1000, and
Denver a 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

Immense new mill -
purchase of high.grade
isle, rayon and silk
mixed socks from ia. - w
nous makers. Half-socks, 9s.socks,
''whoopee" socks and boys golf socks.
Perfects and irregulars.-Street Floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY
 s agAKA
GOMPERS' APPEAL

On May 2, 1917, Samuel Gompers. president of the American Fedora tion of Labor, sent an appeal by cable to the executive committee of the Council of Workingmens and Soldiers delegates at Petrograd after the czar had been overthrown.
 The appeal said in part:
 '"The gravest crisis in the world s history is now hanging in the ball ance and the course which Russia will pursue may have a determining influence whether democracy or |autocracy shall prevail. .. Now that Russian autocracy Is overthrown. neither the American government nor the American people apprehend that the wisdom and experience Of Russia in the coming constitutional assembly will adopt any form of government other than the one best suited to your needs.
 "The American government, the American people. the American la bor movement, are wholeheartedly with the Russion workers, the Russian masses, in the great effort to maintain the freedom you have already achieved, and to solve the grave problems yet before you.
 "We earnestly appeal to you to abolish all form of autocracy and make common cause with us to despotism and to establish and main- tain for generations yet unborn the priceless treasures of justice, free- dom, democracy and humanity"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
Rhode Island Reds

When the General Assembly of Rhode Is- land adjourned last week it did so amid silence that was ominous No farewell speeches marked the closing session, no bursts of oratory were heard extolling legislators for their work in behalf of the state, no tokens of appreciation were handed the leaders of the parties nor the officers of House or Senate. The farewell banquet was purely partisan, at tended only by republican legislators. Demo- cratic members of the Legislature remained aloof from all merry making. Enmity be- tween the republican and democratic legisla- tors was openly expressed
 The situation is somewhat akin to that in Connecticut. By virtue of their strength in the smaller towns of the state republicans control our Legislature as they do in Rhode Island. Despite the victory of Governor Cross last fall he is not master of all he sur veys His appointive powers have been curbed; he has been refused wider powers of veto: particular measures that the governor has favored have met short shifts at the hands of the Legislature In Rhode Island the dem oeratic city of Providence has been served with ripper bill. The police. fire and public service engineers departments are under con- trol of commission which in turn IS named by the Legislature. Woonsocket has had its method of electing city officials changed Central Falls has state police commission.
 On such matters as these Rhode Island dem ocrats have been pondering for some time Rather we might say they have been stewing No matter how green may be the landscape on which they gaze as they commute to and from the legislative halls it appears fiery red to each and every democrat. Hence their sul- len mien on the closing day and their un- forgiving spirit. We wouldn't be surprised to find the same state of affairs in Hartford late
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
Protection For Forests

About ten days ago the Waterbury Demo- crat pointed out that the appropriation for the Commission on Forests and Wild Life was hardly adequate to care for its needs dur ing the two year period. l931-32. Our criticism was evidently timely for the State Park and Forest Association on Sunday de- clared that eurtailment of the departments funds has come just at time when expansion is most urgently desired. Land for state parks and forests is available just now at the commission has only $50.000 with which to make purchases during the next two years. That is far from enough.
 Robert M. Ross, secretary of the state asso- ciation, declares that. Appropriations for forest acquisition are investments which pay the people of Connecticut good dividends along the lines of watershed protection and recreation. Furthermore, these forests. which are necessary for the general welfare of the state. will yield increasing financial returns through timber production. Last spring forest fires in Connecticut burned over 55, 866 acres of forest land. a loss which might have been greatly reduced if sufficient forest roads were available. Without forest roads firefighters lose much time in reaching the scene of fire and this delay results in larger and more dis astrous fires. -
 State Forester Austin F. Hawes in prepar ing the budget for his department sought an appropriation of S50.00O for two years with which to build forest roads. This figure was cut to $10.000 so it can be seen how the entire work of the commission will be cur tailed. We can compliment Connecticut on the personnel of its commission on wild life and forests and the state park and forest commission, not to mention their efficient representatives in the field. on the amount of work it has done in the last five years. Connecticut will occupy prominent place in the Union some day in regard to its parks and forests A good foundation is now being laid. The work of these departments and the generosity of Connecticut citizens who have donated land are responsible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
DUBIOUS ECONOMY
(Hartford Times.)


 While no expense should be au- thorized by the state this year more than is warranted by a fair inter- pretation of the expression. public necessity" it may be questioned whether the appropriations commit tee has used wisdom in slicing 20 per cent from the budget commit tees recommendation for state parks and cutting that for the park and forest commissions land pur- chases to '$50.000.
 Connecticut has been conservative in it's outlay upon the state parks, relatively few of which have resi- dent attendant and the majority of which have been left for very grad ual development. And while the state forests have total acreage of approximately 50,000, their magni- tude, either from the standpoint of timber conservation or from regard for their value as watershed protec- tions, or as to their future usefulness in supplement and enlargement of the state park system. is still far below what another decade should find 1t. The value of wild land Is likely to increase rather than dimin- ish in our state. The policy of an- nual increase in the area should be supported.
 No one would deny the urgency of pairing the state budgets rather strongly this year. But every direc- ton of proper saving should be ex- amined carefully before handicap ping the state park and forest com mission in its well-thought-out plans above that which can be defended clearly as duty to the taxpayers. It would not do to be penny wise and pounS folish toward . benefic-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07

The first step in liberalizing Finlands prohibition. laws (said to resemble those in this country) was taken last week when the legal alcoholic content of beer was in- creased from l.6 per cent to 2.25. So heavy was the demand for the new beverage that breweries were kept running at top speed over the weekend. There was no increase in drunkenness Thus Finland's experiment of l2 years standing seems to be giving way to a more sensible attitude towards temperance. We don't doubt that more concessions will be made now that the Finnish Parliament has permitted modification. United States. nota bene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07

Tt has ever been fundamental principle of our government that the people of the State and of our various communities shall be allowed to exercise without restriction their right to select whomsoever they see fit to fill elective offices. The greatest caution must therefore be used in the exercise of the inn peachment power by the Legislature or the removal power by the Governor. in order not to annul the deliberate decision of the voters of the State or of any municipality thereof. Otherwise precedent might be established by which the will of the electorate might be set aside for partisan advantage or for personal advantage :" Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in his official statement dismissing the charges against Mayor James J. Walker of New York city. The first part of this statement should convince everyone that representative government is one in which the people have voice and isn't in any sense government by council-manager.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07

According to news from Hartford, Water
 bury. after all that has been said and done, may get third judgeship in the court of common pleas. In that event, of course. Judge Harry J. Beardsley would be renamed and also Attorney Edward J. Finn whose nomination has been before the judiciary committee for almost two months. As the Democrat has contended right along the court of common pleas for the Waterbury district handles more business in year than even the Fairfield county court. yet there are three judges assigned to this bench and only two for Waterbury. Local lawyers have been seeking an extra common pleas judge here for some time. It would solve the situation to the mutual satisfaction of both parties. There still remains in our mind doubt about the constitutionality of these appointments. Not that we question the governors right to nominate judges of the court of common pleas. It isn't on that score that we question the ap- pointments. but upon the fact that the judi ciary committee has held up its report longer than the six days from date of reference which the law allows. If our state officials are sats- fled that belated report will be legal we suppose we should, but we still recall the statute mess of 1929. as do many other people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
Al The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

such statistics are "of no value either to the institution or to the country at large"
 Prisoners Give False Data
 "There are no statistics on the use of liquor by non-criminals. with which these figures can be com pared" it is explained. Further. the figures are very unreliable, since the matter Is one upon which the prisoners have a strong interest in lying, and the majority of prisons do not check up on the truthfulness of the prisoners statements as to their use of liquor."
 The U. s. attorney general is mildly spoofed for including under Habits of Life" figures on federal prisoners who
 "Claim to be temperate"
 Admit themselves to be in- temperate"
 What. the commission asks is "temperate' and what is "intem- perate" and who decides in which class the prisoner shall be en- tered?
 The reliability of prison statistics varies greatly from institution to in- stitution, one learns. Sometimes the records are based almost entirely on the prisoners statements and cit is almost impossible to secure even reasonably complete information concerning the number of crimes committed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
NEA Service Writer

Washington = You can't trust po- lice officers or convicted crlmanais for crime statistics, according to the Wickersham commission.
 The commission found the crim- inal statistics situation all Jumbied up and quite inadequate from any national standpoint, due to the failure of most states ana otner units of government to collect them.
 But. beyond that, the commission finds that you can't depend on the police to admit the amount Of crime that is really committed or on the convicts to give the 1acts about themselves such as are needed in any study of criminals, thelr habits and antecedents.
 Sometimes, the commission says regarding criminal statistics, "a serl- ous abuse exists in compiling them as basis for requesting appro- priations or for justifying the exist ence of or urging expanded powers and equipment for the agency in question rather than for the purposes which criminal statistics are de- signed to further. Frequently the tables of two bureaus in the same department, dealing in part with the same subject and relating to the same activities, are at variance.
 Police Figures Inaccurate
 But police statistics as to offenses are especially lacking in accuracy because the police are often afraid to admit the number of crimes com mitted lest they incur public disap- proyal, Professor Sam Bass War ner, who made the commissions survey of criminal statistics, points out that "there is g. great tendency in this country to charge crime rates against the police rather than against the community" He adds that this, "along with the political and nonprofessional character or American police forces. has led to great reluctance on the part or many police departments to publish cor rect figures of crimes known to the police" records are apt to be juggled when the number of crimes greatly ex- ceeds the number of arrests. A crime commission in Chicago ob- tained a record of Al crimes of vio- lence committed in one month In a single police precinct, but the cap tain of the precinct reported only 37 of them as known to him.
 'NO Real Facts"
 In one year the numberr of thefts
 reported by police per 10000 popu. lation was 1929 in Washington. 86l in Baltimore, 633 in Rochester, 4O5 in Philadelphia and 1,562 in Toron- to. But criminaologists scoff at the idea that four or five times as much larceny in Washington or Tor onto as in Philadelphia.
 Warner concludes that statistics of offenses committed are so un- trustwo orthy in most American cities
 as to warrant no place in a national publication on crime statistics ana
 implies that it will be a long time before police chiefs adn precinct captains can be relied upon for the real facts.
 State prisons often collect figures on the use of intoxicating liquor by | their inmates, but the report says
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
2}E3NEME&[YQRkl| fE!3j' t: NIE:M,'E&iF 4 <; REkk:l

runs from one room to another! 1 Such room swallowed us up. And from bit of wrapping paper came a small square package. There were other small, square packages. . But in the neat plush box Iglowed the huge star sapphire, while hundred and one smaller gems of all sorts fell loosely Iaround it.
 q can't tell you where this came from or how" Wellman be- lgan. Its all very strange and I have tried to track this gem down; have followed clues here and there. I can only surmise. As good a conclusion as any is that lit was part fo the Russian royal collection and found its way out |after the revolution.
 T merely know that one day, shortly after the revolution had
 started, was at the custom house Appraisers sale. This whole col lection of marvellous stones-and
 more-had been shipped from some- where in Europe, had been held for duty, had had a mysterious con- lsignee-and here. to my amazement, they were in an appraisers sale. Oddly enough, there were three or -four Russians on hand to bid. had never seen them there before, and II merely could conclude that they had been tipped off. But they didn't have the ready cash. which Is de- lmanded by the appraiser. and out bid them.
 "I have tried to trace back it's history, but have nothing authentic. ufAN Ia kn lcome direct from Genghis Khan and to have figured in Persian leg end. From there it possibly found Tits way into Europe and come down the centuries to the czar's court" Casually he wrapped 1t up, and we went back into world of traffic.
 GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM

SOME DAY (Re-printed from The Christian Science Monitor Some day we meant to travel far Before the glow of noontide failed; But wonder shines the evening star, And yet-we have not sailed. We loitered idly on the quay, Watching the tides that ebb and flow; We saw the boats set forth to sea; And yet we did not go. Magic of many tales was brought By travellers and the travelling wind New worlds of deed, new worlds of thought; And yet--we stayed behind. And still the dream and still the call: The boats recede with parting hail; Shadows of coming nighttime fall; And yet--we do not sail.
 --Arthur L. salmon in "New varsas-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
Liquor Tax

One of the states seeking new sources of in- come has hit upon grand scheme. It pro- poses to lay tax of 10 cents pound on malt syrup. Malt syrup is used in the home brewing of beer and ale. There is such a demand for it among the eitizenry that the proponents of this tax say it will produce $3.O00.000 year.
 So certain cycle hears completion. States used to tax the liquor traffic directly for revenue. It was regarded as shameful thing that state should be supported by such a traffic. Now the state will do the same thing in roundabout way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07

The state park and forest commission has already done some work down at High Rock. Picnic benches and tables have been set up for those who are seeking day in the open. They aren't to be seen from the state high way across the river nor at the bottom ot the glen as they are we'll up the ravine. even beyond the spring that bubbles out of the foot of High Rock. Remember High Rock is your park now. Treat it as you would your own front yard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-07
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1881
Senator Hackett's Advice


 State Senate this week Senator William H. Hackett of New Haven, predicted that if the pay-as-you-go policy is adhered to much 2 longer Connecticut will find itself facing a huge deficit in two years. We are pretty con- fident that Senator Hackett knows of what he is talking. We feel sure that he wouldn't have made such a statement without having good foundation for his remarks. Two years ago during the closing days of the General } Assembly he urged the pay-as-you-go policy S De dropped. He reiterates it this year. just as more and more people are doing the same thing.
 Tt is serious question" says the senator. at the present time whether we should blindly follow policy that may have served its pur- pose in the past but which is not fitted to meet changed conditions. When the present policy was adopted times were good and there were propsects that they would continue. But times have changed and prudence and good business judgment would seem to dictate change in the policy and discarding of method that imposes heavy burdens on the present taxpayers. ..
 The illogical part of the whole thing is so evident now while the Legislature is in session. Every day we read that Waterbury or Hart ford or New Haven or some other city or town has been given permission to float bond issue to care for some major improve ment. As long as the Legislature sanctions such procedure for our municipalities it can not offer sound argument against the same as regards capital outlays for the state. We confidently expect that the state will modify its attitude on the pay -as-you go policy within the next five years.
 In drawing attention to the fact that state departments over which democrats will rule during the coming two years have smaller appropriations Senator Hackett was not face tious. He said that Tt is peculiar, say the least, that the needs and the increases in operation in the departments headed by re- publicans are SO generously provided for, while those in the departments supervised by demo- crats are so significantly ignored. -" There was q pIOMPt ueIIdl VI any AhsSheiSl " oAN0" favoritsm by Senator Robert J. Smith. chair man of the appropriations committee. but Senator Smith can't very we'll ignore the fact that the Legislature has been extremely active cutting down the patronage that goes with the Department of Labor over which Joseph M Tone, democrat. will rule. Glance at its appropriation for l93l-32 and compare it with that of the preceding biennium.
 There may not be deficit at the end of 1o32 as Senator Haekett predicts. but we can recall the admonition of Commissioner of Finance and Control Hall to the Legislature few short weeks ago in which he informed the members that appropriations were then near the danger mark. Such concern. whether it be of democratic or republican origin. is not to be scorned.. We need legislators like Sen- ator Haekett to keep the state informed of what is actually transpiring at Hartford. In doing so he merely serves the best interests of his constituents. And isn't that the very rea- son why we elect senators and representatives?