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Evening star., 1931-12-28
CEDAR GROVE WOMAN, 81,
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Mrs. Julia Ann Watkins Is Dead
at Home of Daughter, Near
Fountain Mills.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAMASCUS, Md, December %. -
After an illness of only a few days due
to heart attack, Mrs. Julia Ann Wat
kins of Cedar Grove, widow Of
Noah Watkins, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar w. Davis,
near Fountain Mills, early yesterday
morning.
Mrs. Watkins was 81 years of age,
and was before her marriage Miss
Linthicum of Frederick County. She
came to Montgomery County in 1853
and taught in the public schools of
this county until her marriage.
She is survived by the following
children: G. w. Watkins, Arthur L.
Watkins, G. Lester Watkins, Mrs. F.
M. King, Mrs. Edgar w. Davis, Mrs.
w. G. Iglehart, Mrs. Charles H. Bar
Der, Mrs. Phillip c. Brown, all Of this
vicinity, and Mrs. Ralph Butterwick
of Fargo, N. Oak. She also leaves 43
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchil-
dren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock from Salem
Methodist Church at Cedar Grove, and
viii be conducted by Rev. John E.
Fort of Baltimore, assisted by Rev. w
Clark Main, pastor of the church
Burial will be in the church cemetery
Evening star., 1931-12-28
TAX FIGHT DRAWS
SHARP PARTY LINES
Smell Declares Increases
Necessary as Rainey
BIames Policies.

| Party lines will be sharply drawn
over means of replenishing the Federal
Treasury after Congress reconvenes, as
| indicated by declarations of Republican
and Democratic leaders of the House.
The Republican leader, Representa-
tive Smell Of New York, declared the
| people demanded extra expenditures by
the Federal Government that made in
creased taxes necessary. Smell opposed
the issuance of long-term bonds to
meet part of the deficit, as proposed
/ by Chairman Collier of the House
Ways and Means Committee and some
other Democrats.
In a statement through the Demo-
cratic National Committee, Representa-
| tive Rainey of Illinois, party leader,
| charged increased taxes were necessi-
| tated by policies in the last decade.
| A slash in proposed expenditures, he
said, had been agreed upon by chair
| men Of the appropriations subcommit-
Complains Of Burdens.
"It is proposed hereafter to call the
| attention of the country in no uncer-
| tain way to the policies of the ad-
miniStrations which have succeeded the
Democratic administration of President
Wilson and which have made neces-
sary these new and enormous burdens"
Rainey said.
TT will be the policy of the Demo-
cratic majority of the Ways and Means
Committee to adopt those methods of
taxation which will be least burden
some and which will compel intrenched
wealth to pay the share of carrying on
this Government it ought to pay"
Representative Smell said: "One
thing is absolutely sure, that we prob
ably will have to enter every field pos
sible in the way of new taxation to
get anywhere near enough money to
meet the present expenditures of the
Government.
Accounting for Deficit.
Smell said expenditures made to meet
the unemployment situation along the
line Of increased outlays for public
roads, inland waterways and public
buildings, ito say nothing OF those Tor
the World War veterans" accounted
for most of the big deficit Diminish
ing revenues, he said, were responsible
for the balance.
Making clear that he was speaking
on his own responsibility, Smell said
that since this Government took the
attitude toward European nations last
June that it would be necessary for
them to balance their budgets before
they could obtain American help, that
the United States must adhere to its
own rule.
I'VE cannot balance our budget by
floating bonds" Smell said. IF we go
too far in issuing additional bonds, the
value of those in the hands of investors
will decrease" Smell also concurs in
Secretary Melons recommendation
that new tax increases be made retro
active on 1881 incomes.
Evening star., 1931-12-28
TEN DIE FROM LIQUOR

Arrests Are Few.
NEW YORK, December % CP). -
Police yesterday attributed 10 deaths
over the holidays, one that of wom-
an, to poison liquor.
Arrests for intoxication were few
From am. Saturday to 5 pm. yes
terday-32 hours-only six such ar
rests were made in populous Manhat-
tan and the Bronx. Police said 1t was
a record, as was also the fact that none
was arrested for major crime during
the same period.
Evening star., 1931-12-28
And of Course:
With Brocaded Vest

Dress Ortords. so, So, $40
Dress Shirts. .....S2.50 TO 81
Dress NecIetOedr. .75c and 81
Dress Studs and
Link Sets. ....,..S so to So
Cloves .........S2.95, 81, IS
Dress Muflers. SO TO $3.50
Correct Hose. Soc and Sl.00
Tuxedo Fell Hats. ........s5
Silk Hats. $3.50
Opera Hats. ............s5.00
Sticks ........s5, $3.50, So
SdLs-Sfreet Floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
FRIDAY, MARCH 1s, 1881
As It Should Be

Early reports to the effect that the Charter Commissions proposed city manager plan for Waterbury will be practically relegated to the scrap-heap by the state legislative body now in session in Hartford for the most part will be in keeping with the wishes of the majority of people in Waterbury. It is the only sane attitude that should be taken on such a con- templated piece of preemptory legislation. And 1t is. indeed gratifying to learn that our state legislators view 1t as such.
 Regarding any re-drafting or reconstruction of Waterbury present city charter to meet with the more modern requirements of city gov ernment that may have arisen since the pres- ent charter was drawn up. it is sincerely hoped that Mayor Hayes and those republicans. who still have faith in Waterbury. will make no compromise with the city manager idea other than is absolutely necessary to facilitate smooth and efficient government
 As the Waterbury Democrat intimated some few weeks ago Waterburys present sys- tenn when judiciousy applied has been more than adequate for the city's needs In our opinion and that of many others the present charter is about as fool-proof as such thing could be made. provided it is abided by to the strict letter of the law. Therefore, we see no need of any addenda recommending such changes as the appointing of the city controller and tax collector as heretofore proposed.
 Beyond that and any other incorporation of ideas too suggestive of city manager form of government without the name itself we feel that fair minded legislators will view the matter of the voluminous report submitted for its perusal in the light in which it was origin ally conceived. Whatever doubt there may have been as to Waterbury's outlook for the future has evidently. even in the minds of the most skeptieal been dspeled by Mayor Frank Hayes efficient and high type of ad- ministration. Even the Waterbury American and Republican, loudest in the cry for the city manager plan. are unanimous in their praise of the Hayes administration. That should be final.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
The New Congressman

Governor Cross has passed along to the general assembly the information that Con- necticut is entitled to a sixth representative in congress. This new seat will not be filled until the 73rd congress which will convene in December. l933. unless lame duck resolu- ton in the interim changes the sessions of congress. Next year, however. Connecticut can elect six instead of five representatives. Action on a new congressional district. while not imperative. is rather necessary. The leg islature has before it the Bowers bill of 1921 establishing six districts in Connecticut.
 The question that arises now is the make up of the six districts. Naturally both po- litical parties are desirous of maintaining their congressional strength in the state. At present the congressional delegation is composed of three republicans and two democrats. At the session just closed there were five republicans. Two districts. generally regarded as safely republican, overthrow predictions and returned democrats to Washington. Of course. Mir Lonergan's victory wasn't entirely unexpected. Republicans of the first district discarded their incumbent. E. Hart Fenn. asd demanded man who would give them representation such as Mir Lonergan had during the Wilson administration. Democrats responded by nominating Mir Lonergan. The voters re- sponded by electing Mir Lonergan.
 In the fourth district the veteran Schuyler Merritt was vanquished quite unexpectedly when all Fairfield county did an about face maneuver and joined the democratic ranks with the result that Judge William l.. Tier ney of Greenwich was elected. The fifth district has long been regarded as the strong est democratic one in the state. but in the elections of last November the party was not able to overbalance the personal popularity of Edward w. Goss among both democrats and republicans. While this summing up of the l930 elections may seem beside the point. 10 us it illustrates lesson in practical poll tics that both parties might take to heart. What have been the strongholds of either political party in former years are apt to be reversed in 1932 or any future year.
 Therefore, any attempts to slice the state into six congressional districts must not be termed gerrymandering unless of course, the redistricting is too ridiculous to be anything else but an effort to place democratic towns side by side with an overwhelming number of smaller republican ones. We are heartily in favor of six districts rather than creating the position of ongressman-at-large. We think this sentiment is common throughout the state Only in an emergency should this post be created and none now exists. The legis- lature has plenty of time to create the district and to cause the necessary changes to be made before the 1852 congressional elections are here. The matter is squarely up to the leg islature. Let's have expectancy tempered with justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
 -loI-- WHAT STATE AND ELSEWHERE HAVE ABOUT THIS. THAT AND THE OTHER THING

:, old cottages and quaint villages on l the firing line. MT. Justice Eve, a distinguished London high court judge says of the new traffic ways: II regard those long black streaks of roads that traverse mile after mile of the country with nothing short of horror" Progress, the automobile, the char-a-bancs and the packing of 75 per cent of the | English people into towns, shout. We want to get about quickly. so out of the way. all you old hind- i Thus are beauty spots butchered to make . char-a-bancs holiday. Dissertation of rural scenery in re- cent years has called into being q Roads Identifying association which is striving to endow highways with something of the beauty of old Eng fish roads and lanes.
 l In one or more of the English housing laws in which compulsion was. used against reluctant land- holders, parliament inserted clause saying that regard should be had to the amenities of the neighbor- hood" So with roads and other ments.' The bludgeon should be used sparingly by those engaged in carving England for the new speed.
 England is in peculiar position in this matter. She is small. There is an old story of 'the American visi- tor, ,"awho Is said to have remarked. "In England I'm afraid to go for a walk before breakfast for fear of failing off the island" It is not so small as that. But the more of her rustic charm she loses, the less she has. And the carvers of Eng land for the new speed might well remember that the country of Sul- grave Manor and Boston, Lincoln shire, and Penn and Stratford -on- IAvon cannot afford the loss of her quiet countryside.
 l The more turbulent the sparkling | plugs of progress, the greater the value of the leafy peace that is Eng land. a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
GUoTA4TloNS
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 I get more fun out of staying at home with my animals and birds than do out of interviewing the most famous stars of the stage and screen. -Florenz ziegfeld, in Nature Maga- zine.
 When the prohibition amendment was passed we had a child-iike faith that this was law-abiding nation. We were wrong.
 -Bertha Rembaugh.
 
 Tn Maryland we believe that the people who are least governed are best governed.
 --aovernor Albert c. Ritchie. Ths clever wicked men are the most harmful in the world.
 Bishop William T.. Manning. Instead of paying dividends and bonuses to stockholders who already are rich, can buy the things they want and invest the money in mora stocks and bonds let all of that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
MINORITY MISREPRESENTATION.
eNew Haven Journal-courier.)

(New Haven Journal -Courier.)
 The house of representatives re-
 jccted at it's session on Tuesday q
 bill providing for minority represent
 tation on boards of county commis- sioners. The bill was naturally of democratic origin, and may be said to represent the growing sentiment in the state that the cause of good government demands that he rights of the minority be respected is the various notifications of the political orga nization of the state. We need | not emphasize the fact that minority representation is all but a lost cause in the. good old state of Con-
 necticut. For years the party in power has proceeded on the theory that 1t owns the government in fee simple and that the minority should consider itself lucky to be permitted 1 to vote.
 The argument advanced against
 the passage of the bill, as we read Tn the Hartford newspapers, was, as expressed by the majority leader of the house,. to this effect, and quite in harmony with the tradition that to the victors belong the spells, that the way for democrats to secure county commissionerships is to elect enough members of the legis- lature to control county meetings. | We do not recall when we have Seen this principle of practical politics
 more brazenly stated. It informs the democrats of the state, who are
 as subject to the laws of the state | as their republican brothers. and
 whose savings and earnings are hit
 upon for revenue in the same man.
 ner, that. if they expect to have q
 say in the administration of gov ernment, they must fife a, claim
 based on performance and achieve
 ment. not on some rusty and long ago abandoned thesis. that, while
 the majority is given control the
 minority Is not disfranchised. The
 minority should be content to be alive. s
 MT Hunt, democrat, from the hills
 of Litchfield, offered in a spirit of
 reminiscence we take 1t. some re-
 marks upon the revolutionary doc-
 Urine of "no taxation without repre-
 sentation." but seems not to have
 impressed his majority colleagues It is quite likely that this item in
 the passionate life of the fathers
 was unheard of and to that degree lit was cruel of MT Hunt to recall
 lit. It should have been borne in mind by him that the REVOLUTIONARY
 fathers and founders have been Idead a long time and that they lived lin a period when instant intercom- munication was unknown, horselcss vehicles undreamed of except by
 Mother shirton, and social customs
 restricted. They were well enough
 in their way and at that time. but
 Ito turn to them to-day in search for l leadership Is manifestly absurd,
 They may have known a thing or two about politics but as compared with the modern political machine as we have 1t In the state in fhis
 day and generation they were anna teurs. If this action of the house of Representatives fails to teach the democrats of the state the lesson Ithey need. they deserve to he cons | fined in lunatic asylum. Minority I representation? Pooh and pishtosh! 1!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

A group of United States officials sailed this week for the Virgin Islands to establish new civil government there Among other things it is hoped to create some new home industries at which the natives of the islands may find livelihood. Ever since the pas- sage of the prohibition laws Virgin Islanders have been at loss to occupy themselves. Once upon time St Croix and bay rum were their principal products. St Croix rum was known the world over for its excellent flavor and quality. But those days are gone forever No longer are the islands stopping place for countless ships. They are barren. much more SO than arid United States
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
CHICKENS IS CHICKENS
(New York Herald -Tribune.) )


 The assembled Hoosiess who held up their dinner for a haf-hour while their chicken a la Maryland was be- ana may not rouse the nation as the potlikker controversy reused the South, but they raised a culinary question of importance. Chicken a la Maryland is chicken which Is rubbed with pepper and salt, dipped first into egg and then into Hour. be- fore being fried. Chicken q r Indi- ana, 1t appears, is dippediin -four but not in egg. The Hoosiers want no batter to bite through before reach ing their chicken.
 <. Both Hoosiers and Free Staters corrupt their chickens unnecessarily. The essence of good fried chicken is Che chicken; and the fat in which 1t is fried Is almost equally In portant. The Italians use olive oiIi which is. In its way, excellent. The South uses pork drippings, which are su- perb. We do not know what the Middle West uses, but we suspect that It. has fallen into the evil way of using synthetic substitutes for butter and fresh pork drippings.
 The old Cape Cod cooks put siiv- the pan along with the chicken. Sometimes. they began vita bit of water in the frying-pan, but the es- sence of the process consisted of fry ing in the best butter. fresh from the churn. Even pork drippings are hardly an adequate substitute for that.
 Lastly, as a matter of fact, the wisest cooks never fry their chick ems at all. If chickens are young and tender enough to De fried they should be broiled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
ZZZZ4ESA

FRANCO.A1fERfCAN PACT

F,RANCO-A1fER1CAN PACT.
 Tn March 3, 1y7S. the Marquis dc Noailles, French ambassador in Lon- don, announced to the British gov ernment that his country recognized the independence of the American colonies, and that it had formed a treaty of friendship and commerce with them.
 To the struggling colonies this news was received with great en- thusiasm. In Europe, however, the reaction was different. Lord Stor- mont, British ambassador to Franc. left Paris immediately without in- forming the French government of his intention. Spain, which owned vast areas in the United States. also showed her resentment of the treaty.
 Within a month France and Eng land were at war, and Spain was kept friendly to France only by a secret treaty, which promised that France would recognize United States dominion only as far west as the Mississippi river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

posaI the Times did suggest one thing with which we agree. It said that if referendum were to be held on the question it would be far better to hold it in November. lo31, than in November. 1932. at the end of presiden- tial campaign when it is "all over but the shouting To be of any practical value in determining wet and dry strength in the state this year would be far better for the test. But after considering the matter from all angles we are beginning to wonder if the referendum would do any good. The democratic party is on record as wet. The republicans say they don't favor the prohibition laws. but don't care to go on record. Maybe we'd better wait for another change in sentiment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
None Admit BachcIorhood.

This man says that among several hundred applicants interviewed he ; hasn't found one yet who admits bachelorhood. But quite lot of them. he knows, have never been married. And others who claim as many as seven starving children have never known the bangs of paternity.
 The bureau and its regional of- fees, incidentally, are not .empow- cred to heed the pleas of anxious wives who don't want their husbands to get the loan money.
 The belief expressed at the bureau Is that up to 75s per cent of the 3,400,00 certificate holders will be applying for loans under the new 50 per cent loan value. That would mean an increase of about 50 per cent on the number of veterans who borrowed on their certificates under the old loan values.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

Everyone knows Jules Verne and his famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" We'll. grandson. Jean Jules Verne, is going to be the guest of honor at the launching of the submarine, Nautilus. which will be used by Sir Hubert Wilkins in his dash under the North Pole. If Monsieur Verne is wise he will write about the trip as did his ilustrious grandfather and not attempt to make the undersea voyage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

SieneGt letters pertaining to persOna' health and hygiene. not diseasc diaaM'>ts W treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad. dress him. care or the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
o--O--O "A, "A.

A little ray Of sunshine. Came out of heavens blue, I caught 1t as 1t tumbIed down Now pass 1t on to you.
 o-O-O
 The up-to-date bride is the one who believes in preparedness and encourages her friends to tender her a can opener shower.
 o-O-o
 This concludes our regular Tri- day evening program. broadcast by DBD, Waterbury's pioneer station, owned and operated by the Water bury Evening Democrat. We are signing off at this time to be back on the air again to-morrow at the usual hour for Saturday broadcasts.
 o--O-o
 Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

The Hartford Times saw little of value in the proposal of House Minority Leader Citron that referendum vote be taken on the pro- hibtion question in Connecticut. Mir Citron proposed three questions for the vote to be held in connection with the state and national elections of 1852. In eritieizing the pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
Mechanical Dentistry

The skill and art of the trained dental practitioner will be coupled with the inventive genius of the engineer and the braw1 of the laborer in the erection of the Hoover Dam scroS the Colorado river more familiarIy known as the Boulder Dam project. The contract for this tremendous piece of eonstruc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
CARVING ENGLAND FOR THE
 NEW SPEED.
Christian Science Monitor,

The battle in England between mellow old beauty and insistent modern utility has recently found quite Q number of lovely avenues, money me distributed in real wages to the men and women who earn these dividends for these corpora tons. ~ s william Green, president, Ameri-
 can Federation of Labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

We learn from statistics that family can get twice as much food for the money now as in 1920, if it has the money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

Nearly 500.0O0 American bathing caps were worn in Britain last year
 Russia's purchases from German, last year totaied s77.sss, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:26 o'clock tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13

Anthropologists say man has been on this earth 16,O00.000 years. Impossible! Surely we're not so dumb but what we'd have learned more in that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-13
Good evening.
 o-O-o IT WAS ONLY A DREAM
"A SMILES rHB rHlNo-

 A motofist dropped off to sleep. He slumbered long and well and deep.
 Then rare dreams floeked around his head.
 He thought at first that he was r. dead,
 He saw city that seemed queer. It lacked those signs, No Parking
 Here. =
 Instead cop said with smile.
 Just leave your car here for a while.
 So flabber-gasted was this chap, He wondered who would take the rap"
 Here was a shopping district. yep And still he didn't watch his step. The signs were so unique. that he
 Just felt like going on spree. He read them, like happy tyke.
 Park here. friend. long as you l like"
 He parked his car and went away. Cops came to clean the car that
 day. Pumped up his tires. fed it oil, No longer would he work and toll.
 He parked all day. no ticket came. At last he d hit the road to fame. Then, ah then. life touched his bean. And he awakened. yep, dream o-O--o He travels fastest who travels alone.-Old Proverb. Oh I don't | know, the car always holds the road better if you have somebody in the back seat. O-O-O Prohibition caused a long war | and you should see the bottle | fields of America as a result. o--O-O Man overbored," he said quietly, i getting from his seat and leaving the theater.