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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1881
disappointment Due Soon

Friday is the last day for. introduction of
 bills in the legislature. And to date we have
 not read or heard of anyone proposing the
 creation of sixth congressional to take care
 of the extra representative that this state will
 be permitted under reapportionment based on
 the 1930 federal census. Reopportionment , will automatically go into effect on March
 4. unless the house takes action to prevent 1t. That seems scarcely possible at this late date. , And, furthermore, we understand that con-
 gressional leaders are finally disposed to allow ' reapportionment to be made on the basis of
 the 1929 law.
 Practically every state which will be affected 2 by reapportionment is expecting some sort of < legislative action. There will be no official T modification of gains or losses until after the
 4th of March when the secretary of com
 merce will convey the information to the .z various states. Unless Connecticut takes ac- ton at this session its sixth representative will z be elected at large in 1852. A good many ! political leaders are willing to allow this pro- z cedure. but there are just as many who want 2 sixth district created. The 1921 legisla- 2 turc provided for the possibility of a sixth s congressman by declaring he should be elected ; at large.
 However. there can be no excuse if the T statr later bemoans the fact 1t did not make SIX Z districts of the present five. It knows it will gain, one additional seat, so can adopt the : necessary leg islation prior to official notlf- ; cation of the game. But as we said < above Friday is the last day for introduo- ,. ton of measures to be considered at this session. If the district is going to be made now ]. IS the time to set the official machinery in { motion, We don't know just what attitude local legislators will take towards the six Z districts that were proposed away back in 2 1921 when talk of reapportlonment was first heard, but certainly any attempts to gerry 5 mander will meet with united opposition. { Perhaps the republican legislators will fore
 go creation of the sixth district while Cover
 nor Cross is in the chair. They probably
 would prefer to wait until they control the , entire administration before taking any such 5 important step. We may be considered just in our presumptions, but after the ex-
 ample of partality shown in drawing up the
 committee assignments we view every move
 or lack of action upon the part of the ma Jor
 ity party with suspicion. We would prefer sixth congressional district than to see Con- neoticut elect a congressman large. But . we don't care to witness any exhibitions of Z political domination, such as placing Water bury with ten or twelve republican strong 2 holds, would be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
JUDGE STUDLEY.
(Hartford Times)

(HarCIOru IlmeS)
 The death of Judge John P. Srudley of New Haven recalls tue stirring days in Connecticut politics when Simeon E. Baldwin was twice elected governor of the state.. Gov ernor Baldwin retired from the chief justices!iip of the supreme court early in 1910. In the fall of that year he was nominated for governor The republican campaign was en- livened by the rivalry of Everett J. Lake and Charles A. Goodwin for the gubernatorial nomination. Their stirring contest aroused sufficient ill feeling so that Judge Baldwin car- ried the state, the first democrat To Ee elected governor since Luzon M Morris in the sos
 As is the case with Dean Cross, Judge Baldwin found himself sur rounded by republicans in other state office and confronted by a republican, legislature. In 1912 the governor | was renominated. Republicans cast | ing about for an opponent were pre- vailed upon by New Haven county | leaders particularly the late Frederic E. Gaylord of Ansonia. to take Judge Studley. Judge Studley had been mayor of New Haven for four terms and judge of the court of common pleas. He had also been judge of probate and had held office in the New Haven city government. He had the reputation in politics of be- ing an unbeatable candidate. New Haven county republicans were sure that he was the man to opposc | Governor Baldwin.
 What night have happened in an out-and-odt contest is impossible 10 say, but it was the year of the Bull Moose movement and COnnecticlIt not only reelected Judge Baldwin. but gave him a. democratic senate. | Other state offices went to demo- crats and five democratic congress men were sent to Washington.
 Little has been heard of Jud,s ,se Studley m politics since that time. He was approaching 70 before an- other election rolled around and had practically retired from public af- fairs. The rest of the state was not particularly well acquainted with him. but he enjoyed the effectionate regard of the people of New Haven to an unusual extent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
THE NAMES OF AMERICA

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 News that the town of Linoleum vile, on Staten Island, N. Y., ha voted. to change it's name to some. thing less bizarre leads one to hope that Linoleumville isn't starting {; movement that will become general Some of our place names are ver odd, and some of themp robabl bring a blush to the native son cheek when he signs a hotel regis ter; but most of them are descrir tive, and it would be a mistake change them. To begin with, ther is Main street. For some reason thi name evokes great merriment in tn intrinsically amusing. If you ar, really enlightened, you will neye mention Main street without a sneel But after all-what's wrong witt Main street. Why not name it thai way. Besides, Main street has becom, distinctive, It is typical of this tint and place. In it's bluntness, it lacks affection and it's commences, Main street is perhaps our foremost Americanism. It is worth hanging on to.
 Then there are town names. Some of them automatically shed light or old, forgotten history. Bad Axe, in Michigan, for instance, is wonderful ly expressive. So' are Medicine Bow. Wyoming, and Placerville. in Cali fornia. and Prarie du Chien. in Wis consin, and Baton Rouge, in Louis. jana.
 There are smaller places, too, whose names have a refreshine strangeness. Such towns as Horse Thief, Ariz.; Black Bass, Ia.; Prompt ness, Pa.; Breezy Hill, Kan; De- feated Crook, Ky; Smoky Ordinary, Va; Womble, N. C.; Good Water. Ala; and Hahatomka. Mo-would any sensible man, living in town with such a name, consent to hav- ing it changed to something less
 outlandish
 For all names of this sort really means something. No self-conscious chamber of commerce has tried eto prettify. them or get an urban flavor into their rural connotation.' If you dug back to the beginnings and got description of each christening, you might have some good stories. That doesn't it speak for itself? And wouldn't you like to know how De feated Creek got it's name The early geogra phers, in some cases, had q veritable genius for nomenclature. Cape Cod could not have a better name; nor could Old Point Comfort. of the Golden Gate, or the Great Smoky Mountain chain, of the En- chanted Mesa, or the Staked Plains of Texas. or Lake Minnetonka. But those names, musical and romantic in their sound, are beside the point. The important thing is for these lesser places to keep names. Let Linoleumville be the last to give up a picturesque title.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
High School For All?

Should all young people be given at least high school education? This has been the ideal of many generous minded folks. They argue that it would SO increase peoples intel ligence and judgment and capacity to do good work. that it would pay even from the money standpoint. There is another side to this question: however as recently expressed by veteran teacher who has sen many edu- oatonal tendencies come and go, in Connecti- cut and other states. She feels that there are a large number of children who do not take easily to book study. and do not get much out of it after they reach certain point.
 Such children, she thinks are not fitted to do anything but manual labor. They can do some job of hand work we'll and their lives should be planned to that end. After they get foundation of useful and simple knowl- edge. they do better to go to work on some job. But if such boy, she goes on, con- ceives the idea that he can be success in a business place, he IS wrong He will be un- happy in such an environment because he can not grasp its problems. He would do better to go to work at fairly early age on some job of hand work where he can make good.
 Similarly she said. there are many girls who are fitted for routine factory work or housework. At household tasks they could not compete with more intelligent ones, but anyway they could earn living in some home. Such tasks are what they should choose. But if they feel that they must go into some store or office, they cannot make good, and are bound to be misfits. They also should go to work fairly early. Some of our educators may disagree, but this is view of school problems that needs to be considered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

mileage estimates six states in which highway programs are still under legislative eonsidera- ton. and nine states which have no definite figures on the labor item.
 Louisiana leads with the most ambitious program of all the state. It expects to spend S75.000,000 or 2.500 miles of pavement and 1000 miles of gravel roads, and to employ l2,000 men in the work. But all the states are making generous plans. Wyoming, for example, has modest road program, yet it will double that of any previous single year and will effect an employment increase of 125 per cent Much of this proposed con- struction is planned directly for unemploy- ment relief. Its benefits, however, will be varied and extensive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
We Need A New Map

E While the legislature may not take kindly . to the proposal that this state spend $3240O0 over period of five years for a new map of Connecticut, still we do think that we are entitled to at least one new map every 50 years. The present map was made 45 years ago. Certainly the physical outlines 7 of Connecticut have changed considerably 2 since then. not to mention the new highways that crss-cross the state and the altered water : supplies, all of which would find a. place on . geodetic and typographical map of the state : The expense of compiling the map would be shared jointly with tn eU. S. Geological Sur vey. Its experts would conduct the actual mapping operations.
 ' For engineering purposes map 45 years old certainly is of little actual value. Fur : thermore new map would present the avail < able water supplies in the state, The state water commission has urged such survey for some time It would not be necessary to : conduct one independent of the mapping s process and the state would be assured of data with which it could fortify itself against fu- ? ture descents upon water sources by public ; utilities corporations, and municipalities Of { course Connecticut plans some costly ojects / in the next few years. Appropriating such a  large sum for mere map might not meet with enough approval to warrant its passage 2 by the legislature.
 s But we must remember that the state isn {
 proposing the ordinary type of map such as | you gaze upon in the school geographies. !. Typographical maps employ contour lines to show the height and shape of the states . physical features. The direction of stream F flow is indicated. Wooded areas and rock z formations are clearly denoted, not to men ton large buildings, farm houses barns,
 fields, etc. Complete information of geolog- 5 ical and agricultural nature is given. Inas- much as the surveyors would be able to util-
 ize the airpane in taking pictures of the ter rain more information than was available 45 years ago could be furnished. It would be a costly undertaking. but a most necessary one. We feel sure that the legislature will take . some action to provide the state with an up to date map.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
OHMIGOSH.

"Thrcc little worlds"
 Robbed him of smile and beck, The collecting house wrote, "'Pleasc Send Check" o-O-o 5e The presidential yacht May flower" was burned to the waters s edge so from now on 1t will be known as the "Forgetmenot.'
 o-O-o
 Times are. even slack for the slack wire walkers.
 o-O-o Talk is chceap until you start making home made records. It's all right to start counting sheep in an effort to fall asleep, but don't let them pull the wool over your eyes.
 o-O-O
 The man whose thoughts are always single will eventually die a bachelor.
 And then there was the dumbbell doctor who figured the postoffice should stamp out disease.
 O-O-o
 A woman is only as old as she looks-after the party.
 O-O-o Sunshine mellows moonshine kills. So take your choice.
 o-O-o
 Many man makes an ass out of himself going after the jack.
 o-O-o A pessimist is one who seems to enjoy getting lost in the mist.
 o-O-o Nowadays when a young man goes in for higher learning you don't know whether he's after an A. B. degree or a pilots license.
 o-O-o
 General Motors are active so I guess we're getting away from General De Pression.
 o-O-o Now Clara Bow recommends mer- cy for Daisy De Voc. She probably loves flowers and doesn't want to see the Daisy wilt.
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 These so-called cold cures make me smile. The only cure for cold is stay in bed.
 o-O-o The man who marries a very striking woman. can expect to sport Dldck eyes CccaSlOnally.
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 Perhaps if the government put a tax on hair groom it might be able to pay the soldiers their bonus. o-O-o A little kiss each morning, will prevent little fight each evening.
 sto-O-o r. The woman who drives her own car around the streets prob ably got in practice by driving her husband around the house.
 o-O-o The cheap who thinks he has everybody else standing on theil heads is probably merely off his balance. O-O-O This concludes our regular Tues. day evenig program. broadcast. by DBD. Waterburys 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 tomorrow even ing at the usual hour.
 o-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

New York will shortly be the first city in the world to license blood donors A re- cent addition to the Sanitary Code demanded that people who sell their blood must be licensed by the Department of Health. By doing this it is hoped to eliminate such mal- practices that have come to the attention of health authorities of recent years. Pass books will be issued to those who are per- mitted to sell blood. A clean bill of health will be required and in addition the health department will take its own blood test to check further the donors claims In the past agencies furnishing blood donors were found to be rather interruptions and were operating solely for profit. Licensing will kill these.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
 =[oI- t+ 5 WHAT THE EDITORS THIS STATE AND ELSEWHERE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS THAT AND THE OTHER THING

higher powers in the legislature. Not only the interest of the judges them- selves in retaining their present posi- tions but the political power of other city and town leaders, and through them, the patronage control of state political organization is involved. &
 All this is so much reason why the system should be changed and placed on a higher judicial plane but meanwhile the very weaknesses of the the present arrangement are capable of being used to paralyze ae- tion for it's replacement. Sponsors of the district plan are facing not only open opposition based profess edly on the objections raised in pub lie, but also on what may easily become an organized effort to de- feat the new plan through back
 stateg pressure on the legislators. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
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LEWIS CARROLL's BIRTH.

LEWIS CARROLL'S BIRTH.
 On Jan. 27, Lewis Carroll psea- donym of Charles Dodgson, an Eng fish author famed for his Alice Adventures in Wonderland" was born near Chester, England.
 Educated at Oxford. he later be- came a mathematical lecturer at Christ church. He was an accute mathematician and fond of devising intricate and ingenious problems. What is considered an important contribution to mathematical liter,- ture is his Euclid and Mis- Modern Rivals" :. work interspersed with jokes and burlesuue.
 He is best noted, however. as the author of Alice" and the sugsequent bok of her adventures. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There." These books" says a critic, display delightful com bination of mad absurdity and suh- tie fancy. Their grotesque situations compose s peculiar literary tra li- fion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

Reapportionment of congress will go into effect on March A. according to the latest re- ports from Washington. There is barely month now for the house to take action to prevent its membership being shifted and the chances of such action are nil. There are too many pressing problems facing both the senate and house for reapportonment to turn aside many members And congressional leaders are about decided that the present plan
 which has been approved and which auto-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
Biggest Highway Year

Highway construction programs for the present year provide for the building of 25.000 miles of new roads in this country, more than 5000 miles of which will be hard surface. The work is expected to cost nearly million dollars and to employ 3OO.- 900 workmen. The figures are considered conservative because there are states in which highway commissions have made no
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
Mu0TATIQNNS QNNS &.<----D

Egotism is the anesthetic which nature gives us to deaden the pain of being fool --Dr Herbert Shofield of Lough- borough. England.
  I think poison gas is less deadly than bullets and bombs.
 Thomas A. Edison.
 
 Some folks would be successful if success could be arrived at merely by pressing a push button. But it takes more strenuous sort of push.
 Jerome F. Fleishman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
FUTURE SPEED PLANES

Chicago.-Future speed planes will be closed type monoplanes of the flying wing design, with retract- able landing gear and power-plants placed in the wings, declared Capt Frank M. Hawks, premier speed pil of America. Serviceable com mercial craft of this design will hay speeds of from 200 to 250 miles an hour at sea level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
At 7he National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

bergh's neck is way up in the air. No party of pudgy little Claudel is very remote from the ground.
 Claudels mistake had been in failing to get the ribbon all tied so that he could pitch the loop at Lind berghs head as one does a quoit. Lindbergh bent over and Claudel stretched, but the ambassador could- mt make both ends of the ribbon meet. The moment is described by eyewitnesses as quite tense, but Coun selor Jules Henry of the embassy dashed to the rescue and tied the knot.
 Tokujiro Tsutsui's Japanese the atflcal troupe made such hit in Der m. Germany. recently that it's stay had to be extended and the perform anceS repeated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

The bald head eagle now extinct in the United States proper is slowly being killed off in Alaska. The government pays bounty on these birds and the number is slowly wan ing. Hunters knowing the breeding habits have killed enormous numbers and also killed all instincts of breeding in the birds which will doom the species unless action is taken. The senate has passed bill giving them protection The house thus far has not taken action on the measure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 TO LONELY LII AND HOMELY BILL (Oh, oh. here comes the bold bad villain - The Ed) Dear Lonely Lii and Homely Bill, To part you, cannot fail, For now I'll introduce to you The villain in this tale. Pug Ugly Joe's'' the monicker, I'm guy that's pretty tough, And once you get my temper, well You'll find 1 treat 'em rough. Now Lonely Lii has been my gal The apple of. both eyes, I'll murder, hang, or shoot the bird. Who looks at her and sighs. It's only fair to you, old Bill, To warn you in advance, In sending poems to my gal You're taking life's big chance. I've got rep in this old town, That's pretty hard to beat, Take my advice, back right out now While there's time for retreat.
 p. U. Joe.
 O-O-o Waist not, want not, seems to be getting a tossing these days from the form" displayed by women.
 o-O-o
 The man who invented the can opener is feeding humanity to-day.
 It takes a man with a golden smile to start looking for the silver lining.
 o-O-o
 Would you call a nursery "bawi' room, asks Papa Water bury somewhat facetiously.
 o-O-o Just because a sportsman follows the hounds is no implication that he's going to the dogs.
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 Banded sidewalks do away with the sli-shod method of walking.
 O-O-b The honeymoon is over when she doesn't pin an apron on him every time he wipes the dishes.
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 A lot of men are kicking at the idea of the dial telephones because it will rob them of the opportunity of insulting the op- orators.
 O-O-o The magazine pictures, advertis- ing mattresses. are so restful you almost go to sleep looking at 'em.
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 It's a girls figure on the street and a mans in the bank. that makes for love, says Sylvia the Stenog. A lot of women look upon divorce as more or less man failure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

matieally goes into effect in March is about as good as any. Efforts are being made. of course. to eliminate some 100000 aliens from the count on which reapportionment is based but there isn't even much chance of success for this proposal. Connecticut will gain its extra seat and it remains for the leg islature to assign that seat to definite dis trct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
TO=DAY'S SELECTED POEM
THRUSH IN FOG (By Florence E. Buck in The Christian Science
 MOnitOrl

MOnitOr) On a bOnny hawthorn tree
 He sings to his full worth: The heavens he cannot sec,
 He will not glance toward earth. Though the wet fog wraps him close, No other bird is near. Delight is all he knows,
 UnshadOwed by fear With bright and upturned gaze . And brave head lifted high, His song can pierce the haze,
 And thrill up to the sky, Till the shrOuded hillsides ring
 With joy undimmed by wrong; He does not merely sing,
 He is himself song.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad- dress him. care or the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

Not one case of parrot disease (psittacosis) has been reported in England since May 20. when impor- tation of the higds was banned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

After we ve got wheat stabilized, let stabilize steel radio sets, stocks, and real estate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

Having to work is the only cure for those worries caused by not having to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-27

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:3l o'clock tonight.