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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

Senator Tydings of Maryland. who does not care to be classified as wet but who is an ardent prohibitionist. delivered quite harangue in the senate this week on govern mental laxty in permitting the federal farm board to finance scheme that deliberately violates the 9th amendment The senator. rising in his place and holding aloft an ad- vertsement of the California concern which is marketing grape concentrates which rapid ly become wine with high alcoholic con- tent in ones home, cried, T defy any mem- Der of this body to rise and say that making wine in the cellar is not violation Do I hear an answer? No! Then I take it that the Eighteenth Amendment is being violated with the consent of the senate . .' Certainly Senator Tydings had good reason to jeer. Our legislators sit by even abet the manu- facture of 20 per cent wine, but will not lega- lize per cent beer. Consistency was never the long suit of our legislators. though It is quite obvious that the end of prohibition is in sight. When such loopholes as the Cali fornian experiment can be found then others are in the offing. Study of the Anderson plan of liquor control or similar ones is hereby recommended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

Mary van Kleeck of the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate the effect of unemployment and hous- ing conditions on the volume of crime. Miss van Kleeck, an out standing authority on regularity of employment, completed her report some time ago and 1t is said to con- tain facts and figures demonstrating definite connection between crime increase and the evils of unemploy- ment and housing congestion.
 Will Cite Power Abuses
 Prohibition seems likely to creep into a majority of the reports yet to come. Judging from the prohi- bition report, it would seem reason ably sure to enter such reports as those on causes of crime, statistics, police, courts, prosecution, juvenile delinquency and lawlessness by enforcing officers.
 The full commission joined in deploring lawless acts by prohibi- tion officers when it produced the prohibition report, but the inference was that it felt there had been a re- cent improvement in that respect. Abuses of power by the police, other officials and the courts are also ex- pected to receive considerable att tention. The investigation into off cial lawlessneSs was conducted by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
TO=DAY'S SELECTED POEM
THREE BACK YARDS AWAY.

y roiiesl harDour In the New York Times Lady with the watering pot, Are you fair or are you not?
 You are dainty that I see;
 Graceful, also, I agree. (Darn that thick magnolia treeD An, l see you once again, Stimulating gentle rain.
 From tiny orchid cloud,
 Miraculously earthward bowed Qs she fair, or is she plain?) You could do more, goodness knows With sprinkler on hose.
 Your sweet dabbling here and there
 Scarce humidifes the air tThat, of course is her affair) I should like it very dearly To approach you much more nearly.
 But-perhaps I'd better not,
 Lady with the watering-pot (Romance fades with seeing clearly.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
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Henry Iryillg's Birth.

[,
 On February C. 1898. Sir Henry Irving, great English actor, whose real name was John Brodrib was born in Somerset, England.
 He began his career at the age of IS. For ten years he played in va r:ous provincial stock companies, acting in more than 500 parts. Soon after he joined the company of the newly-opened Queens theater, where he acted with Ellen Terry and other distinguished performers. He made his first conspicuous suc- cess in '"The Two Roses," which ran for 300 nights
 He gained great distinction in his Shakespearan performances through his interpretation of Hamlot and Shylock. The dignity with which he invested Shylock marked a de- parture from the traditional inter- pretation of the role.
 When Irving undertook the man. agement of the Lyceum theater he made new improvements and devel- opments in the art of stage sitting. In 1895, tn years before his death, Irving received the honor of knight hood. the first ever accorded an actor. He was buried in West minister Abbey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

A million seeding trees are now available at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station. These would reforest 1000 acres of land now barren. The trees are red and white pine. Norway spruce. and Douglas fir. They will be sold at wholesale prices. no less than 500 to an applicant Here's good chance for somebody to realize profitable crop of trees twenty years hence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

limited to those particular spots wher the on- rushing waters have already worn groove should start. Engineers have proposed plans to divert the waters flow from the center to the edges of the falls. That should be under taken before the present contour is completely destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
Personal Health Service (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 of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
One Big Issue

Senator Borah of Idaho recently made penetrating remark regarding propositions to promote third political party. He said that it takes "one single dominating issue ac- eompaned by dramatic crisis, to swing peo- pie from their old political moorings.' Quite so. In 1854, when the republican party was organized, the slavery question created such a single dominating issue. But there is no such single dominating issue now.
 Some people think that the regulation of the real or alleged abuses of corporations. and the more equal distribution of wealth con- stitute such an issue. Others think that pro- hibition is the most dominating issue. Now if the people who think that the stricter regu- lation to corporations and wealth constitute the one big issue should go off by themselves in new party, the question would arise what they were going to do about prohibition. If they come out for prohibition, they alienate the vets. And if they call for repeal or modification of prohibition, then they antag- onize the "drys'. They would split into two parties, the dry corporation regulators, and the wet corporation regulators Thus their movement would be broken up and lose its power.
 The republican and democratic parties are both old and faulty. They come out with truly noble emphasis for the things that every one believes in, but they gracefully straddle controversial questions. But they do repre- sent somewhat different ideas and traditions, and hence will survive for some years yet. People who want to carry out their ideas on corporations, wealth, and prohibition, will probably have to work through the old parties for years to come, and seek to mould one or both of them to adopt their principles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

Maybe while Professor Einstein is here he can be persuaded to explain to somebody. who can explain to somebody else. who can explain to us what it's all about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

When Alice and Dolly make up mere re. publicans and democrats shouldn't have any trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
HERE I AM

HERE AM
 Pm not a girl like Lonely Lil, This fact I must admit,
 I'm not the stay at home kind, I'm just the opposite. I'm out folks every single night, Catch me staying in, Ina, ha,
 come home when I want to, Don't have to fear my pa.
 I powder my nose, I rouge my lips, I wear bright flashy clothes,
 wear my dress up to my knees And also roll my hose.
 I wink my eyes and roll them, Drink and smoke I will,
 And F. U. Joe used to be my pal, Until he fell for Lil.
 went with Joe for a year or two, Or maybe 1t was three, And never thought I'd miss him, Until folks, he left mo.
 He said he like them rough and tough, And boy, i'm just that, But it was for quiet Lonely Lil, That one day he left me flat.
 But don't think I am sore folks, At dear quiet Lonely Lil, For P. U. Joe hasn't won her heart, And I know he never will.
 For Homely Bill is the one she loves, And he'll tell F. U. Joe to scat,
 suppose then I'll get chicken heart $e ed, Take him back, I'm just like that. DIZZY LIZ. And here's a letter from Dan Me- | Grew. It just arrived. Dan feels
 rather chesty and says: TO MY FANS
 think I've scared our Lonely Lil, And housed old HOmcly Bill,
 For Lonely Lil Is afraid to write, And Homely Bills dropped out oi sight.
 Pug Ugly Joe just whispers now, Glad to get out of this row, Plastcred Ann is soldering up, With me, I hear, she wants to sup.
 Judge Greta has said, "What is the price? You know, I can be nice,"
 This Betty girl spoke out of turn, But then she has a lot to learn.
 For Pm Dan McGrew, that terrible brute,
 And all my girls, like 'em cute, When in a fight, go ker-chOO, They fade away, from Dan Me- DAN McGREW. And so we'll leave "Unknown," l"Dizzy Liz," and Dan McGrew." But
 we can't help wondering if Lonely
 LII has gone back to her southern
 home. Not word from her.-The
 Ed.
 | "C. H." writes to say that lot of PROSPECTIVE wives are | merely GOLD DIGGERS. o-O-o The fellow who wrote in the sea-
 shore sand last summer, T love , you," has been sued by the gal and | now realizes he put his foot in 1t. | o-O-o A word to the wise is generally
 considered deficient. O-O-O A law suit generally tightens up loose takers. o-O-O Remember the tooth pick | manufacturers and have at least | one little cavity for them. | o-O-o ] This completes our regular Friday
 evening program, broadcast by DBD.
 Waterbury's pioneer station. owned
 and operated by the Evening Demo-
 crat. We are signing off at this time,
 to be back on the air again to-mor-
 row at noon with a special Satur- day program. o-O-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:44 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

Professor Zechariah Chafee of Har- yard and Walter H. Pollak, New York lawyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
TO DAN McGREW.

Oh, Dangerous Dan McGrew, wouldn't brag if I were you, For I think you'll find your match, In Homely Bill who is able to thrash.
 --UNkNOWN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

And "Dizzy Liz," ah here's a gal for you. Hard boiled, the knock 'em down and drag 'em out kind, no whoopee limit. Says Dizzy Liz:'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
Good evening.
 o-O-o CHEER UP, SPRING IS COMING
"A SMILES THE THING"

 o-O-o CHEER UP, SPRING IS COMING When February hits the door, sing of spring, Though snow may sweep a few
 weeks more.
 sing of spring. It's tonic for my tired soul, Rare food from natures flowing
 bowl, A sort of ever welcome dole, I sing of spring. Soon overeoats we'll lay away. sing of spring. Sports clothes will bask in light of
 day,
 I sing of spring, Though robins sing in sunny cline. They'll soon be here. SO just mark
 time, Now one more verse, to end this
 rhyme.
 sing of spring. Soon picnic parties in the dell, - 1 sing of spring. All hots and buns. ah that's a smell. I sing of spring. Canoes upon the gleaming lake. The golfers out. their scores to break. Gosh, am I dreaming, nope I'm awake, I sing of spring. o-O-o Although Lonely Lil refuses to write, the editor has heard from Unknown" and Dizzy Liz. Here's what Unknown" says:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

In the last 12 months 37 ships were launched from Danish ship yards.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
GRAINS SLUMP
STILL LOWER

CHICAGO, July 13 G.N.S0.
All grain futures were badly de-
moralized in early trading on
the Chicago board of trade today.
New lows for the~crop were reg
istered by wheat, September and
December corn, and all deliveries
of oats and July rye. July wheat
sold at sic a bushel, or within
3sc of the figure made in July,
1894, when the lowest price on
the board of trade was reached.
December corn was down to
44Hc the lowest price since 1910.
The general wheat market
showed losses Of from 13s to 1s4c
compared with the previous
finish. Corn was ia to 124c off
and oats down as much as 12c.
Rye dipped 15sc.
The drastic break in the mar
kets was chiefly the result of
heavy unloading on unfavorable
financial reports from ABROAD.
Weakness in securities added to
the uneasineSs among traders.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Cheers Resound as Judge
Rebukes Stool Pigeon

She denied having sold any
whisky.
Witness Rebuked
A discrepancy in testimony ap-
peared when Warner insisted that
the half-gallon of liquor alleged
to have been found in the raid
was contained in a bottle, while
the police were equally positive
that it was in jug. At the con-
clusion of testimony, Judge Mat
tingly addressed Warner, de-
claring:
Il. don't believe a word you
say. 1 believe you just put that
dollar in your pocket, and 1
am going to dismiss this case"
Spectators in the courtroom
whistled, clapped, and cheered,
turning the court into a verita-
BILE bedlam. 1t required several
minutes of frantic effort on the
part of bailiffs to restore order
sufficiently to permit the next
case to be called.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
PLANE RUSHING
CHOKING MAN
To CAPITAL
Heroic Dash Under Way From
Texas With Soldier Who
Swallowed False Teeth

SCOTT FIELD, BELLEVILLE,
ILL.,, July 13 QN.SD.-The Army
ambulance plane carrying Private
Olaf Nelson to Washington in
order that an operation can be
performed to save his life, ar
rived here today and resumed its
journey after a wait of an hour.
Private Nelson swallowed two
false teeth Saturday and was
being rushed to Washington.
Army surgeons said only a deli
cate operation would save his life.
The plane is expected to reach
Washington about 2:3O p. m. to-
day.
Major Daniel Franklin, of Will
liam Beaumont Hospital, who is
accompanying Nelson on the trip
to Washington, said the patient
was suffering no discomfort from
the flight.
"Only one man in the cOun-
try-Dr. Chevalier Jackson, of
Philadelphia, can save Nelson's
Iife," Major Franklin declared.
DIR. Jackson is an expert with
the brOncOscOpe. He will be
waiting for the ambulance
plane in washington.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

Declaring that he did not "be-
lieve a word" of the story told by
a prohibition stool pigeon, Judge
Robert E. Mattingly evoked a
deafening storm of applause in
Police Court today when he dis
missed a charge of possession of
liquor against Eugenia Virgins,
colored, So, Of 1888 Marion ct.
N. w. "
Testimony at Odds
William A. Warner, the in
former, declared he went to the
home of the Virgins woman on
July 6 and purchased pint and
a half of liquor. While he was
there, he said, several other peo-
pie came in an also made buys.
He Swore to a warrant and re-
turned on July II, he said, when
he purchased a gill of liquor,
giving the woman a marked dol
lar. Police Immediately raided
the place.
The colored woman, VINO is
crippled, hobbled before the bench
on a crutch and declared that
she had never seen Warner until
few moments before the raid.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Government Asks
Germans to Keep
Up Spirits

BERLIN, July 13 Q.N.SO.
An appeal to the German peo-
pie to keep their nerve, show
self-confidence, and thereby
prevent further difficulties"
was contained in a government
proclamation issued today fol-
lowing the closing Of the Darn
straeder und National Bank.
Declaring the Hoover debt
plan temporarily relieved Ger
many's plight. the manifesto
pointed out that confidence
has not yet been fully restored"
The government" the proc
lamation stated, ''iS trying to
raise Iong-term credits and
stem the outflow of foreign
exchange, but despite Such ef-
forts the Danat Bank has an
nounced it's insolvency."
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
ESCAPE DOOM
. BY MIRACLE
ATSTART
Heavy Plane Has Difficulty
Leaving Ground; Weather
May Make Men Wait Days

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y,
July 13 O.NSO.-Capts. George
Endres and Alexander Magyar,
the Hungarian fliers, hoped off
from here at 9:53 a. M, Wash
ington time, today, bound for
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
on the first leg of a proposed
flight to Budapest.
Unfavorable weather conditions
had been holding back the fliers
for several weeks. Captains
Endres and Magyar hope to re-
fuel at Harbor Grace and then
head across the Atlantic for
Europe.
Death HOverS Near
The hOpOff, although success
Sul, came close to ending in an
accident.
After the plane had sped down
Che runway and had arisen about
4 foot into the air, it came down
again, and fliers at the airport
feared for a moment that it
might crack up. It remained up
right, however, and gained speed.
Then it swept into the air and
headed north ward.
The plane, christened Justice
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
French Bank to Open
Mexico Credit Link

MEXICO CITY, July 13
ON.SD Negotiations are under
way. by the Fuchard Banking
House OF Paris for establishment
of a credit branch in Mexico, it
was stated by the newspaper El
Universal today.
Ell Universal says Fuchard plans
establishment Of a 100000, 900
credit for agricultural develop
ment,
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Killed Grandmother
On Request, He SAYS

BRYAN Ohio, July 13 G.N.SD.
Whether Theodore Taylor, 27,
killed his grandmother because
"She wanted to die" or to make
room in the home for a girl ne
wished to marry was being prObed
by police today.
In a signed confession, Taylor
said he gave his 85-year-old grand
mother, Mrs. Abbie Douglas, poi
son because I heard her say she
wanted to die and wanted some
one to give her something that
would make her pass away"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Watch Those
Late Editions

Washington is playing Philadelphia crucial double
header in the Quaker City today.
The Times staff baseball expert Garrett Waters is
with the team to flash back Washington through The
Times, the progress of these games.
1t is generally accepted that Washington will fare in
the pennant it fares in the days Immediately
ahead. We are at the brink-eher of fame oblivion
insofar as the 1881 pennant is concerned.
Buy todays editions of The Times for the last seconds
development in baseball and be to get the Night
Final edition for complete racing and baseball results.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Walter Reed DiScIaimS
Outside Medical Aid

Bringing soldier, believed
slowly choking to death from
swallowing two false teeth. big
Army ambulance plane was due
at Boiling Field from Fort Bliss,
Texas, at 2::3O p. m. today. The
suffering man will be rushed to
Walter Reed Hospital for emer-
gency treatment.
Private Olaf Nelson, 80, is the
victim of the peculiar accident.
The plane is piloted by Lieut.. E.
S. Irwin, who with Maj. Daniel
Franklin, army surgeon, started
east with Nelson when an Ell Paso
surgeon and army doctors had
been unable to dislodge the bridge
work from the mans throat.
Takeaway Delayed
Major Franklin expressed fear
that the private would die unless
he received the aid of DIR. Cheva-
lier Jackson, of Philadelphia,
famous throat specialist, but Off
GERS at Walter Reed Hospital said
today they knew Of no arrange
mentS to summon DIR. Jackson to
Washington and the choking man
would receive prompt treatment
by the hospital staff upon arrival.
At the hospital this afternoon
it was said:
"Our advices are that the
plane bearing Private Nelson
will reach Boiling Field at $3.50
O'Clock today. The man then
will be taken at once to an
ambulance and brought out
here for treatment. We do
not plan to summon outside
physicians. One or more Of
our doctors will perform the
delicate operation"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
DICTATORSHIP
NEAR; FRENCH
TROOPS At
FRONTIER
DR.. Luther at BasIe, Confers
With Bankers, in Desperate
Final Effort to Get Loan

PARIS. July 13 1.N.SJ.
French troops along the Ger
man frontier have. been ordered
to take necessary precautions
in the case Of eventual dis
orders, it was stated today by
the French newspaper La
Liberte, extreme Nationalist
organ.
BERLIN, July 13 G.N.S).-F-
nancial panic, which started in
Berlin with the failure of the
Darmstaedter und National
Bank, spread today like wildfire
throughout the country, resulting
in runs on banks in all parts Of
the Republic. All stock exchanges
are closed for two days.
Police were called upon to
guard the savings banks in Ber-
lin and other cities to prevent
disorders among the long queues
or depositors who sought to with
draw their funds.
Payments Are Limited
The Withdrawals were so per.
SiStent that all banks were COM
PEELED to limit payments of cash
to 10 per cent Of the deposits.
Newspapers of the Capital
characterize this as "Germany'S
black day"
Meanwhile, many rumblingS Of
political discomfort with the &C
tion of the government Of
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening
were to be heard wherever ex-
cited groups congregated to dis.
cuSS events.
The government is being Sc
verely censured for its failure to
tell the truth of the German
financiaI-ecOnOmic. situation in
time to avert the present crash.
Many bitter comments were
heard from these spontaneous
political gatherings and there is
some talk of the Bruening gov
ernment being forced out Of
power.
New Cabinet Asked
The newspaper Deutsche Allge-
maine Zeitung, mouthpiece Of
the German heavy industries, to-
day demands the formation Of
"a concentration cabinet" which
would include representatives Of
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Duke Estate GiUen
$8,5O4,849 bH Court

The estate of the late James
B. Duke, of New York, was re-
lieyed today from a tax deficiency
of $8,504,849 in a decision issued
by the United States Board of
Tax Appeals. The Internal
Revenue Commissioner had origi-
nally affixed deficiency of es-
tate taxes amuonting to $9,040,-
$40, but the board held the
Government was entitled to col
lect only $500,OO0 in extra taxes.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
StrGngles Girl, rs,
Then Kills Himself

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July
13.-After he is alleged by the
police to have beaten and stran-
gIed to death Miss Jean Powers,
25, of Swarthmore, Pa, John F.
Doyle. As, a poolroom owner,
Clifton Heights, Pa, shot himself
in the heart outside the room
which he and the woman, accord
ing to the police, had occupied at
the Hotel Embassy.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
so Couples to Gain
Reno Freedom TOddu

RENO, New, July 13 GN.SO.
Approximately 80 marital wash
ings were scheduled to go through
the Reno laundry today.
Divorce proceedings in the
cases Of Charles H. Sabin, jr.,
and@ Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.,
were still "up in the air." the
principals in both cases having
been unable to reach property
agreements.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Youth Gets $50 Days
For LOUn1an Theft

Pleading guilty to the theft Of
a wrist watch belonging to Mrs.
Seymour Lowman, wife of the
Assistant, Secretary of the Treas
ury, Eddie Tanner, colored, %,
today was sentenced to l80 days
in jail by Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly in Police Court.
Tanner took the watch from
Mrs. Lowman's automobile. which
was parked in a garage where he
was employed. Secretary LoWman
identified the watch.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Gets Big
German Reception

REMER HAVEN, Germany,
July IS U.N.SO Max Scheme
ling, fresh from his recent vic
tory over Young Stribling at
Cleveland, Ohio, returned to Ger
many today aboard the liner Eu-
ropa to receive a tremendous re-
ception at the hands of his fel-
low countrymen. Among those On
the pier to greet the champion
was Makes mother.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Nine NGbbed in Raid
On Detroit Resort

DETROIT, July 13 G.N.SO.-
Nine men, arrested by State po-
lice in a gambling raid On the
fashionable Blossom Heath road
house. will be arraigned today.
One hundred and fifty guests, the
women attired in evening gowns
and the men in >tuxedoS, were per-
mitted to leave without question
ing.