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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
The Speed Habit

The most unfortunate thing about the In- creased speed at which most automobiles are run in these times in Connecticut is not the speeds tbar are developed out in the open country. Many drivers operating at 50 and 50 miles an hour on some open road. are m less danger of making trouble for themselves and others than they are when they run through cities and towns al much slower rates.
 The trouble is that the speeds in cities and towns that once seemed too fast to such drlv- CTS. do not seem SO any longer. A driver who formerly ran his car at 25 miles an hour, would probably cut 1t down to l , in passing through towns. But if he acquires the habit of running bis car at 50 miles in the open country, T. miles an hour in d town seems to him like snaiIs pace. He is much more likely to run at 25 or 90 through thickly populated place. and at that rate hundred chances of accident may present themselves in days run.
 The great ma jority of accidents occur in cities and towns. There are so many unex- peeted things that happen there. Children run out from behind parked cars and other concealed places. cars emerge from driveways, they come tearing out from some concealed intersection. The habit of planting bushes and hedges at the corners of lots eonceals the view at many street intersections. At many intersections. the buildings are SO close to the street line on one or both sides. that it is impossible to see car on the cross street until one is close to the crossing.
 With all these chances threatening the mo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke advised a group of New Eng land Sea Scouts the other day to stick to canvas. Don't be motorboat chauffeur, he said. Anybody can run a motorboat who has money enough to buy gasoline. but to operate sailing craft requires head work and a knowledge of all the winds that blow. :" Perhaps Mir Jahneke is hoping that in a few years these Sea Scouts will be able to man the frigate, Old Ironsdes. and permit the reconditioned vessel to navigate under her own sails rather than be ignomin- iously lowed along the coast on exhibition tours. It was Mir Jahneke who doubted if there were any sailors left who could man and sail the Constitution recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
(NEA Service Wrltcr)


 Washington. MT Robert II. Lucas has got to write himself d new letter and a new pamphlet. 1t was on June goth that MT Lucas who, as executive director of | the republican national committee, l had just no snap jobs as keeping the party politicians popped up and defeating Senator Norris of ltebras- ka for reelection, wrote to select | list of republican speakers and urged them to combat efforts of the democrats, assisted by information aJists and communists, to dis credit the Hoover administration. Citing as constructive admins tration achievements the settling of ] remaining controversial war debt questions and especially the French l German and Austrian debt settle ments, the Lucas pamphlet says:
 "These agreements closed the last of the remaining debt prob lems."
 Just a Coincidence It was on the same June goth. the day the Lucas letter was dated that President Hoover told the world that all debt and reparation payments should be called off for q whole year. thereby opening up the whole problem again and rais- ing very seriously the question whether the world could ever struggle again under it's present great burden of international debts.
 Whether MT Lucas didn't know what was hapDenening and hadn't known for several days what was about to happen or whether he just G..s N. ,N,.s 33-page booklet on the adminiHra- tion's achievements go for naught is beside the point.
 It Is true that among the "nO- table accomplishments by the gov ernment, through the president and his republican administration" he lists
 "Final settlement of foreign debts"
 But all politicians make mis- takes. The grief ahead of MT Lu- cas is that he has got to get out another booklet and another letter. He cant let the republican speak CTS go on using one that doesn't mention the great signal effort of the administration-th debt aus. s. pension proposal.
 The fact that the democrats will be shooting into the Lucas claims as soon as they get hold of the booklet doesn't make any differ eDce, either. They would. anyway.
 Singing New Tune
 What one hates to realize is that the entire brand of ammunition must be changed. MT Lucas wrote to the party workers on the theory that the Hoover administration must be defended asserting that "the president has been subjected to the most vicious and subtle at tack of abuse and misrepresenta- ton ever devised by the leaders of any political organization"
 But as MT Lucas wrote glorious reality was developing with which his party might take the offensive. Even democrats and international ists and communists probably will have to admit that MT Hoover averted Il bad international crash. The republicans will not only ad- init it but boast it for all they're worth until election eve, 1882. and only one who hasn't the faintest realization of what n politician Is can now believe otherwise.
 But 1t was lovely pamphlet while 1t lasted--even if it didn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
TO.DAY'S SELECTED POEM
CAPE COD

(By A. Jacqucline Shaw in the Christian
 Science MonitOr) l went to PrOvincetOWn in the spring: And az 1 went the meadows were wild with
 lupins. Buttercups, dog daisies and purple iris; And turtles crossed the road slowly; But at the end of the Cape, Only stuntcd fir trees: only wild broom among the hot yellow sands; And gray-green grasses and bright yellow
 genista: As if painted on velvet. What were you like in the winter When the Pilgrims landed. Q barren shore Of sand dunes Reaching far inland? Was 1t a day of full sun, And did they look back on a sea Full also of sunbeams; flashing blue lights: With guls circling above it? Or was the day sullen and dark With waves dashng high against tho beach? The meadows were far from them They could not see the pleasant pastures; Nor the corn on the stalk: All they could see was the sand: And stuHted pines, and gray grasses Lying fiat against the dunes. So they took on water And crept northward to Plymouth.
 Sterling photo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
TODAY IS THEA@ ANNIVERSARY s AgeZA:'
SHIPPING LOSS STATEMENT

On July IS, 1917. a dispatch from press correspondent in Lon. don announced that the loss oi ships by submarines totaled 1,600,- 900 tons month, or from two to three times the total of new con struction."
 Though the submarine situation. as evidenced by the above an nouncement, was growing more and more serious. Admiral LacaZe. French minister of marine, felt more enthusiastically about 1t. He said:
 "It Is true we are suffering con- siderable losses. but every month increases our certainty of being able to repair them. Furthermore. we are in q position to stand these losses, as a large part in q new con struction will be taken by the Unit ed States.
 "The shipbuilding already under way, the effect of which will natur- ally only be felt after q certain time Is great enough to replace the high est average of destruction the sub marines are likely to reach. "The curve representing the ton mage sunk does not mount steadily. but rises and falls. We know. too. that the Germans find great difi- culty in obtaining trained crews for submarines"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

According to George E. Ritche, mayor of Halifax, N. S.. the liquor control system adopted by this Canadian province. is work ing out very we'll and in the two years It has already operated has reduced bootleg ging activities to minimum. Speakeascs are thing of the past the mayor declares MT Rtchie should get together with hls namesake in this country, Governor Albert Caball Richie of Maryland. Between the two Ritehies they might be able to erect platform on which the Maryland executive could run for the presidency in l932. But here is an item to be noted by all governors and even federal officials The government revenue from controlled liquor sales resulted in Sl250,O00 d year. Part of this main taned the province police force and also built good proportion of the highways that now thread Nova Scotia and lure Amer ican tourists to the Canadian woods. Beer and wines can be secured without permit. but license. costing 5 is required for all other liquors, We are inclined to believe that the cure all for many evils and many tax difficulties of this nation lies in d simi- lar system of government controlled liquor sales
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
At 7he National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

last overnight. 1t detailed nine major achievements in the field of foreign relations, IS important items of Legislation. seven in- stances of "vitally important" ex- ecutive action, freedom from strikes and relief of unemployment, new highways and public buildings, trough relief. waterways develop ment, flood control work. farm board activities. means by which wheat farmers and cotton planters have been saved from ruin and panic, vast benefits of the tariff, stimulation of merchant marine and aviation, expansion of veteran relief. progress toward railroad consolidation. HoOver's activities in interests of children. the work of the various Hoover commissions, congre ssional reapportionment, prison reforms and great deal about world peace.
 You feel like taking your hat off to Mr Lucas for thinking of so many things for the party to coast about and hope that some of the material can still be used in the next pamphlet even If 1t doesn't sound like much alongside MT Hoover's current effort to retrieve the world from its economic trou- bIes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
 NEW YORK
uibh Gilbert Swan

New Yorw.-Notes from q con
 venient cuff
 After his performance in "'Til- lies Punctured Romance" many years ago. Charlie Chaplin held out for a salary of $200 a week
 and was offered about half that
 much.
 And Clara KimbnlI Young is
 said to have flounced out of Las ky's office once upon time when
 he wouldn't bid higher than $15
 a week.
 And when Francis K Bushman first came to Manhattan trying to attract the attention of the big
 town, his press agent told him to
 drop coins along the street as he
 sauntered, and he did The big bugs once told Douglas Fair
 banks that he didn't have movie | stuff in him. And for a time he believed it.
 They say that Al .;oIson has
 quit the ponies at last, although a Metropolitan daily ran story l recently that he would enter a | nag in the lower California clas- sic. Meanwhile, the Broadway ites will tell you. he is supposed
 to have dropped close to million | and to have been twO-timed on q recent tip.
 Coney Island introduces this year the "stand-up' girl show. | Which means that the crowd gets
 no seats. but stands up to watch n burlesque or Oriental "quickie' at five and ten cents q show. This
 is the first time that the old
 side-show system has been applied 1 to the song and dance type of car
 nival attraction. And the rumor
 is that they'll try 1t soon on Broad
 way, things being what they are.
 Someone reminded me the other l day that Lottie Faust had once , set this town on it's ear by ap- bearing in public wearing lace
 stockings My word! And one of | the gay innovations of the old carriage days was the adoption of 1 baby pigs as pets. A couple of the dear old Astorbilt regime were
 seen driving around town with tiny piggies In their laps. And did the town tongues wag? And there was that occasion In the mauve decade when three or four of the Newport set. with plenty of champagne imbibed. | plunged into the ocean while
 wearing evening dresses. The
 rascals.
 But the business of being ec- centric has been sadly hit for 9 number of years. The men about town have gone in for few of the | old time didoes that once attract
 ed the limelight.
 During the winter months 'Pepy
 DeAlbrew broke the new monotons
 by appearing at one of the back gammon spots with a tame white
 mouse fastened to his coat lapel,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
TROLLEYLEss CITIES.
( Meriden Journal)

N"tIiuSI ooaib b''I
 Neighboring cities are a bit en- vi0us of Meriden's prospect of soon eliminating trolleys from the city streets and the substitution of busses.
 New Britain looks forward to the time when the rattlers will be dis carded in that city and rejoices that busses will be running on tn" important Meriden-New Britain line by way of Southington and Plainville. The cities already arc connected by busses that run through Berlin.
 The Herald remarks that "Meri- den will be the first larger com munity in the state to be thus favored" Mebbe so. but wa would consider Danbury quite siZeable place and that has becn without trolleys for years. And last year threats of street improve ments caused the Connecticut com- pany to discard trolleys in Mid dletown.
 It is apparent that the trolley company is right glad to give up trolleys and worries only about the wherewithal to make large invest ments in more busses. It is really compelled to take action when city prepares for extensive paving for the cost of relaying tracks would probably buy several motor vehicles.
 Thereafter the transportation company will save big money in escaping the cost of maintaining road beds, power stations and equipment.
 The transition in transportation methods is most interesting to older residents. some of whom can rec.ll the changes fro mstags coach to horse cars, and then to different types of electric cars. leading to the present conveyancer. which are now to be discarded as obsolete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
Quotations

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wis dom is in the governmcnt.-Presi- dent Hoover.
 Colleges in this country teach everything but style. -- Frs n k Crowninshield
 American businessmen an q leaders are emotional and would rather be depressed than find h way out of the depression.--Sir Charles Higham.
 Everywhere agricultural coun- tries are being forced into bank ruptcy because they are asked to pay in gold that they have not got instead of the goods they have Arthur Henderson. British foreign secretary
 Young people to-day seem to have smattering of many things, but they never seem to be thor oughly grounded In any one sub. ject.--Dr Erna Patzeit, University of Vienna, Austria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

And the sweet-young- ng-things are still gasph1g.
 And when last l wrote about old-time things in Manhattan. chanced to have crossed the trail of Dr Marcus Weintrob, now a well known dentist of Atlantic City.
 ''lt seems only yesterday" writes Dr Weintrob, "that l went out on Sundays with two of my bud dics--it was 1888 - and we spent our outing grabbing rides on the back of old Stanton street horse cars. Those rides were real thrills to a ninc-year old"
 He'd like to know if one of tho lads of his youthful days. Gus Pachesney by name, is still about in this world.
 "It's one. shot in a million that he may notice an item if you write It."
 Well, I'm a long shot player. doc" when 1t comes to senti- mental quests! 1 like 'em myself. -GILBERT SWAN. (Copyrigbt 1881 NEh Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

We have heard of chickens coming home to roost, but never turtles However. Ed- ward Brdsal of Yorktown Heights. N. Y.. recently found box turtle on which were the initials E. B., 1892. He claims he carved them on the turtle. His son found turtle last month that he had initiated twelve years before. Evidently turtles must take their place among the homng things, chickens. pigeons, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

torist at every block in ,hekly settled cities and towns. his idea of how to operate cars in such centers needs to be modified in the ma jority of cases. Unless conditions are very open in city or town street. so that walks and driveways and lawns can be seen a good distance ahead IS to 20 miles an hour is fast enough. and faster rates take chances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
The Wedding Wieners

The wedding guests ate 98 pounds of wieners 800 pounds of biscuits. 100 pounds of peanuts and 750 pounds of dill pickles and drank barrel of beer. It sounds like liberal wedding feast, No doubt it was enjoyed, at the time, by all.
 The bride paid for it, and it cost her $500 of good saved money. Now she IS suing for divorce and wants her money back, The husband says it was as much her we'd ding as his. and her friends and relatives ate most of the food and drank all of the beer
 Besides which. he hasn't got $500, The Chicago judge is wishing he were solomon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personai health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by pr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat scno'ng stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
OHMIGOSH

All the world Is young my dear, This stOry's often told, So dance with youth, forget the years, It stops one growing old.
 o-O--o Then there was the superstitious gent who was afraid to eat deviled ham for fear he'd sprout horns.
 O-O--O
 suppose they'll be able 10 spot the winner of the freckle championship.
 o-O--o Some savings institutions are like snow banks, they disappear when things begin to get hot.
 O-O--O
 If the world is becoming less religious, how about open ing pray grounds and boosting things a bit.
 O-O---o The average person gets q coat of tan In summer and coat of wool in winter.
 O--O-o
 The man who must count sheep before going to sleep , might help the idea along by eating lamb for supper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

High tide at Milford, Sunday. July l2 2:52 p. m. Daylight t'me); low t'de' 9:Z1 D. m. (daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

A young fellow who's been reading the Rock of Revelation is worried because there doesn't seem to be any parking space in the Celestial City and there's no mention of suburbs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 852 o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

When Nellie went In bathing, Sie gathered quite crowd. She wore one of those bathing That sort of speak out loud.
 O--O--O The man who sits on top of the world would understand humanity a bit better if his feet happens to touch the bottom once in a while.
 O--O--o Every time a movie actress loses a star part she has a nervous breakdown. Poor things.
 o-O---O
 The man who used 10 drop around occasionally has all the neighbors scared since he took up aviation.
 O--O--O Money makes the world go way.
 O-O--O
 Some men have wits like table knives, constantly in need of sharpening.
 O-O--O There's but little difference be- tween lipstick and slaDstick. both amuse the crowd.
 O--O--O BETWEEN THE LOT OF US Whispcrings Tn the night. That ride both hard and free. But give me whispcrings in the
 day.
 When there is light to see.
 O--O-O
 TEE, HEB An owl looked down on a rumble
 seat,
 With two lovers In fond ein-
 brace, Hoo, hoo" said the owl as it
 shook It's wings, "I'm in a much safer place."
 O-O--O
 Then there was the woman who bought can of Eight O'clock coffee and found 1t quite a job getting up at that hour and serving it.
 o-O-O Hot heir" said the cynic as the millionaire told about his wealth.
 o-O--O A bowling alley would be an ideal place for a wood becker.
 o-O--o Henry Ford is reported using to make paint. We've had some that tasted pretty much like varnish.
 The next war will be fought in the air. So will the next election.
 Who can remember the good old days. when you'd start getting nervous about 5 o'clock in the af- ternoon of the big fight, for fear the electrical company wouldn't have your radio storage battery back in time?
 O--O--O
 Things you never knew: Fly swatters have no market at the north pole. Lucky that midget radios ap- peared or apartments would have been terribly overcrowded.
 O-O--o
 oh girls. consider your Adams apple if you'd be a peach.
 Barber shops do not display the picture of the genius who invent ed the safety razor.
 o-O--O
 The depression has helped prohibition. showing that drinking like q lot of other things is merely question of prosperity.
 Then there was the chap who married a printers daughter be- cause he happened to be her type.
 o--O--o
 IT WAS EVER THUS A little sun, 6 little rain. Worries, then Q ray of hope, Such is life to most of us, As our daily way we gropc.
 o-O--O Now they are wrapping mems shirts in cellophane. Pretty soon the gals will wear cellophane wells.
 o--O---o This concludes our series of broadcasts for the week. They came to you over DBD and were fur nished through the courtesy of the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pio- neer in this type of newspap per work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again Monday evening at the usual hour.
 o-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

It may be, as somebody says that millionaire father can be terrible nu'- sanee." Still lot of sons think they can bear 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 O-O-o When the tide is out the fair bathers are generally in.
 O-O--O Jersep skeeters are said to be invading Connecticut. How about invoking the states rights law.
 O-O-O Well, the vets cant blame Ger many's financial collapse on prohi- bition, so they'll have to try some- thing else this time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

Whispcrings Tn the night, That ride both hard and free. But give mo whispcrings in the day, When there Is light to see.
 O--O-O
 TEE, HEB
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
so THEY SAY

When Nellie went In bathing, She gathered quite n crowd. She wore one of those bathing
 suits
 That sort of sDcak ont lOud
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
ARRIVES
ON BATTLESHIP

ABOARD u. S. >. ARKANSAS
OFF YORKTOWN. Va, OCT. 10
OP-Through a mighty armada OF
modern and ancient warcraft, the
battleship Arkansas brought Pres
ident Hoover to the yorktown
sesqui- centennial celebration to-
day while guns from the more
than 20 warships roared their 81
gun salutes 10 the commander-ln-
chief OF the army and navy.
The cannonading began shortly
after 8 o'clock as the Arkansas
steamed slowly up the York river
between sleek. gray vessels OF
scouting force, flying the French
tri-color and American Tags ana
with full crews at attention along
the rails.
A blimp and several airplanes
flew overhead. Two French cruis-
ers come to recall the partlcipa-
tion OF Admiral DegraSse and his
French fleet at the yorktown
battle $50 years ago, were anchor
cd close by. The frigate Constitu-
ton glistened in the warm OCTOBER
sur in her new coat Of black.
The Arkansas dropped anchor
off yorktown at $50 o'clock as
hundreds gazed from Shore anu
small craft on the river.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-19
EDISON BELIEVED
SOUL MIGHT LIVE

WEST ORANGE. NJ. u. oct To-
Rl-Thomas A. Edison went 10 his
death with an open mind on the
question OF whether the soul rs i'm
mortal.
Perplexcd that nc could not
fathom the depths of possible life
after death. he nevertheless reach
ed the conclusion that the soul
might live on.
For many years he had been an
ayowed dISbeliever In Immortality.
but I'm his closing years he came TO
regard the subject from an open
viewpoint.
DR.. Hubert .. Howe. his personal
physician, recalls a conversation
with the inventor IN which the
latter expressed his ideas.
DR.. Howe quotes him as saying.
We'll, II there is a hereafter. ID
doesn't matter. and II there isn't
"a hereafter. IL doesn't matter eth
or. I've lived my life and done my
best"
Oft-repeated questions about Mr..
EdiSon's religion caused the family
to issue a statement on the subject
after his death. Denying he was
an atheist. the statement said he
carried a reverence for a supreme
intelligence. even though he sub
scribed TO no orthodox creed.