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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-10
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Legal National Anthem

At last the U. S. A. has national anthem. One of the closing acts of the recent congress provided for it, and the president promptly approved it. The song SO elevated to honor is none other than the familiar Star Spangled Banner" the anthem for which Americans have barred their heads and risen to their feet for many years.
 There will be individuals some musi- clans have done so already - 10 say the ae- ton was unnecessary and premature. There have always been critics to say tbat The Star-Spangled Banner is unsingabe. Some of these wanted new song written to order but great national anthems aren't made that way. Others had favortes already in the song books which they felt should take precedence over the one now chosen.
 It is likely that the action of congress at least reflected popular sentiment accurately Whether or not they can sing it or know the words of even the first verse. most Americans have sentimental feeling for The Star Star Spangled Banner" It sounds great when played by good band or when sung by directed chorus. If there's ever better an them written and accepted by popular enthu- sasm. it will probably be easy for congress 10 make it legally the national song Mean. while, hats off as usual for The Star Spangled Banner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
The Trust Fund Age

More and more. the wealth of this country seems to be flowing into trust funds.
 Far be it from any good citizen to denounee such institutions The trust fund is a very useful device invaluable for many purposes, among them being the care of widows and orphans. the handling of philanthropie be- quests and many other kindly and foresighted services Yet the multiplication of funds and and foundations suggests time when posi- biy half our wealth will be tied up in such forms. Huge aggregations of capital will be safe" and conservative but no longer flexible and free.
 And is this not good thing' Within limits. Some fnaneiers fear to see it over done in the next generation. if not in this. How will it be when hundred billions of capital cannot be invested except by the de- cision of cautious boards of directors? Busi- ness is carried forward largely by innovations, through the use of free and adventurous cap- ital. When much capital freezes in this form. business in general may freeze. checking pro- gress. But that is nothing to worry about just now. when many new industrial projects are afoot and millions of Americans are ready again to adventure what they have left from their last foray in the field of free investment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Billions For Building

Public works in many countries to the amount of Sll.ooo. 100000 will begin this year. half of them in the United States. We shall start spending $3,500,000.000 of pub lie money for federal. state and local construc- ton and S2,000.000.000 for highways This is one of the most hopeful phases of the economic situation. Nothing else SO fer tiizes general industry and business as new construction work.
 These vast undertakings" says Hector Lazo of the Department of Commerce. will have the double advantage that they will not only relieve the present unemployment sit- uation. but will also result in economic bene- fit through the addition of long list of per- manent assets of wealth building character" :" This is particularly true of the highways. Transportation is fundamental to prosperity. Usually it soon pays for itself many times over. At this time, however. much depends on whether the expenditure starts promptly and the construction is well planned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
A Wickersham Report

George W. Wickersham. head of the in- ycstigating commission which bears his name. seems to be quite angry with critics of his re- port. He can't understand why anti-prohi- bitionists should find fault with his suggestions and those of his eonfreres. He doesn't say that prohibitionists should be the one to com plain but that is the only conclusion that we can draw. Listen to this remark delivered in the course of an address to the Boston Cham Der of Commerce this week: Apparently large body of -prohibitionists expected the commission to find way for them to se- cure liquor with ease and were cnraged when we failed to do SO. :"
 We wonder if Mir Wiekersham ever real ized that perhaps this rage. eharaeterizing our nti-prohibitionists who read the Wicker sham report was caused by quite evident intent upon the part of the gover9ment. as represented by President Hoover. to ignore all parts of the report save those which did not go against their grain. Twenty-four hours hadn't elapsed following delivery of the report when the president had worded message to accompany 1t to congress. Did this message suggest that congress pay any attention to suggested plans for modifying the 9th amend mentl It did not. It was drier than the in- dividual remarks of the driest member of the board.
 How many laymen were able to read senti- ment one way or the other when the Wicker. sham commission spoke in two different keys! Whatever comfort either side 10 the prohi- bition question derived from the report was dissipated in the knowledge that the really constructive part of 1t was submerged Mir Wiekersham seems to think that the fact that the commission did not favor as body the unconditional repeal of the 8th amendment is matter fit for praise. It's an opinion to which any man or body of men is entitled. But we cannot reconcile certain reeommenda- tions that the commission made with its stand against repeal. We don't see how they could possibly be put into effect without repesling the amendment
 To put 1t bluntly most critics of tbe Wickersham report (we refer to that of the entire membership, not their diverse opinions) can't understand why they should throw their whole. hearted support 10 an experiment which they believe the last decade has proved a failure. while hope is held out for other con. alterations such as the Anderson plan of liquor control Most of us aren't going on record as fsvorng any specific plan of liquor manufacture and sale for the United State, and for tbat we are heartily criticized by drys : s'n s,aintsn that since no good suh"itwS !. put forward for prohibs.1 it ought 10 continue i5 force. There seems 10 b. little coubt in the writers mind but what the next five years will find more and more states ot tbe Union elsmofing for tbe righi 10 deeid. their own prohibition problems. I hs, is as t should De.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

pered to the guide.
 That's for tho women." As I was musing. q shadow fell over the little doorway--there was an unfamiliar, patterlng sound and through the ladies entrance" came ambling goat. followed by two curious hens. We laughed. Our laughter caused one or two of the smokers to lift their heads. They motioned to our guide and mumbled in Arabic.
 '"They want to know if you want to smoke" interpreted the guide. We Joined the circle, squatted beside the guides and prctended to take a puff or two. One of the three men in the party, who spoke a broken French Arabic lingo. found that he could make himself understood. He began to rattle off his 1argon. Soon several of our hosts were skipping their knees and laughing while my friend went on and on Everyone seemed to be having grand time.
 What the dickens are you telling them that gets the big 1augh?" asked.
 You won't believe It." said my companion but I've been telling them American smoking-car stories.
 apd they're eating them up." We stayed until well toward morning. laughing and chatting and far he 1t from me to jar dram atic illusions--having a swell time with the "dangerous hasheesh smokers. telling them risquc yarns from home.
 GILBERT SWAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
SATURDAY, MARCH IA, 1881
No More Mudhole Roads

The compromise agreement of S3.00O,0OO annually for the so-called dirt roads of the state seems likely to be passed by the leglsla- ture. Governor Cross. Highway Commis' sioner Macdonald. and rural leaders in the fight for bringing the farmer out of the mud are as one on the above figure. so it is inti- mated That looks like quite sum for use in drying up our mudhole roads and insuring safe traffic upon them at all seasons of the year and especially when the frost is raising havoc with them or heavy rains are convert ing them into miniature mud puddles. How ever, to the writer it looks as if there was joker in the deck.
 That annual amount of S3.000,000 is to be divided between l69 towns, which is all there are in Connecticut. To each town sum will be apportioned and we don't see how it can be anything more or less than the next town gets If the money Is evenly divided. there will be less than $18.00o annually for each town. That isn't large amount of money when it comes to building new roads. In fact. it will be a good many years at such q rate before the farmers will be out of the mud. However. we shouldn't begrudge even this beginning Perhaps there will be few towns that will fail to apply for their appro- priation.
 There is no need for us to go into any de- tails about the dirt roads bill. We have dis cnssed it 50 many times and argued the neees- sity of having our backwoods roads keep pace with improved ones that we would be hoarse if actually voieing our pleas. We can recall the early days when Dr Higgins. our present secretary of state. was almost the sole pro- ponent of the plan. Evidently his years as a medical practitioner convinced him that there was nothing worse than dirt road in the early spring or late winter. His erusading has not been in vain. We are fast coming to the day when rural dweIlers will contribute as large share of the gasoline tax as do city people. That they don't today is proof in- deed that they should be given roads over which they can drive at all seasons of the year. The proposed program is not revolu- tionsry It is ordinary procedure. too long delayed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

Governor Clifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania is certainly a conservative. It happened that he recently noticed some. workmen engaged in chopping down tree in front of the State Library building in Harrisburg. Upon inves- tigation he found that it was being cut down because several limbs were in danger of falling. Thereupon he instituted rule that no tree on Capitol grounds could be cut down without his specific permission. He's got the right idea Too many trees are sacrificed to- Jay for mere whims. Trees are an heritage and should be treated as such. They don't reach maturity overnight. Let's give them ali the protection we can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

According to press dispatches options have been taken on land in three towns for the proposed prison farm. The land is in Thompsonville. Ellington, and Cromwell. Some one of the sites is expected to be chosen before long. Somehow or other it seems as if it would be better for the authorities to choose a site not too far distant from the Wethersfield institution. If prisoners are transported back and forth between farm and prison daily the shorter the distance the bet- ter off for both prisoners and guards. Thomp- sonville is right near the Massachusetts border while Ellington is near Rockville. Cromwell lies on the west side of the Connecticut river just north of Middletown. It is nearer the prison than either of the other two. Farm work should be quite change for prisoners accustomed to laborng in shirt factory. However. the change must be accomplished in every state as convict labor is abolished in 1934.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
HEAVY SENTENCES
tIIartford Tlncs)

The three boy burglars and "hold- up men" who robbed the Berlin Savings bank of $13.000 have been L,van sentences of twenty-six years each in states prison by Judge Frank P. McEvoy. In view of the youthfulness of the offenders and the fact that thls was their first seloniops offense 1t may seem to many that the penalty Is unduly sc- time. Ten years Is q grim decade. ,rwenty-six years 10 moro than many q hardened criminal has served ID tho aggregate in several incarccra- tons, during lifetime carecr of
 We are of the impression that the judge left something for the con- alteration of future pardoning boards if circumstanceS should so advise and appreciated with States Attorney Aicorn that tho outrageous character of the Berlin break war ranted the prosecutors epitfet, "po- tentini murderers," while general crime conditions justify exemplary
 Those ..youthsy with their sawed- off silotguns, in spite of the bizarre nature Of their stupidly wicked anna teur enterprise. should not have been treated with Ienience. The influence of thriller movies. and detective story magazines upon weak-minded youngstere will not bo co appealing to them Thereafter in this part Of Connecticut as might have continued to be inc case had the court been less mindful of It's responsibility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Unemployed Dollars

It was announced the other day that brok CTS loans 10 members of the New York Stock Exchange had shrunk $6.82o. 100000 since the imitation peak of September. 1929. This means substantially S7.000 900. 900 of money or credit. formerly tied up in stock speeula- ton. which is presumably available now for other investment purposes.
 Some other fields of investment are eased little accordingly. especially real esate and industry, though uncertainty about values makes bankers hesitate to give borrowers in those fields full advantage of the easy.money market.
 Much has been said about unemployed men, Isn't the fundamental evil unemployed dol lars? This question is not asked because of undue sympathy with the owners of the dol lars, whose earnings are reduced. It is a matter of strategy. If the dollars could be employed remuneratively. through them workers would be employed likewise. Idle dollars mean idle men. Busy dollars mean busy men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

ies were doing 10 the Independents
 Sometimes you can do by pub llcfty what you can't do by legisla- tion," Thomas says. "But that in- vestigation we were after Is essen- tial. We can't ieglslate on any phase Of the oil business unless we know the facts. If Congress doesn't know the facts along and put 1t in maze.
 We want to know to what ex- tent the oil interests control other ndustrties--railroads banks, public utilities and steamship lines. No- body knows. But we do know, for instance. that the Standard oil group and their subsidiaries form q seven billion dollar interest and that tie Chase National Bank. the biggest in the world, is admittedly controlled by Standard oil, which led the fight against our measures in the last Congress"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

Every husbands a wonder. To his wife, hut comes BIs doom, When he mounts the old step ladder, And starts papering the room.
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 o--O--o Tn Scotland they give tips on horse races.
 o--O--o Therc'sa q man in New York named ]. E. Pants. He's tailor.
 o--O---o Some people are so sus- picious that when you wish them happy returns on their birthday they demand recount.
 o-O--o SHE--"T'hats q sweet walking stick you have there" HE--"Yss. it's n sugar cane."
 o-O--o Billboard signs you see no more. Never slips for your horses this winter" iron out.
 Another way to enforce pro- hlbltion would be to put q tax of two cents on every gallon sold.
 o---O---o Doctors will tell you that q good liver generally has one.
 o---O---o Tho man who invented tho safety pin hit upon the idea when 1t stuck in his finger.
 o---O--o Experience may be q great teach CT but 1t never gets to be principal of school.
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 n EaSN WM DEAfyT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

We need another Roosevelt in tbe White House" said Senator George W. Norris among other remarks of bis 10 the pfogres. sives assembled at Washington this week. This accompanied bis demand that the nation elect a progressive president in l932. The senator regards President Hoover as power trust
 man and hence ineligible for another term. But what democrats can be concerned with is the possible slogan that the fiery Sebraskan has uneonsciously coined for them. Upon further questioning Senator Norris remarked tbat hc did not necessarily mean Franklin D. Roosevelt. although be admitted good many people would eonstrue bis statement as such. He simply meant the type of man that the late Theodore Roosevelt was. At leas, that's what we think be meant. Maybe he was more enigmatic than we actually believe he was At any rate the democrats who are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
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RUYsDAEL's BIRTH

On March IA, 1928. Jacob Ruys. 6aeI, the most eminent painter of the Dutch school, was born at Haarlem Holland.
 After studying under his uncle Jacob was received into the guild in his home town. He moved to Am s:erdam about 1665. where he soob obtained citizenship rights. At thi time he travelled widely in his native land in the outlying hill region 0, Germany.
 He was close observer of nature and chose Tor his paintings the Hat and homely scenery of his native country. with lonely hamlets. water mills. dark sheets of water over shadowed by trees. His forest, noun tain and waterfall scenes are called highly poetic.
 In 1881 Ruyesdael returned to Harlem poor and sick, and his Men- nonite coreligionists procured for him admission to the almshousc. where he died in March, 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
TO.DAY'S SELECTED POEM
PRIMAyERA

G,e-priuted from The Christian Science Monitor) It's no ise your telling me Co look at the cal-
 cndGr, And saying that it Is Ave good days to the
 twenty first of M0fch Is the yFnr bound 10 opes the almanac ma kers? Q model Of all cRreKous psdaDtst Would You Yhackle Spring to times and seasons Ard catch her back Dy the long green skirt rilI ibe ptoment yo1 have planned for her? Even though. tf your olt,aiou for order You brlnR about snow YtOrni tomorrow, tt VII not matter .o me This morning. beyond .hs shadow Of doubt,
 Inc Spring.
 --Amy Lowell, in "wbat's o'clocIs?g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

booming the New York governor for the democratic nomination hext year are certainly in luck. WE NEED ANOTHER ROOSE- WELT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. Can't you picture the tumult they could arouse with this battle cry at the national eonventioni And of course Mr Roosevelt is right there to back up the catch phrase in good fashion. He is progressive and he's available and fully capable of heading the democratic ticket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

A cowboys life isn't what it used to be. Just glance at this want ad which appeared in a North Dakota paper. Wanted - good cowboy to herd turkeys. Imagine the con sternation and choler such an item would have aroused in the good old days when Colt .45s roared on every side. A man was cowboy in those days and not mere turkey herder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will he answered by Dr Brady. Ad. dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

These Lincoln disputes may be all right in their way; but Lincoln himself didn't waste any time arguing over the character of George Washington. He got busy with the practical problems of his time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
REST IN PEACE.

Beneath this mound,
 Sleeps pIayboy Pat, Her husband came home
 And that wns that.
 o-O~-o The. girl who dresses to Kill doesn't even wound.
 o-O-o This completes our series Of broadcasts for the week. They came to you over DBD and were given through tho courtesy of the Water- bury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the air again Monday at the usual hour.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
|Rz5 IN BARBARYR YRa l'AH zxkA NEW YORkERSUl

Biskra, AIgerla--The two Arab guides. mere lads in age, assured me that would have most busy
 day.
 Ah--T would be shown the most marvellous of tho Ouled-Nail dancing girls. Then there would be some- thing very spccial--of' course. this
 would mean special fee! But I | could peep in upon the very secret
 doings of certain fanatIcaI holy men | who run neerIes through their flesh,
 nibblc on glass and swallow live | snakes.
 merely yawned. The guides
 seemed bewildered What was the
 matter? Why was monsieur so
 bored? Well, I explained. I had seen
 so many dancing. girls all across Africa that combined chorus of
 Ziegfcld, Carroll. White and Aaron and Freedley girls wouldn't cause me to stir from my comfortable | chair.
 As for gents who sit on nails,
 swallow snakes and all the rest well, Broadway had seen quite a | few Hindu fakers, magicians and such who did any number such stunts. believed. said I. that much of this hocus- pocus was trickery and
 when 1t wasn't. 1t was slightly re- volting. If, for instance, q gent ace tualiy swallowed q snake, I might loAe my appetite. But if. as I sus- pected. he resorted to bit of magic
 well. had seen the trick before. The Arab boys scratched their | heads. They are given to scratching
 heads, and tho rest of their body, for | that matter, but not always out of perpiexity. What were they to do? | shrugged my shoulders. l "Ah---the hasheesh' smokers" Yes. with great difficulty. and much cross- ing Of the palm. this might be arr
 ranged.
 So 1t came about that toward mid . | night we abandoned the hall of the | Ouled Nail dancers and made our | way through one unfamiliar pas
 sageway after another. until we came to what seemed to be the out skirts of the city. There the guides pointed to little hut perched on q
 slope. No regular stairway led to tho entrance; rather, there was q | crude device of wood. something like
 q ladder, that we had to climb.
 The Arab boys preceded US, went
 through some hocus-pocus and
 found myself crawling rather than walking into an ill-llghted. unvcntii-
 ated, dirty room. It was practically
 bare, save for q ring of turbancd
 and whiskered old fellows who sat in q ring about what appeared. at first. to be water pipe. A primitive
 oil device furnished sputtering light.
 I looked around. On the floor were few highly colored, but well worn, cushions. At one side of the room there was small semicircular doorway cut in the wall like the entrance 10 an Eskimo's igloo.
 What's beyond that?' I whis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

Yes those Latin countries have their revo- lutions But it's peaceable between times. In this constitutional country we never stop fighting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

Among the things left by passen- gers on the French state railway of live crabs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 627 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

The heathen are not aii across the seas.--Rev S. M. Shoemaker, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

Tn time we may permit the au- tkor to write for publication what we are willing to discuss from time t0 times--Johp Esrlsine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
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If you begin to limit God then 1berc is no dod.--Biiiy Sunday.
 When men use evasive ianguagee and terms the assumption ig they are conceallng thought.--Martin J. Insult.