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The Washington times., 1931-08-29
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson.

Think Of the things that
other people made by hand
people who were not saVages.
Queer Work
Look at old tapestries and
carvings. handmade: n ailS,
hand-hewn beams-look at the
little oak desk your grandfather
made on winter evenings and
the bedspread your grandmother
woVe, working beside him.
Queerly, uneven work-not at
all like the perfect, machine
made stuff. Yet see how care
fully, how lovingly, it was
made. They had q feeling
about that work that you can
never have about machine
made work. Ask old workers
and they will tell you that 1t
was GOOD to make things
with ones hands
It did something TO q man
80. 1T did something FOR a man.
Out Of that work came some
thing more than q desk or q
bedSpread.
It gave a man a chance to
express himself. To express
something that moved mysteri.
ouSly within himself. There
was an Adventure and a MyS-
terry in making q desk by hand,
in weaving q bedSpread by
hand-an Adventure and Mys-
terry you can't find with a
machine.
Men Seemed Happier
Was tn at why men and
women seemed happier, why life
seemed fuller, in those old days
even though they had none Of
our modern COnvenienceS"?
Was that why they were
willing to work longer hours,
at smaller wageS-why they so
often worked for no wage at
all, just for the Joy Of the
thingP
Was there room Tor the
Spirit to move" when Q man
made things with his own
handS2
And is the Spirit shut out
when the work is run through
o machine?
(CopyriEht 1881. BY King Features
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The Washington times., 1931-08-29

I have an old, Indian meal
basket, woven firmly Of raffia,
with design Of birds upon it,
in red and black.
There is a break in that de-
sign. "a little open space where
the spreading wings do not
quite meet. The Squaw who
made that basket left that
space so the spirit could go in
and out"
She coU;;s not have told you
what she meant by "the spirit"
But she was sure that there
was something in q mans life
and q mans work beside the
man himself.
She looked at the growing
corn. There was q mystery
in the growing corn. There
was something that brought the
corn out Of the hard, dry seed,
sent it pushing up through the
dark earth, made it break into
blade and blossom and fruit
full ear.
Mystery in Man
And there was the same myS-
terry in q man. Something
filled a man with dsSire to
love and fight and dream and
create. Always there was that
mystery, in even the common
est man. and in the COM
monest thing that a man did.
So the SQuaw left q little
break in the design she wOVe.
Not because she thought an
actual spirit moved in and out
of the basket, but because q
mystery moved in and out Of
the life of a man ana man
proud and happy. made him.
Always there was that myS-
terry
Always man touched 1t when
he made things
! Always there was something
wonderful about the work that
o man made. something that
made it more than just a piece
of work. That was why good
work made a man proud and
happy. made him honored by
the tribe.
You laugh2 You say that
was "just savage superStition"H
I wonder.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
TIMES TEST

Match correctly:
l. The braggart in Spenser's
"Faerie Queen"
Daniel Quilp
2. The Swineherd in Scott's
"Ivanhoe"
Braggadochio
3. The romantic young lady
in Sheridan'S THE Rivals"
Diana Vernon
4. RepulSive, malicious dwarf
in Dickens "Old Curiosity
Shop"
Gurth
5. Charming heroine Of
Scott's Rob Roy"
Lydia Languish
Do you know:
6. Who was Beau Brummel2
z. What contribution did
Hammurabi leave to. the
world?
8. Who called Egypt "the
Gift Of the Nile?
3. What is polytheiSm?
10. What is bauxite?
Fill each blank:
IL. A representative collection
Of the finest poetry Of q
given country Is an -.
.tAnswers on ArHvaulne PagsI.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
OncOming Age Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth 81 years DID, feels the of years in athletics
and oncomng age He wants finish 20 years player
major league baseball That will take him through next year.
and then grand old swatter from swattOwn has ambition
to manage a major league club.
Babe washed OUT yet but he has enough
to realize that youth of other years longer with
him. that his swang strength and swattng eyes will diminish
in their keenness
All the chances favor Ruth landing managers job prob
ably day status He has sense Judgment
aaround ability the nac of gaining and holding popularity
he is both fighter and diplomat qualities that useful
IN handling major league teams.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

mood. The brief moratorium
has accomplished nothing but
delay. The people are reck-
less, given more and more to
hectic pleasure-seeking, on the
theory that they may as well
"eat, drink and be merry, for
tomorrow we die" History
shows that to be the mood
which uShers in revolutions.
This conservative American
gloomily predicts that unless
something is done in Germany
she will go Communist within
a year and join Russia. Then
Europe will have a real prob
lem from which it will be diff
cult, If not impossible, for us
to separate ourselves.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

In England. where conditions
are threatening for the winter,
heroic measures have been
taken. Ramsay Macdonald, Gre
ator Of the Labor party, has
consented to the passing Of his
party from power. He heads
3 coalition government. Philip
Snowden, a genius, goes with
him into the new government.
The Labor element will turn
upon them and lead the oppo-
sition to the combination in
which all other parties are rep
resented.
The Macdonald speech of
explanation is plausible and pa
thetic. England was on the
verge Of financial collapse. Who
ever expected to see the day
when the Old Lady Of Thread
needle Street.-The Bank of
England-would have to appeal
to America and France for
loans? That measures the depth
Of the abyss.
The coalition government will
reduce the dole, and Oh the re-
actions Of the uneT: :I1loyed will
depend the fate of England.
The complete abandonment Of
the dole would precipitate a
revolution.
You cannot persuade men
with families that they should
starve that some governmental
system may continue to exist.
They will reply that any gov
ernment or system that SEN
tences them to starvation is
their enemy.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
The Problem That
Faces the Millions

And so while economists,
statesmen and financierS insist
that the major problem of the
nations now Is the balancing Of
budgets, the millions out of work
reply that the major problem
is finding work for men who
want to work and do not intend
to compose their features to
harmony that they may Starve
with q pleasant expression on
their faces.
And thatIs the major
problem.
Balancing budgets will not be
an answer to the challenge Of
communism; the only answer
is work for the unemployed.
This is something that has
hardly dawned yet on the con-
sciouSneSS of the authorities in
washington.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

hard, but am willing to work
hard for food, clothing and shell
ter. That I would get in Rus
sia."
That this is not q rare in.
stance is shown in the fact that
100000 Americans, out Of jobs,
have applied to the Amtorg Cor
poration. the Russian trading
organization here, for jobs in
Russia.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
WISE WORDS

Language is the amber in
which q thousand precious and
subtle thoughts have been safely
embedded and preserved.
Trench.
We are slow to believe what
If believed would hurt our feel
ingS.-Ovid.
The mind Is slow in unlearn-
ing what 1t has been long In
learning Seneca.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

Nothing Accomplished
BY the Moratorium
One Of the most distinguished
OF Americans, just returned
from Germany, tells me that
conditions there are desperate
and the people in q strange
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Miscellaneous For Sale

NEw-Apple barrels. Vegetable bbls 15c. Wine and cider barrels. Barrels for fermenting $1.00 each. Hamilton Ave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
DIsrRICr OF WATERBURY, ss.

DISTRlCT OF WATEHBUhx, BS. Probate Court, October 9th, A. D.. ESTATE OF Jane Byron, late of Waterbury, in said District, de- ceased.
 Upon the application of T. F. S pTaying as tnat he real estate belonging to siad Estate as per application on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and. determined at the Probate Office in Waterbury, in said District, on the 14th day of octo- Der A. D. 1881 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon (Standard Time), and that notice be given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon. by publishing this order one time in some newspaper having circula- tion in said District, on or before the 10th day of October, 1881.
 Attest:
 1O-9-1t Asst Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Business Service
Pressing and Tailoring

CLEANING, Pressing and Repairing of the Letter kind. Work called for and delivered. MoseL g Abbott Ave. Dial 5-0343.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

| FOR RENT-5 rooms, all improve | Inquire S6 High St.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Employment
Men Wanted

SEVERAL openings in restricted territory handling over 150 items of household necessities. Good pay tot start with for hustlers. Apply 33 Cooke St. 7:30 to 9:30 a. m.--4 to 6 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

FOR RENT-Three desirable apart ments on the corner of Willow St and Ludlow St; will be redecorat- ed to suit tenants; very reasonable rent. Apply Richardson Bronson, Admr. 136 Grand St.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
Announcements
Business Announcements

RANGE BURNERs-c1eaned. ad- justed and reset. All makes serv- iced. Get ready now for the cool fall weather. Dial 3-3406. Silent Glow Sales & Service. Super-Serv- ice. Inc, 398 West Main St.
 UMBRELLAS-keco repaired. Low rates. All kinds for sale. Wa terbury Umbrella and Trunk Shop. PA No. Main St. Opp Cooke St.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
AsltonaobiIes
Autos and Trucks For Sale
18th Anniversary USED CAR SALE

Service Stations, Repairing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

THERE'S ECONOMY. LoNG-LIFE. COMFORT AND CLASS IN
 THESE USED CARS 1880 Graham 2-Pass Coupe 1928 LaSaIle 5-Pass Sedan 1928 Packard 5-Pass Sedan 1925 Pierce Arrow 7-Pass Sedan 1927 Pontiac Coupe
 --others-- THE WATERBURY CADILLAC co. 5o4 watertown Ave. Phone 5-11is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

HOUSEWORK, washing, ironing by day or hour, by fully experienced woman. Phone Naugatuck 121-4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12
For Rent Real Estate
Apartments & Tenements

EAST MAIN ST, 76--s room heated
 apartment. Apply Frank Hayes office on premises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

2 Situations Wanted-women
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-12

BATTERIEs--Rebuilts s and up, guaranteed: batteries recharged 60c. Somma Battery Service, 234 East Main St Dial s-5so5.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
TRAIN DERA|LMENT
 CAUSES PROBABLE
 DEATH ID SEVEN
SPECIAL TRAIN WAS BEARING LIVESTOCK TO CHICAGO
 EXPOSITION

LEXINGTON, Nov. 23. (P) III A tragic railroad accident occurred early this morning with the derail- ment of speeding special 50-car million dollar train," and carried possibly seven men and at least a dozen members of thoroughbred horses known throughout the show rings of the nation.
 The special train was hurrying the horses and other animals from the American Royal Livestock Show, at Kansas City, to the Inter national Livestock Exposition at Chicago and piled up on the Mis- souri Pacific track near here.
 Railroad officials blamed the ac- cident on the spreading of rails on a weakened roadbed as the cause of the tragic nishap. The road bed had been weakened by recent rains.
 Four bodies have been removed from the Wreckage, and three men are still unaccounted for. It is said that probably 15 horses were killed. Six of thu horses belonged to Hilda Mccormick, of Portland.
 Twenty-four cars were left on the track after the derailment.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
TROJANS DEFEAT
 NOTRE DAME IN \ FURIOUS TUSSLE
FIRST TIME THE IRISH ELEVEN HAS BEEN BEATEN IN
 THREE YEARS

SOUTH BEND, Nov. 23. (P)-The University of Southern California ended Notre Danes three-year football rule in drastic victory here Saturday before a crowd of 52,000 fans.
 The Trojans succeeded in snatch ing victory through their frantic scoring efforts in the last period of the game and through their drives and with Johnny Baker kick ing a goal from the 24-yard line as the furious battle was quickly drawing to a close.
 For almost the first three periods the Trojans were the underdogs but in the last period they passed and slashed their way to win by two touchdowns and the field goal.
 Notre Dame, at the start of the game, was pushed all over the field but no score was made and the Irish soon came back and scored two tOuchdoWnS. It looked like a defeat for California. However, in a frantic last period of the game the CalifornianS rallied like demons and swept the Irish off their feet. This is the first time Notre Dame has been defeated in 27 starts. The last previous defeat was in 1928 and this was also at the hand of the CalifOrnianS.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
LOS ANGELES POLICE
 BEGIN SEARCH F0R
 KILLERS ACC0MPL|CE

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23. (P)-Po- lice authorities here have started search for an accomplice of Gil- bert Francis Collie, 50-year-old blacksmith, who turned wholesale killer for the meagre money of his itinerant laborer acquaintances.
 Collie, lodged in a jail here, boasted of his killings and the po- lice are endeavoring to learn whe- ther he committed other crimes.
 Collie was brought to justice through the family of one of his victims. Details made known, said that Collie and Dale Slader, a youth, set out for Boulder Dam in tending to go to work there. Dale's mother received word from Collie that her son had taken to drinking and the mother knowing that her son never drank knew something was wrong.
 When foul play was suspected, a. search started for young Slader which resulted in the finding of his skeleton in the Mojave desert. Collie was immediately suspected as he was the last to be seen in company with Slader and seemed to be the last person who had any information regarding him.
 Police are preparing to search the Mojave desert for additional victims.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
A PROCLAMATION

Our forefathers in their appreciation TOT dl- vine guidance that enabled them to sustain tnenl- selves under adverse conditions in new land, es- tabished custom of setting aside day III each year to give thanks to Almighty God for the many pleas ures that he has bestowedupo us. In keeping With this pleasing tradition the President of the United States has designated and proclaimed Thursday the 18th day of November, 1931 as Thanksgiving Day. Therefore, I, George A. Parks, Governor of the Ter ritoly of Alaska in conformity herewith, do hereby summon all of the people of this Territory to de- vout observance of this anniversary and recommend friends and neighbors assemble in our homes and accustomed places of worship; there to give thanks to God for the many blessings that we have enjoyed during the past year and invoke His divine guidance for the future. Mindful of those, who because of misfortune, without means to sustain themselves during the winter let each of contribute to their needs according to ability so that no one will be without the actual necessities of life.
 Remembering that our mines, fisheries and forests have yielded full measure of their treasures and that we have been spared from pestience and calamites let this Thanksgiving Day be approached in reverent and prayerful spirit and with contrite hearts expressive of a spiritual faith and a pro- found gratitude to God for his beneficense
 Given under my hand and the Seal of the Ter
 tory of Alaska in Juneau the capital this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one and of the Independ- ence of the United States, the one hundred and fifty-sixth"
 Signed: Geo. A. PARKS, Governor,
 (SeaD Signed: KARL THIELE, Secy. of Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
DEMOS FORECAST WILL CARRY MORE DISTRICTS
 ID INCREASE MAJORITY

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. B. (E) - Representative Garner, of Texas, probable speaker of the House, has been informed that the Democrats will win the 14th Dis trict in his state and the Fifth New Jersey District, both of which were formerly Republican.
 The Republicans are conceding nothing and should these Demo cratic forecasts materiaize, the Democrats will have 219 seats in the House, the Republicans 214 ant one Farmer -Laborite.
 The New Hampshire district is yet to be filled and eight Demo crats are running against one Re- publican.
 The Texas election will be held tomorrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
YALE CR|DDERs BREAK LOSING STREAK THEIR
 WIN OVER HARVARD

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. B. (P)-Cap- tain Albie Booths field goal from the 12-yard line gave Yale a vic tory over Harvard in the last three minutes of play. The score of the game was Yale 3, Harvard O.
 Yale broke it's three-year losing streak by it's win over Harvard i'll Saturdays game. The climaxes of the game were featured by both Capt. Booth and Captain Wood of Harvard. Capt. Wood was kept boxed most of the time and was kept from doing much of anything.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
SCREEN STAR WEDS

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. B. (P)-An- other romance was climaxed here Sunday with the marriage of Con- stance Bennett and Henry James LaBailly de Ia Falaise de la Cou- dray, a French marquis. They were married at o'clock Sunday in a home at Beverly Hills Constance Bennett is one of the screens high est paid actresses. The Marquis is a former husband of Gloria Swan son.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23

Robert w. Johnston, local resi- dent, was awarded the contract for clearing the site for the hangar construction at the local aviation field. Ten bids were submitted and they were opened up at noon today. Johnson's bid was for SITS and he will begin clearing imme- diately.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
US. WON'T INDUCE WITHDRAWAL OF
 JAPANESE TROOPS
DAWES SAYS AMERICA WON'T PARTICIPATE ECONOMIC
 BOYCOTT
(By Associated PreSS)

After a weeks battle in attempts 10 reach an agreement, efforts to bring about conciliation and in surfing peace in troubled Manchurla nave proven futile and the nego- 1iations have but brought Japan and China to one of the grayeSt crises in the long drawn out Man churian struggle.
 The League of Nations Council aas drafted tentative resolutions bv which that body hopes to solve the dispute. The Leagues resolu- tions are to be submitted to Chin ese and Japanese delegates ana later the League will consider their reactions to the resolutions.
 The text or the details ot the resolutions were not disclosed but 1he Chinese delegation has said that if they constituted a Surren- der to the Japanese demands that he Ranking government would be endangered and that they could not possibly accept the proposals.
 Japan sent reassuring note to he United States asserting that her military activities in Mancnu- ria had not infringed on the kel- ,ogg Pact, the Nine-Power Treaty IT the League of Nations CoVen- ant
 Tn China, pr. Wellington Roo mas neen appointed foreign minister -nd a national disaster commit -ee" has been formed to take charoe of the Ranking govern roent,s affairs pending the crea- +ion of a new central executive committee of Juomintang
 Ambassador Charles Dawes oo- serving the League of Nations ac- -ions at Paris, said that the Unlteo states would not participate i'll any economic boycott or induce the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria.
 Aristide Briand of France, chali- nan of the League of Nations one of his noblest speeches 1,efore assembled members of the league at Paris and appealed to China and Japan not to wreck the neace institution - the League o1 Nations The League has received many telegrams from all over the world expressing confidence in that 1t will be able to solve the dlttlcuity without having to resort to war.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23

Mrs. James E. Smith, popular young lady of Anchorage, who was formerly employed by the Anchor age Times, is visitor in Seward, having come over on last evenings mixed train.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
OLD SPANISH CUSTOM

MADRID, Nov. g. N-Pohce frustrated an alleged monarchist plot through the arrest of mili- tary officer, priest and two civil
 ians in Madrid. Two officers also were arrested in Valencia and num- erous others are being questioned.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
THIS IS NOT ALASKA

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 23. (P)- The football game played here Sat urday was played on a snow cov- cred field and with the thermom- eter registering two degrees below zero.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
FOOTBALL SCORES
Ursinus 6, Army 54. Yale 3. Harvard 0.

Minnesota 0, Michigan 6. Penn, State 0, West Virginia 19. Bucknell IA, Fordham 13. South. Calf. Is, Notre Dame 14 Georgetown 13, Villanova 6. Illinois 0, Ohio State 40.
 South. Methodist 13, Navy 6. Northwestern 19, Iowa o. New Hampshire 13, Brown 19.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
CONDUCT INQUIRIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23. F - The Senate and House will conduct inquiries into the dispute between President Hoover and the Navy League.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
TROUBLE IN NICARAGUA

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 23. lP-While comparative peace re- mains in Manchuria people seem .o have forgotten troubled Nicara- qua. In battle in Nicaragua Sat 1,rday between soldiers and rebels, two were killed and two were wounded. The casualties were all rebels and the soldiers escaped un- scathed.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23

Bids calling for the clearing of the site for Seward Airport's air. plane hangar were to be opened to- day at noon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23
HENCHMEN SENTENCED

CHICAGO, Nov. g. (P Three minor henchmen of Al Capone' Chicago racketeer, were sent 70 prison for various terms on charg- as of violating liquor laws.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23

The Seward Weekly Gate way is the best 16-pago Weekly in the Territory
 of Alaska
Seward daily gateway., 1931-11-23

The largest circulation of any newspaper in the End. :rd, 4th Divisions of
 Alaska
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
AMERICAN RADIO PLAN
APPEALS TO GERMANS
Sponsored Programs Broadcast on
Widespread Scale Expected
to Be Adnnfed

Unofficial reports are current that
Germany's state-owned broadcasting
system, besides being reorganized tech
nically, with high-power stations con-
shutting its nucleus, will soon adopt the
American scheme Of sponsored pro-
grams on more widespread scale. At
present the German Broadcasting Co.
reserves one hour in each day for ad-
vertising programs, permitting the ad-
vertisers to buy any share of that hour
that can be made available and TO
stage their own programs and make any
price-quoting announcements they
please.
The German postal authorities have
definitely decided to complete the pro-
jected plan TO establish nine high-power
stations TO provide program service to
all of Germany. In addition to the
existing powerful stations at Muhlacker
and Heilsburg and to increasing the
power of Frankfurt. high-power trans
mitters are to be erected at Berlin,
Hamburg, BreSlau, Leipzig, Langenburg
and at a site to be selected In Bavaria
Germany has an allotment Of IL wave
lengths under the Prague Plan whereby
frequencies are divided among the
European nations. The high power sta
tons will occupy clear or exclusive
channels. Booster stations TO cover
spots not otherwise reached by the
high power network will be erected at
various places to operate on the other
three waves. The new system is ex-
pected to be in operation early In 1882