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Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

has charge of the sale of tickets
which are limited to IS couples.
Mrs. Sara Greenabaum, of Balti-
more, is spending some time here as
the guest of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mccarthy
have returned to their home in Bal
timore after spending the past week
end with the latter's mother, Mrs.
Thomas f. COttingham.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harris, High
street, recently had as their guest
the latter's brother, John A. Seville,
of Pedro Magill, Panama.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Billie Duncan, of
Cambeltown, Maryland, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Duncan was dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Duncan
on Sunday.
Miss Mary Steele has been taken
to the Lewes hospital.
The afternoon guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. b. Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Carey and daughter, Helen,
of Ocean City, Md, and Kate Cooper
and son Bennie and Mrs. Lille Gray
of Frankford and all had fine time.
Send to your Mother flowers for
Mothers Day, May Sth.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06
MUDDY NECK
Near Ocean View

Farmers are plOwing and getting
ready to plant corn. The rain has
kept them back.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Michel and
children spent Thursday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Breasure
at Ocean View.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-06

We are in favor of sales tax pro-
vision which will exempt all foods
except spinach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
Retail ChanRes

The most dishearening thing in the re- cent business situation has been the persistent fall of prices. It is affecting nearly all com modities and is wreaking havoc in many in- dustries. The most disastrous effect. per- haps. is the effect on retail business. Here great changes are under way. threatening revolution in merchandising methods.
 The stores have long been buying from hand to mouth. because they can never tell what prices will be next week. On rising market they could buy confidently and lay in adequate stocks; on falling market they cannot afford to take chances. Thus the whole merchandising machinery. from pro- dueer to consumer. slows down. It may have been inevitable that prices should sink to somewhere near their present level. be- fore starting new rise, but probably not. The downward momentum carries prices too far because of the sacrifice sales into which so many dealers are forced.
 All this may be welcomed by many con- sdmers who. having less money to buy with. welcome the opportunity to buy more and more ehcaply. But it harms the consumers themselves, because with the destruction of commodity values and profits general bus mess suffer. employment diminishes further. and nearly all incomes shrink. It is better to have high prices with high incomes to pay them. than low prices without ability to take advantage of them.
 The whole retail system. too. seems to be threatened. Our retail distribution has long been mainly in the hands of independent dealers, They are being driven out of busi- ness by thousands. with their stores closing or manufacturers being forced to take them over to preserve their outlets. There are doubtless some advantages in more direct distribution. from the consumers stand point. But business indvidualism' wanes and local merchandising suffers. It will make profound social and business change if we lose our small business men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
Railroad Gardens

Railroads. falling in with the general American plan of unemployment relief through gardening. are inviting people to use suitable strips of land on their rights of way. outside of the tracks. for garden patches. They are also donating for the same purpose the use of vacant land they own in and around cities. This is fine public service. helping the needy and costing the benefactors nothing except in some cases where the railroads give free gardening in- struetion and help in other ways. Thou sands of families will be enabled thus to raise food for their own use. The eultiva ton of such unused land in itself is sort of community improvement. Railroad travel will be more attractive if the track gardeners make good job of it.
 Yet it must be evident that all of this emergency gardening is only a transient and feeble contribution to the war against de- pression and want. There is already plenty of food producing power in the country. All we can do in such ways is to help fam flies here and there in obtaining their share and occupying their hands and minds. The real problems are not agricultural. but in- dustrial. financial and commercial The econ6mie war must have as its objectives the revival of industry and credit. re-estab- lishment of commodity production. and proper distribution of those commodities, in system which can keep itself going.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
WEDNESDAY, JUNE P, 1892
Should the Convention Act?

On the eve of his departure to Chicago state Homer S. Cummings of Stamford in- sists that some action be taken upon ending the two-thirds rulc traditional check rein of the party since the days of Andrew Jack son and Martin Van Buren. Ever since he was chosen to aid the Roosevelt forces in the East Mir Cummings has been most out spoken in his opposition to this time hon. ored rule which has been fought as long as we can remember. but never busted from the party's rule book. We don't think it will be dropped in l932 either.
 Commenting upon the apparent pre- convention strength of Governor Roose- welt he states that There will be no occas- ion to discard the two-thirds rule in order to assure this result. Personally. however. 1 think the two-thirds rule should be abo- ished. regard it as undemoeratic and as an open invitation to political disaster. In fact. it is not two-thirds rule at all It is one-third rule. permitting determined mi nority to paralyze party action and prevent the convention from functioning. ." Quite true. but has the American public ever regretted its checking power'
 True. it embittered Van Buren back in l844 when he was the outstanding eandi- date in the democratic ranks. He mustered a majority of the delegates. but never two- thirds and eventually James Knox Polk won the nomination and also the presidency. Again in 1912 the late Speaker of the House. Champ Clark. boiled majority vote in that famous convention. but Woodrow Wilson won the nomination and also the next two ensuing elections And who can say that Clark would have risen to the heights that Wilson did when the World War preeipitated such crisis as this nation had not seen in many year. Those are the outstanding examples in which the two- thirds rule played so important a part.
 But if. as Mir Cummings claims Cover nor Roosevelt will be supported by the dele gates from thirty nine states and all the ter- ritorial subdivisions on the very first ballot we see no real necessity for him urging the abandonment of this rule. Asswe have stated on many an occasion if it ever should have been thrown into the discard 1928 was the year. Then there was harmony from the very beginning to the end of the conven- tion. It was Smith convention all the way. There was no thought of other can- djdates. In such a mellow mood the dele gates might easily have been persuaded to abandon the thirds rule. But l932 is another year and far different one from 1928. There is opposition to Governor Roosevelt even with his vast number of del- esates.. Why promote more discord by in- jeetins a rules contest into the fray?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
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| that the practical politicians, in- cluding both vets who demanded q repeal plank and drys who de- manded an enforcement plank, have been congratulating them selves on the fact that they could construe 1t almost any way they liked once they got into the cam
 paign.
 The democrats, If they have any more than the small amount of political sense with which the re- publicans usually credit them,
 should be able to capitalize the
 issue with great profit m all really wet, states. Since they can surely depend on the dry south and have distinct opportunity to cut in on the dry west---thanks to the agricultural slump and the likelihood that they
 will nominate q ''progressive" can
 didatc--the fact that they will
 profess to be wetter than the re- publicans offers much more chance
 of gain than of loss.
 Tho individual voters, wet or dry,
 might as well remember that there
 will be no change in the constitu- tion until he and his kind elect
 two thirds majority in congress
 which will at least consent to re-
 submission. The republican plank
 specifically points out that 1t IS not
 binding on its members, in con-
 gress or elsewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
Cross-Word Puzzles Flourish

Bridge is not the only pastime which re- tains popularity year in and year out while some fads come and go The publishers of the crossword puzzle books announced re- gently that their little volumes have been on best-seller lists for the past eight years. The 24th volume in that series will soon be pub lished. There were crossword puzzles be- fore they became the rage few years ago. Chidren's magazines. in particular. for many years had among their riddles and cut-outs and tricks crossword puzzle or an acrostic.
 For many years however. the crossword puzzle furnished entertainment only for the few. Just what made the whole adult pub lie suddenly a-ai conscious is hard to say. Once inoculated with the virus. the public has been unable to throw off the disease. Like influenza. it has lately shown a milder form. but apparently it goes on forever. There will soon be five-foot shelf of cross word puzzle classics, if the present best seller statussis maintained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22

Police officials of Hartford are now bus fly engaged in establishing a one-way traffic system near the entrance to Elizabeth Park. This is rose season in Harford's famous park and thousands from all over the state and also from our neighboring states visit the city to enjoy the fragfant and showy blossoms Sunday. June 26. will be ob- served as Rose Sunday, for the bushes will be in full bloom on that date. Incidentally Waterbury boasts some lovely roses in both Hamilton and Fulton Parks. Why not include them in your itinerary some day this week. And don't miss the laurel display in Chase Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
Borah Won't Help

We wonder if the outright refusal of Senator William E. Borah of Idaho to sup port the candidacy of President Herbert Hoover this November will have any effect upon the candidacy of the republican chief. It can't be denied that Borah yields great power in g.o.p. circles. It was we believe. purely through his help in 1928 and the considerate democratic voters who didn't believe that Alfred E. Smith. Roman Cath ollie. could cope with the situation in this nation that resulted in the Hoover victory. We don't for one instant ever believe that the result of 1928 was personal tribute to Herbert Hoover's ote-getting ability.
 The fiery senator from the West does not propose to head any third party movement Perhaps after the democratic nomination is made he will throw his support to the nom inee as Senator George W. Norris. republi- can, of Nebraska did in 1928. We can't see Borah supporting Smith although we think the two could agree amicably on so- luton of the prohibition problem which to Senator Borah is the stumbling block over which the republicans sprawIed last week. He declares that when Postmaster General Brown and Secretary of the Treasury Mills permitted the compromise plank vetoing repeal to be approved they went against their better judgment.
 But it wasn't with the liquor plank alone that the senator found fault He could see nothing constructive in the entire platform. For that matter there is seldom. if ever. good platform adopted at any political gathering. The time is too short for any thing but jumbed mass of promises (half of which can't possibly be kepD to be brought before the delegates for adoption. Some day political party will start to pre- pare its platform six months before the con- vention. When the final draft is reported. there ought to be something worth reading and worth approving. We know that after six months deliberation only short plat form could remain and that's what this na- ton wants.
 Of course. the president needs all the strengtf, that he can command in the mid dle and far West. With Borsh refusing to take an active part in the republican cam paign this is bound to have some effect upon the 10. D. total out there. But until borah takes the field against Hoover in an active sense the rcpuHesn party probably won't worry They will remember the Norris bolt and recall how little it affected the Hoover
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
So They Say

There are two solutions (for req! estate). Either cut loans in two or cut interest on existing mortgages to or even per cont and suspend amortization payments until there is 6 decided Improve ment. t Samuel A. Adams Cleveland
 real estate man.
 The country will need the rail- roads for long time to come. --J. Fl. Hustis. vice president, New
 York Central.
 The battle must go on until Tom Is freed. I'll never quit this fight. Mrs Mary Mooney, mother of
 Tom Mooney.
 Tn such situations as this 1t al- ways has been, in America, and 1t always will be. individual effort and energy and intelligence that makes possible the forward steps that count. We must have 1eader- ship. but leadership calls on the individual to do his utmost for himself. x --Dr Harry Woodburn Chase. pres
 ident. University Of Illinois.
 My husband asked me to quit the stage and cannot do 1t .. so we separated.
 --Oiive Borden. actress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22

It Is good to think of "Jim" Farley filling something ovcr sixty rooms fin the Congress Hotel In Chicago with his scventy-fo inches. his 215 pounds, his expan- sive smile and speech. He covers an immensely greater territory than that. See his map of dele- gates. He is known in all states. He has visited most. His travels were unBelfshly taken and often un- necessary, save as q physical att tcstation of his comparative uni- vcrsality. For he says that many states were carried for the goycr- nor by q telephone call or two" On the New England circuit and In California the long distance method was less successful, and his telephone bill for connections with New Jersey must be small. But wherever he went, rainbo4vs flashed and quivcred.
 He met old friends. He made new ones. Handshakings were as continual sat an oid-style recep- ton at the White House. Give him time and opportunity and he will call everybody in the United States by his Christian name, except babies still. anonymous. Chicago has lost much of her ancient buoy ancies and boostings. Otherwise she would be just the town for Jim" He has the mathematical imagination and optimism that pre- vailed among her citizens before her population got too large to re-, quire the charms of art. Whether his talents for secret negotiation arc equal to his genius for "selling" his candidate will be known next week. Some observers hold that hc Is more dexterous in the mnnipuIa- ton of smail-fry politicians than of whales; but there can be no doubt of his artfulness in seeking to hypnotize his party into the be- lief that the Roosevelt movement is as irresistible as gravitation and can't be stopped"
 If there arc limits to credulity, there are none to the ardor and the certainty with which the man. ager has prophesicd and proclaim cd the invitable nomination of his candidate. If that is Il threadbare device, he has recreated 1t and given 1t a thousand tongues. And whether by telephone, by personal presence and consultation, by the sublime uprising of the forgotten man, or because he had the field 50 long to himself, hc has picked up q formidable body of delegates. It Is excellent to take the people into your confidence every day, but some bubbles of indiscretion will be thrown up on the stream. It is an advdntage to know hundreds of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22

The state authorities seem determined 10 keep the beaches along the Sound clear of all gambling devices and resorts. Naturally everyone supposed that when the sate law granting immunity to Savn Rock eonces- sionists was repealed there would be an end to this form of amusement. but such was not the case. Illegal games have been run in both Savn Rock and Walnut Beach. Doubt less there are many other shore resorts too. attracting people who like to indulge in d bit of gambling. Both the Savin Rock and Walnut Beach stands were recently raided. but not until after sufficient warning had been given their proprietors. It IS presumed that residents were responsible for the police action. Certainly nobody can say that the owners of these concessions were in ignor- ance of the law. But by the time the police have cleaned up all our shore resorts of these games. most of them of the "gyp' type. we presume that they will have mi. grated to other and more profitable loea- tions right in this same state. They are like mushrooms. They sprout overnight. However they haven't the same taste as mushroom. The likeness ends with their growth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
O----O---O DING, DING

Laugh and the world laughs with You'll make tIic wclkIn ring, For after all Is said and done, A smile is sure tho thing. If politicians could roast beef or chickens the way they do op- ponents, what wonderful cooks they would be. What the country needs is
 not a good five cent cigar but
 n smoke that will still bo good
 at five cents.
 If you're on a light die, try eat ing from paper plates.
 o--O-o Onion soup may take your breath away for the time being, but 1t comes back stronger than ever. o--O--O
 Irate Wife Glasses Husband Half Way Across U. S.--Headline. One of those "cross' country runs you read about. o--O--O Farmers in the western corn belt report ground tremors.
 Perhaps cornquakes. who knows. o--O--o so TIT GOES In this age, Of do or doubt. The yes man soon Will he without. o--O--o American vets join Finland vets. Hands across the spree, as 1t were. o--O--o Girls will laugh at the romp- lngs of q kangaroo in movies but l wonder how the kan
 garoo would act if 1t could see the gals dancing. o-O--o Kruger was q great match maker and yet he died q single man. o---O--O Grcta Garbo doesn't know how to act according to George Jean Nathan. If George will only say the same thing about Marlens Dietrich I'll shout three cheers. o---O---o With the championship title pack in America. Germany will certainly quit all idea of paying separations now. O-O-O This concludes our regular mid week program. ft came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pIo- ncer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. Co be back on the mir again to-mororw evening at tho usual hour. o--O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Tells How U. s. Developed Its
 Pacific Policy

If you've ever wondered just why the American government should be So concerned about the Japanese adventure in China, you can hardly do better than to- read America in the Pacific" by Fos- ter Rhca Dulles.
 MT Dulles goes back to colo niai days to trace the development of the United States policy m the Far East. His book is exceeding iy enlightening - and, if we ever get into real trouble oyer the Japanese- Manchurian niixup, It will simply be invaluable.
 He shows that < the United States, consciously or uncon, sciously, has been facing toward the setting sun ever since its in- fancy.
 The Louisiana purchase had hardly been concluded before tho nation was scheming to get q foothold on the Pacific coast. New England merchants were trading with China, eastern fur traders were doing business along the Oregon: the seizure of California was talked of years before.tt hap pened. and at one time the nation was prepared to fight Britain to get what Is now British Columbia.
 Following the Mexican War. Perry went out to awaken Japan from it's long sleep. American traders began the infiltration process that was ultimately to make Hawaii and American terri tory. Alaska was bought from Russia. After 30 years of inde- clsion. American somoa was seized. And then came the gpan- ish War and the conquest of the philippines.
 The motive for ali of this7 Trade the desire to get fair slice of the rich eastern com- merce, the desire that nov makes Uncle Sam keep watehful eye on the things that are happening |in China and Manchuria.
 This book can hardly be rsconn-' mended too strongly. ft iz pub- llshed by the Houxhton- Mlffiin Company. and is priced at es.eo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22

be among the fortunate few to escape ex- emption. We saw the point argued in some newspaper recently. It was the contention of the writer or editor that no checks were exempt from this two-cent tax which went into effect yesterday. However. the expla- nation of the Connecticut senator disproves this statement He said that cities and states could continue to use checks without Tear of being taxed by the federal government" The rest of us will pay our two-cent tax and like it. Either that, or do lot of tramping. to pay our bills in cold cash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22

Here's the latest and one of the worst rsekets we've yet heard of Disgruntled gamblers had a plot to destroy the greens at the Fresh Meadow Country Club on Long Island frustrated recently. This will be the site of the national open golf tourney this week with Billy Burke. the Union City lad. defending his l93l title. Officials of the club refused permission to bookmakers when they wanted to establish betting ma chimes on the course. Seventy-five police were called to guard the course when the gamblers vowed vengeance in the form of acid on the greens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
That's Him "Jim"!
"Jim'' Farley of New York Covers Immense Amount
 of Territory in His Delegations
NEW YORK TIMES

thousands of persons, but some- times 1t Is better to know few men well. It Is clear that Mir Farley didn't know Mayor Curley of Bos- ton, except on the superfcies. and let that accomplished artist "scli" him gold brick.
 But why pick out the spots in the sun? Jim" Farley is q delight and a dream. Musing on him, one spurns the musty saying of Bacons that hope is a good breakfast, but n bad supper. For "Jim" is not Hope. He is Confidence. If Amcri- cans could only get one-thousandth of the confidence in the future of their country that Jim" has in that of his candidate, they would soon yank themselves out of this slough of depression,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-22
M TODAY s hAW'0RlfPDMYAABBA &ER ofAHE
VIENNA BREAD RIOTS

On June 22. 1918. bread riots broke out in Vienna after the Vienna city council has passed a resolution protecting against the reduction of the bread ration. The same day nine strikers were killed and SC wounded in Budapest in q conflict between police and rail- road workers.
 Bulgaria, under the director- ship of A. Malinoff, formed a new cabinet.
 Italian warships co-opcrated with troops and enlarged the Piaye bridgehead at Cavazucche- rina, making 1t easier for the ships to get within striking dis tancc of the Austrian lines. Z Vienna at this time reported a total of 10000 Austro- Hungarian troops taken.