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The Washington times., 1932-12-22
.WHue TRAVELLING.
VISIT Al Hou De EAGE7xf
CeUH1RIES
LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

all the old ballyhoo and the
new bunk. They refuse to doubt
and rebel. Like ostriches, they
hide their heads in the sand
of sentimentality and stupidity,
and along comes the devil and
pulls out their tail feathers!
DOUBT! cries this young
man. And all Youth echoes his
cry.
Don't take anything at its
face value. Not even our most
revered, most cherished insti"
tutions.
Don't accept anything be-
cause your father accepted it.
His times were his times; but
your times are your times. The
thing that served him may not
serve you.
Don't agree to anything be-
cause it's supposed to be "the
right thing to do" Nothing
is the right thing to do un-
less it really promotes human
health and happiness.
Question everything. Chal-
lenge everything. Make it prove
its right to your respect.
Worth the While
Don't endure anything until
you are fully assured that the
sacrifice is both necessary and
worth your while.
Doubt and question, jeer and
sneer-and raise Cain gener-
ally, until you really know your
own mind. And insist on know
ing your own mind;" whatever
the cost. Don't be afraid to
be unpopular. Don't be afraid
to seem ridiculous. You're
bound to meet both conditions
if you insist on living an hon
est life. But an honest life is
worth anything it costs.
So dare to doubt! Dare to
rebel! Dare to demand the
best there is. Refuse a Substi-
tute!
There's the cry of Youth.
There's the cry behind most
of Youths exasperating i'm
pertinence, defiance. laziness.
Not behind EVERY young
ster's cussedness-for some
youngsters are plain ornery
and silly, and nothing else
but. But there's the cry of
the majority of youngsters in
nearly every generation;. par
ticularly, in this generation.
And it's a grand cry!
If youth didn't feel that way
and act that way, the world
would have gone to pot long
since. The restleSsness, the dis
content, the selfishness and re-
hellion of the young ones
these qualities are the hope
of humanity.
Painful Lesson
And yet, there's one thing
youth doesn't know, and can
only learn through the long,
painful grind of experience.
It's great and necessary thing
to Toubt. But it's an even
greater and more necessary
thing to Believe.
Doubt. and Demand some
thing bett.er-but also believe
that we have the makings of
something better in our souls
, and systems. Defy the things
that are; but also have faith
in the things that can be.
The Fury of those who are
young and eager; the Faith Of
those who are old and tired
between them, they save the
world.
(Copyright, 1892. King Features
rI Syndicate, Inc.)
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which the American people
will be entitled. Here are a
few facts:
!. When we made the set
tlement on the debts before,
how much did we forgive
the debtors, and how much
did it cost us?
2. At that time we greatly
reduced the interest charges
on the debtors but did not
reduce the interest on the
bonds we sold to get the
money to loan the debtors.
How much does that cost
the American people?
3. Where are the Liberty
and Victory bonds now
How many are owned by the
financial institutions here
that are insisting on the
transfer of the debts, and
how many are owned in
England and how many in
France?
4. If we set out to "liqui-
date the war;" as urged,
does that mean along with
the wiping out of our own
obligations on the bonds we
sold to get the money rep
resented, by the debts; and
does it mean the restoration
to Germany Of territory
taken from her?
5. In other words, do they
mean an actual "liquida-
ton" of the war, or only a
partial liquidation of the
war that will leave Ger
many and the United States
with the bag to hold!
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WISE WORDS

Flattery is like bad money;
it impoverishes those who re-
ceive it.-Voltaire.
The strongest plume in wis
dom's pinion
Is the memory of past folly.
. -Coleridge.
There is no trusting to ap-
pearanceS.-Sheridan.
Laws die. Books never.
-Bulwer-Lytton.
Ill news is winged with fate,
and flies apace.-Dryden.
Small service is true service
while it lasts.-WRd ellsworth.
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Softening and refining effect
has a silk top-hat on a mans
savage nature?
Why is a haircut" always
the first sign of civilization?
Why did King Amnullah
risk his throne and lose it,
just for the privilege of wear
ing suspenders, socks that
have to be hooked on with
garterS, and a boiled shirt?
What is so "civilized' about
modern Europe and American
clothes? Modern MEMS clothes,
mean.
At least, the soft, silk robes
of the Oriental come all in one
piece, and can be put on or
taken off with one swift ges-
ture. They are not all buttons
and hooks and straps and me-
Thanical devices for holding a
man together.
Where is the reason" and
the higher intelligence in dress
ing in At pieces, instead of in
ONE GARMENT?
Can you work out any logi-
cal clue to the significance of
and reason for a garment like
the Waistcoat? I can't! Can
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their lazinesS,
their callouS
selfish n e S S
and cockeyed
conceit. And.
yet I believe
they're t h e
hope Of the
W orl d. If
we're to be
saved at all.
the kids will
have to do
it-for they
alone h a v e
the courage
to defy the
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A T this moment, it seems,
"A judging by the person
mel of the new government,
that France will reverse her.
self on the debt payment of
the 18th, and then ask for a
reconsideration of the debt.
OF course, there is nothing
for this country to negotiate
until the payment is made.
Meanwhile, the present
Administration is interesting
itself in the debt situation to
a degree that is interesting
in view of its early demise.
Its duty is to concern itself
with the payments due on
the. 18th, and to do nothing
calculated in any way to
commit or embarrass the
new Administration on the
general subject. The idea
that now seems uppermost in
the mind Of Mr.. Hoover is
to appoint another ."fact-
finding commission" to be
composed of Z" experts" We
recall, apropos Of the latter,
that when the bankers took
over the settlement" Of the
reparation and kindred ques-
tions there was wild cheering
in our most dignified jour
nails and from our best
people. "Now," they said,
"we shall have results. These
miserable politicians calling
themselves statesmen have
been showed aside, and ex-
perts in finance have taken
matters in hand. Glory bel"
And so, any people
joined in the cheering.
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DOubt-But Also Believe!
I'm strong for the Younger
Generation.
They make me mad enough,
at times, to chew the gas range,
what with their snootiness,
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Facts-By All Means
Bv Claude G.. BOwers

Author Of Party Jackson Period Ths Struggle
jefferson and Hamilton" "The
Era" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
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Not a Gift,
But a Loan

There has been so much
flagrant misrepresentation
on the debts that we really
need the facts, and if a
"fact-finding commission" is
necessary it can do no harm.
Of course, the facts it will
find may depend on the
personnel Of the commission.
We can mention the names
Of distinguished gentlemen
for this commission who
speedily would report back
as a fact" that we Of
America really owe the
debts; that we must pay the
debts.
AS to fact: On Sunday a
clergyman in New York
solemnly asserted that when
the Liberty bonds we're sold
during the war the Ameri-
can people really thought
they were giving the money.
Now some Of us who bought
the bonds did not think so
at all. And we have it on
the authority of Mr.. Nc
AdoO, who had charge of
the floating of the loan, that
everywhere he went IN urg-
ing the sale, he had TO ex-
plain very explicitly that. it
was not a gift but a loan
that would be paid back
like any other loan.
And we have it on his
authority that the nations
that got the loan never even
suggested that the money
raised was a gift.
Let us at least start out
with facts and not the
fictions Of the propagandists.
Here Area
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All Promised To
Reduce Armament

And there are other
"facts" we should all like to
have. Thus:
6. M. Laval complains that
if France and the other
debtor nations have to pay
the debts in 60 years, the cost
to them, in taxation, will be
a tax on the industries of
these nations in the field Of
international commerce. Now
if the industries of these
other nations are relieved of
this tax, and all the burdens
are put on this country,
what will that mean in taxes
on the industries of this
country, and what will the
effect of that be on us in the
commercial competition of
tomorrow?
Z. All the debtor nations
promised to reduce arma-
ment. We should like to
have facts and figures on the
amount each was spending
for war purposes August l,
1914, before the war began,
and how much they are
spending now.
8. And, in that connection,
we have a right to know
= what per cent of all the
budgets Of these nations is
given to war purposes.
9. And if it be true that
they are spending from 50,
IS and SO per cent of all
their revenues for war pur-
poses and it would cost from
l13 to 3 per cent of all their
revenues to meet the debts,
why would it wreck civiIiza-
ton for them to pay the
debts and would not wreck
the world for them to go on
spending appalling amounts
for purposes of war?
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CIOthes-And Civilization
The japanese, judging from
all the rotogravure pictures,
appear to be discarding their
picturesque, comfortable, grace
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The Trouble
With Experts


With Experts"
Now it appears that the
"experts" muddled things
terribly and have had just a
little to do with making the
mess we now are in. The
trouble with "experts" is
that they see the special
point on which, as experts.
they are interested, and fail
to see the correlated points
or to realize that there is a
human equation in govern
ment - disgusting as that
may be.
Experts are the agents of
statesmen, and very valuable
agents but in matters of
government the statesman
must never be the agent of
the expert.
For what do we have?
Why the experts have trailed
right back with their failure
and dumped it into the laps
Of the statesmen; and so it
always has been.
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How Is It
Figured?

. - SS@e
10. And since the actual
plan is to pass the burden
from all the debtor nations
to this country there are
other facts we should have.
Thus:
How does our deficit COM
pare with that Of the other
nations?
How do our taxes compare
with those of other nations ?
How does the state of un-
employment here compare
with that in the other .coun-
tries?
How does the condition of
agriculture here compare
with that in these other
lands?
In other words, if the other
nations do not have the capa-
city to pay back what they
borrowed at a low interest
in sixty years, how is it fig
ured that we have the capa-
city to pay for all of them at
a much 9 higher rate of in
terest?
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Here Are a
Few Facts

But if we are to have a
fact-finding com m i S on
there are certain facts7to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03
1 NAUGATUCK School Budget To
 Be Adopted To-day
Brass City Commander to Address YD Men Police
 Still Seek Purse Snatcher

The school budget for the com ing year will be adopted at the meeting of the board of education to be held tonight in the office of SuDerintendent of Schools H. b. Chittenden. There has been consid- erable discussion for the past sev- eral weeks as to what action the board will take to reduce the bud get for the coming fiscal year. There has been talk that the com- mittee would ask the teachers to take q ten per cent cut in their salaries and 1t has also been TO. ported that some members of the committee are of the opinion that the budget can be cut and con- siderable saving made without a cut of salaries. It has also been rumored that the teachers have agreed to take q cut in their sal- aries to become effective at once but that the amount of the cut would not be ten per cent. This re- port could not be verified, although 1t is known that the teachers league has met and discussed the matter of salary cuts. Superintend- ent of Schools Chittenden informed the board of warden and burgesses at an informal meeting held last week that every effort was to be made to keep the budget down to a minimum without impairing the ef- ficiency of the school system.
 One member of the board will be absent from to-night's session 1t Is believed as Howard Fl. Bristol Is convalescing from a recent opera ton for appendicitis.
 Give Interesting Talk
 Miss Elizabeth Drew, author and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03

Notwithstanding the fact that the defendant has admitted hie part in q break" in a store at SIS Bank street Tuesday evening, the case of Charles Strelkauskas, 20, of 147 Washington avenue was continued in police court this morning until Saturday morning. Tn default of bonds of $5,000 the ac- cused Is being held at police head quarters.
 The delay in the prosecution of the case is believed due to the fact that members of the detective bu- reau have hopes of experiencing streikaukas' pal in the case. The accused, however, claims that he does not know his friends name or place of residence.
 Do you mean to claim that you pick up q stranger and stage Q break" Strelkaukas was asked.
 Sure, what's the difference?"
 What if the man was @ police man in plaincolthes?
 Why if he wanted to como along. 1 wouldn't give q damn, who he was or what he was" was Strelkaukas answer.
 Strelkaukas and his companion were walking along South Leon- ard street late Tuesday evening when spotted by Detective Joseph Bender. They sprinted away. dropping a load of cigars and cig- arets, which had been stolen from "Billy's News Store" on Bank street. In a chase along
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lecturer pleased large gathering last night with a lecture delivered in the Congregational parish house on "Mr Samuel Pepy's and Ills Diary" The lecture was given un- der the auspices of the Parish House Association and the Wo. mems Study Club.
 Funeral of Mrs Ann Bird
 The funeral of Mrs Ann Bird, widow of Frank Bird who died af- ter q brief illness Tuesday morning at the home of her mother, Mrs owen Cornell, 471 North Main street was held this morning at S:30 o'clock from the home os her mo- ther and at 9 o'clock from St Mary's church where a requiem high mass was celebrated. Burial was in Hillside cemetery.
 Brass City Commander To
 Speak
 At the "YD" night to be observed tonight by Naugatuck Post of the American Legion, Commander Ro- bert Birt of Corporal Coyle Post of Waterbury will be the speaker Commander Birt, during the World War was a United States spy. Due to q government rule this was not disclosed until short time ago and since then Commander Birt has been in great demand as q speaker. An entertainment program will feat ure and the ladies of the post aux Hilary will serve luncheon. All former members of the Yankee Di- vision whether members of the post or not are invited to attend the meeting.
 Meeting Postponed
 Due to the fact that many of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03
Thirteen Point Program Seeks
 Ratification
Poll to Be Taken By April 4-Entire Country Involved in Setup-Need for Budget Balancing Stressed By Financial Men

, the added taxation, if further rev. enues are needed, the corporate in- come tax shoulud be moderately increased. 8. Excise Taxes: Tn the added taxation, If still further revenues are needed, there shoulud be ex- else taxes at low rates upon broad range of articles of wide use and not of the first necessity. 9. Capital Gains and Losses:
 The tax rate on capital gains and
 the deduction allowed for capital
 losses should be reduced to a low
 rate.
 10. Capital Gains and Losses: The tax rate on capital gains and the deduction allowed for capi- tai losses should apply regard less of the length of time the ass sets have been held by the tax payer.
 Il. Retroactive Taxes: New taxes and changes in existing taxes operating to the disadvantage oi taxpayers should apply only to the future.
 12. Estate Tax: During this emergency, the rates of the estate tetA nAAVAAa AGAH4kh u6 At VL NbGhiN IS. Relief for Estates: There
 should be reasonable allowance where there has been shrinkage in the value of estates between time
 of death and time for payment. A detailed explanation accom- panies each resolution. The ex- planation is given that the 1881 fiscal year closed June 30 last with
 a treasury deficit of $900,000, 000
 The 1882 current fiscal year will close next June with deficit of $2,100, 900, according to the
 secretary of the treasury, if only
 those expenditures now budgeted
 are made and if present revenue
 laws are unchanged. Such defi-
 cit would be the largest in our his-
 tory, except in the war years oi 1012 md 1010
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03
CHAMBER TO VOTE ON NATIONAL TAX PLAN
Parochial School
 Honors Washington
Pupils of Sts Peter and Paul Conduct Special Pro.
 grams During February

Hatchet," Rita zibel; piayIet, My New Hatchet." Washington's father, Francis Dunn; George Washington, Robert Meo; poem. "To Washington" John Garthwait: poem, "Washington's Birthday" Jacqueline Loiselle; playlet, "Thc First American Flag" George Washington, James Moran; Betsy Ross, Mary Warner: Robert Nor. ris, Thomas O'Connell; Ann (maid) Barbara Dunn; poem, "The New George Washington" Henry Brochu; playiet. "The Story of the Flag" Edward Pagan, Robert seipel, Roberta Seipel, Shirley Hartley, Marita Ghent, Lorraine German, Shirley Montambault, Bernadette scheli, Dorothy O'Neill: song, There Are Many Flags In Many Lands" class; poem, "somc- thing Better" Evelyn Morrissey; poem, "A Young Patrol" William Slavin: tribute, "The Message of the Flag" Anita Champagne, shir- ley Lynch, John Ashton, Walter o'Neill; poem, "So Shall l." Fred erick Nation; son, America, class.
 The first grade, afternoon ses- sion, presented the following song, "Washington", chorus; recitation, My New Hatchet", Jean Nc. Carthy. playlet, "The Making of the First American Flag" Wash ington, Robert Crowley: Betsy Ross, Elizabeth Paul; Ann, Evely O'Donnell; Morris, Robert O'Neill; Salute to the Flag. Harry Brink man; story of the Red, White and Blue,' Harold Traver, Joseph Garthwait, Laurine Mcclure, Eliz- abeth Pronovost, Therese Wolff. Lorraine Thorn, William Boucher, Constance German, National An.
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Tn connection with a nationwide referendum on the subject of Fed eral Taxation" members of the board of directors and other rep- resentative members of the Water bury Chamber of Commerce have been asked to ballot on the ac- ceptance or rejection of the recom- mended plan.
 Results of the ballots indicating the preference of the local nenl- bership will be recorded by the local Chamber of Commerce and a report filed with the national head quarters at washington, D. c. All April 1, 1892.
 Thirteen questions will be voted on. They are listed on the of ficial ballot sheet as follows:
 1. Balanced budget: Immediate steps should be taken to produce a, balance of expenditures and revenues by the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1884.
 3. Reduced expenditures: As the first step in the fiscal pros gram, expenditures should be re- duced to the maximum possible ex- tent.
 8. Borrowings: Tn the present fiscal year and in the next fiscal year, new debt-borrowings con- sonsant with maintenance of gova ernment credit, and in decreasing amounts should be utilized to keep tax increases moderate.
 4. Additional Taxation: The further amounts needed should be obtained through added taxation with a definite limitation of time.
 $. Individual Income Tax: In the added taxation, normal and surtax rates shoulud be moderately increased.
 6. Individual Income Tax: Tn the added taxation, personal credit should be decreased.
 lSaxaara4a Iaaaxaa TaX. In
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Strelkaukas Held
 In Bond Default
Admits Part in Break Case to Be Heard Saturday
 Morning

South Leonard street and down Washington avenue the two sus- poets escaped by climbing a pole and racing through the railroad yards. Yesterday morning. Lieut. William Pollard and Detective Bender visited strelkaukas' home and made the arrest. The young man then admitted that he had made the break in the Bank street store. Before he is tried 1t is possible that he may be linked with other breaks. only last week the young man was placed on pro-, bation for six months, having been picked up with two burglary sus- poets, i,
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The Age of FAT Need No Longer Be Feared

used them for 24 years-millions of boxes of them. The results are seen in every circle. Those slender figures. now so common, are not due to starving.
 Every box contains the formula. So users know, and doctors know, just how Marmola acts. You are taking in Marmola what the best physicians use.
 Fight fat in this modern way. Com- bat the cause. Take Marmola-four tablets daily-until weight comes down to normal. As the fat goes, watch your vim come back. Then tell your friends what did it. Don't waitlonger-startt tthisright twaynow.
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them" chorus; march, class.
 A play, "The Making of the First American Flag" opened the exercises of grade one, mornslng session, the characters being Betsy Claire Wrenn, Ann. Mary Kenney; Washington, Lawrence Skelly; Morris, Peter Dunne; recitation, "The New George Washington, Frank Mark: "So Shall l." Paul Norback; "our Very Best. Thomas Elsden; Brave and Good George Washington" James Long worth; Something Bettcr", Ger aldine O'Shea; "A Young Patriot" Lawrence Skelly: Flag Salute ad march. class; song, North, South. East, West" class.
 The kindergarten program opened with e song, I'm just Like
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Washington" by the class; fol- lowed by q dramatization, Wash. 1T Know Three Little Sisters" ington and the Cherry Tree;" song, class. The celebration concluded with a Washington parade.
 The children of the school have displayed considerable enthusiasm In the designing and making of posters in connection with the eel. ebration of the Bicentennial of Washington's birth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03
Lieut.. Shea Auxiliary
 Card Party at Armory

Lieut. Shea Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars. sponsored Q card party in the posts rooms at the Armory yesterday afternoon. Mrs Lucy Moss was in charge of are arrangements. It was announced that another party will be held Mon- day evening at the Armory. Mrs Julia Simpson will be in charge. Refreshments will be served.
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Nothing seemed to help me. I tried everything could hear of but my indigestion hung on four years.
 "Then q friend got me to take some Pape's Diapepsin. l had almost im- mediate relief with the first two tablets. Now that have been taking them for some time. ] find can eat meats or most anything and have no trouble. l want to tell others about Dlapepsin because t sure helped me-"
 Thousands like Mir. Barnes are finding quick. certain relief tor sour stomach, or acidity. by using Pape's plapepsln. Chew . talsict and that feeling of weight and discomfort after eating just disappsafs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03

Miss Emeline Ranaudo, grad uate of Wilby high school, class of 1928, will be. heard as piano accompanist for the combined high school orchestra tonight which will present 8 concert in the Wilby auditorium at o'clock, for the benefit of the school milk fund. Several other talented high school musicians, including Marcel Dou- cette and Domenic Mecca, will also be heard. Dancing in the gym nasium will follow the concert.
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vrisndi What Is your sons aver. age ineome7
 Faihefi From two to three a. Bs. '-~AnsNers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-03
Barney Barnes Can Now Eat Anything
 He Chooses

I g o t s O I couldn't eat any, thing without having trouble afterwards.' .''says MT. B arney Barnes, popular oil rig builder, of ? 2 1 X w c s t Grand Avenue, Oklahoma City. Okla. "I would have heartburn. and indigestion pains after meals.