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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

Inent OF war. Seere-
tary Patrick ]. Hurley took cogniz-
ance Of the charges and sent Gen.
Lyle Brown, chief OF army engineers,
to make an investigation.
r OS ANGELES, the prolific source
i of tragedies, provided another
ture executive and husband of Jean
Harlow. a famous screen actress.
For reasons that at this writing are
unknown, MIR. Bern shot and killed
himself in the beautiful home he pre-
scented to his bride when they were
married Two months ago. He left a
note that only added to the mystery.
Ii said he was making good THE
frigntful wrong | have done your and
wiping out his ..abject humiliation"
and Miss Harlow insisted she did not
know what he meant and THAT they
had been perfectly happy together.
Mr., Bern, who was born in Germany
IL years ago., had been actor, stage
manager and director, and In his
work In pictures was very successful
and popular. His associates said he
had been acting strangely OF late, and
that his mother and three of his sis
tiers had committed suicide.
One possible explanation for Bern's
suicide was revealed when it was
learned that for years before his mar
rage to Jean Harlow he lived wfrh
another woman. His brother asserted
Bern continued to support her in a
sanitarium after she had a nervous
breakdown, and that Miss Harlow
knew all about it, For ten years this
woman lived at the Hotel Algonquin
In New York city as Mrs Paul Bern
and paid her bills with checks sent
to her fortnightly from Hollywood by
the movie executive. She left the ho-
! tel last winter and had her trunks
shipped to San Francisco.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

In London, Mayor Cermak of Chi
cago, annoyed by BritisLers talking
about Chicago crime" reminds them
that they have 1900 policemen in
London. And IF Chicago had that
many cops | could clear the city Of
every criminal" The mayor would
do it, of course, If he could, but pos
sibly he couldn't.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

That this Lis a rich country, and
would be happy Ii Ii only knew what
to do with Its wealth. how to manage
how to distribute 1t, you realize when
you read that New York city pays its
public employees one million dollars a
day. That Is almost as much as 1t
cost to run the whole government OF
the United States In happy old days
before 1914 started our national squan-
dering debauch.
New York's taxpayers, supplying
the one million dollars a day. for Jobs
largely political, + not happy about
It. 1t ought to crafty them to know
that they have 10 much money, with
something left over for building re
pairs.
O. 1y1x. by King Features EyndicAte. 1n1
WNU Service
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

DIR. Benjamin Goldberg tells the
American Congress OF Physical Their
apy that u depression has improved
the health of the people, but has cut
down the birthrate.
Insurance companies say -the
masses r learning more about birth
control and praetieing IT. Health In
improved. perhaps. by the fact that
there Is less bootleg whisky drinking,
and less of the overeating that breeds
disease, when times are bad.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

A person no less important than
Rev. Canon J. A. MacCnlloch says
belief In fairies has a real founda-
ton. In glacial times there lived in
Britain a pigmy race. now disap-
peared. SO small they could have been
called fairies.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

Money is queer Wise finance tells
you il all depends on how much gold
you have back OF your money. How
do they explain the fact that in Can
ada an American changing a United
States twenty-dollar gold piece gets
only SLIGO La United States one-dollar
bills. whereas for twenty of those one
dollar bills he can get S2o.40 In United
States gold coin2 Try to figure that
out.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
On the Book Room, Tables

HE TABLE" Just now, is big aIbsszn.
opening wide upon the Bicentennial year.
Rather, a flock of albums each packed with I
portraits Of Washington-the city and the man.
Now and then a little sketch goes along with
the pictures bit of verse.
Look at this one-"The Charm Of Old wash.
ington," by Ada Rainey and Seward Rathbun.
Both artists, Miss Rainey in word sketches, Mr..
Rathbun in drawings The booklet comes from
the press of Franc E h-iry. d. C.
As If these two had had the power 10 lift
the big city OF the present up and to set 10
aside for the moment. disclo sing the vide and
sprawling area of eHlly davs, with Georeetovn
over there and Cap.Sol Hill up yonder In be-
tween, the White Eo re and across the Yives
Arlington Down the Potomac, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon Tna,'s all. But together
evoking q g,anor- US rast that makes redolent
and beautiful every suc ;eeding present of the
great Capital city.
Upon companion p ges. facing each OeheT
these two artists set word sketch and drawing.
Here the wei known points that need no
mention Thsn, out of Georgetown rises Tudor
place and Dumbarton House on from Capitol
Hill 10 the south. the Naples and Gfeenleas
Point In between. Lafayette square where
Decatur House th2 Hsys-Adams house and the
CorcOfan mansion calls up many o shade "a
earlier days-statesman diplomat, scholar
the anfulnlled and questing Henry Adams, with
Others and Others
Opening this slim book at It's fyst pa3s
touches adventure kself. Nothing but . draw
ing. drawing of that old inn in GeoxsesovA
where Washington and LEnfant stayed
sincerely severe sketch, not an overtoHch about
it. Yet that scant and srtfully propoxtieneA
bit. is not actually sentient thing, bat u b
beautifully alive still In its own hour and day.
More Of enthusiasm and perception? Suppose
you decide then. Look at Decatur House tpaee
22), or the door of the Arts Club (paee Sd.
Look at any Of them Look at all OF them.
An unusual series Of photographs by Tbeo-
dore HoTdczak. Washington photographer, vne
scape subjects, has Just been issued in book
form under the tit'e Places Washington
Knew
The Photographic reproductions. 46 in nunl-
ber, show houses and sites in the Potomac
River region which were closely associated with
the life Of the First President Scenes IN
Washington Alexandria, Mount Vernon, wiz
hamsburg and Yorktown are included. Views
along the new Mount Vernon Memorial Hgh-
way also are shown.
Many OF the photogra phs have never be1ose
been published in any form
Included in the book lis q reprodSctSon a
the town plan OF Alexandria, Va. drawn by
washington when he II years old The
original Is In possession Of the Library Of Cena
sress.
The publisher Of the book Is Ira L. sznath.
who prepared the descriptive material aeesua-
panying the Photographic reproductions.
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Books ReCeiUed

CREATIVE EXPRESSION: The Developmena
OF Children in Art, Music Literature and
Dfamatics. Edited for the Progressive E4ia-
cation Association by Gertrude Hartman
and Ann Shun,aker. New York: The John
Day Co.
THE CHILD AND PLAY. Based on the re-
ports of the White House Conference en-
Child Health and Protection. By James
Edward Rogers, director of National Phys
ical EdOcation Service Of the National Ree~
reation Association New York: The Cen<
tury Co.
THE AWAKENING COMMUNITY BY Mary
Minis, IN collaboration with Georgia Williams
Aoritx Introduction by Charles w. Pipkin.
dean Of Graduate School Louisiana state
University. New York: The Msemillan Co
THE ANCIENT CIPHER OR GODS WIS
DOM IN A MYSTERY. By Eva Southsate
Stewart Seven volumes. Volume III. New
York: @. p. Putnams Sons
LYRA AYSTICA An Anthology Of MYSTICAL
Verse. Edited by Charles Carroll Albert
son. Introduction by william Ralph Inee,
dean Of st. Pauls. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
LET THE DAY PERISH. BY Saul Pa6oveT.
New York: Jonathan Cape and Robert
SOLUTION OF THE woRID-RIDDIE H.
Innozninatus. Book One: Epistenolosy:
The Natural Science Of the Universe.
YEARS OF TUMuLT; The world Since Ria
by James H. Powers. foreign editor, The
Boston Globe. New York ". w. Nestso
d ca, Inc.
AMERICAN PARTIES AND POLITICS: Ms-
tory and Role Of Poiikieal Parties IN the
United States by Harold n Drsee. pss-
tssse sf political science Dartnoash Csa-
ees. Revised and enlarged saasisAA JhW
Yosk: Henry HoA d ca
Evening star., 1932-04-10
}EWEW[ QE THE NEW BOQDK(

binds them together into an enormous unit Of
Industrial promise for the future. A readable
book. Free and clear in its outstanding facts
and purpose. Where a temptation must have
stood by. in so much of material, the stady
is. happily. one of straight outline and unclut-
tered effect
Evening star., 1932-04-10

tions leading to the World War-two Of the
assassinatioDs. at least, being engineered by a
BLACK Hand society" of young men. The first
of the killings found victims in King Aexan-
der and Queen Draga of Serbia, in 1903, and
the other, the spark which fired the world
wide blaze led to the deaths of Austrian Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and his n1organatic
wife in Sarajevo in 1914
The complicated plots leading up to the
assassinations are detailed by the writer. who
adds his fiction in the form OF dialogue He
gives vivid pictures of life among the ruling
classes before the World War. and he tells Of
the thought behind the BLACK Hand" piotters
politics, personalities, military pomp-all that
seethng mass OF affairs Of little nations and
their peoples The leading character Of the
novel is one DragItin Dimitrijevic, known as
Apis" who led the Serbian secret society
blamed for the assassination Of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand But the outstanding fea-
ture OF the work is the weaving together Of
history and fiction The book is illustrated
with two splencid maps, and the original was
published In Europe under the title OF Apis
Und Este" c. Z. N.
Evening star., 1932-04-10

THEY CALL IT PATRIOTISM BY Bruno
Brehn. Boston: Little. Brown q Co
DRUNO BREfzM has used an old time method
- Of combining fact and fiction, but he
shows nm unusual skill thereby developinG a
novel which. with lbs foundation Of history Is
given ADDED interest For the nrst tinae the
reading public becomes acquainted with what
Is eiaisaed 10 be the true story Of assaseina-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30

eash buyers could absoEb one-sixlh of the land even if !, were sold at an unpreesdenl- cd bargsin.
 Such sales going on nowadays in perfuneiory manner almost everywhere. seldom serve any useful purpose. They do much harm. by running and discouragins a lot of property owners who are doing the best they can. and by knocking real estate down to still lower bottoms. des.roying in- vestment values and tax values. It is far better to be at the same time humane and businesslke in such matters. Obviously what is needed is some legal provision in every stricken state and county whereby de- linquent taxes can be refinaneed on easy terms and their collection spread over rea- sonable period of years. Some states are already doing this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1882
A Noble And UnseIfsh Service

{ When the Legislature meets next month it should draw up resolutions in the most glowing terms paying compliment to Charles R. Hale. field representative of the State Library. After sixteen years of intensive work sfeld and in musty records MT Hale has completed gigantic task. that of loeat- ing the graves of the veterans of all the wars in which Connecticut has engaged. lnasmueh as these go back to colonial days the task was no easy one. It required great amount of patience, an immense amount of interest in the subject matter, and the necessary zeal and forttude to complete it when unbellev- able obstacles were encountered.
 Any man who can discover the graves of every Connectciut veteran in fact. find burial places of which towns and of- fieia1s were actually in ignorance, IS devot- ing himself to duty. Begun more or less as a personal investigation Mir Hales work later broadened out into an actual survey of the entire state conducted under legislative auspices In 1916 the caretaker of the grave of veterans buried in Rocky Hill cemetery asked to be relieved. Mir Hale sundcrtook the task of straightenng out some confusion over grave markers, at that time holders with flags.
 a He did such good job of il at Rocky Hill that he was asked to do the same thing sin Wethersheld and Newington. State librarian Goddard heard of his work and asked him to make a complete survey of the state for purely reference purposes l he World War was just ended so the task was no easy one. Tbe Legislature of 1919 was asked for an appropriation and obliged MT Hale stated bis job. IL took him sixteen years to complete it. but the state is now possessed of such valuable information as lt might require lifetime to ascertain It knows where every cemetery, old Of new, in veterans grave is located in its last resting rlaec
 Further than this it knows where many burial grounds existed that no longer can De found One is covered by reservoir today Down in North Stonngton all available records showed merely nine bury jng grounds After Mir Hale completed his investigation there were nnety-five there, two of which a forest fire last year revealed for the first time in years and years. here are 1882 cemeteries in the state some of f',em dating back to l,o37 when Connect- eut engaged in it's first war with the Pequot Indians There were fourteen after that and our records now show where the veterans of these conflicts lie, thanks to Charles K. Hae. Surely such service as he has rem dcrcd the state is wotthy of more than mere passing attention. Let the General Assembly do its duty when it convenes while the rest of us add our congratulations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
Examine the Report

< One more important report IS now ready for Legislative scrutiny. We refer to that of the child welfare commission released to the public this week. If the plans as ad- vaneed by the commission arc carried through in entirety this state will rank among the foremost in this phase of social service work. One item in the report lnl- mcdiately caught our eye. It was that in which justices of the peace would be denied jurisdiction in juvenile cases where no Ju- venie court existed in the district. Judges of probate would hear the juvenile cases.
 This more or less runs hand-i hand with the proposal of the judicial council, How ever, it stops short where the councils idea continues. But the two plans haven't the samc purpose in mind. other than that both seek the advancement of the states interest The judicial council eliminates all minor courts, justice of the peace, juvenile, traffic, etc. and establishes system of district courts. It's idea is simplicity in administer ing justice and elimination of all political patronage with its ensuing stultifylng in Huenee upon the courts.
 In this respect the child welfare com mission is in agreement with the judicial council. It believes that management of juvenile delinquents is separate field. We think this surmise is perfectly correct. There should be special efforts made to treat the above as distinct case and not merely as one more offender come before the tribunal of justice. In this respect, too, the commis- sion stresses the need Of avoiding too much institutional care. although it does recom- mend new state institution for the care of inc feeble minded Probation rather than confinement is the commission foreword. It's good one. Why not adopt it as slogan to secure some of the needed reforms the commission indicates as urgent?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
A Government Slip

Here is d remarkable fact in connection with that failure of France to meet her war debt payment to the United States on December l5. After Herrot had resigned and new ministry had been formed by Paul Boncour. it was discovered that the whole row over the payment between the premier and the parliament had been un- necessary. Premier Herriot did not need the parliamentary vote of credit that he asked for, to meet the payment, because the parliament itself had included credits for the payment last March when it voted the l932 budget.
 It seems strange that Herriot or somebody in bis cabinet did not remember that fact and take advantage of it. Herriot himself. apparently, could have ordered the payment as routine matter. regardless of parlia- ment, avoiding all the oratory and notes and the final default. And France might have been saved from putting herself in hole and letting Britain with her painfully virtuous payment gain big diplomatic advantage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
Home-Bound Marines

By January }. it is now said, the United States Marine will all have withdrawn from Nicaragua There arc only few hundred of them there now, and they are embarking for home from time to time in smaller groups. The Marines have had long stay in Nicaragua They first landed there in 1912. Withdrawn in 1925, they were sent back again within two years to help main tain order and supervise elections.
 At present there seems to be comparative peace in Nicaragua. Sandno. the bandit or rebel patriot according to the viewpoint. IS still at large. but there has been no recent major conflict between his followers and the native National Guard. If there ever is trouble again, the American public hopes it can be taken care of without the interven- ton of Marines from this country. Here after. it would like to see most of the inter nal disturbances south of the Rio Grande settled by cooperation among the nations of that region. with no more than expressions of good will from us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
So They Say

War is an expensive way to accomplish even a high national purpose if any other way can be found
 Newton D. Baker. former secre- tary of war, before the Army
 Ordnance association.
  The long suffering citizens are learning that they have to pay their earnings from three months of labor every year to meet the cost of government. and there IS q revolt against this.
 --- Rear Admiral Byrd of the Ma
 tional Ecohomy league.
 Hundreds of people with noth- ing at all to gay are writing books. Henrik Willem Van Loon. author
 It is obvious that the Reconstru- ton Finance Corporation has not violated any speed laws. Senator Robert F. Wagner, <. Democrat. New York.
 brought in the era of high salaries. And when quit am afraid that baseball will go back to the $2,5O0 to $4,000 contracts that were the usual thing when l began to crash those Aome runs in 1919. The magnates would do q terrible thing if they cheapened the game. Page Ruth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
Delinquent Taxes

Uneasy feelings are stirred everywhere by a newspaper item like this, from Pierre. S. D.: About 6.000.000 acres of South Dakota farm land were under the auc- tioneer's hammer today as county sheriffs held the annual delinquent tax sales. Many pieces of city property were also sold for taxes. That means one-sixth of the as sessed farm land in the state. It was pre- dieted beforehand that buyers would be few and most of the land would not be sold
 How could it be otherwiseS There is probably not one state in the Union where
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30

morrow is the lan day to secure 1893 mark CT plates. Better get down to the branch office of the motor vehicle department carly and avoid the last minute rush. Bot judging from the number of applicants this week there won't be much of rush. Mo- torists are evidently going to take advantage of the opportunity to secure rebates on thsir license fees this year. Many cars will be Kept in storage until April 1, or even later.
 perhaps. in some instances. A few years back it was the custom to. give up driving during the winter months. But of recent years few drivers do this. Our system of keeping roads open all winter long has re- moved the terrors of winter driving. Still if you're going to drive in January. better protect yourself with the proper markers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30

And while we are on this topic let us hope that the l933 Legislature will amend the motor vehicle laws to permit use of new license plates from ten to fifteen days before the old ones expire. Most states have adopted some such statute as this. the date when the new markers may be affixed vary ing. of course Nothing would prompt motorists o.seeure markers earlier than this, we believe. And certainly those who do aid the department by getting their plates carly should not be penalized by having to wait until December 3l to put them on their cars. Let's make the deadline December IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
Here, There And EDerywhere

propriatiohs makes the passage of a general rivers and harbors bill the only way in which the IIart- ford project could be put through, at least doubtful. But the recom- mendation Of the army engineers means that the first and most im-
 portant obstacle has been over- come and indicates that at some time when the federal finances arc felt to warrant it, the necessary
 appropriation will be made.
 Over long period improve ments in the river between Hart ford and Springfield were similarly urged by local interests on the single basis Of improved navig1- tion and wholly ut tho expense of the federal government. It was the refusal or the army engineers, year after year. to give their an
 proyal which caused the project, on that basis to fail.
 What effect. if any, the develop ment of navigation below Hart ford will have in reviving the now quieacent proposals of more recent years for the improvement of navigation and the development cf electric power near Windsor Locks. at puDllc HHu pTlvHte eApcHHc combined, remains to be seen. Tho chief advantage to Hartford and
 Middletown in the improvement of the channel will be In the trans-
 portation o focal. This also has al-
 ways been tho chief basis of the argument. so far as concerns navi- gation alone, for Improvement ir the river above Hartford But nothing approaching 15-foot channel or canal past Windsor Locks has been urged, the depth generally contemplated having been to prmit tho passage of barges and other craft drawing approximately 10 feet or less.
 There is no permit from the war department now in effect which would enable private inter- ests. 1T capital could be raised. to go ahead with a hydroelcctric de- vehement in the Windsor Locks area. The last permit issued by the war department was allowed to lapse: the whole matter would have to be taken up as Q new prop osition should 1t ever be revived. Continued reductions in the cost of operating steam-driven power plants are an obvious deterrent to the development of any but the most advantageOuS power sites.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-30
Busy Hands

Tt is the best cure for nerves that bas been invented ;n the entire history of civili- zation," boasts a teacher of needlecraft, speaking of the arts she teaches In her community. interest in crocbeting, knitting. all sorts of embroidery and other needlework. has been increasing so greatly in the past two years that she has now been asked to conduct classes in needleeraft in local col lege. She explains the development as fol- lows Perhaps the depression accounts for the great interest in this work. We are becoming like Europeans in the way we take our leisure. Instead of going out. every evening, we stay home and we like to keep our hands busy.
 What she says of the wholesome effect of such work upon the nerves is true. The same may be said of other handcfafts and manual activities. Gardening is one of these Making furniture at home is another. So, too. is elay-modelling. The list could be made long without exhausting the pos sibiities. The value of creative hand work to frayed nerves has already been recognized in the occupationa therapy work done with psychopathic patients Perhaps it has been overlooked as a wholesome hobby for the average man or woman whose nerves are kept at tension by the modern machine, and whose eyes and ears are strained and over- stimulated by movie, radio, much reading. office work, and so on. It will be well for us if we retain our interest in handcraft hobbies after the depression has vanished into history.