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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
ANOTHER RICH
 MAN KIDNAPPED
 FOR BIG RANSOM
Howard A. WOlvertOn, Wealthy Manufacturer of South Bend, Ind, Taken From Side of Wife

South Bend, Ind, Jan 27-(UP) Two men Kidnapped Howard A Woolverton, 50, wealthy manufac turer, today as he and his wif'
 drove home and held him fol
 $5O,00O ransom.
 The two had just stopped theil automobile in front of their house
 in a wealthy residential section
 early today when captured. They
 were threatened with death If they
 made. an outcry.
 Seizing the automobile the kid napers drove to an isolated spot two miles east of the city, where they thrust Mrs Woolverton from the car. They warned her hus-
 band would be held until she paid $5O,O00 ransom.
 Mrs Woolverton hailed pass ing motorist and was driven to the
 police station where she told hel
 story. Police obtained only the
 bare details of the abduction due to her hysteria. Woolverton is president of the
 Malleable Steel Range company. He is a prominent leader in civic and business affairs, the son of Jacot Woolverton, wealthy banker and
 vice-president of the St Joseph Loan & Trust company.
 Later Mrs Woolverton gave a
 coherent story of what had hap pened.
 eve had eaten dinner and spent
 the early part of the evening al the Country club" Mrs Woolver- ton, 49, and leader in local so-
 ciety told officers tearfully. After dinner we dSoye into town and went to a movie. It was late, and we stopped at a little lunchroom
 for a bite. to eat, then started to drive home.
 eve had driven almost to our house when the kidnapers' machine pulled along side ours and forced my husband to stop by the curb Two young men jumped out. They had revolvers in their hands. One got into our car. He sat in the front seat with my husband and pressed the revolver against him Then he ordered him to drive out into the country. : "The other car followed us slightly in the rear. The man threatened to shoot MT Woolverton if he tried to get away. A few
 miles out he told my husband to stop the car. The other machine
 pulled up and the men forced MI Woolverton to get in their auto. "They told me to drive back to
 town and warned me they would
 kill my husband if I told police about the Kidnapping"
 The men left Mrs Woolverton a
 note which said;
 "On Wednesday at D. m. take your four-passenger Packard auto
 with license No. 20 and trunk or the rear. Go to Chicago Heights
 Before leaving take .$50,000 and l wrap it into a strong bundle. On your way we will signal you by
 flashing our headlights 10 times
 We will then be behind you and drive on to Danville and return i, home from there. Say nothing te police. If there is any slip up IT this plan your husband may be
 killed"
 ] Police believed the Kidnapping was conducted by the ring which has terrorized midwest business men in recent months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Graduate nurses from all sec tions of the state, including seven from Waterbury. will attend the annual meeting of the Connecticut Graduate Nurses associatoin to be held in Hotel Taft, New Haven, on February and 1. The Waterbury delegation headed by Miss Flor ence Whipple. chairman of the public health section of the asso- citation for the past two years. in- cludes: Miss Mildred Bowes, Miss Nellie Cook, Mrs Marie Dodd, Miss Isabel Koch, Miss Victoria Lieb- reich and Mrs Ruth Sepples.
 The meeting will open at 10 a. m. on February and will close February with tea, to be served
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
"pAINLEss" DENTISTRY

Drilling teeth may become un- necessary if recent German ln- vention is successful. By this me, thod the affected tooth is enclosed in case with the decayed portion exposed. On this a few drops or acid are dropped. and in few minutes the decayed portion IS re- moved painless!y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
LATE REALTY NEWS
Omit Claim Deeds

Quit Claim Deeds James Verrastro to Francesca Verrastro, real estate on the west side of Oak street.
 Wesley Goodall to Antonio Sal- cito. real estate on the east side of Fairlawn avenue. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Washington, Jan 27-WP)- Forecast for Wednesday and Thurs day:
 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts,: Fair and colder to- might and Thursday.
 Rhode Island and Connecticut: Fair tonight and Thursday; colder tonight.
 Temperatures
 Washington, Jan 27-(UP)-, Highest temperatures yesteray and lowest last night in 20 cities were reported by the weather bureau to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
guest of the Laplace Post of Essex.

guest of the Laplace Post of Essex.
 Conn, last night. The occasion
 was the annual clam chowder sup per of the post at which high
 ranking state officers and the Es- sex board of trade were guests. Past Commander Seaton, who was one of the principal speakers of the evening. spoke on the relation ship of the, Legion to the commute ity, a topic on which he is sought as a speaker by legion posts throughout the state.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Go To The Festival
Blossom Fete Grows In Beauty

The Shenandoah Valley section Of Virginia does well cele-
brate it will this week. the annual blossoming Of the mil
lions of apple trees which furnish the sections largest
ofsincome
For nearly ten years the people of the valley have
made the spring blossoming time Of festival and
Each year the pageany with which the blossoms been
greeted has in pretenousness until festival
internationally famous
There folks hoptable than vrgnians and no
Vgans hoptabe than those in the valley On these
occasions when thousands of visitors entertained the resi-
dents O the section outdo themselves in welcoming them and
amusing them.
The festival committees have worked hard this year to pre-
pare exceptionally fine program and to provide the finest
accommodations and entertainment for the visitors
is to be hoped that the hearty invitation which the val
ley and the State Of Virginia extends at this time will be
espted BY record breaking crowdA
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

thought they Elsie Robinson
were your hidden secret. How
did I guess this thing about
you?
guessed it because I am
that way too. We are all that
way. That is what makes life
so difficult for us all; often, so
tragic. That is why love seems
to fail us; why we can never
find perfect joy or peace.
We are all lonely, and we all
hate our loneliness. We want
someone who really under
stands; someone who can
share-really share-our every
experience.
There Is an old verse:
Men are spirits clad in wells;
Man by man was never seen;
All our striving somehow fails
To lift that which lies between"
Spirits clad in wells; lonely
spirits striving to lift that
which lies between; always
failing; always lonely. We are
all like that, and we all rebel
against it.
The Old Rebel
Once there was a proud and
passionate old man who re-
belled against it terribly. He
was very rich and powerful.
He was king over Israel, and
money had brought him almost
everything on earth. There
was no hunger, save one, which
he had not satisfied. He had
seized rich lands. He had
travelled into strange places.
He had stuffed his treasury
with gold and jewels. He had
taken to himself the loveliest
maidens. Yet still he was un-
satisfied, for he was lonely.
Great King David was as
lonely as the poorest shepherd
on the hills. He wanted some
one or something that would
always feel close; that would
not desert him in his dark
times Of fear and sorrow and
remorSe; that would under
stand him and help him and
comfort him.
And for years he sought that
someone or something's you
and I have sought. He broke
laws. He did wild, wicked
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Impossible Under
Existing Conditions

The Grundy Act, by invit-
ing the retaliation Of other
nations, has created a situa-
ton diSsimilar from any
thing we have ever known
before. The action Of other
nations in meeting the ex-
clusion of their products
from our markets by exclud-
ing our products from theirs,
imposes upon us the neces-
sity now Of negotiating with
these nations for reciprocal
arrangements. H a d our
former customers not closed
their markets to our prod
ucts and had the Democrats
had a majority in the Senate
which they have not-and
a President sympathetic to
a downward revision, the
majority in the House would
have been expected to have
passed a straight downward
revision measure.
That, however, was lmpos-
sible under existing condi-
tions.
First, because any such
program would have con-
sumed all the time in Con-
gress, leaving none for the
emergency measures to meet
the panic conditions and the
unprecedented deficit; and
would have been vetoed In
the end. This would have
meant a wanton waste OF
time.
Second, because we cannot
now open our markets tt.
other nations until they are
ready to open their markets
to us.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
ONCE-OVERS

teresting and far from lonely
with radio and daily paper de-
livery within the reach Of all.
Farm talks are helpful and
teach the unSkilled in farm life
how and when to plant and
where to get the best seed for
the locality.
Topics of interest to all are
discussed by some of the very
best students and thinkers Of
the modern world.
And if the farmers family
want to dance as they did at
some of the famous restaurants
when they thought they were
on easy street the radio gives
all kinds of good music for
that.
Farmers can get enough to
eat and a bed and plenty Of
entertainment.
copyright. 1933. King Features
Syndicate. IRc.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Nothing Partisan
In The Plan

The present state of eco
nomic war between the ma
tions is destructive Of the
prosperity of all the coun-
tries involved in the end.
Real statesmen, economists,
merchants, m a n u facturers
and financiers are agreed on
that. Until something is done
to end this economic war
fare, and restore normal in
ternational trade, every ma
ton will sutherland none
more than the United States.
We started the war; or
rather a very small group of
supremely selfish and short
sighted men started it, with
the sympathy Of Mr.. Hoover,
who approved their plan and
exerted himself to the ut
most to put it through.
And having started the
war, it is up to us to take
the initiative in getting back
to a policy of economic COM
mon sense.
With this in view, the
Democratic tariff act au-
thorizes the President to
call an international eco
nomic conference to nego-
tiate reciprocal trade ar
rangements. There is not a
sound business m an in
America who does not favor
some such step. There is,
nothing partisan in thu e
plan.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
POWER" DIRECTS THIS
... MEDIUM
UNDER THE CONTROL OF
.. POWER"

apparently without any knowledge the part of Mrs Morris
herself as to where she was
It dsconcertng for dignified Judge to have this
happen, needless to say He had the spiituast in her
These pictures interest millions who believe in piituam
and many other millions that do believe Science
(and common SEEMS say) that spirits happily
escaped from this planet would back talk
sense about Mama is happy" etc.
On the other hand spruaists course, sincere
as those protesting other beliefs.
And it is extremely likely that if this medium did deceive
those that believe in her. she also deceves herself by believing
inEherseH
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
POWER" IN FULL
POSSESSION
THE COMMENCEMENT OF
A TRANCE

These photographs published in the London Sphere show
s the captions indicate the gradual progress in the trance
Of a wellknown sprtualistic medium.
This lady Mrs Meurg Morris brought suit for libel against
daily newspaper that had accused her of fraudname Of
Voluntarily and knowingly decevng those who believed in
her ''spiritualistic manifestations"
In courtroom with judge presiding Mrs Morris entered
suddenly into condition in which it is believed by
spirituass nd perhaps by herse that spirits from the
other world take possession Of her body and talk through it.
After the had progressed the stage of power
In full possession the woman, Mrs Morris whose voice is
ordinarily that Of delicate woman spoke in very deep
man voice. addressed the Judge and those in the courtroom
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

THE tariff bill, which
Il passed the House weeks
ago, and has since be en-
changed in some respects by
the Senate, has now been
recommended by the House
committee with the Senate
changes accepted. The final
debate was not impressive
on the part of the Admin
istration forces, who con-
fined themselves to jeering
at the Democratic House for
its failure completely to re-
wise all the thousands of
schedules in the law. There
is rank dishonesty, made a
bit palatable by partisan
tom-foolery in the jeering.
Even the bill as it passed
the House can scarcely be-
come a law, because of the
veto power Of the President.
1t was scarcely consistent
for the Republicans to jeer
at the Democratic House for
not undertaking a sweeping
revision of the tariff act
now. and then, in the lang
uage of one of their number
serve notice that even the
very moderate bill agreed
upon cannot become law be-
cause "the strong arm Of
the President will frustrate
your efforts.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

things, to satisfy that hunger
in his heart.
And at last he did satisfy it.
He found someone. He found
someone who would never
desert him, never misunder-
stand him.
He found God.
God wasn't a person he could
feel. God wasn't a thing he
could possess. God was a
presence mysterious power.
And old King David found that
that presence was everything.
In a blade of grass, in a birds
song, in a sunset sky, in a
winter storm, in the eyes Of a
faithful dog and in the smile
of a loving child-there was
that mysterious presence.
God and Life
People did not always call it
God. Some called it life.
Some called it by outlandish,
heathen names. But it did not
matter what a man called 1t,
so long as he found it.
So long as a man found that
ever present mystery, and
realized that he was a part OF
it and that he would always be
a part of it, he was comforted.
For then his life had mean
ing: it was not just a sense
s less accident, filled with pain
and blundering. It was part OF
a great plan and purpose.
So King David found God;
not in his treasures; not in his
harem; not in his splendid
court; but in the simple things
in the simple chores, in the sim
ple processes of life. Wherever
he went he found God, ana
whatever happened to him was
a part of Gods purpose.
And out of this discovery King
David wrote a poem. 1t was his
answer to his loneliness. 1t is
the answer to your loneliness
and mine. Listen:
20 Lord, Thou hast searched me
and known me.
Thou knowest my down-sitting
and mine uprising,
Thou understandest my thoughts
afar off.
Thou compassest my path,
And art acquainted with all my
-. ways.
Whittier shall I go from Thy
spirit?
Or whittier shall I flee from Thy
presence?
If I ascend up into heaven,
Thou art there;
II I make my bed in hell, be-
hold Thou art there.
If I take the wings Of the morn
ing,
And dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea
Even there shall Thy hand lead
me
And Thy right hand shall hold
me-"
You are lonely? Say that
when you are lonely. Go out
into some quiet place and be
still for q while.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
A Farmers Life

You say you would never be
contented on a farm because
it is so lonely.
That might have been said
with truth in the olden time.
Transportation was difficult.
People did not have cars or
trucks driven by motor power.
The horse was the beast OF
burden and its endurance was
limited.
The men Of the farm real
lied that and took better care
of their horses sometimes than
they did of their families.
However men Of today have
studied enough of health and
hygiene in modern schools to
know that proper care is need
ed to bring up healthy humans.
But there is every reason
why farm life should be in
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Protection for
Millions of Consumers.

Another feature of the
bill just passed, transfers
the power to change tariff
rates on the recommenda-
tion of the Tariff Commits
sion from the President to
the Congress, where the
Constitution wisely lodges
the power.
And then there is an
other feature that is in
tended as a protection for
the millions of consumers
the creation of the position
of Consumers Counsel to
represent the people in hear
ings on applications of
financially interested par
ties for increase in the rates.
The tariff, of course, is a
tax, and it is sheer humbug
to say that "the foreigner
pays the tax" and yet for
60 years the consuming mil
lions have had no actual
voice in the framing of
tariff, schedules.
The old system, before the
creation of the tariff COM
mission, was scandalous in
its operation. Th e Ways
and Means Committee Of the
House and the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate held
hearings. Every interest that
wanted to use the taxing
powers Of the Government
to increase it's profits at the
expense of the consumers
appeared. It appeared with
lawyers and lobbyists-with
elaborate briefs - with
facts" and figures.
And in these hearings the
committees heard from no
one else.
The farmers were not
there; the consuming mil
lions Of the cities-mere in
dividuals without organiza-
tion-were not there; the
people who were to pay the
tax were in a million homes
attending to their work
their voice was not heard.
That is the reason that for
go years it has been so easy
for selfish interests to get
what they wanted-at the
expense of the people. They
almost invariably have had
a one-sided hearing.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Just for
Illustration

And the same has been
true under the Tariff Com
mission. This, like the two
committees of the Congress,
sits in judgment on the
arguments, pro and con, for
changes in the rates which
affect the consuming mil
lions. All three hold public
hearings, and both sides,
where there are two sides,
and a real conflict between
the interest of the mass Of
the people and the corpora
tion exists, may be heard.
But how? Just for illustra-
tion, let us suppose an ap-
plication for an increase in
rates is made by the Alu-
minum Corporation. 1t is
true that the consumers of
aluminumware may be heard,
but who, and where, are
they? They are millions OF
housewives scattered from
coast to coast-and they are
not at the hearings. Any
one of them, wandering in
from the street to protest,
would be hopelessly CON
fused in the battle of facts
and figures, because none of
them would have the oppor-
tunity for the adequate and
intensive study necessary for
intelligent testimony.
And the Aluminium Corpo-
ration? It's experts, high
sal laried and competent,
would have been at work
preparing data; its lawyers,
the best to be had in pos
session of the data, would
have been busy preparing
exhaustive briefs.
What chance do the mere
people have in a contest OF
that sortf
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

around yo u
in laughing,
! i g h t e d
plac e S, you
are lonely.
Even W h e n
you are do
ing the thing
you like best,
and with the
one you love
most. you are
lonely.
It startles
you to read
those words.
Y o u h a d
~ ~
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

An "old-fashioned man" is
one who remembers wistfully
when, if he took a girl to a
church fair or a flower show
and bought her a box of choco-
lates or a bunch Of violets, he
was regarded as a prince OF
Spenders.
When a man finds out that
his wife doesn't appreciate"
him, you nearly always find
that he has had another
woman's help in making the
discovery.
It's hard for a married man
to forget his wife's beauty, espe-
cially when he is always run
ming across some Of it in the
medicine chest, the top bureau
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Mixed Grill

has only to look at her to see
whether she is inspired by
hope, experience, or just opti-
miSm.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson :

THOU ART THERE!
You are lonely. You have
been lonely all your life.
Even with many people
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
Consumers Need a
Peoples Counsel
Claude G.. BOUers

The only real opposition
to it comes from the little
group that has wrought such
havoc to our foreign trade
through the Grundy act,
and from the Administration
which still looks upon a pro-
hibitive tariff as a sacred
COW.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

A modern woman can endure
almost anything, except being
respected" for her years.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
By Nelson
Harding

drawer, or Uttered all over her
dressing table.
Man may be Natures Pet,
but two Affections she visited
on him and spared woman are
the eternal shaving of his chin
and the eternal fear Of getting
bald on top of his head.
OF course, men have as much
right as women to go around
the beaches in half-portion
bathing suits which expose
their backs and legs, but they
haven't the same temptation.
Because a man, like modern
plumbing, always looks better
when he is diScreetly and COM
pletely covered up.
It is utterly amazing to a
woman who is learning to drive
a car how everything, from q
hedge to a telegraph pole,
ma1iciously tries to run into
her.
Occasionally you meet a man
so highly skilled that he can
play golf, the stock market, and
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

drawer, or Uttered all over her
dressing table.
The Washington times., 1932-05-03

Occasionally you meet a man
so highly skilled that he can
play golf, the stock market, and
Evening star., 1932-07-08

marker Myer rolled the side and game
into retirement
MO splitting of double-headers by the
~ Nationals yet. they have played
10 to win 4, 3 from the Tanks
and from the Red Sox, and lose 6,
to the AS and / TO each of the
Boston, New York, st. Louis and Cleve-
land clubs. they'll have another twin
bill with the Indians tomorrow, but
only a solo was due this afternoon.
in the fifth inning of the first game
with two on and one out Thomas
walked Averill purposely to fill the
bases. and Vosmik drilled into dou-
ble-play but Vosmik did a lot of
hitting for the Gay. he made two
singles in the first game and in the
second smote a homer. triple and single
and drove across three runs. the first
Indian up in the first six innings OF
the first game get on the runway.
Myer showed plenty Of foot when he
got a double out of a drive to short
right in the third round of the second
game. Porter had the ball as Buddy
turned first. but was trifle slow COM
ing up with it and the runner took
advantage Of the delay. Porter, 1t
turned cut. had hurt his groin as he
fielded the ball the Cleveland
gardener fell and was out several min
utes before he could resume play.
Evening star., 1932-07-08
Major Leaders
BY thesAssociated Press.
American League.


American League.
Batting-Foxx, Athletics, .378; Walk
er. Tigers, 1853.
Runs-Foxx, Athletics, n; Simmons,
Athletics, rs.
Runs batted in-Foxx, Athletics, 90;
Ruth, Yankees, 10.
Hits-Foxx, Athletics, 1o8; Porter, In
dians, 103.
Doubles-Porter, Indians, "a; Camp
bell Browns, %.
man. Yankees, 8.
Home runs-Foxx, Athletics 29; Ruth,
Yankees, %.
Stolen bases-Chapman Yankees. l9;
Johnson, Red Sox, and Blue, White
Sox, II.
Pitching-Gomez, Yankees, 14-3;
Grove, Athletics, ard Brown, Senators,
12-3.
National League.
Batting-P. Waner, Pirates, $780,
Hurst, Phillies. 1863.
Runs-Klein, Phillies, SO; Terry,
Giants, 81.
Runs batted in-Klein, Phillies, "a;
Hurst, Phillies, 73.
Hits-Klein, Phillies, 121; P. Waner,
Pirates, 1l2.
Doubles-P waner. Pirates, So;
Worthingtcn. Braves. 80
T'riples-Klein, Phillies, and Herman,
Reds. II.
Home runs-Klein, Phillies, Is; Terry,
Giants, and Wilson, Dodgers, Is.
Stolen bases-P. Waner, Pirates, 12;
Frisch. Cardinals, II.
Pitching-Betts, Braves, and Swetonic,
Pirates, 90.