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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
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The rarest bird on earth. the last
heath hen of Martha's Vineyard,
has corrected the misgiving that
it was one with the dodo by COM
ing out of the scrub oak to make
a call at James Green's farm, on
the Edgartown road. The lone
cock, sole survivor of a once abund-
ant species, caught and banded
last spring and lost ever since in
its little wilderness, was believed
to have persisted. It's departure
was mourned at the last American
Game conference and the moral
duly pointed. The heath hen, care
lessly destroyed until past saving,
was called 1.-The outstanding Wild
life martyr of all time" The re-
nown of the last specimen has
spread remorse and the resolve to
rescue other vanishing species. The
unique cock of Martha's Vineyard,
IL he but knew it, Is a hero OF
conservation.
The last heath hen is a veteran
as life goes, or went, among his
tribe. The experts say he must be
at least nine years old and prob
ably much older. Fire, foxes, gos-
hawks, disease and hard weather.
when the hunters had stopped. did
for most of his clan. He Is putting
up a great fight against destiny,
No wonder the Martha's Vineyard
ers are proud of their little phoenix
and glad to postpone the elegy OF
this indomitable bird.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Self Help for Europe

From Europe comes a voice defending
America in the latter's present tendency
toward isolation 1t is the voice of Musso-
lni. In a recent newspaper article he de-
elares his opposition to asking any further
help from the United States. This is pos
sibly an argument of necessity. He ex-
presses the opinion that the Old World
must labor for its own salvation if she
expects any help from anyone else, because
God helps those who help themselves
He seems. indeed. to depend more on God
than he does on Uncle Sam. He even en-
courages a stand-off policy on the part of
our own country, maintaining that Europe
can really get along without our assistance
and should be left to her own devices SO
that she will be compelled to do it.
This is gospel acceptable to most
Americans at the moment. Our people are
now so engrossed in their own difficulties
that they do not feel much like resculng
the rest of the world. 1t may take all our
energy and resources in the immediate flu
ture to help ourselves. But if there is any
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Here, There And EuervDhere

high of So to SIS. The Ozark form
ers feel that depression has found
them, and they are especially griev-
GUS because ginseng root insists
upon much time, nve years. no less,
in which to- reach the market stage.
The grower plants annually and Is
under the necessity of cultivating
four times, at least, as much area
as he expects to harvest. 1t Is done,
at any rate, and We are told of
of a youth who received $4,000 for
five fifty-foot rows of ginseng roots,
and the work did not intefere with
his school attendance.
The cultivation of ginseng in the
Ozarks began in 1900, when 1t was
discovered that the plant grew rap
idly there and that the Chinese
were more than ready to purchase.
as they will continue to be when
an end comes to the existing
trouble in Manchuria and about
Shanghai. If the Chinese regard
the root of this perennial as salu-
1t. If they believe 1t healthful, 1t
is likely to be because of the faith
that they possess as to it's virtues.
We are told by those interested
that the preparation Of this med
icine is somewhat involved and re-
quires double kettle. the inner one
being made of silver. The ginseng
is placed In It with water and a
cuplike cover is then put In place.
In this Is put small quantity of
rice and water. When the rice is
sufficiently cooked, the medicine is
also ready and the patient eats the
rice and drinks the ginseng tea.
During the use Of the drug tea
drinking IL forbidden. We are told
that the action of the drug appears
to be entirely psychic" which is
possible, though not important In
most cases. II ginseng Is native in
this part of the United States, has
1t ever been sought for its medici-
nal properties?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Opportunity In Slums

American slums. according to a housing
article in Fortune Magazine. are worse than
Europes. This could hardly have been
true before the World war; but since that
event. much progress has been made in Eu-
rope especially in Germany. Austria and
England. in improving housing conditions
for the city poor.
If we Americans were really as progress
sive and intelligent as we think we are. we
should have reconstruction projects under
way in all oar large cities and even in
some of our smaller ones. tearing down the
old. ugly, unsanitary and uncomfortable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

yield them to our needs. in a man.
ner that has baffled all human
ingenuity, craftness and power, of
which the present century has
boosted with unlimited pride and
glory.
The extreme lust for material
gains recently turned the entire ma
ton into a veritable Casino of
Monte Carlo. The feverish endeavor
for money, wealth and fortune in
tested nearly every walk Of life
and gripped the whole country in
frolic Of wild speculation. The
merchant, the professional man
and the laborer became the habit
ual gambler. The hysteria for easy
money and get rich quick, led the
merchant to sell his business, the
property owner to mortgage his
wages and the housewife to pawn
fed, irrationally We sought more,
not being satisfied with what we
had. With the madness and reck-
lessness of a poker addict we stalk
ed our fortunes for the deceitful
wide gambling.
Luxuries, extravagances and ex-
penditures beyond ones means,
obviously other heirlooms of ma
terialism that have characterized
not only the bright past but also
the gloomy present, are adding con-
siderable difficulty to the solution
of the economic problem. The in
ordinate desire for self engross-
ment has heretofore found express
sion in wild installment purchases.
high rate interest loans and expen-
sive living. keeping the borrower in
state of perpetual indebtedness
during prosperity and in real chaos
of despair during depression. The
endless chain of borrowing from
one creditor to pay the other has
finally come to a tragic end. The
average man formerly living in
comfortable security now finds
himself attuned to a high standard
of living and hopelessly swamped
with obligations which only a dis
charge in bankruptcy can release.
The wave of crime that is con-
stantly advancing and threatening
the security of our social structure,
is the outcome of the foregoing
evils. What else could We expect
in the midst of a pleasure seeking
world, pampered with the spirit of
temporal gain and epicurean in
fluence? Morality that is the safe
guard of social security does not
thrive on profanity, vulgarity and
SelfiShneSs. Too much attention to
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Movies Not Uncle's Job

Some curious criticisms of the MOVIES
were made recently by women addressing
a womens club Amercan-made moves
are not only corrupting the morals OF the
young in this country, but are undermln-
ing the leadership of the white race over
the colored races of the world, she asserted.
Furthermore, America has no world prob
lens today except as they are created by the
showing of our movies abroad. All this
in spite of the fact that the movie industry
knows what kind of pictures the public
really wants. 1t just goes ahead and
makes nothing but bad and demorallzlng
pictures out of pure perverslty. She does
not explain how the industry succeeds IN
getting the public to flock to movies which
it does not want to see.
There is a remedy for these and the
many other evils she recounted. The cure
she insists is federal control of motion pic
lures at the source of film supply. This
would entail merely the establishment of a
federal control board at Washington, u. e.
and commissioners at the various studios to
examine scripts, to pre-vlew pictures and to
pass any that are found worthy.
The establishment of this federal bureau
might do a little something to relieve some
peoples unemployment. Outside of that,
it doesn't seem very desirable. 1t would be
little too much like Russla's control OF
screen and stage whereby propaganda IS
substituted for entertainment and art
Movies are not perfect, goodness knows but
they hold their own fairly we'll with the
stage and the novel of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
SHANGHAI AND THE OzARKs
(Hartford Courantl

The associated Press tells US that
the warfare in the Orient is hav-
ing a depressing effect upon those
residents of Arkansas who live in
the Ozark mountains. Briefly, they
raise ginseng in commercial guam
titles and have exported 1t to
China. The Chinese have for years
regarded the ginseng root as salu-
tary. 80 much so that one who uses
1t Is not likely to join his revered
ancestors for many years. unless
he meets a VIOLENT death.
So much has war unsettled BUSH
ness in the Ozarks that ginseng
is now selling at from So to IS
q pound against a ten-year average
Of from IS to 500 and a record
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
M TO-DAY So
/.WQRLD WARN
ANNIVERSARY
GSH ofG&E
GERMANS ATTACK U. s.
TROOPS

On Feb. 26. 1918, the British hos
pital ship Glenart Castle was tor,
pedoed and sunk in the Bristol
channel. LOSS Of life was placed
at 1874.
The Germans, in trench raid
on Americ~n-held positions on the
western front, used gas in attaining
temporary success. Five U. s. SOL
diers were killed and nearly 1oo
others wounded.
German and Austrian planes
bombed Venice, damaging Two
churches.
Turkish troops occupied Trebi-
zond in the Caucasus region.
A Spanish grain boat, the Ma
guri, was sunk by a German sub
marine.
British troops reported new sue
cesses in series of skirmishes
with the Turkish forces In Pales-
tine.
The U. s. naval tug Cherokee
foundered in storm, 20 lives be-
ling lost.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
PLANS. LONG FI1GHr

London-The Hon Mrs Victor
Bruce has mapped out quite stiff
flying schedule for herself. She
plans a nonstop fight for 720
hours, starting and finishing at
Hanworth, London, next May.
During that time in the air she
hopes to cover $4,000 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

thing that would make America feel again
like extending helpful hand across the sea.
it would be just such self-respeeting. indie
pendent effort abroad as the Italian states
man urges.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
It's good thing people get old
and die. 1t keeps thing interest
Dresser. novelist.

It's a good thing people get old
and die. 1t keeps thing interest
ing.
Theodore Dresser, novelist.
The trade depression will at
some time or other get less severe.
Sir William II. Beveride, British
statesman.
Everything Is taught in schools
except the mechanism of money.
Norman Angel, writer.
It is too bad that the only profit
able industry left is prohibition
evasion. DIR Joseph j. Klein.
Acceptance of tax from deal
er in Illicit liquor would certainly
seem to me to be aiding In the
offense.
Amos w. w. Woodcock. prohibit
ton director.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
The Evils OF Materialism
By JOHN B" GRECO

following another article from the of John B.
Of this which the author shows most forcei
completely
result which in the last analysis Is the under
Of the present depression.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. d.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or
treatment, will be answered by DR. Brady.
Address him, care of the Democrat. sending
STAMP and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

keep that school girl COM
plexiOn,"
That ad Is Overrated,
Once / had the same,
But now it's graduated.
Here's to the girl,
With face SO fine,
They drew q mark across her
mouth,
And called 1t danger IAne."
Here's to life,
Take it all in fun,
For you have but one,
When all is said and done.
Smoking Is bad,
For your health they say,
It's just a case
or putting life away.
&c. p, City.
600
The man who figures out bath
ing beauties figures, has some fine
figuring to do.
o-O-o
New York buildings in the
future will be landing fields
for airplanes. Hope they won't
have skyscraper prices.
600
If you burn the candle at both
ends you're at least getting double
the usual amount of illumination.
900
OH YEAH
A cOlumnist needs thick skin,
Says Winchell, and side,
Sometimes think his skin must be
just like an elephants hide.
600
The man who sows wild pats is
on in life.
The girl who spends all her
money on clothes may have a
pass to all the style shows but
she won't have a bank pass
book.
The vets and drys are at it
again. And a lot Of us SO disinter-
ested that we can't even get moist
about the thing.
IlcTc Ouc lIoul Liz AAlOh
A married woman always likes the
kind Of men her husband hates.
600
OH DEAR ME
The Empress Eugene,
Was surely a meanic,
For covering only
Three-fOurths Of the beanie.
IT. p. Il.
600
You can't teach an old dog new
tricks but you can always improve
upon the tricks.
600
Frisco reports a cat that
sleeps in dogwood tree.
Something to bark about. But
have you heard Of the cry
ing maid who sits beneath the
weeping willow?
600
Lovely spring pastime: Get out
the bathing suit and count the
moth holes in the thing.
600
The worlds at war again.
China has a war with Japan
and just about every other ma
ton has a war against depres-
sion.
600
When people give way to cold
feet inevitably they are given the
cold shoulder.
600
so 1T GOES
Music and cheers, flag waving.
The tramp of marching men,
War I'm the east is raging,
Must the world spill blood again ?
600
There's a crying need for some
thing to-day, and it's not babies.
600
This completes our regular Fri
day evening program. 1t was
broadcast by DID and came to you
through the courtesy of the Wa
terbury Evening Democrat. pioneer
In this type OF newspaper work.
We are signing off at this time to
be back on the air tomorrow at
noon with our usual Saturday
program.
600
Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Good evening.
900
LEAP YEAR SMILES
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
900
LEAP YEAR SMILES
The old keep getting younger
Their plan is hard to beat.
Nowadays. grandpa and grandma,
Want to ride in the rumble
If life is a ball and chain,
/ really think it fine),
Why not start the voyage of life.
Over the Anchor line.
We're on the road to HEAVIER"
So negro spirituals say.
But gee, we're having one heluva
time,
On the road to heaven today.
It's funny how things happen,
Sure as those lines l pen.
The business of war in China,
Has started business booming
again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

Leap year gals are leaping,
For every Tom and Jack.
But as soon as they start leaping.
The boys start leaping back.
600
Chinese are proving themselves
stubborn to the Japs. Well you
know how stubbornly they can be
when you try to get the laund-ree
without check-ee. ..
600
The Japs burned the north
station, then started work in
the south, but the Chinese at
tackled in the east and west.
Verify, a war in all directions.
900
l suppose the value Of little
liver pills diminish In proportion to
the size Of your liver.
o-O-o
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Commander of
 the Bonus Army
(Continued from Page 1)

He issued a general order to that effect.
 Tt will do you good because you'll have something to do besides sitting around feeling Sorry Tor yourselves. I believe 1t will make some other people worry. What will 1t look like to the people up- town to see 10000 men doing squads right? And you're going to do 1t if I have to detail 500 military police to force you." Waters told his army.
 The veterans howled their ap- proval.
 resigned as commander Of the bonus army. was formally re-eiect- ed by an almost unanimous ballot yesterday. A few more than l2,0O0 ballots were cast, although Waters claimed 10000 men in his forces. Police reported 400 new arrivals and said 2,700 were enroute from California.
 The bronzed oregonian warned the veterans before the election that he was going to command with absolute authority or not at all.
 'If you're going to make me commander" he roared to the lO,- 900 in the sprawling. makeshift camp along the Potomac Tn Ana costia, "I am going to run this bus mess. I'll do what I want whether you like 1t or not and those that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30
New London Former
 Senator Was Bolter
(Continued from Page D

in favor of the wet plank whtcb received such wonderful support from such men as ex-Governor Al- fred F. Smith and Governor AL fred Ritchie.
 Even the booing which the Hon MT Fitts of Alabama received at the hands of the convention in his plea for the minority report favor ing the re-submission plank failed to deter MT Minor. He voted with the Alabama delegates and the other dry delegations.
 As result of his refusal to CO., incide with the views of the ma jority of the Connecticut delegation the vote of the Nutmeg state went 15 IA for absolute repeal and 1-4 for re-submission. MT Minor being only a delegate-at-large with one quarter of Q vote.
 Ex-Mayor Thoms of Waterbury, who helped frame the absolute re- peal plank, was heartily praised by the remainder of the Connecti- cut delegation.
 Reports current here today were to the effect that the McNeil-Fttz- gerald pact on the question of na- tional committeeman will be forced upon Governor Cross If he fails to adopt the recommendations made by them as a result of their tn- formal agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30

Waterbury democrats. He served as host to the state convention two years ago in New London at which Governor Wilbur L. Cross was nom- mated. He has been a staunch supporter of the "new guard" fac ton in Connecticut and at the early spring meeting of the state central committee was the man who placed the name of Attorney David A. Wilson of Hartford in nomination for the state chairmanship. At torney Wilson was unanimously elected to the ehairmanship.
 Ex-Senator Minor has been in- cluded among those considered Governor Cross right-hand men. However, he refused to vote with the governor, Chairman Wilson or the rest of the Connecticut dele gation on the plank calling for absolute repeal. He declared that he is a dry and that no plank in the platform could be too dry too suit him. He was unable to be ac- commodated with a "bone-dry" plank" and, therefore, lined up with the few states that voted for the minority, re-submission plank as his only alternative.
 Connecticut's delegates were very clearly upset by the failure of the Nutmeg state to go 100 per cent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30
fRy NEA seryicel

(By NEA Service)
 It doesn't take . Chicago con- vention to make Miss Elizabeth Afarbury democratic.
 The entire society world, from Park Avenue to the Riviera, refers to ifer as ''the international host ess.D When 1t comes to parties, such are the minor ir0nies, her namo is mentioned more often in the society columns than i'm tho political chatter. Yet her fav0rfte rolo is that of . political figure.
 Ono of the pioneer feminists, Mis- Marbury has been active in several conventions.
 It was Miss Marbury, fncident- aI1y. who staged that highly orig.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30

inal social event when all the ssWho's Who" came disguised as their Opposltes. Leading Blue Book folks appeared dressed as an. gels, chorfnes and demons.
 The sophisticated literati bFi- gadc arc among her leading cheer leaders. She has acted as agent for scores of authors and play. wrights and is independently wealthy. She maintains . chateau in France and a salon lon the avenuoo." But she always manages to take time out for national ale fairs and has been influential in the framing of state and fnterna- tional legislation and party plat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30

was unanimous for the vets. There was dispute in Idaho. Delegates were polled and Idaho went wet. The big wet states plunked their mighty ballots for repeal.
 The bandwagon began to move. Late corners got on with coat tails flying and after IF years of contro- versy Q major political party had kicked prohibition out it's conyen- ton window.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30

the nrSt DallOt.
 The general trend of opinion was that Roosevelt would be named, but the conferees working in the penthouse apartment hideout were still contending they would halt the New York governor short of victory.
 Convention Headquarters, Chi cago, June 30.-(UP)-Roosevelt forces, claiming victory Ifs just around the corner" planned a strategic move today to place Roosevelt's name before the con- vention first, and with opposition as disorganized' as week ago, ex- pected to nominate the New York governor on an early ballot.
 They maintained they had around 700 votes lined up for the first ballot, and professed conf- dence that they would, on an early ballot, gain the 70 more needed to nominate Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 The Roosevelt strategy is for Alabama, the first state on the roll call, to yield to John E. Mack of New York. Mack will place Roose- welt in nomination.
 This convention surprised every one early today by voting more than two-thirds for 8 wringing wet repeal platform plank. It voted 934 3-4 against 213 3-4 to stand on a platform demanding-not mere" ly submitting-repeal of the 18th amendment and calling upon con- gress in the meantime to modify the Volstead act to restore beer.
 One week ago such vote was thought beyond probability.
 So, although the probability of Roosevelt being stopped was shrinking rapidly today. convention prognosticators were moving cau- tiously.
 Governor Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland and Newton D. Baker of Ohio continued in the forefront as possible compromise candidates, but their time is growing short.
 Balloting for president was ex- pected to start late tonight or to- morrow.
 The convention got only as far as the prohibition vote in the platform fight last night. Adjourn ment was taken at a. m. to give OeleBdteb d lSW hVuiS oASSp. q.
 They still had to consider the soldier bonus and several other blanks offered by Governor Murray of Oklahoma. There was also plank for protection of depositors in closed banks offered by Wil- liam c. McAdoo, former secretary of treasury.
 After the platform is adopted and 1t Is the shortest in major party history probably, a simple, direct statement with a minimum of weasel words--the convention expected to turn on the circus busi- ness again and place the numerous presidential candidates in nomina- ; ton.
 This was due to continue possi- bly, late into the night.
 Carefully organized demonstra- tions were prepared for the numer- ous candidates.
 The plan for Alabama to yield to John P. Mack of New York to place Roosevelt in nomination is not as simple as 1t seems. The head of the New York delegation is John F. Curry, chief of Tam many Hall. If Alabama merely yielded to New York. John F. Curry would take the floor. So 1t was arranged that Alabama should yield to "John E. Mack of New York" The procedure was found to be entirely regular by pariia- mentary experts.
 This Roosevelt plans revealed the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30
DOGS RAID DEER PENS

Fort Worth, Texas. (UP)-A dog pack is depicting the supply of deer in the city zoo here. In three sealthy visits to the deer pens the dogs, believed to be small pack with Q cunning leader, have killed fou rdeer. On the last foray the dogs killed two of the largest and finest bucks in the ZOO. Efforts to capture the dogs have proved fu- tile,