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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
So They Say

What tho world needs is m
 enormous lot of good laughs, Amer
 Ica has more of everything than anyone else. We esuld have any thing. Instead, we sit ri0Odily in n
 corner and deny that the things we
 could have are good for us or
 that tho things we want hrc pInnb-
 ant.--HoDdrick Van Loon. writer --------@-- ist
 Tho most dangerous thing in the
 spirit of world ia nntionallsm, and | # it does not give place 10 inter- nationaiisnl. | doubt if civilization
 will survive.--Bortrand Russell. We cnn no more have n nation
 half drunk and hnif sober than tn tho days of Lincoln was it possible 10 hnve n nation half slave and half | free, " Bishop william '. Anderson, | Methodist Episcopal church
 1t is evident that prohibition has not only failed to decreabe drunk ennesn, but that arrests for intoxl- cation have been steadily increns- ing until they have reifched tho highest point Tn American history, 1T Minority report, Hennte 'manufae'
 turcrs committee on beer p'|l'
 Thcrc Is no reason for change in the law which would rhtlsIS neither the 0pponents nor the sup pOrtcrs of tho 18th atitendniefit.~-' Majority report, senate tnnnufacs turcrs committee on beer biII'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
To-day's Selected Poem,
TO A BLUE VASE

dIogar Drew in tbe Christian Science Monitor) And did the humble monntaineer who dreamed Your clay Into blue being know That like the heart of him who dreamed. you
 too
 Would hold sequensiaI sweetnesg As the prism of the changing scaDons broke The beam of beauty into many. .nowered raysf The yellow gturdines of daHodlls, Pe6ch blossofnD, delicate and pink DB grace. WIIdhOwers, brigbt and natural ns laughter And wiatful lilace npnllye AS memory. Sweet Dnag 11i IlEhtly poised He winged
 thought
 Tlo DunReDt cBndVr Of urtiigs i1HflROldk. 4 Small, golden D0ppicH, fragile as a dream And dark red dnhlias, rich and deep as peace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

United States is unique among nations in good many respects. It looks today as if one more oddity would be added to the list. Iceland is going to do things about ridding the country of prohibition. It is the only other nation now with total prohibi- ton. It was deereed in Iceland in 1913 under Danish rule. Two years later the Iceland Parliament passed its own dry law. Now steps are being taken to legalze the sale of strong liquor within hours to be de- termined by local administrations Home brewing and illicit sales are increasing too rapidly to suit inc government officials. so one more noble experiment will perish we hope, forever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
Encouraging News

z, It was good news to the entire state 10 siearn that the state park on Sherwood Island, .Greens Farms will be available to the general public this summer. Land for this seashore park was acquired as far back Jas 1914. it becoming our first park in name .ionly. The eighteen years that elapsed since lthe state bought this land more as an exper iiment have seen many people come and go Ion Sherwood Island but they have never
 witnessed the opening of the park for public
 recreation. Thanks 10 a militant public demand last year the authorities were forced to follow the original plans and not those proposed as nasty alternatives when political pressure was brought to bear in an effort
 to build park elsewhere in Fairfield county.
 The incidents surrounding the Sherwood
 Island Park development are interesting and numerous. We aren't aware of half of them we know. For instance, we just learned this week that when the state acquired its land on Sherwood Island in 1914. the property { there was largely undeveloped Shore prop erty boomed during the World War years and immediately after it. Wealthy people ( ! most of the land. When they learned of ! the states intention to develop park they Z objected and managed to secure enough in- terferenee to prevent any such operations All efforts 10 start work on the proposed park or to secure additional land met with
 rebuffs.
 sF 1t wasn't until both political parties
 stsrted to make an isy.e of Sherwood Island
 and the Legislature attempted $750000 1 steal" for another shore park in Fairfield county that any definite action was taken.
 Just this month the state park commission
 leased what is known as the EIwood Farm.
 fonsisting of nearly 50 acres, with an option to buy. This property rounds out lbat already owned by lbe state and permits the
 public 10 reach the beach without trespass- tjng on private land. Mrs Fannie Elwood.
 who granted the lease, is direct descendant
 of the Shgwoods from whom the island gets 1ts name. It has always been the Elwoods 1ntention 10 have tbe state secure the prop ,krty for park purposes.
 {, A purchase price of $60.000 has been placed on the leased tract and both real estate experts and the states agents are agreed that this is fair price. It is presumed that .she Legislature will be asked in l933 10 appropriate this sum if it is available. The State has five years in which 10 exerese its
 option. 50 if the money is not available in J933 the matter can rest until l9J5,
 Although that would be more expensive q proposition than 10 buy it immediately. There is yearly rental of 5000 that of fourse can be avoided by purchase What ever plan the state legislators adopt t must be agreed that in finally throwing open 10 the public Sherwood Island the State P.sk Commission has wsged and won memot able battle. For once the interests of the public were sbIy protected at every turn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
\ Book a Day
An Uproarious Novel of Four
 Rowing Ghosts
by BRUCE CATION

If you want to laugh very hard and very long. you can hardly do better than road Topper Takes n Trip" the new novel by Thorne Smith.
 fh this book, Mir smith revives his old formula for making fun; mix tho Impossible and the im- proper in equal amounts and sec what happens. Maybe 1t isn't quite ns funny nH his earlier book, "Turnabout," but it's funny enough.
 Topper tx q retired Amerlcnn banker, ,wintorlng with his wife .s rcason at all, he begins to De. yls- an old fiamc Of Topper's, her hus- coionei's sweetic. They were killed in m auto accident some time ago, and now thcy arc dev0tlng them selves to making life interesting for Topper.
 Considering the fact that they can matcrInlixc and de.mnterihl. ise at wiIl, nnd tho added fact that they have no scruples what. UNNFI lt IN IVt ANAV " atA8t4 HssSs.'~ how perfectly they succeed in Th They carry Topper through the air Into cafes and stores. them- selves Invisible. They take him 10 tho horse races and got him Involved in q riot. They have q spirit dog, who materialises only hls tail and follows Topper around the streets, creating ecan- dal. They drive Topper'e wife to leave him and hts friends to dis- own him.
 And, through all of thls, the reader has An uproarious lime. ! don't know of anyone who can write funnior books than Thorne Smith wrltes.
 "'i'opper Takes q rip" le pub. lishcd by poubiieday @ . pesan ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
BINGHAM's BEER BILL
(Brldgeport TImcs-s Star,

tBfluEepOft TIfncH-Sthr) 4
 Senator Bingham's answer to his critics, particularly those of tho advocacy of his bill to bring about the manufacture and salc of { per cent becr. His measure, orig innlly upset, when hc first intro duced t Into tho senate, wns in- troduced by him again Tuesday as m amendment to, the pcndinE revenue measure which thereby assures q roll call vote.
 While Jthe senator mny have other rensons for insisting upon liberation of the control of beer from the hands of tho rncketcera now exclusively enjoying tho prof its which como from itA illegal dis tribution, he bases his support of it 0n economic grounds. He esti- mates that if beer is Iegnlized and put under government control it will mean in taxes. at least S37b,- 000, 0,000 annually. Fly its adoption he claims the beer tax would rcn- der unnecessary the proposed nd. ditIonal taxes on Ddmisnlona, pho |. nograph levles, Increased postal rates. higher automobile tnxcs and higher income taxes.
 fIe directs attention to the fact thnt there is in existence n statute fixing n tax on beer at percent. This sum, no snyH, on estimates furnished him by tho treasury do. pertinent of tho likely consump- ton of legal beor would ensure the government of m nnnunl ifi- como of approximately $40O,O0O.- 900. His proposed bill is brief ana Himp in. that it asks t0 substitute the words four per ceitum tor thq present v0lstcadinn prohibition limiting tho alcoholic content Of beer tO one. half of one per cent.
 Senator Bingham ig convinced that Connecticut is q "wet state, using the term "wot" in the sensc that it ia generally understood in the discussion of the question Of prohibition. IIe is coming up for election In November and he un. doubtediy feeis that his candidacy will make a much stronger appeal among tho liberals of nli parties than if he should meekiy ncqul- eHee fo tho wishes of the Antl.Hn- loon Iengie and oppose llhcralix- Ing the v0istoad law. 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
FRIDAY, MAY 1s, 1882
The Crime Terrible

To kidnsp a baby is a heinols offense
 against the laws of society. To kill a kid-
 naped baby is crime for which mankind
 has as yet devised no fit punishment. Doubt
 less there are many of our fellow citizens who would contrive dire schemes to infliet upon those who were responsible for the ikidnaping and ensuing murder of the Lind lber8 baby, but even their fantastic and hor- ,fible methods of torture would not be com
 nnensurate with the dastardly deed. Beyond all question it was the act of eowardly lcur, moral pcfvert, the lowest of human sbeings.
 I It is two months since Colonel and Mrs lLindbergh were plunged into heart-rending ltumu1t by the disappearance of their baby. It is safe to say that the fears and anxieties which were theirs were shared by d hundred million other Amerieans. Now that the period of anxious waiting becomes one of grim sorrow for the toddlcr who has gone from them feelings are running high in the nation. If the Kidnapping was the work of Ian organized gang. 1t will go hard with { individual members for the remainder of their lives. One tiny slip. whether it be by word of mouth or by action. will be suffi- le leient to condemn them to terrible fate.
 If the crime was the act of person with
 defanged mind. as so many think. the .authorities will have harder time in trac- 1. ing down the eulprit.
 :. We have no fault to find with the work of the police in connection with the case. / Thsy were shaekled to some extent by in- .btructions from Colonel Lindbergh that the safety of his son was to be given first con- Alteration. Of necessity they sought the !. favor of characters beyond the pale of the ..isw. that information might be obtained. l. However. there is no longer any need for them to curry favor with the underworld. | They can be as hardboiled in their chase of 1. he quarry as perhaps they would have pre- fsrred to have been from the very beginning. PGhaps the greatest incentive will be the mere fact that the body of the baby was so close to what was once its home all the 1. fime their probes were pushing into far-off seities and gang headquarters. The sanctity ..0f the home has been Invaded and desecrated in the Lindbergh tragedy. It is high time 4fiat we trampled under foot all these infu- ences of evil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
W TODAY TQ;,P PAY 4es x>W0RhRnWABA GEee ofz&E
BLOW UP ARSENAL

On May IS, 1918, American troops near Cantigny blew up q huge ammunition dump and caused untold casualties, Fires were start cd miles around the dump, and tho explosion shook out what few re- inaining windows that remained whole in tho town.
 Vienna papers published q decla- ration by Czech members of the house of lords demanding an inde. pendent state.
 Along tho western front in- creased German activity observed behind tho lines lead alicA to be. llevo Germany was making her last desperate stand. This was partIcu- lnrly noticeable nt Bcthune, where artillery fire concentrated in such n heavy downpour that allied troops had to dig in. No infantry attack was forthcoming, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
WAITED FOR CONNECTICUT
(Mcrldcn Journni)

It turns out that Wcstchester county has been waiting for Con. fiecticut to make Il start on the Merritt highway in Fairfield coun. ty and, now that that is settled, will proceed soon with tao con- gtruction of tho last stretch of tho Hutchinson rivcr parkway. This will connect with the Nutmeg states boulevard at Greenwlch.
 The parkway nt present extends between New York city and the Port Chester White Plains rond and is In every way one of the finest highways in the country. ono that K preferred by many Meridcn mos torlstg in going to and from tho big city. Wcstchcster will spend around $5,0 000, 900 to extend tho parkway to the Greenwich POrtchcBter line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M.> D.

Signed letters pertaining Co personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, wiii Dc answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of thc Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
THE TIdIr HAT CURE
fNew York IIeraId Tribune ]

VFEW IVFN EfHfWFH~I n FfUH1UI | { Now that hypodermic injection of felt hat solution has been sue: eesBfuily used Co euro q case ot asthma Induced by too much hat handllng m the part cf a sliop cleiis. now and almost ilIlppitable viatBh suf medical potentIaiity nrc opened in tho ilnaHinnfIve gnxe; and as # n subatantiatIcn of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
NEA Gcryicc Wnter

Washington. The ono thinp which seems to have been assured by the recent democratic presi. | dentinl primaries Is q hot time fl Chicago nt tho end of June. 1t looks more and more like I dog fight. It seems very unlikely that Governor Roosevelt of New York can win on the first ballot and not unlikely that he will Dc lost fin the ghuffie while the lead. CTS get their heads together and decide which democrat they want to oppose Hoover.
 Uncertainties Dominate
 Uncertainties now dominate tho whole picture, but at the same time it Is too early to asgumc thnt the New York governor iB due t0 be licked simply because he rnn more poorly than hc was expected to in California, Massachusetts md Pennsylvania. Some of the un- ccrtaintlcs may be resolved in his favor.
 There is no question, for in- stance, that Roosevelt will have better chance to be nominated than Al smith, who iB expected to have tho next largest number of delegates on the first ballot, or Speaker Jack Garner, who prob ably will run third.
 Precedent May be Broken
 Roosevelt will have at least four times ns many first ballot delegates as Garner, t now ap- pears, and from two to three times ns many ns Smith. one cannot TO. call any political convention where tho leading candidate entering so far ahead of his next nearest ops p0nent failed to land the nominn- ton. tls
 Even with Roosevelt out of the picture, there would Dc little or no chance of Smiths nomination, and Garncr's nomination. and Gamers prospects swouldn't be much brighter.
 The religious issue, which caused tho party so much trouble in 1928. initiates effectively against Smith, while Garners' vlc- tory in California has failed to rcinflatc the boom for him which was going strong before no l0rt control of tho House in ths tax fight.
 Baker, Young, Ritchic
 That means that the antl-Roosc- welt lcadcsr must build up another candidate who to date. at least. hna accumulated no delegate strcngt! which puts him In advance of tho "favorIto son" group.
 Those most often mentioned nrc Newton D. Baker of Ohio, Governor Ritchic of Maryland, nnd owen D. Young.
 Unless something is done about 1t in tho meantime, none of the trio will appear on the first con vcntion ballot except Ritchie, who will have the 10 delegates from Maryland.
 East Work Required
 It would seem thpt som@ fast, smart md wcii-plnnncd mnnlpula- ton will bc required in order to discount Rooscvclps big plurality of dclegntcs. s
 Tho Roosevelt forces nre only whistlIng to keep up their cour. nga when they sny it can't be done, but it may not Do d0uo and tho old political adage that you can't bent somebody with nobody
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

With demands from various sections oi the city for various rcereational facilities the city may be hard put 10 meet all of tncm. However, it is good opportunity to pre- pare for an expansion of the playgrounds of the city. Baseball diamonds tennis courts. quoit grounds and the like should be laid out where the space provides. They can be done at small cost to the city The labor would prove the heaviest item of expense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
O~-~O----~O AND THEN
Mary iad q Title lamb.

Mary had a Title lamb. That followed her tO school, To stabilize the prices, Of lamb chUps--clever, ch!
 O---O---O In parts of India whom q woman wants to get married, she smokes q pipe steadily for three days. Sort of getting roady for her Princc Albert, ehY
 O-.~O---O Every tIme the nations Of tho world hold a meeting for peace. n rough and tumble fight results.
 O--O--o
 White table cloths go in hiding once the hucklebcrry plc season comes to hand.
 O---O--O A Reno judge aays divorce IA just q stop light on tho r0hd Co marriage. We think it's n dc- tour.
 o---O---0
 Fathers day will soon be with us. Fathers get neck. ties about ns practical ns Inc cigars handed thcm at Christmas.
 o--~O---0 Now ih0y claim teicvinion sets will be marketed next fall. Great, I've always wanted to sec if Wcl- come Lowls is half ns welcome nh her mOnickor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
XIT COST

Skccters in the summer,
 Idkc pIcnics, sure I'm right, They drop in on tho party
 And proceed tO take . bite.
 o--C--o
 This cofnpletes our regular Fri- day evening program. lt wat broadcast by DBD and came to you through tho courtesy of the Wa terbury Ityening Democrat plo- necr in thIs type .of newspaper work. We are sisning off nt thIn 10 morrow at the usual hour for snturdny broadcnsts
 0~vD~~o 44 Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

tlsn for Roosevelt or any other candidate who gets 1t, regardless
 of the two-thirds rule.
 And once more you wind up impressed with tho probable great importance of tho D4 votcs from New York which ,Tammany.
 under the unit rule, expects to cdst cn bloc--.for somebody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

The American ideal is bathroom in every house and bird bath in every yard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

It's terrible the way respect for the judi ciary is declining Some communities are insisting that, in order to clean up the dockcts. they shorten the two-months sum. mer vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:30 o clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-13
"A sMiLEs THE THING

doou evening. SPEED UP. WARM WEATHER Spring has a snowfall in her hand. It's chilly, Cold weather fingers in the land, It's chilly Straw hats make their debut Sunday. At least that's what. the stylist, say, Come on, warm sunshine, start our
 way,
 It's chilly. The weather man, thus far this spring, Sez you, Has hardly done single thing. Scz you, To make us feel that summer {
 near In fact the climates very queer He'd better give break. l fear To spring. And now we'll run along the way,
 It's chilly. There isn't much that we can say,
 It's chilly, The boys with kniekcrs, white and
 trim.
 Are waiting for the cold to dim, Warm weather gives 'em pep and
 vim. It's chilly. O--O--o There are two roads through life, the high and the low. But both nre deserted when c paved one comes into view.
 o--O---0
 Who can remember the good old days when people bought .. salt in bags instead of boxes?
 o--O--O> The nations arc pleading for peace and the inhabitants piece "orN' ( o--o--o
 A SMILE Tic thing that goes inc fartIicst toward making life worth
 while, That costs the lcast and docs the
 most, k just q pleasant
 smile. Tic smile tlnt bubbles from q heart that loves It's fellow. mcr, Will drive away the clouds of gloom
 and coax the sun again. It's full of worth and goodness, too,
 with genial kindness bcslt, Ics worth u million dollars, it
 doesn't cost cent.
 --COntributcd.
 O---O---O A grense factory in New York burned down but it wasn't the ono where empire state politicians are greaBcd.
 Fashion in newspaper offices at times seems 10 Do smock trial.
 o---O.--o Truth Is very often stranger than fiction but fiction is always q stranger to truth,
 SO TT GOES IAfc's just q road.
 A strctcI tO the end, And happiness Ut times.
 Is just round the bend.
 o---O--o "A man who attends to his own business has all tho business he needs.
 o---O--O
 Tho man who gets to tho head Of tho class must first have plenty of class.
 O---O--O A lot of men wcnr knickcrs-- to please their wives.
 o--O--o
 Many q man is shot by mIH- tnke but all men who nre hnlf- ghot, generally know whnt they're doing.
 O----O---O 5llE why uOH you try HcIlnk oil burners? You've becn driving one the past few yenrs." HE--"I will. if you think you scat?"
 O---O---O
 AND THEN
  Mary had e litlc lamb. Tint follnSge,l hQp tn krilOOI
Evening star., 1932-03-27

tables at the breakfast for these
visiting composers. among whom will
be Mrs. H. H. A. Beach and Mrs.
Katherine Call Simonds of Jcw Hamp-
shire; Miss Gena Branscombe, Miss
Pearl Adams, Miss Josephine Forsythe,
all Of New York; Miss Mabel w.
Daniels, Massachusetts,; Mrs. Phillis
Fergus Hoyt, Illinois; Miss Marianne
Genet, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Annabelle
W. Buchanan, Virgin.c; Miss Louise
Crawford, Iowa; Miss Reah Jackson
Irion, Arkansas; Mrs. Grace Porter
field Polk, Florida; Mrs Bonita Grove,
Georgia; Miss Francesca Vallejo and
Miss Ada Jordan Pray, California; Mrs.
Dorothy Emery, Maryland; Miss Alice
Crane, New Jersey; Mrs. Margaret
Mcclure Stitt. Ohio, and Miss Florence
NJ Huber Kansas.
Presiding at these special tables will
be Mime. Jan Skalicky, wife of the
counselor of the Czechoslovakian
legation; Mrs. Edgar c. Snyder, Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe and Mr.. z. Price
Porter.
AS a tribute to the Bicentennial
Celebration in the Capital, the program
at the breakfast will include Bicenten-
NAL music by some of the women
composers, sung by a mixed double
quartet. with Harlan Randall of this
city as director.