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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

the revolution was carried on, is
about to be achieved with the sur
render of CORVALLIS. Then we fol-
low Washington to his home at Mt
Vernon where he had hoped to
live in the simplicity by which his
entire life, military and political,
had been characterized. Washing
ton, upon his retirement to Mt
Vernon, still bore in his heart an
unquenching love for those men
who had followed him through
battle after battle, through suffer-
ing and privstion in the great
cause that definitely cleft the 13
colonies from the Mother Nation of
Great Britain. Washington, we
know, was never unmindful of the
sufferings and privations of these
men in after life. and as l picture
him now, in retrospection, hoping
that an opportunity to be of SER
vice to these men would come to
him in some form or other, / can
not help but draw comparison with
the heart of Washington and the
attitude Of our government at this
time. We know that this great
industrial and commercial up
heaval resulting in what we refer
to as a depression" has left a
terrible mark upon the hearts and
homes Of many soldiers of a later
day. Those men who went forth
in 1913 resolved If necessary to
lay down their lives on the holy
alter of freedom, are just as de-
serving, in my opinion of consid-
Grafton and appreciation at the
hands of our government as were
the men who formed the army of
Washington. Therefore, when l
see those who are leaders in our
national affairs taking it upon
themselves to do everything within
their respective powers to do moth
ing that will tend to alleviate and
lessen the sufferings of those men
who stood ready to sacrifice their
lives on the Marine, in the Black
Forest, at Chateau Thierry and
upon hundreds of other battle
fields in France, / cannot help but
feel that our sense of justice and
patriotism is being somewhat
warped or dimmed by the passing
of few short years.
! say that our government of to-
day, like the government of Wash
ington's time cannot afford to ig-
more the ex-service men Of this
country. especially in view Of the
fact that billions of dollars have
been poured out since the armis-
tice to the munition manufacturers
and railroads of our own country
and to foreign governments who
now seek to avoid payment Of
their just obligations in one breath,
and in the next, talk Of building
greater armies and navies in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Nation Badly In
Need Of Guidance
Declares Gormley
Judge in Addressing Washington Park Community
Club Pays Tribute to Founding Father-Points
to Greatness in Character of First President

we are apt to think that we inherit
the fine qualities Of those great
men simply because we have had a
common descent and are living in
the country honored and gloried
by their characteristics and
achievements.
Truly, what is great man who
has made his mark upon history?
Every time when we reduce this
question to its most minute an
alysis, we find he is a man who
has looked through the confusion
of the moment and has accurately
recognized the moral issue in
volved; he is the man who, re-
gardless of personal gain has re-
fused to have his sense of justice
warped or distorted; he is the man
who has listened to his conscience
until conscience becomes trum-
pet call to men of like mind; so
that they gather about him and
together with mutual purpose and
mutual aid they conceive new
period of history.
Let us assume for moment
that in the observance of the natal
day of Washington, we will take
this definition of what represents
truly great man. We will
have to appeal to the present as
well as to the past. We will have
to rouse our national conscience
as we'll as our national pride. and
we will all have to remember that
1t lies with the young people of
this nation whether or not it Is
going to go on to a finish In any
wise worthy of it's beginning. Now
II we go back to George Washing
ton and ask what he would be do
ing, were he barring our burdens
now and facing our problems at
this moment, we would of course,
have to study him from the three
great angles of his life-that of
soldier, as statesman, and as a
simple Virginia planter.
First, as soldier. What is it
that we admire most about a SOL
der? Certainly 1t is not the fact
that he has the courage to go into
battle-what we admire about the
soldier is that he has the power
of losing his own life for the life
of a larger cause. That he holds
his personal suffering of no ac-
count; that he filings down in the
guage Of battle, his all, and says,
II will stand or fall with this
cause" That, 1t seems to me, is
the glorious thing we most admire
and If we are going to preserve
that same spirit of the soldier, we
will have to found similar spirit
in the civil life of the people; the
same pride in civil warfare; the
spirit Of courage. and the spirit of
self-surrender which lies back of
all this.
In fancy tonight, we again see
Washington kneeling in the SHOWS
Of desolate valley Forge, praying
to his God for the strength and
courage to carry on in the face of
almost unsurmountable obsta cbles,
and then again through the maze
of history, we see him on the icy
waters of the Delaware as his half
starved, half-frozen and ragged
remnants of an army plunge for
ward across the Delaware to the
successful taking of Trenton from
the enemy.
Then again in fancy, we see him
standing among his faithful men as
the achievement of all for which
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

the principal speaker, but this
honor went to the judges son,
Martin Gormley, Jr, an eight year
old boy, who recited Lincoln's
Gettysburg address in manner
that surprised and delighted his
hearers. There were other fea-
lures, including patriotic selec-
tons by st Francis Xavier Drum
corps, songs, recitations and salute
to the flag by children of Null
cahy school, all of which made up
an excellent program.
William F.. Kelly, the president
opened the meeting with a few re-
marks in the course of which he
stated that he was pleased to see
such large number present, and
deemed that it was but fitting that
the district that bears the name
of Washington. has school, pub
lie park and club named afer him
should show it's appreciation of the
Father of His Country. Mr. Kelly
introduced Judge Gormley as the
speaker of the evening.
Mr. Gormley spoke in part as fol-
lows:--
To-night we gather to pay
homage and tribute to a supreme
national hero, the story of whose
life is a divine heritage among
the American people. We meet
together upon the birthdays of our
great men, not only to review
their lives and to study their
ideals, but to revive and cherish
our own patriotism. Sometimes,
because of circumstances over
which we have no control, this
matter becomes a difficult task. In
the first place, we are prone to
think that by merely reciting these
great deeds, we get a reflected
glory, and that the future is Sc
euro to us because the past has
been SO fine. In the second place,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Am. Legion Breaks
Membership Record
Count of Cards at National Headquarters Shows Gain
approximately $4,000 Ahead of Last Year

approximately $4,000 ahead of this
enrolment in legion history was
recorded.
The department of Hawaii,
which is setting the pace this year
for all other departments, has won
both the MacNider and Owsley
membership trophies, 1t was an
nounced at national headquarters.
The MacNider trophy is awarded
annually to the department that
has the highest percentage of men,
bers for the period from October
goth to December 31st of each
year, as compared with the total
number of members for the year
then closing.
The Owsley trophy is awarded
to the department that has the
highest percentage of membership
on December 31st for the ensu-
ing year, as compared with the
average membership for the ten
years Immediately preceding. Ha-
wall was the first department TO
exceed it's 1892 quota, thereby
winning the Gouraud trophy and
first honors in its classification in
the Oregon trail membership con-
test.
Rhode Island Is the second de-
partment to go over the top in
1882. The department exceeded
it's quota on February LIST and will
be awarded prize of $50 in the
Oregon trail contest for second
place in its classification, which is
for departments under 10000
mem bers. In this contest each de-
partment has been assigned a
mythical covered wagon which
travels the old Oregon Trail and
reaches Portland, Ore, where the
1882 national convention will be
held, when the years membership
quota has been attained.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
LATE REALTY NEWS
Warranty Deeds:

Anna Rasmussen to Frank Mara
bilio, real estate on the north side
of Malmalick avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Highway Hints
and Hazards

ASB4hBlh2No Wv ohhhDASso
A heavy truck rolling down hill
with the gears disengaged is a men
ace to every other vehicle on that
highway. Heavy trucks usually car
ry heavy loads. Coasting may bring
a momentum beyond the power of
the brakes to control, even though
the brakes may be good enough for
ordinary purposes. operating down
grades with the clutch released
creates a situation Which is not or
binary.
When commercial motor vehicles
are so operated it is reckless driv-
ing and violation of specific law.
Leave your vehicle in gear and use
the braking power of your engine
when going down hills. Thank you.
The Connecticut Department OF
Motor Vehicles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

with strict state control, admins
tered by competent state authori-
ties.
l say in conclusion, my friends,
that although the Father of this
Country has been dead for nearly
one and onc-third centuries, his
spirit and genius should ever be
guiding light for US to that
plane where might be found for
succeeding generations, all that
Washington and his compatriots
had hoped for, and tonight he is
pointing the way to you and to
me-the way that leads out of this
wilderness of chaos and confusion,
the way that leads out of this dis
tressing depression and industrial
haVoc-the way that leads to the
consummation of all that reposed
in the heart of Washington If we
will but have the vision and the
courage to follow his teachings.
The musicians representing st
Francis Xavier Drum corps were.
Arthur Shea, John Duigan, Eugene
Ford, Joseph Oracle. Arthur Dulac,
Jean Blower, Joseph Cunningham,
James Barry, James Hartnett,
Robert LeVasseur and Joseph Ora
Gle.
The pupils from Mulcahy school
included Harold Hogan, represent
ing George Washington; Herbert
Veillette as Richard Morris and
Gladys Dryer impersonated Betsy
Ross, who made the American
flag; James Cronan. Raymond Du-
morichel, Joseph Boylan. Richard
Budd, Catherine Loder, Charles
Strever, Harold Fess, Benjamin
Strinkas, Arlene Chatfield, Anna
Lucid, Catherine Oracle, Alice
Palmquist, Dwight Cargill Stella
Marshall and Ruth Lambert.
A rising vote of thanks was ten
dered to Judge Gormley and all
who participated in the exercises.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

High or low heels. 1913
pairs picked from our
$2.87 and $1.87 stock.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26

The Washington Park Commun-
ity club held George Washing
ton bicentennial observance in
Mulcahy school last night, which
attracted an attendance that crowd
ed the meeting room and filled
the lobby. Judge Martin Gormley
of Naugatuck was announced as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
SLIGHT FIRE AT
TICKET OFFICE

A slight fire in the ticket office
of Garden hall, 16S East Nam
street, was extinguished yesterday
afternoon by members OF the Tre
department. 1t is believed that
short circuit was Responsible. Inc
blaze was extinguished within
fe wminutes time and without
much damage resulting.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-26
Honors for Clark Cooke
of Willow Street

Word was received here today
from Kingston, N. Y, that Clark
Cooke of Willow street was unanl-
mously elected president of the
Saugerties Alumni club at meet
ing held recently by alumni mem
berS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
DRIVE DIGS Up
S112,000,000

Results already have been
achieved in the anti-hoarding
campaign, to the extent that
$112,000,000 in currency has been
returned to circulation, and when
the intensive drive gets under
way Sunday a marked improve
ment is expected.
Coincident with the announce
ment that currency is again 60
ing back into the channels of
trade, it developed that increas-
ingly large amounts of damaged
paper money are being sent to
the Treasury for redemption.
This is believed to be directly
due to the anti-hoarding drive.
Large amounts Of money are
buried or hidden in unsafe
places, and are hence likely to
be destroyed or damaged, it was
said.
President Hoover, Col. Frank
Knox, Secretary Of the Treasury
Ogden Mills and others will make
nationwide radio appeals Sun
day night at the start of the
campaign. The local campaign
will begin Monday.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
CHANGE URGED
BY AUDITORS
Of STATE
Recommendation Accepted by
Commissioners; JeSse'S
Double Bond Holds

Adoption of a new book
keeping system for all depart
ments of Arlington county will
be the principal business to
come before the County Board
of Commissioners at their
meeting Saturday morning at
the courthouse.
The new system was recon-
mended to the county by State
auditors who today entered their
second week in checking the &C
counts of E. Wade Ball, former
county treasurer, in whose &C
counts a $275,000 shortage has
been discovered.
AS the auditors continued their
check on all county books, buSi-
ness Of the county continued as
usual, with Col. Charles T. Jesse,
new treasurer, in office.
Mr.. Jesse continues under an
100000 bond, as Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy, of the Arlington
circuit court, has taken no steps
to release the four citizens who
went on the temporary 100000
bond.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
ADVERTISEMENT
Just A Touch OF
Ice-Mint. PRESTO
COrns Wither and Lift Out With
Fingers. No Pain.

Corn sufferers gather round: get right
up close and listen, here's good news
for you.
The real genuine "Corn Killer" is here
at last. No humbug. Ice-Mint the dis
covery made from an imported product
is said to surely and quickly end foot
misery. Think of it; only a touch or
two of that cooling, soothing Ice-Mint
and real foot joy is yours No pain,
not bit of soreness, either when
applying it or afterwards and it doesn't
even irritate the surrounding skin.
It just makes a pair of tired.
swollen, aching. burning feet glow with
cooling comfort.
Hard corns. soft corns or corns be-
tween the toes, also toughened callouses
shrivel and lift off so easy. It's won
derful.
Every foot sufferer can apprecia te
treatment like this, especially women
who wear high heel shoes and men
who are obliged TO stand all day.
Try it. Just ask in any drug store
for Ice-Mint and learn for yourself
what solid foot comfort really 10. There
Is nothing like It,
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
CROSS|NGCRASH
|NJURESF|vE

FREDERICK, Md. March 8.
Five women were seriously in
jured when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck
at the Harmony Grove grade
crossing by a Pennsylvania local
train today. Two are residents Of
Washington.
They were taken to the Fred
erick General Hospital, where
their names were given as follows:
Mrs. Jessie Heeter, $40 E st.
S. w.
Mrs. Florence Small, $40 E st.
S. w..
Mrs. Cora Fisher, Potomac, Md.
Mrs. Lillian Getti1gs, Rockville,
Md.
A fifth woman, still uncon-
sciOus, whose name was not OBJ
tanned.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
ENVOY BRINGS
OLD RETAINER

The new Spanish ambassador,
Senior Don Juan Cardenas, knows
how to keep a servant.
Upon his arrival from Tokyo
(early this week he was accom-
panied by "Old Paco," an aged
retainer who has been in his serv'
ice for Is years.
"Old Paco" is well known in
Washington, where Envoy Car
denas was stationed for a number
Of years as counsellor of the old
embassy. The ambassador is god
father to his Wallets eldest child
and the christening party, given
here in 1922, is still famous in
washington. The Cardenas house
was turned over for the party to
' the servants, and during the
party the boss" and Sonora de
Riano, wife of the then ambas.
sador. dropped in as guests.
. The wife and child of "Old
Paco," who have been in Rumania
since the household was trans
ferred to Tokyo, will join him in
washington shortly,
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
WOMEN FIGHT
ALLEY HOMES
international Photo

Following a personal inspection
of alley dwellings in the District
by the executive committee Of the
District of Columbia Home Eco
nomics Association headed by Mrs.
E. c. Salisbury, chairman Of the
legislative committee, the asSo-
citation is continuing today its
support of the Capper and Bow
man bills to eliminate alley dwell
ings.
Those making the inspection
tour included Miss Catherine Cow
sill, president Of the association:
Mrs. N. r. Ellis, chairman Of the
home makers section; Miss Marie
Mount, chairman of the home eco
nomics in business section; Mrs.
John C. Ketcham. wife of the
Representative from Michigan;
Miss Esther Jonas, Miss Elsie
Krey and DR.. Edith Allen.
Travel economically In one of the
good used cars advertised for sale to-
day in the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
REVENUE RISES
IN VIRGINIA
COL. LEVI STEVENS

RICHMOND, Va, March 3.
Internal revenue collections for
Virginia during February totaIed
$6,698, ,256.05, an increase Of $119,-
348.31 over the corresponding
month of 1881. it was announced
today.
Income from sale of stamps dur.
ing the month amounted to $6,506,.
646.20, an increase of $147,784.88,
while miscellaneous collections
totaled only $12,989.78, a decrease
of $16,001.71.
Collections on incomes also
showed a decrease, it was said,
amounting to only $178,519.99, aS
compared with $190,854.85 in Feb.
ruary, 1881.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
POSTAL'S OFFER
IRKS WOMEN

Clubwomen in Maryland, who
have never indorsed the States at
titude on legalized racing, are
incensed over the suggestion that
the Maryland Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs station committees at
the four tracks in the State to
collect names for the Postal Tele-
graph Gable Company's 100000
list. One. woman remarked:
It'll be the Speakeasies
next"
The telegraph company has
offered to donate 100000 to the
National Council of Women, meet
ing next year in Chicago, in re-
turn for a list of 100000 names.
The names are to be procured
partly from the roster of the Gen
eral Federation, which boasts a
membership Of 100000.
Additional names will be OBJ.
tained through petitions to for
eign governments asking that
they send their most representa-
tive women to the Chicago meet
ing.
The company offer has aroused
opposition among clubwomen
throughout the country. Many
leaders are protesting against
"commercialization" of the fedora
ton list.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
SALES TAX HITS
SNAG Of HOUSE
DISPUTES
Committee Divided Over Rate
to Be Fixed; BiII's Passage
BY Saturday Forecast

Sharp division in the House
Ways and Means Committee
over excises and the rate of
the proposed manufacturers
sales tax today delayed final
preparation Of a bill to raise
more than a billion dollars
additional revenue a year.
Despite inability of the commit
tee to agree in it's first session,
Representative Hawley Of Oregon,
ranking Republican, predicted the
bill would be completed by Satur-
day.
With politics buried in the
committee, Hawley joined Repre-
sentative Crisp Cd of Georgia,
acting chairman, in predicting
that "a non-partisan American
tax bill'' will be reported.
Exemptions in Question
The committee was divided
over the rate on the manufac
turers' tax, Crisp said. Tenta.
lively fixed at 2A per cent to
raise $625, 100000 a year, the
committee considered demands
for maximum Of per cent.
EXCEPTIONS, too, were in doubt as
the farm bloc" pressed for
exemption of processed meats.
The committee had agreed upon
estate tax rates and a gift tax, un-
derstood to reach a maximum of
40 per cent on millionaireS. This
also is expected to be the maxi
mum on income taxes.
ShOrt-Selling Hit
The tentative draft Of the bill
being considered calls for lowering
Of the exemption on personal in
comes to 81, ZOO for single persons
and $4,000 for married taxpayers.
Other provisions in the tenta-
tive draft include a tax On Dor,
rowed stock as a blow at short
selling, tax on amusement admis.
SionS above Is cents, and corpora
ton income tax of 13 per cent.
AS the bill now stands, accord.
ing to the Interpretation of some
members, gasoline would be in
cluded in the manufacturers sales
tax.
The committee today was eX.
pected to consider a proposed tax
on electricity and Illuminating
gas, a tax on foreign oil and a
levy on stock transfers.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Prince Georges Man
Files Separation Suit

Charging desertion, Kenneth N
Moler, of Prince Georges county
yesterday filed suit in Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro for abSo
lutte divorce from Mrs. Reba Lee
Moler, whose address was given as
HarperS Ferry.
According to the petition filed
by Attorney Arthur Keefer, the
couple was married at Charles,
town. w. Va, in November, 1920,
and separated in February. 1929
They have one child, 5 years old
now in the custody of Mrs. Moler
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
"I4 Versus 40" Topic
At Jewish Center

Frederick L. Guggenheimer, lee
turer of Teachers College, Co
lumbia University, will speak on
Fourteen Versus Forty-Do Par
ents Always Know Best" Tues.
day afternoon at the meeting OF
the Council Of Jewish Women at
the Jewish Community Center
Mrs. Edwin Hahn and Kurt Het-
zel will provide music.
A mothers and daughters
banquet will be held at the Cen
ter the night of March Is.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Man Dead, Wife Ends Life
AS Policeman Watches

in an automobile, alive, but the
bodies of her husband and a dog,
killed with a pistol, were in the
car.
While the policeman stood with
a foot on the running board the
woman shot herself twice in the
chest, dying almost instantly.
The note said the couple had
come to Roanoke looking for work
after having difficulties in Ohio
The Washington times., 1932-03-03

ROANOKE, Va, March 3.-Mrs., :,
Juanita vessel, Of Cincinnati,
handed a note to a man here
asking him to turn it over to the
chief of police.
He did so, and a policeman
hastened to the woman because
the note directed that the bodies
of the woman and her husband
be returned to Cincinnati.
The policeman found the woman
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
Deserted -Wvfe Asks
= MQruL0nd DiUOrce

Alleging she was deserted in
July, 1928. Mrs. Vergie Stoer.
Finger, of Prince Georges county,
yesterday filed suit for divorce
from Frank H. Stoerzinger, in
Circuit Court at Upper Marlboro.
According to the petition, filed
by Attorney Arthur Keefer, the
couple was married in Alexan-
dria in August, 1921. and have
one child, Norma, now 10 years.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
MONTHLY HEALTH CLINIC

The monthly chest clinic OF
the Arlington County Health De-
partment will be held next Thurs
day, from 10 a. m. to p, m, at
the Virginia, Highlands Health
Center. DR.. H. A Latane, OF
Alexandria, is the clinician
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
COLLEGE Y.M.C.A. MEETING

ROME, N. Y, March 3 G.N.SO,
The intercollegiate Student Y. M
C. A. Institute will hold a state
wide meeting here April 1924,
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
WOMAN FINED $50

Arrested in a raid in Melrose
Bottom February IL by Prince
Georges county police, Ella
Brooks, colored. was fined $50 in
Hyattsville Police Court on a
charge of running a. disorderly
house. She noted an appeal.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
GET MARLBORO LICENSE

Samuel T. Mitchell, %, of 1916
Sixth st. S. w., and Louise Deav-
ers,, 18, Of 1910 First st. S. E.,
were licensed to marry at Upper
Marlboro yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-03-03
SUES FOR SEPARATION

Mary E. Baker, of Arlington,
filed suit for divorce against
Abrann A. Baker in Arlington Cir.
cult Court yesterday. She alleges
wilful desertion and abandon.
ment.