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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07


 There was much food for thought in the last item of the five-point program pro- posed by Governor Wilbur L. Cross last week. The item itself asked for Revision of the public utilities laws to empower the public utilities commission to initiate rate hearings and supervise issues of utilities stocks sold to the public. Comment ing upon this the governor declared that The public utilities laws are antiquated and need revision. In this issue is also involved the question of whether it is proper for man to be at the head of great elec- tric light system and the undisputed leader of the republican party which controls the law-making machinery of the State govern ment by reason of its dominant and long intrenehed position. A man in this dual capacity actually controls legislation which is intended to regulate the business of his corporation. -" Nobody can say that the governor did not try his best in the past two years to bring about some changes in the personnel of the public utilities com mission. His appointment of Professor Richard Joyce Smith of Yale Law School was hailed by the state as a most worthy one. However, it was viewed by the re- publieans of the Legislature in partisan manner and Mir Smith was rejected and the governor forced to compromise in his sf forts to revise the lines of the public utili-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
An Armistice Right Now

Dear Editor:-
 Kindly insert the attached arr ticle titled An Armistice Right Now in the forum of your most valuable newspaper.
 The days of P. T. Barnum are over.
 The voters have been fooled for the last time. sis
 We know that the present ad- ministration headed by Mir Hoover has long passed it's period of use- fulness to the majority of the the American people.
 We also know that this same body and it's leader have exhaust ed their capacity to serve effec- lively this great republic of ours as it's president and board of di- rectors.
 net us cast aside all fear and muster that old Yankee Doodle spirit of Hope, Courage and Clear thinking which guided our people and country safely through other trying periods.
 Let us restore that feeling of security which through heritage rightfully belongs to us.
 Let us exchange a worthless se- curity for gold bond by needing the call of 1882 that America Needs Roosevelt.
 Let us Voters of America re- gardless of political utilization join hands and mutually declare an armistice right now and pledge our vote on November sth, 1932 for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 Very truly yours, WALTER T. KEHLUY.
 83l Chapel street. New Haven. Conn. Nov 4th, 19s2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
AL SMITH-AID OR HANDICAP TO ROOSEVELT? NEW ENG-
 LANDS VOTE WILL SHOW!

Washington-How much has the Honorable Alfred Emanuel Smith done for the demcratic ticket in the New England states and New Jersey?
 Those are the states where Gov erner Roosevelt obviously has been very weak. Political prophets have been awarding them to Hoover. If one man can take their elec- torial votes from the republican column and deliver them to the democrats in less than a month the achievement will be without parrellel.
 AIS influence already has been an important factor toward putting New York into the Roosevelt
 column. New York seemed to be
 close state and might have gone for Roosevelt anyway. I do not
 mean to imply that a Roosevelt victory there even now is Q fore-
 gone conclusion, but if Hoover
 does carry the state it will mean
 that the extent of the general drift to Roosevelt has been con-
 siderably exaggerated and that his election through victories else-
 where would be matter of much doubt.
 The states of Maine, Vermont
 and New Hampshire doubtless will
 be held by Hoover, a matter of 12
 electoral votes, but but demacratic
 leaders think Smith is winning the
 45 votes of Massachusetts, New
 Jersey, Rhode Island and Connec-
 ticut for Roosevelt.
 =
 After Smiths Newark speech there seemed to be serious ques-
 tion as to how much he was will ing to do for the ticket. But since
 his Boston speech the issue has
 been the extent to which his ef- forts would count.
 There can now be no doubt among AIS millions of admirers as
 to the way he wants them to vote.
 So the important thing is to
 know whether the Smith following
 will follow it's leaders urgent
 advice or whether 1t will persist
 in it's enmity toward Roosevelt in
 sufficient strength to damage him.
 The democrats have ben certain
 that the only factor which seemed
 likely to lose them those four
 states was the intention of scores o fthousands of Smith fans to re- frain from voting or to vote for Hoover as a means of averaging AIS defeat at Chicago.
 Sm th's reconciliation with Roosevelt and his speaking tour came rather late in the game, at a time when the minds of most voters are supposed to be made up. If the New England and New Jersey voters are now switching the tribute to AIS prowess as a leader will be all the more im- pressive. And if Roosevelt does carry the four doubtful states no one will deny that the governor will have Smith to thank for the 45 electoral votes.
 Republican claims that Roose- welt lost many popular votes in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1ss
Just Before The Battle

Our last plea to the voters of this com munity is to get out and vote tomorrow. No man or woman, who possesses the right to the franchise. has good and sufficient reason to remain away from the polls to- morrow, save that of illness. With so many candidates seeking office tomorrow and SO many issues at stake it behooves the great American public to reflect its attitude in an outpouring of votes. The status of the Waterbury Democrat in this election is well established We sincerely believe that the state and the country will be better off with democratic administration. We hope that this feeling is responded to by the majority of voters.
 Certainly after the last twelve years of national upheaval the country must eagerly desire a change in administration at Wash- ington. From the day that Warren G. Harding entered the White House. right down to this intellectual administration through which Herbert Hoover has wal lowed, we have seen conditions in the nation grow steadily worse. The cost of govern fHeHt IldS IHOuHteQ Will liic NOSt VI h'ih6' When the latter broke in the face of over- inflated credit the cost of government remained high and dry. We now are forced to pay for the special concession form of government that republicans were forced to maintain to retain their positions of honor and trust.
 In contrast to that was the last demo- cratic administration under Woodrow Will son. Compare four years of either of his two terms with Harding Coolidge. and Hoover. The result is disheartening. True. we enjoyed under Mir Coolidge prosperity nnl,eard of. But mere pinprick exploded that balloon. even though the astute Mir Coolidge was declaring that the nation didn't think it had The trouble with republican Administration of late years is its failure to see the humorous side of everyday affairs. 1t has taken itself too seriously. As a result. it now finds itself dangling at the end of the rope. Thereupon it breaches a gospel of fear. After what we've gone Through in the last IF years of g.o.p. rule there should be no fear in the American people for what the democratic party now offers it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
A Book 3 Day
Holds Rule of Incas Was
 Best Peru Ever Had
by BRUCE CATION

If the chief reason for govern ment Is to provide a good life for the average citizen, then the colo niai government set up by the Spaniards in Peru, after Pizarro conquered the kingdom of the In- cas-, was a ghastly failure.
 The ordinary Peruvian lived we'll under the Incas. He was protected from hunger and cold and public disorder; he was an essential part of an able and far-sighted govern mental program.
 Under the Spaniards, the exact reverse of these things was true. The average man was enslaved pitt ilessly and rendered as miserable as any men anywhere have ever been. To this day he has not re- gained the level he occupied in the days of the Incas.
 These points are developed in ''The Fall of the Inca Empire," by Philip Ainsworth Means. 8 fat and scholarly book which discusses Spanish rule in Peru from 15so until about 1780. It is a very fine thor's Ancient Civilizations of the Andes"
 MT Means discusses the actual conquest briefly. He goes on to describe the bloody turmoil that followed, when the conquistadors fought among themselves. schemed for place and preference, milked the land dry and plotted out one of the worlds most noteworthy civili- Zations.
 The Spanish crown, he points out, tried. to rule Peru through a modified medievalism. But Peru was too far away. Spain's colonial system was doomed to fai1-and the luckless Peruvians paid the bill.
 Published by Scribner's, the book retails for $4.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
In To-day's Mail What do think Send all letters and your opinions Editor of the Waterbury Democrat.
conover's Candidacy Finds Democratic Support

vailing Connecticut sentiment" MT Ives says that "Mr Conover's can- didacy is admirable on every other issue"
 Such praise from a democrat is. praise indeed! MT Ives knows as do Messrs Bingham and Lonergan, that beer is at least four years away. They know that beer cannot be an issue in an election at a time when country is facing one of the worst crises in its history. MT Ives approves of Mir Conover and of his platfrom in every re- spect with the exception of his dry plank and, hence, places merely the present elections most fictional issue between his attitude on out-and-out advocacy of MT Conovr's election.
 Many thanks, MT Ives. With such support, the last vestige of doubt as to MT Conover's election Is dissipated.
 JASPER CRANE.
 31 Audubon street,
 New Haven, Conn.
 November 8, 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

Don't forget to vote "yes" on the ques- tion of prohibition repeal when you go to the polls tomorrow. The buttons are at the top of the voting machines and all that is necessary to register approval in this referen- dunn is to pull down the proper button. Then you cast your party vote as you ordinarily would Connecticut should register disap- proval of law for which it never showed much respect or liking. Every vote is a nail in prohibitions coffin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
To the Editor of The Democrat


 There was once a French queen who said, If they have no bread, let them eat cake"
 And there was once Connecti- cut politician, renowned in arch- geological circles, who said. "If they have not bread, let them drink beer.
 The queen, 1t is sad to relate. had her charming neck severed.
 In modern times, we do not have to guillotine a person to eliminate that persons insidious influence upon our political life. We merely elect someone to take his or her place.
 am referring. of course. to our little three-sided race for the United States senatorship in Conn ecticut. On one side, we have Hi- ram ("the Gorgepus") Bingham the gentleman who prefers to give the needy working man beer in- stead of bread. On a second side. we have that so-ca1led New Guard" democrat, Augustine WGood Boy'') Lonergan, who was ''King Henry" Roraback's com promise choice in an effort to win over to the Roraback old guard democrat new guard support. And on the third side of our triangle we have Milton Conover.
 Milton Conovers candidacy for the United States senate has been given considerable impetus by the editor of one of the most demo- cratic papers in the state, Charles Ives of the New Haven Journal Courier.
 MT Ives says that Bingham "has made errors but promises com- manding leadership" He refers to MT Lonergan as a Challenger without errors but less impressive as a statesman" The only argu- ment that MT Ives can bring against MT Conover is that "his dry alliance makes it impossible for him properly to represent pre-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
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the south and west when Smith dragged the religious issue into the campaign at Newark may be considered separately, but 1t was good medicine in the section to which Al has confined his cam- paigp.
 The backbone of Smiths great personal following in the states on the north Atlantic seaboard is com posed of devoted Irish Catholic who walled at the defeat of their hero by the ''Ku Kluxers'' at Mad ison Square Garden in 1924, who bitterly resented the large anti Catholic vote against Smith in 1928 and who believed-perhaps correctly enough = that Smith would have been renominated in 1882 had he been a Protestant.
 William G. McAdoo's part in Roosevelt's nomination helped foster the feeling that Smith at Chicago had again ben the victim of the "K1uxers." In appealing to such audiences, it was good poli- ties for Al to remind them of the use made of the religious issue by republicans in 1928 aid so divert the flow of their resentment.
 Although his Newark speech gave many democrats an acute pain, the Boston effort showed Smith at his ,best--at the height of his effectiveness.
 This makes the third successive campaign in which the democrats, with Smith as the pivotal figure and fho ranT1hIfcano nrriuuinpr frIoa. fully, have had to worry about the religious factor. It was the most damaging thing they had to con- tend with in 1924 and 1928. This year it isn't as serious and it isn't likely to lick them.
 Smith may be accused of hav- ing put it back in, but 1t was there anyway and, he also has done much to remove 1t. Perhaps four years from now we won't be hoa rfno ahnI1f if of o11
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
Merit in This Suggestion

While it may be diseomforting news to President Hoover. still there is some merit and sound reasoning in the suggestion that Joseph P. Tumulty of New Jersey has made. The former secretary to Woodrow Wilson recalled last week in the course of political discussion that in 1916 the presi- dent declared that in the event of his defeat by Chief Justice Hughes, he would resign so that Mir Hughes might assume office Aortly after his election, rather than wait hntil the following March. Conditions ia sbe nation and world were of such vital haturs that Wilson believed Such action
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 The Fallen stomach

I've been wearing q surcingle girllc sIpp0s- edIy to hold up a fallen stomach. I'm going to funk 1t and would like a set of exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles. (Mrs l.. O.
 Answer-Try to accumulate more fat. Prac- tice belly breathing. Do some somersaults daily. Lie supine and raise legs to vertical and lower slowly, three times at first, increase one time daily till you can do exercise 20 times night and morning without fatigue. Also lie supine and feet under weight, and palms on hoor and sit up and lower yourself again to supine three times at first, increasing one time daily till you can do this exercise 20 times night and morning without fatigue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
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PEACE ENYOYs MEET

on November T. 1918, the Ger
 man peace envoys crossed the front and were taken to Marshal
 Toch's Headquarters. The allied
 armies, however, continued their
 drives. The American troops entered Be- dan. French soldiers east of the
 Oise and north of the Aisne
 pushed forward 10 miles, capturing loo villages that had been In Ger
 many's possession since the early months Of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
So They Say

Prohibition is here to stay. The proof is the cheapness of liquor. lazy Einstein, author, former
 star prohibition agent.
 
 You'll find we Irish writers are an ignorant lot.
 William Butler Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Irish poet.
 
 There is no doubt that half the present Japanese submarines are capable of making a round voyage across the Pacific, and would therefore be able to conduct an of- fensive on the western seaboard of the United States. Nor would it be impossible for the largest Japan csc boats to menace the Panama canal.
 Hector c. Bywater. British naval
 expert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

The most interesting part of radio ora- tory is the crowds behavior. Political cor ruption in the future may consist in having trained crowd around the speakers stand to give the radio audience an impression of tremendous enthusiasm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
Personal Health SerDice (By William Brady, M. D.l

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

ties commission. Efforts to amend the public utilities laws have been scrutinized most carefully before being enacted. And mighty few have passed through the Legis- lature that didn't give the electric interest of the state some benefit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
TIME TO EXIT

4AMI AO G<AAI You look like a respectable man. What were you doing breaking into that house last night?"
 T thought it was my own house."
 "But when the lady came you jumped through the window. Why was that?"
 '.I thought it was my wife," = Vart Hem, Stockholm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

Star Becomes Mother" says the head line and if the Hollywood luminary hssn t any astrological objection. why not call the boy Planet?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

A moderate drinker says he would be. satisfied if prohibition were merely modified to forbid more than six rounds in one eve- ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
SITS NO BARGAIN

"Do you know your wife is go. ing about telling everybody you can't keep her in clothes?"
 That's nothing. I bought hel
 a home, and can't keep her in that, either" - Tit-Bits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

Y All vehicles must be lighted not later than
 5:12 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

Switzerland has taken control of the importation, manufacture and sale of vaccines and serum for treatment Of humans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
COULDN'T SAY N

"How could you let the young
 Frenchman kiss your" understood" = Answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
UPsALA

The vets and drys,
 Arc in Q bad clinch, The noists may break 'em, It won't be a cinch.
 o-O-o < If they had an acrobat running for president he might, if elected, balance the budget.
 o-O-o
 Everything was reduced this fall with the exception of the size of election speeches. They were just as long as ever. o-O-o Everything pertaining to war should be eliminated. This is the demand of a noted Englishman. Great. Let's start with those trench coats.
 suppose twin politicians make strange twin bed fel- lows.
 4o-O-o As a comedian asked on the ra- dio, Do you favor 8 are-peel of the banana"
 o-O-o
 QUITE so The most popular vessel to-day, And now I'll let 1t slip, Is what the dear old courts would
 call,
 Receivership.
 o-O--o Life in America is give and take. Tn France it's take what America gives.
 O-O-O
 What we want to do now Is civiliZe civilization.
 O-O-o A fireman never goes to work until he's been alarmed.
 o-O--o How about singing that great wedding song at every political rally, "Oh Promise Me?"
 O-O-o A scientiest claims that the time is not long distant, when rubber will be used for almost everything. His prediction has arrived, haven't you tasted some of those rubber pork chops in local eateries. |
 o-O-o
 A woman chicken fancier claims one of her birds laid an egg with Hoovers' name on it. That looks like a hatched- up story.
 o-O-o Slot machines may come and slot machines may go but the old political machines go on forever.
 O-O--o THOSE MUTTON SLEEVES Mary had q little lamb, It soon grew big, she grieves, But from the lamb that once she
 knew,
 Game Mary's mutton sleeves.
 O-O--o The politicians go to the voters, the voters go to the polls, the poll ticians go to good jobs and the voters go home and nurse head ache. Great is Allah!
 o-O-O This concludes our opening pro- gram of the week. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 c--o--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

The king can do no wrong, This slogan bears sound That means the king can do no
 wrong,
 When the old queens around.
 O-O--o What has become of the old fashioned Waterburian who used to wear a ring made from a horse shoe nail and insist that 1t brought luck?
 o-O-O
 A capitalist is merely a so- cialist who made good in this little old game of life.
 O-O--O We've had age old pensions and now they're after old age pensions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
Good evening.
 ELECTION ST0TS TOMORROW

Good evening. O-O-O ELECTION TOMORROW The great elections almost here Please vote. And do it with a face of cheers.
 Please vote, Just let your conscience be youl
 guide, Don't mind the speeches far and
 wide. Judge let your own grim brain
 decide,
 Please vote. The candidates have told their tale.
 Please vote, To some they sounded like a wall,
 Please vote, Pull the lever. one or two. This little choice is, up to you. Just see the old election through,
 Please vote. No matter who may win this test.
 Mark this, Support him with your loyal zest.
 Mark this, Hell need the help of all of us. So don't stand round and eark
 and cuss, Uphold his hands. cut out the fuss.
 Mark this. o-O-o I suppose all the bakers will soon equip their trucks and cars with doughnut tires.
 O-O--0
 Tomorrow is election day. Be sure to cast your vote in this great national emergency.
 O-O-o Amelia Earhart will speak here shortly, telling of her thrilling flight overseas. High society will no doubt turn out to hear her. O-O-o
 The greatest syndicate in the world is sin.
 o-O--o Some of these politicians pro- posing the rubber dollar may have rubber Legs after the votes are counted.
 O-O-o
 DING, DING
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07

"A sMrLT's THE THING"
Evening star., 1932-10-30

In King George County, where he con.
Quoted a mission at two of the Epis'
copal churches in that neighborhood.
| Mr.. Carey Blackwell has returned
from visit to Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Eddy
in New York City.
! DR.. Walter S. Nicklin is back from
| Luray where he attended the annual
meeting of the Virginia Pharmaceutical
| Association.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Casey left last
week for Stamford, Conn, where they
| will make their home.
Mrs. j. Alwyn Brown is home from a
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.
I.arrick, in Middleton, Va.
| Miss Mary Mcintyre of Hagerstown
| Md, was the guest last week Of Mrs
Carlos Campbell.
Mrs. Maraget Hazard of Anderson
w. Va, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
T. Tracy.
Miss May Keys has returned to hel
home in Norfolk after a visit to Mrs
I. M Davis.
Mrs. Charles Griffin and Mrs. Caroline
Jones of Berkeley, Calf. arrived last
week by motor and were week enc
guests of Miss Julia Stimson.
Mrs. Margaet See of Cincinnati, who
has been visiting in New York City, Is
the guest of her son and daughter in
law. Mr.. and Mrs. oscar See.
Mr.. Thomas Updyke of Charlottes-
vile spent last week end with his
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Parrish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Dietrich and Mr.