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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
Oriental Wheat Market

A representative of the Farmers National Grain Corporation returns from China with the word that 100000 Chinese workers in the Yangtse Valley have been converted from rice to wheat flour. The 100000 bushels of Farm Board wheat sent to China under long term financing to relieve flood victims brought about the change. The workers who ate wheat flour found it gave them more endurance and energy than the same amount of rice. They liked it. too.
 One need not be an economics expert to figure out that if China were at peace and prosperous. it would afford tremendous market for wheat. It would be long time before the wheat-growers of the world were troubled much by unmarketable surpluses if China's hordes turned to wheat in serious way. And what about the riee-growers? We'll that would be another problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17

Benjamin Franklin did. not think much of the selection by the founders of this re- public of the bald eagle as our national emblem. In this Dr. Franklin was sup- ported by Ameriea's first student of birds. He is bird of bad moral character" said John James Audubon. The does not get his living honestly. :. he watches the labor of the fishing hawk: and when that dili- gent bird has at length taken a fish and is bearing it to his nest for the support of bic mate and young ones. the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him." But perhaps in these days of racketeers and high-jaekers the bald eagle is not inappropriate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
EVERY BREATH HAS ITS oDoR

In an earlier talk about breath odor we eA- plained how reverse peristaiss, rom one caus. or another, produces unpleasant breath anu we mentioned that various common wholesome articles of diet impart their special odors 10 the breath, and number of medicines com monly incorporated in popular nostrums give the breath a peculiar odor
 Tn the course of certain kinds of sickness acute levers as well chronic diseases, the patients breath may have an odor so charae- teristic that the experienced physician can ai- most make the diagnosis from the ooor.
 Tartar deposits on the teeth, septic gums ana dental cavities are familiar causes Of foul breath. Accumulation of cheesy masses in the crypts of the tonsils may give an unpleasant ooor to the breath.
 atrophic rhinitis is due to decomposition or ex- cretions retained in the nasal passages. cane sugar. heaping teaspoonful dissolved in a teacupful of warm water, Is good remedy 10 spray. in the nose two three times daily for this condition.
 It should be obvious to any intelligent per- son that foul breath cannot be remedled with Ia mere mouthwash, gargle or other nakeshift. The source of the odor must be determined and the condition, if remediable, given proper treatment.
 In these two talks have not attempted to name all the causes which may be responsible for bad breath. but rather have sought to show the futlity of trying to remedy the condition with some 'antiseptic" or other cure all Persons who have chronic arsenic poisoning may have peculiar garlicy. odor of the breath. Chronic arsenic poisoning is more common nowadays than formerly. owing to frequent occupatonal exposure.
 mouth wash or gargle of common salt, heaping teaspoonful in pint of water sol ution of boric acid in water, heaping teaspoon full in the pint. or solution of iodin in water, say five drops of the brown tincture of iodin (old spelling iodine) in glassfdl of water, is IS effective as any antiseptic remedy can be against any condition which may produce un- pleasant breath odor. If one prefers to flavor such mouth wash or gargle with one aromatic or another, very well, but that is not @ question of hygiene.
 In any case, if there Is real friendship. one friend need not. hesitate to tell the other If there is any extraordinary odor about the breath
 While there is specific remedy for foul breath, the fact remains that the cause or source of the trouble can be determined by the physician in every instance, and with rare exceptions the trouble is readily remedied when the physician has made his diagnosis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
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showed that 194 had been in coll lege and 1641 had attended high school. The Children's Bureau says:
 ''Social workers, police and raid- road men. who are in constant touch with these boys. assert that the overwhelming majority are on the road because there is nothing else to do. Sometimes because sheer pride will not permit them to sit idle at home--sometimes be- cause support for the whole fam lily came from a relief agency and was wholly inadequate to- feed the younger children"
 Dangerous and Degrading
 Standards of living on the road are very low and the hazards are various. Last winter in one west ern city 35 young men and boys were removed from box cars ser- ipusly i'll, some in an advanced stage of pneumonia.
 Because railroad freight yards are policed, trains must be broad- ed outside the yard, while in mo- ton. One railroad reported 50 young men and boys killed and 100 crippled in that manner last winter.
 Communities reserve even their small odd jobs sf for residents, so food. for the boys at large becomes mostly a matter of begging or stealing. with older men always at hand to teach the youngsters vicious habits.
 Tn Children's bureau has asked thousands of social agencies to tackle the problem by, inducing boys to remain at home, maintain ing their morale and. providing &C., tivities to interest them, seeing that their families get enough food and providing the best prossible care and advice when they arrive in strange places after once leay- ing the family roof,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
Roadside Eyesores

The superintendent of maintenance of the New Jersey State Highway Commis- sion wants to reduce the number of objec- tionable hot dog stands and gas stations cluttering up the roadsides. It IS not the number he objects to. but their appearance. Ambitious plans for Identification of high ways. he says are being frustrated by the mushroom growth'of hideous structures, not only ugly in themselves but decked out with all sorts of billboards. placards and signs advertising their wares. The highway de- partment is handicapped by the fact that it has no jurisdiction over buildings on pri- vate property.
 It is strange how unconscious the or dinary commercial institution is regarding ugliness especially in this field and how the hot dog and gasoline vendors fail to realize that while they are spelling scenery they are also defeating their own purpose The more signs there are painted and stuck up around place. the less attention people pay to any of them. except to shudier and pass on. It has been proved countless times that beauty attracts trade more than uglineSs. As for architecture. 1t often costs no more to put up and maintain good looking building than an ugly one, and additional cost will usually be more than made up by larger patronage.
 Such messes as are ordinarily seen along highways. and also on city thoroughfares are probably due more to low standards of taste and neatness than anything else. The most common sin is mere slovenliness. which lets junk and rubbish of all sorts accumulate. The average service station or wsyside restaurant needs housekeeper. The main thing needed is education. Automo bile clubs ought to be able to accomplish something. Gasoline companies. though. could do more. The motor industry is making beauty its chief aim. Why cannot the industry serving it help littlel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Infection in Ear

noticed your advice to wear loose packing of lambs wool when one enters swimming pool have worked at large pool for eight scasOn's. One does not have to go into n swim- ming pool to get this ear trouble. If you get water in your anywhere, and do not get 1t out right away, trouble will cnsue. So l think your answer is not fair. (M. IL. e.
 Answer-It is not the water but the infec- ton in the water which must be excluded from the ear. No swimming pool patronized by many swimmers can long remain unpolluted. ming pool entirely safe. Therefore 1t is wise for those who swim in pools to keep the water out of nose and ears as much as possible.
 Infantle Paralysis
 have a baby just year and a half old. have heard this is the time of the year for inc guard? What are the first symptoms? (Afrs IL. L. P.)
 Answer-The only safeguard can suggest is to keep your child away from persons who purport to have colds or sore thHoats or to keep such persons away from the child. particularly In public gatherings. The first symptoms of lnfantile paralysis are usually those of a mild sore throat with low fever. The first sign of he paralysis develops 24 to 4s hours after the beginning of the illness.
 Hard of Hearing st
 How and where may one learn lip reading? am hard of hearing and attend high school am 16 and my deafness troubles inc q great deal. I want to become teacher of defective children. Is this q wise choice of vocation? Where may one take this up
 Answer-Most cities, provide lip reading classes in the day schools or night schools. If there is no such class in your city. practice speaking before your mirror or getting com- panon to read or speak to you while you study the lip expression. think your vocation would be fine. Probably state normal school pro- vides such instruction or the teachers college of your state university.
 Preserving Watermelon I have read that watermelon can be stored for the winter by this pF0eess Give thc melon . coat of shellnc, then bury it in the sand nhd next winter it will Do fresh. shcliac contains . large nmOunt of wood alcohol W0uld there IA. ID
 Answer-sNo. . tcopyright John r. DiiIe Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
What Is a Saloon?

s1 1t has been noticed and commented upon
 that President Hoover was as averse to dis
 euss the ramifications of the term. saloon. " as our most public citizens who are drawn
 into the prohibition controversy. We read
 great deal about the saloon today. Every ' efime there is plan suggested for the inn Y provement of conditions the provision is made that. of course. such a step must not
 be accompanied by a return of the saloon. Just what do these people mean? Do they
 mean that there must be no more beer, wines
 or liquors sold across bar or dispensed at
 tables in restaurants or beer gardens3
 K. Perhaps it may interest many people to ~ know that the United States Supreme Court
 has never defined the word. Of course our
 standard dictionaries offer many definitions
 all more or less alike. But from legal standpoint we don't know where the saloon
 begins or ends. Senator Carter Glass in his recent prohibition amendment speaks as
 follows: The sale of intoxicating liquors
 within the United States or any territory
 subject to the jurisdiction thereof for con
 sumption at the place of sale Commonly
 known as the saloon)." What multitude
 of sins this covers. And what multitude -Uf establishments are masquerading.
 Right here in Connecticut no doubt. the
 average citizen would recall the saloon by tits swinging doors, its brass rail and cuspi-
 dors and other familiar appurtenances. gone
 but not forgotten. He might not recall 2 that often he bought beers, wines. and ,eliquors with meals at high class restaurants
 and in hotels without having to step up to
 bar. Were they saloons? Not in this state they weren't although they might be
 SO ranked in other states. All of which
 makes it funny for SO many of our public citizens to keep harping on this saloon idea.
 A saloon might just as we'll be the govern
 ment store of Canada as the more familiar z k-rnsmory.
 z ' There are citizens of Connecticut who z zreMt 50 squeamish about the topic. They ' don't regard the saloon with holy horror. ' Perhaps they recall the better establishments, x well regulated and owned by men who ob- z served not only the word of the law but \ also the spirit: of it by looking after their ', felloWmen and refusing to permit them to x squander their earnings on liquor. Repre- k sentative William L. Tierney of Greenwich < and former Mayor Fred Atwater of Bridge z pcft who is candidate for the lieutenant V governor nomination on the democratic = ticket this fall, both would like to see the :. saloon return. They declared it publicly V this week at a democratic outing in Fair ss field Both think that saloon, highly li- = eensed and properly regulated, would be l. vast improvement Over present conditions.
 We're almost tempted to agree with them. = But the saloon has come to stand for so = much that it would be hard to convince ' nation that it wasn't as bad as it was painted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
In To-day's Mail
 do you all letters communications with your opinions Waterbury Democrat.
Deaf Mute Asks That All Republicans Vote for Roosevelt
 For President Next November

Editor of The Democrat:
 I, as a deaf mute, request that re- publicans vote for Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt. American democratic candidate for president of the United States. He is not a
 man like many, who knows you only at election time, but he knows you at all times. He is a very good man. If I could only speak I Roosevelt has been very good friend to me. It is the only way in which have been able to thinkoof appreciation of how he was good with organized labor to support election, November 8, 1892 and I of the United States. am "a union tis ticket and support Roosevelt- Garner ticket.
 Governor Roosevelt always sup ported labor and farmers--I am glad to hear that many republi- ChuB' VIII VOtO AVT 1AVObStCIS ds know he will make a very good president for the people in 1888.
 I am still republican but will bolt the Hoover-Curtis republican ticket this year. because many million people are out of work since the last republican victory. Governor Roosevelt was first in favor of vets and repeal. and re- elected governor of New York state by nearly 740,000 majority over Mir Futile, republican, in 1s30 before Hoover spoke about 1t in Washington. bet the people that Hoover will hold the drys and fool many wets.. Republican lead-' CTS are afraid that Governor Roosevelt will be elected president by wet votes. .r
 Hoover spoke about hieh wages for labor in Newark, N. J.. in October. 1928, and he was elected president and took ofiice in March, 1928. but people got laad on in 1929 to 1932-f am out .cf work for two years and IT VIII pot Hoover and republicans. and help the democratic ticket--I an, certain nv state by 260,000 votes over Hoover this year. lf you are wet you should vote for HoosoveIt-I an still republican but am working hard to help siect Roosevelt as preal6ent--f am very gIad that many Hearst papers are with the IleosevsIss sdarnsf ticket this year. | know republicans are weak thls year-f pat posferg in my car sMaka Repeal e Fact - Elect ieossvsIi as pfeslasnt Tor the flakHrn Of Prosperity" Vote foF nooseyeIlsoaEnof tloket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
BY RODNEY BUTCHER NEA Service Writer

Washington A great swarm
 of young men and boys, who
 have renounced such homes as they had, goes bumming around the country, bafeling the railroad police, presenting problem to hundreds of communities and throwing the national social agencies into increasing dismay. It is estimated that upwards of 100000 fellows under 21 years of age are Ion tho road" this year. following a survey by the Chil-
 dren's Bureau, which has taken
 the lead toward seeing if some thing can't be done about it.
 Many of these boys, receiving their first practical training for life in the school of the hobo, are kept constantly on the move. Some small towns send their en- tire police force to meet each in- coming freight to repel invasions of the transient unemployed. In
 many others the penniless visitors
 stay is limited to A hours. The
 old practice of sending boys home
 has been abandoned because conn
 munities now have no money for that.
 South and West Flooded
 Florida, the gulf states, the
 southwest and California are flood ed by the migratory army of men and boys in autumn, winter and
 spring, the Children's Bureau found. They swarm on every freight in such numbers that the railroad police would be helpless to keep them off" Many small towns reported daily passage of about 200 men and boys during
 winter and spring.
 In eight months the Southern
 Pacific, along 9.130 miles of track. elected 416.915 -trespassers and
 overlooked many others. Rail- road men in Kansas City esti- mated in May that about 1,500 men and boys were riding the freights through that city every day. From 20 to 25 per cent Of the freight riders were under 2l. Other, large, numbers hitch-hike over the roads. Soup kitchens throughout the southwest report feeding thousands of boys.
 The Community Boys Lodge in Los Angeles, reporting on 623
 boys who applied there for shelter last winter, found that they rep resented 45 states and the District of Columbia. The largest states generally contributed the most wandering boys = New York 76, Illinois 48, Pennsylvania 3s. Texas 38, Oklahoma 35, Michigan 34, Ohio 2S and so on. A study of $500 transient boys by the Salvation Army in Atlanta
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17

Chewing gum is now believed responsi- ble for the discovery of lost Mayan empire city,, Native hunters for chicle from which the gum is made came upon the ruins of the age old world and soon led. to these remote Mexican jungles, white men to trace down the history of the spot. It is believed to be, all of l,500 years old. We've heard of many things being blamed on stick of chewing gum, but never the discovery of city. What an advertisement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
So They Say
I'm out of the picture.-John J. Raskob, ex-chairman, democratic national committee.

I'm out of the picture.-John J. Raskob, ex-chairman, democratic national committee.
 One man at the head of our na- ton can supply the leadership which will inspire once more our people with. the confidence they have lost and land them effectively to happier days of deserved eco- homie security.-Vinceht Astor, New York financier.
 If I were a candidate (for pres- ident) and headed third party. I would do just what the other gen. tlemen are doing-nothing-Sen- ator William E. Borah of Idaho
 The cosmos itself is not friendly to our wishes. is not concerned with the promotion of human values. but is profoundly inimical to our wishes. Life itself has been emptied of meaning for multitudes of men who find 1t barren and a burden.-Professor H. Richard Me- buhr. Yale Divinity school.
 If the government desires to make all exservice men public charges 1t should care for them, in private hospitals instead of entering into an orgy of construction Of veterans hospitals.--David A. Mur- pfy. attorney, before congressional committee. Ns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
2 FRENCH MAKE GAINS

<Fl .sl. /. On Aug 17, 1918. French troops penetrated north of Autreches to g depth of more than a mile on a threelmile front in bitter fighting.
 Americans in Lorraine stormed the.tvillage of Frapelle after heavy artillery preparation.
 British and Canadian. forces con- tinued their smashing tactics m Picardy and made several import ant gains.
 Pressure on the German army on the western front was extremely heavy ana the German high conl- mand was hard put to ind reserves to replace the troops worn out by weeks of continuous battle.
 Allied commanders were in bet- ter position, replacing tired units with fresh American divisions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
 TELL WORLD WAR STORY

Boston. (UP)--Three stained glass windows. destined for the rec built Beileau Chapel in France, which portray the historic ties thet bind the United States and France, recently were exhibited here.
 The figures of an American doughboy and French poiiu, Les Lafayette and Washington, Pore Marquette and ChampInin, occupy the places usually reserved for bind the nuited States and France, Biblical subjects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
(By Dizzy Dorothy)

I'm just as brown as that old brown
 jug,
 They sing about, then. take a bow, But what will happen if the mode Is milky white three months
 from now?
 o-O-o
 Kissing is less dangerous than shaking hands, French physician claims. Maybe we never have fully realized how dangerous it Is to shake hands. Japan explains that she is Interested only in law and orr der in JehoL Perhaps the last word of that statement should have been plural. o---O---o When you're checking up to try to find what really is bringing us ont of the depression, don't for- get that we've had several rather Juicy murder trials this simmer. ODE TO THE ROAD From ont fine city's stirling heat, His bus and family he took, Passed by tine march of tramping
 feet,
 That city sidewalks strong they
 shook, Out to the country wide and clean Ills boiler gave forth motor
 hrIlna.
 But not before he had to pass Tho owners of ten thousand
 " "-DoN QUIxoTE.
 0--O-o some people are born great. others achieve greatness, and still others understand what the e0id crisis is all nbout.
 f.f o=~O-~o
 Anyway, it's . einch the average girl knows q trombone pfnyer the minute she kisses him.
 o-@O-O
 0ood night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
To-day's Selected Poem
ON THE VIA APPIA
(Louise Burton Laidlaw in the
 New York Times)

New York Times) Amber cings to the tombs of the Gracchi-- Jewels set in the oval sun And the evening star sees pine and cypress Into web of fire spun. Over the gold brown meadows homing Distant sheep bleat n mellow plea. Loeusts high in the trees of Gracchi Sing necessarily. Twilight falls on the tofnbs of the Gracchi Where the darkening cypress loom Till their splre-shafts of vivid biackness Pierce the gray and velvet gloom. Swift from the curve of Monte CavO The Soon will fihg her silver spray Hand in hand by the tomba of the 0rncch Pensive lovers stray.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.l

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., 1932-08-17
Farmers and Politics

From Lafayette. Indiana. staff core spondent sent the Chicago Daily News story about the Hoosier farmers attitude to- ward politics this year. His information wss gathered at country family reunion. While the womenfolk were busy picking up after she feast. looking after the kids and visiting among themselves the men got to- gethsr under shady tree and talked They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17
FLYING PATROL

San Antonio, Texas.--Ten gallon hats in the Texas customs patrol are to be replaced in part by avI- ators helmets. The customs of- ficers are to Dc augmented by tlic addition of an aerial patrol. Exl perience in the past has led offl- cials to believe they can deal with nquor and dope smuggIers by using airplanes. Therefore, it is announced that men with flying ability will have preference tn filling future vacancies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-17

and all democratic candidates for congress yin your state. Cast honest ballots for Roosevelt on November 8, 1882. Thanks voters.
 Yours truly
 JOHN FRANKLIN WINTER, East Orange, N. J.