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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
Held Marriage
 License z Years
 Before Using It

Waukegan. III. Oct 1.-(UP)- John Loke, 34, and Hilda Hender- son, 35. both of Milwaukee, are cautious, thinking folks.
 They obtained a marriage license here January 14, 1925. Years went by and 1t never was used.
 Then they appeared in Clerk l.. A. Renders office. Seven years had passed and they wondered if the license was still good.
 "We just got to thinking 1t over" explained Miss Henderson. And first thing we knew seven years had gone by"
 The couple used the license when the clerk said 1t was still good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
Armistice Parade,
 Committees Chosen
Prominent Veterans ts Aid in Annual Observance of
 Day Which Brought End of War

Cleary. Mrs Elizabeth Fahey, Mrs Hungerford. Mrs Fudge, Mrs Chip man, Mrs Olive Wilson, Mrs Julia Conklin, Mrs Mary Perriello.
 Proclamation committee, chair man, Miss Victoria Liebreich, Miss Helen Shanahan, Mrs Isabella Mar tone, Mrs Janet Rice.
 Music committee, chairman, Cos mo Vendetti, William Murray, Newton Alexander, Robert Birt, Anthony Palladino.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
LIGHTNING DISRUPTS CARD
 GAME

Santa Fe. N. M., (UP)-Patrol- man Jimmy Davis Is thankful he wasn't sitting where the dummy" was placed in a recent game of three-handed bridge. Davis and his guests were forced to quit the fame temporarily when bolt of lightning flashed through the win dow of his home, overturned a chair. and temporarily stunned all three participants in the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
PRINCES IN STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, Oct 1-(U. P.) The Prince of Wales and Prince George arrived here to-day on their Scan- dinavian tour. The Prince of Wales opened a British trade exposition at Copenhagen. Prince George flew from London to Malmoe to join his brother.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
ANCIENT SPORT REVIVED

Compiegne, France, (UPo-An ancient sport Is being revived here, called "pig-hunting." Several small, well-greased pigs are thrown into the river and a number of good swimmers follow in their wake. The object of the contest Is to catch oneof the pigs and bring 1t safely to shore before 1t escapes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
FILM ACTRESS BACK

Hollywood, Oct 1-(U. P.) = Paulette Goddard, film actress and close friend of Charles Chaplin, re- turned to Hollywood to-day from a trip east. Although on her depar- ture 10 days ago, Chaplin enter tained her at dinner and gave her farewell kiss, the comedian was not on hand to greet her return.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
GOVERNMENT SAVES STAMPS

Cairo. Egypt. (UP)--A govern ment order went into effect to-day calling upon all government offices to save used stamps. The Egyptian government learned that an im- portant sum can, be salvaged for the national treasury by selling to st amp dealers the obliterated stamps. which ordinarily find their way into waste baskets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
SMALL PAY CAUSES
 RESIGNATION

Springdale. Ark, (UP)-Because the overhead is so heavy and the compensation so small" Dalton Dotson resigned as sheriff of Mad- ison county. He was one of the youngest sheriffs ever elected In Arkansas. and 1t Is the first time an officer in his position has re- signed because the job didn't pay"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
GOING TO PARIS

Paris, Oct 1-(U. P0-Raymond Poincare, former French president will come to Paris soon for medi- cal examination, then spend some time on the Riviera. Poincare's health has kept him out of active politics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
FORMS CABINET

Budapest, Oct l - GU. P.) - Julius Goembes formed cabinet to-day of union party members to succeed the recently resigned gov of Count Julius Karolyi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
Lesley Hyndes Rehm

Announces the Opening of Her
 26th Consecutive season in GLASSES IN DANCING AND
 DEPORTMENT
 THE WEEK OF OCTOBER THE 23RD
 All classes are to be conducted on last years schedule with the exception of the Aesthetic Class es. The closing exhibition Of these classes will take the form of a musical comedy production introducing singing and speak ing parts and general chorus work.
 Registration Days--Elk's Hall Tuesday and Wednesday after moons, October 11th and 12th from 2.30 until 5:30 o'clock.
 For further particulars phone or address
 22 CLINTON ST. TEL 3-O554 |. q m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01

Tn 1891 there was one automo- bile to every 56 persons in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01
SUBMARINE DAMAGED

Moscow, Oct 1-(U. P.) - A So- viet submarine was slightly dam aged by collision with Danish steamer in the Gulf of Finland on the night of September 23. an off cial announcement said to-day. The Danish ship Peter Mersk, reached Kronstadt under its own power, There were no casualties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-01

The hoatzin, a remarkable bird found In tropical America, has a puair of claw on its wings.
Evening star., 1932-05-08

to receive him. Dismounting near his mothers
house, he went afoot to her door.
Some mems mothers would have wished
them to arrive in all their brave array. But
this mans mother" remarks Miss Turner,
knew her own"
An orderly had preceded him. Dashing up
on horseback he saluted Mrs. Washington and
announced that his excellency would soon be
with her.
His excellency!" shifted the old lady, and
announced in measured tones that she would
be glad to see him. No airs for Mary WASH
ington! Then, turning to a Negro servant, she
ordered: Patsy, bring me clean white
apron"
THE tribute of q clean white apron" says
Evening star., 1932-05-08

young that she had brought into the world
these were the trusts committed to her and, &C.
cording to her best light, she was faithful to
them.
"The trouble Is we are incurable sentimental
lists. We insist on making over historical char
acters to suit our notions of what they should
be, chipping, sandpapering and polishing each
personality until 1t assumes what we consider
the proper contour and color. That kind Of
thing is what has happened to the mother Of
Washington. The original shape is nothing TO
be ashamed Of. Poured back into her first mold,
she emerges . creditable figure, well qualified so
stand on her own feet and needing no apc1-
ogist" 7. 80 9s1'e fra ~svf s5 see7s IL
(copyright, iss7>i5 t,sitae sotsS
Evening star., 1932-05-08
Continued from Third Page

and cakes.
Legend says that when Mary Washington
received the tidings of peace she cried out:
Thank God, the war is ended, and we shall
be blessed with peace. happiness and inde-
pendence, for our country Is freei" But Miss
Turner thinks that does not sound at all like
the old lady. She was never much for words,
and fancy phrasing was beyond her
Soon after the war was over George came
home. He came with a retinue of French and
American ofhcers, and the place was in q tumult
Evening star., 1932-05-08

GEORGE invited his mother b make her
~ home at Mount Vernon, hut she loved
Ferry Farm too well. She was a woman who
cared chiefly for nfe's simplest things-the
shine Of the hearth, the smell of freshly plowed
earth in an April garden, the number of eggs in
q new-found nest.
Her business, from first to last" says Miss
Turner, was the DID, elemental business 0f
bearing and rearing. The sod. the hearth, the
Evening star., 1932-05-08

Miss Turner, may serve with some simple,
fortnight natures as an adequate acknowledge
ment of glory. And Mary Ball Washington
must be allowed to pay tribute to her own son
in her own obstinate way"
Evening star., 1932-05-14

sic trial has done is to throw the spot
light on the faults of American crimi-
nal courts From the standpoint of
criminal justice they are odious, no
matter what emotions are sought to be
capitalized to sway jurieS. And Amer
ican criminal justice will never be eff
cient until the people give judges the
power to compel lawyers to abstain from
such tactics, and make trials, in fact, a
judicial inquiry, and arguments to the
jury a candid analysis of testimony ad-
dressed to its reason and judgment. 1t
is bad enough to have government by
emotion in politics, but it is intolerable
in the courts"
For several reasons the defendants
might have preferred to stand on their
appeal rights and carry the case
through to what they hoped ultimately
might be unconditional acquittal, i"
states the Rockford Register Republic.
recalling that many Americans felt the
legal machinery of Hawaii operated to
prevent fair trial" The Toledo Blade
holds that "a verdict of not guilty-and
that verdict alone-Would have met
fully the viewpoint of the great ma
jority of Americans" The South Bend
Tribune is convinced that the longer
sentence would have been miscar-
riage of Justice"
The disposition in Hawaii in respect
to the defendants in this case" says
the Oakland Tribune. "is one of sym
pathy and understanding. Lynch law
is not to be justified. That this taking
Of the law out of the hands of the au-
thoritieS was occasioned by belief that
the Honolulu police were not jealous
in their efforts to apprehend men guilty
OF an outrageous crime is the charge
which has been freely made In an
sWer to that, Honolulu has summoned
expert advice in the effort to reorganize
its police"
Evening star., 1932-05-14
The Oldest Hero Story.

From oxford comes word that fifty
more lines of the epic of Gilgamesh,
the traditional Babylonian hero, have
been found inscribed on stone tablet
lately excavated at Kish, very ancient
city in the desert of Irak This is re-
garded as a most important addition to
the oldest adventure story in the world.
One estimate of the Kish tablet places
its writing at about four thousand years
ago. But even that does not necessarily
mean the beginning of the Gilgamesh
epic. From time to time contributions
to this adventure story have been made
as records have been unearthed. with
evidences of earlier production. AS
digging is continued and older and older
cities are brought to light earlier YER
sions of Gilgamesh may come to hand
For Gilgamesh is the fundamental, basic
story of heroism. Historically Gilga-
mesh is reputed to have been king
in the first dynasty Of Erach. to whom
is attributed reign of 1875 years, which
is doubtless an eXaggeration to be
understood in the light of some Of the
great ages reported in very early rec
ordS of man. Gilgamesh was a soldier
who became a sun god. To him were
attributed many feats of great valor.
He sought the secret of immortal life and
perpetual youth. In him are embodied
the nature myths such as are identified
with all primitive civilizations. From
the Gilgamesh epic ramified innu-
merable legions throughout the Medi-
terranean area and Southwestern Asia.
There are traces of Gilgamesh in the
folk tales and myths of the Hebrews,
Phoenicians, SyrianS, Greeks and Ro-
mans, throughout Asia Minor and even
in India. The finding of fifty new lines,
presumably dated earlier than those
hitherto available for study, is conse-
quently an achievement of moment, and
it is hoped that these lines may supply
gaps in the story of this oldest tale of
heroism of which man now has any
records.
Evening star., 1932-05-14
Organizing the Search.

There is an essential step to be taken
before concrete results can be achieved
from the Presidents order yesterday
directing "the law enforcement agen-
cies and the several secret services OF
the Federal Government to make the
kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh
baby a live and never-to-be-forgotten
case, never to be relaxed until these
criminals are implacably brought to
justice"
That step is formally to designate
one of the many Federal investigating
forces as the clearing house for all in
formation relative to the search for the
criminals, and, if practicable, likewise
to centralize authority for directing the
activities of the various Federal agen-
cies. In other words, to put somebody
in charge.
With this step on the part OF the
Federal Government, which can only
be taken by the President, some action
is necessary on the part OF the States
to enable the Federal forces to Coop
crate inteuigently with State and mu-
nicipal police. The Governors OF the
States could easily remove an exist
ing handicap by formally requesting IN
tercession by Federal agents and direct
ing the State and municipal police to
co-operate with the Federal agents
whenever such cooperation is requested
The two obvious difficulties under
which those investigating this case SC
far have labored have been, first, tne
natural secrecy with which Col. Lind
bergh himself has had to guard any
clues as to the identity Of the hdnapers
as long as there existed the sllghteSt
possibility Of recovering his child allVe'
The second has been the absolute lack
of coordination between the FederaI
and State agents, and even between
the Federal Investigators representing
different branches of the Government
This first difficulty has been removed
by the tragic discovery OF the booy OF
the child. The second should be re-
moved by decisive action on the part
of the responsible Federal and local
authorities.
This is a manhunt that should be
pursued with unrelenting vigilance. IL
is one in which the Nation as whole
should engage, irrespective of State ana
county lines, irrespective of individual
credit or renown. Crime and tne
underworld have Haunted law and or
Ranized society, resting in a certain
security behind the shadow OF their
baby hostage. All that, now, is over.
No labor is too great, no expense too
high to bring those guilty OF an out
rageous crime to justice. No barrier
should remain TO block the way OF those
who are 20 make this 'never-to-be-
forgotten case, never to be relaxed"
Evening star., 1932-05-14
as the sole factor in

longer recognized as the sole factor in
accidents.
The change has come about by the
development Of better cars, better equip
ment, better roads and better drivers.
Four-wheel brakes, balloon tires, pre-
cision of manufacture and wide high
ways have raised the safe speed OF
automobiles in the past twelve years
from ten to twenty miles an hour, and
this fact has been recognized by authori-
ties who have to do with this important
subject In the various States in the
Union.
Even with this change, however. there
Is still no place on the crowded arteries
for the speed fiend who is out to dis
cover how fast his car will go, regard
less of the safety Of other users Of the
road. Inasmuch as it does not seem
possible to ferret out such inclinations
before he is granted license to drive,
the next best thing would appear to be
to take away from this type of driver
any suggestion by the manufacturers Of
his particular car that he will be in
stantly transformed into a Barney Old
field or Ralph de Palma and could
Immediately install one Of those cute
little signs on his rear spare tire,
Excuse my dust Accordingly, with
the manufacturers cooperation, the
campaign of the commissioners to re-
move temptation to hit it up" should
prove an aid in reducing the accident
toll
Evening star., 1932-05-14
Consumer Should Not
Object to That

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
Dean M. L. Wilson of the Montana
State College of Agriculture is in Wash
ington with a new plan for the relief of
American wheat growers. He calls it
the allotment plan, and claims for it
-four convincing points: First, that it
is a price elevation plan that will not
stimulate production; second, it does
not involve foreign dumping; third, it
requires no outlay from the Federal
Treasury; and fourth, it contemplates
local administration"
The tariff on wheat is AZ cents a
bushel. The purpose of this plan is
to give the farmer the world price of
wheat in foreign markets, plus an
additional AZ cents. On wheat sold at
the mills for domestic consumption the
growers would receive allotment Ger
tiicates worth AZ cents a bushel, the
millers buying these certificates on all
wheat milled by them.
If the farmers price could be in
creased AZ cents without cost to the
Government, then who would pay that
AZ cents? The consumer. for the mill
ers would pass along the Accent Ger
tiflcate charge to merchants buying
flour, and the merchants would pass it
along to the consumers.
Farm Board economists are examin-
ing this plan. If they find that it
offers no other objection than that
small cost to the consumers, that
objection should not bar it from adop-
ton. The farmer is entitled to a living
price for his wheat. Consumers should
be willing to pay it.
Evening star., 1932-05-14

poses. The direct cause Of its invocation
was the distribution of circular letter
in which the deposed premier urged
provincial department heads to with
hold local revenues from the common
wealth. Mr.. Lang declined to recall the
letter and the demand for his resigna-
ton ensued. The United Australian
party Labor's opposition in New South
Wales, was thereupon asked to form
provisional government, which will hold
Office until a new general election Is
held, at as early date as possible.
Australia has been in the throes Of a
devastating economic crisis more or less
chronically since the World War. 1t
has been putting up brave fight in the
face of almost insurmountable obstacles.
The commonwealth authorities, jealous
Of the international reputation of Brit
ish credit, realized that the action of
New South Wales was designed not only
seriously to damage British credit, but
to arrest economic recovery by frighten-
ing indispensable foreign capital away
from the continent.
The disciplinary measures to which
Premier Lang has at length fallen VIC
tim should help to re-establish the
worlds confidence in Australia and in
the integrity of its securities.
Evening star., 1932-05-14
Nitanlin C..

From the Omaha World-Herald.
A Pittsburgh professor of chemistry
believes he has succeeded in iSolating
and identifying vitamin C.
1t will take lot Of proving to con-
vince scientists generally of the gen.
uineness of his discovery, but asSum-
ing that he really has cornered a vita
min he has performed a scientific
achievement of the first order. To il
the finding of a needle in a haystack
on pitch-dark night is comparatively
simple. If you do find the needle, you
at least know it for a needle the
minute it pricks your finger. But you
can't be sure your vitamin is vitamin
until you have painstakingly proved
that it can't be anything else.
The Vit3min is something like life
itself. You know it is there, but you
can't separate it from the material body
it inhabits. There are a whole family
of vltamins which constitute a sort Of
scientific alphabet crackers. Vitamin
c is one of the most important. 1t
Is that element, substance, principle,
property or something in certain foods
which prevents the human race from
being carried of with scurVy. 1t is
known that it cap be destroyed by heat
or developed by sprouting grain, but
what becomes Of that which is de-
Stroyed or where that which is being
developed comes from is mystery yet
to be explained. The scientists have
been looking for the explanation in a
chemical formula.
Scientifically one must suppose dis
covery of the existence of the vitamin is
and valuable Popularity,
however, it has been a cussed nuisance.
1t is the parent of more food fads than
all other discoveries put together have
spawned We shudder to think of the
Of actual isolation of one
of the brood.
Evening star., 1932-05-14

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@. In two-handed cribbage. what is
considered an average count for a
hand?-C. F. B.
A. In siX-card cribbage the average
expectation Of the non-dealer for his
hand and pegging is y points; for the
! dealer, in hand, crib and play. II
| points. Each player having had a deal,
| their scores should be about %. If a
! player is % or more he is said to be
''at home" and if he is 7 or more
! points ahead of his opponent on even
deals he is said to be safe at home"
O. How is the distance for the run
! Of a marathon race determined?-H K.
n SANIOlN44l6 " tAlC SIlNth SlOlys Lllt
| original marathon runner was Pheidip-
pides. He ran from Marathon to Ath-
| ems to inform the King of the Greek
victory. He dropped dead from exhaus-
| tion Immediately afterward. The exact
distance was 26 miles and 1856 yards
which is the standard distance of the
marathon run in this era.
@. What does the mileage Of mem
| bers Of Congress cost the Government
yearly?-C. T. N.
| A. Transportation allowances to
members of Congress are said to exceed
S175 900 annually.
@ Is our persimmon native fruit?
L. T. w.
A. It is a native fruit and grows
wild throughout the Eastern United
States from Connecticut to the Caro-
| linas and westward to Missouri and
Arkansas. The American persimmon is
a close relative of the Japanese persim-
mon, or date-plum, which came orig
inally from China. This tree bears a
larger and much less astringent fruit
than the American species and is more
tropical. having been grown successfully
is Southern California.
@. What relation to President Roose-
velt is Gov. Roosevelt Of New York;
G. S. II.
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt is a fifth
cousin of the late Theodore Roosevelt.
@, Why are cups sometimes called
mugs?-N. T.
A. In early days the drinking cup
was often made in the form of face,
and was therefore called a mug an old
term for face.
@. Did Phillips Brooks often quote
poetry in his sermons?-G. NJ.
A. Alexander Allen writing of Bishop
Brooks, says: "He objected to quota
tions in a sermon, whether of poetry or
prose, because they weakened the power
of personality"
@. When was Washington baptized?
B. A. T.
A BY the present style of reckoning,
the baptism date is April IA, 1892.
@. What became of the Sibylline
Books s?-H. S. C.
A. In the traditional history of the
Roman Kings, the Cumaean Sibyl sold
to Tarquin the Proud the Sibylline
Books. Tradition says that the books
were preserved in a stone chest in the
Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus and were
destroyed by the fire that consumed
the temple in the year 83 BIC.
@. Are more perfumes and cosmetics