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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
sTARFIsH AND JOBS.
New Haven Journal-coufier)


 It has been estimated by Massa- chusetts authorities that starfish have caused a damage of $800,000 out of work. The damage has oc- shellfish industry of nine towns has been wiped out. The situa- tion is so serious that the state has placed a bounty of twenty-five cents per bushel basket on the starfish. The federal government is cooperating with Massachusetts officials in seeking to exterminate the pests.
 Starfish, like gangsters, have the run of the sea. No fish or creature of the sea has ever been known to destroy one. In the aquatic world the starfish seem to have been successful in impressing on other inhabitants that they should have free run of the ocean. Above the only use humanity has even found for starfish is in the labor atory where they are examined and their structure noted. Star fish are doubly dangerous. They devour the food which man, counts on in the sea and because of this they throw man out of work and cause privation and suffering.
 A starfish is not very important. But like insignificant individuals. starfish cause an enormous amount of trouble. Like some people the starfish cannot see why they should not do as they please. They are oblivious to the destruction they leave in their wake. This dumb attitude is also known among the human race. When compared, starfish and human beings are not very far removed in some of their activities. The best thing about it is that a state, seeing what star fish can do, will appropriate money and seek to exterminate them. As far as starfish-minded people are concerned, the law still shelters them. May the time come when they will have a ransom placed on their heads! This, snere than any, thing else, may serve to bring them out of the starfish state of mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
By RODNEY BUTCHER


 Washington-The five-day week
 may be approaching as a standard American institution, although not in the way organized labor has envisaged it for many years. This is a fine time to introduce | it into many industries because it will spread employment, according to other advocates, but no time for
 labor to expect that the transition will leave workers with six days pay for five days of work. Meanwhile, the old proposal that the government stimulate the turn | to the five-day week by initiating 1t in the public service has been put into effect by some government bu- reaus. This has come in an am- biguous way, however, being part of the federal economy program. It merely gives the employees so many payless days, takes two days out of their week and deprives them of vacations.
 Seek Unemployment Benefit F'ive-day weeks, four-day weeks and even two-day weeks are in ef- feet in many industries as Presi- dent Hoover prepares for his na- tional conference of industry and labor to promote wider adoption of the five-day plan. But the theory is that the short week can be in troduced in many places where working schedules, have not been curtailed, partly relieving the bur- den of unemployment at this time and laying a foundation for the plan which will absorb the millions of unemployed who might other wise be counted as surplus labor even after the depression has lifted.
 For years there have been ex- amples to demonstrate the practice ability of the short working week and many employers, even prior to the depression, were pleased with it's results. In the last three years many more firms have tried 1t out for the first time in preference to casting workers adrift.
 Although the short week Is not feasible in all industries there is also the short day. usually dis cussed in terms of six hours and in company with the short week, which has also been instituted by some firms. The Kellogg com pany, for instance, established four six-hour shifts instead of three eight-hour shifts, increased it's employees by nearly a third and reports an increase in production. h-H
 Would Increase Jobs
 The "New Hampshire plan" brought here by Governor Winant and, the New England council, al- though somewhat vague as to de- tail, appears to be a compromise between labor's old stand for six days pay for five days work and the average employers theory that there should be five days pay for five days work.
 This is only one of numerous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

Members of the governors official staff are behind one of their own members to run against Senator Bingham this fall. They want to see Colonel Thomas Hewes of Pennington nominated for U. s. Senator on the democratic ticket. His name has been prominently mentioned from time to time. He would certainly make an ideal candidate, but there are several others in democratic circles who would also make an excellent showing. We anticipate lively session at the state convention when the senatorial candidate is named. He should be some outstanding democrat like Colonel Hewes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

The eighth International Vegetarian Con- gress is now going on in Oranienburg, Ger many, and all the butchers in town are up in arms. However, they should be resigned to their fate by this time, since there is a we'll known colony of vegetarians near Ora nienburg and has beeen for years. They raise their own vegetables and fruits. What. they don't eat, they sell. Incidentally this movement is gaining rapidly in Germany. Hook it up with a get thin diet and 1t would sweep this nation like a cyclone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
Getting Federal Aid

Securing the financial aid of the Recon
 struction Finance Corporation isn t going to < De any sinecure. judging by the action of ssSthis body in dealing with the request of
 Governor Pinehot of Pennsylvania that his
 state be allowed the maximum amount of $45, 900. 900 with S10,000,000 of this be-
 ing loaned immediately. Chairman Atlee
 Pomerene, the former democratic senator from sd'Ohio. in perhaps what was his first off eial action, denied the petition of Pennsyl- ' vania on the ground that it had not done ssra all it could itself to alleviate distress
 throughout the state. The last words of se Chairman Pomerene were. We shall defer z. action until we know what the legis-
 hture will do for the relief of its own
 people. -
 ts he Hartford Times IS of the opinion
 that Pennsylvania experience in seeking loan from the Reconstruction Finance Cor aaporation would be repeated if Governor
 Cross made application for this state. It ; sasays, It would seem to be pretty conelu ,issive evidence that the finance corporation
 directors would promptly refuse any re- 7'tduest which Governor Cross might make in
 behalf of hard-pressed municipalities in this {. state. As the unemployment situation has z hot been before the legislature since the- winter of 1850 and then only in a mild
 way, there would be no answer to the fl-
 nance corporations assertion that Connec- tieut had not done all it could for its needy. for that would be obviously true. sss But suppose that Governor Cross could 2. show the corporation directors that num- .1.- 1:t,o
 neetieut had exhausted their available funds
 ard were borrowing heavily to carry on their V relief work. What would be their answer
 if these towns declared that state or federal
 aid was imperative and no funds were avail ! able in Hartford for them to draw upon in such an emergency. Of course that IS pure z conjecture. We don't anticipate any such
 action by the state or our towns, but 1t
 could happen. If 1t did, would the Recon
 struction Finance Corporation be justified -in declaring that all available means of sup , 7 port had not been exhausted when applica-
 ton for the loan was made? We don't
 think so.
 z Everyone realizes that this financial or
 ganization is not supposed to assume re-
 responsibilities and duties of states. It was
 or:ated merely to supplement their work.
 But there remains the question of just how far states and cities must go before they can s.areliably be assured of federal aid. Must .l.they and the state be on the verge of bank 1ruptey before help will come. We sincerely \ hope not, yet we might be led to believe .--that. Bridgeport is considering asking Gov s.sernor Cross to appeal for federal aid for its '~srelief program. If it should be denied on s-sthe ground that the state has not done all 1t Should and could for the city, it will simply .ass4foree the next Legislature to devote its time ito deciding upon program of welfare work -..in which our l69 towns will share. That .-.seertainly will kill all local initiative which ~-is eventually going to defeat unemployment .ssand its accompanying evils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
ON THE CHIN

Mary stole her brothers gun She thought 1t was no sim A burglar just then hove i'm sight, So he took 1t on the chin.
 O-O-o Some boys aspire to the presi- dency, but others who have seen Shriners on parade would as soon become imperial potentate.
 o-O-o
 A farmer in Pennsylvania made $1,000 an acre out of strawberries. Well, business for him was always picking up.
 O-O--o Nothing goes to a fellows head s6 much as a good case of hay fever.
 o-O-o The world Is 90 full of Q number
 of crooks. Almost as many as there are had
 o-O--o The man who goes fishing on Sunday feels as guilty as q gum man, because he has q rod In his hands.
 A German scientist predicts that some day food will De made from coal. And get there arc people who complain of jumps on their mashed DO. tatoes.
 o--o--o Then there was the hoy who was too well bred Co stick out hIs tongue ct the dootoFs erder. 4 | O-O--O o-O-o Good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

to represent the sentiment of the republican party in Connecticut Personally we don't think that Mir Levitt has any change of blocking the Bingham nomination. If there is one candidate in republican ranks in Con- necticut assured of nomination it is the New Haven legislator. And we wouldn't be a bit surprised to find the party united in that opinion at the last moment. The republi- cans won't take any chances of losing the U. S, senatorship this year. And certainly if they oust Bingham. they will just about do that very thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
ROMANCE OF CLOCK MAKING
(Danbury Times)

Seth D. Thomas Jr. fourth of his name, dying ct b5 and suddenly oi cerebral hemorrhase recalls the roe nance of the Connecticut clock inc dustry. He is the fourth in line who has been head of the seth Thomas Clock company, which has its physical being ln Thomaston, whore it has existed for 123 years. being quito recently merged with other companies into . holding
 Tks original Seth Thomas waa ono of e group Of three men who commeFelalized the clock industrj in this state. They were conneoti- out Yankees, highly inventive. Tie lIrst yes EIi Terry. bern before the ilevolution. The works ok clecka were made Of wood in thess days, Terry carried isis clocks to New ihsis ct SSo e Gi6 sssk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

According to reports current over the weekend dry organizations that are oppos- ing the renomination of Senator Hiram A. Bingham may turn to Professor Levitt of Bedding as their candidate. His name is now being mentioned frequently by those who think that Senator Bingham is too wet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
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as,ooo GERMANS TAKEN.

On Aug. 0, 1918. British troops on the somne battlefront pressed forward more than Ave miles on q frontage of nearly 90 miles in Q day of desperate attacks and couf- ter.attaci6.
 German Feslstance was stubborn Co tho extreme, and thie fact help- Cd account for the as, ,0e0 prisoners Taken in tht two days Of bitter fighting. e'i. 1i W
 German leases were enormous. Thelr troops on the 9enime froilt were tired otit from nearly f0uf months ef continuous fIghtiaH, ane thcif fes1Ffea were net 4llf11ieuk e piug tae huee nnpe iH 5helf Iz1ts. 'tz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
To-day's Selected Poem
MARIGOI.Ds

(olenn Ward Dresbach. in "seiected Poems' A jade vase in the quiet room
 Had grown, with all the curtains down. Jade stems and leaves. and wore the bloom Of golden sunlight like q crown. It vas the itme between the fall
 Of grain-gold corded in the ahoaf And leaf.g0ld drifting 10 q wall
 And such c time for dreams is brief. And so Che jade vase held for me
 More than the things that can be told.--- So few dreams ever come to bo
 Tight buds~~and then e burst of eoidi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
cows SHOWED PROFIT

Baker, ore--(UP)--cows of the IsRzlo Dairy Herd Improvement association here showed q profit of e2e.7O per COW, according 70 2 report eon'gllea by the tester. Tns m average animal produced t0t.et in milk and butferfat end tho avefs aae feed pei cow amounted 60 e3e.os.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

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., 1932-08-09

High tide at Milford "Wednesday. August 10, o:14 p. m. Daylight time); low tlde' LOO a. m. Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

Here's hoping the economic victories over depression prove more lasting and sat- isfactory than those World War victories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

Even the pessimists are sick of saying, ' told you so, and smile at rising prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:29 Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
Good evening.
 o-O-o JOYS OF TRAVELIN'
"A SMILES THE THING" :"

JO D VT xNAYELlIN If I were able, I would pack My bag and hit the misty track To foreign lands. where I might The battle fields of history; Brittania's shores. the noble
 Thames, And countless other island gems: The lofty Alps, the Pyrennees, Delightful towns and inland seas; And Eastward, Ho! I'd pause to
 view India's splendid cities, too. Then south across the continent, Where Livingstone's great life was spent,
 Ger plain and swamp. through
 kraal and town, The Nile, the Congo'd bear me
 down. Then back again to Europe's
 strand, Where, if one sorrows for his
 land, Most easily his grief may die In healthy swigs of Scotch or Rye. The joys of travelin' grow. they
 do. Admit you'd like to travel, too.
 -Als. The American home is the last word in efficiency and comfort, an architect proudly states. The only thing left to do is to find some thing to keep the family in it.
 o-O-o
 Regardless of it's final ef- fleets, the recent rise in stock values accomplished one fine thing. It stopped talk of chang ing the name of the bears to toreadors, because of the way they handled the bulls. O-O-O The Cincinnati ball club was or- ganized in 1868, an expert tells us. And just one look at the National league standings will convince any body that it acts it's age.
 o-O-o
 JIM WITTERS A gent by the name of Jim Writers Was fond of his gin and bitters; From morn till night He always was tight And died one day of the jftters.
 GOO A New York surgeon succeeded in grating a small bone taken from the back to the head of a patient. If he could only reverse that pro- cess for our politicians.
 o-O-o
 Florida, fruit growers have just learned that sand is good preservative for grapefruit. Well, they must be long way behind the spinach growers.
 o-O-O When Eugene O'Neill returned from an European trip once he made very dramatic arrival. Six of his trunks were filled with the manuscript of one play.
 o-O-o
 GRETA CARED Greta GarbO sailed back home With lots of money and no swank, What a blow if she doesn't come
 back, T Not so hot for producers, ae tank.
 o-O-o The office stage wonders what they're calling the cake eaters in the depression.
 o-O-o
 "For crying out loud," as the cop said, tossing a tear bomb in the rioting crowd.
 o-O-o The government did $1S,O0O,0O0 worth of business in candles last year, according to a statistics. May be it's because so many people are burning them at both ends.
 o-O-o
 JOHNNY JONES Johnny Jones always wore grin, When he was cracking Wise;! Now in addition to a grin He's wearing two black eyes.
 o-O-o Cartoonists, at any rate, have the presence to represent Old Man World with lines across his face.
 o-O-o
 A French railroad is experi- ,,ooufino with rllhher wheels If
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-09
JOHNNY JONES

Johnny Jones always wore a grin, When he was cracking wise;! Now in addition to a grin He's wearing two black eyes.
 O-O-O Cartoonists, at any rate, have the presence to represent Old Man World with lines across his face.
 O-O-o
 A French railroad is experi- menting with rubber wheels. It can't be that they are intent on making travel more tiring.
 O-O-o In choosing young men for posi- tions, businessmen do not always believe in scions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
ODDS and ENDS

Michigan, champion of the Big Ten, can point to three-year record Of 24 victories, two ties and one defeat in 20 of their last 27 games the oppo..sson has failed to score. .. With Earl Selbert. hockey star stubbornly refusing to sign his New York Rangers con tract, the depression seems defin- itely to have lifted in Canada.
 Clark Hinkle, all-eastern full back at Bucknell last year, is re- garded as the greatest find Of the season in professional circles. He's with the Green Bay outfit, which, incidentally, turns over all it's profits to its local American
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

Legion post. Gerry Nugent, rev president of the Phillies, so far has laid down only one we'll defined policy for 1883. It consists entirely of Keep Klein and Whit ney."
 Coach Fuss McLaughry can't understand his great Brown elev- rn any better than opposing teams I"They go along for three quarters playing nothing football" lie pug aled, then all of a sudden, zingo, they're the team coaches dream about. -. :. Credit for the years most colorful cognomen goes to the coast critic who labeled Cotton Warburton, U. s. C's 148-pound quarterback, the "Galloping Flea
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
j. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather
 DATA
By the U. s. Weather BureaD

for Juneau and vicinity beginning at Dec S
 and slightly warmer tonight and Saturday moderate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
FRANCE MAKES REQUEST

PARIS, Dec. 2. - lIlu second French note, requesting postpone ment of the war debt payment due the United States on the fif- teenth of this month, delivered to- day to Secretary of State Stimsou, noted with satisfaction that Hoover is disposed to recommend to Con- gress a new examination of the debt question as a whole.
 Reaction Recognized
 The note said France realizes that a reduction of Europe's debts to the United States would react on the American economic situa- tion but since modification of the French debt was granted by the United States in 1926, gravity of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

One doesn't need u near ones voice on the screen to become voice-conscious for merely listen- ing to another person speak will bring a realization Of the import ance of pleasant speaking voice.
 One way of learning to speak correctly is to read aloud
 To know if the voice is pitched properly, place the fingers over the bridge of the nose. It vibra- ton is felt there, they you may know that the tones are coming through the head.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

thought of ccntesting the judicial validity of the various agreements which are the basis of the war debts" but asks postponemenr, which is normal sequel to Hoov- CTS moratorium.
 The French note also asid Eur ope did its part to help out in the world crisis by granting Germany a reduction of 90 per cent in the 3-year moratorium on reparations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
WARNING NOTE IS DELIVERED
 ON WAR DEBTS
If Payment Insisted Upon, United Kin g dom
 Plans Reprisals
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pay the debt, notwithstanding the remonstrance against being ob- liged to do so.
 Meanwhile the French Premier Edouard Herriot, has transmitted note to the French Ambassador in Washington, asking postpone ment of the $2O,O00,o00 interest payment.
 While the contents of the note were not definitely known last night, the belief is the note asks postponement on the grounds that such action is necessary to the best interests of everybody.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

the economic and financial crisis forced all interested governments to modify their positions on the settlement of debts.
 The note also said France never
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

moved eastward and is central this morning with diminished energy The
 pressure throughout and Western Canada with mod Southern Alaska The weather generally Middle Northern Alaska Temperatures have fallen in Northern Southwest Alaska and have risen n other Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02

XMAS. trees, delivered with stand. Grummet & Blake. Phone 79.
 -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
RAINBOW GIRLS

Important business meeting Fiji day at 7:30 P. M. --adv,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-02
B. M. Behrends Co, Inc.
 Juneau's Leading Department Store

rf Go window shopping in your easy chair. Read the advertisements.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23
Want Ads

FOR SALE-A good milch COW.
cheap. M. L. Holk. ltc23
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

j. H. Johnson made business trip
to Othello Tuesday, taking over a load
of produce. He was accompanied by
r. S. Robertson.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-06-23

Fred Rea, commission man of Sc
attic, accompanied by his son Louis,
was here the first of the week, look
ing after business matters.