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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
A Book a Day
For Real Fun Get New Book
 by Wodehouse
by BRUCE CATION

Laughs aren't so common these days that any of us can afford to pass up mirth-provoking chances; and if you want to forget your troubles and assure yourself of a whole series of guffaws I suggest that you get a copy of Nothing But Wodehouse."
 Here is an omnibus volume con- tainng a great number of the fun niest stories of that very gifted humorist, P. G. Wodehouse. If you have ever read any of his books, I won't need to tell you anything about him; if you haven't, all can do is advise you to start at once-and ask you where on earth you've been all these years. Included in Nothing But Wode- house" is the, full length novel Leave It to Psmith." There are also Il stories about Jeeves, that super valet; six stories from ''He Rather Enjoyed it," three from Meet MT Mulliner" and four from %Mr Mulliner Speaking"
 ogden Nash edited the book, and while every Wodehouse fan will think of one or two stories that ought to be in the book and aren't, the selection of stories has been very good. After all, it would be impossible to make up a book of this kind without leaving out, somebody's favorite tale, and MT Nash seems to have done about as well as anyone could expect. I don't know of anyone who can write funny stories quite as we'll as Mir Wodehouse can. This book contains some of his best. Nothing But Wodehouse" is published by Doubleday, Doran and Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
So They Say

Since the day of my birth I have lived my life in the open. What ever shortcomings have are known to everyone-but disloyalty to my native city, official dishon- esty or corruption form no part of these shortcomings. Mayor James J. Walker of New
 York, answering Seabury charges
 
 Every drop of blood shed Gin bonus army riots) can be laid di- rectly on the. threshold of the White House.
 Walter W. Waters. commander of the Bonus army.
 It must be remembered that the land of Ireland was taken by force, stolen, one could truthfully say, from the rightful owners by English invaders. After a long struggle the English consented to let the Irish buy back their own lands at a high price. -Sean O'Kelley, vice president
 Irish Free State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
To-day's Selected Poem
BRETON MARIE
Dudley Stow in tho Christian Science
 MOnitOf)

Dudley Stow in tho Christian Science
 Monitor) Conearnaau's fortress walls arc stout and high. Yot down tho narrow street, those August days Rich sunshine floods the iintei doorway by Which Marie plies her netting. for sho snysi My Jean must have a newer, stronger net, BfOrs tho winter months are on tho wny-- A net to hold the tunny, come t0 whet Ills appetite on sardInes--oh F0ret," The nst. her cap, and st0ekings--aii are blue, Blue Ah those fhrsaway, sea- sahslnR eyobi She talks ln pAtOlA, As the Bret0ns do, And lD hor mOnted town of walls and ghies She iA not dull, though work ba hnrd and long,. bui often cfo0ns happy little s0Dsi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
BY RODNEY UTCHER Nea Service Writer

Washington Whatever were the motives that impelled the appointment of Atlee Pomerene, a democrat, as chairman of the great Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1t appears that the probable political effects of that unusual move have been consid- erably exaggerated.
 The truth is that nearly every one has been left unimpressed. As a master political stroke. as an attempt to increase popular confidence in the R. F. C., it has only resulted in a certain amount of eyebrow-raising.
 There is no more point, if as much, in saying that the prest- dent took the R. F. c. out of the political campaign by appointing Pomerene than there is in assert ing that the R. F. c. is just as much in the campaign as it ever was.
 Attack on Idea, Anyway Whether the democratic leaders have been planning to make an i'm portant issue out of the corpora ton and its operations is very doubtful. If they do their effort will be directed at the basic idea of the corporation as a method of relieving depression and distress to the exclusion of more direct relief to small business men and other individuals.
 And any attacks upon the acts of the R. F. c. would be directed at past performances and at Re- publican officials responsible for them including Hoover--rather than at MT Pomerene or anything likely to happen under his chair manship.
 The summer and fall operations of the K. F. c. became pretty well barred off as a source of politicai issues when the senate voted to investigate it through a committee headed by Senator Couzens and after the house democrats got through an amendment to the last R. F. c. bill under which the cor poration must report it's loans to congress each month. :.
 Those two developments killed off chances that the big federal lending agency might be used for political purposes by the adminis-- traitor during the campaign and similarly ruined any chance the democrats mikht have had to prove that it was so being used.
 Offered to Al First
 There is nothing in the Pome- rene appointment to prevent the democrats, if they so desire, from hammering at the fact that when the corporation was under republi- can auspices 1t turned. over $S0,- 900, 900 to the Dawes bank in Chi cago o rto slam at anything else
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

Here's good news for hunters of thi statc Approximate:y 24.900 rngneek pheasants. the largest number ever. were liberated and will continue to be liberated in favorable spots throughout the state. Not only is this local record. but na- ton one the state board of fisheries and game believes. Unless the birds are driven out of the state for want of proper refuges. food, and protection from natural enemies they should enable our Nimrods to satisfy their desire to shoot them. Let us hope it won't encourage people to take to the woods to procure fresh food for their larder. That might be expensive. both to the hunters and the landowners. as we'll as domestic animals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
THE sTOP-BINGHAM MovE-
 MENT.
(New Haven Journal-Courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier)
 The Stop Bingham movement launched by independent republi- cans has at least one interesting aspect. It offers the drys one more opportunity to prove their thesis that a silent reservoir of Cry senti- ment exists which is bound at the last to smite down wet insurgency against the status quo. It is quite true sentiment seems running against the amendment across the whole face of the country. It is true both parties felt 1t necessary to heed this apparent tide in their platforms. It is true the Wicker. sham commission Itself conceded that present conditions were in- toierabie. ft Is true that the press has been full or drys conversions in the past few months. ft Is true, finally, that wet pr0gress has been striking in such erstwhile aridities as North Carolina and Missouri.
 The drys continue, however. to insist that this tide, far from rep. resentine public opinion, really af. fronts it. We are given te under. stand that the massed political if. teliIaence of both parties has erred unanimously in supposlnE the drift is toward repeal. The olnm0r og the "Wet pfens," we are assured,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

tions of the state. The protest is against the erection of a new home at the site re- gently acquired by the state at Rocky Hill just outside Hartford. The case occupied much space in newspapers in the early spring. There was much opposition to the purchase of the former Hartford Retreat. However. it is now state owned and we presume eventually new buildings will be built there. But the question of who will foot the bills seems to be up to Uncle Sam now and not Connecticut taxpayers. That's a relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

the crazy tumult of the 'liquor in- terests" have blinded all and sum- dry to the real fact that the rank and file of Americans are in favor of prohibition. Just why, if the rank and file is in favor of pro- hibition, the national dry leader- ship Is so anxious to keep submis- sion proposals away from rank and file decision has never yet been adequately explained.
 The success of the stop- Bingham drive may do something to explain it. For on it's surface. of course. the stop Bingham outlook-within the republican party. we mean--is not promising. Tn the first place, it is brought on the ground where the senator ig strongest and on the Issue where he most aiigns with Connecticut sentiment. Certainly # the existence of a great untapped reservoir of dry strength is to be doubted in Connecticut. The whole record of the state is wet; It's repre. sentatives have been elected again and again ct least in part because they were wet. The Stop. Bling shaIis campaign may blast at these pre- cedents; we confess NC do not ex' pect it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
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the organization did under Hoover, Dawes and Eugene, Meyer.

Dawes and Eugene. Meyer. Meanwhile, nobody seems to have discovered just why Hoover picked on Pomerene. It is pretty certain now that he first proposi- toned Al Smith and Owen D. Young, both of whom refused.
 There are plenty of othe: demo- crats of more or less comparable stature and ability. Pomerene was once a senator but ha has been defeated in his last couple of at- tempts to get back in.
 Although prominent in ohio, Pomerenes national fame lately
 has resetaoinshrdlucmfwypppwww rested on his association with Owen J. Roberts, now supreme court justice, as one of the two special prosecutors in the naval
 oil reserve cases. Roberts did most
 of the work and appeared to much
 the better advantage.
 Miller an Unknown
 Charles c. Miller, the banker from Utica, N. r., who becomes president of the R. F. C., is another appointee not widely
 known to the country. Inasmuch
 as the R. F. c. is the keystone of the Hoover effort to meet the de-
 presison, since Hoover's future is so importantly involved in its suc- cess and because its leadership is about as important and powerful
 as any job below the presidency,
 1t is reasonable to suppose that
 Hoover, Meyer and Secretary of
 the Treasury Mills will keep a
 watchful eye on 1t.
 Meanwhile, with Pomerene and
 Miller in their chairs, its aspect
 will be less that of wall Street" and ''the big bankers"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
NEW ALLIED DRIVE.

On Aug. 6, 1918, British and French troops in Picardy began q great offensive against the German positions which had been wrested from the allies in March.
 On a 2b.mile front in the vicln. ity Of Albert the allied forces broke through the German defen' sIves and advanced to an average Aepth Of more than two miles ln Q day Of desperate fighting.
 Thousand of prisoners were taks on during the days battle. Ger. man regiments which manaeed to hold their positions were iii es. treme peril Of capture by allied troops who had 0uthnnkod thenss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

We sincerely hope that now that the city has started work on resurfacing Freight street it will try to find sufficient money to complete the entire thoroushfare. One side of it should not be left rough as it has been for so many years now. It should be hard surfaced and eurbed on the south side. At one time we suggested parkway to divide traffic. That perhaps is too visionary. but would make wonderful approach to the Chase Park boulevard and harmonize very we'll with the Riverside street parkway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
ELLEN BROWNING SCRIPTS
Her Editorial Miscellany OF 1873 Was Inspiration For NEA SerDice

ELLEN BROWNING SCRIPTS, lI whose Miscellany inspired the Newspaper Enterprise associa- ton, of which the Waterbury Democrat is an associate mem- Der, Is dead at her home in La- Jolla, Calf. She was in her 95th year.
 Lifelong partner in the news paper enterprises of E. w. Scripps, her half-brother. Miss Scripps first became active In newspaper work in 1873 with her brother, James E. Scripps, then interested in the Detroit Tribune and later founder of the Detroit News.
 Her first desk on the News was a packing box, where she spent 16 hours a day to complete her part in the enterprise. Miss Scripps early became noted for her Mis- cellany," consisting of short, in- teresting feature items. She cov- cred odd and unusual sidelights about great people and big hap penings in the news of the day.
 E. w. Scripps was quick to note the value of his sisters contribu- tions and later, under his orders editors of his newspapers "devcl- oped the idea to the limit" NEA Service ultimately resulted. near ly 40 years ago.
 Retiring to LaJolla. on the shores of the Pacific, Miss Scripps devoted herself to the 'art of giv- ing" benefiting many colleges. S4A - tAssSr q ri a undertakings.
 Her death was caused by ail- ments ascribed to her advanced age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

If there are any new soldiers homes to be built in Connecticut it will be with federal money and not state. declared Governor Cross last week in commenting upon the protest filed with him by Colonel Henry J. Seeley chairman of the executive committee of the Connecticut Department of the c. A. R. and acting for the patriotic organiza-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

money spent thriftily and wisely. Refusal to pay taxes only makes bad matters worse without getting at the heart of the trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

High tide at Milford Tuesday. August 9: 5:Oo p. m. Daylight time); low tide: l2:08 a. m. Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

Water freezes every nisht of the year at Alto cufeer0. Iii belivia, while at noon the sun ia hot enough t0 blister the skin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

The Philadelphia Inquirer is wrong about the great national dish being tripe for the next few months. It will be baloney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

Chicago acts as if she didn't want any ocean shipping in her Lake Michigan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

You can't interest former Governor John H. Trumbull in any political office this year. The former republican standby has proved SO adamant in his refusals to become a candidate this year that his fellow partymen have just about given up hope of persuadng him to allow his name to be presented at the state convention next month And that is real death blow to the republican chances of recapturing the gov- ernorship next November. With Trumbull back in the fold they feel that they could defeat any democratic. candidate. even the present incumbent, Wilbur L. Cross but without Trumbul they are hesitant about predicting victories over the doughty dean from the Yale Graduate School. In fact there are those in g. 0. p. circles who pre- fer the democratic nominee Che isn't that yet but will be shortly) to any of the sug- gested candidates in their ranks. And if anybody doesn't think that Governor Cross will eclipse his total vote of lo30 he or she is not good prognosticator We wouldn't be surprised to see him carry the entire democratic state ticket into office this fall. Failing in their effort to induce Trumbull to run again republicans will doubtless adopt an attitude of permitting the best man to win at their state convention. It will be the only solution of their difficult ties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:3O Daylight Saving Time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personat health and hygienc. 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., 1932-08-08
Literacy Gains

The Census Bureaus definition of an H. literate is person 0 years of age or over who is unable to read and write in any language. On that standard the number of illiterates in the United States in l93O was 4.3 per cent of the population. In 1920 it was per cent. There has been steady improvement since the 13.3 per cent of 1890. An interesting feature of the stua- tion is that pure native stock lags behind native whites of foreign or mixed percentage. This is explained by the residence of native stock largely in rural districts while larger proportion of the natives of foreign or mixed stock live in cities and towns where school facilities are good
 At present, persons over 65 years old have the highest illiteracy percentage of all age groups. Children between 10 and l4 make the best showing with only l.2 per cent iliteracy, a rate which speaks well for the schools and promises we'll for the future. When that generation has reached 65 its H. literaey percentage may be lower, and ehil- dren coming along in the next few decades should have better opportunity for educa ton even in the remote rural regions. We may one day be nation as nearly 100 per cent literate as is humanly possible
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
FROM THE RADIO WAVES

| v
 Tiger lilies are different from Got little freckles all over their noses;
 And skunk cabbage might be cou- sins to pOsies, But they're social outcasts, they've got halitosis. o-O-o An extra dab of cosm cites is all
 that most girls need nowadays to make up for lost sleep. ;. .. .... o-O-o Simile-as prominent in the days news as the packer of
 transatlantic flight. o-O-o Paderewski is said to have the
 muscles of a prize fighter. And
 like most heavyweights, he's got . light touch, too. o-O-O
 SAFETY IN NUMBERS
 Tell me not In mournful numbers I must sigh for love i'm vain;
 I've been wed four times already
 And ann going to be wed again. -F. D. Several Hollywood stars are re- ported writing novels. As far as we are concerned this is a more cf-
 fectivc way than the ta(kies of
 making themselves heard o-O-o It's safer for the motorist to say thumbs down to hitch hiking thumb jerkers. says the office sage. In the financial crisis all Ger
 many Is hoping, of course, that Reich will make right. o-O-o WHY NOT? He loved his wife most dearly; His heart that woman ruled, | Till she ran off with the ice man And then, of course, he cooled. o-O-o Botanists are the envy of pe- destrians because they risk no dan
 gers in making crossing. O-O-o The fellow who hated to at- tend class while at college now has a wife who gives him a lec- ture nightly. o-O-o The wheat farmer, like some | professional men, can also com plain that his field is over-crowd- 1, ed. o-O--o TWO WEEKS OFF VacatIonward With well-fillcd poke On pleasure bent Then back home, broke. o-O-o Gansster 'typcs" are sought in Hollywood. 1t would be easy for them, of course, to "break" into the
 movies. o--O---o The hope of the world pow CTS is that everything soon will be Teuton right. o-O-o One thing that tho Lenz.Cuibert.
 son bridge tournament last winter dld was to cause each one of them
 10 lay their cards right on tho
 table. 0--O--0
 ANT IT THE TRUTH?
 And sosns in massive panoply purr bys
 Proud. giItterins egaipase that takes tise eye,
 f3ut pause Co shift Co low at falr sleep,
 Where niy meek siiv Just cisorties up 0n high. 0-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

FIl Rs,Il||||||'' ,ll|||I'''|'|)|l''I,l ||''|||||'I The TRUTH with WALLETS III toward none. SPARiTY to- III ward All and BRICK.
 BATS tOwAvA the II / Rest. "A SMILES THE THING. Good evening.
 o-O--o
 FISH STORY He isn't as big as might wish This fish 1 caught today, But. Lord. you'd ought 0 seen the
 fish
 That got away. My hampers almost empty. Yes But if I'd pulled him in. This box you think too large. l
 guess
 Would hold a fin. And see, here is the broken line. The rest of it he took, But some day when the fishing s
 fine,
 I'll get that hook. Now you who doubt my tale. l Just go yourself one day. You'll find the biggest fish is he That got away.
 Charles S.
 O-O-o The Limburger Larks are now. on the air and will sing for their opening number that pungent lit- tie ditty--the Cheese is Ended, but the Scent of It Lngers on ..
 o-O-o
 When a man invests his money, says the office sage, he hopes to get many happy re- turns.
 Three burglars were caught in a Chicago apartment when one of them made a noise. Too many crooks can also spoil the broth.
 o-O-o Croons are made by Rudy Vallee But 1t takes good tenor to make
 high c.
 o-O-o Some men get the key to the city, others the gate.
 o-O-o Time was when a man boast ed of the miles he covered on Sunday. With golf he's con- tent 10 make a drive of 200 yards.
 O-O-O "Take a tip from me-" as John D. would say passing out a dime.
 o-O-o FROM THE RADIO WAVES Tiger lilies are different from Got little freckles all over their
 noses; And skunk cabbage might be cou- sins to pOsies, But they're social outcasts,
 they've got halitosis.
 o-O-o An extra dab of cosmetics is all that most girls need nowadays to make up for lost sleep. .. .. ....
 o-O-O
 Simile-as prominent in the days news as the packer of a transatlantic flight.
 o-O-O Paderewski is said to have the t~h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08
The TRUTH with WALLETS toward none. sPARiTY to- ward All and BRICK.
 BATS tOwAvA the
 Rest.
Good evening.
 o-O--o FISH STORY
"A SMILES THE THING.

He isn't as big as I might wish This fish caught today, But. Lord. you'd ought 0 seen the
 fish
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

And s0nss in massive panoply purr rroud.' siI.serns esuipase that takes tise eye, Bwt pause Co shift Co low at fair steep, Where niy meek fiiv Just cloriies go 0n high.
 0-O--o Good nishL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-08

My hampers almost empty. Yes. But if I'd pulled him in. This box you think too large. l
 guess Would hold a fin.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-09-08
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Tucker g. Tucker
oil Lowman building
Seattle, Wash.

No. 255793
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.
In the Superior Court of the State Of
Washington for King County.
PETER s. CH1VILo, Plaintiff,
VS..
MYRTLE CHIvILO, Defendant.
The State OF Washington to the said
MYRTLE CHIVILO, Defendant:
you are hereby summoned to appear
within Sixty 600 days after tAe date
OF the first publication of thibssEim-
mons, to-wit; within Sixty 900 Ways
from the 18th day OF August, 1892, and
defend the above entitled action in
tne above entitled court, and answer
the Complaint OF the plaintiff and
serve q copy Of your answer upon the
undersigned attorneys for the plain
tiff Mt their office below stated, and
In case of your failure so to do, judy
ment will be rendered against you ac-
cording to the demand of the Com
plant, which has been filed with the
Clerk Of said Court. This is an action
brought by the plaintiff against the
defendant for the purpose of securing
divorce on the grounds of desertion
and abandonment.
Date of first publication of Sum-
mons August 18th, 1882.
TUCKER 81 TUCKER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Office and
Post Office Address Oil Lowman
Building, Seattle Washington.
LIST pub. Aug. II, 1882.
Last pub. Sept. %, 1882.