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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-18

cuse. The young man had been
operated upon for appendicitis q
week previously and was supposed
to be making excellent progress
toward recovery when relapse
suddenly occurred.
He was born in Waterbury TWEEN
ty-hve years ago and had been q
resident of Waterville for nearly
fifteen years. Following his mar
riage q few years ago he accepted
position with the New York Tel
ephone company In Syracuse with
whom he was connected in re-
sponsible capacity, at the time of
his DEATH
He Is survived by his wife. Edith:
son, Robert. Jr, of Syracuse; his
parents, OF Waterville. a brother,
George, of Buffalo, N. Y, and three
sisters, Mrs Charles Jones and
Mrs Paul A. Monroe Of Waterbury
and Mrs Celia Tryon OF New Ha-
Yen. The body has been brought to
the Anderson Funeral Home, Cen
trail avenue, Waterbury, where fu-
neral services will be held to-mor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial
will be In new Pine Grove ceme-'
terry.
81 I'utFlCk y DNHCP
A large attendance featured the
annual st Patrick's day dance
which took place at Goodwill hall
last night under the auspices of
Court WEIGH, Foresters OF Amer
lea, and its auxiliary. Pride of
Welch Circle, Companions of the
Forest. Members of the order from
Naugatuck, WATERFOWL. Torrington,
Waterbury and Bristol were among
those present.
A pleasing entertainment pro-
gram was presented during the in
Permission. It consisted of old
time melodies. both vocal and in
strumental, and several dance
numbers. A buffet supper was
served. Tho committee In charge
was directed by william II. Dun
lavey and Mrs Edna Maher.
Lcntcn Services
Stations OF the Cross and Bene-
diction of the Most Blessed Sacra-
nent are scheduled for 1880 o.
clock this evening at st Michael's
church.
Evening prayer and q sermon
by Rev A. +. Sinclair at st Paul's
Ut 7:45 p. m.
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the railway station and rode a
iaile to one of the hotels. where
the driver collected exactly two
n,ckels, all the meter read.
AS much as you can eat for a
price prevails in many leading res
taurants. The price averages csc.
Rents are nose-diving. too, with
800 New York apartments going
for $50 and $50 and Los Angeles
bungalows that formerly rented
70" SIS month begging at $35.
You can get a nicely furnished
room in select neighborhood
r;ost anywhere for SO a week as
against 81 to $40 less than de-
cade ago.
San Francisco reports a 25 10 40
per cent drop in the cost of food
and a 40 to so per cent cut In rents
OF apartments and houses. Gro
ceries, striking a national figure,
are from 25 to so per cent lower.
A Chicago hotel offers COM
rlete weekend for $3.50. This
includes. for two persons. a large
room, dinner Saturday night,
breakfast and an elaborate Sun
day dinner and the departing Mon
day breakfast.
All of which makes the nickel
the supreme factor In the new low
standards and the cost Of living.
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KENNETH HARLAN FREE

KENNETH HARLAN FREE
Los Angeles. March IS - (UP)
- Kenneth Harlan. motion picture
star. was free today of charges that
he had driven an automobile while
intoxicated. After less than three
hours elaboration. superior
court jury found him not guilty.
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New Concern To
Open Tomorrow
Barris Bedding Company Is Located on Grand Street
Owner Is Local Man

Tomorrow, Saturday. March 10,
will mark the formal opening of
the Barris Bedding company at
Grand street across from the
Democrat office. The company is
owned by Daniel j. Barris, prom
inent local man. Mr. Barris was
born and raised In Waterbury, at
tended the grammar schools and
the Waterbury High school. He
has been connected with several
large furniture companies in Wa
terbury and throughout New Eng
land.
The Barris company will handle
bed springs. mattresses and also
lamps etc. Business connections
will enable Mr. Barris to cope with
large furniture manufacturers
throughout the East. Buying in
large quantities and selling at
small profit will put Mr. Barris in
position to attain success.
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ton where four teams. the Ponies.
Tigers. Kacey Boys Club and Free
Polands, are located. Invitations
to join the league SO that 1t might
operate as an eight club circuit
were accepted by Waterville, Oak
Vile, Naugatuck Fire and Co. l.,
Conn. National Guard of Torring-
ton.
Robert IL. Condit
Many Waterville residents were
greatly shocked to learn yesterday
of the death Of Robert Edward
Condit, son of Mr. and Mrs George
Condit, of 1867 Cooke street. which
occurred on Wednesday In SYRIA
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NICKEL RECAINS
PLACE In SUN
DURING SLUMP
Depression. Brings Coin
Back to Place of
Popularity

Surveys of the, cost of living
throughout the United States to-
day revealed the nickel has come
back, apparently to stay.
One five-cent piece now will
buy large slice of pie in most
of the principal cities for the first
time since 1918. other good buys
for a nickel include ham-and-egg
sandwich, shoe shine, large loaf of
bread and In couple of large
cities you can see complete mo-
ton picture show for five cent.
A Boston barber advertised a
free shave and shine, or massage
and shine, with each haircut, but
a New Haven competitor went him
one better and came out with "A
shave and a haircut for one dime"
New Low Marks
Food and clothing lead the dash
for new low marks. One big Chi
cago clothier 'liquidated" to offer
mems suits for 81. Many others fol-
lpowed with two suits for the price
of one, the average cost of suit
of clothes in Chicago being around
ago.
anu INDEPENDENT TCS-
taurants alike in Chicago and New
York offer ham and egg sand.
wiches for five cents, plate of
ham and eggs, buttered toast and
coffee for 10 cents and n large
plate of beans for nickel.
Even the bootleggers have been
brought TO terms. Although the
aforementioned sign Boosting
Largest in town for nicker has
not come back, the five-cent beer
has, with whisky selling for 10 and
Is cents, and barrel houses serving
II for nickel.
In Buffalo chain store tailor
offers booklet for 10 free shines
with every suit pressed at the new
low price of 80 cents. In the Buff
falo laboring district bread. slight
ly stale, Is popular at three cents
loaf.
Cheap Taxis
Recently in Cleveland. Il party
of five crowded into a taxlcab at
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DISORDERS IN
MINE STRIKE

Wilkesbarre, Pa. March 3D.
UP)-Disorder which Included
dynamitings and stoning of auto
mobiles. KEEP Estate and local police
busy today in the area affected by
the strike Of insurgent anthracite
miners of Lackawanna and Luzerne
counties.
Outbreaks occurred at Pittston,
Exeter, West Wyoming. Taylor.
Scranton. and West Scranton, ac-
cording to police reports.
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TWO STEAMERS
IN TROUBLE

Halifax. y. =. March ls.-(UP)
Two steamers OF the Newfound-
land sealing fleet wer ereported
10 be In trouble today off Nova
Scotia. rudderles and adrift in
heavy Ice foes.
They are the Ranger and the
Neptune. and II was reported they
are clinging to icebergs 20 gain
shelter from winds OF hurricane
force. Each has a crew OF $50.
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Board Of Relief
Taking Action On
Numerous Appeals
Clerk Giles Anderson Now Preparing Report for State
Tax Commissioner Expected That Grand List
May Be Cut Many Thousands

was believed due to the depression
with building operations at low
level. Therefore, the relief board
considered all applications for
reductions in valuation very seri-
ously before approving any of tho
cuts, 1t was said this morning,
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JAP CENSORSHIP

POPPING. March II - fUPl =
The Japanese authorities In North
Manchuria have imposed q cen
sorship on virtually all messages
from that section. according 70 ~
formation here. Al wire irnffl
n ana from points north of Mmk'
den IN nov handled via Japan.
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FISHERMEN ARE
MISSING HOURS

Portsmouth. N. II. Mar 49,
(UP)-Fear for the lives Of two
young deep-sea fishermen, missing
"a hours in a storm off the coast,
was felt here today as four coast
guard craft sought them In vain.
Those missing were Philip Cur
ran. rs, and Harold Harrington, 90,
both Of Kittery. Me, who set out
from here yesterday In 26-foot
power boat. Shortly before noon
yesterday they put into the harbor
at the Isles of Seals, 10 miles off
here. presumably for engine re-
pairs. later heading toward the
Maine coast.
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ALLoTTER $4,000

Washington. March IS $50 (UP)
An allotment of $4,000 for the
restoration of q fourfoot channel
in the Kennebunk River. Me-. was
made today by the War departs
ment.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Suppress Emotion and
Live Long, Says Doctor

The very best way to lengthen
your days, according to Doctor
Grille, head of the Cleveland clinic,
is to live without emotion. Love
and hate "injure the bodily organs,
and lay the foundations Of such dis
eases as diabetes, high blood pres
sure and heart disease; whereas,
mere selfishness and caIlousness,
presumably, conduce to old age
though whether they supply the
troops of friends that Shakespeare
stipulates as the consolation for old
age is a more doubtful proposition.
It is possible, of course, that Doc
tor Grille is right, and that human
ity would live longer if it lived as
coolly as a fish. 1t is by no means
certain, however, that those who
repress their emotions escape alto
gether from the ills that flesh is
heir to, and in any event, some of
US may hold that life on such terms
is hardly worth living.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Only Tradition as to
Maker of First Flag

1t is hard to distinguish between
legend and truth about the first
American flag, and what Betsy Ross
had to do with it. The tradition is
that in May, 1777, Washington, ac-
companied by two of his officers,
called upon Mrs. Ross, who oper-
ated an upholstering establishment,
continuing a business left at the
death of her husband, to make a
flag of their design, and that this
was the first American flag of the
official pattern, adopted June IA,
1777. The matter is in dispute,
through claims that a flag of the
same, or nearly the same, design,
had been used before. There is some
rivalry for honor associated with
the origin of the flag; and confu-
sion wrought by painters and Colo
NAL story writer's, who drew upon
their imaginations to add interest
to the legend, has invited the press
ing of some rather nebulous claims.
There is no historical account meet
ing with such approval as to war
rant the assertion that it is the truth.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Depression of 1873

Nearly $4,000 commercial houses
failed between 1873 and 1873. ~
November, 1873, pig iron could hard
ly be sold at any price and BY De
cember 1 half the furnaces and mills
in this country had shut down. Six
months later there were ia, 900 men
idle in that industry. Rhodes TINS
described the situation in those five
years, "a long, dismal tale Of declin-
ing markets, exhaustion Of capital
lowering in value of all kinds Of
property, including real estate; con
slant bankruptcies, close economy
in business, and grinding frugality
in living; idle mills, furnaces and
factories, former profit-earning iron
mills reduced to the value Of 4
scrap heap; laborers out of employ
ment, reductions of wages, strikes
and lockOuts, the great railroad riots
of 1877, suffering of the unemployed.
depression and despair" Recovery
was fairly rapid.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Never-Ending Warfare
Waged on Insect Pests

In this country the death-watch
beetle does a great deal of damage
to old buildings by eating its way
into the beams and gradually de-
stroying them. There are other in
sects which do a certain amount
of harm, but our insect pests
are nothing compared with those in
other parts of the world.
In Brazil, whole forests may be
found with every tree killed, and
felled to the ground. This is the
work Of a tiny beetle which lives
on the bark. 1t eats its way right
around the trunk quite close to the
ground, and then proceeds to make
circle after circle, gnawing a deep
er furrow until finally the tree col
lapses. There is an insect, too, Of
a certain kind which plays havoc
with the Brazilian coffee crop, for
it destroys every bean on the
bushes. For years search has been
made for some means of combating
its ravages, but at last a bug has
been discovered which preys upon
ii, and millions of these are being
taken to Brazil.-LOndOn Answers.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Hard to Overestinate
Importance of Dynamo

The dynamo is a machine used fOl
generating electric current. II
would be truer to say that it pumps
electric current rather than gener-
ates it, for electricity exists every
where and the dynamo's work is to
set it in motion. 1t is by means of
the dynamo that we have current
for lighting our houses, for operat-
ing our factories, and for running
our trains and trans.
Michael Faraday, the father of
modern electricity, discovered al
most by accident that whenever a
current flowing from a battery
through one coil of wire is started
or stopped, a little squirt of current
takes place in another coil Of wire
lying near the first, but in no way
connected with it. He found, too,
that currents could be set up by
moving a coil through a magnetic
field. This was the key invention
in electricity, and the greater part
Of the mechanical progress made
throughout the world during the
last hundred years is due to it.
Today, if you want insulated wire
for making a wireless set, you buy
it at nearby shop. Faraday had
to cover his own wire by winding it
with cotton, silk, or similar ma
teriaIs.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Pioneers Planted Many Trees

Pioneer farmers who settled the
prairies of the Middle West were
great tree planters, according to the
United States forest service. Most
Of them came from districts in the
East where they had been clearing
lands for agriculture, but in the
new environment Of the plains they
quickly saw the need of planting
trees for shelter against winter cold
and summer heat. The paintings
also supplied fuel, wood, poles. posts.
and rough timbers.
1t is estimated that farmers plant
ed about 100000 acres of trees in
Iowa, 10000 in Illinois, 1900 in
Ohio, 100000 in Missouri, and lesser
acreages in other central states
where there were more native for
ests.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Darwin's Frog

In nature the females usually at
tend to the young, but a remark
able exception is that of the strange
creature known as Darwin's frog. a
native of Chile This frog lays her
eggs, and the male collects them in
a chamber in his thrOat-a strange
nursery in which the young are
reared. emerging as fully developed
frogs. There are also foreign species
Of frogs which spend their whole
time in trees. but it is necessary for
the tiny tadpoles when they emerge
from the eggs, to have liquid in
which to live. This difficulty is
overcome by each youngster living
in its egg, which is much larger than
usual, and in this nursery the frog
goes through the various stages I'M
til it is able to leave as a perfect
frog ready to carry on its exist
ence in the trees.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Stop, Look and Listen"

Various accounts Of the origin and
adoption Of the sign, "Stop, Look
and Listen" have been given and no
two agree. However, Col. J. c.
Fuller, vice president and manager
in charge Of construction of the old
Gettysburg & Harrisburg railroad,
now part Of the Reading, in looking
over court decision in a suit
brought for injury at a crossing,
found that the judge stated that sit
is the duty of every one to stop,
look and listen before crossing a
railroad" He at once adopted it
for use at crossings on his line and
it was made standard on their line
in Pennsylvania on July %, 1891,
although its origin was prior to that
date.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
TOWNSEND ORCHARDS SOLD
Clayton Nj. Bunting, Selbyville,
Makes Purchase for $4,000


The famous Townsend orchards,
located at Coverdale Cross Roads,
on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
highway, and operated by the
Townsend Orchard Company, have
been sold to Clayton M. Bunting,
of Selbyville, for $4,000 These
orchards are among the largest in
the United States. The tract Of
land contained about 1000 acres
and about $50 are set in apple
trees. 1t is said there are $4,000
trees of late varieties and "a 900
of early varieties. Annually these
orchards have been yielding many
thousands of bushels of fruit.
Some years ago they were under
the management of the Delaware
Apple Orchard Company, but when
sold at receivers sale the name
was changed to the Townsend Or
chard Company. United States
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., of
SelbyvilIe, has been for the past
few years the directing head Of the
Mr.. Bunting, the pur-
chaser, is one of the members of
the first of Bunting Nurseries, of
Selbyville, whose nurseries are
considered among the largest in
the eastern section of the country.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Old Time Fire Fighting

Machines for the eXtinguishing of
fires have been used from a very
early date. ApoIlodorus, architect
to the Emperor Trajan, speaks Of
leathern bags, with pipes attached,
from which water was projected by
squeezing the bags. Hero of Alex
andria describes a machine which
he calls the siphOn used in confla-
grations. 1t consists of two cylin-
ders and pistons connected by a
reciprocating beam, which raises
and lowers the pistons alternately.
and thus with the aid of valves
opening only towards the jet, pro-
jects the water from it, but not
in a continuous stream, as the pres
sure ceases at each alienation of
stroke.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Miss Anna Weaver and Roy s.
Slaughter Married at Easton, Md.

MISS Anna weaver ana Roy -.
Slaughter Married at Easton, Md.
The marriage of Miss Anna
Weaver, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Weaver, of Greensboro,
Nd, and Roy S. Slaughter, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Slaughter, of
Ridgely, Md, took place Saturday
evening, December 26th, in the
parsonage of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at Easton. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
w. A. Hearn, pastor of the church.
The matron of honor was Mrs.
George Slaughter, Jr., of Linwood,
Pa, and the best man was George
Slaughter, Jr., the bridegroom S
brother. Mrs. Slaughter, who is a
graduate of the Greensboro High
School and of Goldey Business Col
lege, Wilmington, is employed as
private secretary to ]. Dewese
Carter, attorney at Denton. The
couple will reside on a farm near
Ridgely.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Higher Grades

Five-year-old Charlie goes to kin
dergarten, but likes to hear seven
year-old Hal tell about school life.
After listening closely to Halls ac-
count of what his class did and then
what the higher grades were doing.
Charlie asked:
Hal, where are the higher grades
up in the attic?'
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Welsh Iron Age Relics

Relics of a primitive civilization
400 B. c. have been discovered on
the Merthyr Mawr Warren, Wales.
between POrthcawl and the Ogmore
river, which furnish definite proof
that early Iron age men settled on
the Glamorganshire coast. On tile
trackless wastes of the dunes, hid
den by the shifting sands Of cen
turtles, is a watch tower that served
castles Of Ogmore and Candleston.
1t was near this tower that finds
mostly by accident-were made.
They consisted of medieval pottery.
flint arrow heads, and bones of ex-
tinct animals. Private digging op-
erations followed. and there was
found a brooch which fixes the date
of the settlement at 300 or 4OOB. C.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Leggings for Mules

Hockey players wear shin guards,
cowboys wear champs and in the
Tropics mules wear leather leg
gings, says the United States De
partment of Agriculture. The leg
gings are put on mules used TO culti-
vate sisal, one of the chief sources of
binder Irvine. Sisal leaves have
sharp spines and animals must be
protected against them. Many of
the sisal fields are so rocky that
hand cultivation is necessary. Trac-
tors are being used in increasing
numbers for sisal cultivation.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
eyH111laye1t
At Strand Theatre, Smyrna

Strand patrons can look forward
to seeing all the big hits of the
year just as soon as time will per-
NIT. Some of the coming hits for
Smyrna include: "Over the Hill, "
"A Dangerous Affair" Fifty
Fathoms Deep" Miracle Woman"
Platinum Blonde" Subway Ex-
press" Maker of Men," Five
Star Final" Her Majesty, Love"
Local Boy Makes Good" "Pen-
rod and Sam" Fireman, Save My
Child" Good Bad Girl" "De1ic-
ious," Surrender" yellow Tick
et,' Rainbow Trail" stepping
Sisters" ''The Champ" Cuban
Love Song" Flying High Hell
Divers" Pardon U.s." Private
Lives" Sidewalks Of New York,
"Sin of Madelon Claudet," Susan
Lenox,' Emma" "Mata Hari,"
"Smilin' Through" Around the
World in Eighty Minutes" car
rowsmith," ''Palmy Days. TO
night or Never" "Frankenstein,"
Strictly Dishonorable, 'The I'm
expected Father" and many 9th
ers too numerous to mention at
this time. One glance at the above
list of the most popular pictures
of the year is enough to convince
anyone of the Strands efforts to
bring the best Of pictures to
Smyrna.
What is believed to be the best
screen in the state has just rec
emily been installed at the Capital
Theatre. Not only is the picture
larger than before, but new projec-
ton lenses, combined with the lat
est in projection lamps, produce a
sharp, bright picture, unexcelled |
anywhere. The management, in
making this announcement, states
that this improvement is in line
with the policy of giving the
Capital patrons the latest and best
in entertainment values.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Motion Picture Vision

Persistence of vision" in motion
picture parlance, means that the eye
retains a single visual impression
for about one-sixteenth Of a second.
Motion picture projection is there
fore series of pictures thrown
upon the screen at intervals of APP
proXimately One-sixteenth of sec
Ond. Because the interval between
these pictures synchronizes approx
imately with the duration of vision,
the projected motion picture gives
the illusion of actual movement in
stead of appearing to the eye as a
series of unconnected pictures.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Railroad Cages

Stephenson. inventor of the steam
locomotive, is said to have adopted
the gage of his engine from that
Of his farm wagon wheels. Horse
drawn wheeled vehicles had been of
approximately that gage since the
days of Roman chariots. Various
cages, ranging from 8 feet in the
East to 5 feet in California, were
employed in the United States for
so years, but now all save industrial
short lines are feet 81 inches.
This is standard over most of the
world, but India has a gage of 51h
feet, Russia feet and Japan
feet.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Signs in New ENGLAND

All signs that display things in
fac-simile or in miniature are rap
idly becoming extinct in New Eng
land towns and villages. Half a
century ago a highly gilded mortar
and pestle hung outside nearly every
well-regulated drug store. A big
gold tooth proclaimed the proxim-
ity of the dentists Office. An enor-
nous watch of black and gold swung
above the jewelers. doorway. The
cobbler announced his specialties in
white letters on the side of a giant
wooden boot. Wooden Indians with
raised hatchets stood guard for the
tobacconist.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Stopping Lightning

Out of every 100 buildings
struck by lightning only two are
protected by lightning rods, reports
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Lightning causes the ma
ton an annual fire loss Of $4,000
900. and proper lightning protection
would materially reduce this, the de-
partment SAYS.
Smyrna times., 1932-01-06
Landmark Destroyed by Fire

Early Wednesday morning the
old John Wesley Byrd homestead
a landmark Of Asbury district
Somerset county was destroyed by
fire. The place was owned and
occupied by Mrs Herbert Mil
bourne. Mrs. Melbourne, smelling
smoke, Investigated and found the
upper story of the house was in
flames. The family escaped with
the loss Of their personal effects
and the household furniture.