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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23
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Warranty Deeds

Warranty Deeds George T. Moran to William Gilmour. real estate on the cast side of Fern street.
 Quit Claim Deeds Henry A. l.. Hall from Pauline x. Barnett, real estate listed as lots No. 1o2-3-i at Newton Heights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23

Thomas Brickley. Mrs Louis Da. dario and Mrs Frank Lachance.
 The final food sale of the Parish society of St Pauls P. F. church will be held on Saturday at the store of E. NJ. Cookson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23

Chittenden and Principal Charles P. Slade. Furniture was also over- turned. Tn addition, desks were searched for money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23
Estimate Damage !. At $500; Only $2O
 In Money Taken
Strong Boxes at High and Salem Schools Treated to
 Screw Drivers and Crow Bar-Latter institution Loses Money Donated to Fund of Pupils
(spEcIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT

Naugatuck March B - T he safes at the Nugatuk High battered by burglars during the night and damage amounting $500 done Only S2o obtained by the burglars drivers and bar the only ev
 denee for the police to work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23
MARRIAGE INTENTION

Levi Duplessis, factory employe, S6 South Elm street; Beatrice A. Boissomeault, waitress 14 State street.
 Malcon Nalbrandian, polisher, Oakville; Alice Azarian, occupn- tion, none, 27 Chamber street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-23

believe 1t may be from the power, ful station at Saligon, French In. do.Cbinn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Here, There And EueryxUhere

protection" but its does not amount to much. The satisfied tone of the Alaska Game connmissio state. ment, pooh-poohing the observa- tions of the visiting iinturalists, will Incline most readers to sido with the latter. The report of Senator Walcott, who spent three months in Alaska as investigator for the senate committee on wild life resources, finds the bears in danger of extermination. The first hand testimony of stewart Ed. ward White and of John M. Holz- worth. president of the National Association of Wild Life Conserva. tionists, Is nt variance with tho optimistic assurances of the Alaska Game commission. 9s
 The proposal to make Admiralty Island to preserve for the benrs is particularly inviting. The island is government property, bringing In no revenue. It is the most pop ulous home of the brown and grizzly bears--quite exposed to killing--and 1t Is ideal bear coun- try. It's proximity to Juneau, the capital. makes 1t especially nvail- able from the travellers sta andpoint as . park to be devoted to wild life. Most of Alaska Is enemy country for It's grand four-footed native inhabitants. An act of congress, costing nothing, cnf assign Ad- mirality Island as a isanctuary for the biggest game animals ins'Anl- erica and give them ns chance, to live. s'AF Fst ,hfHJ# 2 v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
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 A Book a Day
Siren Sounded for World in
 Westcott Book @
by BRUCE CATION

Mir Gicnway wescott, talented novelist, has been looking Ut the moon and has discovered that it has blood on 1t. There are about to be fell deeds at the crossroads. and Mir WescOtt sounds the siren manfully in his newest book, 'Fear and Trembling" X What he fears Is nothing less than the collapse of European civilization. He sees the world drifting straight toward another war, and he is convinced that nohe of the things that civilization prizes most highly could survive such 2 catastrophe. A a 4 s8 tEyt
 He also believes that democratic government has collapsed. and that drift has begun which ls very apt to. result in Bolshevlsin--. which. he believes, would he . ca- lamity as great as that Of q new World War;, 9'Yst. . ,sAEtt .lpt4
 All of this. of course. is what . great { many very fritelllEent men have been saying lately. Mir Wcs. colt ls not alone In his rcssimisrrl. His manner Of presenting #. though, is unfortunats.s
 It seems that he and threA motor trip across Europe; and hia book, somehow, sounds like that. It has in it the odor of seif-conscious high. brOwis1n, so that i1 frrItnt- ing rather than pefsuAsivc. When MT Westcott loftily explains that money does not bring happlness and that is silly 10 believe fiji the possibility of eradicating poverty, he provokes in one q strong desire tp foss lis book into tie isnndisstl woEtebaskct. l
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Faster Trolleys

The railroads have been speeding up their trains to win back their lost patronage Now the street car lines are doing it. The motormen of one big city trolley system have just received the eloquent instructions, Let CT go' Motor traffic now will be expected to keep out of the way. And it will doubtless be glad to do SO. with the street cars setting the example. It is an ex- eellent move, as long as safety precautions are observed. Slowness is one of the prin- eipal things driving street cars patrons to personal transportation. Other important factors are flexibilty, quictness and comfort.
 The trolley cars cannot do much more than they have been doing to make their service flexible. Their lines are fixed rather rigidly by natural conditions. That is where the buses have big advantage. The street cars, though. could doubtless achieve a good deal moro than they have yet done in the way of silent and comfortable operation. Sooner or later their wheels will probably be rubber tired. That will help to repopu. larize them not only with their riders but with everybody else.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Dry Referendum

William Allen White of Kansas, whose liquor sentiments are altogether dry, joins the demand for a referendum on prohibi- ton, one of the latest of many drys to take this stand He does it, he explains, because he has always believed, and still believes, that 'minorites which regard themselves as oppressed should have an opportunity to take their case directly 10 the people.
 No one can question, he adds, that the wet minority feels a grievance. No one can doubt that the grievance of the vets who arc denied an appeal to the people has become just grievance, largely because the apepal is denied" Many vets will rise up to ask Mir White. What do you mean, 'minority'?" They will point to the recent Literary Digest poll as showing that the contrary as a whole is nearly three 10 one against prohibition.
 However, that may be, the proposed refer endum will be good thing because it will probably put an end to the argument and show definitely what the national sentiment is. A referendum is better under public auspices than private auspices. And cer- tainly it would be a stronge sort of Ameri. canism which persisted indefinitely in re- fusing the nation chance to express itself on any public issue. It is doubtless rcal- ization of this logic that leads conscientious dry leaders moro and more to sanction the re rc-submisison of the liquor control question to the people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
How Long Must We Wait?

Perhaps the outstanding feature of Na- tional Repeal Week, observed in this nation last week by various organizations com- batting the prohibition laws. was the mag azine article by General John J. Pershing asking for repeal of the 8th amendment so that lawlessness might be driven out of the country. When the highest figure in the military asks for return of the old vigil anee committees it is high time that we started to do some serious thinking. Why we should contribute annually thousands and thousands of dollars to rackets that are purely the outgrowth of the liquor laws is more than we can understand.
 Senator Barbour. republican, of New Jer. sey, in his maiden speech in the Senate re- gently declared that If the Congress would courageously face the issue of prohibition. the problem of drastic and immediate economies in Government and of such tax increases as may be necessary to balance the budget. there would be an immediate return of confidence. which would cure our present economic problems. The Census Bureau reports that divorees, in which n- toxication was listed as the sole cause, n- creased l33 per cent between 1922 and 1929. This against population increase of only l per cent The Metropol- itan Life Insurance Company reports that deaths from alcoholism among its policy holders jumped from IA per 100000 per- sons in 1919 to 3.4 in 1929
 But the greatest indictment of prohibition to our way of thinking and the one that will eventually lead to its downfall is its upkeep. When Americas pocketbook is touched as it is now being touched it is only a question of time before she rises up and protests in such fashion that can't be turned aside as the defenders of prohibition have been able to do in the last decade Yes. we know that all efforts to legaize beer as . means of raising taxes have failed in Con- gress to date. But Congress isn't entirely responsible for what it does to-day. we are beginning to think. Ultimately the weight of public opinion will force it from the course it now adopts. namely, watehful waiting. Action will be demanded if we are going to pay twelve millions of dollars for noble experiment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

A new industry has arrived in the United States It came in a small package of seeds that the Department of Agriculture imported from Hsnkow, China. recently. Our con- sul general at Hankow got packet of tung tree seeds and when they were received in this country they were planted at the experi- mental farm of the government in Chico California. Next year the seedlings will be distributed in those southern states where it is believed they will thrive. The product of the tree is an oil that is revolutionizing the manufacture of varnishes. The Chinese have used it for centuries for this purpose which only goes to prove that the civiliz- ation of this nation in some respects is still centuries ahead of ours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

It takes all kinds of people to make up this old world of ours. And the ends that many of us take to put on front cer- tainly should keep a novelist supplied with material for his or her entire life. Down in New York's city hall they have just uneov- cred racket that has caused the mayors office to issue an official list of ''phonies'. These 'phonies" are friends" of Mayor Walker. At least they announce this to &C., quaintances whom they want to impress. Probably the home town boy meets the neighbor from the little village up state on 42nd street one day. He may be down at the heels and have less than carfare in his pocket. but he has novel story He tells the friend to call him up at the mayors office at a certain hour. You'd be surprised to find out how many people give out the mayors office telephone number. When they are called the man on duty at the door to the office would see the person outside and call him to the telephone. or course it seemed as if he was in conference with Jimmy himself. In reality he was merely hanging around the outside door of the of- flee trying to promote some scheme by play ing on the eredulity of victim. Since the
 official list of "phonies" has been posted there have teen few calls for strangers at the
 mayors office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
MONDAY, MAY 23, 1882
Another Lone Eagle

The transatlantic solo flight of Amelia Earhart Putnam was a tribute to the daring and courage of our outstanding female flyer. Ii was all the more remarkable because the last half of her journey was completed in the face of terrible mechanical handieaps. At any moment this aviatrix. who has twice now crossed the Atlantic via the air chan uels might have been hurtled into the sea far below her. But she kept on her course with the grit and intensity of purpose that seems to grip those flyers afflicted with the ocean crossing desire and if she failed of her objective, Paris. she bridged the great ocean,
 Only once before Mrs Putnam s daring flight has lore individual flown the Allan tic Ocean. Colonel Lindbergh holds that distinction and honor. It was just five wears to the day after his exploit had startled the world that Mrs Putnam brought her ship down near Londonderry in northern Ireland where, wire dispatches report. ploughmen Qaped while startled horses bolted and re- fused to return to their traces as the fam ing apparition roarcd down from the skies to rest on the green sod. It was happy and exultant girl who rushed through s-Atlantic call from Londonderry to her husband in far.off New York. T did it. was her cryptic message.
 This message. no doubt, will rank with Lindbergh's equally terse remark when he landed at La Bourget field outside Paris on that May day of 1927 I'm Charles Lind bergh," he stated When you come right down to it that s about all any man or woman might care to say. The hardships of such a flight and the accompanying dangers remove all conventions and leave stark realities. It takes some time for the flyer to realize that his flight towards Eter- niry has ended temporarily. When one vaults that great chasm that lies between Europe and North America, one rides with death. Amelia Earhart Putnam has twice successfully accomplished the adventure She has done her bit for aeronautes Let her now rest on her laurels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Mistaken Malthus

The Illinois Department of Health has been studying the results of the falling birth rate in that state. It has already had con- siderable effect upon business. With 1000 fewer babies born, the possible market for baby carriages fell off that much last year. Shoe sales for toddlers went down by 1000 pairs Other industries catering particularly 10 the needs of infants had big reduction in sales. The drop for next year is expected to be several times as great.
 On the other hand" says The Survey, discussing the report. clothing and supplies for children of high school age will find an increasingly larger potential market until a peak in lo3s. From that there will be a sharp decline, recording some 10000 fewer consumers in this group in l940 than in i938" A stabilized birth rate will solve sme economic problems while 1t creates ..ier. It makes the Malthusians look like sther poor prophets. Ability to produce more per man in industry and agriculture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS snsOIine for Ivy Poisoning

You will find ordinary gasoline lone of youI favOrltc remedies for foot itch or athletes fOOt) an excellent first aid remedy against ivy pOis. !. Oning or poison oak. Mop the skin with plcdgets of cotton or with a soft cloth satur- atcd with gasoline Immediately after contact back to the auto or where you can obtain some gasoline. (H. L)
 Answer--It is a good practical suggestion. Gasoline is a solvent for the poisonous principle of ivy. Use many small pledgets pieces of clcth and throw each away after single soak ing with gas and mopping of the skn
 Blood Now S35 q Pint Would 1t be possible for mo to pay my way through college by acting as blood donor for transfusion operations? (W. D.
 Answer-Probably not Schedule of rates ef- fective this season are $14 for 200 co or less G to 2 ounces), &35 for pint and $70 a quart. Five weeks Is the minimum period dont must wait between donations. eBsides there Is considerable list of professional donors. and 1t is becoming, more popular for q relative of the patient to supply the fresh blood without compensation.
 Amputation of Uvula
 Some time ago you printed letter from a man who complained of his uvula tickling his throat. had . great deal of trouble from a long uvula. causing constant desire to clear the thrOat or to swallow the lump. My pbysl- clan. Dr shrunk tho uyuIa with n ent relief. {s. R. FL
 Answer--Yes the diathermy method. in skilled hands. is even simpler and more satis- factory than amputation or shipping off the elongated uvula. The uvuia is the soft finger. like projection of the tip of the soft palate back in the throat. 1A
 lcop$right John F. bile Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
So They Say.

am firmly convinced that from the day. all political debts are can- celed the economic existence of everyone everywhere, whether em. ployer or employe, will be improv- ed. ,s -chancellor Bruenins of Germany
 The, decision to evacuate Shang- hal is due the Japanese govern ment's desire to conform to world opinion and to prove that Japan had no ulterior or territorial mo- lives in sending, troops there. ~-Spokesman for the Japanese
 government. Tokio.
 It Is inconceivabie that the leg islature intended the prohibition law to apply to the possession of a teaspoonful of whiskey when that quantity could not In any manner affect the morals. health or we'll being of any person.
 From an opinion by the Ala :
 bama Court of Appeals.
 The choice between sterling and gold was forced upon the govern ment by the virtual breakdown of gold and the rise of sterling as C managed currency, Independent of gold. Sterling seems to be on the winning side, offering q better hope of escape from the evils Of de- ---stanley Truce. Australian leader.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

The trout fishing season in Connecticut may be extended fifteen days, according to a recent announcement by Superintendent Arthur E. Clark of the state board of fish, cries and game. Owing to the cold spring fishermen have been beseeching the author 'ities to give them few additional days. It may be recalled that the last two weeks of April were cold and blustery. Brooks were also running extremely high. However. if July turns out to be warm there won't be many trout caught despite the attempts of anglers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Unbewildered and Unshocked

Acknowledging a medal given him by the Chamber of Commerce in his city as an. award for distinguished civic service 3 thoughtful citizen spoke as follows: The problems now to be dealt with are grave for they go to the foundation of our society and will not soon be solved. Some of us whose lives were in great part spent in the 18th century are too stiff mentally to han. de masterfully these instant matters.
 Those younger men who can but take everything on authority move to and fro in bewilderment. But it is happily true that among those whose adulthood is of the twentieth century are many who are disei- plined as their fathers never were, and whom it does not shock to find that something once important is no longer true. I earn. estly hope that great numbers of these wig orous young minds will make the chamber the forum of their discussions and the med. um of their outgivngs.'
 Not chambers of commerce alone, but business education, communities, nations, and the whole world need the services of these vigorous young minds. Fortunately the unbewildered and unshocked. old or young, are found in every age and every time. They help us to recover from our mistakes and 10 plot our path for the future. Their achievements are not always reeog- nized at once, but they are none the Hess valuable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

Republicans gathered at Old Newgate, prison in East Granby last Friday afternoon were told to let the democrats alone by Sen ator Albert E. Lavery of Fairfield county. the inference being that the party was about to commit suicide we presume. When you stand by the republican party" said Senator Lavery, you stand by the State of Con- neetieut for it is the history of this state which has been built by the republican party. This is the time of all tincs when we can be loyal to Connecticut. Regardless of the attitude you come in contact with to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
IN VINO PERFIDIA
(New York Herald. TrIbune)

NA'NN AVsH 1ANAesse- It is 6 little difficult to become pnssionateiy indignant over the "betrayal" of the California grape gro wers by the government. as set forth in the statement of Donald D. Conn. managing director of the California Vineyardists' associati There can be no question thnt they were betrayed into believing they ment of justice in clrcumventins honor among tricksters? The mentary on the dishonesty of the law and on what happened among those who conspire to take ad- vantage of It's dishonesty. Few will be deceived by the snug denial of the department of justice that 1t was ever consulted "concerning the marketing of grape concentrates for making to Mir Conn's contradictory testi- Mabel Walker Wiilebrandt, whom general In charge of prohibition
 
 general counsel for Fruit. Indus- tries, Ltd, the great clearing house for grape .by-products used in wine making, Is 1t reasonable to believe that her retention meant anything but the chumrniest sort of rela- tionship with the enforcement au. thorities2 And we have the word, too, of Chairman Stone of the Farm board that his organization, would not have lent a penny. let alone millions, of the taxpayers' money to Fruit Industries "untii t i1nd been assured by the depart mcnt of justice, the treasury and the prohibition bureau that the grape concentrate business of thnt papy was perfectly legal. MT Conn says: T
 "The government itself financed the grape concentrate and wine grape business. The advice of gov ernment departments has been fol- lowed in all plans. Because of this general policy. growers invested $100 100000 of new money in Call. fornia's second largest agricultural industry, which produces 94 per cent of the commercial grapes Tn the United States. {. Now the government. on the single opinion of Federal Judge Otis. of Missouri. has suddenly reversed its interprc- tation of Section 20 of the Vol stead act, blocked tho grape con- centrate outlet for the grape sur- plus, and cast e siur upon the ef- fort of growers to earn decent living by raising juice grapes" \
 So Mir Conn. who admits" that he has been q dry advocate for the industry during the last i've years, while the government "co- operated" with the grape grow CTS. has changed his position, He is now an incandsscent apostle of gnin, especially if 1t indicates. as' Is probably does, that California. through her holy vineyardists. will never again muster q majority for the noble. experiment. !,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
M TODAY sen
 WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY ,GSR TN&E.
U. $. TRANspORT sUNK.

oh May 23, 1918, tho American transport Moldavin was torpcdoed and 53 lives were lost. .ftfN
 An official Allied bulletin an nounced that 262 German planes had been brought down and de- stroyed during the previous week. and that more than 1000 had been brought down since the beginning of the German drive in March.
 General Semenoff was reported to have quarreled with Admiral Kolchak and to have established an autonomous government in the Trans Baikai region in Siberia. His forces were opposed to the Soviet government. British forces in Siberia. Ills forces were opposed to the Soviet government trs
 British forces in Palestine con- tinued their drive forward. de- fcated the rapidly dwlndling Turk ish troops again. a M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

has been improving 90 rapidly that far larger populations than are now predicted could be housed. clothed and fed easily. Dr MaIthus would have been smarter to have worried more about distribution and con- sumption instead of over-pepulation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23

day. the thinking people of this country do not blame Herbert Hoover for the depres- sion Quite right. senator. You're not taking any chances in making that declaration. But the people have right to blame Hoover for declaring four years ago that the republican party was the party of prosperity and that a vote for him meant chicken in every pot two cars in the gar- age, full dinnef pail. etc. etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
AN ISLAND FOR ALASKA
 BEARS.
(New York Herald -Tribure

(New York Herald -Tribune)
 4 The sure way to save the brown bears of Alaska Is for congress to set. aside a reservation under TedS eral care for the big animals. Ma turdllsts who hnvc studied the situatioiI believe tint tic be.trs are doomed under present rrEulatICfiA. Tie rsimaf lay has recently been trevised tor give them "intrsased
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-23
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will bc amsw wcrcd by Or Grady Address hiin. care of the DcmOc.at scndine stamp and addressed envelope.