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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

Democratic platform and the Dem
ocratic candidate does not mean
that immediate action is to be
taken in furthering repeal. Already
the Southern drys have shown their
intention to sabotage relief.
In the election of 1928 it was not
the folk who tArew their vote away,
but the supporters of the winner
who later had cause for regret.
And so it may well be in 1892.
AS rule, candidates lose in
American elections because they are
from four to eight years in advance
of popular trends. Even those who
really must hop a bandwagon for
their souls sake ought to insure
themselves the satisfaction of taking
the car ahead and support a
minority ticket.
Well, Practically Neutral
THIS columnist isn't running for
i anything this year, and nobody
has promised him place in the
cabinet or an ambassadorship. Ac-
cordingly, he can and will speak
freely and without any excessive
amount of partisanship.
1t is even possible that 1t Seems
to- Me may change around a little
as the campaign develops and the
candidates declare themselves. At
the moment the preference table
runs as follows:
Norman Thomas ....... .721
Franklin Roosevelt -. .209686
William 2. Foster. ...... .209682
Herbert Hoover ....... .0l0
You may observe that with scru-
pulous fairness Norman Thomas and
the platform Of hiE party are not
rated as wholly perfect, although
well in the lead Of the other con-
tenders in the matter of merit at
the moment.
The race between Foster and
Roosevelt is so close just now that
it was necessary to carry it out to
six figures to determine the margin
Of advantage.
Normally Communism ought to
rank as the secondary protest
party. but under its present leader
ship it has espoused SO much Of re-
dictionary and right wing opportun-
ism that it can do no more than
hold its place as the third Of the
Fascist parties.
=
Among the War MongerS
4 s things stand now. the Com
"A mlInists are second only TO
William Randolph Hearst in their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
His Great Grandfather

tbs vi cal vi dilul QlllOI
1T was just lit years ago that
i Friedrich George Wilhelm Strive,
great grandfather of Otto Strive,
was appointed observer for the
telescope" at the University of Dor
pat. Friedrich then was 20 years old.
Friedrich's son, born at Dorpat.
was named Otto Wilhelm Strive.
He became his fathers assistant at
the age Of 10.
In 1889, Friedrich was appointed
director of the great Pulkova OBJ
servatory near st. Petersburg, He
took his son along as his assistant
The two carried on their. work there
for fifty years, Otto succeeding his
father as director in 1862.
Otto had two sons, both of whom
we're born at Pulkova and both Of
whom became directors Of observa-
tories. They were Ludwig, father of
the present Otto, and Karl Her
mann.
Karl carried on work successfully
at observatories in Strasbourg,
Paris, Dorpat and then back to Pull
kova. In 1895 he became director
of the observatory at Koenigsberg
in East Prussia.
In 1905 he was made director of
the University of Berlin's observa-
tory, where he supervised erection
of the present buildings at Neu
Babelsberg, on the outskirts of
Berlin.
He has son, George, who is a
member Of the staff at Neu Babels-
berg.
Ludwig, the other son Of Otto
Wilhelm Strive, served at Pulkova
from 1880 to 1886 and then at Dor
pat. In 1894, he was appointed di-
rector Of the observatory at the Uni
versity of Kharkov in the Ukraine.
AS already stated, Ludwig is the
father of the new director of the
Yerkes observatory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

New Zealand has tax on bachelors. The
question there now becomes whether it is easier to
dodge taxes Or rolling pins
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

college president says that modern girls are far
more clever than their mothers were. In fact some
are SO clever that they able to keep their wedding
plans secret so long that when the boy finds them
out, it Is too late
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

Maybe it had no real significance, but the price
of hogs went up just as soon as the pork measures
showed signs of passing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

Even the depression hasn't been able to change
some things fashion note says that pockets in
pants will be the usual size this winter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

q. O. p leader says that most drys will return to
The fold as soon as they understand the partys re-
submission plank. If have to wait that long, we
might as well call the election OF right now
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
It's Hoover'S Fault

IF President Hoover was right in
i establishing a banking sinstitu-
ton financed out Of the public
treasury for private benefit, then
Speaker Garner is right in demand
ing direct loans to individuals and
private corporations.
All Speaker Garner has done is
carry the shoddy scheme to its
logical conclusion.
No such enterprise should have
been foisted on the American people,
and no such enterprise would have
been foisted on them, but for
President Hoover's unyielding OPP
position to direct and effective
methods.
Had the federal government made
available large amounts of money
for public works and loans to states
and cities, as provided by the Smith,
or La Toilette plan, we would be
much farther on our way to re-
covery.
AS it is, we all must stand and
wait while President Hoover brow
beats congress into the notion that
bank is not bank, and that when
he promoted one with taxpayers
money, it was not his idea to let
common people get past the front
door.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
Another Noble Experiment

IT'S just one more noble expert
L ment in paternalisn. 1t has not
brought relief, and it will not bring
relief. Until something is done to
translate credit into work, we shall
be right where we have been for the
last two years.
This idea that you can f& the
foundation by decorating the roof is
all wrong. Industry will not eX-
pand, and the banks will not loan it
money with which to expand, until
there is a better market in sight.
Recovery rests On the simple prop
osition Of restoring mass buying
power to a level that approaches
normalcy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
Daily Thoughts

A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches and low
ing favor rather than SILVER and
gOld.-Proverbs 22:I.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ'

Scion of Famous Scientific
Family WI Be Ne1o Direc-
tor of Yerkes Observatory.
.DR. OTTO sTRUvE, who Just
~ has assumed the dictatorship
of the famous Yerkes observatory Of
the University of Chicago, is the
fifth Of notable family of
astronomers to hold such post.
DR.. Strive is a young man. He
will celebrate his 35th birthday In
August. He succeeds Professor Ed
win B. Frost, who retired on July
l at the age Of IS.
DR.. Frost joined the Yerkes OBJ
Servatory in 1898. He then was the
worlds chief expert in the use of
the spectroscope. In 1920 his eyes
began to fail him and for the last
few years he has carried on his
executive duties in spite Of his
blindness.
A few years ago, I heard him
lecture, using lantern slides which
had been made since his blindness.
They were pictures which he never
had seen except through the eyes
Of his colleagues.
Young Strive belongs to the
fourth generation of astronomers in
his family. The family, while of
German origin, won its scientific dis
tinction in Russia, and, as DR.. Frost
said, gave Russia its highest
achievement and distinction in
science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

A reputation for good Judgment,
for fair dealing, for truth and for
rectitude, is itself a fortune. Henry
Ward Beecher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-09

Among the War MongerS
A s things stand now. the Com
Il munists are second only to
William Randolph Hearst in their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

Francois Boissier, French inven- tor, has perfected a storage bat tery that uses iodine as the active material.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

last October. This particular rise carried the price of $5.40 a hum dredweight, as against $3.30 a hundredweight on the Chicago market during the last week in May.
 Cattle and sheep likewise re- sponded with new highs. and on the same day cotton had advanced $5 a bale from it's low.
 Of course, this would be con- sidered a very low hog price by all that we had been used to be- fore 1891. A price of $S is need ed to help put the corn belt on it's feet again. But another increase of the same amount would bring the price close to that. The high est in recent years was around $11 in 1929.
 and experimenting.
 Lyons Company Has Record Week.
 The Lyons Auto Company re- ports one of the best weeks busi- ness of the season was enjoyed by that firm last week. The follow ing people of town bought cars: Ernest Lauretano, Joseph Lastoria, William Boyce, George Bernatchez and Robert Henderson. The com pany also placed one in Canaan to Walker, who formerly conduct ed the Recreation alleys.
 Plume X Atwood Co Picking Up.
 Business at the Plume & Atwood Co showed improvement last week the plant was operated for three days 8 hours, instead of the two days 8 hours scheduled, they have been on for some time. It is hoped this extra day will continue, and that another day will be added in the near future. The mill was one of the last to go down and all in all have been very fare to their help.
 Vincent O'Meara of Torrington spent today in town on business.
 Mrs Julia Morris of Boston. Mass who has been spending two weeks in town returned home Sunday. MT and Mrs John Scheeble accom- panied her.
 MT and Mrs William Westerman of Detroit. have been the guests
 of their daughter, Mrs E. B. Gros
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
THOMASTON
BIND OVER SIX
 PRISONERS HERE
Charge With Gas Station Thefts-Kacey Nine Wins

Judge Pratt bound over the six prisoners, who were arrested by local police and state officers for breaking and entering Ioca1 gaso- line filling stations. The six, five men and one women, who have been held in Litchfield jail were brought here Saturday by Deputy Sheriff James Ryan and put to plea. They all pleaded not guilty to the charges and after hearing the evidence against them and be- ing faced with the goods recovered at their homes, they were bound over to the next term of superior court. Mrs McCaul and Johnson were held in bonds of $500. and the others in $2,00 bonds. Johnson was the only member of the gang to secure bail, the other five being again lodged in the county jail at Litchfield to await trial in Septem- ber. Attorney Vincent Miller de- fepdded, and Attorney J. Howard Roberts prosecuted. The court room was crowd, over 200 local people gathered to hear the trial. K. of c. Club Defeats the Crcsccnts
 The K. of c. Boys club ball team maintained their leadership of the Park City league Sunday, when they defeated the Crescents of Wa terville by the score of 6 to ? in game that was called in the sixth inning on account of rain. Ander- son pitched fine ball for the To- calls, and received fine support. Brammer hit a home run in the fifth inning.
 Happy News If True.
 Stories to the effect that the Seth Thomas Clock Co. the lead ing factory in this part of the country in clock manufacturing has received large order and will start up on better working hours in the near future are being heard. It is known fact that the company has been working on new models to be used for adventising large concerns, for months, and have perfected q clock that will create a great amount Of interest to the large advertisers through out the world. The story going the rounds Is that the clock has attracted the attention of one of the largest manufacturers Of health drinks in the world, who has plac- ed large order with the Seth Thomas Go. The clock Is so arr ranged that it will appear from the dial that bottle is being tipped to an angle and the con- tents poured into q glass. Other models are worked out on the same plan, the idea is clever one and is the result of much work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
ITO DEBUNK ABE LINCOLN

Fort Wayne, Ind, (UP)=-A cam paign Ito debunk Abraham Lin- coln's debunkers" has been an- nounced here by Dr Louis A. War ren, director of the Lincoln Ma tional Life Foundation.
 "The 'debunking' of Lincoln be- gan in the 1860 campaign and many of the Irresponsible stories circulated at that time have lived until now, and lost none of their sensational aspects during the years" Dr Warren said. "Biogra- phy should be based on facts and not on fiction.
 For example. many historians have grossly exaggerated the pur- ported deficiencies in character of Lincoln's father. Thomas Lincoln. They have spoken of him as 'an idler, trifling and a rover; as an ignorant. shiftless vagabond'; and as without ambition for himself or his children
 Now 1t so happens that the Lincoln National Life Foundation Is erecting In Fort Wayne this summer an heroic bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. the Hoosier Youth It is the work of Paul Manship, famous New York and Paris sculptor and portrays Lin- coin as 0 youth of 2i, just before he accompanied his father on tho trip to New salem, III.
 "No pictures of Lincoln at this period are available and 70 Mir Manship and dug deep into the records of Llneoin's youth, and particularly Into all available rec- ords of Thomas Lincoln. to deter. mine how the hoy Lincoln must have appeared when he roved the Indian frontier.
 we discovered that Thomas I.lncoln was descended from c loHz. line of ilIuntrI0us elliEens and pntriotis, that the Lincoln family was held In high esteem in Revolu' iionary days"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
BY JOHN W. LOVE


 (Writtcn for The Democrat and Other NEA Service Newspapcrs) The long decline in wholesale
 commodity prices seems to be near an end = at least, the signs appear to point in that direction.
 With hogs leading the parade of rising farm prices and other lines
 showing signs of joining in the joy full procession, many millions of dollars have been added just re- gently to the value of the holdings of the nations farmers, with whose purchasing power prosperity be- gins. {.
 The rise has continued for sev-
 eral weeks, giving hope that the change is at last Fundamental. The recent addition of $2 a hundred bounds to the price of hogs adds a paper profit" of
 around $2OO, 900, 900 to the prop erty of American farmers. It
 means that $4 has been added to the value of every hog now owned by the farmers, since the govern | ment estimates there are now 50,- 1000, 900 hogs on American farms and they will averoge 200 pounds each.
 Others Show Improvement The recent rise in prices has also extened to cattle and beef. Cotton, corn, wheat and other crops have also shown improve ment and a general strengthening in tone, as indicated by the daily market reports. However, these still have a long way to go. If 1t Is true that the change
 In prices Is Fundamental, then one of the longest declines in history has finally exhausted itself, stocks of commodities are being used up and developing scarcities will be- gin to revive business activity.
 A few weeks more should tell whether this new price uWurn really presages return to better times or whether 1t is just another false start like those that have been made in the commodity mar kets previously. Just year ago prices turned joyfully upward, then appeared to stabilize and by
 October it seemed pretty certain
 the long decline was past. But the world was again disappointed as prices began to fall.
 Wholesale prices in general usually turn Up in June, owing to several seasonal changes which come at that time. It would have
 been disappointing if this had failed to come. Now, that 1t has come, we may view the general situation with more confidence. Farmer Is Prosperity Source An upward turn in farm prices is important to. everybody because it signals a turn for the better in business, since the farmer is the source of our prosperity. And generally. when prices are no longer going down manufactur- CTS buy materials with more confi- dence, merchants renew their
 stocks. As the result, industry spurts.
 It was high time that some- thing intervened to turn the cur rent of prices in the other direc- ton. By averaging all wholesale commodity prices together it has been possible to show that they had gone as low as they were in 1905 and 1906. This has meant that debts contracted in flush years after the World War had to be paid with dollars which sud-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
oAKvILLE

A twin birthday party was held at the home of MT and Mrs Will liam Braun of Clematis avenue yesterday In honor of Mrs Braun and her twin brother, Henry Saul yer of Fairfield.
 The dinner consisted of hot dog roast and hamburg sandwiches served on tables arranged on the lawn. Later in the afternoon games were enjoyed by the guests attend ing who were: MT and Mrs Henry Sauyer, and daughter, Dorothy: Richard Brown. MT and Mrs Philip Gausel and sons. Arthur, Henry and Philip. and MT and Mrs Charles SAuyer and son Arthur of Fairfield.
 Briefs
 Miss Alvera Zuraitis of Falls avenue has returned home after spending a weeks vacation at At lantic City. :, MT and Mrs George Duesel and MT and Mrs E. Anderson of New Britain were Sunday guests or MT and Mrs William Babin of Water town avenue. tsttH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
wATERTOwN

Officer Harty arrived from Bos- ton yesterday with the three boys who had removed several bolts from the local jail door. in which they were being held and made q successful escape. The boys wero being held on q burglary charge4 They will probably havk an extra charge of jail breaking Ito answef for now. z
 The perfect picnic weather ei the past week has brought hun. dreths to the two popular swim- ming places in town, namely, Black Rock and Winnemaug. A new stand has been erected at Winne- maug and float and diving board have been built.
 Black Rock entertain the larger crowd each day as it's beauty and cleanliness for picnics Is more widely known. Life guards are on duty here all day.
 Miss Courip of Taft school will give the school grounds oyer to the fresh air children for a day under the direction of the commit- tee in charge as she did last year. Saturday has been chosen as the day.
 Baseball in Watertown seems to be coming to life again after "a lapse of several years. The field which is in pretty good shape is being improved each week by the members of the East Side Cardin- als baseball team. Week nights several teams use the field for practice. Sundays the use of the field has been divided between the Cardinals and the Buckingham A. c. of Oakville. M
 The League of Women Voters in Watertown will hold card party Wednesday from 2:30 until o'clock in the Lawn club, War ren Way. The proceeds are to be used to help pay the annual pledge to the state organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
TORRINCTON l Fresh Air Fund
 Group Coming Here
First Children to Arrive Wednesday, Many. Measles
 Cases Reported in City

will enjoy several more years of life.
 MT Hopkins, who has been a resident of Torrington for the past 63 years. is we'll known among the older residents of the city, having been formerly associated in Center Congregational church where for number of years he served as a deacon.
 MT Hopkins was born in Litch- field, July IS, 1885, and spent the first 21 years of his life in that 1856. He was married to Miss Eleanor Hills in Plainville in 1860. They moved to Torrington nine years later. MT and Mrs Hopkins observed their golden wedding on June 23. 1910. Mrs Hopkins died in January, 1913.
 Mrs Isabella Giglio Dies
 Mrs Isabella Giglio, 19, wife of Patsy Giglio, 103 Berry street, died at the state hospital in Nor wich, Saturday afternoon, follow ing an illness of about eight weeks.
 Mrs Giglio was removed to the Norwich institution week ago Thursday for treatment. Among the survivors are her husband and her father and mother, MT and Mrs Domenick Bongiolati of Tor rington. The body has been re- moved to the LaPorta funeral home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
 Child Slightly Injured from Fall
 Maryelle Scacca, IS months old, daughter of MT and Mrs Angelo Scacco, 32 Britton avenue, es- caped serious injury and possible death by a matter of inches in a fall from a second story porch at her home late Saturday afternoon. Fortunately her only injuries were a blackened eye and slight con- cussion of the brain. The injured girl was treated by a physician and left at home in care of her mother. MotOrist Fined on Brake Charge
 William Whitewater, 58, West Cornwall, pleaded guilty to q charge of driving car with in- sufficient brakes and was fined $1O with costs when he appeared in city court this morning. He was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Domenick Tremp following
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

HOGGING IIdEILGHT market just is Mir n recently added holdings tlh will of the de-
 
 prices Chicago weeks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

an accident on HaFeIatt4 4'
 sccosld Week fof scouf can'p
 Camp WorkEplHan. Boy &||| camp at West Hill ponds 1I1[IN' it's second week yesterday vIIr | indications pointing toward O fI' camp. Scout campers who are attend received a physical cE1U ination recently by Dr EleI8 fraI member of the council camp'I1 committed. Many campers WI| have attended the first week haHt re-registered for another week o' more. The boys are entOyihf themselves immensely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

denly became as valuable as dol- lars were in 1905 and 1906. Dol lars were dollars then, you re- member, and they have been the same sort of dollars again -- big dollars, hard dollars, precious dol lars.
 Hogs Highest In Months
 The recent price excitement has centered mainly on the hog mar ket, because Chicago hog quota tions advanced approximately $2, reaching their highest point since
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18

The island of Ceylon, with an area about the size of West Vir- ginia. has a population estimated at 5,500,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-24
JOHN LAW TO TRY
 GRIDIRON TACTICS
 IN POLITICAL RACE

NEW YORK, Aug. 24-Johnny Law, captain of the unbeaten Mo- Ire Dame team of 1929, is bucking the line again-this time in the field of politics.
 He recently won the Democratic nomination for Assemblyman for his home dietrict ot Yonkers and is meeting his opposition with the tenacity which, three years ago, won him a reputation as one of the greatest offensive guards foot ball Has ever known.
 Law coached at Manhattan col lege for a time after graduation, but that part of his career is end ed, he says.
 Football coaching is uncertain, at best" he believes. For the great coaches it is a wonderful career, but only a few become great. For the rest there is not much future.
 While coaching, Law carried on an insurance business as a side line.