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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
Republicans Miss a Chance

A glorious opportunity was afforded the republican party yesterday Tn the vote on repeal of the prohibition amendment. While the democrats were in numerical superiority in the House it could not have been denied. had the repeal measure passed and then weathefed the Senate and President Hoover. that to the republican party would have gone much credit. Now it looks as if Pres ident-e1ect Roosevelt and the democratic 73rd Congress would get all the credit! Perhaps that is what actuated some of the legislators who voted against the Garner proposal yesterday.
 We don't think that under any eircum- stances could the bill have fared any better than it did yesterday. the opening day of the lame-du session. The sole conclusion that can be reached is that the 72nd Congress was prohibition Congress. The vote showed Monday far higher percentage of sentiment for repeal than perhaps any other similar measure or related one had in the two years of this Congress If the outgoing Congress could muster force that lacked just six of the necessary two-thirds vote what will happen when the overwhelming democratic and anti-prohib.tion Congress convenes next year?
 The one thing to be gained by immediate repeal, such as Speaker Garner sought. was more speedy ratification by the states and institution of the necessary legal machinery by the federal and state governments to make manufacture. sale and importation legal It would have been god-send for the Roose- welt administration to have come into office with only this work to be done. Now the democrats must devote long period to suc- cessful passage of repeal or modification legislation. It is hardly likely that even the latter can be passed at this short session.
 There is no sense in trying to shift the blame one way or the other It could be argued that if Arkansas democratic delega- ton had supported the measure 1t would have been passed. It could be shown that if certain republican members, normally on the wet side, had not shifted their allegiance the measure was safe. However. let it be said that never before since the passage of the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment have the vets shown such strength in Con- gress as they did yesterday. The future is bright. Why waste time trying to analyze the situation? The result can't be changed. The 72nd Congress, we reiterate, was dry one. It's vote yesterday was all the more amazing in view of this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
A Timely Suggestion

Judge John F. MeGrath's suggestion in city court yesterday morning that Harrison alley or avenue. as it is now termed. should be made one-way street is one that should have been acted upon many years ago. The thoroughfare is too narrow to permit traf- fic to pass in both directions safely. It is too often cIogged by parked automobiles that are permitted to remain there in violation of the law. If any street in the city should be made one-way certainly this one should.
 And if the city oi1cials. in whose prov ince such work falls, should decide to make this move, let us hope that the intersecting by-way, Lewis street also be made one-way. These changes were considered some years ago, if our memory doesne fail us. At that time sweeping changes were to be made in many of the existing traffic customs of the city. Some of them have since then gone into effect and discard, both. Others still pre- vail. But the number of one-way streets IS . still limited one to be exact we believe.
 It is perhaps unfortunate that Water bury has in it's business section so many short and narrow thoroughfares. That can't be helpedTat this late date. But we certainly can do our best to keep them clear of traf- fife entanglements by proper regulations. In the common interest of all, the individual must perhaps make some slight sacrifice. But this is more than recompensed in the general welfare of the city. That would happen if Harrison avenue and Lewis street were closed to two-way traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Victims Saved Him the
 Bother of Killing Them

Francis Hes is an -Englishman who writes murder stories that are different. He hardly writes mys- teries at all; his tales seem rather to be studies in murder, with the murderer's, identity and viewpoint always kept before the readers eye.
 His newest offering is Before the Fact" and 1t is highly read able.
 It tells about a likeable but irre- sponsible young Englishman who takes, to removing from this earthly sphere such people as are apt, on their death, fo-leave him money; and he does 1t, not by killing them himself, but by inducing them to do things which he knows will cause them to die of more or less natural causes.
 The story is nicely. constructed, and 1t works up to a really fright ening bit of suspense at the very end. Published by Doubleday, |Doran and company, it sells for $2.
 "About the Murder of the Circus Queen" is another of Anthony Ab- bott's mysteries, and why it should have been published at all is the most mysterious thing about 1t, as far as I'm concerned. Humorless and heavy-footed. it sounds almost like a burlesque on the conven- tional detective yarn, and getting to the end of it is a monotonous task. Tn case you're interested, it has to do with a circus lady who gets murdered while doing acrobatic stunts. Published by Covici-Friede. 1t retails at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06

The State Highway Department has gone into the antique business. But it's only temporarily. And the work was forced upon it and wasn't of its own volition. It happened in this way. It became necessary to change the existing roadway lines where the College Highway and Albany Turnpike intersect at Avon. However, to do this it also became necessary to remove landmark that stood at this point, the one-time famous Marshall Tavern. Of late years it has been a tenement, but it was found to contain many relics of colonial days, not to mention it's thick floorings, huge beams original freplaces,, etc. Therefore the Highway Department has decided to auction off these throw-backs to bygone days to all who may be interested in such. Mere mention of circular tavern bar ought to bring many collector running to the scene of the auction. Anybody interested in these fixtures. etc. can procure more information by getting in touch with the Right of Way Division of the Highway Department. And we wouldn't be bit surprised to find the department sell ing the entire house complete to some indi- vidual who realizes what bargain he can
 pick up if he can also find some lot to which the house may be transported intact
 After this lame-duck session of Congress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
ARTIFICIAL FEVER AS A REMEDY

Physicians have long regarded short runs of high fever as benefcient. A body temperature ally signifies that the patient is putting up a good fight and bence is likely to win the battle
 A good illustration of the good omen of high fever is the case of a child with sore throat If the child has sore hroat with feverlsh symptoms, yet the body temperature does not rise above 102 degrees F, the probability IS that the child has diphtheria and needs an antidote (antitoxin) to help gain Q decisive victory. If the fever rises to 103 or 104 or 105, the trouble is more likely a simple sore throat or tonsilitis and the child is quite capable of coping with it unaided.
 In recent years 1t has been observed that persons suffering with certain chronic disabii- ites have shown Remarkable remission or recovery following some iltercurrent fever such as malaria. This has been particularly striking when it happened in cases of paresis (generai paralysis of the insane, softening Of the bramt. In some instances these patients completey disabled and confined in institutions, have re- gained sufficient physical and mental health following an attack of malaria to resume their former home life and occupation These ob- servatons led to the inoculation of such patients with the malaria (blood from person ill of maaria), and such treatment, although 1t in- wolves considerable risk, has brought about much improvement in a fair, share of cases, little or none in an equal number Ofscases, and disaster in q few cases.
 Lattery other methods of inducing sharp fever have been introduced, methods the phy- sician can control and hence employ without serious danger.
 < One method of producing brief fever is the hypodermic injection of sterile solutions of peptone or other protein substances. This gives considerable benefit in many cases of chronic arthritis, asthma and chronic encephalitis.
 Other methods are by hot baths, by dia- thermy, by radiothermy. These demand expert care and are employed only in well-equipped hospitals other institutions where the spe- cial attendance can be had.
 Doctors have word for it-pyrexia ther- apy, which means treatment by fever. It is no panacea and gives quite disappointing suits in many cases where it is tried But there are good many persons suffering with chronic or long enduring disabilities who be de- fnitely helped or improved by some such treat ment
 Here are some of the conditions which have responded favorably to prexia therapy or arti- fcial fever:
 Intractable asthma, paresis. various mental Arrangements of young and old with excite ment encephalitis ("seeping sickness with Parkinsonian tremor, chronic arthritis. sciatica
 In alcoholic delirium (delirium tremens) an hour two of artificial fever is the most ef- fective treatment we have, and brings the pa tient out of the delirium with remarkable promptneSS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
Our Constitutional Amendments

Repeal of the 18th Amendment of the Constitution, which contains only three small paragraphs of reading matter but wealth of controversial issue. would neces- sarily entail the passage of another consti- tutional amendment This would become either the 10th or 2lst amendment to the Constitution. depending upon the speed with which the present Norris lame amendment is adopted by state legislatures. The odds are that the repeal of the 9th Amendment would become the 2lst amend ment and not the 10th, though.
 Of course. there is bare chance that the repeal amendment would slip under the wire first. It would happen in this way. Passage by Congress by two-thirds vote is essen- tial first. Then it would go to the state legislatures or state conventions Forty y-one of the former will convenue in January. our own state body among this number Another convenes in April. Of these forty two thirty-six are needed to approve the amendment before it is adopted. It IS hard to believe that this number could be found in the short space of two or three months, although stranger things have happened. The 18th Amendment was proposed to the state legislatures on December IS, 1917, by the 65th Congress. It was proclaimed adopted on January 29, 1919. slightly over year later. It went into effect just one year after that. Mississippi was the first state to ratify on January 8. 1918. Event ually all but two states. Connecticut and Rhode Island ratified the amendment. How ever, New Jersey waited until March 10. 1922, two years after the dry laws went 7 into effect, to so ratify. That's just an example of the time consumed in trans forming mere scrap of paper into con stitutional amendment.
 It is on record that the 12th Amendment, fixing the manner of choosing the president and vice-president, was ratified in nine months However. the average time of adop- tionis twenty months, so if you're hanker- ing for beer light wines. and hard liquors for Christmas cheer, you'd better make it several Chrstmasses from this one in 1852. And don't forget the fate of the child labor amendment. That is still lost in the hinter- lands somewhere. It was submitted to the several Christmases from this one in 1852. has only been adopted by few of them. Connecticut rejected it. Fortunately for it the amendment did not contain the seven year clause. whereby 1t would have auto matically become imperative if not adopted within seven years of its presentation to the states.
 The lame-duck amendment already has close to seventeen approvals from states, whose legislatures met in 1852. With forty two legislatures in session in 1893 ratifica- ton is assured. That means that the amend ment would become effective October IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06

gear for either land or sea, to the .ieisurely crossing by the giant German DO-X with it's dozen mo- tors. and its comforts and accom- modations for some score passen- gers, the Atlantic has been crossed dozens of times by iighter-than-ai craft. But the. factor of safety ai- ways left something to be desired. Continued experimentations both as regards motors and planes, and the experience gained in regular flying service over water routes 10 Central and South America has given additional confidence that the mighty oceans can be success fully nayigated by air as a matter of scheduled route.
 The progress of aviation has been such that to5a host of per- sons the announcement of the new plans for transoceanic aerial serv- ice seem logical and feasible. Ev-' cry American incidentally takes pride Fin the skill and Ingenuity which this project reprdsents. Part of the satisfaction Is probably traceable 10 the fact that Colonel Lindbereh has a hand in the tech- Inical specifications In the new. plans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
BY sfINoTT SAUNDERS

Paris.-The autocratic power of a French husband over the person and affairs of his wife, as decreed by Napoleon, will at last be broken if the bill introduced in the senate by Rene Renoult, minister of justice, becomes law. It is meet ing with vigorous opposition be- cause it would upset the tradition al social standards of the country and amounts to a new charter for the married French woman.
 Although the measure does not grant her the vote and has noth- ing to do with that question, 1t would emancipate her from the absolute authority of her husband to which she is at present legally compelled to submit.
 She would be able to carry on a business of her own, have her own bank account ana draw her own cheeks, make and receive gifts and bequests, institute judicial proceedings in her own name, ob- tain her own passport and travel without her husbands permission. She could even receive corre- spondence and her husband would have no legal right to open and read her letter, or control what she wrote..
 Husband Now the Boss
 Under the Napoleonic law Nall these acts are forbidden with out the consent of her husband. This is the first thorough reform for women seriously attempted and backed by the government to revise the civil code since 1904. Napoleon apparently did not have much faith in the Judgment of women or their capacity to look after themselves. Whatever his dreams or experiences he was just an old-fashioned fellow where the home wasscopcerned.
 He instructed his jurists to make 1t very plain that woman's place was in the home, looking after the children, according to the wishes of her husband, and deyoting her idle time to what pursuits her lord and master
 One important modification of the code became law in 1907 which granted women disposition of their earnings and their sav- ings. The Renoult measuer goes much farther and ''tends first of all to put an end to the power of the husband and to give the mar ried woman the full exercise of legal rights" { Obedience Qualified
 It would suppress the condition of woman's obedience to her husband. She would be freed from the necessity of having her husbands signature to all legal acts.
 By the same act, husbands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
To-day's Selected Poem
WEATHER-WIsE

Brooks run to cover, every pond is glassed; No barnyard prophet points favoring sign; Roads by white magic. vanish. and the last
 linea
 snug-h housed and weather-wise, it's time we
 put Some trust in rafters that were built to .bear. Let snow be hard and giittering underfoot, It lies no deeper here than anywhere. Since very near a hundred winters kept Our chimney smoking, let the green wood hiss. Many farm has comfortably slept Through stormy nights as bitter cold as this, Proving that patience which was native here When the first cornssalk showed golden ear.
 Leslie Nelson Jennings. 7. - (Leslie Nelson Jennings in the Christian
 Science Monitor)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
A ILLOGICAL" CHOICE
tNew Britain Herald)

Senator Glass of Virginia is the logical man for Governor Roose- welt to choose as secretary of the treasury lin the next administra- tion. The Senator is the greatest financial authority in the senate and there are few if any persons out of 1t who remotely equal him as an authority. As author of the Federal Reserve act during the Wilson administration he did yeo- mans service in making the fed- eral currency elastic; and as CO., author of the Glass -Steagal act more recently he lent his name to an improvement in banking to which MT Hoover during the cam- paign repeatedly pointed with pride. One of the best speeches of the campaign, the one with per- 'haps more influence than any other, was his declaration from a sick bed that the United States at no time had been in danger of go- ing off the gold standard. And he proved it from the record. The only drawback against the senator's ac- ceptance of the post may be his health, but according to the most recent reports re, recovered quite rapidly from his sickbed and he no doubt will be able to accept and carry on with credit to himself and satisfaction to the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
Busses ana Rails

The railroads do not deserve all the trans portation sympathy in these days of reduced traffic and travel. The truck and bus com panies have been having hard time, too. Especially the buses. In one of the states where they were recently prospering. 1t IS reported that they are suffering as much as the railroads and are faced with about the same problems.
 Evidently it would be a good time for enterprising railroads whose credit is not ex1 hausted to pick up few good bus lines, to use as feeders for their own systems. Or if you happen to look at it from the other end, good time for enterprlsing and solvent bus lines to pick up some good railroads. Both have their permanent values. they sup plement each other. and in some cases it is a toss-up which is likely to swallow the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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The Boy ncDeIS My year old son refuses to eat any kind of cooked screal. He gags if we force him to take any. A we'll known diet specialist advised that some cooked cereal should be given every morning |. (Nirs E. H.)
 Answer-I don't blame the boy. If he pre- ferssto take his cereals raw, or in the form of bread or biscuit or rolls or cookies or crackers or cakes. it is all right.
 Soap Stones
 What do you think of an oil for gaIlstones? took one treatment of Ca ridiculous hunbug), and seemed to feel better; 1t brought arvay q lot of green gImmy pebbles. know party !. (F. J. J.)
 Answer--Yes, there are enough of them in the country to make party. The pebbles'' are soapy Jumps produced by the action of al- kali on the oil. This is an old 'gallstone' trick formerly played by travelling fakers and cart tail specialists who arrived in town Saturday night to cIean the hired mans wages. Any fairly healthy person would notice similar effect from large dose of any oil (colored and favored perhaps) especially if the oil is fol- lowed by some alkali or salts.
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 Eye Wash
 On account of bIackheads have to scrub my face three times day with soap and wator and often my eyes are irrifated e. P.l Answer Bathe eyes with warm water con- taining teaspoonful of salt to the pint
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
Here, There And EDerytOhere

ish newspapers. The stories as they appeared in both lands were described by Bray as fantastic in ventions."
 Even though this explorer as- serts' that wolves. at least in Eu- rope outside of Russia never occur in large packs and are not feared by the people," 1t is not correct to describe these recurrent stories as fantastic. They have a sound basis. Though the people of the United States do not fear Ameri- can wolves and the people of Bul- garia do not fear Bulgarian wolves, the people of the United States can be brought to fear Bulgarian wolves and the people of Bulgaria American wolves Whoever in- vented the Bray-Manning wolves was intent upon the shudders of Great Britain and Sweden and was not concerned with those of Lap land. The European wolves are factor in export trade not to be ignored by statisticians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
sUBDUING THE OCEAN
(Hartford Tinaes)

- (Haft1Ofd TImeBJ T Projected plans for a regular passenger and freight airplane service across the Atlantic and Pa- cific oceans by the Pan.American Airways are quite the most busi- ness-like yet outlined for this pur- pose. They bear every mark of careful forethought and are based on this company's success in main taining similar service between this country and South American na- tons by aerial routes across the Caribbean sea.
 The spectacular pioneering has been done. From the time Alcock and Brown hoped across from Labrador 10 Ireland. more than a dozen years ago, tn a bit Of an open plane which had mo landing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06
SMITH FOR MAYoR9
fHaytford Times)

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 Having presented the citizens of New York city with comprehen- sive reorganization plan for their city government. along lines which he caused to be adopted for the state government while he was chief executive, Alfred D. smith becomes the leading force in the movement for municipal reform Tn the metropolis. Unless he deltber- ately refuses to accept the offer and challenge, MT Smith will also be the logical candidate to try to' put this plan, into effect as the next mayor of the city. Thus q powerful new factor has entered the payor- atty campaign which will end in next. November's municipal elec- tion.
 It will not be- necessary for MT Smith to decide at once whether he will become the standard bear- CT for municipal reform. First the. legislature must enact q new char ter for the metropolis. The strug7 gle at Albany will probably dis close how the lines of battle are, forming on this reorganizaticn question in New York city. It IS assumed that Tammany leaders will oppose 1t because It runs coun- ter to some of their pet ideas, par ticularly the nickel fare.
 Further study of Smiths plan will, indicate to what extent present political control would be disturb ed. In wiping out county and bor- ough organizations, the plan. aims at wholesale economy. This Is bound to arouse opposition from office- holders. The impending con- test should give the seemingly helpless taxpayer a welcome op- portunity to show his teeth against a corrupt political machine. Hav- ing put his hand to the blow, ex- Governor smith may be expected to give this reorganization plan his usual fortnight advocacy. That alone will make a tremendous diff ference in the outlook for better government in America's greatest city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06

Here's good idea provided you have the where -with-all to try it out. Tor Atlantic City it should prove most productive. The city,s treasury being depleted the mayor sug- gests that tax of 25 cents per person be levied on all bathers, except those frequent ing certain restricted areas. With 100000 bathers summer estimated the city would soon be back on sound financial footing The tax of 25 cents would be for an entire season. Sounds good, doesn't it. What can we do in Waterbury?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-06

lD32. cod lhs ,Drd Congress would bs N1lld according Co its terms Tlhl president chosen in le36 would slso ssSame office as .his amendment provides. namely. in Jan uary, and not in March. It is too unlikely thar the repeal of the prohibition amendment could become she 20th We certainly would be satisfied to see it the zlst and let it go at th,t.