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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION

The American small town, evi- dentiy, is not the only place that gives the creative artist q pain in the neck. The English small town seems to be quite as bad.
 That, at any rate. is what I gather from reading "Uhdettow," by A. Hamilton Gibbs.
 This 10 a novel about . young man who taught in q preparatory school in an English village. In his spare moments he was q painter; but school and town com. bined to stlfie his artistic impulses, and the only gemert he got was from the proprietor of the second Inland book store, who once In . while managed to sell one ot his sketches for a few shiliings.
 Presently the book store man was joined by his niece, q pretty but painfully proper young wo- man with whom the budding artist immediately fell in love. Every thing wont along nicely until thu young man went to France to spend the two months before hi wedding making sketches.
 There, of course, 1t happened He met a French girl who w." anything but painfully proper; an, by the time his two months were up he had entirely forgotten hls English sweetheart, and the we'd ding had to he called of, and he married the French girl instead--..
 And then, with Q good deal of tenderness and insight, MT Gibbs tells you how the man uprooted himself, settled in France and de- voted himself to painting. I shant spoil It for you by reciting how the story ends. Instead I advise you to read 1t for yourself---the book is worth your trouble.
 "Undertow" is published by Little. Brown | Go, and costs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
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polling q smaller vote than that gets but one delegate. Votes thnt thus become left over are used as "bonusAs" for other states.
 Democrats treat their non-cffec. tive states Just like tho others, as. sertins that the two.fifts rule prevents them from having a too nisproportionats voice at. the con. ventions. All states and terri- tories are equally represented on the natoinal committees in each of the parties.
 Contcsting Delegations
 Southern republicans frequently convention city. First, the na! tionai committee decides on these contests, then the credentials conn mite decides, and finally the con- vention itself, which usually merely rntifles. There is little pretense that these cases are decided on
 The national committee voted to seat delegations headed by two committeeman, Joe Tolbert of South Carolina and Perry Howard of Mississippi. The Hoover lead- CTS had urged 1t to uphold the administration, which had under taken to build up "liiy white" or- Ranixations in the two states which were now being represented by the states contesting the Tolbert and Howard groups. The credentials com tnittee seated the Howard dele. gation and barred the Tolbert del. Eation and barred the Tolbert delegation.
 At the i912 convention Taft had 233 southern votes and Roosevelt four. There were 2l0 contesting Roosevelt delegates and they were all thrown out by the administra. ton steam roller in favor of the Taft delerates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
Un- American Penalty

Georgia authorities are said to be re- viving an archaic statute of 1866 which preserbes death for instruction" to use against contemporary communists. Assist ant Solicitor Hudson of Georgia is quoted as saying: "As fast as communists come here and publicly preach their doctrine of violent opposition to the laws of this state. we shall indict them and shall demand the death penalty in every case. Our laws have plenty of teeth in them. know of no stronger similar laws in the entire country"
 It may be granted that communists are annoying. that they have bad manners and often. show bad judgment in action and speech. It may even be granted that their aims and theories are utterly wrong. But what of group of Americans who would put down communisite activities by invok- ing the death penalty! What then becomes of our own historic fight for freedom from oppression and for freedom of speech and assembly!
 One trouble with fighting communism by such means is that it becomes difficult to distinguish between what is truly seditous and what is merely legitimate discussion of wrongs. It has been the history of such drastic measures that they arouse antagon- ism and stimulate the very activities they are supposed to suppress. Communism is un-Ameriean but so is the death penalty for peaeable demonstrations against real or faneied wrongs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

Those of us who possess good health to- day can thank our Maker that we live in such a golden age. Despite the fact that hard times are upon us we are fortunate race here in America. We enjoy everything that civilized peoples might want. We should realize that all the more in this year. the bieentennial of the birth of George Washington, the first president of the Unit ed States. We'll wager that after l932 more people will be up on their American history than they were since their school days. The national commission in charge of the bieentennial observance, headed by Representative Sol Bloom of New York. has done good job in making this nation Washington conscious Of course. Mir Bloom and his associates had wonderful material with which to work. But even SO they have been SO thorough and painstak- ing in their efforts to make everybody aware of the fact that this is the 200th an- niversary of Washington's birth that even foreign nations have joined us in various celebrations or in some form of homage to that great citizen of ours We don't sup pose that there will ever be anything like it again in this age. If there is it will take another Sol Bloom to make it success. Our hats are off tonight to Sol Bloom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
Here, There And EOe,ywhere

lament that will inevitably bs echoed by any proper navigator who has q soul In him and who has ever worked his way eastward through those tortuous but pictur- esqueiy named shoals that make life interesting for mariners in, Nsntuckst Sound. For years has bssn dipping to the sweilS near the west entrance to the. sound, getting the mariner. aAfely by LHommedieu and Hedge Fence shoals (with the two Chops and and Cape PoSue. flashing white and red, to keep him cls4r. Of the vineyard), and thence delivsEing him to the beams of CYosa Rip. Cross Rip, rollins ceaslsesly cG the tall Of ths Ersst Horssshcs s e .sns:1y, snSsly, thres- -cornersd, Nike an oid-fash- toned handkerchief). whence he can get safeiy out by Monomoy Point, past thu Stone Nosss Mkht- vessel, through Pollock Rip Chan. nei.
 with Hedge Fence turned into . buoy and Cape Posue. a lovely likht, converted into an Automat0n, it won't be the same. The Vine yard has never been behind In it's pAtriotism, and "The 0asAtte" ts as ready ak the next one for sacrihcts uiSUfI the AltAfs of RetFencfrlsitts but 1t is things like these thst come hard. Some Of the lights in those waters have been burning steadily since 1716. and there is no light which does not become. for symbol of constancy amid turmoil, os steadsastness amid change and uproar, of certltude amid uncer- tainty. They are permanent. with the permansncy not of death but of living purpose: theirs is the ip- destructlbllity Of the human spirit. When the great ehinneeeck Light, on Long Island, went out net long aso people living round about, who had watched 1t every cleat night since their childhood, felt As if they had lost c friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
THE STRATEGY.
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(Hartfofd Times)
 The key to the success of wood. row Wilson in 1912 was the fact that the country voted against Mt Taft. It was the vote against Har- rison. twenty years before, which brought Cleveland into power, It was the vote against Wilson, though he was not the candidate, that elected Harding. And If the democrats win next falls national election 1t will be most of all be. cause the people will have voted against the republican party and against Mir Hoover.
 We dare to say that the strong est candidate whom the denocrats could nominate for president would be one who has no vulnerable spots in his arnior rather than one who can seem to strike with tremen- dous weapons. The argument q. gainst the challenged party, against Mr Hoover, will be the weakness of his own record, not the strength of q proposed substitute.
 What applies to candidates, is true of platform. It is the depres. sion- battling program of MT HOov. CT which the country will judge; for or against; thumbs up pr down, insofar as they propose to Judge
 if Business improves very much before the next election the old republican habit may reasssrt itself amazingly. This country has shown Q wonderful patience and absence of bitter criticism during the past many months of distress and em. eSgency. The average citizens hit has been q. marvel iii that respect and has reflected sl6ry on the re- public by the ihtssrity he hss ie shown, his fortitude and faith. Fundamentally, the great objection of the nation today is not to the republican party, nor Mr Hoover, but to the depression. They would show that very quickly if conditions should favor. Let the tide turn and then the democrats must show a positive side and virtue whore they now ride along on dissatisfacs tion with what is.
 We think the democratic party should endsavor to be sensible month; that 1t should avoid the scrapping and the spectacular. adjourn, if possible, within fcut days of the first banging ef the rave. Such generalship seems too much to be hoped for. and yet it is dictated overwhelmingly by the circumstances.
 The democratic party does not have to put forward a supernan or q new form of government, or radicalism of any kind. n should behave .sensibly and then 70 Vut ana light the rspubllcatla in the campaign Instead of Itself in the convention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
Fl TODAY Gp. Nzx9HESysRy' IN TZK.

On Jups .s. lsts. the ssat guard forced back and italian ttcops completely recovere4 the wese bank ei the Piavs. rsesiAlne the ere4nd loot. to the enemy when the pig push Of the Asstsians began on
 Allied troops then began . con certed offensive thenaselve.. fairi. Ing grounJ en the mcuHts'r s,a sront Sstss1 s ,cs sSts sns p'Sys Sysyps sna sssssr sss
 Britlsh sir fercss raidtd eaar- brucken, karissuhc. OifeMbuEE, Mannhoim, Thlenvilis and the Mols- Sabinns railfoad. .
 An Anailne and soda faetery at Manaheihi was b0sIlbee A46 etner %dsnsaEs % in ths , AssA sinsssssa to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

It is unfortunate in one respect that the Waterbury municipal golf course is ready to be opened in period in which the game is suffering with every other sport. Perhaps the hard times will have little or no effect upon the number of players the East Noun tain course will attract. We sincerely hope SO. But We know how country clubs all over the nation are affected. Their mem bership has been cut in half Many of them have adopted special summer rates as an in- dueement to old members who may have fallen away or to new ones who would like merely the privilege of playing for two or three months. Local officials will have to be on the look for all such signs when they open the local public course. Rates within reach of the average worker, judged by present wage standards. should be put in force. And even then it may be hard to make the course as popular as it might be under normal conditions. Let us hope for the best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

dsrnsnd why he overlooked that. We would much rather pay bssr tax than sn electric lisht tax. And we know millions feel the same way. It may require billions in taxes to balance the budget. but it will need stimulus like the repeal of prohibi- ton to restore the nation to nofmsley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diasnosss or treatment, will be answered by Ds Brady. Address hIm, care of she Democrat. sen0ing stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
IiEDcE Sfs,SgggI f,ggI, AND CATE

(New York HeraIj-Tribune)
 Cape Posue Light is to be de- eradsd (by tho heavy hand of seesemyl Into q ,,so!t syt9.,nssie ss,,sssIs eel is to bs replaced by buoy: pr so, at sny rate, "Tnc vln.sysrs '. s Gazette" has heard. and tt raises
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
So They Say

American scholarship has learned to make it's own adaptations to reality, has proudly founded its own free expression according tO its own temper, and has learned fear1essiy to interpret the truth In Dean Winfred G. Leutner of
 Western Reserve university.
 I'm perfectly happy over the result Curtis nomination.. Tell everybody thank you for being SO kind.
 Mrs Dolly Gam, sister of Vice
 President Curtis.
 shall labor aa have lAbored to meet the effects of the world wide storm which has devastated us with trials and suffering eauAled In but few periods of our history. ---Fferbert Hoover, in accepting
 republican nomination. for the
 presidency.
 If anyone had told me in ad,
 vance of the British open that ! could shoot 72 hoies In 7SS strokes, I would have said they were crazy. Gene Sarasen, winner of the
 British open golf tournament.
 For return of equilibrium. we need security. No economic peace is possible without political peace, -Edouard Herriot, premier 0i
 France. at Lausanne conference
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 Nearly as,00O,00 0aeres in Al.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

While we're resubmitting prohibition, why not revamp the economic cycle. tool
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

All vehicles must be lighted not late than s:5S Daylight Saving Time) to night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

This is the season of sraduations and boys and girls face to face with the world. There are thousands of them now. high school and college grads. who must seek employment during the summer months that will shape their future careers. Even though most of US are struggling to retain our own positions we must not lose sight of the fact that youth must always look to us for eoun- sel and aid. If we esn give it let us do % by all means. Never let it be said we dis- courased snybody's ambitions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

III BATS toward the III Rest. "A SMILES TIFF THING" Good evening. O--O--O OH lzE, OH MY | !! 1f work is an anchor, That's quite hard Co lift, A lot Of einpioyes Have long been adfift. .o--C-~o The man who slaves himself knows what it means to face the job.
 The honeymoon Is over when he kicks at the idea of carrying, q couple of grocery bundles. o-O--o Some metimes a man wears suspen- ders to brace himself against trou- bic.
 O-O-~o Into each summer some rain must fall, but we'd like . little vacation weather.
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 OVER THE RIVER The lion of least resistance, Despite what you have Fead,) Let me tell you gentle readers Is the Hon that's found dead. o-O-o Many a man makes up his mind to say something while waiting for the woman to make up her face. O-O-o Wrinkles are the price we pay for using cosmetics. o--O--o
 Every gal wants to be beautiful but few apparently get what they want.
 The American Food associa- tion has made . move for quieter meals. The elimina- ton of soup and substitution would help improve the situ. alton.
 o--O--o
 Even a soft job seems mighty hard these days.
 o--O--0
 OH, OH
 When Gertrude sings.
 The folks downstairs, Start the radio,
 To drown her airs.
 o-~O--o
 A stitch in time--may save nine endorsements.
 o-O--o
 Now they have invented an automobile that can be driven by magnetism. Which means magnetic girl drivers are in for some stiff competition. Some men think they have lot on their chests when it's only sup. erfluous hair.
 A New York airman says he will fly from Gotham to Soviet land. It will be another RED letter day in Russia when he
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 so BE IT Some claim Maudc Muller
 Rakcd the hay, To get the farm vote
 On election day.
 o-O-~o The man who says but little and manages to say no is better than | the handshaker who says a lot and generally ends with yes.
 o~-O--o Then there was the girl who sat with the telephone d. rectory in her lap during thunder storm, having heard that there was safety in mum. bert.
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 o--O--o Then there was the tough guy whose wife always had to cook him piece of tcnderloin.
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 ICE TONGs She fell In love with two leo men, That's what love Is for, But now tho iCc men are battling, Just another tong war.
 o--O--o Success Is often built on early failures. And many a failure fol. lows too much success.
 O-o-O Here's a.snile: A print shop received an order last week for those familiar cards. "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early" It's the last lonK mile that proves so tough on the flat you're trying to get home on.
 O--O--O SUCH AS THE ONE HERE Little HO Peep. lost her sleep, Kept whIfllng on and on, Little Bo Peep. lost her sleep, Doing q dance walkath0n. o-O--o Now they want congress to stay in session until the company comes out of the depression. That suGr gestion Is about as depressing as the depression.
 O-O--O Then there was the clever old property owner who had Scotchman build his stone wall so 1t wouldn't loosen up.
 O-O-o Russia seems to be double cross- ing the cross.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

The puzzling thing about this wet-and- dry situation is that you can't tell whether two-thirds of the people want drink or a new umbrella.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

Nearly a5,eoO.Oo oaeres fin Al. geria have been piantea to crops this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25

Little IsO Peep, lost her sleep,
 Kept whlrlIng on and on, Little 3o Pccn, lost hcr sleep,
 Doing n dance walkath0n. o--O--o
 Now they want congress to stay in session until the company comes out of the depression. That suEr gestion Is about as depressing as the depression. O-O--O
 Then there was the clever
 old property owner who had
 Scotchnan build his stone wall
 so 1t wouldn't loosen up. o-O--o
 Russia seems to be double cross- ing the cross. O--O--O Perhaps it's the we'll bred man who goes looking for a crumb of comfort. Atmospheric conditions never
 bother Hollywood. the stars
 are out every night. O-C--o
 Heaven is one place where you'ii pray as you enter--and pray mighty hard.
  Strike while the iron is hot and be sure to strike a happy medium. O-O-O Corset factories in the west re- port orders increasing. A sure sisn-that things are getting hack into shape. o-O--o What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury man who was looked upon as a genius iH the neighbofhood because he could hook up . radio set? o-O--0
 This concludes our series of broadcasts for the week. They came to you over DBD through the courtesy of the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again Monday evening at the usual hour.
 o--O-o
 Good night
Seward daily gateway., 1932-01-16
per cent of the placer gold was re- covered by dredges.

per cent of the placer gold was re- covered by dredges.
 So far as reported, 27 dredges were in operation in 1931, which is the same number as were in opera tion in 1880. The dredges in op- eration, however, had a somewhat different distribution than in the previous year, which was brought about by the suspensions of opera tions at the property of the Panama Valley Gold Dredging Company (Ltd), in the Fairbanks district, and of the Osborn Mining Com pany, in the Nome district, and the reopening of operations at the property of the New York Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation, at Bear Creek, in the Kuskokwim Valley, and at the claims near Henry Creek, in the Kougarok district in Seward Peninsula.
 The American Creek Dredging Company, in the Hot Springs dis trict, in the Panama Valley, which was idle Il 1880, was operated few hours in 1881, but it was running So short a time that it has not been included in the number of operat- ing dredges. The two largest plac- CT mining companies, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, recovered ther gold by means of dredges.
 No notable new finds of placer ground were made during the year, but prospecting was in progress at a number of places, some Of which are rather remote from the more
Seward daily gateway., 1932-01-16
ALASKA MINERAL PRODUCTION F9R
 THE. LAST YEAR
(Continued from Pare Onel

CT output in the future.
 Tn the NabeSna district the mine of the Nabesna Mining Corporation began active production during 1881 and appears to have had Suc- cesSful season. A unique feature of the operations at this place was that considerable amounts of the concentrates were sent by airplane from the mine to point where more usual means of tranSporta- tion was available.
 Several other lode gold mines widely scattered through the Terri tory yielded some gold. The most productive of these were the Sonny Fox mine in the Nuka Bay district, the Lucky Strike mine on Palmer Creek in the Hope district, and the old Pearson & Strand mine in the Nixon Fork district of the KuskOk- vim Valley.
 Prospecting was also active at a number of other points, and some of the properties have reached a stage where they will enter the list of producers shortly. Probably the most notable example of this class is the property Of the Eva Quartz Mining Company, near Ferry, which has blocked out consider able amount of ore and before the close of 1881 should have completed the erection and testing of it's mill, which was purchased and shipped in during the late summer,
 The value of the gold recovered from Alaska placers in 1881 is es- tirnated to have been $4,06,000, or about $130,000 less than was re- covered from mines of this type in 1880. This comparison should not be interpreted as indicating a great falling off of placer mining as a whole, because the output of 1880 was especially large.
 By far the largest amount of placer gold came from the Yukon region, with the Seward Peninsula region second The other placer mining regions together contributed less than one-tenth of the entire placer gold output of the Terri tory, and in order of their placer production stood as follows: Kus- kokwim, Copper River, Cook Inlet Susitna, Northwestern Alaska, and Southeastern Alaska.
 The largest producer in the Yu- kon region was the Fairbanks Ex- ploration Company, and the largest one in the Seward Peninsula region was the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields at Nome. Throughout most of the placer camps the weather conditions which affect mining, such as plentiful water supply, were somewhat adverse, as in the early part OI the season there was only a small rainfall, so that the water supply in many of the camps was inadequate for sluicing. The length of the working season, however, was about normal.
 Most of the placer gold is now recovered by dredging, the more primitive hand methods, and the use of the simpler mechanical methods having largely disappear ed, except in the more remote dis tricts. It appears that about 79 per cent of the placer gold that was recqvered in 1881 was pro- methods by dredges, which ratio compares with 1880, when about S1