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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

to armed forces in Latin America, Russian recognition and so on.
 He stresses the fact that the committee on militarism in educa- ton, the Methodist Federation for Social Service and other groups met with the Union in 1891 and cites the report of the Fish Red hunting committee which showed that the Union stood for unlimited free speech. Johnson solemnly warns agains, the Federal Council of Churches o1 Christ in America, linking it with organizations opposing military training which includes neces- sarily a long list of Communist Socialist, Atheist and "internation- alistic' groups"
 Urges Letters to Garner
 Consequently, says the colonel, i, is imperatively necessary that all hands write or wire state congress ional delegations, Speaker Garner and William Randolph Hearst (Write or wire Hearst Fat once, ,' says Johnson, because Hearst has proposed Garner for president and is believed to have more influence with him than any other person.
 And propagandize this fight against the 'subversive movements in every way possible. Buy cir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

New Haven is following in Hartfords footsteps. It is going to darken some of its city lights to cut down operating expenses. Up in the Capital City they approved plan to darken every third light in certain sections where it was believed no harm would result. It is even now in effect and Hartford hopes to save some thousands. In New Haven it is proposed to discontinue about 40 street lights to meet the economy program that is proposed for the next fiscal year. The lamps that are plotted out cost the city about S80
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broadeasters themselves misundefstand the situation.
 All would be happier if the average qual- ity of radio music could be raised. Even those with little or no understanding of mu- sic would like the good better if they heard more of it. Fortunately the trend is upward. though slowly The formless and mean ngless jazz is waning Grooming. as Dam rosch says. is killing itself. Speed the pro- eessl ''The best way to eliminate an evil is with something good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
WE IIkE THE SOUND OF ANGINA

Angina pectoris, Vincent's angina, Ludwig's angina, the angina of scarlet fever, agranu- | licytic angina, it is all very confusing to the l layman and in truth we erudite medical men don't know why are so fond Of the term | except that we like the sound of it and the baffled look in the eyes Of the patient when we spring it on him. /
 1 If we trouble to dust 1t off and take it apart we must acknowledge that the terri angina IS anyway. In the grand old days of 'S5. when eminent (that is, well advertised) physicians were still "pronouncing" things with forpld- ding air of finalty and the 27 eminent sur geons of the country performing" oper- | ations with all the gentleness and skill of a fishwife preparing fet such vague terms were quite in keeping with the standards and methods of practice. To-day it is scarcely | diagnosis to say the patient chokes or has | choking sensations, even if you do translate | it into medical Latin.
 That the term angina pectoris still. serves in lieu of diagnosis of certain obscure heart or blood vessel maladies is reproach to the bom- bast that is Medicine in America. If man has angina pectoris, heaven help him, for cer- tainly no doctor can, unless by hit and miss measures. No one has yet formulated even a convincing satisfactory theory to explain the peculiar attacks of pain or distress which designated angina pectoris- Various pow reful relaxants, vasodilators like nitroglycerin or amyl nitrite may give relief to the at tacks in emergencies but that is not very sig nifcant for the same remedies relieve many other sudden ills just as quickly and depend ably.
 The word angina is derived from Latin word ango meaning to choke.
 In the various narratives of the death of George Washington we can deduce that he had angina, he cholled. Some medical men believe he had pneumonia; others believe he had diph- hteria; still others believe he had Quinsy (ab- scess near the tonsl); and one medical his torian who has made study of the records tells me he believes Washington ded of Lud- wigs angina. No matter: All we know is that Washington had choking sensations.
 Vincents angina, otherwise known as trench mouth, has been popular enough since the time of the latest war. Not that it chokes or causes any choking sensation these days; perhaps it received the name angina when it occurred in a more violent form or involved the tonsils and throat instead of the gums and lining Of the cheeks, as in most cases to-day.
 The angina of scarlet fever is merely the sore throat accompanying the illness. and it is due to the specific streptococcus of scarlet fever, and it may occur without any skin rash at all being just as infectious and as danger ous with without rash.
 Whatever the peculiar character of the ill ness, you may be sure Nthat if the physician brands it some kind of angina there is some thing the matter with your gums, mouth, throat, aorta, heart, coronary arteries or some thing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
In To-day's Mail
 all letters with your opinions o Waterbury

and helpless in regard to acts of crime. directed against our loved ones, and our homes. Just imagine one of your own little ones snatch ed away from the tender and low ing care of yourself or it's mother and suffering all the hardships and cruelties of this debased gang who are so heartless as to steal an fn- nocent little babe in the dead of night when nothing but coyotes are prowling about.
 Only one thing has caused this wave of crime to sweep across our dearly beloved America and that is prohibition. An experiment is only an experiment. Prohibition is no more an experiment. so for Gods sake let us try something else be- fore the bootleggers and -racketeers own us body and soul.
 Wake up Americans. wake up be- fore 1t is too late.
 Sincerely yours,
 THOMAS F. RILEY. 118 South Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
TIME FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE TO COME TO THEIR SENSES
Editor of the Democrat

Editor of the Democrat:
 After taking into consideration all the ups and downs, mostly downs that the American citizen has gone through in the past three years it is not my intention to add to his sorrow or to his depressed feeling.
 One incident which has hap pened in the above time, the Lind- bergh Case has shown how utterly helpless are our present leaders tt cope with such state of affairs. Regardless of what Mir and Mrs Charles Lipdbergh would say, (and all due respect to their feelings). l think that it was the duty of our leaders, from our president down. to go out after those debased. de- bauched crime mongeEs and show them and the whole world that America will never stand for such acts. What would Washington. a Lincoln, Jefferson or a Teddy Roosevelt have done? Give me the last; he would have taken his club and stepping down from his high office, gone out after those kid- napers himself. and you can rest assured he would have quickly brough them to justice.
 For Gods sake, fathers and mo- thers of America wake up (before it is too late) to the fact that our present leaders are incompetent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
THE ALEwIvEs
fNew Haven Register)

(NeW Haven heSlSterJ
 Fishermen. farmers, scientists, lovers of nature and dilletantes in all four of these and more fields are once more watching, reading and thinking about the arrival in these parts of the alewives. Ac- cording to the person who is con- cerned. the vent has enormous commercial, scientific or human interest possibilities. And to most persons it Is really but little less than a miracle.
 Where these millions upon mii- lions of fish come from and how they happen to steer their courses out of the sea and far up into Connecticut waters is something that calls for hours of pondering. Here just a few moments can be given to recalling that the strange visit of the alewives is again at hand. They are now being caught in wheelbarrow and struckloads up in the flat regions of the Connecti- cut river. Persons in the vicinity of Glastonbury and wethersfield Cove win soon see their fill of them knows yet. Reports say, however, ttleAL 6OlAt6 4L VII &&&E AAA0A AAEt 6t 15 cents a pound. How the old timers wouldshave hooted at that. paying such Q price for ''alewops." whose weight in bones is nearly that of their weight in flesh.
 Newcomers to this state and youngsters who have never yet heard the alewop saga ought not to neglect the opportunities of these weeks. A word to one who knows will bring most remarkable stories, of fish picked up from the flats by tons when the spring flood water receded. of water so packed with them that only aiewives could be seen, of how barefoot boys herded thcm onto dry land by merely kicking in the water and letting the pressure Of the fish from behind force those in front onto the shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION

The explorers who do the most valuable work are usually those who get the least publicity and make the least money.
 The perils of travel in the South American jungles have been greatly exaggerated, and no man will be in any danger from the Indians there if he acts like a gentleman and doesn't provoke violence by waving a gun around all the time.
 It's an easy job to put yourself over as a great scientific globe trotter if you hire the right press agent and know how to bluff.
 These are some of the high spots in My Jungle Book" by Herbert s. Dickey---an entertain ing volume that debunks the ex- ploration racket with caustic ef- fectiveness
 Dr Dickey has spent something like three decades in the widest parts of South America, and should know what he, is talking about. What he tells is plenty.
 It is perfectly possible. he says. ACA SoAuPiCtC iOUOuy tO Iudko himself world famous as an ex- plorer. if he goes about it right: indeed, it has been done many time, and the description he gives of the "build-up" process has an extremely familiar ring. How many of our present-day he- roes. one. would like to ask him, are synthetic
 He adds that the really consci- entious explorer and scientist usually worries along on about ss.0o0 a year and dies unknown to fame.
 There is more in his book than this debunl<ing stuff. He writes of his own experiences in south America. and proves that unvar- nished truth can be quite as in- teresting as touched-up "adven- ture." But 1t is his onslaught on the fakew that you'll remember the longest. and enjoy reading the most. s by Little. Brown and company c $s.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
To-days Selected Poem,
lRorn April 1a. l74aA

tborH Aprll lI40.b (Elias Lieberman in the New York Times) The South still speaks of Mister Jefferson A human figure coming down the street. A bit perplexed. in dsarray, like one Whose mind retards his onward-moving
 feet. A real aristocrat, whose simple ways Taught men that deeds transcend the pride of birth. He seorned the frilis of pomp and spent his
 days
 In bringing art and wisdom back to earth. And we must not petrify his fame And place him. statue-like, among the great Where he many gather dust and where his
 name
 Win be a legend stiff In marble state. He needs no monuments whose pen has traced The faith on which a nation's life is based.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
NEA Scrvice Writer


 Washington.-Con has been almost buried by the agonized squawks of organized groups at proposals for taxation or federal economy, but none of the propa- gandists seem to be quite as steamed up as are the super patriots of the Reserve Officers Training Corps association over rumors that certain cuts may be made in expenditures for the army The army and navy eat up IT per cent of the governments dis bursements. to say nothing of an- other 53 per cent that goes for veterans and war debts, and that expense was once considered safe from the economy axe. But lately one had heard proposals to cut there as elsewhere. which lead to a fearful shriek from Lieutenant- Colonel Orvel Johnson, executive secretary of the R. O. T. c. group. Calls on Patriots"
 Johnson has issued an "emer- gency message" to all patriots" warning that communists, pacifists, churchmen and other elements seeking the overthrow of the gov- ernment will win a tremendous victory unless patriotic Ameri- cans" will stand shoulder to
 Colonel Johnson fears that army lowances cut along with other fed- will be retired from among the ,t- vaA ha there will be a 10 per cent cut in army appropriations. He has sud- denly organized a "citizens' na- tional safety committee" to ward off that catastrophe" as he calls it.
 Congressman Ross Collins of the house appropriations sub committee in charge of the war department appropriation says those officers ought to be retired for the sake of efficiency.
 Says Army Overstaffed
 He says the army is overstaffed ] with officers, that all officers are consequently becoming inefficient. that there are 12,000 officers to 118,000 enlisted men, whereaS the national defense act established a proportion, of but 16,000 officers to 280,000 men, that the promotion list is notoriously clogged by old, expensive officers whose continu- ance denies younger men a chance to rise.
 Many officers come to him, Col lins says, and complain that they have no work to do.
 But Johnson says it's all trick of the red, red radicals to de- stroy military training in schools and colleges, cripple the national guard and ruin the organized reserves-"aimed at the govern ment's power to perpetuate itself by the forces seeking to overthrow the government by force and vio- lence." There are 1749 army in-, structors with civilian military groups.
 Cites Liberal Program
 To support his contentious. he broadcasts the liberal legislative program of the American Civil Li- berties Union, which includes com batting militarism, finding ways to prevent future wars, freeing Tom Mooney. passing anti-injunction bills. defending minority rights, un- insurance, opposition
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
m TODAY @qs N IS THE R
 WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY &eH qE4E
Germans Advance

On April IA, 1913, heavy fight ing on the Lys front resulted in the
 capture of Morris and Vieux Ber- quin by German troops. British forces continued to hold
 Neuve Eglise against German at tacks, but gains made on the Hanks by the Germans rendered
 the town vulnerable to assaults from three sides by nightfall and
 military experts regarded the towns fall as inevitable. American troops on the Toul
 sector were again attacked by Ger
 man forces, but succeeded in beat ing them off after sharp fighting More than a regiment of enemy troops participated in the attack. The German long-range gun
 again bombarded Paris, but losses there were small.
 German troops in Finland oc-
 cupied Hyving and were reported
 moving on Helsingfors, unopposed
 by the Russian Red Guards in the
 vicinity.
 Finnish White Guards were re- ported aiding the Germans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

year. This rate is obtained from the light ing company by maintaining a definite number. This number is $40. but New Ha- ven now has about 100 in excess of that fig ure lighted nightly, so it can we'll afford to eliminate the forty that are proposed. In fact. in time the city may get down to the limit provided the sudden darkness does not constitute menace to traffic and safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady
 Address him. care of the Democrat. sending
 stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

culars at $5 a thousand and mail out all you can." Finally: "Send a contribution
 at once to enable the committee to push this fight with vigor."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

A New Yorker insists that his city hash been Sd extravagant. In the last 6 years 1t has only tripled its governmental expenses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

The tax paying worm not only turns but roarS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than zoo o'clock tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
Good evening.
 o-O-o HURRAH FOR SPORT
"A SMILES TIFF THING.

Good evening.
 o-O--o
 HURRAH FOR SPORT Baseballs here, golf IS, too.
 Hurrah for sport, We'll forget depression's blue, Hurrah for sport, The picnic season comes to hand; In every grove throughout the land, Cheer up, soon life will be just grand,
 Hurrah for sport. The swimmin' hole soon makes its bid, A magnet for each growing kid.
 Hurrah for sport, There Mother Nature does her
 stuff,
 Although at times the going $ rough, It seems we just can't get enough.
 Hurrah for sport. The long white road becks to each car,
 Hurrah for sport, We'll gasoline to climes afar,
 Hurrah for sport, Along the shore we'll take dip. Release the brakes and let CT rip, Come on, fine weather, here's my mitt,
 Hurrah for sport.
 o-O-o Former Politician Buys Filling Station.-News item in 3, state pa- per. Now he can shut off the mo- tor and use his own free air.
 O-O-o Who can remember the good old days when every spring meant pulling about million tacks from the carpets and then relaying them with news papers to serve as sort of bedding? And often when you gave an extra hard jerk on the tack butler, one of the tacks would pop you in the eye or hit the ceiling and dance around the room.
 o-O-o Girls always use ready. mixed paint. Then there was one of them who thought Dutch white lead was a cosmetic from Hol- land.
 Life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness is gharan- teed every American by the constitution. But deaths robs us of life, the laws cfrcum- . scribe our liberty and auto mobiles make it impossible for us to pursue happiness without fear of being run down. He's new at gardening if he puts the seed packages on sticks after planting the contents.
 DING. DING Once ladies hid purses, In stockings. a-hcm. They were cotton, not silk, Hence no run in 'em.
 o-O-o Summer breeZes are all right, but what we need right now more than anything else, might say, are the trade winds.
 I suppose lot of Crosby students are studying Spanish so they'll be able to use the lingo when they build their castles in Spain. o-O-o Perhaps some song writer will bring out a squawk about the trial in Hon-o-lu-lu, before the thing is over.
 o-O-o
 Don't shake your rugs. let the motorcycle drivers do it for you.
 At times we'd like to call it the milk of human blindness.
 so TT GOES
 Life is just hopper.
 Of hopes and fears,
 Some days it drops smiles
 And some days tears.
 O-O-o The latest cocktail is called the "golf drink. One shot and you make a hole in one.
 O-O-O An heir view of the Lindy estate would probably show about ten million.
 O-O-O Sport clothes will always be short, declares a fashion decree. And some girls will no doubt be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-14
so IT GOES
Life is just n hopper.
 Of hopes and fears, Some days it drops smiles And some days tears.


 Of hopes and fears,
 Some days it drops smiles
 And some days tears.
 o-O-o The latest cocktail is called the "golf drink. One shot and you make hole in one.
 o-O-o
 An heir view of the Lindy estate would probably show about ten million.
 o-O-o Sport clothes will always be short, declares fashion decree. And some girls will no doubt be short of short sport clothes this summer.
 The car is much less noisier than a horse. When the horse was in the barn you heard him kicking occasionally. But the car in garage is just as silent as the stars.
 o-O-o A lot of people I know are wise enough to cut a wisdom tooth at 12 years of age. SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE Sweet mystery of life. at last I
 found you. And ah, don't classify my state-
 mcnt rash. Sweet mystery of life, at last I found you, And ah. sweet mystery of life
 you're hash.
 o-O-o The man who holds his head up is not going down very far.
 o-O-o If the saloon comes back the saw dust industry Is due for a great revival.
 o-O--o
 Hair and suckers are easily trimmed.
 o-O--o rl This completes our regular evening program. Ii came to you over DBD and was by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer In this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the mfr again tomorrow even- Ing at the usual hour
 o-O-o Good night.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
US. Museum Gets Oddities

Doctor Smith says 1t is often seen
on Bangkok roads rainy nights, head
concealed in it's folds and tail stand
ing erect.
A sort of living diamond in the
"sun ray" snake. Even in the pre-
servatOry it shows glowing iri-
descence which gives it the appear
ance of a gem. Natives say it is
very poisonous.
Doctor Smith has brought with
him several specimens of snake
that is aspiring to the standing
broad jump record.
"One morning as | got out of
bed" the collector writes, "a full
sized gnu saiman praindra was sun
ming itself on the sill of double
door opening on the veranda. AS
| approached il ran behind the
double door and climbed to the top,
where it sprang to the rail of the
veranda. The distance was about
seven feet"