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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
MARCUS H. HoLcoMB.
(New Haven Register)

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 State government. state politics and indeed the whole field or con necticut public life all lose a pe- loved patriarch in the deatn oI Marcus H. Holcomb. Three times the chief executive, he was nsurs whose character, whose work anu whose whims still will be recaiieo many years hence.
 Because he was in the Capitoi during the World War period, tne term 'war Governor" probably al, ways will be the first to be caiieo up whenever he is mentioned. n his case the application IS paru- cularly well deserved. for ne was indeed a War Governor" Just as Connecticut was a vital Ink m America's part in the war because of the dependence placed on us industries, so was the administra- tion of the state crucial factor The situation called for quick ac- ton and foresight. It received II from Governor Holcomb.
 But his war work was only one detail in his career. He was as well an attorney. judge, adminis' tratiye official legislator and busi- ness man. He even found time to be superintendent of his Sunday school And so realize just how long was the period in which he served as state. We have only to mention that he was sitting in the General Assembly nearly a decade before some of that body's present members were born. 4 man whc car, look back over such q career is Indeed a patriarch.
 And while to 70 many he wal known principally as q public offi' clai, a statesman, we must not for get how to many others he wal eomething a good deal closer "uncle Marcuh"--jest that expres' sion reveals the place he held iF the affection of these who knew him. intimately. In some ways hs was definitely old fashioned. ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
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The party was whOpper.
 Filled with depreciation. Angel cake and dcyiIed ham, What q combination.

The party was a WhOppcf,
 Filled with degredatiOn. Angel cake and dcvilcd ham, What a combination.
 o-O-o Who can remember the good old days when men spent idle hours carving little baskets from peach stones?
 O-O-O
 March winds generally find something to blow about.
 o-O-o Turn about is square play with d lot of people.
 When a man finds himself between the devil and the deep blue sea he must long for good motor boat.
 o-O--o These so-caiied fly by night agents may be merely travelling by airplane.
 station in life is like a Pullman car. Some of lis are upper births and some lower.
 o--O--o This concludes our regular mid week program. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time to he back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 GOOa night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

Washington-Question: When Is Q war not war?
 Answer: When it's a war.
 That's about the most satisfac- tory explanation anyone can get here as to why the present war between Japan and China isn't Q war. Many uniformed persons, Of course, think that It's a real war when cities are showered with bombs and thousands of troops and civilians are killed in weeks or heavy fighting.
 But officially, as Secretary of State Stimson remarked at q press conference the other day, the two Asiatic nations are ''in 0 state Of profound peace" Officially, in fact, they are still Friendly powers You might think that in all the notes Stimson has sent over there there might have been at least one accidental mention of war" But no such slip of the pen has oo- cured.
 All Agree There's No War
 The League of Nations and the European government also agree that there's no war in the orient.
 Japan, of course. has insisted as much all along. Strangest or aii' China has been especially meucui. ous and not only in not declaring war but also from making the barest hint that war existed.
 If she did, Japan. under prece- dents of international law, might justify herself in suddenly hurling all her military might Ut China
 Law Bears It Out
 Difficult as the distinction may be for the lay mind, 1t is well grounded In International law. Un- der international law, 1t appears, you can get away with murder. And mass murder as well. a
 Of course, you are advised, at the state department, if Japan de- clared war and then refused to stop and negotiate on the call of the other powers she would be di- rectly violating the Kellogg treaty. And If either she or China were to admit that a state of war existed It would be tantamount to q deciara- ton of war. t.i
 A declaration of war is a, state- ment that one government is pro- ceeding against another govern ment with all It's forces Of war. Far from being at war, Japan says she Is merely defending herself and protecting Japanese lives ana property.
 Other "NO War" Cases
 American and British warships were firing shells into Nanking as late as 1927, but 1t wasn't war. In the so-called Anglo-Chinese war 90 years ago, when the British bom- barded the Woosung forts. forced abandonment of Shanghai and wrung treaties, indemnities, con- sessions and territory. there was never a declaration of war.
 Just in case we are still mixed up about this war business, let us follow in Stimson's footsteps and turn to a big book calyled Inter national Law" by Professor Ellery c. Stowell. That's the book Stim- son consults every time he forgets something or gets stuck. Stowell admits that war is a difficult thing to define, but he says:
 What Is War?
 ''War is that condition between states or politically independent communities which results when one of these indicates its intention to make a presumably jural use of force without specific limitation against another inorder to over come its resistance to the obser- vance of international law. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

eluded him before. refuse to die. All ot which must be taken into consideration when it is reported that the former mayor of New Britain declines to become the hero of his rarty in city battle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

Kite flying in Meriden must be done ae- eording to the law, says the City Council. It has just prohibited all kite-flying within 1000 feet of the eity's airport which, of course, is good rule. But then again the council dictates that no kite shall be flown higher than 500 feet anywhere within the city limits. Which means that the city will have to employ special air cop to enforce this law. However with the depression rsigning there will be few kites with as much as 500 feet of twine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
Here, There And EOeryOhere

he acknowledged 1t. To women he was especially so. Their political ambitions received little encourage ment from him. His attitude was that the Lord intended men to keep their feet on the ground and women out of politics. For suc- cess, his motto was honesty, in- dustry and sobriety." Sometimes that. too. Is called bit old fash
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

The last survivor of the famous naval engagement of the War of the States between the Monitor and the Merrmae is believed dead in Putnam. Thomas L. Taylor, former slave. died there Monday in his 86th year. He is said to have been a powder monkey on the Monitor when the tiny floating cheese box" as it came to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

Yes we joke about depression to keep from glooming about it but the real joke was the 1929 boom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
Good evening.
 o--O-0, AND so IT GOES

AND so IT GOES Now the secrets out at last, On some 1t bears an onus, The Japs and .ninks stopped fight
 ing, cause They wouldn't pay the bonus.
 o-OEo The fight between the vets and drys has become q Charge of the Tight Brigade" The vets in Washington are having lot of fun. But some big dry will blow the froth from their stein and that will be that.
 The song, Life Is Just Bowl of Cherries" come in handy for the Washington bicentennial, re- calling as 1t does Georges little trick when he cut down the cherry tree.
 TO M. J. Ms BLACK CAT Oh black cat, Twas surrcptitious To play on Boss" your little
 prank, But let me state my timely pur-, It's you i really want to thank. I read your poem "avec plaisir," And though I'm late to answer, Be so good as to come here While in your eur whisper. At Christmas time my eyes were
 blurred,
 While reading the greetings of
 M. J. M., So lovely, sincere, that to me 1t How many attempted to answer
 them? But now I'll end this little rhyme, For I'll est tard," I must depart, Write to me from time to time, And I'll love you with all my
 heart.
 AIDA, New Haven.
 o-O--o The world Is filled with blondes and blondettes.
 o-O--o
 The trouble with home brew Is due to the fact that it's too much like home, sort of flat.
 o-OTo Editor Day by Day: Here's the words of the popular song, Who's Babying My Baby Tonight" l am pleased to say wrote these lines and they are dedicated to Charles A. Lindbergh: 4, Who's babylng my baby tonight, Baby tonight, who's holding you
 tight, Who's fault Is 1t that you took
 flight,
 Just like did to Paris that
 night, Every day hope and pray you'll
 come back to me, Even though know I'll have to
 pay to set you free, Who's babying my baby tonight, Who's kissing my baby good
 night tonight?
 --Reader of Day by Day"
 o-O--o The Lindbergh case for days has been like a closed photograph stu- dio, no NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
 o-0--o
 l suppose just us soon us the Lindbergh baby is found, China and Japan will resume hostilities and get back on the front page.
 o-O--o A man doesn't have to be q sail- or to be at home on deck of cards.
 o-O-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:2l o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09
DING. DING
"Sweet Mystery of Lfc,"
 She sang 1t by the hour. Until the mystery, once sweet, Became n rancid sour.

She sang 1t by the hour. Until the mystery, once sweet, Became n rancid sour.
 o-O-o There should be n law against having too many useless laws.
 o--O-o Soon they'll be selling dated oatmeal as well as dated cof- fee. Dates were always more popular than figs, anyway. Now they're feeding yeast to chickens to make them lay. Hur- rah, soon we'll have Yeaster eggs.
 o-O-o
 What the country needs: Speakers with gumption enough to get up and say 1t needs nothing.
 o-O-o The trouble with gold fish is due to the fact that they generally die just when they become tame enough to feed from your hand.
 o-O-o
 OH YES A man before he marries, Should take an expert look, Not at his wifc's beauty, But the way that she can cook.
 o--O-o Even nature has way of bunch- ing things at time. Look at the bananas.
 o-O-o The first heavier than air ma chine was a politician.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

For that Hamlet's castle of Elsnore which Chicago is building for her big show next year we hope she'll hire good ghost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

"A SMILES THE THING.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-09

Now the secrets out at last, On some 1t bears an onus, The Japs and Shinks stopped fight
 ing, cause
 They wouldn't pay the bonus.
Evening star., 1932-09-30

open there at $50 o'clock tomorrow
morning and continue through l pm.
Rabbi Abram Simon and DR.. Solomon
H. Metz also will have a prominent part
in the observance by Washington Jews.
Hope for Brighter Future.
In his radio address last night Rabbi
hope and pray that the now approach
ing year Of 5695 may bring the sun of
Righteousness and healing on its wings"
Rabbi Loeb referred to the world
wide depression, and to the persecution
of Jews in European countries, and eX-
pressed the hope that the race would
find in its ancient ideals the inspiration
to rise above adversely.
ITO the slanderers let there be no
hope" he said, nor power to destroyers
of good will, sewers Of hatred and dis
sension in the community, and those
who seek to disrupt the harmonious
order of the civic state wherein our lot
is cast. Let all the inhabitants of this
great, good land Of ours show their
loving devotion and sympathetic in
terest toward the Government which is
holding the reins of the Nations destiny
Let all of us exhibit spirit Of true CO.
operation with the President and the
constituted authorities thereof, so that
they be enabled the better to safeguard
the interests, and promote the progress
and well-being of the entire common
wealth.
I'VE, who are Of the House of Israel,
are doubly bound to support the Gov
eminent, and pray for the peace of the
land, wherein we are permitted to dwell
securely under Gods own grace. We,
who are the cuStodianS of Gods all
embracing law of righteousness, let us
be jealous for the law, and loyal to our
sacred trust.
New Hope and Courage.
'As We now enter the portals Of the
new year, let us seek redemption from
on high, that We may continue to live
in cur faith, that we may firmly abide
in the divine precepts by which we
were sustained throughout the passing
ages. Let this be means for our i'm
provement, our spiritual regeneration.
And we shall derive new hope and cour-
age from the Solemnities of the holy
day and season before us.
Out of gross materialism and spirit
ual stagnation, we shall yet rise to
renewed state Of Jewish life and learn
ing and idealism, so as to prove our
selves worthy of the name and calling
Am Hassefer,' People of the Book.
And we shall thus be worthy to re-
joice in the rebuilding of Zion, and the
restoration Of our ancient glory.
Behold God is my salvation; I
shall trust, and shall not be afraid'
Even amidst the great world crisis of
the present time, let us not fear, nor
falter, but put our trust in Him above,
who hath established the world that it
shall not be moved And let us close
with the hopeful strain Of the Hebrew
bard, Ended is the year with its curses,
and let the new year begin with its
blessings"
Evening star., 1932-09-30
RABBI LOEB PLEADS
FOR BRIGHTER YEAR,
Jewish Clergyman Delivers
Radio Address on Eve
of Rosh Hashana.

A plea for a revival Of Jewish life,
learning and idealism," as opposed to
gross materialism and spiritual stag
nation" was issued by Rabbi Julius T.
Loeb last night in an address over Sta
tion VOL on the eve of the Jewish &C.
clesiastical new year of Rosh Hashana
The celebration of the religious fes-
Evening star., 1932-09-30

tlval VIII begin at
sundoWn tonight in
the temples and
synagogues Of the
city. The New
Year period in
C lud S ShabboS
Shubah, the Sab
bath day of repent
ence, and Yom
Kippur, the day of
atonement.
Rabbi Loeb will
lead his congrega-
ton In special serv-
ices beginning at
sundown this eve
ming in a fraternal
hall at 4209 Ninth
street. Other New
I'LL
Evening star., 1932-09-30
ANGERED MEMBER HURLS
MACE IN PARLIAMENT
emblem of Hypocrisy" Says John
Beattie, Socialist.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Ireland, September 30
Members of the Parliament of Northern
ireland stood aghast today while John
Beattie, only Socialist in the House,
picked up the mace, emblem Of author
ity, and threw it across the room, de-
claring it was "only an emblem of
Hypocrisy"
Beattie was angered at ruling of
the speaker and had refused to accept
a motion regarding unemployment.
Evening star., 1932-09-30

Four hundred and thirty five took ex-
aminations for admission to the bar
held recently in Manila, P. I.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01

they bring back are indeed tall
Lieut.. Harold A. Bartron of Ran
dolph field, Texas, went wild tur-
key hunting. and brought home a
squirrel, a rattlesnake, a fox and
a turkey, together with an apocry-
phal account of how he slew them.
Here is how he did it, without wit
neSseS.
While waiting late in the after
noon for wild turkeys to submit
themselves to being shot, Bartron
espied a ground squirrel digging a
subway. The aviator heaved a rock
at the rodent, which eyed the mis-
sile, then with a hopeless express
sion lifted its head into the range
and took its medicine.
Bartron, with the squirrel in his
bag, moved on. At the mouth Of
a cave, he met a rattlesnake, and
backing off a few feet, blew off
the snakes head, keeping what was
left. Then he sat down to wait for
the turkeys. When the moon came
up (the calendar recorded no moon
that night) he spotted turkeys
roosting and blew off the head of
the biggest gobbler, which he add
ed to his collection.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01
1881 ON THE WHOLE WAS NOT
A BAD YEAR FOR Ell CENTRIC

has decreased decidedly in the past
month. Employment headquarters
and charity organizations report
a decrease in transient men and
transient families and state that
the transient problem in Deem.
ber, 1881, was not as serious as
that of December, 1890
Early lettuce is bringing around
81 a crate in the east and, while
this price may not prevail during
the entire season, the reduced
acreage is expected to keep the
price well above that of last year.
Early frosts have reduced the
grapefruit output, which will prob
ably cause an increase i'll grape
fruit prices.
Carrots and tomatoes will be
ready for shipment early in jan
uary, which is unusually early and
the price promises to be high for
that reason.
Alfalfa nay remains at S12.50 per
ton, as compared with 81, the pre-
yailing price a few months ago.
This increase means much TO the
prosperity of Imperial Valley, half
of which is planted to alfalfa.
In commenting upon existing
conditions and future potentialities,
President Whitelaw states:
Il am much impressed with a
statement just issued by T. B.
Macaulay. executive of the Sun
Life Assurance company of Can
ada, who in a reply to an inter-
rogatory had this to say: During
these depressed times We have not
sold and have no intention of
selling one single share of our
holdings of American stocks, either
preferred or common. Bad times
will not and cannot last forever.
Nothing can permanently holo
/ hack this continent No one knows
just when prosperity will return,
but that it will return is as cer-
tain as that tomorrow's sun will
rise. When that time does come
people will look back on these days
as a period of opportunity which
cannot be expected to be re-
peated during the lifetime of most
of us. The American or Canadian
who loses faith in the future Of
his country has temporarily lost
his perspective and is a mere vic
tim of mob psychology
The people of Ell Centro and
Imperial Valley" continued White
law, should be courageous. We
have had depressions before and
we shall probably have depressions
again, but after each depression
the country has righted itself and
sailed away on an even keel. My
mind reverts to a little poem 1
once heard, which runs thus:
1.-The rain it poured,
The sea it roared,
The sky was draped in black.
The old ship rolled,
She pitched and bowled,
And lost her charted track.
Oh, dear, oh, dear,
Sir, will it clear?
Loud walled a dame on deck.
The skipper said,
As they hove ahead,
She alluS HAS, by heck
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01
Japanese Fall
Into Dragnet

What is left of a cargo of alien
Japanese set adrift on the desert
north of Banning early this morn
ing by a pilot who became fright
ened after passing an immigration
inspection station, was in the coun-
ty Jail today.
S. Nishi, 27, K. Yanagihara, 35,
and K Nishi, 25, are the Japanese
arrested by immigration officers as
they footed it across the desert,
following their pilots directions to
get out and keep going.
The japanese and their driver,
who is now sought by federal Off
GERS, successfully passed an inspec-
ton station. After they passed
through, the officers became sus-
picious, and telephoned ahead.
But in the meantime the driver
became frightened, and ordered his
charges out in the road, going on
himself to escape capture.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01

According to r. B. WhitelaW,
president of the Ell Centro Cham
Der of Commerce. the year 1881
was, on the whole, an auspicious
one for the city and the COM
munity. AS a part of its service
to the public the chamber, at the
beginning of each month, sends
statistical summaries to q number
of banks, newspapers, financial
magazines and other reporting
agencies, giving data as TO the
business, financial and agricul-
tural conditions in this community.
The summary prepared as of jan
uary l, 1882, contains a number
Of favorable factors in the condi-
tions existing in Imperial Valley
While sales during the Christ
mas season were lower in volume
for 1881 than 1890, reports varying
from 25 per cent below last year TO
some few merchants who reported
a greater volume of business, and
collections were slow, as is usual
during the Christmas and the tax
paying season, other factors in the
determination of a cityS prosperity
are very encouraging. According 10
the chamber survey 700 gas meters
have been added in Ell Centro in
the past two years; electric meters
show an increase of 500 in the
past year, 200 telephones were
added during the year and water
meters show an increase Of 60.
For the year 1881, building per-
mitS in Ell Centro were slightly
over S476000, as compared with
$640,00O in 1880 While this is a
decrease, it must be remembered
that 1880 was a record year Ill
building permits and the 1881 fig
ureS show an increase of $4,000
over 1929 With the building OF
the new post office, large auto
court and a number of other i'm
portant buildings now being
planned, unquestionably the steady
increase in building permits will
continue in 1892
With many postoffices in the
United States showing a large de-
crease in postal receipts, Ell Centre
receipts for 1881 were almost as
high as for 1890 and far ahead of
those for 1929. The figures are:
1881, sos. 1887; 1890, $67 62O62, and
1929, $50 ,86227.
Tax returns show that more has
been collected this year than for
many years and that 1881 tax col
lections are running far ahead OF
1890.
The delay in lettuce shipping has
caused some local unemployment,
but with shipping starting this
month, all local unemployed will be
able to find work. The number
of transient men looking for work
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01
JAPANESE GROUP
GIVES PROGRAM
AT ROTARY CLUB

One of the finest programs of
1881 brought the Ell Centro Rotary
clubs year to an end yesterday
when the international relations
committee, Ross T. Hickcok, chair
man, entertained the club, with the
cooperation of members of Ell Cen
tro's japanese colony.
The program opened with piano
numbers by Masako Yukawa, who
played several adaptations of Jap
anese selections. Miss Yukawa,
who is one of the most accomplish
ed of Ell Centro's younger musi-
clans, was appropriately garbed in
japanese costume.
In an exceptionally well-deliver-
ed speech, Mary Taxi Sonoda eX-
planned the Japanese-A Americans S
relations to his adopted land, de-
claring that the japanese in Amer
ica put their adopted country first.
while still cherishing a love for the
homeland, and that Japanese chill
dren educated in American schools
are making every use Of the oppor-
tunities offered them.
The theme of Japanese dances
was described by Carl Sato, who
stated that all dances are symbolic,
the dancers interpreting various
phases of life, history and folklore.
A group of little Japanese girls,
garbed in diminutive geisha girl
costumes, provided the highlight of
the program with a group of Jap
anese dances. The youngsters de-
lighted the audience with their
gracefulness and the pretty picture
which they made as they went
through the various figures of the
dance. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Takahashi, who sang the Jap
anese songs appropriate for each
dance, and by Mrs. Kobayashi at
the piano.
On behalf of the club, Chairman
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-01
Telephone Baby
Beats New Year

James Russell Kliegel, e'v e n
pounds and IA ounces, intended to
arrive in Ell Centro New Years
morning and thus have the honor
of being the first baby born in 1882.
However, the young man arrived
at $50 o'clock last night, which
was perfectly satisfactory to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Klie-
gel. He made his appearance at
LeBlancs Maternity home.
Local telephone service has its
nose out of joint today as Papa
Kliegel, business manager of the
company, has little time to devote
to such incidentals.