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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
Credit Assn Sees
 Favorable Outlook
Executive Manager Finds Last Half of July Pointing to
 Decidely More Optimistic Spirit

that unwise and unbusiness like features might be included in them. There wa ga generally fav- orable reaction toward the presi- Relief Bill This bill was vicious inasmuch as it placed government dents disapproyal of the original directly in private business. It was sound credit principles and had 1t uneconomic, did not square with been made a law: would undoubt-
 ely have been disastrous in its effects upon the credit of govern ment and of industry.
 Everyone is in favor of doing everything possible to relieve our people of suffering and ,privation. but bill such as was proposed would have had the contrary ef- feet and would have retarded na- tional recovery. It Is unfortunate that 50 many of our legislators who are motivated by. human hyn,- papthy and a desire to be of serv- ice to their fellow men fail to realize that the. only way they can be of constructive service is to keep legislation and, relief meas urcs within sound economic prin-
 cipIesm It Is the violation of these very principles that has placed us in our present position. To have violated them again would have been to discount our ability to draw 9 lesson from the past"
 There have been some objections to the fact that rider was att tached to the Home Loan Bill pro- viding for some posmsible currency imitation making government bonds bearing interest as high as and 3-8 per cent eligible as se- curity for national banknotes dur ing the next three years.
 This privilege Is now limited to per cent bonds and the extension O fthe privilege might conceivably cause an increase in national banknotes of approximately one million dollars" says Mir Heimann While there may be some poten- tfa1 danger in the possibility of , such imitation, the proposal Is so much less extreme than were many of the imitation propositions sub- mitted to congress that it seems comparatively harmless. As a mat. ter of fact 1t is not at all certain that the banks will avail themselves of the opportunity given for a sub stantial increase in national bank notes, and it is not at all certain that. there would be any serious harm done bya moderate imitation such as would be possible. The chief objection to the, proposal seems to have been that 1t is not in line with the policy of replacing national banknotes with Federal Reserve notes and Federal Re- serve banknotes." 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

New York, August 5 "The last half of July has shown more decidedly optimistic spirit about the future than has been shown at any time during the last twelve months. This has developed as q consequence of a number of fav- orable indications in the business and financial world coupled. with a feeling that the latest govern mental proposals have succeeded in laying the foundation for better conditions without having gone to the extent of radicalism which was for time feared"
 That is the opinion expressed by Henry H. Heimann, executive manager of the National Associa- tion of Credit Men in his monthly review of current business condi- tions being sent to the associations s 25 thousand members today.
 Among the favorable indica- tions in recent weeks" the credit chief points out, "are strengthen ing in commodity prices. a more firm security market, the fact that the summer slump in business has not been so great as usual, reports from various sections of some in- crease in business activity and employment, more favorable ten- dency in long term money rates and last but not least, the improve ment in livestock and pork prices.
 "The improvement in the price of livestock is one which may be of great importance. Agriculture has been in a state of depression for so long time that many have become almost entirely hopeless regarding any change. Farming is so basic among our industries that it Is difficult to think of any decided and permanent improve ment in conditions without there being some improvement in agri- cultural conditions.
 Aside from the benefits de- rived from increasing the purchas- ing power of the farmer, it is per- tinent to call attention to the fact that increase in livestock prices should react favorably upon fac- tories, particularly in the pacliin industry. The packers have been the victims of much governmental interference and this has undoubt- edly been one of the causes for the unprofitable operations of the packers. In the long run the farming communities have. paid the price for this unprofitable sop- eration.
 s'The two most important gov ernment measures which have been enacted during the past thir- ty days have been the Relief Bill and the Homo Loan Bill. The hope fulness regarding both also be- cause there was such great fear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

TUNE lN. soeonyland Sketches. Mondays 6 P. M.. and fhs Mobiloil Concert. Wednesdays e:30 ?. M.. daylight sav. ine time, ovss stssions WRAF. WTIC, WAR;. WEEI, WCSH, wCY,
 wTAC, WBEN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

fase under construction. Open to traffic. Westwood road - loose gravel surface 1h miles in length. Grading, grubbing and installing culverts. Open to traffic. East street-loose gravel surface about one mile in length. Installing cul- verts. Open to traffic.
 Somers. Hall Hill road and Ninth District road. Two miles of rolled gravel road under construc- tion but open to traffic.
 Southbury- Quaker Farms road. From Route 67 toward Quaker Farms. Waterbound macadam one mile in length. Grading and in- stalling culverts. Open to traffics. South Britain road, through South Britain street. Waterbound ma cadam one mile in length. Laying surface course, open to traffic.
 Southbury. Surface treated gravel on Spruce Brook road, H mile in length. Two bridges under construction, closed to traffic. A road-about mile in length, sur face treated gracel. grading, grub hing and installing culverts. Open LO LTdH'c.
 Wallingford. Pond Hill road. A short section of waterbound ma cadam under construction. Open to traffic.
 Washington. Wykeham Rise road. Gravel surface about one mile in length. Grading and grub ping, open to traffic. Valley road gravel surface h mile in length. Installing culverts and grading. No delays. New Milford road-gravel surface 4 mile in length. Installing culverts and grading. No delays.
 Weston. Georgetown road. About under construction, open to traffic. Good Hill road. About 2 miles of gravel surface under construction. Open to traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
Old Lady Found Slain Near Her
 Ancestral Home

Natchez, Miss. Aug 3.-(UP)- The body of Mss Jennie. Merrill. 72. well-to-do spinster and daugh- ter of the late Ayers Merrill, form CT ambassador to Belgium. was found today near her large. ances- tral plantation. home where she lived as reciuse.
 She had been shot to death. Of ficers, aided by neighbors and bloodhouhds. searched most of the night for the body after a negro caretaker reported hearing shots and screams in the house early in the evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

The overcrowding now apparent is creating a very serious situation. Superintendent Erskine stated. IT the bill is passed allowing the ap- propriation the building operations will start early next spring. The legislature will meet in January.
 During the past year building was built to accommodate 400 in- mates. However the number hous-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

ed in the building totals 470.
 Ordinarily the work proposed by Superintendent Erskine would cost $5O0,O0O. But in the interest of economy it is planned to employ inmate labor on much of the work.
 This procedure was followed during the past year when build ing operations were carried out, also.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
Strength Fails
 in Pond Swim

Tn attempting to swim across Black, Rock pond yesterday after noon Miss Rose Sortino of 27l Walnut street became exhausted and was rescued from the water. by one of her companions, Miss Betty Mullen of 64 Vail street and James Burke, lifesaver employed at the pond. Miss Mullen observing the con dition of her friend held her until help arrived. Miss Sortino was un- conscious when brought to the shore. but was revived within a few minutes time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05
$50 ,0OO ADDITION AT REF0RMAT0RY
Inmate Labor To Save State At
 Least $35O,O ,OOO
Erskines Plea to Eliminate OvercrOwdng at Cheshire !, Institution Favored in Bill to GO Before Next
 Session of Legislature

hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of construction work at the State Reformaoy Cheshire will be recommended in bill introduced in the session of the legislature at Hartford today Superintendent George C. Ekne of the reformoy believes the expenditure absolutely needed 10 relieve crowded conditions existing the institution
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

Because one of the four pupils attending Little Barford, England, school, will leave shortly and there are no other children in the district. the school will close.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

Britain Is boosting that 1t has 1000 hotels which have private baths.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-05

KETTLE MADE FROM PENNY
 Brockton, Mass-(UPt-Patrol- man John L. Clark treasures Q miniature tea kettle which q pris- oner made for himf out of penny 10 years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Nature of RAYS
THE problem is complicated /

THE problem is complicated fur
Il ther by the nature of the rays,
for their behavior depends not only
upon their origin. but upon their
nature as we'll. There are four pos
Sibilities as to their nature. They
are:
One-That the rays are pure
waves.
Two-That they are charged par
ticleS, such as electronS.
Three-That they are unchanged
particles, such at neutrons.
Four-That they are combina-
tions of waves and particles.
The layman might wish to step
forward at this point and say that
apparently the cosmic rays might
be anything coming from anywhere.
While that statement might seem
brutal, it is perhaps a fair one.
Incidentally, that explains why so
many expeditions are out in the
field studying cosmic rays.
DR.. Compton's measurements in
dictate that the rays are stronger in
the daytime than at night, that they
are stronger near the magnetic poles
Of the earth than at the equator, and
that the rays increase at higher al
titudes in the earth's atmosphere.
These facts lead DR.. Compton to
think that they are charged cleo
trical particles, possibly electrons,
and possibly shot out from the sun.
Compton believes that the rays
are charged electrical particles, be-
cause they are affected by the
earth's magnetic field, tending to
congregate at the earth's magnetic
poles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Peoples Voice

Editor Tines-As a matter of
fact, most people appreciate an oc-
casional good trick, sleight-of-
hand, or pretentious magic. The
feats of Thurston, Chandu, and
many others are quite amusing.
But when President Hoover
carries a multitude of troubles and
worries from official Washington
and tries. through sheer magic OF
carefully polished speech, to make
a suffering people like their plight
its a poor performance.
Then, too, Hoover's great warn
ing Of chaos and ruin should he
not be reelected is like a skilled
magician frightening subjects into
weird submission, thereby assuring
himself of superficial glory.
How sad for US that such super
natural ability did not see the
widespread misfortune which came
by his own Republican administra-
ton.
For inexplicable maneuvering,
the G. o. p. reproduction of facts
to make a bad record appear good
and to change a long-standing de-
preston into an election-time boom
certainly borders close on the mar
/ velous.
However, it doesn't satisfy hunger
and suffering. Sadder yet for
Hoover, it also fails to get the vote
I Even the greatest of Republican
leaders are in doubt and confusion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Pure Air Is Essential to Health

Most people can do without air
conditioners in their. homes, be-
cause it is possible, through the
use of a board in a window, to pre-
vent drafts and at the same time
to get good window ventilation.
However, in large factories and
Offices, or for people especially sem
Sitive to various substances that
may float in the air, air condition
ing devices may be of value.
They serve the purpose of remov-
ing harmful dusts and pollens from
the air.
They also have the value in some
cases of adding sufficient moisture
and of keeping air in motion.
Few housewives really under
stand how to clean room without
filling it with dust.
The modern vacuum cleaner takes
dust out of the air and out Of fur
nishings in a room without stir
ring it.
The old-fashioned carpet sweeper
is better than a broom. The obso-
lete feather buster really scatters
dust in the air, whereas a moist or
oiled cloth removes it without dis
tributing it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11

coming at time when Manchuria and disarmament
the two al-important issues before the league
Surely Lord Lytton and his British friends must
know that it is not the Washington government but
the London and Paris governments, which have
blocked international action on Manchuria and on
disarmament.
The United States government, for once, has led
in world cooperation. But at the moment of crisis
the United States deserted and isolated by the
British and French governments which have refused
to date to fulfill their sworn obligations under the
Kellogg pact, the nine-power treaty and the league
covenant.
1t is important that European public opinion I'M
derstand that America will not continue to stand
alone aog the big powers for the sancity of treaties
and peace machinery.
What the league nations do to the league is their
business; but if Britain and France in favor of
Japan, out the Kellogg and nine power
treaties they will destroy any future basis of American
cooperation trust
If Britain and France permit destruction of the
worlds peace machinery, they will have to take the
consequences. The issue is much more serious than
Japanese conquest of Manchuria
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
More Bureaucracy

Elected officials of the city county and school
government fixed tax rate which they believed was
necessary to maintain the activities that go with
organized society.
They had provided for policemen, iremen, teach
ers, the maintenance Of city hospital sanitation
parks
They were ready to go to the people who had
voted for them and defend their judgment.
That rate will be slashed by board created
by the special session of the legislature. 1t is ap
pointed by the circuit judge. The members of this
board are responsible to no one, unless they wish
to please the Judge who named them
This is the latest step away from self government,
taken in desperation to find some answer to the
problem Of taxation 1t is bureaucracy in its flower.
1t overthrows the theory of both representative gov
eminent and pure democracy. 1t leads in the end to
dictatorship
just why the judgment of three men selected by
judge should be better the subject Of posponng
public debts than is that of elected officials is puzzng
to those who believe in the ballot.
Just why three men who were not chosen by the
people should have the power to cut wages of school
teachers is still amazing.
1t may be necessary to shorten the school term
has been suggested 1t may necessary to cut all
wages to the limit There may be no money to main
tain government at ALL But when these steps are
of decisions by those who have been put into Office
by ballots not by edict of selected by
official
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Questions and
Answers

Under what circumstances was
the soldiers home established in
Washington, d. c., and how is it
supported and governed?
1t was established by act Of con-
greSs of March 3, 1851, appropriat-
ing portion Of the indemnity paid
by Mexico after the Mexican war,
and additional funds from the
treasury to found home for dis
abled soldiers Of the regular army
At first the army contributed to
the support Of the home in small
monthly payments until the fund
grew so large tina. further payments
were unnecessary. The home now
is supported out of the income from
this fund, and from its farm and
dairy. The board of governors
consists of the surgeon general of
the army, the Acknowledgment, the
quartermaster- general, the chief of
engineers, the juGge advocate-gen-
cral, the chief of finance and the
governor of the home.
Where are the highest and low
est places in continental United
States?
The highest is Mt. Whitney, Cal,
1895 feet above sea level, and the
lowest on dry land is in Death
valley, Cal, 276 feet below sea
level. They are only eighty-six
miles apart.
What is the address of the Inter-
national Sunshine Society?
4 West Fifteenth street, New
York, N. Y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
America Alone

America is the goat whenever Europeans want an
excuse for failure of the worlds peace machinery.
That is not surprising. We also pass the buck when
ever we get chance-see Hoovers campaign speeches,
making Europe responsible for our depression.
AS to the frequent European charge that we have
DELAYED peaceful settlements by refusal to CO.
operate, We must plead guilty in many But the
charge is not true today. 1t has not been true since
last winter.
The reverse has been true this year. European
powers have refused to cooperate with the United
states for peace in the Far East and for world dis
armament.
Such being the case, it is somewhat disturbing to
and those good friends of peace, Lord Lytton and
Gilbert Murray joining in the British statement in
tmating that the United States has refused to support
the League of Nations recent peace efforts.
They say that Secretary Stimsons address on the
kellogg pact is "a step toward relieving members of
the league of their previous anxiety regarding the
attitude Of the United States"
For some unknown reasons, they wish to stress
again the recurring European lament of alleged
~anxiety" over Americas non-co-operative attitude
The implication is that recent league failures have
been due to Americas policy.
This is extraordinary. coming from the able chair
man Of the leagues commission to MancApria, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Four Theories

.DR. COMPTON'S own measure
~ ments of cosmic rays were
made on five continents and in
ATTITUDES ranging from the southern
hemisphere to the edge of the polar
Ice pack, 100 miles north of the
Arctic Circle.
1t is necessary to have so many
observations Of the rays taken from
so many localities and attitudes be-
cause Of the problems involved in a
consideration of the rays.
Worldwide data is necessary To
solve the problems of the origin and
nature of the rays.
There are four theories as to the
origin of the rays, and. if one is to
judge from DR.. Compton's recent
announcements, one theory still is
about as good as the other. These
theories are:
One: That the rays originate in
the far corners of the universe.
Two: That they originate in the
Milky Way.
Three; That they originate in
the sun.
Four: That they originate in the
upper layer of the earth's atmos-
phere.
If the first theory is correct, the
rays ought to enter the earth's at
moSphere, equally from all directions
and at all times.
If the second is correct, the rays
should be strongest in the plane of
the Milky Way.
If the third is correct, their
strength and direction should vary
with the position of the sun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Hoover Is Silent

President Hoover is offered a splendid opportunity
in his speech to the American Bar Association
vention Wednesday to let the country know how he
stands on immediate modification of the Vostead act.
He has spoken on the eighteenth amendment, but
not clearly He has kept silent about modification.
ANY sincere effort to meet the issues Of this cam
paign will compel him to voice his views on this prob
lem
He need suffer no embarrassment in speaking to
the American Bar Association because it has gone
over to the wet state Indeed almost any organiza-
ton to which the President might speak these days is
just as wet
Reports from the White House say President
Hoovers prohibition remarks in his acceptance speech
are his first and last on this subject. The reason
given is that he considers economic problems infinitely
important.
With that we agree. But would the President try
to make the country believe that modification OF the
Volstead act is not an economic issue?
The country knows, and Hoover also must know,
our acute need for revenue; he must know that legal
ization and taxation of beer will yield the federal
government from $3.50 100000 100000 year in
revenue
1t is Hoover's duty to speak modification of the
Volstead act; and nows good time to do it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
Censored

For many years American students and lovers of
good literature have been reading Boccaccios 600
year-od classic THE Decameron."
For some years prospective American parents have
been proftng from DR.. Marie Slopes scientific book
married Love-"
> Last spring, however, United States customs off,
Gals discovered that these two books immoral
They seized consignment of them en- route to a
Minneapolis bookseller and confScated them "ob-
scene matter"
The bookseller, aided by the National Council on
Freedom from Censorship, fought the government in
the courts Federal Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye of
Minneapolis has ruled against the customs censors.
1t was through the Cutting amendment to the 1880
tariff act that customs censorship, formerly absolute
made subject to court appeal In every trial of
a book since then alleged obscene the government
censors have lost-a 100 per cent record.
At the next session of congress, Senator Cutting
will press his measure to apply the same court test
to postal censorship
If we must have censorship, there certainly should
be some legal check upon the official Mrs Grundys
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-11
NJ. E. Tracy
Saws

In Spite of What We Haze
Done for Education, All We
Hare Spent to Wipe ont
Hliteracy, Many P ople
Still Take No Part IN
Politics.
NEW YORK. Oct. II. - This
IN country is ruled by interested
minorities, sometimes so small as TO
deserve the name of oligarchies.
Look at the eighteenth amend
ment, the Smoot- Hawley tariff, the
situation in New York City.
Lobbies, leagues, and machine
politics are responsible for most of
our trouble. They could not exist
without an applicable degree of
popular Indifference and unconcern.
1t will be surprising if the total
vote reaches 100000 in this cam
paign. That is little more than one
half OF what it should be.
In spite Of all we have done
for education, all we have spent
70 wipe out illiteracy, vast num-
bers Of people take little or no part
in politics. Some of them look on
1t as too complicated, some as too
dirty, and some as too low.
The result is an apathetic, pliable
frame Of mind which makes it easy
Tor the manipulators of public
policy and public funds to work
their will.