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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

,|on. isn't giving up ,hs fight. No. tt nri Mr Upshaw. Let the wsil do their lx1lline now. He is prepared to carry the linht over the questien of beer. light wines or even hard liquor right into the courts. 'As head of the prohibition party" he states "l will feel it my duty to test the constitution. aIity of such legislation. and in this feel sure that all the other drys will 60 in hsarti- ly." We don't doubt that either. Bur we don't know what Mir Upshaw can do about it. if Congress decides to rear up on its hind legs next month and modify the Volstead Act. That is perfectly permissible and will be upheld by the U. s. Supreme Court. if we are not mistaken. If it isn't then. watch the fireworks in the good old us. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION

The Bolsfeviks held Moscow very loosely. Disorganized andsin- efficient, their pickets and their storm battalions could be dislodged quickly by any, unified and ably directed attack. Their leadership had not solidified.
 But when the White officers tried to put over such an attack they found 1t utterly impossiblea The spirit had gone from thems2 Their appeals fell on deaf ears. The last great chance to prevent Commune ism from seizing Russia passed i'un-i taken; and 1t passed chie1y be- cause Russia itself, unconsciously Nhad decided for a change and was ready to let it's new masters do what they liked.
 You get a. picture of this last crisis in 'Tsances Down." inswhich. Richard Boleslavski, in coliabOra- tion with Helen Woodward, tells how he crept into Moscow after the Polish lancers went toy9pieces and relates what happened in that city in 1917 and 1918. E
 His book makes remarkable study of the revolution. Over and over again 1t emphasizes the fact that the old regime simply fell apart. It shows you the "intellec- tuals,, indignant and confused, running around in circles as society came crashing down., There was no hope In them, no 1eaderships Z The book lacks the blood and thunder drama of its preceAesscr Way of a Lancer" That story was like the last thin bugle call of romantically doomed sqHadron on its last charge. But Lalices Down" is Q better book: more thoughtful, better balanced. more revealing and. think, more sin I cere. {
 Pu b ished by Bobbs Merrills "Lances Down" sells for $S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Another Special Election?

Governor Cross should weigh we'll the need of special election in the third con-. gressional district, We think the electorate there should be boiled before definite action is taken. It is certainly unfortunate that the third district did not elect its representatives last Tuesday for the unfinished term of Colonel John Q. Tilson, as well as for the 73rd Congress. We can't quite understand why this procedure wasn't followed when it was known that Mir Tilson intended to resign before his full term was completed.
 Precedent has been established in this state for the above action. Our own con-. gressman. Edward w. Goss, was elected two years ago for short and long term. In other words he assumed office immediately after he was elected the death of the late James P. Glynn having created vacancy in the district A special election could have been called to fill MT Glynn's place. but it was decided to hold over the election until the regular balloting in November. This practice is followed in most states unless 1t is absolutely necessary to replace the de- ceased official.
 Representative Tilson has announced that he will employ trained congressional sec retary to take care of various matters for the district until Mayor Maloney of Meri- den is sworn in next March. Representative Goss has likewise offered to look after the interests of the voters of the district through his office in Washington. With such care the district certainly will not suffer for want of attention. We hardly think it will be necessary for Governor Cross to call spe- cial election in view of the above and also in the interest of economy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Here, There And EDeryuOhere

as 1t Is in Newtown. It's editor and business manager have never had any ambitions to convert It intV n city daily of a pretentious publica- ton. :, It continues to-day exactly what, 1t was forty years ago., a. friendly chronicle of ,the comings; and goings of the pepitie54in the thriving towns and hanlleta.o Of the
 rural area which it covers and for, that reason, 1t has efirvived the, hurly burly of modern times un-i changed and unspoiled.
 It was the deliberate choice of Allison and Arthur smith to per-. form a first rate job, in small field rather than to indulge their ambition in D larger area. The suc-. cess which has .crCwned their efforts is well merited reward for forty years of diligent work. Their newspaper might well be taken as 8 model by other publi-l cations in similar fields. It's, policy. Is founded on that of tic late James M. Bailey, "The Danbury. News man." who declared that he. would rather record the successes' and achievements of his fellow men than to hold up their failures and follies to public scorn.
 Forty years of making friends has brought the brothers Smith a reward far exceeding the financiaE return of their enterprise.S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
MIR TINNEGAN's DEATH.
(NeW Britain Heraldl )

The death of James M. Finnegan under tragic circumstances re- moves a citizen whose benign char acter was a delight to all his num- erous friends. The world surely needs more of his like. Of him it was said during his long life that he was Ia friend to everybody His voice was kindly, there was twinkle in his eye as he gave sage advice to youngsters well in need of guidance, he appreciated kindly humor and when he himself del. we'd into the resources of his fund of wit there was no need for a blueprint to understand the joke
 This citizen became prominent in the days before the automobile, when horses were appreciated and understood, and when he himself was known far and wide as the owner of many blooded animals, His livery stable. when these places were common throughout the city, was an institution. His horses were in great demand. especially over the week-ends when couples went riding over the Cathode road In buggiess at so much an hour.
 It Is disconcerting to contemplate that this estimable gentleman of the old school met his death when struck by one of the very machines which. turned livery stables into memories. Qld-timers, many of whom remember happy days when they drove spirited horse loaned from the Finnegan stable, sighed in sorrow at the news, A man oi such high qualities, they will agree should have been spared by fate to set an example in beautiful living and the radiating of sunshine and joy for man more years to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

Washington.- There now seems
 to be a logical answer to the ques- ton: Whats the use of holding, an
 expens.ve elcc,ion if newspapers
 and magazines are going to hold
 huge polls to determine the re-
 suit in advance?
 Answer: The polls are likely
 to go wrong whenever the contest
 is close.
 The straw vote conducted by the Literary Digest did 9 splendid job in forccasting the unprecc-
 dentedly enormous trend to
 Roosevelt. It's indication that Roosevelt would have 474 cleo toral votes to Hoover's 57,
 whereas the count is actually 472
 to 59, was about as close as any,
 one could wish.
 The polls indication of a pop-
 ulars vote victory for Roosevelt at
 the ratio of about three to two
 was also very close to the result.
 The only complaint with its ac- curacy is the fact that it did not
 forecast a correct division of the
 states between the two candidates. But if the election had been
 so close as to hang on the elec- toral vote of Pennsylvania, on which the poll called the wrong turn. it would have indicated na- tional victory for the wrong man. On the other hand, had the con- test been close there might have
 been no question about Ponnsyl- vania, which has always been
 heavily republican In normal years.
 There were also other states
 New Jersey and two In New Eng
 land---as to which the conductors of the Digest poll expressed un-
 certainty when they published the
 final returns, although the estraw
 votes were giving them to Hooy- CT.
 Just why the Digest poll went 1t to Roosevelt by 4 to 3, still re-
 mains a mystery. The influence
 of the Ware machine iii the last
 days of the campaign may have partially changed the situation,
 but Roosevelt didn't run much better through tho state than in boss-ruled Philadelphia even though he ran far betetr than any previous democratic candidate. The Hearst poll. incidentally. gave Pennsylvania to Hoover. but in general erred much more wide- ly than the Digest's, The former sent postcards to telephone rent CTS, while the latter gathered its voters from both telephone and automobile lists.
 The objection that such lists do not touch enough of the poorer voters, who are more likely vote against the party in power than more fortunate persons. ap- parentiy has little application in Pennsylvania as this year 1t pre- supposed a larger proportoin for Roosevelt there than the Digest gave him. It may, however. be considered In relation to New Jersey. Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island. which went to Roosevelt despite ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

The tribute of the nation, to the first flight made by the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hill will be appropriately celebrated Saturday with the dedication of a beautiful pylon Work on it started almost two years ago. It was first necessary to anchor one of the rolling sand dunes by means of tough grasses. That done, work on the stone monument started and is now ready for pulp lie view According to all reports the Wright memorial is beautiful one. Its surroundings are as barren as were the carly years of effort upon the part of the Wrghts to accomplish the miracle of a rnan.made flight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Earth's Age

The Earth must be feminine; She is so coy about revealing her age. But heartless scientists press the question relentlessly, and when she refuses to tell they find ways of their own to get the answer. Of late there have been three methods used for this One is the study of radioactive rock. Radium in such rock disintegrates with cloeklike reg ularity. so that the age of the rock can be determined pretty accurately.
 A second method studies the amount of soluble rock and salts in the ocean. on the belief that it is possible. knowing the rate of solution. to determine the length of time the dissolvins process has been taking place. The third method computes the period o. formation of the earth's crust, from study of all the strata made visible by upheaval and erosion.
 Use of these methods has brought similar results. with cooperating scientists agreeing that the earth must be about 5000 100000 years. old. Now comes Einstein with the suggestion that the figure should be l0,000,-' 100000 years. Dr Einsten cheerfully ad mits that his figure cannot yet be proved: there is only evidence tending to indicate it.
 It is really psychologically right mo- ment for this announcement Defeated can didates for various offices and of all parties can say. after November 8, "Ho. hum! What is one election in 10000, ,0000 years?'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
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verse poll majorities especially large in Massachusetts.
 The objection that last-minute developments and trends are not reflected by the polls may also be considered with regard to those three states, since Al Smith un- doubtedly helped the Roosevelt ticket in that disaffected area during the final weeks.
 a Three points may be made as to the Digest polls large exag- geration of the prospective sce cialist votecialist vote:
 1. Twenty million ballots were mailed and only 3,000,U00 re- turned. Socialists are often of the crusading type and probably cast poll ballots in much larger proportion than other voters.
 2. It is usually estimated that about 10 per cent of the, socialist vote is not counteda
 3. The percentage of socialist votes fell gradually during the polls progress, indicating 2 steady reduction in the number of voters who at first couldn't ac- cept either major party candidate and were intending to- vote for Thomas. (Also, those who ex- pected a larger socialist vote than the poll indicated. didn't realize that the number of automobile and telephone users among so- cialists is larger than commonly appreciated.
 Except in 1916, there hasn't been really close presidential election in this country for dec- ades. Just as long as the Digest poll continues to predict large majorities 1t will be accepted as in the words of Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills-"dis- tressingly accurate"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

Denver M. Wright is at it again. You must remember Mir Wright. Surely you haven't forgotten him so soon, althugh the national election did force his name off the front page for few days. He is the gen tleman who staged real lion hunt out in southeast Missouri some days ago. He owns lot of wild country out there. He also has had an ambition. cherished since his boyhood days to hunt lions. Instead ot going over to Africa to get them. he bough, several rather ancient animals from a circus that was one step ahead of the sheriff. With these animals Mir Wright intended to enter tain the natives of Missouri with real honest to goodness lion hunt. The lions had been released on small island in the Mississippi river. They were eventually killed by the sheriff of the county. Not so sporting of the sheriff to hog all the killing. Once more Mir Wright has had visions. And he plans to buy two more lions. All oi which must please the nearest neighbors to Wrght's island jungle. Let's hope that the beasts don't turn out to be expert swim mers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
To Urge Repeal

Representative John Thoris will need plenty of support for his bill repeating the state enforcement act that he intends to in- trcduce in the Legislature next January. If the Legislature should perehanee adopt the local legislators measure it would, of course. place the burden of prohibition enforcement in Connecticut upon federal authorities. There are any number of people who believe that the actual burden is resting upon these officials. But that's the penalty of placing an unwanted mandate upon an unwilling state.
 At the last Legislature similar bills to those planned by Representative Thoms were sque1ched when dry organizations crowded the committee rooms where the hearings weie being held and prevented any wet supporters from entering. At that the Hartford branch of the Crusaders and the organization of Women for National Pro- hibition Reform managed to make them- selves heard. However, there was no sup port for such legislation in the judiciary committee and the drys had their day. sew eral of them to be exact.
 Despite the fact that Connecticut IS rather overwhelmingly wet the only piece of legislation that could be passed was the rather ordinary, measure to memorialize Congress on repeal of the 18th Amendment. Even that was enthusiastically supported last week at the polls. It was favored by seven to one vote. The state must now, through the proper officials petition Congress to repeal of the amendment which really amounts to nothing so far as actual changes in the present dry laws are concerned. It merely registers an opinion.
 The present lineup of the Legislature will give the voters of the state an excellent opportunity to find out how the two major parties stand on the topic of prohibition The governor and state senate are democrat ic: the lower house and other state officials republican. If the House looks with disfavor upon Attorney Thons' bill it will very clearly mark the republican party of the state as opposed to any change in the pres cnt laws. That is at variance with the stand it's representatives took in. seeking office this. past fall and also its state platform. The democrats are for modification immediately and repeal to follow in thisstate. just as they are in the nation. The issue is clear cut. We can draw our conclusions when the Thoms bill faces the Legislature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
So They Say

I look healthier. but really need to take care of myself. Samuel Insull, former utilities
 czar, after his transfer from jail
 to hospital in Athens.
 He who calls himself 100 per cent Briton or a 100 per cent Frenchman. or a 100 per cent American, is today likely to be the most dangerous and the most eff fective enemy that his countrymen can have.
 --Dr Nicholas Murray Butler,
 president Of Columbia Univer-
 sity.
 To compare patriotism. with Christianity is like comparing. mar garine with butter.
 Lord Mamhead, in England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
"yoLUNrARxo sALARY CUTS
(Meriden Journal) 1

Suit has been brought by x a. Bristol teacher to have the sii VI perior court decide GIestion of much general interest to teachers and that is whether cofitributionSB made from salary, in place Bof a formal salary cut. shal have any bearing on the amount Of retiFc-
 ment assessment to be paid and the size of pension payment. It would
 be to the advantage Of state teach @l CTS generally # such salary cpn- tributions were disregarded Vim computing their pension nssess- ments. since these assessments are, pr0p0rtionately supplementep sby the state with contributionH from public funds. <
 In many places when the aeces- sity for curtailment of expendis s lures was first felt. a proposal was made to teachers to contribute fives ten, fifteen and even twenty per cent of their salaries toward pub~ lie relief. The motive Tn doing this was to preserve the teachers pen4. sion status ana to continue the wage schedule for the future. Moreover the teachers were under contract. x
 It was In no sef,se free-willz lzofl fering and amounted actually to ~ cut inasmuch as in some cities,
 having Waterbury in mind in par-
 ticular, 1t was made plain to inc instructors that non-colnpliaiica
 would probably mean loss Of their Jobs when their contracts expiredl or a double cut in the next cons tract. Tn Meriden the teachers contributed to- the zCommuhity Chest until their contracts ran out; and then they had to submit to A. 15 per cent cut. (. h some communities, howeyer,' |tho so-called voluntary plan iss still in effect and that has catlsed the doubt concerning whether the paper salaries arc to be used T n reckon:zs retirement assessn5sns4 and credits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
s QUITE A SHOWER
 Iuarfford Tsiunasl


 Certainly there was q heavy rain near Lake Okeechobee, Fla, Satur- day night and Sunday. The total rainfall amounted to twenty-two inches. That brings the water down from the clouds faster than was ever known to transpire in New England. Seven inches of rain in three days would just about drench' New England and produce floods like those who devastated Vermont a few years ago. Yet the Everglades received a soaking al- most three times as bad as that in a day and a half. Such terrific rains are almost enough to drown a fish. were that possible. Hap pening in a place like West Hart ford they would be as deadly as Noah.s deiuge. Falling in the Pennington valley there would be made a lake overfiowing through the neighborhood of Cheshire and backing up very neariy to New Boston,
 Think of trying to go to church in twenty-one inches of rain. It would call for portable submarines In every neighborhood. It would practically demand that people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
THE VIEWPOINT BEIE'S t ANNIVERSARY a
(Bridgeport Telegram)

F
 Newtown has two brothers who are now, celebrating the 10th am uiyersary of a successful journalis- tic partnership. Fate may have tried to conceal them by naming them smith," but they oyercame that obstacle ihandily. Certainly no two men are better known in the rural areas of western Connecticut than Allison F. and Arthur Smith, respectively editor and business manager of the Newtowr Bee, which has been published under their joint management for four decades,
 Newspaper men are usually mo- madic in their habits. Forty years with one newspaper is of a record. For two brothers to occupy the key posi- |tions in successful newspaper for that length of time Is something unique in American journalisn. The Newtown Bee is q weekly newspaper almost as. we'll known In Bethel, Monroe, Brookheld, New Milford, Washington and Bantam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
To-day's Selected Poem
FOR A FIRST BOOK
John c. Ritchie in the Christian
 Science Monitorl

(John C. Ritchie In the Christian
 Science Monitor) Within this little red-bound book there lie hundred glistening diamonds of your
 thought, And from each rainbow prism dart and fly
 caughts You are an elf that even in this world or iron and steel can weave gossamer song Telling us where, bluebell has uncurled Or point the oriole we have waited long. Between the covers of this little book Imprisoned songs for all the world to sec Impriso V d yes--yct even as we look We learn that captured things may still soar
 free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

Keep away from Argentine. you athletic officials For the Argentines take their games seriously and don't like the referees to be at fault. Leon Arismendi gave de- csion in soccer game at La. Plata that 'irked the fans. One of them promptly shot him in the head and he's critically wounded at hospital. And that's how they do it in dear old Argentine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

should be able to breathe through tubes in their umbrella handles. A man with spectacles on couldn't see at all. Automobiles would have water inside clear up to the seats. Tremendous wetting occasionally occurs in the subtropics. Both baseball and football postponed: !: also all ptcnics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

The farmer says the dollar isn't an hon est dollar because it buys too much wheat. City property owners say it isn't an honest dollar because it doesn't pay enough debts and taxes. Maybe what we need is dollar that looks twice as big and buys half as much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining 10 persoftal health and hygieUc, not dlscase diagnosis Ot treatment. wili be answered bS Dr Brads Address him. care of the Demorra' ending stamp and addrcsse.i envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Good evening.
 / 0A-O--0 I DON'T REMEMBER. 1 DON'T REMEMBER
"A SMILES THE THING.

I don't remember. 1 don't
 rernembet The house where I was born; They tore it down when l wa.
 young,
 So it l cannot mourn. I don't remember. I don't remember
 The horses or the cattle: :. But it's been told many times tc Since l began to prattle. I don't remember. don't
 remember
 I'd like to recall farm and stock, As I spend my days in living On the top floor of a city block.
 o-O-o
 Dr Kuncho Mnanoff, former Bulgarian minister of justice, has brought suit against Raeko Alexieff, one of the country's most popular humorists, because of the many jokes Alexieff made at his ex- pense. Now there's good joke for you.
 o-O-O
 One piece of furniture they'll never take away from u. is the filing case for our tax re-
 o-O--o You can now buy your hot dogs in red, white, and blue combina- tion colors, W. w. Woods. presi- dent of the Institute of American Meat Packers, reports. It'll be a shame to spoil those pretty colors with 0 lot of mustard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

William D. Upshaw. former democratic representative from Georgia and prohibition candidate for president at the recent cleo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

As beer draws near. there less demand for near-beer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:03 o'clock tonight.