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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
STATE REPORTS SPRING IMPROVEMENT
ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY SERVICE
Forty-ive Years in Opera. ton This Month in
 Connecticut
THE BUS AN AUXILIARY

Electric stret railway service in Connecticut entered It's forty-fifth year this month. the first instance of electric railway transportation in this state having tnken place tn the Naugatuck Valley in the spring of 1888. Tho files of the Connecticut company into which in years gone by have been merged the various street car lines which developed after the introduction of electricity as . means of locomotion contain some very interesting accounts Of the early attempts at electric trac- ton and definitely prove that Con. necticut was among the first states to introduce trolley transportation.
 Connecticut's first street car was in operation at Derby less than three months after the opening of the first successful electrically pro. pelled railway at Richmond, Va. During the same year, 1888, elec- trio railway operation was begun In three cities in Connecticut. Derby being the first, Meriden the soc. ond and Hartford the third.
 After that first year. the existing horse car lines became rapidly cleo trified. Five years later the cleo. trio car had spread to such an OK. tent that 1t was viewed as a com. petitor of the railroads. In 1909, several of the lines had been pur- chased by the New Haven Railroad and merged Into the Consolidated Railway, the immediate predeces. sor of tho Connecticut Company. Tho Consolidated then began Co ac- quire other lines In various parts of the state. In 1907, the namo of the then Thomaston Tramw way company. owned by the railroad. was changed to the Connecticut Company m dto it was entrusted the operation of all of tho rnll. roads S7t miles of track, In 1921, the Connecticut Company institut. cd bus service as m auxiliary to itb trolley lines. The trolleys and buses combined now carry about 400, 900 passengers daily.
 ! In the opinion of many cities the bus in growing In popularity and is supplnntlng the trolley In muny places,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

Building permits, automobile sales, hfe insurance sales. bank debits and bank clearlngD were the leading factors showing gains ln Connecticut in April, 1y32 over March, 1DS2, according to the reg ular monthly survey of the Connec- ticut chamber Of commerce con. ducted with the cooperation of the larger local chambers throughout the state.
 Telephone stations, postal re- ceipts, savings deposits, payrolls, man hours. gas and electricity con. sumption, car ioadings and cotton consumption showed losses during the same period ranging from .5 per cent to 27.2 per cent.
 Building permits issued during the month totaling 1,213 in num- Der and si.bs9,581 in value inc creased 74 per cent and g3.7 per cent respectively over the 697 is- sued during March valued at $Sis.- 7g7. Compared with April 1881 when 1,273 permits were Issued valued nt s2.b45,i92, however. this was . loss of 4.7 per cent and 37 per cent.
 Automobile sales for April total. ou StoS4 Vufucd ut Hl,SdLzvI, hn increase of 41.4 per cent and 32 per cent respectively over the i,643 sales valued at $I,804,0i0 in March 1032, but . drop of 61.0 per cent and 40.7 per cent respectively com. pared with April year ago when 4,83% sales were made with . total value of $4,454,2S0. fe
 Life insurance sales amounted to e1i,283,000 for tho month, an increase of 3.i DOT cent over the q loss of 2f.3 per cont from the sf0,ef4.000 reported for March and total of $f4,32i,000 in April f03t. Bank deblts in nine cities amount ing to s326,S00,7i3 increased 3 per cent over tho S3f3,843,7s3 total for March but decreased 33 per cent when compared with the total of &436, 040,738 in April 103f. Bank eiearlngs In eight cities amounted to $05,040,672, which was q 2 DOT cent increase over tho March total of s02,3s2,00S and drop Of 2S per cent frow the April 1881 figure of Sf32,0e5,560.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Workshop Plays
 Wednesday Night
Little Theater Presenting Three 0ne.Act Plays at
 WOn1en's Club

The final workshop plays of tho season by tho Little Thenter In cons junction with tho annual meeting will take place to.m orrow night at tho Waterbury Women's Club at S.30 o'clock. Previous Co the per- formanco of threo one.aet plays q short business meeting will Do held with election of officers for 1O32.33,
 The plays to be presented nre "Whats n Fixor For", a lively drama of circus lifo by Henry Pot. ter, which won the i032 tourna- ment silver cup when it was pres sented at tho Yalo Drama school; "Riders to tho Sea-" q folk tale of tho sea by John M. Syngo and al. reetcd by Dorothy Mclaughlin; and "Up Stage" a comedy takooff on Russian art directors, by Alice Qcrste enberg, and directed by Mrs John '. r. Castle.
 Admission is free to members on presentation of membership cards or coupon book covers, and non. members aro Invited t0 attend ut a small admission fec.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Building Jumps;
 Auto, Insurance
 Sales Increase
Bank Debits and CIearings Also Register Gain for
 April in Compilation By Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Utilities and PayrOlls Down

Telephone stations in use In 1e cities numbered 245,i2S. u less of per cent from March when the number was 246,S7O and of per cent from the April 1881 total of 2b3,026. Postal savings in 1e cities for the month amounted to $66g,- 002, q drop of per cent from tho Sgi5,691 In March and 90 per cont from the sS17,042 in April q year. Savings deposits in 14 cities totaled eb34,vo5,iS0, q loss of .b per cent from the total of s53s,0s4,o33 In March.
 Payfolls in nine cities amounted to $l6.010,746 compared with $l5,- 307,273 in March or n loss of 2.6 per cent. Man hours in 207 plants totaled S.944,o44, n drop of per cent from the 0,e26,657 In March. Gas consumption In 15 cities amounted to s26,3i2,300 cubic feet a loss of per cent from the S3b,s 033,00D cubic feet used In March and loss of per cent from the S40, 76S,600 cubic feet consumed in April. 1891. Electricity consum D. ton In 16 cities amounted to G2,- 77i,476 kwh. compared with 67,- 57G,7s0 kwh. in March, q decrease of 2 per cent and 6S,s63,s06 kwh. In April 1881, . drop of 5 per cent.
 Carloadings in 14 cities totaled 0,375, q loss Of t7.3 per cent from the March total of 1i,344 and a drop of 16.4eper cent from the IT, . 094 In April 1881. Cotton consunIp. ton totaled 3,674 bales compared with 6,06i bales m March, a de- crease of 27.2 per cent. There were no bankruptcies with liabilities of S1,05S,542 in April, ii0 with liabilities of $i,b44,722 in March and 70 with $056,938 tn April 1881. Ninety-seven interpretations wero formed during April compared with i02 in March and s1 In April q year ago. l3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Program Tonight
 Davenport Hall
Mattatuck Musical Art So. ciety in Dedicatory Concert

Tho program DreBcned tonight al Davenport hall by the Mnttntuck Musical Art Society ts dedicated tG tho memory Of George Washington This concert is open to the public
 Following is tho completo pros Connecticut :. Clayton ffotchkiss W0mcn's Chorus =.
 The Second Mlnuct ....... Bosly Ethel c. HIgiatyki. soprano
 Minuct. Pierre Landrin Dup0rl | (Dnnced before Mrs Washing on i702) --- Tho Misses Constance
 "Bracken, Adelaide Bracken,
 Tcresa Hcnnessy, Pauline Rick Adeiine Guest, paulette W0l0- xln, Mrs stephen Hallaway, Mrs j. 0. Manhery
 Under tho direction of Pauline
 Rick -- Mrs Robert Dirt nt the plano.
 Concerto in E minor ...y. Nardini Allegro Moderate Andante Cantabilo AllegrettO uj0eos0 Eugene SchwartS. VioiinIBt
 Songs by American Women In the Luxembourg Gardens .. .....,...... Kathleen Manning Doyhood ...... Louise 0arneti In Italy .......... Jeanne lloyd Ethol c. ziglatykl Mrs Robin ogden nt the plano. American Mon Composers :. | Witches Dance e..,,.,. MncD0~ell pol0naise Americnine ...,.,,.. ......... John Alden Carpenter Emclinc 1tanaudo. pianist
 Largo ............ 'rartlnl.9ontng ftignudon ,.,.... Hanlenu.b0htag ag Berenade Orientnle .,t.,,,.,,, | ....,.,..... Wesley q. s0ntna Hastern Romance ..,,s..,,,..,. Rimsky !. k0rsakOff b0ntns Mexican Folk Song transcribed by
 Wesley c. B0ntng | Eugene bchwartz | Mir Bontag at tho plano
 The Sandman .... Wesley s0ntaa April Song ,..... Wesley Bontaa | icthei ziglntkki | l Mir Bontag at the plano
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Theater Group in Summer Circuit
The Brook field Players Will Be Located Near New Milford, Conn

Tho Brook field Players. C troupe of professional stage folk from New York, will present n series Of four new plays by American writers this summer in Connecticut, playing several evenings each week in q complete circuit comprised of tho "Haybarn Theater" (WeMern View Farfn) near New Milford, Ncwt0wh, Kent and Washington.
 With the players this sens0n nrci Mary Blair, Jane Burby. 4 leo C0wan, Jean Kritzer. lilly bldel. fnan, Katherine Squire. John i.uGnA. Allen Nagie, Norman Peek and James Robertson.
 The company will Do resident ln iIr0okfieid Center. and there VIII rehearae It's productions under the supervision of Meyer Levin. dlrcc. tor, and Virgil 0eddes, playwright. sas---.s-.-....-.a-@--a---usss
 |, Moro than 5000 oak trees from the famed Cobham Hall estate, near Uravesend, England, were sold at auction recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
BEACON. VALLEY
 FAIR GROUNDS
Chief Two Moon Meridas Set Large Number to
 Work This Morning
WAGES S4 PER DAY

There was a good deal of activity at the Beacon Valley fair grounds today when over hundred men were set to work there by Chief Two Moon Meridas, the well known medicine man of this city. under the direction of Baitrush, The men were hired in Waterbury, Nauga- tuck and few from other places down the valley.
 The work consists in grading the grounds and will last for several weeks Men will be paid at the rate of $4 day and. according q statement issued they will be ex- pected to render fair equivalant for their money, they will not be overworked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

MtxIco's new orga nizatIen Of sue Rar producers for the stebiiizati0n of prices is functioning satisfactor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Guernsey Breeders Outing

Hartford, May 3i.--Tho Con. nectlout Guernsey Breeders asso. ciation will hold It's annual summer field day and picnic on Saturday, Juno {, at Grassland Farms. Tn. conie, in tho town of Salisbury, Grassland Farms is ono of the out. standing Guernsey breeding estab- lishments in the east and those who attend tho meeting will have m opportunity of personally in- spectlng tho foundation stock which has contributed 50 much to tho bettorment of tho Guernsey brood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Strawberry Field Day

Hartford. May sf.--strawberry growers will meet at the Connecti. cut Agricultural Experiment. sta. ton Yarn In M CarmneI, ga. mel. at ' s:.., s;oe
 SS sS % ss' opco,ssns rss ,'iiss ios si x sro% sSy. ssn nrs 10 ;" w,tncSs some of the new va. fietics that have been developed as,d studied by the station. More than @ S5 varieties are being tested to determine theis adapta6iiity to Connecticut conditions and in addi. lion. studies are being conducted Of, more than 5000 seeding crosses. livery one interested can secure compiete information and direc- Hons on how to. reach the farm from their local farm bursau.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

the government to meet the cost of its
operation.
The list of articles on which taxes must
be paid is varied one, somewhat in
complete as yet, but certain to be so as
soon as the internal revenue experts get
the details smoothed out.
Like all taxation, this one is going to
be inconvenient for awhile but like the
horse getting used to the collar. or a
human getting pair of new shoes brok-
en- in, we will soon become familiar with
it and eventually forget all about it.
1t is not likely that the tax will cause
great hardship on any citizen. Just
as a dose of castor oil throws fear into
the mind of a juvenile, the anticipation
being worse than the reality, so too the
new tax at first thought makes us some
what scary but it will be good for us.
Each time we pay it during the next
few months it will serve as a gentle re-
minder that all who dance must pay the
fiddler, if not presently then eventually.
Perhaps it will teach us lesson so that
the next time we are bitten by the keep
ing-up-with-the- Joneses' germ, with its
resultant silk shirts, fast autos and easy
money" fever, we will remember and
seek immediate cure.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
Editorial Page
and
Features
THE BEST STORY

IN the present welter of politics, politi-
clans, bonus armies. 'wets" and
"drys", depression and all the other
things that go to make up topics for
daily conversation, it is a happy occasion
for paper to be able to print a real
good story.
There was one in yesterdays issue of
The Press, which may not have had so
much appeal to some readers, but which
we believe is far more important than
any other article in the paper.
We refer to the announcement that
DIR. r. E. Dyer of the United States Pub
lie Health Service has discovered a serum
believed to be an absolute preventive for
typhoid fever.
Behind this cut and dried announce
ment is story which few laymen can
appreciated story of devotion to the
welfare of mankind, of deep interest in
ones work and of unselfish courage in
risking ones life in the hope that such
risk may eventually save the lives of
others.
In the course of his experiments DR..
Dyer and his associates deliberately eX-
posed themselves to infection with typhus
and ran the risk of death in order to
prove that the serum they had discovered
Is e11ect1Ve.
They did their work with no blare of
trumpets and with no headline adver-
tising. 1t is quite likely that Doctor
Dyer is on a moderate salary with the
health service and that it is in no way
commensurate with the work required
in his research and experiments.
1t is hardly likely that he will ever be
escorted through the canyon of lower
Broadway with a police and military
escort while ticker tape is rained down
upon him and millions shout his name
in homage.
He is not likely to have a new cigar
named after him or be able to endorse
a single cigarette An honorary degree,
a medal and passing comment are about
all he can expect, for this is the way
America treats her scientists.
His real thanks will never be known
to him. They will come from the hearts
of those who watch by the bed of some
suffering loved one whose life would be
forfeit were it not for the work of this
more or less obscure physician. That
is why we think he and his work are the
best story in the paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
OFFICERS EYE
DISASTROUS TO
YOUNG THIEVES

Because Lewis Mitchell, highway
patrolman, had hunch two
youngsters really had no reason to
be driving G. E. Pitzer's automobile
on the Yuma highway near Midway
Wells yesterday afternoon, Pitzer
recovered his automobile 10 min
utes after he reported its theft to
the sheriffs office, and the boys,
each 16 years old, were held in
custody for action by the juvenile
court.
Pitzer was serving on a jury
venire at the court house. He came
out yesterday afternoon to find
his automobile gone, and hurried
to the sheriff'S office to report the
theft. The report was received
at the sheriff's office at Sis, but
Pitzer could not remember the IL
cense number of the car and went
home to get it.
In the meantime Mitchell was
patrolling the Yuma highway when
ne noticed the two boys driving
east in the large sedan. He stopped
them and asked where they got
the car. They informed him they
got it at Ell Centro, and very truth
fully said they did not know to
whom it belonged. Mitchell took
the youths to the county Jail, along
with the automobile.
Mitchell, boys and automobile ar
rived at the sheriff's office at $50
Just as Pitzer telephoned to give
officers the license number. He
was informed that his car had
been recovered, and went to the
sheriff's office to take charge of it
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1928, BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

be near the Hollow Stump School.
But l am not. The school is far
from here. Then how is it l can
hear the singing SO plainly?"
At first the rabbit gentleman
thought there might be some sort
of magical trick about it-hearing
the voices of the animal school
children when they were SO far
away.
Louder and louder sounded the
singing voices, nearer and nearer
until, looking amid the trees and
bushes, Uncle Wiggily saw all the
pupils from the Hollow Stump
School marching two by two
through the forest, toward the pine
woods where, also, he was going.
And where, also, though I don't
like to speak of it, were hidden
the Fox and the Wolf.
The Lady Mouse Teacher from
the Hollow Stump School was
marching in front of the children
and when she was near him, Uncle
Wiggily stepped out from behind
q bush and said:
We'll Lady Mouse, where are
you going with the girls and boys?"
I'VE are taking our June walk, :"
answered Miss Mouse.
And we're SO glad to see you'll
chartered Billie Bushytail.
Where are you going, Uncle
Wiggily?' barked Jackie Bow Wow
why, I am also taking a June
walk spoke Mr.. Longears. Il
always take a June walk once in
the season and as this is such
beautiful day I started out to look
for roses"
Then we shall help you look, "
squeaked Miss Mouse.
THAT will be fine!" chuckled Mr.
Longears as his jolly little ami
NAL friends gathered about him
I'VE shall take our June walk to-
gether."
Uncle Wiggily walked at the head
of the procession beside Miss
Mouse. Behind them, strung out
in long line, were the animal boys
and girls, bunnies, chickens, ducks,
squirrels, puppy cats and pussy
dogs-no, I have that wrong.
beg your pardon. 1 mean puppy
dogs and pussy cats and guinea
pigs and fat pigs and lean pigs.
oh, SO many Jolly friends.
Soon, over in the pine woods,
where they were hiding and wait
ing, the Fox and the Wolf heard
the noise of many feet.
Here comes Uncle Wiggily
now" snarled the Wolf.
1T sounds as if he had someone
with him, spoke the Fox.
"Only the Lady Mouse Teacher
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
Don't Quote Me-
BY United Press .

delegate there has to be an eighth
of an alternate. So Texas is send
ing 1874 delegates and a like num-
ber of alternates, all cut up into
fractions. Mississippi has done
much the same and so have a lot
of other states, mostly southern.
There are a lot of reasons for
this dissection of delegates. One
is that it gives a lot of voices to
make noise for a fayolite candidate.
Another is that it assures good
seats and all privileges of the con-
vention to a large number of faith
full servitors of the party.
But it presents a problem for
the convention management. The
convention floor will only seat
about 5000 people. If delegates and
alternates were not split into frac-
tioas, there would be plenty of
seats. But when they begin split
ting them up, there soon arises a
problem as to where to put the
fractions.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
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The rabbit gentleman had
started to take a June walk in the
woods. to gather roses for Nurse
Jane and his wife Just about the
same time the Fox and the Wolf
also started for their June walk
toward the pine woods. But the
Bad Chaps were not going 10 look
for roses. They were going to look
for Uncle Wiggily. That is, the
Fox was going to do this. The
Wolf, who had lame paw, so ne
couldn't run fast, went along 10
keep the Fox company; also TO
howl and make the bunny gentle
man think the woods were filled
with Bad Chaps.
That certainly is a strange noise
I hear said Uncle Wiggily as he
stood on one paw, still listening
AS yet he knew nothing about the
fEox and the Wolf, for they were
ridden in the pine woods.
Then, all of a sudden, Uncle
Wiggily heard the sound more
plainly.
"Ha! Hal he laughed as he sat
down his raised paw. That is
singing I hear. The voices Of ami
NAL children singing. And, if 1
mistake not, l also hear the Lady
Mouse joining in the chorus. 1t
is very pretty
Louder and louder the voices sang
and Uncle Wiggily was much
puzzled.
For he said to himself, "if
those are the voices of the girl
and boy anima:s, singing, I must
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21

from the Hollow Stump School, -
said the Wolf, peeking out and
not, just then. seeing the many
jolly children friends. You're not
afraid of a Mouse, are you?'
mot at alln barked the Fox.
I'll run down and get Uncle Wig
gily now. I guess you can take
the Lady Mouse, even if you have
a lame paw"
"Sure!" snarled the Wolf. The
two Bad Chaps ran down the hill
to get Uncle Wiggily and Miss
Mouse. But no sooner had the Bad
Chaps come in sight than Baby
Bunty began to shout So did all
the other jolly friends, and then
the boy and girl animals picked.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21

CHICAGO, June 21.-The Demo-
Gratis have encountered a new
problem in their convention this
year, the problem Of how to take
care of delegations that split them
selves into factions
Eight years ago, it seems, and
again four years ago, the Demo-
Gratis suggested to the state or
ganizations that votes of delegates
at large be split Under the plan
state with one delegate at large
would send two delegates with one
half a vote each The idea was TO
give more equitable distribution of
the delegates at large.
Apparently democracy liked the
idea Of splitting up its delegates
and this year it has taken TO fac
tions like a movie star takes to the
rotagravure sections. Texas, ac-
cCrding TO word reaching here, has
fairly dismembered its delegates.
reducing some Of them as low as
eighths. For every eighth of a
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
Officers Arrest
Pair OF Hindus

To Jack Carter and Ben Cox,
city officers, it did not seem right
that Amir Din, 49, and NJ. Din, so,
Hindus, were pushing an automo-
bile which was not out of gas away
from the East Side park, SO the
Officers took action.
This action resulted in the ar
rest of the Dins, and in an order
that they be held for investigation.
No charge had been filed when they
were taken before Judge Lee Nuffer
in police court this morning, but
the Hindus were to be held until
this afternoon for further investi-
gaticn, since the automobile in
question did not belong to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
Gas And Auto
Funds Divided

With the usual dissenting north
end vote, the county board Of su-
pervisors yesterday afternoon voted
TO divide gasoline tax funds and
motor vehicle fines equally be-
tween the five road districts of the
county.
The gasoline tax amounts to
$4255.69 and the motor vehicle
fines amount to Sl290.80. II is the
usual procedure to divide these
funds equally between the road
districts.
With hardly any discussion, but
maintaining the stand Of the
Brawley district. Henry L. Jack
son, north end supervisor, voted
against equal division. 1t is the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
EMIfNf

up sticks, stones, pine tree cones
and Jumps of dirt and threw them
at the Fox and the Wolf. They
pelted the Bad Chaps so hard
that they were glad to run away.
who would have thought, -
howled the Wolf, that Uncle Wig
gily had so many friends with
him?' So the bunny, Miss Mouse
and the others finished their June
walk in peace. And if the spool
of thread will stop tickling the
needle in its eye, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily's June flowers.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
Police Recover
Stolen Horse

Among other duties of Ell Gen.
tro's police force, recovery OF
strayed or stolen horses was listed
yesterday afternoon when officers
located a horse which Owen Chick
had reported stolen from the city
park.
Chick said he had two horses
tied in the park, and a boy on
bicycle led one away. Boy and
horse were located by officers last
night, and the horse turned over
to its owner. No action was taken
against the boy.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21

contention of the north end these
funds should be apportioned ac-
cording to population and road
area of the districts.
Besides routine business, the only
other matter taken up before the
supervisors adjourned until next
Monday night was appointment of
Esther Kavanaugh of Holtville and
George Harlan of Jasper to the
board OF education.