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Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
ATTACKS ON THE DOLLAR

What is the meaning, expressed in
plain language, of the attacks on the
dollar recently reported from Eu-
rope, and how will such attacks af-
feet the ordinary person in places
like Milford.
For some weeks there were contin-
ual reports, largely from Paris, of
speculative attempts to depress the
value of the American dollar. Spec
ulators sold the dollar short, or un-
der the gold value, expecting that it
would fall still lower, and they
would make a profit. Some people
thought they saw a plot behind these
movements, willy effort to force the
United States to make political con-
cessi6ns.
But as soon as Congress showed
a serious dipOitiOn to balance the
government budget, these short sales
seemed to stop. That suggests that
they were not inpired by any poll
tics, but were simply due to fears
caused by the gaping leak in Uncle
Sans treasury.
When a person wants to borrow
money, the first question is, Does
he pay his bills?" When a govern
ment distributes its money, the first
question is Does that gOVernmenf |
pay its bills?" Fear that the United
States will not pay, but will depend
upon more borrowing to pay its bills,
seems to have been the cause of the
on the dollar.
1t will be sad day for the aver
age person if our people, by their
failure to pay the bills of their gov
allow these attacks on the
lollar to beat down its value. It will
mean more people tucking money
nto hiding places, more frantic
of securities by the banks,
more bank failures. {
But the moment Congress really !
ALLIANCES our budget, the moment
Jncle Sam proudly steps up like a {
cal man, and says he is going to {
ay his bills out of current income i
ven if he has to sell his shirt, that '
the world will laugh at the h
lea of attacking the dollar. e
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
ONE BILLION IRON MEN

One billion dollars is still being
roarded in this country, according to
Eugene Meyer, governor of the fed
eral reserve board. Mr.. Meyer told
a congressional committee that a few
months ago $1,5OO,OOO,OOO was being
boarded, so at least One-third of
these fearful dollars have been in
duced to come out into the daylight
But what are those one billion
dollars still doing in their hiding
places? If you call them iron men"
according to popular slang, the DOS
SCISSORS of them seem to have very
little iron in their hearts. Mostly
putty and paste there, one would
say. We need iron hearts, such as
our fathers had, to set the iron men
to work.
When people take dollar out of
some bank, and hide it away out of
sight,, that bank has to provide an
other dollar, to get ready for the
next timid hoarder. To get such
dollars, the bank has to sell bonds |
at prevailing prices, which means a
sacrifice and impairment assets. This
is the reason why the country has
seen so many bank failures, with the
disaster that always accompanies
such suspensions.
No good ever came from boarding
money. Money was made to circu-
late, not to hide When it refuses to
perform the mission for which it
was made, it is much as when the
blood in the human body stops cir
AS the failure of such cir
paralyzes the human body,
10 the business system is paralyzed {
When money stops working. If s
money thus refuses to work. and /
overs in the dark, people may say
hat it should be taken away from f
Is fearful possessors. S
Bankers say that many of the old i
arge size bills, which were discon- a
lnued in 1929, are still coming out. n
What has that money been doing all t.
his time? Very little of it earned 2
ny interest, and its idleness has i'm C
aired the earning power of its pos
essors. If people want work and
roperity, the iron men must stop
ehaVing like putty men. o.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
STOPPING DEFLATION

When prices begin to go up, ther
business will revive, the economists
tell us. The continual shrinkage OF
the prices of the basic raw materials
wheat, cotton, rubber, metals, etc.
leads people to delay buying. No
one spends a nickel for an article, il
he feels the next day he can buy il
for four cents.
Some say we need to have more
money issued. Start the printing
presses going, and give everyone
more dollars to spend. The folks
who bought German marks some
years ago could give us points on
that. When they found it took ], ,OOO,-
600 marks in Berlin to buy a quart
OF milk, their marks looked good for
wallpaper, but not much else.
There was money enough in the
country to do the big business of
1929, and there is money enough to-
day, if we could lure frightened dol
lars out of mattresses and knotholes
and deposit vaults.
Credit may be scarce. Many bor-
rOwers have been notified to walk
up and settle. Some of them had to
almost give their securities away to
raise any cash. The banks, fearing
people would mob their counters and
demand real money, have had to turn
everything into government bonds
and other cash securities. The way
10 loosen up credit, is to calm |
frightened people.
Bargains drive away apprehen-
'iOns, The lady who thought she
vas headed for the poorhouse, de-
'ides that she won't have to go, when
he hears about the $40 dress SELL
ng for SIS.
Wage-earners who take lower pay
or time, help break the am. When
uch reductions are made, however,
should be the understanding, that
ny increases of dividends should
lean increased wages also. The way
} encourage buying, is to offer
oods and labor for prices people
an afford to pay.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
SHRuNKEN FORTUNES

Some people of large wealth have
seen their incomes much shrunken
Have they thereby lost their happi-
ness? Some grieve and lament over
their changed circumstances, and it
seems to them mean and ignoble to
have to count the pennies and nick
els. Others discover that they are
just as rich in the things that real
ly count.
They do not have so many follow
ers who pursue after them because
they entertain and lend money free
ly. But they find certain barriers
removed which had separated them
from ordinarily situated folks. They
make more friends who seek them
for what they really are.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
GAS TAX RACKET

The American people are spawn
ing crooks like fish, and it is a very
cold day when the smart guys fail
to think up some new racket for
sneaking our dollars out of our
pockets.
So here we have the statement of
a Detroit refinery counsel, that eva
sion of the tax on gasoline has be-
come one of the leading swindles,
costing lis $SOO,OOO,OOO a year, as he
thinks. Fortunately all honest folks
will want this form of thieving stop
ped. Any officer who can discover
such evasiOns and get the fellows
who are doing the thing, will re-
ceive a unanimous hand of applause,
and there will be openings for him
higher up.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
II YEARS MEDITATION

AL CapOne, famous gang leader. is
now presented by the federal govern
ment with period of quiet rest to
last II years in Atlanta prison, where
he can contemplate his underworld
triumphs. He can also ask if they
were worth the price he will pay.
But as the gangster business is re-
ported unhealthy, he may be quite
well satisfied to be out of the pub
lie view.
The final falling of Capone, as
suming he has no further chance of
release, will help dissipate the idea
that some people are above the laws,
and that those laws can not touch
them. The good natured American
people tolerate much, but occasion
ally they get thoroughly mad and
demonstrate tat the above idea is
illusory.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
AUTOMOBILE VIOLATIONS

Automobile accidents keep on day
after day in all their CHASTITY horror
and the maximum driving season
bids fair again to give us it's cas-
ualty lists like the battles in a war
Traffic has gotten beyond control
Are we going to lie down, and let the
rough riders do their stuff at their
will here in Delaware?
If the country was more prosper
Gus, it would be good business to put
on three or four times as many traf-
flc inspectors to identify bad driv-
ers. Then they could be suitably
penalized. But as things are now,
asking for more money is like pull
ing teeth.
1t would help much, if people were
reader to report violations of the
rules When excitable drivers, for
instance, rush past traffic signal
against the lights, the violation is so
clear that it can be proved if only
the witnesses will speak up. If we
all keep silent, we may expect the
rough riders to keep on with their
fancy stunts.
Automobile regulations should be
made simple and reasonable. If
town maintains a sign forbidding
speeds of over Is miles in its out
skirts, at points where people drive
25 to 40, the rules become joke. The
purpose of such a notice is to per-
;uade drivers to reduce their speed. !
Il the only effect is to make them
augh. the fast driving continues.
Many people regard a complaint by |
he police as a Ojke, and feel rather
mart about driving in way to call
or such action. The penalty should
e enough so they will stop laughing
bout it, also their friends should
make it clear that their conduct is
ot regarded as anything funny.
uch drivers should be made to feel
nat they are being classified as can
idates for the dumbell champion
hip.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
THE LINDBERGH CRIME

OVershadowing all other thoughts.
is the fierce popular indignation felt
against the abductors and slayers of
the Lindbergh baby The affection
Of our whole people goes out to these
beloved parents, but if there is any
power anywhere that can bring to
justice the authors of their grief. it
ought to be exercised Someone
must know something throwing light
on this crime, and such knowledge
should be handsomely rewarded.
To some it seems inconceivable
that a sane person could commit
such a crime. Such ones call it the
deed of maniac. But the affair was
carried out with such skill, appar-
emily after the most careful plan
ming, that this theory seems improb-
able.
1t is a strange situation, that while
two continents and the ocean were
searched for this child, yet he ap-
parently was carried but a few
miles from the quiet crib from which
he was snatched. The abductors
may have become frighteneded as
hey contemplated the results of their
act, and perhaps decided to finish
With the thing and cover their traces
IS best they could.
Or perhaps they planned the whole
operation from the start just as it
vas carried out. 1t may have been
heir original idea to save enough
If the baby's clothing so they could
'ffer some proof that they had the
hild, and obtain a ransom without
living him up.
The ruthless extraction of a great s
um of money from the victims, if '
one by the original kidnapers, adds /
till greater enormity to the crime. {
IT if committed by takers who knew t
othing about the baby, it was a i
'aud of the most fiendish cruelty.
he whole thing is a revelation of l
lie depths of Villainy of which hui t
ian nature is capable, and of the
ork the world has to do in straight t
ling out crooked minds and put a
ng some humanity into yellow p
carts. S
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
LADY RULES THE STATESMEN

For the first time in the United
States Senate's history, a woman,
Mrs. Caraway, senator from Arkan-
sas, was called to the presiding Of
ficer's chair a few days ago. The
senators were very calm and peace
full. No emotional statesman so far
forgot traditional manners as to call
for the presiding lady's discipline.
Yet uneventful as the incident
seemed. it would have spoken vol
umes to some old pioneers of wom-
ems privileges. In many. countries
today, woman is still regarded as the
servant of man. A country
in which the representative of the
sex could actually have au-
thority over male lords, would seem
a tOpsy-turvy land in such places.
Truly, the world has moved a long
way from some old ideas.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20

full when the House pledged ITSELF
to balance the budget and then in
stead of wiping out $2O0,O0O,0OO in
expenses actually wiped out less
than S90,000,00O?
How could industry muster any,
confidence when the House passed
an in1ationist, price-ixing measure
in the GOldsbOrough bill and then
COATED over and glorified in its own
! economic insanity? %
How could anybody with a dollar
IN his pocket remain serenely calm
when bonus advocates and infa-
tionists threatened to start the print
ing presses and make every hard,
earned, slowly saved dollar worth
possible 20 cents?
How could any American have any
faith in a Congress that passed an
lndefensible pension bill at a time =.
when the utmost economy is de-
manded?
Congress wrecked whatever hope
there may have been for economic
betterment this spring. It's actions
forced more and more men to walk
'--N bNAC CNNo III lnlCuGo6s II
ed the whole country. 1t was in the
way to make itself the most dreaded
and most contemplate body of Am7
erican legislators within the mem4 I
ory of this generation.
Mr.. Hoover has put into burning
words exactly what the country
thinks of Congress. He has set forth
the "details and requirements of the
situation" so clearly that Congress-
and the Nation cannot eVade them. I
They are:
First. The prompt enactment
of a revenue bill adequate to
produce the necessary revenue +
and so designed as to distribute
the burdens equitably and not to
impede economic recovery.
Second. A drastic program of
economy, which, including the
savings already made in the ex-
ecutive departments of $685.
100000, can be increased to ex-
ceed $7OO,OO0,OO0 per annum.
The Senate and the House cannot
svade these stern responsibilities.
rhe Presidents Indictment of Com
sress is echoing in the minds of
billions of Americans. After making E
brilliant start toward national
the House WaVered,
'roke and stampeded. It became in
and cOwardly. 1t made
tself responsible for a grave delay
n business recovery.
Now, at the first signs of return
lg sanity, the stock market rallied
nd there are evidences of rallying
nd new courage everywhere. The
ountry is regaining its confidence
4 the future.
This Congress is on trial. It's
ands are running out, but it still
as time to redeem itself in the eyes
f the country If it fails in what is
l fact a national crisis, then repre-
government itself will be
n trial.-Public Ledger.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20

SOME people are so weak in the
legs, that they aren't able to carry
home and properly dispose of the
paper bags and wrappers they buy at
the stores, but they have to throw
them into the street.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20

PLENTY of people who can tell
inst what is the matter with the
world, can't seem to do those plain,
simple, every day things, that would
make their home town a better place
to live in.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20

WHEN a store drops out of sight
in the newspaper advertising, it US
ually drops out of recollection in
peoples minds.
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20

Book Agent-Now here is a Won
derful book entitled, How l Work.
ed My Farm For a Profit"
Farmer Cyl haven't got any
time to read fiction.
Luella-I hear you lost your val
liable dog in an auto accident
Borely-Yes, l was saved but the
dog was killed
Luella-What a pity!
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-20
MIR. HOOVER APPEALS TO THE
COUNTRY

What caused the slow decline of
the stock market in recent weeks ?
why was gold flowing steadily from
America? Why was the dollar being
pounded downward in Europe?
Why was American business con-
fused and hesitating? Why was AM
erican industry so worried and un-
certain? Why was the world. appar-
emily losing confidence in these
United States?
The reasons were clear. There
was no mystery about it. The answer
was being written day by day in the
Congressional Record.
In his Special Message of May 5
and his public statement of May 6,
President Hoover told Congress and
the country the bitter and blistering
truth. Congress has been destroying
the public confidence. 1t has been
blocking the road to recovery.
How could this Nation keen its
courage when a stampeded House
ripped a sound tax bill to shreds
and then wrote the maddest excuse
for a tax bill that ever was sent to
the Senate?
How could the country be hope
Evening star., 1932-01-09

OF 1872 motion picture films censored
by Great Britain In the FIRST 10 months
OF last year, 1900 were talkies.
Evening star., 1932-01-09
Gas Tanks Breathe.

Gasoline tanks for the storage OF
this product are said to breathe and
this breathing is the means of losing
considerable OF the contents, which
pass away IN evaporation. The breath
ing Is caused by purely physical re-
actions. When the Temperature in the
storage tanks rises the pressure in.
creases, with resultant escape oi
some OF the gas vspor over the LIQUID
in the tank. Then, when the pressure
lessons as the tank cools at night, Il
may fall below atmospheric pressure
which brings leakage of air into the
tank or more rapid increase Of evap.
GRAFTON within the tank. This con
tinues daily, with the loss assumins
serious proportions. This condition ha:
been overcome in q measure by fittins
the tank with a one-way valve.
Evening star., 1932-01-09

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6. Cozy abode.
10. Tree stock
IA. Soap plant.
IS. SandArac tree.
Is. Luminous circle.
IT. Networks.
1S. Hoar frost.
19. Mahometan prince.
20. River in Armenia.
81. Handles.
%. Feminine name.
"A. Cavity.
rs. Grassy field.
26. City in France.
%. Destitute Of hair.
81. Horses
81. Walking stick.
So Japanese coin.
81. Strike gently.
IS. East Indian tree.
SO. Reservoir.
SO. Sloths.
Al. A weight
AZ. Biblical high priest.
43. Poker term.
a. Slender line.
Al Regretted.
20. Gauzelike material.
so. Human beings.
81. Slkworm.
So. Mammal.
So. Set forth explicitly.
81. The first man.
So. Entrance.
so. Soon.
81. Kind OF rock.
81. Persian fairy.
SO. Charge.
64. Made Of kind Of cereal grass.
IS. Delightful region.
Sc. Scotch drinking cup.
81. French naval station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
Rain Could Not Dampen
 Spirits Of July Fourth
 Celebrators In The City
Celebrations Went on in the City and All of Them Attracted Big Crowds of Enthusiasts Bunk- CT Hill Folks Outdid Themselves This Year

Independence Day was observed in Waterbury in fitting manner yes terday. Despite the rain patriotic exercises in celebration of the Fourth were held in various parts of the city, Business of all kinds was suspended for the day and the Stars and Stripes were displayed everywhere. All in all 1t was a wholly successful Fourth of July observance aside from the fact that hundreds of outings planned for the day by private parties had to pc postponed on account of the incle- ment weather. ~
 The local community clubs pre- scented extensive programs. The program offered by the Bunker Hill Community club wa. one of the best in the history of the organiza- ton. The celebration opened at s:3O o'clock yesterday morning with the raising of the flag in front of the Bunker Hill firehouse by the Boy Scouts of the section, accom- panied by a band playing ''The Star Spangied Banner" A parade fol- lowed at 9:30 o'clock headed by a police detachment led by Lieuten- ant James Mulville. Captain Wil- liam Keavney was grand marshal. Bow Scouts of the section, Girl Scouts. St Francis Drum Corps. various patriotic floats. the corpor- al Coyle Post Drum Corps. various individual and group comic offer inss and leading residents of Bum
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
City Democrats Come Back From
 The Convention
All Had Backed Al Smith But They Will Be Out ], on Firing Line for Man Who Defeated Him
 Either Mayor Hayes or. .Ex-Mayor Thoms May Be One of Electors
CONN GAINS VOTE
 IN THE COLLEGE

Either Mayor Frank Hayes or ex-Mayor William E. Thoms will be among the list of electors iron, Connecticut to be nominated at the coming state convention of the democratic party this fall. While both of the local men were behind the nomination of ex-Governor AL fred E.. Smith for the presidential nomination. they have now aligned themselves with the democratic presidential nominee and will do their utmost to push him to victory in November
 While it has not been announced as yet, Connecticut will gain an ad- dihonal place in the electoral coi- lege this year. In past years the Connecticut representation has to- taled seven. This year 1t will be eight, due to the added representa- tion given this state in congress under the 1880 census.
 Mayor Hayes. Controller Daniel J. Leary, Town Chairman John H. Crary, Finance Commissioner Charles Jackson and ex-Mayor Thoms were back on the job to-day after their strenuous, session at the national convention in Chicago. Each and every one of them exs pressed satisfaction that they had backed ex-Governor Smith for the democratic presidential lomina- tion.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
THREE ROXBURY MEN BADLY HURT
 IN AUTO CRASH
Struck a Tree on the Bos- @ ton Post Road at Clin= ton Early To-day - All Are in Hospital

New Haven, Conn. July 5-UP)
 Three Roxbury. Mass. men were injured, two critically, when their automobile left the Boston Post road and crashed into tree at Clinton early to-day
 They were brought to New Ha- ven hospital, where their names and injuries were listed as follows: Benjamin Dunnay, 105 Waumbeck street.. Roxbury, lacerations of the face fractured nose and broken leg, condition critical; Sol Abrams, Homestead street, Roxbury. lacera- tions of the face and scalp, condi- tion critical; Paul Kaplan, 82 Waumbeck street, Roxbury, lac erations of the face, condition un- certain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

Indianapolis, July 5.-UP)- Prohibition party delegates gath cred today for their national con venticn with the denunciation of President Herbert Hoover as "the most conspicuous turncoat since Benedict Arnold
 Dr D. Leigh Colvin, national com mitteewoman, denounced the presi- dent in Cadle tabernacle last night and said Senator William D. Borah of Idaho would poll 10000 votes if he chose to run for president on the prohibition party ticket. He would not say. however, what en- couragement, if any, Borah gave him at their conference in Wash ington last week.
 ."The republican wet plank means that MT Hoover. who ap- proved it and whose close associ- ates and appointees drafted it and whose advisors promoted it in their convention, is the most conspicu-A ous turncoat since Benedict Ar nold." Dr Colvin said. -Four years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
Battle Wounds Are Being Healed With
 Factions Uniting
Roosevelt Fore and Tanlmany, Including Al Smith, Will Soon Be Clasping Hands Under the Roosevelt Standard Conn Uniting-Bos- ton Gives Mayor Curley an Ovation

Albany, N. Y., July 5-(U. P.) = Another indication that democratic convention battle wounds are heal ing was seen here to-day in plans for a homecoming reception" for Governor Franklin Roosevelt, plan ned by political factions which SUD- ported Former Governor Alfred p. Smith for the democratic presiden- tial nomination.
 The governor returned from the Chicago convention last night. The official reception by the city, plan ned and organized by Edward J. and Daniel P. O'Connell. will be Wednesday, or possibly later. The organizers are ardent Smith par tiSanS.
 f Other weekend developments which indicated the Smith Roose- welt breach would be healed dur ing the campaign for the presiden- cy, included:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
Hoouer Called The Most Conspicuous
 or All Turncoats

ago he received an unprecedented majority because he stood for the maintenance and enforcement of the 18th amendment. Now he stands merely for the enforcement of that which his party is not com mitted to maintain. He has failed in performing his presidential oath to preserve, defend and protect the constitution"
 pr Colvin charged that the two major parties have catered to the wet voters, but finally came to make alliances with them.'
 Both major parties have con tinued half vet and half dry" Col win said. We need re-align- ment in American politics. We face the problem of making Ameri- can government achieve rule for the best interests of the country. We have established prohibition and have made it almost unrepeai- able"
 Dr Clinton N. Howard, Roches- ter, N. Y., was named temporary chairman of the convention.