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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-27

your column for a long time. en-
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I enjoy Tim Tyler'S Luck also"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-27

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-27

BIRTHDAY NEWS
Kathryn Dove, 1922 New
ton ST., N. E. is IL years old
today. The club wishes Kath.
ryn Many Happy Returns of
the day.
Evening star., 1932-09-22
LANSBURGH'S Friday! |
BUY BEDWEAR FRIDAY

At this time Of the year, when you
have returned from vacationing and
are preparing to dig in" for the Winter,
your house undoubtedly needs swapping
up bit. Your bed should be dainty
and attractive. Blankets as fluffy as
seafoam make you long for icy Winter
nights Not In years have all-wool
ensemble blankets sold at SO low price
as they are offered Friday-only S4.59
each They are in plain colors with wide
contrasting borders, and in combina-
tions of rose, green. heliotrope, blue
and gold. 70 by "a inches.
Part-wool blankets, 70 by 80 inches. in
block plaids or plain colors Of rose, blue,
heliotrope and green, sell for only $l.39
each.
Colonial bedspreads Of quaint designs,
80 by los inches in shades CT old rose.
blue, gold, heliotrope and green, are Of
fered at s1.69. They will be at home
with your choicest antiques. Bedwear
Third Floor.
Evening star., 1932-09-22
MERCERIZED DAMASK
TABLECLOTHS DROP

Housewives who now, as never before.
are thinking of values and cutting
corners wherever possible. will embrace
the economy which Lansburgh's linen
department offers in tablecloths of mer-
cerized damask Well defined patterns
simulate designs generally associated
with finer linen cloths and hemstitched
hens give handmade look. Choice
may be had of all white or of white
with soft colored borders that are in
describably lovely. The So by 70 inch
size is priced at 69c. the 64 by 80 inch
is -Linens-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1932-09-22
Come and Thrill With Us Over These
New Fashions and Desirable
Home Needs Offered at the
Lowest Possible Prices
SHOPPING AT LANSBURGH'S
ASSURES YOU OF GOOD
SOUND QUALITY

Lansbursh's Has Never
Lowered Its Quality
Standards in Order to
S ell Merchandise at
Lower Prices Quality
Is Maintained Y e a r
After Year Regardless
of Market Conditions.
Learn Real Shopping
Confidence by Shopping
at Lansburgh's.
Evening star., 1932-09-22
RAYON DAMASK DRAPES
ARE In GREAT DEMAND
Fall Drapes Come in Rich Colorings
to Harmonize with Decorative
Schemes

Depend on colorful draperies to fresh
IN and enliven your home in the coming
gray Winter season. Rayon shiki
iamask or a figured Stub damask answer
the Falls demand for the new rough
effects and give you selection of either
plain or artistically figured patterns.
Although they are sumptuously lined
with rich, heavy sateen, pinch pleated
at the top, and are sold complete with
hooks and attractive tiebacks for hang
ing, they are priced at the surprisingly
low price Of S495 a pair. DRAPERY
DEPARTMENT-F1 FLOOR.
Evening star., 1932-09-22

Boys pull-over sweaters-sturdy
worsted yarns that will outwear
soft wool sweaters. Plain shades
or neat combinations. Sizes 8 to
20. Extra large size for big boys.
BOYS SHOP-STREET FLOOR.
Mail and Phone o,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

vote about th, country being nped for the gold standard with but two weeks to spare was ridiculous. It was the first tactical mistake that the president made in his speak ing tour and he has been trying t6 five it down ever since. If such condition existed only the President and few intimates knew it and were guilty of wilful neglect of office in not making such information public. so that proper protection could be assured banks and individuals. Senator Glass slew this dragon with one pierce of his rapier.
 If this were all that the former treasury department secretary brought out in his talk it would be enough to convince most voters that the plight of the republican par ty in national politics today is preesrious one. So precarious is it that any means are being adopted to save it from defeat next week. But with the nation no longer will ing to accept at face value the astonishing claims of other years we think Mir Hoover and his associates are due for an awakening. More Carter Glass and the election will be as good as won.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Futile Power

A group of industrial engineers in New York figures out that the American farmer today has 5000 slaves working for him. in contrast with the ancient Roman capital ist who was rated wealthy if he had 5000 slaves. The Roman had control. in his slaves, of 300 horsepower. The Ameri. can farmer has 500 horsepower in his trac- tor. automobile. water pump. lighting plant and other machinery. There seems to be this difference. The ancient Romans slaves supported him. The American farmer at present seems to be mainly engaged in sup porting his slaves.
 In fact. our nation as whole does not seem to be doing so well as it might with it's slave-power. Here we have, the engi- neers say. industrial energy amounting to a billion horsepower. equal to the work of l0.000.000.000 men. and only 9.000,000 men are required to produce and direct it. The rest can sit by and look on. Or could. if the job were being done right. Surely 10.000.0 100000 men. in the form of machine slaves. ought to be able to support the whole 125.000.000 of us pretty well. We cannot be so smart as we thought we were while we were making all that ma ehinery and setting it up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Red Cross Membership

The 1932 poster for the, annual member ship drive of the American Red Cross is ready, although the roll call will not begin until November l, Armistice Day. Join! You Red Cross Needs You!" is the message of the poster. Response to the roll call should be, greater than ever this year. for the work the organization lis doing now is greater than ever.
 The Red Cross no longer confines its services to relief work after sudden natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hur- rieanes. It has been busy helping the needy in many community, distributing food and clothing. keeping up its public health work. and so on. :, Calls for help are numerous. Not every person can respond to all of them. The Red Cross. however. asks for only af7doliar from every member. The number of members rather than the size of individual contributions is what counts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
cash-and Control

Professor Louise Overacker of Wellesley college has written a book analyzing the use of money in presidential campaigns; and she finds that the part of the small com tributor to campaign funds is steadily de- clining. Most of the money comes from wealthy bankers and industrialists; ''the lit le fellohw." she remarks, lis quite content to let the big fellow pay the bills and run the political show xS
 This of course, is only natural. But if there has been a movement toward strict conservatism in government if the machin- cry of democracy has been getting more and more out of the hands of the ordinary citi- zen. you need not go much beyond that ex- planation in looking for the cause.
 If the ordinary voter is content to let the wealthy pay the expenses of politics. he can hardly be surprised if the wealthy have a large voice in the conduct of party affairs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

'.Now is no time to tinker with the wage scale.' claims Dr William L. Higgins. re- publican candidate for Congress in the sec ond district and at present Secretary of State. Continuing along this vein of thought he states that tariff tinkering is tinkering with the wage scale and this is no time to lower the wages of the working man. Conditions have been improving late- ly. possibly in anticipation of the wisdom of the voters. but unless the confidence of our great producers is revived. can assure you that serious results will ensue. Shall the cheap labor of Europe be put to work supplying the needs of our people? This is just what would happen, until the standards of living in this country were reduced to those of Europe. for there is only one way in which we can meet the competition of the world on an even basis. and that is by reducing our standard of living would rather see high wages and goods high. there fore, we should continue with protective tariff sufficiently high to enable all wage earners to maintain American standards of living. :" But what about those Amer ican factories. Doctor. that have emigrated to Canada and other foreign countries rather than remain in the United States and find themselves throttled by this same exorbitant tariff which has ostraeized this nation and made our policy of isolation almost obnox- ious There is such thing as protecting our native industries. but the pendulum has definitely swung too far.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

in Pinehrs. Says Socialist. As'ailins Coufss in Bank Crashes = Lehmzn Also Undsr Fire - S34.000.00o Loses In In.s5smcnt Agency Charged" " Markham Pcns Poem Prsising Fofgotten Man - Democratic National Committee Releases Verses Dsdi- cated to Roosevelt - Halls ''Voiee of VoiceIess' = Extols Governor As One Who Cries Mortal Need" Farley Assails Hoover Silence on Prohibition-calls Mad ison Square Garden Talk That of Desper- ate Man Expecting Defeat = Unfair Says Steagall - Alabaman Points to Republican Bonus Votes"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
A Book a Day
Lost in a Fog They Land
 In a Nudist Colony
by BRUCE CATION

X If you read ''Turnabout" or eThe Night Life of the Gods," you know that Thorne Smith can produce a kind of depraved humor which is so terribly funny. that it actually hurts. He has written a new one, now, sThe Bishops Jaegers," and it is my sad duty to inform you that 1t isn't quite up to standard. In spots it is completely hilarious, but in other spots it is a bit 1a- bored and the laughs are a trifie forced. Still, taking 1t all in all, it has it's moments.
 This book brings together a young business man, a portly bishop, pickpocket, a former arr tist's model named Aspiring Liz, 8 society girl, a stenographer and duck named Havelock Ellis.
 All of these people (except the duck) embark at New York on . Hoboken ferry. A fog comes up and the ferry, getting lost, drifts about the ocean ainflessly for a couple of days, until our friends get lifeboat and strike out for shore on their own hook. Land- ing somewhere on the Long Island coast, they plop into a nudist co1- only which they are forced to join. It is there, by the way. that Have lock Ellis, who likes to nip peo- pie, meets them.
 Fleeing, unclad, from the nudist colony, this merry crew brings the book to a climax when 1t acci- dentally gets into an oceanside amusement park and lands in the strong arms of the deeply puzzled law.
 As you can imagine, all of this provides a good deal of rather bawdy fun. This book, by the way, is not for your Aunt Emma \. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Co.,, the books costs $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

There is one thing that we like about Mayor Mckee of New York. He does not do things halfway. When he started to put the city on economy rations he started at the bottom and worked his way to the top. Of couse. he has been hindered and his program will never go through as ordained by him. But at last he has tried to give the city an honest and economical admins tration. Now he is busily engaged in seeing that the III city limousines that he ordered surrendered some time ago are actually given up by officials formerly accustomed to rid- ing in style. Eight are still among the missing. but the mayor will personally check up on them, he has stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
So They Say

I've been robbed seven times in two years. They came twice last week, and that finished me. It's hard on the nerves, looking down gun barrels 50 often.
 --P. M. Tank, Kansas City, Mo,
 druggist, announcing his retire.
 ment from business.
 s
 Tmay not know anything about the law, but ! have enough com- mon sense to know that they can't expect a man to jump out of a sick-bed to register when he has already notified them that he can't make 1t. am going to the mat on this to see if the board can pro- ceed in this high-hatted way.
 James Joseph Tunney. former heavyweight champion. on discov-
 ering he wouldn't be permitted
 70 yotes s44ys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

ly vicarious. They find nothing but ludicrousness in the spectacle Of certain A. F. of l.. spokeSmen on the oratorica1 Warpath who fly into apoplectic frenzies when they reach Moscow in their scalp hunts, and who give terrifying limitations of little men about to burst into pieces when they swing into pero- rations on the crimes of the Krem- lin. It is easy for those whose with CTS are unwrung not to vince when galled, but when one remembers the havoc which Communists, working under instruction from Moscow and subsidized by It's money, have created m almost every organization afiiliated with justiflab1e wrath and the bursting in pieces a logical climax. Person ally can understand better, and sympathize with more. labor lead CTS wh0se eyes grow bloodsl1ot when then see Red than can pro- fessorial boosters of Soviet Russia who despise everything in this country except the privilege of en- toying ~unearned increment from stocks and bonds.
 But knowing how thin-skinned leaders of the American Federation of Labor are when prick1ed with a Bolshevist bodkin, and how quick they are to resent any insinuation that perhaps the Communist meth. cd of handling certain, problems is better than their own system, it Is with a feeling of timidity that the moral included in the following in- cident is indicated for their consid- eration.
 was talking with the heads of the All-Russian Red Trade Unions some time back and during the conversation happened to inquire if there was much wrong doing, like grating Sor embedding organ ization funds, among their union officials.
 ssNo," they answered.
 When I expressed some amaze ment that fallen human nature was so impeccable in the U. s. s. R.. they did not apprehend the sar- casm but did get the point.
 "Oh, it's all due to the treatment they get when we catch them," ex- plained the secretary. .'You see, if they are non-party members, we put them in prison. If they are Communists. we shoot themPs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1ssi
Who Gets The Protection?

= Ostensibly the Smoot- -Hawley -Grundy
 Es(t6 give it its full title) tariff is one for
 alone. But after democratic con-
 s kressmen and candidates for Congress finish
 ( hammering away at it this fall, we think .~ that the American public will be convinced [ that its protection is given to the select and not to all Certainly Judge Martin Gorm- ley of Naugatuck, democratic opponent of Representative Edward w. Goss in our own congressional district, the fifth. brings this matter to our attention pretty nicely when he shows that his native towns industries , are not being protected against the eneroaeh- ! ment of cheap foreign labor.
 Recent news dispatches of the day have shown how this country is being used as dumping ground for cheap footwear. By that we mean cheaply manufactured, for rub Der footwear from Japan is made in many instances by women working for as little as 2 three cents an hour. In 1931 we imported
 : from Japan alone $36.000 worth of rub sssssber goods. exclusive of tires. The entire Nsimpoft from Europe in the same year
 ssamounted to $9O2,355. Czecho-Slovakia
 exported to us in l93ls l7.000 pairs of xs.jeather shoes worth S32.344. the total OI ledlDeI SHOES lmpOIleQ HUH " sEu4ope being valued at $678,088. - All of which shows pretty eonclusively
 that the industries of the Naugatuck valley ' aren't safe behind -the excessively high walls 1. of the Smoot-H -Hawley -Grundy (to give it its E full title) tariff. Perhaps the rubber in- z dustries of the valley were not as solieitous = for the political welfare of President Hoover '. four years ago-as were many others. Senator V Carter Glass of Virginia discussing financial e issues that have been brought into the sr campaign this week declared that The . SMoot- Hawley Grundy tariff act constitutes . moral insensibility as well as economic in- E sanity. It will take its place in history as . legislative and administrative enormity, = purchased from the government at Wash- = iraton by the contributors to Mr Hoover's % campaign fund. ..s
 Senator Glass .even pointed out later in ~ the same address that ,when President = Hoover and Secretary of the Treasury Mills ' were advocating the loaning of public money @ tc private business concerns the president < actually designated by name one concern as . the type to which these loans had been made. . A republican senator. member of the = Banking and Currency Committee. had . asked him to illustrate and he very oblig- X ingly did. This same concerns head was . large contributor to the Hoover campaign - fund of 1928 and later became ambassador '. to foreign country. He has just recently x resigned this post. This is perhaps be . = side the point of the tariff, but it brings out the fact that republican rule of the na- :. ton will always be for the few and not for % the multitude. Bear that in mind and don't ' forget that Martin E. Gormley, candidate for = Congress in the fifth district. will not limit '. his ability to looking out for the interests E of selected group but the entire district if e he is sent to Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Senator Glass Scores

Perhaps the most entertaining and in- structive speech that. has been delivered to date in the national campaign was that of Senator Carter Glass Tuesday night. It was unfortunate that the republican na- tional committee went so far as to hurry Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills < before microphone immediately after the Glass speech ended to refute the talk. Sec retary Mills was most suave in his reply to Senator Glass indignant criticism of this. ! but the fact remains that, it showed scant lack of consideration and too evident desire $ upon the part of the administration to cover { up the splendid piece of work that Senator Glass did for the Roosevelt cause.
 Ifanybody desires to be set right on cer- } tain matters that President Hoover and other , republican speakers are deliberately seeking 5 to confuse in the average voters mind we advise him or her to consult this address. ! Without apologizing for any action of the democrats in the session of Congress just , ended Senator Glass showed that in the < support of such legislation at which Presi- dent Hoover and his Cabinet spokesmen are now pointing accusing fingers there were ' plenty of republicans. Mrs Mary T. Nor <ton. congresswoman from New Jersey.
 ! speaking in this city week or so ago pointed out about the same thing when she ~asserted that numerical majority of five on paper seldom materializes in the flesh.N : And that is the democratic majority in the -House.
 \ The senator from Virginia also desired ~to know why the Hoover administration ..made such fuss over balancing the budget sthis year when for years and years previous ~there never was any mention of such an
 sanimal. We could go on for column after ~column and show where the Virginian ~scored repeatedly. Efforts of the adminis- strstion to blame the depression in this <country upon conditions in Europe contra &diet the republican party's vaunted prinG-
 ~ple of isolation. Statistics are quoted to
 yshow that in the face of the widest orgy of
 soverinflation even President Coolidge and
 shis successor laughed at the suggestion. that
 "a collapse was imminent.
 z Everybody knows now that the famous
 deciaration of President Hoover at .Des ''Moines, Iowa. in his appeal for tte farm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

Just read few of the following captions that were clipped yesterday from metropol- itan daily All are authentic and are from the same paper. They are lesson in them selves. Brooklyn Hears Newton Baker Attack Tariff Wilson's Secretary of War Makes First Speech Here Under McCooey Aegies Ridieu1es Hoover's Fears
 Calls U. S.NAnd Russia Most Isolated Nations of World. Thomas Likens Rooseyelt to Bush LesSuer Good Except
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
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AMERICANs ADVANCE

On Nov 8, 1918, the American army continued its advance north of verdun, capturing several towns. Franco -Belgian/ troops came with in i've miles. of Ghent.
 The Austrian army was in col- lapse as the Italians took Trnet and Triest. Italian cavalry en- tered Udine as an armistice was declared. The Serbian army oc- cupied Belgrade.
 Tn an effort to raise the morale of his people, Kaiser Wilhelm an- nounced his support Of govern 'mental reforms. by which the Reichstag was given greater au4 thorify. x. I-s'' ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03

We sincerely trust that the recent order issued by the Postoffice Department at Washington had no political tinge to 1t. It instructed all postmasters to detail extra work during the Christmas holiday rush to men without jobs and in need of such work as they can obtain. Inasmueh as the holi- day falls on Sunday this year it will be observed as such on Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Personal Health SerDice
 (By William Brady, M. D.l

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-03
Good evening.
 LIFE IS BOOKKEEPING

LIFE IS BOOKKEEPING Life is bookkeeping.
 Each day an entry's made. Each month the books are balanced. The score of bills are paid, The profits are examined.
 Sometimes they're very few, They're based upon the very things We do. Life is bookkeeping.
 A day by day affair, We subtract something over here. And add it over there, The balance sheets are many, For some they may be few, They're based upon the very things We do. Life is bookkeeping.
 With books that spiral high. We balance pages every day.
 At least we bravely try. We write off many losses. The profits may be few. They're based upon the very things We do. o-O-o The country may not be on rub- Der dollars but the stock market appears to be on rubber legs. GOO
 The American standard of
 living is predicated on the gold standard. Lose one and we stand to lose all.
 0-O-o I'd a lot of campaign speakers, politics are only personalities deep.
 o-O-o
 If all of us accepted gov- 7 ernment as a philisophy, in- stead of an instrument of log rolling, we'd have a real de- mocracy.
 They tell us this is 8 campaign of facts, not fancies. But at times it would seem to be one of fanci- full facts.
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