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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20
The American
 Legion Program
Will Contain Much Inform ation Pertaining to
 Waterbury

The official program for the fourteenth annual state convention of the American Legion to be held In waterbury, August 17. IS, 19, and 20 was the topic of discussion at q meeting of the convention publicity committee at the Legion home last night. Chairman Newton w. Alexander assisted by Joseph A. DiPietro, Raymond D0wney and Frank P. McCue settled. the neces- sary details concerning the pubii- cation. t.
 The program will be six by nine Inches, q convenient pocket size. On the cover and first page the Amer. leah Legion emblem will have O prominent place. The preamble to the American Legion constitution will appear next. Then page Is devoted to the picture Of Mayor Frank Hayes. chairman of the hon- orary citizens committee. and Co greetings to tho delegates and guests by tho city's chief executive. The program will eontain' much information pertaining Co Wator. bury and tho convention which VIII be of interest Co the thousanas of visItoFn Hiso conle Co Waterbury on the convention days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20

a meeting of the Connecticut Hol- stein- Friesian association, and the presentation of Connecticut's own dairy play, will conclude the pro- grain for the first day. H. w. Nor- ton, Jr, of Madison. Wisconsin, su- perintendent of advanced registry work, will address the dairymen at the association's meeting. The dairy play entitled And Thou" written by Walter Stemmons. head of the editorial department of the state college. will be shown that evening for the first time.
 July 27. the second day of the statewide dairy meeting, has been designated general dairy day. The morning will be occupied with inspections of pasture experiments. At noon the dairlymen will have a campfire dinner. On the after noon program R. C. Hawley, pro- lessor of forestry at Yale univer- sity, will talk on Making Our Woodlands an Important Contri- buting Factor in the, Economic l. Welfare of. Rural Connecticut Communities" Demonstrations o1 fire fighting equipment adapted to-4rural communities and a statt wood chopping contest will follow.
 e Feeding dairy cattle in an eco. nomical manner during the sum. mer months will receive considera. ton after the short program relat- ing to forestry In addition. there will. he discussion of new meth ods of hay making and demonstra- tions of farm machinery.
 The dairymen's meeting is part of the Farm and Home week pro- gram which begins July 24 and ends July 29. Special meetings have been, scheduled during the entire week for every rural inter- est. as Several thousand farm men and women are expected. to attend the various sessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20
Waterbury Man Paid
 Fine in Bridgeport

"A fine of $i50 and costs was im- posed upon Joseph A. Poskos. 44. of s4f Highland avenue. this city. when he was convicted yesterday in the Brdigeport police court on the charge of operating c motor vehicle while under the influence responsibility which had been pre- ferred against him also was nolied. roekos was arrested on July 10th following m automobile mishap in the Park City. .a |.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20
BlackaIl Attacks
 Governmental Cost
Addresses Women Democrats on Issnes Marking
 Presidential Campaign M

the state has already indicated the necessity of directing public at- tention to such an Improvement. What Is the use of having county government with a flock of conn missioners who could well be eiim- mated, together with their staffs? {? Why can't the counties turn over their court houses to, the. state, particularly in so small a state as TConnecticut, and again eliminate overlapping? Why not go ahead and eliminate all the town courts, as Governor Cross suggests to eliminate. expense and increase courts.
 "The citizens of the state are not going to elect men who simply want office, but they will select those who desire to offer them, selves for public service"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20

Onions peeled under water viii mel bring teers to the etes'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-20

A telephone tip to police head : quarters early this morning result ed in the capture of youthful burglar caught ed-handed" in the act of .'jimmying' the door of the First National Store on the corner of Roseland avenue and Bidwell street. His pal escaped in the dark ness, but abandoned Ford. car that may eventually lead to his ap- prehension. The machine was park ed a short distance from the store and was evidently intended to be used in carrying away whatever loot was taken from the store.
 In police court this morning Jo- seph Abbentante. 19, of "A Burr street was charged with breaking
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Radio Music Books

Charles Scribner's Sons have
recently published an eight-vol-
ume series entitled "The Scribner
Radio Music Library" reprint
ing music Of all types broadcast
over the radio. A copy of the set
has been sent to the music de-
partment Of the University for
display to those people in Chapel
Hill interested in following,
through radio broadcasts, the
great piano numbers, opera Sc
lections, and vocal masterpieces
represented in musical literature.
The volumes are quartO size,
bound in red morocco, and repre-
sent splendid addition to any
musical library. Anyone who is
interested in examining these
books is invited to come to the
music department.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Two Irish Plays
Comedies to Be Presented Here Mon
day, Tuesday, March Il, y

The Irish Players, from the
famous Abbey Theatre in Dub
lin, are coming to Chapel Hill
week after next.
They will appear in THE Far
Off Hills" Monday evening, the
21st, the first day Of the spring
term,-and in "The White head
ed Boy Tuesday evening the
22nd Both are by Lennox Rob
inson. the director of the troupe.
The play on the 2lst is in the
regular series Of Playmaker
events covered by season tickets.
The one on the 22 is an extra at
traction; season ticket holders
NAV get seats at so cents each,
and for others the price is 81.
Mr.. Robinson made an adj
vance visit to Chapel Hill Tues
day of this week and addressed
an audience in the Playmakers
Theatre. His topic was the Abb
hey Theatre.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Seats in the Park
Strollers May Now Rest on Old Me
mortal Hall Benches

Six of the stout old Memorial
Hall benches, made so years
ago, have been placed along the
brook and on the hillSides in
Battle Park. A group of wom-
en- in Chapel Hill Clipped in to
meet the cost of having them
painted a dark green and then
superintended the placing of
them where they would be most
convenient to strollerS.
The rustic seats that were
built by the late Kemp b. Battle
fell to pieces long ago, and so
for many years there has been
nothing to sit on but the ground
and boulders and stumps. Now
when you go ambling through
the woods you may stop now and
then and rest in comfort. If you
want to, you may recline while
you are engaged in meditation,
or in observing the birds, or per
haps in reading, for these bench
es are long
One is on the knoll north Of
the Forest Theatre; one is on a
bluff overlooking the stream,
where the Blue Bench used to
be; one is at the sandy beech
shaded stretch known as the
picnic ground, near the stone
oven and the pool where the
children wade and sail boats i;
one is on the slope overlooking
Lovers Leap; one is beside the
cliff path, near the A. w. Hobbs
home; and one is just off the
|Old sunken stage-coach road, the
road over which brigade Of
Sherman army came from Ra-
leigh to Chapel Hill in the
spring of 1865, where three
paths meet.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Observed on a Trip
to West

1t was late afternoon when We
came into the mountain country
west of Statesville, and the high
way forces were quitting work
Around thirty or forty convicts,
on the way back to camp to
spend the night, rolled along
ahead of us in two trucks for
ten or fifteen minutes, and We
saw them at close range.
From their faces you would
never have thought them con-
victs. They We're young-most
of them not far advanced in the
twenties, it seemed to me-and
they looked about like the gen
eral run of North Carolina farm
and village youth. There was
no suggestion of crlminality IN
their faces. Some were even
noticeably clean-cut and good
looking.
Of course | knew that the ma
jority of these men had been
sentenced to the roads for vio-
lation of the Prohibition law, and
the question occurred to me: Is
this the best society can do to-
ward regulating the liquor traf-
fic-putting the brand of outcast
on these boys, and thousands of
more like them all over the land,
and probably starting them OIL
on a criminal career? 1t is GER
tainIy sorry business for the
states and the nation to be en-
gagged in.
After | reached Morganton |
Continued on page foxr)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Fire Gets Lost
Company Has to Return Second Time
To the HickersOn Home

When T. F. Hickerson was
away from home Sunday night,
George NJ. McKie, who lives in
the Hickerson house on Battle
Lane, discovered an imperfect
connection in flue, and as a
safety measure he turned in a
fire alarm.
The fire fighters responded
promptly, but since the address
had not been clearly understood
and since no one was present IN
the street or yard to direct the
company, the engine rOared past
the house, swept on down Sen
lac road, and, not finding the
fire, returned to quarters.
The company was followed by
scores of automobilists and hun
dreds of pedestrians, all looking
for the fire. 1t required a sec
ond telephone call to bring the
fire company back again; the
small fire in the chimney was
easily disposed of.
Meantime the territory around
John NJ. Booker'S home was
fiEed with citizens asking eacn
other where the fire was. Mr..
Hickerson was by this time
standing in front of his home,
and one passerby, yelling at
him: where is the fire., was
astOnished to hear the reply:
Il guess it's in my house -
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Phyllis's Comeback
She Quotes Hymn to Justify Hrl
Policy of Repose

After the evening meal at the
Bradshaws' Parson Moss and
Phillis sat together in the living
room. Phyllis, who is about five
years old, was lying at her ease
upon the couch.
Mrs. Bradshaw was washing
the dishes.
The early passages IN the
conversation between the Par
son and Phyllis are not of rec
ord, but they had something to
do with the advisability of the
little girls getting up from the
couch and going to help her
mother in the kitchen. The
question of the duty of a Chris
tian in such situation was laid
before Phyllis.
Parson Moss asked: Don't
you sing a song in Sunday school
about oh, what friend We
have in Jesus 20
Phyllis reflected few sec
onds, as though searching her
memory.
mo, | don't remember that
one" she replied, "but remem-
Der the one about The little
Lord Jesus lay down in the
hav.'"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
The Towns Finances
Statement of Cash Position Prepared
by Auditor Rogerson

l.. b. Rogerson, the town au-
ditor, presented to the aldermen
Wednesday evening statement
of the cash position of the NUM-
cipal government.
The cash overdraft at the end
of the present fiscal year, June
30, 1882, is estimated at $1l ,633,
but the town will have, on that
date, receivables considerably in
excess of it's current debt. The
end of the year is always reached
with part Of the taxes still un-
paid.
The estimate of the 1881 taxes
that will be uncollected June 30
is $1,000, and there is about
$21, 900 due in unpaid taxes of
years before 1881.
Expenditures in the first eight
months of this fiscal year have
been 3 per cent below the budget
allowance.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
McLendon Is Ehrinehaus's MANAGER

Major L. P. McLendon Of Dur
ham has accepted the appoint
ment to manage the guberna-
torial campaign of J. c. B.
Ehringhaus.
This announcement has a pc
culiar interest for Chapel Hill
because of Major McLendon' S
close association with the COM
munity. He was once mayor OF
the village; he is active in Uni
versity alumni affairs; and he
comes here frequently to visit
his friends. AS a lawyer he
appears frequently in the courts
in cases in which Chapel Hill
citizens are concerned.
His assumption of the man.
agement of the campaign is
good news for the Ehringhaus
supporters, for he is an ener-
getic and eloquent advocate, he
stands high in Democratic party
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Kittens on View
Squirming on Howes' Hearth, The,
May BE Visited in Afternoons

Two families Of kittens are on
view for children - and for
grown people, too, if they be
kitten fans - in the HOWes,
home at Buttons. Afternoon IS
the time to see them.
Mrs. r. f.. Coker gave Mrs.
Howe two kittens a year ago.
They were supposed to be broth
ers, but they turned out to be
sisters; and last week each Of
them provided the household
with a litter of kittens. The two
litters appeared only three days
apart, and when the seven young
things are curled up on the
hearth, squiTming about, nobody
not even the mothers, appar-
ently-can tell which family is
which.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Chapel Hill Chaf

When Edwin A. Alderman
was President of the University
and lived at our house, where
the Carolina Inn now stands, he
had pug named Taffy. Taffy
lived happy life except for one
thing: occasionally he had to be
washed, and he hated it like
poison.
Before he was to undergo the
torture he would hear somebody
say: Its time to wash Taffy,"
and so he came to know the
meaning of the word ardsh.
Thereafter, whenever it was
spoken within his earshot he
would spring out of his usual
Iethargy, dash out of the house,
and make off up the road to the
campus.
was reminded of this in Nor
canton last week. My wife and
| had bought a young maple at
a nursery along the way, and
when we arrived at the +. G..
Claywell home the women came
to the following agreement:
Med and Louis can dig a hole
and plant the maple tomorrow
morning. Mr.. Claywell turned
to me and inquired when you
brought the tree, why didn'tyOu
bring the hole along with it?'
| think he forgot what was IN
store for him, for after break
fast the next morning he sat
down with a newspaper and a
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Proposed New Federal Tax Leyies

The new tax bill Congress this week. 1t is
and balance the governments
budget The evies and the amounts they
expected to yield as follows
Sales tax of 2 per goods 100000
Increased individual income tax, $112COOOOO.
Increased corporation income tax, $21 100000
Increased estate and new gift tax, $35,OOO,OO0.
Changes capital gains and losses and administrative
visions of income tax, 00,00O,000
of 5 gallon malt syrup cents gallon
malt and 40 per cent concentrate $5OOO0,0OO
Tax tickets 25 cents $780,
100000
Tax of gallon lubricating OIL $5,OOO,OO0
Tax OF ! per cent on imported OIL $5,O0O,0O0
10 cents ongdstance telephone telegraph,
and radio messages $35 100000.
cents cents share stock trans
fers, $28;000000
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11

circles, and he has a wide ac
quaintance among people of all
classes and conditions through
out North Carolina.
Major McLendon will direct
the primary campaign from
Durham as headquarters, but
between now and voting day in
June he will make trips to many
sections of the state.
In his statement accepting
the invitation to become man
ager for Ehringhaus, Major Nc
Lendon says:
Il have known Mr.. Ehring-
haus for 20 years, and he is one
of the cleanest men | have ever
known. No man has ever Of
fered to serve the people of
North Carolina who possessed q
finer character or higher
sense of honorable conduct"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
NEON SIGNS NOT
SAFE, J. E.. LEAR
TELLS ALDERMEN
He Says New Illuminating De-
Vice Is Dangerous to Both
Persons and Property
PERIL IN HIGH VOLTAGE

John E. Lear, the towns cleo
trical inspector, told the alder
men, at their meeting Wednes-
day evening, that the Neon
signs in several of the stores of
Chapel Hill were dangerous, and
he recommended that the board
pass an ordinance outlawing all
except such as have the approx
al of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters.
A Neon sign is a patent de-
vice consisting of an enclosure
in which Neon gas is illuminat-
ed by an electric current. At
tached to an ordinary light sock
ct which is served by a current
of 40 volts, the apparatus in
cludes transformer which
produces a voltage of between
$500 and $4,000. 1t is this high
voltage which creates the dam
ger
The aldermen appointed Town
Manager Foushee and Attorney
Sawyer committee to investi-
gate and report.
There are about half dozen
of the signs now in Chapel Hill;
but there are apt to be more,
since they are being marketed
vigorously. Mr.. Lear thinks
the regulation of them had bet
ter begin at once, so that mer
chants will not make further
expenditures for the purchase of
types that are unsafe.
None of the Neon signs In
Chapel Hill comply with the re-
quirements of the National
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
WILL LAY A NEW
6-INCH MAIN FOR
FIRE PROTECTION
l.. c. S. p. Offers to Put Down
Larger Pipe Line Along
PittSbOrO Street
COST ESTIMATED AT $1,000

The University Consolidated
Service Plants will lay a 6-inch
water main under Pittsboro
street, from Cameron avenue to
Vance street, replacing the pres
ent 4-inch main. This decision is
the result of the discovery when
the former Umstead home was
burned three weeks ago, that
the water pressure was not ade-
ouate in that part of the village.
J. S. Bennett, superintendent
Of the electric and water division
Of the u. G.. S. p, announced
the plan for the new main at the
meeting of the aldermen We'd
nesday evening The aldermen
agreed that the town would haul
the pipe and place it in position,
re-surface the ground after the
ditch was filled in, and contrib
ate the labor of persons who
have to work out fines imposed
in the recorders court.
The length Of the new main
from Cameron avenue to Vance
street will be about 1900 feet,
and the cost to the u. c. S. p.
will be about $1,000. The 4-inch
main on Vance street, from
PittsborO to Ransom, will re
main. Tests indicate that the
smaller main, for as short a dis
tance as this, will give sufficient
pressure.
There is already 6-inch
main on McCauley street from
pittsboro to Ransom. This was
laid later than the Pittsboro
street main in the expectation
that the latter would some day
be increased in size from 4-incn
to 6-inch.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11

Water gathers in a low spot in
the woods near the graveyard,
forming a pool, and in this pool
:. bullfrog sometimes plays
about. Linden Hobbs, who is
between two and three years old.
went to walk with his father
one day through this patch of
woods and made the acquaint :
ance of the bullfrog.
He decided he would visit the
pool again but kept the plan to
himself. One day not long ago,
while his parents were away
and the Negro cook was absorb
I'd in eoffvveffsaatt eoffvv Fl ssaattiiefff iieff with friend
in the kitchen, Linden started
forth. 1t was his first trip
away from home by himself, and
it was a grand adventure.
The Hobbs home is on the
lower road of Glandon Forest
(the Gimghoul section(, over
looking Battle Park. 1t is long
way out from the village, and
the trees are so thick that one
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Bov Scout Troops 18th Year

The Chapel Hill troop of Boy
Scouts is now beginning its 18th
year of continuous registration,
although it was in existence as
an independent troop about 20
wears ago. Thus the local troop
is one of the oldest in the South.
There are now four full patrols,
each under a capable patrol lead
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
: Summer SeAeel Announcement

n. w. Walker announces a
Summer School Of two terms for
1882. The first term will be-
gin June 9. Asked how this
year would compare with last in
the matter of expenses, Mr..
Walker said: Board has been
materially reduced, and room
rent was low already"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11

Miss Estelle Lawson has ac-
cepted an invitation to compete
in the Mid-SOuth Golf Tourna-
ment March 22, 23, and "a at
Southern Pines. Some Of the
leading women players Of the
country are among the entrants.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Maddry Appointed Policeman

Frank Maddry, who has been
serving as policemanA under a
temporary arrangement since
j w. Huskey quit the force, re-
ceived the permanent appoint
n1ent at the meeting Of the
aldermen Wednesday evening.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Mrs. Gwyn Here on Visit

Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn of
Waynesville is visiting friends
in the village She was dele
gate to the d. A. r. convention
in Durham this week.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Linden Hobbs Fares Forth to Visit BullfrOg

house is barely visible from an
other.
Linden trudged along the
winding road, past the Dyera
and the Trimbles and the
Georges His objective was the
bullfrog pool, and he went right
on.
A car came up the long hill
on the Raleigh road and rolled
along by the graveyard. The
woman in it saw a little child.
She knew he was too little to be
by himself, SO she stopped and
got out of the car and picked
him -up-
When she asked him who he
was, he would talk about nothing
but the bullfrog. She took him
to the nearest house, the
Mackies', and, after being as
sured that he would be delivered
promptly to his parents, she
drove away. Mr. and Mrs.
Hobbs knew nothing about the
adventure until it was all over.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11
Mrs. KluttZ's Grand-Niece

Mrs. A. A. Kiuttz has a new
grand-niece, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Creech Of
Goldsboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1932-03-11

Mrs. w. w. Renwick of Short,
Hills, N. j., is visiting Mrs. A.
G.. Burnham.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, L. l., Aug.
4.-The East Indian hanuman,
throdu (bet you don't know
what THAT Isl is the latest pet
to thrill and Startle the smart
summer colony.
1t looks like monkey, chirps
like a bird and is called
Bright Eyes" by its adoring
mistress, the Countess Alfred
Korzybska, formerly of Wash
ington and now of New York.
The little creature (the
countess carries him around in
a bird cage is a holy monkey"
and halls from India.
The countess has had Bright
Eyes" since he was a baby
and about half his present size.
Her husband, the erudite Count
Alfred KorzybSki. Polish scien-
tlSt, calls him a less flattering
name based on his beautiful
black and white stripes.
Countess Korzybska, formerly
Lady Maria Edgerly, is as
famous in her own line as her
husband (whose latest book
Science and Sanity" is to be
on the bookstands shortly is in
his. Her paintings on ivory
and miniatures are known every
where in artistic circles.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Mr.. Mr.WhitinsWiI
Bring Bride to
CapitaI

The marriage of Miss Philippa
Gerry, daughter of Mrs. Philip
F. Gerry, noted authoresS, and
Frederick Allen Whiting, jr.,
took place yesterday noon in
the garden of the summer
home of the bridegroom's
parents at Ogunquit, Me. The
Rev. DR.. Maxwell Savage, of
Worcester, Mass, performed
the Unitarian ceremony in the
presence of the immediate fami-
lies. The bride was attended
by her sister, Miss Glare Gerry,
of Pelham, N. Y, and Wallace
D. Backus, of Philadelphia, was
best man.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Allen
Whiting. His father is preSi-
dent of the American Fedora
ton of Arts and former director
of the Cleveland Museum of
Art. He attended Harvard Uni
versity, and at present is asso-
ciated with his father at the
American Federation of Art as
assistant editor of the Ameri-
can Magazine of Art. The bride
is a graduate of George Wash.
ington University, Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whiting will be
in Ogunquit for the remainder
of the summer, and in the
autumn will take up their resi-
dence in Washington.