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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

According to all reports issuing from Scotland, American businessmen are report cd to be seeking Scotch whiskey on option at various distilleries. Coming hard on the heels of the news that many Scotch distil- leries were being forced to close down for lack of business. high taxes. depression. etc. this should be welcome news. Of course it is we'll known that various foreign manu- lecturers of wines and liquors are quietly renewing trade aequaintances in this nation. SO that they will be ready to fill rush orders at a minutes notice should we repeal the 18th amendment and return to legalized sales. And from all indications this prepar- edness is not presumption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
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Washington-Ri fight now the November seem brighter to most time this year.
 The Maine elections are no in- fal1ible barometer, but they do as anyone thus far has to go on. ished leaders in both parties and just about wiped out the growth of hope that had been apparent ing two or three months.
 It can be argued plausibly that there really hasn't been any es- the political situation since the election of 1880, which put the democrats in control of the house "a development often taken as presaging a presidential victory for the party two years later.
 
 Over many long months the most common observation among republicans, was that If the elec- IAOu WCAO ACAu LOoay I1OOFcI Wouu be licked" There is as much justicfication for that assertion now as there ever was, possibly 8 little more. Political prediction is far from an exact science, but when more signs point one way than the other no one, can be blamed for indulging in it.
 Election results are concrete signs, whether they point accurate ly or not. They are likely to be reliable. And the results of state and both regular. and special con- gressional elections during MT Hoover's term of office have given great comfort to the democrats and none to the republicans.
 
 The party in power has leaned very heavily on the possibility of a business upturn. Many politi- cal experts have believed that only a substantial pickly could save the Hoover administration from the effects of a nations half blind bitterness in time of econ- omic distress.
 Lately there have been some small encouraging improvements, but election time has drawn very near and the nearer it has come the less has been the likelihood that the election would be decid- ed by an important change for the better.
 Consequently, more and more attention is being paid to the question whether the mass of anti Hoover voters among the submerg- ed electorate is great enough to assure a Roosevelt Garner victory. The recent stock market rise and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
A Book a Day
Declares U. s. Was Prepared
 to Annex Cuba
by BRUCE CATION

A picture of the Spanish -Ameri- can War oddly at variance with some of the accepted notions is given in "Liberty-the Story of Cuba" by Horatio s. Rubens.
 MT Rubens, an American law yer who represented the Cuban revolutionary "junta" in this country before and during the war, undertakes here to give the inside story as he. saw it, and he makes an interesting book out of 1t. ''ttt't& 3tt .ttSt
 For one thing, he denies that the American government gave sub rosa aid to the Cubans before the war. On the contrary, he says 1t clamped down on them pretty severely. He had to go into court repeatedly to keep Cuban 1ead- CTS out of Uncle Sam's, jails, to save gun-smuggling ships from seizure by U. s. authorities and to enable his clients to send sup plies to the revolutionary armies in Cuba.
 Furthermore, he insists that the administration, when war be- came inevitable, planned noth- ing less than the annexation of Cuba. Only the famous Teller amendment prevented that from happening, and Rubens was the man who persuaded Senator Teller to introduce it. '''>'i1 'l3'
 For the rest, he declares fiatly that the stories of Spanish atroci- ties were not in the least exag- gerated and that Weyler was quite as bad as the propaganda of the time painted him. And he more than suspects that Spaniards sank the Maine.
 The book is published by Brewer, Warren and Putnam for $2.5O,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
AS MAINE GOES (New Haven Journal-Courier)

It may have been true as the republicans are already saying that as Maine goes the nation in the past has not always gone. This year, however, so stalwart an ad- ministration apologist as MT Mark Sullivan has conceded that even a republican victory by margin of 10000 would constitute comfort for the democrats; yet the demo- cratic candidate for governor has won, two of the democratic candi- dates for congressman while lone republican has been victorious in the third congressional battle.
 The margins to be sure are not large. The new Governor Brann has won by margin of little more that a thousand votes, as has MT Utterbach, one of the new con gressmen; the other, MT Moran. heads the ticket with a margin of some 2,500 votes. Various local is- sues of course played their part and the role of prohibition may be deduced from the fact that the re- publican candidates ran as drys. Undoubtedly, however, the basic and pre-eminent issue was the claim of the party in power to re- main there, democratic insistence that it should withdraw.
 This, certainly, was the battle line drawn by administration Secretary Mills in the ultimate ad- ministration appeal Saturday night phrased the decision very simply for the voters who were to go to the polls two days later: After all, why change? The voters of Maine are now signified that they desire change. Not holding the adnlinis- tration solely responsible or the depression, they yet suspect re- publican policies have precipitated it and exaggerated it. Giving full credit to the republican share in the non-partisan program for re- covery now in effect, they still re- member that the only suggestion for post-depression adjustments to prevent new slumps come from Governor Roosevelt. Main in the past may not have been the har- binger of political fate; 1t is dif- ficult' to believe that this year the nation will not go as Maine has zone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
Oratorical Outlet

An American newspaper woman visiting London tells of spending an enjoyable and impressive Sunday afternoon listening to the orators in the public forum at Hyde Park. as they gave free rein to their varied inthusiasms and aversions. Nearly all of them were rebels. radicals in the realm of politics or religion. It seemed astonish- ing that the police did nothing to stop them. so violent were their outbursls against ex. isting ideas and institutions.
 But there was a cheek on them, nevertbe. less. Their audiences. made up of all social types and modes of thought. were as free as the speakers were. and more effective. They heekled the orators without mercy and somstimy changed places with them. while
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

other favorable developments have encouraged republicans, but not to anything like point of confident enthusiasm.
 Maine probably would have stayed republican had the demo- crats not had the wet issue to help them. But Maine is an old prohibition state and an old re- publican state; her republican candidates stayed dry because they thought that was the way to win in their territory.
 On the other hand, the results do not mean that Roosevelt oan carry the state against Hoover. Some of Al Smiths friends won't vote for Roosevelt and if Hoover can run as we'll as his ticket he ought to hold Maine.
 Of course, the fact that the Maine defeat is a bad omen for the republicans doesn't mean that they might as we'll fold up and begin to think about electing Q president in 1886. The result seems more indicative of the election of a democratic congress this year than or a uemoCfdIlc tpISSAuSA..
 The resentment Al Smiths friends in certain eastern states hold for Roosevelt Is still a very real factor and it may make just the difference between victory and defeat ont only in some of those states but in the electoral college.
 The republicans have that fact to comfort them-and others, such as that Roosevelt hasn't aroused any enormous enthusiasm foh himself, that the country is still relatively conservative and it's business element relatively loyal to republicanism and that any economic improvement helps the cause just so much even if 1t isn't large enough in itself to turn the tide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
So They Say

There is no more real democracy in this country today, under the republican and the democratic parties than there was in Rome when Augustus set up the empire. Norman Thomas, socialist candi- date for president.
 saw no abject poverty in any of the great centers of population.- Secretary of interior, Wilbur, upon his return from trip to Pacific coast.
 Political parties are judged not only by their promises but by their performances as well.-Ex-Pres- ident Coolidge.
 Air racing is' like hay fever; it crops up when the season is right. Jimmie Doolittle, champion speed flyer.
 The loss of a months salary to a family living on an income of be- low S2000 a year is a tragedy. Mayor Josep V. Mckee of New York city.
 The present business depression with it's 11,000,000 idle is the best defense of our shorter work-week Give days) demand.-Frank Nor rison, secretary of the American Federation of labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

the police contented themselves with aet- ing merely as umpires and preserving order. To irrational or extreme statements there would some such responses as You're bit balmy. me ladl' Bloody weakness of the brine. I calls itl'' "'Ush up. now, there's a good iadl"
 The result was usually draw. Neither side was convinced of anything Neither was allowed to tyrannize over the other. Crazy ideas spent themselves in the air. Radical pressure was relieved. Tt seems rather pity" the visitor remarks. that America doesn't allow its people the same freedom of speech" It does, indeed. We used to know enough to do that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

they are measured in terms of half-hours; complaints over other situations may have been numer- ous. but concerning this one they come by the hundred. Motorists from other parts of the state as well as those from New Haven know that 1t is practically im- possible to get through the area in anything like reasonable time. And the worst of 1t is that temporary expedients are said to be impracticable.
 This of course is pure hind- sight now, but hindsight as such can have some value and the best ought to be made of this. The situation is being called 10 the attention of the state highway authorities; the Connecticut Mo. tor clubs formal protest over it will be supported by . flood of individual protests. Altogether these should give this specific condition standing @ tho next isgisIafive session that will mean something in the way Of eorree' ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

Just to remind our business friends, etc, we advise them to secure information from their local post offices about the advance in parcel post rates. They go into effect on October 1 and firms that send merchan- disc frequently by this method of transpor- tation might do well to become acquainted with the new rates. The raise follows that in first class postage effective last July and is part of Uncle Sam's retrenehment policy in the postal department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.

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 sehoins stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
THE WORST TRAFFIC AREA
(New Haven Register.)

(New Haven Register.)
 In view of all the thousands of dollars that have been spent in constructing and reconstructing this states highways. installing cut-offs and the like, 1t Is unfor- tunate that such a minor share of attention was paid to the Mid- dletown-Portland bridge area. Considering the terrific conges- ton of traffic that occurs there regularly when there is any travel to speak of at all. some of tho highway projects that were put through might well have been delayed and correction of thls evil given precedence over them.
 There Is no denying that eon- gestion and hazards at other points in the state needed treat- ment. But where tie.ups at some of those spots were measured in terms Of perhaps dosens oe cars, at the Middietown-P Portland bridge they arc measured in terms Of scores or more, while co some, delays were measured 70 terms Of minutes, at this srsa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

erats in that district united on their candi- date. Two years ago Major Shanley was the nominee. He sought it again this year and seemed reasonably sure of it when Ma loney was boomed for U. S. senator. He was dropped for apparently no good reason other than that the Meriden official wanted to go to Congress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
@{ TODAY .%H
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 WORLD WAR A5 ANNIVERSARY seXR,9E&E.
BRITIsH DRIVE FORWARD

On Sept 19.191s, British forces on the Hindenberg line near St quentin launched a great attack on a 20-mile front and drove forward more than four miles, taking thou sands of prisoners and many vile lages.
 French troops operating on the same front encountered more stub born opposition, but held positions won against several furious coun- 
 British, Greek and French forces operating against the Bulgarians in the Balkan peninsular continued their. drive. taking 45 villages and entering .Bulgaria at one point.
 The filtration of tho Bulgarian army was critical, and Bulgarian enyoys were reported requesting immediate aid from Germany and Austria if Bulgaria was 10 com tinue, in tho war. ,t
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

High tide at Milford, Tuesday. Sept. 20, 2:43 a. m. Daylight time); low tide, 8:52 a. m. Daylight time).'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

An old fashioned politician complains that the present campaign lacks punch. Never mind Gene Tunney will be back soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:25 Daylight Saving Time) to- night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19
Good evening.
 o-O-o FALL PAINTING
"A SMILES 1.-THE THING" !"

 o-O-o FALL PAINTING In natures factories they mix,
 Rare pigments for the days ahead,
 The brightest yellows in the land, And then crimson, flaming red,
 Pale pinks and browns of deepest hue. Look down where orchids chance to hide, The mixers ply their trade
 And soon they'll paint the
 Countryside. The hills will see a mighty sweep, As natures brush fits on apace. Fond summers green will disappear. And in its sombre hallowed place
 We'll find the flames of Vulcan
 glow,
 Hot reds, as in world afire, For nature takes its final fling. And dresses up her woodland choir. | You'll see. as in a bed of gold, The number eolors, side by side. And then vividness appears. | Her hallmark OCT the country wide,
 The paint pails wait her gallant | touch,
 The brushes know their reason due, As artist, Nature takes her chair.
 And paints this changing world for you. O~O-V They say the world is coming to an end and there will never be an end to this line of talk. o-O-o By the time we get back to normalcy even normalcy will appear abnormal. o-O-o Now they're making paper from rubber. This explains why so many checks bound back these days. a7iv .,, What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury man who wore red flannel underwear
 because it "helped his rheu- matism ?"y r The jeweler who killed his wife ended it all by suicide. Proof again that pearls bring tears.
 o-O--o
 Papers report a snake that
 lost out in it's battle with
 spider. Caught in the web of circumstances, suppose.
 o-O-o An orchestra of saxophones has plenty of brass in more ways than one.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING Fame is neeting, Soon it will fade, :. Tonight q hero Tomorrow jade. o-O-o l,4 tnn c of the law but a divorce will soon result in dispossessed. so IT GOES We plug along to save cent, By scrimping here and there, And then hard luck comes into view, And soon gives us the air. o-O-O Some women detest dusting- unless it happens to be their auto mobile. Even a manufacturing plant needs plenty of water to make it grow. Some of the prize pumpkins at country fairs are in front, rather than on the tables. o-O-o The two-car family to-day is one that has put up the f automobile to use the trolley. o-O-o With abbreviated bathing suits | hanging in the closets, it looks like a depression year for the. moths. o-O-o DING, DING Jimmy's mother wept salt tears, His letter sure did grate her, Her college son wrote home to say, He loved his Alma Mater. o-O-o And remember" said the mother sheep to her little lamb, don't let that worldly-wise eve pull the wool over your eyes" o-O-o "As Maine goes, so the re- publican party goes into an- other huddle." o-O-o Then there was the tightward who never fought unless it was a free-for-all. Maine went wet which shows the farmers are not as dry as their jokes. O-O-o You can lead horse to water but 1t probably prefers oats. o-O-o Famous birthdays: To-day, Gun ther Mathes. who gave the world It's famous flashlight. The ordinary flashlight had but one boom. Gum ther invented one that gave two booms where but one boomed be- fore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-19

JkiIke1pys Irish Free state. IS shops in municipal beusss' y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Put Patriotism First

Washington was an incorruptible pa
triot. He was one of the few rich
men who was not a Tory. A very
large proportion of men of large means
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Wonders of Universe
Revealed bv Stars

Sir James Jeans, the famous astron-
omer, has told us that If Adam had
been wireless operator and had dis
patched an sos message to the near
est globular cluster of stars, it would
still have a long way to travel before
it reached them. When you consider
that light moves at the speed Of 1885,
600 miles second, you may realize
to some extent what this means.
Even the sun, on whom we rely for
heat and light, is so far away that
we see him not as he is but as he
was rather more than eight minutes
ago.
Look up into the sky and you cam
not see single fixed star more re-
Gently than four and a half years
ago. And there are very few whose
light reaches us as quickly as this.
For all we know some of the stars we
see may have ceased to exist thou
sands of years ago. There may have
been in the dim ages Of the past COL
lisions which our remote great-great-
grandchildren will live to see.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Locksmith's Art Old

The history of the locksmith's art Is
probably as old as civilization, and ref
erences to 1t are found in the early
literature of every nation. Wood was
undoubtedly the first material used in
the construction Of locks, but the Egyp-
tians at an early date employed brass
and iron. The Hebrews and Greeks
used crooked keys with ivory or
wooden handles. The similarity Of
primitive locks made access to the
house easy and led to the improve
ment of methods. resulting in the So
called Lacedaemonian lock. Among
the ancient nations lockmaking made
little progress in advance Of what had
been done by the Egyptians. Even
the Romans used very simple locks,
The tumblers lock was probably first
invented and used by the Chinese.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Natural Currents

The Gulf stream and other ocean
currents are not freaks of nature, but
result from natural causes. Wind
blowing steadily for considerable
time from the same direction is able to
start surface currents. This is demon
strated in the currents of the Great
lakes, where there are no differences
of temperature or saltiness, and also
by the currents of the Indian ocean
north Of the equator. where the cur
rents reverse their direction after
changes in the monsoon winds. It has
been calculated that the force Of the
trade winds is sufficient in 100000
years to set water in motion to the
depth Of 10000 feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Work of Old Sculptors

A marble column bearing the head
Of Hermes, similar to the columns
used to mark the entrances to Athe-
Man streets in ancient times. was dis
covered by group of American
psychologists excavating in ruins at
Athens. At the head Of the column
was the hand Of woman holding an
infant whose head is missing. The
body of the woman also missing. The
group represents Peace holding the
hands of the infant Ploutos, god Of
riches. Excavations by the British
school in Athens near Loutraki re-
vealed remains of the ancient temple
Of Juno and vases of the proto-C Co.
rinthian epoch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-18
Gospel Truths Brought
to GuatcmaIan Indians

Adding to the long list Of over 800
languages and dialects in which the
Scriptures appear, the American Bible
society has issued q translation of the
Gospel of st. John in Nam, the most
primitive language Of 100000 Indians
in Guatemala. Nam is the most archaic
language of the Mayans, and it is the
eleventh of the numerous Indian Ian
guages spoken in Central America into
which any part of the Bible has been
translated. To accomplish the almost
impossible task Of translating the gut
tural, explosive dialect, the transla-
tors, Rev. and Mrs. Fl. Dudley Peck Of
the Guatemala mission of the Presby-
terrain church, had to rely upon human
dictionaries and grammars-Indians
selected for their general intelligence,
linguistic ability and knowledge OF
Spanish. One Of these, Aniceto We
lasQuez, had three years at the Bible
school, during which he walked $40
miles per year, to and from school. In
Nam, John 3:16, appears thus: "Kun
ictsunju ulakjtanmi Dios quiz xjal, tun
tsunju tsajtgkon Ocxcujun Tkual, tunt-
sun jiniju intxontanmi til, mlai
cubxitj, tuntsun titen angkbil jumajx."
Which being translated into English
reads that well loved verse: "For
God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life" A translation
of the entire q books of the New Tes-
lament is under way.