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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Cooperative Concerts

A cooperative enterprise which benefits outsiders as much as it does the participants is series of summer concerts put on by 62 members of great symphony orchestra. These musicians are paid by the week during the orchestra season. In the summer they have been accustomed to earning additional funds by playing with other groups or by teaching music. This year the income from such activities has almost vanished. so they decided to cooperate in putting on fine con- eerts at popular prices. sharing the profits if there were any.
 The concerts have been very lovely. with well selected programs expertly played. The audience at the first of the series was small but enthusiastic. By the third and fourth concerts. the musicians were performing be- fore capacity house. They have given their patrons much delight and have bene- fitted themselves at the same time. lnci- dentally they have demonstrated that even in the summer and during rather hard times good music at moderate prices is popular.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
ALCoRN FOR GOVERNOR
(Hartford Times)


 Tht next republican state ticket may or may not be headed by States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford county for governor and Professor Charles M. Bakeweil of New Haven for lieutenant-gov- ernor. There has been considerable discussion of MT Alcorn's name in connection with the governorship. which has been given greater im- portance by the formal projection of the Acorn Bakewell suggestion among the national convention del- esates at Chicago.
 Those who have observed public affairs in Connecticut for the last decade or more would find 1t diffi- cult to believe that the state or- ganization really had reconciled itself to the nomination of MT AL corn were they not familiar with the ancient adage that politics makes strange bedfellows.
 The machine has spent a good part of its time in that period fight ing MT Alcorn and trying to ham string his activities. First 1t want ed to put state police spies in his office, then to re-arrange his juries. Now there are indications that it is willing to give him the first place on the state ticket.
 The answer, of course, Is found in the situation which confronts the republican party, in Connecti- cut as we'll as nationally. A dem- ocrat was elected governor in 1880 for the first time in twenty years. There is every likelihood that the governor then chosen will succeed himself unless something very un- expected happens.
 MT Alcorn is a gentleman of wide repute for honesty and cour- age and steadfast upholding of the law. Undoubtedly he would be a very strong candidate with the people who have large respect for him. He would appeal to-many people whose inclination would be to vote for Governor Cross rather than for a republican candidate of a routine type. Hence, for the sake of electing a republican, governor the republican organization appar- ently is willing to swallow it's ob- jectlons to Mir Alcorn and pay him honor.
 That is a compliment to his prestige and a tribute to his strength and character. That he would serve the state well in the governorship no one need have any doubt. A struggle between Alcorn and Cross would be con- test between two high class, able men. In the language of the tracks, 1t would be horse race all the way.
 The republican party may or may not be able to persuade MT Al- corn to take it's nomination. In the end 1t may not be willing to try. Were it to do 50 1t would be justi- fled in pluming itself on good daY'a work well done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Leadership

The great need today. says Dr Theodore Maynard of Georgetown University. is leadership. This is true of business and still more true of public life. It has long been SO. but the lack is growing in a time which especially demands strong leadership. First rate men are needed. but too often not wanted. in places of influence and authority. Our standards are too low. Success is not often gained. he says by gifts of real leadership. but as rule by compromise and caution. by showing that you can be count ed on never to do anything beyond the comprehension of those sunk in dull ma- terialism."
 This is one of the reasons why we are where we are, in business and in politics. It is hard to believe that this condition will continue indefinitely. Leaders of intelli- genee. courage, and vision must be found somewhere. The old fellows have mostly failed in the present crisis. It begins to look like changed world. which they no longer understand. What about the young fel- lows!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Peary's Arctic Memorial Will Be Erected This Summer With Noted Explorers
 Daughter and Her Sons Present

One may imagine the spirit of Peary sailing with Captain Bart lett to Cape York, where a monu- ment to the discoverer of the North Pole is to be erected this summer. The explorers daughter, born amid the snows. is on the Morrissey and with her two boys will be present at the ceremony. Admiral Peary's widow waved them godspeed as the ship cast off from a Staten Island dock. Captain Bartlett, who had gone north with his leader on many expeditions, including the quest that was victorious, had feeling, no doubt, that this service to the man he had followed was an honor also to himself. Peary put on record that Bartlett possessed good judg- ment, nerve, entrance and quick decision"
 The monument to Peary will be visible to vessels approaching Cape York in clear weather. To speak of it as a shrine for Americans visit ing Greenland is not to exaggerate. The explorer, in "The North Pole" did not dwell upon the first stage of the voyage from Sydney, Cape Breton, to Cape York, flor the req son that it is only a pleasant sum- mer cruise, such as any fair-sfzed yacht may undertake without peril or adventure" Cape York IS an Eskimo settlement on the north west coast of Greenland. From Cape York to Etah is all an Eskimo country. Etah is a long distance from Cape Sheridan. in Grant Land, where the Roosevelt wintered on Peary's final expedi- tion, three hundred miles of mountainous, ragged and tortured ice" The last march for the Pole was made from Cape Columbia, on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
The Only Real Native

It would have been ironical had the Republican National Convention supplanted Vice e-President Charles Curtis with another candidate. For of all the men who have sought high political office. such as the presidency or the vice presidency. he is the sole one of Indian blood and birth It is matter of pride with Vice-Presdent Curtis that he can trace his ancestry through his mothers side to the Raw tribe of Indians. Presuming that the Indians were the original people of this great land of ours, it is cer- tainly altogether fitting that in time de- scendant should have risen to the higher governing offices in the land.
 Of course. it does not necessarily fol- low that Mir Curtis should have been nom- mated simply because he was a descendant of the original Americans. But what folly it would have been if Mir Curtis was re-
 ected solely on this account. It was fre- ouently rumored when he first became viee-president that Washington society summed him for this reason alone. If this was true. then the caste system of the United States has certainly progressed to an unenvi- able position in our social contacts. How ever. we know that Mir Curtis weathered all such troubles in characteristic fashion
 If the republican party felt that President Hoover deserved to be renomnated then certainly Mir Curtis was just as much de- serving, if not more so. His rule of the Senate in the past four years has compared favorably with that of better known and more eolorful figures in congressional annals. His service to the republican party in the last forty or fifty years has been too con siderable to be overlooked in such summary fashion as was apparently planned by re- publican clique that desired to oust him. We fear that our president will never be the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Travel Made Easy

Paris traveller reports may be seen without leaving the railroad station. At the Care Street Lazare nearly everything is un- der one roof. Without leaving the terminal. tourist cannot only get meal or go to bed. but can cash check. have tooth pulled. buy anything to read. wear or lug home as a souvenir. or even go to the theater or a church service. He can check himself mean while. SO to speak. by having an attendant keep track of him and see that he catches this train.
 It sounds very much as if foreigner were to see New York from the Grand Gen. tral or Pennsylvania terminal. He might have a thrilling time. and might go home and write a book about our metropolis. But we would not regard bis observations as very valuable And he himself might begin. after a while. to suspect that he had missed something.
 There is much to say for the old-fash- toned traveller who went everywhere. and poked his nose into everything. and talked to everybody. eager to find things out for himself instead of being told what to look at. and going slowly to catch the spirit of the place and people. A lot of modern toueh-and-go travellers might just about as well stay at home. for anything of real value they get out of their gallivanting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

and his running mate. The honor of plac- ing President Hoover's name in nomination was given to Jossph L. Scott of Los Angeles
 California. while a namesaks. Charles E.. Scott of Chicago. did the honors for Vice President Curtis. How the republican party happened to hit upon two Scotts who are in no way related. to do the honon of the day. will probably remain unsolved for all time. Suffice it to say they both acquitted themselves with honor. We can see Scott of Los Angeles saying to Scott of Chicago.
 Well. Mr Scott. you were credit to our name in your nominating speech today" And Scott of Chicago would retort. Yes. Mir Scott. was good. but so were you. We Seotts never do things by halves Whole or nothing, is our motto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

Portland, Maine, is honoring the mem- ory of the late General Clarence R. Edwards. World War commander of the 26th (Yan- kee) Division. in an unique manner. The City Council unanimously voted to create memorial park in the city and dedicate it in Edwards memory. In addition the Yankee Division is holding three-day en- eampment in Portland just now and me- morial exercises will be held tomorrow. We don't believe there are few World War officers held in more reverence and respect than the late General Edwards. He was great favorite with both officers and pfivates. We like Portland's idea in honoring him with a park. So will all the I'D veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Try to Explain American Life
 For Europeans

Fred J. Ringel, a German who
 lives in New York as correspondent
 for certain Berlin newspapers, de- cided recently that Europeans had
 never been given a really good un-
 derstanding of America.
 First he decided 10 write a book about America to set things right.
 Then he figured the job was too much for him, so he called in some two-score American writers and had them do the job for him; and the result is America as Ameri-
 cans See It." edited by MT Ringel.
 published by Harcourt, Brace x Co at $3.75 and offered by the Lit erary Guild as it's June selection. It's a book that can't be summed up in a paragraph very well. Parts of 1t are very good indeer; other
 parts are utterly useless. If it's aim was to give foreigners 8 clear, com prehensive view of American life, 1t seems to me that 1t has failed, for any European sitting down to read 1t would arise more confused than ever. But then, maybe 1t Is impossible for anyone to look at the whole American panorama without getting confused.
 Among the best chapters in the
 book, 1t seems to me, are those by
 R. l.. Duffus on the great open spaces; by Elmer Davis on the American at leisure: by John Tunis on American sports; by R. E. Sher-
 wood on Hollywood; by Steuart Chase on economies, and by Silas Bent on advertising.
 Those that seem to me to fall flat include articles by Graham Me-
 Name on radio, by John Hld, Jr,
 on college life and by an anony-
 nous contributor on underworld gangs.
 You'll find enough good stuff in the book to make it worth your
 while, and there are a hundred or more illustrations that help. But
 heaven pity the European who
 reads it all and then thinks he un-
 derstands America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Here, There And EDervDhere

mates of last February. President Hoover, so the story runs, got up at 5 a. m. on one day in order to wrestle with the newer estimates. It had been learned at almost the last minute that the previous es- inmates were 200 millions too short. The upshot was that finally Mills lowered his estimates of income under the earlier bill by $40 mill lions and raising his requirements to 1475 millions, thus stepping up the necessary tax demands by 56J millions. The sad fact was that the treasury was wrong in it's earlier estimates by about half a billion dollars. How far it is still wrong nobody knows. If the tax
 bill doesn't really balance the budget there will be trouble ahead. But If the prosperity everyone is fond of speaking about is just around some corncr--even though 1t be a roundhouse--the budget really may be balanced. For the present the best Pollyanna attitude Is to regard 1t as likely to be balanced. AS no one can prove anything one way or the other, that is perfectly safe, for political as well as for financial purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

The sentencing of Gaston B. Means to fifteen years in jail for his part in the Lind bergh tragedy is but one more chapter in the career of this notorious character who but few short years ago was playing a prominent part in the transaction of the na- tions business. Mir Means was one of those personages who rode into fame and perhaps a fortune. for all we know. on the crest of the Harding wave. The one-tlme Depart ment of Justice Agent has been much in the public eye since the scandals of the Harding administration. His latest escapade was an effort to swindle Mrs Evalyn Walsh Me Lean, wife of the well-known publisher and herself an edtor of Sl00.000. Mrs Mclean was to effect the return of the Lindbergh baby through Meanss aid. The scheme was proved to be fake from beginning to end There will be nobody to regret the imprisonment of Means. His unsavory rep utation plus this bold-faced endeavor to capitalize the tragic death of the Lindbergh baby will kill any sympathy that might be extended him. We sincerely hope that his attorneys won't be able to secure inn munity for him through their appeal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
ANOTHER PIECE OF PIE
>(Meriden Journal)

N-MCIlOCu JOuIudlI
 Now that the federal government Connecticut folk may begin to speculate on the chances that our state legislators at their next ses- sion will take tip from Uncle Sam and tap further this source of easy revenue. There need be no great surprise if that Is done for the state will need more money for its general fund and the pres ent two-cent levy Is entirely de- voted to highway operations.
 Soaking the motorist has become a national habit. Connecticut, however, has been fairer than most states. It was among the first to adopt the tax, 1t was eight years ahead of New York and Massa- chusetts.
 When Connecticut took the fate- full step of adopting q two-cent tax in 1925 there were 37 states with a tax of one cent.
 To-day only Connecticut and New York among the states, and the District of Columbia. get along with a two-cent gasoline tax.
 Massachusetts, which did not adopt gasoline tax until 1929, Ca rate of 2 cents), went to three cents in 1881, which is to be in effect until January l. 1883, when it is to revert to two cents. But in view of the commemorative need for money it is likely to be kept at three cents or even increased.
 Already two states--Florida and Tennessee-have reached . gaso- line tax of seven cents. Seven others have gas taxes of six cents.
 It Is worth noting that both Connecticut and Florida adopted a cent gasoline tax in the same year -1921; and that Tennessee did not adopt any tax until 1923.
 Connecticut is understood to be the only state which has used it's revenue from the gasoline tax en- tirely for road Improvements. It is the only state which, has its highways paid for. The moral of this situation is obvious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

the Arctic sea.
 Cape York was dear to Peary. There he made friends of the na- lives. If he neded dogs, an open market invited his inspection. "At the base of the headland," wrote the admiral, "nestles the most southerly of the villages, and 1t has marked the point of meeting, year after year, between the members of this tribe and myself" He called them "my Eskimos. the most northerly human beings in the world" It was at Cape York on the ultimate cast into the north that he said: Ahead of me lay my dream-the goal of that ire sistible impulse which had driven men for twenty-three years to measure myself. time after time, against the frigid No of the Great North" Cape York is the ideal place for the memorial.-New York Times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
So They Say

The real fact is that New York
 municipalities are operating. on q sounder basis than ever before.--
 Mayor John B. Harris of Water
 town. N. Y.
 In Washington, in state capitals, in cities and in counties we have often been careless in the methods we have used to create public bet terments for our citizens.-Gov- ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt oi New York.
 Regarding reparations. France cannot permit those rights to be contested which are the outcome Inot only of treaties but of contrac- | tual agreements protected by the honor of the signatories.- Edouard Herriot, premier of France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
@ TODAY R@,A.s @
 WORLD WAR \. ANNIVERSARY 2&R .ofH4E.
BLOODY ITALIAN FRONT

On June IS, 1913, Austrian and Italian troops, the latter reenforced by British battalions, engaged in fierce battle on the Italian front.
 It centered on the mountain sec. tor and Montello district, and was caused by the concerted Austrian effort to better their positions on the Piave. especially west of San Dona.
 Saint Andrea, which had changed hands ten times in various encounters, was torn to the ground by shells. The railroad running fro mthat town toward Montebel- luna was hidden under 8 litter of dead bodie sfor length of several kilometers.
 The haul of prisoners from Aus trian ranks had reached more than 5000. Many of the prisoners had little packets of money coupons printed in Italian for spending in cities the Austro- -Hungarians forces expected to capture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
IS THE BUDGET BALANCED? ?
(New Britain Herald)


 Whether the budget is balanced or whether 1t isn't remains to be seen. The amount of income to be derived from the new taxes may not be as much as is anticipated; in which case the great budget balancing act may have failed. How much extra tax money is ob- tained depends to some extent up- on the amount of business done in the country in the near future. Es- inmates of "probable" income from the taxes vary. One estimate may be as good as another.
 Treasury Secretary ogden Mills has had a difficult time coming to conclusion. Mellon before him used to make guesses. As guesser Mills is no better. Any man can be bad guesser and still be a gen. tleman.
 Congress had close shave in getting tho budget balanced upon the basis of reasonable conjecture rather than upon the treasury esti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

political sisnt ihst "chariis'' Curtis is. His career in Wsshinison dates back to 1893 when he entered the House of Representa- tivss. And let it be said of him that never once since coming before the public has he claimed to be anything but what he was. descendant of White Plume. chief of the Kansas trible of Indians and son of Paw huska, chief of the Osage tribe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
To-day's Selected Poem
TO AN IMPRISONED BUTTERFLY

Neil FitzGerald in Christian Science Monitor Through open window futtering, Where scented pinks were towering, You came on dancing wing to win The laughing eyes that culled you in. Giddy. joyous. glorious thing, Repressed in your bright wavering; Could you only dimly guess
 How strange Is mans inventiveness You would know the futile gain Of battering window pane That mocks the freedom of your flight When you would hutter out of sight. Alluring was the prospecting Of your unfruitful harvesting But. ah! illusions gleam is gone And prison turks wnere splendor shone. little creature in dismay, Let me lead you to way
 Where freedoms breath is bosoming Der meadows brightly blossoming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

A corkscrcw won't balance the budget, That's why the drys decry, But it sure adds foam to the battle, They're staging in dear old Chi. o-O--o The stone age had it's big shots who considered themselves the only pebbles on the beach. o-O-o The way to a woman's heart
 is through the fashion shoppe. o-O--o
 The man who is always fighting for the right of way generally ends up in the wrong way. o-O-o
 Who can remember the good old days when a mans
 word was as good as his bond
 --because bonds had real
 value, in the good old days. o--O-O People who build castles in Spain never have to go to the trouble of securing permits.
 o-O-o
 If you wait for success it's
 all right provided you're a good waiter and the tips are
 plentiful. O-O-O
 If traditions are so easily shat tered, why not equip them with shatter-proo glass. O-O-o A man without honor is like a country without prosperity. o-O-o By the time the wet plank went through the republican con- vention. the hot air had dried fl until the darn thing emerged merely moist. o-O-o so AND so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to persona' health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr brady. Address him, care of the Democrat senoins stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
WAR VET MARCHER ALONE

WAR VET MARCHER ALONE Charlevoix, Mich--(UP)-N. A. (Nick) Shores. who Tied" about his age to get into the Union navy
 during the Civil war. marched alone
 here Memorial day. His comrades
 of Baxter post, No 10, c. A. R.. are gone. The lone veteran is s6 years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

It certainly was great day for the Seotts at Chicago when the Republican National Convention nominated its chief executive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

We can't understand those Canadians. Nine -tenths of them have already paid their years income tax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:56 Daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

 Rock and rye baby, In the tree top, Conventions seem with you, The drys took . flop.
 o-O-o A so-called independent voter is one who votes the way his wife wants to have him.
 o-O--o If she cuts off the crusts of bread, they're going on a picnic with sisters boy friend.
 o-O-o Nations go off their high horses when they get off the gold stand ard.
 o-O-o There's nothing like a bad dream to make you realize the safety of actuality.
 o-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18
HUGE OMNIBUS IN SERVICE

HUGE OMNIbUb IN SEhVIOE
 Norrokping, Sweden-(UP)-- The largest omnibus in Scandinavia. with capacity of n passengers. has been put in service on the line NorrKoping- Lindo. It has six wheels and was built by the Swedish Tidaholm automobile fac tory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-18

According to all reports from Chicago. which is now cleaning up the republican left-overs to make room for the democrats, the Connecticut delegation may not find enough seats. There will be thirty-four delegates from this state. ten with full vot- ing powers, twenty-four with one-fourth of a vote apiece. But word from Jouett Shouse reveals that there will be but ZO seats in the section apportioned to this state. Will it be first come, first served. or will Connecticut male delegates remain perfect gentlemen to the end!