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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-08
ThOmastOn Man
Brings Suit
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the wire encircled him, the papers
allege. His death occurred next
day.
The wire became loosened by
constant brushing against branches
of trees standing alongside the
road In the path Of the wires. The
complaint alleges there was a
bright light resembling a flashing
star running along the wire, flash
ing on and off, just before the wire
broke. When the wire broke, the
lights on the street were extin-
guished and radio reception met
with interference. It Is alleged
that divers persons attempted
to communicate with the COM
panys' sub station located in Thorn
aston to make known the condi-
ton, but that no communication
could be had. because there was
no one at the station.
The fire was started In the grass
when the wire broke and fell
against a tree, around the bottom
of which was dead grass. The
plaintiff alleges his son thought
the fire In the grass was started
from a cigaret and did not know
ground because the lights were out.
The defendant company is
charged with negligence In failing
to cause a sufficient clearance for
the wires from the branches of the
trees, failing to have the construc-
ton in accordance with the at
tempted practice. failing to have
reasonable inspection. failing to
have the trees trimmed and fall
Inc. to have an agent at the sub
station.
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Shepaug Project
Caused Debate
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LAWN a6O ~
came as surprise to the rest Of
the board but was expected by the
officials due to the fact that Alder
man Bergin had been busy getting
data from the mayor and Assist
ant Superintendent OF Water Frank
Cassin as to the water consump.
ton.
When the final vote was taken
Alderman Bergin was voting alone
in opposition to the sale of the
bonds while, at the same time, as
the debate was on, he was sup
ported to q certain extent by AL
derman c. Arthur Dubois who
agreed that he did not believe II
necessary to sell the 100000
worth OF bonds II only 100000 is
needed for the work proposed for
immediate carrying out.
Alderman Bergin declared that
there IL no immediate need for
water now or for the next year.
Our water supply. he stated, has
been adequate for the last 10
years. He quoted figures on con.
sumption to support his contention
yearly than Is needed. ~ have no
quarrel with the Shepaug pro-
ject," he stated. adding that 1t
would be the height of foolishness
to oppose having an adequate wa
ter supply. However, Alderman
Bergin said, we have enough water
now and we should not spend more
money In hard times when prop
erty owners are burdened with
heavy taxes and empty tenements
and stores.
"Our government Is run on tax
es levied on real estate" he de-
clared. 1--WE are now running
the government on money bor-
rowed in anticipation of taxes. Few
property owners will be able to pay
their taxes May LIST. II there was
any dire need Of selling the bonds
I would be the last one to ask de-
lay but 1t is not necessary now and
IL we delay 1t will save the tax
payers large sums that they would
redemption and interest"
Alderman Charles Schmidt, g. o.
p. leader. argued that as long as
only 100000 is needed to finish
the Shepadg dam the bonds should
be sold and the work rushed to
completion. He pointed out that
the city now has an investment OF
$3.200,000 on the Shepaug project
and that it would not be good bust
ness to halt things now. Anyway,
Alderman Schmidt said. the re-
sumption of work on the Shepaug
will relieve unemployment by CIV
ing work to so or go men. This
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Carrying Water
on One Shoulder
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1. To tax malt syrup and other
ingredients OF home brew and
wine.
2. To legalize ATS per cent beer
and tax 1t.
8. To bring up a proposed re-
pealer of the 18th amendment.
Not only will these votes shake
out q number Of congressman who
have been hiding up the tree, but
they will serve also as a guide for
bewildered republican party lead
ers, who are debating whether to
dampen the party's national plat
form this year.
The chief argument used for a
rejudgment Of the question Is that
more than 100000 persons have
reached voting age since federal
prohibition came into effect.
Revisionists believe they should
have an opportunity to say whether
they want to go on with the ex-
pertinent.
The tax bill just reported out
carries a provision for tax Of 8
cents a gallon on wort, IS cents
O gallon on malt syrup, and 40 per
cent on grape concentrates. All
three products are non-alcoholic.
But the wort and malt syrup are
basic in home brewing. Grape
concentrate needs only water and
air to turn into wine.
Many drys oppose 1t because 1t
would be levied on products just
before they cross the alcoholic line.
Prohibition enforcement officials
privately are strongly opposed to
It. They feel these products are on
the border line and should not
have infereptial sanction in this
way.
The proposal to legalize ITS per
cent beer Is to be offered as an
amendment to the tax bill with a
proposed tax of IS a barrel. 1t IL
sponsored by Rep Cullen, dem, ".
Y. He says 1t Is hypocritical to
legaiize and tax beer ingredients
while outlawing them after nature
has taken Its course.
The proposed repeater Of the
18th amendment will be up Mon
day when the house votes on
whether TO consider the measure.
Advance indications are that
only the proposed malt. wort and
grape concentrate tax proposals
have reasonable chance OF adop.
ton.
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baby, she few necessarily. In jan
uary, 1880, before the baby was
born, she made her first glider
flight at San Diego. All alone this
intrepid mother-to- took off from
the fiat summit Of Soledad noun
tain, headed directly towards tho
sea, made a number Of right-ang.e
banking turns, stayed aloft more
than six minutes and won her first
class glider pilots license.
Just two months before her baby
was born, Anne and Indy made
their famous speed flight from Los
Angeles to New York, In IL IA
hours. They stopped only for fuel,
and averaged 1870 miles an hour
through sleet and clouds. They
few at q height Of $4,000 feet in
Little Anne, sitting In the back In
her electrically heated flying suit,
was the navigator! She had been
taught navigation by Wiley Post.
who flew around the world with
Harold Gatty.
On the night that Anne and
indy landed in New York, Anne
stayed in the ship several minutes
after landing. Though there were
tears In her eyes, perhaps OF ex-
haustion, perhaps Of relief at sue
cess, she didn't complain.
Never once has Anne ever cried
out or become hysterlcaf over dan
ger. In August, 1880, the famous
flying couple came near o horrible
death. In landing at the air races
in. indianapolis, Lindy's belt caught
and tore off valve on an emer:.
gency gasoline tank and dumped
100 gallons Of gas. Only the d.
rection of the wind prevented the
sparks from the exhaust OF his
motor igniting the pool Of gas be-
meath the plane. Both of Anne's
hands few to her face but no
sound escaped her!
Carried Radio Burden
Last May Anne won her private
pilots license, going up alone In
secret test, executing spirals, fig-
ure Fights, banking this way and
that. In perfect form In July,
Anne became a licensed radio OPP
orator in preparation for their Or
iental trip.
on this trip they battled fog and
winds enroute to Alaska, her ia
uIV kGSpthk thehh pootSu % w PS-
s,tion. Radio engineers claimed at
the time that Anne did rs per cent
Of the work on the entire Orb
entail flight, for the Arctic chal-
lcnges the best Of all radio oper-
ators and "ali Indy had to do was
to fly the ship" She told him wea-
Their conditions, the latest reports
on landing conditions ahead and
on the way from Nome to Siberia,
received word and warned him OF
q severe storm area which they
succeeded In avoiding.
She Could Smile
In China. Anne faced death by
drowning, along with Indy, when
their seaplane plunged into q wave
and was damaged In taking off
from the Yangtse river. When the
crew Of British aircraft carrier
fished Anne out Of the water,
drenched and shaking from shock,
she pluckily greeted them with a
smile!
These crises show Of what brave
stuff Anne Morrow Lindbergh Is
made. But now she faces a dan
ger incomparably harder to bear
than the chance Of death to her
self. BY day and by night she lives
with the horror of unknown dan
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It Is this valiant moral stamina
that makes Anne Morrow mt
mate for Charles Lindbergh. Again
and again crises have tested this
courage of hers and never found 1t
wanting.
Faced Crack-Up Bravely
Even before she was married,
she and Indy had one narrow es-
cape. AS they took off from VAL
bcena field, Mexico, in February,
1929, a wheel OF their ship was
torn off by a stone they struck.
Indy wrenched the plane into the
air, with a terrific jolt. Anne's
heart must have stood still. For
she knew. as Indy did, that only
q few lucky folks can land one one
wheel. But as she circled the field
waving a distress signal. little
Anne quietly packed herself In pill
lows to lessen the shock. When
ttey picked her up out of the
wreck, she was pale but mustered
n faint smile as she uttered her
famous Augustus will speak for
mo-"
The very next day they boarded
n fast passenger ship, Indy
with his arm in sling from a dis
located shoulder. Anne seemed un-
disturbed as they observed the law
Of crack ups--to go right up again
to recover flying confidence!
In July, 1929. they had two 9TH
or narrow escapes. Flying from
New York to st Louis wheel on
their Curtiss Falcon collapsed on
landing at Columbus, Ohio, and
the tail skid and one wing were in
jured. She climbed out unper-
turbed. and later they took the
same ship to New York. At New
ak airport just a fortnight later, a
wheel collapsed outright and an
other wing was broken. She mere
ly got into another plane to re-
suune flying lessons she had started
In Mexico City!
Won Gliding License
while she was carrying her first
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..The men surEsa forward. The
police hurled tssr bombs. The Meb
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-08
Choir Festival
Nets $1,571.92
Success OF Initial Venture May Promote Efforts to
Make Affair Annual Event

Loring Burwell, Frederick z. Har-
mon and Miles IA Martin selected
the musical numbers. John M.
Burial headed the reception COM
mittee, while Miss Mollie Cullen
and Miss Margaret Maloney had
charge OF the publicity. Norman
Neal officiated as grand marshal
in arranging for the various groups
and directing the Boy Scouts, who
lent their aid to the affair.
The festival was staged on the
evenings of February 18th and
10th and proved 30 successful that
in the near future the Chamber
of Commerce hopes to obtain suf-
ficient support to make the Civic
Choir q permanent organization.
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ger to her irst-born-and she Is
powerless!
As she moves about the house,
silent, withdrawn, as she finds her.
self drawn against her will into
the little white nursery with Its
empty crib. she shows herself to
have even greater depths Of moral
strength on which to draw. For,
who knows but over and over in
her mind may DO running her own
words:
"Mute bowl! Mute cup!"
Might as vainly ask the scent of
some late jonquil to recall
Lost April!"
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closed In, shouting. screaming and
throwing stones and bricks.
AT the gate OF plant ., the mob
crashed down a steel wire fence.
stop. Oct Back, I'll fire." q uni.
formed efI,esf shouted. Again the
siri led the charge.
"pistols barked. The crowd fell
back. Tho police reformed. An autos
mobile IN which Harry Bennett
stpods came near and a voiIey Of
stones Knocked him down.
"The police CHARGED with that.
flrina fhsir guns point blank Into
the crowd. Men dropped on all
sidss."
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Courage That Carried Anne Lndbergh On Daring Air
Exploits Stands Her In Good Stead In Present Crisis
REMEMBRANCE

hands curved about this bowl Your lips
Hayclef q this rim:
and things than outlast beauty
lave hey mo- of singing still
boutth echoes of melody,
IL 1 mi breath and bow head TO hear
Do surfaces remember not
Some and the wings
and shade and color that you;
No OF perfume lingering,
Beaut hand might
As Beauty's rcfashoning loneliness for me?
Mute
IostA
BY BLANsHARD
Writer
NJ imaginative college girl of Ave
the
Anne ndb kidnapped child.
striking the
mother of be?
newlleve know Anne
silence Quiet moving death she
nemnable length
and hours into 800.
sits at With steady
broth lips and drinks She
child IN early
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two before took sAngesw
her Glider right headed minutes and
a
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Liquor Interests Held
Poorest of EMPLOYERS
To the Editor of me Star.

10 tne EdltOr OF Tne star:
In these days when unemployment
is such a serious problem men are cast
ing about to find some agency that may
possibly use great numbers of men and
thus relieve the situation. And, since
1t happens that this is the very time
too, when the vets are most hard put
for an argument for the return of their
beloved source Of blood money, 1t Is not
to be considered strange that they
should suggest that the legalizing OF
the liquor traffic would put to work q
few hundreds of men. They do not
mention the fact that most Of these
men SO employed" would work for
drinks. sandwiches and straw enough
to wallow off their drunkenness in
But such was the case before prohibi-
tion-and the leopard has not changed
his spots.
AS a matter Of fact, the Census Bull
letin proves that the liquor manufac-
turerS returned the smallest per cent
OF the price of the finished product to
labor. For the manufacture of Mm-
ber and furniture labor received 81 per
cent of the price of the finished prod
uct. but for the making of booze only
little over per cent. Liquor always
and everywhere has been the poorest
employer. 1t has used less raw mate
rial. employed fewer men and paid
smaller wages than any other business.
If 1t was legaliZed again its use would
cause the discharge Of 10 men for
every that its manufacture would fur
nish job. Let us think seriously of
these facts. LOREN E. PAGE.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Pedestrian Pleads
Police Protection
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Pity the precarious plight Of the Door
pedestrian! No nefarious ancient nav
igator knowingly undertook an under
taking in navigation involving the in
trlcac1es necessary now in navigating
near neglectful niDcompoops in name
less enginiZed ingots.
Since seeing the seething, ceaseless
asSemblage of Six-cylindered sluggards
surreptitiouSly scattering citizens, ii
seems something should somehow be
substituted for such useless slaughter
Speaking from standpoint of sup
position, citizen, Scurrying from side
to side OF a street, seeking safety, sud-
denly seeing that the signal is set, stops
10 attempt to trespass traffic at this
/ time takes a task technically taboo
Finally fortune favors our friend and
forthwith follows his fellows in front
of the formidable feet of ferocious
tiends. Jumping with agility and iudg-
ing the gyrationS Of the jaunting and
juggling gasoline juggernauts is Just q
gigantic job.
Maybe the modern method of man.
aging the movements of machines BY
means OF many multi-colored monstros
tiles eminating millions of amperes i'm
proves the motorists movements. but ]
maintain that the man who must mi
CRATE minus motor car may nomen-
tarIy meet misfortune, manned by a
miscalulating mentally muddled mo
tormanlac"
Please permit the public to petition
the police to provide proper protection
for the poor, prosecuted pedestrian
CHARLES GAIGE.
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Great Britain's Comeback.

Great Britain paid off at New York
$50 1000 900 of bills maturing yesterday.
1t comprised part Of the outstanding
twenty-five per cent of the 5000, 600 900
credit extended to her last August by
IN syndicate of one hundred and ten
american banks headed by J. p. Nor
gan 81 Co. Similar repayment is plan
ped Of the remaining $40 900 900 Of Brit
ish treasury bills due on April 5. With
the seventy-five per cent of the origi-
nal credit, amounting to $150,000, 900
which the British paid on March 4, the
enttre obligation Of 100000 900, origi'
Aally contracted In o vain attempt te
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Reviving War Hatreds
Is Declared Harmful
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
am sure you will readily understand
when I take exception to the article re
the Zimmerman note in the editorial
section of The Star of last Sunday.
Without going into the merits or de-
merits of the article. can only regret,
from purely political point of view.
that old stories of dim and supposed
ly forgotten past are still dug up, maybe
not with intent. but most certainly with
the effect of creating anew or perpet-
uating wartime feelings or even
hatredS.
We are told, in and out of season.
that the world should buckle down to
a practical solution of the pressing
problems OF our time, especially start a
real disarmament all around. We are
further told that real disarmament can
not be achieved until mental disarm-
ament has been undertaken. I do not
know If articles like the one in oues-
tion will further this necessary mental
disarmament!
1t is with these things as with the
high tariff: Once the thing is started
somewhere all the others fall in line
and do likewise. In my humble opinion
there Is all around in this world much
too much lip service, and not enough
common sense and practical politics.
OTTO H. F. VOLLBEHR,
Evening star., 1932-03-30

/ of or against such economic control.
! He Is not sure that the cure wouldn't
/ be worse than the disease. That Is
something he says nobody knows, for
economic and socia sciences are largely
uncharted seas an we have been none
too successful in ne modest essays In
economic cohtrol sready entered upon
theoretically, regulation is fine.
1t would be grandif we we're wise and
honest enough to effect it SO as to pro-
duce wise and Just flow of business
that would keep Serybody at work and
supply all our needs at reasonable
prices. OF course We ought to be, but we
aren't, and the dagers of regulation by
certificates of necessity are greater than
the dangers of lying under the dog -eat-
dog methods o unregulated competi-
tion."
The Supreme Court" observes the
Morgantown dominion News, has the
power to stay such experimentation, In
the instant case it exercised that power,
VIII 1t do 50, we wonder, in future
years, when Jlstice Brandeis' views shall
have prevaihd?" The Charlotte OBJ
server emphasizes the fact that the ma
lority decided that regulation of this
KIND Is unwarranted by the nature Of
SA4S ASC OlSAcSS, COt1CIuQlQg JndL Lle
majority opinion generally holds" The
Rochester Times Union declares: With
out going into the merits of the indi-
vldual case in question, there can be no
doubt that Justice BrandeiS has voiced
with remarkable clarity problem which
more and more is becoming a challenge
10 our Social-economic system"
THE minority contended," says the
Birmingham Age-Herald. that the time
has come 70 regulate the processes Of
production in accordance with the
standard Of consumption" The Age
Herald continues: This was in short,
the appearance in court of the much
discussed planned economy Even
those of us who are still unprepared to
give up the principle of indiyidualism, OF
free competition, will find much to
stimulate our thinking in the Brandeis
opinion. Is it possible to stabilize in
dustry without imposing stringent bar
rierS to the investment Of new capital
in enterprises the productive capacity
of which far outstripS the consumption?
In the light of the depression, are we
to continue the hit-and-misS system
which has brought such distress? Many
Of us prefer the risks Of muddling
through somehow to suffering the limi-
tation and interference for which Judge
Brandeis pleads. But we cannot deny
that he has seized in signal fashion an
opportunity to bring legal thinking
abreast of the immediate problems Of
cur economic life"
Evening star., 1932-03-30
Prosperity Stamps
Urged on Congress
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In putting f1ve-cent stamp on this
letter, have purposely contributed
three cents to the Treasury of the
United States. The Post Office gets its
customary two cents and the three
cents goes to balance the budget.
II Congress would authorize the Is
suance OF prosperity stamps, in denom-
nations OF three and five cents for first
class mail, and agree that the proceeds
from the sale of such stamps would be
used to balance the budget, the people
OF the United States would voluntarily
wipe out the existing deficit. The
present tWo-cent stamp should remain
the legal rate for letter mail and the
use OF prosperity stamps would be en-
tirely voluntary
This move would be sponsored by all
patriotic organizations and societies In
the country The results would only
be limited by the ability of the Gov
eminent to print the stamps and han
die the mail.
The people Of England voluntarily
contribute their personal jewelry to sta
bilize the gold pound. Give the people
OF the United States an opportunity to
contribute their pennies to national
prosperity. Compulsion is offensive to
the American people, but give all classes
an opportunity TO contribute what their
circumstances will permit and watch
the deficit In the Federal Treasury dis
Appear ROBE u JONES.