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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
Noisy Singers

I he dseibsl is the engineering unit for measuring sound intensity. An instrument has been invented which registers dseibsls. 50 far fl has been used chiefly 10 measure The unpleasant noises which accompany fife in big city Recently il was used 10 measure the sounds pouring forth from several stars Of tbe Metropolitan Opera Company, To everyohe's surprise the in' afument showed the singers as noisy or neisef than street cars and subway trains Gigli. the tenor who does not choose 10 take salary cut. reached an intensity of v dseibels. The charming Lily pons. singing most beautifully scored 7S deeibels. The applause which followed her singing Of 'Cato Nome" reached go dseibes. The orchestra went as high as % deeibels with its overture.
 Street ess it had been found in earlier experiments. rate 65 deebels and lbe subway 95 Apparently 1t is not tbe intensity Of street noises. factory noises ,and so on which makes them unpleasant 10 tbe ear and in' jurous 10 ibe nervous system, Music which feffesbes and inspires is just as noisy" in deeibes. at least, Perhaps ths problem of eliminating nerve ssbstieflng noises Tn cities should be met Bot by getting rid Of them entirely but by turning tbsm into musical tones oi equal intensity,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
The Bonus March

The WAT veterans invading Washington ass petition iii boots" ioi lbelf &l,OG0.- 100000 bonus make ; good deal oi aejse and seem lo in2bleB eo02teSsmea, Eut fIsfe zfe only , few lboussnd ot them out of 1000, GOO, sHd lt i4 dDubiim tijat lbe msnbefs and orators represent j ma Joniy oi thsf eemtades, Hot lhA, most of diem would refuse , bonus fl it wefe offered Ep lbs mefe intelligent and pabIle minded ones surely fealtze tbat tbis would be lefnbIY hard fiHe iof fbs government to 2ta6t saeb demand and alst f 4 were granted, f would probably tetsfd Btospsnty so mutb tbat ibe veterans thsmsslges would get nc profit from fileif dole The more sensitive ones, too, cannot approve Of tbs methods used lately by many Of tbe marching groups, Lswlsssaess is sot expected from War vel efzHs sBd t hurts tbsm and lheif cslss
 Tbs bonus advocates should try te under stand shs civilian viewpoint which Is some ti3iaz Ike this; The soldiers have rendered great service te tbsif country, 50 have tBsBY millions who did Het wear tbe aas form, 1bess ef ths veterans who were iH= jafsA by tbsir service have been more gsasf, easiy treated by enf government tbaB any etbsf group Of soldiers ia history, The etbsts sks unfairly sBd iese public esteem wbsa fhsy dsmsad special tights and rewards.
 Tbsfs is political danger toe, One saeh dsim when granted always leads 10 other ssd greater claims. There is no greater peril ie free country thsa 2 powerful, specially favored military class. Government must bs kept ea 2 civil, net military basis, The wsifsn ef tbe veterans themselves. n tbs long ras, depends ea their fsBopBeiBg spes fst dsims sad eosfeien and trusting in lbs sssssafss abst gre taken for tbe welfare Of its public ss whole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
soeiaIIsu In Chile

There s another revolution in Latin, America. fbis time in Chile. A military group ovsHbfows ibs government and takes control. 4 radical Socialist program is pro- posed. with heavy taxation of incomes above tz.000. eonGseaiioa of big fortunes and possible seizure of bAiionsI and foreign, owned public utilities. along with numerous private enterprises, The new government. It is announced, will be independent alike Of tbs influence of foreign capital and for, sign imperialism"
 American property s involved. Our eli, zsns are said 10 have more than 5000. .000,- 900 invested in Chile. many times our in, vestmeat in Nicaragua. We make formal protests. of course, And already the fsyo, lutionists On second thought gre cooling down and thinking less Of eopiisesting for. eign property, no matter what they do with their own. Responsibility usually sobefs radicals. In sny event we shall not inter vene in Chile. IL is far away. t is one Of the big Lstin-Amehesn powers instead Of one Of tbe little ones and our government and people are less lmpsdalis,ie than they were,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
Here, There And Everywhere
THE OLD AGE PENSION
 SURVEY

fNew Haven Journal courief)
 By whatever fiscal pFestidigttatloH, Governor Cross ts now able Co pros aeed toward making good on ati- other slsetioa promise th his ssa curing funds to finance the old age pension survey provided fQf by the last legislature. The legislature. U will be recalled, although it 0fdef= ed tbs expenses Of the study te bs met eut of state funds, made no appropriation for the purpose Monies saved by economies in ths various departments were Ehsfetefs the only hope ef the commission, and II Is from this source mat ths governor has now seeuAe9 us Whsfewithai t0 proceed. What was apparently devious trick played upon His E2eeilehey by tle fe- publican maj0rities, seems GAfmhHs vented.
 Tbe object Of the study Nself IS simple. Briefly, what Is sought is whether the state IS now eafahR TOT it's aged dependents ih the nos. economical way. The metied 0t multiple authority and source now sstapt Is beupd 10 De wastafui. The equipments or the old age pansioh scheme has from tbe first had 70 tbs hard and practical afHAfhent that not only was II superief li bilmanitafian effect, but more sfils aient business to meet the whels expense iH this e6zofdihated way, The eemH ission, through bF Meek ST q ftbe University, now, pfetseses Go find eut, This Is one mefe step i toward modern methods ih euf,sea aiai sHfVtnHE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
Electric Pipe Organs

The University of Cincinnati announces i pipe organ without pipes reeds or bel lows produced by 2 young student ehgnsef named Winston l., Rock as psn Of his work for college degree This remarkable ins stfpmeht consists Of an arrangement Of neon light tubes such ss are used in advertising signs. bpf smaller. arranged in circuits. tbeif vibration modified and made audible by sp, psratus much like that Of radio set Through combination Of circuits t can do, apparently anything big pipe organ can do, There Is a regular keyboard and con soie, eaeh key controlling q tpbs 1ons quality, volume, ete are said 10 be under good control,
 ben gre plenty Of students in college who aH hot fooling away ibeif time, 1bis achievement, even # pot all lbsf is claimed for fl. points 10 I new and promising field for development n practical music, IL may be possible soon 10 have tbe equivalent Of ehufeh organ ibe neblest of all musical instruments in private homes, taking up ao mofs spaee tbsa aH ordinary piano and perhaps costing nc more ibsa good fadio eet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
.Illusion-Prcservcrs

5atnesl books and stage plays have been numerous and popular of late, There IS plenty Of material for fbsm Tn modern con ditohs, The public at large seems 10 be ih mood le Laugh st jlsslf and its leaders, evsn though s little bitterness gets into tbs Laughter now and ibsH, Since most popular books and stage plays find their way 10 Hollywood sooner or later f might Bstufs ally be assumed tbst , number Of satifeal tslkies would be appearing ID tbs near future Such is aet tbe ease, ibe ezeeu- lyss went into ths matter deeply and thought seriously of cutting ID on lbs satire held, I hen They decided firmly hol 10 do so,
 What stopped themf They say lbst most people, particularly tbe great rank and file of movie patrons. still have many happy illusions and do hoi want them crushed. Wbetber or not fbsy still believe ih Santa Claus, they do believe in the purity ol poll lies, ihe Declaration Of Independence, 100 per eeBt hmeHeaHisHj, and SO on, lt is all ngbf 10 s4titIze ancient days, be "Taas tse ia Fid2 Hrthufs Court" was great fun tof movie fans, Ept anything really Hp-te7 date must De treated seriously and respect, fully
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
. Book a Day
Death by Fire Is Bootlegger's
 Lot In Arctic
by BRUCE CATION


 They have a very effective way of dealing with bootleggers, Up on the frost-bound Arctic tsiaDds north of Siberia,
 When one shows up the whole community gets out its dog teams and ehases him-~not, as you might suppose, to buy his wares, but t6 punish him for selling his braths destroying poison to the Eskimes.
 When they catch him they tie him 10 his sisdEe, pour gasoline over him and drop lighted match where it will do ths most good. Thsh they go back home, mur' muring, Well, that's that"
 This quaint Arctic custom Is fs- veaisd ih Thirty Years ih the Golden North" by Jan Welzl, This Is one of the stfahgest books you will see aii year, and while "a hate to guafahtee that it's slt g0s' pei truth l must say It Is evef' iastingiy interesting.
 Weizi, a Czech. went alone t0 ths Arctic back in the sos, and lived there for 20 years. He esE tabiisked himself in cave on dsseiats island and beeams a trader, travelling by dog sledga 70 Aiaska for supplies ana dtstfibut7 Ing them to geldseekefs, trappsfs and the like.
 It was aH odd sort Of life those people iived. 4 man with E teeths ache usually shot himself. tf his nose got ffestsbitten and Tell orr he would have ah Eskimo Witeh doctor graft on new one. " ne WI ptAd feminine society he would | Sat i.. To. n H calendar, Tn the winter he would find go below . relatively mild tem' pefhtufe,
 Mr WelsI may have stretched things here and there, but b6 has written a fascinating book, Mac Milan is the publisher, and tbs nriaa is Hg6O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

Mayor ouigIsy of New Britain in q fs- cent talk in that city declared that there would be a special session of tbs Legislature in August. We wonder if the mayor has second sight. The Isst time we fsmsmbsf hearing lbs governor discuss this topic he wasn't at sII enthusiastic about special session. Nor are many of the legislators. we'll wager. What with state and national elections coming on apses they don't want 10 be bothered with special session that might drag on intsfminably and not accomplish what it was called for, And all the Lsgis. latufe could do with regard 10 finding new sources Of revenue for municipalities would be 10 order 4 survey. Any city can do that now without legislative permission. For that matter. why doesn't the Connecticut League of Municipalities do something to relieve such distress rather ihan put t up to the General Assembly,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

Married women on the payrols of city or state are having hard time holding their jobs these days, There is tendency in this section of the nation 10 close the door 10 married women. whose husbands are gain. fully employed. as far as public jobs are con. esrned. Various cities have busted them from school positions Now New Haven county legionnairss have pettionsd Cover nor Cross to dismiss 300 married women employss of the state whose husbands are reported to be on the payfolls also. The Msfiden post of the Legion sponsored the petition. And there will be plenty of sup, port for it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
MH. COOLiDaE ON THE DEBTS
 lNeW York FiMesl

EEsFfasidsnt Coolidge dld het choose Al suspicious moment for
 publishing his article eh the. war
 debts in The Cosmopolitan Magas
 zine, His views on that subject have bseH many times stated and
 are well known, II was hardly necessary for him t6 Feafflffh them
 eB The very eve Of the bausanhe
 conference, and at 4 time when sentiment iH this country might easily be led ih q wrong direction
 regarding the great importance both 10 IS and the rest ef the
 world Of having fepafatleBs ana the WAT debts put ID the way or a final adjustment, SD as te fss
 move the strain which, iB the epinz lon Of the msfl most competent iH tha matter, is being put upon lh- tsrnatieHai financial commerce by this unsettled question which has
 no pity for tbe fepese 0f nations,
 As Was to be expected. Mf Geeis idgs takes strictly tssaiistie view, What he says Is perfectly rue, ThH United states loaned q great amount of money Q the Allies n the war, which they ebllsateh themselves Co repay us, ID ths set= dement's our government generous " made allowance fer thsif eAI paeity f9 pay, Hbt when tbe AErses faenfs weFa made and signed they baeaBie, iH Mf Eeetidke's view ei the ease, 4 lawful contract which cannot De departed from hghefablt This Is absolutely e8fFeet rom ths purely legal point ef view, just as l t Is to assert that the whf esbts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

I be American Institute ot Steel Con slmefioa prize for bridges erected ln l93i
 lbst cost more lbaa Sl,0000G0 was awarded to tbs Bayohhs bridge ever the Kill Van Fuii from Port Richmond, Staten Island, 10 EayeaHe, Second place went 10 tbs George Washington bridge across ths Hpd- son fiyef And thereby hangs q tae, l. seems tbe judges Wers about decided 10 award tbs trophy 10 tbs latter structure Wben Raymond Hood, aB architect, pointed out fbst ths Hudson river bridge violated tbs rules of ibe contest To understand them thoroughly we imagine person would have 10 have seme knowledge Of engineering tbs setting for lbe Hudson river bridge, said MT Hood. did aei call for symmetrical structure, vel tbs towers aad suspension lines were sil fashioned alike. Oddly the same man de- signed both bridges. He Is Ctbmaf Her mann Ammshn, eblef engineer of tbe Pen ef New Yeh Authority. Interviewed bims self, Mi AmmsHn declared tbst ths setting for ths Hudson river bridge ealled for 4 symmetrical dssiga, lie claimed sa uabsl, saesd bridge would De "faeHsfesity". He also said comparison Of tbe i've bridges was like comparing horse and dog, We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
ApO|ftI(d| FO|Hpsg( (|952
aingle.Iianded aayiOrs

bln8lestlMHueD battOth That started most eoHgfessBen trying 10 eut-hsfe each other. Minority Leader Henry T. Hainey was tearing hts hair over the sales taE, threatening awful panies and dollars worth 20 cents 1T no sales tax were passed,
 Even Speaker Jack darnsf. who usually hates bunk, lsapea lhte the breach after t had all besh
 closed pp and joined the ranks Of
 those who had saved the country
 single handed,
 President Hoover himself. who Is going to De bereizsd more tban
 ahyohs else in the campaign ana damned m6fs AS Weli==W went into training whsn he dashed to the ! senate the other day t0 demand | that II pass tax bill which U | would have. passed tbe night Deg fore had hs not senl Wofd through Senator Dave Reed 10 yided new estimates,
 ; Other administration heroes are headed by Secretary Of War Pat | Hurley, who ean bs depended ups on for publicity making blstfioties AS often as he gets ths chance, And every prs-eenyehti0b season finds Senator Bofah making a last ditch fight for something or other, | threatening havoc if hs isn't hs6d# sf, In 1928 1t was for honesty ID government and this year its q dry platform plank. Befah hes yet | to wfaak havoc, Tn the campaign nearly 6il cans
 didates will be offering 10 lay down their lives t6 save tbe country from | the beisliskikt, the vets, the dfys, the erasshoppsr piaagDe, foreign CTS in general, the Mediterranean fruit fly, Tammaby nall, the Pope, btmstAilism, the farm board. the natives of Hawaii or the Llhdbsrah kjdiaDsrs.
 IL ought 10 be a big year for the | tomato farmers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
By RODNEY BUTCHER fkEA Hepyiee WnfAP

Wasbington-Wbat this country needs, our foremost statesmen seem 10 agree, Is a good b=esnt hsf0.
 So the boys are all doing their very best 10 proyids us with one. Very successfully, too. one might say, because heroes seem 10 be all over the place,
 The epidemic Of hereies is like iy 10 become rather horrible beT fore this t952 campaign Is over because thf her0ism disease js both highly contagious and ih. sidiousiy progressive ip inc indls vidnhl system,
 Pathetic Heroes
 Most of our current heroes now seem 10 ba il little bit pathetic, ohs psad not overlook the fact thht j6b- holding politicians are likely 10 work themselves into fathers 0f self~alleged h6f0ism with the, utH most sincerity, but neither can one forget that the national emsfgsbr eiss that led t0 the present spidemr ie have not yet produced hh offiees holder willing to take any chances,
 Political hefeism appears t0 differ from ordinary bsroism in that an act of ordinary hef0ism ibs wolves some fisk=0f your life 6f job or something, Political hsto- ism involves no risks At alL Any Why=-
 Ths hafeism season seems to have started when old Charlie Crisp of Georgia suddenly become acting chairman Of the house ways and means committee, bes gan 10 defend the sales tax
 
 His "haeritice'
 lie made an instant hit Whsh he barred snd beat his chest ahs nouBeing that he was willing .ie sacrifice his political future Tor his country.
 Ills psffeffmabes stlll looks efeditabia in fstf6spsbt, but Whsti be round the house rising to hb= piand him every time bs spoke he began to go through the same het day after day until finally he was a candidate for the senate with every chance Of being nominated ana elected,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
M TODAY Gy AAX9SEPgzRy 342 ofz3E.
nELtlIlAU WOOD sTONMIcD

On June II, 1913, American nia- ribes com pieted the capture Of bet- leau Weed and fepslled three fiefes counter attacks by crack German
 More than 800 prisoners and 70 machine guns were taken during ths tWesday engagement, German losses ih Killed and wounded were estimated at more than sDee,
 Tha sefely pressed French dlyis siens on the Mafne rallied to ihiiet a crushing defeat on their tefnens tefs when they repuised an attack on a seVens mile front, Later n the day a French eeuhtersattaeh gained 1000 prisoners and all Of the ground which had been lost eaflief n ths day, A
 On the Italian ffeHt, and Austrian attack was beaten Of after heavy fighting near MeRte gaFnes
 The British resumed the gffenslvH for the first time since March et their front and reported c shih ~ more than 500 yards on ( eweshhle font
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
"GREisNs" AGAIN
(Ifaftferd coursnt)

(Haftf6fd Coufahtj
 Mr Lewis GaHnatt ih the New York Herald Tribune glaness, ln passjpg, at ths subject of "sfssbs'' and finds that bfaekens~~~esftalti typss Of swamp ferns may go lhte the pot and are excellent " served with either melted butter. HollaBdaisf sauce or eh'eksn gravy" After smiling for a mos nepf at the thought Of a cehheetl.. cut bfsiseWife serving a mess Q areeas" with tteliandaise sauce, we pass on to the next suggestion, which Is that "miikWesd Ups ln iate spring ars the most sueeulsht and the most substantial"
 They are, and iD certain sections of tbs state they may be feuhg " abuDdanas along the roadside, we recall their flavor now, stlli " may De remembered that 4 ser naht was found in Eden, hence t IS that we look upon the milkWeed' tiDs with degree 6f suspicion which came to use not far rom forty yeafs sge, when we discover. cd that f varying percentage or those same miikWssd tips contain sd grub neatly ensGehesd iH the center Of the tip. prepared te grew ub with the country, Now we pfs= fer dock and daHdeli0n,
 BfaekAas and theif little fflebds "nddieheads," are new 10 hs though ws should be willing 70 try them with aH open mind, hs we should the young and tshaHt sprouts of sasssffss which the founders Of New England esteemed so highly. Bsetsteps, Of course, are in for honorable mention, and long before Abraham Lincoln was nom. mated for president New England farmers sewed beet seed generous | ly, for the reason that ,Ersehs would be rathaf more ID demand than the root. Tn fact. the fafmsi and his family were not keen fei the beet itself, even though tht frugal housewife piekied the bee' aftSf boiling. Hut bfaekeh1= l-znbfakes"-must have, been hp, prsetatsd ih a somewhat leahsi New England than suffeuhd' | Hartf6fd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

have no eentfaatuai fetatieh te asrman reparatiens, But syerss bedy knows that between private efsdtters and debtors 1t is hsithef wise nor possible always te insist upon the striet letter Of the law, and ths same thing holds between nations,
 Tbis is, indeed, taeitlg admitted by MT Coolidge himself when, at tfs end of his article. after taking tbe strongest possible ground against cancellation, he reyerts to tie possibility Of "suspensl0hs IT payment iB whole or iH part ef from ens to three years" it ih evident that lie would contemplate, even fl with q certain amount Oi grim Vermont displs#sufe, that IeE. tension or the moratorium after Dsst December which almost ail economists and fiHaHeiefs and re- sbeHsibla treasury officials believe will De found absolutely inevitable,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
So They Say

Tha old notion that the president tf company was the paid attorney Of tha stockholders for ths purpose of taking as much as possible betli from the workers and the public for ths benefit Of the st6ekhltdsfA has gone, Owen D, Young nhab' Gief,
 Having for many years followed extremely closely tbs development Of Ametiaa's economic life, ! nave definitely reached the conclusion That the dssp6hdeney now prevail ing there has gone much too faf,-7= Lord Hethefmsfe, British heWspa- per publisher
 The id6a that we ought to Amerii eeHigs ourselves has h6t d9Hs us any good Dr Adam steE6fWai1 German labor minister
 What the world needs IS m0fs peiitsH6ss and less love, ,HvJ eseph tiefgeshsimsf, novelist,
 France must give Bp, for i long tims at least, any hope Of receiving payment of that unconditional sji' huity established by ths Hague agreements, Paul PaiBisyf, former premier Of France,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertajHing t0 psrsobat health sad hygiene. not disease diagnosis 0f treatment. will bs answered by Dr Brady, Address bim. care 0f tbe Demeegaa sendi0s stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

A week or so ago we commented upon tbe plan to round up wild horses in the Tar West with aifplanes. The scheme was to have an aviator swoop down from the skies and scare the horses out of the rocky noun tainous passes into the Iowlands where cow boys could round them up for the market IL WAS tried in Oregon and 750 startled horses sifeamed down from the mountains after the huge bird had startled them However, they came so fast and SO plent'' fully tbst the l5 riders waiting for them could only catch IS, More riders are now being enlisted. Why not few automobilesf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11
Churches arc nicer.
 ln summer, I'll say, J'bG choir, good gracious, is always away.

Churches nre nicer,
 tH summer, I'll say, T'be cit0tr, good gracious,
 is always away.
 O=-O-0 Ths upyt0-ths-miHute American Is one who drinks dated coffee with dated milk and uses one of those monthly sheets from tbs calendar as fl napkin,
 0--O=-O The woman who would tfust her husband with any other woman Is more 10 be pitisd than censored,
 0=O=-6 4 New York man gut thrss wis dom tssth and was smart enough 10 sell the story 10 the nswsDs pers,
 0-wO---0 THOSE NAUGHTY SWEAR
 WORDS les the language 0B a golf course, ttprsspcGftvs 0f its s0Hrce.j That helps to make . golf course,
 COARSE
 0---O==o Something impossible; A man trying t0 appear diEblflSd Whllh chasing his straw hat across tbe street,
 6EwD@-0 The thrill that comes once in lifetime; Having Inc graduation diploma framed and mother insisting on hanging l. in ths living room back of the easy chair.
 0~-eO@s-0 If y6u think you have h hard job consider ths ladder salesman, Look at all ths climbing hs must do tl demonstrate his line.
 0t=wD=-sO
 When H tight man begins 10 loosen ID hs sausaks worse than ever.
 O~=O-rsO When fl Wtfs clips out the asii removal notice and shows II t6 her husband, there's fl gentle hint to smoke less,
 O==vO-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-11

wondsr t rbs judges examined any afus- tafss in this state. The new bfides % e Cornwall Bridge is certainly worthy of some recognition ia sny contest