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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
Dangerous Driving Age

A serious responsibility rests on parents
whose sons and daughters. under the age OF
20, drive automobiles 1t is their duty TO
impress upon budding men and women the
vital necessity for care, courtesy and ODE
dienee to traffic rules at all times. The
most dangerous age for drivers is under 20.
according to E. E. Robinson, secretary of
the National Bureau of Casualty e Surety
Underwriters. Out of every thousand drv-
crs under the age of 20 last year, 80 were
involved in accidents. From 20 to 70, SO
drivers out of one thousand had mishaps
there were IT in the ages Of 80 to 80; 70
in the ages of 40 TO ~ and ! 8 out OF one
thousand in the ages of so and over.
Automobile public liability and proper
~ damage insurance rates are wholly under
the control OF their polieyhoders. Stock
casualty companies have established by sta
tisties that the record for drivers under 70
last year was 80 per cent worse than the
average from 20 10 ~ il was ~ per cent
worse; from 80 10 3d. SO per cent better
than the average; from 40 to ~ II was ~
per cent better and in the ages OF 50 and
over 50 per cent better than the average
In the ayes under 80. accident experience
WAS 647 per cent worse Than among The
drivers beyond that age.
There were 26,4i0 drivers under tbe age
Of 10 involved IN accidents Of which l,2z0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1882
Must u. S. Stand Alone?

Within month, the United States and
the members of the League of Nations must
confer about the crisis in the far east. The
Lytton report on Japanese aggression IN
Manchuria presents an issue than must be
settled once and for all. In advance of the
conference it might be good thing for
American citizens to get few facts def
initely in mind. Three international TREAT
les cover the Manchurian situation. The
nine power treaty guarantees the integrity
Of China. The Kellogg pact pledges sig
natofy nations not to resort to war as an
instrument of national policy. The
covenant of the league binds its members to
90 to the aid of any member which is
first two bind the United States. All three
bind the leading nations of Europe.
Now it is common knowledge that the
only great power which has steadfastly and
effectively opposed Japan's ambitious moves
in Manchuria is the United States. England
and France. the most important members
Of the league, have gone through the mo-
tons of making a protest but that is all.
Furthermore, it is commonly reported that
England and france plan 10 let OHCle Dam
continue as the one serious obstacle to Japa-
nese aggression.
Remembering all of these facts you
might let your memory go back to 1914,
In that year Germany invaded Belgium, vio-
lating an international treaty England
sprang to arms at once. English and French
leaders were Mortified at the notion that
treaty could be "a scrap of paper. 1t
was, they insisted the solemn duty of sigma
tosy nations to defend such treaty to the
limit.
But it appears that there is difference
between treaty guaranteeing Belgums IN
tegrty and one guaranteeing China s--or
else the nations of Europe have lost their
noble regard for treaty's sacred ness. If
tf,et exalted talk of 1914 was more than
empty words. England and France will side
with the United States on the issue of max
ing the Lytton report effective. If they
don t-wel Uncle Sans education will
have progressed another notch.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
(@EapO|id[d| EO[ipsg 1882

previously has given the prosper
ity party" the edge because many
voters have neither phones nor
cars. This year the proportion OF
anti Hoover voters among that
group will be unusually large.
Thus, IL you can Judge by the
past performances Of the poll, the
dem ocratic mhjorities probably will
be larger than this years poll in
dicates.
Returns in the 1928 Literary Di-
gest poll as compiled early in Octo-
Der indicated approximately the
subsequent result of the election in
about half of the states then listed.
but in the other states erred IN
in favor Of republicans and even
gave Hoover two states which
Smith later carried.
Smith was receiving only 81 per
cent Of the polls votes as against
68 per cent for Hoover, whereas
the election gave Smith 40 per
cent and Hoover 50 per cent.
Returns this year, covering about
the same number of votes, the
same electoral vote and approx
mately the same states, gave Hoo
yer a little better than 40 per cent
and Roosevelt slightly more than
| SO per cent.
The 1928 Digest poll gave Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island to Hoo
yer in early October by about two
to one votes, whereas they went
| for Smith by narrow margins.
Pennsylvania went nearly three to
one for Hoover in the poll and
about two to one in the election.
Two to one majorities were also
indicated for Hoover in Connecti-
cut, Illinois. Indiana, New Hamp-
shire and New Jersey, but the cleo
ton majorities were much smaller.
New York gave two to one for
Hoover in the poll and only mar
row margin for him In the cleo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
Travel Barriers

Foreign visitors who find American i'm
migration and customs officials little less
than hospitable may take comfort from the
fact that Uncle Sam is just as hard boiled
in his treatment of his own nleces and
nephews returning from few weeks or
months abroad. One recently returned
traveller tells his troubles as follows:
First, although the boat got in at 10
O'Clock in the evening. no one could land,
because the immigration officials do not
begin their official duties before eight in the
morning. Even when they came aboard.
much time was consumed in official con-
ferences as to where to hold the inspection.
and SO on. Eventually that was over. and
the joyous travellers turned to the customs
INSPECTION This involved further long
waits much standing in line, much un-
winding of red tape about an American
made car which had been driven 3O.OOO
miles but which the customs authorities sus-
pected the family of importing to sell. Gus
toms officers in all lands are pests. says the
traveller in conclusion, but of all lands IN
his rather wide experience. America is the
hardest to get into.
All of which. even if slightly exaggerated.
is familiar enough to home coming Amer
cans. Travel, which ought to be made
easy and pleasant. is made difficult because
of national jealousies and trade barriers.
When war fears are really ended. when tar
ifs are restored to reasonable limits, there
will not be all this nuisance and suspicion
at national frontiers and ports of entry.
Travellers will be shown the same welcome
and courtesy by officials as they are shown
by other natives once they get inside coun-
try's borders.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

Industrial accidents are lowered in plants
which put particular stress on accident pre-
vsntion. not merely because of safety devices
but also because the workers attention is d.
rected frequently to their responsibility to-
ward their own safety Carefully taught
children learn to look before they cross
streets and to watch traffic signals at street
intersections. Safety, however can be at
tanned only at the cost of constant vigilance.
The American accident total is far above
that of any other civilized country. Of the
more than 10000 fatal accident reported
to the Council nearly 10000 of them oe-
CURED in the home. There is obviously
still plenty Of room for safety education and
training.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
So They Say

Patriotism Is a pernicious,
psychopathic form Of fdiocy. 1t
Is the only force that leads to
war without reason Bernard
Shaw. British playwright.
80
The modern young man hates to
be thought an idealist.
DIR Alexander Marin. regius pro-
fessor of divinity. Cambridge uni
versity.
I have buried my birthdays.
Aimee Scmple Mcpherson Hut
:. ton, Los Angeles evangelist,
on her And birthday.
There Is no use railing at Amer
lea, or expecting her to take her
proper pogitio min the world UNI
less each of us as a citizen makes
an effort to make his own life
worth while ,on the basis OF values
which are not wholly material.
John Truslow Adams. writer.
For the first time. 1876 there r.
need for q second Declaration OF
Independence to break the servi-
ture to organized minorities OF the
great majority of our people.
Richard Il. Byrd, chairman, Ma
tional Economy league.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
THE RIGHT TO WORK
(Christian Science MOnitOr)

"A group of young Oxford grad
yates has this summer been tour
ing the seaside towns of Great
Britain with q revue-concert party
organized by Mr. Giles Playfair. the
son of the famous actor-producer,
Sir Nigel Playfair.
Encouraged by their success
with seaside audiences. this party,
known as the ."Oxford Blazers" has
taken q theater In the West End
Of London in order to introduce
its members to a wider public.
'The oxford Blazers have on the
the whole been warmly welcomed
by the metropolis, but several
letters have been written to the
press arguing that in times like
the present 1t Is unjust that these
Young men should take work from
professional players who depend
on the stage for q living.
The reply of these enterprislng
young people in simple. They are
not taking work from profess
SIGNALS, because but for them the
theater they occupy would now
be dark; they are actually provid-
ing employment for the theatcr
employees, and the professional ac-
tresses whom they INCLUDE IN their
party; and IL their attraction Is q
success, they are, by stimulating q
general interest in the theatcr,
helping to form 4 an atmosphere
suitable to the putting on of new
productions, and the consequent
making of new jobs. Moreover
some members Of the oxford Blaz-
ersD are doubtless thinking OF TAX
ing up the stage as profession,
and are using the present produce
tion as stepping stone TO bigger
things.
But the complaints have a wider
interest than Is at first sight APP
parent. They spring out Of q con-
viction, which is at the moment
very general, that those who are
rich enough to live without work.
ing are doing society q disservice "
they take up remunerative employ
meiit. Whatever may be the REM
cdy for the economic difficulties
Of the world, II cannot reside In d
theory that would automatically
make every well-off person idle.
Artificiaiiy depriving the world Of
tho services and ability OF q large
number OF people cannot possibly
Improve the economic situation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
Straw Votes Hold the Political
Spotlight as RoOscvelt's Mar
gins Mount

SpOtIlghC as HOOScvcltS Mar
gins Mount
Washington-A republican VIC
tory this year would at least have
the effect Of dissipating the popu-
larity Of straw votes.
Perhaps no one would ever both
err again to conduct an unofficial
presidential poll on large scale.
The straw votes are all going
hog wild for Roosevelt, and a re-
versal at the polls would simply
ruin all belief in an institution
which has come to be regarded
as a rather reliable barometer of
public opinion and as reasonably
certain to forecast the result of any
given contest.
Considering the relative accuracy
of the polls, as recognized by poll
ticians and by students who have
carefully weighed and tested them.
1t Is impossible to ignore the demo-
cratic majorities that are being
rolled up in some of the supposed
ly rockbound republican states.
II Hoover carries California,
Pennsylvania and Iowa, for in
stance, he will merely be fulfilling
what would have been the predic-
ton of every so-called political OBJ
server two months ago. But he
will be delivering a very black eye
to the straw vote idea because
those poll majorities for Roosevelt
are extremely impressive.
OF course we only have the most
recent figures to go on. but there
is no very good reason to antici-
pote any marked change in the
poll trend before election day.
The Literary Digest poll is the
one nearly everybody Is watching,
but other Important pulls have also
shown the Roosevelt trend.
In effect. the Literary Digest poll
may be said. to be somewhat
weighted in favor of republicans,
which makes the results to date
all the moro surprising. There Is
a margin of error in the most &C
curate Of polls, but small as that
margin may be 1t has been accus-
toned to favor the republicans IN
presidential polls. S.%5
In the case OF the Digest poll this
Is usually attributed to the fact
that the poll lists are made up
principally from automobile lists
and telephone directories. That fact
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
FINDS BODY OF
MURDER VICTIM
AT FRONT DOOR
Colonel Gcthryn Stars in "ROpe to
Spare" Mystery Which
Is just $3.50

The loyal army Of detective story
fans has been taking an awful
beating lately. Even passably read
able detective stories are scarce;
really good ones are SO rare az al
most to be collectors items.
Ono that rises somewhat above
the dreary average is Rope to
Spare" by Philip Macdonald.
This Is another of those English
things featuring your old pal,
Colonel Anthony Gethryn, that
manly paragon of all the virtues.
Colonel Gethryn goes to a coun-
try house where my lady has been
getting a string of threatening let
tiers. He arrives just in time to
find the butler murdered and
propped UP against the front door
bell. Then my lady's husband Is
found hanging from peg In his
bedroom, and II 1t hadn't been for
Colonel Gethryn everybody would
have thought 1t was suicide.
There's another murder before
we get through, 80 you can see that
of thrills for your money; and, all
in all, the story Is better than the
average.
But, oh dear, oh dear-when will
these writer's give US a story that Is
halfway credible? When will they
construct murder plot that could,
actually, have taken place? When
will they rise at least to the level
of a popular magazine in con-
structings characters and writing
dialog?
The answer, probably, Is never.
Anyway, Rope to Spare" is being
offered by the Crime Club. and 1t
costs 81,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
THE CAVE MAN AT HARVARD.
(New York Herald -Tribune)

New York Herald Tribune)
Professor Earnest Hooton of the
anthropologicai faculty at Harvard.
IL q pedagogue with O happy fncui-
ty of putting such O noval slant on
his instruction that, like Chauncey
Tinker. at Yale. or DIR Daniel Clark
OF Columbia. he IL able to engage
the unqualified attention OF his
students, and incidentally, to make
himself frequent news copy. Only
last spring Professor Hooton told
the flower of the youth OF Boston
In his classes that they were mere
"anthropoiogical upstarts." with
out any very ancient claim to
dominion OF the biological scenc.
Now, because undergraduates find
prehistoric man "a remote, hairy
ilgurc." culturaliy and esthetically
unworthy OF their nttentions, ne
has set his cInsses 20 work ham.
mering out fiInt knives and arrow.
heads 10 show than that sweet.
ness anr light are the hard -gained
usufruets OF a long. hard trek TO-
ward civilization.
Centuries hence the jewellers IN
the bright New World" Of AidOus
HuxIey'H devsiinR may, " Profess
nor H00t0n'H new padnROHH bes
comes an established practice. be
taught the merias Of our own era
by hayIna 10 make q lisInt cut 0f
the sfoek market OF achieving
culture while fIdlnH n the subway
AHa Ffofs2H9f t{eeleH'e H4Wss -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
To-day's Selected Poem
ONI. DAY OLD
(By Florence Ripley Mnstin In the
New York TimeHJ

(By Florence Ripley Mnstin In the
New York TimoHl
SO you have come IA cr0cuA In October,
UntroubIed by tho threatening Of frost.
Whom gnrdons NODDED IN their sleep, your sober
And Tiny feet their silver porches crossed.
Your uneurcd bud IN brighter tbnD the cluster
Of hawthorn In tho azure path ~ Spring,
Upon your forehead IN tho secret iuster
or stnrs that In celestial oensefs swing,
When you nrs taller than the smallest holly
Tbni rlaps H. pointed hands ~ fnslla snow,
Y0n viii ba HpriHhiy ~ Itself and Jolly
~ berries on tho chrlEimnH mlniletoei
carol IN tho falling Ienfen~sa ApfUks-
note Of muaIa IN The ffozan dafA,
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W TO-DAY SO
1.,W0R]IfPl1WABA
I&R %A2E
BELGIAN Coast Cleared

On October rs, 1913, Belgian
flags once moro flew over every
town on the Belgian coast.
The allies occupied Zeebrugge,
Biankenborghe and Thieit. British
occupied Roubaix and Turcoing,
acquired villages to the southeast
Of Douai and advanced east OF lie
Tho 0eramans withdrew from
Loges and Banthevill eForeats and
Bois HadoIs. Americans advanced
north OF Romagne and took Ban.
VILE.
Emperor Charles proelaimsd
steps Tor the organization Of AUS
trln na federaIixed basis. Tha
provisional government Of the new
czeehesioyak nation proclaimed IL
Independence OF Austria- Hungary
ana The cssehs seized Prague.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

were in fatal accidents and 25.l40 in non
fatal accidents From Is to n there were
326.6o0 drivers in accidents which killed
$4,000 persons and injured $4,000. If
parents will constantly emphasize to their
children the necessity for safe driving and
obedience to traffic regulations. it will be re-
feeted in diminishing toll of deaths in
jury and property damage now exacted by
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
Personal Health Service
(By william Brady, M. d.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or
treatment, will be answered BY DIR Brady
Address him. care OF the Democrat. senuins
stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

in the years 1921. accidental deaths in
privately driven cars increased so per cent
and in taxis decreased IS per cent. The
taxi driver not only. becomes skilled from
constant practice. but his job depends on his
driving carefully and keeping his car in good
condition. The private driver can neglect
tires or brakes or other mechanism. and he
can be reckless - until he smashes himself
m
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
Training For Safety

The National Safety Council has been
keeping accident statistics long enough now
to have discovered several important and
helpful facts. One Of these is that safety
can be promoted by training. For example.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

Don't blame the office seekers. A job
is job in these times, and political job
looks as good as any other, if not better.
But gosh, we can't put everybody on the
public payroll. The unfortunate jobless
ones these days are more or less right in their
opinion that some are born with jobs, some
acquire jobs. but very few have jobs thrust
upon them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18
POSTAL RETURNS
(IIartford TImes)

Although facts and figures are
not cited, II In Significant that q
sub-committee Of the House Post
Office committee has gone on
record for the return OF the two.
cent postage rate on flrrt. elnss mall
one reason being that ths present
three.oent rate IN proving diAap.
pointing because II has greatly re-
dnecd the volume ~ nrH.elass
mail
The eommittee's position viii be-
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covered from ancient tablets, may
IheB be familiar 10 students ~ 8
llahi NJ learning IN that faf a..
fant n&s whose REGARD VIII HH diHs
covered from tbs HARVARD Or tan.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

Gandhi licked the British government
simply by not eating. Our diet fanatics
have licked American agriculture in the same
way.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-18

Two things particularly drag this eoun'
try down - high taxes and high finance
inflated politics and inflated stocks
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Good evening.
600
CHARITY
Waterbury charitable organiza.
toons appeal for add
"a SMILES rHE THING.

In the name of charity ] come.
To help the sick, to soothe a
weary mind.
For charity's the total of my sum.
And. eharitys the total Of
mankind.
On fevered brow where ague has
left its print,
drop the nectar from my
cooling fount,
And man has said at times there
is CLINT,
OF Nazarean love from Olive
mount.
When death comes with its
seiwiter of black,
To reap the harvest life was
kind to sew,
| soothe the 'sobs broken heart
would rack,
And think of Christ and
Calvary long ago.
Before the open grave grimly
stand.
To drop broken blossom
where it will,
And when the body mingles with
the sand,
| guard the memory. sacred.
cold and still.
| give my blood if service should
but ring.
The cross of man becomes by
cross in turn.
And charity, why it's a living
thing,
The incense on the altar that we
In the name of charity. | come.
To help the sick, to soothe a
weary mind.
For charity's the total of my sum,
And charity's the total Of
mankind.
The trouble with voters is due
to the fact that they make gods Of
men who are little more than tin
cups.
o-O--o
The o-called independent
vote this year won't be inde-
pendent enough to keep away
from either Of the major par
ties.
Carrie Chapman Gait has come
out for the republican ticket and
now suppose all the kittens will
follow suit.
Dizzy Dorothy, Watcrbury's
intellectual idiot, slithered In
a local jcwelry shop this week
and asked to see one of those
arson rings she hei.as SO much
about.
O-O-O
It isn't so much those who come
out for man as those who go In
and work for him.
.t O-O---O
DING, DING
Leaves are quickly falling,
And autOists, my child,
On skidding, quickly realize,
Nature I'm the raw Is seldom mild.
O-O-O
Then there was the wall flower
who had a party line installed,
thinking she might be invited to a
few
O--O--O
The honeymoon is over when
he stops yessing her relatives
and stands on his own feet.
o-O--o
A battery Is one of the few
things you pay for In cash on hav-
ing 1t charged.
90 o
OVER THE HILL
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Hoover or Roosevelt,
Select your tug,
No matter who wins. -
Well DO holding the bag.
o--O---o
Many bald statement comes
from a man with a full head OF
hair.
o--O--O
Both parties claim the west.
Which makes II appear that
the election this year VIII rise
10 tho east and be settled ~
the west.
o--O---0
This concludes OUT Regular Tues.
day evening program, u was
broadcast BY DID ana Gnmo 70
YOU through tho courtesy Of the
Waterbury Evening Democrat, plo.
neor IN this type Of newHphpnf
work. We nro signing Oft ~ fhiH
time. 10 be hack On the cir again
Tomorrow evening " fhe Usual
hour
Deed uishf.
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OVER THE HILL
Life IL just q hattie.
With generals galore,
But we arc only priyatcs.
In this general war.

1h tuiS BcthCTUh Noh'
600
In the stone age, every gal had
her berth stone.
o-O--o
During a war the officers
wear the boots and the poor
buck privatcs have the boots
put on them.
600
Keeping your chin up is a
double task for a man or woman
with q double chin.
d o--O--o
The vets claim beer Will be
back by March. They prob
ably figure March will come
In like a lamb and go out like
beer truck.
o--O--O
Gandhi has had another shock.
He gave one to Great Britain Just
q few weeks ago.
o. Go
a