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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-25

Tn accepting an invitation to be- come a freeman of Cardiff, Wales. Prince George requested that nd public expenditure be incurred 0l any formal luncheon held when ie visited the city recently to oper
 extensions to the National Muse um of Wales,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-25
Annual Meeting
 and Dinner Dance
Old Orchard Alumni Asso- ciati0n Met at Matta-
 tuck Country Club

The annual meeting and dinner dance of the Waterbury Chapter,
 Old Orchard Alumni association,
 was held Wednesday evening at the Mattatuck Country club. Rep
 resentatives of the famous Maine resort were present including
 Mayor William J. Duffy, hiB secre- tary, Timothy ]. Daly, Joseph scannell, Charles Ruggies, Max Estelle Jones of Manchester, N. H., Bin Murphy and his orchestra,
 which plays at Ocean Pier, old Orchard. played for dancing, en- joyed by the 100 couple present. OfIicers chosen include President, John J. Mulville: vice-president, Edward J. Fitzgefald; secretary, ldies. Jennie Freney;. treasurer, Mortimer J. Connor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-25

The English government has been asked to pass legislation on national lines for the control of dog racing tracks.
Evening star., 1932-06-05
AIR SPEED LIMIT
PUT AT 600 MILES
Change in Wing Design Is Held
Necessary for Greater
Velocities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LANGLEY FIELD, Va, June A.
How fast can an airplane be flown?
The limit, it has been determined by
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, Federal aviation research
body. lies somewhere in the neighbor-
hood Of 90 miles an hour, if conven-
tlonal racing wings are used.
Using the high-speed wind tunnel
al its Langley Field laboratory, where
a maximum possible air speed of nearly
900 miles an hour is available, commit
tee scientists found that aircraft may
travel about zoo miles an hour beyond
the world speed record now held by
Great Britain.
! Beyond this limit, the resistance of
wing was shown to become so great
that it would be impracticable, and
almost impossible, to supply the horse
power necessary to drive it through
| the air.
In making the tests, small model
wing sections were placed in the throat
OF the tunnel and measurements and
observations made when flow of air
was rushed by at speeds far beyond
anything seen in practical flying.
Conventional racing wings, while
thinner than wings for other flying
purposes, have the same general round
ness or bluntness at the leading edge
which, it was found, caused the air at
! high speeds to be compressed directly
in front and at small distance ahead
of the wing
| Since aviation would be entering the
projectile class at very high speeds, it
was concluded that wings may have to
be provided with sharp leading edges,
similar to the sharp noses of bullets.
A study of the best designs possible
for high-speed flying has been under
taken and it has been determined on
the basis of projectile-knowledge that
racing planes may be fitted with wings
with razorlike leading and trailing
edges and a decided hump in the
center
What ultimate changes in design will
mean to the take-of and landing speeds
of racing planes, already comparatively
high. will also be studied.
The high-speed tunnel of the COM
mittee is located in the same building
with variable density wind tunnel,
and makes use of the compressed air
available when tests have been run in
the latter.
The 00-mile- hour speed limit for
racing planes with present type wings
was calculated to be the ultimate at
attitudes varying from sea level to
nearly 10000 feet above the earth.
Evening star., 1932-06-05
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LONDON, June A revolution in
the methods of carrying money. bullion
aid Jewels in London and other big
cities in Great Britain is forecast in
the measures already adopted by nu-
merouS banking and other concerns to
battle the gangsters, Dick Turpins and
Claude Duvals, who have recently made
such rich hauls.
The biggest outdoor haul SO far made
vas that at Portsmouth, when bandits
Wrested $125,000 from a bank official
who was accompanied by a messenger
who was once a policeman.
London, in particular, has been re-
garded until lately by most Britons as
having the safest streets in the world.
1t was, therefore, considered fantastic
that any extra precautions should be
taken to safeguard valuables in transit.
While New York, Chicago and other
American cities must resort to armored
cars or the use of armed guards to Sc
cure the safe transfer of money, securi-
ties or bullion, London, it was argued,
did such things in commonplace way.
For instance, loads of bullion have
been taken through the streets in horse
drawn vans generally used for hauling
boxes of onions or oranges. Such meth
ods it was contended, put the crooks
of the scent.
Call for Protective Measures.
But there are many who insist that
safety first now dictates the use OF
protective measures somewhat similar
to those regarded as typically American
That would entail change in the ap-
pearance of bank messengers.
These individuals wear suits of dark
green or blue, and top hats in Winter
and straws in Summer. The leather
bags in which they carry securities or
notes are attached to a chain which is
locked to the left wrist Before the
motor bandit made his presence felt in
this part of the world, most persons
thought the leather bags were chained
to the messengers so they would not
leave them in trains or buses. But a
desperate gang might be tempted to
bludgeon one of these messngrs and take
him for short ride while rifling the
bag chained to him.
1t was also contended that the sight
| of employees of firms going to banks
with small sacks, obviously filled with
silver coins, only tempts the mobile
crooks of today to lay in wait for such
prey.
London Police Not Armed.
Students OF crime are loud in thelI
warnings that the young criminal OF
today is not the stupid incorrigible OF
previous generations. 1t is argued
therefore that it is a risk to assume that
the streets are as safe as usual for the
transport of valuables according to
methods which worked all right in Vic
torian and EdWardian times
With the exception of a few detec-
tives, no members of the metropolitan
or provincial police carry a revolver
The policemans only weapon is a trun-
| cheon or billy" little more than hall
the length of the New York police club
! although it is unusually heavy for its
size In attempting getaway, the mo.
| tor bandit in Britain has most to feal
from a traffic block. He knows the
| police giving chase are not equipped
with revolvers or machine guns He
Evening star., 1932-06-05
RAD|UM EMANAT|0N
AFFECTS HUMANS.
Tests Indicates Those Living
Close to Soil Are Bathed
in Radon.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Electrical
tests indicating that persons living
close to the soil are bathed constantly
in radon are announced this week in
the Journal Physics.
Radon is the gas emanating from
radium, and in concentrated form is
used by Physicians for treating disease.
BY comparison with the doctors radon
bulb which glows with blue hgnt,
the soil radon is extremely diluted.
Yet there probably is enough to have
some speculative effects on human
beings.
This radon test was made with no
thought of health effects by Holbrook
G. Botset of the Gulf Research labora-
tory, Pittsburg, and Paul Weaver OF
the Gulf Production Co., Houston, Tex.
They were only trying to learn whether
depth makes any difference in the
amount of soil radon and they found
there is none.
Radon in All Kinds of Soil.
But incidental to this finding they
produced some facts of wide general
interest The radon was found in all
ed only two or three were found
empty of the radioactive gas Its
charges were equally high in coarse
gravel and in sticky gumbo.
Clay lying above sand seemed to
seal radon in the sand collecting a
little more than the usual amounts in
such formations, Soaking rains also
seemed to seal radon in the ground
temOrarily.
Radon" the physicists state, sis a
decay product Of radium. which IN turn
is a decay product of uranium. Radon
has only a very brief life, any quantity
being practically decayed in 40 days.
Consequently it must be constantly re-
newed in the soil gas
1T is renewed by decay of radium,
which isa solid element of much long
er life. since a given quantity of radium
will be almost entirely decayed in To-
600 wears. The soil at any apparent
depth has probably been more or less
undisturbed for much longer periods
than that. SO the ultimate source OF
radon is the primary parent element,
uranium, which has a life Of billions
OF years.
Fraction Able to Escape.
"The uranium and radium, being
solids are contained IN the grams OF
the soil. and consequently only COM
paratively small fraction of the total
radon produced is able to escape from
the grains and get into the soil air.
Hence the radon content Of soil gas will
depend not only on the parent radio
active material contained in the soil
grains, but also on the size and nature
of the surface of the grains
The investigators concluded also that
presence OF abnormaly high amounts Of
radon in the soil does not necessarily
indicate presence of fault from which
the gas might be seeping up from great
depths.
Radon gives off the same rays as
radium Geneticists have established
the fact that a few of these rays,
striking a living germ cell at the right
time, can alter heredity, even to the
extent of producing one of the 'mu-
tations" which results in a new species.
Theories have been advanced that
the earth's natural radium emanationS
may account for many of the constant
though sight changes in hereditary
characteristics.
Evening star., 1932-06-05
Bigamist Given Freedom.

Declaring that she has suffered
enough, Sir Ernest Wild, recorder at
Old Bailey, London, sentenced Annie
Horton, who had pleaded guilty to big
amy, to two days imprisonment, which
meant her immediate release. The
woman said that she left her first hus-
band because of his cruel treatment.
She then married w. H. Brandon, who
testified that husband No. l then ap-
peared. "pestered' Mrs. Horton and
told Brandon's mother about the first
marriage.
Evening star., 1932-06-05
ENGLAND'S MODERN CRIMINALS
REVOLUTIONIZE POLICE METHODS
Sidewalk Hold-Ups Force Change in
Method of Guarding Valuables
During Transportation.

has no more reason to fear that the
tires of his automobile Will be pune
tured by bullets than that he himself
will be.
So far, the bandits have made their
biggest hauls from indoors But the
sidewalk robbery in Portsmouth por-
tends more outdoor activity in the fu-
ture In the last II months the rob-
berry of shops and premises in London
alone has entailed loss of S5,000,000 In
jeWelry, art treasures, furs. clothes and
other property. Less than $4,000 worth
of it has been recovered.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-06-05
In the Mountains of Virginia

BryCes HCteI and HlIISlde Cottages: open
nov. near Orkney Springs, wonderful re-
sort TO rest ard build UP. Just of the beau
tiful Shenandoah Valley, turn west at Mt
jackson, Va, come 10 miles-Fine road. a
UNIQUE resort. wonderful scenery. the call
grown food. tastetully prepared and served.
pure mountain air. wonderful medicinal
waters. iron and sulphur baths. Will reiu-
venate you; "A acres of Fairgrounds. swim
ming pool. dancing, bowling, pool and out
door sports Ownership management makes
IL possible 10 give lowest rate ever known
American plan $3.50 per day. sl2 so and
SIS a week. booklet MR.. AND MRS
WILLIAM r. BRYCE. owners. post offccs
either nj Jackson, Basye or Orkney
Evening star., 1932-06-05
Jail at English Sra Closed.

For the first time in its history, Mat
lock Bath, popular English spa. has
closed its Jail. Reason: No criminal
business. The cells have been sban-
doned, and the police station moved to
q villa. Persons arrested in Matlock
Bath will be taken to nearby towns
having jails.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
STILL WORSE THAN WANT

About q year ago the fact that
more persons we're killed in au.
mobile accidents during an 18.
month period than we're killed
in the A. E. F. in the World
War,w was extensively commented
upon. Now, according to book
let issued BY the Travellers In.
surance Company. automobile
accidents are still worse than
war. During 18 months O. the
World War. 50,510 American
soldiers were killed in action O.
died of wounds. and 1864
wounded, not mortally. In the
18 months ending December 81,
1881, So $50 people were killed
in automobile accidents and l..
576 $40 were.injured.
The Travellers booklet empha.
sizes some information that every
motorist and pedestrian should
know. During 1881 deaths in.
creased 33 per cent over 1880,
in spite of reduction in the
total number of accidents. Sc.
we're injuries likewise increased,
despite reduction in the total
number Of persons injured. This
apparent contradiction is laid to
the increasing speed With which
we drive. Cutting in, violation
of the right way laws, driving
on the wrong side of the road,
skidding and driving off the
roadway we're likewise respon.
sible for many deaths.
More than AZ per cent of
deaths we're caused when a car
struck pedestrian. Collisions
with fixed objects accounted for
12.1 per cent and collisions with
other cars. 24,9 per cent. In
the case of injuries. SO per cent
occurred when cars struck each
other and 1913 per cent when
they struck pedestrians.
These facts are of immense
value to the thoughtful motorist.
They show the primary causes
of accidents and, consequently,
suggest means of eliminating
them. Drastic steps must be
taken if we are to lower the hor-
ribie and steadily increasing toll
Of ira ffic deaths and Injuries.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
SKI STARS PREPARE FOR TAHOE
TOURNEY

San Francisco. For the first
time in the 28-year history OF
the event, amateur ski stars OF
every state north of the Mason.
Dixon line today are preparing
to head west of the Rockies for
the staging of the annual tour.
ment of the National Ski Asso.
citation of America.
Temporarily centered at Lake
Placid, N. Y for the Olympic
Games competition now under
way. the country's outstanding
sky riders" will soon start their
long trek to the Pacific Coast
for the National Classic of 1892.
scheduled February 26. % and
% at Lake Tahoe, in the high
Sierra of Northern California.
Close to 200 entrants, repre-
senting 100 individual ski clubs
throughout the country, are al
ready listed for the tournament.
These are headed by Casper
Oimoen of Canton, S. D., win.
ner Of the 1881 national cham
pionship. who will defend his
title in the forthcoming meet.
according to State Senator B.
A. Cassidy of Auburn, general
chairman of the tournament.
w. l.. Maynard, supervisor of
winter sports for Southern Pa.
cific Company aud California's
representative on the board of
directors of the National Ski
Association, is now at Lake
Placid arranging for the trip
west of the stars competing
there. An invitation has been
extended to the Japanese Olym
pic Games team to visit the
Tahoe trajectory during the ma
tional tournament.
In the meantime CALIFORNIA; 9
record snowfall of 1882. eclipsing
anything in more than 35 years,
has perfected the setting for the
national classic, blanketing the
Tahoe-Sierra country with from
six to fifteen feet of snow.
The giant trajectory at Lake
Tahoe, considered one of the
fastest ski hills in the world. is
being worked" daily By fifty
workmen who are rounding it
into perfection for the amateur
stars who will compete upon it.
The trajectory was built three
years ago under the direction Of
Lars Haugen. seven times ma
tional ski champion.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
The RAILROADS

1t does not take people long to
forget favors; so they have for.
gotten the days when the head.
light of an engine was star of
hope. When it threw it's first
beam across the prairies the
pioneer knew that he was no
longer alone. The engine cut
down the distance that separated
him from the old home and his
fellow men. It carried former
joys to his door and gave him
markets that doubled the value
Of his crops. It meant more
companionship aud increased
value for his possessions. 1t
delivered books for the children,
seed for his fields, papers for the
long prairie nights and people to
make city within reach of his
farms. The railroad was the key
that opened the door of the West
and the door of opportunity at
the same time. What would We
have been if we had, like Mexico,
revolutions instead of railroads?
A child could answer that ques.
tion.
Now we forget and 80 the
pavements, built With our money
that railroads helped us to make,
are used to drive our old benefac.
tor to the wall. We tax him to
poverty. We shake our fists in
the face of our headlight. We
suffer discomfort rather than
accept his plans to satisfy our
decire to travel at ease. We see
in his progress a menace and in
his expansion q curse. He can
do nothing without a fight and
an unfair one at that.
Let US think back to the days
when we needed the railroads
and the railroad came. If We
cannot be grateful. let US at least
be fair. Fairness is a little thing,
but an old friend would be glad
to have 1.-THE Southwest
Courier. Oklahoma City.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
SEN. FRED GOLFER TALKS ON
COLORADO RIVER

Chandler, Ariz., Feb. TO-
Ex- Senator Fred T.. Colter, of
Phoenix, spoke yesterday at the
Chandler Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday Luncheon Club. The
meeting was under the direction
of George Fl. Koons.
Mr.. Golfer spoke on THE
Protection of Arizona's Only
Water Rights, the Colorado Ri
ver." He told how be had made
water filings in 1923 for the
Glen-Bridge- Hiehline Project.
to irrigate 100000 acres of
land and to develop 5000, 900
horsepower. He stated that
the plans to finance and build
the Glen Canyon Dam, as we'll
as other irrigation projects in
Arizona and to perpetuate the
title of these projects. is 10 for
nation.
Through the assistance of the
Arizona High!ine Reclamation
Association and the Arizona
Colorado River Reclamation
Club. the Golfer filings made for
the benefit of the people of Ari
zona are to be perpetuated, and
finance companies as we'll as
irrigation and power districts
organized. This must be done,
said Mr.. Golfer, in order to re
lieve Arizona's tax burdens and
10 encourage Investment and de
velopment in Arizona and to
protect and maintain Arizona's $
water life, which is essential for
her present and future prosper
ity.
Mr.. Golfer describes this pro
iect as the most economical and
greatest in the world. He urged
that, since the United States
Supreme court decision has safe
guarded 'Arizona's water f logs
and established her water rights,
by holding that Arizona is not
bound by the Santa Fe Compact,
it is imperative to keep these
rights up. The decision was
made on the basis that Arizona
did not sign the Santa Fe Com
pact, and this makes it certain
that neither the Boulder Dam OF
Bill impair our present or future
water rights.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
of city where storm sewer i'm.
prOvements are to be made.

of city where storm sewer i'm,
provements are to be made.
Vicksburg-Anozira Mining &
Milling Co.'s development pro
gram at property near here pro
crossing.
Salome-Consolidated Arizona
Mines plan installing new equip.
ment at property here.
Salome-15 cars gold ore ship
ped from here to Hayden smelter
during past 80 days.
Payson-Plans being made to
install larger hoist, compressor
and small milling plant at pro
perty of Zulu Gold Mining Cor
poration near here.
Salome-Crew of 40 men busy
at Sheep Tanks mine, near here,
blocking out gold ore.
Phoenix-Grady Watson, Inc. :,
made sole Ford dealer in city
following completion of tlrms
purchase of Dud r. Day Motor
Sales Co.'s shop and equipment.
Safford-Arizona Good Roads
Association will hold its Goth
annual meeting mere May 13 II.
Phoenix-Bids asked for paw,
ing Eocanto Boulevard, Third to
Fifth Avenues.
Flsgstaff-Survey work com
pleted for $15O.000 paving pro
ject here involving 81 blocks.
Phoenix - Authority granted
Camelback Water Go. to pur.
chase water plant and distribu.
ton system in Windsor Svuare.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
POISONING THE WELL

1t is a telling commentary on
political chicarery. that at the
time when unemployment and
depressed business are drying
up the governmet's sources Of
support. public officials are pre-.
pairing and delivering attacks on
basic industries. A parallel il.
lustration would be for a person
to poison the we'll upon which be
depended for water.
The border vidette., 1932-02-20
LINCOLN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY

Springfield. ILL.,. Feb. 12.-
Plans to memorialize the human
aspects Of Abraham Lincoln's
life by constructing q tri-state
Lincoln Memorial Highway we're
revealed here tonight at the an
nual dinner of the Arabian Lin.
coin Association.
The plans. as outlined to him
by Arthur F. Hall, chairman of
the Lincoln Highway Commis
sion. we're announced by Dr..
Louis A. Warren, director of the
Lincoln Historical Research
Foundation. Fort Wayne, Ind,
who was the principal speaker
at the dinner at the Sangamo
Club incele bration of Lincoln's .
Birthday. The highway is to
connect the shrines which have
been erected at each of Lincoln s
early homes in Kentucky, In
diana and Illinois.
THE governors of Kentucky.
Indiana, and Illinois already
have appointed commissions to
mark this road which is destined
to become the Appian Way of
America" Dr.. Warren said. 1t
will not be war road, however,
but q highway dedicated to peace
and good will"
Ever since the news of Lin
coins death was flashed thruout
the United States, there has
been a constantly increasing
company Of meo. women and
children, who have found their
way to the Lincoln homesites-
at Hodgenville. KY. where be
was born. at the Indiana site
where be lived for ii years and
where his angel mother was
buried, and at Spring gfeld. ILL.,.
where he attained national dis
tinction and where be was
buried.
"The body of the martyred
President had hardly been laid
to rest in Springfield before
those who were interested in
making q study of Lincoln's life
began to wend their way be
tween these homes in widely
separated communities. These
trails have become q beaten path
and now we propose to memor
ialize these humble, human
aspects of Lincoln's early lite
by constructing the Lincoln Me
mortal Way from his cradle to
his grave"
Dr.. Warren's address, which
was illustrated by slides from
the library Of the Lincoln Ma
tional Life Insurance Company
of Fort Wayne. concluded the
associations Lincoln's Birthday
program. Earlier in the day, a
public meeting was held in the
Sangamon County circuit court
room which was the legislative
hall of the state when Lincoln
was q legislator. Mr.. John M.
Z,ne, Chicago, addressed this
meeting on THE Legal Lincoln. "
The association, which has
$50 members, was founded in
1909 to observe each anniversary
of Lincoln's birth.