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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
TAX BURDENS TO SHIFT OVER TO
 LIQUOR LOVERS
Motorists, Investors, and Business Men Have Paid
 SIPS, 900, 900 Yearly

Washington, Dec 5.-(UP)-A tax burden of $226, 6,00O,000 a year shifts from American motorists, investors and business men to liquor drinkers as a result of tho repeal of the 18th amendment to- day.
 Special taxes levied by The re- covery act give way to taxes on wines and distilled liquors in a gradual process eliminating next July 1.
 The liquor taxes are expected to yield upwards of $500,0O0,000 a year, after they are increased by congress in January.
 The current tax of $1.10 a gallon on domestically distilled liquors is expected to yield $16.500, 900 in the first month after repeal.
 Imported whiskey and other liquors must pay that tax plus a $5 a gallon tariff. Thus if inn ports of 4,000,000 gallons are made in the first month after repeal, an addition $24,400,000 would be real ized. This would make the gov- ernment's liquor revenue the first month $40,90O,000, which is at the yearly rate of $49O,800,000 even without an increase in the taxes and tariff, and exclusive of the beer and wine levies. The special taxes which the liquor levies will supplant are the five per cent divi- dend tax, one half cent of the one and one half cent federal gasoline tax, the one-tenth per cent capital stock tax, and the five per cent tax on excess profits of corpora tions earning more than 12 1-2 per cent of their capital value.
 These special taxes between July 1, and October 31, yielded the gov crnment more than $100,000,000 revenue. The capital stock levy brought $78,920,16O in this period; the dividend $11.477,747; the gaso- line $29,629,621 and the excess profits $1,074. The gasoline and dividend taxes automatically expire January 1, after proclamation of repeal by the secretary of state. The excess profits tax will no long, CT apply to corporations having taxable years beginning after to- day, while the capital stock tax will not longer apply after July l, next. The huge shift of this bur- den of taxes created enormous ad- ministrative problems for the fed eral government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
WATERTOWN

Raymond and Albert Petruzzi of
 Oakville were fined $3 each and
 costs of court on charges of
 breach of peace in town court last evening.
 Frank Gallagher was fined $5
 and costs on a charge of drunk enness.
 William Parrish was discharged
 on a charge of evading responsi-
 bility.> The case resulted from an accident November Is, when MT Parrish's car hit John Konstane- wich of Oakville. The testimony
 was to the effect that the driver offered to take him to the Water
 bury hospital, but that he desired to go to work at the Waterbury
 Manufacturing Company. MI
 Parrish, took him to the factory Later he was taken to the hospital
 as factory officials thought him in no condition to work.
 The monthly meeting of Christ
 church club will be held Wednes-
 day evening in the assembly room of the church. A supper will be
 served at 2 o'clock in charge of
 Steuart Atwood, Henry Mahlstedt,
 James H. Damery, William Bron- son and Robert Belfit. John A. Coe of Waterbury will speak on "The Business Mans Phi
 losophy of Life" The public is invited to hear MT Coe at 8 o'clock.
 The auxiliary unit to Leroy G.
 Woodward Post, American Legion,
 is filling a Christmas cheer box to
 be sent to the veterans at Newing-
 ton home. A box has been placed in Pride Cleaners on Main street where all who are interested in helping are asked to place pack ages. All those having gifts, but are asked to call Mrs Ruthina Rowe. who will see that they are called for.
 The monthly meeting of the Mems Club of the Methodist church will be held at o'clock Wednesday evening. A committee including c. Leman Atwood, Pearl J. Skilton, Harold Beebe and Donald Terrill, is in charge of the program. The Parish Helpers of the Epis- copal church will meet at o'clock this evening at the home
 of Mrs Robert Belfit on Sunset avenue.
 Members of the Watertown Rid- ing and Hunt Club held Q drag hunt Sunday afternoon. Those who
 rode were Dr M. Heminway Merri-
 man. M. F. H., Miss Margaret Howe, Walter Howe, Sherman Haight, Frederick Haight. Edward Hinman, Edward Carmody, Jack Prestage, Hervey Swan, James
 Fasario, and Edward Drever. Miss Betty Harty, daughter of MT and Mrs Thaddeus Harty of
 North street IS able to be out again
 after being i'll for the past few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
WORDS TO SPELL
 PROHIBITION END
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 Meanwhile, comment on the de- law was widespread, vigorous and adverse, for the most part. Hotel n,an restaurants and scores of others in large wet cities had made eiaborate plans for greeting repeal which becomes effective the mo- ment Utah votes.
 Chicago hotel men said the de- lav would cost them thousands or dollars an hour. In New York, Bos- ton and other large cities the re- neal program was to be set off by the flash from Utah and the de- lay disrupted many plans. ,,
 Broadcasting companies sald they had not asked that the vote be delayed. It was stated that m uuifies had been made from salt Lake City regarding time TOT broadcasting and that the houre or 9:15 p. m. EST. had been men toned. The Columbia Broadcast ing System, however, stated that u planned to broadcast the proceed- ings regardless. of the hour.
 At Washington, the impending end of prohibition found the gov ernment in virtual control of the liauor industry. The District of Co., lumbia will be dry until congress acts on liquor rules.
 In New York, many thousands of persons were ready to join In a repeal celebration at many hun dreds of parties. In Chicago. Bos- . ton, and almost every other large city similar plans were made.
 Benjamin Decasseres, in New York, arranged to get the flash from Utah by special wire and to Iay claim to being the first man to take q legal drink. He was chal- lenged by Beverly West. sister si Mae West, and by Oscar Mayer in Chicago.
 In IS states it will be legal tc take u drink after Utah votes. In several other states. which have voted wet. bootleg liquor will pre- vail until the legislatures act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

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 sip 800 mixed drinks and still stand up.
 The following drinks were report ed leading in "pre-contest" popu- larity in Carmel: (Judges and authors announced they were willing that those celebrating re- peal today try them out, although the contest is not yet officially Sinclair Lewis, author: the juice of six lemons, one half pound powdered sugar, one half pint brandy, one quarter pint peach brandy, one quarter pint Jamaica rum, three pints sparkling water. Use large punch bowl with block of ice.
 Haig Patigan, sculptor: pour equal parts of Bourbon whiskey and sweetened water in tall glass Twist a lemon rind on the mixture and drop 1t in. Fill the glass to the ice. Then stir 1t with mixing J. P. McEvoy: One teaspoon of sugar. One half lemon (the juicc) One digger of applejack, add ice water.
 Sam H. Tarris,. Broadway pro- ducer: One third French vermouth two thirds gin. dash of absinthe. Samuel G. Blythe, author: One sixth French vermouth, one sixth Italian vermouth (both to be gen. uine). Two thirds London dry gin (also genuine). Mix with spoon in tall glass. One good sized olive in each cocktail. Squeeze lemon peel over top of each cocktail. Harry Leon Wilson, author: One large teaspoonful of powdered white sugar. Dissolve in q little water the juice of one half lemon one wine glass Bourbon or rye whiskey.
 Edgar Rice Burroughs. writer: Two ounces Bourbon. One ounce water, five drops Angostura bitters two teaspoons simple syrup. One cocktail glass and stir. Squeeze cube ice. Pour into old-fashioned lemon peel over top. Garnish with thin slice orange and one mara schino cherry.
 For the Hangover | New York, Dec. - (UP) - Experts say to try this for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
KatZen-

morning after repca, Katzen- jammer:
 A cup of hot, black coffee, a bowl of canned tomatoes eaten cold and liberally salted, a bowl of hot bread and milk or toast and hot milk.
 It is a combination of the hang over recipes of the Burgundy wine- growers and the American dough- boys in France during the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
Stocks Broke Away From Rut and Jumped Up Higher
ManyIssuesM MadeNelU Highs During The Day
Bonds, Wheat and Chemicals Took Good Spurt-
 Buying Spread Among All Groups

soiidated Gas. Rails also were in better demand with gains ranging above 2 points, the best in Louis- vile and Nashville.
 Oils moved higher, led by Stand ard of New Jersey. Celanese. In- dustrial 2ayon, and American woolen were strong in the textiles. National Biscuit issues were higher in the foods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
NRACheck-U ProDes
 Entirely Satisfactory
Over 25,OOO Letters Received By New York Store in
 Reply to Advertisement Soliciting Response

New York, Dec. 5.-Karl F. Egge, publicity director of Bloom- ingdale Bros. department store. an- nounces that in days the firm re- ceived 'more than 25,00O letters from persons in all walks of life in response to an advertisement deal ing with support of MIRA.
 "Only letters expressed opposi- tion to NRA," said Mir Egge in a public statement, 'and of these, 4 were unsigned and all obviously from cranks. The huge total open- ed our eyes to the deep-seated feel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
GOLFERS DRIVER s,,,

New Orleans (UP) - Ike
 Kingston. New Orleans invest
 ment banker, after many golfiess
 months. tried out some practice shots. He missed the bali. wrapped the driver around his neck and dislocated his wrist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

A few minutes after Bud Suther- land broke the worSFs record by looping his glider 9S times. his friend Willis Sperrynbroke that re- cord by looping 6S times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
 Tine R. r. Grlgys Co.
Boody, Mcclellan & Co.

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS Bridgeport Gas It Co 34 37 Bridgcp't Hydraulic Co 23 26 Conn Flee Service .. 34 36 Conn Gas x Coke com 61s SH Conn Gas X Coke pfd 43 46 Conn It & Pow 51s %
 pIu 93 9S Conn Ut & Pow 61s %
 plu 1O3 10S Conn Power Co .... 33 35 Conn Ky & Ltg Go com 52 57 Conn Ky & Ltg Co pfd 52 Hid Elect It Co com 4512 AYE Hid Gas It Co com. Al Illuminating Shares A. S5 37 New Haven Water Co 53 56 South N. E. Tel Co. 99 1O3
 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Ann Hardware Co.,. 19 21 Bristol Brass Corp com IS 21 Colts Pat Fire Arms Co 161a 1Sh Eagle Lock Co ....... 26 20 Landers. Frary x Clark 261a 2SH New Brit Mach Co com 6 s Niles Bement Pond
 com .............. II North & Judd Mfg Co 14 16 Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co 2 4 Scovill Mfg Co .... 22% 2Sat Stanley Works Co com 1S1z 201s Torrington Co .. Al 43
 INSURANCE STOCKS
 Bid Asked Aetna Fire Insurance 30 32 Aetna Life Insurance 14 16 Automobile Insurance 1714 191s Conn. General ..... 22 "A Hid Fire Insurance 40 AZ Home Insurance .... 16 IS National Fire Ins. .... Al 43 Phoenix Fire Ins. .... AS 51 Travellers Insurance 320 330
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
N. Y. Bank and Trust Stocks
 The R. r. Griggs Co.

Bid Asked Bank of Manhattan e. 22 25 Bank of N. Y. & Trust 290 BIO Bankers Trust ...... AZ 50 Cent Hanover Bank &
 Trust ........... 1lO 1lb Chase National Bank. 19 22 Chemical Bank & Trust 2Sh 31h Corn Exchange Bank. 43 AS Empire Trust ........ 16 10 First National Bank 1125 1925 Guaranty Trust .... 250 259 Irving Trust ........ IA 16 Lawyers Title & Guar. 5 8 Manufactu Trust IA 1T National City Bank .. 20 23 New York Trust .... 76 81 Title Guar & Trust 8 Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05
RECIPES OF THE
 COMING DRINKS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-05

New York, Dec. 5 - (UP) - Experts say to try this for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
Saturdays Solution

What sort of a lion tanner did you turn out to be? Here's the way the silhouette is formed with the seven mystic pieces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Look before you leap; then cut out the seven puzzle pieces and see if you can rearrange them to form the number 9 shown here. Darken the backs of the pieces with crayon or pencil. You may want to turn them over.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
CADILLAC

CADILLAC Limousine. Model 314, fully
., oS iuxe equipped, good tires and 10 AL
,,oo WAKEFIELD MOTOR co.
113O Conn. Ave. N. W, Dist. 1880
Open Evenings
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
the Convenient
CONARD

1878 Eye Street n W.
An up.to-the-minutO apartment
building, in the heart Of the
downtown section, yet overlook"
ing the cool beauty Of Franklin
Park. Here you enjoy. too. the
last word in service "a hours a
day. Rentals $34.5o and $500.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Rentals
For Sale Miscellaneous

IO2 Furniture G. Household Goods
ANTIQUE FURNITURE-sofa, bed, chest
of drawers, chairs, tables; moving to apt.
225 Morton ST., Clar.. Va. Walnut Ss47
IMPORTED RUG SALE
Gorgeous Selection Beautiful Imported
Rugs at Prices Never Offered Before
| SCATTER RUGS. So 80. ROOM SIZE, $50
351O 14th N. W. Apt. 403 Cavalier.
IO3 Sewing Machines
SINGER MACHINES, used. S5 up. Me-
chanically perfect. 637 ST. N. p.
lO4 Wanted-Furniture
ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST PRICES paid for
furniture of all kinds Prompt service.
Call Mr.. Williams any time. MET. 4O4S.
ALL KINDS furniture wanted at once.
Will pay highest cash prices. Ma. 1895.
FURNITURE of all descrip. wanted. Best
cash prices pd. A. MargOlius, ME. 9633
1O9 Miscellaneous for Sale
BOOKS. household furniture. typewriter.
1857 Columbia Rd.
CASH REGISTERS. new and second hand:
easy payments: no interest charges.
1908 H st. N. w. National 1879. Ma
tional and Remington, new models.
SHOW CASE AND CoUNTER-1s4l I
ST. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

Wisconsin Ave. at WoOdley Rd.
Apartments in this new build
ing; ON the highest spot in WASH
inKton are the last word with
parQuetry floors. radio outlets,
Kelvinator refrigeration, elevator
service. Rentals $3.50 and up
ward
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Auto Trucks
BUICK

BUICK Standard Sedan. 1880, excellent
con5ltion throughout, $685.. 645 Nd.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Automobiles, f,
PONTIAC

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PONTIAC Roadster, excellent shape.
Priced very low. Good trade: terms
216 Pa. Ave. 8. E.
PONTIAC Sedan. 1882. Chance Of new
car. radio. 4 new tires, $3.50. 6A6
Maryland Ave N. e. Lincoln OTIS.
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
A Good Experiment
Cancellation Committees Worth While

In setting up committee to study personnel appeals within
its office the Civil Service Commission has upon
an experiment which holds immense possibilities for good
an Federal employees.
The plan as by the Commission would set up
cancellation committees eventually in all Government bureaus
and departments which employees could appeal on diff
ferences between themselves and their superiors
The project H ye without authorization of law and the
committees will power to enforce their rulings
opinions in any case.
Naturally, however any administrative officer who has
engaged in dispute with empoye would be strongly
clned to follow the recommendations of the committee
This particularly true since the Civil Service Commission
has let it be that the experiment has the
of the President.
workers have long sought have established
civil service cout Of appeals which would give the sub
ordinate worker chance to place his grievances before
properly constituted board.
Il has been asserted that have the subordinate
worker their mercy and that in agencies injustice
and hardship the results.
The Civil Service Commissions plan will give advocates of
the cour of appeals idea opportunity to its prac
cabilty.
should show Congress whether there is justification for
establishing such a court by law,
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
An Old Fight

If the President is successful
in his effort to offer the Philip
pine people a temporary limi-
tation Of from 100000 tons of
sugar to 100000 tons annual
ly, the Philippine government
may be able to adjust it's budget
to meet this limitation.
If the President is able to
offer Cuba a tonnage approx
mately 100000 tons of sugar
to be gradually reduced to l.
100000 tons, Secretary Hull
may succeed in negotiating a
new reciprocity treaty that the
Cuban people will regard as
fair.
But Mexico and the other
Latin American republics will
vigorously protest an embargo
on their small sugar exporta-
tions to this country, and the
imposing of this embargo would
make further reciprocity nego-
tiations with these countries
utterly futile.
Fighting the sugar lobbyists
is no new experience for a
Roosevelt administration. One
of the last official acts of Theo-
dore Roosevelt as President was
an order directing the Fed
eral Government to prosecute
the Sugar Trust" which was
the nickname then given to the
American Sugar Refining Com
pany, for fraudulent evasions
Of duty in the importation OF
sugar"
One Of Theodore Roosevelt's
first acts after he left the
Presidency in 1909 was to tell
the American people the sordid
story of this gigantic steal.
which he did in an article
published in May, 1909.
Copyright 1888, The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
The Human Side of the News
Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea-Ghost Ship
BY EdLUin &. HILL
By EdUin C.. Hill

It has been just five years
since the Navy Department
struck from the Navy List the
name Of the collier Cyclops,
putting a period, in so far as it
could, to one of the greatest
mysteries of the sea. The Cy-
clops, a well-found vessel of 49,
900 tons displacement, with 300
souls aboard and a cargo Of
manganese, departed from Bar
bados for an Atlantic port on
March the fourth, 1918. From
the moment her top rigging fell
below the horizon until this
hour not a shred of evidence
has ever been produced to solve
the riddle of her utter disap-
pearance.
That a ship so large could
vanish from the sight and re-
port of men, with all her boats,
life preservers, the baggage of
her crew and the numerous
company aboard her seems in
credible in this age of crowded
sea lanes and especially of radio,
but that all this occurred is a
matter of official record. In
the history of disaster in the
United States Navy the case
must always have a place
unique.
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
Sugar Lobbyists Threaten
Presidents Negotiations
BY James T. Williams, Jr.

If President Roosevelt had the
power under the law to expel
from Washington for 80 days
every sugar lobbyist that now
infests the Federal City, several
of the problems with which the
Administration is now wrestling
could be more easily solved.
These sugar lobbyists repre-
sent one of the most powerful
special interests in the United
States. They are thwarting the
efforts Of the President to dis
charge American obligations
and promote American welfare
on several fronts.
It is the sugar lobbyists who
are attempting to compel the
Administration to betray the
Philippine people by subjecting
them to a limitation on their
production of sugar that would
threaten the stability of their
government and add to their
economic distress.
1t is the sugar lobbyists who
are doing their best to defeat
the efforts of the Administra.
ton to lend helping hand to
Cuba in the form of a new reci-
procity treaty that will be bene-
ficial to the people of Cuba as
well as to the people of the
United States.
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
Mary Celeste

But there is a tale even
stranger in the annals Of the
American merchant marine, one
that battles any likely theory
or conjecture. On November l,
1872, according to the Marine
Register, the Brigantine Mary
Celeste, with a cargo Of 1,700
barrels of alcohol, sailed from
the harbor of New York for the
port of Genoa. Her master was
Captain Benjamin S. Briggs, of
Marion, Massachusetts,.
Captain Briggs was a man
who had successfully command
ed many ships on long voyages.
He was a teetotaler, and saw
to it that no one around him
drank liquor. He was a good
church member, and made a
practice of reading aloud one
chapter from the Bible every
day while at sea, weather per-
mitting. His wife, the only wo-
man aboard, still a young wo-
man in her early thirties, took
with her their twoyear-old baby
girl, her sewing machine and
small melodeon. In addition
there were a mate, a second
mate, a cook and four seamen
aboard this tidy brigantine of
282 tons register and of Nova
Scotia build.
OF those 10 human beings who
set sail from New York for
Genoa, in the Mediterranean, on
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
Abandoned

Under full sail and in perfect
condition, the Mary Celeste had
been abandoned. An abandoned
ship at sea is nothing strange,
but an abandoned ship in per-
feet condition. with sails set and
giving no evidence of having en-
countered storm or any danger,
is another thing.
The two boats of the Mary
Celeste were missing-the yawl
and the longboat. In Captain
Briggs stateroom a pillow
plainly showed the imprint Of
his little daughters head,
Above the pillow, hanging from
a bracket, was Captain Briggs
watch. In the next cabin was
found the beginning of a letter
from the mate to Fanny, my
dear wife"
All of the berths were made
up, showing that the crew had
abandoned the brigantine in
the daytime. Nor were there
any indications of violence, such
as drop or two, even, of blood.
In the ships storeroom her pro-
visions were intact, except that
a case Of canned goods had been
ransacked and left open. The
galley was clean and shipShape.
There was not one mute re-
minder of mutiny, murder,
storm or robbery.
Captain Boyce and his mate
came to the deliberate con-
clusion, however, that the
people Of the Mary Celeste had
left her in a great hurry, plain
ly terror-stricken. But by
what? No man could say then,
and none can say now.
A hundred surmises have been
made, none quite meeting the
case. The widest of all was
that a great sea serpent had at
tackled the little brigantine.
No; mystery it was in the
long ago, and mystery it re-
mains today, as vivid as ever
one of those utterly inexplicable
mysteries of the sea.
copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-09-15
Powerful Minority

It is the sugar lobbyists who
are jeopardizing the reciprocity
negotiations of the Administra-
ton with Mexico and the other
republics to the south by de-
manding an embargo be placed
on any importation of sugar
from those countries which are
already required to pay a heavy
import duty under existing tar
iff law.
The sugar lobbyists represent
the cane and beet sugar growers
of continental United States and
Hawaii. This is a very small
but powerful minority of in
vestors in sugar properties which
is attempting to dictate to the
one hundred and twenty million
people of the United States
what their economic policy shall
be towards the Philippine Is
lands, the Republic Of Cuba and
the republics Of Central and
South America.
President Roosevelt, upon the
recommendation of Secretary
Hull, who is striving to negotiate
new reciprocity treaties with
Cuba, Mexico and the other re-
publicS to the south, has thus
far refused to sanction a limita-
ton on Cuban sugar production
that would further cripple Cuba