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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22

follows: Taxes on the 1880 list. s5,- sos; taxes on the lists of 1881 and prior lists, $25,040; assess. ments, S1,534. The $2S,20S from the second district was made up as follows: Taxes on the 1880 list, S4,4S4; taxes on the 1891 list and prior lists, s14,532; assessments, $100; interest and lien fees s9.091.
 City Treasurer Edward l.. Tut tie reported a balance of $1,279,- 336 in the treasury on August 31st. The July 31st balance was only SS77.gO6,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22

wishing to continue their employ ment in the Corps must reenroll on October 1st. or lose their places.
 General Conner issued the in- structions just before starting on an inspection trip that will take him during the next few days to Conservation Camps at East Jaf- frey, Newport, Warren and Dan tention s of ti,is SI headouarters" % s e Gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22
Pains and Dizziness
 Disappeared
After She Began Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound

My grandmother and my mother both used the Vegetable Compound and they started mo on 1t. can do . mans work now. ! am not dizzy any more and tho pains in my head have all left me-"
 MRS. LELAND FISHER 356 Center St., Huntington, Indiana
 Do not endure another day without the help this medicine can give you. Sold by all druggists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22
Beer Dealers Fair
 Poorly in Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh. (UP) - Wholesale and retail beer dealers have not fared so well in the western end of Pennsylvania and almost half of those who applied for q federal permit after iegalization of 3.2 beer have discontinued business.
 At the end of the final quarter of the 1932-33 fiscal year, imme. .diately following legalization of the beverage, approximately 13,000 dealers had obtained federal per- mits.
 Since Juy 1 an estimated total of only 1000 applied.
 The state tax was the main cause of the decrease in the num- Der of beer dealers, who escaped q state tax during April. May and June because Pennsylvania delay ed It's enactment of beer tax law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22

Salvador Is attempting to enact a new law authorizing business CO., operation projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-22
Young People of the
 South Federated chureI'

The young peoples society Of the South Waterbury Federated church win sponsor . minhtrel show on November ssd. The foI- lowing committees were appointed: :: Business manager, Clara Finke;
 program, Florence Dwyer, Robert sturges; publicity, Thomas Albone.
 Marion Robinson; tickets. Grace Mckinley, Clara Finke; stage man agers, Arthur Roy, Guy Winston, Asa Isaneile: music, Douglas Mcr- rilees. Bud Miller will direct the show, assisted by Allen Miller. fail to reenroli immediately at their stations will not be eligible for reseiection or reenrollment for the second period. Their reselec- ton has been expressly forbidden to the Labor Department and the Veterans Administration"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
Step By Step

There will be all sorts of claims and countera claims advanced during the Christmas holidays by those interested Ill our monetary question. President Roose- yelt's silver-coining manifesto will give his critics and his admirers plenty to talk and think about for some time. His proclamation, to our way of thinking, was well timed. It more than nips in the bud any demands for currency imitation when did not fit into the Roosevelt scheme ot mild imitation, so that the commodity dollar of 1926 might be returned
 Those who have interested themselves in the monetary issue have had full oppor- tunity to voice their opinions, but in the final analysis decision had to be reached. Procrastination and uncertainty had to give way to action. The policy of the Waterbury Democrat from the very be- ginning of debate on the money question has been full expression on the subject. No one can deny that we have not pre- sented the facts and given full opportun- itv for comments, adverse or favorable of recent months. Our honest opinion has been that business stagnated because ot an insufficient money supply. There was nothing new or radical about that.
 Gold being limited commodity and
 
 able to carry on successfully the exchange of goods and services between individuals and nations Gold-standard 'die-hards" in attempting to keep out silver had to resort to "ghost gold' abnormal ex- pansion of credit in the form of bonds and bank deposits. The theories of the s.business cycle" and the velocity of money'' are permanently exploded. Gold would have to circulate at the speed of light or sound before business improve rnent could become permanent and debts could be paid.
 We believe forward step has been taken by President Roosevelt We intend to carry on our campaign in the form or a resolution to Congress, urging the con- p'ete control of our monetary system. The rernonetization of silver is about to baeone an established fact. There only sejnains the enforcing of the return of all qoid to the treasury. That will come. President Roosevelt is moving slowly, but ever so thoroughly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

and understanding, a fund of happiness which money could not buy. He had an answer for Old Scrooge.
 s'There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which have not profited, dare say," replied the young man, Christmas among the rest. But am sure 1 have always thought of Christina. time, when it has come around apart from the veneration due to it's sacred name and origin, if anything be- longing to it can be apart from that = as a good time; kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys And, therefore, uncle, though it has never put scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, believe that it HAS done me good, and WILL do me good; and say, God bless itv' He added "Merry Christmas!'
 It surely may be counted as blessing to be part of nation which observes Christmas so enthusiastically, which makes of this season time of good, kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant words and actions, which lets the spirit of Christmas open shut-up hearts and fill them to overflowing with good will to- ward fellow-men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
Low Liquor Taxes Imminent

While there is in prospect an increase over the present liquor taxes imposed by Uncle Sam democratic congressional lead- CTS in Washington seem to have agreed upon $2 spirits levy. Whether this will meet with complete approval of Congress when it convenes in January remains to be seen. However, it is likely that if Pres ident Roosevelt declares himself satisfied with this plan it will be speedily enacted. It is an accepted fact that the president is going to insist upon Congress disposing of the liquor taxation bill in it's first week of sessions. That's a wise plan.
 As to the contemplated $2 levy it can be argued back and forth without changing set opinions. Our personal viewpoint ot the liuuor tax is that it should remain as is " namely, $1.1O per gallon on spirits of domestic manufacture. We're all for looking out for our own distilleries for the time being. Hence we'd keep the low tax rate and if that wasn't going to supply the estimated revenue, then we'd soak the importers. This may be lnJus- tice with 8 capital 'i', but if it is, it's poetic justice. We've been soaked for years by Europe. Let's have little sauce for the gander now.
 However, $2 levy on domestic spirits is much better than the higher ones that were being mentioned. We should not have to pay much more for whiskies under this rate than we did in 1918 once the supply has caught up with the demand Certainly any jump in taxes is going to give distillers and retailers powerful argument with which to combat the claims that they are now proflteerlng Great Britain, of course, leans the other way. It levies enormous taxes on spirits, the highest of any nation, but social con- ditions in the two countries can't be con- pared. We never could do that. Our plan is low tax on domestic supplies and equitable ones for those foreign countries that will reciprocate with favorable trade agreements and tariffs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

Getting back to our history" we note that one of the most import ant decades in Waterbury's early history was between 1721 and 1731. The village center at this time had about forty-five families, with a dozen or more living in surround ing regions of Bucks Hill, Break Neck (Middlebury), and Judas Meadow (now Naugatuck). The voting population at this time cannot be proven from any record but 1t is supposed to have been something less than sixty-five per- sons, while ten years later there were one hundred and fifty men living here.
 The meeting house, "the pulse of the living people" was the all-im- portant thing at this time and 1t was decided to have new one. Repairs and additions had been made on the old church building, but it was not long before the second meeting house was under way which was to be on the Green, where the first one stood, forty feet wide and fifty feet long 1t was decided. There was a build- ing committee and building mate- taxes were laid at intervals, until the entire tax was eleven pence on the pound. The entire cost of the church we read, not counting the galleries, was about four hundred and eight-seven pounds, twelve shillings and sixpence. It was paid for by the sale of other properties. There was no indebtedness on the meeting house of 1729.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
A Good, Kind" Time

The argument between Scrooge and his nephew on Christmas Eve is well worth re-reading and pondering on this Christ mas. The young man had come in to wish his grsuchy relative a Merry Christmas and to invite him to dinner. Old Scrooge had replied with his irritable Bah ]! Humbugp and then had launched into the following tirade: What's Christmas to you but time for paying bills without money; time for finding yourself year older, but not an hour richer; time for balancing your books and having every item in lem through a round dozen of months presented dead against you"
 It is financial state familiar to lot of us in recent years. But Schooge's nephew had something which his rich old uncle lacked His possessions included a richness of spirit. depth of symnathy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
The Lynching Score

Last year there were only 10 lynchings in the United States. That was doing pretty well for us = though it was lO more than nearly all the other civilized countries had. This year we are getting back to the record of 1926, when there were 34 murder parties. The hanging of a 20-year old negro boy near Columbia, Tenn, on December 16, raised this years score to 28. There is still time to dis tinguish ourselves further in the fine art of mob-murder That last lynching de- serves special attention. For one thing, it is strange murder mystery in real life. Readers or writers of detective fiction might tackle it. A lynching without wit nesses is an unusual phenomenon. Our best lynchers lately have ''strutted their stuff" like heroes.
 The Tennessee lynching is still more notable as social phenomenon. The victim had been arrested on suspicion, and after inquiry by grand jury had been dismissed. When Tennessee grand jury of white neighbors fails to find enough evidence even to warrant a trial, an out slider would suppose the suspects inno- cence was clear. Evidently the men who hanged that black boy either wanted a scapegoat to cleanse the community of the crime, in the primitive tribal fashion, or else they wanted a lynching for the sav age joy of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
So They Say

I would emphasize the import ance of rest and preach the gospel of fatness, which in the earlier per- iods of life, at any rate, is nearly always accompanied by mental fat ness.
 vDr Fl. R. c. Rutherford of
 Dublin, Ireland.
 What agriculture needs is not more government help, but more self -help.
 Il. J. Taber, national master
 of the aNtional Grange.
 q
 The United States is a natural surplus-producing country. No gov- ernment can deny or defy the laws of nature. We can't compel our people to cease producing, nor can we deny the fertility of the soil.
 Representative James w.
 Wadsworth of New York. We're entering the great non- shop area of the world, and what ever is wasted or lost can't be re- placed. Down here waste is fel- ony.
 -Adwmiral Richard D. Byrd,
 on entering the Antarctic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
Selected Poem
nus sMILE WAS ENOUGH

HIS SMILE WAS ENOOGh
 (By Eliot White in The New York Times) o grievous ending of weary day, And final anguish on the pilgrims
 way,
 To find the Bethlehem hostel had no room N And hear it's door close like a
 stroke of doom!
 A stables shelter for a mothers woe,
 A manager for cradle!-yet such glow Of mystic splendor from its straw
 outspread As never shone on earthly princes bed. And when the tender newly open- ing eyes Looked at the mother with most sweet surprise, And on the lips dawned His first lovely smile, They turned to rapture all her weary while. Perhaps the Christmas message still may be That ali an earthly life's anxiety, It's pain and desperation. melt to joy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Here's A Fine New Proletarian Novel

"The Disinherited," by Jack Conroy, is just about the best of the "proletarian novels which American authors have produced since the 1929 crash.
 It is good because it presents a painfully accurate picture of the things that happen to 2 member of the American proletariat, in good times and in bad; and be- cause the author manages to do his preaching-for the book points a strictly Marxian moral-without warping his story out of shape or spelling his artistic effects.
 The story deals chiefly with a young Irish lad who grows up in a Missouri coal mining town. He passes his childhood in scenes of squalor and deprivation. His father and two brothers are killed in the mine.
 Hes enters manhood with one idea-to get away from the mine rand to rise, somehow, to place where he can escape from poverty and soul-killing toll.
 So he starts his wanderings. He works in steel mill, a rubber factory, ana an duLOmOpile piants he is a railroad shopman, a mem- Der of a road construction gang. and ditch digger; and always he is at the mercy of economic forces that he neither can see nor under stand.
 The depression hits him and his kind with pitiless force. Yet MT Conroy points out that even in the boom days his lot was an unenvi- able one, because the cards were stacked against him wherever he went and whatever he did. And finally he concludes that his only chance to rise is to help his whole class to rise. He be- comes class conscious through the logic of circumstance.
 Published by Covici-Friedc, "The DisInherited'' cells for s2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Q. Should winnings on horse races be counted as income in fed eral Income tax returns?,
 A. Yes.
 Q. Is there any safe way to harden the skin?
 A. Ether and alcohol are said to be good for the purpose.
 Q. Where are the chief unex- plored regions of South American
 A. In central and northern Bra- gil, the far reaches of the Amazon river, northwest Brazil and the Sel- vas region, Venezuela and the source, of the Orinoco; northwest Bolivia, Elbeni, Chaco, and in southern Argentina, Clubut, and Santa Cruz regions, Patagonia, and the Caupes region of Columbia. There are routes and trails across some of these areas, but the ex- plorations have only begun. Q. Where was the movie "The Strangers Return" filmed? A. In the valley region of the Santa Ana Canyon near Ontario, Calif., and at Culver City, Calf.
 If you want . copy Of our buI- letin on Pendants, Fudges and BOnbOns, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing i've cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

State Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald has finally consented to one demand made of him by the Merritt High way Commission. The new road will be built as two 20-foot lanes separated by a planted strip It was the commissioners plan to construct one 40-foot lane now and to follow it up later with similar lane separated from the first by the parkway We must confess that we were confused on this item, so many different plans were being brought forward and rejected. We thought that was the highway commits sioner's original idea and supported it. We believe it is more logical to separate the lanes that will now be built by park way rather than have just one wide strip of roadway like the present Boston Post road. So far as we can learn actual con- struction of the road will commence in February. At this rate we presume that sections of it will be ready late next summer unless the plan is to keep the road entirely closed until it is ready for traffic from end to end. In view of the fact that the road is to be of the Huchin- son River Parkway type with no intersec- tions we presume that it will have to be built so that entry to it can be secured from well-traveled feeder routes If not, we'll wait until it is all ready for use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Newfoundlands difficulties were some what frightened this week when Great Britain offered holders of Newfoundland government stocks and bonds the privilege of exchanging them for new per cent bonds guaranteed by the British govern ment. The King has also approved the suspension of Newfoundland's self gov ernment to the status of colony. We wonder how long the proud Newfound- landers will bear up under imperial rule which they have not had for many years now?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Q, What is the Paris Peace Pact? " A. It is multilateral treaty popularly known as the Kellogg Briand Pact" to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy, and was signed at Paris. 0. Have any commemorative coins for the Georgia Bi- Centennial beer authorized by Congress? A. No.
 Q. Which are the larger per capita consuming countries of coffee?
 A. Norway, Denmark and Swe- den of the coffee importing 2coun- tries. and Cuba of the coffee pro- ducing countries.
 o. Name the signers of the World War armistice. A. Marshal Foch and Vice Ad- miral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, first lord of the British admiralty, rep- resenting the allies and associated countries and Matthias Erzberger, General von Winterfield. Count von Oberndorff, and Captain von Salow representing Germany.
 Q. How long should American cheese be cured?
 A. Six weeks is the least time. and the flavor becomes sharper with increasing age. 4.
 c. Is there any legal. restriction upon the amount of money a Me- gro may possess in the United States?
 A. No. 4
 Q. Are black bears ever cinna- mon brown or white
 A. In eastern United States they are rarely cinAimon or al- bino. Tn Manitoba, Canada. about one in twenty. is cinnimon brown: Tn the Mississippi river country the number increases and in the Rock ies, fully one-quarter are cinni- mon. isss
 Q. What is the highest noun tain on the Equator?
 A. Ken%a mountain in Africa.
 Q. What kind of wood is used for making bows and arrows? A. Hickory and yew for bows. and ash and oak for arrows.
 e. Are there as many feet In an English mile as in, the United States?
 A. Both contain B.2so feet. Q. Is ohio in the Eastern or Central time xone3 A- Eastern,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
U. s. OFFERS ANIMALS.

Washington (UP)-Anyone de- siring Q nice. refined buffalo, elk or deer to keep the kidies com pany while you're at the movies may acquire same by applying to Uncle Sam. The ranges in the national forests of Montana, Ne braska, North Dakota, and South Dakota are overcrowded to the ex- tent of ITO game animals, accord ing to the U. s. Biological survey, and any one of all of them can be obtained for the cost of handling and transportation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Hoquiam, Wash. (UP)-Hoqui. am's famous city hall frog mystery
 has been deepened. When former iy one frogs croalk was heard somewhere inside the cement walli now two are heard. one q tiny baby
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Recent news from Spain is puzzling. What can you make of a revolution un- dertaken by 'anarchistic communists, when communists believe in more govern ment than ever and anarchists believe in no government at all?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
AILYWASHINGTON
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
. By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN :

Treasury Mag Open POstol Savings for Checking Ac- counts Certain ATeGs in U. s. Reported Without Any Banks at ALI; Hams Fish Blocking One Of the Neso NGsi Propoganda Booklets; Specwldtors India Sure U. s. Wiu Adopt Silver StGnddrd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Mayor Jasper McLevy has found that mere election doesn't solve municipal problems. His term has just begun, yet the Bridgeport executive finds it neces- sary to seek legislative aid for his city. He coupled this demand with plea for special legislative session for acting on the Merritt Highway this week. Just what the Legislature can do about the highway is more than we can understand. The matter came up this spring for action. Why wasn't it taken care of then? Ger tainly not through any fault of the gover- nor nor the democratic members of the General Assembly. AS for Bridgeport's financial predicament, it might cause the governor to offer advice, but certainly not to call a special session, Mayor Quigley of New Britain tried to do this in 1882, but without any success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
Questions And Answers by N. 3s The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
YOUR QUESTIONS ANswERED


 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Now don't get impatient. The liquor problem that was solved on December 5 may yet be solved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4 ;58z o'clock tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23
BRASS CITY FACTS

Tn 1S47 Waterbury Catholics bought a prospective site for . church at the corner of East Main and Dublin streets. Later a strip of land was bought opposite the East Main street site of the Immaculate Conception church, and on Christ mas day, 1847, the first mass was offered up in St Patrick's church, the first Catholic church in Water- bury.
 There are sixty-five church buildings in Waterbury, practically all denominations. The average rainfall a year for Waterbury is 31.09 inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

@. Are there as many feet In an English mile as in, the United
 A. Both contain s.2so feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

On the night of January IS, 1857 the stSeple of St, Johns Episcopal church was blown down, the bell weighing 4,000 pounds falling with 1t, but 1t struck in such a way that 1t s(the sbell) was not injured. Later in 1868 in a fire the bell was completely melted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Q. Is ohio in the Eastern or Central time zone?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

"Abrigado' was the original name of that section of the |city later named abrigadow and abrig-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Waterbury's first mill was one lo 1ans s'no no coo occpisG etpJ1 Sv te coyi iii Mad river east of Mill street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Q. What kind of wood is used for making bows and arrows?
 A. Hickory and yew for bows. and ash and oak for arrows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-23

Q. What is the highest noun tain on the Equator7
 A. Ken@a mountain in Africa.