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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

All sorts of means and methods whereby alcoholic beverages may pass with more rapidity from the manufacturer to the con- sumner are being advanced these days. That is due. no doubt to the belief that when prohibition ends late this year the supply of beverages to which we will be entitled will not meet the demand. Judging by the way foreign markets are preparing for the coming of legalized sales in the United States we shouldn't worry too much about the supply. While our domestic stocks may not hold up (and even this is questionable)
 there should be sufficient supply on hand to keep the majority of us satisfied for many months to come. And judging by the taxes and the imposts that the government is pre- pairing to place on liquors there won't be such rush to secure the real article. We wouldn't be surprised to find smuggling and bootlegging still encouraged if retail prices on wines. beers and liquors remain high. While we are hoping that Uncle Sam can wipe out a lot of debts by liquor taxes, still we can't expect them to cover a multitude of sins. They should be a rich source of revenue. but there should be no attempt to make liquors pay the way for ihe nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
Here, There And EDeryDhere

, Wednesday morning, to si.1s or
 more, wholesale. and they retaiied at $f.40 and up. The peach crop is about "aii in," they say. dis
 appointing many housewives who
 have waited too long before getting
 their sweet pickle started in the
 crooks, and preparing their peach conserves of one kind and another. Better hurry with the grapes. The grape crop Is lighter this year than
 last. Crab, and other apples, how
 ever, are in good supply, falling
 now ''like autumn fruit that mel- lowed long," as said the bard who,
 meditating amid tho fading leaves,
 stuck to 1t that. "When consider life, 'Tis all q cheat" There were no "compliance boards" in Dry den's time to keep check upon the
 chiselers.
 Tn the Caribbean, hurricanes are raging. Another Is reported off below Hatteras. headed toward New England. Summer is not yet
 defeated, but is being driven into
 her last lines of defense. We suspect that she is turning a little "pale in her bowers" as
 Richard Henry Stoddard expressed it:
 Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands
 Like a new Niobe, with clasped hands,
 Silent above the flowers. her chil- dren lost,
 Slain by the arrows of the early frost.
 Those barbed shafts are near now. A compensation. from the prosaic point of view, Is that in a department of one of the local big
 stores just twice as much busi- ness was done the forepart of the
 week as in the same period last year.
 As MT stoddard said, again: There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
BETTER 'CooNs
(New York Heraid.Tribune)


 That student mores, no matter how curious, may still expect, when sanctioned by time and universal usage, recognition from academic authorities would seem to be in- dicated by the determination on the part of Yale scientists and Connecticut state officials to breed better fur.bearing raccoons. Eugenically bred coons. from which 1t is hoped better matched, handsomer and more enduring pelts may eventually be obtained are being sought by Yale's zoo- logical experts within the confines of the state preserve for wild life at Pennington. When there are better furs there will be better coon coats, and hence better-dressed students. An amiably paternaI ges- ture if ever there was one!
 Time was when the raccoon-skin coat, fur outermost so as the better to attract dirt and absorb moisture, was the ultimate hallmark Of col legiate elegance. It went hand in hand with the bearcat roadster, the tuxedo" as a substitute for evening dress and the square bot tie of gin for refreshments pur- poses. Even the sight of unhappy sophomores stewing in their juices within these garments as in elec- trio cabinets at early October games reused respect and envy rather than mirth. Usually a east iron bowler was it's accompany ing headgear. Then came the era of sense and the polo coat, but now apparently reaction is threatened, and the coon coat may be on the high road to favor again this fall. All men above the college age will thank with brief thanksgiving whatever fashion gods there be for their immunity from this campus usage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
IN MID-sEPTEA1BER
(Hartford Times)

Autumn has begun to be nod ding OCT the yellow plain," to us the words of the poet, Thomson, who. although it is irrelevant. wrote also, we might add, that powerfully satirical line, "a little, fat, round, oily man of God"
 Possibly. if we were thinking of Doucet, Quebec, we should have said white plain" 1t showed in Doucet, Sunday, when the country southward was getting the first strong breezes of a cool wave, in consequence. some rural wiseacres claim. Aof the waning September moon.
 In the Adirondacks there has been heavy frost, ice being reported from the borders of many moun- tain streams. Upon Mount Wash- ington. Tuesday, came the first snow since last spring. There was real frost in the Mohawk valley. Locally, temperatures lower than 50 ruined many tender plants and turned the leaves of low sumace
 The price of peaches jumped,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
RUM ROW" REVIVED
(New Haven Register)

Reports from New London that Rum Row" has lined up for bus. mess again in a big way well off the shore from Nantucket to the Jersey coast sound half encourag- ing and half the opposite. From one point of view the renewed activity in running the contra band liquor may be taken as a last splurge. With the return of liquor selling to e legal status on . matter of . couple months aways the owners of large supplies may be hurrying to get the stocks off their hands before time is up and their business ended.
 If that is the case, the inference is that the northenstern coast ls soon to see the last of this, and that the Coast Guard can 60 back to it's original principal duties of safeguarding shipping and lives.
 From another angle, the cause may lie In the ia3o1y reported steop increases in the price Of quality liquor, thanks e the lIber- allzatfon ok the prescription law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
Journey Painters Seek Fair Code
Editor Waterbury Demo ocrat:-'

Editor waterbury Democrat:- Dear Sir: - The journeymen
 painters and decorators will hold
 q meeting at the club rooms on
 Scovill street tonight in the old fire house to perfect plans for q
 working code for the City of Wa
 terbury. They believe that there Is too much unfair competition going on and that it's time for all
 journeymen painters to get in the
 organization for the betterment of the trade.
 The business represents the dec-
 oration painting of homes, offices, buildings and the water-proofing of the same. The character of the work is extremely hazardous. Weather conditions frequently gov
 ern the extent of the activities of the journeymen. In the case of new work painters mutually indepen- dent upon other trades engaged in the building. industry. such as plumbers, electricians, etc., who
 are protected by city inspector
 in the proper application of their
 work.
 As a result of business condi-
 tions generally in the past few
 years the painting industry has
 had thrust upon it, principally by outside agencies, destructive prac- tices which have deprived legiti-
 mate, master painters and journey
 men of a great volume of work that should be theirs and has of- ten forced them to establish prices that are actually much below cost.
 As a result an urgent necessity
 exists for the establishment of a
 code of fair practices of competi- tion for the master painter, and a fair wage for the journeyman. In establishing code it is unfortu- nately necessary that agencies other than the master painter be mentioned. In preparing our work | ing conditions of fair competition, we have in mind only the interest of the public we serve, the welfare of the buildings upon which our work is performed. We believe that
 we should be protected by a com missioner such as the barbers
 have, a three-man commission. It takes a journeyman about ten years to learn . trade, and still. all the tricks of the trade arc not known. If the barbers. electric
 ians and plumbers can be protec- ted. we believe the Journeymen painters should--the public would
 then get . good paint job done.
 and the city would get consider
 able revenue for permits.
 JOE PRONE
 Journeyman Painter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
} IN HR
 NEW. ! '. YORK.
ny yUIrA hrlANsHARD

New York.-Politica etxilss al- wayr are pathetic figures. Yet those who think of Cuba's deposed President Machado as sitting sunk in depression, in Canada, are all wrong, apparently A New York toy firm has just received . check for s66O from him, ordering an electric train to be sent to him in
 Wach9do always has been an enthusiastic electric train fan and took great pleasure in toy trains and tracks that he owned in Cuba. Apparently he had to leave in such hurry that he couldn't take them along with him. So this order is for an exact duplicate of that left
 Benito Mussoiini is another elec- largest and most expensive sets in the world. It set him back s5,0o0. It is . replica of our "20th Gem tury Flyer" is all nfclsel.psSse cd. with pullmans upholstered in plush, with berths that can be made up. an observation platform with chairs, and the whole thing lighted by electricity just as q real train Ia. All the details are per- feet. The large cities, where the train stops - Albany, Buffalo, and Chicago = other stations that are miniatures of the real depots in those cities. Even the shrubs around the depots are char. acteristic of the places.
 Food for rhousht
 A dozen or 30 noted writers are meeting this week in Wilton, Conn, to become creators of new kind of product-preserves and canned
 All live on farms nearby. in the summer time. So they have set aside two days to get their cans ming and preserving done. To- ykether they will harvest their ap- pies, crabapples, blackberries, peaches, peers and tomatoes to make cider, sptced fruits, relishes, Included in the group arc
 WplifoFth, James Reid, Selma
 Nbbineon, Mildred Gilmore.
 They will pool their fruit and vegetables and together will
 put them up. Each author \ has his or her pet recipe
 which they vii itry out.
 Notes on Ford
 An old friend of Henry Ford's, just back from Dearborn. lays . wager that Ford by now is assidu- ously playing mechanical music rolls on his pipe organ; he always does whom worried. Another of Tord's diversions is the reading of McGuffey's readers. He owns complete first editions of these old-time primary clnssics. Also he knows and likes to recite many simple nursery rhymes, such as Mary Had Little Lamb" Ford still drives his own car and loves to make repairs himself. running plenty of suits by ducking under the engine. However, he re- tains q tailor on c yearly basis. with an ofilce in the scientific lab- oratories at Dearborn, who makes him unlimited numbers of gray suits.
 None having meal with Ford in the company restaurant dares order meat. Ford is q rabid veg | etarian. In addition to vegefa. bies, Ford permits himself nuts, wholesome bread and raibins. Also. at the Ford factory, .every- one who gets less than 91T000 c year has to punch . time clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

The state was saddened to learn of the death of Dr Charles Lewis Beach. He had so long been connected with Connecticut State College that he seemed almost a part of the institution. He was its dean emeri- tus and had labored 34 years in its best interests, 20 of them as president. He lived to see it outgrow its confines and also its original charter. Today it is modern uni- versity with courses to satisfy any boy or girl dcsirous of securing advanced education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

to the scarcity of old stock. the prospect of marketing "cut" liquor and that of yet higher prices be- cause of heavy taxes.
 If that is the stimulus to the re- vived Rum Row" the revival may not be a temporary affair but one to prevail as long as the stimulus does, which may be q long tin1es And if that is the reason. 1t ought to serve as a warning to those who are in the way of substituting fof prohibition, prohibitives taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Nnar.D0cfOr

have been taking your iOdin ration for two years, and singing its praises and yours. Now see what Dr - says in this article about iodism (iOdine poisoning) ., (W. H. S.)
 Answer-Dont let the near-doctor worry you with his selections from medical tonnes. No one ever gets poisoned by taking the iodin ration. I am glad to send instructions to anyone who needs iodin-to speed up metabolism. chase away the willies. prevent you from going stale. getting gray and feeling tired and dopey all the time. Inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
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 Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

High tide at Milford Tuesday. Septem' Der l9, l1.l5 a. m. daylight time; low tide. 5.43 p. m, daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
Four Bits is Plenty

The Drug O., at - puts up your remedy for achr0mic anemia-a solution of one ounce of iron-and-ammonium citrate in four ounces of water, for anIy 60 cents .. 1. (Afrs c. Al
 Answer-That's steep. Why not buy the iron and-ammonium citrate by the ounce or in larger quantity. and pour an ounce of 1t into a four-ounce bottle, or two ounces into a half pint bottle. and i'll the bottle with water? A teaspoonful after each meal Is the dose to be continued for two or three months.
 Epsom Salts for Burns | have found that f-4 pound Of Epsons salts dissolved in Q pint Of boiling water, makes a fine dressing for burns--lust keep the burn covered with soft gauge or linen constantly kept vet with the salts solution. fsfrs s.D
 Anawer--Thank you. Perhaps our readers will test your treatment and report results
 (copyFssht 1888, John F. IlIe Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
In To-day's Mail

What do you thlnk--Send all letters and communications with your opinions to the Edl. tor of the Waterbury Dcmc. crat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

All vehicles must be lighted not late than 7.27. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

Business is quieter this month, but not much. Business didn't want any summer vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

Hereafter the public won't take much stock in Wall Street stories about the Presi- dents health. What people are concerned about now is Wall Street health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18
BHEWERs ARRESTED.

Suokane, wash. (UP) -- SeveA hundred quarts of unlabeled breM lined the walls of . local basement the other day. Two men were lille ing bottles with still more beer aS federal agents broke in. The pair were arrested for running a brew cry without a federal license.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

The Union of south Africa may
 tax extra protfls derived from goId mining.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

Animal and bird lovers of Scot land want to stop the caging of birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-18

But to return to the topic of aging liquor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-12-22
Vets Economy Act
Cited AS Failure
Commander DeplOres Reduction of Ex-
ServiCemen's Expenditures

farmer class; home owners con-
stitute another class who Will re-
ceive billions; one-hah billion
dollars Is being spent for federal
emergency relief, while q quarter
billion dollars has been set aside
for conservation work; billions is
being turned over to the Federal
Deposit Insurance corporation to
help the banker class, while the
Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton is distributing .er $3,000,000
900 to help ont only the banker,
but large industries.
'These are the facts that have
aroused veterans to the point OF
resentment against the discrimina-
ton that has been aimed at their
disabled comrades and those who
have ben removed from the COM
pensation rolls merely because they
are unable to meet with the red
tape requirements created by foes
of the veteran.
eve want every overseas veter-
an" declared Commander Ma
honey ito volunteer in this fight
against oppression. We want every
patriotic citizen to acquaint him.
self with conditions as they actual
ly exist among disabled and needy
veterans. 1t will be our purpose
to emphasize these wrongs with in
creasing indignation until congress
gives the veteran equal recognition
with all other groups in the So
called new deal"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-12-22
Tom Mix And "Tony"
Heads Kiddie Show
Complete Program for EIks Charity Event at Poll
Palace Theater Tomorrow Completed To-day

man of the Elks committee that
will call for the food at the Palace
soon after the show commences.
They will cart It to the Eiks hall
where it will be distributed between
4 and 6 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Assisting Professor Brit are
Ed Conlon, Gus Rinaldt, Pat Nc
Partland, Jim Flanagan, Jerry
Squires and Joe Connor.
The food bags will be filled for
those families to whom the Elks
will take care of this year, The
Elks will distribute the food bags
by q Number system. Those who
have been presented tickets are re-
quested to enter the Elks hall by
the driveway to the west of the
club house. They will present their
tickets to a committee who after
glancing at the number on the
ticket will look for the food bag
marked with the same number,
and turn that bag over to the
ticket holder.
The Elks have announced that
there will be no meat included IN
the bags that will be distributed.
The bags will contain only food
other than meat. SO all you boys
and girls who want to help some
needy family on Christmas. get
yourself some kind of food and
get down to the Palace tomorrow
morning You will be doing a
charitable deed and at the, same
time will enjoy an outstanding pic
ture program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-12-22
STATE DETOURS
LISTED TODAY
Highway Dept. S h 0 W S
Conditions of Roads to
Aid Motorists

Road conditions and detours in
the state of Connecticut made nee.
essary by highway construction
and oiling announced by the Con-
|necticut highway department as of
December 20, 1898.
Route No. us.
Fairfield. Kings highway extern
| sion. 400 feet of muck excavation
and backfill. Closed to traffic.
Norwalk. West avenue. About "
mile of sheet asphalt. Open to
| traffic.
Route No. A
Sharon-Cornwall road. About
5k miles in length from Sharon
Center east. Grading and laying
gravel surface. Open to traffic.
Route No. US. 8
West Hartford. Pennington ave.
nue.. From Pennington town line
to Woodrow street. miles of
sheet asphalt under construction
but open to traffic. Short detour.
Route No. 8
Ansonia. -Ansonia road.
| 400 feet waterbound macadam,
concrete box culvert. Open to traf-
fic.
Torrington. East Main street.
Concrete pavement ! mile in
length. under construction. Short
sections of one-way traffic are nee
essary.
Rontc No. 10
Pennington. Farmington-Plain
vile road. Grade separation
Bridge under construction but
open to traffic.
Route No. is
Middletown. South Main street.
One-fourth mile of sheet asphalt
under construction but open to
traffic.
Route No. 20
CRANKY Hartland. East Hart
land-West CRANKY road. 8 miles
bituminous macadam under con-
| struction but open to traffic.
Route No. 81
Seymour. Hoadley bridge. Rein
/ forced concrete and concrete en-
cased girder bridge. Closed to traf-
| fic.
oxford. Southbury road. Three
miles Of reinforced concrete pave
ment under construction from the
rSouthbury- oxford town line north.
grading and constructing bridge on
new location. Open to traffic.
Route No. 90
Bethany and Prospect. Bethany
Prospect road. About 8 miles BIZ
| luminous macadam under con-
struction. Open to traffic.
Route No. 80
Lebanon. Lebanon-Williman
road. Bituminous macadam. length
l,about Az miles Is under construc-
ton. Traffic should avoid this
route.
| Route No. 05
voluntown. Ekonk Hill road and
Church street. Waterbound ma,
l,cadam length about s miles under
construction. Traffic should avoid
| this route.
Route No. POI
| Pomfrej. Hampton Arlington
road, waterbouni macadasn, length
about / X miles under constrlc-
ltion. Traffic can pass.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-12-22
Thermometer Doesn't
Tell Whole Truth,
Health Department Hygenist Explains EFFECTIVE
Temperature" Chart to Determine This Offered

The thermometer, venerable and
time-tested instrument that it is,
does not tell the whole truth, for it
may tell you that he room is warm
whereas the actual effective tenn
perature' may be too low for COM
fort due to lack of proper humid
ity and air circulation, Warren A.
Cook, chief industrial hygienist OF
the bureau of occupational diseases
declared in the weekly broadcast of
the state department of health to-
day.
Declaring that. he would provide
with scientific arguments for those
persons who in the past have been
helittled when they complained OF
being cold in the face of a dry bulb
thermometer reading of seventy
two degrees, Mr. Cook proceeded to
explain effective temperature" a
term doubtless new to many which
is designed to include three of the
principal factors necessary to COM
fort and health. :
Without going into technicalities,
the majority of people in the mod
crate activity of home and office
are very comfortable when tenn
perature, relative humidity and air
motion combine to give an effec-
tive temperature of sixty-five to
sixty-six degrees, he said. This eff
fective temperature can be deter
mined by anyone on referring tenn
rer~ture and relative humidity
readings to Comfort chart"
which can be obtained from the
state department of health. Do not
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-12-22
|CHRISTMASCHEER
TO NEEDY FAMILIES
Baskets to Be Given Out
By L. !. P. Bowling
League

ARRANGEMENTS were completed
by the members of the l.. l. p.
bowling league last night for CIV
ing out over 100 Christmas baskets
to the needy families Of st Joseph's
parish.
Up to last night contributions to
the amount Of $62 had been made.
Last night reports were received
from different members of thecom-
mittee with the following contribu-
tions reported in addition to those
previously mentioned:
Attorney Edward Bobbin $500,
Alderman John Bender $500,
Howard Smith $1.00, DIR John
lStaneslaw $500, John w. Stokes
$500, Thomas Matas $1.0O, DR.
Michael Colney $500, Walter
Selens SO cents, John Bruzas con-
tributed two hens; John Parmar-
auskas, crates of oranges; Mrs
c. Stokes, bushel apples; Peter
Krugelis, 2 bushels of apples;
Mathew Eidukinas. sack of pota-
toes; Brony Marshall, 1 case of
milk; John j. Stokes, 1 case of
milk; Charles Strikulis, dozen
soup punches; John Oradeckis, 1
sack of potatoes.