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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-20
JOHN B. OLSON
 TAKEN BY DEATH
Sixty-Seven-Year=Ol Res= ident Succumbs to
 Long Illness
LITCHFIELD Correspondent: Nellie s. Fair grieve. Phone 513.

Litchfield, April 20-John Bernard Olson, 67, of Meadow street died Sunday afternoon following long illness. A native of Goteburg, swe- den, Mir. Olsson came to the United States in 1888. He had resided in Litchfield since that time and was well-known here. He was sexton of St. Michaels Episcopal church and the Sanctum club for long years.
 Nr. Olsson is survived by his wife {; a daughter, Mrs. Roscoe Stull of Litchfield; son, Albert, of New York city; a sister, Mrs. James Erickson of Brooklyn, N. r.; a grandson and several nephews and nieces. The funeral will be held from St. Michaels Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the rector, Rev. Henry E. Kel- ley, assisted by the Rev. T. Bertram Anderson, officiating. Burial will take place in the East cemetery.
 Mrs. Joseph Reath Of New York city was a weekend guest of her mother, Mrs. Rcinhold Danielson.
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard Hutchinson and children and Mrs. w. s. Plumb were visitors in Poughquag, N. Y. Sunday. |,
 R. P. Atherton, county agent at the farm bureau office, Litchfield, has been notified that the emer- Hency crop and food loan division of the farm credit administration has been authorized to accept ap- plications in each county in pro- portion to the needs of the farmers, although no loan may exceed $200. It was previously understood that the amount of money available to Litchfield County was limited to a specific gum.
 MT. and Mrs. John Sullivan of Norwood, Mass, were guests of Mrs. Sulliyan's parents, MT. and Mrs. William Brennan of Lake street, over the weekend.
 Mrs. Nelson l.. Deming of Norfolk road has returned from New York city where she spent several days.
 Mir. and Mrs. ogden Morse and Miss Edith Morse and Upton Morse have returned from Rustic, Florida, where they spent the winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-20
TRUCK KILLS COYOTE

Escanaba, Mich. CUP)-With both hands on the steering wheel of his truck, John Nesbltt of Cedar River, killed a coyote that leaped into the road ahead of the machine. Nesbitt ran down the predator by stepping onthe gas and maneuvering the front wheels of the truck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-20
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"A PA E l. F. - lawyer and upright execu- tive, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, found himself under the polit- 1 al influence of such men as Senators Quay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-20

of Pennsylvania and Platt of New York; and the grandson of the famous "Old Tip" hero of Tippe- canoe, went down to defeat after one term In office.
 Harrison came of an illustrious family. His great-grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and hls grand father gained prominence by his victorious campaigns against the Indians and the British in the War of 1912.
 The later Harrison. however, pitted his sense of dignity and fairness against the political in- trigues Of his colleagues. and lost. Born in 1883. he had worked his way up steadily. first as q strug. gling young lawyer in Indianapo- lis. then as an officer in the Civil War After his return he soon became a leader in Republican politics. He became U. S. senator in 1881 and, tn 1888. was elected presIdent. Four years later. prac- tically abandoned by his own sup. porters. Harri- " son lost the
 presidency. He . . sh" a'aa ~, e, BcnjGmin
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Rains in Ethiopia Stop
the Italian Operations

ETHIOPIA'S "little" rainy season
- has come, and the advances of the
invading Italians are therefore stopped
effectually for several weeks at least.
The downpours are heavy and con-
tinuous, roads are being destroyed,
especially in the northern part of the
/ country, and landslides in the noun
tains are frequent. Foreign observers
were of the opinion that all fighting
must cease, even in the south where
the rains are not so heavy. The "big"
rainy season is due to begin in May.
Mussolini continued the dispatch of
fresh troops to Ethiopia, despite I'M
favorable conditions. He postponed the
meeting of the Fascist grand council
from January 10 to February 1, by
which time the League of Nations
council, it is presumed, will have de-
cided whether to impose an oil en-
barge on Italy. The league council
would very much like to have the Unit
ed States congress pass its neutrality
legislation before the oil embargo ques-
ton is settled.
Dr. Marcel Junod, International
Red Cross delegate, announced at Ad-
dis Ababa that he would recommend
withdrawal of all Red Cross units from
Ethiopia unless Italy definitely prom
Used not to bomb them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Lewis Opposes Presidents
Neutrality Measure

NEUTRALITY legislation desired by
the administration does not meet
with the approval of Senator James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois who though
a loyal Democrat, is sometimes op-
posed to measures fostered by the
President. He says the law under con-
sideration in senate and house commit
tees would close the markets of the
Middle West to world commerce, and
has asked the Illinois Manufacturers
association and the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce to support his oppo-
sition to it.
AS a substitute for the general neu-
trality law proposed by the President,
Senator Lewis advocates enactpents
granting the Chief Executive authority
to issue regulations placing embargoes
upon shipments of commodities which
would threaten American neutrality,
but STIMULATING that these regulations
should be submitted to the senate for
acceptance or amendments.
Before an executive session of the
senate foreign relations committee the
Illinois senator declared he would
continue to oppose measures whereby
oil, coal, copper, cotton and grain and
the manufactured products of the West
could be cut off on the theory that
some country not at war might resell
our products to some country that is
at war;"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Progress Made in Berlin
Preparatory to Olympics

The Olympic games will take place
In the 300-acre Reichssportfield stu
ated in the west end of Berlin. The
huge stadium, which is 81 per cent
completed, has seats for 100000
spectators. The stadium arena con-
tains a running track 400 meters
long. The swimming stadium con-
tains a 65-165foot pool, large
restaurant overlooking the pool.
The Dietrich Eckert open-air the
alter in the form of Greek bowl will
be used for dramatic productions
and assemblies. The Olympic bell
which will peal to open the games
is of steel and weighs 16 tons. 1t
was removed from its casting last
August. The altar on the stadium
tower will be lighted on August /, Of
this year, by the Olympic fire, the
flame of which will be brought from
the site of the original Olympic
games by 5000 runners who will
travel in relays.-Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Process Tax Refund Ordered
bv Supreme Court

PROCESSING taxes amounting to
4 $200,000,00O, impounded by the
courts, must be refunded to the tax
payers, according to a unanimous rul-
ing of the Supreme court of the United
States. The decision did not go into the
question of whether professors must
prove they had absorbed the tax be-
fore they could recover, though this
was one of the main points at issue.
Presumably this will first be passed
upon by a district court. The case was
brought by Louisiana rice millers.
The nine justices all agreed that the
review of the Bankhead cotton act
case, which had been allowed on a to
vote, had been ''improvidently
granted and so they refused to pass
on the validity of the act at this time.
Another case involving this law, filed
by Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia,
a Roosevelt administration foe, will
give the court another opportunity to
rule on it.
The expected ruling on the validity
of the Tennessee Valley Authority act
was not forthcoming.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
DOCTORS KNOW
Mothers read this:
THREE STEPS
ITO REllEWHe

Why do people come home from a
hospital with bowels working like a
well-regulated watch?
The answer is simple, and it's the
answer to all your bowel worries if
you will only realize it: many doctors
and hospitals use liquid laxatives.
If you knew what doctor knows,
you would use only the liquid form.
A liquid can always be taken in
gradually reduced doses. Reduced
dosage is the secret Of any real relief
from constipation.
Ask a doctor about this. Ask your
druggist how very popular liquid
laxatives have become. They give the
right kind of help, and right amount
of help. The liquid laxative generally
used is DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin.
1t contains SIENNA and cascara - both
natural laxatives that can form no
habit, even in children. So, try Syrup
Pepsin. You just take regulated
doses till Nature restores regularity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

commute the sentence
to one of life Imprisonment after ex-
aiming the alleged new evidence in
Bruno's favor. Defense counsel were
said to BE preparing to try to per-
suade the United States Supreme court
to take some action in the case.
When Hauptmann was told by G.
Lloyd Fisher, one of his lawyers, that
the court of pardons had rejected his
plea he displayed no emotion.
"Your only chance now is to di-
rectly involve some one else in the
kidnapping" Fisher told Hauptmann.
81 can't change my story" Haupt-
mann replied, according to the prison
warden. 81 have told the truth all
along. There's nothing more to tell
than I have told. haven't the least
idea where Fisch got that money
FROM"
Hauptmann referred to Isador Fisch,
German furrier, who died in Bavaria
about year after the kidnapping. The
prisoner has steadfastly insisted that
the ransom money found in his pos
session when he was arrested had been
left with him by Fisch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

E. Smith will be chief speaker. Both
Raskob, conservative Democrat, and
DUPONT are liberal hackers of the Lib
erty league, which has been saying
many severe things about the New
Deal.
In its latest output the Liberty
league attacks President Rooseyelt's
interpretations of the fiscal situation
as misleading and deceitful," and
urges that congress investigate "the
entire governmental structure"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Naval Farley on Verge
of Dissolution

VXTHEN the delegates to the naval
Wv conference in London resumed
their deliberations Admiral Osami Ma
gano, chief representative of Japan,
firmly repeated his demand that Great
Britain and the United States concede
the parity claims of Japan as prelim-
mary to any agreement. This attitude
stopped all discussion of the British,
French and italian proposal for ex-
change of information about naval
building plans and threatened the con-
ference with early collapse. The crisis
was so serious that Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden himself took a part in
the affair.
Japanese spokesman declared they
were interested first and last in the
total tonnage Question-under which
they demand equality-and were not
at all interested in other aspects of
naval limitations to which the confer
ence sought to turn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24


they had permitted the transfer of GER
tain acreage from commercial production
to soil conserving crops, or had "ad-
justed" the commodities on certain
land.
Administration leaders were consid-
ering plan to raise the half million
dollars a year necessary for this
scheme by enacting most Of the old
processing taxes as excise levies. The
farm leaders favored this, and also
recommended:
Retention and Strengthening of all
unconstitutional.
Creation of farm commodity CO.
operatives, authorized under the Cap
per-Volstead act, for marketing or dis
tributing farm products"
Foremost among the agricultural ex-
perts who took part in the conferences
was Howard R. Tolley, director of the
Giannini foundation in California. He
has been described by administration
officials as the leading agricultural
economist in the United States, and
was hurriedly called from the West
coast to Washington.
Lawyers acting for a Philadelphia
real estate dealer filed a suit in the
Federal District court there to restrain
government executives from interfer-
ing with the operation of the AAA
until it's constitutional status has been
determined by referendum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Raskob Is Angered by
Government Tax Suits

John ]. RASKOB is angry, and so
- probably is Pierre S. DUPONT, for
: the government has filed with the
board of tax appeals a, brief charging
that these two gentlemen agreed to
create fictitious losses through secur-
ity sales to each. other in 1929 and
thus improperly reduced their net tax
able incomes. Tyranny and cheap
politics" was the way Raskob char
acterized the action, and he intimated
that the brief was timed to appear
before the American Liberty league
dinner January rs at which Alfred
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

offered the WPA workers.
1T is expected that WPA workers
will accept available jobs in private
employment, whether of a permanent
or temporary nature, provided:
"(1) That the temporary or per-
manent work shall be a full-time job
"(2) That such work shall be at
a standard or going rate of wages.
"(3) That such work shall not be
in conflict with established union re-
1ationships.
"(4) That workers shall be offerei
an opportunity to return to the WPA
upon completion Of temporary jobs"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Puerto Rican Sugar Estates
Will Be Broken Up

@ ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
" ICKES, making brief visit to our
Caribbean possessions, told representa-
tives of the sugar interests in Puerto
Rico that the great sugar estates of
that island would be broken up, be-
cause they are in violation Of law
forbidding the corporate ownership of
more than 500 acres of land. He ex-
planned the lands will be homesteaded
to get thousands of landless persons
back to the soil. 1t is not known wheth-
er Mr.. Ickes did anything about the
general dissatisfaction in Puerto Rico
with the policies of certain of the gov
ernment's representatives there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Democratic Convention
Goes to PHILADELPHIA

a UCTIONED off to the highest bid
\ der, the Democratic national con-
vention of 1896 was sold to Philadel-
phia by the party's national commit
tee. The price was 100000, plus some
prizes and concessions. Chicago and
San Francisco also bid for the conven-
ton. The former offered certified
check for $15O,O0O. The California city
made the same bid and later raised it
to 500, 800.
During brief recess Chairman Far
ley telephoned, presumably to the
White House, and Vice President Gar
ner moved among the members of the
committee urging the selection of Phil
adelphia. Therefore the City Of Broth
erly Love won the prize. The opening
of the convention was set for June %.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Miguel Gomez Elected
President of Cuba

TN AN astonishingly tranquil cleo
ton. Miguel Mariana Gomez. coal
ition candidate. was chosen president
of Cuba, defeating zen. Mario q. Men
ocal, former president. by rather slen-
der margin. Gomez. who is forty-hve
years old. was formerly mayor of Ha-
vana. He was supported by the army.
The lack of disorder at the polls was
due in part to the fact that the women
OF the island republic for the first
time took part In an election.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Bonus Measure Is Pushed
Through the House

MO TIME was lost in putting
~ through the house the bonus
measure that had been agreed upon
by veterans organizations and APP
proved by the ways and means COM
mittee. It carries the name of the
vinson-P atman- Nc Cormack bill and is
a compromise that authorizes imme-
date payment of the bonus but offers
no definite plan for raising the money.
1t would provide per cent interest
until 1915 for veterans refraining from
cashing their adjusted service certifi-
Gates at once, and cancel all interest
still due on loans on the certificates.
In the senate Pat Harrison intro
duced compromise bonus hill provid-
ing for payment in $50 bonds that may
be cashed upon demand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

ing" employers and to
keep up wage stand
ards. In his letter to
the state officials Mr..
Hopkins said:
II want to make per-
fectly clear the policy
of the works progress
administration rela-
tive to private en-
ployment or employ
ment on contract jobs
under the direction Of
other federal depart
ments which may be
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
HUSBAND QUITS LIQUOR
Guaranteed Home Treatment
Brings Joy to Wife and Family

Adoctor's prescription that overcones
the craving for alcohol and can be given
secretly in coffee, tea or food is now
offered on guaranteed plan to all who
wish to defeat the disease of drunkenness.
This simple, easy home treatment has
been successfully used for Twenty years
and contains no harmful drugs OF dope
and any lady can give it with full con-
fidence she is helping her loved one to
be the man she wants him to be.
Write for FREE BOOKLET and full
information about this guaranteed
home treatment to Health Remedy
Products, Dept. 4601, Manufacturers
Exchange Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

legislation is passed to
take the place of the
AAA destroyed by the
Supreme court ruling.
The proposal that was
the first plank in the
policy platform they
drew up and that is
pushed by administra-
ton men centers on
production control
through subsidized
soil conservation.
Farmers would get
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Freighter Founders and
Crew of "a Perishes

CAUGHT in a fierce gale. the States
" line freighter Iowa was smashed
to pieces on Peacock spit at the mouth
of the Columbia river. and her crew of
"a officers and men perished, coast
guard vessels from Astoria and Cape
Disappointment were unable to reach
the steamer in time because of the high
seas. The Iowa. commanded by Capt
Edgar L. Yates Of Portland. had just
started on its way to New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

the loans made to the allies by Nor
gan Il Co. and its associates. The
testimony concerning these loans and
their implications was long and COM
plicated. The financiers were well pre-
pared for the inquiry and were armed
with great quantity of documents,
and though there was good deal of
acrimonious talk, Mr.. Morgan ap-
peared entirely unperturbed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Former Mayor Hylan of
New York Is Dead

NEW YORK city went into official
IN mourning for the death of John f.
Hylan, who was its mayor for eight
, years. Flags on all public buildings
were at half staff end the funeral was
impressive. Hylan at the time of his
death was a justice of the children's
court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

had before his senate
munitions committee
for several days ]. P.
Morgan, Thomas w.
Lamont and OF h e r
members of the great
Morgan banking COM
pany. Nye and Ste
phen Rauschenbusch
investigator for the
committee, sought to
prove that the United
States was drawn into
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

legal counsel, his f1gnt
to save his life. If the
attitude of Governor
Hoffman of New Jer-
sey was rightly re-
ported, there was a
possibility t h a t the
condemned man would
at least obtain a re-
prieve; but the state
court of pardons, of
which the governor is
a member, had unan-
imously refused to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Stern Nature

There is no trifling with nature; it
is always true, grave, and severe; it
is always in the right, and the faults
and errors fall to our share. 1t de-
ties incompetency, but reveals its Sc
crets to the competent, the truthful,
and the pure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Farm Leaders Insist on
Crop Control Legislation

DARN leaders summoned to Wash
4 ington to help in devising a new
farm program decided to remain there
and picket" the halls of congress until
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Hauptnann Still Fights
Against Execution

DRUNO HAUPTMANN, due to die in
- the electric chair January II for
the kidnapping and murder of the Lind
bergh baby, continued, through his
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Protects WPAsWorkers From

"Chise1ing" Employers ~
AIRY L. HOPKINS, wPA admin
Il istrator, has sent to state admin
istrators set of regulations intended
to protect WPA workers from "Chisel-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Nye's Committee Prods
Morgan and Lamont

MYTH the obvious intention of
w building up public sentiment in
favor of the special brand of neutral
ity LEGISLATION he desires, Senator Nye
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Laying
His Lines

j cluSlOu vi his speech
to congress, and secondly, to his thinly
yelled comparison between himself and
President Jackson when he spoke to
the Jackson day diners.
am not making any predictions as
to where this trend will lead. 1t is
important to note, however, that it is
an old political trick to impugn the
motives of the opposition. Such was
the mood into which former President
Herbert Hoover fell when in 1881 it
became apparent his political life was
on the skids and slipping fast. When
he was ION his way out" Mr.. Hoover
became so picayunish that even his
owl associates found it difficult to do
the things he wanted done in the way
he desired. This condition continued
to develop until he began to complain
personally about the chair shirts" that
he had to wear The chair shirts" in
cident probably was the best tip-off to
the sinking feeling that had begun to
permeate Mr.. HOover's outlook at that
time. The rest is history.
AS 10 tne course WHICH MT. hOOSe-
welt is following in impugning the mo-
tives of his opposition, one can hardly
take objection because it has been
done so often and for the further rea-
son that neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor
Mr.. Farley is a political novice. be-
lieve that Washington observers gen.
orally give each of these men credit
for being thoroughly versed in politics
and since Mr.. Roosevelt is ''dimly con-
scious that campaign is under way
and an election is scheduled" he nat
urally is laying his lines. They will be
pulled from time to time with a re-
sultant display for public view intend
ed to convince the person of small
means or no means at all that he is
their savior; that he intends and seeks
at all times to protect them from those
selfish and greedy groups who seek to
grind down the population for the sake
Of profit.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Removes Dandruff Stops Hair Failing
Imparts Color and
Beauty to Gray and Faded Hair
6Oc and 81 90 at Druggists.

FLORESTON SHAMPOO - Ideal for use in
connectionwith Parker Hair Balsam Makes the
hair soft and fluffy. so cents by mail or at drug
gists. Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchogue. N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
WNU--4
No Need to Suffer
Morning Sickness"

'Morning sickness" lis caused by an
acid condition. To avoid it, acid must be
offset by oLkaIis such as magnesia.