The Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
October 5, 1931

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HAYES AHSWERFTRACY, JUDGE MEYER Claims Candidate Is Ignorant Of Municipal Affairs Mayor Asserts Kelly Has Saved City Many Times His Salary, Due to Efficient Work—Asks City Court Judge If There Is Need of Third Prosecuting Attorney Mayor Frank Hayes, disregard ing suggestions of democratic par ty leaders that he answer the barrage of personal abuse hurled at him In statements published in this morning’s paper by George E. Tracy, the republican candidate for mayor, and other members of the republican ticket with a simi lar barrage against Mr Tracy, merely issued a statement this morning refuting the attacks made on his office by Mr Tracy. “Personal abuse never won any election," said the mayor, “and 1 refuse to become a party to such low tactics." It was the con tention of several of the democra tic leaders this morning that in view of the way the mayor was attacked by his opponents that he should open up on Mr Tracy and acquaint the public with certain facts concerning Mr Tracy's par ticipation in politics in Waterbury, and with regard to Mr Tracy’s boast of reducing the taxes, which have at Mr Bayes’ request been held back from the start, but the mayor refused to be a party to the suggestions. The mayor in answering the charge of Mr Tracy that his own office is overmanned pointed out that his ofifee has the same num ber of employes that have been there under Mayors Sandland and Gullfoile. He stated that Mr Kel ly merely works out of his office and acts as a coordinator. His statement follows: "Mr Tracy’s criticism of the ex pense of the mayor’s office, if cor rectly quoted in to-day’s issue of The Republican reveals the same flagrant ignorance in regard to piunicipal affairs which has char acterised his whole campaign. “It is generally known to per sons whose knowledge of business is much less than claimed by Mr Tracy, that Mr Kelly’s duties are by no means confined to my office. .His work consists of co-ordinating and reporting upon the work of all TALLULAH BANKHiAD fr*dricMAR(H Sin Young Artists* Supplies Water Colors Extra half-pans Water cups Pastels Crayons Oil Colors Drawing Pads Canvas Boards Art Gum Charcoal Stumps Charcoal Paper Pastel Paper Brushes Everything the artist needs. —The— ZIGLATZKI MARKS CO. 110 South Main St. THE-— American Laundry CALLS FOR YOUR ;WASH AND HELPS ’yOU KEEP THE ABLOOM OF f7j .y&oTH 8WEET AND CLEAN CLOTHES FOR SWEET AND CLEAN PEOPLE 4MBBQNUUMKY mm7 wc. /-v DIAL -4**106 departments of the city adminis tration. "Such a position h*s been openly advocated by every mayor for over 20 years, as well as by the charter commission, but until my adminis tration this position was not cre ated. It might interest Mr Tracy to know that Mr Kelly by his effi cient work has saved the city many times his salary. "Judge Meyes is reported as having devoted much time to the criticism of my using a policeman chauffeur. Since I entered on a business career many years ago I have always used a chauffeur. I have traveled a great deal on mu nicipal affairs and in so doing I have used my own car and f°r ihe use and running expense I have never collected one cent from the city of Waterbury. "The judge’s position should qualify him to speak much more accurately in regard to the ex pense of the city court. In this connection I want to ask Judge Meyer to state definitely if he be lieves that the city court needs the third prosecutor. "Does he or does he not believe that the public is Ignorant of the fact that the cost of the prosecu tors in city court for one hour's work a day Is $1,000 a month? “Does he or does he not claim that this sort of economy will be applied to city affaire if the re publican party succeeds |n winning the election? “I have not troubled to answer the various attacks wjiich our op ponents have made because I do not believe in descending to the level upon which they have chosen to conduct their campaign. There has not been a single bit of con structive criticism offered. No in timation has been given as to how they will proceed to bring about the wonderful condition which they cheerfully promise. “In short, they have relied sole ly upon personal abuse and I think that the public will to-morrow show very definitely their opinion' of their tactics. “The answer will be given by the top lever." WATERVILLE The biennial city election takes place tomorrow and the voters of the sixth district which Includes all of the Waterville section of the city, will vote as usual at the Thoxnaston avenue fire-station. The polls will be ppen from 6:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. The polling place officials have been named as follows: Moder ator, Frank Cookson; assistant Registrars, Charles Draper and Peter Ciacclo; Checkers, Alfred Lachance and Frank Sarney; Ma chine men, James Neoriow, Rich ard Minninean and Thomas Bar ret Patrolman James Darling has been lssigned to duty at the poll ing place. Both parties will set up district headquarters from which workers and cars will be directed and every effort will be made to get out the largest possible vote. Attention is also called to the fact that two amendments to the state construction are to be voted upon tomorrow and that these questions appear just above the regular party levers on the voting machines. Preference may be ex pressed by pushing the "yes" or "no” buttons. The first question concerns ab solute voting and if carried will permit voters who must be out of the city or state on election day, or those who are unable to get to the polls because of illness or other disability, to vote by mailing their ballots to properly qualified offic ials. The other question would per mit assistant town clerks to issue oaths, a perrogative which they do not hold at this time. Bible Class Holds Annual Banquet More than one hundred and fifty of Evergreen’s Bible class of Wa tervllle, members of their families and Invited guests attended the an nual banquet which took place on Saturday evening in the parlors of the Grace Methodist church. While the guests assembled In the main auditorium of the church five members of the Salvation Army from the Abbott avenue bar racks led by Captain and Mrs Mack, entertained with vocal, trombone and cornet solos and du ets. On the program wSre also several well-known hymns In the singing of which everyone join ed. Promptly at seven o ciock xne parlor door* were thrown open, re vealing long tables attractively de corated with fall garden flowers and lighted candles. During the meal Howard M. Grllley led the group singing of many popular songs. After dinner John H. "Daddy" Twelves, president of the Bible Class welcomed the guests and in troduced Mr George Hornbecker, chairman of the entertainment committee, as toastmaster. An excellent program of enter tainment contained the following numbers:- trombone duet by Mr and Mrs Martin of the Salvation Army; soprano solos “Carry Me Back To Old Virglny’ ’and “I Passed By Your Window" by Mrs James Bassett; vocal duet “The Little Old Church In The Valley” by Miss Mae Twelves and Miss Margaret Mattson; tenor solos by William Webster and a violin solo, "Sing Me To Sleep" by Clfit Butcher. The accompanists were Mrs Walter Hall and Mrs Samuel Butcher. The speakers were Rev John W. Dodson, pastor of Grace Methodist church, who asksd the blessing, Roy A. Ferris, the founder and first president of the class; John W. Jaeger, a former president of the class; Rev Kenneth Kingston, pas tor of St Paul’s M. E. church, Wa tergury; Alderman C. Arthur Du Bois; and Rev Raymond D. Adams rector of 8t Paul’s M. E. church, Watervllle, who pronounced the benediction. Benjamin W. Johnson, another former president of the class and the present head of the Waterbury Federation of Bible Classes was to have been a speak er but was called away from the dinner at an early hour. Ladies' Aid A special meeting of the mem bers of St Michaels' Ladles Aid cletjr will take place at St Michael's nail at eight o’olock this evening. Plans will be completed for the unnual harvest supper to "Vi 1 »»t ftv» !v»!l cn YMCA Health Service Dept Second Season Opens To day at Red Triangle The Individual health service de partment a new feature in the Physical Department of the Cen tral Y. M. C. A. will l»a open to all Y members beginning Its second Mason to-day. The health service department will be under the di rection of Franklin H. Read. Mr Read’s experience In Physical Edu cation for the past number of years ibly fits him for this position. The equipment consists of a super-sun room, consisting of Ultra Violet and Infra-Red Rays, Elec tric Cabinet Bath, and Massage rooms. Ultra-Violet Is recognized by many men in the field of health education to be one of the great health normaliaers of the day, while the Infra-red ray produces a penetrating heat which is bound to help conjestlon in the case of bruises. Charley horses, tight mus clps, etc. Dr Humphreys, noted English physician, has said recent ly that only when heat fails is sur gery necessary. Nature planned that many poi sons of the body should be thrown off by prespiration, so that the worn out muscles and tissues can keep red, healthful blood flowing the body. The modern business man perspires very little. He seldom takes much exercise of any kind, the result is that poisons of the body are not thrown off. They are absorbed Into the system and re sult in serious impairment of the health. The special electric cabinet bath offers a special way of refresh ing and building up the body, and the opening of the porbs of the skin causing free and healthful per spiration without strenuous exer cise, and for the stout man who finds it difficult to exercise, the cab inet bath proves a gre'at help. Massage skillfully administered directly or indirectly influence every structure and function of the .1 r-" Report Pastor In Serious Condition Plagemann Fails to RaHy From Infantile Paralysis Rev Martin Plagemann, of Union City, transferred to the St Mary's hospital from the Waterbary hos pital last week When If was feared Bath Tub Burglar Caught in Omaha r-" 1 (Continued from Page 1.) learning his Identity left Water bury. Lieutenant Joseph Stevens and Detective Joljn Leary devoted most of their time checking up on the young man’s movements. They trailed him to New York city only to loge track of him when an ar rest deemed Imminent. Later they I learned that he had found refuge with relatives in Torriiigton. Only last Friday the police sent men to that city to make Inquiries. It was a false tip about the young man being there last week. He had visited here some days ago, but had left for par's unknown. The. police were about to give up the chase and await results when they finally got a break! On’September 26th the Omaha. Neb, police picked up a young man body. It Improves respiration and stimulates secreatlons, relaxes tight and stiff muscles, and contracted part and contracts abnormally re laxes parts. Improved circulation. Increased muscle tone and the spirit of good health and Well be ing follows this nattiral and de lightful method of treatment. The Y. M. C. A. physical de partment Invites all members to come and use this department at will. It is open every day from 2:00 a. m. to 10:00 p. m. he wds developing respiratory par alysis, was yesterday, placed In one of the tw orespirators at 8t Mary's and to-day his condition is said to be very serious. A stiffness of the neck was the first symptom in his case and when he complained that had difficulty in breathing he was transferred to the St Mary's institution as the respirator at the Waterbury hospi tal was in use. Two year old Cllffodr Wlckstrom, in the Waterbury hospital respira tor. is improving daily. To-day, it was learned that there are but seventeen active cases of Infantile paralysis in the city, the lowest number since the epidemic broke out. It has been decreasing for sev eral weeks adn the epidemic is now definitely broken according to officials. who was rather non-committal as to his identity and former places of residence. Copies of his finger prints were sent to the National Bureau in Washington. A quick comparison with records on file and word was sent back to Omaha that the captured youth was Ken neth Klobedanz of Waterbury, Conn, and was wanted for burg lary. At the same time the autn orlties at Washington notified the local police. Captain William P. Keegan, chief inspector of the lo cal detective bureau, immediately flashed a telegram to Omaha ask ing the police to hold Klobedanz at all costs. A reply stating that the youth is stil being detained will start the ball a-rolling for imme diate extradltoln. Scores will recall the furore the so-caiied "bath tub” burglars caused here during the month of for New Church West Side HhTMethodists Sta|e Pro|rem Sunday GrouAd breaking exorcises for the construction of tho now West Side Hill Community church at Weat Main street' a hd QMdnvlew avenue were held ypsterday morn ing directly after the morning eor vice* m the weat side Him Metho dist church. The flrst shovelful of dirt was turned by Adolph Mlelloc. representing the original member ship of It. Rev Ridgeway R. Shinn, pastor of the West Side church tlnce 1916, followed Mr MielK*. The contract for tho construc tion of the church frts been l*t to the Tracy Broa. Co. The CO re mittee In charge of tho church con struction Stated It was deemed ad visable to nave the work done now to help In a small way to relieve unemployment in "Wateshury. Tl*e corner stone laying exercises are expected to be hold in ibOut tlx Others who took part In yester day morning’s exercises included George W. Underhill, president of the board of trustees, Raymond L. Wdod, chairmen of the building committee; Charles L. B&lcom, representing the church school; Mrs Adolph MlSlle*. president of the women’s association; Charles E. Wlrth, president of the Men’s club; Eleanor flhumway, representing the Girl Scouts; Edwin Nutbrpwn, rep resenting the Boy Scouts, and Rich ard Thorpe, representing the Cub pack. August. Some of his escapades were overemphasized, but the fact remained that someone gave the northwest section of tho city a big scare and that in several Instances articles of jewelry and money had been taken. On one occasion the youth was shot at and chased by several men. He managed to elude them, however. The Organization of the ‘‘milk team squad,” plainclothes men working with milk pedlars was one qf the several acts of special de fense taken by Superintendent Jos eph H. McLean. It netted results, but not the one arrest, that of Klobedanz. If the suspeoted youth is re turned to Waterbo-v 1J will gnd one Slayers Of Bronx Youngster Caught In Police Net SUTJBL ■MJf Ten Men and Pour Women Taken in Raids—Leader Complimented Police on Their Ability New York, October 6 (UP)i Vincent Coll and most of hie Bronx*Harlem beer gang, whose warfare with rivals If blame4 by police for the killing and wound ing of Innocent children, have been rounded up In one big series of raids. Ten men and four women, In ad dition to the 21-year-old, "Baby Pace’’ gang leader, were arrested iteraa by police yesterday, half of them here and half in Averlll Park, a village 10 miles from Troy', where the gang had a "rideout.” Two of the men have been Iden tified, police said, as thp "trigger men” whose poor aim, while they were gunning for Anthony Trg blno, resulted In the killing of 5 year-old Michael Vengalli In Harr Ism’s ‘'Wttle Italy.” and the wounding of five of'hip little play mates. Trdblno escaped Injury. The youthful Coll, sought by scores of detectives ever since the "bay killings," had dyed his wavy grown hair black, grown a mou stache, which he also dyed, and wore horh rimmed glasses to dis guise his appearance. He stepped from his suite in the Cornish Arms hotel into the pres ence of waiting detectives after ri, j"1 a.1.; .;«r" of the greatest burglar incidents this city has experienced In several years. Members of the detective bureau are presently at work checking up on some of the 27 “breaks” that may be charged against Klobedanz and there’s the If agalnr-rlf he is returned here. The accused youth Is well known In Waterbury. He appeared In var ious acts of vaudeville and ama teur performances and was booked as a promising singer. He had a local police record, involving him In a series ef "brsaks". He has served time for his various acts. the arrest of several members of his rang had uncovered a trail that led to nis door. When he saw the men he knew he was caught. “Bello, boys, I suppose you want to talk to me," he said. Later, at a police station, he maintained his nonchalant manner; "t really want to congratulate the cops for being on their toes." he said. “I didn’t think they would b# able to do it. I know evertyhlng that happens is blamed »on me. but I can prove that I have been out of the city all summer. 1 spent most of my time in Albany and Greene County, and did not arrive in the city until Friday.’V, Who identified the two Coll mobsters as the “baby killing’ gunmen was not revealed by po lice, who possibly feared for hl$ iafety, nor were the names of the gunmen revealed. It was under stood, however, that Frank Gior dano, alias Jordan, was one of the “trigger men.’’ The others arrested here were Dofolntck (Tuffy) Odlerno, Vin cent' Deluccia, Pasquale Del Greco, Mike Basile, Alias Mike Oach, and two women, Betty White and Lot tie Kreisberger. Police learned Coll and Betty White registered at the hotel as *‘Mr and Mrs Moran” Friday, and that Odierno and the other wo man registered as “Mr and Mrs Stein.” The remaining five men and two women, and the 18-year-old eon of one, were arrested in Averitt Park, where police also seized the gang arsenal, consisting of revolvers, shotguns, rifles and several hun dred rounds of ammunition. They were: Mrs Joseph Red dan, Coil's sister; her husband;, their 18-year-old son, Joseph Red den, Jr: James De Luccla: his wife; James Odriannl: Frank Facchtano; and William Ing. I 1 I fs like this: When you GO TO buy A pair of shoes, you examine the leather, the way the shoes are made, their shape. You try them to sec if they fit— if they satisfy you. Why not follow the same method in purchasing your ciga rettes? You want cigarettes that are made from the very best to bacco—mild, ripe, sweet. You want them made right. You want them free from harshness and bite and “pinches.” In other words, you want cigarettes that satisfy you. When you go to buy fruit—oranges, grapefruit, apples— you want ripe fruit, fruit that has matured before being taken from the tree; fruit that has been handled right and packed right; fruit that’s the same throughout—not green on one side and ripe on the other. Why not apply the same test in purchasing your cigarettes? You want cigarettes made from tobaccos handled right by the farmer—ripened, sweetened in the sun and cured right. You want cigarettes that taste the same, day in and day out. You want them pleasing in taste—mild and satisfying. When you buy candy, you want to know, above all things, that it is pure. Is it real candy or are there a lot of other things mixed in with it? And you want it fresh. You want it freshly made and you want it so packed as to reach you just as it was when it was made. Why not apply the same test when you buy your cigarettes? You want a cigarette that’s pure; for purity counts in ciga rettes just as it does in candy. Then again, you want a cigarette that’s just as fresh as when it was made. Now, if you apply to cigarettes all the tests that you apply in buying shoes and fruit and candy you will purchase Ches terfield like millions of other smokers. First, because tobacco men will tell you that in Turkey, Ken tucky, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland, only the mildest, ripest tobacco is bought for Chesterfield— tobacco cured by the sun’s pure rays, by the farmers’ slow-burn ing ovens, and finally by great high-pressure steam drying ma chines. In the tobacco regions where they grow tobacco and know tobacco, Chesterfield is usually the leading seller. Second, because the carefully Selected Chesterfield tobacco leaves are blended and cross-blended. This exclusive Chester field blending method is not just mixing together different tobaccos—-it is mixing them in such a way as to bring out the finer qualities of each. It’s like producing a new and better type of tobacco—tobacco with greater mildness, more smoothness, much better taste. Third, because th$ cigarette paper is selected with the same care. Chesterfield paper is the purest, the best that money can buy. Then the cigarettes are made and packed by machin ery in clean, sanitary factories. And the moisture-proof, attrac tive package—free from heavy inks or inky odor—comes to you just as if you passed the factory in the morning and took your Chesterfields from the machine. Good they’ve got to be good.

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1881 Irerj Evening Except Sunday* and Holidays by THE WATERBURX DEMOCRAT, INC •t Building, Water bury. Conn. Rates, Payable In Advance .88.00 One Month .78c 1.50 One Week .18c ibex of Audit Bureau of Circulation Democrat will not return manuscripts In for publication unless accompanied by No attention paid anonymous comma DIAL 4-8181 {WAD Departments All Departments DIAL 4-2121 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1931 “Real” Economy We cannot help but wonder what Mr J* "Tracy means by "real” economy, as distin j JJ guished from the real dollars that Mayor Hayes has saved the taxpayers. So far as j* we can recall, the republican candidate J hasn't put out a single constructive or prac V*- tical suggestion as to how he will save a i*single dollar for the city. True, he says he will fire out the democrats in the city hall, 1* but that just means replacing them with re '•*_1-mr\ro nrrvKahlv With eX publicans, or more probably with ex W democrats, for they almost always get the J2 jobs, and that doesn’t save anything. Where the republicans have had control, they haven’t been especially noted for saving the 52 taxpayer’s money, as witness the hundred fj* thousand dollar Charter Commission and tg the thousand dollar a month third prosecu tor. What earthly good has either one of 52 them done the taxpayers of the City of Wa terbury? IS To reduce the tax rate sixteen per cent, 'g as Mayor Hayes did, means something. It l*»-means dollars saved for you and me. There '2 isn’t any theory about it. Just compare i*» your this year’s tax bill with last year s and see it for yourself. 2 Everyone of us has a stake in the pros p, perity of the city, whether taxpayer or rent payer. We want it run in a businesslike way, as it has been by Mayor Hayes and no increase of taxation, if it can possibly be 2 avoided. We can best judge of the future JjJ by the record of the past. The mayor has 0- begun a good job. Give him two years 2 more to continue it. Let us vote for real g economy that is counted in dollars and g cents not "real” economy that is painted on j£.a sign. That is the issue this year and ex actly what this municipal campaign means 2 and the precise difference between Mr Tracy 2 and Mayor Hayes. Sir Thomas Lipton $J5' We don’t imagine that the death of Sir 1 ‘Thomas Lipton will cause any more regret Jin his native Scotland than it did right here SJ'in the United States when the bulletin was 3*j;flashed through this country Friday after )r«>-noon. While the name of Lipton may in •jj 'evitably produce the idea of tea in some 55 people’s minds, to the gfeat majority it will recall the world’s greatest sportsman. He S'was that in every sense of the word. His 53* frequent visits to this country in pursuit of the Lipton trophy which he himself donated t£;for the international yacht races had en jg deared him to all Americans. Little do citizens of this nation know of 'i£,the business that Sir Thomas Lipton built *i*gp in past years. All they wanted to know was that the hearty old salt was up and corn icing. And he usually was. Although he threat ened to give up his quest for the prize when "it came time for a challenge to be issued, it generally came from Sir Thomas Lipton. jj; It was only last year that the Enterprise, r* the American yacht, owned by a syndicate 5£-headed by Harold S. Vanderbilt, built the *5 Shamrock V in the four races held over a course off Newport, Rhode Island. ’,5'. Although age was beginning to tell upon •Jhim, this gallant old gentleman accepted de fj feat just as graciously as he always did. He even returned to the United States late in 1930 and was given a consolation cup at a 3 gala banquet given him in New York by his IS American admirers. He announced at that time that he would build another Shamrock )aS and challenge the American defender again. ijj;Of such courage and admirable quality was *5 Sir Thomas Lipton. The short visits of this gentleman were enough to con vince every American that here was a real man in every sense of the world. We feel •^jiis loss as keenly as does his native coun ts try and England. Help Your Own Neighbors An appeal to every community where un employment exists and where people need E8 relief, has been made to the American people Myiy Walter S. Gifford, head of the president’s 4 unemployment relief committee. Mr Gif iford takes the position that it is up to every community to handle its own problem if it is able to do so, and report the same to the t State committee which should be formed in J jts own state. If the local community can’t meet the situation, it is the duty of the state to help. Whether the whole problem can thus be met by local and state action is a matter on which there are differences of opinion. If any locality cannot meet its own problem, and if its home state is not adequate for it. the national government will have to assist. ^However, if local communities can handle their own problem, they will handle it bet ter. They would know if money was being ‘wasted, and if any appeals made for help were unworthy. A great number of people who have always been lazy and indolent are clamoring for relief. Their cases must be carefully distinguished from those of unfort unate and worthy people who must have generous treatment. When cities and towns handle their own relief, the money is usually distributed by who are accustomed to deal with re ief problems. If cities are spending their money, they see that it is well spent, is a danger in some localities, that if sums were handed over to them from much of the money would be As Mr Gifford says, the best kind philanthropy is to give people work, an not many in Connecticut who wilt charity,' but there arc m*ny thoanndi who want work;. Everyone who givw any one a? job, helps set the country on the road to prosperity. People everywhere should take hold to help their own neighbors. Old Homes The National Association of Real Estate Boards is looking for the oldest home in the United States. So far. it seems to be the old Fairbanks home in Dedham, Mass, built in 1636, and occupied by the lineal de scendants of the original occupants until 1903. This looks like a record not only for the life of a house in this country, but for occupancy by one family. The association wants to make the oldest home a shrine. It is a good idea. Surely such a relic is as important as a battleground or a hero's monument. Even if the asso ciation's aim is to “sell home-owning” to the American people, the quest need not be scorned. Here is a case where the practical and the ideal are closely bound up together. The more homes there are sold, the better it will be for the nation. And the longer the new homes are occupied and loved, the bet ter it will be. The modern demand for new homes is good in its way. It spells improvement and increase of comfort. But old homes are not half enough appreciated. And the age of the venerable residence mentioned is in itself proof of the absurdity of calling a house “old” if it was built as much as 20 years ago. A century is nothing to a house. More Kids In School Illiteracy in this country is slowly but steadily decreasing. School attendance fig ures indicate one of the ways by which this is being accomplished. In 1930, according to government statistics, of all the children in the United States between the ages of 7 and 16, inclusive, 93.9 per cent attended school at least some part of the year. For the ages between 7 and 13, the showing was better, being 95.3 per cent. School laws raising the compulsory attendance ages have helped to bring this about. So, too, have continuation schools and the growing community will toward education. This school year, 1931-32, should be even better. There is a definite "back-to school” movement which will help much in spite of the fact that its purpose is two-sided to promote education and to keep chil dren out of jobs which adults need. In a Nebraska community teachers have sub scribed to a fund to provide for children whose parents could not afford to send them to school this year. In other states and cities clubs and associations of various kinds arc making special effort to provide schooling for every child. In time attendance may ap proach 100 per cent. When every child in the land is assured the schooling he needs, it will be easier to take care of the adult illiterates and to reduce their numbers through education. r T I -’-r-z- Another Throne Topples The present plight of King Cotton con trasts sadly with that monarch’s glorious past. The commodity with a thousand uses and a history extending back some 50 centuries now gluts the market at less than seven cents a pound. The growing crops would be destroyed in whole or in part if some economic wiseacres had their way. Yet^ the fiber that is impoverishing its gorwers once made empires and delighted queens. Histor yrelates that Columbus looked upon the cotton garments worn by some Redskins and mistdok this continent for the India he was seeking. The industrial life of the South turned on its cotton crop, until slave labor imported largely for cotton growing and harvesting precipitated the Civil War. In ancient times, cotton goods were hand woven and made into a gossamer that was valued far above silk. Although cotton is more necessary now than it ever was, the need is not sufficient to have much effect on the millions of bales stacked in warehouses waiting for a buyer. Specialists of the Departments of Agricul ture and Commerce and the Cotton Textile Institute are trying to find new uses for the fiber. Among other things, they hope to popularize cotton containers for jewelry, cotton bagging for salt and sugar, and cot ton receptacles for fruits and vegetables. One difficulty is to keep the demand in certain trades reasonably steady. Last year, cotton growers were jubilant over the use of cotton in the paraphenalia of miniature golf courses and the making of fairways from crushed cotton seed. The “pony golf” fad, how ever, seems to be going the way of the lisle stocking and gingham dress. An additional hope of the democratic party of acquiring control of the next Con gress was expressed last week with the an nouncement from Illinois that the 1930 result in the old 8 th district was being con tested. The elected representative on the basis of last November’s returns was Peter C. Granata, republican. However, a recount now shows, according to the reports, that the present democratic incumbent, Repre sentative Stanley H. Kunz, was returned to office by slightly less than 1,000 majority. It probably will require congressional action to decide the controversy sifter it convenes in December. And in making this decision party strength will count heavily. As it stands now there are 214 republicans, 214 democrats, 1 farmer-labor. If Repre sentative Kunz's claim is upheld it gives the democrats a margin of one with six districts to hold special elections. The decision would also change the congressional delega tion of Illinois. It now stands 14 republi cans, 13 democrats. The 8th district, which now has been absorbed in the congressional reapportionment, is in Chicago's south side, where the voters from all accounts are rough and tough. It includes what is known as the “bloody twentieth” district of the city. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which we believe will become in time the greatest national park in the country, contains so -many interesting things that it would require a volume to write about them. For example its bird, animal, floral, and arboreal life it without a parallel. It constitutes a complete laboratory for the student of any of the above forms of life. Scientists from the Chicago Academy of Science collected 300 distinct species of mammals there while the bird life includes such rare specimens as the wild turkey, ruffed grouse and pileated woodpecker. As for trees, shrubs, and flowers, they are most profuse and varied. The winding roads that will afford intimate views of the inner recesses of the region will soon be open to motorists. It is safe to say they will be well patronized. Remember when the monotonous roll call of 1924 was coupling the names of William Gibbs McAdoo and Alfred E. Smith at Madison Square Garden. Almost eight years ago, wasn’t it? Well Mr Mc Adoo will be a candidate for the presiden tial nomination in 1932 ^gain, according to all reports from Maryland where the United Democratic Law Enforcement Clubs of that state h*ve adopted a resolution endorsing the war-time secretary of the treasury and son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson. Accord ing to the resolution Mr McAdoo is the “best known outstanding constitutional democrat in America.” Them’s big words, boys. Here’s a good suggestion. It comes all the way from Florida, the land of sunshine, citrus fruits, and vacated leases, mortgages, etc. It is proposed to supply families of un employed throughout the whole country with free oranges and grapefruit. There ought to be hearty support for this plan. It is made in the right spirit and deserves the heartiest cooperation of all relief of ficials. “It was business that killed the Ameri can theater,” says a business writer. They thought drama was business, when it was art. Japan may really have done China a good turn. The Chinese are now inclined to quit fighting one another. All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.59 to-night. Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.) Signed letter* 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. GUARDING CHILDREN AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), to the best of our present knowledge, is an infectious dis ease, one of the respiratory infections, and it spreads from person to person exactly as diph theria does. The virus or germs of this disease, given oft in the nose and throat discharges of tho patient, may be carried by a third person who is not ill but who has been recently in close contact with one ill of the disease, just as a third person, such as a nurse or a relative staying with the patient, may become a "car rier” of diphtheria and infect other children without coming down with the disease himself or herself. If or when there is reason to suspect that po liomyelitis (infantile paralysis) is developing or epidemic in the community, parents should be a little more conscientious than they are or dinarily about alleged “colds,” for God only knows whether the apparently mild indisposi tion which selfish or indifferent folk like to call a "slight cold” is actually the onset of poliomy elitis; a good doctor can't be sure about the di agnosis until the early symptoms of paralysis develop. _ I hate to frighten anybody at any time. But this necessity of including poliomyelitis among the common respiratory infections which com prise the group of ill fairly called "CRI” in the early stage must be recognized by all good par ents—not to mention doctors or health authori ties—if we hope to make any progress in the prevention of this group of diseases. So far as our present knowledge of poliomy elitis goes, these recommendations are warrant ed; 1. isolate or at any rate keep beyond spray range of any person who purports to have a "cold” or who avowedly had the cri. 2. Avoid crowds, gatherings, meetings, parties, riding in closed conveyances, and all other Intimate contact with strangers as well as possible. 3. Keep children out of school and away from other children when at play. 4. All kissing must be forbidden. 6. Flies in the house or about the premises may carry the infection. Flies spell bad house keeping or unsanitary surroundings. 6. It is infinitely more important to teach children to wash their hands ALWAYS before taking any food or drink than it is to make them brush their teeth. All of these recommendations apply not only to guarding children against poliomyelitis (in fantile paralysis) but also to the protection of children against many of the other respiratory infections, such as diphtheria, scarlet fever, meningitis, measles. There is no specific remedy which will pre vent poliomyelitis, no vaccine or serum as yet found effective. Serum (the colorless fluid part of the blood) obtained from persons who have recovered from poliomyelitis is a valuable remedy in the treatment of the disease. Fortunately it robs the donor of nothing more than would the ex cretion of so much sweat. Probably such blood serum would serve as a preventive if adminis tered before infection, but the remedy is too precious and scarce for such use. Never mind the symptoms of poliomyelitis. If a child seems feverish, drowsy. Irritable, have the doctor's advice at once. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Prepared Chalk for Acidity Followed your advice and begun taking cal cium curbonate instead of sodn, for acid indi gestion and heartbnrn. It lias apparently cor rected long-standing trouble, for I seldom re quire even a dose of the Calcium carbonate now. (Mrs A. V. D.) Answer—As explained in "Guide to Right Eating” (send 10 cents in coin and stamped en velope bearing your address and ask for the booklet) prepared chalk (calcium carbonate) neutralizes ecidity in the stomach without af fecting the acid-base balance in the blood. It is therefore preferable to soda and other alkalis for occasional or regular use. The Price of Cure Wliat UO you minic oi a uuixur who n price of $200 for treatments which will remove or cure plica? (A. 8.) Answer—No matter what fee the doctor charges, if he guarantees a cure he is a faker. No reputable or reliable doctor or specialist ever pretends to guarantee to cure anything. For the treatment of hemorrhoids by any ef fective surgical method, 200 berries is a modest fee—compared with the fees exacted by den tists, for instance, for their services. Trouble with the laity is it has been getting medical service for nothing or for a song for so long that it hates to pay a doctor a fair fee to-day. How Doth the Fighting Cock Feel? For several years I had aches and pains in muscles which I called “rheumatism,” and so did several doctors. But I never found any lasting relief till three months ago, when I be gan taking your lodin ration. For two months now 1 have felt like a fighting cock, no sign of the old pains, and I am no longer tired. Full of pep and as fresh at the end of the day as In the morning. J am ftft years old. If It isn’t the lodin I don’t know what It can be. All my friends comment about the change in my ap Ctrance. I feel It Is time to give Dr Brady a ■id. (C. C. D.) Answer—I prefer one with a straight stem or half bent, a longish stem, and a bowl of moderate capacity, something different from any of my present flock if possible. Oh, excuse me, you said a hand—I thought K was a pipe. If any other older boys and girls are feeling a bit stale, gray, weary and in the dumps. I'll bs glad to send 'em particulars about getting a sultighle lodin ration for rejuvenation on receipt of written request, no clipping, and a stamped addressed envelope. (Copyright John F. Dills Co) TIM TRUTH with MALLETS toward non*, BPARITT to ward All and BRICK BATS toward tha Beat "A SMILE’S THE THING" Good evening. ELECTION" TOMORROW The tumult and the spouting dies, Election day. Confidence gives way to sighs, Election day. Tonight the last words will bt said. Tomorrow night the news is read, And then we’ll know who ran ahead, Election day. We’ve had a lot of this and that, Election day, Some seemed to talk right through their hat, Election day. Taxes here and taxes there. Expenses here and everywhere, The spotlight with its calcium glare, Election day. Just a few short hours more. Election day. Then 'we’ll know, just why anc for. Election day. The tumult and the spouting dies, Some folks are looking might) wise, Vote early, for time surely flies, Election day. o—O—o It’s always pull in politics. For instance, to-mororw you PULL a lever. We’d rather see It PUSH. Suggested signs for politicians to carry: "Excuse Our Gush.” In football you go through hole. In golf you go into one. I suppose people grunt at football games because a pig skin Is involved. If all the world’s a stage, most of us are Stage Door Johnnys. 'THU CHESTNUT TREE We sit beneath the chestnut tree, Columnists, that*’ all, Waiting for another Joke TO FALL. The brown derby wasn’t men. tioned once during the present po litical campaign. Candidates have used their heads, not hats for a change. The girl who Is always smil ing has excellent teeth, you can wager a tube of paste on that. o—O-—o You’d think the city a grocery store, the way charges are made during an election battle. o—O—o Beauty Is only Empress Eugenie deep this fall, o—O—o IT WAS EVER THUS “Dove me, love my dog,” she said, He looked down at the mut, “I’ll be dog gone If I will,” And then the front door shut. A "time card" is one the judge hands out when he sayp, “thirty days.” o—O—o The radio will eventually heat the home according to a noted scientist. The hot air on some of the stations now has the opposite effect. It turns us cold. o—O—o YOU DON’T SAY SO Cal Coolldge backs Mons Hoover, And liands onr Herb a toast. You’d do the same, if you were paid. By the Saturday Evening Poet, o—O—o Why not give Waterbury some thing new. Say a Fire Prevention PREVENTION week. It would be a change from the usual. o—O—o The Collings murder mystery has shifted to Florida. Well, I guess Florida needs a little publicity, whether favorable or unfavorable doesn't mat ter. o—O—o OH YE-AH The dear girls welcome winter. Though males are made the goat, It means the good old football games, Dressed in a raccoon coat, o—O—o One thing is certain, Gandhi's wardrobe will never keep a tailor busy pressing it. o—O—o Tears ago we had a lot of trouble with the Red Men. Now Great Britain Is up against the Indians. o—O—o What’s in a name. Cottage cheese is more popular with sky scraper apartment dwellers than with cottagers. o—O—o IT WAS EVER THUS They kissed and parted, But ere tile kiss was dry, She had kissed another man, A kiss! pooh, pooh, says I. o—O—o The French minister of finance is coming over for a visit. It looks like another touch or sumpin'. The back-bone of the de pression is reported to have been broken. They must have killed Poor Pollyanna. o—O—o The stock market continues to sink. I suppose it will be on the danger list very shortly unless It perks up. This concludes our opening pro gram of the week. It came to you over DBD and was Broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on me air again to-morrow evening at the usual hour. Good night. The Western Front, 1931! TV At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER A Digest of Who’s Who and What’s What By RODNEY DCICHER NEA Service Writer Washington—One upon a time our government appeared to cher ish a theory that we and Great Britain, acting in concert, could rule the International roost. Translated Into a major item of our foreign relations policies, the program of Anglo-American un derstanding enraged France to the point that for years she has been a thorny stumbling block in every American effort which involved European co-operation. Finally the French position— military, economic and financial— has become so strong and the po sition of Britain—crippled and virtually at the mercy of the French gold hoard—so propor tionately weak that the need of a change in method is so obvious that it can no longer be ignored. Hence President Hoovers invi tation to Premier Laval. We are in for a series of personal confer ences at which disarmament, debts and reparations and the gold sit uation are certain to lead the agenda and France expects to out line her ideas about ‘‘security” here frankly. The French Insist this Is the first time we have been willing to listen.

As late as last June they were complaining that they had again been presented with an accom plished fact, without advance consultation, in the Hoover mora torium proposal. It seemed to be a repetition of the old story of an Anglo- American understanding which had ignored France. Anx ious days of negotiation which followed at Paris appeared to demonstrate finally that, whatever the merits of our position in vari ous attempts, we couldn’t get away with that sort of thing. Our high officials are no fonder of France, but what with the sad plight of our British friends, the fact that France now almost completely dominates Europe and shares with us possession of three fourths of all the gold, and the vital necessity of French co-oper ation in any successful disar mament conference or any exten sion of the moratorium, it's no wonder that Hoover is glad to confer with Laval. The French appear to be even more delighted because they feel their European pre-eminence has at last been rec ognised. The patriotic explanation from some sources here attributes the coming Hoover-Laval meeting to French fears arising from dimin ishing popularity of France in the United States. It can’t be swal lowed. Since the war France has consistently thumbed her nose at everyone who wouldn’t play ac cording to her rules and the the ory that she could be coerced by world opinion or any other feas ible form of pressure has been dis proved again and again.

The Anglo-American under standing, made possible by the fact that policies of the two na tions coincided in the main, was in effect during the two periods in which England was ruled by Ram say MacDonald’s labor govern ment. The tories, during their intervening term of power, ap peared to prefer to play ball with France. It was in that period that we had our abortive 1927 Geneva naval conference with the British and that the short-lived Anglo-French naval agreement was hatched. Afterward MacDon ald became premier again, crossed the ocean to talk with Hoover prior to the London naval confer ence and France, again aggrieved. Despite the severity of the crisis, wage cuts have been confined to the smaller companies or the mis managed industries. —William Green. It Is a dangerous and an Inter nationally criminal act for a statesman to begin to play Interna tional politics for a purely domes tic end. —J. Reuben Clark, Jr, American Ambassador to Mexico. Power always establishes Itself through service and perishes through abuse. —Drury. The training of Russian work men and the equipping of Russian factories, power plants and giant farms Is aiding and abetting our country’s most dangerous enemy. —Former Governor P. P. Baxter of Maine. Men have almost ruined roy ca reer, but the urge for fame saved me. —Pola Negri. I’ve been more bossed by my for tune than It has been bossed by me. *-Jeh» P. |An»etC went to the conference with a chip on her shoulder. During the post-war era, France, regardless of what she considered the Brltish-American setup against her, has strengthened her great military machine, established a hegemony of smaller satellite na tions, occupied the Ruhr and rubbed Germany’s nose in the dirt as often as possible, squawked louder than any other country about paying war debts, restricted results of the Washington naval conference to a limitation of cap ital ships, refused to attend the Geneva conference, prevented a successful conclusion of the Lon don conference, demanded more and more security concessions, held uP the Hoover moratorium and built up a huge gold suprem acy in Europe. It remains to be seen whether France will be more amiable now that she seems to be getting the TODAY IS THE-, TAKE 4,446 PRISONERS On October 6, 1917. Field Mar shal Haig, of the British forces, announced that his drive at Tpres had netted to date 4,446 prisoners and was developing into one of the great battles of the war. On this date also the French re pulsed an attack on the Alsne, in Champagne, and In Upper Alsace, and the Russians, in the Kikatsh Amadla sector of the Caucasian front, took the village of Nereman, 50 miles north of Mosul. The British advanced up the Tigris. Theodore Roosevelt and Mayor Mitchel, of New Tork, addressed a loyalty rally in Madison Square Garden, speaking to thousands of persons. consideration she has always de manded. She has demanded a lot of other things, too, and it is im possible to guess what may be achieved after Laval explains some of them to Hoover. In To-day’s Mail Will We Have Honest Administration? P. O. Box 86. Waterbury, Conn, September 30, 1831. To the Editor of the Waterbury Democrat: Have the past two years wit nessed an administration that is satisfactory to the community, not only in the policy pursued but in the taxes levied, as well as. Im provements made? What does the record say? Hayes In his first year did a good Job, but in his second year he fell down by not keeping up to his promises made when he was elected and from his becoming po litically minded and Imbued with the idea of becoming the leader of the democratic party during his second year. At the beginning of his first year he agreed to work with the Char ter Commission appointed by the governor, but later on when he dls Here, There, Everywhere COSTLY STREAM POLLUTION (Meriden Journal) Most of us have always regarded the pollution of streams with sew age as most inconsiderate and In decent but few probably had real ised that It was a serious offense In law The experience of the city of New Britain in this respect may, therefore, be enlightening. In the last thirty-eight years New Britain has paid out a total of $120,205 In damages on account of stream pollution due to an quate sewage disposal system. We recall only one such Incident and that was a complaint by a farmer In Berlin that a stream flowing through his property was contam inated by the city’s sewage. Our recollection is that he lost In court but apparently New Britain has been making numerous settle ments of claims to bring the total payments to such substantial pro portions. The city Is awakening finally to its need In the sewage line and a survey that was made at a cost of $8,500 to the taxpayers indicates that an expenditure of $1,000,000 will be necessary to construct a proper disposal plant. That Is an enormous outlay for a city of New Britain's size in these days, the more so because of the big money that was spent for the present sys tem, but there Is no other way to meet the problem. New Britain has paid for stream pollution. How about those munic ipalities which pour their raw sew age Into the Connecticut river? The difference here may be that all the cities and towns along the river have been equally guilty. ROGER BROOKE TANEY (New Haven Journal-Courier) Last week Charles Evans Hughes, chief justice of the United States, journeyed to Frederick. Marylnad, to pay tributes to his predecessor, Roger Brooke Taney the country's fifth chief justice, author of the Dred Scott decision. This famous judicial decision held invalid the Missouri Compromise, and gave slave owners property rights in their slaves, even In free territory. Although it is evident that the decision favored the slave owners, Chief Justice Hughes told his hear ers at Frederick that Tanye, "in the fare of rancorous criticism and amid the excess of passion main tained a sincerity and dignity, as well as a conscientiousness and n devotion to his task, which won the his heat Braise from the ablest covered that this charter commis sion in its Investigations was find ing: facts that were uncovering his tricky administration, he refused (to a partial extent) to act in con junction with them. Was he act ing with the voter's Interest at heart? Was he honest? I will leave these questions for the voters to decide for themselves. They can do that if they will look the matter fairly and squarely in the face and think over the matter candidly and honestly and not only on what somebody else tells them. So much for the democratic side of the fence. Now, what about the republican side of the fence? The ticket is headed by a candidate for mayor who is very well-known and has a very high and favorable reputa tion (socially and businesswise) and is one that will give an honest and straight-forward administra tion in a business manner without favoritism to anybody. I have per sonally known him for about fifty years and can conscientiously say that he has always been the same straight-forward, successful man that he is today. The rest of the ticket is very strong and one that is a strong support for the mayor, George E. Tracy. If you want an administration that will give us honest govern men, economical management and get us out of our indebtedness, pull the second lever and elect George E. Tracy as out next mayor and the rest of the republican ticket with a rousing majority vote. Let every voter do his duty by not stay ing at home, but everyone live up to his oath that he took when he was made a voter and vote by pull ing the second lever for the entire ticket. Edward H. Johnson, L.L.B.. P. O. Box 86, Waterbury, Conn. and most discriminating of his as sociates.” Taney suffered durlnf the years, which followed the fa mous decision the gravest assaulti upon his judicial action and hi* personal character, but while frail in body and deeply grieved, he was still fearless in spirit, vigorous la mind aod unshaken In will. It i* indeed unfortunate that such s character should be judged entire ly In the light of one Important decision he made. With the pass ing fo the years, the softening of old hatreds, the arduous service so nobly rendreed by Roger Brooke Taney has received Its fitting rec ognition. Mr Taney was chief justice from 1936 to 1884, receiving his ap pointment from President Andrew Jackson. His career was filled with hectic Incidents. Because of hit firm convictions and unshaken wili he was never a popular man. How ever he was higlhy respected and greatly feared. In an age when great men are being forgotten it It Is fitting that such a to wet of strength be brought against before the American public. Men of firm convictions and unshakable justice are needed In this day and age. Such men as Roger Brooke Taney cannot be forgotten by the people of this country: for the nation a« we have it to-day, was bull tby such rugged character as Is exem plified by the fifth chief Justice. IN DUTCH "I hardly feel like a stranger.” said the best man at a wedding; “my friend has so often done me the honor of reading extracts from his dear Ivy’s letetrs.” “Sir!" exclaimed the bride. "My name is Margaret."—8t Anne's (England) Express.

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