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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

The Bristol Memorial Day Asso- citation announced to-day that they have chosen for speaker on Decora- ton day here, William P. Dibble of Meriden, past state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and an officer of the national council, V. F. w. MT Dibble will deliver the feature address at the exercises in the West cemetery on the morning following the parade. He is we'll known as an orator to local people as he had addressed Harold F. Em- melt post. V. F. w., hepe many times in the past.
 The exercises in this city on Mem- orial day will start with a parade with Edmund Cafferty as the mar shal of the line of march. Besides the address at West cemetery, the members of veterans organizations in this city who died during the past year will be read, the honor roll of those who gave their lives for their country during the war, and will be read and prayers will be said
 On the Sunday before Memorial day, the association will decorate the graves of all the soldier dead. In the evening. special memorial de- vice will be held in St Joseph's church.
 Fishermen Arrested
 Frank Lozewski of 163 Burling- ton avenue, and Alexander Karash of 21 Lexington avenue, and Oscar Janetzke of "A Gaylord street were arrested Saturday night by Game Warden Joseph Egan and Constable Gus Goldbeck on charges of violat ing the fishing laws. They were re- leased in $50 bonds for appearance in court to-day.
 Lazewski is charged with taking under-sized fish, and with taking fish out of season. and without holding a license, Karash with talk ing fish out of season. and Janezke with taking fish out of season. The trio was arrested by the officers at the Old Marsh. near Chippens Hill. They had in their possession several calico bass, it is said.
 Local Girls HOnOrcd
 Miss Marion Towle, of 213 Gen. tral street, Forestville was elected president of the Older Girls Con- ference of Hartford county at the 18th annual meeting held at the Center Congregational church in Manchester last Saturday.
 In addition to Miss Towle's elec- tion, Miss Marion West and Miss Dorothy Jennings of this city were elected to advisory committee which is composed of members from each town in the county. The other mem- bers of the committee are as follows: Louise Ripple. Southington; Elean- or Hart. Simsbury: Jean Gautry, West Hartford: Marie Ives, Hart ford: Leona Fuge. Thompsonville; Carol Brooks, Unionville; Isabelle Patterson, Plainville: Leah Belini, Granby: and Edna Hart. Rocky Hill.
 Miss Towle stated on Sunday night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

Automobilists who pass red lights, drive with improper lights or with defective brakes are the one effected by the rule announced by Judge George B. Hammann and Prosecutor Thomas F. Wall. Persons caught committing these offenses, unless in case of an accident, will be taken to the police headquarters, where they will be given an opportunity to pay a flat fee corresponding to the costs of a court case, instead of being brought on trial before the city court.
 In the cases of persons caught passing red lights the fee for the first offense will be $5 and the second $10. For driving with defective lights after a warning has been is- sued, the fee will be $5, and for driv- ing with insufficient brakes $10.
 The court considers arraignment for these offences as more or less corrective measures, and feel that it is not just to have the violator brought into court where he must pay the costs of the case and, in most instances, fine, too.
 1t is believed that it will tend to keep offences of this type at a min imum, for, in the past, the police
  these cases go unnoticed, because of the excessive cost to the violator if he were ordered into court
 List of Honor Students in Eighth
 Grade
 Seventy-three names are included in the eighth grade honor roll for the month of April, announced yes- terday by Superintendent of Schools George J. Vogel. Twenty-nine of the pupils are included in class A and Al in class E.
 Class A includes pupils with aver ages of or over 90 per cent in all studies during the month, and class E includes those who have an aver age of S5 or 90 per cent.
 Wetmore <1O)-Nelle Koury. Mar garet Magyar, Charlotte Norton, Mary Reading, Elaine Samuelson, Irene Traggis, Evelyn Wesley, John krupa, Elnar Palm.
 North school (O-Julia Swick. Margaret Dayfield, Lillian Loyeska, Betty Rubino, Ethel Przemylski, Ann Wadhams, Alfred Nelson.
 East school (5)-Ercole DeAn- gelis Lillian Lavieri, Ernest Raschke. Mildred Miller, Georgette Mojon.
 Migeon Avenue school dD-Jen- nie Jasenski.
 Southwest school .t6)-Geneva Banelli, Lena Costelli, Julia Mier- zwfnske, Jean Milford, Aldon Mitch, ell, John Susia.
 Class B.
 Wetmore school .u4--Alice Aus tin. Rhoda Bartholomew, Catherine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
PLYMOUTH | ISSUE
 CALL FOR MEETING
To Discuss New High School-Legion Nine to
 Be Formed


 The board of selectmen have is- sued a call for special town meet ing to be held in the Auditorium on Wednesday evening, May 20, for the purpose of discussing a new high school in the village of Terryville and to appoint committee to view the different sites and to get option on sites for the purpose of erecting new high school.
 The need of a new high school Is keenly felt in the town of Plymouth, the present building being made quate to care for, the needs of the large enrolment of pupils which will be in the high school next year. With the beginning of the school year in September, it will be necessary to di- vide the students into two groups, and have one group attend school in the morning while the other group will attend in the afternoon. All studying will be done at home as only recitation periods will be ar ranged for school periods.
 Due to the interest being mani Tested in the school question and the large attendance expected at the special town meeting, it was thought advisable to hire the auditorium for the meeting.
 To Form Junior Baseball Team % All boys in the town of Plymouth under ,17 years of age, who are anX- ious to try out for the American Legion junior baseball team are re- quested to meet at the East Main street diamond on Friday evening at o'clock with Michael Harbert who has been appointed chairman of the baseball team by Plymouth post, No. 20. American Legion. The baseball team last year had successful sea- son and was eliminated in the state tournament in Bridgeport after win ming two of the tournament games. Annual Meeting of Terryvillc
 Memorial Association
 The annual meeting of the Terry vile Memorial association was held in the American Legion rooms in the town hall last evening with one of the largest attendances in several years
 The election of officers was the first business to be transacted with the following officers being elected: President, Otto Harbert; vice-presi- dents, Mrs Amos Lister, Jay White, Frank Edwards and Joseph Streigle; secretary and treasurer B. H. Tolles; property holder, Lawrence Bates. The following committees were then appointed as follows: Flower com mittee. Mrs. Amos Lister. chairman; Miss Gertrude Els. Mrs. $. F. Evans, Mrs. Harry Herold, Miss Minnie Bates, Mrs. E. l.. Pond, Mrs. Ed ward Barnes, Mrs. Ruth Gill, Mrs. E. G. Woodward, Mrs. Harry c. Glow, Mrs. William L. Norton, Mrs. Robert Reynolds, Mrs. s. l.. Norton. Mrs. w. c. Bates and members of the American Legion auxiliary: transportation committee. D. w. Pond; decorating committee, Law renee Bates; program, Jay White Frank Edwards and Peter Duke; decoration of graves in different cemeteries, St. Mary's and Carney street cemeteries, Theodore Salmon, and Frank Edwards; St. Johns South Main street and East Plymouth cemeteries. Lawrence Bates, Jay White; Allentown cemetery, Edward Gill.
 It was voted to have programs printed for Memorial day and to hire the New Departure band for the parade, in an effort to make this years parade the largest ever held here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
Waterbury Produce
 Market
Furnished by Connecticut Depart ment of Agriculture-B. P.
 Storrs Local AgentS)


 Wednesday, May 1s-Receipts of farmers market, Meadow street, this morning. Asparagus 66 dog. bshs.; broccoli 92 bu.; dandelions 26 bu.; escarole 4 bu.; kaie 27 .bu.; lettuce 49 doz.; radishes S6 bu.: rhubarb GA dog. pchs.; scallions 103 doz. bchs.; spinach GA bu. Radishes continued the most li- beral in supply and the weakest item on the list offered this morn ing Total offerings were greater than fresh receipts listed due to a carryover from yesterday. Rhubarb was also weak and liberal. There was some on sale in addition to fresh receipts, making the total slightly greater than listed. Most sales at 40c per dozen punches.
 Asparagus was in moderate supply and sold out earlier and at slightly higher average prices, mostly $1.50 per dozen punches. Offerings of dandelions were light. Other pro- ducts were mostly steady and .un- changed.
 Trading was active in shipped Tn asparagus and strawberries, both
 Unless otherwise stated quotations are based on sales of good ncr- ciantablc products to retailers or similar buyers, delivered.
 FRUITS.
 Apples, A grade Baldwi,s 2.o0- 800 bu., Ben Davis 2.25-2.SO bu.. E grade Baldwil,s 200 2.25 bu.. western boxed. Delicious 3.50-3.s5 bu., others 2.75-3.OO bu.: oranges 4 n .st,,,, ,1,, D qt. '1
 VEGETABLES. Asparagus native 1.25-1.55 dOz. ID. bclls.; shipped in 2.50-2.75 dOZ.' lb. bchs.; broccoli 1.25-f.5O bu.: bects 3.OO-3.25 crate; cabbage 3.O0- $50 crate; carrots, old .75- 1.25 but. 3.OO-3.25 crate; cauliflOwcr 2.75-3.OO crate; celery, hearts 1.2j.1.4O doz.. rounds .9O-1.1O doz.; dandcliOns .5O- .75 bu.; escarOle 1.5O.1.75 bu.: kaIe .5O-.6O bu.; lettuce, native .5O-.65 dOz.; western Iceberg 4.O0- 4.5O crate; onions, old .8O-1 LOO bu., new I1.75-2.OO bu.; parsnips, washed 100 1.25 bu.; potatoes, Maine 2.1O-2.2O bu., new J.75-6.OO bbl.; ratlishcs. 7j- 100 bu.; rhubarb .4O-.5O dog. bchs.; scalliOns .2O-.25 doz. bcIls.; spinach .85-1.OO bu.
 POULTRY PRODUCTS.
 Conn. cggs per dOz.: Ncwlaid Fancy 80; Special .28-.3O; Extra .2j-.28; Gathered .2O-.23; Newlahl Medium .25: mediums .18..2O; west crn, firsts .19-.21; live, fowl .18-.2t lb., broilcrs, Rocks .3O-.38 lb., Reds .3O-.35 h., LcghOrns .2S .32 h.: dressed, fowl .3O-.33 lb., broilers broilers .4O-.45 ID.
 IJVESTOCK and MEAT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
WATERFOWL

The local Girl and Boy Scouts are distributing cards at the houses to be signed if any one has rubbish to be collected on Friday and Satur- day-clean-up days. If anyone can not sign the cards when they are distributed they are asked to sign them as soon as possible and call Rev Clarence Wells or M. E. Brahen as early as possible.
 Those having rubbish to be col lected are asked to put it in barrels, boxes. or some kind of container. The date for the play Change Partners" to be given by the Mas quers Club of the Watertown High school has been changed and will be given Tuesday the 26th.
 The following cast will present the play: Mrs Lee, Alice Baldwin; MT Lee, Ralph Pickard; Frank Aver, Henry Copeland Alma Lee, Barbara Billings; Ronal Atwood, Kenneth Sweet; and Eleanor Lee, Maybelle Hickcox. ..e | The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church will be held this afternoon at O. clock.
 The annual meeting of the Litch- field archdeaconry, Woman's Auxil- iary will be held in Trinity church, Thomaston. The meeting will open at 10:30 o'clock.
 The fourth game of the series of grammar school league baseball games will be played at o'clock at Heminway field between St Johns and Baldwin.
 Troop l, Girl Scouts will meet in the lower hall of the Community House at 6:30 o'clock with Captain Olive Walton.
 Troop l Boy Scouts will meet in the parish house at 7:3O o'clock with Scoutmaster K. Volukas.
 There will me May devotions at 7.3O o'clock in St Johns church.
 Watertown Chapter Order of East ern Star will hold regular meeting in the Masonic Temple on Main street at 7:45 o'clock.
 There will be joint committee meeting of the vacation school at 5 o'clock at the home of MT and Mrs Justin Smith on Seymour street.
 The Connecticut Young Peoples conference will open on June 21 al Avon school in Avon and will con- tinue for one week.
 Dr Glenn D. Sweet of Waterbury has purchased the house on the Litchfeld road recently completed by Theodore Roeske. Dr Sweet plans to occupy his new home about June 1.
 DANCE-Watertown Community Hall
 Friday, May 15. Music by the Bras City TrOubadours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
POULTRY PRODUCTS.
LIVESTOCK and MEAT.

Milch cows, tested 125-160 head; butcher stock. COWS .OS .OS Ib., calves .O9-.12 h.; meats, beef IF .f6 h., veal .13-.17 lb., lamb 20 .23 lb.. pork, lOins .20-.23 h., pork, local dressed .12-.16 ID.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

been postponed on account of stormy. weather
 There will be confessions this af- ternoon and evening at St Mary Magdalene's church. Masses will be celebrated at 6. z. 8 and 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in honor of the Feast of the Ascension, Holy Day of Obligation.
 Mrs James Bothroyd of Thomas ton was the guest of her sister. Mrs Louis Stemm of Newton Heights. |OAKVILLE-For sale. Tomato and cauliflOwer plants and annuals. Hugo
 Meissl. Shelter Hill Oakyille.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
NEVER DO THIS

El Paso.-Lorencio Salzar is suf- fering from severe burns just be- cause his memory failed hmi.' He washed his pants in alcohol, and while they were yet damp put them on. He wanted to smoke a. cigaret 90 he put one in his mouth and struck a match on the seat of his trousers. The pants burst into flame and before he could get out of them, he was painfully burned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
FOR BRILLIANT HOMES

New York.-Prospective home
 owners have rosy future before
 them. Bricks for home building. ac-
 cording to the American Ceramic so- ciety, are going on the market in all sorts of brilliant colors. At pres
 ent it is possible to get glazed build- ing bricks in chinaware colors, in-
 cluding lavender, yellow, pink and other colors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

DANCE-Watertow Community Hall, Friday, May IS. Music by the Brass
 City Troubadours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
MUCH.MARRIED WOMAN

Philadelphia.-Whe Jessie Jones of Glenolden. city suburb. got mar ried. she married the chief of police, the fire chief, building inspector, di- rector of street cleaning. dog catch CT, head of the bureau of licenses and the highway engineer. Yet she's satisfied, for despite all these, she only married one man. He is Sam Haggart, who holds all these jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

Los Angeles.-Love is love. no
 matter whether 1t is a midget's or that of a man of normal stature.
 John E. Fox, circus midget, con- tends. Te says that Jess J. Combs
 alienated the affections of his wife, Noma, and he wants $40.000 in re- turn. The wife is of normal stature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

txaversed by oxcart pack pony or pack bull.
In the turbulent shallow stream that IS called
. river there are many sections that only the
native boats can pass. During the dry season
1t Is not unusual for them TO be pushed by
good old manpower. while this motive force
wades.
In their search for good foundations the en-
gineers have made numerous diamond drillings,
form Of investigation rs precious and as
highly skilled as its name implies. With the
aid of diamond-studded bores they have dug
little cores from the heart Of the earth to the
depth of more than hundred feet for they
must know the nature Of the subStratum. They
are as eager TO know the kind Of earth that
must be removed In order to reach foundation
as to discover proper foundation itself, for the
degree Of hardness or softness Of the material
that lies below viii be q large factor In the
amount Of time and labor necessary to con-
struct the dam.
Despite handicaps and hazards, the health
of the troops has been excellent for Uncle Sam
has been recognized as past master in the art
of tropical sanitation, and even in q venture Of
temporary duration he displays his skill.
Mrs. e. c. Plank and Mrs. Clinton F. Robin
son are the two wives Of American officers who
became personally acquainted with home life
in the tropical jungles.
They may have been almost mangled by
mosquitoes; there was that night when q Wild
cat prowled and the eerie death squeal of q pig
split the silence, and there were those times
when Q huge spider or some unknown and
weird insect would drop onto an open book or
fall sickeningly onto bare arm, but fortunate
ly these women appreciated the circumstances
and made the best Of them. They laughed at
the antics of their pets gayly marked petite
honey bear and q white-faced monkey They
studied this strange country Of Superlatives in
which they found themselves.
Mrs Plank describes their little house which
overlooked the river as "a two-story affair,
the downstairs consisting Of the dining room
kitchen, shower and wash room, sectioned on
by cane. The upstairs consisted Of long
porch and two bed rooms"
"AH our food except potatoes, onions ba-
nanas and oranges" continues Mrs. Plank,
was in cans shipped to us from the Army COM
missary at Granada, and was brought to us
every Thursday by the boat that brought our
mail That was the day of the week"
The water was not f1t to drink and at first
they boiled 1t, but, irked by the slowness of the
process, they later emulated the modern city
water works and added chlorine There was
no ice in this land. where the thermometer al
most boils, and you can imagine what our
butter and water were like"
They met and overcame the curse Of the
jungle-mosquitoes. eve were horribly bitten,
but our systems built up a resistance, and after
that time we had only an occasional bite" says
Mrs. Plank in describing their victory over the
pests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

They satisfied their curiosity about the Jungle
by taking walks into its Businesses along trail
which was cut for them.
They experienced those FIRST tingles Of fear
at being lost, for In the jungle, where growth
Is so luxuriant that the sun cannot shine
through and the leaves seem to grow again as
fast as they are cut, they found that It was
dangerous to venture on the trail.
In this tropical land were the usual ear
marks Of early civilization and Of primitive
life. There are beautiful cathedrals exquistely
decorated. Crude stone figures, relics of by
gone age have been discovered there are the old
oxcarts with solid wheels and there are the ma
tive dugouts, or cayucas, for transportation en-
the treacherous river and the sidewaters into
the swamps. Lake Nicaragua, which occupies
large portion Of the country's area, Is fish,
erman's idea Of heaven, for fresh-water sharks
and tarpon are found there in abundance.
Every wife appreciates that there is q great
sense Of satisfaction in being associated with
her husbands work, whether O new canal Is
built through Nicaragua or whether third set
OF locks supplant those already in use in Pan.
anna. Mrs. Plank and Mrs. Robinson win all
ways feel that they shared in an enterprise
that is Of world significance.
THE final decision regarding the great engi-
neering feat win rest with Congress How-
ever, commission known as the Interoceanic
Canal Board. which is composed Of eminent
Army and civilian engineers, Is sitting the facts
and will present recommendations for the in
formation of the men who win enact the nee
essary legislation.
The civilian members OF the board spent
February In Nicaragua going over the ground
and will present their report to Congress next
Winter. They are Sidney Williamson, who
has been associated with the Guggenheim
Foundation and is familiar with the Panama
Canal and reclamation work; DR.. Anston Mar
ston, formerly member Of the Engineering
Board of Review of Chicago and president
Of the Society Of Engineers, and Royal @.
Finch, State Engineer of New York The
military has been represented by the late Lieut.
Gen. Edgar Jadwin and Col Ernest Graves,
both retired officers Of the United States Army.
Lieut. Col. Sultan has been appointed to sue
coed Gen. Jadwin Lieut.. John Paul Dean Is
secretary of the Interoceanic Canal Board
The western entrance to the proposed canal
viii be at Brito. and the eastern gateway viii
be Greytown. There win be three locks con-
structed on both coasts, the chambers of each
of which measure ZOO feet by 125 feet in the
clear in order to accommodate the largest
ocean-going vessels The canal win be lit
miles long, % miles of which will be at sea
level and the remainder at the level Of the
lake or summit. There will he IS miles OF
excayated channel, 10 miles through the lake
and about so miles in the San Juan River.
(Copyright 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24


O short passage to the Far East--lano
- fragrant spices, Of dyes Of royal nues' Oh
rare perfumes and Of precious STONES, 1s
source Of rich merchandise In the oIo oAye ~
a nuch-sought- market In TINS uAy '.
enormous production. It Is proJecs VI ps --s,
AVA worId-vide prosperity; one that nao lS
ircention even before Columbus started On nS
westward explorations ,,,ot,
Tn xrite of the fact that canal "nSn
ranks as one Of the engineering marVeS % .se
,rcrld now links the Atlantic ana racine
49,. shortenng the distance and eliminat-
inc the perils Of the long route around tne
southern Continent, there are reasons tnas
make this survey imperative In the minus %
foresiehted men, According 70 those VINO
make shipping and commerce tneI Seuuy,
either the Panama Canal must be enlarged on
another canal must be built for the demands
Of world trafdc indicate that it alone WIZ not
sufHce.
I history is repeating itself IN other CHAP
! ] ters too, for just as q woman shared In
the most famous voyage OF all thme-unless
that Of the Ark be excepted-two women have
had a part In this quest Queen Isabella OF
Spain sold her jewels in order that the naVi-
Rabor who believed that the world was round
might be financed; two American women went
down and lived in the jungles OF Central
America during the tWentleth-centuEy venture
Lieut. Col Dan l. Sultan Is in charge OF the
survey. which will be completed by June OF
this wear For nearly two years the men
under him have been investigating With all the
ingenuity and exactneSs Of modern science the
country that Is proposed for the canal route
A treaty known as the Bryan-Chamorro
treaty reached in 1915, has made 1t possible
for the United States TO have the exclusive
rioht to build canal through Nicaragua.
Not only must the engineers recognize natu-
raj advantages Of terrain, consider ways and
means Of lifting gigantic ocean vessels from
the level of the oceans to that OF Lake Mica
raeua-about ITO teet-but they also must
locate locks, provide artificial ways Of de-
yelopinR a good harbor at Greytown, ON the
Atlantic Coast and discover foolproof founda-
tons for the dam which will make sufficient
water valuable at all times for lockage pur-
poses An appreciation Of this last-named
task can be gained when it is learned that
canal Of the size OF the one proposed will
draw for each transit nearly 100000 cubic
feet Of water from the lake which Is the
source Of its supply.
The land in this neck Of two continents first
attracted foreign attention when Columbus, on
his fourth voyage to the New World, APP
preached Honduras and sailed southwark in