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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
RIVAL BUTCHERS USE JAZZ MUSIC
 TODRAW TRADE
Both Were in Court for Creating Unnecessary Noise, But End of the Musical Battle Is Not Yet

New York. Aug 26-fUP)-- Leon Weiser slipped a long, keen blade between the ribs Of what soon would be delicious pork chops, slapped the chops professionally on The scales at hand, and told how q jazz band blew the business depression out of his butcher shop.
 That jazz makes 'em buy" he affirmed.
 And they like it good and hot. The music. 1 mean. not the chops. Here in my shop we get sort of cabaret effect"
 why. take yourself for instance. How would you like to see a wom- an with a handful of balogna sing out. You're the one care for?'
 That's what music is doing for my customers
 Wciser and a business rival three or four doors down the street told their troubles to Magistrate Fran cis Irwin after, n discordant note somewhere between the two shops had fetched the police.
 ''I got summons for unnecessary noise." Weiser complained. What the matter. don't they know music, and couldn't they sec was helping the unemployment situation?
 He had placed the six musicians, Professor Rockers Jazz Maniacs in front of his shop: then he gave away drinks and sandwiches. The customers fiocked his way. among them some from Charley Bailey's shop down the street.
 Bailey met the competition with q radio and the police met the blended harmonies with the sum monses.
 Why" Weiser continued. lin my shop the customers step right out on the floor and dance. even if they don't know. The butchers keep time with them-sure butcher can cut meat to "I'm Alone Be- cause I Love You There's no trick to that.
 Weiser paused for breath Just as n dramatic tenor burst forth from the dynamic speaker down in Bailey's shop with:
 You're driving me crazy"
 Just wait" Wciser continued After Labor Day I'll show them something new In this meat bust ness. Girls in booths and outside. Salvation Army style. with sand wiches and nIl the drinks they want. Thatll bring them in"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

C. for n baseball game with Man ager Edward Wilcox's fire depart ment team has been accepted by the Are fighters. Manager WilcOx would like to have the game play ed tomorrow night at Recreation field. The Waldorfs would like 10 have the game played Sunday. IL is expected that the team mana gers will get together and decide on m date agreeable to everybody.
 To Stage Dog Show. A dog show will be staged to- morrow afternoon starting at gao o'clock at Recreation field. Prizes will be awarded for the prettiest. the home,iest, the largest and the smallest dogs. All dog owners are l invited 10 enter their canine pets. Entries Close Today. All entsAcs for the golf tourney 10 be held at Recreation field should be in toady. Director Foley Is anxious to get the tourney started at an early date. Ail matches will be played nt the Riverside course.
 Funeral Tomorrow The funeral of Sophie Oldaa- k0wski, daughter of MT and Mrs Felix Oldask owski who was fatal iy injured Monday evening when struck by a truck of the Interstate Transportation company near Cot ton Hollow, will he held to-mor- row from her home, 6 Church street, Beacon Falls. at s;30 o'clock and at 9 o'clock from St Michaers church in Beacon Falls. Burial will be in St James ceme- tery.
 Recreation Leader Pays Visit
 Members of the local All club met with Raymond Mann, reCrea- ton leader of the Connecticut Agricultural Extension service yesterday morning to talk over recreation plans. New games stunts, songs and puzzles were dem onstrated by MT Mann. The pro gram is being sponsored by the New Haven County Farm Bureau in an effort to teach rural folk that play is an essential part of life and that it Is not necessary to spend large sums of money Tor recreation.
 Mall Carrier Breaks Arm
 Frank Jones, letter carrier of the Union City post office, had the misfortune to fracture n bone Tn his right arm recently. MT Jones, who is on his annual vacation, was engaged In painting the roof of his home on Cemetery street when he fell from ladder It will be several weeks before he will be able tQ resume his dutics as carrier.
 I,nst Half Holiday To-day marks the last half hon- day for clerks of stores affiliated with the local merchants group. The half holiday schedule on Wed nesdays has been in effect since early in July.
 Part Of Finger Amputatcd It was found necessary to am- putate part of the ring hnRcr or inc right hand of John Casper or Rubber avenue yesterday ht St Mary's hospital In Waterbury MT Casper suffered n bad fracture Of the finger last week at the outing of the employees of the Connecticut Light and Power company at Lake Ouassapaug while playing base ball.
 Start Work on Bridge Borough workmcn yesterday started work on widening the bridge on Wooster street. This work has been held up waiting for the large tile to he used. The bridge will be widencd several feet and "A inch tile will be used to car ry off the water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
WENT VIRGINIA TOWN
 SEEKS NAMES EOH HABIES

New Cumberland. W. Na --. Se- lcctions of names for babies In Hancock County has swcrycd from the more popular names of John and Mary to the unusual
 The monthly report of the state health department showed that Of the 6l babies born. only one was named Mary, two John. two Nich- 0las and four Betty.
 Many parents sought th" 'in- usual for their offspring. naming them: Turln. K KOstantonas, Dam jon, Cosmo. Eral. Osman. Lonnic and Romeo.
 Some of the more popular names on the list nre: Robbie Lee, eBtty Lou, Dolly Genette. Joyce Ann. Helen Fay and Dolores clan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

species. coyotes included. says popsiiar Science Monthly. Tn spite of the ruthless war carried on a- salnss them. coyotes breed rapidly, and are found in largo numbers all the wey from the City of Mexico northward into Alberta, Canada
 Thus there -is certain supply of theI pelts for 2 long timestp come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
COOPERATIVE
 CHILD SPANKING

Madison. Wisconsin - tUPD -
 Community cooperation manifest in ptcnics and other celebrations
 by residents of Virginia Terrace
 here also extends 10 keeping the childroa out of the streets. Any
 rNsi6x1t of tho neighborhood who finds children playing in its streets is privileged to paddle not only his own progeny. but his neighbours and send them home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
s4 YEARS OLD
 AND WILL WED

East Hartford. Conn. Aug 2e-- tUP)--The Rev John squires of East Hartford and Mrs Elizabeth R. Page of Brockton. Mass. both &. are planning to wed. according to an application for n marriage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

license on sile here. Rev Mr Squires is a retired min.
 isicr. It will he his second mar riage. Mrs Page has been married
 twice,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

CoONsKIS COATS NOW
 MADE FROM COYOTES. The coyote of the western plaine, long considered vermIn by cattle
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01

from third class post offices to
fourth class offices. Delaware's s
representatives in Congress, U. S.
Senators Daniel o. Hastings and
John C. Townsend, Jr., and Con-
gressman Robert G. Houston are
making an effort to assure appro-
priations for the new Wilmington
post Office among the bills provid-
ed for in the coming session of
Congress. 1t is also understood
that there has been considerable
discussion over the possible site of
such a new post office, and moves
are already being made to assure
the city of a favorable site for the
post Office, when it's construction is
authorized.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
erting every effort to make a still
further reduction this year"
Writer Advises Letting
Young Authors Struggle

Rising young authors ought to
struggle. 1t is the only way to
prove they are good for anything.
1t is not wisdom to give prize of
$4,000 for a first novel. The book
is written for the prize, not as
talented emanation that could not
be withheld
Prizes are now dangled every
where by publishers for all sorts of
literary output. Yet we know that
the best of all literature is that
which bubbles out with no greedy
eye on what is to be paid for it.
Not but that the really precious
should be rewarded as it deserves.
While one may still feel a qualm
that poor Milton got but f10
(wasn't it?) for paradise Lost"
he may rejoice that our modern
authors live comfortably-many of
them aff1uently-on the product of
their pens. No one begrudges them
wealth; but that wealth or the
hope of it, should not corrupt
their literary integrity.-St. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01

of detail and in rich reminiscent
vein, many of the members of the
bench and bar with whom he had
been intimately acquainted in earl
ier years. His talk was a gem of
information of the kind which sell
dom gets into print about those
concerning whom he wrote and
those who heard his address, were
held spellbound with the anecdotes
and stories, from the first word to
the last. Among the judges to
whom he referred were Chief JUS
tice Gilpin, Judge Wootten, Judge
Houston, Chief Justice Comegys
and Chancellor Salisbury. He told
interesting stories, too, concerning
leading members of the bar, in
cluding Jacob Moore, Charles M.
Cullen, Alfred P. Robinson and
Charles F. Richards in Sussex and
N. B. Smithers, Edward Ridgely,
George v. Massey, James L. VOL
colt and Harry L.Johnson in Kent.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
South Africa's "TableIoth"

The "Tablecloth" is a cloud that
occasionally covers the fat top of
Table mountain in South Africa.
Charles Fitzhugh TaIman Of the
United States weather bureau. in
his book, 1.-The Realm of the Air"
says it is probably the most fa-
nous individual cloud in the world.
and in describing 1t adds: 'It CON
sists Of dense cloud sheet, formed
when the warm misunderstanding
winds are forced up the steep slope
of the mountain. especially in sum
mer. The cloud often pours over
the brow Of the mountain. like a
mighty cataract, and Is dissolved
as the wind is warmed by com
preston in descending to a lower
level. The effects produced by this
rolling mass OF vapor are some
times indescribably grand, and the
phenomenon is all the more strik-
ing because a perfectly clear sky
generally prevails over the sur
rounding country while the Table
cloth overspreads the mountain"
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
8 PENINSULA POSTOFF|CES
ARE REDUCED IN GRADE
PORT DEPOSIT, GALENA AND
HILLSBORO ARE LOWERED
Effective July 1st, 213 Post Offices
in u. S. Will Be Advanced in
Grades and 400 Are Lowered

Wilmington has maintained its
position as a first class post office,
although, during the past few
months, as a result of various
surveys conducted by postal Of
ficials, 400 post offices in the Unit
ed States have had their grades
lowered, three of them in the East
ern Shore section of the Delmarva
Peninsula. In the meantime, Del
aware's representatives to Con-
gress are continuing their work on
the realization of the construction
of a new post office for Whining
ton, to cost $1,600,000, as author
lied by the Postal and Treasury
Departments, when funds are
available. Effective July 1, 213
post offices in the United States
will be advanced in grades and 400
lowered. No Delaware post offices
were affected by the changes in
grades. The post office at Port
Deposit, however, which is located
in Cecil county, Md, was reduced
from a second class post office to
third class. In addition the post
office at Galena, Kent county, Nd,
and that at Hillsboro, Caroline
county, Md, have been reduced
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01

suit of motor vehicles actually
running into trains. Most motor
lists want to be and are careful
drivers, but these figures indicate
how motor vehicles, when reck-
lessly driven, become menace to
the railroad train, as well as to
highway traffic. Analysis of high
way crossing accidents on the
Pennsylvania Railroad so far this
year indicates that one-half of all
these accidents occurred when
trains were either standing still or
moving at less than 25 miles per
hour. Thus the old conception
that accidents happen because
high speed express trains bear
down on the unsuspecting motor
ist before he can get out of the
way is clearly unfounded The
number of cars which crash into
standing trains is undoubtedly
much greater than the public gen
orally realizes. We may wonder
what is going on in drivers
mind which would cause him to
drive deliberately into train on a
highway crossing, but the fact re-
mains that the railroads property
is constantly being damaged by
reckless motor drivers. We have
had instances where these needless
drivers, seemingly oblivious to
such a sizeable object as a railway
box car, plunge headlong into 80
and 100 car freight trains when
half of the train or more has al
ready moved over the crossing.
Despite this recklessness on the
part of some automobile drivers,
however, casualties from highway
crossing accidents on the Penn
sylvania Railroad were reduced 80
per cent last year and we are ex-
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
CHARLES F. CURLEY AGAIN
STATE BAR PRESIDENT NAMED
CHIEF JUSTICE PENNEWILI
GIVES TALK ON JURISTS
Vice-President and Other Officers
Were Elected at Meeting at
Rehoboth on Saturday

Officers were elected and an in
teresting address was made by
Chief Justice James Pennewill at
the meeting of the Sttae Bar AS
.sociation at the Henlopen Hotel,
Rehoboth, on Saturday. Nearly
100 lawyers from various parts of
the State were present. Charles
F. Curley, of Wilmington, was re-
elected president of the organiza-
.tion. The other officers elected at
the business meeting were Francis
deli. Janvier, of Wilmington and
New Castle, vice-president for
New Castle county; Henry Ridge
1y, of Dover, vice-president for
Kent county; Charles w. Cullen, of
Georgetown, vice-president for
Sussex county. Thomas C.Frame
of Dover, was elected treasurer,
and Senator Ernest v. Keith, of
Dover, was elected secretary. Mr..
Frame and Senator Keith compos-
ed the committee on the arrange
ments for the affair. The topic of
Judge Pennewill's address was
"reminiscences of the Bench and
Bar" In his address the Chief
Justice recalled, with rare clarity
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Odd Organization for
Preservation of Trees

Men in the Trees is the name of
an organization of African scouts
founded by Richard E. st. Barbe
Baker, formerly assistant conserv-
ator of forests in the Kenya col
ony. The natives, the Kikuyu
tribe, are Bantu in origin and
many of the old tribal customs are
retained. Certain trees are held
sacred and sacrifices are made to
them. Mr.. Baker, on his arrival
In the colony, found that large
areas of forest had been destroyed
by fire and to make way for cul-
tlvation. He assembled the chiefs
and explained to them the value of
forests to man and proposed that
instead of being forest destroyers
they become forest planters. Many
Of the natives Immediately respond
ed and the Watu wa Mill, or Men
of the Trees, was organized. The
badge is a small brass disk bear
ing the design of a tree: the col
ors are green and white. Later on
simple ritual and initiation cere-
mony were evolved. Like the Boy
Scouts, the members are expected
to do a good deed each day. The
entire organization is known as
the Forest, which is divided into
districts, each named after the
dominant species of tree growing
in it. The districts are divided
into branches, each ruled by a for
est guide. An important part of
the work is the planting Of a for
est nursery, where more than 80
600 young trees have been raised.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Authorship in Dispute

The saying But for the grace of
God, there go II" has been wrong
ly attributed to John Wesley and
many other famous persons. The
Dictionary of National Biography
gives credit for it TO John Brad
ford, an English Protestant martyr
of the persecution under Queen
Mary. Accused of preaching sedi-
tious sermons, he was kept in
prison for two years before he was
burned at the stake in Smithfield.
There is tradition that on seeing
some criminals going to execution
he exclaimed: But for the grace
of God, there goes John Bradford"
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
No Haste in Holland

Hustle and hurry seem to be as
sociated with travel everywhere
except in Holland, where you find
more travellers in repose than else
where. Instead of the automobile,
the leisurely bicycle wheels along ;
instead of the rushing train, the
gentle canal boat with its almost
noiseless use of wind and water
cares for your pilgrimage. Little
single-street towns, with gardens
dipping. into the water, slip quietly
into cities whose streets are water,
and a network of multi-colored
houses. embowered in groups of
playing children, lie amid long
meadows that have never known
the headlong peevish haste of the
flying hours.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Christian Science Churct

Christian Science" va
subject of the Lesson-SeTn-
Sunday, June %, in all Ci.
of Christ, Scientist. Golden
Arise, shine; for the l!i
come, and the glory of the u
risen upon thee" 1sala1
Among the citations whlch
prised the Lesson-Sermon W
following from the Bible; II
earth shall be filled VII
knowledge of the glory q
Lord, as the waters cover lHI
(Habakkuk 3-14). The Y
Sermon also included the l
ing passages from the ~
Science textbook, "SclencI
Health with Key to the
lures" by Mary Baker huu:.
adherents of Truth, we ~
inspired Word of the Bible /
sufficient guide to eternal
(497:3). "If Christendom
the authors application
word Science to Christlap
questions her use OF la'
Science, she will not therelv.I
faith in Christianity n'
Christianity lose its hold us =,
If God, the All-in-all, q
ator of the spiritual unlSs.. !,
cluding man, then every'l'.
titled to a classification q
or Science, must be conplsI d
a knowledge or understalsl !.
God, for there can be no'as' -
yond illimitable divinity y"
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Rewarded

The papers recently carried the
story of a pair of negroes, one of
whom was arrested on the charge
of stealing watermelons. 1t seems
that two darkies were concerned in
the theft. so that the prisoner was
asked what had become of his COM
panion.
HE done died from eatin' too
much watermelon" the prisoner ex-
planned. Then he added:
'Yes, sub, he was favored by
de Lord. Providence sometimes
puts us in paradise before we goe.
to heaven"
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
MRS. WILSON ADDI.
Widow of One-time Pofifr
er of Delaware, Passes liW

Funeral services for Nh
Carr Wilson Addicks, w59|
Friday at her home "Mil:;
in Claymont, were held ;
o'clock Monday in the Chi,
the Ascension at Claymu
terment was private. NJ
dicks was the widow Of "Jor
ward" Addicks, one-time Dt.
political leader, who died
years ago. Mrs. Addicks v
her eighty-first year, althUg
had been in failing health 4
past two and a half years
death followed a sudden ilI1:
only a day. She was the da-
of Major Jackson Carr az.
Barbara Shepardson Carr, dl
croft. Her first husband Va
eph B. Wilson. She is suNa
two children by her first M
Mrs. Frederick w. Baker, q.
mont, with whom she M
homo and another dauchirI
Rosalie Mason, of ThomaTl
There were no children b
marriage with Mr.. Addick;
is survived by six grandcl
and a great grandchild. w
dicks lived quietly. She y
terested in plants and 4
raising. She was a mezs
the Protestant Episcopal 9
of the Ascension at Clayn~
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
r. r.. ACCIDENTS REPORT
Reckless Motorists Responsible for
More Than 40 Percent Accidents

The following statement was is
sued last week by w. R. Davis,
Superintendent of the Delmarva
Division, Pennsylvania Railroad:
Reckless motorists who crash in
to trains at highway crossings on
the Pennsylvania Railroad are re-
sponsible for more than 40 per
cent of the highway crossing ac-
cidents reported for the first
quarter of this year. Figures just
compiled by our department of
safety show that AZ per cent of
all crossing accidents in the first
three months of 1881 were the re-
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
She's Weakening

The other day woman wrote an
insurance company: Il have had SO
much trouble getting my insurance
money that sometimes almost
wish my husband was back.-Flor-
ida Times Union.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Writer Not a Golfer

The fellow who wrote that "out
of sight out of mind" proverb
never approached a three par hole
with the green just over the hill
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
80 p. r. r. ELECTRIC TRAI
Entire Consignment of 80
motives Ready by June, j

motives Ready by June, u
The Pennsylvania RAILROAD
placed orders for the const4
OF the mechanical parts or
of 80 of the $50 electric i
tives for which the railrov
emily purchased $16,OOO,OOd
of electrical equipment. CD
ton and material orders for e
chassis will cost S4,7OO.OOf3
connective parts included inA
der consist of driving whs
les, trucks, frame and cab !
structural parts in which
trical apparatus will late
stalled. The construction
terial costs are in additi Z.
cost of the electrical
recently ordered. OF th y
tives included in the orde
be built by the Westingh 8.
trio & Manufacturing Cl
dystone, Pa, 25 will be =.
ed by the General Elect
Erie, Pa, and II will = !
the Pennsylvania Railrj !. -
at Altoona, Pa. Locon1
sis to be built at the VI IN -
locomotive plant will r,
equipment manufactur ~Ird
company and the loco
be built by General
Erie, Pa, and at inst,
Works of the Pennsyl} s,ret
road will carry electr1 tber
ment built by Gene deht
Contracts for the ms on q
this electrical equipmd
as the application Of
signal equipment, will
later. Deliveries on {
scheduled to begin d
December of this yea p
tire consignment of ~ +.
is expected to be re
1882. The passenge 81 b.
for which constructed Al,
placed are known !.
This type is a hea ;,
speed passenger loco
8 inches in length ii
$4,000 pounds. The "a Ps,
will use two classes
passenger locomotive rs
been designed after J.
elaborate studies coy
years. 81
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
Elderly Voter

At Elmsworth, England, Mrs.
Jane Anne Jewell walked TO the
polls to vote in an urban council
election at the age of one hundred
fE>ur.
Smyrna times., 1931-07-01

HERE is
nadetoo O
thing in
mile you
ATLAN
lets your
punishnne
stances th
heated ! m,
1t has
EraOrdi,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-21
RITES FOR COL. Comfy
TO BE AT WEST POINT
Mother Among Those Departing
for Aeademy-Victim of Long
Illness Was Texas Native.

Funeral services will be held at the
West Point Military Academy this aft
ernoon for Col. George b. Comfy.
United States Cavalry, who died at
Waiter Reed General Hospital last
Monday following long illness. The
funeral party, including his mother,
who resides In Chicago, left here this
morning.
Col. Comfy, who gave distinguished
service in France during the World
War. formerly served in the Militia
Bureau Of the War Department and
I'm the Adjntant Generals once, War
Department. lie was taking a course
of instruction at the Army Wsr Col
iege when he became III a few weeks
ago and resided at 1857 X street He
was q native of Texas and was grad
Iated from the Military Academy in
June. 1900. from the Cavalry School
3n 1926 and from the General STAFF
School In 1927 He reached the grade
of colonel in March, 1929.
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BAKER VACANCY FILLED
Felix n. warburg Elected Presi.
dent of Adult Education Body.

NEW YORK. May n GPl.-Felix NJ.
aWarburg was elected president Of the
AMERICAN Association for Adult Edu-
cation today. he succeeds Newton ID.
Baker.
Vice presidents elected were Ethel
Richardson Allen, California Associa-
Tfon for Adult Education: Lotus d.
CofYmar1. president University Of Min
.aaee0ta: Mrs. Dorothy Garfield Fisher,
kIt1or; o. II. Judd. University OF Chi
kaeo and Everett Dean Martin, Peoples
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