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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29

gest of the survey just made pub- lie, have been employed continu- ously for more than five years by First National or one of the prede- .cessor companies which merged into the present organization Twenty-two per cent of the em- ployes have been with the organ ization over ten years. Nineteen store managers have records oi over a quarter century of continu- ous service.
 Practically 100 per cent are citizens or have applied for citi- zenship. More than 84 per cent are registered voters in the com munities where they work. Twen- ty-four per cent own their own homes. Seventy-four per cent pay local, state and federal taxes other than poll and automobile excise. There were 1928 memberships re- ported in local organizations such as board of trade, chambers of commerce, legion posts and other local civic and fraternal organ izations and there are PAS office- holders in such organizations in- cluding several officers of local trade boards.
 In local stores other than their own the chain store men report spending two million dollars an- nually or an average expenditure per man of $S90. Eighty per cent have accounts in the banks of the communities where they work.
 "Participaton in this survey declares Charles F. Adams, treas urer of First National Stores, twas entirely voluntary. Many store managers volunteered information in addition to what was asked for and these human sidelights are in teresting. One manager occupies the same house in which he and his father and grandfather were born. Another asks what can be done to persuade the people ot the church in which he is deacor to give more money to its support Many managers say the uninter. rupted employment they have had during the business depression ha. been the sole support of fathers brothers and other relatives lai6 off from other lines of industry"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
INSECT PLAQUES NOTHING
 NEW IN WORLDS HISTORY

Philadelphia.-Farmers in the western sections of the country, mourning the destruction of their crops by grasshopper hordes. may at lea2t com'ort themselves with the knowledge that their experi- ence is not new.
 According to history, insect plagu, of far more devastating nature were by no means unusual in olden days. Various instances of such phenomena were gathered in 1865 by Frank Cowan, of Greensburg. Pa. and published by the Academy of Natural Sciences here.
 Gowan describes the locust plaques of the Roman. era, visita- tions of pests in. France in SIP, when locusts ate 140 acres q day. again in the same country in 1913. when they flew from the coast of Africa and died by the thousands in the sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
YMCA NOTES

The Phalanx Club of the YMCA held it's annual meeting last night. The new officers for the year are as follows: Al Guerrero, Primus. John Herr pro-Primus and Fred Levesque. Tribune. A revised ritual was adopted and induction service will be held the first Monday night in November. After the meeting the members of the club enjoyed bowling matches. M
 On Thursday, October s, the first meeting or the Boosters club win he held at the YMCA. Now officers for the year will be elected and an. active campaign started for new members, This club is made mp of members of the Y and they do much to build up the membership of the association. IVY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
You're a Moron,
 If You Whistle
Professor Shaw DenOunces Whistling Population of
 the WOrld-SO Whistle That One Off

Senator Borah, republican, Idaho like MT Hoover is . non-whistler. So are me- of the members of the cabinet.
 k But outside of official life the country boasts several whistlers who have gotten along pretty well. Both Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford have been heard to whistle. improvising their music-if that is what it was. John D. Rockefeller occasionally whistles on the golf course.
 The late President Woodrow Wilson whistled and enjoyed 1t. There are photographs of him in existence taken as he whistled.
 Walter Clifford, chairman of the American Telephone and Telegraph company and head of President Hoover's unemployment relief committee is an occasional whist Ter but Sosthenes Bchn, head of the International Telephone and Telegraph company never whistles. Neither does Thomas w. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and company
 Professor Archibald Bouton,. for mer dean of New York university. is a chronic whistler, and there are professors in New York uni- versity who whistle. Shaw. it is said, has not whistled for 45 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS OPEN OCTOBER 8
Winter Forum
 Zionist Opening Rev pr John SOnderling Speaker at Hebrew
 Institute

Rev. Dr. Jacob Sonderling of New York was the speaker at the forum season held in the Hebrew Institute last evening.
 at the present time. The speaker stated that although 1t is now an ideal 1t will develop in time into a reality but urged all not to be dis couraged because the realization is not now in sight but to struggle for tis accomplishment.
 The leaders do not matter, it is Zionism that counts, he went on, as it is so big that no personality can overshadow 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29

The Protestant week day schools of religion are scheduled to open Thursday afternoon, October 9th. These schools will be conducted by the Waterbury Council of religious education, and will provide during the course of the year about thirty hours of religious instruction. This instruction in religion will parallel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29

Chesterfield road to Jeremiah F. Shea, West Cheshire.
 Town of Newtown: thre sections of pavement to Barrett Brothers, Startford.
 Town of North Canaan: four sec tions of road to Oneglia & Gerva- sini, Torrington.
 Town of Sharon: three sections of pavement to Fabbri & Deberar- dino Construction Company, Ban- tam.
 Town of Norwich: Rogers road to town of Norwich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29

New York, Sept 29-(UP)- Take it from Prof Charles Gray Shaw, when you hear a person go. ing around whistling "The old Gray Mare" or When You and Were Young Maggie" he is only advertising his simple mind.
 For persons who whistle, be they jazz tunes or ballads of long ago are morons, devoid of moral stam- ina and possessed of an inferiority complex, Professor Shaw asserted in a vitriolic dissertation on the whistling population of the world No great or successful man ever whistles" said the New York Uni versity philosophy professor. "Can you think of Einstein, Edison or Mussolini tuning up to When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
 Can you think of President Hoover as whistling? Some of his critics may think the time has come for him to brace himself by puckering up his lips for Yankee Doodle,' but the strength of the Hoover mind and will is such that there will be no whistling in the White House." 
 Washington, Sept 29-CUP)- President Hoover does not whistle but there are plenty of important personages in the government who do.
 Senator Watson. republican, In- diana whistles Turkey in the Straw" upon occasion while Sena- tor Morrow, republican, New Jer- sey. prefers tune difficult to re- cognize but somewhat similar to the strains which usher in each evening the Amos N Andy pro- gram on the radio. Senator Swan son, democrat, Virginia, likes Dixie.
 These facts on whistlers and non-whistlers came to light to-day after Prof Charles Gray Shaw had declared that whistling was a sign of simple or even moronic mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
Anti Pollution Meeting
 At Stamford Tomorrow

With promises of speeding anti pollution. relief measures so that work may be begun by next sum- mer, the Tri-State Anti-Pollution commission will hold a public hearing in the city council rooms. Stamford, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
2,242 Managers In
 First Nat. Chain
Over Fifty-seven Percent of More Than Five Years
 Standing Many Property Owners

Local managers of First Ma. tional Stores have contributed facts labout themselves and their part in community economic life to a sur
 vey just completed in which .2,242
 store managers and supervisors took part. Over 57 per cent of these employees, according to a di-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
Instruction Will | Parallel General \ Program Of Schools
Rev R. M Johnson Will Again Direct Courses at Vari
 ous Protestant Churches Throughout City - All Teaching tO Be NOn-Sectarian

the general education of the public schools, and will be under the di- rection of teachers better qualified on the average than public school teachers of corresponding grades.
 The following teachers have been secured:
 Rev. Robert E. Batchelder, Jr., A. B., Pomona College; B. D..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
new. device

A new, device in Europe. an "electric finger" instartly dett cts any variation in the thickness of paper. parchment or woven mate. r1al. end is sasd to nick out weak spots In a'i.piane fabric or reveal foraeriea of checks hy eomparlnr trc'v 's'clsncss with that of the originals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
Stolen Goods
 Found in Car Domenic Giglio Charged With Breaking and
 Entering

Domenic Giglio of g Summer street faces the charge of breaking and entering as the result of the authorities of Woodbury investigat- ing the complaint that the resi- dence of Sylvanus Markham had been entered and robbed. The ac- cused youth is at liberty under bonds of $500.
 Constable W. $. Atwood investi- gating the complaint found some of the alleged stolen goods In a car parked short distance from the house. Giglio, it is reported, was found while fishing in a pond in the Jurisdiction of Woodbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29
RAINFALL AND HONEY

Honey from white Dutch clover in the pastures of the middlewest is lighter in dry summers than in summers of normal rainfall says Nature Magazine. Temperature. however, does not explain the dif- ference in color between different plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-29

Unable to sell its lumber other wise, a sawmi1l company in Singa- pore, Straits Settlements, used 1t to build 176 houses, which now are being offered for sale. ~.t-
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
1000 Will Sing
At Catholic u.

Taking part in what is expected
to be the greatest student mission
demonstration in the United
States, choir of 4,000 students
will sing the mass on Ascension
Thursday, May IA, in exercises
sponsored by the Catholic Stu
dents Mission Crusade in Catholic
University Stadium, here.
A procession of the hierarchy
and a review of the clerics
garbed in the habits of their or
ders and the students in their
uniforms, will feature the demon
stration.
A solemn pontifical field mill
tary mass will begin at 1890
a. M, and Archbishop Michael j.
Curley, of Baltimore, will pontifi-
cate. Bishop Mcnamara, Bishop.
Shahan, Monsignor Ryan and dis
tinguished national and State Of
ficials will take part in the cere-
monies.
More than $4,000 persons at
tended a similar demonstration
in the Baltimore Stadium last
year, and Catholic University
Stadium is expected to be filled
to capacity.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
ORDERED
OFF STREET


Representatives of the electric
= and telephone companies met
with the Alexandria city council
last night and were informed that
all overhead wires and poles must
be removed from Washington
Street. An ordinance against
4 the overhead wires will be placed
: on its first reading by council
81 Thursday.
Council will also prohibit the
laying of any new gas mains Or
water pipes across Washington
Street after it has been repaved.
The councilmen discussed in.
formally the selection of a sue
cesSor to Councilman Pierce and
are understood to have agreed on
o. H. Kirk for the post. He prob
ably will be appointed Thursday
'% A new lighting system along
the entire length of Washington
Street will be installed when the
overhead wires and poles are torn
down. Six lights will be placed
on each block.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Fellowship To
PROF. ROCK

Prof. Thomas Rock, jr., of the
physics department of the Catho-
lie University, has been awarded
the Augustus Newbold Morris fel-
lowship in education by Column
bia University, Frank D. Facken-
thai, secretary, announced fol-
lowing a meeting Of the univer-
sity council today. Prof. Rock
graduated from Catholic Univer-
sity in 1895 and received an A. M.
degree from that institution in
1926.
Lorrin Thomas Brownmiller,
also of Washington. has been
awarded the Samuel Anthony
Goldschmidt fellowship in chem
ical engineering by Columbia.
Brownmiller was awarded his de-
gree in science from Lafayette
College in 1924. He was the
Goldschmidt fellow last year.
The honors conferred upon the
WaShingtonianS were made at
the same time that 81 fellowships
and scholarships for the coming
year, with a total value of $780,
600 were awarded. The recipi-
entS represent SIS American and
foreign colleges and universities.
Twenty-seven of the felloWships
are for $500 each. Sixty-six of
the new fellows and scholars are
men and 28 are women.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
To BEGIN
TERM TODAY

Frank Shore, former tire
dealer, who Is under sentence to
serve a year in Jail for violating
q paddock injunction issued
against him, was to appear in
court for commitment today. The
Court of Appeals affirmed the
sentence earlier in the month and
yesterday refused to stay its
mandate when Shores counsel
indicated his intentions of asking
the United States Supreme Court
to review the case.
The former tire dealer also has
on appeal a one-year sentence i'm
posed on him for violation of the
revenue act, in connection with
the sale of genuine imported whiS-
KEY at his tire shop. The Govern
ment claimed that the whiSkey
had been imported in evasion of
the tariff and introduced expert
chemists to prove that the liquor
was genuine Scotch and not the
synthetic variety.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Harold w. Orcutt yesterday
informed Shores bordsman, Pat
rick F. o. O'Connor, to produce
the accused in court today for
commitment under the contempt
sentence. If Shore carries his ap-
peal on to the higher court, it is
probable he will have completed
the sentence before the appeal can
be heard.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
TAX GUT VOTED
CHEVY CHASE
SECTION 4
Rate to Be As Cents Per Hun
dred Instead Of so Cents;
Bradley Lane Repairs :aiI

Citizens of section four, Chevy
Chase, Md. will pay a tax rate
of As cents on every hundred
dollars for the year 1892. in
stead of the 50-cent rate which
is now paid, it was decided last
night at a meeting of the citi-
zens in the Chevy Chase Elemen-
tary School.
Section four is a special tax
ing area, the assessed value OF
which is said to be $4,000, 900.
A fight to have the pavement
of Bradley Lane repaired. which
was led by John Imirie and DR..
j. Ryan Devereux. was lost when
the committee voted the plan
down after long debate.
It was claimed that The COM
mittee had no authority to repair
Bradley Lane, which had been
taken over by the Department OF
Agriculture, for use as an ex'
detrimental road,
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
SURVEY SHOWS
DANGER Of
| SHORTAGE
Residents Reassured Against
!. Drought When Supply Rises
!, 6 Inches Since March %

There is little danger of even
shallow wells near washington be-
ing dry again this summer, ac-
cording to a report issued today
by the Geological Survey of the
Interior Department..
The department maintains All
observation well near the Capital,
with an automatic water recorder
in it. Replenishment of the
water supply began about March
%, it was reported, and so far has
raised the level about six inches.
This indicates that all the
water necessary for crops and
trees has been retained in the
root area, and that the surplus
has percolated through to re-
plenish the spring and we'll sup
ply. While many more inches are
still necessary to bring this sIp-
ply back to normal, present indi-
cations are that there will be no
serious shortage.
- During last summer and fall
the. water in the observation well
fell total of about three feet be-
low normal. While the repleniSn-
Hnent usually begins in January,
the water level remained sta
tionary until late March this year,
when the six-inch rise began.
With sufficient moisture in the
upper soil to supply the needs of
crops and trees and a surplus now
seeping through to the lower
levels, the outlook is promising.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

W7HEN your system is not functioning
w properly, what do you do about it9 Take
a Sose of medicine? A violent pill? A weak
ening cathartic?
You know you cannot cure Intestinal Fatigue
that wav. Permanent relief from internal slug
gishness demands gentler, more sensible
course of action.
For this extremely unpleasant trouble means
weakening of vital internal organs. The deli
cate mechanism of your intestines must be
toned up strengthened to carry away the
daily accumulation of poisOn-breeding wastes.
It's very simple to accomplish this, today
Here is the method famous physicians advise,
in the words of Professor Doctor Josef Fabri-
cius, the celebrated Austrian medical teacher,
physician and hospital head.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

A IIOIV UJ ATINSE IIo4 T IVITHE
ENKICHI KAGAMI
DELEGATES TO the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce
conference to be held here will
include Enkichi Kagami preSi-
dent cS the largest shipping
company in Japan.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

MRS FLORENCE BARNES MRS KUNZ
A GROUP OF. THE COUNTRY'S most noted women
fers will meet at Memorial Continental Hall, May 9,
to form corps of women pio for non-com-
batant aviation duty in of national emergency.
Mrs. Opal Logan Kunz, of New York, has called the
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
1908 School Pupils
=, Tested for Health

A report of physical examina-
tions made in the public schools
of Arlington county has been
filed with Fletcher M. Kemp,
superintendent of county schools,
by Mrs. N. r. Davies, public
school nurse.
= OF 2,9O3 white children in
spected, 1,774 had defects. De-
fective teeth were attributed to
1874, defective evesight to 343.
defective throats to SOB.
In colored schools, of 578 chill
dren examined. 41O had defects,
1913 had defective teeth, 90 had
defective eyesight, and 145 had
defective throatS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
MRS. CAMP

Company from las to 2 p. m.
The address will be broadcast
from the home of Larz Anderson.
The nature of the address is
not known at this time, but it is
understood the King will speak in
English and will be introduced by
an American member of his party.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
OLDEST HUNTER DEAD

WELLSBORO, April 28.-The
death of Stephen Yessa, sr., re-
moves the county's Oldest sports
man. His birthday was March
IS and, according to all the evi-
dence at hand, he was 10.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

For preventing and curing constipation"
DR.. Fabricius states, physicians all over the
world are securing the best possible results
from fresh yeast: Its regular daily use will
strengthen the muscular action of the intes-
tines promote thorough elimination !:
regulate digestion"
Isn't that expert medicalepinion worth act
The Washington times., 1931-04-28

of the concrete tunnel were
started yesterday.
j. H. Coleman and Son of
Clarendon, Va, are the contrac-
tors for work on the tunnel,
while Marye and Blankenship of
Shawville, Va, are working on
the tracks of the Rosslyn branch
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Tunnel Work Begun
At Bridge Terminal

Preparations to shift railroad
tracks on the Virginia side of
Arlington Memorial Bridge into
a tunnel to avoid a grade cross
ing, and grading for construction
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Slams King to Talk
On Radio Tomorrow

For the first time since he
entered the United States King
Prajadhipok of Siam will speak
tomorrow over a nationwide hook
up of the National Broadcasting
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Eating Yeast Strengthens the Muscles

softens it helps your body clear it away
gently and naturally.
Then, as your system is -cleansed of poisons,
your appetite and digestion respond. Pimples
and headaches disappear. You are no longer
so susceptible to sore throats and colds.
So get these benefits by starting to eat
Fleischmanns Yeast today! Every cake, you
know, is rich in three vitamins which your
ordinary diet seldom adequately provides
vitaminS B and 6 and the sunshine" vitamin D!
Just eat Fleischmann's Yeast any way you
like: Most people prefer it plain: Or try it in
a third of glass of water (hot or cold), or in
milk. You can get it-F1eiscbmamr's Yeast in
the familiar foil wrapper with the yellow label
at any grocery, and at restaurants and soda
- fountains throughout the city:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT
DECLINES SHARPLY
Decrease of 10S,287 Barrels in
Daily Average Production
Is Reported.
BY the Associated Press.


TULSA, Okla, July 21.--Crude oil
production in the United States dropped
sharply last week. largely as a result
of the shutdown movement in the Ok
lahoma City field. The Oil and Gas
Journal estimates the country's daily
average output for the week at 2,430,-
500 barrels a decrease OF 108,287 bar
rels from the preceding weeks figure.
The strike" of Oklahoma City OPP
erations against the lowest crude oil
prices in the history of the midconti-
nent area brought a decrease of Ill ,480
barrels i'll Cklahomas production, sestl-
mattel at 520435 barrels. The Okla
homa City field alone had a drop Of
1925 barrels.
The new East Texas field showed a
gain of 27,236 barrels with an output
of 408.825 barrels Offsetting this was
decline of 26,036 barrels in East Cen
trail Texas, where production totaled
33,475 barrels. The East Central Texas
decrease was due TO a voluntary shut
down in the Untitled Van pool
Total production for the midconti-
nent area was 484 599 barrels, a de-
crease of 1884 barrels. Included was
a drop of ! 935 barrels in Kansas, low
ering that States yield to 99,3l5 bar
rels
Eastern production remained station
airy at 100000 barrels. The Rocky
Mountain area showed an increase of
2,599 barrels, with an output of 95,l27
barrels. California production was
SGT $50 barrels, an increase of $500
barrels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-21
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
by Private to

No,eAu stocks are sold in one hundred share lots
eycepnr those designated by the letter (S0s) (250s