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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-02
Scholarships for
 Children of Vets

Kansas City. Mo.--Data in refer ence to scholarships available at state colleges and universities for the sons and daughters of veterans. and in many cases for eX-service men themselves. has been collected at national headquarters here of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the C. S.. for the information of voter- ans and their families.
 A number of the best colleges and universities in the country offer scholarships valued from $l00 10 $500 a year for the sons and daugh- ters of hohorably discharged world war veterans. In most instances, free tuition is furnished. and in many cases other expenses are paid in part or whole for q full four wear course. Good character and 2 high school diploma are the only requirements.
 National headquarters of in" Vet crans of Foreign Wars is anxious 10 acquaint veterans and their de- pendents of these priVilcges-ad- vantagcs that are known to com parativcly few eX-serVice men Those interested are urged 10 make inquiries at national headduarters of the V. r. W. and proper instru"- lions with particulars will be promptly available.
 A number of states offer educh- tinnal advantages to veterans them selves. another benefit that has sei- dom been brought to the attention of veterans anxious 10 resume col lege or university careers interrupt cd by the war.
 As evidence of how little these educati nal opportunities are known, national headquarters has sa Gia g $500 per year is given to sons and daughters of world war veterans to- warl a college course, not one single application has ever been receiv"d.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-02
6O NEW STONES
 TO FAMED PATH
Rollins College Announces Names for Unique Honor
 Roll

Winter Park, Fla. (UP) Sixty stepping stones have been inserted in the Rollins College Path of fame here, President Hamilton Holt of the institution announced. The pro- tect was started q year ago.
 President Holt provided a nucle- Us of 22 stones representing stones from the birthplaces of Washing ton. Longfellow. Daniel Webster, Calvin Coolidge and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 England recently provided stones from former homes or birthplaces of Disreali. Beaconsfeld; William Penn. Rickmansworth; George Eliot" Witley: Percy Bysche Shel- ley. Marlow Thomas Gray, Stokes from Shakespeare's home at Strat- ford on Avon and from the home of William Pitt have been promised.
 Recent Americans
 Recent American additions repre- sent Abraham Lincoln, New Salem, III; George Bancroft. the historian, Worcester, Mass; Helen Hunt Jack son, Amherst, Mass: Charles Dudley Warner, author, Plainfeld. Mass; Richard Olney, secretary of state under Grove Cleveland. Falmouth. Mass: Dr Henry Van Dyke, Prince ton, N. J., ana J. ciIHlHloio coobNi Cooperstown. N. Y.
 The presidential until now ill., cludes, in addition to Lincoln stones representing President Hoover, Palo Alto, Calif Wilson. Staunton, Va; Jefferson, Monticello; Mckinley, Catnon, O.; Johnson, Greenville. Tenn: Pierce, Hillsboro, N. H.; Coolidge, Plymouth, Vt; Washing ton, Mt Vernon, Va.
 Other Celebrities
 Other celebrities immortaliZed are Robert Frost, South Shatsbury, Vt; Lady Astor, Charlottesville, Va; Mark Twain, Hartford. Conn: Mary Lyon, South Hadley, Mass; John C. Calhoun, Clemson. $. C.: Henry Clay Ashland, Va: John Marshall. Salem, Va: Jonathan Edwards, Stockbridgc. Mass; Henry W. Longfellow, Port land. Me; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord, Mass; Israel Putnam, Brooklyn, N. r.: Artemus Ward, Shrebury, ..ass: Nathan Hale. Gov entry, Conn; Daniel Webster, Frank lin, N. H.: Thomas A. Edison. Fort Myers, Fla; William Jennings Bry- an. Miami, Fla; General Lafayette. Tallahassee. Fla; Joel Chandler Harris ("Uncle Remus'D, Atlanta, Ga: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Salem, Mass: Dwight l.. Moody, North field, Mass; Hanibal Hamlin, Paris, Me: Col Edward NJ. House, Hous- ton, Texas: Judge Henry w. Grady Athens, Ga; and Andrew Carnegic, Skibb, Scotland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-02
YOUNGEST WAR
 VET LAWYER

Fort Worth, Tex, tUP)-JohD Fred McRae, youngest United States sailor in the World war, is mar ried and practicing law here.
 McRae was Ia and a student in high school at Fl Dodado, Ark. when the United States entered the war. Though his parents gave him permission to enlist, McRae thought it better to tear up their note and tell the recruiting officer he was 1s He did and was ac- cepted.
 He was sent to the Great Lakes. Mich, training school and then to battleship Louisiana which was as signed to patrol work.
 McRae returned to school after the war, attending Centre college and then Princeton where he earned a B.A. degree in three and half years. He then studied law at Van derbilt, Arkansas and finally the University of Texas.
 Editors of the American Legion monthly in 1919 determined in nationwide check that McRae was the youngest American surviving the World war who saw actual service. 4 12-year- old Nebraska boy was killed in France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-02
|BREST' TOHONOR
 AMERICAN NAVY

Brest.-Oficials of this port have sent invitations to General John J. Pershing, Ambassador Walter Edge and officials of the navy depart ffent in Washington to attend the dedication July [, 1931, of the great granite memorial to the U. s. navy's heroism in the World war.
 The naval memorial is being erected in the Cours d'Ajot. It will commemorate the gallantry of the men of the U s. navy. 7 It is expected that part of the American fleet in European waters will steam into the roads for the ceremony.
 = The memorial Is a granite tower 135 feet high, resembling light house. The design was approved by the American Battle Monuments commission At the summit. an electric lantern (which will be seen many miles at sea, will be erected. A public garden will surround the shaft. The cost is estimated at $lza'ooo. .ie
 During a recent fog in England rockets were fired 1000 feet into the air to show the location of Croy- don ,{rport -i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-02
BASEBALL PREXY WRITER

Mem phis-John Martin, attorney, Srd for the past 13 years president Sf the Southern Association minor nagse baseball circuit, is success tsl margarine story writer Baseball plnver- and their wive" play an I'm port. snt part of his stories whicf have apeparcd in a dozen nationally circulated magazines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-08
WOMAN SAYS HARRIS
USED FALSE FIGURES
Former Secretary for Central Sc
curities Official Testifes at
Trial in Asheville.
Nv the Associated Press


ASHEVILLE, N. c., September g.
MISS Ruth Brown, former secretary Tor
William D. Harris, vice president of The
Central Securities Co.. Inc, testified in
Federal Court here yesterday that Harris
knew the company was making false
financial statements. but that Harris
told her he signed them under orders
from higher up"
Miss Brown took the stand in the
trial of Harris and Wallace B. Davis,
president Of the company, also charged
with using the mails to defraud
The Government charges Harris and
Davis made bond sales totaling $780,
600 to persons in various parts of the
country by means of false financial
statements mailed prospective customers
Miss Brown testified that on March
rs, 1929. the companys collateral held
to secure outstanding bonds was &C
tually S214,000, but that Harris added
S1,000,000 to the figure in the mailed
statement.
Il told Mr.. Harris I hated to sign
that statement" Miss Brown testified
but he replied that he was doing al
that under orders from higher up"
She added that on several occasions
when the financial statements were be-
ing prepared, the Central Bank
bought stocks from the Securities
Corporation in order that the state
ments might show a large amount of
cash on hand. This stock was repur-
chased by the Securities company as
soon as the statements were mailed, she
said.
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Things have not changed" she
said. II have not spoken to him about
anything. Perhaps he Is not sure it
is all cleared up. I think must wait
for him"
Jimmie understood. Bill had broken
the engagement and should take the
first step to renew 1t. What was he
waiting for? Jimmie saw again in his
mind that scene under the trees when
Marjorie was embraced by her lover.
Should he tell? Better not. Things
must develop in their own way.
1t was two days later that Jimmie
received the letter for which, as he
had told Donald, he was waiting. The
same post brought another communi-
cation which he had not expected. He
read it very carefully and then, with
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@1931. LreeErr & MYERS TOBACCO Co.
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FRENCH NOBLEMAN
WILL RETURN HOME
Count Held as Jobseeker on
U. S. Entry in 1880 to
Sail October |.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, September g. Comte
Louis de la Bassetiere, who spent three
and one-half days at Ellis Island on the
suspicion he was a jobseeker when he
came to America in April, 1880, is to
return to France and plans to sail Oc-
tober /, it became known today.
Denies Deportation.
Miss Cornelia Lee Bri3cce, under
whose chaperonage the count made The
trip from his family chateau near
Paris to Baltimore, confirmed reports
of his impending departure, but denied
he was being deported.
He wants to be back in Paris before
the close of the French-c3lonia eX-
position" Miss Briscoe said. adding:
In fact, he has formed an attach
meat for the United States and dislikes
to leave. I am sure there would be no
difficulty in arranging with the De-
partment Of Labor for an extension
of his stay-he already has had two eX-
tensions-but he has been away from
home for more than year and thinks
1t about time he was returning"
He has been the guest of Miss Briscoe
and her mothc" Mrs. James Briscoe,
jr., since April 81, 1880,
Mother Aroused Suspicion.
Because the viscountess. when ar
ranging for his passports visa at tire
American consulate, remarked that her
son had no position and she wished
he would go to work, the count found
himself detained at Ellis Island under
the suspicion he was no visitor. but a
jobseeker. His protests that he had
no intention of going to work, coupled
with appeals to the Secretary of Labor
granted him permit to remain in the
country under a ST. 900 bond.
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mo. It's in the envelope, exactly
as she got it, I suppose. I've wired
Mr.. Morgan" Then she added, Has
Mr.. Haswell heard how Green is to-
day? Poor fellow, one can hardly hope
he'll get better
Jimmie took the phone and told
her that Green's condition was prac-
tically unchanged when he inquired at
the hospital Congratulations about
the will. Splendid for all of you-all
that money, no lawsuits and no mar
riage bari"
I'D hardly thought about it like that
yet" Evelyn said. II am only so glad
to have no more mysteries"
Green's confession had brought about
unforeseen results, but failed to effect
one that might have been expected.
Jimmie met Audry Winford who told
him that she had gone to Richmond
and explained about Capt. Dick Stir
ling's car. The superintendent had
been furious at Stirling for keeping
the matter secret.
what about yourself and Bill
everything straight and happy" jim
mic inquired.
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case, the telephone bell rang. 1t was
Evelyn at Morrow Craig.
We've found the will" she said ex-
citedly Janet and I together, in
Aunt Annabelle's work table, where
we'd looked before, 1t had got stuck
in the top"
At the bottom of this relic of Miss
Querdling's youth, she explained, was
a sliding well, crammed full of odds
and ends. she must have put the
will in the top so that it pressed above
the grooves it slides on and remained
hidden when we pulled out the well. "
Nancy was at the phone. but finally
Donald grabbed the receiver and heard
the news, repeating it to Jimmie and,
at his suggestion, asking If the will
was signed.
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ration RACES undated and presents a
magnificent spectacle by night.
President Alexander Zaimis has been
forced to vacate the Summer palace at
| the burning forests. The fire at one
, time menaced the palace, the suburb of
Kifissia and the Parnes Sanatorium,
but the danger seems to have passed.
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Kansas Rail Official Dies.

TOPEKA, Kans., September Q R.-
]. M. Connell, So years old, assistant
passenger traffic manager Of the Atchi.
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. die<
yesterday after brief illness. He mad
been an employe of the railroad AZ years
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FIRES SURROUND ATHENS

Forest Flames Encircle Capital of
Greece With Peril Gone.
ATHENS, September 8 (P.-Athens
has been surrounded for two days with
the flames of forest fires 20 miles away.
Famed by a strong wind, the conflag-
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out referring TO its contents, he in
formed Nancy that he could not play
golf with her that morning as pro-
posed, as he had to see Superintendent
Richmond.
Ito be cOntinued)
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RACE SPECTATORS HURT
One May Die as Result of Automo-
bile's Plunge Through Fence.

PATERSON. N. j.. September [F).-
A racing automobile crashed through a
wooden guard rail at the Hoilokus track
yesterday into a crowd of spectators,
injuring eight persons, one of whom
may die.
The accident occurred at the first
turn of the dirt track as six cars got
away.
Al Bloom, driver. told police that he
was blinded by cloud of dust and did
rot see the turn in time. He was
thrown clear of the car as it turned
ever in the crowd and escaped injury.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS FOR?

The growing of the public highways by large trucks
and busses is attracting increasing degree of interest
on the part of highway authorities Not only is the ques
ton of maintenance of the roads of grave concern but
the element of safety is being diminished to say nothing
OF the comfort and pleasure of the ordinary moorst
The business has grown rapidly in such short
space Of time that opportunity has been given for
ulatory measures But that attempts along this lime are
separated points in the country.
The Ohio public utilities commission denied two truck
ing firms the right to operate the main lake shore
highway-U. S. 2O-whch connects the middle west with
the east, the ground that the highway is carrying all
the traffic it can handle already
The Supreme Court Of the State of Idaho, in more
recent decision, upholds the public utilities commission
of that state in limiting the size of motor vehicles using
the highways to % feet in length and ~ feet in width.
The Court ruling says that vehicles of larger size are
dangerous to employees the travelling public and any one
the road reterates former finding that there is
vested right to public highways for private gain; and
holds that regulations made by the Commission, pursuant
to laws governing the of highways in a
contravention of snyone's constitutional rights.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Anti Fat Cures Said
To Be Worthless

No other class of preparation ex-
wider sale than the so-called fat re-
ducers, and nearly all the preparations
are absolutely worthless and many
positively dangerous, says the Public
Health League of Washington.
The U. S. Food and Drug Bureau
has often warned that no drugs or
mixture of drugs known to the medi-
cal profession at the present time can
safely be offered for the promiscuous
use Of the pubic in reducing weight.
Promoters of so-called obesity rem
edies and fat reducing cures are ct
tempting to influence fat people to
spend money for worthless or danger
GUS preparations. The advertisements
appeal to the vanity Of persons who
wish to regain slim, graceful figures
and also to those who become so fat
that they can no longer do their work
efficiently The principal appeal of
most of these claims is that no dieting
is necessary; the medicine Is to do 1t
all and, the advertisers say, the pa
tient can eat all and as often as he
wishes, which is strong inducement
to most stout people. These prepara-
tons frequently contain thyroid and
laXatives. The promiscuous use of
thyroid may prove very harmful unless
given under the advice of a physician
personally familiar with the patients
physical condition. The department
has on record an instance where death
followed an overdose of preparation
containing thyroid. Some preparations
contain poke root, a poisonous drug.
Mankind has always been gullible
He has always sought the short cuts;
consequently, he has been a prey to
the quack and the patent medicine
vendor. 1,educing cannot be accom-
l,lished without INJURY unless it Is done
under the guidance of a skillful phys
ician. Loss of flesh is not a blessing
if accompanied by loss of health, en-
ergy or strength, says the Public
Health League.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
OF Interest To Farmers
State College to Study
Agricultural Problems

Much interest has been created in
the state wide study of the agricultur-
al problems, instituted by the board
of regents of Washington State Col
lege, according to the many letters
received daily by w. A. Ritz, presi-
dent Of the board. Many agricultural
organizations and allied groups will
send delegates or have expressed a
desire to cooperate in the study.
Dr.. 3. O. Holland, President, and
agricultural experts Of the State COL
lege will assist In the study along with
representatives from state organiza-
lions. Each member OF the board Of
regents will meet with groups in his
respective territory to discuss the par
ticular problems of that area.
Accurate information on marketing,
finance, and other phases of agricul-
ture will be passed on to the farmer
after the study is completed. While,
of course, the study will not solve the
problem, the information gathered will
aid materially, believes Mr.. Ritz.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-27
Elm-Leaf Beetle Is
Causing Much Damage

Damage by the elm leaf beetle in
both eastern Washington and west OF
the Cascade mountains has been re-
ported, states DR.. r. l.. Webster, head
of the State College department Of
zoology.
The leaves Of infested trees turn
yellow and are often skeletonized
Most Of the injury is caused by the
grubs or larvae, although the adult
beetles also feed on leaves. The Chi
nese elm and the American elm is
affected.
The slug-like larvae are yellowish
spotted with black. They feed for
about three weeks and when full
grown crawl down the trunk of the
trees and congregate In large masses
about the base.
The elm leaf beetle may be checked
by spraying with lead arsenate, three
pounds to SO gallons of water, advises
DR.. Webster. Many larvae may be
killed about the base of the tree by
spraying with strong soap solution
Ordinary laundry soap, three ounces
to one gallon of water, will destroy
them.
The elm leaf beetle is of European
origin, and was probably brought into
this country some time about 1850
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greatest danger and the utmost care
c.l, n l,o
exercised, the report indicates.
To accomplish this, drivers courtesy
is put to the test One driver must
learn to yield to the other Equal OF
legation is imposed on any two drivers
whether one has the best of the right
of way or not The principles OF
craftsmanship and courtesy should be
regarded as duty. Drivers who dash
madly out of side roads are provided
with stop" signs and have no excuse
to offer for their misdeeds Those who
do this are poor sportsmen and are
potential accident breeders who add tc
the yearly toll of $4,000 deaths and a
million injuries.
0o, supp dl1u CllA1lk HlOAleAC, UeI-
ter lose minute and save life ano
property when you are near intersec-
TONS" says A. A. Bastian, manager OF
the North American Automobile as
ISOLATION. "Be courteous at all times
think of the other driver, and if yor
do that many accidents will be avoid
ed," he advises.
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Streets, Road Crossings,
Cause Many Accidents

Recently in their 365-day safety
campaign, officials of the North Amer
lean Automobile association stressed
the Importance of courtesy as one of
the prime factors that would eventu-
ally help to eliminate accidents. Ever
mounting toll of death and destruc-
ton of property due to highway and
intersection accidents, grown to alarm
ing proportions, convinces everyone of
the need of persistent safety cam
paign.
and highway safety has completed
studies which show that street and
| highway intersections claim the high
est toll in accidents of any part of
] the roads. They are the points of
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mas been made and entered on this
18th ca of August, 1881, setting
Thursday, the 10th day of September.
1881, at the hour of thirty o'clock.
p M, of said day, at the court room
OF said Superior Court at Prosser, for
nearing the petition of Thomas Will
hams, the surviving spouse of Sarah
y. Williams, deceased, to set apart and
award to him as such surviving spouse
certain real and personal property, in
said petition more particularly de-
scribed, including the homestead and
household goods of the said marital
community, of said petitioner and said
decedent when objections to said petit
ton, if any there be, may be made
and heard.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said Superior Court this 25th day OF
August, 1891.
E. o. KEENE,
Clerk
BY L. KEENE,
Deputy
JAMES COLLINS LLOYD,
Attorney for Petitioner.
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No. 1905
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE OF
SALE
In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington In and For Benton
County
I'm Probate)
In the Matter of the Estate of Louis
Rixie, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN: That
the undersigned as administrator of
the estate of Louis RiXie deceased, has
been authorized and directed by the
above entitled Court to sell the follow
ing described real estate, at private
sale, and that the undersigned will
therefore receive sealed written bids at
his home in White Bluffs, Washington,
or the same may be filed with the
Clerk of said Court at any time up
to and including the 3rd day of Sep
TENDER, 1881 Sale will be for cash or
such other terms as may be considered
proper.
The property to be sold is described
as follows:
Lot z, block 3, Fourth Addition to
White Bluffs City, according to the
recorded plat thereof on file in the
office of the Benton County Auditor.
Dated this oath day of August, 1881.
IRA G. HAWLEY,
Administrator
GEORGE o. BEARDSLEY,
Attorney for Administrator,
Prosser, Washington.
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LOW PRICES

Speaking not at all of the stock market, but of mater
ials and commodities and merchandise, is a favor
able time to buy what has for in the future.
Prices, relatively, very low; they may 90 lowerbut
experience in emerging from hard times is that abrupt
changes upward without notice and for apparent
reason The is there hough-vast volume Of de
Iayed buying suddenly bursting forth millions of PEG
pie wear out up what they have on hand