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Evening star., 1931-12-20
MAN BADLY HURT IN FALL

Robert Greenfield, 80, sustains
Skull Injury in Stair Plunge.
Robert Greenfield, 80, of 612 Tenth
street, northeast, was seriously injured
yesterday when he fell down q flight
OF steps at the Joseph Bass Food Spe-
cialty Co., at Maine avenue southwest,
where he Is employed as salesman.
He suffered fractured skull.
Greenfleld was moving a barrel Of
Evening star., 1931-12-20

anyway, if it happens to occur to you
to have the fur appraised, you'll find
it to be worth not more than $5 or SO.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

Electric and spring wind in
Seth Thomas, General Elec-
trio and Telechron makes. :.
a clock for every purse or
purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
TABLET UNVEILED
 TO MOTHER SETON
Sisters of Charity From All Over This Country and
 Canada Attend
IN ST PETERS, NEW YORK

A bronze tablet to Mother Eliza
 beth Seton, founder of the Sisters of
 Charity in this country. was un-
 yelled Saturday at St Peters church.
 Barclay and Church streets, New York city. Mother Seton, who was
 Elizabeth Bailey, prominent New York woman. embraced the Catholic faith in this church a century and a quarter ago. His Eminence, Card inaI Hayes, celebrated the mass.
 which was continuation of the movement started by Cardinal Gib-
 hons in Baltimore in 1880, to have Mother Seton canoniZed as the first American-born saint.
 This movement to canonize Moth CT Seton, it is expected. VIII soon reach fulfillment, and at present the
 International Federation of Catholic Alumnae are working toward that end. A delegation will present to Pope Plus XI a petition signed by members all over this country very soon.
 Following the mass and unveiling Saturday a communion breakfast by the I. F. c. A. was held at the Hotel McAlpin in New York. Present at the mass were more than thousand nuns of the orders of the Sisters of Charity in the United States and Can ada. These included representatives from St Joseph's college in Emmits-
 burg. Maryland where Mother Seton founded her order and started her first school and convent. and from which grew the many branches of the order, including the Sisters of Charity of Convent Station. New
 Jersey, who have two parochial schools and convents in this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

. trying to taxi his craft about the field. Acosta's hands began to itch for the feel of the controls and so walked over to Terle, introduced himself and asked for a chance to taxi the plane. The elated Mir Terle stepped out of the one-seated craft and Acosta stepped lii and took it to one end of the field.
 Facing the machine into the wind. he raced it along, suddenly pulled the nose off the ground and went almost straight up. Coming down at once, he arranged to fly the plane this afternoon.
 Acosta's exhibition was not an nounced, but about 500 spectators at the field this afternoon quickly turned their interest to the tiny craft, black with yellow wings, as the trans Atlantic flyer, without l helmet or goggles, climbe' into the I unprotected cockpit and took the machine aloft.
 Moving from above the line of the field, Acosta turned every trick in his epertory-spins, dives, loops, spirals, barrel loops and wing-overs. The radio announcer at the field suspended broadcasting, saying you can hear radio any time. but it's not every day that you can see Bert Acosta give an exhibition like this" After an hour, Acosta brought the little plane to earth and con- graduated Terle.
 "I like it better than any airplane I ever flew" he said.
 Terle. in appreciation. wanted to call his product the Acosterle. It was moved into hangar. a job that one man can do easily. The "Acos- terle" can be parked with room to spare under the wing of almost any plane at this field. It is twenty-nine feet from wing tip to wing tip and sixteen feet from propeller to tail. Built of wood, With a few teel struts, it is powered by a forty horsepower Sampson motor. which. with the specially built short pro- peller, cost $625. The rest of the craft cost Terle $575, and the total investment, he said, represented all his capital.
 Telre finished the plane last week. He assembled it in the back yard of his house at 111-17 173d street. Jamaica, to see how it would look all put together. and then took it down to bring it to the field. He made two trips; on the first he brought out the wings strapped to the top of his automobile. and on the second ride he lowed out the fuselage. Then he re-assembled it.
 Terle is anxious to learn to fly. Since he cannot afford to take les sons in one of the training school planes he will have to teach him. self, for the "Acosterle" has room for only one person. He has no plans for putting the plane into production, but said, "I1l help MT Acosta in anything he wants to do.'
 Telre, who is twenty-nine years old, married and has a six year old daughter. read dozens of books on aircraft engineering since he started to build the plane. He copied the wing curve from the Spirit of St Louis. in which Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh made his flight to Le Bour get in 1927. Acosta can fly the "Acosterle" because it is un- licensed. His suspension only pre- vents him from flying licensed ships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
STRICKEN WHILE
 ON DAILY ROUNDS
George Alderman Taken to Hospital Shortly After
 7O'ClOCk
WAS AT POST EARLY

George Alderman, 54. former as- sistant dog warden under the late J. l.. DevereauX, collapsed on East Main street, near Rogers meat mar ket, this morning shortly after z o'clock. He was removed to St Mary's hospital in the police ambu- lance. It developed that Alderman had suffered shock, which par alyzed his left side. His condition this afternoon WIS reported as being more comfortable.
 Alderman is we'll known about the city. He has been working as assistant to Uriah Barrett. who is in charge fo big truck owned by the Connecticut Fat and Refining Co of New Haven. He reported for work as usual to-day and was on the job less than an hour when he was stricken. He was taken to the hospital by Patrolmen Patrick Reilly and Cornelius Shanahan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
WATERBURY FIFTH IN STATE GRAND LIST
Has Enjoyed .92 Increase; Hartford
 Heads Nutmeg List
Connecticut Shows 264.75 Per Cent Gain in Twenty Years, With Greenwich Having the Most PrO- nOunced Gain During the Past Year

, able attention throughout the coun- try on the part of tax officials econ omists, civic organizations, and students of general municipal af- fairs. The results accomplished have brought numerous inquiries from towns and cities of other states which desire to push forward movements for correcting their grand list difficulties.
 Sixteen Largest Lists shown
 Below are given figures showing the comparative 1929 and 1880 grand lists and the amount and per- centage of increase or decrease in some of the larger grand lists of the state, in order of their size:
 l. Hartford. (1929) $380,650,- 399: (1930) $3SS,109,299; increase, $7,458,900, or 1.9696.
 2. New Haven, (1929) $330,201,- 877: (1930) $33S,040,53O; increase, $7,S3S,653, or 2.37b.
 3. Bridgeport, (1s29) $267,So9,- 479: (193C $269,25S,146; increase, $1.443,667, or .5496.
 24s; 1ssO s1s2,sS5,s4o: increase $7O,5S6,697, or 57.S9%.
 5. Waterbury, (1s29) $170.2o3,- 651: (1930) $171,761,96O; increase, $1,55S,309, or .92B.
 6. Stamford, (1929 $141,628,- 063; (1930) $142,707,3S6; increase, $1,O79, 323 or 76%.
 2. New Britain. (1929) $117.193,- 175; 1930) $116,S06,349; decrease. $386,826, or :33 per cent.
 8. West Hartford, 1929) $70,- 471,990; (193O) $74,718,3S9; in- crease. $4,236,399, of 6.O3R.
 g. Norwalk, (1929) $56,35S,159, 193o) $66,O52,s54; increase, $9,694,- 695, or 17.2O96.
 10. Meriden, (1s2s) ss2.sso,- 900: (193O) $62,527.65O: decrease. $352,35O, or .56 per cent. Il. New London, (1929) $60,- o5s,oo4; (1e3o) $5s,5e4,25a; de-
 12. West Haven, (1929) $54,- $1,O42,S50, or 1.93 per cent. 13. Bristol, (1929) $54,901,535; (193O) $54,710,225: decrease, $751; BIO, or .35 per cent.
 IA. -Torrington, (1929) $53,019,- 524: (193O) $53,044,127; increase, $384,603, or .73 per cent.
 15. Manchester, (1929) $53,464,- 220; (1930) $52,690,025; decrease STA, ,195, or 1.45 per cent.
 16. Norwich, (1929) $4S,642,304; (1930) $4S,511,277: decrease, $751; 027, or .27 per cent.
 Old Lyme's Remarkable Increase
 The largest percentage of increase in grand list during the year was that which resulted from a revalu- ation in Old Lyme, where the as- sessment lists were increased 117.26 per cent-from $2,S95,69O in 1929, to $6,291,261 in 1880.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
'AS YOUuKE IT
 STAGED SATURDAY
Seniors of Waterbury Cath- Olic High School Will Re- peat Play Tonight
AT THE SCHOOL HALL


 The senior class of the Waterbury Catholic high school delighted a large audience with their splendid presentation of Shakespeare "As You Like It. given in the school lauditorium on Saturday, afternoon. Many fine examples of dramatic art were given in finished manner by the members of the cast.
 Miss E. Rita McCann, taking the leading feminine role of "Rosalind' played the part with an alacrity which upheld the spirit of the theme throughout the play. The part of I"Orlando" a love-sick hero was por- trayed in fitting way by Miss Irene Daly.
 The roles of Celia" "Jaques," "Phebe" and 'Touchstone" played by Misses Dorothy Walsh, Phyllis Gumpper, Helen Ljungquist and Mo1lie Petrocelli were outstanding for their dramatiZation. l Other characters include: Adam, Eleanor Leahy; Oliver, elder brother to Orlando, Mary Mates; Dennis, Eleanor Juliano; Charles, a fencer, Rose Carroll; Touchstone, a jester. Mollie Petrocelli; Le Beau, a cour- tier, Mary Bigham; first lord, Ellen Murphy; second lord. Marianne Me- Gowan; Duke Senior, Jane Phelan; first lord, Mae McElligott; second lord, Mary Heitman; Amiens, attend ing on the banished duke, Mildred Delaney; Silvius, shepherd in love with Phebe, Ellen Hunt: Jacques De Boys, brother to Orlando, Josephine lOLeary; Clamor, Ann Cronin; cour- tiers, Margaret Caruso, Adella Maze | ika, Virginia Moore, Margaret Heit- man; foresters, Mildred Maroney, May Kamack, Margaret Russo, Mar garet Ferry. Mildred Synott, Mar garet Buckley, Constance Gibbons, Eleanor Juliano, Mary Wrenn; Hymen. Frances Riconda; Hymens S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
Acosta Flies Home-Made
 Plane; Calls A Best
 Aircraft He Euer Hew
Takes Machine Built By 2o=Year=Old Youth and Per-
 forms Miracle Stunts

Although under suspension and forbidden to fly licensed machines. Bert Acosta, famous Atlantic flyer, furnished thrills yesterday to thousands in homemade machine. "The best ship I ever flew" he re- marked at the conclusion of his un- advertised exhibition at Roosevelt field. l.. I. The machine was built in a back yard by 29-year-old married youth, who obtained his information from books, and who carried his invention to the field in an auto. Here's the Herald Tribune story of Acosta's daring flight:
 A tiny monoplane built by job printer in a Jamaica backyard and brought to Roosevelt Field in an au- tomobile was flown over this air port this afternoon by Bert Acosta, co-pilot of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's transatlantic flight in 1927, who put it through an hours rigorous stunting exhibition and landed to describe it as the best plane he has piloted.
 Joseph Terle, who never had been in the air and who knows about aviation only from books and ob- servation. wanted plane and start ed building it ten years ago because he could not afford to buy one. Now, with the distinction of Acosta's s praise and of being the builder of the first homemade plane to fly successfully from this airport, he hopes to obtain funds to start com mercial production. Acosta inter- rupted his stunt flight this after noon to land at the Aviation Coun- try club, at Hicksville, l.. l.. where he said he had "as good as sold two of the planes"
 Meets AcOsta by Accident
 xAcosta, whose license was sus- pended for flying low over Nauga- tuck in 1928. had not been in the air for six months. Sitting in his car at the edge of the field at dusk yesterday, he saw Terle helplessly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
Around the House

1. Rakdng Lawns
 Get them ready for the spring. 2. Sowing New Grass
 Now is the time to get new grass sowed during wet spring weather. 3. Spading up Gardens
 Getting the ground stirred up for those summer vegetables. 4. Planting Gardens
 Now is the time to get vege- table seeds in. 5. Repairing Fences Nnd Walks It won't take much time, and they will look better. c. Trimming Trees and Shubbcry Do it now before the sap starts running. z. Cleaning Out Cutters
 Not only drains, but also roof gutters. 8. Removing and Storing Storm
 Windows and Doors Winter is through. It's time to put these away. 9. Repairing Screens and Screen
 Doors
 Some must be painted. Some must be repaired. 10. Remove Ashes from Cellar Might as well clean them out now. II. Washing Outside of House It's a lot cheaper to wash it than it is to paint it, and it looks fine. IF. Chopping Wood
 Have you an old tree that should come down, and be chopped into fire wood? 13. Planting New Shubbery A privet hedge costs only few dollars. Now is the time to plant it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
FOOdhandlers to.
 Be Examined
Dr. Godfrey to Have Charge
 of Work

The semi-annual examination of food-handlers and hucksters will be held May IS to 29, inclusive, in the health department office on the third floor of clay hall with Dr E.. J. God frey in charge. The hours will be from to 5 o'clock.
 This announcement is being sent today to all restaurant owners and propretors of establishments where food is prepared or sold.
 There are several hundred food handlers in the city. al of whom must be given a general health ex- animation to eliminate any possi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
Results of Equalization Programs

Results of Equalization Programs
 Painstaking revaluations in a number of municipalities, together with the normal growth of commu- mites have combined, Commission CT Blodgett pointed out, to keep the states grand list growing at a sub stantial rate. While the revaluations were designed to equalize assess ments as among property owners, in many cases sizeable grand list in- creases were also a result of the ef- fort by these municipalities to es- tablish fair and proportional valua- tions, in accord with the flair mar ket value" requirement of the statutes. In addition, therefore, to removing the accumulation of in- eQualities in assessments, the revised grand lists also served to provide a correct and lawful basis for increas- ing the borrowing capacities of those towns which desire to extend public permanent improvements.
 During the last year, the most pronounced increase in grand list was that of Greenwich, where $70,- 536,697 in taxable values was added to the towns grand list. The revalu- ation program carried out in that municipality, among other things, had the effect of making Green wich the fourth largest municipality in the state in point of the size of its grand list, replacing Waterbury in this respect. In 1928, Greenwich ranked seventh, being preceded, in the order named. by Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain. In 1929, Greenwich rose to sixth place, dis placing New Britain, and on the 1880 list the town rose to undis- puted claim of fourth place, being exceeded in size only by Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport.
 The Greenwich equalization pro- gram, Commissioner Blodgett said, has become the subject of consider
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
THE CONNECTICUT
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Several names were added to the list of Waterbury representatives, who will attend annual meeting of the Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce in Hartford tomorrow. Frank J. Green, secretary. and Miss Helen Hurley, assistant secretary. of the local chamber will head the local delegation. TAe new names added to-day were those of J. k. Hughes, Charles E. Hart. Richard D. Ely. K. A. Jackie and E. r. Copp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
CAN YOU GIVE ODD JOBS
 TO THE UNEMPLOYED
A Few Hours Work Will Help Support an Unemployed
 Man Check This List
Inside Your House

1. Cleaning the Furnace
 You won't use 1t much longer. It will be time to clean 1t soon. 2. Cleaning Cellar
 Might as well clean out all the old papers and boxes. ,. White-wash Cellar Gives you more light as well as keeps it clean. 4. Cleaning Attic
 A good chance to get bad job < well done. Z ]. Washing Inside Paint
 Soap and water will make your white paint look wonderfully. 6. Waxing Inside Paint
 Did you know that white paint can be waxed so it won't show 2. Waxing and Polishing Floors. Makes them look better, and preserves the wood. s. Beating Rugs
 Ought to be done this time of year.
 9. Washing and Polishing Auto
 mobiles
 Put your car in shape for the summer. 10. Making Children's Clothes
 A seamstress can copy a good model very cheaply for you. II. Extra Help
 In addition to the above, check any of the following that you are in need of: Cooks Iaundresses s Maids SeamSsrcsses Mattresses Chauffeurs Kitchen Help Caretakers Mothers Helper Farm Hands Dish Washers General LabOrcrs Scrub Women
 Telephone 29O1 Mutual Aid Employment Bureau, Old Immaculate Church Rectory,
 East Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

An increase of about $14O,000, 900 in the grand list of Connecticut is shown in statistics made public to- day by Tax Commissioner William H. Blodgett, covering the latest as- sessment figures for the 169 towns of the state. The new 1890 state total of property taxable locally is $3.- 149,273,O92 as compared with $3,- 009,930,176 for the 1929 assessment date, growth of 4.63 per cent. A year ago the increase of the 1929 list over 1928 was $206,S53,3S2, or 7.38 per cent.
 grand list totalled $1,935,355,236. Between 1920 and 1880, it increased $1,213,917,S56, or 62.72 per cent. From 1910 to 1920, the percentage of increase was more marked. The 1910 total was $S87,747,056, which increased by $1,047,608,1 180, or 118.01 per cent. in 1920.
 In the twenty-year period from 1910 to 1880, there has been an in- crease of $2,261, 1,526,036, or 254.75 per cent.
 While the figures show that the grand lists of 133 towns were in- creased in 1880 over the previous year, those of thirty-six municipali- ties were slightly less than the year preceding.
 How List Has Grown in
 Twenty Years
 The following table illustrates the growth of the grand lists from 1910 to date:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
SYLVAN AVENUE STORE
 BURGLARIZED SATURDAY

Mrs Mary Nakid of 361 Sylvan avenue reported to the police to-day that her store had been burglarized sometime Saturday night or early yesterday morning. A quantity of cigars and cigarettes were taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
LATE REALTY NEWS
Quit Claim Deeds:

VuIC OIdIFII DCCUS. Eva Gwazdauskas to Frank Matu- savage, real estate on the south side of Sunnyside avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

train, Helen Casey, Vera Colson, Helen Hubert, Marion Rossi, Marion Moynihan, Letitia Mancini.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

bility of spreading communicable disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

The play will be presented this evening at o'clock at the audi ltorium of the school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
NOTICE TO ADVERT RTYSERS

The same closing. date day, May ae. at saocn-applies to listings and dis. play advertising In the Classified Diseetosy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

9x12 and other room sizes .. deep, long wearing pile. EXcep- tionally attractive patterns in beautiful colors. Tuesday spe- cial!
 Tomorrow Only!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11

Mutual Aid Employment Bureau, Old Immaculate Church Rectory,
 East Main street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
IN TERROR HIT BY COLD WAvE;
 KILLING l. FROST
Panama Valley Communi- ties Shiver in Freezing
 Temperature Today

The first freezing weather of the season was reported in interior Alaska in official reports received at local headquarters of the United States Weather Bureau. The cold zone apparently extended through out the Panama Valley and was prevalent in limited area on the upper Yukon River
 Fairbanks reported a killing frost with a minimum temperature of 30o above zero. Panama, PTS miles north at the junction of the Tam ana and Yukon rivers reported a similar temperature.
 The coldest reported was at Eagle, on the upper Yukon, with 28 degrees above zero. Point Bar row, on the Arctic Coast had 30 degree minimum.
 The Kuskokwim Valley was still warm. Fort Yukon, although north of Eagle, was not as cold as the latter place, reporting 42 degrees above.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
WILLIAMS BACK
 FROM EXTENDED
 TIMBER I'M SURVEY
Locates Great Stand of Sit ka Spruce Timber on
 Kosciusko Island

The finest stand of Sitka spruce sawtimber yet cruised by the Forest Service is loeat te d on Kosciusko Island which lies just northwest of Prince of Wales Island, according to J. P. Williams, Forest Examiner, who returned here recently after spending six months in the field. He left here last February and since that time has cruised Kos ciusko Island and three pulp tim Der areas in the Ketchikan district ! The spruce stand on the island MT Williams said, contains ap- proximately 130000,O00 feet bm. of the finest type of saw timber It is the finest of it's kind and size so far cruised in the Territory. Ap- plication for cutting areas there has been filed with the Forest Service by the Sawyer Reynolds Company.
 Thirty days were required by MT. Williams and his party to cruise this tract The remainder of the time was spent .n making recon naissance of the three pulp tim Der areas. One of these is located Smeadon Bay, a second in George Inlet and the third in Naha Bay on the Loring Creek watershed. All three are included in the Ketchi- kan pulp timber unit development of which is contemplated by the zellerbach interests of San Fran cisco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
 Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

. Prince Rupert due 5 pm. this evening. [ . N0rco due Saturday. { . Princess Louise due Saturday { evening. { . Queen due August 28. { . Alameda due Saturday. [ SCHEDULED SAILINGS { . Prince Henry will sail from {
 Vancouver Aug. 20, evening. { . Aleutian from Seattle g am. {
 . Aug. 22.
 Princess Alice to sail from (
 Vancouver Aug. 26, g pm. {
 SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS { . Admiral Rogers due south { . bound pm this evening. . Dorothy Alexander due south ( . bound August 9. [ LOCAL SAILINGS ( . Estebeth leaves every Thursday [ . night at pm. for Sitka and wayports. . Pacific leaves every Thurs . day at 10 am. for Peters . burg, Rake and way ports. { . ss . Q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
WATSON CALLS ! IN AT JUNEAU
 : SOUTHBoUND
Brings IS Passengers to
 Juneau -Cannerymen l. from Kodiak Island

The Admiral Line steamer Ad- miral Watson, Capt Einar Thom- sen, arrived from Kodiak Island and way ports at midnight We'd nesday, with i5 passengers for Ju- peau:
 Captain J. Acton, M. J. Sullivan, H. Rumberg, Frank Cabo, Loy Unas, Mrs. E. J. White, Lena Gray, Mary Ellis, H. B. Crewson, Nels Larson, ~Nels Aurdal, Carl Larson, Edmund Mattensen, c. Lewis.
 The Watson called in at Port Graham, Seldovia, Kukak Bay, Ko- diak, Seward, Yakutat and Cor doya Thirty three passengers from the above ports were booked for Seattle. and eight for Ketchikan and Petersburg Most of those were cannery men and employees. There were l2 round trippers on the cruise.
 Passengers embarking here were:
 For Petersburg-Donald McDon- aid, R. s. Waltz, w. D, Gross, c. Human.
 For Ketchikan-Che Johnson, J. M Arlington.
 For Seattle-Claire w. Roland, Mrs. M. Richards.
 The, Watson sailed southbound at h o'clock this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
PRINCE RUPERT HAS < ONE FOR THIS PORT

s KETCHIKAN, Aug. 20.-One pas- senger for Juneau is aboard the steamship Prince Rupert due at Juneau at o'clock this afternoon from Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-20
ALL IN THE FAMILY ANYWAY

J TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 20.-Fath- .er and son went out for golfihg ihonors here and took one on the chin. The pairings pitted them against each other in the first round with Harry Andrews. Sr., defeating Harry, Jr., 3 and 2.