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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
THOMASTON
RUSH WORK ON
 NEW WATER PLANT
Will Be Ready in Week. Ponies to Play Sur-
 day

Innes Brothers. Inc, who are building the new filtration plant at the Thomaston Water company reservoir in Plymouth, are making great headway with the construc- ton and it is expected the plant will be finished in a week or two. The contract calls for its comple- ton next week. The filtration plant has been built to improve the wa ter which was in such poor condi- ton this summer that a great many local people refused to use it, although it was inspected each week and was found to be safe to use. When the new plant is put in use 1t will notonly check any further trouble of this kind but will Improve the water in many respects. During the changes at the plant the water in the mains has been shut off at times for re- pairs, and this has brought about two leaks in the pipes when pres sure of the water has been turned on. 1 @
 Ponies in Shape for Sunday :.
 The Ponies football team are in great condition for their game with the South Ends of Waterbury Sunday and, should give the Brass City team a good game. Since their defeat by Naugatuck last week the team has been taking a more seri- ous view of the game and have put in long hours of practice this week correcting their style of defense on the forward pass.
 Reunion of Merriman Family
 ,f.o,n family will join in the annual fam fly reunion to be held in Litch- field on Saturday at the Grange hall. Mrs, Kate. Atwood is one of the officers of this annual affair and has been making plans for one of the largest family reunions yet held by this family tree. Din ner will be served at 2 o'clock in the evening.
 Teachers Visiting Day
 The public schools were closed in town to-day, it being the teach teachers visited the schools in Hartford and New Haven.
 Foremcn to Meet Tonight club will meet at the Legion home 
 will hold a card party and social time following the meeting. Plans for bowling team will also be discussed at this time.
 Briefs
 Basceon lodge. No. 20, Knights of Pythias, held meeting in Pythian hall last evening. The Tigers football tean. will meet for practice this evening in the Center school green. The newly elected officers of the Epworth league will be installed at the meeting Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock. Rec J. H. Under mann will assist with the cere- mony.
 The feature picture at the Par amount theater this afternoon and evening will be Barbara Stanwyck, Clarke Gable and Ben Lyon in Might Nurse"
 William Hine of the Watertown road has bought a new sedan.
 In the industrial league at the Recreation alleys this evening the Case Shop team will bowl the Holy Rollers. The Merchants and John- stons team are now tied for first place in the league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
GREEK HAS ONE
 MAN EXHIBIT

Chicago. (UP)-Constantine Pougalis. Greek immigrant, who fought his way by manual labor on railroads and in steel mills to further his art school education. has achieved artistic success, but Is practically penniless.
 With his first one-man show hanging in the Art Institute. Pou- galis is uncertain how he will pro- vide for his young wife and baby. or how he will obtain more paint and canvas simply because commissions have not come his way.
 Pougalis, who is the son of a Byzantine artist, ran away from Corinth. Greece. when he was 1s. and with the dream of becoming a great artist. came to America.
 A week after landing in New York. Pougalis climbed off a freight train in Gary. Ind. beat the dust from his clothes and got q job as section hand. nt
 Swinging a pick and carrying railroad ties in the hot sun proved too much for the slender Greek. Then followed night work in a rolling mill.
 Then he got commission to dec- crate two Greek churches. With that morey he started at the Art Institute.
 Tn 1924 Pougalis won the first of several small prizes awarded his canvases in Chicago exhibitions Soon he would he recognized. he was convinced. But he wasn't and not w1tii 1928 wAs he commis stoned to execute canvas.
 Critics say the dozen paintings in Pousalis show indicate his rec turn to ''naturalism." They find q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
EARLY TRADING

New York, Oct 23.-(UP)-The stock market presented an improv. ed tone to-day, aided In sentiment by more optimistic expressions On their industry by executives attend ing the annual meeting or the American Iron and Steel lnst''ute here.
 Steel common moved up fraction. ally at the outset and industrial shares generally were fractions to a point above the previous closing levels. Railroad shares turned up. with Atchison rising 2 points ,9 112A. Coppers were in demand with American Smelling the req ture.
 Steel continued to advance in the early trading and the market pre- sented a firm tone.
 Allied Chemical was again fea- ture of strength, rising to SSA after opening at S6% unchanged.
 Volume was rather light. Many traders still were reticent about placing commitments pending out come of several impending devel- ments. 7
 Steel executives gathered here er- pressed opinions the steel industry was laying the foundation for bet ter year in 1892. Eugene c. Grace. president of Bethlehem Steel found some improvement In sentiment. Regarding general business, he found the outstanding development in a rise in commodity prices.
 to confer with the I. c. C. on the latter's freight rate decision was taken as evidence the roads were cooperating in efforts to keep their bonds on legal lists and this helped buoy up railroad shares.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

shoe business. The population of Puerto Cort,s is 2,700. Clubs Food Sale.
 Starting at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in MuZzys store, on Main street, the Wallace Barnes Girls club will conduct a food sale, the entire proceeds to go to the emer- gency relief fund. Mrs Marion ". .s..~r Zickwolfe will be III charge of the sale.
 At the weekly meetings of the club, dresses and heavy underwear for the children of Bristors poor and needy families are made.
 Peck Gift Opens Monday.
 Built with $5O,000 contributed by President Lilies Lewis Peck of the Bristol Saving Bank on ais SOth birthday in 1929, the new Bristol Girls club structure, Upson street, will be formally opened for public inspection Monday of next week. It will be kept open both afternoons and evenings for one entire week. Today handful of city officials inspected the building, while tomorrow the girls who will occupy it will give it the once over. Charles Scranton Palmer of New Haven, an architect, drew plans for the building and Carlson x Torrell of New Britain constructed it. The clubs committee in charge of building consisted of Townsend G. Treadway, chairman: Judge Newell Jennings, Willis P. Fraser, Mrs T. G. Treadway, and Miss Mary M. l.. Peck, president of the organization. Miss Flora P. East man supervises the activities of the club.
 The following inscription has been placed on a bronze pleque which has been attached to the south wall of the entrance hallway to the new building:
 MILES LEWIS PECK ., Gave the Fund for This Building
 on His Eightieth Birthday
 July A, 1929
 In Grateful Appreciation of his
 Generous Gift This Tablet Is
 Placed Here by the
 Trustees of The Bristol Girls Club Association Tt is more blessed to give than
 to receive"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
OAKVIL.LE

This weeks assembly at the South school was devoted to the late great inventor, Thomas Edison. In honor and as a tribute, Miss Leslie, the principal announced throughout the building that one and all of the pupils of the school were to sit silent for two minutes Wednesday morning.
 At. the assembly. papers were read by Melvin Snyder, Anna Bal tromaitis, Airline Fleming, Patricia Boxx, Georgina Wildman. Alfete Barbaret, and Chester Stothars. about Edison's inventions. The school program carried out as fol- lows.
 March, orchestral; bugle call, Eleanor Budd; flag salute and America" school; poem, "Vaga- bond Song" by Bliss Carmen Helen Barolak, Helen Graboski, Elsie Herman; Facts Worth Knowing About Edison" Melvin Snyder, Chester Stothart, Aliete Barbaret, Georgina Wildman; Few Gents Blown Up by Edison" 7th grade boys; Thomas Edison, the Greatest Inventor of Electrical Ma chinery in the World" Airline Flem- ing, Anna Baltromitis and Patricia Boxx; sidewalks of New York" tap-dance, Henrietta Therrault; song by Henrietta Therrault, Patricia Boxx and Grace Fisher; Famous Men and Women of Octo- Ter, Miss Griffin's class: story. Makers of the Flag" Carmella Rose; march, orchestra. The pro- gram was head by Jean Barbaret.
 Boy Scouts Meeting
 The Boy Scouts held a meeting at the Community House last even- ing at o'clock under the leader ship of Walter Thorne.
 The usual tryout and practicing of compass. signaling and first aid were the main study of the evening. Those attending the meeting were: D. Beveridge. w. Brandt, J.. Sprano, J. MacMurtrie, R. Fenn, C.. Collier, J. Austin, P. Alberto, E. Mascola. R. Beveridge. F. Hychka, E. Burke, G. Botelle, R Chase and J. Ande.
 The Civic association will meet this evening at o'clock in the up- per hall of the Community House. All organized clubs of the village are invited to attend or send repre- sentatives. Lucius Snyder. one of the board of governors will open the meeting.
 Rev and Mrs C. R. Dierlamm of Woodbury, formerly of Oakville are leaving for Chapel Hill, N. C.. on November 1st, where MT Dierlamm will be the pastor of the Union church.
 F. H. Trowbridge. MT and Mrs Walter Krantz of Colonial street were recent guests of MT and Mrs Dierlamm.
 The choir of All Saints church will hold a rehearsal at the parish house tonight at 7:30 o'clock. . Mir and Mrs William Babin and daughter. Mae Villa and son. Will liam were dinner guests of MT and Mrs George Duesel of New Britain last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
COLORED LIGHTS
 SOOTHE NERVES

Paris.-(UP)-The use of col ored lights to soothe tangled nerves and insane minds has just been recommended here by psycholo- gists attending the International Psycho-Therapeutic congress.
 Blue was described as the best color to induce cool. calm, calcu- lating state of mind. while red was advised for those in need of stimu- lation. A green background was said to be the best for prolonged tranuility. Black was banned as having depressing effect upon the mind.
 The practicability of decorating offices in colors that would best suit the mentality of the business men concerned was discussed. It was suggested that asylums should have different colored rooms for different states of neurotic minds. Prison life would be less dismal, it was said, if the walls and bars were painted green or blue.
 Dr Jean Potheau.. of Nice, told how many thermal resorts in France are utilizing the action of vari-colored rays.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
TERRYVILLE County Fair Assn
 Meeting Is Success
Over One Hundred in Attendance Forest Fire Gives
 Department Hard Battle

One hundred and fifteen people were in attendance at the meeting of the Litchfield County Council of Fairs which was held on the Ter ryville fair grounds last evening. A supper was served shortly after 5 o'clock. s
 Following the supper, Raymond Bentley of Harwinton, president of the council introduced the various speakers. The firstspeaker was MT Deming of Riverton, president of the Connecticut Association of fairs and secretary of the Riverton Fair association, who congratulated the Plymouth Agricultural society, sponsors of the Terryville fair for their progress since they organized, the local fair being the youngest or ganization in the state and yet classed as one of the strongest. The next speaker was MT Kimberly. master of Mountain County Pomo- ma grange who spoke briefly on grange work and was followed by Walter Wood, master of Central Pomona grange and a member or the Terryville fair who gave a few words of welcome to all present.
 OUe CI lIlc IedluTcS VI tIic ouP- per was huge cake with the words Litchfield County Council of Fairs which was presented to the Terry vile fair by Mathew Halpin, the cake was passed around with all the members being given a piece of it. The last speaker was Herbert Cleveland, president of the local organization who made short presentation speech in presenting a silver cup to Samuel McDonough of Wallingford for having won the most points in exhibits at the Terryville fair. Mir McDoonugh re- ceived the cup with few wards of thanks.
 Roll cali showed that Washing ton had four members. present: Goshen 2, Harwinton II, Riverton 20. Hope grange 1 and Terryville 50 with the others in attendance being invited guests.
 Following the business meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23
WATERTOWN

Charles Lawas, trainer and wrestling coach at Taft school ap- peered in the town court of Bethle- hem last night to answer to three charges. He was arrested in the Bethlehem woods last Saturday by Litchfield County Cane Warden Seth Monroe of New Milford.
 He was fined $50 and costs for hunting rabbits out of season with a ferret: $50 and c, sts for huntint, without license and $25 and costs and a 30 day jail senteuce for re- sisting an v...7 r. The jail sen- tence was suspended.
 Attorney Edward Sweeney of Waterbury appeared for Lawson and Attorney Harry Bradbury of New Milford for the state. A plea of guilty was entered.
 Mrs George Harper and Mrs
 m Btac.. \ ere hostesses at the first of cries of card parties to be. held under the auspices of the Wcmen's Mission auxiliary yester- day afternoon at the home of Mrs
 -arper on Lower Main street.
 These who attended were Mrs Truman Parker. Mrs Edgar Nor ton, Mrs William Black. Mrs F.. NJ Barton. Mrs U. c. Church, Mrs stanley Bar..es, Mrs William Smith, Mrs Clarence Booth, Mrs William Partee. Mrs Fred Bald win, Mrs Frederick Camp. Mrs George Decker. Mrs Eugene Lam- phier Mrs Paul PrentzeL Mrs eGorRe Harper and Mrs John Beach.
 The fia st fall meeting of the League f Women Voters was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs John Bassett.
 whe off ITS and chairman Cor fhis year are as Cows: President, 1Trs John Bas,ett; secretary, Mrs Paul Welton; treasurer. Mrs John I1al1iwell; chairman of various coimmiftees, efficiency in govern neuf. Mrs Walter Berry; child ~Sifare. Mrs Colin Barrett: legal &f&fus of women, Mrs s. Mclean H4c1kinham; education, Mrs An- @Iew Mcintosh: international rela |7SU4 lfrs John Reardon: immi- E21 {ion. Miss Frances Seymour. |S61oen in Industry. Mrs Andrew x1l l. living cost. Mrs Paul
 1'''s program for the year wa"
 3'*s mSmbora yill attend the |1S{< AouV1n(I0u <o he held at ths *1zI W4t5fbtffx the 18th and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

touch of Renoir, Fl Greco and Ce- game in his work, but underneath they declare Is true artistic feeling and individual expression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

Rumania is taking a leading part in the movement toward the formation of an agricultural union of the grain-exporting countries of Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

in this state. A large number of local football fans will journey to Thomaston to see the. game in which Fill. Bertinagle, Harbert and Hookus. local boys, will be seen in action in the Ponies backfield. : County Meeting Largely Attended
 The Litchfield County State Fed eration of Clubs meeting which was held in the Congregational church, yesterday was largely att tended by members from all sec tions of the county with a large delegation also being in attend ance from the Bristol club.
 The days program started at II o'clock in the morning with a din- ner being served by the Terryvilie organization at noon. The after noon session proved interesting throughout.
 Large Crowd at Dance
 The sophomore-freshm recep- hall. last evening was largely att tended by the students. and mem bers of the faculty. A pleasant evening of entertainment was pre- scented with the music being fur nished by the Silver Moon orches- tra.
 Interclass Basketball
 The interclass teams of the Ter ryville Athletics association, played two games in the town hall yes terday afternoon with the seniors defeating the juniors by a score of 22-7 and the sophomores defeating the freshmen by a score of 26-11.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

lroad, South District road, Pinny street bridge and Bunnell street. Bridge are under construction. Cornwall. Great Hill road and College :.reet. Steam shovel grad ing. Detour.
 Danbury. West Lake and Long Ridge roads. Resurfacing and in- stalling cuIverts. No detours. Derby. Cedric avenue under con- struction. No delay to traffic. Eas.on. Center street. Adams road and Westport turnpike. Re- surfacing and installing culverts. No. detours.
 Essex. North Main street un- der construction. Fairfield. Black Rock Turnpike under construction. No delay to ! traffic.
 Goshen. Bentley Hawes, West
 Side and Beach street roads are
 under constructions. ,, Harwinton. Harmony Hill, Har- winton avenue, Clearview roads are under construction.
 .Litchfield. East Litchfield, North field, Milton and Litwin roads are under construction. Mid dlebury. Watertown roao under construction. Culverts he- ing installed and grading being done.
 Milford. Bridge over R. R. under construction. Not open to trafhc.. Monroe. Purdy Hill road and Pepper street. Steam shovel grad ing. No detours. :, Morri-. Old Benton and Ball avenue roads under construction. New Hartford. Wicket. West Hill roads, road via Joe Gillett place and Harwinton fractional
 school house roads are under con- struction. .
 Newt own. Hawleyvilie road.
 Macadam completed. =. Mort h Branford. Cfintonvilie
 road is being oiled for 1.6 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-23

That 1g.o00 school chuldEgn in Galway. Irish Free state are in has been reported by pr B. o'. Beirne. county health ofhcer. '. !
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-09
ANTI IMPERIALISTMEETING JULY 18th

June ga call for preliminary
anti-imperialist conference on July II
at Irving Plaza, has been sent by the
Provisional Committee, elected by a
joint meeting of the national officers
of the nti-Imperialist League, and
the affiliated Latin American. Chi
nese, and Filipino organizations of
New York.
The conference will make prepa-
rations for August l demonstration
against the imperialist war and will
organize a permanent branch in New
York of the Anti-Imperialist League.
After pointing out the great revo-
lutionary movements in the colonies,
the call states:
The fight against starvation and
war is the fight of all toiling masses
in the imperialist and colonial coun-
tries. The present growing revolu-
tionary battles in the colonies and
the increasing bloody interventionist
wars of U. S. imperialism, puts the
question of organizing powerful
anti-imperialist united front organi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-09
BIG BREACH IN UNIV TERMINAL SCAB PACT AS 400 QUl
Smash Scottsboro Frame-Up.
Demonstrate July 9Th!

AGAINST attempts carry through
= their legal
boys;
leaders and other
the social sts and the Southern nchers against the fight
to free the boys the United States
again July in militant determined
aep and to demand the unconditional release of these innocent
working class children.
The boys all but one of whom are still in their teens were taken
off freight train at Painted Rock Alabama March Is by armed
had beaten white travelling
10 aVenge TINS attack on Whe supremacy ana TO 1her terroz
the fghtfu oppressed Negro the boys famedup by the
Alabama bosses and their courts of white girls
travelling
happen professional prostitutes,
to lie against the though they first the
moed them The nine children were rushed to trial few days after
deliberately
added incentive for the surrounding population
spend money scottsboro
Within and ncnng atmosphere with
the electric chair the the ninth 14yeaod
mistaL still
this boy.
spite attorneys
Rights taking appeal
Hawkins the motions trials for the
the still held the death cells Ky
ghasy
chair has been moved in position directly front of their cells They
been witness
been told lit will be next Information deliberately
withheld
naticaly by appeal Supreme Court
Letters from their parents have been kept them denied
significantly while
have the difficulty getting the the authorities
doingther
idate the accepting
their defense"
Negro and white workers. These boys nnocen Demand their
unconditional released Smash the Scottsboro lynch
and national oppression against the people!
Demand the removal of the eight
to the CHASTITY torture the permitted
to receive visitors
attorneys Demand the dismissal Wright
Demand change of
half of them Negroes!
Demand the right of the
of their defense! Support the
the NAAcP leaders stop hanstgng the defense
defending" the boys!
Death to the nchers Down with the capitalist
preston OF the Negro Fight equality
including the right of selfdeterminaon
and control their the Black Belt with conscaton
the land for workers white and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-09
Greetings to the Youth
Convention!

AaE Of the important revolutionary
" the immediate
OF the working
workers form about onethd of the workers
Without the workers there revolutionary
movement today.
The
their older brothers generally
ton Of
eet rehenone other the
workers to replace older woat much lower
traps OF the working youth Prostitution taking and
young girl
labor is definitely
Particularly efforts vouth-whch
does not know the the World
Union the workers fatherland intervention
Against all this the revolutionary has its in
srunt for leading the struggles of working youth
the working youth for the Communist
struggles the workers Particularly helped
Nevertheless the miancy
reflected in the Vel The YC which should much broader and
than its political leader Communist still small
that bacay
lean workers The first few steps that recently made
continued
built struggle that will be real leader
working youth
against of Intervention Union equal rights
and for Negroes and against the special
the working youth under capitalism
responsibility
Party assigns its helping
Youth this
worker make his to help
United
members particularly must fight the tendencies youth
special youth demands for is
special tong youth modified
struggle
City, the greatest Importance
worker will have his
Every worker must help carry out the decisions OF this 9th Nao Con-
Particularly revolution
out the slogan Of Equal and
tcoNuNvED ranEE)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-09

Are you going to be one of
the $4,000? Already a number
of workers have responded to
our appeals and have sent in
their half dollars. More must
respond-at once!
The Tag Days from which
we expected so much have pro-
duced to date only $2,081.95,
of which all but S375.38 came
from the New York district.
That's why we must get $4,000
half dollars between now and
July 10 or the Daily won't be
able to pull through the sum-
mer land we're sure there must
be hundreds of dollars in Tag
Day money lurking around
somewhere-we've got to get
that too!)