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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Two Kinds of Jellyfsh

used by jellyfish when they sting. Nature has given them tiny barbs at the ends of string-like tentacles which hang down from the main part of the body.
 When the tentacles touch an ob- ject, the barbs are thrown out with great force. If they sink into flesh, a small amount of poison is shot from little tubes inside the barbs.
 Some jellyfish are smaller than those ] have mentioned, but others have bodies five feet in width! family have been found to weigh more than 90 pounds.
 Food of these animals is largely made up of prawns and small fish. The victims are first killed or stunned by the poison stings. and are then passed along to the mouth. If we compare q jellyfish to an umbrella. the mouth is at about the same point as the um- brella handle would be attached to the cover part. The mouth has no teeth. but Is knows how to take in food.
 Jeliyfish do not have any blood In their bodies. Usually they are transparent-very much like win dow glass --- but sometimes their bodies are tinted. They are as easy to press together as jelly: but, as I suggested above. 1t is not wise to pick them up. The sting of a large jellyhsh may raise blister on the flesh of a human being.
 Tho bodies of jellyfish are com posed so largely of water that when they are cast on a beach by the waves. and the water within them is dried away. very little solid matter is left. This Is true even of giant members of the family.
 An animal similar to the jelly fish is known as the Portuguese man of-war." It has strong sting ing powers. Members of this fam fly are brightly colored, some be- ing blue, others pink or purple.
 (Paste this story in Mature" section of your scrapbook). To. morrow--Animals Which Build
 Islands.
 UNCLE RAY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
AIR MAIL PILOT LIVES UP
 TO TRADITIONS OF SERVICE.

Su nbury. Pa UP) - Another chapter of the thrilling story of the United States air mall lines under the heading of the service slogan, The mall must go through, has been added by the daring blind" flying of w. D. Williams, mail pilot.
 Williams, on the west -to-east run. was forced down by rain and storm at Bellefonte. Before him, across the Nittany Mountain, lay the most treacherous part in his route, a section that has already climed the lives of several hyers.
 Train connections were not available and the mall appeared due for an overnight delay.
 William took off again for sun bury, where through connections by train to New York were avail able.
 Rain beat down on his plane In solid sheets, making visibility tn- possible. cross currents rocked his ship through dangerous Woodward Pass, but he brought his plane down at the government emcr- gency field here and the mail went through on schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
The Playground
 at Pearl Street
An Older Girls VOlley Ball
 Team Organized

Activities at the new Pearl street playground are in full swing at present. An older girls volley ball team has been formed which will compete against other play ground congregations. The mem bers of the team include: Cynthia Mott, Virginia Goodson. Mary Lewis, Edith Costen, Beulah Sears, Evelyn Thrasher, Dorothy Savage, Katherine and Anna Belle Lewis.
 The winners of the horseshoe tournament recently conducted were: Wallace Bush, Buster Sum Ter, Carmen Marinaro and Horace Allen.
 A doll contest Is scheduled to be held tomorrow afternoon with the winners of the cutest, most petite, largest and most unique dolls being awarded prizes.
 Checkers and dominoes are Ind ing their way in the hearts of the older frequenters these warm days while the younger tots spend their time playing with blocks and other amusing toys,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Editor Tall Tower Topics Won't you be Boy Scout and your good deed for today try impress upon park department that there poor hard working girls boys who would like indulge in that famous sport known during the evening But they haven't got chance have hours get little slip of paper known permit because of the fact that they giving permits advance during the day for the evening hours should think the public would and those who fortunate enough during the day give less fortunates break This applies especially Hamilton Park How about it?-M. A. D. tYour complaint certainly juifiabe I'm Mir Shea will give immediate consideration The Ed)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
NIGHT RESORTS OF NEW YORK ARE
 PUT ON SPOT
Owners of Dance Halls, Cabarets and Night Clubs Going on Carpet, as Breeders of Crime
BY JOHN R. BEAL g1nifcd ppnsa GtaH HCOrroannndentl |


 New York, July 20-(UP) - Owners of dance halls. cabarets and night clubs. whose establish ments were scored as breeding places of crime and vice in a re- port of the committee of fourteen. were scheduled to be put on the carpet" by Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney to-day.
 Vice Is more prevalent in New York now than at any time in the last IS years, the committees re- port said, and taxi" dance halls were blamed for much of the con- dition.
 The committee, a civic organiza- ton which makes yearly survey of vice and crime. said certain parts of Brooklyn resemble red light districts" and that the police vice squad. demoralized because of lack of public confidence due to draft revelations of the legislative inves- tigation, hesitated to make arrests.
 The result, the report stated. was that vice had become greater in volume and more braZenly open" than at any time for 15 years.
 Commissioner Mulrooney, to whose department control of dance hall licenses recently was trans ferred, had planned to issue in- structions to cabaret owners to- day at a meeting called before the committees report was made pub lie.
 The commissioner Is expected to outline regulations and tell what action the police will take if viola tions are reported. He plans also to order strict observance of the a. m. closing law.
 The evils of the dance halls, from many of which women are excluded and where men dance with "hostesses' employed by vle management. were outlined in the report. Between 35,000 and 60,000 men and boys visit the dance halls ! weekly. It was estimated "condi- halls are outwardly decent, al- | es are prostitutes even in these, ' the report stated. Tn others the prevailing indecency Is shockingly open. In many of the halls the men and boys do not come for the | purpose of dancing"
 The worst type of dance halls are the so-called ''chain dance halls" belonging to a syndicate the committee reported, adding: | This chain Is rumored to have the protection of certain license in. spectors and other employees oi that department. certain plair clothes policemen and women. and a city magistrate.
 The magistrate was rumored to have an indirect financial inter. est. He has a consistent record oi discharging defendants in dance hall cases prosecuted by the DO lice"
 The committee did not name tn, magistrate. but said he had re signed. giving i'll health as the req son. when he came under the in vestigation of the seabury commit tee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

next Thursday went on sale this morning at Olson's drug store. They may also be procured from Harry E. Benham, John J. Daly, Tracy Noble, John Hayes or George Wig Iglesworth, members of the banquet committee. The number of tickets will be limited to 200 and 1t is ex- lpected that the sale will close to- morrow evening. The banquet com mittee will meet Tuesday night to check up on the number of reser- vations. The place for the holding of the banquet will also be decided at that time. Notices have been mailed to all societies in the borough ask ing them to take part in the par ade to be rendered Billy. The Knights of Columbus will hold spe- cial meetings tonight at o'clock to take action on the part they will take in the celebration.
 Games Called on Rain necessitated the postpone ment of the games in the Nauga- tuck amateur baseball league scheduled for last Saturday after noon at Recreation field.
 Special Meeting Tonight Plans for attending the state gathering of fife and drum corps of the state to be held in Hartford on August l. will be discussed at a special meeting of the St. Francis T. A. B. drum corps to be held to- might at o'clock in Hibernian hall.
 Brass City Man Injured
 Peter Fardelli of 332 Bank street. Waterbury, was slightly injured 1nt t,.r 1ax .trk Ii skidded on the wet pavement on tion of Hotchkiss street and col delli received several cuts and bruises on the forehead. He was attended by Dr. William E. Hill. Later he went to his home. Officer Joseph Doran investigated the acci- dent for the police. No arrest was made as the accident was consid- cred unavoidable.
 Making First Tickets
 The first ticket since the shut down of the local rubber footwear plants of the U. s. Rubber com pany is being made to-day. Start ing to-day all of the gum over shoes are being made at the c. M. +. Shoe company plant and the ten- his shoes aAe being made In the Phoenix shop plant.
 Important Meeting | An important meeting of the building committee of Crusader post, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held tonight at o'clock in the post rooms. All members are urged to attend the meeting. Wife of Judge TOllcs III Mrs. Claremont I. Tolles, wife of Judge Tolles of the local borough court, Is reported as being seri- ously III in the Waterbury hos pital where she recently underwent an operation.
 Due to her illness Judge Tolles did not preside at the session of the borough court this morning, Deputy H. H. Schofield occupying the bench.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
DAILY NEWS LETTER
By THOMAS l.. STOKES United Press COrrcsDOndcnt)

Washington. UP) - President Hoover is learning. as have other presidents that he must give a good deal of time to many extran- eous side issues, sometimes of q very trivial nature, even during critical periods of negotiation over matters that affect the whole world, such as the debt moratori- um.
 Persons with all sorts of busi- ness trailed in and out of the White House during the mora torium negotiations. the most im- portant single measure promul- gated during the Hoover admin istration. They take their parti- cular troubles into the president and he listens to them. Those around the president sought to keep away as many of this type of visitor as possible during the negotiations, but they were not en- tirely successful.
 Concluding a vital conference on the debt problem. or putting down the telephone after q long distance call to Secretary of Treasury Mellon and Ambassador Edge of Paris, MT Hoover would turn aside to discuss with some caller q minor appointment, or listen to an invitation to make an address, or receive some delega- ton or other-either just visitors. or people who wanted to present some cause or other.
 C. Q. F. Funds
 Just at the height of negotia- : tions number of republican lead CTS. descended. upon. the. White House to take up such a practical matter as raising money for the coming campaign. They found out that the treasury of the party was running low.
 President Hoover does not re- ceiye the long list of hand-shakers who used to troop into the White House in the Harding and part of the Coolidge administrations at one o'clock every day and file by the chief executive in his office for a quick grasp of the pdesi- dents hand and word of greet ing. It became too much of a task for busy president.
 But he does receive a few peo- ple at this time every day for g uhHu -BudhGs NApAsoho V''' ss'~' been so honored because of the request of some official or mem Der of congress. During the debt negotiations, MT Hoover received several visitors.
 Hand. Shake for Aged Vet He gratified the wish of a TO- year-old Union veteran from Dal' matia, Pa, to shake hands with president. The veteran, William Walt, had seen Lincoln severa times when the Civil war presi dent reviewed . the regiment tt which he belonged, but he hat not seen a president since.
 Talking with the handful of vis itors who come in at the close O a busy morning seems to afford relaxation to the president. ant he frequently voices & merry quip He greeted large delegation O high school boys here for fra ternity convention And told then if they ran into any trouble in thu capital in seeing what they wantes to see to come to him.
 I'm mayor of Washington" h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Tbrouoh the telescope

Through the telescope. Bud Davis is showing the boys
 white linen off the pipes It's cool enough refriserate vegetables Charley DeRienzo sends clipping purporng show that slang singing brought about the Hoover Moo ium Thanks. Charley Nurse Catherine Grady told publish her the Tower don't tell her you will you? Thanks. muchy Mrs Gomer Lewis is down al Marhas Vineyard for the summer ExCommish Gib Hen derson though absent from board meetings still finds time enjoy occasional chat with the boys around Gib of th popular the village had for years Jack Bowling of the towns olasst dancers is merns Qunapaug Take it easy girls he'll be there till Labor day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Beautiful Billie Dove Scores Hit as Heroine of Story Full of Thrills and Action at Lyric.

Billie Dove scores another dram atic hit in "The Lady Who Dared." which opened yesterday at the Ly- rio as a First National and Vita phone production.
 Sidney Blackmer. who has scored so many successes on the screen lately since he left the New York stage. take the part of an American consul. Charles Townsend, in Q South American city. He finds him. self extremely busy. and to cer- tain extent negiects his beautiful wife--Miss Dove--with the result that she drifts easily, into the lan- guid atmosphere of the city, into the acouaintanceship of Jack Nor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
SHE'S EXCUSED

Portland. Me.-Doctors told Mrs Mildred Marston, 30. of Glendale, Cal. that she had only a year to live. Mrs Marston decided to Feat. drink and be merry" for she knew she was to die soon. She was caught in the midst of her ceiebra- ton and arrested for drunken drlv- ing. But the judge unearthed an old law and excused her from be- ing arraigned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
Uncle Rays
 Corner
JELLYFISH AND THEIR UMBRELLAS"

About F years ago, while I was taking swim on the Atlantic coast, I noticed large pumber of jcllyfish floating on the surface. Their "umbrellas' were only about three inches across. picked one of them up. but felt a strange pain In my hand and let the aninhal' drop.
 Yes It Is an animal--a quaint kind of animal which cannot see or hear or smell. but which knows how to feel and eat and sting!
 At the time of my little adven- ture, did not know the method
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

During the ltenary or the North Church of St Nicholas In Glasgow. Scotland, recently. It VAS revealed that Mrs v. MacPherson, the oldest member of the congre- gati |. was only three years young err than the church and had at- tended 1t regularly for more than GO years. fsf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Believe it. Sometimes during particularly dull
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
WHAT THE PRESS A GENTS SAY

ton Conway Tearle), a polished man who pays her a great deal of attention, but who in reality Is a big smuggler of diamonds and oth- CT things. And on the same bill Is John Barrymore and Marion Marsh in "Svengali'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20
cling lt to the daisies

Telling the daisies Officers Fred Hickey and Barney Burn will have time of week and said time will be fishing local soda manufacturer has picture of the Tower the label every bottle Jim Morssey Michael Walker will spend week Philadelphia making the by Frank Pcarsons sends d pillow from his hacienda down Maine Frank there giving ball demonstrations the yokeh how little Between Frank campaigning against the boer getting < much per bore
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

During the hearing of case in a Liverpool. n.siand. court se- gently. it was testified that a boy of 10 did not know the names Of his King and Queen of England and had not heard of the World war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-20

Editor Tsn Tower Topics you where the Connec teut highway and oblgeA Reader nw never heard such highway that by that particular Perhaps some of my readers information the nbJt-Ihe Ed)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
Just Who Is
 Champ Anyway? By DAN PARKER

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 have such great @ Just bit % & strenEh % and aey ToqE @ have finished M everything he had into this effort and had nothing a
 forget Dundee Engshman picked the If there American fighters his launches haven't heard their names
 that he fighting in strange land for the didn't to be in the best possible physical him these shores wasn't just much hperDo as the lads
 that they're be doing their utmost to hasten the Jamaica Arena and Prospect a
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12

will prove highly costly.
 It's hard to figure out who has the most depending on the outcome Of his particular fight but one thing is certain, each of the three will fight as he never fought before in his efforts to gain the laurel wreaths of victory.
 A Comeback?
 Towards angle of the case is more interesting than either the other two for Buddy, once regarded throughout the east as the outstand- = ing heavyweight youngster in the game, will be fighting to regain some sort of foothold on the heavy weight ladder after having been pushed almost into fistic oblivion by the failing fists of Al Gainer and Ralph Ficucello. Although both fighters have knockout victories reg istered over the Newhallville blonde, Towards rtaunch admirers and he has hundreds. will argue all day long that both defeats were un- fortunate circumstances that failed to prove conclusively that either Gainer or Ficucello is really How ards master.
 Buddy. however, isn't saying a word about what happened in the past He has wiped both pictures out of his mind and is starting clean again tomorrow night in his efforts to get back.
 Howard knows win over DeCar-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
Just Too Bad!

Exhibiting a sort of sportsman ship that would be disgrace to Washington Hill teams of other days, the 1881 representatives of the Hill club sent junior team on the floor to represent them while they themselves sat in the audience and watched the game end 2S to 27 In favor of the Sacred Hearts. The unusual procedure was a move of protest against the assignment of Henry Darlington as referee of the game, the regular Washington Hill team refusing to go on the floor if Darlington was named to referee their scheduled game with the Hearts. Kraft and Charley Maloney. substitutes for the regular players were the only two that played. The junior team gave their opponents a lively tussle which was punctuated by comical situations. The Hills have lost four out of five games to date and are batting just an even 200.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
HOWARD, CATO AND B0CASH ON ARENA
 CARD TOMORROW

New Haven, Jan 12.-(SpeciaD- The opening fistic carnival of the Arena A. C.. scheduled for to-mor- row night. is one of the most pe- culiar ever staged in New Haven. For. in all three of the featured bouts. the two ten rounders that top the program and the six round semi-final, at least one fighter in each bout has more than usual de- pending on the outcome. And, all this despite the fact that there isn't a champion or q near champion anywhere on the card.
 Lots of times. fights that are far removed from championship tussles are far more important in certain fighters careers than actual cham pionship tussles and Tuesday night will find Buddy Howard, Johnny Gaito and Lou Bogash all in that classification. For, to each of the three, victory will mean the start of better things in the gentle art of modified murder while a defeat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12
HOPEVILLE BEATS
 NAUCY SQUAD IN
 LEAGUE FEATURE
Mazzarella and Green Sew
 Up Game 38 to 3O-Hills
 Protest Referee and Use j. Junior. Team a ss ~e
By. J. A. CLUNEY

1. In the finest basketball game of ,he City Amateur league season to date. Vincent Hogan's Speedboys lived up to their name and reputa- tion by closing with long-shooting rush that beat the Naugatuck Emer- aids 3S to 30 yesterday afternoon at Eagles hail. before a fair-sized crowd It was bitter medicine for Jay Jay Daly's rubbermen to swal- low as the contest was close all the way but was nicely packed in ice about three minutes before the final whistle, when Green and Mazzarella dropped in four beautiful goals that more than decided the issue, and handed the green and white array its first defeat of the season.
 Back and Forth
 / Nip and tuck basketball was the order of the game from the opening whistle, At the end of the first per- iod, HopevilIe showed the way by the smallest of margins g to 8. With the aid of Stokes, Lodge and Daly, the Emeralds went ahead, 20 to l7 at the half, while Butkus' long loop kept the Naugatuck boys ahead 26 to 25 at the close of the third. The game was tied up two or three times in the final period, until Mandy Green and Alex Mazzarella got loose for. some long ones that were "honeys'', as the boys on Laval street would say.
 Great Finish
 Though Naugy. in characteristic fashion, fought the ball to the finish, they were bit outclassed in the final period by the team play of the winners. Bad passing and worse shooting, in addition to a marked weakness from the foul line throughout the tussle lost the game for them, but it could have gone either way up to three minutes be- fore the end. Every one of the Speedboys had hand in the vic tory and it would not be fair to single out individuals, regardless of point scoring. For the Emeralds. the work of Stokes. RoZint and Butkus stood out. The score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-12

Jersey City or Detroit as the scene of battle.
 The Garden already has a con- tract for Schmeling's services, so all that is needed to make the thing click is "Pa's' signature on the var ious articles. The articles which Pa is to sign, by the way, stipu- late that should Stribling defeat Schmeling. he is to defend his title against Primo Camera in September.
 Pa was asked if he planned to sign.
 Well, I dunno" Pa answered. "The reports that had me signing as soon as I saw the papers were bit premature. You know this Garden proposition is just one of many and I'm not at all sure it's the best"
 Also, Strbling is trifle skeptical about signing a contract calling for his son to fight two outdoor fights in one season. "Pa" thinks such a thing would violate the finest tradi- tions of the boxing business.
 The Showdown
 This latest proposal by the Garden followed President w. F. Careys failure to interest either Schmeling or Stribling in a match with Jack Sharkey. Neither of the boys cares to have a thing to do with the Bos- ton sailor. All of which might come under the head of self preservation.
 Pa" also told the United Press he had received Q $100,000 offer from a Miami promoter for a Strib- ling Mickey Walker flight.
 'I am not particularly interested in the Walker match, but might