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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
R. F. Worden Drivers
 Win National Prize
Receive Trophy in Fleet Contest for Horse Drawn
 Vehicles-Judd and Murphy Captain Teams

R. r. Worden and Sons, Inc, were informed this morning by the National Safety News that their company had been awarded the National Safety Trophy in the Ma tional Fleet Contest for Horse Drawn Vehicles.
 Richard c. Fisher, vice-president and general manager of the local company, lists the members of the two teams participating which
 Captain J. Murphy, A. Flinter. E. Simth, D. McCarey, H. Iris. J.. Desonier, J. Charron, E. Hoskings, E. Nora, P. Quflter, L. Hirbour, w. Smith, E. Thompson, F. Lan- geau, c. Horan, E. Henry.
 Captain W. Judd, L. Maher, D.. Butler, P. Hartung, R. Laurencelle, e. Guy, c. Daley, w. Cushing, J. Swasey, F. Reilley, G. Suhr. J. Barrett, J. Duvall, K. Knott, c. Corcoran, M. Shea.
 One of the outstanding features of the 22nd Safety Congress was the presentation of trophies and certificates to winning companies in the seven divisional safety con- tests sponsored by the National Safety Council. The awards were made for remarkable achievement in accident prevention.
 At the annual meeting of mem- bers last month, the trophies, consisting of 45 handsome bronze plaques substantially mounted, were unveiled with appropriate ceremony; and during the week both the trophies and the 190 en- ,graved certificates were presented to the winning companies by off, cers of the National Safety Coun- cil in the various sectional meet ings.
 Six of the contests were conduc- ted among the industrial sections
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
GIRL KILLED ON
 RAILROAD TRACK
Body of Jennie Lyga Is Found Near TOlIes Sta-
 ton, .GreystOne

The body of Jennie Lyga, IT, was found last evening near the for- mer Tolles station in Greystone. The young girl has evidently been killed by a passing freight train in charge of Enginer Leo Martin. On arriving in Hartford he report ed that the engine collided with some object apparently deer. The crew of the Hartford-W Waterbury train due in the Union Station at 9:30 o'clock proceeding slowly and making a search found the body. The young girl died of fractured skull and other injuries. One of her legs was broken and one of her shoes found some sixty feet from the body.
 It is the opinion of the railroad authorities that the deceased was walking toward a nearby trestle used as short cut by residents of Terryville when she met her death.
 The authorities of Terryville and the railroad officials planned to continue their joint investiga- tion today.
 The deceased was the daughter of Mrs. Mary Lyga, widow and mother of ten children. The family resides on South Main street, Ter ryyille
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE CHURCHES
Services to Be Held on Wednesday and
 Thursday

The annual Thanksgiving service under the auspices of the Water- bury Ministers association will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the First Congregational hcurch. Rev. Moses R. Lowell, pas- tor of the Second Congregational church. Rev. Moses R. Lowell, pas
 Union Thanksgiving services will also be held at St. Johns Episco- pal church at 9:30 o'clock. Besides St. Johns church, All Souls Epis- copal and Trinity Episcopal will take part. Rev. Thomas Sinclair, rector of All Souls will preach.
 Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock there will be union service at the Christ church chapel, with Rev Joheps o. Todd, pastor of the Mill Plain church delivering the ser mon. Union services of Grace Me- thodist and St. PauPs Episcopal churches in Waterville will be held at Grace church Wednesday evening. Rev. Raymond M. D.. Adams of St. Paul's will preach.
 A union service will be held at Grace Baptist church at Il o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. B. W. Crowder, pastor of the Zion Bap- tist church will preach. Mt. Olive A. M. F. Zion church will partici- pate with the other two churches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
Dedicate Hartford
 Nurses Hall To-day
Governor Cross Lays Cornerstone Prominent Medi. cal Figures Participate in Ceremonies

do not aspire to exclusively occu- py any field; but we do aspire to encompass the entire field and to be equal to the best in it."
 Governor Cross contrasted the chiatry with the hopeless attitude toward mental disease that pre- vailed in the Elizabethan age. Mod ern psychiatry, he asserted. has given an affirmative answer to the peare's doctors, Cant thou not minister to a mind diseased" to which at that time shrug of the shoulders was the only reply.
 The governor also spoke of one of his former students, Clifford Beers of New Haven. who through his book "A Mind That Found It. self, and his personal efforts cre- ated an interest throughout the country in the prevention and cure of mental diseases.
 Perhaps our country owes more to him." he said, ''than to anyone else for awakening public opinion to the organization of enlightened work and service in the realm of mental hygiene"
 The 111-years-old history of the retreat, the first hospital on the American continent founded by medical men for the care of ner- vous and mental diseases exclusive ly, was traced by Dr Mcdonnell who told of its establishment in 1922 as the result of agitation by the Connecticut State Medical so- ciety. Dr Mcdonnell also described the development of medical knowl- edge in relation to mental and ner- vous ailments.
 Of recent studies of the human mind to discover causes other than environment which influence hu- man behavior, he said:
 "The unusually competent staff of this institution has led the van of this kind of research, and the end is not yet in sight. We, the successors of those men of vision in the Connecticut Medical society who inaugurated this movement are proud of the Hartford Retreat and of it's adjunct, the neuro-psy- chiatric institute and hospital. We do not only wish you well in your work, but we shall continue to work with you in your noble pur- pose"
 Other speakers included Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman of Temple Beth Israel, this city. who dis cussed the importance of modern psychiatry in aiding in the devel. opment of a higher quality of life. He compared the beneficial results obtained by the progress in this field with those ensuing from the development of modern govern ment and religion from their early states, when acceptance and not investigation was the order of the day.
 The exercises opened with an in- vocation by Rev Raymond Cum ningham, rector of Trinity Episco- palchurch. Benediction was given by Rt Rev Msgr Thomas s. Dug gan, rector of St Joseph's cathedral and editor of the. Catholic Tran script.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
CONCERT BY TRIO
 TUESDAY NIGHT

The first concert in the Commu- nifty Concert Series association of Waterbury will take place tomor- row night at Buckingham hall with a program by the Barrere, Salzedo, Britt trio, and instrumental group featuring flute, harp and cello. The concert starts at 8:15 o'clock.
 An artistic program will be pre- sented to include works of Jean Marie Leclair, David W. Guion, Bach, Won Gluck, Pierne and other composers. The program has been arranged for trio groups, for cello with harp accompaniment, harp solos and flute with piano accom- paniment.
 Georges Barrere of French birth is outstanding as a flute artist. Carlos Salzedo is considered "the commanding figure of the harp world", and Horace Britt, a Bel gian, is rated a rare artist on his instrument, the cello.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
HILL STREET BOY
 WINS PROMOTION
Joseph J. Rosa Goes to GeOdetic Government
 Office in N. Orleans

Word has been received of the promotion of Joseph J. Rosa, son of John Rosa of 118 Hill street, in the U. s. Coast Geodteic Survey un- der the Department of Commerce. He will be transferred to the New Orleans office after having complet- ed a Photographic and geodetic engineering job on Long Island.
 His new work will include a sur vey of the coast line of the Gulf of Mexico near Terrebonne Bay, Mir. Rosa was graduated from the engineering school of the Univer- sity of Cincinnati after paving graduated from Crosby high school in 1924 and Driggs grammar school in 1920. On entering the government service he was given Group rating but within two months he was elevated to Group g.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27

of the council, these being in the Marine section, the Metals Section, the Paper and Pulp section, the Petroleum section, the Public Util- ities section, and the Rubber see- tion. The seventh contest wash the National Fleet Safety Contest, con- ducted by the Delivery, Taxicab and Bus section of the council. In the six industrial section contests
 660 unit companies, employing over 360,O0O persons, worked over S0,000,000 man-hours; and in the Fleet Safety contest 300 unit companies with some 25,000 com mercial vehicles had an exposure of over 320,000,000 vehicle miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
NOVENA TO OPEN AT ST MARGARET'S DEC 3

Father Morris of the Dominican order will be the preacher at a novena to be conducted at St Mar garet's church beginning Sunday evening, Dec 3, at 7:30 o'clock. The novena is in honor of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which occurs December 8.
 Father Morris will open the mo- vena next Sunday night and will explain the purpose and outline the schedule of services which will last for one week. Father Morris will be remembered as one of the mis- sionary fathers who conducted a mission at St Margarets church last spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27

was given suspended sentence on the agreement that le changes his present residence at 359 West Grove street. Mrs Anna Mason, also colored, claims that Williams has been disturbing her of late. When he comes home in the wee small hours of the morning he pounds the floor with his shoes and causes no end trouble.
 James Donnelly, 27, of Baldwin street, charged with breach of the peace and resistance. was given a continuance until December 1st.
 Nick Lipnicki 34, of IS Floyd street, charged with breach of the peace, failed to appear in court and a $2O0 bond posted by Oscar An derson, was declared forfeited. Lipnicki had trouble in his home. He was in court on a breach of the peace complaint about two weeks ago. He intimated that the cause of his trouble is that his wife insists upon keeping boarders. 
 Experts estimate that 90 per cent of the people in England are honest in their dealings with mer- chants and now are able to pay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-27
VIRGIN MARY PUT IN NOVEL

London (UP)-A novel on the Virgin Mary, said to be the first ever written, will be in sthe book stalls son. It was written by Mary Borden, American wife of a Brit ish member of parliament. Tn hu- manizing the scriptural records, she has departed from them only once-to create a second disciple named John, who she believes real ly existed.
Evening star., 1933-01-21

on this score Is made biennially. From
1929 to 1881 there was . drop from
211 1853 900 volumes to 154,235. 900. 1t
may be expected that when the figures
for 1898 are available they will show q
continued diminution in the amount Of
actual printing.
While this drop In the number Of new
books has marked the years Ct the
economic stress, there has been no less
reading, for all the library reports chow
large incrsases In the circu'ation Of
volumes and In the number Of persons
patronizing the reading rocms. This
library reading has been noticeably in
creased In the lines Of practical subjects.
technology, craftsmanship and in indus
trial art-. There has been evident .
desire en- the part Of great numbers Of
people to secure practical education
through reading as a means to obtain
employment
The !essening Of the flow of new books
from the presses is not altogether to be
deplored. A great deal Of trash has
been printed during the past decad. in
all branches. This has been notably
true in the line Of books OF entertain
ment, millions Of volumes having been
printed that could we'll have been omit
ted from the stream Of literary aliment
supplied to undiscriminating consumers.
Evening star., 1933-01-21
Changes in Bankruptcy Law
Approved AS Aid to Business

dissipation Ct the assets IN fees has
been exposed and attacked in some
parts Of the country. The Federal ma
chinery. however when in proper hands,
has b:en established as adequate The
question now IS one Of writing the best
policy into laws barring the exercise Of
discretionary power"
THE far-reaching consequences Of
the proposals" according to the Roa-
noke Times, will be understood by
every banker and every lawyer They
will not fail to note and understand the
significance Of the provision that
mortgage holder willing to reduce the
amount of his mortgage or the rate Of
interest can do so and at the same time
can require that other creditors do like
wise"
"The case is one of obvious urgency"
agrees the Oakland Tribune, with the
further statement: President Hoover
declares it has major bearing on the
whole economic situation in the adjust
ment Of the relations of debtors to
creditors and recommends immediate
consideration Of an emergency action
Right now there Is a demand that the
law encourage. rather than impede,
equitable settlements and readjust-
ments. Once more the President has
pointed to way in which constructive
work may be advanced"
In explanation of the need, the Al
toona Mirror asserts: Debts contracted
when prices were high and the dollar
cheap are now so topheavy that a re-
sort to the bankruptcy laws is about the
only remedy. Debtors cannot pay and
creditors take loss If they foreclose.
Under the present bankruptcy law, with
a system Of ices eating up the assets,
creditors may expect little and the
debtors lose their original investment"
Evening star., 1933-01-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. :

| II he Is smarter than these devils
who ccme roaring at him
II he keeps his eyes open, and espe-
cially in both directions-
II he jumps while the jumpin' q
And particularly II he uses his
head
Well. he has every chance Of eludins
the car which makes q left-hand turn.
and q car which makes . right turn.
and the cars coming straight ahead.
He has every chance, indeed. OF es-
Gaping the street car which seems to
make q turn upon exactly the wrong
| light, as he sees 1t.
Above all, he has q real opportunity,
self-made. Of fleeing from the wrath
Of the irate driver who is almost given
heart failure by the antics OF psdes-
trians.
There is the pedestrian who steps of
the curb without looking either to the
left or right.
He ought to look" says the auto
mobile driver.
OF course, he ought-but for his own
sake. most OF all.
The street is one place every one
must look out for himself
Might makes right, out in the street,
no matter what it makes among ma
| tions.
Even the most tiny sort of car Is a
great deal stronger than the flesh and
blood and bone Of a human being.
When it Genes at one, the only thing
to do Is to run as gracefully as one
may.
Being right, or being wrong, has very
| little to do with it, after all, in this
matter
There Is no particular pleasure in
being right about anything, any way
as many q person has discovered at
last.
In regard to trafic: From the pedes-
TRANS standpoint, there is no satisfac-
ton at all in being right; what he
values Is not being hit.
In this important matter his indi-
vidual temperament must rule.
! If he is of certain type Of mind.
he will be able to walk squarely into
a stream Of traffic without feeling In
the least that he Is going to be run
over.
He may even dare automobilists to
strike him Every one has seen some
one or other do it, or do what seems
amazingly like it.
He is fortunate, perhaps, the pedes-
trian who really does not feel that he
is going to be hit. He may possess q
complex which somehow assures him
that all drivers are kindly men. who
would no more run over him than at
! tempt to drive to the moon.
Or he may be just plumb fool.
You never can tell about man in a
car, Of course. any more than you can
/ about a man afoot.
Everybody Is a fool, upon occasion
especially to the other fellow
In the turmoil of modern trafic the
sanest person alive is likely to make
one or more false moves.
The real trouble with the trafiic stu
alton, it would seem to some, is neither
automobilists nor pedestrians, as such,
and separately. but simply humanity at
sea with itself.
The problem Is too big for us. and
instead of sitting down and attempting
! to solve ii with brains and understand
! ing. we attempt to do it with much
blowing of automobile horns and
human cursing.
Evening star., 1933-01-21

Envy the man in the street" who
does not expect to be hit.
There are many Of him.
Whether he Is braver man than
most. or just fool. Is another matter.
Whether he is safer than the pedes-
trian who expects to get hit, is . ques-
ton which only research could
determine.
Psychologically. what type of person
Is he who gets smashed into by an
automobile?
Is one safer If he goes on the assump-
tion'that drivers will not hit him?
Is he more liable to be struck II he
always feels that he is in danger Of
being run over?
A prevailing type. to be seen on all
downtown streets, is the pedestrian
who not only appears to feel that no
one will strike him. but also that no
one will dare to run over him.
There is thus q two-fold innocence
here. first, that no one will run over
him, and, second, that no one dare run
him down.
Just how much of this attitude Is
bravado. pure and simple, and how
much fact. is difficult to determine.
Many a person, one will observe,
swaggers squarely into the middle OF
the street, as If defying one and all
to dare to run him down.
One sees such persons deliberately
turning their backs on cars coming at
a lively rate Of speed.
The spectator Is tempted to feel. in
certain instances, that a damage suit
Is being courted.
No doubt drivers have some such
suspicion, too, because they seldom
accept the dare.
Is this one way, then. to keep from
getting run over?
Evidently.
But 1t Is not one which comes natural
to cautious man or woman.
will operate on the system Of the old
Western gambler, who. when he picked
up his cards. hoped for the best, and
expected the worst"
Hope and expectationi
These are great words. The nrst
Is with us always.
Much the same can be said OF expec-
tation. One Is somehow reminded OF
that Queerest, and, as some think,
greatest, novel OF Charles Dickens, In
which he gives the proper adjective to
modify the word.
Great Expectations" indeed!
If the man afoot, in modern trafilc,
hopes to get across safely, he will be
taking the first great mental step, at
least, toward q safe crossing.
If he firmly expects to get run over
unless he looks out-he will be taking
the great practical step which may
save his life
We have pointed out that the essenti-
ally reckless type of mind secures much
the same end by believing Just the op-
posite.
He is. however. living in a FOOLS
paradise. and we believe statistics
would uphold this belief, if statistics
which had to do with states Of mind
could be collected.
That he gets across safely Is due to
the decency which lies close to the
average human heart, and which exists
despite the grouchiness and often
plain downright meaness Of the species.
The other type, expecting to be hit,
although hoping he will not be. feels
the passage entirely dependent upon
his use Of brain and Drawn.
Evening star., 1933-01-21
Wage Agreement
Reached in Sonora.
A Woman Member
OF the Cabinet ?

FROM the Des Moines ReGister.
While no one will be surprised II It
turns out to be wrong, there Is q per-
Sistent rumor that President ELECT Roose-
velt has definitely decided upon Miss
Frances Perkins as Secretary Of Labor
IN his cabinet, and the possibility at
least has interesting aspects.
The best known tradition involved,
OF course, Is that, a woman has never
been appointed to q presidential cabi-
net. There was not even reason to
suggest the matter until passage of the
nineteenth amendment. but since that
time women have become increasingly
conspicuous IN public affairs. And 1t
stands to reason that ultimately wom-
an will sit In the cabinet, Just as Presi-
dent Hoover daringly appointed Q wom-
an on our delegation to last years
Disarmament Convention at Geneva.
But the matter In this instance goes
somewhat deeper than that. The last
two Secretaries Of Labor have been no.
tably close to the American Federation
Of Labor movement, and were undoubt-
edly selected in part because Of their
prominence In one Of the leading Or
ganized labor groups. As industrial
commissioner Of New York State, Miss
Perkins has probably been less con-
cerned with the traditions Of the organ
lied labor movement than She has with
the accurate compilation Of data upon
all labor-child and adult, organized
and unorganized--andt the helpful di-
rection Of the whole mass Of people
who are dependent upon labor.
There IS reason to hope, therefore,
that, as Secretary Of Labor, Miss Per-
kt1ls would not consume her time with
issuing rosy though ill.founded Stats
tics, nor with bouncing q few thousand
unfortunate immigrants out of the
country each month. There Is really
an important and courageous work that
needs to be done. especially at this
time, by the Federal Department of
Labor. And that women are not in
capable of handling the job Is apparent
from Mary Anderson's directorship Of
the Women's Bureau and Grace Alb
bolts management Of the Children's
Bureau, not to mention Miss Perkins
own fine record in New York State.
It is fair to guess that Miss Perkins
would not be quite as intimate with the
sanctums of the brotherhoods and the
American Federation as her two prede-
cessors But there persists . sneaking
suspicion that that lack could be COM
pensated by other xtactos4 Of ahOtt1,
Evening star., 1933-01-21
Fewer Books.

Statistics just printed in the Publish
ers' Weekly show that the depression
has hit the book business in America
pretty hard. During 1882 the presses
produced 1872 fewer titles" than in
1881, the reduction being about
twelve and one-third per cent. There
were material decreases in every
department, that in fiction being
the smallest, only about two and
. third per cent. There was conaid-
cradle drop in general literature" In
the classification of religion and theology
ninety-nine fewer titles we're issued, and
q sdmilar reduction appeared in geogra-
ply and travel. No figures are at
rrfsent available as to the t7tsl number
4 rolumes printed. for the reckoning