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Evening star., 1934-09-07
must be valuable on wantupp's

must be valuable on Wantupp's
business.
You are familiar with the terms
of the will?" asked Mr.. Groman
after greeting her. I'VE have learned
you will not be subjected to the un-
pleasantness of attempts to break the
will. Relatives have been known to
start suit, charging Undue influence,
under similar circumstances" he
added with a slight smile.
Il don't in the least understand
what you are talking about. Is that
a joke?" asked MAZDA.
"A Joke! My dear young lady!"
Mr.. Groman was manifestly shocked
at the idea.
Then why do you keep talking
about that poor old mans will, as If
he had anything to leave? am
not foolish enough to imagine that
an ignorant old Indian. who spent
the last weeks Of his life in one Of
the cheapest beds in the hospital
had any money If he had, he would
have made himself comfortable. Why,
he was so poor that I used to bring
him a. little present now and then,
so he would not suffer for the lack of
his beloved snuff"
HE thought very highly Of you,
Miss Connell. He told me he had
promised to do something for you
and was most anxious that I see to
it personally that you received the
whole estate.
He was a peculiar old fellow,
Miss. Connell. Ignorant and sus-
picious, he made no friends. Money
meant very little to him. Beyond
an occasional drunken spree, he hardly
spent the wages Of day laborer.
You spoke of his dying in the ward.
That was luxury to him. He was ac-
customed to live in a shack, where
he cooked his own side meat and
greens. 1t was not exactly parsimony,
as I analyze it, but simply that his
tastes were never educated beyond
the simple standards of the community
where he grew up. No doubt you will
have no trouble in spending at least a
part of the money" added Mr.. Gro
man with a smile.
(To Be Continued.)
Evening star., 1934-09-07
NURSE .4,:::;' :;:':; {:

Gosh, I'm happy enough to lick
the world tonight" said Johnnie,
and the night nurse, who came down
! the hall that moment, was mildly
| shocked to see DR.. Casey give Miss
Cornell brotherly smack before he
hurried of.
Bert, who had had late leave, was
! just getting to the room when MAZDA
came in after midnight supper.
I'm glad I was awake when you
came in" she told Mazda. you
have a letter from lawyers office
and I'm curious. Are you being sued
for some Of your unpaid bills?"
Maida's heart sank as she picked
up the letter with the address of a
law firm on the outside. Her first
thought was that Stanley had been
getting into some mess and they
were writing her about 1t.
Go on, open it," said Bert i'm
patiently. Maybe it's the missing
will"
Mazda obediently opened it.
Dear Madam: In re the will of
our late client, Floyd Wantupp, of
which you are executrix and sole
legatee-'"
She crumpled up the Letter and
threw it at Bert.
"Of all the feeble jokes, Bert
Where did you get the stationery"
Hey. what do you mean, joke?"
Don't try to act innocent. You
gave 1t away when you said maybe
it was the missing will. And you
we're so anxious for me to read it
when you we're here"
Bert smoothed the letter out and
read it carefully.
Say, Connell, this isn't a joke.
1t says here they have found out
there are no other living heirs and
they want you to call at your earliest
convenience. Why, you may be an
heireSs."
"Of a ward patient? Wantupp
didn't even own a tooth brush. I
don't think he had but quarter to
his name. He used to bring that
out. but he always let me pay for
his snuff. Probably this is some
gag to get me to pay the lawyers
fee for drawing up the old mans
will. won't pay any attention to it."
You will, too. You march right
down to that Office in the morning.
Don't you be silly"
"Oh, all right, But even if old
Wantupp had a couple of hundred
dollars, suspect the interest has
done ct up the principal by this time !"
Whether you get anything out of
it or not" said Bert, you have
broken a record. How many patients
want, to give you everything from
diamond rings to country estates, but
this is the first one I ever knew to
come through. And who would have
thought it?"
Bless his old heart! 1t is sort of
pitiful to think that he was so
friendless that the little I did made
big impression on him." said Mazda
thoughtfully.
That night she dreamed of old
Wantupp, his bony expressionless face
and suspicious little eyes and his
reiterated speech, You are q good
girl"
Mr.. Groman's Office was not the
furtive, Ill kept place that she had
expected, but dignified suite in an
old-fashioned but comfortable office
building. and when she was shown
into his Office Mazda found she would
have to alter her preconceived ideas
of the man himself. He was as
obviously respectable as her fathers
friend, Mr.. Ackerman. She wondered
how old Wantupp had heard Of him
and she wondered why Mr.. Groman
had consented to waste time that
Evening star., 1934-09-07

bride in Cleveland. Ohio, Ia days age
when he persuaded Anna Fark, is,
daughter of Rev. Michael Fark, to
marry him. Fearing parental objec-
ticn. they hastened to Chicago for q
honeymoon.
Rev. Mr.. Fark caught up with them
today and had authorities take the
new Mrs. Schuller to the juvenile
home.
There was stormy scene when
bridegroom and father-in-iaw met, but
Schuller put his personality into high
gear and told his story.
If had met this young man be-
fore I would not have objected so
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Huge Map Planned.

To show how the hills and valleys
were formed when the earth's crust
cooled. large-scale contour map of
the European part of Soviet Russia
is to be made by the Geomorphological
Institute of the U. S. S. r. Academy
Of Science in Moscow.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

pleted unaccompanied q pilgrimage
on foot to the monastery Of Czesto-
chowa, the national shrine Of Poland.
The pilgrims encountered heavy rains
on the way.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
YOUTH KEEPS HIS BRIDE
BY OUTTALKING HER DAD
Puts Personality Into High Gear
After Irate Father Trails
Them to Chicago.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 7.-Young
George Schuller did some fast talk
ing to get his bride back.
Schuller, 81, and printer, won his
Evening star., 1934-09-07

strongly to their marriage" Mr. Fark
announced at the conclusion of the
conversation. Nov that I have met
him, I decided to let him have my
daughter"
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Blind, Pilgrims Walk Far.

More than so blind men and won-
en- of Warsaw, some Of them more
than IS years Of age. recently COM
Evening star., 1934-09-07

Farm Wages Raised.
Farm wages have been raised in
Devonshire, England.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
CHAPTER XVI.

ny EVENING Mazda had cooled
y down enough to see the ludic-
rous side of her scene with
> Gerald Pryde, although she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
When the Boss Is Away

While Professor Albert Levitt of Red
ding has enjoyed his government position
of Assistant u. S. Attorney General down
at Washington, it has in way upset his
plans for this fall That's why he broke
: into news with his customary dash and
vigor last Friday night. He coupled his
debate at New London on public utilities
rates with a declaration to the press that
there would be an Independent party in
the field this fall that might possibly de-
feat both the republicans and democrats.
A few weeks ago Mr. Levitt announced
that if the democrats of the state knew
anything they'd give the republican party
the worst licking this fall any party has
ever sustained in Connecticut. Probably
he has had little time in which to null
over that thought and now believes that
with little backing he could get together
a party which would do the same thing
for both democrats and republicans. To
one on the outside the situation in Con-
necticut might seem ripe for third 'party
to make killing. However, things will
be different when November arrives.
Mr. Levitt's insurgent war cry was nice
" timed. 1t came just as he was about to
make the startling claim, during the
course of his debate with Samuel Fergu-
son, chairman of the board of the Con-
necticut Power Company, that he would
go to prison for five years if he couldn't
prove to the Supreme Court that electric
light rates of the above-named concern
and the Hartford Electric Light Company
were unfair. Unfortunately Mr. Levitt
was forced to ask his debate opponent to
furnish the $4,000 with which he would
fight the court case.
Mr. Levitt's reentry into Connecticut
politics Gf it can be called a reentry) was
dramatic, to say the least. But we have
! to expect that of him. We hope he con-
tinues his plans to present an entire ticket
from U. S. Senator down to legislative
representatives 1t will aid the cause OF
the democratic party materially. And
that's what is needed more than anything
else this year. We have been urging the
democrats to get started on their prepare
. lions for hard fight this year for some
weeks. Organization can't be delayed
any longer in the face of the gauntlet that
the Redding professor throws down to US.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09

this measure Congress has merely author
lied, not ordered, the construction of 1O2
warships and LAO airplanes during the
next five years. They will not be built
unless money is appropriated for them,
and appropriations evidently are not to
be gagged by international conditions as
we go along.
The President made this clear in
statement issued when he signed the bill:
'This is not law for the construction of
a single additional United States warship.
The general purpose of the bill is solely
a statement by the Congress that 1t APP
proves the building of our navy up to and
not beyond the strength in various types
of ships authorized, first, by the WASH
ington Limitation Treaty of 1922 and,
secondly, by the London Naval Limitation
Treaty of 1880. E. 1t has been and will
be the policy of the administration to
favor continued limitation of naval arm
aments. 1t is my personal hope that the
naval conference to be held in 1885 will
extend all existing limitations and agree
to further reductions"
The measure may be regarded as
warning to Japan, or a big stick displayed
for moral effect in future arms confer
ences. We can and will outbuild the world
in warships if we have to. But we're not
jumping the gun" in any armament race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Pick Your National Flower

The Christian Science Monitor revives
topic that was discussed in quite lively
fashion for many long months few years
ago. 1t mentions the fact that our eco
nomic problems have completely driven
all thought of a national flower out Of
congressional halls. No more do the rep
resentatives advance their own respective
state flowers for the honor. And as yet
we are outside that select group OF nations
which have designated some member OF
the botanical world as their choice.
Great Britain has it's emblematic rose,
shamrock, and thistle; France, the fleur-
de-lis; Egypt and India, the lotus; Swift
erland, the edelweiss; Italy, the white
lilly; Greece, the violet; Peru, the sun
. flower; China the narcissus and
!. Japan, the chrysanthemum. Some years
. back a New York congressman proposed
the daisy as our national flower. lnvesti-
cation proved, however, that the daisy IS
not native to this SOIL but came here in
1776 from Germany. The goldenrod lost
7 favor when scientists began claiming It
spread hayfever.
Ultimately the various states managed
to codify several rules by which Congress
would be guided in choosing our national
Flower. SO well were they Worded that
+ to date Congress has had no success in
designating the lucky posy. The Christian
Science Monitor advances the columbinc,
which happens to be the state flower in
Colorado The name and root come from
the same Latin word as Columbia, our
poetic name. The meaning is dove, sym
bolizing peace. But does the columbine
satisfy on other requirements?
I Quoting the Monitor we advance the
I rules for selection /, "the national
. flower should be a native of our country;
2, it should grow wild over greater part
of the area; 3, it should bloom on one or
more of our national holidays A, should
!. be capable of easy cultivation in any gar
den; S, should not be weed or in any
way offensive or harmful to health; 6, it
should bear flower and not be merely
. foliage plant or one chiefly valued for its
fruit: z, should lend itself readily to
. floral decoration; 8, should have distinc-
ton and be conspicuous when arranged
{ with other blossoms; 8, it should neither
have been used by an other people as their
emblem nor resemble such flower in
general form; 10, it should possess pa
friotic associations" In short our states
want Congress to pick bouquet, not an
individual flower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Know Your Waterbury
Its History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

Another factory prominent in the
early brass industry here was the
Benedict and Burnham Manufac-
turing company which Is said to
have originated in 1872. Aaron
Benedict at that time commenced
the manufacture of bone and ivory
buttons. Later q gilt button bust
ness under the firm name of A.
Benedict was started, and DIR. An
derson says in reference to the
starting Of this firm, the prosper
ity Of Waterbury as a manufacture
ing town may be considered as
dating from the formation of the
firm, although the gilt button bus
mess had been carried on to linn
tied extent for many years."
In 1927 the capital was increased
to $4,000, from the original &c.
500. Connected with this firm at
its beginning were, besides Mr..
Benedict, Bennett Bronson, Nathan
Smith, William Bristol, and David
c. DeForest, the last three from
New Haven. A new partnership
was formed in 1929 under the
name Benedict e. Coe, Mr.. Bene-
diets partners at this time being Is
rael Coe, Bonnet Bronson, Benja-
min De Forest, Alfred Plat and
James Croft. And beginning about
this time the plant began rolling
its own brass, and from that time
on did their own rolling. Benedict
and Coe expired in 1884, a new
firm evolving called Benedict &
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
Selected Poem
INVOCATION

(To be mumbled. in a reveren;
manner, on stepping to the first tee
for the first drive OF the year,
Oh, Lord, that watches over men
Who slice, and hook, and slice
again:
Protect my weary, unbowed head,
As once more through these ruoghs
tread.
Preserve me from the local pro:
My game is not so good, know.
don't turn in par-breaking cards,
And seldom drive two hundred
yards,
Yet obtain a simple thrill
Each time I swat the pesky pill.
But when the pro dissects my game
I only feel despair and shame.
Grant, Lord, q caddie of stern stuff,
Who'll find my ball in deepest
rough,
Who won't attempt to take nap
While am dredging in some trap.
Or seize upon his every chance
To sheer at my untutored stance.
Protect me, Lord. for my souls
sake,
From that cursed duffer. Oscar
Drake;
(He would have had a pretty score
But for that ten on number four,
And seems to think I'm sent by
e'' fate
To soothe and to commiserate,)
Last, Lord. to make a perfect life,
oh, give me not golfing wife!
JOHN r. Peterson,
In the New York Tim s. }
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
U. S. Control Urged
BY This Lindbergh

Back in 1918, q Minnesota con-
gresham named Charles A. Lind
bergh-whose son, u few years lat
err, was to become the nations
greatest popular hero--wrote a
book entitled "Your Country at
War"
The government suppressed It,,
on the ground that 1t was not
suitable reading matter for a ma
ton at war. Now. Dorrance Is re-
printing 1t, and 1t makes q strange
ly interesting document.
Congressman Lindbergh opposed
the war. He felt that we were
fighting for the financial big shots.
rather than for democracy. And
give him credible called the
turn on the war debts. too, pre-
dieting that they never would be
paid.
Yet 1t Is hard to see why his
book was suppressed. He simply
said, in effect: "If we're making
the world safe for democracy, let's
begin at home, take the country
away from the fnanclers and prof
iteers and give 1t back to the peo-
pie"
He had ideas about how to do
this. too. Let the governm ent, he
said, own and operate the banking
system, the telegraph and tcle-
phone lines, and the transporta-
ton system.
"AIl transportation" he wrote,
Should be as near to actual cost
as 1t Is, possible to have it. That
being the case, the government
alone could handle 1t, and should
do so."
1t was this mans son. by the
way. who recently went to Wash
ington to protest that the govern
ment must keep it's hands Off the
air transport system.
This instructive little book Is
priced at Sits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09

Washington, April $50 many
rough breaks have hit the New
Deal while Roosevelt was away
on his fishing trip that some of
his counsellors are ready to
urge abandonment of his plan to
cruise through the Panama
Canal to the Pacific coast this
summer.
other advisers think the nom
chalant manner with which the
president received word of his
veto on veterans compensation
enhanced his prestige.
In either case there Is going to
be u serious OvcFhauling OF pol
Icy before the Puerto SicO.Pan-
anna Pacific trip Is taken. And
the deciding factor regarding the
cruise is going TO be how the
catastrophe situation In the
MIRA is working out.
The Blue Eagle Is on the verge
of even greater turmoil, and the
president will have to move fast
IL he is going to save 1t.
DEAD DOG
Mrs. c. T.. Gapen, wife of the
department, was in her Kitchen
the other afternoon. Guests were
coming to dinner, and as q DELI
cacy for them, she was preparing
creamed mushrooms.
Cleaning the mushrooms, she
noticed one with q peculiar spot,
tossed 1t to the dog.
Then she forgot all about 1t.
Some time later dinner was
served, and 1t was delicious. The
creamed mushrooms were espe-
cially good. Everyone ate Justify.
But dinner was scarcely over
when the cook appeared.
1.-THE dogs dead" she an
nounced.
Mrs Gapen's face fell. Without
asking more details of the cook,
she explained to her guests about
the spotted mushroom she had
thrown to him. Her husband,
meanwhile, called an ambulance.
The only safe course was to sub
NIT to a stomach pump, and one
by one the guests did so.
After II was all over, some
body went out to find out about
the dog. He had been run over
by q truck.
THE REASON
The heart OF Wall streets
frantic opposition to the
Fletcher Rayburn bill is to be
found in none of the verbal or
written propaganda against the
measure.
1t Is to be found in three in
nocent-appearing lines tucked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09

We spent some time last week discuss
ing the need of Connecticut applying for a
tercentenary stamp Immediately. We
don't suppose the average man or woman
has any idea of the number of requests
that are received by the Post Office De-
partment in Washington for special stamp
issues. Some are worthy and in due
course of time result in new stamp.
Others are worthy, but unfortunately get
crowded out of the postal plans Still
others are rather far-fetched. Nobody can
deny the fact that this state is entitled
to stamp on the occasion of it's 3OOth
anniversary: We are more than entitled
because Connecticut is one of the thirteen
original colonies and it's colonization is
linked with the beginnings of the nation
we are today. We noticedlast week that
Wisconsin has already asked for stamp
to accompany tercentenary celebration
in Green Bay in June. And from Norwich
in our own state came a request for
stamp concentrating the 150th anniver-
sary of that city. 1t is the birthplace of
ancestors of at least four presidents and
also of branch of the Roosevelt family.
We place the need of Connecticut ter
centenary issue above all these and any
others. May we expect to read the plans
very shortly?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
London Letter
ny II. T.. PERCY

United Press STAFF Correspondent
London. (UP)--Pent houses are
coming into favor in London so
ciety.
They arc not the American sky
scrapcr variety for I.ondon'a
buildings seldom rise more than
half dozen stories.
Leader Of tho fashion is Lady
Louis Mountbatten. now In Argen-
tina. When she returns she will
go into residence in the two top
stories of her house In the May
fair district.
Sassoon to Build
1t Is also rumorcd that Sir
Philip SassoOn, millionaire UNDER
secretary OF state for air. Is going
to build something on top Of, his
mansion In Park Lane, the mil
lionaires' row."
Meanwhile society has found a
new development of the "bOttle
party" 1t takes the form Of nightly
Eat homes"
Within the past few weeks at
least half q dozen of these resorts
have sprung up in the vicinity of
Piccadilly, taking the place of the
old night clubs which were raided
by the police and, one by one.
closed. for selling intoxicating H.
auor without a license or after
hours.
The parties last from II p. m,
to a. m, In nearly every case,
and the premises correspond with
those of the most fashionable res
taurants, with dancing and cabaret
shows among the attractions.
Hugo Profits
l.. IA -. Ia n.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09

Q-How long has Ellis Island
been an immigrant station?,
A-since 1891.
Q-Was Sherlock Holmes real
person?
A--No.
(Which two chapters Of the
King James Version OF the Bible
are identical?
All Kings 10, and Isaiah 81.
Q-Does former Mayor James j..
Walker receive pension from the
city of New York?
A--No.
Q-How many cities with pop
ulation of 100000 or more are In
Pennsylvania.
A--Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
are the only two.
Q-Who doubled for Greta Gar
DO in the dance scene In the mo-
ton picture "Mata Hari"?
A-June knight.
Q-Is the Seaboard Air Line an
airplane passenger line?
Alt is a railroad extending
along the eastern coast Of the
United States.
Q-Is Katharine Hepburn mar
ried?
A-She married Ludlow Ogden
Smith. a New York attorney in
1891.
(Which states have the great
est and least number Of votes In
the Electoral College2
Anew York has AZ and Arizo-
ma, Delaware, Nevada, New Mexi'
co, Vermont and Wyoming have
three each
| o-What is the source Of the
line: but pleasure ID like peoples
A~"ram o'shantsr" BY Robert
Burns.
! Q--When did the present three
cent postage rate for letters become
A--Juiy .. 1882,
Q--Was George Washington
born on February 20 or February
IL?
Allie was born on February II,
1872, In the Old style calendar
but when England accepted the
Gregorian calendar which also af-
| fected Its .0lcnies, the date was
advanced eleven days to February
20.
Q-FOr how long was Carter
Glnss secretary Of the treasury
4 A. From the middle Of Decems
Dor, 1918. unfil February 2, 1879
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09

With all the war talk that is going on
it remained for our congressional dele
gate from Alaska to throw bit of gloom
into Congress when he maintained that
Alaska would be the next theater of war
for the United States. Its isolation, cut
off as it is by Canada from this country,
would make it an easy prey to invaders
from Asia, particularly Siberia, claims the
delegate, Anthony J. Dimond. The mere
fact that Uncle Sam has agreed not to put
any Notifications whatsoever in the Aleu-
tian Islands makes them the logical base
for any hostile power attacking us. Hawaii
is we'll fortified, yet it is 1900 miles from
our mainland Alaska is only 1,4OO miles
away and has no protection at all. He,
therefore, proposes an army air corps
training and defense base near Fairbanks.
And that, we presume, would probably ba
a signal for declaration of war from
across the Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-09
SO They Say

In time of peace you should pre-
pare for keeping out Of war.
DIR Charles Warren, former as
sistant w., s. attorney-general.
&c ~
The Japanese nation makes II "a
basic principle to collaborate in
peace and harmony with all ma
lions.
-Koki Hirota, Japanese foreign.
minister. III.
II one knew of "a place where
money would be completely safe.
one might be willing to pay a fee
to the man or to the government
that preserved 1t. .3
--orville Wright.
.
Without security of affection.
child loses self-confidcncc needed
as a basis for Accomplishment his
whole life through. ss 44
DIR Lillian. Giibreth. child psy-
a chologist.