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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
Monday Marked End
 Of "Blizzard Season.
Phone Forces f1appy-Content to Let Old Timers Call
 1884 Storm "Mifd Affair."

| ports sWitchboardS. Fifteen men stayed at the New Britain switch | boards throughout the day, some remaining until late at night. Simi- larly, men helped operate in many other central offices throughout the state.
 Repalrmen Restore Service
 The plant department had diffi-
 culty making repairs because of
 the deep snow. Two repairmen,
 starting at 8:30 a. m., walked sev-
 en miles to an isolated commun-
 ity to restore service to 25 tele-
 phones. Using snowshoes they left the main highway to walk over
 mountain because the route by
 road was much longer. They did
 not return until 11:30 D. m. A wire
 chief trckked four and one-half
 miles in three hours to reach his
 office. One testman'walked three
 miles, arrived at the central of- flee and was unable to get home for four days. Two repairmen tramped six miles to restore ser vice for family where there was serious illness.
 When word came that half dozen families in one shore com
 munity were running out of food,
 telephone truck brought com
 munity grocery order to them be- fore the men started repairing
 broken lines in the vicinity.
 Whenever possible, service was restored first of all in homes where
 there was sickness. One repair
 man in the Hartford area worked all night restoring out-of service trouble of an emergency nature.
 Two repairmen made path through the snow for four miles to clear trouble where there was sickness in family of six. Another | in Manchester, assigned to trouble
 in Rockville where a doctors tele-
 phone was out of order, had to abandon his car and walk four
 miles to his destination.
 One plant employe in New Bri-
 tain rescued an elderly lady of , 70 years from exhaustion. He found her lying in the snow and assisted her to nearby store where she was treated.
 Plant employees assigned to pa- trolling cross-country lines looking | for breaks, found going very diff cult. One man in Stafford was | assigned to clear trouble on the | line to Union so the government beacon service for airplanes could | operate. He covered the line on | foot for a considerable distance
 and came to five foot drift over
 which he had to climb on hands
 and knees for 100 feet so he
 would not sink too far in the snow. l He left his car on the main road at 10 a. m. and did not return to | 1t until 3:30 D. m. | Pole Line Rebuilt
 When word came that 22 poles, | carrying open wire and a 150-pair
 cable, were down on the Canter- | bury turnpike above Norwich, in
 little more than one hour two con-
 struction crews were on their way
 to clear the trouble. In twelve
 hours of actual work they stripped
 the line, removed the old poles,
 dug holes and set new line. This | is considered an unusually quick 1 performance inasmuch as the men
 worked in deep drifts and in dig | ging holes found frost far below
 the normal winter level.
 on, many of them staying on duty
 all day Tuesday and through the
 night until Wednesday so that
 their community might have de- | pendable telephone service. Most
 repairs were completed by Thurs l day night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
Savants Find Death
 Is Only Comparative
California Research Reveals Cells Dead Only in De.
 gree-Scientists Believe Death" Ambiguous Term

are continuing to diivde--that the snake is still growing.
 By x-radiating the spores 0i common bakery mold, Uber and Goddard destroyed certain func- tions. In one instance they de. troyed the sexual reproduction function. After apparently incap-
 able of growth the spores repro
 duced themselves vegetatively.
 The scientists destroyed one oi
 the two nuclei contained in each
 spore, both of which had been be- lieved to be necessary to growth, but the organism grew despite this When a complimentary nucleus
 was destroyed the spore grew, but
 produced a mold of different
 color and shape.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16

don and known as Peter Ibbetson Paris has become a dream of the past, peopled by his dear ones and particularly by Mimsey. She has been his only love and he believes that she is dead.
 Years later he discovers her again in Mary, the lovely Duchess of Towers. She finds in him her be- loved Gogo of whom she has dreamed; but the discovery comes too late. She belongs to another and they can meet only in their dreams, dreams which take them back to their happy childhood in Paris then comes tragedy.
 Colonel Ibbetson, thorough scoundrel, false and cowardly, boasts that Peter's mother was his mistress and that Peter is his it. legitimate son. Peter hears of it and in a violent quarrel with the older man strikes him with a cane, kill ing him.
 The boy is sentenced to be hanged for murder but on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
CROTTO CIRCUS HERE APRIL 23
Has All the Thrills of a Big T0p'-SpeCial Matinees for Children

Circus days in all their glory will be here at the state armory on Field street the entire week of April 23d with matinees and evening shows. The circus is being sponsored by the Zindah Grotto, recently organized in Wa | terbury. Tickets for the man. | moth event are already in big l demand and are being distributed throughout the city by large committee.
 Special door prizes as well as a handsome automobile will be given away. The circus head quarters are located at 92 Bank street where thousands stop daily to inspect the circus display.
 Clark H. Newton is director CT is general chairman and Yer non Hall is chairman of the ticket committee. The services of Frank Wirth, director of the Shriners' circuses at Hartford for many years, have been engaged for the Waterbury presentation.
 MT Wirth is of the opinion that circus such as is presented at Hartford, recognized as one of the outstanding attractions of it's kind in the country, can be pro- duced with equal success ..in Wa terbury. Hartford Grotto mem- bers are assisting the local com mittee on arrangements.
 Special school children matinees will be held with reduced admis- sions. Special shows for the kiddies will be an afternoon attrac- tion each day. Included in the program that will be presented are trained elephants, Chinese troups, acrobats, clowns and other attrac- tions that comprise a regular cir GUS. Even pink lemonade and peanuts will be incorporated in the program. The armory will be transformed into a large circus tent during the presentation of the show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
By JAMES F. wICKIzER

| United Press St0m COrFc8pOnucnt) Berkeley, Ca. (UP)-Life often survives after death" University of California scientists experiment. revealed today. and the question arises:
 "Dead--but how dead?" | Organisms considered dead live on under favorable conditions, Dr F. M. Uber, research associate in botany, found. A living death, he revealed, is shown by x-radiated mold cells which have three diff ferent kinds of post mortem' growth.
 Suicide by gas or potassium cy- anide is always doubtful because methylene blue can often restore the victim. Disease bacteria, pro- nounced dead after application of a disin<ectant, have been found to infect guinea pigs with the dis ease.
 Prolonged growth of dead" or- ganisms in the university labora- tory. have led Uber and others to believe that death" is an ambigu- ous term. Under conditions favor able life,l he has found that death is an indefinite state. Dead cells are not brought back to life" Dr Uber explained. They are only dead to a certain degree and will still grow" Uber and Dr D. R. Goddard have conducted experiments with x-radiation on Lakery mold cells. People, plants, reptiles and bac- teria, considered dead, when prop erly treated have continued to grow. Plants with the roots re- moved can be made grow by the application of certain chamicals.
 More than Q popular supersti- tion,' Dr Uber said, is the fact a "'dead' snake will wiggle for sey- eral hours. Even beheaded and skinned, the reptiles circulatory skinned, the reptiles circulatory system will continue to pulsate for several hours, showing that cells
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
Gossip NEVER MIND, JOLSON WILL BE BACK! Al Quits The FiIms But Wait Until He Hears The Applause
BY DAN THoAaAs

eNEA Service Stan Correspondent)
 HolIywood.-Al Jolson has said he's through with motion pictures, but he isn't.
 In couple of weeks the singing actor will change his mind.
 "Too much work" Al said when he went east recently.
 What he really meant was that thepe was no sense in working so hard only to be "panned" for his labors. Jolson isn't afraid of hard work. He'll keep going until he drops from exhaustion. 50 long as his efforts are appreciated.
 Like all other actors. Al loves applause and will do almost any thing to get it. And he'll get it from critics and audiences alike for his work in Wonder Bar," soon to be released.
 That's why say he isn't through in motion pictures. As soon as he reads. few good re- views, Al will say, That movie racket isn't so bad, after all."
 Wonder Bar" affords plenty of good entertainment and it isn't wholly dependent upon Jolson's efforts. He simply is cabaret entertainer-the thing he can do really well. Tn addition to him. the film contains Kay Francis, Dolores Del Rrio, Dick Powel. Ricardo Cortez, Louise Fazenda, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly-and Busby Berkeley's spectacular musical numbers.
 
 Meets Half Way
 Minna Gombeli has rechristened her Lugana Beach home. It's the Half Way House now. And for good reason. Minna's husband, Jo- seph Sefton. Is San Diego banker. Minna's work keeps her in Holly wood. So about the-only time they can get together is over week-ends Laguna being exactly half way be- tween Hollywood and San Diego, each drives there to the Half Way HOusp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
Dr Blum Lectures
 Before Local Group

Dr William Blum of Washington, D. C., electro-chemica1 director of the United States bureau of stand ards, last night addressed large group of electro -p1aters and others interested in the subject at Chase's auditorium. The talk was a highly technical one and was illustrated. The Waterbury chapter of the American Society of Plat CTS sponsored the meeting,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
ANCIENT TESTAMENT

Instanbul--(UP)-An Arab an- tiquary of this city has offered to sell the Turkish museum of an- tiquities a 2000-year-o old old Testa- ment. It Is written on 64 large parchment sheets. The museum authorities are now checking its historical value.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
STOLE BAD CHECKS

Harrisburg, Pt-(UP)-The loot of robbers who broke into the of flee of Barney Goldberg, junk deal CT, consisted of two checks dated 1928 which had been returned by the bank marked insufficient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-16
TEACH FAN DANCING

New York = (UP)-The fan dancing craze has reached a seri- ous stage here. Because demand for instruction in the "art" made famous by Faith Bacon and Sally Rand, the New York School of music has added a fan dancing class to it's cirriculum.
 To defeat locus swarms en- tering Rhodesia, an airplane will sprow sodium of arsenate in ad- vance of the dreaded invaders.
Evening star., 1934-12-09

see?" said the detective, and put his feet On
the desk again and closed his eyes.
what did he say. Fenderton?" asked May
when Fenderton was at her side again. was
your report an right7"
You'll have to excuse me from talking
about that at the present time" Fenderton
told her. This Is . pretty big affair I'm work
ing on just now. and the least said the soonest
mended. mean, May, you wouldn't talk or
anything like that but guess It would be .
pretty mean piece Of business something
got out just when We were ready to snap the
old bracelets on q couple Of crooks that"
He paused an instant then, but only an IN
stant His attention had been caught BY .
card standing In the corner Of small sta
tonery and cigar shop. This sign roughly
scrawled on the bottom torn from . cardboard
box said Boy Wanted"
CENDERTON was far from being mere boy.
derton had been kicked out Of three colleges
and who carries a cane, should be justified In
considering himself a man, but with his father
In the mood that he was money was very
scarce with Fenderton.
In the instant that he hesitated in his words
to May Middleton, Fenderton had thought
There's job" and had. in his expansive way.
vindicated to himself its acceptance he
could get it.
"If accept that job" he said to himself.
"I'll work in and own the dinky place and
rent store and have 60, 100, thousand chain
stationery stores" and that was as far as
he had got when May spoke
But, Of course wouldn't tell, Fenderton,"
she said. mot that I want to know anything
about your detective work, Fenderton; not until
it's all finished. You'll tell me then, won't you.
Fenderton? Because I'd be awfully glad to
know then"
In confidence it may be said that May Mid
dleton did not take Fendertons talk about his
detective work very seriously-not seriously
at all
She was well aware that Fenderton was apt
to ride very high horse at times, and that ne
liked almost too well to seem impressive, and
particularly to impress May Middleton with his
Importance Young men who like young women
especially well are apt to want to impress
them however and May Middleton knew that
Fenderton was what she would have called
nice boy. She liked him very much indeed,
and she knew he would get over his habit OF
exaggeration when he was just little older.
The picture they were seeing at the talkie
theater was only fair to middling, but it was
not as dull as it might have been, and May
Middleton was giving it her entire attention
when two men few seats forward got up and
went out. They were young men, and wore
sweaters instead Of coats, and they had prob
ably seen the last half of the picture and did
not care to see it again Fenderton got up
also, and leaned over confdentially.
May" he whispered, keep my hat and
cane Don't look around when I go out I'll
be back. Those two fellows-I want look
at them"
Fenderton went up the aisle and out into the
lobby and to the street. The two young men
in sweaters were already on the street. but Fen.
derton did not give them much a glance.
I'll L,.~~ -
to the little stationery store The boy Wanted"
sign was stu in the window and Fenderton
went into the little shop.
Evening star., 1934-12-09

he felt was worse than that.
He on his way to pick up pretty May
Middleton and take her to the movies. He had
q whole dollar In his pocket and three gallons
OF gas tn the cars tank, but the tire was utterly
beyond repair. and to get money quickly for .
new tire was about as impossible as to buy the
moon.
Fenderton's father was angry at him and
his mother had been forbidden to give him any
money: his father declared it was certainly
time that Fenderton got job and showed II
he was good for anything at all.
With another "Pshaw!" Fenderton got out
OF the car and pushed it to one side. He
took his cane from the seat-for he never went
forth without that insignia Of manly dignity
set his natty hat at the proper jaunty angle.
and set forth for May Middleton's humble
home foot.
"Why. Fenderton. May said when she had
issued from her rather humble door. II thought
you coming in your You said you
were coming In your car Fenderton."
Il believe I did express that intention"
Fenderton said in his haughtiest manner. but
presumed you would rather have me get here
time than to waste lot Of time changing a
tire, and not get here time"
Why of course. Fenderton," said May. fall
ing into step with him. Did you have
blowout"
II should think you would presume that I
~ did have blowout when I talk about chang
ing tires, Miss Middleton" Fenderton answered.
"I should think that by this time you ought
to know me well enough to know that"
well, you needn't be cross about 1t. Fen
derton," said May in her usual cheerful way.
II only asked you. like that hat, Fenderton;
you look swell in that hat"
THUS Modified. Fenderton condescended to
converse In a more friendly manner, and
his self-esteem quite restored by the time
they reached Main street. Here, on q door
beside butchers shop. the lettering Robert
Connerty, Private Investigator" caught Fender
tons eye, reminding him that he had a some-
what one-sided arrangement with that local
vrdetective
wait minute here May" he said "Ive
got to run up and see the big noise minute
Report you know
why, Fenderton, didn't know you were
still doing detective work." said May. "You
haven't said anything about it for long time
guess you can keep things pretty dark when
you want to, can't you, Fenderton?"
I'm the detective line man has to-" said
Fenderton AN undercover man has to keep
it pretty quiet, May" and with that he opened
the door and went up the dirty stairs.
Robert Connerty was asleep with his feet on
his desk, but he looked up as Fenderton
entered.
For shoutin out loud!" he exclaimed dis
=. gustedly. "You here again? Talk about pests!"
Il just dropped up to if there were any
Gases" Fenderton began, but Connerty
Silenced him.
Listen, bo" he said roughly "I'm a busy
man. See? 1 can't have all you dumb Dummies
buttin' in on me all the time. I told you what
you could do-you find a case and come and
tell me, and I'll see will let you work on it.
You dug up case?"
Well, not yet, MI. Connerty.' .; .3;t4s
"1hen you get out and stay out until you do.
Evening star., 1934-12-09
By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
A little snappy work
by our fearless sIeuth

there to be asked. He found, too.
that he was most needed to take
care Of the shop when Mrs.
Gruber made a hurried trip to
her fat upstairs. where she had
three small children.
It was about the middle of the
afternoon that Mrs. Gruber had
to go upstairs to attend to her
children. She took all the money
except change for a dollar out
Of the cash register and put 1t
in . small canvas bag and put
the bag In the bosom of her
dress.
II don't be 50 long" she told
Fenderton.
Right away down I come as
quick as I could. You get along
al right. I guess. yes?"
The sun was shining in
brightly over the wooden screen
Evening star., 1934-12-09

HEN Fenderton Roper's left front
tire blew out just as he was
leaving his fathers driveway in
his snappy little roadster Fen
derton said "Pshaw!" but what
he felt was worse than that.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-20
ASRoT DEAD&ATfA

|IG,SH5ANT HILL. Mo-. Dec.
k&,o, 5f;, a.. 4 sz-geaf-old
EsdsiS - recently. = She. was
S'ioam Springs; Ark. s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-20
BARKER HEIGHTS

AREER HEIGHTS, Dec. 20.
rHtmas program viii be CIV
Tuesday, night, December %,
afier Heights church.
as program will consist OF
lg and concert exercises by
Children Of the Sunday school
q the direction of Miss Edith
p and Mrs. P. H. Case. c. +.
eelpher, the superintendent,
Sng solo, and the public is
"a to attend the service.
and Mrs. Grady Hill and
gl.er, Cynthia, of Orr's Camp,
dinner guests Sunday OF
and Mrs. Ora Fain.
ady Ward is spending some
With his sister, Mrs. George
on, Of Bat Cave. -
and Mrs. Coy Levi have
= 10 Barker Heights. -
and Mrs. Gerry Henderson
Sunday with the latter's
f Mrs. K. D. Kuykendafl,
innr who is very H.
sndS OF Mrs. Fred Edney
s gid 70 learn she has i'm
a sufficiently to be oat~o OF
LI0In Lou and BETTY she. the
O1nehterS of Mr.. and Mrs.
rottS, are getting along
s''er n" removal of their
at Patton Memorial hos
| IN Floyd. Of G~eenyille. was
sYest Of Mr.. and Mrs
= garquim. ~
We Fay HeltOn is improvinr
~, NE F'tlN daughter Of
s'G Ms. i. B. Bradley. will
', ne Christmas holidays with
parents here.
.sonal friends at Barker
H. VII" Aecame acquainted
~ and Mrs. II. C. IMencken
-. years ago when they
H. to North Carolina.
a.. sMymDathiza with them in
49, Of their son. Conrad
Ia "a who was accidentally
b "a ,sS'9lrday NIGHT at his horne
Jacksonville. .Ec'as
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-20
POTS ON sun.
END.
/ DEPRESSION
Year Cycle Of Solar Ac-
L;,v to Affect World
MARS. Says Expert

|rr YORK, Dec. 20. (UP)-
.ors large spots appearing
| nn, surface indicate that
year cycle Of solar activity
/ :, commencing, with its &C
= effects on the earth's
,.ee,a5le growth, lake lev
...,,I secundity and even
nrosperity, according to
+. ..ss Caldwell, vice chair
mo advisory committee of
| y,rs's new Planetarium at
|, a,ar;rsD Museum of Natural
by.
F;n,ins Oh; that the sun spots
,.rvss are not portents of
y. ,rsr.s DR.. Caldwell, who
r. I: q. ElectrOnics, explains
inch spots are vast storms IN
s sss, making up the suns sur
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-20
lev ACROSS
n 400 MILES

~lU,UNN f
1 ,,aseuce Of these sun spot
H. indicates a period Of
!. solar activity, he says,
q / manifested in increased
f-,ragnetic oscillations that
1 ' across the 81, 100000 miles
sartb causing auroras and
t,,rg communication circuits.
/ MN this increased ultra
and ion;zation speeds up
[,,bls and tree growth on the
Stimulating crops and re-
f., Itself in the different
AZ Tree rings, stretching
!sr many years. Animal life
,rnears affected, and DIR.
exhibits curves eompar.
4. varying annual catch OF
II, Bav trappers with the
t.~oriing numbers Of sun
4 i,r the same years. Al
: he same number of traps
! each year, the catch OF
!, .oyes, etc., varied widely,
,;,g great variations in the
4, Of animals roaming the
|, and this variation proved
1, closely linked with the sun
4 rmberS.
kNESs CHARTS 49,.
r. Of business activity IN
Fined States, since the Civil
Ymuared with the CORE,
tfrg sun spot cycle, showed
IL relationships. Each sun
/ 1axmum during the period
allowed within 80 months by
|,,e,sion or crash. she stock
!. dgbacle of 1929 followed
I'm maximum of 1928; the
! Iump came after the 1918
/ peak; the 1907 panic was
sguel of the 1906 sun spot
k-gn: the 1898 panic fol-
i ne 1892 peak.
h he other hand, the low
Is u the sun spot cycle usu-
IN been followed by pc
d ms;ness stability of pros
{. Happy days in the nations
tlal history, such as the pc
t Coolidge prosperity, war
parity. corporate prosperity,
I'd prosperity, each followed
b heels Of a sun spot min
!, The curves reveal. At the
knt time, says DR.. Caldwell,
En is emerging from such a
Ssn. minimum period into
| d greater activity, so that the
stage now seems all set"
he earth's rapid emergence
he recent business depres-
Evening star., 1934-09-30

August bride. Mrs. Charles M.
Ashlin, who before her recent mar
riage here was Miss Theodore E.
Linthicum, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith Linthicum of this city.
@ Brooks.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
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