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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-03
By ROBERT BAILIE

0N THE evening of July B. Sam Merrc seated in his favore chair beside the radio perslng the sport of his sharp explosion shattered the peaceful at mosphere of the Merc household Sam dropped his and, leaping to his feet, ran toward the kitchen
 Sam snied the buish acrid smoke that oated toward the ceiling His wife, Margaret was eying their 10 year old son. Tommy in alarm Sams gaze went to his sons hand.
 frown his He reached down and forced four red 'torpedoes' from the young mans fist.
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their

to display any interest in their wife's clothes or appearance.
 On the other hand, Mrs Stevens has found husbands to be loyal and good companions. She says: "They may criticize their wives from morn to night. but let someone else even hint disparagement and they arc up in arms mmediatcly."
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PINE.BIRCH TREE CURIOSITY

Llttleton. N. H.--(U.P.)-A tree half pine and half yellow birch is growing along the State Ledge road in this town. It has only one base and has grown about seven feet high as one. then separates, mak. ing two different trees.
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THE DEMO OCRAT'S
 Daily Short Story
Complete in This Issue

have heard that click and knew what 1t meant. Desperately, Sam clawed at Dolan's prone body for his gun. There was none. Dolafi must have dropped 1t when he. fell.
 A cold sweat broke out on Sani's forehead. He was trapped. He cursed himself for not having extra ammunition.
 Then an idea came swiftly. He remembered the torpedoes he had taken from Tommy that evening. They were still there. sam snatched them out, and flung one far across to the front of the loft.
 It landed good distance behind his quarry. There was a flash and a sharp explosion. The figure closing In on Sam whirled in panic and fired shot at where the torpedo had gone off.
 Sam hurled two more in quick succession. Again the man on the other side of the loft fired hastily at where they struck. Finally Sam heard the gun click empty. I.EAPING UP, HE RAN TOWARDS THE STAIRS
 Leaping up, Sam ran toward the stairway. When he reached there, he hurled the remaining torpedo, then dropped to pick up Dolan's revolver glinting on the floor.
 Sam strengthened, the gun clenched in his fist. He aimed and pulled the trigger. The figure by the wall of the loft toppied.
 The following morning before Sam left the station house, he learned that the man he had brought in was wanted in Illinois for Killing an officer. There was something about reward. too. And the Captain had informed him
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The Cast of Characters in
 Fireworks Plus"

SAM MERRIC, q detective. PAT DoLAN, also q detec- tive.
 TOMMY, Sam's son who believes In fireworks even on the 3d of July.
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SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL

Cleveland - (U.P.) Unsuc- cessful in a suicide attempt last year. Joseph Kahal, 55. tried again recently and succeeded. His body was found hanging 10 rafter in the basement of his home.
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Answers to Previous Questions ToHN JAY was appointed J chief justice by President Washington on Sept. 24. i7se. and served until June 2s. l7eB. Charleston. s. O.. suffered the most in the iss6 earthquake. when 4i lives and s6.000.00O in property were lost there. Two men issued directories in Philadelphia in i7sB. the one by William Bradford contain. ing 3B6e names.
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|WHOMyFIR5T2l
 IN AM ERICA 1:
 By Joseph Nathan Kane II Author of Famous First Facts"
Who made the first New

Who made the first New York-Bermuda flight?
 What was the first high speed locomotive numbered? Who was the first Ameri- can to be hung for treason?
 AnsweNs in next issue.
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Jim Devine started drive to Portland, Me, yeser- day after attending funeral services for his aunt Mrs Anna Gunan. Jim you know has travelled quite bit the country in his profession which consists of sevcng schoo teachers booklets and periodicals necessary their teach
 ing profession And incidentally, Jms brother, Bernie travel og returned after the funeral to his position the New York Athletic club. And sister, Einor who also back to the city from New York will spend few days here
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say a figure move, close to the wall about twenty feet away. He brought up his gun, pulled the trigger. His shot was returned; he hugged the floor behind the heap of rubbish.
 When he pulled the trigger again the gun clicked-empty. Sam realized his assailant must
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The wound on Dolan's head had not amounted to much.
 On his way home Sam happened to glance across Q street. His eye caught q large sign in a store window. It read: FIREWORKS. smile to his lips. He crossed over and entered the place. A few minutes later he came out carrying rather large bag and continued on his way home, still smiling.
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Shame on you my little girl, Barefoot maid with sculptured curl, With thy bright enameled toes, And thy pale white powdered nose. With thy lips redder still, Kissed with ,Coty's at your will With the sunshine on your face, Streaming through veil of lace, From my heart give groan, It hurts-the artificial tone. What care you for birds and bees, Varied flowers, and stately trees How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell! Daring gowns are what you crave, Intriguing man, soon your slave Sweet perfumes the senses stir, You're most attractive in coat of fur But stop to think how long you'll last You might go far you'll travel fast Sooner or later my girl of affairs, You'll limp into port like ship for repairs And then you'll see what little joy you've known, You were naught but queen without throne
 Bee Elm.
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been opened recently. A grimy window that apparently opened
 Into what was once the office was locked. He went to the next. This
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Charles Winters, demon drug clerk spent recent the pacd aoaters of Lake Waramaug Mr Winters, a0ho doesn't know hs strength, padded Sr times around the lake oe three of hiS pas m another canoe had to Dc toUed home by outboard motor The softies Jules NoDqkoaoski J. Innocent, the "Erster fancier from Greenpern, and Philip (Revere) Fisher. Tue boys clan, they held back by Innocent aoho has been nght-clabbing the Great Wke Way aud is said to be out of condition
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time he felt the window slide up silently.
 SAM SNAPPED OFF THE FLASH
 Sam snapped off the flash as he and Dolan climbed over the dirty sill. They closed the window after them. The two detectives stood still Q moment, trying to accustom their eyes to the darkness. oppo- site them they could sec tho black ness of doorway.
 "come on," Sam whispered, heading for 1t. All about them was
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Heat waves Taking glance at the thermometer in the Center. . It registers 100! Phew =.
 People appearing cool until they take glimpse of the indicator . and then they realize they're hotter Taverns doing rushing beer business . Tommy Calvin and Harry Baume chuckng the old gentlemen carng in old tin pail with instructions to "fl Ter up!"
 Quassapaug Lakewood and city swimming pools attracting thousands cecream parors catering to hundreds seek ing iced drinks dogs lolling about with tongues hang ing dripping saliva Some say dogs sweat through the mouth .. Did you ever see a fish perspire? men walk about with abandoned proper dress forgotten before the swetering heat Houses darkened with blinds pulled down to keep out hot One tobacco dealer exhibits sign window To keep out not you Policemen with cheeks red and sweat pouring over countenances, lstlessly direct traffic People in city wishing for rain and cool weather People vacation at beach and shore hoping swell vacation weather continues
 Plenty of electricity used for electric fans Makes Charley Allen glad We'll, cheer up, the weather bureau reports showers.
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Good Evening.
TO GEE EMsEE FEE
THE BAREFOOT GIRL

)(With apologies to "The Barefoot Boy".)
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.Connestee Fails
Season Planned
Will Be Open and Free to
Picnic Parties

BREVARD, March 31.-Con-
nestee Falls, one of the most pic
turesque spots in all of Western
North Carolina, will be free to
the public this summer, no charge
to be made for entrance to the
grounds or for picnic parties who
wish to spend time around the
falls.
This information was received
by the Brevard Kiwanis club in
letter from C. N. Miller, trust
officer for the Wachovia Bank q
Trust company Of Asheville.
The Kiwanis club plans to re-
pair safety ratings and otherwise
improve the picnic grounds about
the falls, and erect road signs
telling tourists and visitors that
no charges will be made. Some
member of the Kiwanis club Will
be in attendance on each Sunday
and holiday throughout the sum-
mer in order to look after the
property so generously donated
by the Wachovia bank and see
that the property is not damaged:
It is probable that members OF
the club who are designated, TO
look after the property on Sun
days will be made peace Officers
in further effort to make the
place as acceptable as possible to
people who wish to take parties
of children and ladies there.
In addition to improving the
pathway to the foot of the dou-
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OUARLES Wins
PATTISALL GO
Adds New Laurels at Dan
vile Fight; Breyard
Boy Also Wins

DANYILLE. Va, March 81
Norment QuarleS, Of Henderson
vile, \. c.. twice southern con-
ference champion, continued his
winning record as an amateur
fighter last night b. winning a
decision from Jimmy PattisalL
Danville, and Virginia prep chant
pion, last night.
Ouarles easily defeated the
Danville boy. his Slashing type Of
fighting outclaSsing the Nirginian
all the way through the fight. The
defeat was Pattisal's second Il
five years of fighting.
The fight was QuarleS second
since ne decided to leave college
boxing and enter the amateur
field. In his first round at Rich
mond two weeks ago he won a
decision over Bobby Goldstein. of
Washington. D. c.. former Uni
versity of Virginia and confer
ence champion.
pug" Hinton. of Brcvard, won
a decision over Don WhitlCck. Of
Danville. in one of the prellml-
,.ary fights.
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MECKLENBURG COP.
DELEGATION WILL
NOT BE INSTRUCTED

CHARLOTTE, March 31.-The
Republican county convention in
session at the county courthouse
Yesterday voted TO send a delega-
lion 10 the state convention here
April ! uninStructed on its choice
for state chairman.
c. v. Setter, county chairman
for the last 10 years, was re-elect-
ed DESPITE his urgent plea that he
is unable to take the time from
his business necessary to carry on
the duties Of chairman.
The convention was adjourned
until May y. when an adjourned
session will be held to select a
slate of candidates for state Of
fcers. Mr.. Setter, W. 4. McFar-
land and Marvin l.. Ritch were
named on a committee to comb
the field for high-type candidates
for the North Carolina legislature.
The convention for the most
part developed absolute harmony,
and the only question which
brought on argument - inStruc-
ton Of delegates to the state, con-
;reSSional, and judicial cOnven-
tons was compromised in a man.
rer apparently satisfactory to all.
J. c. Newell moved that. since
Charlotte is host to the conven-
ton the vote should be equally di-
vided among the three candidates
for state chairman-James S.
Duncan, the incumbent. \. l. Fer
rec of AsheborO, and William C..
Neekin5 Of HenderSonville.
This brought immediate objec-
ton Of J. D. Albright, who de-
clared that Us 4 delegate lie OBJ
jected to being restricted in his
vote.
Upon motion of Warren Y. Hall
the question was compromised by
agreement to divide the vote
cquGily on the first ballot. with
the q votes to be cast on future
ballots according to the sentiment
of the delegation as revealed by
q poll of delegates.
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Dam CREATES
MONTANA CITY
Is Rising on Site Of Fort
- Peck, One Time Front
Ter Settlement

KANSAS CITY. Mo. (UP(.-
A new city is rising at Fort feck
Mont. the site Of the old frontier
town of half a century ago.
This city, modern in all details,
will house the thousands of work
men who will harness the Mis-
souri, river into an inland sea
larger than the Great Salt Lake.
The town will be laid out so
it may be enlarged and new
buildings added with little diff
Guilty. There will be four types
of residential quarters.
The barracks will be built tC
house "a in one large room. Then
there will be large foremen's
hunks consisting Of Is small
rooms to q building, each for two
persons. a dormitory and guests
house will be another type. Off
Gals and their families will DC,
cupy frame houses, Of which
there will be about 1875.
The model city will have a city
hall, school, hospital and bust
ness district. The government
will be handled by city man
ager and his council, appointed
by Major Thomas j. Larkin. dis
trict engineer. Members of the
various city offices will be chosen
from civilian forces.
1t is undecided what the town
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JOHN DIS GIFT
AIDS LEAGUES
new LIBRARY
Dedication Planned Dur
ing 1885 by Geneva
Diplomats
Rv STEWART BROWN
IJp;t,I Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA March z3. - The
worlds most imnortant interna-
tional library will be attached to
the leagues new s5,000,0OO pal
geo when Sit is inaugurated IN
1885.
\ rift Of 100000 from John
d. Rockefeller, Jr.. has enabled
the league to lay plans for a Ii
brary research institute which
will be the joy of world scholars.
Plans to organize the library as
an autonomous international Re-
seerch Institute now are under
consideration. The institute IL
brary, although attached to the
league, would be separate in
stitution with distince charter.
BUILDING MILLION DOLLARS
Approximately half Of the
Rockefeller gift has been used to
construct beautiful building ad-
Joining the new league assembly
hall, the largest in the world. The
remainder Of the fund will go into
an endowment fund.
The building will house all the
most important international
treaties, official publications and
books printed on international
political. social, economic and
financial affairs. The league IL
brary is the only institution in
the world to receive all govern
ment publications and official
documents.
It's treaty series containing all
international treaties registered
with the league is the most i'm
portant collection of its Kind in
the world. In addition the league
has chain of 100 depository IL
braries scattered throughout the
world.
ROOM FOR MILLION BOOKS
The new library will have room
for 100000 volumes. At the
present time, only - years after
its foundation, the league library
possesses 100000 books. Approx
imately 10000 new volumes are
added each year.
The new library building has
three floors. On. the ground floor
and in the center of the building
will be an information office con-
tanning the catalogue and lending
departmet. Connected with it
will be a museum room for cXhi-
billions.
There will be newspaper and
periodical reading room. general
reading room and lecture room
all on the first floor. The second
floor will contain special reading
rooms divided by topics, such as
legal. finance, economics, history,
mandates, opium, public health
and communications.
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WHITE MURAL SHOWS
LIFE ON THE FARM

PARIS. CUP. - The Gilbert
White mural, destined for the
department of agriculture build
ing in Washington, D. c., prob
ably will bring about a rush to
the country by city folk. SO adj
roitly does it depict the pleasures
and beauties of rural life.
Far from the turmoil and strife
of the great cities, White paints
with ease and skill the virtues of
the fields. His previous paint
ings already adorn public build
ings in Oklahoma, Utah and Ken
lucky, and the agricultural land
scape ne has just completed for
Washington may be counted up
on to evoke none but the hap
piest of sentiments.
Cybele. the Good Earth, Po-
mona the Goddess of Gardens,
Ceres the custodian of the crops,
Flora. the Flower priestess Pan
with his flute, the children of
earth, and the Father of Wisdom
all are ably portrayed by White
in such a way as to give the most
hardened city cynic an acute
nostalgia for country life.
The canvas is 13 feet by 3S
and the four female allegorical
figures are distributed evenly
about the painting, Pan seated at
the feet of Flora. a man with a
plough, a hunter, an aged woman
spinning, a young maiden crush
ing the juice from grapes, and
harvard animals wandering
about.
The Man of Wisdom takes
rather a central position in the
painting and fiocks are outlined
family in the distance.
White is native of Oklahoma.
He expects to superintend the
placing of the mural in the agri-
cultural building in Washington.
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PARIS STYLES
By MARY KNIGHT

United Press Staff Cores pondent
PARIS, March 31.-CUP)-"To
wish to explain or Justify q mode
is as arbitrary as it is vain," says
Maggy Rouff. ct is like wanting
to explain why the wind blows.
and then stops" In other words,
there is no rhyme nor reason for
fashion. which is a pretty big adj
mission for a famous couturier.
Little. Sister Maggy has more
to say on the subject of her ideas
about clothes. so let's let her do
her own talking:
"This winter | had already pre-
sented and given strong impetus
to semi-stiff materials" she says,
"taffetas, faille, poults de sole,
and in the summer collection a
fuller expansion of this idea is
seen. I have clearly expressed the
present renewed mode which has
been developed from the general
lied use of these materials.
"Drapteries and bases had to
be abandoned because these ma
terials require such different
treatment. To bring out their
best qualities straight lines must
be used, along with geometrical
precision and audacious detail.
The colOrs themselves have fol-
lowed the trend. They are more
calm, more severe and more de-
cided; many blues. especially
navy, scale of grays; white and
black, and flashes of lightning
green and hard, brittle blues.
Puffs, pleats, butterfly wings and
flounces are attached so delicate
~ to the gowns that they seem
scercely to belong to them, rather
they accompany them at a re-
spectful distance"
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ARKANSAN BURIES HIS
PET GANDER in STYLE

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -
(UP)-Duke, a 20-year-old gand-
er, was buried in style befitting
statesman here recently. Rufe
Davis, farmer, owned Duke, and
when the fowl died it lay in state
three days before burial. Incle-
ment weather prevented proper
funeral services, Davis said.
The gander was family pet
and was included in Davis will as
a beneficiary. His will provided
+hat the administrator fed the
old gander shelled corn from his
hand every day. This was neces-
sary since a neighbor cut off the
end of Dukes bill about II years
ago, when the fowl strayed into a
corn field. The master, however,
has outlived his pet.
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HOLLYWOOD
FILM SHOP
By ALANSON EDWARDS
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD. (UP).-Across
her books, pencils and tablets,
: Mrs. Fern Carter has seen Our
Gang grow up these 13 years.
Ever since Hal Roach organ
lied the worlds most famous
group of kids, Mrs. Carter has
been their school teacher, kindly
yet firm, and seeing to it that
they really do put in three hours
work a day at their books.
Of course the original members
long since have grown up and be-
come actors and housewives and
statesmen and similar folk. But
thier is a continual flow of new
members to keep Mrs. Carter
busy arranging lessons for as
many as five different school
grades.
The day we talked, school was
being held in the open near
where Director Gus Mems was
sending the gang through it's
comic PAGES in front of the cam
era. Four youngsters who were
not in that particular scene were
studying lessons.
Only one regular member of
the gang. little Spanky McFar-
land, doesn't go to school. He's
under six so he doesn't have to.
He runs around with a dog and
otherwise keeps himself employed
while his mates learn to read,
write and spell.
Around the table and quietly
at work were Jackqeline Taylor,
the little blonde leading lady;
Stymie Beard. the negro boy who
acts and sings; his sister Caro-
lima; Scott Beckett. who succeed
ed Jackie Cooper, and tously-
headed Wally Albright.
Mrs. Carter believes the chill
dren receive more educational ad-
vantages than public school pu-
pills because they are given closer
attention from the teacher. She
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NORMAL BUSINESS
BY JUNE '35, SEEN

NEW ORLEANS. (UPl.-ln;e
fundamental trend of business Is
upward and the United o n
should be at normal ecoi i095
level by the middle OF . iJoDt
Of the Babson Reports, Inc, toI ia
members of the New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce. id vv.s
New Orleans, Wilson SAID ,,, was va
10 ner cent ahead of the remain J.,
! p[ 81 the nation. Comparing
n nee Ut figures with those of pre- pre-
p io,Is nanics and depressions, Will
S VIZ stated that "the recovery
during the past year mas p p
more rapid and extensive imam
ever took place before"
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does not think they are particu-
larly brighter than other young
STEERS but that they are more adj
vanced because Of their 'atten-
ton.
"But they jump around Just
like other children" she smiled.
"They race each other to get
their lessons done and then start
playing. Sometimes | think we
have tribe Of Comanches around
here"
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BLACKMAIL CHARGED

BUENOS AIRES, March 81
(UP)-EigRt members of a So
called information bureau" were
arrested here today on charges of
Matchmaking commercial enter
prises including the General Mo-
tors, Goodyear. Nash, Hudson,
Chrysler and Fiat companies.
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STAVE BUSINESS BoOMS

THAYER. No. (UP). = The
manufacture of slaves for whisky
and beer barrels, revived with
the end of prohibition, is proving
an important source of income
here. Demand has increased stead
ilv as more breweries and distil-
leries got into production.
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CODE WAGE RULING

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Mar, 81.
TTP).-Contractors were notified
hv the state road department yes
terdav that hereafter wage scales
on highway work must conform
70 those set in the >NRA contrac-
tors code-4O cents an hour for
unskilled labor and 81 an hour
for skilled labor. The previous
requirement has been 80 and 40
cents an hour.
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BILE falls and repairing the safety
rails. a guard rail will be erected
at the top of the falls as further
safety protection.
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TODAY'S FASHION Tip

Still materials, calm but brittle
colors, puffs, pleats and flounces
feature the Maggy Rouff trends
for summer.
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Advertise it or you may
have to keep it.
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H0C Rites OWNER

VALLEY FALLS, Kan. (UP).
Doctors are trying to save A. \.
Conroy's finger, which nearly
was severed when his hog snap
ped at him.