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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-23
Community Club Picks
 Committee For Ball
Mayor to Attend First Dance in New Building Friday;
 Rev Thomas Shea Addresses Hills
WASHINGTON HILL NEWS

Nov that the parade Saturday in conjunction with the opening of the new Community House is over the washington Park Community club has turned it's attention to the bah to be held Friday evening in the Community House. Joseph Mulcunry is chairman of the af- fair and has a committee of twen- ty-three assisting him who will make final arrangements for the affair at a meeting of the club to night at the Community House. It is the aim to make this event one that not only the residents of the Hill but also the city will long re- member The club intends to make this an annual event of the Washington Park Community club.
 Mayor Frank Hayes has can- celled previous engagement for that night and has assured the committee he will lead the grand march. Jack Fitzgerald's twelve piece orchestra will furnish the music for dancing.
 Hills Hold Meeting
 The Washington Hill Athletic association held It's regular weekly meeting last night at the club
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-23
LOCAL OPERATOR
 GIVEN DISCHARGE

Anthony Masi of 27 East street was discharged in Plainville town court last night when he appeared to answer charges resulting from an auto oaccident on Sunday! Masi's car collided with another during heavy Sunday, afternoon traffic. with the result that traffic was held up for a considerable length of time. After the mishap both he and the other driver were ordered to appear in court last night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-23

THE FOLKS-Ruth SuckOu FULL ELAVOUR-DOris Leslie THE MAN ON THE WHITE HORSE-Warwick
 Dccping MAN LOST-Arthur Stringer DUSTY RIVERS-Raymond A. Barry MARY PETERS-Mary Ellen Chase WHITE REAF-Martha OstensO CANDY-L. M. Alexander TRUE BY THE SUN-Lida Larrimore WITH BANNERS-Emily L0ring MURDER IN THE STACKS-Marion Boyd CASINO MURDER CASES. $. Van Dine MURDER IN THREE ACTS-Agatha Christie MASKS OFF AT MIDNIGHT -- Valentine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-23
PASSENGERS ENJOYED RIDE

Maiden, Mass. (UP)-A free ride was enjoyed by all the pas- sengers in George l.. Caffarella's bus. While discharging a passen- ger, an oil truck struck the rear of the bus and aroused Caffarella's anger. Determined to get his man, he chased the truck driver a mile before he could make him halt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-23
WOMAN si. WEEDS MAN 60

Conneaut, o-(UP)--Harry Jar- wis, 66 of Conneaut, was wed to Agnes A. Gibson, sl, recently In Erie. Pa. Mrs Jarvis was the oidoat person to apply for a marriage license in Erie county history. Rev P. M. Shadls performed the cere- mony.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
Mrs. Roosevelt
Is Sponsor

Mrs. Roosevelt heads the list
of distinguished sponsors for
the International Exhibition OF
children's paintings, at the
Washington Art League, which
will be held until January 3,
for the benefit of the Children's
Club.
Other sponsors include Mrs.
S. M. Breckenridge Long, wife of
the United States ambassador
to Italy; Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife
of the Secretary Of State; Mrs.
Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife Of
the Secretary of the Treasury;
Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the
Secretary of War; Ms. Henry A.
Wallace, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture; Mrs. Harold L.
Ickes, wife Of the Secretary Of
the Interior; Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Mrs. Jouett ShouSe, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. H. H. Rust, jr.,
Mrs. Frederick P. H. SiddonS,
Mrs. Loren Johnson, Mrs. Phelps
Dodge, Miss Belle Sherwin. Miss
Reginald Huidekopher, Mrs.
Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. william
A. White, Miss Guest, of the
Freer gallery; Miss Janet Rich
ards, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock and
Miss Margaret Yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Emery,
jr., who we're at Pinehurst, N.
c., have arrived at the Shore
ham for a short stay. They
will visit in Harrisburg, Pa,
before returning to their home
in Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
Carol Program

One of the most delightful
events in the way of Christmas
music and it's satisfying spirit
ual enjoyment will be the
candlelight service to be given
at Epiphany Church, Friday
afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, when
the Washington Choral Society,
conducted by Louis A. Potter,
will sing for the first time in
the Capital City, parts I and II
of Bach's world-famouS Christ
mas Oratorio," and a program
Of short carols from many
lands.
Many prominent music and
society leaders in Washington
will attend this choral event,
which has been planned by Mr..
Myron Whitney. president Of
the Choral Society, with DR..
Ze Barney Phillips, rector of
Epiphany Church; Mr.. Louis
A. Potter, conductor Of the
choral society; Mrs. Elizabeth
K. Peoples, and other we'll.
known men and women of
Washington, who now constitute
the board Of directors Of the
choral society.
Among those who expect to
be present Friday afternoon are
Mrs. Charles Acker, Mrs. Anne
Archbold, Miss Mora Arch
bold, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Bishop and Mrs.
Freeman, Miss Grace Durham
Guest, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Phelps Dodge. Baroness Korff,
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs.
Newlands Johnston, Mrs. Adolph
Caspar Miller, Miss Patterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Strunk,
Miss Stanton. Mrs. Charles
Russell Train, Miss Harriet Win
slow, Miss Grace Lincoln Tenn
pie, Mrs. David L. Wing and
many others who are keenly
interested in this society and
its programs as one of the i'm
pOrCanL music groups IN WASH
ington.
Mr.. Adolf Torovsky will play
q brief program of Christmas
airs as organ prelude to the
candlelight service. and Mr..
Walter Nash will play the organ
for the christmas Oratorio"
Prominent soloists on the pro-
gram will be Mrs. Lily Garritt,
Mr.. Justin Lawrie and Major
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann.
Mrs. Mildred Colvin will be
heard in the obligato part in
the popular carol, "The Holly
and the Ivy"
The service will last but one
hour, and the only light in the
historic old edifice will be
candlelight.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
En- Route South

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C.
Adams, jr., Of New York, whose
marriage took place on Decen-
Der 8, spent the past few days
in washington at the Mayflower
en- route to Palm Beach Fla,
where they will spend several
months.
Mrs. Adams is the former Miss
Willie-James Credible, daughter
of Mrs. John Mcbride Credible,
of this city. With Mr.. Adams
she will make her future home
in New York.
\
Judge j. Raymond Tiffany,
of Montclair. N. j., Is at the
Carlton for a brief stay.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18

Here is a combination piece
that is certainly handy; have
your sewing or knitting articles
alongside of your chair; walnut
finish.
Use Our Budget Plan
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
In Capital

Representative-elect D. Worth
Clark and Mrs. Clark have ar.
rived from their home in Poca.
tello, Idaho, and are at the
Shoreham for the season. They
are accompanied by their two
small daughters, Nancy Lee and
Helen Noel, who will enter
school here.
Mr.. Carroll B. Merriam, d.
rector Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, and Mrs.
Merriam, were hosts last even.
ing at dinner at the Shoreham.
The guests were Mr.. Charles
B. Henderson, another director
OF the r. F. c., and Mrs. Hen
derSon; Miss Virginia Gait, and
Mr.. Reginald Laughlin, all of
Washington; Mr.. Charles H.
Purcell and Mr.. F. M. McAu-
Ilffe,, of San Francisco, Cal.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
AT Home" Dec. 23

Senator-elect Peter Goelet
Gerry and Mrs. Gerry will be
"at home" at their estate in
Providence, on Sunday, De-
cember %. They have returned
recently from a brief visit to
England.
Capt. and Mrs. John H. Glib
bons. have left for Palm Beach,
Fla, after spending three
weeks at the Homestead in Hot
Springs, Va.
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The Washington times., 1934-12-18

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correct time Of day or night teIe-
phone District 1000, the office Of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18

The counselor of the Brazil.
ian Embassy, Mr.. C. de Freitas.
Valle, and the commercial coun.
selor, Mr.. Joao Carlos Muniz,
left yesterday for a brief stay
in New York.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
In Capital

Mrs. Charles H. Archibald, Of
New York and Hollywood, Calf,
Is at the Shoreham for a week,
having come by airplane from
California.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
Dinner-Dance
IS Planned

The Tenth Annual Junior
Holiday Dinner Dance will be
held at the National Woman's
Country Club on Saturday eve.
ming, December 20.
The members of the commit
bee for the event include:
Sonora de Alfaro, Mrs. James
j. Davis, Mrs. Edward R. Alex
ander, Mrs. Anne Archbold,
Mrs. Roscoe F. Dillon, Mrs.
Henry D. Flood. Mrs. Clarence
Norton Goodwin, Mrs. John
Philip Hill, Mrs. Alan G. Kirke,
Mrs. Hamilton M C Cormi c k
Goodhart, Mrs. Charles Lester
Marlatt, Mrs. Edward B. Meigs.
Mrs. Arthur C. Nash, Mrs. David
D. Porter, Mrs. Stephen c.
Rowan, Mrs. Walter R. Tucker.
man, Mrs. Charles F. Wilson
and Mrs. Ralph Worthington.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
i ca Tomorrow

The League Of Republican
Women will be at home in
formally in their headquarters
at Sixteenth Street and Scott
Circle from 4 to 6 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. William E. Humphrey,
Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Mrs. j.
Thompson Wales, and Nine.
Emanuel H. Dimitriu will alter
nate at the tea table.
The Parliamentary Law Class,
conducted by Miss Bertha
Frances Wolfe, will not be con.
tinued during the Christmas
holidays, the next meeting be.
ing Wednesday morning, Janu-
ary 9, at 10 o'clock, at the
Leagues headquarters.
Col. Henry H. Armstead has
arrived in Washington from his
home in Warrenton, Va, accom-
panied by his sister, Mrs. Arm
stead Davis, and they are at the
Carlton,
The Washington times., 1934-12-18

The first secretary Of the
Siamese Legation, M. c. Max
khat Kitiyakara, with Nine.
Ktiyakara, will sail from New
York tomorrow aboard TIE AL.
bert Ballin, to return to Siam.
The minister and Princess
Damras entertained at a dinner
at the embassy Saturday eve
ming for the retiring secretary
and his wife.
k%%
In New York
DR.. Gustav Struve, Third Sec.
retary of the German Embassy,
is in New York at the Ambas-
SadOr Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
Honor Guest

The new Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury, Miss Josephine
Roche, will be the guest of honor
at a reception to be given to-
morrow evening at the Willard
by the Colorado State Society.
In the receiving line will be
Mrs. P. w. Chappeu, president
of the society; Senator and Mrs.
Edward P. Costigan, Senator and
Mrs. Alva B. Adams, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Edward T. Taylor,
Representative and Mrs. Fred
Cummings, Representative and
Mrs. John A. Martin, Repre-
sentative Lawrence Lewis, AS
Sistant Secretary of the Interior
Oscar Chapman, Admiral E. S.
Land, Mr.. Paul ProsSer, attor-
ney general of Colorado; Mr..
and Mrs. Huston Thompson,
Mrs. LuciaS H. Hadley, DR..
Stanley K. Hornbeck, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Keating.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

United States Public Health Service
for assignment Of an officer to the
Health Department, in line with a
practice that has been followed with
benefit in some of the States. If 1t
is decided to appoint a local health
officer Immediately, the advice Of a
Public Health Service officer would be
valuable in the proposed reorganiza-
ton of the local Health Department.
Any such reorganization should be
based on a careful survey Of the
Districts needs, which would point
out lack of proper coordination be-
tween such agencies as the Health
Department and the Board of Public
Welfare, together with advisable ex-
tensions of public health services.
The cost factor must be given careful
consideration. and any public health
program trimmed to the community's
ability to support it and make it really
effective. An advanced program of
public health for the District, which
can be supported by the community,
and a health officer professionally
equipped to carry it out, should be
the Commissioners objectives.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Austria and Italy.

Some history of immediate influence
upon the course of events in Europe is
in the making at Rome during the
present week end. which finds Chan
cellor Kurt Schnuschnigg of Austria
in the midst of four day conference
with Premier Mussolini. Austria has
enjoyed period of relative tranquility
since DR.. DollfuSs' assassination last
Summer. but the Nazi movement,
which led TO that tragedy, is far from
suppressed, and it is mainly to discuss
the resultant situation that the heads
of the Vienna and Rome governments
have come together.
Adolf Hitler has curtailed the former
aggressive campaign for German union
with Austria, but "Anschluss" has by
no means been abandoned as a Nazi
objective. That the Fuehrer will
eventually re-launch his crusade to
bring the Germanic remnant of the
Hapsburg monarchy within the Reich's
orbit is not doubted in any chancellery
in Europe. Hitlerism merely awaits a
more opportune moment for the ac-
complishment Of its purpose. Certainly
the Germans will risk no Austrian
adventure until the Saar controversy
with France is out of the way.
Mussolini has frequently let it be
known that he is prepared to go to
extremes to preserve Austrian inde-
pendence. Undoubtedly Hitler's hand
is mainly stayed by the realization that
any attempt to annex Austria or snuff
out her sovereignty would be resisted
by the Italian Army. There has al
ways been strong Pan-German move
ment within Austria, and Chancellor
Schnuschnigg has held recent con-
versations with some of its leaders
who are friendly to the idea of joining
Germany Mussolini is keen to know
the extent to which the Viennese
chancellor has gone in encouraging
such plans.
II Duce's interest in Austria's inde-
pendence is, of course, not altogether
altruistic. A Nal- dominated Austria
would make powerful Germany next
door neighbor of Italy in the Tyrol
That is development which Mussolini
would view with displeasure, if not
alarm.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Another Woman for the Job.

Announcement Of the appointment
of Josephine Roche as Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury has been ac-
cepted more or less as a matter of
course. With Frances Perkins more
than a year in Office as Secretary of
Labor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, former
Governor of wyoming, serving as di-
rector of the mint, and Ruth Bryan
Owen representing the United States
as Minister to Denmark, not to men
ton a number of other prominent
women in public Office. the public
has grown accustomed to the eleva-
ton of women to important positions
in the Government.
But the years have not been many
since such news as Miss Roche's Sc
lection would have been a matter of
feverish discussion. In point of fact,
it is only trifle more than two de-
cades since a woman's suffrage parade
in the Nations Capital was an oc-
casion Of riotous protest on the part
of a large company of citizens op-
posed to the principle of the equal
franchise.
Probably it was the helpful work of
women during the period of American
participation in the World War that
frst broke down the psychological
Evening star., 1934-11-18
No Strike" Necessary.

1t is possible to sympathize fully
with the mothers at Blair School with
out agreeing that they have used coed
judgment in choosing to make their
demonstration against conditions at
the school in the form of a parents
strike" The parents have already
accomplished as much as they can ex-
pect to accomplish Immediately. Com
missioner Sultan has promised an i'm
mediate and thorough cleaning of the
offending furnace, and its replacement
at the first opportunity. There is
nothing else that can be done without
closing the school, and that action
would be justified only by an emer-
gency which, in the opinion of the
authorities, does not at the moment
exist.
In the meantime the parents have
succeeded in bringing public and
official attention to conditions at the
school in a manner that will not be
forgotten. An inspection has revealed
that while the furnace did not emit
noxious gases at the time of the in
spection, it causes unpleasant fumes
and it covers the interior of the build
ing with SCOT. The flues have not been
cleaned in years The fact that no
noxious gases were discovered by
analysis, of course, does not prove
much beyond the fact that the teachers
and the children have an excellent
excuse still to be alive and not dan
gerously i'll. But there will be future
examinations, and when this excuse
shows signs of being removed. the
school will be closed.
The mothers cannot expect to win
a strike" and may ALLEVIATE some
sympathy they have already won.
There is little doubt now as to the
priority of the Blair School on the list
of other old school buildings when the
fifty year-old furnaces are to be re-
placed-a process that requires about
a month for each school and more
money than the District has at one
time for the purpose.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

barriers which for SO long had pre-
vented half the population from shar-
ing in democracy. Then, with the
ratification Of the nineteenth amend
ment in 1920, the last legal disability
to voting was removed and with it,
naturally, went a certain prejudice
against active campaign effort and
party council membership. 1t was
only a question of time until some
President would open the doors of his
cabinet to a woman, and Mr.. Roose-
velt had the wit to claim that honor
for himself March 4, 1888.
In Miss Roche's case, moreover,
there are certain special reasons for
appointment. It happens that she
possesses qualifications equal to those
of any man who might have been
named. A daughter Of the Middle
West, she was educated at Vassar
and Columbia and holds an honorary
doctor of laws degree from Smith.
Her record in the Denver Juvenile
and Family Court, the Foreign Lam
guage Information Service and the
United States Children's Bureau was
distinctively notable. and her business
career as an executive of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel Company has been
even more strikingly successful. Also,
she has earned consideration in liberal
Democratic politics, in relief and re-
covery endeavor and in many related
fields of labor. She therefore comes
to the "little cabinet" with abundant
prestige and with every proper ex-
pectation of being able to carry her
full share of the burden Of that
circle.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
THE LAST COURT OF APPEAL
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN DID, LID. Del,
Bishop of Washington.

Thou art the man" GI Samuel,
xii, part of seventh verse;.
The judgments of life that influence
us most do not proceed from courts
of law. nor indeed from the opinions
of men. If we were to search for those
determining factors that have moulded
and shaped the careers of men the
world over, we would discover that
conscience after all is, in the best
sense, life's last court of appeal. With
large assurance and conceit, we seem
to run our course, and in our ar
rogance and pride we all too fire.
quently seem to be immune to this
great voice, but sooner or later, 1t
utters itself with such finality and
power that we recognize and bow to
its supreme expression.
There is an old maxim that "the
king can do no wrong" but every OBJ
servation, and, indeed, the records
Of history prove the fallaciousness OF
this dictum. Exalted offlce or supe-
riority of genius do not give i'm
munity. The human element, with all
its wicked tendencies, discloses itself
on the throne, and with the king as
with the peasant. The reflnements OF
learning or the luxuries of environ
ment furnish no adequate safeguards
to secure us from the vicious ten
dencies Of our nature; they seem
rather to intensity them.
1t is always interesting to us to
note the accuracy and fairness of
the Bible record in dealing with its
great figures. Most historians and
biographers attempt to cover up the
weaknesses and foibles of their favorite
sons. They mask their sins behind
their genius. Not so the Bible story.
David is far and away one of the
greatest figures recorded upon the
sacred page. His story runs through
many chapters and the record of his
deeds constitutes one of the most
splendid of the scriptural annals.
There are incidents in his career
that lift him to the sublimest heights
of distinction. But the writer who
indites the record cannot gloss over
or disguise that sin in his career
that for malevolence has few, If any,
parallels in any annal of a human
life. We do not hesitate to say that
the story of his crime, as recorded
in the eleventh chapter of II Samuel,
marks his descent to the lowest pos
sible levels of human weakness and
wickedness. The story is told in
detail; nothing is done to obscure
or palliate the grossness Of the Of
fense. The King in his security feels
himself immune to the common law
that governs his subjects. Did the
Evening star., 1934-11-18

narrative end with the story Of
David's sin it would be the final
chapter in his life. It Is what fol-
lows that commands our deepest in
terest. There was a man in the
kingdom, a prophet of God, whose
fearlessness knew no bounds. Where
princes and court attendants might
condone the Kings offense, Nathan,
the prophet, could not. Thus it was
that he went to his King, and the
record of this memorable visit, as
contained in the twelfth chapter of
II Samuel, is one of the most in
spring stories with which we are
familiar. With a parable he pene-
trates the sealed conscience Of the
monarch, revealing, step by step. the
enorn1ity of his crime. But David
seemed to be unconscious that the
prophets words were directed to his
inmoSt soul. With righteous indigna-
ton he cries out as Nathan describes
the Nervousness of the offense, LAS
the Lord liveth, the man that has
done this thing shall surely die"
Then it was that, in the most dra-
matte moment of the interview, the
courageous prophet leveled his indict-
ment against the King with these
words: Thou art the man" Quite
apart from Nathan's indictment, it
was the conscience Of the King that
gave the verdict, and 1t was con-
science that saved him from lower
depths of infamy and ultimately
lifted him to new heights of greatness
and power.
There are lessons Of infinite value
IN the whole incident, not the least
of them the awfulness of sin itself.
After all. it is not laws or acts of
Parliament that constitute life's re-
straining influences. This would be
sorry world If all human relations
and individual acts were governed by
laws and legislation. Shakespeare was
right when he said, Conscience doth
make towards Of us all There are
many ways in which men have sought
to describe it or to interpret its power.
But there can be no higher concep-
ton of it than that it is the voice of
God uttering itself in the soul of man.
Where conscience atrophies and its
voice is stilled, man loses his God-like
character and sinks to the low levels
of the beast. The power Of the ap-
peal of Jesus is witnessed in his influ-
ence over the consciences of men. He
literally. to use Stevenson's words,
stabbed them broad awake" We
are never greater, nor is our power
more manifest than when We respond
to that appeal that proceeds from con-
science, the voice Of God in the soul
of man.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
A Local Health Program.

The community is anxious that
politics be barred in the selection of
a health officer to succeed DR..
Fowler when he retires. Commis-
sioner Allen has already proposed an
effective safeguard. He plans to
appoint a committee representing,
with others, the university medical
schools, the District Medical Society
and the United States Public Health
Service, which will confer with him
in the selection of . qualified man.
At the same time, he is considering
making q formal request to the