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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

tCOnIlnu6Q rom rage l.
 Temperatures in the storms cen- ter dropped to degrees above zero, far below the previous mini- mum of the season. The weather they would rise as the storm passed eastward.
 Deaths indirectly caused by the storm were those of J. s. Houx, 75, who died while shoveling snow from in front of his Cedar Rapids, Ia, home, and Miss Cordelia Lfchte, 20, burned to death in Kan sas City when fire caused by an overloaded stove burned her home.
 Officers of the Illinois emergency relief commission said wide spread need for fuel and winter clothing was immediately apparent. Privately managed charities ap- healed for gifts of coats and under clothing. Winter grain crops were benefited immeasurably by the snow, which in its melting will re- plenish much of the subsoil mois- ture sapped by last summers drought.
 Highway snow blows worked through the night without a halt to rescue motorists marooned in drifts. Many suffered intensely from the cold before reaching shelter. More than 500 automobiles stalled on U. s. highway 66 east of Springfield, Mo. Highway officers said a full day would be required to clear road to them.
 The wind struck forcefully at Baton Rouge and Hammond, La. Property damage was severe. Heavy rains fell over large DOT tion of the south.
 Muskegon, Mich, Dec. 1-(NU) -Coast guardsmen rescued all 25 members of the crew of the steam CT Henry Cort today as a 60-mile gale pounded the shop on a break water outside Muskegon harbor.
 Cheers of thousand shivering Spectators rose above the roar of the gale and blizzard as coast guard surfboat fought its way out to the wallowing whaleback ffeighter.
 Members of the Corts crew were huddled in the cabin as the gale pounded their ship during the night and frustrated all rescue at tempts.
 As the surfboat was launched they came out on deck to watch the guardsmen fight their way out. For 30 minutes the guardsmen fought to keep their tiny craft from eapsizing in the 15-foot waves. When they reached the lee of the breakwater, they secured them kelves with lines from the Cort.
 The men on the Cort lowered themselves hand over hand to the bobbing surfboat, and were carried back to shore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
Church Groups Plan
 Opening Card Party St Joseph Groups to Hold Initial Competition Next Fr-
 day--BroOIdyn A. C. to Meet Tomorrow
BROOKLYN NEWS

that more than six hundred will play each week.
 It is understood that the pro- ceeds of the events will be used to defray the expenses of renovat- ing two rooms in the old school where the Holy Name society study club will hold future social activities. Plans have been made for the work which will get under way soon. The rooms will have all of the facilities of a large club.
 Brooklyn A. O. to Meet
 Members of the Brooklyn A. c. will hold their regular meeting at the Bank street club rooms tomor- row morning at II o'clock. The session will be in charge of Pres ident Matt Dunphy.
 Eleanor Moore Hostess
 Miss Eleanor Moore, daughter of MT and Mrs James l.. Moore of 1y5 South Leonard street, observed her 9th birthday with a house party yesterday afternoon. The honored guest was recipient of several handsome gifts, among which were school supplies. Miss Moore is a student at the Porter street gram mar school. About twenty-five chii- dren were in attendance.
 Fete Tomorrow
 The cast of the recent l.. I. F. minstrel show will be feted at AS Green street tomorrow. The oc casion will start late in the after noon. Dinner will be served the guests, and entertainment and dancing will be featured.
 PrOSDerity Night
 The Cap. l theater will offer Prosperity night" to its patrons Tuesday evening. This novel plan has not been offered to & theater audience in the section before and it is expected that a large crowd will take advantage of the oppor- tunitv to win cash awards and participate in the prof1t-sharing plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
SIGNAL SYSTEM
 HANDICAPS COPS

Late this morning Waterbury was still without a police signal system though electricians were working steadily to find the trou- ble which caused apparatus to go fualty yesterday. An extra motor patrol car was being kept at head quarters by Police Supt Joseph H. Mclean to be ready in any case of emergency.
 Street patrolmen, unable to ring in because of the break of the sig nal system, were being checked periodically for reports by motor patrolmen cruising the city. Spe- cial telephone arrangements were also aiding policemen to keep in touch with headquarters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
STOLEN COAT IS
 RECOVERED HERE

Yestedray, you could hardly blame Frank Strelchum of New Britain for feeling sorry that he had come to Waterbury to spend Thanksgiving. for his new over- coat was stolen while he was at- tending a dance at St Joseph's hall. So Frank, before going back to New Britain, told police about it.
 Today, Franks new coat was brought to police headquarters by Patrolman Edward Hayes. who had recovered it. And, with local police's belated wish for happy Thanksgiving, it was sent on it's way to New Britain and its owner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
American Club
 Starts Preparations
Plans to Make Coming Observance of St Patricks Day
 Outstanding Committee Chairmen Named

tain Peter E. Fox; music, James German; refreshments, Jeremiah Mccarthy; banquet, Arthur J. Lunny; privileges, Patrick Reilly.
 President Loughrain stated to- day it is the hope of the club to have other organizations in the city join with the committee on arr rangement. The clubs 700 members will work toward making it gala day in the city's history. Plans are being made to have similar organ izations in Ansonia, Naugatuck. Bridgeport and other cities and towns in the state join in the cele- bation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
OBITUARY

CRANE - Mrs Lillian Blume Crane. wife of Kenneth Crane died carly this morning at her home in Pittsburgh. She was the daughter of the late Theodore w. and Jane Austin Blunne.
 Mrs Crane Is survived by her husband, Kenneth; her mother, Mrs Jane Blume and an infant daughter.
 The body will be brought to the Alderson funeral home, 70 Cen: tral avenue from where the funerai will be held, time and arrange ments to be announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
BRAILLE SOCIETY
 ARRANGES PARTY

The Waterbury Braille club, an organization of young women which has done some excellent work on behalf of the blind, will sponsor a card party at the Wa terbury Catholic high school audi torium Tuesday night. The pro- ceeds will be used to help the group continue its efforts for the blind. particularly in the field of en- abling them to secure Braille reading matter.
 A large crowd is expected to be present to assist thereby the Braille society in its laudable work in Waterbury, which has already been highly commended both in and out of Waterbury. Play will begi nat S:30 Tuesday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

morning. The session was resumed at g a. m. (4. a. m. EST.)
 Will Concede Nothing
 There was in Lavaps speech warning to Germany that France will concede nothing except by friendly negotiations.
 But there was the promise that by negotiation Germany could have France for a friend.
 The speech shattered any hope that Joaquin Won Ribbentrop, spe- cial German disarmament envoy, might have had of making official
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
ALUMNAE'SDANCE
 AT SEVEN GABLES

One hundred and sixteen couples attended the second annual dinner dance given by the Waterbury Catholic High school Alumnae last night at Seven Gables Inn.
 Vivian P. Malia was chairman Of the arrangements committee. Co., chairmen included Mary Iacovino, Margaret w. Carroll, Maureen Cleary, Mary Fitzgerald, Mrs Tru- man Lewis, Helen Lynch, Kathleen Maher, Natalie Plangas, Rose. Rt- stivo, Katherine Sayres and Mar 11ierite E.. Sullivan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
ARTICLES STOLEN
 FROM PARKED CAR

Theft of several articles from his car while parked near St Mary's hospital yesterday was reported to police by Albert King of Thomas ton. The missing goods include a blanket, two pairs of silk stock ings and two auto batteries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs Margaret coIwell will be held from the Ber- gin funeral home, 290 East Main street on Monday morning at S:5o o'clock to the Immaculate Concep- ton church where a solemn mass of reuuiem will be celebrated at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in new St Joseph's cemetery.
 Funeral services will be held for Charles A. Graham on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Mill Plain Union church, Rev Samuel A. Budde and Rev J. Q. Todd officiating. Burial will be Tn old Pine Grove cemetery.
 The funeral of Dennis Flaherty will be held on Monday morning at 9:15 o'clock from the home, SAY East Main street, to the 1mmacu- late Conception church where q solemn mass of requiem will pc Celebrated at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in new St Joseph's cemc- tery.
 The funeral of Charles H. Stan- 20 took place yesterday morning from the home of his parents on Bunker Hill avenue, the minister of Gospel Meetings hall officiat- ing. The bearers were Joseph Cappella and John Castlan. The burial was in old Pine Grove cem- etery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
HfTLER ACCEPTS.

Berlin, Dec 1-(UP)-Adolf Hit Ter today accepted an invitation of the committee charged with organ izing the 1936 Olympics here to as- sume patronage of the games. The late President Paul von Hinden- burg was patron of the games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
OUINTAGLIA FILES
 BANKRUPTCY PLEA

John Quintaglia, landscape gar dener of this city yesterday filed petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court at New Haven. His report shows liabilities of S3,793.O3 with no assets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

The first in a series of weekly card parties under the auspices of St Joseph's church societies will l6e offered at the church hall next Hfiday night. Card teams are be- ing organized and it is expected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

MULVILLE-A high mass of re- uuiem for the repose of the soul Of Mrs Julia Mulville will be cele- brated at the request Of A. F. var aneili Tuesday morning, December {. at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
WILL REJECT IT.

Rome, Dec (UP)-Premier Benito Mussolini will reject the Japanese invitation to join in de- nouncing the Washington naval limitation treaty, 1t was said au- thoritatively today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

DELAHANTY-A months mind mass of requiem will be cele- brated Monday morning at 7:3O o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church for the repose of the soul of the late Patrick Delahanty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Billie Barber of Earls Barton, England, who weighs 1892 pounds. easily carries two playmates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Films of the assassination of King Alexander were barred from the Netherlands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01

Nelson hid for several days In the shack of oilss Catfish. an fn- dian, Keeping his hest prisoner. then escaped through the cordon of hunters Then began the teien.. less hunt, which ended iu hls death and that of two federal Inen bogIde1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
MASSES.

KELLY-A months mind mass of reuuiem will be celebrated Tues- day morning. December at 7:3O o'clock at st Margaret's Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs James A. Kelly.
 HARMON-A months mind mass of reuuiem will be celebrated Monday morning at S:30 o'clock, at St Fran cis Xavier Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs Hannah Harmon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
DIED.

CRANE-In Pittsburgh, Dec 1st, 1884, Mrs Lillian Blume Crane. or
 ras,,ts later. from Alderson Tuner. at Funeral Home, 70 Central Ave.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-01
BLIZZARD SWEPT
 THE NORTH EAST

fcontinued from Page 1.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

William S. Broughton. chair
man of the Public Debt Service.
has finally persuaded himself
that it is time to return to
work after a pleasant trip to
Rhode Island.
Stephen B. Gibbons, assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, has
been out on one OF those routine
inspection trips.
Despite The attractions of the
West Coast Fred w. Catlett,
Republican member of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
is returning to Washington to
continue his work of getting
the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation in shape
to function properly.
While Senator Warren H.
Barbour, of New Jersey, listens
to all testimony regarding muni-
tiOns makers of the world, he is
very intent on the revelations
that may be made concerning
the du Points in the neighbOr-
ing State of Delaware.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

earn her own living, and now
that you can't tell whether a
Miss" is a bona fide old maid
or the ex-wife of three or four
husbands.
But if a girl does not marry,
it is not because she prefers a
career or economic independ-
ence or her own freedom. It. is
not even because "the right
man" never came along. It is
because she let him get past.
Because she isplayed her
hand. Or because she over
played it. Because she was too
eager or too easy or too shy
or too self-conscious. Or be-
cause she happened to love the
wrong man or the unattainable
man.
But every girl is a marrying
girl" at heart, today, yesterday
and forever! And no modern
ism" can alter the fact that
"woman's place is in a mans
arms" page Mae West.O
Another popular delusion
which ought be to debunked is
the growing belief that we can
beat Father Time and somehow
keep our clutch on eternal
youth by means of a new gland
treatment, a new facial surgery
or a new m en- al attitude.
When it comes to believing in
magic, Ponce de Leon had moth.
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

1t is ninety-four years now
since the jubilant Wings raised
this shout throughout the coun-
try signifying the bolt of the
Pine Tree State from Van
Buren's Democrats to the party
of William Henry Harrison.
That happened in the year 1910,
the date of the famous hard
cider-log cabin" campaign, and
every two years since we have
been reminded "as Maine goes
so goes the nation"
1t isn't exactly true and it is
not borne out by the cold fig
ures, but we hear it neverthe-
less, and are hearing it now as
September 10 draws near, the
day on which Maine will elect
a United States Senator, a gov
ernor and its quota of three
Representatives to Congress.
The Democrats had their
chance in 1882, for the first
time in the memory of living
man, to seize upon the State
prophecy and to see it fulfilled
beyond all expectations in the
Presidential election. The
chances are that this year the
Republicans will get some COM
fort from the returns.
The Democrats. especially the
urbane James AloySiuS Farley,
concede nothing, but precedent
is against them. For them to
retain the governorship and two
seats in Congress would be an
amazing victory. And they
could count it as a moral tri-
umph if only they lose every
thing but keep the Republican
margin down to a negligible
figure.
This is an off-year and in
every off-year Congressional
elections in the past sixty, the
party of the President has lost
seats in Congress. The number
varies with times and conditions.
For example the oil scandals
cost the Harding adminiStra-
ton Seventy-seven seats in 1922,
whereas prosperity came along
in 1925, the Coolidge admins
tration got by with but nine
defeats.
A survey of the history of
Maine elections made by Co
lumbia University in 1880
showed that in off years the
state is a poor barometer of the
Congressional lineup, being
wrong on an average of twelve
seats. The record for PreSiden-
tial years is somewhat better,
for in seventeen out of the past
twenty-four Presidential elec-
tionS, the party which elected
the governor of Maine in Sep
tember elected the new Presi-
dent of the United States two
months later.
Claude E. Robinson of the
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

River Valley. The perSonabIe
Hamilton Fish, jr., who has
been as critical of the New Deal
as he is of communism, is a
candidate for reelection on the
Republican ticket. On the rec
ord of the three New York
State counties which make up
the Congressional district, he
should win, but still the con-
test takes on a bit of the color
of a referendum on the Admin
iStration.
Ham" Fish is forty-six now,
although it seems only yester-
day that as the strongest man
in Harvard and captain of the
football team he was out on the
gridiron meeting the bull-like
rushes of the famous Ted Coy
of Yale. A neighbor of the
Presidents, his background is
much like that of Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Not only is he a
Harvard man, but he is of Revo-
lutionary stock. He won
CroiX de Guerre in France as
captain of company of Negro
troops, and since his return, has
spent most of his time in Con-
gress sponsoring veterans legls-
lation and hunting the reds.
My friend, the tropical tramp
previously referred to here, tells
me that a lot of holders of GER
tain sound American bonds
ought to make a pilgrimage to
the ZOO with some nice presents
for little Racket, the baby llama
just born there. They might
not be drawing dividends if it
weren't for his folks. The llamaS
just about made the great Cerro
de Pasco mining company, says
my friend.
Up there, nearly $4,000 feet,
in Peru, thousands and thou
sands of them do the work OF
the vast gold and silver opera
tions, packing ore and food and
supplies, on a wage of a hand
full of maize a day. Up to 1850
these great ore deposits had been
worked by a king who enslaved
both Indians and llamas. Some
where around $450,OO0,O0O has
been taken out of this plateau.
It was mostly silver for a cen
tury or so, but now the output
is turning more to copper.
American capital, concentrated
chiefly in Boston, took it over
80 or 40 years ago.
The llama is the South Ameri-
can camel, a subsidiary of the
old, established camel firm, some
times known as the wild guam
AGO, confined mostly to southern
Peru, but known elsewhere. He
gauges his load-carrying limit
at about 100 pounds. He is
amiable and tractable, but let
anybody crowd that weight limit
and here's what happens. He
makes a dreadful face and ex-
udes saliva of a truly distressing
odor in the direction of his
driver. He keeps this up until
they lessen the load.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

} der 40 are, almost without ex
ception, all in a lather.
Over what? They don't know
themselves. If they're confined
in homes, they want to be in
offices. If they're in offices,
they want to be somewhere else.
They can't get along with their
husbands-or without 'em.
They think they're too good
for housework; yet they can do
nothing else. Given training
for something elsewhere can
they find a job? And are the
jobs which they desire any less
arduous or any more distin-
guished than the housework
they deSpiSe?
Mind you, I'm for suffrage
and industrial equality-for any
form of progress which will help
women to lead larger, more USE
full lives. But first I'm for
clearer realization of what a
larger, more useful life really is.
I know a young woman who
screamed violently and inces-
sanity for five long years against
spending her days in pretty
little kitchen with blue and
white checked gingham curtains
at the window, peasant pottery
on the wall and a stew bubbling
on a shiny range. At last her
exhausted husband capitulated
and handed over the money to
give her a journalistic course
in Columbia.
She took the course-spent a
hectic year in New York's Bo-
hemia-then sat her down and
achieved soul-satisfying fame
cat one cent per wor6 by writ
mig about a pretty little kitchen
with blue and white checked
gingham curtains at the win
dow, peasant pottery on the wall
and a stew bubbling on a shiny
range. Now, ask you!
Yes, I know; the girls are 60
ing to be plenty mad at me for
saying these things-but l can't,
for the life of me, see that it's
a particle more emancipated to
go around yelling at committees
of club women than it is to stay
at home as grandma did and
yell at one husband. Only, OF
course, it's a heap easier on the
husband.
A friend of mine has a word
for us modern femmes, and I
think it's a pip. "Yearners"-
he calls us. Yearners-for
what? That's the point.
There's nothing wrong IN
yearning per Sc. 1t is, indeed,
the take-off for all noble human
achievement. But what do we
emancipated women hope to
achieve by our yearning? And
after we've achieved it, will we
have anything better than we
could have had if we'd stayed at
home and played the game we
know?
copyright. 1884 King, Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-06
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

ing on. the modern man and
woman.
Anybody who invents a new
beauty treatment, discovers
a new vitamin or a new re-
juvenating process or writes a
new book on How To Live A
Hundred Years" or How To Be
A Boy At Eighty" can get rich
over night in this youth-mad
age.
Life Begins At Forty"
started as a best,seller and has
now beome a household slogan.
Of course, life begins at
forty! But WHAT does it be-
gin?
1t begins to be a race be-
tween time and henna! 1t be-
gins to be a matter of dieting
and banting to keep your
figure within bounds and try
ing new hair tonics to keep
your forehead from expanding.
Of watching our digestion,
cutting down on our smokes
and worrying about your ar
teries. OF going home from
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

parties a little earlier, so that
you will feel like going to the
office next morning.
Those unsophisticated old
mid-Victorians may have be-
lieved in lightning rods, pre-
destination and four-leaf clovers;
but they did not KID them
selves, as we do, into the be.
lief that they could eat their
cake and have it, too. They
simply admitted that youth,
marriage and gray hairs were
all a part of life and accepted
them cheerfully and gracefully.
That's why they were happier
than we are, with all our
modern deluSions!
copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-06

Their thoughts and emotions
were a violent chaos of yearn-
ing and resentment.
They had vast desires-but
no definite goals or disciplined
controls. AS a consequence
they went haywire raised Cain
with their own lives, and
Americas. And for many years
their great strength instead OF
being an asset was a menace.
It seems to me that American
women are in much the same
situation today. This-though
it is said in all friendliness-
will not be popular statement.
To the contrary, it will be vio-
lently resented. Yet that very
resentment is, I think, proof OF
the thing I'm saying
We American women are "all
dressed up" with our new pre-
negatives of suffrage, coeduca-
ton and industrial equality
but we don't know where to go!
And, instead of standing steady
until we get our bearings, we're
raising Cain!
And this isn't true only OF a
limited, intellectual class; it is
true of all classes. I hardly
know a bright woman under 40
who is calm or contented with
her lot.
I set this age limitation be-
cause the women over 40 were
fairly we'll oriented in life be-
fore the great changes occurred.
They had a chance to see that
the seeming handicaps of LIE
in the old-faShioned home we're
coupled with very real advan-
tages.
Today women over 40 are
either spinelessly resigned and
enjoying their miseries," or are
shrewdly mixing those ancient
prerogatives with new privileges,
and thereby attaining real
power. But the intelligent un-
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History Almost Repeats
Witness Greece and California

Witness Greece and California
There is nothing new it seems under the SUM- Or not
much
The first leader of nudist cult was the Greek goddess
Diana She used to take to the woods with her lovely
maldens and there dsport herself in the cool pools But
once young hunter stumbled upon the party and saw
the goddess unarrayed. Angry she turned him into
stag and he was torn to pieces by his hunting dogs
That is ancient lore, here is modern truth. -,
Recently, says the San Francisco Call Bulletin a.
hunter near Los Gatos California wandered into nudst
party and came out faster than he entered He was
threatened with respass which much better than being
turned into stag "And," remarks the Call Bulletin
writer lit wasn't stag party, anyway .0.