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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Bremen Lauded For
 Aid Fund Generosity
Department Members Contributed More Than $l6,OUv
 in Past Three Years Reed Conveys Thanks

been forwarded to Chief Henry t, Heitman and his crew in recOgn1~ ton of their services.
 Several months before the Mu~ tual Aid fund was formed mem~ bers of the fire department made a voluntary contribution of bU cents a week. A committee conn posed of a representative of each company met weekly and voted on how the collections averaging x1V1 to $1O5 weekly should be expend- ed. When a name of a family III need was submitted privately an order of groceries, of milk or fuel was immediately sent to the home and no questions asked. When the needs of the community fn- creased and it was decided t0 systemize the efforts of generous citizens and agencies. the nremen willingly subscribed to the Mutuat Aid Fund and retired from the field of social service. Ine1r contributions of money continues until January S1, 1934: From November, 1880 to that date tn@ donations in cash amounted "
 Lewis s. Reed, treasurer of the MuIuaI AIu eAAO letter to the fire department exe pressed his appreciation of their loyal support:
 Waterbury Fire Department, Waterbury. Connecticut.
 My Dear Friends:
 At the annual meeting or the Mutual Aid Unemployment Fund of Waterbury, Inc, 1t was voted to discontinue payment of pledges as of February 3, 1884.
 It seems to me that this 70 an excellent opportunity for me to tell you how much we appreciaIe the support which you and your organization have given to the fund during the past three years.
 May I ask you to convey this appreciation to every person m your organization who has been contributor and ask them, n case it is necessary for us to again appeal to the community for the same purpose. to give as willingly and generously as they have iu the present crisis.
 Very Sincerely.
 LEWIS s, REED Treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
30 Cops And Bremen
 Felled By Cold Snap
Thermometer Drop Swelled Casualty List in Depts
 This -Smokeaters Appear More Rugged

When the old thermometer firts with zero, it's just too bad for Waterbury's finest and bravest.
 With the advent of the coldest last week nearly 30 local cops and firemen just folded up and had to be tucked away in bed. Several slipped on ice-coated sidewalks and landed in bed also.
 At the commencement of the present week the casualty lists in the police department reached such proportions that Superinten- | dent of Police Joseph H. Mclean was almost obliged to draft some recruits from among the supernu- meraries. As final resort before this drastic action he ordered c check-up of the stick and injured. A special visit was made to the homes of the men off duty and , any could make the grade their presence was most earnestly de- sired at headquarters. At one time with the past week more than 20 officers and patrolmen were confined to their homes. When the appeal was made several responded within. 24 or 48 hours. Others went off duty, but to-day found the list reduced to fifteen.
 Deputy Superintendent Edward !. Mullings, Lieutenant James Murphy, Lieutenant Arthur, Yar- rington and Patrolman John Cos tello have been on the disabled list for sometime past. Lieutenant John Dunphy and Patrolmen John |O'Rourke, Walter Hayes, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Phelan and Dem his Carey have the grippe" Pa trolman John McMahon, who was injured in the trolley collision two weeks ago has been transferred to St. Mary's hospital from his home to undergo treatment for an: in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

jury to his leg; Patrolman John Moore slipped and fell on an ice- coated sidewalk and suffered in- juries, which have confined him to his home. Patrolman James Sam mon has an injured knee, while Patrolman Leo McKenna Is i'll with an attack of pneumonia. Officer Edward Roach is convalescing from a serious attack of illness.
 In fire circles only eight of the smoke eaters are out of active ser vice at present.
 They include Captain Thomas Cavanaugh, who suffered a frac- tured wrist when he fell while fighting fire in Woodtic, and Pri- vate A. J. LaChance. B. E. Car mody, John J. Ray, William J. Kinney, John Kemmey, Hugh Gil- land and James Crough.
 Which proves perhaps that the firemen can take 1t better than the cops when 1t comes to sub-zero weather, or something like that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Rates Far Apart

More new routes were awarded under bidding. There were thus great discrepancies in rates. Some lines got $3 a pound for flying the mail less than 200 miles. Others got less than 50 cents for flying 1t 1000 miles.
 By 1928 the nation was criss- crossed with airmail lines, "A in all. In only one or two instances did any single contractor hold more than one route.
 The airmail still might at that time be called experimental. Not that there was any doubt about 1t being here to stay, but in the sense that the flying art still was far from perfection.
 There were advancements, of course. Radio was coming into use, some planes carrying one-way radio. 50 that ground stations could talk to the pilot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
BOOKS
 OFFERED GRATIS
Public May Secure Series By Writing to Farm Bu-
 reau Office

Storrs, Conn, Feb 17-A series Of IF short practical bulletins writ ten by Albert E. Wilkinson, exten- sion specialist in vegetable and landscape gardening, Is being pub lished by the Connecticut State College Extension service. Each bulletin Is designed to cover 8 single vegetable crop in 8 thor ough, practical and readable out line. The bulletins may be ob- tained without charge by writing to the college Cr to the Farm, Btu reau office.
 Six bulletins are already off the press and ready for distribution. These cover winter squash, summer squash, sweet corn, rutabagas, let- tuce and late cabbage. The others deal with celery, onions from sets, cumbers, muskmelons and spinach.
 A larger bulletin on vegetable pest control Is also about to come off the press. This publication de- scribes in detail the insects and other pests that attack vegetable crops and outlines control meas- ures.
 The bulletins published in this series adhere to the following gen. eral outline: Soil: type, rotation, fertilization, kind, amounts, appli- cation. Seed: kinds, amounts. Planting: time, methods. Culture: methods, necessary equipment. Pests: description of those attack ing plants, method of control. time of application and preparation of sprays and dusts. Diseases: meth ods of prevention and control, seed treatments. Harvesting: time, method, storage and marketing re- quirements. Yields: an estimate of high, low and average crops.
 The following bulletins are avail able in this series: Winter squash, bulletin 1SS; summer squash, bull letin 1S9; sweet corn, bulletin 190; lettuce, iceberg type, bulletin, 191: rutabagas, bulletin 192; late cab- bage, bulletin 195. These bulletins are all of four page length, while the bulletin on detailed pest con- trol consists of 36 pages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
VAST AIRMAIL NETWORKS DEVELOP
 FROM ONE PLANE DAY EACH WAY
By 1928 Airmail Trails PlaStered
 The Country

Chicago east, to National Air Transport.
 Colonel Paul Henderson, second assistant postmaster general. who had done much to build up the airmail for the postoffice, became president of NAT.
 At the same time, several new lines were created and awarded to private contractors, all after com- jetitive bidding.
 At first the pay was at the rate of four-fifths of what the govern. ment actually took in on postage. But this required that all letters be counted and weihged, and this took 50 long that 1t was faster to send a letter by train.
 So the airmail law was amended to provide for payment by the pound, up to 8 per pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

to the station in the rear of his buggy on his way home nights. Other long term employees are 1887; Andrew Anderson, 1889; Morris Horan, 1899; John Mays. 1890; Andrew Perrin, 1893: Henry Keefer, 1894; James Phelan. 1900.
 John Neagle, who is rounding out fifty years of service, started to work at the Waterbury Mfg Co in 1884 as purchasing agent, and when Grand street office was con- structed, he moved down In an ex- ecutive capacity. Four years later F. s. Chase came to work at the Waterbury Mfg Go.
 The Chase Rolling Mill, being the youngest of the plants, was not started until 1898, and in later years when the Chase Metal Works was built, some of the employees who started in the plant when 1t was in its infancy moved to the Chase Metal Works. where they are still employed. The oldest em- ploye in the point of service in the Metal Works Is Fred Wall, who went to work for the Waterbury Mfg Go in 1895, and when the roll ing mill was started, he went to work as a blacksmith in 1898, and has worked continuously as a blacksmith for the Chase Rolling Mill and Chase Metal Works since that time. >ti
 James Flynn was the first caster employed in the Chase Rolling
 MIL. and later he went to the met al works. He worked on the original five sets of hand fires cast ing only rod and fiat metal. There was no rolling mill connected with the plant, and the metal was sent out. He cast metal continuously for the company for 20 years, and for the past fout years has been
 employed in the scrap room ad- joining the casting shop.
 One year after he came to work, he brought to the company Pat rick Flynn as a casters helper who later developed Unto a caster on hand fires, and when the Chase Metal Works was constructed, he was transferred to the casting
 ss1op where he continued his.work as caster after the electric furnaces were instituted, and has worked continuously ever since as a caster Morris Spillane came to work in 1901 as a roller and George Wiley in 1902. Both men are still em- ploycd in the company as rollers.
 James Conlong, superintendent of the Chase Metal Works and
 rolling mill. came to work at the rolling mill in 1903, and he has
 rounded out thirty-one years or
 service.
 Charles Denehy, now at the Grand street office, sales division, bury Mig Go. in 1901 and worked
 in the mill division before being Itransferred to the sales department
 and the Grand street office.
 Silvia Andrea is the oldest em. pioye fin the point of service at Noera, having first been employed here in 1906. He has worked con- tinucusly fer that company ever 1tFoNs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Two Miles Up; Steps Out

And finally 1t came. His motor sputtered and. died. He took the heavy leather report case from its pouch in the cockpit, and propped 1t against the control stick, to hold the plane level.
 He took off one glove. felt of his parachute harness, rose in the cockpit, looked at the altimeter-it read 11,0O0 feet-and then stepped out into the night two miles above earth.
 That was about 2 o'clock in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

Members of the Waterbury fire department contributed more than $l6,OO0 in a period of over three years in an effort to relieve dis. tress or want in this city. They were the first to anticipate the needs of the community and they remained loyal in their support until officially notified by the Mu- tual Aid fund that until further notice their generous donations would not be needed.
 An official letter of thanks has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Experiment for Decade

There aren't many such episodes as that in the airmail nowadays. Flying machines and all the scien- tiflc devices that go with them have advanced too far for that.
 But for the first 10 years after the postofrice, department started airn1ail service in 1880, 1t was pretty much an experiment.
 On that first New York San Francisco line there was but one plane a day each way.
 They flew only in the daytime, and at night put the mali on the train. It took 60 hours for a letter to get from New York to San Francisco.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
CANADA STARTS
 REINDEER TEST
Huge Herd Moves Over Arctic Ice to New
 Home on Sea

Edmonton. Alta, Feb.14-(UP) With an enormous herd of rein deer nearing their new home, the Canadian government 10 preparing to embark on 8 great social ex- pertinent.
 Recently the government estab- lished @ 6,600 square mile pre- serve on the shores of Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), stretching westward from the Mackenzie Riv- CT to Eskimo Lakes.
 Between 2.00O and 800 reindeer were obtained from the United States government in Alaska and a band of Lapp and Eskimo herd CTS were ordered to drive them along the trim of the continent" to the new preserve.
 The reindeer and their herders reached the west shores of the Mackenzie last fall and awaited the freezeup to drive them to their now home.
 Within the introduction of rein deer into Arctic Canada, the gov- ernment hopes to induce rowing Eskimos to settel in permanent locations, using the door as the basis of sustenance in their new life.
 The dominion government has brought 6 number of Lapland families to the Arctic to teach the Esgimo how to handle reindeer. Naturally a huntsman. the Eski- mo follows his instinct and roams freeyl over northern wastelands seeking fish. game and food. What little revenue he has comes from fur trapping. 4'
 Now the dominion government hopes to domesticate the abori- zines by convincing them that the reindeer, # properly cared for. will give them all they desire. food, clothing and activity.
 Numerous missions are being devoted to teaching young Eski. mos that a settled life Is prefer. able to that of . nomad. It is upon these young converts to the ways of the white man that the Canadian government is banking It's hopes of success.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

But gradually both planes and pilots became more proficient. The postoffice didn't see why the mail couldn't be flown at night. So off, cials lighted part of the airway- built towers every 20 miles or so, and put powerful rotating beacons on top of them.
 The first night mail was flown in July, 1924, between Chicago and Cheyenne. It worked. all right. Night service between New York
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

and Chicago was inaugurated the next year.
 The next step was radio. They didn't try radio communication with planes in the air at first. It was just the old-time wireless" in which one station would report the departure of a plane to the next station, and give little weather information on the side.
 By 1925 the government felt that its airmail service (still consisting of the single tranbcontinental line)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
4PEEPERs" SUFFER- FALL

Cleveland (UP)-Four youthful ''peepers' who climbed to the sky light of a burlesque theater in near-xero temperature to peer down into the dressing rooms of chorus irls, were pursued by po- lice and suffered painful injuries when, in their scramble to escape, they tumbied 15 feet to the roof of an adjoining building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

But he didn't get through that night. The fog closed in before he got to Washington. An hour later he was over Richmond, but there was no hole in the solid mass of fog.
 IHe stayed in the air as long as his gas held out. hoping for Q break in the white, dense mist. And while he was waiting. he kept edging back toward the north and west, to be sure he stayed over dry land, for he knew what was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
PREDICTS SHORTER HOURS

Cincinnati (UP)-The working man of 1850 will put in one hour of hard work for every 12 hours of leisure, if the ratio continues in the future as 1t has since the inc troduction of machinery and mass production methods. C., A. Fischer, Cincinnati manufacturer, declared here recently before . study group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
HID GEM IN TEETH

Akron, o (UP)-Detective Dea- nv Murray arrested an alleged ala. mond thief and questioned him as the police station. By way of heat ed denial the suspect swung hls left fist at the detective's face Murray countered with . right up- percut to the jaw, jarring loose one of the suspects teeth, and out ox the tooth fell the diamond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

Thouaand-p pound bombs dropped from no aid have broken the Ice in channels Of Vladivostok, siberia. and opened tho ice-bound port for the ilrsE time in winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

morning. By 8 a. m. Treat had picked himself and his parachute out of a tree, had located hls wrecked plane, taken out the un- damaged mail, borrowed an auto and driven 76 miles to Washington, and again was in the air in another plane, on his way to Richmond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
By E. n. PYLE

Y (Deznocrat NEA Service Special Correspondent) WASHINGTON Feb 17-One night in March, 1880, when the air laden with moisture and the temperature stood just above freezing little in airpane try ing to get from New York to Richmond Va with aoad of mail.
  Verne Treat He had lived 20 night time crackups seaboard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

was getting proficient enough that it could be turned over to private contractors. The government never had intended to stay in the busi- ness, anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

The rudder of the wrecked Brit ish warahip Bounty, on which . mutiny took place in 17eo. has Just been found by Eosidonta of the Rit' cairn xslands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

Doctors who use automobiles tn Belgrade. Jugoslavia, are being supplied with . special Eign, which eRempts them from speed limits, one-wey traffic an dother traffic regulations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
Contracts Are Let

So airmail legislation was passed by congress, bids were called for, and in 1926 the now famous trans- continental was let out-Chicago west, to Boeing Air Transport:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17
StO,y Bebind TNs AirmoiI- Article No. 2
Romance Fades Out As Business Grows With Amazing Speed And Sky Postal
 Lines Cover Country

This story, written by 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-17

NEXT: "Big Money" Steps In.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Seed Crop Short

THE effects of the drought of last year have
! had wide ramifcations. Another and i'm
portant effect, not generally appreciated. has
been q shortage in seed supplies.
In the case Of alfalfa, the seed production
this year is about IS per cent short OF demands
The actual crop was 100000 pounds. The
result of this shortage has already brought
doubling of the price from around So per 100
pounds to nearly SIG.
Government officials fear that the high prices
may result in curtailment of alfalfa planting,
which would in turn have serious a1ect on
stock feeding, for alfalfa has proven to be one
of the most important feeds for the dairy and
other live stock industries.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

section, and in part the available food sup
ply Also the unusual distribution of food sup
plies in different regions of the country. and
the necessity of moving some products in new
or reversed directions will create a great many
difficult problems in marketing and distribution.
which must be met promptly and efficiently II
the best use is to be made of the available sup
plies.
All these comparisons are based on what the
country has actually consumed during the past
decade. Dietary studies show that a somewhat
different food budget, based on the newer
knowledge of nutrition, would be conducive to
even better health. Such improved diets will
not be in general use, however, until consumers
have greater purchasing power to cover the cost
of the increased proportion of foods expensive
to grow and ship and until better understand
ing of nutrition has changed food habits. Such
changes will take years to develop. In the
meantime, the relative adequacy Of present sup
plies can best be judged, not by theoretical for
mutations of what we should consume, but BY
what we actually have been consuming.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

THE prospective shortage Of some types of
! foods in this country will require some re-
arranging Of diet on the part of those with in
comes in the lower brackets. for the foods in
which the supply will be subnormal will nat
urally be higher in price.
Pork will be in lowest supply, the indications
being that the total will be only about 10 per
cent of normal Along with the lowered sup
ply of pork will 60. naturally, lowered supply
Of lard and margarine the figure being set at
90 per cent.
Other products which will be from to 10
per cent below normal consumption will be
potatoes beans and peas fruits other than Cit
rus fruits, butter, cheese, eggs and poultry.
Wheat, the grain about which most has been
said will be above normal in supply because
of the enormous carry-over.
So far as vitamin and mineral supplies are
concerned, there Is no danger of a national
deficiency. Production promises to be normal,
or practically 50, for those products which are
the major sources of calcium, phosphorus and
vitamins A. B, C and G. Meat is rich in vita
min G and in iron, and ordinarily supplies
about 20 to 80 per cent of these factors Milk,
eggs and green-colored vegetables are also i'm
portant sources Of these factors, however, and
ample national supplies will be available In
some sections, however, it always has been nee
essary to supplement the local supplies by can
ned vegetables, meat and fish, canned and
dried milk. etc. This year some of the drought
stricken regions may need to give special atten-
ton to these foods.
For the country as a whole, then, there Is no
danger of food shortage. The big problem will
be to see that there is an equitable distribu-
ton of our supply, and that the necessary ad-
justments in the kind and the form of foods
used are intelligently made. In certain sections
of the country, for instance, much emphasis
should be placed on growing Fall and Winter
gardens; in some sections there will be a new
emphasis on the use of dried milks and
cheese: in some on canned and cured meats. In
sections growing soybeans and field peas for
forage these legumes may be used green if there
is shortage of other green vegetables, and par
ticulary the soybeans may be harvested when
mature, to supplement the protein in areas
where the meat supply Is likely to be low.
Bread and cereals, of which we have an abun-
dance, are always a cheap source of calories.
What the emphasis will be in particular To-
cality depends in part on the food habits Of the
Evening star., 1934-11-25

William Pinkney, D. D., IL D.. ON
ciating.
TX Music-"Grand Halelujah Chorus"
cMessiahD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Hand0
Philharmonic Society and Full
Marine Band
The audience rising)
Prof F. widows. conductor (by
invitation of Prof. Bernays).
x. Benediction.
XII Music-Finale-Mar Band-"Safe In
in the Arms of Jesus.
J. P. Sousa. conductor.
Philharmonic Society
S E Middleton. president.
Fred. Reicher bach, secretary.
Special Music Committee:
Prof. F. Widows, Frank Wilson,
M Koechling.
Perhaps many will recall the picture printed
here of the old Casanova farm house. said TO
have been erected in 1889 and demolished in
1908 1t stood on Delaware avenue between M
and streets northeast near the new market
in that section of the city. In more recent
years it was famary known as "NeliganS."
Just what branch of the Casanova family
owned this home the writer cannot say. Ac-
cording to Christian Hines. Casanove's farm
and mill. later called "Pearsons" were quite
likely north of the Capitol and the mill is no
doubt the one also referred to as Logans and
Pierce's It's location is said to have been in
the neighborhood Of First and N streets north
west which would not be far from where this
old dwelling stood even before Washington
became the Federal Capital.