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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
IX-YEAR-OLD BOY
 COASTINC VICTIM
First Fatality of Season
 Occurred Yesterday Afternoon <

Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning for six-year-old Edward Egan, son of Mir and Mrs Patrick Egan of 303 Piedmont street, who was killed yesterday afternoon in the first coastinr ia . thlity of the winter months. The funeral will be held from the home at 8.15 o'clock with a Mass of the Angels at 9 o'clock at the church of St Francis Xavier. Burial will be in new St Joseph's cemetery.
 The Egan boy was killed at South Main and Glen streets. near City Corners, when his sled ran into or was struck by a truck op. arated by Thomas White of 43s Meriden road. White was released on his own recognizance by Cor. dner John T. Monzani after a pre-. Imirary investigation, in which he vas aided by Detectives Connie Shanahan and William Foley.
 | Surviving the boy are his par ents, and Q brother, Thomas. His father, Patrick Egan, is 8 bus op- efator for the Connecticut Com Hany. His mother was the former Margaret Ryan. Edward was a kin dergarten pupil at Hopeville gchooI.
 Tn another coasting accident Yesterday, Albert Eleniskas, 19, of 1S9 Draher avenue, received a jaw fracture when his sled ran into a truck operated by Salvatore George Of Lakewood road. The accident tbok place at Sunnyside avenue and and Riverside street. Eleniskas is a patient at the Waterbury hospi- tal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29

Tickets are still available how ever, but announcement has been made that the sale is liable to stop Thursday evening or before, and those who plan to attend and who have not as yet made arrange ments for their seating are advised to do so immediately.
 The actual presentation will be one of the finest entertainments offered in the past several years. Among those to be featured as soloists will be Charles Conner who will render "I'll take You Home Again Kathleen" a popular Irish ballad for which MT Conner has had many requests. Then.there will be- Francis Patrick Sheehan, local entertainer who is at home and never without the necessary material to please 0 crowd, and Eddie Stack and Cy Kane, both of the Hill section.
 George V. Casey, former assist ant city clerk, will act as master of ceremonies and William Clasby will handle the baton. The dance numbers have been approved by Miss Imelda Casey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
CANAL ST LAUNDRY DAMAGED BY FIRE

Originating in the cellar of the two and half story building at IT Canal street, occupied by the Wa terbury Steam Laundry, fire which broke out at 10 o'clock last night did considerable damage to equip- nlent and machinery. Fire Marshal Dennis J. Lahey and his staff were to-day seeking to locate the cause of the blaze, which apparently broke out in the drying room.
 The alarm was rung in by Pat. rolman Alfred Overton who rang in the box, at Bank and Grand streets. Engine Companies answer ed from headquarters, Burton street. East Main stret and Bald win stret, as well as truck com panies' from headquarters and East Main street.
 Two companies of flremen were at the scene for an hour, the other units being returned to duty. Con- missioner Charles Babin of the board of finance operates the laundry. -~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
INVENTORY. FILED
 ION CARTER ESTATE
Value of $17,589 Placed on Assets of Late Yale School Graduate

The late Charles F. Carter, well
 known native of this. city who died
 Nov 9th, left an estate of $17,- 589.14 according to an inventory of his estate fled today at the off, l flee of, Judge Dennis J. Slavln. Among his holdings is an item. | lone million Kronen, City of Vien- ma, 5%, 1923," valued at SIP. MT Carter died at the age of 72 years and was graduate of the Yale Art school. Cash in the estate is given as $1,923.S3. It is on deposit in the
 following banks: Waterbury Saw
 ings Bank, $70.30; Colonial Trust Co, $959.07; Waterbury National
 Bank, $304.52 and cash on hand, $251. Cash in the w. R. Bull & Co.
 is listed as $33S.44. ,
 The rest of the estate is made up of stocks, as follows:
 Sixteen shares Magma Copper Co, $29o; e5 shares Torringtoh
 da Copper Co, $3s0; 65 shares N. Y. Trust co, .$6,240; 6 shares Guar anty Trust co, N. Y., $1,S24; 25 shares Plume 6 Atwood Mfg Co,
 $826; 50 shares International Se-
 curities Corp, $6.25; 1S0 shares
 west End Chemical co, $500; Il
 shares B. B. 6 R. Knight Corp.
 $11.00; 10 shares United Verde Extension Mining Co, $40; 20 shares Waterbury National Bank, $500;
 The estate shows a Bond of the Scovili Mfg Co, 5h, with accrued interest, listed at $1,009.66, and
 books and personal effects valued at $75.
 Mir Carter is survived by two brothers, Frederic of Waterbury and William B. of Orange, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
1885 AUTO SHOW
 TO OPEN MONDAY
Local Dealers Assn An- flOunces Plans for Ifii-
 pressive Display

Plans have been completed for the Greater Automobile Show of I1935, which will be held at the
 State Armory on Field street, Feb
 ruary { to 9 inclusive, according to an announcement by Harry Rev.
 holds, president. of the Waterbury Automobile Dealers Association. The latest designs in automobiles and Improvements in power and riding qualities of the new models will be shown both in the complete car and in models specially con- structed 50 as to illustrate the mechanical features. Practically every automobile dealer in the city will be represented at the show. The show will be devoted exclu- sively to motor cars, and there will be no other features which might distract the attention of the public. Salesmen will be on hand to ex-
 plain the various new conveniences
 and Improvements of the automo-
 piles.
 Doors will open each day at 1:S0I
 and 2 D. m. and the show will be open every. afternoon and evening during the week of February 1 to g inclusive, except Monday after noon. The formal opening will be
 held Monday night, February 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
Negro Threatened To Beat Officer

You can give Q fellow . break once, but when he refuses that one it's time for action, ac- cording to PatrO1man Joseph Clark. As Q consequence Q 22- year-oId negro was fined $5 and costs in police court to- day for drunkenness.
 PatrOlman Clark saw the acc cused and two friends walking down East Main street. The friends were just walking, but the other negro was taking great delight in pushing pass. ing pedestrians off the side. walk. That wasn't such Q good idea, the policeman told him. The friends, however, promised they'd take their pal h0fne if the policeman would let him go. Patrolman Clark did.
 A few minutes later, the negro was back again, this time alone, to tell the officer that he was there to beat him up. So Patrolman Clark took him to the box and rang for the patrol wagOHls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29

he said. and the real means of preventing accidents lies in the hands of parents. Children must be told explicitly, declared the superintendent, that they can coast only on streets set aside for That purpose, or on private property where they have permission.
 The list of streets for coasting is as follows: Middle street, Pierpont street, Ayers street, Fourth street, Third street, Frederick street, Giles street, Grandview avenue from West Main street to Bunker Hill avenue, Griggs street, Highland avenue on the northerly end. Lib. erty street from Baldwin to Mill streets, Luke street, Pearl street.
 Railroad Hill street on the south end, Ridge street, Rose street, Sey- mour street from Highland avenue to South Wilson street. Silver street. South street, Temple street, Washington street, from Sylvan to Hamilton avenues, West Porter street, Wood street from Oak to Walnut streets. Wyman street and Yale street. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
HILLS WILL GIVE
 MINSTREL FRIDAY
Charles Conner to Be Eea- tired as Buckingham
 Hall SOlOist

Several hundred entertainment lovers in the city will probably be disappointed when they fail to secure tickets for the annual Washington Hill Musical Revue and dance at Buckingham h e II Friday evening. The reception committee has reported the de- mand for ducats has more than exceeded all expectations and that one of the largest crowds ever to attend such a performance in this city will witness the stage presen- tation and enjoy the dancing to follow. Many of the older residents of the Washington Hill section of the city plan to occupy the balcony and listen to the strains of Timmie Crowe's Colonia1s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
Domestic Strife Blamed
 On Wiues' Poor Cooking

hubby was very dispirited. He just couldn't eat the food his wife cooked, he said, and gave the impression that he didn't care much what happened to him as long us he was sure of square meals.
 In today's case, the young husband blamed his wife's like ing for canned goods for all their trouble. He added, how ever, that she more or less reg ularly threw knives at him and occasionally jabbed him with 2 pair of scissors. Judge Ed- ward MascoIo didn't think much of the "canncd" excuse. in view of the other evidence, and when the husband couldn't raise a $500 bond to insure payment of $1O Q week to his wife for support of her and their baby, the hubby went to the New Haven county jail. /
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
HORAN'S WONDERS GAIN THIRD PLACE
Weekly Battles in Card Tournament Staged
 Last Evening
WASHINGTON HILL

Tommy Horan and his Boy Won ders carried off high scoring; hon- ors last evening in the weekly forty-flve tournament games staged every Monday evening in the St Francis Holy Name rooms. By vir- tue o fthoir 40-23 win over Frank Shanahan's team the Boy Won ders are now in third place in the standing. The Horanmen have won the tourney two years In succession and If they can continue to roll up the scores they made last night, it won't be long before they will be again at the top of the list.
 The Washington Hills continued to win and last night added John Bowey's team to their list Of fvic -i tims by handing them a 35-2S set back. The Hills are now out! in front by six games and the tour ney has about four weeks remain ing to go. .
 Joe Phelan and his team took a 32-31 decision from Jerry Shanna- hans City Yard crew but failed to gain on the Hills and are still in second place. Last week, the Phe- Ian team was thre games behind the leaders. but the leaders with 35 games last night managed to gain three games and the Hills are now leading Joe Phelan's team by Q margin of six games.
 The Buckle Shop Bucklers drop. ped another match last night, this time losing to Jimmy Cusick's team by a 33-30 margin. The Bucklers got off to flying start at the be. ginning of the season but in the last four weeks they have failed to win q match and as a result find themselves ninth in the standing.
 It looks as though Johnny Phe- lan's team cannot win two matches in succession. After winning last week. they dropped a 36-31 deci- sion to Mike Goggins' Rovers last night.
 Frank Mulcunry led his mates to a 32-31 win over the Ear Bendcrs in an exciting match.
 In the biggest upset of the night the one and only John Fitzmaurice sat on the side lines and watched his team take a 34-29 shellacking from the last place team led by Bill O'Donnell. John Says his men wer saving all the tricks for their match with their old rivals John Boweys crew next week and for got what they were ding last night.
 In the last match of the evening George O'Neill and his boys gained in the standing with q 33-30 win over Mike Dennihan's team.
 The standing after last nights results Is as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29

Waterburys young wives just, aren't up on their cooking. At least that's been the impress sion given fin city court lately, for in the past week no less than three husbands have blamed all their domestic dif- faculties on the facts that their better halves either just don't cook we'll enough or use the can opener much too often.
 Last week ono youthful hus. band charged that the products of his wife's culinary skill just couldn't be eaten. Especially, he said, her soup, and he just loved soup. The wife tearfu1ly said that she did her best, and as for the soup, why she'd taken 1t to her landlady and she thought 1t was very good. Tho young wife, however, said ''swelI."
 In another case, the young
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
POLICE HOLDING
 KEYS FOR OWNER

A bunch of keys are awaiting their owner at the detective bureau, and they'll be returned to him any time that he calls and establishes ownership. They were found at the corner of Bank and Grand streets Saturday night by Lieutenant De- tectives Chris Harmon and Mat thew Balanda.
 Efforts to find the owner have been fruitless so far. The owner can recover the keys by calling on either Lieutenant Harmon or Lieu- tenant Bafanda at police headquar- ters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
MUTUAL AID VOTES
 RENT ALLOWANCE

Rent payments up to $10 month.
 ly in addition to wages and food
 will be allotted to families on the Mutual Aid list, it was onnounced
 at the meeting of the executive committee yesterday. The pay ments will be made directly to landlords. If the rent is more thai, $1O monthly, the association will pay $1O of the total. The new poll icy is made possible by the tran sfer of some of the Mutual Aid workers to the EZRA. Expendi- lures last week were considerably less. Receipts were $8,284 and ex- penditures $5,774, thus increasing the balance from $15.s65 to S18,505. ~tt Ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
COL. ROOSEVELT
 IS GRANDFATHER

Baltimore, Jan. 29-(UP)-Col. and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., became grandparents today with the birth of a son to their daugh- ter, Ms Grace Roosevelt Me- Mullen, at Union Memorial hos- pital.
 The child weighed c7 pounds. Both mother and son are doing nicely, the. father, William McMill- en, a Baltimore architect, reported. The couple was married a little more than a year ago at the Roosevelt estate on Long Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29

Prospective members of St Pat riclx's Holy Name society will be f&ted at the Lyceum Thursday evening. All men residing within the boundaries of the parish have been extendde a cordial invitation 10 be present. There will be en- fertainment, refreshments and card playing. Those who prefer ath- letlcs will find that apparatus will ba. available.
 1t Is the intention of the social and membership committee to Stimulate interest in the organiza- ton and the sponsoring assembly feels that evenH male parishion5r iHe only fulfilling an obligation In being present. It is planned to purchase a billiard table and other eqdipment of similar nature for inc sanitation. The gymnasium will be completely reassembled. Rev Eugene F. Cryne, pastor of the parish, hopes all men will take atfyantagc of the new movement aEzzt make the Lyceurn Commun- ifSscenxer., Father sCryne has promised his fullest cooperation in the venture.
 Announcement of the renovation of the. bowling alleys has been made and many have taken ad- Vantage of their presence in the Easement of the building. 1t Is quite noticeable that young ladies have become interested in the sport and plan to have a league of thei rown next season.
 Although a small tax is charged per string it is believed that the drives will be in demand shortly. The charge is not for financial gain, 1t has been explained, but the small amount received may be used towards the expense ot repairing the alleys and for the purchasing of other equipment that will be installed in the building. . Plan Social
 Plans for general gathering of kocieties connected with St Jo. seph's church took place at a meet. ing of the Knights of Lithuania held at the club rooms last night directed by Joseph Coskie, presi. aent. ss~ E
 A committee of three including Mary 0rintas, Thomas Kaukas and Albert aMazaika were selected to contact all other organizations and Inform them of plans relative to the monster gathering on or about Valentine day. It has been sug. Sested Sthat all societies be repre- sentedgat a general meeting in the old school hall Monday evening at 7:45.
 Last nights gathering, being a monthly meeting, was well attend ed, and favorable reports were rendered by all outstanding com- mittees.
 Reference to BroOkIynite
 In the current issue of the Ni- agra university, writer asks wha. has become of his former class
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
1T TALL TAI E

Hilleman, Ark - (UP) n The Bosher family near here is be- lieved to hold the record for tall. ness in . country where tall per- sons are the rule. Father. mother and two sons. if stacked me above the other, would extend 25 feet and three inches toward, the stra- tosphere. s4- e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
MAMMOTH RETICS

Kenosha. Wis - (UP) - Ribs and head bones, apparently of q huge prehistoric animal, were unearther 10 feet below the sur face of a school playground here by EZRA workers. The jawbone was "A inches long. TomahawIk stones and arrowheads were found on a higher level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
FISH STORY

Wrentham, Mass-(UP)-Edgar
 A. Dart hooked two fish--one in-
 side the other. A member of the
 Wrentham Sportsnan's association, Dart caught 1-2 pound pickerel and inside was an eight-inch trout.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Catching Cod Fish

Cod fish off the Newfoundland coast
are the oldest in America. Methods
used are practically the same as gen.
erations ago. Both set-lines and trap
nets are used. Vessels range in size
from the schooner, 125 feet long and
over 100 tons burden. with crew Of
1880 men. to the sailboat manned
by two men. On arriving at the fish
ing ground, a part of the crew throw
their lines over from the deck. while
others bait and put out set-lines and
the trap-nets from the smaller boats
and visit them regularly to gather In
the fish, which are taken to the
schooner, hastily cleaned, sailed, and
packed in the hold until the "fare" is
completed. In offshore fishing, the
trap-net is used in addition to SET
lines, and the larger boats occasionally
use hand-lines, If the fish bite freely.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Variety of Items Used
in Making Black Powder

Black powders are made from va
riety of materials. In addition to sui,
phur and charcoal, rosin, pitch, and
wood meal are used as combustible
substances, while potassium nitrate
has been replaced to some extent by
other nitrates and CELEBRATES.
The best of explosives are prepared,
not by mixing small particles of oxi-
dizing and reducing agents, but by
bringing them together as parts of the
same molecule. Obviously this gives
much more intimate mixture and
has the additional advantage of giving
no smoke, since no solid residue is left
after exploding.
The most important explosives of
this type are guncotton and nitrogly-
cerin, discovered respectively by Schon-
bein and Sobrero almost simultaneous
ly in 1916. These materials are pre-
pared by treating cotton or glycerin
with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric
acids under the proper conditions. By
this process a nitrate group, the same
as that which explodes the sulphur and
charcoal of gunpowder, is attached to
the combustible cotton of glycerin
molecules-Chicago Tribune.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Flying Dutchman" Story
Told in Drama and Music

The term Flying Dutchman" refers
TO the apparition of Dutch vessel, said
to be encountered off the Cape Ct
Good Hope, and regarded as portent
of evil. Legend relates that a Dutch
raptain, Van Straaten, was condemned
or murder or blasphemy, to beat M
against the storms of the cape until
Doomsday. Seamen who saw his black.
spectral ship on the horizon quickly
changed their course and fastened to
lice from his fatal influence. The nu-
ton that gave foundation to this
legend is widespread in German
mythology. The same story is local
lied in the German ocean, where Herr
Won Falkenberg is condemned to beat
about the ocean until the day Of judg-
ment, on board ship without helm
or steersman, playing at dice with the
devil for his soul. In the form of the
legend chiefly current in England, the
impious seaman's name is Wander
decken. Wagner's opera, "Der File
gende Hollander"; Fitzbalds drama,
THE Flying Dutchman" I'm both of
which the luckless captains name is
Vanderdecken~, and Marryat's novel,
THE Phantom Ship" are founded III
the legend.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Mrs. Douglas WhitlOck Is
Hostess At Luncheon

One of the prettiest and most
tastefully arranged parties of the sea-
son, was that given on Monday at one
O'Clock at Crestleigh, when Mrs.
Douglas Whitlock entertained with a
bridge luncheon to a large circle of
friends.
Mrs. Whitlock had as house guest,
Mrs. Madge Billiard of Washington,
other guests included: Mrs. Roger B.
Farquhar and Mrs. Norris Russell of
Washington, Mrs. Frederic L. Thomas
and daughter, Miss Sue Thomas, with
their house guest, Miss Betty Hodges,
of Philadelphia, Mrs. William John
Thomas, Mrs. John C. Bentley, Mrs.
Jack N. Bentley, Mrs. Mahlon Kirk
~, Mrs. Francis Miller, Mrs. A.
Douglas Farquhar. Mrs. Robert
Barnes, Mrs. Richard W. Janney, Mrs.
Tarlton Brooke, Mrs. Charles C.
Tumbleson, Mrs. Jacob W. Bird, Mrs.
Milton Bancroft, Mrs. Francis A..
Thomas, Mrs. Thomas A. Ladson,
Mrs. William H. Hough, Mrs. Aubrey
Beall, Mrs. Robert H. Miller, Jr., Mrs.
Francis Kirk, Miss Mary M. Stabler,
Miss Alice McReynolds, Miss Estelle
T. Moore, Jr., and Miss Lille B.
Stabler.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Street Two Blocks Wide

Gruyeres, in the canton of Fribourg,
Switzerland, boasts but one principal
thoroughfare but it's busy at all times
The wide street Is about the length
of two city blocks. In the center is
large and stately fountain whose
dignity gives way on wash-days when
all the village housewives gather about
it with the family laundry. Nearby
Is a huge obfong stone in which sew
eral depressions have followed. Here
the grain dealer stands on market days
and uses the hollows as measures. The
buyer indicates the quantity he desires.
the grain IS poured into the zorro
'rord'ng hollow an'l drained into his
sack or other contHiner by the remov.
al of plug at the bottom
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-12-05
Eric England Outlines
Canada Trade Treaty

Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer o. Stabler
entertained the November meeting of
the Home Interest Club, on last Tues
day evening, when an especially inter-
esting program was presented to the
Club by Eric Englund, economic ad-
wiser in the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Mr.. Englund spoke in an interest
ing and instructive manner of the ad-
vantages he believed would accrue to
American agriculture from the recent
trade treaty with Canada.
Frederick w. McReynolds, when re-
quested to give his fore-thought for
the month, responded with a general
view of the serious condition con-
fronting the Welfare Board of Wash
ington, in taking care of the INDECENT
and needy. on account of the federal
appropriation for this purpose having
been discontinued, Mr.. McReynolds is
president of the Board.
The usual questions and answers
which have been a part of the pro-
gram for its many years, were given
during the business meeting which
was presided over by Edwin Bateman
Morris of Bethesda.
The December meeting will be drop
ped on account of the holiday season,
so the club adjourned until January.