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Evening star., 1935-09-29

technicians. A choppy, seasick voyage
across the Mediterranean had been
followed by the sweltering heat blasts
Of the Red Sea. Then for five days
they broiled in the sun and steamed
in their packed humidity by night.
Sullen and frenZied, the men were
nearing the zero point in morale by
the time they reached shore.
Only q fraction of the ships reach
the docks. The rest unload their
cargoes into small craft manned by
yelling, white-robed Arabs, half
naked Somalis or Italian laborers.
New Warehouses Pushed.
And when the heterogeneous i'm
ports are at last on shore, where are
they to be stored? The military port
staff, overworked and inadequate, has
filled all the warehouses, the city
squares and most of the empty lots.
Although many new warehouses are
being pushed to completion, there are
still not enough. Labels come off the
boxes; there is no time to read cor
respondence that accumulates on the
desks; tempers are short, the heat,
the flies, the dust, the glare, the
shortage of water. bad food. sickness
all these create a tension near to the
breaking point.
The square in front of the Banca
d'Italia is filled with barbed wire.
Black drums of asphalt cover another.
Piles Of boxes. crates and bales are
everywhere with soldiers guarding
them.
The blare Of ships whistles, the
clatter and cry of workmen, the roar
of motor trucks fill the air. The
streets vibrate with the tramp Of
marching feet. Caravans of burden
ed camels are squeezed to the walls
by the speeding motor cars of black
shirted officers. The reek of gasoline.
Of sweat, of camel. Of crab-infested
mudfats, Of pungent bonfires-that Is
the smell OF Massawa. The dust
covered streets are lined with bone
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tContlnued on Fourth Page.
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bears . startling resemblance to
Harpo Marx. Let other philatelists
look for watermarks At the present
time am going over my collection
With a microscope in search Of Chico
and Zeppo.
Then there Is the double faced COM
memorative issue which Is UNIQUE In
the annals Of philately-an 8-cenr
gray-green stamp with q picture of
Mount Zion on it. Through some err
ror in printing-or possibly because
sent my Seersucker suit to tie dry
cleaners without emptying the pockets
this stamp is the same on both sides
have never seen anything like it.
and don't care II I ever do.
These are only q few Of the speci-
mems which make my collection whs.
1t is today. New varieties continue to
turn up unexpectedly now and then
Instead Of going through old trunks
in the attic. I 60 through old clothes
in the closet. never knowing when !
may pull out priZe-along with part
Of the pocket lining. Beginners often
ask me to what I attribute my sue.
cess as a collector, and 1 always tell
them it is simply a matter of stickto-
itiveness. That usually shuts them
up. although they sometimes star.
throwing things at me.
Miss Maizie's Complaint.
But there is no doubt that philately
10 hA
people are taking it up: fewer and
fewer are putting it down. Miss
Maizie Mayhem, late lady of the en-
semble in Billy Fishbein's "Frou-F ou
Frolics," related an incident recently
which illustrates the trend Of the
times.
THE other night after the show" D."
said Miss Mayhem, II met one Of
these Park avenue guys at Makes.
He was tall and dark and good look
ing, with a wicked droop to his eyes
like Adolphe Menjou. We had some
drinks tosther, and pretty soon he
said, Listen. baby, how about coming
around to my apartment? I'd like TO
show you my stamp collection
so We went around to his apart
ment-and what do you think hap
pened? He showed me his stamp COL
lection. So help me, he showed me
every darn stamp from Abyssinia to
zululand! And when he finished
showing me the stamps he showed me
the door-and that was that.
Which all goes to prove" Miss
Mayhem concluded bitterly, that you
Just can't trust q man nowadays"
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white, arcaded, two-story buildings
and every room Is packed.
Enter Hotel Savoy. Stretchers placed
between the tables in the dining room
are filled with sleeping men by night.
The tables and packing boxes that
flank the Railways serve for beds as
we'll. A visitor Is lucky to be able
to reserve a box. AS for getting
meal-that is a feat. The dining
room is jammed with Italian officers
and a few civilians. One orders
spaghetti, waits an hour for it-and
when at last it arrives ranking
officer gets it.
The Italian soldier is laboring under
the greatest Of difficulties. His ration
of water has been less than two quarts
day-one to drink, the other to
wash in; OF course, during rainy
periods he gets more than this. He
gets no fresh vegetables or fruit and
very little meat. Macaroni and red
wine form his diet He has been
crowded into sardine quarters ever
since he left his native shores. most
OF the time in lntolerable heat and
confusion.
This is particularly true of the
troops stationed in Massaws. Those
sent Immediately to the capital,
Asmara. $500 feet above the sea, were
saved from much sickness by the
bracing climate. Here snow fell last
June. and 1t was quite cold at night.
Soldiers Are Docile.
There has been malaria from
mosquitoes and dysentery has laid
others low. Up to the present time
most Of the soldiers invalided home
are those who cannot stand the
climate. For, to an onlooker, at least,
these soldiers OF Mussolini's seem sur
prisingly docile. They do not get
drunk. nor do they need watching
by military police
The threats Of Col Guerlugubi, the
highest commanding native officer of
the Ethiopian troops, are percolating
among the Italians. Not death, but
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BY WEARE HOLBROOK.

w IHesavns 1:s' %sy els; s:y. The don: S:% .:
" " left undone, it has GER
tainly given philately a
boost. Small boys have always COL
lected stamps. ever since any of us
can remember. However. they also
collected cigar bands, birds eggs, fsh
hooks and Indian arrowheads Of
dubious authenticity. To their elders,
their grubby albums were just one
more manifestation Of the juvenile
jackdaw instinct.
But with q President who Is an
ardent philatelist and q Postmaster
General who is an active publicity
promoter, stamp collecting has ac-
quired new dignity. The metropoli-
tan press gives it as much attention
as the Youths Companion and ST.
Nicholas ever did. 1t is full
fedged adult hobby. At the rate the
enthusiasm is growing. collecting
stamps will soon cease to be an avo-
cation and become a civic duty.
Beginners usually get their start
with a stamp received from some
relative who is a missionary in China.
Distance lends enchantment to it, and
it forms the nucleus of gaudy and
indiScriminate collection that expands
by leaps and bounds. But sooner or
later the amateur collector, appalled,
by the sheer physical labor of CLASH
flying and pasting up ''30o-Assorted-
All-Different" packet, begins to ap-
preciate the charms Of specialization.
Specialties the Thing.
Real philatelic connoisseurs always
specialize. They not only limit their
interest TO stamps Of certain places
and periods, but they concentrate
upon such physical characteristics as
color, paper, cancellations and per-
forations.
Then there are The boys who fly
into ecstasies over the discovery of
typographical errors. They are the
ones who some times cash in on the
heavy money, and IN addition they
have the satisfaction of gloating over
somebody else's mistake. As soon as
a new issue appears the- 60 over it
with high-powcred magnifying
glass, looking for trouble. The varia-
ton Of q single line in engraving Is
enough to put them all in q dither
and their latest triumph Is the de-
lection Of q flaw in the 1-cent de-
nomination Of the Canadian Jubilee
series, which shows q tear dropping
from the left eye onto the cheek of
little Princess Elizabeth. It occurs
only in q top-left corner block, the
third stamp down along the left edge
so they say. I don't know; I'm q
stranger here myself.
Urge Still Is There.
Though I still feel Q faint nostalgia
twinge at the sight Of . triangular
Cape of Good Hope, most Of the stamp
news published nowadays is quite in
comprehensive to my middle-aged
mind. So muchshas happened in the
philatelic world. War and revolution
have produced hundreds Of new issues.
Airmail stamps have multiplied like
dies. The never-eudins succession Of
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JObless in Canada
Returning to Work

OTTAWA.-A gain Of 1902 in the
number Of Canadians employed dur
ing August is announced by the Do
minion Bureau of Statistics. With this
Is recorded 1855 employers reporting
September . total pay roll of ss4.-
CAT persons.
These figures, according to the
bureau, show . continuous increase
In manufacturing industries during
the last eight months.
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mutilation will be the fate Of all pris-
oners of war, he promises. Further
more. Ethiopian powers that be are
said to have published an edict to the
effect that they will burn alive any
Abyssinians found in the Italian Army
AS all Eritreans were once Abyssinian
subjects, this warning is aimed at the
Italian colonial army, which is largely
native. Will their one cent of pay q
day and their loyalty to the Italian
cause hold these soldiers in case OF
Italian reverses? AS most men In
Eritrea carry arms. these are ominous
threats; but it is expected that they
will be carried out on all prisoners of
war, just as the wholesale mutilations
were after the battle of Adowa 80
years ago.
For the officers OF Mussolini's crack
troops life is hard; but the rewards Of
victory will be great. As Italy. if VIC
torious. will have rich new colony
that will need administration. trans
portation. education and exploitation
there will be work, honors and wealth
for the faithful.
Wages Not So Large.
The prospects of SO to 60 lire a day
looked like easy money to the men in
Italy who were signing up for the
labor battalions in Africa. But after
10 lire a day have been deducted for
taxes and 40 spent for necessary ex-
penSes. after the heat the dearth OF
water and fresh foods. the dysentery
the malaria and homesickneSs have
done their work the morale of the
italian laborer reaches a low level.
Native Somalis and Eritreans are
poor material as day laborers for road
construction, as stevedores and on
labor battalions; so Italian labor con-
tractors in Egypt engaged thousands
OF Egyptian workers, at so cents q
day. The Egyptian government first
said they could go, but later changed
its mind. Overtures later were made
to the Dutch for the use of Malay
Continued on Fourth Page)
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BY RUTH A. WEEKS.

"HE shimmering, sun-cursed
sheet of water tapping Err
treas shores writhes in unac-
L customed activity. Massawa's
small, shallow harbor and four miles
of sea beyond that harbor are alive
with every conceivable sort of craft,
from great transatlantic liners,
packed with Italian troops, to native
sambuks and Adab dhows.
Freights of many nations are loaded
to the scuppers with ammunition, air.
craft, cement, steel, automobiles. gas
oline, medicines, macaroni. wheat,
guns, trucks, tanks, asphalt, lumber,
barbed wire. mules, cows, shoes. fuel
oils, wire, blankets. hay-even water!
These ships lie here weeks on end
awaiting to discharge their cargoes:
their crews swearing, their captains
exasperated. Forty-six ships are
anchored thus at the present writing.
One ship waited two weeks to unload
its cargo of asphalt, then sailed away.
That cargo has put in at Massawa
three times and has sailed away in
tact each time.
Hard to Keep Lighters.
An Italian road contractor, with a
shipload of machinery and materials
to unload, waited 40 days before he
ran into a port official who promised
him lighters. Next evening, true to
his word, the official appeared with
three lighters in tow. The two friends
went in to dinner to celebrate. coming
out afterward to find the lighters
gone! They had been ordered away
by some one higher up!
1t is not surprising that many ships
refuse to take cargo consigned to
Eritrea. And those that will have
not a tenth enough space. The troop
ships are given precedence in unload
ing, but even they must wait days for
their turn. The Vulcania steamed
into port one morning crowded with
1000 men-soldiers. workmen and
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w whatever else the New
\n/ Deal may have done or
w left undone, it has GER
tainlY 2iYen philately a
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Continued on Fourth PaSe.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02
BOYS CLUB HOLD
WEEKEND PROGRAM
Camping Period Enjoyed at
Pop" COmbellack's
Home i'm Cheshire

The first weekend camping of
the Boys Club Summer Camp, To-
Gated at superintendent Pop"
Combellack's estate in Cheshire,
was enjoyed by IA members of
the club the past week end.
For the present, the camp ses-
sions will run for three days: Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday, but it
is the hope of the club staff to
carry on full week periods later
in the season.
Highlights Of the camp routine
consisted of two evening camp
fires, nature tour and study, a
four-mile hike to Echo Lake. two
swims in the Maple Hill Dairy
swimming pool which has been re-
served for the boys attending the
camp on week ends, horseshoe and
QUOT pitching contests, and a soft
ball game.
Several improvements and alter
atoms are now in progress at the
camp, and with the addition Of
piped water direct to the camp
to be completed this week for the
coming group much needed ia
cility will be installed.
The first group included: Ar
thur Fullierio, Joseph Fullierio,
Alphonse Schiavone, Louis Schia-
vone, John Karpovich, Joseph Sa-
maha, Patsy Summa, Joseph Te-
trault, Edward Courtney and
Frank Summa.
Carmen DiMaria, Anthony Di-
Maria, James Lucia and Tommy
Ritucci acted in the capacity of
councillors. Physical Director Ted
O'Donnell was supervisor of the
group and directed the program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

Seminary in Hartford and st.
Mary's seminary in Baltimore Md.
Fffcrs-Drummers on Parade
Many members of st. Joseph
Holy Name society fife and drum
corps will participate in the mani
outh parade Thursday by the Bum
ker Hill Community league. The
Independence Day celebration will
last through the morning and
afternoon, concluding with fire.
works and a band concert at night.
The parade will be held at $3.50 a.
m.
Members of the Wilson A. G.
will observe Independence day
additionally with a baseball game
between the old timers and the
regular club team. A general field
day to be held in the afternoon.
The ball game will be played at
10, a. m. at Brassco Park while
the field events will be hald at the
Alpha sporting club in Middlebury
in the afternoon.
The outing will consist of a hot
dog roast, and races for young
men, old timers and women. The
winners will be pitted in mixed
events. Among those who will ap-
pear with the married men are Ed
ward Conlan, James Barnes ST..
Bob Neubert, William Lusas, John
Rubauskas, Rolly Gauvin, John A
Kelley, John Dempsey, Emf
Greenwood, Otto Wangerman
Thomas kearney, Edward Lotus
Dom Spadola, Edward Groody, Al
Francis, Ralph Famighetti. Loui;
Di Rienzio, Frank Cullen and
Peter Massionette. Oscah Paku
will pitch for the single men while
Jim Barnes will be on the mound
for the Old Timers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

In one day recently 122 divorces
were granted in London's divorce
court.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02
CHURCH SOCIETIES
PRAISED FOR WORK
Sacred Heart Bazaar Most
Successful in History
of Parish

Nearly 1900 persons attended the
closing of the Sacred Heart ba-
zaar on one OF the parish nights
held last evening. The events Of
the evening were featured by the
presentation of the grand prizes
and the winners of there were Mr..
John G. Baird of II Catherine
avenue who was awarded a Frigid-
aire, and Mrs. Catherine Rose of
% Williams street, hope chest.
1t was estimated that about
400 people attended the carnival
since /. was formally opened on
last Wednesday evening and Rev.
Edward Duffy, in commenting this
morning stated that the great sue.
cess was due to the efforts of the
Catholic Mems league of the par,
ish, sponsors of the event and the
Altar, and Scapular society, MEM
bers OF the Sacred Heart league
and the Children of Mary Sodal-
lists who assisted on each evening.
Tho festivities of each succeed
ing night included dancing, enter
tainment, boxing, refreshments and
luck triese at the special booths
installed for the occasion and
which were in charge of the par
ishionsrs. Many prominent city Of
ficials were seen to be in attend
ance on the various evenings wan
dering about in the huge crowds
that gathered inthe rear of the pa
rochiaf school.
Special string and spot lights
were in evidence and the decora-
lions about the grounds caused
considerable comment due to the
assorted and blending array of col
ors. The entire proceeds of the
carnival will be used to defrey the
expenses of redecorating the in
terror of the church for the golden
anniversary observance of the
founding of the parish.
In one day recently 122 divorces
4
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02
WOMAN INJURED BY
RUNAWAY MACHINE

Parked at the curb, car owned
by Gilbert Damelio Of Is Willard
street yesterday afternoon slipped
its brakes, ran downhill, and struck
Mrs. Josephine Nowakowski. The
woman suffered leg injuries. and
was taken to st. eMary's hospital.
Francis Danaher of 81 Wall
street sustained scalp laceration
last night when he fell a short dis
lance while taking down decora-
lions from booths at the bazaar
sponsored by the Church of the
Sacred Heart. He remained at st.
Mary's hospital for observation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02
Local Lithuanians
To Attend Service
Delegation to Invade Indianapolis College Thursday;
William Powers to Return to Seminary
BROOKLYN NEWS

Many local people will attend
the, Lithuanian services at Marian
apoiis college in Thompson Thurs
day. The gathering will include
thousands from all sections of the
East. transportation will be made
via private cars and special buses.
The entire delegation will attend
q pontificial high mass on the I'm
iversity grounds at IL, o'clock and
the remainder of the days activi-
ties will consist Of sports, lunch
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

and q general conference. st. JOS
eph's choir of this city will figure
prominently in special musical
program.
The Pontifical mass will be cele-
brated by Most Rev. Theophilus
Matulionis of Lithuania, who at
present is visiting in America and
who has spent considerable time
making survey of Lithuanian
Catholic activities here. Bishop
Matulionis was visitor in this
city last spring.
To Complete Studies
William Powers of 121 Charles
street will complete his studies for
the priesthood at a seminary in
Seattle Washington, within the
next few weeks. He is a graduate
of Begnal Grammar and Crosby
High schools. attended st. Thomas
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

tefbury end Bridgeport councils.
A fun season Of fine camp activ-
ity IL promised this. year By al.
rectors OF the camp as many new
features have been added to the
present facilities.
Those local scouts signed up fos
the first week include:
Troop 2, Second Congregational
church, Raymond Benjamin, Ralph
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02
Local Scouts Leave
For Camp Pomperaus

Eight boy scouts from the Wa
terbury area council left today for
Camp Pomperaug on Lake zoar to
spend the first week of the 1896
season at the camp. Camp POM
peraug is Jointly used by the Wa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

Aurora, Mo. (U.p.) An i4-
toxicated man walked out 81 4hs
Lawrence County jail 80 minutes
after he was arrested. then slip
ped back In the next morning to
escape a jail breaking charge. The
town night Waterman apparently
never locks the fail.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

Armbrusksf. Harley Dunnlaon ana
Douglas Benedict; Troop ". First
Congregational. George Bclan;
Troop -, All Souls church, TED
Phillips and Charles Phillips:
Troop 1. Cheshire. Jack Lindsay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-02

American adding machines may
be introduced into the Canary
Islands,
, 1935-02-15
Wonders of Church
Subject of Sermon

The third Of the series Of special
Sunday Night" services will be
presented Sunday at 1880 p. m. on
tie subject The Seven Wonders OF
The Church
Perhaps you have wondered how
the church has managed to live
despite all the indifference OF church
members and the criticism Of the
non-church member" Rev. d. w.
McElroy, pastor stated. During the
time OF the depression when there
were thousands of banks that fall
ed, when business concerns OF many
years standing with prestige and
power, went under. why was II that
only one or two churches failed
in the matte OF finances TO the
extent that the mortgage companies
had TO ~forecloSe? Even IN this ultra
scientific age with all its power.
why does the church still rank as
the outstanding institution OF to-
DAY? These few suggestions indi-
cate some OF the wonders Of the
church." he said.
, 1935-02-15
RELIEF BILL
BACKERSFIND
STUBBORNFOE

WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Up
There was no rest Friday for the
men trying to get President Roose-
velt's s4.sSO, 600. 900 work and relief
bill through the senate. They had
to face an attempt by some dem
ocratic and republican senators to
toss the bill back into the hands Of
a committee with instructions to
dismember ii there.
The bipartisan bloc hoped to
have the senate order the appro-
priatlonS committee to slice the
measure up into its two component
- 900 ,000, 900 for public works
and $3.50 1000 900 for relief-and re-
port the smaller portion back TO the
senate.
The idea, they said, Is TO pass the
$880.000 900 quickly so relief needs
can be met but 10 take plenty OF
time on the public works part, which
contains discretionary powers for the
president.
Relief Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins, who places the total num-
Der now receiving relief from the
federal government at 10000, 900. said
ne didn't know where relief money
was going to come from after $780,
600 900 allotted for February was
exhausted. This money. he said
would be all gone about the 18th OF
goth Of the month.
In passing, Hopkins spoke ap-
pTov1ngly Thursday Of Mayor Flo
relic III. La Guardia's proposal for 0
$1,000, 000. 900 work program in New
York City. He endorsed II In "prin-
ciple," saying ir was lin accord with
what the president and congress
are trying to do"
An attack or the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor proposal to pay re-
lief workers prevailing wages" ms
Tea OF security wages OF about
500 q month was made Friday BY
the government competition COM
mlttee OF the National Association
Of Manufacturers.
For the government to pay more
than q relief wage for work relief
VIII unnecessarily burden the public
with taxation deferring true recov-
cry" said the committee, which Is
headed by Ray z. Wantz Of Rock
ford. Ill.
The government ii said. can
not keep up the expenditure Of bill
Hops OF dollars indefinitely"
Senate republicans we're called
into a party conference Friday to
consider the bill and decide whether
10 support the move to send it back
to committee.
, 1935-02-15
San Benito to Tax
Vending Machines

Especial 70 Tne HERALD
SAN RENITO, Feb. l5.-An ordin-
ance taxing vending. marble and
other amusement machines S. a
year. was passed BY the city COM
mission this week. The license may
be transferred TO another machine
for a small fee. IL "a pointed out
that conStitutionality Of taxes on
such devices recently had been up
held.
Tht office of city fire marhal
was created and its authority and
duties set forth in a city ordinance
which passed its final reading this
week. A marshal had merely been
appointed in the past although there
officially was no such position pro-
vided for in the city charter.