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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
St. Patrick Women's
 Card arty Friday
Final Weekly Event Until After Holidays; St. Josephs
 Holy Name Election Campaign Given Impetus
BROOKLYN NEWS

Women of St. Patrick's parish will sponsor their final weekly card party of the year at the Lyceum Friday night. The weekly parties have proven popular and will be discontinued until after the holi- days. There will be many beauti- full prizes awarded Friday and re- treatments served. Both floors will be used if the crowd warrants it. The women of the parish have been asked to bake cakes and cook ies for distribution.
 The committee in charge consists of Mrs. William Dwyer, Mrs. Thom- as Bedding, Mrs. James B. Griffin, Mrs. Thomas Healey, Mrs. Salva- tore Siani, Mrs. Mary Dolan, Mrs. Patrick Barnes, Mrs. Catherine Mill Ter, Mrs. Ralph E. Stoddard, and the Misses Helen Murphy and Mary M. Rice.
 Elections Near
 Considerable bitter feeling was manifested in the campaign for the leadership of St. Joseph's Holy Names ociety at a meeting last night in the organization headquar- ters. Two factions, the Reformists and the Conservatives, are waging the battle for officer with each dig ging up interesting fictional facts against the other. The annual elections will be held at the parish hall Tuesday night.
 Stanley Lusas is seeking the pres idency on the Reformist ticket and is supported by Johnny P. Greblu- mas, candidate for vice-president and club reporter; Anthony Angus tauskas, recording secretary, John Stadalink, financial secretary; Vic- tor Deimontas, treasurer; Joseph Sumaniauskas, sacristician and George Adomaitis, marshall.
 The Conservatives are led by Jo- seph VitkauSkas, nominee for the presidency; Anthony UndraitiS, vice-president; Albert Vaitukaitis, recording secretary; Edward Yurku-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11

mas, financial secretary; John Lut- kevich, treasurer; John Benevich, sacristician and Victor Slaty, mar shall
 Plan Dinner Dance
 Plans for a dinner dance were made at meeting of the Falcons club at the Brooklyn Y. M. c. A. last night. The, affair will take place at the Wagon Wheel Inn, Bridgeport Friday, January 3rd. The committee named to take charge of arrangements consists of Til Mistura chairman, Henry DelPo, James Zingarelli, and Michael Pur- caro.
 There will be meeting of the Paramount club at the Y. M. c. A. at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Patsy Stan go will preside.
 Edward Cocchiola presided over a meeting of the Iriquois club last night at the Brooklyn Y. M. c. A. Plans were outlined for future &C., tivitieS.
 Drum Corps Tonight
 Members of St. J"seph's fife and drum corps will hold a rehearsal in the basement of the Congress ave- nue school tonight at 2 o'clock.
 The Children of Mary Sodality of St. Joseph's church will sponsor card party at the parish hall Fri day night. Entertainment and re- treatments will be a part of the af- fair. Miss Anna Jankauskas pres ident of the sodality, is in charge of the committee, assisted by Mary Mazeika, Eleanor Butnor, and AL bina Yurkunas.
 Sewing Circle to Meet
 The regular weekly get together of the sewing circle of St. Joseph's Children of Mary will take place at the sodality headquarters in the Congress avenue school tomorrow night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
AYERS FILED BY|
 NEW LOCAL FIRM
Franklin Holding Co. to Operate New Cafe on
 City's Landmark

Incorporation papers of the Frank lin Holding Co.,, the organization that will control the new restaurant and bar on the site of the former Hodson cafeteria in Exchance Place, were filed yesterday at the office of the secretary of state at Hartford.
 Officers of the company are Sam uel Farb, president and treasurer; Abdul Demirali, vice president, and Fay Farb, secretary, all of Long Island.
 The Franklin company will serve as holding company for the Rey- mond Cafeteria, Bar and Grill which will be the new name of the estab- lishment when it is opened next Tuesday, December 17th. Incorpora- tion papers for the Raymond com pany are expected to be filed at Hartford today, Attorney William K. Lawlor said.
 IncorporatorS will be MT. Lawlor, Fred Hudson and Margaret V. Lad den.
 Attorney Lawlor said the Franklin company now operates chain of restaurants throughout Long Island and plans to open a similar chain in Connecticut. The new cafeteria, grill and bar will be the first one in Con- necticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
STREET LIGHTING
 ESTIMATE MADE
Superintendent of Streets Furnishes Figures for
 l936 Appropriation

Turning night into day will cost the city of Waterbury $110,000 dur ing 1886. This sum has been set up in the appropriations of the street department for street lighting expenses for the year. The figure is exclusive of an appropriation also included in the budget for new lights in various parts of the city.
 Superintendent of Streets Thomas J. Fleming stated today that with the gradual spreading out of resi- dential districts the city is con- stantly being called upon to install additional street lights. The bill for next year, $110,000, for example, is approximately 25 per cent greater than it was five years ago.
 At the present time the board of works has before it number of re-. quests for new lights in various parts of Waterbury. In the 1886 budget an item for new street light installation is set up. It amounts to $3,500. This figure does not pro- vide for the installation of the lights but merely the cost of the elec- tricity used to operate them. There fore, it is evidence that a large program of street light installation is planned for 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11

Alarmed by the danger of relying upon private charity to fill the gap left by withdrawal of the federal government from direct relief, the board of directors of the Family Welfare association of America to- day issued statement to 250 fam fly private and public agencies in its membership urging support of state and local public relief pro- grams. The statement was received by William M. Harris, director of the Lincoln House association which is a member of the unit:
 Tt would be folly for private agencies in general to attempt to meet any appreciable part of the relief burden now being abandoned by the federal government, or to raise money on that basis" the re- lease said, ill part.
 Load to Be Increased
 The association points out that all available private funds are in- sufficient at best to meet more than a fraction of the needs of depend entS who will not be on WPA rolls. Reports from scores of cities in- G..cate that the relief load of local communities will be increased from 50 per cent to 300 per cent. In the past year family agencies expended about SIS, ,000 from private funds for direct relief as contrasted with total relief burden more than one hundred times as ;reat.
 Any attempt upon the part of private agencies to assume an over whelming relief burden will almost inevitably wreck the programs of constructive and preventive service which many such agencies have been better able to develop since they were free from previous com- munity relief burder-s," the state ment declares.
 Any public impression that pri- vate effort could carry increased re- lief burdens would serve not only to retar' promising developments in local public agencies, but would also serve as an easy excuse for inertia on the part of higher state and To- cal public authorities"
 30O,000 Families Served
 Private agencies in the associa- i tion are now serving over 100000 | families. This service involves in many cases supplementary relief, ]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
DR. ERODE TO
 LECTURE HERE
N. Y. U. Physician to Ad- dress Medical Assn To-
 morrow On Paralysis

Dr. Maurice Brodie of New York city, associated with the health de- pertinent of New York city and the New York University college of medicine, will b the principal speak (: at the regular meeting of the Waterbury Medical association to- morrow evening at the Castle Me- morial building on Central avenue, at 8:30 o'clock.
 His subject will be ''The Treat ment and Prevention of Poliomye- litis', dnfantile paralysis). He is particularly qualied to speak upon this subject for during the past decade he has been experimenting with various methods for the study of the spread of the disease and for methods of it's prevention.
 About two years ago when Dr. Brodie was affiliated with Dr. Will liam Park of the New York city health department, he developed a vaccine for the prevention of in- fantile paralysis. Though both phy- Sicians have been extremely cau- tious in making claims for their vaccine yet, it has been greeted with extraordinary enthusiasm every where.
 It was used extensively during the infantile paralysis epidemic in California in 1884 and in the south and New York as we'll as New Eng land this past summer. In all about 10000 children have already been inoculated. Fr. Brodie in his talk to the members of the local so- ciety will present some of his latest viewpoints upon this extremely i'm portant theme.
 Dr. Andrew J. Jackson, associa- tion president, will handle the gav- el at tomorrow's barley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
.DR. M. J. LAWLOR
 IS GIVEN DINNER

A surprise testimonial dinner to Dr. M. J. Lawlor, prominent local surgeon, was held at the Castle Memorial, Central avenue, home of the Waterbury Medical association last evening. Dr. and. Mrs. Charles Audet were the host and hostess. More than 100 persons were present. The occasion was the 18th anni- versary of Dr. Lawlor's association with St. Mary's hospital as staff member.
 The doctors attending presented Dr. Lawlor with chest of silver. Dr. Lawlor has for years been one of the leader members of the city's medical fraternity. He is president of the county medical association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
PEACE EDUCATION PLATFORM PASSED

Ofdcers were elected and reports were heard at the annual meeting of the Waterbury Council for Peace Action, at the annual meeting last night. Horace D. Taft, headmaster at Taft school in Watertown was elected president, and E. H. Davis, statistician at 6covill Mfg. Go. was elected vice-president.
 Others chosen are: Recording secretary, Mrs. Richard A. Mueller: corresponding secretary, Miss Mar jorie Farley; treasurer. Attorney Frederick O. Smcdiey. A platform calling for the spread Of peace edu- cation was adpnted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
A. J. COLLINS STILL
 HOLDS LOCAL JOB

Arthur J. Collins, manager of the local office of the Connecticut State Employment Service, stated today that he was "still manager of the Waterbury office as well as acting manager of the Bridgeport office. '' MT. Collins said no change had yet been formally made in the office here and that if an appointment is to be made, it will be announced by Miss Helen Wood, state director, or Commissioner of Labor Joseph Tone
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turned over to the Christmas fund.
 Because it is so near the hol- idayS and there appears to be more spirit than in the past few years, it is expected that the hall will be He'd when the cur tain rises at 8:15 o'clock. Since the cause is so worthy and de- serving of support it appears certain that Waterbury in gen. eral will not overlook an oppOr- tunity to help to provide bas- kets of food to those less for tunate. Everything has been do- mated t0wrads the success of the benet and your small contribu- ton of an admission charge will be of great assistance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
TIGHTENING UPsETs LUNCH

Lincoln, Eng.-(UP)-Lightning shattered the plate of F. Curtis, this city, as he sat at lunch. It also blew the radio out of the window and tore the electric light plugs from the wall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Boston, Dec. 11-UP)- Weather forecast: Generally fair and colder tonight. Thursday fair.
 Connecticut Generally fair and colder tonight. Thursday fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-11
Support of Local and State Relief Programs Urged
Police Crusade Adds
 To City's Treasury
Drivers Passing Red Lights, Stop Signs Are Principal
 Offenders in Latest Police Crusade

Southbury; Austin Smith, of 16; North Riverside street; and Hcward DeBelle, of New Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
CARROLL.

"The Mighty Barnum," starring Wallace Berry and a grand sup porting cast that includes Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce, Rochelle Hudson and Janet Beecher:| heads the splendid double feature pro- gram at Carroll theater Sunday and Monday.
 The film, which Walter Lang ex- pertly directed for release through United Artists, begins just a century ago, in 1885, when Barnum left his falling Bowery grocery, rented livery stable and became a show man exhibiting such acquisitions as a two-headed calf, a couple of reptile monstrosities and an aged negress named Joice Heth. hailed as 160 years old and the nurse of the infant George Washington.
 The story is studded with warm human touches and chock full of hilarious comedy. Janet Beecher shines as the stern New England wife who frowns on Barnum's wild ventures and Rochelle Hudson is excellent as his pretty ward, who has the misfortune to fall madly in love with the tippling MT Walsh. The sequences showing how the broke and discouraged Barnum, having lost his fortune neglecting his business to squire tho courage to start anew by a chance meeting with the Tiny Tom Thumb will put lump in your throat and tear in your eye.
 The co-feature Is Laurel and Hardy in Babies in Toyland."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
ALHAMBRA

''I Am a Thief" starring Ricardo Cortez and Mary Astor, heads the deluxe double feature program at the Alhambra theater Sunday and Monday.
 The story is set in the colorful background of Paris and the Con- tinent where impoverished nobles, beautiful adventuresses, and men of diabolical cleverness, plot to steal the famous Karenina dia- monds, almost priceless jewels, which have been auctioned off as a bait tu catch the thieves. Crime after crime is committed, includ- ing two cold blooded murders, a third killing, and the injury of several others.
 Thrill follows on thrill in the battles between rival robber bands which wind up with daring gem bandit holding up a car full of people on trans-continental express and stealing the Kareninas from the head of the secret serv- ice.
 Ricardo Cortez plays opposite Miss Astor in the role of an ap- parently wealthy dilettante. Cor tez, cool, suave, and very much the man-of-the-wo as always, fits admirably in his role and does one of the best pieces of acting in his career. =,
 Dudley Glgges adds a comedy touch to the picture as a bluster- ing American Colonel who an- nounces loudly that he is deter mined to purchase the Kareninas at any price, and whose connec~ tion with the criminals finally leads to his murder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
THE BOILED, MILK LEGEND

THE BOILED, MILK LEGEND
 Just a year ago, a correspondent writes, they took away the last half yard, more or less of the large intestine and equipped him with a colostomy. The surgeon, to whom correspondent owes his life and in whom he has implicit confidence, suggested diet which 1t was hoped would effect a degree of control over the bowel action. At one stage fluids were restricted to three glasses day, of which two were boiled milk
 In this instance the surgeon is evidently douhung in the role of medical advisor.
 If all of this particular surgeons therapeutic principles are as sound as the one on which he bases the quaint suggestion of boiled milk. the victim of the game would do well to thank the surgeon for his service, pay his fee, and give him the air. What this crippled pa tient needs now Is not half-baked therapeutic experimentation by a brilliant surgeon, but the care of a physician. A common ordinary ev- eryday general practitioner or family doctor will do. Of course if tho patient has plenty of jack to throw around he can get certain Kick out of having a specialist care for him, say an interist, that is one who speciali2es on whatever is wrong inside the skin. Or he may even be quite snooty and pass right by the door of internist and go straight to a gastroenterologist, one who confines his practice to con- ditions affecting stomach or intes- tine-and try and find anything in. side the skin that doesn't effect the digestive tract more or less, these parlous times.
 Old timers observed that sum- mer complaint. cholera infantum and allied ailments occurred when infants or children were given raw milk. Boiling the milk seemed to favor recovery. So they concluded blindly that boiled milk is "bind- ing" That's the whole legend Of boiled milk.
 What boiling does actually is kill the disease germs in the milk. That is why boiled milk was perhaps less injurious for patients with di- arrheal troubles than was the dirty and unrefrigerated milk of by gone days.
 But there Is not m iota of truth or common sense in the nation that boiled milk is "binding". No food is binding or constipating in any way. Some foods are more lax ative than others. but no proper food is binding. Everything you can mention, if 1t Is fit to eat. is more or less laxative. I'm telling you the physiological facts. It may be that you have always believed cheese, or this or that item. IS binding, but you have been misled If that has been taught you.
 Neither boiling, nor pasteurlzins nor scaiding. improves the digesti- bility or taste ar nutritivs value of
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1.-This has not been directly tried on adults but DTS J. E. Mo- nahan and Leta s. Hollingworth, psychologists of Barnard college. Columbia university, matched a group of gifted children-with in- telligence scores above 135-with Q group with scores above 135- with group with scores around 100 in jumping, chinning and strength of grip. The prodigies barely equalled the average group in jumping and were inferior in chinning, but superior in grip. The authors believe the gifted young sters were really stronger because, as Is usual with brilliant children, they were somewhat bigger and taller and because of their heavier body weight--an average seven pounds each-they were handicap ped in jumping and chinning. out in the grip test, their extra weight was not handicap.
 2.-Fortunately people today are coming to have more intelligent patriotism. The old Hundred per
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
In 7'he Local TheaterS

exactly a hundred years ago when, having acquired few reptile mon strosities and an aged negress named Joice Heth, purported to be 160 years old and erstwhile nurse of the infant George Washington, he left his failing Bowery grocery, rented 0 livery stable and opened Barnum's American Museum.
 The famous midget, General Tom Thumb and his bride Lavinia, the Cardiff Giant, the Bearded Lady, the Fiji Mermaid, the Wool- ly Horse and all the rest of the natural oddities" with which Bar mum staggered New York a cen- utry ago are also seen. His splurge from the grotesque to the sublime with the sponsoring of the Ameri- can debut of Jenny Lind, the love- ly Swedish nightingale, at Castle Garden, plays a big part in the picture, with Virginia Bruce charmingly Interpreting the gold en-voiced Jenny.
 The companion feature is Home on the Range" with Jackie Coogan and Randolph Scott, two hard-rid- ing and 'straight-shooting western stars. Home on the Range" is the story of the deadly feud be- tween A gang of crooks and the rancher-brothers, played by Coo gan and Scott.
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cent Americanism," "where our flag has once waved 1t must al- ways wave,'' "our country right or wrong" and all that emotion alized bosh and tommyrot is being replaced by a careful study of our national position, needs and duties and by more intelligent ideal of our national destiny. Especially do I find college students develop ing this more intelligent and. therefore, deeper and safer pa- triotism.
 3.-Fortunately no. Smoking may injure the mothers health this is a medical question and out of my field-but all studies on plants, animals and human beings in- dicate that such habits or injuries if this be an injury to the parents affect their body cells but not their germ cells; and the child Is born not from the mothers body cells but from the union of the germ or reproductive cells of the two parents.
 Copyright John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

and her upper teeth were slightly prominent. She wasn't pretty girl and she wasn't homely. Her name was Leota Boiler.
 The newcomer moved toward the couch and looked down at Gale. "All in, kid?" she asked sympathetically.
 Tired" Gale told her. T had to be up most of the night. My father was sick"
 Gee. that's tough. It's tough when anybody's sick, all right" Leota Boiler took a vanity case from her pocket and went to the mirror. She inspected her face critically. opened the case and be. gan carefully powdering her fore head. She turned then and asked. Had your lunch?"
 "I don't want any" Gale told her. "Td rather stay here and rest"
 Leota applied the powder puff to her cheeks and chin. When the entire surface of her face had as- sumed a -whiteness she seemed satisfied and put the van- ity case back into her pocket. She sat down on the end of the couch, crossing one knee over the other, and Gale noticed that she wore sheer gray hose and highIheeled strap pumps.
 You oughtn't to try to work to-day" she volunteered. "You ought've taken the day off"
 I couldn't" Gale told her. Even if wasn't afraid to ask for time off I couldn't afford to. There's another doctors bill to pay now and I'll have to buy med icine. They're enough bills as it 1t. can't afford to miss a single days work"
 The other girl sighed. Gee, it's tough all right" she said again. Tough for all of us."
 Suddenly she crossed the room to 8 locker, opened it and took something out. A moment later she was back, holding out a choc- olate bar toward Gale.
 "Here," she said, "eat this. brought 1t for lunch and then for got all about 1t. It'll do you good. Chocolates real nourishing, you know"
 Gale looked doubtful. q don't believe" she began.
 But Leota insisted. "Oh, go ahead and eat it! You'll feel bet ter--honest, you will. Gee. is you don't eat anything you're liable to keel over like that Connie Bau- man did the other day. Did you hear about that?"
 Gale broke off bit of the choc- olate bar and ate 1t. She said, "Yes, heard about Connie. Thanks, Leota."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 By VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secretary of the American Bridge League
Right Opening For Slam Biggest Thrill In Contract When Opponent Starts Play That Asures High
 Score For Declarer
Solution to Previous Contract Problem

We used to say that the thrill in contract was the bidding and making of a small slam, but I be- lieve that I have to correct that. The thrill in contract today is the bidding of a slam and then making 1t because you receive fortunate opening, or through some tricky play.
 Today's hand somewhat reminds me of 0, football game, where a tumble occurs on about the 10- yard line and the opponents grab 1t and run 90 yards for a touch down. When you look todays
 play over, doesn't it seem like tumble when the dcclarer delib-
 erately lets his opponents win a trick that he could have trumped! First let us consider the bid- ding. North's bid of two no trump is justified, because he has the po- sition for the no trump contract and, when South bids three hearts. he Is Justified in bidding four spades to show a fit. Then, when South bids five spades, he Is correct in taking the bid to six spades, as he has a fit in hearts also. The Play
 West makes a natural opening of the jack of hearts. Tn trick is won in dummy with the king. Of course, this is fortunate open ing, as a club would immediately