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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
MISSIONARIES
 IN CHINA HAVING | DIFFICULT TIME
Australian Woman Said to Have Been Murdered
 By Bandits

Tokyo, Feb 26-(UP)-Chinese bandits are believed to have mur- dered Mrs Ruth Wheatly Frcncham wifo of missionary worker whom they were holding as q hostage, 1t was learned here today.
 News of the latest bandit out rage has been suppressed in China and its publication in Shanghai Saturday was forbidden by author ities.
 The bandits reportedly captured the town of Ningchao (also known as Ningklang) near the western border of Shensi province and car- Melbourne, Australia, and his wife, Q native of London.
 Reports which trickled through the tight censorship imposed on dispatches concerning the outrage said that Mrs Frencham had been slain.
 The Frenchams were married a year ago in Hanchung, Shensi prov ince, and on their wedding trip went to Ningchao to open mis- sion for the China Inland mission.
 Shensi province is several hun dred miles west of Anhwei prov ince, where late last year bandits captured and publicly executed the Rev and Mrs John Stam, American mission workers. Recently the Chinese government announced that several of the Stan slayers had been executed.
 Other foreign missionaries !n Shensi were reported to have fled to cities protected by government troops. Miss Ruby Thompson of Iowa wrote friends in Shanghai that she and several others, in- cluding Miss Alma Artibey of Chi cago had reached safety. Arnold Strange, his wife and two children, of Montreal, were with the Thomp- son -Artibey party.
 Shanghai reported that Miss E. M. Parr, an Australian. had reach- ed Sian. capital of Shensi. from Yanghsien, the provincial town from which Miss Thompson and her companions had fled.
 Another group of British mis- sionarics was reported, without confirmation, to have assembled at Ankang in their flight from Nan cheng. The party was believed to include MT and Mrs A. Moore, MT and Mrs c. P. Moore, J. c. Fee. r. G. Smith, and Miss M. E. Has, lam.
 At least nine other mission work CTS were known to have left their posts to seek safety in larger cities when the bandit outbreak occurred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
Water Utilities Aid
 lin Disease Prevention
Low Death Rate of 1884 Due Largely to Close Coz
 operation With Health Authorities

Sharing in the achievement of attaining for Connecticut last year the lowest death rate for typhoid fever in the history of the State, recently announced by the State Department of Health at 0.4 deaths from typhoid fever for each
 100000 population, were Connecti- cuts water supply public utilities, and to them must go substantial
 part of the credit for the practical elimination from the State of this
 disease which once took u toll of
 thousands of lives annually, ac-
 cording to public health authori- ties.
 It had been through the close
 cooperation between state sanitary
 engineers and the water utilities
 that typhoid fever has been wiped
 out as a water-borne disease ir l Connecticut. There has not been g
 typhoid fever death traceable tt
 Q public water supply in Connecti' cut in 23 years or since 1911. The few, cases of the disease which oc. cur today result from spread o1 I the germs by typhoid carriers
 ment and who still carry the germs
 in their bodies.
 Constant vigilance is necessary,
 however, to keep the water sup plies from becoming contaminated
 from sources of typhoid fever germs. Because, while this record
 low rate means that of 250,0O0 people only one can be expected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
No Clothes, Razor For State Witness?

Justice has some strange ways. Just ask Mike AmbrOzy, who lives on Lafayette street, and he'll tell you all about it.
 Last week, Mike had n quantity of clothing stolen from his home, as we'll as some razOFs and household goods. He complained to po- lice and On Saturday Anthony Strclkau uskas of Washington avenue was arrested for the crime and Mikes property rec covered. This morning i'm city court, Strelkauskas was bound owed to superior court.
 Mike, after court, claimed his properly, which was all In u suitcase and started to walk out with 1t. He was rudely halted. however, and told that he couldn't have his own goods.
 The clothes, raxors and other goods, he was told, would have to be kept by DO. lice for evidence when Strcl- kanskas is tried i'm superior court.
 "What am I going to do for my clothcs?", asked Mike. "And what am I going to do about shaving?"
 Court Clerk Irving Paste nak didn't know tho answer to that. Unless. he commented brightly, Mike wanted to grow q beard till superior courts next term opens i'm April.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

to die of typhoid fever during a years time, u single contaminated public water supply would quickly boost the rate back to where 1t was decades or more ago.
 CO-OperatiOn Shown
 Cooperating continually with state and local health authorities the water utilities use three lines of defense for keeping impurities out of the water supply.
 The first Is maintenance of a strict watch over the watersheds or drainage areas of the reservoirs and their tributaries. The drain- age areas must be constantly pol iced by overseers to guard against | development of polluting sources. Dwellings on or near watersheds mumst be so equipped that no sew age from humans or animals can be drained into the supply. At least once a year the watersheds are given a complete inspection by the State Department of Health. Be- cause of the fact that watersheds can be put to no use which might in the most cases is devoted solely to the raising of timber.
 Second, the water itself Is care- fully guarded. Bathing by humans or watering of cattle in reservoirs or tributaries Is prohibited by law. but overseers must nevertheless guard against violations. Samples of the water in each reservoir are periodically analysed in the labor atory 10 make certain that no pol lution has developed.
 Third line of defense in most cases is either filtration or chlor- ination of tho water, or both, be- fore it is distributed through the mains for public consumption. Chl- orination is absolute insurance against tho presence of disease causing germs in the water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
1000 Applications More Than Previous
 Year Register Here
Crowd Swarms Motor Vehicle Office Close to 5000 Old and New Applicants Taken Care of Locally;
 New Permits Must Be Obtained Before Friday

Approximately 1000 applications for new operators licenses over the number recorded last year on the same date were received yes- terdAy at the branch office of the state department of motor vehicles on Benedict street. In common with offices in all sections of the state the local branch reported a tremendous rush of business during ing the first day of the final week of grace allowed for renewals. New licenses must be obtained before Friday, March 1.
 Complete figures on the number of licenses issued here yesterday are not available, but unofficial estimates place then total at close to 5000. Authorities at the Wa terbury office state that all of. ficial statistics are issued from Hartford headquarters.
 New office Hours
 During the next few days the ot- flee will he open from 8:3O a., m. to 6 D. m. and the regular sched- ule will be resumed Friday. Local officials o-day requested that q widespread misunderstanding in regard to applications be corrected. Many persons in this vicinity are said to be waiting for renewal blanks to be sent them through the mail. No such blanks will be issued.
 Motor vehicle offices throughout the state yesterday reported a huge volume of business as compared to that of the same period last year. Announcement by the state depart ment of drive On unlicensed 'driv- CTS which will begin Friday Is be- lieved to be largely responsible for the rush to renew licenses.
 Mrs Alice Bradley, supervisor of the Waterbury office, expressed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

Local guests and recent visitors at the Hotel Taft, Seventh avenue and Fiftieth street, New York city, have been greeted lately by an old time friend and former Waterburi- an-Richard w. Law. The former manager of Hotel Waterbury and recent proprietor of Deer Island Inn in now back in the "big city" and in big time hOstelry circles. He is the assistant manager of Hotel Taft for which position he is un- qucstiOnably we'll qualified. Dicks local friends, in fact his many ac- quaintances, throughout the state wish him all kinds of luck in his new assignment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
HELL WEEK HAS SPLIT FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY
Cruel Barbarities Were Charged in the Hazing
 of Students

Iowa City, 1a.. Feb 26-(UP)- The "cruel Barbarities" of hell week on the University of Iowa campus threatened today to split the university faculty. Prof D. B. Reuter-, head of the sociology de- pertinent, betrayed the beginnings of branch in an open letter to the Daily Iowan, student news paper, challenging the veracity Of statements by Lonzo F. Jones, as- sistant dean of men, and describ- ing initiation ceremonies of frater- mites as "sadistic tortures." At the same time university officials said a meeting of the interfraternity council to investigate charges of an unnamed mother that her son was "beaten until his eyes were shrunken and bloodshot and his back mass of blisters' might be held today. It originally was scheduled for tomorrow.
 The mothers letter charged that her son and other boys were given large doses of caster oil and sent on impossible errands to inconvenient places" and "kept without sleep for several days" 1 Reuter- took ireful issue with Jones' statement that these in- cidents occurred in relatively few of the houses and where they oc- cured only few men were in- volved."
 "Mr Jones' statement is so at variance with the facts" he wrote, "that one wonders if the assistant dean has been correctly quoted. I'm loath to believe he is either stupid or dishonest.
 "I challenge him to name one fraternity house where regulations have not been violated. May we not have q statement from him that will clear him of suspicion of being party to the sadistic practices which for years have made hell week q gross outrage to public decency?"
 Henry Reed, of Cresco> Ia., president of the inter fraternity council. said the council is "squarely behind the dean."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
SUIT FOR $25,OOO
 COMMENCED TODAY

Trial of the $25,000 damage suit of Eva Babineau of North Attle- boro, Mass, against Frank J. Hull and Doris Bice of Seymour was started before Judge Arthur r. Els and a jury in the superior court here today. The plaintiff seeks to recover for permanent injuries she suffered Oct 20. 1884, when the car in which she was riding was struck by Hull's car. driven by his daughter, Doris Bice, at Seymour. Joseph N. Perelmutter of Seymour represents the plaintiff. Attorney Walter F. Monagan defends.
 
 r Light enough to supply the en- tire United States continuously for 176 years could be produced from the coal burnide in the country In single year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
BERRY COMMITTED
 ION SECOND CHARGE
Released Under Bonds Cedar Avenue Man Re-
 arrested, Sentenced

Free on bonds of $1,000 on . charge of assault with intent to kill, James Berry. 55, of 27 Cedar avenue. was this morning sentenc- ed to 30 days at the workhouse by Judge John r. McGrath when he was arraigned on q drunkenness charge in police court. Berry pleaded guilty to the charge. Berry was arrested early in the month after police had received complaints that his wife had been brutally beaten. Given medical nt- tention more than four days after the alleged beating. the woman was found to be seriously hurt. Berry was then held on tho assault with intent to kill charge under bonds of $5,0OO. Unable to raise that amount he was kept at the local jail. Last week. when the woman showed some improvement, bonds were reduced to $1.000 and Berry was set free when he produced ball for that amount.
 The more serious charge against Berry still stands and will be heard in city court next month when the man has completed his 30-day term at the workhouse. 
 Arrentinn'a mOrt0nQo moratorl .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
BAR ASSOCIATION
 TO PAY TRIBUTES

The Waterbury Bar Association will hold special meeting Friday morning at 9:45 o'clock in the su- perior court room of the county court house on Kcndrick avenue. to take action on the resolutions drawn on the deaths last year Of three of its former members. Susan B. O'Neill. Joseph A. Bergin and Jesse Devine.
 The resolutions have been drawn and will be read at Fridays meet ing. Attorney John r. McDonough, president of the local bar has call cd the special meeting and will preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
WALL COLLAPSES ON
 EAST MAIN STREET

The street department late last night closed off a section of the street near 1875 East Main street when a 12-foot section of the wall collapsed and fell into the road. The wall. made of field stone sup ported by cement, had apparently been weakened by the cold. An earth embankment behind the wall was kept from collapse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
WOMAN ILLUSTRATES
 ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP

A police whistle doesn't have to be blown by a policeman to scare away criminals. Detective Joseph Bender relates that one proof of the above, took place Saturday night.
 Two men. one of them armed with gun, entered the store of MT and Mrs William Dixon at 298 North Main street that night. Mrs. Dixon grabbed a police whistle which she had hidden in the rear of the store, blew on 1t Justify, and the two would-be hold-up men made a swift retreat from the premises.
 Workers with large families in Italy are to receive extra compen- sation,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
High School Notes

A meeting of the Crosby Art club will be held tomorrow in room 306 under the direction of Miss Edith Iatten. Meetings held today includ- ed the Crosby band, which re- hearsed under the direction of Floyd Evans: the Italian club which met under the direction of Miss Josephine Menotti: and the Debating club which met in room 302 under the leadership of John Kinney. ,
 Tn the absence of Captain New ton w. Alexander. Lieutenant George Scott will coach the Wilby toys and girls rife clubs tomorrow night at the armory. He will be as sisted by Henry Kallss. Matches will be arranged shortly with Cros. by and Leavenworth teams.
 Members of the Wilby Chemistry club will be guests of the Indians Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the assembly hall. Principal John Brophy of Driggs school will he the principal speaker on a program arranged under the direction of Inalph s. HayvAlrd. club advisor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Boston, Feb 26-UP)-Weather forecast: Massachusetts-Par cloudy and much colder with moderate cold wave, possibly preceded by rain, changing to show tonight in south east portion. Wednesday fair and colder. Rhode Tsland--Partly cloudy and much colder tonight with moder- ate cold wave. Wednesday fair and colder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

Nearly 5000 dollrs are being
 produced weekly at Aylesbury, England,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

Washington, Feb 90 -- (UP) - storm warnings were ordered along the Atlantic coast today from Bos- ton Cape Hattcras as tho weather bureau reported severc winds sweeping up tho coast.
 Tho weather bureau said strong northwest winds, possibly of gale force by nightfall. were expected to sweep up from Northern Georgia.
 The bureau ordered northwest storm warnings displayed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

Argentina's mortgage moratorl- um law Is being tested In the courts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-26

Connecticut- Partly cloudy to- night with moderate cold wave. Wednesday fair and colder.
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
Mans I2-YeUr Search
of Son Ends In Failure

Detroit, Oct .22-The fate of the
infant son of William Greatrex was
the same sombre mystery tonight it
has been during the ~ years since a
nurses error placed the baby in the
hands of a strange shack dweller
whose only object was "to get rid
of it."
The young father, who returned
from the funeral of his wife to learn
the baby she died in bearing, had
vanished, was in despair as he left
recorders court today after a hear
ing he had hoped would relieve the
mental anguish in which he has lived
since 1923.
That hope, like all the others that
led him to spend his entire savings in
running down one false clue after
anoter, vanished as Alphonse Vlem-
minck, the stolid felon who took away
the child in the belief it was his un-
married daughters, repeated in brok-
en- English his story he had given the
baby to a strong couple from Penn
sylvania" whom he had met casually
in saloon.
Vlemminck, convicted last week of
taking indecent liberties with a four
year-old girl, sullenly denied the di-
rect question of Judge Thomas M.
Cotter:
"You buried that baby, didn't
you?"
The 6O-year-old Belgian shook his
head. "No," he said.
"You wanted to get rid of the
baby, didn't you?" the Judge asked.
81 was glad to get rid Of it," he re-
piled.
odd you tell these people from
Pennsylvania that the child you want
ed to give them was you child by your
own daughter asked Louis S.
Cohane, attorney for Greatrex.
eyes, l told them," Viemminck
said.
! The prisoner was coveted in 1929
of abandoning his daughters child,
and sentenced to one to three years
Imprisonment, after an earlier prose
cution for incest was dropped when
the daughter, 10, refused to testify
against her father.
Sentencing in the indecent liberties
case was deferred by Judge Cotter,
who instructed the prosecutor to file
additional information to permit pro-
cedure against Vlemminck under the
habitual criminal act.
"These years have been night
Mares" said the man whose baby he
took. Owe walked the streets watch
ing younsters-my son would be IL
years old now-hoping might see
fhim. But now. ;"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
URGES PURSUIT OF GOD


The purpose of the Christian
Church is to call men to the pursuit
of the vision of God, the Rev. DR..
Claude c. Collie, of New York City,
declared recently.
owe cannot leave God out of our
thinking and speaking" he said. cit
is special purpose of the church to
pursue that vision and reveal it to
man. We may find that vision through
the fact that in Him we live, have our
being and activity.
"When We in instinctively try to
reproduce the things within the realm
of God, we then are in the midst of
mat vision. We can also find God
through our associates"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
Montana Capital
Begins Rebuilding

Helena, Mont, Oct. 23.-This shak-
en- capital, relieved by the diminishing
intensity and frequency of earth
quakes which continued ten days and
took two lives, started beating back
today.
Only light shocks were felt today.
The last substantial enough to regis
ter on the weather bureaus instru-
ments was recordede shorty after
noon It caused no damage Or alarm.
Aid for the needy among $50 home
less families was offered freely. The
spirit of the historic old gold mining
camp again asserted itself. Bricks be-
gan TO fly and the sound Of hammers
rang through broken structures.
How long it would take to restore
Helena to normal business and home
life was uncertain, but the estimated
$2,500,000 property damage indicated
a long task ahead.
The American Red Cross and local
relief agencies pooled resources to
afford immediate aid to the homeless
and those who fled their homes, fear
ing to return during the continuation
of shocks.
Heating of refuge tents became a
problem, but 200 quake-weary vic
Tins bundled in national forest sleep
ing bags and blankets at Cooney
camp, were in comparative comfort,
despite a brisk wintry wind.
Fullest cooperation of state and
federal agencies and the American
Red Cross was pledged in confer
.ence called by Governor Frank H.
Cooney and E. S. Transue of Denver,
Red Cross disaster field representa-
tive.
Plans were mapped to restore
homes through federal loans and the
governments rehabilitation admins
tration.
Transue said shelter and clothing
would be provided. James H. Rowe of
Butte, personal representative of
Frank Walker of the administrations
national emergency council, ordered
aid to those made destitute.
From Los Angeles came offers of
aid by j. F. Seeley, RFC representa-
tive, who helred in the Long Beach
rebuilding program. He announced
applications for loans probably could
be approved within six days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
CRUMPLER INSTITUTE
QUARTETTE GIVES
SEVERAL PROGRAMS

The Crumpler Institute Quartette
rendered an excellent program at
Sugar Grove, Virginia, Oct. 20, at
both morning and afternoon hours. In
the evening, at the white First Baa-
fist Church, they appeared with a
good program of vocal music. The
quartette is directed by Oddie ]. Cox,
who made short address at each
church appearance on the subject,
"Workers with Hands and Brain"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
MRS. COOLIDGE TO SPEND
WINTER IN N. CAROLINA

Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge, wild
ow of former President Calvin Cool
idge, plans to spend the winter again
at the winter home of Mrs. F. G.
Adams near Tryon, North Carolina,
friends learned Monday.
She will close her estate "The
Beeches" in Northampton, Mass.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

Mr.. Victor Clark and Mr.. Oscar
Blevins will conduct services next
Sunday in the Big Ridge Presbyterian
Church at three o'clock in the after
noon and in the Obids church at sew
en- o'clock in the evening. The public
is invited to be present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

Two South Carolina gentlemen of
color were killed and six other seri-
ously poisoned after partaking liber-
ally of liquid Refreshments" salvaged
from a refuse dump. What they
thought was alcohol turned out to be
cockroach poison.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24
ROAD MEN IN N. WILKESBORO
TO BEGIN WORK ON ROUTE is

State highway engineers Brame.
Kerney, Hubbard, Lentz and Southall
have located here and are ready to
begin work on highway 16 from Will
bar to the Ashe county line as soon
as the contractor arrives to start con-
struction.-Journal Patriot.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

is no question about the increased
beauty Of the Ford We for 1896.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

A Kansas City probate Judge re-
Gently proposed park especially for
spooners to reduce "lovers' lane"
banditry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

See New Line of Swagger Suits
which have just been received at
Richardson's Five and Ten, priced
from $685. to $500, stylish shades.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-24

The Federal Surplus Relief Corp
oraion is the largest storekeeper in
the nation.