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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
big NIGHT 'SHO W.
THRILLS HUNDREDS
Waterbury Gets Glimpse
OF Eclipse of the
Moon

Though low clouds interfered n
good part OF the time, Waterbury
managed to study the total eclipse
OF the moon as 1t took place late
last night and early this morning.
During the period Of total eclipse,
from 1900 to 1850 a. M, the out
line Of the moon couldtbe seen at
intervals, the earth's shadow hid
ing the orb's glow.
While waterburians studied the
phenomenon, they were treated to
another at 1880, during the period
OF total eclipse. At that time, de-
spite brightly shining stars, 1t be-
gan to rain steadily, with the
shower lasting for approximately
15 minutes. All during the rain,
the stars were completely clear,
and the moon, In eclipse, was main
ly visible.
1t was 11:12 p. m. when tho
eclipse began, as the earth's
shadow began to slide slowly across
the moon. The covered portion OF
the moon increased by the minute,
and the period Of totality began
at 1900, exactly to the second of
theh time predicted for 1t.
During the total eclipse, a rudy
glow came from behind the
shadow, making the moon seem
almost fiery in it's heat. Tho
ruddiness, according to scientists.
indicated that on the opposite side
Of the globe there had been fair
day, with a summer sunset. The
rays of the setting sun bent their
way around the earth, to reflect
against the moon.
The eclipse ended at 3:43 this
morning when Luna was freed
completely from the earth's
shadow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
Exploding OF Bombs
May Feature Smoker
Parade to Start Thursday Evening at 1880 O'Clock;
Cadets Sponsor Event-Many Boxing Bouts Due

church bell. Immediately after
wards a bomb will be discharged
In the center OF the town.
One hundred and I'VE Cadets
will be In the line of march, pre-
coded by police escort. Following
will be the boy scouts and drum
corps. Maurice Henry will be
master OF ceremonies at tho
grounds at which will be featured
boxing and wrestling with "Chick"
Lawson and John Pierce as ref
erees.
The remainder of the program
will be as follows:
Bout: Angelo Durante-John
Guerara; Raymond Laneville-
George Pierce.
Accordian team: 4 Ed. Cham
pagne-Lawrence Brash.
Dance team: Ryan Brothers.
Bout: Freddy Freeman Eugene
Kelly; John Ryan-Bill Kelley.
Action singer: Angelo Pastore,
''the East End Songbird."
Refreshments.
Bout: Benny Marcoux-o ollie
Blansf1eld.
Dance (tap): Tony Calabrese.
Piano: Hal johnson water.
bury's Little jack Little).
Bout: Frank-Pasden- al Santillo
Songs: The Mastersingers, di.
| rected by Joe Lezotte.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
Presidential Feelers

Recently a minor federal official
visited his home in Virginia and
talked up with local people the
idea of starting work for a Roos-e
welt : Instructed delegation. Soon
afterward. Byrd had written the
officials superior officer complain
ing OF this employees political &C.
tivity."
Having received most of the fed
eral patronage in Virginia and in
directly controlling state patron
age, Byrd's tidghtly knit political
machine now dominates that state.
A substantial anti-machine, pro-
Roosevelt faction, however, is or
ganized there for the first time in
many years. 1t includes some con-
gressmen and two former COVER.
nors and has gained strengt has
Byrd's attacks on t he New Deal
have continued.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
MISSION PRIEST
Is VISITING HOME

Rev Patrick G. Toomey, who will
leave shortly from Maryknoll semi
nary in Ossining, N. Y, with other
priests who have been assigned to
the Far East, is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Too
mey Of Willow street. Departure
ceremonies for the group will be
held at the seminary July 16 and
they will leave San Francisco on
August 8 on the President Hoover.
Father Toomey is graduate Of
st Mary's school here and attended
Maryknoll college in Pennsylvania
and Maryknoll seminary in Ossin-
ing. He has been assigned to Hong
Kong. First announcement of Faith
err Toomey being chosen for fore
ign missionary work was made in
The Democrat early in June. The
definite date Of departure, how
ever, was not available at that
time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Democrat Washington
Corrcsnondentl

Washington, July 16-The adj
ministration is receiving confiden-
tial reports that Senator Harry
Byrd of Virginia is organizing his
state for a Byrd delegation to the
next democratic national conven-
tlon.
Although Byrd has persistently
attacked the New Deal, this is the
first news that any conservative
democrat is planning actively to
oppose Roosevelt's denomination.
And It's causing plenty of commo-
ton back stage.
Pre- Roosevelt forces in Virginia
say Byrd will have the support of
the veteran Senator Carter Glass,
another outspoken administration
critic.
Certain federal employees who
owe their appointments to Byrd
are doing the spadework. The fact
that they continue to do so leads
to the assumption that their work
is not without the senator's knowl-
edge.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
HUSBAND REFUSES
TO SUPPORT WIFE
Ordered By Court to Con-
tribute Weekly
Amounts

City court this morning heard
testimony that husband who had
$500 in the bank refused to sup
port his wife and two small child
rem. He Withdrew the $500 from
the bank, It was charged, gave
5000 to one OF two sons living with
him and kept the rest.
Judge John f. McGrath ordered
the husband to post e $500 to
insure payment of SO to his wife,
or 60 to jail for four months.
He posted the bond.
Charged with taking an automo-
bile without permission Edward
Fitzgerald, II, Of II Railroad Hill
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16

The first outdoor carnival in the
history OF Oakville will be held
Thursday night on the grounds OF
st. Mary Magdalen's church for the
benefit of the Cadets. In case Of
rain the program will be held in
the basement of the church.
A feature OF the affair will be
the explosion of many aerial
bombs by company from New
Haven. Cars taking part in the
parade, preceding the smoker, will
form in front OF the Oakville Pin
company on the right side of the
road facing west. The parade will
start at 1880 o'clock by the blow
Ing of the assembly by the Cadets
bugler and the ringing of the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16

street, was given a years contlEu.
ance. He was placed on proba-
ton for that period.
Continuances were given In sew
eral breach of peace cases. Joseph
Radzwick, 81, OF 79s Bank street,
had his case continued to the 2srd;
the cases of Frank Viola, ~, and
Steven De Fflio, IL, were con-
tinued till tomorrow; Arthur And
rus, rs, of 10 Matson court, ODE
tanned postponeSnent till the
2nfh-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
MOON ECLIPSE IS
BEING STUDIED
BY SCIENTISTS
They Will Compare Data
on Result of Their
Observations

Washington, July Is - (U.P)-
Scientists and astronomers COM
pared data to-day on the long total
eclipse Of the moon viewed last
night by millions of others who
remained up late to observe the
lunar thrill of the century"
Astronomers in all parts Of the
world where the eclipse was visible
trained telescopes on the moon.
They were concerned chiefly with
the movement Of the earth's sha-
dow across the moon and the
amount of light bent by the earth's
atmosphere to fall upon the moon.
A preliminary check of scientific
observations indicated the eclipse
occurred exactly as scheduled. The
moon entered the thick section of
the umbral cone (the earth's sha-
dow starting at 9:15 e. s. T.,
reached total eclipse at 11:09 and
then reappeared fully at 2:4S a. m.
The total eclipse lasted for one
hour, 40 minutes and Is seconds.
First Eclipse in Years
It was the first total eclipse since
1927 and the longest in so years.
The long eclipse will not be repeat
ed for so years. astronomers said.
Millions of persons crowded roof
tops or sought open spaces through
out the United States to view the
lunar phenomena. In some places
clouds partly obscured the view. In
Washington only an occasional
cloud drifted between the earth
and moon. In many cities, hotels
and night clubs staged moon
eclipse" parties on rooftops SO cele-
brants could view the lunar pa
geant without sacrificing their
| pleasures.
Astronomers at the Naval OBJ
servatory here, who viewed the
eclipse through a 26-inch telescope,
said they were interested chiefly in
checking on previous calculations.
At Yerkes Observatory, Williams
Bay, Wis, scientists said they were
more interested in observing the
eclipse in the interest of history
than Of science.
Some Difficulties
Historians have encountered diff
culties in computing the time of
certain ancient events. their only
clews in some cases being refer
eneees to eclipses. DR.. G. Vanbies-
! brock of the University of Chicago
T, in charge at Yerkes, said.
I'm several instances astrono-
mers and historians have cooper
ated in checking the dates of his
torical events by means of old re.
cords of solar or lunar eclipses,
DR. Vanbiesbroeck said. These
give reliable references for ancient
chronology when 1t Is sometimes
difficult to establish the sequenct
of events from the meager inform.
alton available"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
MUTUAL AID LIST
REGISTERS GAIN

Expenditures OF the Mutual Aid
fund exceeded receipts while the
number receiving care increased.
according to the weekly report OF
the treasurer submitted yesterday.
Receipts for the week were SG.DSb
and expenditures ss.e22, decreasing
tho balance from ssI,lbT 20 e2e,-
al. Expenditures were a. follows;
ee.e2s for wages; el.D2o Toe food
efo7 for eiokhins: sSeo for eundrIes
ana - for fuel. The total being
cared for IL eli compared with po7
last week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
Raking Up a Wise One

Latest wisecrack about the
work relief program comes
from an official of PWA.
4 where there's much unjust
professional scorn for Harry
i Hopkins so-called "leaf-rak-
ing" projects. Says he:
They're not going to give
ssem any rakes this year be-
cause it's all got to be direct
labor"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16

Following on official order, NOUS
taches are to sprout on the upper
lips of the So servants employed
in the Hungarian Lower Chamber.
making a return to traditional a.
dornment after several years Of
clean-haven faces.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16

Since 1888 the number Of stan
journalists In Germany has de-
creased fFom zpleoo % 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
House Provides Puzzle

Recent congressional develop
ments raise two questions. the
answers to which will help you
understand congress now and later.
Why did the house, after whack-
ing the administration and bowling
to the holding companies by emas-
culating the Wheeler Rayburn bill,
almost Immediately turn around
ana wallop the power trust" by
adopting the administrations iva
program?
Why is the house more apt to
rebel against Roosevelt than the
additionally more independent Sen.
ate, as on the bonus and holding
company legislation?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16

It's members are sore because
Byrd Glass men have been getting
the federal jobs and are using their
influence against Roosevelt. APP
pointments which must be con-
firmed by the senate, however, are
virsual2y at the mercy of the two
conservative senators.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
BEHIND
THE SCENES
IN
WASHINGTON

Rumblings of Byrd Rebellion
Against f. r. Come Out OF
Virginia -. LEAF Raking''
h Boon to Wisecrackers
House Seesaw Course
Not So Hard to Under
stand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
Swayed by Wires

The iva vote demonstrated the
big house democratic majority still
prefers, other things being equal.
to. vote with the administration
than with the power companies.
Roosevelt hasn't lost control.
The house voted against the
death sentence" not very enthu-
siastically, because 1t had received
tens OF thousands Of letters and
kilograms from home. These pro-
tests may have been fomented by
power company canvassers in many
cases, but they were impressive.
The holding companies were
spending hundreds of thousands of
dollars and nothing like their
pressure had been felt here before
Mfthin memory.
The local manager of a telegraph
company tells me that within two
Or three days Of the respective
votes this year, he delivered $4,000
kilograms on the world court.
$1,000 on the soldier bonus, and
about 100000 on the holding COM
pany bill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-16
Peeved on Patronage

Admitting that pressure on the
House was greater than 1t had
been on the Senate, there still re-
1rfains to be explained the fact that
the Administration won in the Sem
ate and lost the House by a large
margin while some Democratic
e6aEressmen made a virtue of ne
<sssity by announcing themselves
ia revolt against a dictatorial
pzesident.
Lost Democratic members nurse
constant peeve about patronage.
Senators have been getting all the
when urged to vote with the ad-
= Iniskrafion for the death SEN
fzHce,s representatives gave that
4ztuation as grounds for refusal.
zEany, II they had received more
Standardization favors. would have
5lz1ed regular even in face OF YER
<6=n power company opposition In
<2eIr next campaigns.
{eopvr1e1,t, 1885, NEA Service,
Incl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
NEW CANNON TRIAL
TO START ON DEC. z
Brandon Smith Asks $780,
900 for Alienation of
Wife's Affections

Charlotte, Nov. 8.-([P)-The sec
ond trial Of a 100000 heart balm suit
of F. Brandon Smith, Charlotte real
estate dealer, against his former faith
er-in-law, Joseph F. Cannon, Concord
textile millionaire, today was set for
term of Superior court starting here
December 2.
Smith charges Cannon with alienat-
ing the affections of his former wife,
Anne Cannon Smith, and brought
pressure on her to obtain a divorce
from him in Hot Springs, Ark.
At the first trial last May, jury
awarded Smith $125OOO, but Judge
w. F. Harding set aside the verdict
as excessive.
The Cannon heiress married Smith
after she was divorced from Smith
Reynolds millionaire playboy who
was mysteriously killed after a gay
party at Reynolda, the Reynolds man
sion at Winston Salem three years
ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Veteran Nebraska Senator
Says Its Time for Young
er Men to Take
Government Reins
PREDICTS REELECTION
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
Says There's No Truth in
Charge That President
Seeks to Nullify or Modify
The Constitution: Critics
Offer Nothing in Exchange
for What Has Been Done

Salt Lake City Nov. 8.-(PO-
Senator George w. Norris. veteran
Nebraskan Republican, told the Des-
ert News here today he will not be
a candidate for reelection to the SEN
ate.
II have been in the senate for many
years he said during a brief stop
here enroute to Compton, Cal, to
visit a daughter. II am getting old
and younger men can and should
carry on the work which l have tried
to do during my years as a Senator.
[ am no candidate.'
Senator Norris predicted the re-
election of President Roosevelt.
There is no truth in the charge
that the president wishes to nullify
or modify the constitution in any man.
ner other than that provided by law,
he said His critics offer nothing in
exchange for what he has offered.
Continued on Page FOurO
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Cotton Crop
Smaller Than
Was Expected

Washington, Nov. 8.-(AP) "A cot
ton crop Of 11,1l1,O0O bales of 500
pounds gross weight this year was
I'rorJcd today by the Department Of
Agriculture As indicated from condi-
iiou# November /.
Production Of 11,164.O00 bales was
Ndicalcd a month ago. Last years
''op Wa 9636,OOO Lnles, the 1888 crop
l"oj10oO bales.
'Inniugs from this years crop
l'ml 10 November / were reported
Wy the Census Bureau to have totall
'0 t1i9G35 running bales, counting
'1md az half bales. and exclusive
"' Iutcrs. GinninGs TO that date a
''at ago were 7.917.671 bales. two
F'ar@ ago 10,353,O31 bales.
Tho indicated acreage yield Of lint
cotton this year is 1861 pounds, COM
pared with 1915 month ago, 1908
'a,' year and 1771 the 1921-33 aver
ago
The indicated crop this year in
GUIDES North Carolina, 100000 bales
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Tobacco Tax
Cases Are
Dismissed

Winston-Salem, Nov. s. ((PO -
Federal Jurge Johnson J. Hayes today
dismissed cases sponsored by the N.
c. Tobacco-Cotton Non-Tax Associa-
tion and aimed at the constitutionality
of the Kerr-Smith Tobacco Control
Act.
Judge Hayes ruled the court in
equity has no right to issue an in
juction as long as complainants for
protection if the right to sue for a
refund.
The plaintiffs were seeking an in
junction against collection of taxes
paid on excessive tobacco raised.
1t now becomes necessary for the
plaintiff to pay the taxes, then to
file suit for refund. 1t was said this
court already had been started.
The nlaintiffs also appealed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Efforts To
OustCrahan1
Are Talked
Where They Come
+ rom Uncertain;
Theory Is Hoe y
Could Best B e a t
Mcdonald
In the Sir Waller Hotel,
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
BY =. G.. BASk IGItVILLE.

Raleigh. Nov. 9-Some queer poll
tcal maneuverinG is going on behind
the scenes in connection with the CUB
ernatorial campaign, which evidently
has as its objective the elimination
of Lieutenant Governor A. H. (Sandy)
Graham from the race. Just where
this maneuvering is coming from, or
who is behind it. no one here seems
to know and efforts to trace reports
of these efforts to squeeze Sandy out
of the race for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor have so far prov
ed futile. Yet it is generally agreed
in political circles here that an eff
fort is undoubtedly being made to
get Graham to withdraw from the
forthcoming contest.
While some Of Graham'5 support
ers feel that talk of this rumOred
effort to force him out of the cam
paign may materially injure his
chances of winning the nomination by
building up a defeatist psychology
and thus cause many Of those who
Continued on Page Three0
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
DR.. Stephenson, of Pitts
burgh, Education Sec
retary, Speaks at the
Morning Session
COLLEGE HAS ROLL
OF .453 FOR PERIOD
improvements Made at Or
phanage and Farm Income
Was $4,000, With Profit
Shown; Election of Dele
gates to General Confer
ence Started in Afternoon
Ry REV. j. l.. TKOLLINGEH

Reports on the Chi!dren's Home
and High Point College, both at High
FONT, and both owned by the North
Carolir| Cor<erence of the Methodist
Protestant Church, were presented
to the annual session of the confer
ence here today in the third day of
it's meeting here.
d.. C. 1 Humphreys. president of
the college, presided during the edu-
cational hour. when the report was
considered. He said the enrolment
this year was 1853. with eight states
in addition to North Carolina repre-
sented, and with the Methodist Pro
testant denomination furnishing the
greatest number, and the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, second.
In his absence on account of illness,
the report of DR.. A. G.. Dixon, sup
e<ntendent of the Children"s Home.
Continued on Page Eight.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Next Objective of Invaders
Is Town of AmbaaIgi,
40 Miles Nearer
Adds Ababa
RESISTANCE FROM
NATIVES STRONGER
Hardest Encounters of War
SO Far Looked for Beyond
Makale; Defenders Have
Every Natural Advantage
In Defending Italians Next
Objective

Makale, Ethiopia. Nov. 8.-(AP)-
ltaiy's eager soldiers planted the Fas-
cist standard in the center of this
city today, then looked to the south
for new objective.
Officers indicated the next advance
probably would be to Ambaalgi, 40
miles closer to Adds Ababa and the
heart of the Ethiopian empire.
The troops of Italy feel they must
occupy Amkaalgi, not only for it's
strategic position but for the senti-
mental reasons as well. For that is
the southernmOst point reached in
the italian invasion of 1866.
Before another advance is under
taken, however, there probably will
ensue an interval in which the
Makale position will be consolidated
Continued on Page Six
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
SKILLED WORKERS
SHORTAGE EXISTS
Meantime, Clamor Is Arising
Over the Country for
Job Security

New York Nov. 8.-With %millions
of men jobless there are not enough
trained men to go around. That is
the plant of industry.
The reason is clear-men were not
trained during the depression.
Furthermore trained men learned
during the depression and still are
learning during recovery that there
is no real security even for trained
men.
Employers now are organizing in
various industrial centers to train
men.
there is no assurance that jobs will
be secure, or that earnings will keep
pace with living costs
WHAT COULD BE DONE
A suggestion has been made by
workers (not by employers) that the
government could operate plants to
fulfill the wants of the needy during
periods Of slack. (The needy require
Just as much to live then as during
prosperous periods.)
Thus men-especially young men
out of school-would be taught trades
If, instead of the haphazard relief
the government had put one-tenth
of the sum into such Factories, train
ing men and producing goods at the
same time, private industry today
would not be suffering for want OF
good mechanics.
Trained men would be at hand
(and trained men reduce operating
costs); purchasing power would not
have fallen so low (and a broader
(COntinued on Page Three).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
RELIEF OPENINGS
IN THE WPA LESS
Those Who Go On Relief
After November l Not
to Get Jobs
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nv & RASk WILLIE

Raleigh. Nov. S.-The number of
relief cases that will be available for
WPA Jobs in North Carolina will
nrobablv be reduced somewhat as a
result of the order just ISSUED by
Harry l.. Hopkins National ERA and
WPA administrator, to the effect that
relief clients who were not on the re-
lief rolls prior to November 1 shall
not be eligible for WPA jobs, Mrs
Thomas O'Berry, state ERA admin
istrator said today. The former or
ders were to the effect that the num-
her of relief cases to be assumed by
the WPA. soil erosion work, reforest-
alton and other Federal employment
nroiects would be limited to the re-
lief enrolment as of May 1885.
The May relief load was approx
matelv $1,000 while the November 1
relief load was approximately 5OOOO,
Mrs. O'Berry said. But further word
from Hopkins today was to the effect
that the order does not apply to re-
liaf cases temporarily off relief, due
to seasonal employment, which may
ho reopened and put back on relief
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
HIGH OFFICIALS DROWNED
IN STORM STRIKES GSAHAMES

Nassau, Bahamas, Nov. 8.-((PO-
Reports reaching this capital of the
Bahamas today said Commissioner
John Eldridge Russell and ten other
persons were drowned on Great
Abaco island when hurricane winds
swept the island Sunday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08
Kingsford-Sn1ith Is
Missing II, Pacific

don Melbourne air derby last year,
announced that he was abandoning
his own flight from England to AUS
tralia to assist royal air force pilots
in a search tomorrow for the missing
men.
Ships in the Bay Of Bengal were
warned by wireless to keep a sharp
lookout for Kingsford- Smith.
Aviation erperts expressed fear for
the safety of the famous trans-ocean-
ic flier, who began his latest flight
Wednesday from Lyn1pne, England.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-11-08

Singapore, Straits Settlements, Nov.
-OPO-Darkness fell over the
Malacca Straits tonight without any
further word from Sir Charles Kings
ford-Smith, missing on flight from
England to Australia.
The noted Australian pilot and his
co-pilot, Tom Pethybridge' were last
sighted by c. James Melrose, who re-
ported that he had flown over the
missing fliers' plane over the Bay Of
Bengal.
Melrose, 4 prize winner in the Lon"