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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
4,1O4 NAMES ON. RELIEF LISTS.
Government Releases Fig. ures for State Follow.
 ing Recent Survey

The City of Waterbury, with 4,I0l persons listed as being on relief, is the lowest of the large cities in the state in this respect, according to a report released by the emergency relief commission. New Haven is listed as having 1l,320 on the relief roles and Hartford, which is only about 60 per cent larger than Wat erbury, has l3,854 persons listed on the relief roles. Bridgeport is listed with 6,52S.
 One of the reasons cited why Wat erbury is listed as being 50 low is the fact that tho factories have been employing more people during the past two months. Another reason is that the WPA has not suffered such Q severe curtailment here as in other towns. The figures given in the re- port are for the month of April. They have been tabulated from the reports of the welfare departments in various cities. The figures do not include persons receiving relief in state institutions or amounts ex- pended by the federal or state gov- ernment, through the WPA or other agencies.
 Personnel Reduced
 The report that Waterbury has not suffered :uch a severe cut in WPA personnel during the past few months, however, is not such a startling item of news as it appears to be. The city of Waterbury, ac- cording to figures which were re- leased at different times relevant to the state WPA set-up, could not very well withstand a sizeable re- duction in personnel for the full quota for this city was never really granted. A reduction of any import would bring the number too far be- low the quota.
 Household Training
 The report also carries an item in connection with statewide pro- gram for household training. Yes- terday, several public oftlcials here met at the Corner House to discover that nine local girls who have been taking the course in Waterbury are excellent cooks. Those who were in attendance at the dinner yesterday were Secy. Frank Green of the Chamber of Commerce: Joseph M. Loughlin. executive director of the state emergency relief commission: Thomas I. Shea, head of the state employment bureau: Mrs, Thelma Currier, state supervisor of house. hold projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
FIRED ON JAPANESE

Tokio, June 25 = (UP) = The Domei News Agency reported from Seoul, Korea, today that Soviet forces fired on Japanese patrols in Eastern Machukuo on June 6. 70 and "A. There was no mention of casualties.
 The dispatch also Tuported that q Soviet airplane recolnnoitered along the Korea -Manchukuo border yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
SUPERIOR COURT
 ENDS TOMORROW

The l935-36 term of superior court, civil and criminal sides, will end tomorrow. with Judge Edwin 0. Dickenson on the bench. The term has been underway since last 6ep- tember, and the new term will open early this September.
 A heavy short calendar docket is listed for the last day of court to- morrow. Common pleas court will not end its term until July 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
LEAVENWORTH

The final public high school grad
 uation will take place this evening at the Wilby auditorium when 119 Leavenworth seniors will receive dip- lomas. The presentation of awards will be made by John J. Walsh, chairman of the. board of education.
 Helen Goodridge, valedictorian,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
CAnn 0r THANIks

wo wish to thank our many reia. tives,.. friends and neighbors, .es- and her associates in the Water bury office of the State Motor Ye- hicle Dept; the H,mployes of the Hartford, New Hsyen n and Bridge. gse. Dept; the Royal Neighbors of Am- erica; tho Vanity Room of the Sec. will Mfg. Co.,; the Washington Hill Employes of the s. N. E. Telephone Co.,; the Executive Committee of the Telephone. Employes. Association; the Washington Park Community Club; the Girls Bowling league of the Washington Park Community Club, for the kindness and sympathy shown us during our recent bereave- ment, tho death of our beloved daughter and sister, Madaiyn r. Lawlor.
 MRS. MARY LAwLoR
 and FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
REIDvILLE

Joseph DeLuca, Q former pupil and graduate of Rockville school, presented diplomas to 21 pupils at the graduation exercises held yes- terday afternoon. Italia NapoN was valedictorian and Dorothy Daddona was salutatoyian. Banjo and violin selections were played as part of the program, which was arranged as follows:
 AcSS1upAy ..'.....'.'..s GraQuaVeS Welcome Song ............. Glass Salutatory ...... Dorothy Daddona Glass Play-''Past Present, and
 Future"
 &hAB A1ceD 's''s''s's'.'.''. OIdSS Girls Chorus ..... Allah's Holiday Glass History ...... Arthur Baker On Graduation Day ...........
 ............ Brothers and Sisters Banjo and Violin Selection ......
 santa Lucla
 Salvatore Cardella and Alfred Longhi Come to The Fair ......... Glass Presentation of Diplomas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
VETS BONUS BONDS
 IN STOLEN WALLET

Police are investigating reports of two thefts occurring yesterday and last night. Samuel s. Sintia, of 2i57 North Main street, reported that $20 was stolen from his home. De- tective John Calvin investigated. A wallet containing some money and $450 in bonus bonds was stolen yes- terday from William Sterling of l49 South Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
CARD or THANKS. ,

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors, In nnationai nilvsr Go.s' EmniovHs @ of the Shoe Hardware (Wingless Dept(, Waterbury Clock, Deptg. 13 and 7S, Boys of the. D. Mountain Reservoir and members of the Sacred Heart Club for their beautiful floral of. feringg. and other expressions of during our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved son and broth- CT, Frank T. Kelly.
 (Slgned)
 Mk, and MRS. PATRICK KELLY
 and EAMIT.Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
BODY IDENTIFIED

East Hartford, Conn, June 25. (UP)-The body of an automobile victim killed Saturday night had been identified today as Thomas Connors, handy man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
Curtain Falls On School Activities

Twenty-thousand happy youngsters will put away books and pencils tomorrow renounce for glorious period
 ec book relating to the number of apples would have if he gave so many to B. and seek the ole swmin hole nfdf he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25

Final high school exercises take place tonight at Wilby high school auditorium when Leavenworth graduates will be given their di- plomas. Crosby, Wilby, Sacred Heart and Waterbury Catholic High schools have held their annual exer- cises, grammar schools and parochial schools have completed their pro- nrAxns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
OBITUARY

LANCAsTER--Ralph Henry Lan- caster, ST., 67, husband of Jennie
 (Cartmills) Lancaster, died this morning at his home, 100 Easton avenue. He was born in Grassmere, N. H., the son of Charles and Abbie Stevens Lancaster. Mir. Lancaster was member of the First M. E. church and was active in fraternal circles of the city. He was treasurer of the Woodruff assembly; past grand master of Nosahogan lodge of Odd Fellows; past patriot of An sai1tawae encampment and also q member of the Winona Rebekah lodge, Fidelity court, Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Chase Foreman's association.
 MT. Lancaster is survived by his wife; one son, Ralph Henry Lancas- ter, Jr.; one daughter, Mrs. Frank Radaskie of this city; one brother, Frank Lancaster, and one sister, Mrs. John Powers of swainpscott, Mass; one grandson and one granddaughter.
 The funeral will be held on Sat- tirday afternoon from the Anderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. Theodore Bobelin officiating. Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday between ? and { and 2 and 9 o'clock.
 MARTINO- 0iovannina Perrella Martino, 60, died suddenly this morning at her home, 2b6 Con. gress avenue as the result of 6 heart attack. She was native of Italy but had been Q resident of this city for 40 years. Mrs. Martino was well known and highly respected, espec- ially among the Italian residents of the city. She was commandment Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church.
 Mrs, Martina is survived by her husband, CarTnine; four sons, Louis, Joseph and Frank Martino of this city, and Robert A. Martino of Washington, D. O.; four daughters, Margaret, Marion and Elsie of this city, and Rae Martino of Tucson, Arizona; one brother, Joseph w. Perrella of this city; four sisters. Mrs. Louis Pannone, Mrs. John Milano, Mrs. Joseph Martino and Mrs. Daniel Putetti of this city and one grandchild, Ann Louise Martino.
 The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
 HERR - Mrs. Mary Theresa (OMeara) Herr, wife of Francis J. Herr, died this morning at her home 30 Elmwood avenue after a brief illness. She was a native of this city and had been Q life long resident here. Mrs. Herr was the of the late Patrick and Mary Kelley O,Meara, eafly Irish Catholic settlers in this city. Mrs. Herr was an especially home loving
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25

dict Gauronskas. Burial was in Cal- vary cemetery with cornmittal ser- vices by Father Valantiejus. The bearers were George Adomaitis, Jo- seph Vitkauskas, Edward Laudins- kas, Bronis Orodeckis, John Kairis and Victor Meskunas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
CARD 0F THANKs.

CARD OF THANKS. we wish to thank our ~many particular, employees of scovlll Mfg. Co. (Vanity Dept. 71 --5) for their many acts of sympathy and kind- ness extended us during our recent bereavement, the death of our be- loved husband and brother, Edward V. Whalen.
 (signed)
 WEiALEN FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
MASSES

 HAYEs-Flrst anniversary mass of requiem will be celebrated Satur- day morning, June 27th, at s:00 o'clock, at St. Margaret's Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Cornelius P. Hayes. DOYLE-A months mind mass of requiem will be celebrated Satur- day morning, at 8:OO o'clock, at St. Michaers Church, Waterville, for the repose of the soul of the late Thomas D. Doyle. sULLTvAN--A months mind mass of requiem will be celebrated Sat-. urday morning, at 7:30 o'clock, at St. Patrick's Church, for the re- pose of the soul of the late John l.. Sullivan.
 sHEEHAN--A second anniversary solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated Saturday morning, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Immaculate Conception Church, for the repose of soul of the late Mrs. Julia Car mody Sheehan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
DEED 

HERR--In this city, June 25th. 1886. of 80 Elmwood Ave. Funeral af- arrangements laters from 80 Elm wood Ave.
 LANCASTER = Tn this city, June 25th, Isse. Ralph Henry Lancaster. urday afternoon, at 3s30 o'clock. from Aidoraon Funeral Home. 20 Central Ave. Burial in new Pine Grove cemetery.
 f0ae. Glovannina pefrclia Maritime of 156 Congress Ave Funeral aF- engagements later.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
Bruce Cation Says:>>
A Truly Great Woman Has Passed Away

ed in action. The agony OF grief
doubt and divided loyalty that this
must have caused her was never
visible.
She toured the American training
camps, sang for the soldiers over
and over again with that rich, gol-
den contralto of hers, and became
shining example of the selfless
patriotism of which an American
of foreign birth can be capable.
i X
Now there is a good deal more
in all this than the story OF per-
son of genius bringing that genius
to flower. 1t is the story of hui
man being licking fate to frazzle:
of person who met all of life's
varied experiences and emerged un-
spoiled, unstained, triumphant in
the only way that human triumph
has meaning.
We can forget Schumann-Hein
the singer. Schumann-Heink the
person will be an inspiration as
long as we live.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
News Behind the News
A Permanent Unemployment Pro
qraBi EUoIUed On The High Seas
Advisors FaUOr Plans

WASHINGTON-Out of President Roosevelts
thoughtful deliberations during his vacation
on the high seas may come the first plan 1or
permanent program which will treat unem-
ployment and relief longtime problem.
His most intimate advisers have urged such
a plan upon him and believe 1t Is IN the caroS
now that the worst of the depression is passed
and the president faces four more years IN
office Intimations dropped by Roosevelt indi-
cate he is thinking in that direction.
Officials have told Roosevelt they Will neeo
around $3.50 600 600 to carry the federal works
program through the fiscal year ending June
3Ol937. WPA chiefs privately expect to run out
of funds by February which means Congress
must act soon after it convenes in January.
For the next fiscal year, estimates run up to
So 500 900 900, but Roosevelt's budget estimates
are likely to be we'll below that.
1t should be realized that although the con-
gressional relief appropriation for 1936-S was
only S1425. 600, the full works program for
this fiscal year will cost more than S300O0OO,0OO
when you count of unexpended balances
and anticipated deficiency appropriations.
Men close to the president point out that
if he can cut that by billion he will have made
a real showing
Convinced that the unemployment and relief
problems are constant however, high New Deal
ers are even more concerned with formulating
an ntegrated program which will eliminate as
many ways possible and at the same time
get federal relief activity on a permanent, CO.
ordinated. and efficient basis.
The present Social Security Act subject to
certain changes, is considered a cornerstone
If Roosevelt accepts recommendations of
WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins, he will push
for legislation to shorten working hours in
industry for an unemployment census for rigid
child labor laws, for minimum wages, for low
er minimum age limit on old age pensions and
insurance. and for a permanent WPA to tide
over workers who can't find jobs at periods
when they're not covered by unemployment in
Surance.
Hopkins is understood to believe that boys
and girls should be kept in school until they are
l8 years old. He has said that there 100000
persons over IS years of age in industry. An
18-year-od law would take somewhere between
two and three millions out of industry.
Although the relief burden has been decreas-
ing and Hopkins estimates there will be a mil
lion fewer cases on WPA and local relief this
winter the problems of unemployment and relief
remain huge.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
ANOTHER FORM
OF RECKLESS DRIVING

No matter how carefully he drives,
nor what his speed, the person who
fails to observe the law by stopping
his machine when he sees school bus
loading or unloading children is reck-
less driver. He is endangering the lives
of school children.
In Imperial county within the last
month one girl was seriously injured
when hit by an automobile while leav-
ing a school bus. Others have narrowly
escaped injury on similar occasions.
Traffic officers have warned many mo-
torsts that they are law violators when
they fail to stop if a school bus, in use,
is standing on or near the roadway.
There will be no more warnings, un-
der orders from Captain A. F. Oswalt OF
the California Highway Patrol. Instead
there will be court citations. After that
il will be up to the justices of the peace
and police court judges. The one who
fails to inflict stiff penaly on any
violator should be severely criticized.
Children going to or coming from
school, carefree and thinking only of
the moment, are not responsible. Their
safety is in the hands of the motorist,
and for him it should be sacred trust.
If ii is not, then punishment should be
sure
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
THERE is A LIMIT
TO IRRIGATION

John c. Page, acting commissioner,
United Safes Bureau OF Reclamation,
speaking before the 5th annual meeting
of the National Reclamation Association
in Spokane Monday, said:
Farmers of humid regions need not
fear that the West will overreach itself.
The concern in regions more bountltully
supplied with water should be, on the
other hand, that the maximum agrlcul-
tural development of the West may be
all too small.
Mr.. Page mentioned one fact known
to few, even, in Imperial Valley and
other irrigated areas. There is limit
to irrigation. Much of the West, geolo-
gically, is incapable of supporting vege-
tation to any great extent. Other vast
expanses must, for all time, remain
unused because there is insufficient Wa
ter to go round. There is only three
per cent of the vast western territory
where land and water occur in suitable
combination for successful farming.
Three per cent! Imperial Valley is
indeed to be congratulated that its geolo-
gical formation and the presence OF the
Colorado river few miles away make
almost its entire territory suitable for
irrigation and farming. Because TINS
region is available for irrigation, it IS
blessed above its neighboring western
territories. and because irrigation as
sures more certain crop returns, 1t Is
blessed above the humid regions.
The valley is in an envlable position
to build for the fuure.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24

What you do may be fine, impor-
tant, spectacular. But what you are,
in the long run, has way of speak
ing more loudly. Your character
has the last word, every time.
That is why so many people IN
this country felt a real, personal
sorrow at the news that Ernestine
Schumann-H Heink was dead.
She had been a great singer-but
we have had many great singers,
whose passing did not make us feel
that the world had lost precious
personality. Above and beyond her
vocal talent, Madame Schumann-
Heink was great woman. She
would have been a great woman
without her ability to sing.
For here was a woman who had
travelled the wide range of human
experience to the full, knowing all
that it could bring to her of sorrow
and of triumph, and who had some
how managed to preserve that fun
damental innocence, that eager
lightness of heart, that is ageleSs
and timeleSs : that quality which,
according to our Gospels, is of the
essence of the Kingdom of Heaven.
AS young woman, struggling to
rise in that toughest of competi-
ton, the grand opera stage, she
took all the bumps any aspiring
musician can take.
She knew poverty dire dis
couragement, caustic rebuffs. She
was even turned down for a role
once, on the ground that she was
not pretty enough-and grand op-
era's standards of feminine charm,
Heaven knows, are exceedingly
elastic.
All this she took without becom-
ing embittered or cynical. She won
success, at last, became world
famous, acquired riches - good
part of which she promptly spent
on friends and relatives, for she
had, as they say, a heart as big as
all outdoors. And success was nc
more able to spoil her than was bad
fortune.
And then came the war. She hao
son in the kaiser's army; he was
killed in action. She had another
son in the American army, fighting
the kaiser's army; he, too, was kill
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
WHERE THE LIQUOR TRADE
GETS A BAD NAME

In an East Ell Centre liquor establish
ment the other night, policemen found
a white woman, old enough to know bet
ter. drinking with habitues of the place
while her two-year-old child looked on.
In the same place, on another occasion,
a 16-year-old white girl was found IN a
booth. drinking heavily.
Police removed the woman and !uve-
niles and notified juvenile authorities.
The State Board of Equalization was
notified, also. ~,
The law makes provision against the
presence of juveniles in such establish
ments It cannot make provision for
other violations of good taste and good
sense-but the conscience of the individ-
ual should be able to regulate such mat
ters. The pity of it is, that, all too Often
there seems to be no conscience and no
sense of right and wrong in the indlvld-
ual cases.
The proprietor of a drinking estab-
lishment should see that no juveniles are
allowed in his place of business. II he
knowingly allows their presence, he
should not be allowed to conduct such
a business. His greed-or his lack OF
social consciousness y may be impair
ing the future of many people.
Prohibition was brought about by just
such instances. Unless its return. is de-
sired, those who deal in Intoxicating
liquor should see that these violations
of the rules of society are stopped.
1t is matter not only for the officials
who enforce the law, not only for the
dealers in Intoxicating beverages, but
also for the great force of public opin-
ion. We would not like to see our wives
and children in such a place No more
should we like to see the wives and
children of other men there.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
Other Editors Say
WHY NOT COUNT THEM?
wall Street Journal)


Are we or are we not going to have a census
to determine how many of our workers are un-
employed?
Ever since this was first proposed we have
heard various objections, principal among which
is urged the difficulty of defining "unemploy-
ment" with sufficient clearness 10 make the
practical conclusions. 1t is hard to take this
objection seriously. We had census of those
gainfully employed in 1880. We think that suf-
ficiently reliable to use as a starting point for
been offered by the Bureau of Labor, the Amer
trial Conference Board. That two of these
estimates agree owing to the different methods
of treating the 1890 basis, is irrelevant The
point is that all accept the 1880 basis. Why
cannot we at least do for 1896 what we did for
1890?
1t should not pass the wit of our Census
Bureau to devise QUESTIONABLE sufficiently
simple and sufficiently extensive the replies to
which would give US at least a general idea of
9 the numbers of men and women able and will
ing to work who without regular jobs at
this time. 1t need not aim at too great detail.
We do not need more than reasonably few
broad data.
Considering that from the beginning OF the
depression to the present moment the question
of regular employment in industry and COM
merce of some kind for our people has been and
is the one supreme problem it is somewhat
ridiculous that with all our activities of varied
nature undertaken to grapple with that prob
bem, we have failed to take the first step of
finding out the facts which constitute the prob
lem itself
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-24
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE

In the District Of Columbia there IS
being waged a campaign for the right
TO vote and representation in govern
ment. In the District of Columbia there
are $4,000 highly literate and largely
native-born Americans, with voting
age population estimated at 433,000.
Residents of the district paid $17,322,-
929 in national taxes during the last
lfiscal year-more than the sum paid in
kuch taxes during the same period by
k5 of the states individually, or nine
'states combined During the World War
the District sent more men to the Colors
than any one of IL states.
The districts population under the
l424 GeASllS .s...ad. Ii Of 1f ciarLt st tatas