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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

printers helper, 19 were section men and three were bridgemen.
 Local Employees Worried
 Local employees are awaiting with anxiety the arrival of orders to cut the maintenance crew of the Wa terbury division. It is possible, how ever, that this division may be left untouched in view of the fact that Waterbury is a terminal where loco- motives are repaired and so forth Hartford has no terminal for such purposes.
 According to Chief Engineer Bart lett the dismissals are necessary be- cause of demands made by the union for an increased number of work ing days a month. He said that maintenance work requires only a certain number of man-hours per month and because the union de- mauds more hours of work for each man the road is compelled to lay off number of hands to comply with the demand.
 15-20 Days Monthly
 Up to the present time the men have been working an average of l5 to 20 days month. Their pres- enG. demands also include a uniform number of work days per week. Chief Engineer Bartlett pointed out that the dismissals arc spread over wide area so that no one section will lost a large number of men. So far, however. Waterbury has not been touched but there is no prom ise that orders will not come through this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
NEW DEAL FARM
 PLAN STARTED
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(Continued rom Page 1.) are "inseparably and of necessity linked with the national welfare" ," They were:
 1. "The conservation of the soil itself through wise and proper land use.
 9. "The establishment and maintenance of farm income ct fair levels so that the great gains made by agriculture in the past three years can be preserved and national recovery continue.
 3. "The protection of consumers by assuring adequate supplies of food and fiber now and in the fu- ture."
 He said annual expenditure lim- tied to $500,O00,000 by congress is liar less than the actual yearly waste of fertility by erosion" The act, he said will "help to bring about and maintain a healthy supply and demand situation from farm com- modities, which will have benefi- cial effect upon farm prices and farm income"
 Long Time Program
 "This legislation" he said, "repre- sents an attempt to develop, out of the far-reaching and partly emer- gency efforts under the agricultural adjustment administration act, longtime program for American agriculture"
 The new law provides benefit pay ments to farmers who cooperate in federal suggestions for conservation of soil fertility in 1886 and 1936. It provides, also, for federal subsidies to states setting up permanent state programs in 1888 and thereafter.
 Davis predicted delay of six weeks or more in promulgation of rules and regulations for adminis- tration of the new act and appealed to farmers, meanwhile, to anticipate benefit payments by removing 30,- 000,000 acres from intensive cultiva- ton.
 The first meeting of land-grant college heads and soil conservation experts is planned tentatively for Memphis and Chicago, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. , |, The New York and Salt Lake City meetings probably will be held Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
 Department of agriculture interest is centered in the Memphis meeting because of the necessity for speedy formulation of program affecting the 1886 cotton crop which is now being planted in extreme southern sections
 The Chicago meeting will formu- late regulations for the corn-hog area. The New York meeting will discuss programs for New England and northeastern states. Regula- tions for most of the nation west of the Mississippi river will be drawn at the Salt Lake City gathering. today of Paul J. Masek, B, from automobile injuries. Masek was run down by Lewis car while crossing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
First Baptist Church

Missionary work in Japan will be described Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Floyd Roberts at a meeting of the Womens Missionary and Social union of the First Baptist church. Mrs. Roberts and her husband are home on a furlough from mission ary duties in Japan. Hostesses at the meeting will be Mrs. Raymond Welton, Mrs. Charles Leader and Mrs. William Van Tassel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
MYSTERY HANGS OVER SHOOTING
Leonard French Reported Fairly Good at Derby
 Hospital
BEACON FALLS Correspondent: Wm. ]. Baxter. Phone Naugatuck 652-2

Beacon Falls, March 2-Mystery clouds the shooting of Leonard French of Maple avenue. Mir. French who was shot in the left knee Saturday night was reported in fairly good condition this morn ing at the Grimm hospital, Derby, where he was taken.
 His condition was not considered dangerous. Dr. Harvey of Seymour is now treating him and it is prob able x-Rays will be taken today to determine the extent of the wound.
 Although French was reported as being shot near White Swan inn here Saturday night, an employe of the inn today said We know noth- ing about it."
 State police said early today they had no report on it and made no arrest. Former State Trooper Har- old Richter who was with French at the time is said to have been car- rying gun which, 1t is reported, went of accidentally. It is known relatives of MT. French will demand an inquiry to determine the facts of the shooting.
 Dr. Charles Kennedy of Nauga- tuck was called and treated French, ordering him home. Last night the injured man was taken to the Grif- fin hospital.
 Richter who is now a trucking firm employe, was connected with 8 shooting at speeding car two years ago which resulted in the death of an occupant of the auto, due to an accident when bullet hit the car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Only One Ethiopian
 Army Left M Field
zation working in the interests of Great Britain and France?
 Remained Loyal Until Now
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Zatlon WOrKlng Ill the interests Oi Great Britain and France?
 Remained Loyal Until Now
 Until now Italy has remaind Loyalty and disinterestedly one of the guarantors of the covenant of Locarno and other international obligations. Super -sanctionism may destroy all these, Geneva is at the crossroads. We expect it to take full cognizance of it's responsibilities" It was made quite plain here as the Leagues penalties committee of 1a gathered at Geneva that the gov- ernment is ready to adopt a new foreign policy-presumably along the lines of the warning given in Mus solini's mouthpiece-if the league votes to extend penalties. The gov- ernment is determined also, it was said, to pursue relentlessly vigorous drive in East Africa.
 League Faces Supreme Test
 Geneva, March D. (UP)- The League of Nations policy of impos- ing penalties on warmakers, called the worlds greatest hope of en- forcing peace on ambitious states men, faced its supreme test today
 Delegates of IS nations represent ed on the leagues general staff committee of 18, in general charge of penalties against Italy, gathered for meeting at 3:30 D. m. Q0:3C a. m. E.S.T.) to consider applica- ton of an oil embargo or other new penalties against Italy because of it's war on Ethiopia.
 An early canvass of delegates showed the general opinion that the oil embargo would be side tracked but other penalties voted:
 Bluntly put, the delegates faced the choice:
 1-Of penalizing Italy additional ly because far from stopping the war which 50-add League nations have denounced as unjust and il- legal Italy has proceeded even more relentlessly.
 2-Of refraining from penalizine Italy because of the very military successes the league denounces, in fear that Premier Benito Mussolini if he did not start war in Europe might leave the league, seek tc align himself with Germany and Hungary, and possibly denounce the Locarno treaty which guarantees the German-Belgian-French frontiers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
South Church

Edward B. Tracy, speaking last night at the Sunday forum of the South Federated church, discussed the reigns and personalities of the three black kings" of Haiti. He al- so outlined the life of Alexander Hamilton. The three kings were Touisaint, Denisalines and Henry Christophie. Discussing the life of Hamilton the speaker pointed out the countless problems he had to overcome as the first secretary of the U. s. treasury. His relation touched upon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

The High Rock Mountaineers participated in the program of the annual parents-daughters banquet held last week by Ansonia assem- participated in the program of the bly,. Order of Rainbow in Masonic temple. The group consisted of: Noble Allen, Joseph Fisher, Ralph Bradley, Frederick Foetsch, Frank lyn Brenneau and Edmund Sierra kowski.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02


 
 rice exchange reopened, with prices very slightly higher. Tho stock ex- change remained closed only until business conducted before last We'd nesday, when the revolt started, was cleared up.
 Cabinets Leaders Meet
 There were several informal meet ings of cabinet leaders, meeting of the privy council at the imperial palace, and leaders of all sorts dis cussed the formation of a new gov- ernment.
 It was predicted that the first business would be to name a new privy seal, to succeed Admiral Vis- count Makoto Saito, killed by the extremists, and that Premier Kei- suke Okada and his entire cabinet wolud resign.
 There was every indication that a strong" cabinet would be formed, headed by a man who if not an army general would be satisfactory to the army. But the man most frequently AllCllLlOllCA do 4hAAAANC hAAAAobSAb w succeed Korekiyo Takahashi, slain by the rebels, was Eiga Fukai, pres ident of the Bank of Japan. His policies are the same as those of Takahashi, who led in great part to the revolt-opposition to big army and navy appropriations.
 Two Others Were Lucky
 In addition to the two men who "came alive" after it was announc- ed rebels killed them Premier Okada and Admiral Soroku Suzuki two other men who had been on the assassination list came to Tokyo today to join in conferences.
 They were Prince Saionji, last of the elder statesmen, the emperor's s closest adviser, and Count Mobukai Makino, former lord keeper of the privy seal. Both escaped the assis- sins. Saionji was warned in ad- vance; Makino escaped when his police guard fought the rebels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Sunday Club

Stuart Chase's book, Rich Man Poor Man" was reviewed yesterday at a meeting of the Sunday Noon club of the Second Congregational church by w. G. Green, office man. ager of the Chase Companies, Inc. Charts in the book, which is based on the theory of the Peoples League for Social Security, were explained. MT. Green pointed out that the scheme is a socialistic one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Lemke bill in committee. O'Connor, furious, retaliated with a statement in which he declared that he would kick Father Coughlin down Penn sylvania avenue if he ever came to Washington. The next day, on the floor of the house, O'Connor apolo- gized for the "kicking" threat, but repeated his attacks on the Radio Priest" The following Sunday, Father Coughlin again devoted a good part of his address to O'Con- nor, and the latter again retaliated with strongly-worded statements.
 O'Connor has since threatened criminal libel suits several times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Youth Cnuncil

The idea of being Respondent and individualistic was stressed by Rev. T. c. Bobilin, pastor of the First Methodist church, in his speech to the members of the new Youth Council in talk given yes-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
RECKLESS DRIVER

Bridgeport, Conn, March 2-U. PA technical reckless driving charge was lodged against Robert Lewis as result of the death early
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Regular air service has just been inaugurated between the Irish Free State and EnRland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
Department To Meet

Department To Meet A meeting of the Beacon Falls
 fire department will be held tonight at 2 p. m. at the hose house. It is
 the regular monthly meeting and a
 large attendance is expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
some money was paid.
 No Secret About It

some money was palu.
 No Secret About It
 "There can be no secret about his identity because Pastori must have known his name. He kept the pas- senger records which Grace lines New York offices must have, owing to the ticket sold him before he came aboard. The mysterious stranger was a victim of hallucina- tions. He had a mania that the Lindbergh baby kidnaper was aboard the ship" Davies said that Pastori had no way of knowing how much money the man had. T am sur prised that the purser Is able to state so exactly the amount of | oney received" he said, "because this type of deposit never is check ed up and is delivered by the pas senger to the purser in an envelope that is sealed with sealing wax, The purser signs receipt for the envelope, and not for the amount of money, which the purser does not see."
 May Be New Reprieve
 Trenton, N. J., March 2-(UP)- Bruno Richard Hauptmann, on the basis of present indications, will receive another reprieve before he is scheduled to go to the electric chair for the murder of the Lind- bergh baby the week of March 30, a high state officer said today.
 The reprieve statement was made shortly after an important confer ence among Attorney General David T. Wilentz. Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the state po- lice and Prosecutor Anthony Hauck of Hunterdon County convened at the statehouse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

Public schools reopened here to- day after a weeks vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02

today of Paul J. Masek, B, from automobile injuries. Masek was run down by Lewis car while crossing a street. His skull was fractured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
JAPAN SUICIDE
 VICTIMS GROW

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-02
EMPLOYES OF NEW
 HAVEN RAILROAD
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printers helper, 19 were section men and three were bridgemen.
 Local EmDlOyes Worried
Evening star., 1936-11-22

hF ESPEClAL interest, OF course, Il
~ the life Of the junior Decatur to
the people Of the District of Columbia,
since he resided here, where he was
also . property owner, fought his
famous duel Just outside the District,
and after his death was buried In old
Kalorama vault, where his body re-
mained for more than q quarter Of
century.
BY birth he was Q Marylander, his
mother having moved to Worcester
County when Philadelphia was occu-
pied By the British Army under Sir
William Howe. and It was here, in
Sinepuxent, on the eastern shore Of
Maryland, that the younger Decatur
first saw the light Of day, on January
s, 1779, and sailing vessels and fght-
ing battles seems to have been In
herited from his ancestors and to
have been born within him.
He frst entered the United States
Navy in the Summer Of 1913, when
an appointment was obtained for him
by Comdr. John Barry, his commits
sion being dated back TO April 80 Of
that year and his appointment as Q
lieutenant came year later.
Although Decatur apparently loved
fighting, yet the better part Of the
man was exemplified when he gave
his FIRST months pay to the widow
German. whose husband, shipmas-
ter, had been lost ct sea, and who
had been his first teacher in school.
but who was then aged and In want.
It is also said that upon Decaturs
return to Philadelphia. after one Of
his earliest voyages, he visited this
aged schoolmistress, TO whom he
Evening star., 1936-11-22

military drill by Capt. Standish's we'll
trained soldiery. and with such sports
and pastimes as characterized the rec
reations of the middle class of Eng
nsh people in those times at home"
Evening star., 1936-11-22

COURAGE PART OF HISTORY
Younger of Commodores Family Won Immortal Place by Battle
With Pirates and Destruction of Fngate.

brought from the West Indies q bag
of coffee and barrel Of sugar.
Parental influence has much to do
in the making of man, and the
saying. Train up q child and the
way he will CO." is very true one.
At any rate, if Stephen Decatur is
to be blamed for fighting duels, surely
his father was to an extent RESPONSE
BILE for intoxicating this barbarous
method of settling differences in the
mind Of his son, as happened to be
the case with his first encounter.
YOUNG Decatur, it seems, had been
insulted by the chief mate Of
another vessel, and the father, accord
ing to an early account, looking upon
the affair as military man, and in
q view which custom and public
opinion sanctioned, came to the con-
clusion that Stephen could not avoid
calling the offender to an account.
Stephen accordingly sent Somers to
ask an apology for the unprovoked az.
gression. 1t was refused, and chal-
lenge was sent and accepted.
Meantime Decatur had finished re-
cruiting, and returned to his ship,
Evening star., 1936-11-22

ing. Mourn. Columbia! For one of thy
brightest stars Is set! A son without
fear and without reproach, in the
fullness Of his fame, in the prime Of
his usefulness, has descended into
the tomb!"
Even at this date Congress and the
country looked upon dueling with dis
favor, and so, when John Randolph
of Roanoke offered the following day
q resolution in the House Of Repre-
sentatives that the House adjourn
and later attend the funeral Of the
commodore, and that the members
wear Grape on the left arm for the
remainder Of the session In testimony
of their respect for the deceased. it was
opposed by John w. Taylor of New
York, who said that though "in re-
spect for the memory and public
services of the deceased he yielded
to no member Of the House." yet "he
felt constrained to say that he died
in violation Of the laws Of God and
of his country" The motion was
withdrawn. Later, Congress did ad-
journ, actually for the purpose Of
attending the funeral, which oc-
Cured on Friday, March "a, though
this was not stated as the reason for
its adjournment.
THE old mansion to which Decatur
was taken after having been NOR
tally wounded still stands at the south
west corner of Jackson place and H
street, Just of Lafayette Square. in q
neighborhood replete with American
history, and from this home. erected
by the commodore in 1919 from de-
signs by Benjamin H. Latrobe (who
also designed st. Johns Church, near
by, the body of the hero Of many sea
battles was borne, on the day set at
O'Clock in the afternoon, to the Bar
low vault at Kalorama.
In April, 1914, an appeal was made
to Mrs. Decatur, to permit the removal
Of the body of her husband to Wood
lawn Cemetery, on the banks Of the
Schuylkill, Philadelphia. But to this
request Mrs. Decatur declined to give
her consent, assigning as the reason
that some years before her husbands
death when urged to take part in the
management of the Congressional
Cemetery, and the statement was ad-
vanced that this place would probably
in the end receive his own remains,
he said that If he were permitted to
choose the place of his interment, ''it
would be near the tomb of his parents,
at the Church Of st. Peter in Phila-
delphia." And 50 it happened that, in
l846, all that was mortal Of the in
trepid commodore was transferred to
the place of his preference in the City
Of Brotherly Love, there to sleep until
the last trumpet shall sound.
MRS. DECATUR survived her hus-
A' band by slightly more than forty
years. and died June 81, 1860. She
was buried in Georgetown in what
was probably private cemetery con-
nected with one Of the Catholic in
stitutions Of that place. However,
like so many sacred spots where dis
tinguished Americans are buried, not
n mention our own, relatives and
friends, this little Gods acre was so
far neglected that it actually became
lost, and it was not until early in
1891, that it was found when building
operations, connected with George
town University. were in progress.
Originally her grave had been
Evening star., 1936-11-22

nounced It "the most bold and dar-
ing act of the age" However. De-
catur had o narrow escape the fol.
lowing Summer in the same waters.
when his brother James was killed
by Q treacherous enemy commander,
who shot him through the head after
having struck his colors. Stephen
Decatur's indignation at hearing Of
the murderous assault upon his broth.
er, is well told by the historian
Mackenzie, who says:
"Still needless Of every prudential
suggestion, he laid the head Of his boat
toward that Of his brothers murderer,
and, following him within the enemys
line. where he had taken refuge, ran
on board. and leaped upon his deck,
followed by the gallant young Mac
donough, and the nine remaining
Americans Of his crew. This was .
desperate undertaking. suggested by
q courage which stopped to consider
no inequality. For 40 minutes, the
result of the contest seemed uncertain.
Three of Decatur's followers were al
ready disabled by wounds.
"At length Decatur was able to
single out the treacherous commander,
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Thanksgiving
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military drill by Capt Standish's we'll
trained soldiery. and with such sports
and pastimes as characterized the rec
reations of the middle class of Eng
| nsh people in those times at home"
A THOUGH Washingtonians will
be forced to get along without
festivities, this year, numbers Of them
will do their own whooping in ath-
letic arenas,
For in the world Of sport. Thanks.
giving day and foot ball go together
like turkey and dressing. Scores Of
traditional games are played annually
on the holiday, in all sections Of the
country except New England, where
the religious aspect Of Thanksgiving
Is still paramount.
Thousands Of washingtonians will
time their Turkey day feasting to
take in the George washington-west
Virginia contest at Grifith Stadium.
Besides being the Colonials' home-
coming game, 1t will terminate one Of
the most successful seasons in their
history.
Horse racing at Bowie will vie with
foot ball for patronage for the Nations
Capital, on Thanksgiving or any other
day, is one Of the keenest turf towns
in the country.
That first celebration in Plymouth
having been a success, the idea began
to spread, and in 1880 Boston had a
public Thanksgiving day. In the en-
suing half century there were many
public days Of Thanksgiving ecclesi-
astically appointed In Massachusetts,.
| usually in October or November, and
in 1877 the first regular Thanksgiving
proclamation was printed. Other New
England colonies soon followed the
lead of Massachusetts, In observing
Thanksgiving day. Connecticut hav-
ing an almost unbroken record of the
holiday since l647.
lDURING the revolutionary War the
people and the Continental Army
observed a Thanksgiving day by pro-
clamation of the Continental Con-
gress, but as q national holiday It
then disappeared until 1t was revived
by President George Washington in
1889. The precedent he set then was
followed occasionally by other Pres
idents, but its real institution as q
national fete may be fairly credited to
Abraham Lincoln.
| In the South there was opposition
to the idea from the beginning, the
citizens calling 1t q Yankee holiday"
and refusing to have anything to do
with Ii until after the Civil War.
When Gov. Wise of Virginia presumed
to issue q Thanksgiving day procla-
nation In 1857, he was hotly denoun-
ced by newspapers and influential in
dividuals In his own and other South
ern States as attempting to revive
% relic Of P,lritanic bigotry."
Although Thanksgiving customs
have changed to such an extent In
three centuries that Americans, Is
well as going to special church SER
vices, now pass the day with theater-
going. bridge, horse racing, golf, and
foot ball-all Of which the original
Puritan celebrators would have frown.
ed upon-the flavor Of old New Eng
land still clings to its Observance. =,
Evening star., 1936-11-22

was about to drink his blood, and,
thrusting his own right hand into his
pantaloons' pocket, succeeded in cock
ing a pistol which he had there, and,
giving 1t the proper direction, fired.
The Tripolitan relaxed his hold and
Decatur, disengaging himself from
the heap of wounded and slain which
the struggle had gathered around him,
stood again that day a victor on the
enemy's deck"
INDEED, the tragedies Of Decatur's
life and his marvellous escapes were
many, and his duel with his brother
officer, Comdr. James Barron, was