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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-21
Recording Secretary

Franklin, financial secretary; Mrs.
Katherine hartman, treasurer:
Katherine Dermody, RICH guide;
Mrs. Elizabeth Savage, left guide;
Bridget Dunn, inside guard; Pa
tricia Tracy, outside guard; Paul
Inc Conlon, trustee: and Mary
Coogan, lecturer. DR.. E. II. john
Ston was again appointed physi-
clan. The schedule Of regular
meeting nights was transferred to
the LIST and 3rd Thursdays eve
nings Of each month for the con-
venience Of the general member
ship.
Preparations were made for the
annual installation ceremonies to
be held Thursday, January 7. the
ceremonies to be followed by a
dinner. and entertainment TO take
place at the Court hotel.
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quested Of them by Waterbury,
hundreds Of youngsters.

quested Of them by Waterbury,
hundreds Of youngsters.
The main corridor Of the post
Office building was crowded al
most 10 capacity today rs thou
sands sought TO buy stamps and
send registered letters and parcel
post packages. The business has
picked up stupendously since last
week, Postmaster Babin stated.
He urged everybody to get in
as early this week rs possible SO
as TO avoid the usual last minute
rush that usually occurs on the
second and last day prior to
Christmas day.
The extra force Of clerks and
carriers Of the local post offlGc
was In action today. Only a litfir
over three days remain for the
delivery Of Christmas mail. The
outgoing parcel post and regis
terede mail Is greater than IN
several years past, II was stated.
Daily increases are anticipated.
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Italy's conquest Of Halle Selas-
sizes hordes, Initiated on Oct. 3,
1895, and completed on May S. 1895,
added $4,000 square miles Of ter
ritoFy to Italy's possessions. Three
times the size Of Italy, this rich
territory has a population Of g.
100000 and unlimited natural re-
sources.
The No. event Of the year,
therefore, was the conquest Of
Ethiopia. No. 2 event was Italy's
alliance with Germany. The latter
development was brought about by
Englaid's and Frances bitter OPP
position TO Mussolhii's colonial war
IN violation OF the League Covenant.
Year Began Dsrkly
This year, which has proved so
lucky for Italy, did not begin 80
propitiousIy for Mussolini and his
Black Shirt Legions. At the close
Of 1895 his armies In Africa were
hundreds of miles from Adds Aba
ba, the League Of Nations was
threatening an oil embargo, and
gold reserves Of the Bank OF Italy
(becatise Of sanctions) were fast
dwindling.
Mussolini threatened military re-
sistance, which would have meant
war In Europe II the league carried
out It's project for an oil embargo
against italy. Millions Of Italians
came to the rescue Of the treasury
by contributing their gold wedding
rings and trinkets TO provide gold
for war purchase The amount re-
ceived never has been revealed, but
undoubtedly It tided the govern
ment over o dangerous financial
crisst and united the country as 1t
never has been united since the
advent OF Fascism.
January Offensives Started
The African campaign had reach
ed War Communique No. IS when
the present year dawned. There was
talk of offensives on both the north
ern and southern fronts, and rumors
OF TIE possibility Of war In Europe.
On Jan. IL, Gen. Rudolfo Ora
ziani initiated his offensive on the
southern front and on Jan. % he
captured Nehghelli. A few days later
on Jan. IS, Marshal Pietro Badog-
lilo started his offensive on the
northern. front and after four days
fighting routed the Ethiopians In
the battle Of the Tembein, killing
5000.
The first part Of February was
spent In large scale preparations for
new advances on both fronts, while
the League Of Nations was hesitat-
ing over the application Of an oil
embargo. The United States adopt
ed an Independent policy Of neutral
ity and the league abandoned It's
plans for sanctions.
Two Decisive Battles
In the middle of February Gen.
Badcglio met and after five days
fighting defeated Ras Mulughieta
and his army 10000 warriors, killing
about 5000. He followed up this
victory on Feb. 20 with a second
battle OF Tembien, routing Rases
Kassa and Seyoum, In which the
Ethiopians lost almost 5000 men.
The moral Of the Ethopians was
shaken, and the Italians prepared
during March for new advances at
Lake Aschianghi against the Ethio-
plans personally led by Halle Selas-
sic. The Emperor was badly de-
feated and fed toward Dessye, leav-
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lTALY EORTIFIES new POSITION
DURING 1886, YEAR | OF EMPIRE,
BY AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY
Mussolini Energies From Ethiopian War
To Become Bulwark Against
Communism In Europe
BY STEWART BROWN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Rome, Dec. 21-(UP)-The year now expiring wit
messed the foundation of Roman Empire and hence
forth Italian calendars will designate 1886 "Year of the
Empire" The will and determined courage of Premier Be
ntO Mussoin in the face of international opposition gave
Italy its empire Upon King Victor Emmanuel the Ita
ian dictator conferred the title of Emperor of Ethiopia and
upon himself the title of Empire Founder.
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Charles A.
Babin and
his staff are
b u ~, b u I
n G xt week
and see the
mum b err Of
letters to ut.
N &c h o as
I h a I have
b e en- re-
ed to
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DEAR SANTA CLAUS"
Waterbury Youngsters Sending Requests to
Bethlehem, Conn.,, North Pole-70O Letters
Mailed at Local Post Office

Santa Claus Is more popular than
ever In Waterbury this year. II you
don't believe It, visit the postoffice,
not this week while Postmaster
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WILD DUCKS TAGGED

Oakland, Cal, CUP)-On the
shores of Lake Merritt, In the
heart OF the city, where 5000 wild
ducks annually make their winter
home, officials Of the U. 8. bureau
Of biological survey have begun
their annual banding Of the birds
In order to trace their migratory
habits.
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HOME At WAIKIKI

Honolulu. (UP)--With features
adapted from several Of the historic
structures Of Hawaii, the American
Legion here has begun construction
OF a permanent clubhouse In the
Waikiki Beach section. The motif
Is taken from etchings made in
1854 showing mission church. the
kings armory and the kings sum-
mer home.
Germany's oil fields nov employ
about 1000 men.
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IDEAL COMBINATIONS PI.ANNEr

Nelson Eddy. co-star Of jeanette
MacDonald's in "Maytime". hopes
eventually to divide his time be-
tween the screen and opera.
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swept along. His condition was re-
ported fair att he hospital today.
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yodeling IA 10 be taught by mail
In England.
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Autorails are being developed rap
idly In France.
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Your gift Of gas or an electric
appliance is doubly appreciated
because, in reality, it is several
gifts in one. First, it is a gift of
beauty - at home in the most
distinguished environments. Sec
ond, it is a gift of utility - eff
cient and economical of opera
ton. And third, it is a gift Of
time - for by its use a house
wife gains countless leisure
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The Washington times., 1936-02-01

was identified when his finger
prints were forwarded to the
Department of Justice. His body
was exhumed and re-buried with
full military honors. More i'm
portant, his sorrowing family,
who had been searching vainly
for news of him, at last learned
what had happened.
Surprising Records
All fingerprints Of Civil Service
employees are now on file in the
Civilian Identification File at the
Department Of Justice.
Applicants for Civil Service po-
sitions who must submit to being
fingerprinted have occasionally
turned up some surprising records
when their prints were identified
with those in the criminal records.
Out Of the large number Of appli-
cantS for Governmental positions.
the fingerprint file has disclosed
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

impressions Of 1902 known kid
napers, extortionists, bank rob-
berS and outstanding criminals Of
the country.
The bureau recently inaugu-
rated q civilian Identification file
whereby respected citizens might
have their fingerprintS and those
Of their children placed on record
In case Of emergencies.
In the opinion Of J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Bureau Of
Investigation, every civilian should
have his fingerprintS on file in
this division. Organized but q
short time ago, 1t has proved in
valuable in identifying amnesia
victims. deceased persons and
missing persons.
A few months ago a young Army
officer who suddenly disappeared
from his California home was 10
Gated in potter's field, where he
had been buried after all efforts
to locate his family had proved
futile. The young man, who had
dropped dead Of heart failure,
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
Rachel Seeks
Wealth

Add to the legends Of Madame
Bovary" and Becky Sharp" the
story of Rachel Rosing" another
of the fatal beauties of fiction.
Howard Spring, who conducts
her adventures from Cheetham
Hill to the splendors of Portman
Square, is plainly q man with a
fondneSs for melodrama.
There are no subtletieS In the
tale he tells. Rachel wants wealth
and is willing to stoop to bigamy
to gain it.
Dickens, you may recall, used Q
dog to cut short the tyrannies Of
one Of his more unscrupulous
characters and Mr.. Spring proves
it is still q very good way.
Rachel RoSing" the story Of a
modern adventures by Howard
Spring. Hillman-Cu1 Publishers.
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Born in the West, 1t is only nat
ural that he should show q predi-
lection for the Western scene. and
most Of his etchings consequently
have been inspired by its rolling
hills and desert plains.
Mr.. West, having apparently
discovered early that he excels in
the depletion Of the elements at
work, has q great number Of etch-
ings in which the wind and snow
and rain figure prominently. He
likes the snowswept mountainside,
with the wind making progress Of
man and beast q difficult feat.
Effect Of Power
His seemingly effortless draw
ings create q much more power
full effect than many Of the art
lists Of great detail, who go about
their work proddingly to gain q
neat effect but lacking the
strength and dash Of Levon West.
Although the majority Of his
etchingS In the Smithsonian ex-
hibition are Of the West, there are
a number which are totally diff
ferent. His series Of four hunting
scenes, for instance, show Q pair
Of hunters from their start at
Dawn" to their Return by Moon.
light" a very effective quartet.
There are q few Venice canals
and not a few New York scenes,
with the wind blowing and the
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to undertake sufficient expendi-
lures for equipment to take fin
gerprints Of Federal prisoners. The
authorization was granted q
month later. However, five days
before, the system was introduced
in the st. Louis police department
by an officer Of Scotland Yard
who was guarding the Queens
jubilee presents on exhibition at
the st. Louis Exposition in that
year
The fingerprint bureau eStab-
nshed by the Department Of Jus
tice at Leavenworth Penitentiary
at first contained only the finger
prints Of Federal prisoners. But 1t
expanded rapidly by maintaining
q free exchange service whereby
criminal records were received and
circularized among o growing list
Of contributing peace officers.
Police departments, sheriffs,
State police organizations, Fed.
eral agencies, penal institutions
and others realizing the benefits
derived from this comparatively
simple and positive method Of
Identification, began to demand
one system Of cooperation on q
national scale. And in 1924 the
Identification division was placed
under the Federal Bureau Of In
veStigation and the records Of
both the National Bureau Of Grim
inal Identification and the Leaven-
worth Penitentiary bureau were
consolidated in Washington.
About 5000 finRerprint records
are now received daily by the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Each inquiry is answered by let
ter within SO hours Of its re-
ceipt.
When fugitives are being held
in custody telegraphic replies are
transmitted by the bureau to
interested agencies.
About 400 fugitives are identi-
fled by the bureau each month
as its fingerprint experts COM
pare the impressions on current
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deserters, forgers. kidnapers, anG
men convicted Of felonies.
Many Of the larger business
houses today insist on taking
prints of their prospective EN-
ployes which they send on to the
Department of Justice just ir
case.
Banks have almost made il
compulsory to submit to finger
printing as have large manufac
turing concerns.
In some of the larger cities
police urge citizens to place their
fingerprintS on file in the civilian
identification file more as E
safety measure than anything
else.
These files are kept separate
and distinct from the criminal
files and Mr.. Hoover had made
it clear they are for the protec
ton Of the respected citizen.
In many cities newborn babies
are fingerprinted to save a pos
Sible mistaken in identity.
While to some the child found
in the woods near Hopewell, N. j..
is that of the, Lindbergh baby.
to others it will always remain
a doubt despite the fathers iden.
tification. Such a question could
never arise had the child been
fingerprinted and the records
kent.
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rain pouring down beneath the
"L",
On the whole. it's an exhibition
well worth seeing.
Mr.. Vests background is al
most as varied as his prints.
He was born in Centerville, s. D.,
in 1900, the son Of Congrega-
tional minister. Through his
mother, whose family name was
also West, he is a descendant Of
Benjamin West. the celebrated
American painter who was the
second president of the Royal
Academy.
From his earliest recollection,
he was being supplied with a
drawing pencil in their efforts to
keep him out Of mischief, and
when he was still a youth, his
father put him to work at copy
ing reproductions Of the etchings
Of the old masters, particularly by
Rembrandt and Van Dyke.
American Scenes
When he left high school, the
young man went to the University
of Minnesota to study not art, but
economics. However, during his
college years, he used his paint
ing and illustrating as as source Of
income.
Completing his course at Mime
sofa, he came east to study at Har-
ward, but while in New York he
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
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Europa" by Robert Brit
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eff / Have Four Apples" by
Josephine Lawrence (Stokes).
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Career" by Phil StOng
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81 Write AS I Please" by
Walter Duranty (SimOn &
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'"The WOOllCOtt Reader" by
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North to the Orient" by
Anne Lindbergh (HarcOurtl.
my Country and My
People, by Lin Yutang (Rey-
nal & HitchCOck).
Man the Unknown" by
Alexis Carrel (Harper).
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prints with those in the files.
Further. to amplify and expand
its service to identify fugitives.
the bureau publishes q monthly
bulletin listing the principal Of
tenders whose apprehension is
desired by various law enforce
ment agencies.
All police officials are invited
to avail themselves Of the in
formation contained In the files
Of the Federal Bureau Of InveS.
tigation and its service is rem
dered free Of cost to all legally
constituted law enforcement
agencies.
The single fingerprint files,
wherein individual prints are
classified by various special Sys-
TENS serve as a medium for the
ready Identification of latent
prints found at the scenes Of
crimes.
This file, which has been in
augurated in the bureau as a
further service to law enforce
ment agencies, contains the single
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

In this witty summation Of the
efforts and results of the worlds
scientists he sees a lot of things
left undone. He hasn't a lot Of
hope that anything will be accom-
plished with any startling sudden
ness but he does hold out the
promise that there's plenty to be
done If scientists will work hard
for the next 100 years.
He doesn't feel so proud Of those
who work in the field of cura-
tive medicines when they can't
find something to stop a common
cold. AS far as the progress in
this direction is concerned DR..
Furnas says If you are looking for
a cure, to write down on separate
pieces Of paper all the cures
you're ever heard of. Shake well
and take your pick. His attitude
is that certainly you will get one
that is just as good as any other
you could choose.
On the other hand he declares
If you are treated by q doctor
while you have cold, it will take
two weeks to cure it. While If
you don't have q doctor it will
take IA days to get over it.
DR.. FurnaS goes Q bit further
than arraigning his colleagues in
his volume, however, and takes
up the problem Of research, its
benefits. its goals. and looks ct 1t
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
She Falls
" LOUe

We have Marian Sims to thank
for an appealing piece Of light fic-
ton curiously. titled 'The World
With A Fence" It has to do with
q young lady Of 26 who rebels
against the accepted pattern for
American womanhood and sets out
to stir up her own brand Of ex.
element.
She tries school teaching but
proves too liberal for the prevail
ing system and decides to take
shot at advertising. This field pro
videS a happy outlet for her tai
ents, and she is well on her way
to financial independence when
she has the misfortune to fall in
love with her boss.
OF course, she marries. him in
the end, but not without a Strug-
gle calling for great courage and
fortitude. The boss, you see, has
wife, and an elderly neurotic
wife at that.
News Of her husbands interest
in the heroine causes this poor
lady to plunge into suicide and
the situation narrowS down to one
Of those psychological problems
in which the heroine has her
man but fears to take him. Only
the author can find q way out
and even that way fails to be
very clear.
'"The World With Fence" the
story Of a girl who wanted a ca
reer. BY Marian Sims. Lippin-
colt.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

met Joseph Pennell, the great
etcher, who urged him to take up
the study Of etching. West fol
lowed Pennell'S advice and later
went to Europe to study.
Returning to this country, west
began his series Of etchings OF
the American scene. He now spends
his summers in the West making
new pictures Of his native soil.
He is @ member Of the Society
Of American Etchers, the Amer
ican Institute Of Graphic Arts
and the Print Collectors Club.
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

fingerprint system in the identi-
fication Of criminals.
Cations articles relating to fin.
gerprintS were published in 1892
and 1893.
Shortly after, Juan Vucetich.
noted Argentine dactyloscopist,
claimed to. have made his first
criminal Identification through
the medium Of fingerprintS.
Then Sir Z. r. Henry, later
commissioner Of police Of Scot
land Yard, who engaged in the
study ordered by the British gov;
ernnient, in order to lessen the
difficulty Of dealing with large
collections Of fingerprintS, devised
q simpler, yet more comprehen-
Sive, basis Of filing and classifying
prints.
In 1901 his system was success
fully introduced in both England
and Wales. It now forms the basis
Of the system employed by all
Identification bureaus in the
United States as well as other
English-Speaking countries. The
Vucetich system has been adopted
by those nations where Spanish
is the state language.
According to the Henry system,
all fingerprint impressions are di-
vided into the following types Of
patterns: loops, twinned loops,
central pocket loops, lateral loops,
arches, tented arches, whorls and
accidentalS.
Subject to q few exceptions
where unusual patterns occur and
by studying q definite portion Of
each fingerprint impression, de-
Scribed as the pattern area, gener-
ally comprehended by the outer
and inner termini (kpown aS the
deltaS and cores and by counting
or tracing the individual ridges
intervening between coreS), and
by counting or tracing the indi.
vidual ridges intervening between
such points, it Is possible to clas-
sify each Of the 10 fingers into q
definite, fixed group.
The 10 fingers then are conSid.
cred as a unit to attain the COM
plete classification which permits
the filing Of fingerprint records
in sequence, without reference to
name, description or crime spe-
cialty Of the individual. It en-
ables the fingerprint expert, in q
bureau containing millions Of
prints, to establish an identified
tion in q few minutes.
It has been necessary for the
larger bureaus to amplify and ex.
tend the original Henry system
to facilitate the searching Of files
although they have adhered to
its basic principles.
Gilbert Thompson, Of the
United States Geological Survey,
who used his thumb impression
to prevent the forgery Of commits.
sary orders during his supervision
Of q survey in New Mexico In
1882, was the first person in the
United States known to have used
the fingerprint as an authentic
record.
But the first practical introduc.
ton Of fingerprintS for criminal
Identification in the United States
is claimed by New York State
and based on the system at Sing
Sing prison on June 5, 1908.
Then on September "a, 1904, r.
w. McClaughry, warden of the
United States Penitentiary at
1eavenworth, Kan, requested au-
thority Of the Attorney General
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POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION is PROVIDED BY FINGERPRNTS
Prove Value in Protecting
Law-Abiding Citizens,
Exposing Criminal

On day g. 1925 four bandits descended the First National
Bank of Lamar Colo shot and killed the president and the
cashier kidnapped two other employesone Of whom later
found murderedsnd fled the border into western
Kansas with 100000 of the banks funds.
They tricked Dr. w. W. Weninger, Of DightOn Kan into
driving his into the country to treat wounded companion
Then they shot the doctor threw his body and
pushed his car after him. Both found shortly afterwards
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
'TheNextHundredYears
In Scientific Research

Looking through the eyes of Prof O. Furnas scien
tc progress about nineehs boast and oneenth actual
fact
Dr. Funas who associate professor Of chemical engineer
ing Yale University says just about that much in his latest
effort, "The Next Hundred Years"
The Washington times., 1936-02-01
West Etch17gs on Exhibit
At Smithsonian

There something magnificent in the casual sweep Of
Levon Vests echings His lines sweeping rough and
sometimes just suggested But the effect they give
of strength and power.
Fftyive Of Levon Vests etchngs will 60 exhibition
Monday in the Division Of Graphic Arts Smithsonian Build
ing, and will remain there through March g
The Washington times., 1936-02-01

with an eye on the social complex
ties involved.
The provocative style through
out makes the volume based on
the extreme dry and hard to un-
derstand theories Of science faSci-
mating and easily readable.
C"The Next Hundred Years" BY
DR.. c. c. FurnaS, published by
Reynal 81 Hitchcock
The Washington times., 1936-03-12
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Advertisements under this heading are
presumed to be from private individuals,
unless the advertisement gives q firm
name or = business address or states the
word Dealer" Members of the public
who find dealers advertising in this
column az private individuals are urged
to report the matter to The Times for
Investigation.
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