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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-16
LOggia Italia

The annual Christmas party of
Loggia Italia Progressive. Sons of
Italy, took place last evening in
Liberty hall. Joseph Moschella
was chairman Of the arrange
ments committee, assisted by Louis
Munro, Frank Caruso, Joseph
Solomita and Paul Carissimi.
Members of DiSilvestro lodge and
of the Regina Elena and Avellino
lodges were guests at the party
last evening.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-16
FRATERNAL NEWS

ed Weston Carter president at
the annual meeting of the group
held last evening in Mechanics
hall.
Others chosen were: Vice-presi-
dent, Carl Ranslow; recording
secretary, Arthur s. Daniels; mas
ter of forms, Arthur Beebe;
treasurer, Frank Blakeslee; fl
nancial secretary, Claude B. Link;
conductor, Rodman Snow; inside
guard, Paul Couch; outside guard,
Claude F. Link; trustee, Louis w.
Curtis. The salte will be induct-
ed January 81.
Camps Of the state have been
invited to attend the first meet
ing Of Washington camp in its
new meeting place, Lord Kitchen
er post hall, january z. A special
program has been arranged for
the meeting.
&C Club
Officers of the G. and G. Social
club for the ensuing year were
elected last night. They are:
President, Peter Rosato; vice.
President, Nicholas Topazio;
treasurer, Joseph Ruggiero; finan-
cial secretary, Joseph Della
Camera; corresponding secretary,
Anthony Carangelo; assisting cor
responding secretary, Carmine
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-16
- SPO7LIGHTZNG -
Brass City News

presided rs tOastmaster. Repre-
sentatives were present from
nearly every town In the coun-
ty.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-16

Washington Camp
Members Of Washington Camp,
Patriotic Sons Of America. eleet-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17

is worse. What of the next year or
two or more? Is America merely be-
ginning upon an indefinitely prolong-
ed series of dry seasons?
Some authorities say that weather
is cycical, and argue that the period
of aridity has about run itself out.
Others take a less hopeful view
They assert that desert in the very
heart of the most productive grain
areas Of the United States is in the
making. and that the process already
is completed in vast sections. Nature,
they gloomily reason, has begun the
collection of n long overdue war debt.
WATER LEVEL SINKS
The picture is grewsome one. in
which the warm colors of growing
crops. of wheat yellowing in the sun
and corn waving silken tassels have
been blotted out, over thousands of
square miles by the shadow Of drift
ing sand. Billowing clouds of gray OBJ
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17

liViOn cover an enormous terrain
where once cattle grazed and where,
later, the farmers plowshare tore up
the roots of native grasses, to replace
them with fields of waving grain.
The temptation of wartime prices
for grain laid millions of acres open
to ravage by wind. The surface root
ing of cereal crops could not hold the
light soil as did the earlier turf.
Consequently the subterranean
water level began sinking Where, in
the range DAVIS in these sections, mois-
ture could be found sometimes inches
and never more than a few feet be-
low the surface, the level now goes
down as low as 30 feet.
And it is spreading.
A NATIONAL CALAMITY
This drouth already has assumed
the proportions Of a national calamity
and as vet no Joseph has appeared to
point to Pharaoh path of deliver
ance.
Fully so per cent Of the cereal crops
areas have felt the blight of the mer-
CHESS sun. Five million farmers gov
eminent agencies call this a conserva-
tive estimate) have seen their crops
wilt. wither and die. Other millions
| ono one will hazard a guess as to the
exact numbeD will pay their proper
| ton of the uncollected war debt in
rocketing food prices by the time
| snow flies.
Wheat crop estimates for the year,
released by the agriculture depart
ment, just as figures on the acreage
blasted Jy the sun began coming in
put the total at 63S 100000 bushels, IS
millions above last years low produc-
ton. Then revisions began and now
the figures are sliding steadily down
ward Where will they stop? No one
knows, but latest calculations place
the destruction, already wrought, at
60 to 70 millions of bushels in spring
wheat alone
What this will mean, translated into
bread prices, no one has the temerity
to guess.
Next: Relief by WPA.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17
Trouble Ahead If Drouth
Lasts Very Much Longer
CONTINUED from rage One.)

farmers, business men and the gov
eminent untold millions this year
alone.
Reports from the grain states dur
ing the past fortnight have certainly
been alarming. It is still too early to
tell how extensive the final damage
will be. Quite often a crop disaster
in one section actually boosts total
farm income for the entire nation.
Higher prices for carry-overs and for
the growing crops in other areas off
set lower production That is what
occurred in 1884 when the worst
drought in our history actually boost
ed farm income Is per cent However,
I do not believe that we can expect a
repetition of the 1884 situation this
year. For instance, carry-over of corn
on July 1 was only one-half of that of
two years ago.
Where Danger Lies.
So far the hardest-hit sections are
the Dakotas, eastern Montana, west
ern Wyoming, and parts of Minnesota,
Another distress area extends south
ward from Kentucky into northern
Tennessee, Georgia, and the Caro-
linas. Over half a million farms with
three million inhabitants face prac-
tically complete losses of their crops.
Apparently conditions today are al
ready as bad as they were in the ter
riIle drought of 1884 with the posi-
bility that they may prove to be far
more serious. The government esti-
mates that the spring wheat crop will
hn 1.
u per cent; oats, 60 per cent; hay,
IS per cent; tobacco, 81 per cent; and
pasture, So per cent. Moreover, the
blistering heat has taken a terrific
toll since these estimates were made
on July first.
While the spring wheat harvest will
probably be the smallest in half a
century, I believe that the real dan
ger now lies in the drought spreading
to the corn and cotton crops. While
the wheat harvest is valued at nearly
one billion dollars in a normal year,
the corn crop would run close to two
billion dollars, and cotton is still
king" of American agriculture. If
the drought fans out to the southwark
into the Cotton Belt and spreads east
ward into the Corn Belt with no soak
ing rains before August 1, then there
is serious trouble ahead from a ma
tional viewpoint. The big If in the
situation is when the relief will come.
Naturally the longer rain is delayed
the worse will be the result.
Remember, however, that grains or
dinarily produce only 10 per cent of
total farm receipts. Dairy livestock,
small fruit, and vegetable businesses
are far more important nationally.
Already the early season misfortune
of some farmers has been of benefit
to others. For instance, the spelling
of early potato crops boosted the
price of Maine ''tubers" to a seven
year peak. The good winter wheat
crop is coming to market just in time
to catch the recent 30-cent-per-bu shel
increase in wheat prices. Hence, dras-
tic injury to our feed and cotton
crops in some states could be offset
by good gain in farm income in I'M
affected areas.
Drought throughout the Plains
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of her connections which might have
a bearing on the case, but declined
to reveal the results. Clevenger found
her body at about $3.50 a. m. yesterday
when he went to the girls room from
his own, just around the corridor cor
ner.
A mystery man" whom several
persons saw, but whom no one has
come forward to identify publicity
was sought as the one who dashed
from the fashionable hotel into an
early morning thunderstorm at about
the time physicians said the girl died
The body, with the face mutilated
by a series of vicious jabs from a
sharp instrument, and with a bullet
hole ranging downward through the
left portion of her chest, was at an
undertaker's today.
An examining physician, who re-
fused to permit use of his name, said
an attempt had been made to Grim
inally assault the girl-but a full re-
port was expected from Coroner
George Baier, Jr., today.
Baier said the bullet was from an
unusual type of gun, probably of a
foreign make'-the sole clue 80 far
revealed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17

States almost inevitably means higher
feed for dairymen and poultry raisers
forces up the price of milk, butter,
cheese, and eggs from Pressure Isle,
Maine, to San Diego, California. Fur
thermore, lack of feed and water will
not help the hog and cattle situation.
The high meat prices of 1885 may be
matched or topped after the supplies
Of forced-slaughter animals have been
cleaned up. The retail price of food
is now about 40 per cent above the
depression bottom. Every time the
mercury breaks a record somewhere
cut in North Dakota it means that
your food bill for the coming winter
has already moved UP another notch.
Railroads Will Suffer.
Frankly, I am not yet alarmed by
the effect of this drought on the long
pull business outlook for the entire
country, even though certain terri
tories will be hit very badly. The gov
eminent is pouring funds into the dry
belt to relieve distress just as fast as
it can. Retail sales have already drop
ped sharply. The railroads in afflicted
regions will feel the blow terribly.
They will lose this years grain traffic
and there will &c no drought" bene-
fits for them. Farm implement houses
will see a serious drop in their sales
in the stricken sections. Hence stock
and commodity markets will follow
conditions very closely.
It is now impossible to say how this
drought will effect the vote on No
vember third. The administration will
receive credit for rushing relief into
the stricken regions. Yet the Repub-
licans will lose no opportunity in re-
calling the New Deals policy of plow-
ing under crops and Strengthening live
stock. They will point out how alb
solutely superficial any agricultural
program of this sort is in the face of
natures forces. Personally, I feel that
part of the AAA money could have
been better spent Some Of it would
have done far more lasting good if it
had been used to develop a scientific
method of giving warning of such ter
rifle catastrophes as last springs
floods and this current drought.
Business, as estimated by the Bah
sonchart, is only four per cent below
normal and is now II per cent above
year ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17
TIGERS WILL PLAY
DURHAM SATURDAY

The Henderson Tigers, local Negro
baseball team will meet the Durham
White Sox tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at Institute Field, it was
stated today. Davis and Boone were
scheduled for mound duty.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17

Bartholomew Karpis, center
Heavily depues Alvin Karps
with hat and Edmund Bartholomew at left of Kar
entering federal ST. Paul. nn charges of abduct
ing William Hamm Paul brewer Karpis erstwhle Public
pleaded guilty the abduction His sentence de-
still probably this autumn for another
abduction that of Edward Bremen bank president Bartholomew
Bensonvle postmaster whose home the government
charges after Karpis had
tilted his guilt GO raj
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17
Asheville's Hotel
Death Is Mystery

Continued from Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17

Long before 1914, the chief nations
of Europe agreed not to use poison
gases in warfare.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17
SAYS THIS DROUTH
: WORSE THAN 1884
Crave for Wealth in Inten-
sive Cultivation TAX
ing Toll in West

This is the first of three ar
ticles on the governments eff
forts to combat the drouth.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-17
BY CHARLES y. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

Washington, July 17-Ihe drouth
of 1894 was catastrophe. This years
Evening star., 1936-03-17

rich, has decided to part with the
animal.
Now. in Sawmill Flat several men
were indebted to Joaquin, the result
of having played markers" at his
monte game. Deciding to attempt
to collect some of these debts now,
Joaquin, on the day after his ar
rival, saddled the new mule and rode
down into Sawmill Flat. As he dis
mounted in front Of the principal
saloon and tied the animal to a tree
several men. obviously the worse for
liquor, stumbled out.
"Hey, there, greaser," one OF them
shouted, what you doin' with my
mule?"
Joaquin looked across at the man
and saw that the fellow had him
covered with his pistol. Although
armed himself, he realized that, no
matter how fast he might be on the
draw, this drunken fool had but to
squeeze the trigger on the instant
Joaquin's hand fell to his holster.
No, the odds were against him, albeit
obviously here was another of that
type of gringo from whom he had
secretly sworn never to accept an in
suit. He replied quietly:
MY friend, is it necessary to argue
this simple matter with pistols?
Evening star., 1936-03-17
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waited to express my gratitude for
his hospitality. it is because depart
hurriedly. In 10 days I shall return
with the $4,000 he requires. Thus
he will be spared the necessity for
selling some cattle. A hurried sale
breeds low prices"
Juanita gazed at him with starry
eyes. You bear QUIZ hearts away
with you," she almost whispered. Re
turn with them, good friend and true.
Adios. Go with God"
His own dead heart leaped a little,
but not with the implication, how
ever vague, Of her words, but because
his offer had not been declined. The
high pride Of the De La Cuestas was
falling. He had been received by
Juanita as an equal! And, despite
his humble rearing, something in him
claimed that, yearned for 1t, as a
boon as precious as lie itself.
There were small banks now In
Evening star., 1936-03-17

Sacramento and San Francisco, but
Joaquin had never had experience
of banks and did not trust them. His
accumulated gold dust he had cached
under the roof Of his brothers cabin;
he reasoned that no man would sus-
pect the presence of gold in such poor
and humble surroundings; in the
event of his death Jesus was to take
it for his own.
He rode the palomilla, on that errand
of mercy, to the limit of the horses
endurance; upon his arrival there he
realized the animal would have to
have several days rest before being
fit for the return journey. So he
settled down to his enforced wait"
Jesus had sad news for him. One
Of the pack-muleS had been stolen
and, because he could not do his
farm work with one mule, he had
purchased another from man who
had recently packed it in from
Shasta County and, having located
on Sawmill Creek a claim that had
been abandoned and was now proving
Evening star., 1936-03-17

do nothing with your mule. This
animal belongs to my brother. Jesus,
as I can very readily prove"
Hes my mule an he's been stole"
THAT is news to me and to my
brother. I am not a stranger in
Sawmill Flat. 1t is well known that
I have not the necessity to steal
mule, since l have no use for one;
myself I ride a horse, but today, my
horse being weary from a long, fast
journey, I borrowed this mule from
my brother to ride to town. 1t is
well known that. If I desired to own
a mule, am able to pay for him."
The man did not put up his gun.
Instead, he came closer to Joaquin.
An I'm tellin' you that's my
mule" he beloved. Hey. you fel-
lers." he addressed his companions,
you all know my mule that was stole
from me a week ago"
THAT sure is your mule" they all
agreed. and crowded closer beiger-
emily.
1T may be that once you owned
Evening star., 1936-03-17

other men to agree with the latest
speaker, who thereupon was hoisted
onto the mule and set out for the
farm Of Jesus Murietta. Joaquin
squatted on his heels under the tree
and rolled cigarette. In about half
an hour Jesus arrived, riding the other
mule.
my brother" Joaquin announced
to the crowd, speaks very little Eng
lish. I can interpret for him, but
perhaps some American who speaks
Spanish had better do that"
Nobody present, however, spoke
Spanish, so Joaquin explained the
situation to Jesus, who thereupon
pointed q finger at the man who
had first accosted Joaquin and an
swered.
my brother states" said Joaquin,
Evening star., 1936-03-17
EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON c. TUESDAY

belt and possess himself Of mis- arma-
ment. From the crowd q voice said:
Mule thief, eh? That calls for
lynchrn'."
That's right" another voice
chimed In. Let's lynch the thief"
"Is it, then" said Joaquin. ''the
habit Of Americans to lynch man
on suspicion, when 1t is SO easy to
give him o fair trial? Send for my
brother. I say. and he win prove that
I am no thief"
"Give the man a chance" another
voice suggested. This feller's always
behaved himself, SO far as I know.
an 'taint likely he'd be fool enough
to steal q local mule an then ride
him into town. I'll 60 get his brother.
know where he lives"
A latent sense of justice now moved
Evening star., 1936-03-17

this mule, senor," Joaquin said pa
tiently, land also 1t may be that the
man who stole the mule sold him
to my brother. 1t Is not a difficult
matter to prove. Send for my brother.
He has a small farm up the valley.
He will tell you honestly how he
came by this mule, and If 1t should
be proved that this Is your mule, most
assuredly. senior, you shall have him
back"
you're practically tellin' me I'm
liar. I say this is my mule an that
he was stole an that ends it."
The loud and angry alteration now
drew dozen men out of the saloon
in time to see the first speaker walk
up to Joaquin, press the muzzle of
his gun against the latter's breast and,
with his left hand, unbuckle Joaquin's
Evening star., 1936-03-17

that he is the owner Of this mule
and that this man well knows it, since
he. himself, sold the mule to my
brother"
THAT settles it," the accuser bawled
virtuously. II say I didn't sell this
greaser my mule. He said I did. I
say he stole my mule. Who're you
goin' to believe-a white man or a.
greaser?"
The answer was unanimous. Lynch
him"
(To be continued.)
Lynch him." is the verdict OF the
lawless mob. Will Joaquin be able to
save his brother or Is death to strike
at him once again? See tomorrow's
exciting installment.
Evening star., 1936-03-17

NOLAN MOTOR CO.. INC.
iii Eishteenth 81. NV.
430l Connecticut Ave.
Conn. Ave. and Nebrasks
22nd and M SITS. NV.
1132 Connecticut Ave. NV.
CHERNER MOTOR co.
f1sl Florida Ave. NV.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-15
WEDNEsDAY, ArRu :.

Bondholders corporation, OF 131,
Druid Hills.
Madison Investment Co., Inc,
to, Arthur n. Yates, lot, Ivy Lane.
w. D. Surratt ct ux to Belle
Surratt, 4 l-2 acres, Blue Ridge
township.
Quincy p. Hood to N. Bremen,
lot, North Main street. g.
Ashcvillc Agricultural school
and Mountain Sanitarium to The
I,ayman Foundation, 220 acres,
Hoopers Greek township.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-15

oven (325 degrees F. for thirty.
FIVE to forty minutes. Cover with
Lemon Frosting ,.
One tablespoon grated orange
rind. 3 tablespoons butter, 3 cups
(abou:) confectioner's sugar. 2
tablespoons lemon juice. l table
spoon water, few grains salt.
Cream grated orange rind and
butter. Gradually beat in l cup
confectioner's sugar. Beat in lem
on Juice and water alternately
with remaining sugar, adding just
enough sugar to make the FROST
ing of the right consistency to
spread. Always beat after each
addition until the mixture Is per-
fectly smooth. Beat in salt. II
you want the frosting a deeper
yellow tint with a drop OF two OF
yellow vegetable coloring.
Decorate the cake with larger
candy bunny in the center and put
marshmallow Dummies around the
edges Of cake and plate.
To make the Dummies cut marsh
mallows with sharp scissors tn
make tiny POINTED ears. Then cat
tiny pieces Of gum drops and put
piece under each. ear to hold II
up, With your fingers pinci the
marshmallow to make the body
longer and then pinch in tail.
Din a toothp;ck in red ysratah le
coloring to make eyes and noses,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-15
SISTER MARY'S MENU
BY MARY T.. DAGUE
NEA Service stan Writer

An. idea; Easter party is Sun,
"A day night supper. It's good
time to entertain both grown-ups
and young people and mark my
word, grown-ups will find just as
much pleasure in the tricks you
plan for TIE children as will the
children themselves.
Dreamed Eggs and Mushrooms
One pound mushrooms, table
spoons butter. tablespoons -four,
1 cup milk, 1-2 cup cream, 5 ia
biespooEs sherry Optional but
good). 4hard cooked eggs, l tea
spoon salt. is teaspoon pepper.
few drops onion juice.
Clean mushrooms and slice,
Melt butter in sauce pan. add
mushrooms and simmer ten min
utes over a low FIRE. Sift over
tiour and stir with wooden fork
until perfectly blended. Add salt.
pepper and onion juice and cook
and stir for five minutes. Add
milk and cream. stirring constant
ly. Bring to the boiling point
and put over hot water. Add sher-
~ and whites Of eggs coarsely
chopped. Serve in patty shells
or on hot buttered toast and
sprinkle with the yolks OF eggs
pressed through a ricer.
II small children are present
you may want to omit the sherry
and serve the sauce on toast.
Fruits servsd in jelly made
with grape juice make beautiful
and appropriately colored salad
Tor an Easter party.
- Easter Party Cake
Two eggs. IA cup orange juice.
I tablespoon lemon juice. ga cup
sugar, IA teaspoon grated orange
rind, cup -four. IA teaspoon
soda, few grains salt.
Beat whites and yolks Of eggs
separately. Beat yolks until thick
and lemon colored and then beat
in fruit juices; sugar and grated
orange rind. Add whites of eggs
beaten until stiff and fold in -four
mixed and sifted with soda and
,alt. Turn into small loaf or
lube pan aud bake in a moderat :
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-04-15
HOLLYWOOD
FILM SHOP
By WILLIAM FLYNN
United Press Staff Correspondent

HOBLYW00D, April Is. tuP9.
John Ebeits, y veteran actor. tad-
mits that, he is never likelyVto
be motion picture star. but rs
proud of his Unofficial title,
"Star of Hollywood"
1--WE really lived Hollywood
life" he explains. "l've climbed
from the bottom to the top and
dropped back again more than
once. 49, $40 @'
Currently, Eberts is working in
a minor role in Pioneer Pictures
new full-color Technicolor COM
edy romance, Dancing Pirate"
Color in pictures?" he asks.
"Well, it will change the industry,
but change has got to come. You
can't stop progress. | guess I'll
get along. I survived the arrival
of sound"
The veteran actor and "Star OF
Hollywood" can recall many eXpc-
riences as Il member of the work
ing motion picture industry. Hc
has been employed, at various
times, as, an assistant director,
general. all around handyman, ac-
tor, writer, and in a number of
other untitled classifications.
Eberts' fondest, recollections are
of the days when stars were paid
SIS a day. Among those who re-
ceived that scale of pay were
Monte Blue and George Walsh.
However,, they didn't work
very long at chat rate" Ebcrts
adds. - =. -.
WhensEberts was doing the hir-
ing instead of hoping to be hired,
he gave IA job to little girl
he believed had possibilities. His
Judgment was verified when she
became known as Constance Tai
madse.
Eberts began his adventurous
career when he inherited a for
tune from his parent.
Squandering it in high-handed,
but romantic fashion, according
to his VISION he set out to see the
world. .,....
Before reaching the end of the
wanderers trail, EbertS was
blacksmith, bartender, and &C.
ment mixer. His first motion pic
ture Job with the old Lubin COM
pany brought him, S12 a week for