The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-20

.OuEhOut the Br1t1Sh Empire alfea0y sry for the coronation of King Ed ,ove, at a Bishopsgate factory near flor the coronation. Already 15,O00 ca, and orders are being rushed for parts of the empire.
 i also the young men are required tc take an oath to report to Nazi of ficials any criticism their own par ents might make of the German government in order that the par ents could be punished, the priest stated.
 He predicted Germany will be- come embroiled in war wibhin three years, stating he has seen aero- planes there when under the terms of the Versailles treaty the German army is not supposed to have planes. The planes were camou- flaged. Details of plane crash which Father Butcher witnessed were censored in German papers.
 Rev. MOrrissey Talks
 The Catholic church always rises from persecution stronger and more beautiful than ever, Rev. Richard F.. Morrissey, pastor of St. Mary's and chaplain of the council, said in a talk.
 He described present day condi- tions in Russia and Spain and laud- ed highly General Franco, Spanish rebel general, who, he predicted will some day be dictator of Spain.
 There is reason to feel that the Catholic church will soon again be- come free in Germany, he stated He pointed out that Bismarck fa- nous German general, once hated Catholics, yet today there is not a single. statue of Bismarck in Germany, he said.
 Sovietism is a lawlesS philosophy that would knock the props from under all civilization, Father Mor- rissey declared, calling 1t "a nega- tion of God, a negation of the right to own property, and to have a home, wife and children.
 Children there are the property of the state and are brought up in mass institutions, knowing nothing of God or religion, the pastor said.
 The prospect for the Catholic church in some of these countries is brighter now, he said. LaudS Connie Mack
 . Baseball fans who view a ball game should notice minor details and if they study these, they will enjoy the national sports better, Nieniec, of Meriden, Philadelphia Athletics player, said. He ex- plained the young ball player. who joins Connie Mack's team learns a system of play for each batetr on the team the Athletics are play ing. sf Praises Appling In his opinion, Luke Appling, well-knowl1 American league player was, entitled to the most valuable player honors in that league this year Instead of Gehrig who received the honor.
 He gave as his reasons that Geh- rig was playing with a team of hard hitters that frequently blasted pitchers and weakened them and therefore it was easier to hit off them. VI. lt,s
 Appling was not with as strong a clnb, yet his batting was excellent and his defense was high.
 He described Charley Gehringer as "the perfect ballpiayer," that is, smooth in fielding and smooth in hitting, but lacking in color.
 
 William Hank" O'Dopnell, Wa terbury sports writer. lauded the work of Raymond Dubois, Nauga- tuck youth who plays on the Naval Academy eleven, pointing out that New York experts had praised Du Bois' playing against Yale Satur- day,
 Mr. oDonnell also said thatt he result might have been different in the Holy Cross Manhattan game if Dick Tuckey, Naugatuck young man who plays with Manhattan, might have been able to play longer.
 Tuckey was taken ont after four plays because of an injured ankle.
 MT. ODonnell said that Nauga- tuck High, like some other high schools, is not up to former athletic standard because of the. extreme youth of some of its students, but said that if some members of the present football team continue to improve, within two years Nauga- tuck maysbe at the top again.
 John J. Daly acted as master of ceremonies, Bobby Scanlon and George Smith entertained with songs. Frederick zehnder was chairman of the committee in charge.
 Switch Decided Upon
 Although some opposition to plac- ing a croSs-over switch on South Main street by the Connecticut Company had been heard last week, there were no opponents to the plan at the public hearing held yesterday in the office of the local state highway superintendent, A. Louis Kalas, in the Tano building on Oak street.
 Those at this meeting were MT Chapman of the Connecticut Coga- paay, MT. Stevens, Conn. co. en- gineer, and warden John J. Sheri- dan. The plan is to put the switch 50 feet south from the intersection Of Main and Maple streets and some opponents had claimed that Q tie~ up might result If fire trucks were called to a fire on South Main street when the trolley was making the