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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

Arrangements for the monster outdoor card party tomorrow night on the grounds adjoining St. Jo- sepf's parochiai school have been completed and tt is believed the ats tendance will exceed 500. The of. fair will be under the auspices oE the Knights of Ldthuania and gt. Joseph's junior and senior choir9.
 Ali popular card games Will Dc played with several table prizes donated by local merchants, pre-: sented to high scorers, There VIII also Do several door awards.
 The grounds in tho rear of the school will Do lighted with string lights, Flood lights will Do placed oii the roof of the school end sey.. eraA nearby buildings, In the event Of rain, the affair will Do moved to the pariSii auditorium.
 The committee in charge consists of Attorney Joseph P. Alishauskyl president of the K. of |. club, gen- erai chairman: Rev. 4. Edward 0rA. deck, Frank emud!naS, Joseph C. Cogkie, Helen 0arbukas, Mrs. John Williams and Charles Riginskas Representing the choirs will be: President Peter LaEauSkas, Marcelle Andrikas, Natalie PiangaS. Mary Mazeika, Mary Orintas, Vincent Yilmas, John ATnbrozaits, Professor Alexander J. AieksiS and Paul Kau' iieckig.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
CAMP COMBELLACK
 FORMALLY OPENS
First Quota of Youngsters Leave For Cheshire Sum.
 fner Headquarters

Fourteen younger members Of the Waterbury Boys club will leave late this afternoon for the first week. end stay ct Camp Conibeiiack, the club camp in Cheghire.
 The camp, located on the sum. mer estate Of the late Nicholas Ccmbellack, will Do conducted throughout the months Of July and August. Each week different groups of boys will be treated to camping end camp fife. As last year the camp viii be conducted over the week -end, with the boys leaving the local club on Thursday evening, and then returning home on Saturday afternoon.
 The camp program and routine will be under the supervision Of Ted Oponnell, club physical diTec. tor. adK who aiso iS an American Red Gross examiner and instructor in life saving and first aid. The diet and menu will be handled by the club staff, and Robert Rob. erts will be the camp chef for the season.
 The following boys will be at the club tonight at 2 o'clock, ct which time they will part for the camp for the weekend: Joseph eamaha. Joseph Mariana, Anthony zaxinlo- vich, Peter MigiocciO, Peter Benci- venga, Jerry Bencivenga, Norman Daigle, Rec Daigle, Alfred Bounard, John D'Angleo. Nick Eerretti, Frank Miller, Louis Bonvissutto, Roland Qrenier and Teddy White.
 Applications for weekend stay at the camp may be made at the club oface by parents anytime dtir- ing the week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
HARTFORD MAYOR
 TO VISIT FRANCE
Thomas J. Spellacy and Wife Sail Next Wednes'
 day on Norniandie

Mayer Thomas ]. gpeilacy Of Hartford, accompanied by Mrs. Spell lacy, sails next Wednesday on the agorYnandie" for . visit to France and the British Isles. While the mayor has planned no itinerary it is expected that he will revisit Paris and London where with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, then secre- tary of the navy, he spent consider able time following the World war e Q member of the naval claims commission appointed by the late President woodrow Wilson to adjust claims against the D. g. Navy.
 fIartford's mayor will return to his duties at the Capital City Aug vigt 9th and will make their return trip from Southampton, England, on the "Queen Mary" It will be the first extended vacation Mayor Spel- lacy hes taken in several years.
 Shortly after returning on August 6th Mayor epellacy s expected to confer with state leaders concerning the coming state fall convention of the democratic. IL is also expected that he will accept many aasign- ments to speak in Connecticut and other parts of the East.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

devised the iconoscope and it's re- ceiving counterpart, the kinescope. The pictures reproduced by the kinescope Chats the tube used on the receiving end) are as bright and clear and steady as c photograph, under laboratory conditions, at any rate. There is no more flicker than Is apparent on the screen of well operated moving picture theater. To accomplish this miracle, pr. zworykin simply harnessed those willing workers, the electror1s, which make radio reception and x-rays 1 possible. Stated as simply as posst- ble, this is how the iconoScope (the kinescope Teverses the process) works:
 The iconoscope is Q huge bulb in which is mounted a large rectangu- lar target, whose surface is . light- sensitive mosaic composed of some 10000 cells. At the bottom Of the lons neck of the bulb Is an electror gur, inside which the electric cur- rent causes billions of electrons to be tossed. Travelling with the speed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Playground Actiuities
HAMILTON PARK

Johnny Thompson stole the show aS the Nationals defeated the Ar. rows, 60, in Q Hamilton Park Sen. for baseball league game yesterday. Pitching for the winners, Thompson hurled no-ait ball, and famed i3 to hang up his fifth straight victory.
 Graham and Shaw struck the big blows extensively, each getting two safeties and driving in two runs. The score by innings:
 Nationals ...... 100 020 3-6 10 0 Arrows ....... 900 900 00o-0 o 3
 Thompson and Dougherty; oeary and Boyles. Umpire-Curley.
 Bob Blewitt, travelling tennis su. pervisor ct local parks, has received b2 entries for the Hamilton park senior tennis tournament, which is slated to begin Saturday morning.
 Entries will close ct 6 o'clock to. night and all players intending to compete are asked to submit their names ct once in order to get in under the deadline.
 Henry Cieslewski, of Naugatuck, will defend his title, and from the looks of the strong field already on. tered the Naugatuck ace has c real task ahead of him if he Is to be successful in gaining permanent possession of the Woodnen of the World trophy. The finals will Dc held on July l0 or %, depending on the number of additional entries re- ceived before 6 o'clock tonight. The list of entrants thus far includes: Henry Cieslewski, Gordon Riach, John etollar, John Tata, Dom An- tonacci, I'd Del Cont, Bob eibold, Owen Kyle, Frank Newberry, (Ding) Leary, Walt Green, John Del Bou- no, Fred Tabshey, Joe Sullivan, Joe Daly, John Wrenn, Charles Lee, Vic Sabal, Frank Phelan, Sid Block, Sid Luria, Sid Serkin, Morris Stern, Ted Wood, 0. Matsu, Tony 0ambi- no. Jack Lawlor, Leon Lockwood, Pete Luddy, John Marciano, Will Solomon, George Mclean, Jim AL len, Marty Tierney, Herbert Linton, Joseph Hazel, Luther McDonald, Jack Kelly, Matt Weinberg, Phil Cohen and George Lord.
 Hamilton Park was the scene of an elaborate doll show yesterday afternoon wiht over 100 children taking part. Many children received prizes while Q number of others were given honorable mention. The prize winners included smallest doll, Ilene Murphy; best dressed doll, Rita Conlon; largest, Emma Becker prettiest, Violet Nocenga; oldest, Edith Rouf; most remarkable, Mar guerite Shea.
 The children receiving honorable mention were: Elizabeth Paul, Amos and Andy dolls; Mabel Dunn, quin- tuplets; Phyllis Casertauo, Chinese doll; Mary Lord, Japanese doll: Jean Garry, baby doll; Mary An- drews, nun doll; Bessy Bergin, quin- tupletS; and Billie Class, soldier doll, The judges for the event were Mrs. Irene Bennett, Mrs. Frank A. Bowes, and Miss Eleanor Egan. As- sisting Miss Christine Kelly in con- ducting the show were Misses Mar garet Connell and Rosemary Dow ling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Science Makes Is 1eIe0ision Cone 15ue
When, Not If, Is Question Engineers Work On Now

pictures Q second fash on the screen to give motion pfctireB.
 Now, every time an electfon akrikes one Of the cells, t creates an infnitesilnal electric current. Since 10000 cells are aected 20 times second, that means there gre .AO0.0O0 electrical impulses efnanats lng from the target every second.
 while this is going on, the lenses of the television camera focus the plctire---lt may Do . football game, . theatrical scene, political speecn or Q moving picture--otl the taFBet. and because the 10000 cells ere ilRht-Bensltlve, tho amount of light falling on any cell determines the intenSity Of the current developeo by the electrons falling on t. n tnw way, the lights, shadows and middle tones of any scene are tFailslateo into electric impulses.
 Agaln Depends on ElectrOns At tho receiving end, the klne. scope reconstructS the trellsniitteo picture from the 100000 impulses Der Second, by bombarding . nuor. esCent screen with eiect9oEls, from another gun whose bullets gre sprayed across the surface in syns chrcnIzation with the iconcscope. A picture about 6 by 10 inches in area results.
 According to RCA officials the greatest handicap to teleyision lies In tho need for trAnsnitting on short waves. So for as is known now, these waves behave very much as light waves, which cannot pc seen or received" beyond the norl. son. That imposes . limit of about a0 miles tFoadcasting radius on televislon. AS yet no wire facilities have been created that will make possible chain transmission Of acot1o- scope impulses by landiineS. The new caxial cable that is being tried out may overcome this difficulty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
FULTON

The following baseball schedule has been announced for Fulton Park by William ouilfoile, super visor. N
 Today: Senior league Oakville Bulldogs vs. Yankees, 2 ?. m.; Skunk Hollow, A. o. vs. Grays, { p. m. Mid- get league-North End Eagles vs. Junior Knights, 9 a. m, Tommy Midgets vs. Trojan Midgets, iO:3O 0. m.
 Tomorrow: Midget league Silver Stars vs. Tigers, 9 a. n.; Junior league-Willows Juniors ys. North End Cards, 10:30 a. In.; Tommy Juniors vs. Mohawks, 2 p. nn.; inter- playground league practice for sen- iors, { p. m.
 Saturday: Midget league-North End Eagles vs. Tabs, 9 a. m.; Cos sacks vs. Tommy Midgets, 1O:3O @. m.
 The initial lecture of the summer season on airplane modelling was given yesterday at Fulton park playground by Joseph Dove, 'WPA instructor. A regular class will be started one week from today and more than 100 members are expect ed to join.
 Miss RitaMcCann held the firsi meeting of the choral society yester. day and it is hoped that a group ol 75 voices will behad. A knitting group under the guidance of Mis- Josephine Egan was also initiated into the playground program yester' day with 90 members showing theil interest in the work Of the needles A sewing class will start mex Tuesday and will hold sessions evers Tuesday throunghout the sunamel season.
 Today's schedule calls for Q dol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

show which will get under way at 2:30 o'clock.
 The third round pairings of the Fulton park bowling league were announced last night by William E. Watt. The pairings are as fol- ows:
 Edward McEvoy vs. Robert Mills, or James Mills. Joseph Blair vs Pierce Carew; William N. Watt vs' John Crichton, Thomas Baker vs Andrew Wyiie, James Wilson vs John McQuade, Robert Finlay vs William Lang, James Carew vs James Curren. Joseph Gardner vs Joseph Mackie.
 The only game left to be com. pIeteed in the second round Is that between Robert Mills, IT,. and James Mills. James Gardner de. feated Donald 0. Macintosh. 2l C i3, and John Crichton won ovel Edward Hisham, ai to is, Tuesda,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

No mosquitoes. Those of us who hate the lOwly mosquito and the trouble it should he way Co the Oklahoma border, 100 miles southwest of Wichita. It's known the mosquitoess region. . And the reason is batS . {. There is bat cave in this region mile long inhabited by millions of these strange creatures. At dawn a huge funnel
 like cloud appears in the pink ing horizon It is the horde of bats returning to their after night of mosquito hunting As evening shades lower over the Daniel Boone discovered this bat cave 125 years ago and today it is visited by thousands of tourists Off the main highways, it is still accessible and becoming more and more natural wonder attracting thousands every year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
TOWN PLOT

Henry DelPo, playground super. visor ct Town Plot, has announced the following softball league sched- ule for the balance of the week: tonight, e:46 o'clock, Itams-Falcons; tomorrow night, 6:46 o'clock Acmes.Duces.
 Tomorrow's game shapes up ai being most interesting as the Ducei are ct the top of the heap with tive successive wins and the Acn1es art right behind, having been victori' ous in their lone start thus far.
 The Town Plot entries in the Tn. ter-playground Volleyball leagues
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

night and oil girls who have not yet entered are asked to do 60 ifiifile- diateiy as no names will be accept cd after that time.
 Miss Ann Wiedcrn, tennis super. visor ct local parks, will not defend the title she won last year, but will be on hand to act in an advisory ca- pacity. She is receiving entries, which may also be handed in at Chase park.
 Donald Walsh, supervisor ct Chase playground, hes also re. leased the intra- playground vclley bail schedule. The games will be played on Friday evening. The Tvi- Y will oppose the Farmers at seven o'clock in the first game of the evening, the Bachelor club will play the second series of contests against the Unhnowns at T:::30, and the Gas House A. 0. will engage the Cast-O Offs at 8 o'clock.
 The captains of the teams are listed as follows: Tri-Y, "Red" Me- Intosh; Bachelor club, George Do- Ian: Unknowns. Vic sabei: Gas House A. O., John 9tollar; Cast offs, Harold "Biggy' Miller; Farm CTS, Vincent Kelley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
CHASE PARK

A doll contest will be held ct Chase Park tomorrow afternoon uIl- der the direction of Misses Eleanor Cuihane and Margaret DeviIle. The show vii start ct 2 o'clock promptly.
 Children having the largest, smallest, prettiest, most con1ical, and most original dolls will Dc awarded prizes. All entrants will be given . lollpop as has been the custom in oil past contests.
 It has been decided by the Super- visors at the Chase Park to sponsor . special event program each Fri day. TomorrowS program will De featured by novelty races.
 The deadline for entries in the Chase park girls tennins tourna. ment has been set for 6 o'clock to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

The "electron gum In Che nar- row neck of the lcOnoscope paints electrically with . stream Of elec- irons Represented by arrowD tho picture focused on the target by the lens of the telcvisl0n camera. Impulses set up in the target arc amplifled before being broadcast as radio waves. Experimental brCadcasts are being made from the special aerial (sketclied cen. teri and transmltter installed stop the Empire State building in New York. Radio wave pictures are received by experimental stations equipped with klnesCOpeS, diG. matlCalIy shown at right. The smpliiled signals are fed into the Cone.shaped tube that has Ail eIectrOn gun In the narrow bot. tom part, which paints the pic. ture eIectrically on the fluOreScent screen at the upper end. The picture ls reflected by Q set Of mir. TOTS 60 it can be viewed by spec. tators sitting in front The exs perlmental sets are described % about the size oe an average con- solo radio with . folding top.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Star gazing.

Star gazing. Bernie Bunny" Lasky, Wilby grad of two years ago. is vacatiOnng here for brief spell Bernie is head secretary of the State Tuberculosis Commission in Norwich. "SmiIer" Cheb and Mike KosinsEi are camping near CandlewOOd Lake in Dan- bury. |. Arnold Perry is driving around in a new Ford roadster. Al Mulica is going great for Satur. day night dancing in TOrringtOn. Jack Schvenski took Ted Selsli the hurdles for the pool cham piOnship of the St. Stan's Club this week. Mrs. Ruth Sepples of WatertOwn and Frank DanielsOn of Naugatuck attended the anniversary lawn party for Mr. and Mrs. David w. DanielSOn in honor of their 35th wedding anniversary in Meriden last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

Between puffs {. City Clerk John Fitzmaurice and Helen Sullivan will be wed year tomorrow My, how time flies Lena DeMeo Grand street waitress, is postcarding her friends from Atlantic City where her annual nothing-to-do has just got underway. Ray Bronson will slip the ring the pretty finger of Virginia Anderson Ray Shove, Jr, Is Juy-ing with relatives in Brockton, Mass Francis Babe Clark and Violet BOengsten will go happy daying the latter part of next month. George Theriault, assistant scout master of Troop 15 is spending his vacation sightseeing in Canada
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
NEW SUPERVISORS

Two members of the WPA educa- tional project have been appointed to the Park Department stan and will have the duties of swimming instructors at the Hamilton and Chase Park pools. The new instruc- tors are Misses Margaret Canfeld and Betty Palomba. The former will work ct Hamilton Park while Miss Palcmba will take up her work ct the West Side pool.
 Girls and women will have use of the Chase Park pool Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday begining next week. Ladies' day will be held at Hamilton Park pool on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Spinning the wheel.

Spinning the wheel. .. Joe DilibertO, former manager of the Crosby High Swimming Team, One- cents from Far Rockaway, N Y, where he is work ing in ritzy cabaret Thanks Joe for not forgetting another visit yesterday and left two boxes of tinfoil Thanks kindly, Marie. I'm always glad to see yOu Bill Derwin has secured Worthy engagement at Hamilton Park next Wednesday eve- ming. Paul Gugliemo spent three enjoyable days at Walnut Beach recently, but on the way home the joy was lost when Paule was handed ticket for speeding That was the payoff, chirped Paul.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
FULLER STREET

Thomas Dwyer, Fuller street play- ground supervisor in charge of the senior er-playground baseball league, has announced the following schedile for games to De played to- morrow at the local park diamonds.
 The list of games Is as follows:
 Fulton vs Waterviiie at Weter- vile: Fairmcunt vs Division ct Enl- ton: Hamilton vs Town Plot ct Hamilton; Fuller vs Miil ct Wash- ington. All games will start at s:SO o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
THE NATIVES

They sweep up the village and prune round the green That summer may find them all spick-span and clean. They put on fresh ginghams and new over-als; They pull out dimmd albums they dust paror walls. For summer brings visitors-strangers to meet At churches and pcnics in pathway and street. So New England towns must be tidy and bright, And townspeople. too, should be civil, In spite Of the limited chances they're granted to please, In the matets of cucumbers, hroilers and peas
 YANKEE MAoAzTNe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Supervisor

for boys and girls have been chosen by John Bedell and Henry DelPo, supervisors at Town Plot.
 Peter 0allulo, Frank Berardi, I'll Mistura, Frank De Blasio, Joseph Di Verso, Frank Martino and Angelo Laudisi have been selected to com pete on. the boys team, while Ange- line Rosanelli, Elizabeth valaitis Margaret Cilfone, Vera Connor, Ann Lepone, Betty Belcher, Florence De Blasio and Jeanette Diorio will par ticipate in the girls' division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

Throwing the shot put. Jerry DeVito, who draws lem at the Tally Ho Tavern Bank street. drops me one-center from Montreal where he is vacationng. Rae Biscontin Bertha Paolini Ida Yannetty, Marie Leon and Ann Paloncs are representing the Sweet briars Sorority at Walnut Beach, Thanks for the com ical card girls Claire and Rita Bernier and Dolores Paolini forward postal from Atlantic City to let me know they rate trip through the Steel Pier vaca ton in itself Eileen Morton got plenty of thrills in Winsted Sunday where she caught the saiboat races
 Mrs Barry L. Morgan of Watertown and her three lovely daughters July-ng with Dr. Robert Reynolds at his cottage at East River.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

Breathers Jeanette Duhamel of Fairlawn Avenue, valedictoran at St. Anns Parochia School last month, enjoying her first trip to Quebec Canada Jeanette will have plenty of interesting material for high school themes when her excursion is wound up Chick Kelley, sports ed of the opposition is spending his annual vaca- ton at Home Beach at Hitchcock Lake. Mike Caputo is back after two weeks of taking 1t easy Henne McGrath looked like an ad for Arrow Collars yesterday as he bestman-ned at the knotyng ceremony of Gene veve Dunn and George Havican in Union City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

of light the electrons rush toward
 the inuzzle of the gun, ready to scatter iii oil directions. An elec-
 troStatic field takes hold of them at the muzzle, however, and directs them, as though they were bullets,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Tall Tower
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HOT DAY THIRST ouENcnRs
Bx THE MAN IN THE TOWER

HOT DAY THIRST ouENcEERs
  Meet me at the fountain, Meet me at the bar Join me in frosted chocolate or perhaps potent side-car. Measure me out good sized stein Of the best brew on tap A glass of raspberry ice cream soda, confection swell to lap. A mint julep in frosted glass With heaps of finely crushed ice- A fresh fruit ice cold orangeade And couple of Straws, pretty nice? Meet me at the fountain, or at the bar, bring along the bunch Join me in lemon and lime Or pleasing Planters punch.
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
COINCIDENCE

By q strange coincidence, the old Prince Albert coat given Co Doug lass Dumbrille t0 wear in Q scene of RyO Radios "A'liss" was made in Hamilton. Ontario, Canada, Dunl- bFille's home town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
IcOnoscope Is Being Put Through Broadcast Test
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New York July hundred feet above the sidewalks of Man- hattan new industrial giant s being born
 TNevision.
 this spectacular of modern scientific mave sure eluded the most aduous D inventor of the Radio Corpora on Camden J. perfected the econcScop at stroke every obsacE to transforming pictures into electrical impulses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

True facts. all men were single there would be no lodge meetings. One bad feature of being big success is it leaves you practically time for loaf ing. lot of wise guys wish they could afford to be suckers The only time some motorists stop look and listen is when something goes wrong with the motor. |. Asking some people to take a back seat they'll take affront. The girl who looks back ward is very often forward. People who have the most money are usually squawking about needing little change.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

target.
 Twenty Pictures . Second
 Then the electrostatic force dTags them back and forth across the target, left to right, down; right to left, down; left to right--343 times this happens before the entire Stig- face N covered. Then tip and down again. The entire operation takes but i.20th Of a gecond-Which means that the entire surface Of the target is sprayed with electrot1s 70 times a second. About twenty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

The moons temperature is be- lleved to reach $50 6egrees above nefo in the sunlight. and about 20 degrees below zero in tho ahnde.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

0unpowder first was employed to discharge a proiectile early An the Hath century. It was used in n de- vice of e German monk named ber- nard schWarz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
AnssOers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answera to test questions printed on page 6.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09

Mir, and Mrs. Thomas Deliniks and daughter Diana Of 10 OongFeDS avenue are visiting in Ocean city, N, J,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Outdoor Card Party
 ToBeHeld Tomorrow
Five Hundred Expected at Affair of Knights Ot Llti'
 uania and St. JOsepfl's ChOifs
BROOKLYN NEWS
Alderman Returns

Alderman Returns
 Alderman and Mrs. John w. Bender nave returned to their hofie after visiting ct Virginia Beach.