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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
I'VE LIVES ARE
 LOST IN MAINE
Grade Crossings Blamed for Tragedies; :; Woman
 Drove Into Train

Portland, Me, Aug. 2i,-CUP)-- Grade crossing accidents he'd taken a toli of five lives in Maine today,
 At Waterville, Gerald Duplisse, 1B, Augusta WPA worker, was Killed and Miss Elsie Rideolt, about x1, of Lewiston was injured per- haps fatally early today when their llsht coupe collided with . Maine Central railroad shifting locomo- tive at upper College avenue croSs- Ing. Police said the coupe ignored tho lantern and shouts of cross Ing tender. The accident occurred near the Maine Central freight yards.
 At Lewiston late yesterday, Mrs, Eugene Pickett, 50, her daughters Louise, i3, and Mrs. Evelyn Murphy 2i, and Mrs. Murphy's son John Jr. 2, all of Auburn, were killed when their automobile val struck by the Boston A Maine and Maine Central railroads streamlined Fly. ing Yankee"
 Drove Into Path
 Police said Mrs. Pickett, wife of a telephone company employe, drove into the path of the speeding flyer after apparently falling to heed flashing warming signals and the tfain's whistle and bell.
 The automobile, sedan of ex- pengive make, was carried more than 300 feet and parts of its wreckage were wedged beneath the pilot apron. Acetyiene torches were used to cut away portions of tho apron SO debris could be cleared and the train permitted to proceed tc Waterville. There q steam locomo- tive was attached. The Plying Yankee" continued to Portland Gteam-propelled service will replacC th: Flying Yankee" until repairs have been completed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
BRADDOCK MUST
 WAIT DECISION
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 or, who b negotiating for promo terS whose Identity Is secret,
 Wignall offered Jacobs 6 flat guarantee of i6,000 pounds sterling (about 976,000) plus the option oi taking 60 per cent Of the gate fl Louis share would be above ib,000 pounds. That would be the highest purse Q fighter ever received in England.
 New York, Aug. 2l-(UP)-Mike Jacobs said today he was waiting for Q cnbled confirmation of a Lon- don offer for Joe Louis to fight Bon Foord.
 Bet on Roosevelt
 New York, Aug. 2i.-tUP) "A prospective purchaser announced In the Game Breeder and Sports man magazine today that he not only would pay Julian T, 1iShop, Q stockbroker, . fair price for his quail farm in North Carolina but would buy the owner c one way ticket to Canada,
 Last month Bishop advertised h the magazine that If President Roosevelt is reelected he would sol hIj quail farm near Carthage, N C., and move to Canada,
 The prospective purchaser sug' gcsted today through . real estat' firm at Middletown, N. F., that thu deal be consummated immediately since there is no use waiting fol election day,
 "There is no real Issue or contest said the prospective purchaser, "ant 1t Is incon 9eiVable that the ranl and fife of the American peopl' would swap the man who has mad, good for the wreckir.y crew"
 Bishop, 6 Yale man, objected C principles O. the Roosevelt Rdminis tration and particularly to "thosl Harvard fellows who are advising the president"
 Herman Must Return
 Chicago, Aug. 2i.-tUP)-Base ball Commissioner x. M. L'.ndiS to day ordered Floyd (Babe) Herman striking Cincinnati outiieider, to re turn to the club.
 Herman appeared at Landis' of Ace with Larry MacPhail, genera manager of the Reds, and Charle Dressen, manager. He complaine' that he had not been paid Q $500 month bonus.
 Landis ordered both the playe and the club management to repor to him concerning Herman's hnan cia' status at the end Of the season
 Herman, who left the club Tues day, was to appear with the Red against the Chicago Cubs today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
Child Mother Promises To
 TeH Her Aunt EUerything

while" He was held when lnves. tigators learned he answered the description of q man who purchased the dark xipper bag In which the baby's body was found.
 Added to the mystery was the blonde woman police said they sought. She was seen with Q baby near the Willow river the day after the abduction and police today said her description resembled closely that of q woman implicated in o. similar case In Duluth, Mlnn,, two years ago. That woman was ac. quilted Of the charge, which in. Volved her own child.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
BLACK LEGION
 MEN INDICTED

Detroit, Aug. 2i = (Up) --Cir- cuit Judge James B. Chenot an- nounced today that 22 members of the Black Legion have been indict- ed on charges of criminal syndical- ism growing out of his one-naan grand jury investigation of the hooded and robed vigilante band.
 The indictments were handed down shortly after two other members of the order were sen. tenced to prison terms in another courtroom.
 T cannot reveal the names of those indicted until they are m custody" Judge Chenot aaid, "hoW- ever, four of the men already are in custody on various charges. They are Harvey Davis, Clarence Frye. William Guthrie and ney Hepnsg."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
BY HARMON NICHOLS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Stan COfreSpOnucntD
 Minneapolis, Aug, 2i- (UP A child mother whose baby was found dead in cheap 2ipper bag floating on the Willow river few days after its birth In q hospital, promised to- day to tell her fayorIte aunt "eVery- thing" It was the most promising avenue yet opened toward solution of baifling case which has in. Volved l7 year old youth known only as Mike" Minneapolis fire- mnn and a mysterious blonde woe man as suspected killers, County Attorney Ed J, Golf said the girl mothers aunt hnd promised to con. duct the interview
 Earlier this week the sobbing, 10. yGar-old mother looked down on the tiny form of a baby taken from the river at FinlnyBon Minn. "That's my Shirley" she cried, Then, the stoical calm which had bcwildered police broke she WGpt inconSolnbly ln q p0llcewoman's arms, She told police she had last seen the baby in Mikes" arms when he bent over her hospital bed at dawn Aug. 6 and took it away. But Mike" denied the charge, denied he was the father Of tho child. He was Al. ternately boastful and fearful. He was freed on $i,000 bond yesterday and police admitted the case against him was weak. He was charged only with immoral conduct"
 We can't charge him with kid. naping even If we establish he Is the father Of the child" Golf said. "Tn that case he would have the legal right to custody" Other inveSti. gators learned that Q "bushy- haired" fire captain, father of four children, had been seen with the girl frequently, He admitted, police said, that he took Margaret to school In my car every once in n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
By ELMER C. wALZER TinianA Prnaa Financial RAltO

| N0AahNN@ AANN& ~~sN~@NN~-~-
 New York, Aug, 2l-stocks crash- cd today on war fears. Losses rang ed to more than 10 points and trad- ing increased, causing tickers to fall hehind,
 Long holders of stocks scrambled to unload. Bears sold short. The extent of the decline in the indus trial average was the widest since April %.
 Highs grade Issues were hard hit Chrysler registered loss of more than s points. Equally large declines were made by Westinghouse electrci and Amerada,
 Case lost more than 10 points; International business machines 9 points; Atchison { Ia; Allied Chem teal Q l-S: and American Telephone 3 l-A points,
 U. s. Steel. Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet & Tube were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
MONTREAL HAS
 SIGNED PLAYER

Montreal, Aug, 2i,-tUP), ,-Mon- treal CanRdiens of the National Hockey League announce dtoday that George Brown, one of the flashiest' players In local amateur circles, has been signed for tho i0S0-37 season,
 Brown, for three years flrst-strong center Of the Verdun Maple Leafs came here four years ago from Dinnipeg, He Ia considered one oi the best professional prospects in Quebec. Officials also reported Pit Leplne veteran center, had signed his i030- 37 contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
JUST CURIOSITY
 TO ROB AUTOS

New York, Aug. 2i.-(UP).-Bur- Son Nearing, 70, said to be a mem- Der Of . wealthy Berlin. Conn. fam- by, admitted in the police lineup to- haS that he had s.Olen articles from hout IS automobiles.
 Me was arrested in the Hotel As- mT where he registered using as See elaKity two bags tAken from the car og Ben KrIeg Of MapiewOcd, N' D. cschestrs leader. Police were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
CRIPPLE IS SUICIDE?

Fairfield, Conn, Aug. 2i-(UP)- Despondent because he was con- fined to wheel-chair with se- rious hip injury, George r. Ben nett, 74, committed suicide late yesterday by shooting himself in the head with a small caliber revolver. The body was found in a bedroom by his wife and daughter last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21

.The following quotations are based on sales 0e first grade native products to retailers at the farmers market or wholesalers stores, OK. cept as otherwise noted;
 FRUITS
 Apples, Duchess, Gravensteln, etc. I.OO.l.bO bu., blackberFles O.7S 7.26 crate, blueberrles J.0O.T.bO crate, Canadian D.5O cratej cantaloupes, native I.2b.i.76 bu., southern i.SS. IFS crate; peaches, Carmen and Jubilee i.O0-l.2S Ia bu.; southern Elbertas 2.2S.s.00 bu.; pears, Clapps FavoFlte .05.i.OO I.S bu.
 VEGETABLES
 Beans, green .S0.l.O0 bu, wax .75-i.OO bu., lima l.2S-l.SO bu.; shell .7B.l.i0 bu.; beets, .sS-,a0 dos, bFoc- coll .76-.O0 boxi cabbage l.36-i.7S box; carrots .3O-.AO dox.; Caulifiower .O0-i.a0 d0s.; celery, washed .0O.l.OO dOx.; corn .7S.l.O0 100 ears; cucum. beFs l.0O.l.S0 bu.I egg plant l.OO-i.s6 bu.; lettuce .4O-.7S boxj western ice- berg 4.2B-a.SO crate; onions .9O.l.OO bu., Mass. .0O-l.iS bu.; neas. western 2.2S.2.EO bu.; peppers .60-.0O bu.; potatoes 1.sO.l.35 bu.; spinach l.0O- l.lO bu.; squash .3S-.7S bu.; t0ma. toes .3O..60 l-2 bu.
 POULTRY PRODUCTS
 Conn. eggs per dOx.; Newlald Fancy .A3; Special .42-.43; Extra .4O.42; Gathered .30-.AO; Newlald medium .3T; Special medium .SB-.37; l; Extra medium .33-3B; western flFpts .ee-.33; live fowl, heavy .le-.20 ib., LeghOrn .I7..l0 10. broilers, Reds .lo-.2s h., Rocks .10-.23 10. Leg horn .l7-.e0 b., roasteFs .i0-.23 b.; dressed, fowl 2S-.25 lb., bFolleTs .2S- .sI Ibs coasters .So.,3S 10.
 LIVESTOCK, MEATS and BUTTER
 BuscheR stock, cows y03-.04 b., calves .0S-.oe h.; meats, beef .ls-.17 Ib.. veal .fs-.ie l.2 b., lamb .90-.S2 b., pork lelns .2s-.2e lh., ham best smoked .25-.s0 b., butter so.92 score .3s-s1o lA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
Japanese Officer Linked
 in FarnswOrth Spy Case

Named a cO- con spIratOr in the new spy In- dictm m ent rec turned in Wash- ington against , Q h n Farms worth, former naval officer, ls Commander YO- slyuEl Itlmiya of Japan. Itlniya is reported Co h@ve left She NfMafmA GAmfnm several months ago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21

called when Nearing became bois- ts~olisly drunk.
 As.;ed in It. lineup why he had committed the thefts he replied: ".ugt curiosity"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
DORIS LAvICNE
 GUEST AT FETE
Bride.tO.Be HOnOred at ShOWer-ViOIa BOent.
 gen Given Gifts
OAKVIl.LE
Correspondent: Mae WIIla BabIr
 is17 WatePtOwn Avenue

4 miscellaneous shower was held at the home of Mrs. Bertrand La- vtene, ST., of Main street last eve. ning in honor of her daughter, DoriS, wbo will be married September 70 to Emil Bussemey, Jr.
 The hostesSes were Mrs. Bertrand LAVigne, ST., and Mrs. Bertrand La- Vigne. Jr. The home was prettil7 decorated in flowers of the season, The color scheme being pink. A de. lici0ls luncheon was served at the close Of the evening. Miss LaVigne was recipient Of many beautiful and costly gifts from the guests attend- ing who were: Mrs. Charles Cur tiss, Mrs. Fred HolIister, Mrs. Frank Baich, Mrs. Richard Dains, Mrs. Bert Lake, Mrs. Raymond Main, Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Mrs. Ester Weaver, Mrs. Harry Brown Mrs, William Reynolds, Mrs. Earl Rey- noldS, Mrs. Harry LaVigne, Mrf. Joseph Hailihan, Mrs. Douglas Heaven, Mrs. Emil Bussemey, MrG. Ernest Fortin, Mrs. Andrew Camp bell, Mrs. George Bentley, Miss Irene Dusbemey, Mrs. A. A. DainS, Mbs Doris LaVjgne, Mrs. Bertrand La. Vigne, ST., Mrs. Bertrand LaVigne, Jr., Mrs. James Collins, Mrs Ray 1nond darnsey, Mrs. Henry CalkinS Betty Main, Barbara, Ruth and Sally Sue LaVigne,
 Mss Viola Boentgen was the hon" 0red guest Of miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening at the home Of MiSs Anne Kennedy of Main street The liostesses were the Misses Anne Kennedy, Eleanor Maloney, Ruth MartinSon, and Ann Cromwell, The decorations were vases Of flowers Of the season. Games and music were enjoyed and later in the evening a delicious luncheon was served
 Miss Boentgen received many u8c- fuI and pretty gifts from those at- tending who were; Mrs. Clifford Woodlng, Mrs. Irving Nigren, Mrs, E. Daribault, MrS. Thomas Kelley, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. A. Boentgen, Mrs. clifford TherrauIt, Mrs. Julia Coons, Mrs. Ted Driscoll, Mrs. Harold Wooding, Miss Frances Troland, Miss stantrom, Miss Marion Crom- well, Miss Anne Kennedy, Miss Ruth MaFtinSOn, Miss Ann Cromwell and Miss Maj Maloney.
 The Young Peoples Fellowship So- ciety Of All Saints church met at the church hall last evening. A picnic has been arranged to take place to- night at the home of Reid Hoffman on Davis street at 8 o'clock. After the business meeting, a social hour with luncheon was enjoyed.
 Those attending were Joseph Me- Lean, Bud ThIbault, Clayton Brad- sha, Stanley Whiteman, Helen Krull, Davis Carey, Hazel Collier, Blanche Aisdorn, Margaret Graney, George Collier, Reid Hoffman, Viala Den- yer, Howard Jory, and Rev. A. Nu. gent SamweIl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
Briefs

Miss Mae Villa Babin of Water. town avenue and Miss Florence Lclselle of Sunset avenue left yes- terday for Atlantic City, N. J., where they will enjoy a weeks vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
BAR TO AID DESTITUTE

st. Louis = (U.PJ - The St. Louis county bar association has voted to furnish free legal advice to the county welfare association, the service to be on a volunteer basis by individual attorneys. This will enable the poor and destitute to re- oeive legal advice without charge,
 Rumanias 2b0,000 gypsies are ,o have their own newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
CHINESE REBELS

DefyIng the ultImatum of Gen. Chlang Kal-Shek, Chinese cen- tral government dictator at Nan. king, Generals Ll Tsung. Jen and Pal Chung .hsI, Of southern Kwangsi province, arc mastering 3OO,O0O mIlltIamen Co augment their regular force of 10000. Southern leaders wish Co over. throw Chlang Kai-Shek RS the first step In uniting China against Japanese invasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
Produce Market

Furnished by Connecticut Department of Agriculture
 B. P. St0rrs, local agent.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21
MAYOR MEETS
 WITH INDUSTRY

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-14
Good OUershddOlUs EUiL

IN the whole, the newspapers of this country
~ have exposed and corrected so many wrongs
ana wrought SO many material and political i'm
provements in their respective communities and in
the nation at large that the of the bad actors
In the business is comparatively small
Still, don't believe there has ever been a time
when the general public has kept such close watch
on the newspaper business as today and certainly
never IN my time have the people been so inuustive
regarding the reasons publisher takes certain
attitude on given proposition or candidate 1t
seems TO me that nowadays the readers are in
cllned to scott at the of journalism and to
put a mental resistance against propaganda and
news which has been colored for motives which only
can be felt rather than sensed or SEEN believe
Mr. Roosevelt started this skeptcism early in his
reign when he reminded the press that the boon of
freedom was accompanied by compensating duties
and responsibilities toward the community which
confers the privilege.
The press is trust which obviously calls for the
highest character, and when an order comes down to
silence a public character by excluding his name
from the paper for selfish reasons for the of
dong him harm, that is abuse of the trust There
are some newspaper employees, particularly in the
prize tight trade and in Hollywood, who have be-
come petty tyrants and racketeers practcing some-
thlng which amounts to coercion on individuals
whose living depends publicity and who here
lore are afraid to offend them.
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Gen. johnson Says

NASHINGTON, April 14.-The Republicans have
w hired lot of professors for the 1886 campaign
but you mustn't call them brain trust" There
is one academician for each phase of the New Deal
It's system.
what it's really like is hiring expert witnesses in
murder trial. You can find some pundt to testify
to either side of almost any technical question. =
1t is symptom of the increasing effect of private
economic government our daily lives and the re.
sulting popular demand for the intervention of pot-
ical government for public protection
There is an impression that economics is science
and belief that its high priests can solve our prob
lens. Economics is not yet science 1t bears about
the same relation to science as medieval alchemy
and astroogy bear to modern chemistry and astron-
omy.
DUT the New Deal didn't invent brain trusts and
~ economic planning. Every Republican proposal
since Hardings normally" has been nothing else
but Listen to Senator Borah stumping for the
Great Engineer in 1928: "Our economic problems
nave to be solved. Hoover is the economic
marvel of the century in his ability to deal with
economic problems. If he were not the nominee
would not be here"
The whole Hoover campaign was for panacea.
Government" said he, "is more than administers
ton. We must direct ECONOMIC progress" The
most cock-eyed dream of the most visionary hot
dog could not compete with the Hoover fantasy for
dizziness. The worst disaster any Cassandra can
imagine about the New Deal can't touch what fol-
lowed the Hoover cure-all.
AS the President is fond of saying History re-
psats ITSELF"
Copyright 1896 by United Syndicate. 1nc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-14

of searchlight are in use, an older
type employing a 500-watt lamp
and new one using a 1000-watt
lamp and producing two beams of
light 1870 degrees apart.
These beacons are so adjusted as
to show six clear flashes per min
ute. The pilot does not see the
beam as such until he is close to it,;
from a distance OF 80 or 40 miles
he sees only flash of light when
the beam swings directly at him.
The beacons are so constructed
that between the flashes of white
light there are auxiliary flashes of
red, green or yellow. These flashes
are signals in the dot-daSh tele-
graph code and serve to identify the
beacon for the airplane pilot.
The colors also have significance:
Red means the beacon is near no
landing field. Green signifies that a
lighted landing field is nearby, yell
low that an unlighted or emergency
landing field is nearby.
On the ground at each beacon
light is concrete or metal direc-
tional arrow, approximately 10
feet in length, pointing in the direc-
ton of the next beacon light.
Many of these beacon lights are
located at spots where electric power
is not available. In such cases, gaso-
line engine driven electric general
ing sets are installed in little houses
near the towers.
Most of the beacons are turned
on at night and off in the morning
through the control of electrically
wound clocks of astronomical preci-
sion. A few installations are con-
trolled by photo-electric cells or
electric eyes," These switch the
beacons on whenever the day grows
dark or foggy.
The intermediate landing fields,
so miles apart, are all designated by
markers of concrete or crushed
stone and painted in accordance
with an understood code. In addi-
ton, they are equipped with beacons
and other lights necessary for night
landing.
These include boundary lights to
mark the ends of the field, range
lights to indicate the principal run
ways and best approaches to the
field, and red lights on all obstruc-
tions.
TOMORROW-Flying by radio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-14
RADIO LOYAL ALLY

THROUGH the ground is hidden
Il from view, they fly their
courses straight as arrows, making
for the airports which are their des-
tination. Today the pilot can find
an airport even when it is hidden
in dense fog. He can fly blind
to his destination.
At many airports he can land if
the ceiling is not below the mini
mum allowed by the Bureau of Air
Commerce, which varies with the
location of the airport. And at this
very moment, devices are being per-
fected and installed at some fields
which will some day permit blind
approaches with passengers.
Radio has made these things pos
sible. Radio has done for the air.
plane what the telegraph and its
later extension into the various
forms of semaphore and light sig
nails did for the railroad.
When Marconi sent his first wire
less message across the Atlantic he
was thinking of supplanting the
transatlantic cables. Perhaps he was
thinking also of communicating
with ships at sea. Travel through
the air was undoubtedly the farth-
est thing from his thoughts
Veteran radio fans will remem-
Der the mild excitement created in
the days after the World War
when the first radio broadcasts we're
staged from airplaneS. Every one
agreed that they were interesting.
But even then, it is doubtful if
many realized the full implications
of radio for the art of flying.
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Times Books

THE trouble with Russian novels is that they an
i sound alike for the first six or eight chapters
They all seem to be about people named Alexis
Petrovich, who constantly drinking tea out Of
glasses and talking passionately about (a) their
souls, (b) the Russian moujik, Co his soul, or I'D
the class war;
Darkness and Dawn" by Alexia Tolstoi Q.ong-
mans, Green; $3.50 runs true to type. For the first
lao pages it sounds like all the other Russian novels
you read. Then, suddenly Mr.. Tostoi puts it
into high, and the story starts going places
This novel tells Of the war and the revolution as
seen through upper middle-class eyes Its hero is
factory technican; its heroine the daughter of a
well-to-do doctor And although the narrative COW
only the years 1s14-19l8, it seems to describe
a whole century OF change.
How the crust of society broke apart, with an in
fnity of confusion, cruelty and pain, is graphically
described here. Once the introduction Is over.
Darkness and Dawn" gives stirring panorama OF
one Of the most turbulent and significant events in
al human history. (By Bruce Catton)