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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-20
You Should Know About
NEW SOCIAL SECURITY LAW

q How TO Compute Annuities Under the Old Age
Zo Provision of the Federal Plans It's Just Matter
Of Simple Arithmetic for the beneficiary.
amount Of the wage annuity payments under the
federal old age plan depends the amount ne
industrial or business op between JAM So anu
his 6Sth birthday But how are they computedr
There Is O. rule formula-which given In the act
In effect, 1t runs ike TINS:
% Add up the workers wages from JAN 1887 to the dey
he Is s. years old.
t2) II his wages In that period amount TO than
$1,000 his monthly retirement beneht will be N OF per
cent Of $1,000, sl6 month for life.
(s) n his total wages are than $1,000 but not
than S4BO 900 those years. take OF cent OF the
total wages minus $1,000 and add this figure 70 the SO
ages week. 4i30 year, over period OF 30 years
his total wages would be 30 times 81 800 or $4,000 Take
out 5000 Of that total on which $l6 month
due him. Then take ai2 q per cent o. sseooO which
and the rest Of the total Of $4,000 equals
This workers retirement payment Is 40 month 1or
life.
ca II his total wages are e450Oo he will be entitled to s5
month the first 5000 as shown above plus lIl-2
of per cent Of $4,000, which equals $685. or total of
$780, This workers retirement benefit rs $50 month Tor
life.
) II the total wages l. 1887 TO the workers 6h
birthday than $4,000 add TO the monthly pay
nent due on l/24 cent Of the amount over
$4,000 For example: man makes an average OF spO
week. $4,000 year for 30 years his total wages would
be $4,000. Subtract $4,000 from $4,000 and take IVA
per cent Of the remainder $4,000 The result Sl37b
Adding $50 due on total wages Of $4,000 gives
seS5 This workers retirement beneht Will be s6S7b
month for lhe
benefits that payable beginning JAM 1887
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-20
J Value OF Destroyed
Car Chief Contention
Insurance Companys Appraisal Differs With Owners
Estimate Of LOss-Judge Hearing Evidence

question which has arisen In the
case is as 10 whether q person may
collect more than the market valtSe
Of q car under q fire insurance
folicy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-20
Blngo Parties

The bingo parties which are be-
Ing held ut Foresters hall on Tues
dry evening by Pride OF WEIGH Cir
Gle, Companions OF the Forest, are
proving most enjoyable affairs.
The Washington times., 1936-09-18

lthe public as washington, D. G.
Army, Navy and Marine Corps all
cooperate with the U. S. Depart
ment of the Interior Public Park
Service in presenting outdoor con-
certS during the summer months
Of each year at best located and
best known points most easily
reached by music lovers from lit
orally everywhere.
During the winter and spring,
indoor concerts, with both bands
and orcheStraS, are supplied in
Well-heated and lighted buildings
easily accessible and without ad-
mission charges of any kind.
Nationally known broadcastS
may be seen and heard in
the making nearly every day in
the week, from one or more OF
the service auditoria. Also, Wash
ington City may well be proud OF
the Pan American Union and Of
the international concerts and
broadcasts that take place there.
, Facilities Many
Students, teachers and profess
sional musicians in Washington
are blessed with some of the best
reference facilities in the world.
First, of course, we must consider
tine Library of Congress with its
peerless Music Section, then the
Washington City Library with its
Music Section, and among other
invaluable resources should be in
cluded, the three leading Service
Band libraries with their thou
sands Of musical compositions and
arrangements, many of which
could not be replaced at any price.
During certain periods in the
past, there has been a certain
aloofness generally felt between
the majority Of the citizens of
Washington and the personnel of
local service bands, for reasons
The Washington times., 1936-09-18

Yesterday Lieut.. Charles BenCer,
director of the U. S. Navy Band,
told of the educational activities
of the band, mentioning the series
of 16 special children's concerts
given free of charge by the Navy
Band Symphony Orchestra last
season. There follows the conclud-
ing article on the ''The Place Of
the Service Bands in the Music
Life of Washington"
It may not be generally known,
but Washington has several COM
posers of music of more than
average talent. It has been the
pleasant duty for the service
bands in local concerts and widely
heard broadcaSts to give our own
composers the recognition they so
richly deserve.
Not all communities are so well
served in this respect, as may be
readily proved by the fact that
composers from every section Of
the United States send their man
uscripts to this city for conSidera-
ton and to receive the extensive
hearing that could not be obtained
in their respective communities.
Many compositions Of outStand-
ing worth are discovered" in this
way, for the enrichment of musical
literature generally.
Do Not Advertise
Commercial activities Of local
music are mentioned for the sole
purpose Of stressing the point that
service organizations take no part
in them. If the particular pro-
gram you hear advertiSeS any per
son, party or product, you can be
completely assured that no serv-
ice-connected band or orchestra
has any part in it. This is true
of all bands and orchestraS con-
-trolled by the Federal Government
in the Army, Navy. Marine Corps
and Coast Guard.
Perhaps no city in the United
States has as many public con-
certS free Of charge and open to
The Washington times., 1936-09-18
u. 5. R0UNDSUP
30 FAKE EYE
SURGEONS

Dealing a smashing blow at
what they described as the most
vicious band of racketeers in the
nation, postal inspectors last night
had seized 80 fake eye surgeons
and wrecked a five-million-dollar'
a-year bogus medical business.
The arrests, made quietly
throughout the country over more
than q month, climaxed an inves.
tigation extending over a year.
The names of those seized have
been withheld, pending further
arrests within the next week.
Postal Inspector C. w. r. Long,
who played a major role in the
roundup Of the fake medical ring
explained how the racket worked,
He said:
"A spectacle salesman, repre-
Senting himself as an OptOm-
etriSt, tours the rural areas,
bCAAA1kk S1dSSCS dAu AuAAS ny "AS
victims. He is followed some
days later by another, who dis
covers an invisible film or q
cataract on the victims eye. He
arranges for an operation by a
friend, whom he represents as
an eye specialist. The fee ranges
from $35 to anything the patient
can get together.
"The surgeon places a few
drops Of an eye wash in the pa
tents eye, rubs it around with
. piece Of gauze, and surrepti-
tiOusly places a piece Of egg-shell
skin in the eye. The rubbing
continues and the doctor ex-
hibits the egg.sheIl skin on his
instrument and informs the pa
tient he has removed the film.
"The 'radium belt eye special
list reaped a rich harvest. Our
records show one S5-year-Old
woman paid $4,000 for the OPP
eratiOns and belt. Another, on
the West Coast, paid $12,5OO.
The belt, Of course, contained no
radium and could be repro
duced for $3.50 or ST."
Copyright. 1896, by Universal servics)
The Washington times., 1936-09-18
Paper Raincoats

TOKYO, Japan, GN.SO,
Raincoats made Of paper, which
have been impregnated with tung
oil and designed for sale at Is
cents each at baseball games,
race tracks, and other outdoor
events where large numbers are
liable to be caught in downpours
are being manufactured here.
The Washington times., 1936-09-18

service organizations to take q
real and vital interest in the mu-
steal progress of tn youth of
Washington. 1t is not possible to
predict what the next few years
will develop in musical arts and
education, but it now appears
likely that Washington will be-
come a musical center of vastly
greater national Importance.
The Washington times., 1936-09-18

that were not extensive or tan
gible. Through the efforts of pub
lic-spirited persons and organiza-
tionS which appreciated music and
had a sympathetic understanding
of what the service organizations
were trying to do, a mutual ap-
probation grew and supplanted
any feeling of indifference that
may have existed in the past.
This has caused our local U. S.
The Washington times., 1936-09-18
World Of Music
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Theme From "Mdrche Romoin." by Gomod
"A suggestion for using and preserving the daily music thene
Many teachers OF music appreciation GdUtSe
paste them filing cards NTH the the top
and file them in alphabetical orderJ
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
President Roosevelt Sets High
Wages, Farm Increases as Coal
Employment Picks
Up During March

Secretary Perkins Of the Labor
Department reported Tuesday gain
of 225, 1000 in employment in manu-
featuring and non-manufacturing
industries during March. Production
in one branch of the steel industry
was above the 1929 level, She re-
ported.
At the same time, the Cabinet
member said, four and half million
young people had entered the labor
market since 1929 and employment
would have to be 124 per cent of the
normal level to absorb the addi-
tional potential workers.
It was in the wire manufacturing
branch of the steel industry that the
employment index for March, 1896,
was above the 1929 level. The wire
making division was 143 in March,
which was actually above the 1929
level of 1922"
The increased demand for wire,
calling for greatly increased produc-
ton and labor, she said, resulted
from increased farm purchasing
power.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
DIR. F. E. Townsend
Wallet Wakes Fat

The Townsend $200-a-month old
age pension movement has been a
money-maker for its founders and
promoters, DR.. F. E. Towsend and
Robert E. Clements.
The House Investigating commit
tee learned Thursday from Clements
that he received about 1880 in
salary, expenses and dividends up to
April 1, 1886, when he resigned as
secretary of the national organiza-
ton.
His total income from the move
ment, Clements said, covered peri
cd from October, 1884, to April, 1886
and included $4,000 he received for
his half share in the Townsend Ma
tional Weekly. He said he and DR..
Townsend shared equally in the in
come, salary, etc.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
MRS. ]. E. LAMBERT

Versa Wood Lambert, daughter of
J. F. and Annie Wood was born Dec.
%, 1897. She departed this life April
Is, 1886, age SO yrs. 3 mo. Is days.
She protested a hope in Christ in
her early life and joined the church
and was baptised and lived a Chris
tan life.
She was married to J. E. Lambert
Oct. 18, 1888. To this union were
born three children. One son, jim
mic Edwin, age about 2 years, and
twin girls, Patsy Ruth and Peggy 10
Anne, age 9 days.
Her father and mother proceeded
her in death. Sister Versa leaves a
husband, children, lots of relatives,
and a host of friends to mourn her
loss. She told her husband and
friends that she was ready to go and
for them to meet her in heaven and
that her only worry was leaving her
husband and children.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we love is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
The funeral services were held at
Oak Hill Baptist Church by Rev. E.
J. Sexton and Wyatt Eldreth.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
E. A. PENNINGTON

E. A. Pennington, of Little Laurel,
died at his home on April 7th and
was buried on April 9th. He suffered
greatly before his death, but he bore
it with patience. He was 81 years
old and leaves his wife and Is chill
dren to mourn their loss. Surviving
children are: Stacy, Will, and Pay
ton, of Henlock; Roby, of Ashland;
Smith, of Abingdon; Luke, Waynes-
burg, KY. Mrs. Walter Phillips, of
Burdine, KY; Mrs. Carrot Patrick,
of Kollingsville, Md; Carl, of York
Ign, Della; Mrs. Sam Jones, Creston;
Mrs. John Heating, Chatham, Pa;
Mrs. Thomas Jones, of Clifton; Joe,
of Concord.
The deceased professed hope in
Christ Al years ago and joined the
M. E. church where he remained a
faithful member.
He is gone, oh, how we miss him.
His dear face, we'll see no more,
But we'll meet him, yes, we'll
meet him,
On that happy eternal shore.
Little Laurel will miss him in the
church work. He was loved by all
who knew him.-Written by his
daughter, Mrs. Sam Jones.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
Lansing Has Class
Basketball Tourney

LANSING, April 20-A class bas-
ketball tournament in which every
grade from the fifth through the
eleventh took part in both the boys
and girls division ended last Friday
with the tenth grade girls and the
eleventh grade boys being declared
the champions.
In the final girls game, the tenth
grade emerged the victor over the
eighth grade girls by the narrow
margin of 24-19. 1t was a close, and
exciting battle all the way.
The eleventh grade boys won the
championship in their division by
winning an extra-period game from
the ninth grade by the score of
22-12 At the end of regulation
playing time, the score was tied
1912. The eleventh graders put on
tremendous rally to pile up a
rather large margin of victory in the
extra five minute period.
|. Individual members of both win
ming teams were each presented
with a CDR. Pepper" in a chapel
ceremony.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
Chief Executive Tells Aims Of
Administration at Thos.
Jefferson Dinner
HITS REPUBLICAN CRITICS

After hitting directly at Republi-
can critics, President Roosevelt ex-
pounded a political philosophy of
higher wages for workers, more in
come for farmers" to New York
audience Saturday night.
Facing more directly toward the
oncom1ng presidential campaign
than in any of his recent speeches,
Mr.. Roosevelt asserted before a
Thomas Jefferson dinner sponsored
by the National Democratic club
that, even though the obpect he
mentioned could not be obtained in
a month, or a year, 1--WE are on our
way-very definitely on our way"
High wages and increased farm
income, he said, would mean more
goods produced, more and better
food eaten, fewer unemployed, and
lower taxes"
THAT is my economic and social
philosophy, and, incidentally, my
political philosophy as WE'LL" he said
at the conclusion of his address. ''I
believe from the bottom of my heart
that it is the philosophy of the 1886
America"
At intervals, the Chief Executive
struck back at Republican and other
critics. He referred once to 1882
campaign statement made by Her.
bert Hoover in Madison Square
Garden here, saying:
'By the way, every time I come
to New York, I look for that grass
which was to be growing in the
city Streets"
Twice, he referred to individuals
who are never satisfied" once in
connection with newly organized
brain trust-not mine" Again, in re-
plying to what he termed complaints
about the current cost of rebuilding
America, about the burden on future
generations, he said:
Cites Gain in Income
Il tell them that, whereas the def
cit of the Federal government this
year is about three billion dollars,
the national income of the people of
the United States has risen from
thirty-fve billions in the year 1892
to sixty-five billions in the year 1886,
and tell them further that the only
burden we need to fear is the bur
den our children would have to bear
if we failed to take these measures
today.
Building national income, dis
tributing it more widely means not
only the lettering of conditions of
life but the end of, and insurance
against, individual and national def
cts tomorrow"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
MRS. ELIZABETH TILLEY

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lewis Tilley
was born September Is, 1843, and
died April 7, 1886, at the age of 90
years, 6 months, and % days.
She professed hope in Christ in
her youth and lived Christian until
the death angel took her away. She
told her son of the day before she
passed that she was ready to go. She
leaves one son, Roby Tilley, and two
grandchildren: Emory, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Edna Tilley, of Kentucky.
Her husband, Emory Tilley, and one
son, Willard, preceded her in death.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
Two Men Rescued After Ten
DAYS in Nova Scotia Gold Mine


nourishment. Prior to the time the
water cut them off from the lower
end of the tube, however, it was un-
derstood, the men had received
nourishment for day or so after
being without food for about a
week.
A tiny telephone device had been
lowered, so that communication was
established, but it became only one
way communication as the water
arose and barred the men from the
lower end of the tube.
Numerous times during the week
it had been reported that the rescu-
ers were within a few hours of the
entombed men, but it was found Ia
ter that they were farther than they
had thought or that they had made
mistake in direction. In several in
stances they had days of digging
ahead of them when they thought
they had only few hours.
Because of his condition, Scadding
was taken by seaplane to Halifax
and placed in a hospital Thursday
afternoon.
Dr. Robertson was taken from the
emergency hospital in Halifax Fri
day by a Royal Canadian air force
seaplane.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
CO-Owners of Mine Go Through
Horrible Experiences
Under Ground
ONE OF THREE MEN DIES

Throughout Canada and the United
States and in other lands people
were thrilled Thursday morning
when it was announced long last
that DR.. D. E. Robertson and
Charles Alfred Scadding had been
removed from ten days living death
in an underground tomb in an
abandoned gold mine near Moose
River, Nova Scotia.
"Praise God, from whom all bless
ings flow-praise Him all creatures
here below" sounded out in the
deep night over the remote rugged
woodland and meadow, chanted by
toil-hardened miners and hundreds
of others, led by the Salvation Army,
as the emaciated men, sick and
weak, hungry and cold, were
brought from their long imprison-
ment al feet below the surface of
the earth. From their stretchers, the
two men waved weakly and smiled.
Brought up behind them, through
the tortuous narrow tunnel dug for
the rescue of the entombed men, was
the body of Herman Magill, who had
died early Monday from the under
ground privations and suffering.
The two survivors of an Easter
Sunday rock slide, after being
brought to the surface, were rushed
across a meadow to an improvised
hospital, where nurses and doctors
had been waiting for days and nights
to render first aid and bring the
emaciated men back to strength suf-
fcient to enable them to make the
trip to Halifax
Immediately after they had been
brought out, DR.. Robertson, 62-year-
old Toronto surgeon and part owner
of the\aaine property, startled his
rescuers by asking for beefsteak.
Scadding, A years old, was in more
precarious condition His feet had
become infected and were swollen.
Magill, who had died after seven
days Imprisonment, was 80 years Of
age and part owner of the mine. He
had died the day after communica-
ton had been established between
the surface and the prison chamber
The wives of the three men were
at the mouth of the tomb to greet
the living and receive the dead. The
women had kept a day and night
vigil at the mine
DR.. Robertson and Scadding were
rescued only after nearly 10 days of
gruelling day and night digging
through rock and earth, amid the
constant danger of rock slides.
Since Sunday three feet of water
had separated the prisoners from a
tube through which they had receiv-
ed vials of cocoa, soup and other
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Fashioned from 5000, 900 pounds of
steel. $4,000 cubic yards of concrete,
its roots of solid cement and 1000 piles
extending deep into the floor of the
ocean, 80 feet below water surface,
the pier is 1000 feet long and can
accommodate the largest ship taking
coal on the Atlantic Coast.
Built especially for the N. & w.
and the only facility of the kind on the
Atlantic Seaboard, an electrically
operated bunkering barge delivers fuel
coal to the vessel while it takes on
cargo coal, thus saving ships approx
,mately one-fourth of the usual coaling
time.
Designed to eliminate breakage of
prepared sizes Of coal, fuel is never
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

dropped or thrown during transfer
from Car to ship. Automatically
weighed, the loaded coal car is moved
by gravity, an electric mule, and an
electric arm to the car bumper. An
operator moves lever. The electrical
brain" goes into action The loaded
car is locked against the walls of
cradle; great hood clamps down and
holds the load securely; 100000 pounds
of cradle and load are elevated to a
predetermined level; the car is turned
over; seven hood gates slowly open;
the coal flows gently into huge metal
pan against rubber-covered steel re-
tarder-all automatically. The rubber
buffer retreats; the coal moves gently
into flexible telescope chute, equipped
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

with independent-acting, double-under-
cut gates on the bottom. AS the coal
fills the chute, it is gradually extended
until close to the floor of the ships
hold. The gates are then opened and
the fuel flows uniformly into the hold
of the ship.
Other features include sprinkling
system with capacity of 1850 gallons
OF water per minute; electrical boat
haulage machines to move vessels back.
and forth; four electric capstans to-
handle mooring lines; telautograph !;
automatic telephones and loud-speakeri
systems.
The new pier is served by Lambert
Point Yard. which has a capacity Of
more than 5000 coal cars!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
S., 900 FOR CAPTURING
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. /

A $4,000 reward spurs the nation
wide hunt for 27-year-old Alvin
Karpis, who once won the marble
championship of Topeka. His safe
cracking, kidnapping career culminat-
ed in the Bremen abduction. Now
he's public enemy No. ~
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Ninety-five per. cent of all rivers
in North America flow south or into
streams flowing south.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Minnesota has recently built a
schoolhouse entirely of glass. The
pupils are delighted with it.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Color blind persons find it hardest
to distinguish between orange and
green.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Alligators' eggs have white shell
and are about the size of turkey
eggs.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

Bootblacks wear conventional eve
ming clothes in New York shoe
shine shop.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30

EPSON salt crystals are used to
make billiards in the movies.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-04-30
Steel Robot Can Transfer 1000, 900 Pounds
Of Coal Per Hour Without Breakase

by its
toy is
p a r