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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-21

The sudden stopping Of the car
interrupted his thoughts. A furry OF
sp~w swert through the window as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-21

Dresser Sets - Comb, Brush and
Mirror Of sterling silver by Wal
lace, Corham and others, $50 to
$50. Ensmclcd Sets from 50.
Black lnlaid engravirg Of initials
without cost.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-21

Moscow will open beauty school.
Grecce's foreign trade Is declining.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10

meanwhile trouble taken home in
state of collapse tormened by the thought
the death OF his friend Charley.
1t Looked as if the Vault Would Be charleys Tomb.
live until they could him That's
himself When that door had closed him had him
seconds to realize the gravity of his predicament
"When remembered that the door couldn't opened
Everything quiet. humping of
heart. helpless a
miles under ground pulled myself together knew must
keep calm"
pneumatic was brought
drilling small hole in the of the vault Would Charley
mouth the hole called Are all right
But after piece of twisted
through the opening On scrawed word Hurry"
There Wasn't Any Air Left for Charley to Breathe
standing when they pound the sides
The din terrific that stuffed fingers
happy to know that help had arrived
The place seemed be getting hot Breathing began
where the air better For hours lay there gaspng
My everish. that
be in time"
Charleys aching He burning
breathing almost impossible His
side of the vault because felt cool His head
rolling his
thought he would mad.
The Cost of Humor Is Pretty High, Sometimes.
dashing against the says every
getting hazy The end when looked
struggled chair stood it and pushed note through
fell to the floor, unconscious"
It took open a
baeshp steel Charleys face blue his bullying
hanging Of his mouth when at last they
into the air.
could For recovering from the
tors say again and won't able
work for It's pretty tough price to payor
rs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
House Fly Vibrates His
Wings 33O Times Sc


The fact that fly can walk up
side down on the ceiling has always
been thing of wonder to children
and grown-ups alike. But before
it can walk, how does it land on
the ceiling? For it certainly does
not fly upside-down. The secret is
that the fly has two extraordinary
forelegs. These are as long as the
entire body, and each leg has nine
joints, enabling the leg to be extend
ed at will in any direction.
A fiy's leg is not merely double,
but nine-jointedl Before landing on
the ceiling the fly cruises slowly
just below, and thrusts up its fore
legs above its body so that it's pads
get foothold; the whole body of
the fly then swivels round on its
multi-joints and ends up facing the
ceiling. What a trapeze artist the
common housefy would makel
The wings of fly, though in
credibly thin, are tremendously
hard and strong, due to the pres
ence of chitin-a material that is
very tough and flexible. Some in
sects vibrate their delicate wings
only nine times second; the COM
mon housefly vibrates his $50 times.
-Tit-Bits Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
Magnet Has the Power of
Repulsion and Attraction

The most peculiar property of
iron seems to be it's power of mag
netism, says Ireland's Own. The
natural magnet is a ponderous iron
stone of a blackish color. It is sup
posed to derive its magnetic power
from the position in which it lay in
the earth, for a bar of iron if
suspended in a particular direction
for some time becomes magnetic.
If one of these natural magnets
be broken into pieces each piece
will have the property of attracting
iron and communicating to it mag
netic power by friction-thus if a
needle be rubbed from its eye to
its point few times over the North
pole of magnet and then stuck in
small cork to swim on water, the
eye will veer towards the north and
the point towards the south. In
this way the Chinese in early days
formed their mariners compass, a
guide on which they could rely at
all times with perfect safety
The magnet has power of repul-
sion as well as of attraction. Each
natural magnet has an attracting
and repelling pole, and the space
between the poles will neither at
tract nor repel. In one of the
palaces of Portugal was one of
these natural magnets, of so large
a size that it was capable Of sus-
tanning weight of two hundred
pounds; it was present from the
Emperor of China to a resident
of Portugal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
Smallest Fish in World

According to the United States
bureau of fisheries, the smallest fish
in the world reaches an average
length of six-sixteenths of an inch
and maximum length of seven
sixteenths of an inch. 1t is about
the size of an ant and is probably
the tiniest back-boned creature that
has ever been called to the attention
of science. The species is found in
certain creeks in the Philippines
and is known scientifically as Pan
daka pygmea. The bodies of these
fish are slender and almost trans
parent, the comparatively large
eyes being the only feature clearly
visible. The next fish in respect to
size is Mistichthys luzonensis, also
found in the Philippines. It's average
length is about one-twelfth of an
inch greater than that of Pandaka
,pygmea. Fish of this species are
so numerous in Lake Buhi, Luzon,
that the natives catch them for
food. Sinarapan is the local name
for the species.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
''The Joke That wasn't Funny
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

OU know boys and girls don't suppose anybody exactly rel
hes the idea OF death for but you can't get around
tact that for dying pleasant Others
me long list OF the worlds martyrs suggest that death isn't
quite so terrible when you're dying for good worthy
But on the other hand it must be facing
ooo on account OF nothing
That's what happened though. to Charley Giacomo,
OF PATERSON N j., March g. 1929 at
PATERSON Death came for him riding butterfly
augh-came for him at his of business
getting ready to leave for the night.
1t happened suddenly that for Charley hardly
eaze what had happened He putting
vault wnen his friend Bill another clerk in the bank called Hurry
up charlie or I'll lock n Then he
was seconds before he realized that that
Bills Thoughtess Gag Threatens to Smother Charley.
Bill hadn't shut that kdding-only
meant to close part But the heavy portal
mao pe from his hands, Too late he realized
TO an alright vaul-a vault in which only
vault equipped with time lock
the next morning!
Bill called Carrot Kuken, assistant
the bank Kuken called the fire department
called out half OF Paterson They
light company crews Of structural
workers. They sent for ambulance
D CiacomO would need before they
to work with drills trying through
vault.
While crew after arrived the the remen worked
fanncaly labors
people out of it, but isn't thing GET people Of And
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE,

RITSY GRANTS European tenni.
tour cost him $3.50, exclusive of
incidental expenses. His partner in
the insurance business, who was
supposed to take care Of his renew
ais, fell ill while Bitsy was away
ana let a number of policies lapse
:. Bobby Riggs and Wayne Sabin,
the young California doubles combi-
nation being tOuted for next years
Davis cup competition, have been
parted by Jack del Vale, their San
GEL" The break came during the
rye matches and Del Vale ex-
planned it by saying he believed
SaDIns influence on Riggs was not
beneficial. 1t probably will be
patched up before the national
championships.
Although the Giants are in the
midst of one of the most magnifi-
cent pennant drives of recent years
gosslpers still operate on them. The
latest lowdown is that Hank Leiber
and Harry Gumbert will be traded
TO the Cards for Jim Collins next
winter. The whispered reason for
this is that Terry and Leiber do
not get along" Another keyhole
item is that several Giants Off
Gals consider Mel OFT to be "an
overrated player" and will peddle
him to another club in 1887 if Terry
agrees.
Pop Warner and Gil Dobie will
be personally matching their fost-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10


two rounds and 1.02 later, he was
grinning.
That, of course, may have been
because he was getting his first
glimpse of Leon Kettchel, the hui
man beanpOle who some day may
be stood up to be bOwled over in the
same alley and under the same
benevolent auspices as last night.
1t also might have been because a
yOungster, whose best ballyhoOers
had been doing masterpieces about
his "shellShocked" reactions, was
at last coming to realize that in
stead Of going into a battle he was
facing pink tea.
Anyhow it hardly matters. Keep
ing his right up high, as he did
not against the fairly young and
fairly agile Schmeling, Louis start
ed slowly. Perhaps a punch into
those whiskers he has never yet had
time to grow might have caused
him some inconvenience and slowed
him up even more. But, even though
the leaden-footed, half-bald Sharkey
made some motions, which indicat-
ed that Joe still has a bit to learn
before being better than even mon
ey against such two-legged gents
as Ettore, Pastor and John Henry
Lewis, nothing much happened.
Sharkey went through the first
round as if surprised that the bad
news was so long delayed. So, he
paved his bemused way into the
second round, scarcely landing a
blow. He went down from right
70 the jaw, got up and went down
again shortly thereafter from
iilsht, left and feeling of futility.
Ia the third round he again was
OOWled over twice, once SPRAYING
over the lower strand Of ropes.
After this he got up. He was not
as badly beaten as was Louis in
me Schmeling fight and it is prob
SOle that he expected to go on. But
Aeleree Donovan had already
counted ten. So that was that. The
ua9tle OF What Does It Proven"
was over and, even though the radio
anu movie concessionaires may
@uawk to the high heavens, there
VIII be no rematch. Sharkey now
van 60 back to Boston and impa-
ueaI customers who have been
streaming can get some service
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
Ohio State Fears Grid
Date With New York u

Strange as it may seem Ohio
State fears that early football date
with N. Y. U. this fall. Buckeye
track athletes, here for the World
Labor meet, reported that folks
around Columbus feel the Violets
are going to be so tough that there
is practically no betting money in
sight Yale men refuse to
talk about gridiron prospects but
there is a persistent rumor that
Ducky Pond will surprise the ma
ton with a powerful team this fall.
Especially if some of the scho-
lastically doubtful scphs regain
good standing Don't expect
Lou Little to be overactive at Co
lumbia this fall. Reports from his
Leominster, Mass, home town are
that his injured hip still pains him
nightly.
George Varoff, the high-soaring
pole vaulter, will stay away from
sports until after Christmas. He
feels that he has been spending too
much time on such play and is
anxious to catch up in his studies
at Oregon, where he is sophie
more this fall Sign of autumn
Six Youngsters tossing the
Manhattan sidewalk seasons first
football ON East Eighty fourth
street.
Although Jess Sweetser, president
of the Metropolitan Golf associa-
ton, is playing as good golf as any
New York amateur this summer,
his temperament still gets in his
way during tournament competition.
In spite of his many years of cam
paigning he still enlists in the club
throwing ranks when the breaks go
sour For a lad who's had a
taste of Hollywood, Buell. Patrick
Abbott, the Californian who recent
ly won the national public links IL
tie, has mild aspirations for movie
career. "All I want" he says,
speaking of that tabled city where
salaries always are quoted in the
higher G's, sis contract for $3.50
or $500 a week for four or five
years. Then I'll quit"
This has been a singularly unfOr-
innate summer for Bill Cook, cap
tain and future coach of the Rang
ers. His mother died two months
ago, lust after the popular hockey
veteran had moved his family east
to the new house he bought near
Hamilton, Ont. His two children
had to have their tonsils out and,
although that's ordinarily a simple
operation these days, his younger
daughter had a relapse and had to
return to the hospital. Then Mrs.
Cook became i'll and had to under
go an operation. Jughandie
Johnny Morrison, former DOdger
and Pirate, is now pitching for not
foo good semi-pro teams in Brook
lyn and getting $3.50 per game.
Although he appears to be quiet,
well-mannered fellow, Welly Berger
Of the Bees likes practical jokes ev-
on better than base hits. His pet
nrank is to put eels in the pullman
berths of his teammates Hand
books take five-cent bets In Mon
treal Watch North Carolina
states football team this fall. Hunk
Anderson, the old Notre Dame, Will
he working with 26 letter men, most
of them juniors.
Exnerts whisper that the best
huvs ON the PhiIIy m1l-winter bar
pain counter will be Pitcher Claude
Passea; and Catcher Bill Atwood.
The Cubs and Giants already have
been lingering the $4,000 price tags
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
snakeroot Poisons Animals

Veterinarians say white snake
root causes a disease among cattle,
horses, and sheep commonly called
'trembles." 1t seems to affect the
nervous system. The poisoning is
sometimes contracted by human
beings from drinking milk or eat
ing milk products from poisoned
cows. The disease is called milk
sickness" in man. White snake
root poisoning is accumulative, &C,
cording to authorities, and small
amount of the plant eaten over
long period of time may produce
the same effect as a large amount
eaten at one feeding. Calves ana
lambs have been fatally poisoned
from nursing cows and ewes that
had eaten snakeroot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
"What Does 1t Prove
Bout Gives Sailor
$4,000 for Trouble

WHILE beating his Basque
w WOodchopper par in slapping
over the Boston Bartender at
Yankee Stadium, Joe JOuis was
far short of his top Chicago King
fish performance. Yet, even though
il took one minute and two seconds
Of the third round before he could
convince a trembly-legged, eye
Scared, thirty-three-year-Old veter-
an that he had enough, this falling
short of perfection should not be
held against Joe. He did the job
assigned to him and probably the
whole VaSsar Daisy Chain team
could not have done it any better
Whether he is, by any chance, the
same gifted athlete he was before
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
Discovery of the Tomato

It is not definitely known just
when the tomato was found to be
non-poisonous and edible or how
the discovery came about, says
Pathfinder Magazine. But tradi-
ton has it that it was a New Eng
land man who despite the warnings
and dire predictions Of his friends
first ate Of the love apple" in this
country. This fearless fellow is
said to have been Michele Felice
Corne, an artist whose best known
paintings were those depicting
naval battles of the War of 1912.
And there stands in a cemetery at
Newport, r. l., a monument to
Corne, the man who took a chance
and thereby performed a great
service to mankind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10

DdA cOacnlng wits
for the first time
when Boston college
meets Temple in
October. This is
Warmers forty-sec-
ond year as a coach
while Dobie has
been on duty for a
mere IS seasons
Eddie Borden, the
sports writer and
fight manager, will
shortly publish a
new boxing maya
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10

zine tagged Bang Princeton
insiders are breaking down and ad-
hitting that the Frosh football sup
ply is the best since the class of
'S6. They add that this mama will
be very much welcomed by Coach
Fritz Crisler since practically all of
the present regulars will be blOtted
out by graduations next June.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10

the ScnInenng mis-
take is something
that need not be
gone into here. Ger
tainly he entered
the ring m or e
blithely than for any
other New York ap-
pearance up to date.
Even before he got
his first glimpse Of
that dreadful Shark
ey man, who, by
the way was the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-09-10
SlOughed Sailor Need
aave No Regrets

a. while explaining how he held the
~ Bomber to a mere count of
va. sayo three years after the stall
NJ. Carnera won the champion
~ rom him by means Of a slash
,,io. 'One uppercut, the sloughed
r. ' 80 aeed have no regrets, though.
h, 8 So' very handsome S3O,928
,re;sa S scant moments of light ex-
AMI ' :, so ne departs with the pleas
GOoO' ee ed that in a town where
q 'I wv, people take daily chances
n,, uslng bOwled over by autos,
,,,,e ,y because they cannot AFFORD
ars arc. at least 5000, 900 people
and 1SaivyIng his pretty opportunity
UNI bright reward.
Not in the Box Score:
rs dartmouth RI football fans are wor-
under TUOut Mutt Ray, who recently
crack % cent. back operation. The
Chance ~ center is far from right and
this fan are e, ne will see little action
IA Mcr. The two star guards, Lat
skiing LAY severely injured in a
Who wy aaeelaent, and Joe Hanrahan,
ans, "a ai. stopped by the June ex-
So may be unavailable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-26
8 Stov w HAL COCHRAN

The oranges the Tinies had soon disappeared. Gee, it's too bad that we don't have some more of them, said Dotty, with smile.
 "On such fruit I could stuff and stuff, and two of them weren't quite enough. Perhaps, tots, we can find some more. Let's look around 8 while."
 The little bird that flew away, came flying back. They heard him say, T overheard what Dotty said. I've come to lend a hand.
 "All through the woods you tots might scoot, but I know you'd find no more fruit. However. I can bring you some. !" Fair Goldy cried, How grandl"
 The bird continued, "Wait right here. I have secret storeroom near" The Tinies watched him fit away. Soon Windy yelled, "Hurray!
 "A great big orange that bird has found. He's pushing it across the ground. Twill be in our possession soon. He's heading right this way"
 "Oh, let's not peel it," Windy cried. Instead, we'll push some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-26
neMrss 4v GEORGE ScAtaDO

straws inside and all have lots of juice. Twill be an easy thing to do."
 Some wild plant stems were used for straws. The tots were very pleased because the juice was very sweet. The fruit was fiat when they were through"
 Soon Coppy jumped and looked around. Said he, What is that funny sound? My guess is that it's music, but where is 1t coming from?"
 Fair Goldy answered, with . grin, "A cricket and a big vi'linl Right over meath the trees, tots. How that funny bug can struml"
 The cricket shouted, "Howdy dol I'll play Q little tune for you. Come over here and join me. I'm friendly sort, you know"
 The Tinies rushed up to his side and very shortly Goldy cried. "Oh, my, your music's wonder full. The notes are soft and low" Copyright, 1886, NEA Service, Inc)
 (The Tinies meet . very strange drummer in the next stOry.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-26

(The Tinies meet a very strange drummer in the next stOry.)
Evening star., 1936-03-03

provision adopted to preserve neu-
trality should limit the embargo to
arms, ammunition and implements
exclusively prepared for war pur.
poses, and not including any ma
terials required for the needs Of the
civil population, Of agriculture, indus
try or transportation"
Propasanda Evidence Seen.
Said the American-Italian Union:
""" denounces the Nye-Clark-
Maverick bills as rejecting evidences
Of European propaganda designed to
enlist American aid on the side Of
the League Of Nations vassal Or
gan suhservient to British interests
designed to maintain the European
balance Of power through application
Of League sanctions" "' The only
safe and realistically neutral policy
for this Nation to attempt is . policy
Evening star., 1936-03-03
ny BRENT DOW ALLINsON.

BY BRENT DOW ALLINSON.
Among influences held to be chiefly
responsible for delay or defeat Of the
full program of insurance against war,
devised by advocates Of the new Amer
tcan neutrality, three are most con-
spicuous.
These are: First. certain large in
dustrial and exporting interests, prin.
cipally the great oil companies, the
steel, automobile and aviation corpo-
rat;ons. whose immediate commercial
opportunities and profits would be
curtailed If the sale and shipment to
belligerents of materials useful or
essential in war were prohibited, or
even if American exports to belliger-
ent countries were held down to
normal. peacetime proportions, as pro-
posed by the administration, the
Munitions Committee, and many other
advocates Of 100 per cent American
neutrality.
Second. by dozen or more pro-
Fascist, Italian-American societies,
highly vocal in a few large cities, such
as New York. Chicago and Greater
Boston, and in certain other congress
sional districts.
Thomas Address Influential.
Third. by an impressive address.
lasting more than four hours, delivered
to the Senate by Prof. Ebert D.
Thomas of the University of Utah,
now in absentia by reason Of his serv-
tpe TI,itaA Cfo$ee Ca~o$or
Certainly. also. the stentorian oppo-
sition Of Senators Hiram johnson of
California and Tom Connally of Texas
large oil-producing States-had
something to do with it. Moreover,
the administration, itself. embarrassed
by pro-League sympathy and anti
League sentiment, surrendered too
easily. 1t is alleged. when, with little
greater display of political energy and
moral conviction, it might have car
ried the program Of reformist neutral
3ty to complete victory.
AS for Italian-American opposition,
1t was manifested by the dispatch Of
similarly -phrased kilograms and reso-
lutions of protest to numerous Con-
SNoAA1SAAs oAAA Ny VIC VI
an organization entitled variously
League for American Neutrality"
and THE American Anti-Neutrality
Association" which for a time estab-
1ished headquarters at large WASH
tngton hotel, under the leadership of
Mr.. Andrew A. Cassassa, ex-rnayor
Of the city of Revere Mass.
Italian Protesters.
The principal italian organizat tions
from whom protests were received
were the following: The American
italian Union of New York City, for
whom Signor U. v. d'Annunzio, son
Of the celebrated Italian poet and
novelist. and active in Fascist propa-
ganda. was the principal spokesman;
the Italian Chamber of Commerce of
New York City, Ercole H. Locatelli,
president; the Pugliese Society, the
American Friends Of Italy, Utica,
N. Y; the Order of the Sons of Italy
in America Grand Lodge of the
State Of New York;. The views Of
Evening star., 1936-03-03

based upon sound and accepted In
ternational law, existing since the days
Of 0rotius and proved beneficial to
the welfare Of the American people
viz, to refuse to deal In munitions
with any and all nations ct war. but
to trade In other commodities freely
with all nations, whether at war or ut
peace. provided that in our trading
we treat both sides equally and alike. :"
These organizations and their rep.
resentatives, therefore. vigorously op-
pose any extension Of the principles
Of the new neutrality act. passed last
August, to the general field Of snuni-
tio9s of war. although they assented