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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
CENTuRY-oLD PICTURE FOUND

i Glasgow, Mo, (UP)-A century, old picture of Dr. John Bull, sought for years for the Washington con- gressional archives, has been found here. Dr. Bull, turbulent pre- Civil war democrat, turned Whig to be elected to Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

Flew York, Sept. 2o. CUP)-The stock market opened irregular to- day in active trading. Bonds were ftr1n. Cotton gained 1 to g points.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
FRATERNAL NEWS---
Italian Sisterhood

Arrangements for a Halloween party to be held on October 26 were made at meeting of the Italian Sisterhood last evening. Ten applications for membership were accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

The Sultan of Joho.e has sent $26, 900 to the King George Memo rial fund as a contribution from himself and his people Gin etttlae for the great benefits received from his late Majesty. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

The term cowboys" was first used during tke American Revolutionary war. It was applied to a band of Tories who stole cattle from both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
French Senate To Vote On Franc DeUaLuati0n
Decision Had Been Expected Tomorrow, But Debate
 May Delay It-Passage of Meausre Expected
BY HAROLD ETTLINGER United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Paris September 29 = (UP) = A government bill providing for devauaton of the franc passed overwhe- gy by the chamber of deputies went to the senate today and final passage expected at continuous session Annnnn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
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puBIrC UTILITY STOCKS

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

assist National Commander Dal,- iel D'AIesandro in planning the drive. MT. Onofrio was national chief of staff of the D. A. V. and is very influential in veteran circles throughout the country. John De Pastii;o, newly elected national vice commander k or- ganizing Torrinston and Winsted.
 NEW YORK CURB
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
LATE REALTY NEWS
Warranty Deeds;

Kathleen Y. Mulligan to Eleanor E. MulIigan, real estate on the east side of Circuit ave- me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
Qult Claim Deeds:

Naugatuck National bank, ex- eeutor, Co Fred B. Beardsley. real estAte on Inc south side of Ridge- wood street.
 WaterbnEy Second Mertgage Corporation to the Citizens and Manufacturers National bank, fFustee, real estate on the south side ol Kaber avenue.
 James F. Grady to Fred B. HfaFtsle1. real estate on the south 1'1s q nisgsRpsA street.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03

You'll declare it the most fun
in years-embroidery roses, zln-
MAS and lilies in combination cut
work and Stitchery. French knots,
lazy daisy and single stitch com
plete the handsome cutwork motif
which may so prettily adorn
scarfs, towels and pillow slips. Pat
tern 1858 contains a transfer pat
tern Of four motifs averaging AZ
by 7h inches. two motifs AZ by
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
Gypsy Musicians
Form Trade Union

BUDAPEST G.N.SJ-Thrown
out Of work by wireless and jazz,
$500 unemployed Hungarian gypsy
musicians are making plans TO
unite.
Out of about 5000 musical
gypSieS in Hungary, only 1900
are in permanent employment.
The rest intend to organize a
grand orchestra Of nearly 800
players. They will then ask per
mission from the government to
play in public gardens.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03
Catholics 10 Protest
Restriction Of Priests

QUERETARO, Mexico, July 3
U.N.sJ. - Only three priests
henceforth may perform masses
in the capital Of this state and
only one in each municipality,
the state legislature ruled today
in promulgating its new religious
law.
Catholics were expected to file
a protest with the governor. The
state requires 800 priests, accord
ing to the biShopric.
The Washington times., 1936-07-03

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Evening star., 1936-11-27

principle that the less we produce the
more prosperous we become: or, again.
with the widely held notion that
through mass production and the in
strumentality of the machine we have
reached q chronic state of over
production. To my mind. our prob
lem is not one of overproduction-it
is one Of grave maladjustment. Over
production in general is impossible
until every one who is willing to work
has at least those things to which
he is entitled, on the basis Of the
value of his work.
Broad Opportunity Ahead.
''If this be true, there is no over
production of old things, and there is
certainly vast opportunity for the
production Of new things It Is not .
Standardization Of the processes Of
production that constitutes our danger,
but Standardization or static state Of
our ideas. II we could only instill in
the minds of all that We are not at the
end but at the beginning Of our devel.
opment, there would result q tremen-
dous broadening Of our vision and an
appreciation Of the vast opportunities
before US"
Business is an Intangible thing COM
prising many influences and many
forces, some Of them, of course, con-
ficting and competitive with each
other. But the speech of Sloan just
quoted illustrates by its very positive
ness the difficulty of interpreting the
trend of business thinking.
Must Be Clear-Cut.
The common denominator, however,
at the moment would seem to have
been expressed by Sloan in his infor-
NAL comment when he says, in effect,
that if regulation of business by Gov
ernment is here, then let it be specific,
determinative and clear-cut, 80 that
adjustments can be made without that
area of uncertainty which vests In q
bureaucrat or Q commission the power
to legislate from day to day.
That's the crux of the situation and
may well become the central issue from
now on In any program Of Government
and business cooperation, assuming .
Evening star., 1936-11-27
FILMS CALL SECRETARY

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, November
~ R.-For the second time in Holly.
wood history studio secretary has
gone from . typewriter to film role.
Zoila Conan, secretary to Director
William Wellman, got that chance.
Directing the picture. "A Star Is
Born" Wellman had difnculty find.
ing just the girl he wanted to play
a typist. In the midst of debating q
letter to the casting office concerning
the qualifications of the actress he
wanted, he looked at his own secre-
tary and said, Here's where you 90
in the movies. Tear up that letter"
Dorothy Wilson, who has reached
starring ranks, was the first secretary
to do the trick.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

Logically, this correct, a
part in now-a day international affairs.
The reason Dhy the has started
tons Which interested
either enthusiastically dpomaicaHy
But Uhen they ready
essary "underaandino wth the birds feather
to look for start fighting plenty
OF reasons Dhy the struggle should start
The great hopes the European dmocac
ooSeves tremendous prestige
world catastrophe vanishing into
authoritarian
keep in the world the people Of this country
bitterly disappointed
former allies will make difficult in another
European conflict.
Furthermore the old which
makes only little impression these days. despite the efforts
Foreign speakers of international hockng
cajoe and bully the United States
American and organizations between
TO do this job American lecturers they
would be thrown of the platform and would
them again
President Roosevelt military advisers
ogn realize tha there not
International conflict BY urging the European good
teos not fgt because fighting
Az the President hopes to och'epe
the nations o the Western Hemisphere
trdy policy Such policy might haze result
ing OF the conflict because the markets
closed to the beHigerents
Evening star., 1936-11-27

they will draft and hand farm
This also has before After the invaidated
called Washington the soil conservation
Therefore, there TOR beeping that the agricultural
leaders a constitutional
w be maintained They H probably also production control
only people crop present
the usually
naturally interested insurance Also when they CROP the
price usually wheat when the price
A. A. plan
II
since the cam.
paign
Evening star., 1936-11-27
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Van Sweringen Scepter
May Fall to Cleveland
Lawyer.
By LEMUEL r. PARTON.

NEW YORK, November 27-The
tie tamper = to president romance
seems to be going the way Of the log
cabin-to-White House idyll, more and
more, lawyers take over railroad man.
agement.
According to all this writer can
CLEAN down in the street, 1t Is almost
certain that Herbert c. Fitzpatrick,
veteran Cleveland railroad lawyer,
will pick up the fallen scepter Of the
Van Sweringen empire. Among others
of his profession who now run the roads
are President Hale Holden Of the
Southern Pacific Co., Fred Sergeant
of the Chicago g. Northwestern, Fair
fax Harrison of the Southern, Sam.
uel Thomas Bledsoe Of the Atchison,
and Charles Donnelly Of the Northern
Pacific.
Finance capital, management and
government get so mixed up, accord
ing to deep insiders, that only 8 smart
lawyer can make sense out Of the tan
gle-and not always, at that. Here
after, q really ambitious tie-tamper
will read Blackstone as he rides the
hand car They tell me that, IN the
business world generally. the lawyers
are getting the cushy jobs in increas-
ing numbers-mainly for the above
reasons.
Railroading was an after-thought
with Mr.. Fitzpatrick, after turn in
politics in Huntington, w. Va, where
he was prosecuting attorney and city
solicitor. A fedgling lawyer there,
after his graduation from Washington
and Lee University in 1893, he en-
gagged in railroad practice He had an
aptitude for problems of management
as well as law, and in 1923 became
vice president and general counsel for
the Chesapeake & Ohio at Cleveland.
He became active in q number Of
banks and corporations, and, through
his previous experience in politics,
qualified in all three requirements
finance, management and government.
Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pell, newly
elected chairman of the National
| Womans Party, is no champion Of
lady pirates, and yet she cites some
of them occasionally as examples Of
feminine enterprise. Somewhat of an
antiquarian, she reads the chronicles
Of Ann Bonny and Pirate Mary Read.
girl buccaneers Of the eighteenth CEN
tury who ran their own frigates along
the Spanish main. 1t shows that
women can do anything that men
can do when they put their minds to
| 1t, muses. Mrs. Pell. She finds in this
one proof of the fallacy Of all talk Of
the need for discriminatory legislation
for women. That's the lodestar Of
Woman's Party doctrine.
The above, coupled with the fact
that Mrs. Pell and her husband col.
lect cannon, might give a false inn
preston of extreme militancy She
is militant, but with seemly restraint,
and her drive on the Constitution,
now starting, will be thoroughly con-
stitutional. She wants a constitu.
tional amendment forbidding all legal
determinations between men and
women. She and her husband keep
their cannon hoard at Fort Ticon.
deroga, on Lake George, which the
latter's great grandfather bought 100
years ago.
| tcopyright. 1861
Evening star., 1936-11-27
We, the People
Things to Be Thankful for Cover Politics, Foreign
Affairs, Literature and Foot Ball.

That stock quotations are rising and
relief rolls dropping;
That there hasn't yet been . big
steel strike;
That taxes aren't going to be any
higher-well, not much higher;
That q lot of new publications are
getting started and that the Literary
Digest hasn't given up hope;
That Winter won't last forever;
That young men are getting older
and old men are resigning;
That young women are getting pref
tier and old women are getting re-
signed;
Romantic Novel Back.
That, the long photographed
novel Is going out of fashion; that the
long dirty novel is going out of fash
ion; that bull fight fiction is out of
bounds; and that the long romantic
novel Is back in favor.
That Eugene O'Neill won the Nobel
prize;
That Jesse Owens is a better runner
than the white Nordic Nazis:
That John L. Lewis and William
Green haven't started a civil war;
That sun spots suggest that there
won't be another drought next year;
That the Supreme Court is consid-
ering election returns that are elec-
ton returns;
That bigger and better dividends
are the order of the day:
That more and higher wages are
also the order of the day;
That this column makes no claim
to infallibility and that it appears in
a large number of intelligently edited
newspapers;
And that I won't have to think of
other things to be thankful for until
this time next year!
Copyright. 1861
Evening star., 1936-11-27

q huctuates IN
brought the general commodity price level to
the highest point since 1925.
above the week last Farm prod
up miscellaneous
modites, per cent; foods of 16 cent.
that rs Tor
products
industrial. per
What Dealers afraid OF that Dil too
shed basis OF buying demand and there
question hether be effectively checked either BY hints
Official o
his
money
dividends which should stimulate spending investment
political pickering national
business bent cooperating with the New Deal kills
them; that popular psychology is buoyant.
private
than half agreed then that the President would call
Washington
through Agriculture Secretary
January.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
By JAY FRANKLIN.

By JAY FRANKLIN.
THINGS this column Is thankful
for: That the presidential
election is over and that there
= won't be another presidential
election for three long years;
That the winning side won:
That that shrewd old politician,
r. D. r. has left the country for q
long enough period to get good rest
himself and to give the country q
good rest from party politics;
That there will be no "reprisals";; ;;
That practical meaning has been
given to the expression, IT you can't
lick EN-, jine emf, by the engage
ment Of . young Roosevelt (male)
to marry . young Du Pont (female) !;
That Prof. Rexford Guy Tugwell
did not 60 back to teaching at Colum-
bia but is on the way to becoming
an economic royalist" in his own
name;
That Father Coughlin has gone OF
the air;
TnaC Or. TOWnSeno mas ceaoeu W
matter;
No "March ON WashingtOn."
That the defeated Republicans
showed their faith in the American
way" by not organizing march on
Washington;
That the Spanish civil war hasn't
started o big European war;
That the Spanish Loyalists haven't
blown up every church in Spain;
That the Spanish rebels haven't
killed every woman and baby in
Madrid;
That big three foot ball Is again
worth paying good money to see and
in particular, that Yale has apparently
decided that the forward pass Is q
i>r;t IN. ota v@orf NJ fho 0ame.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
BOATS HUNT ORIGIN
OF SEA EXPLOSION
Blast Shakes Windows From
Santa Monica to Malibu.
Heavy Waves Follow.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA MONICA. Calf. November
27.-Four Coast Guard patrol boats
beat up and down the Los Angeles
County coast line yesterday, seeking
to learn the origin Of an explosion at
sea which shook windows from Santa
Monica to Malibu.
No wreckage was found to substan-
tiate q theory that a vessel caught fire
and exploded.
The master of the fishing barge Fox,
anchored of Topango Canyon, north
Of Santa Monica, said the explosion
was followed by a heavy sea. The
captain reported the explosion ap-
peared to be subterranean, somewhere
along the floor Of the ocean not far
from his vessel.
This. however, did not explain re-
ports Of q brilliant flash of light that
accompanied the detonation.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

their inventor, Carl Magee, lawyer and
one-time militant editor.
Magee says Dallas. El Paso, Fort
Worth and Tyler, Tex: st. Petersburg
and Miami. Fla: Kansas City, Mo;
Meadville. Pa. and Topeka, Kars, IN
addition to Oklahoma City. are now
using the nickel-in-the-slot devices
regulating parking time.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
News Behind the News
New Dealers Worried by Market Situation-Rumors
as Brake to Too Rapid Rise.
BY PAUL MALLON.

hints coming from the ANONYMOUS oal New
n switched their the
~ to the brake
Simultaneously, been disturbed BY
Washington disturbing the that the President Is
against all stock trading considers gambling and will continue p
the fact that F. 3.
boiled disturbing unbsantia
altered
q
things here
and the probably not
problem
rising business situation from rising fast getting Of
They talking
pororiy for purpose.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
MORE BODIES REMOVED
FROM JUNEAU'S DEBRIS
Death List of Sundays Landslide
Brought to 13-Three Others
Still Missing.

By the Associated Press.
JUNEAU, Alaska, November 81
The crushed bodies of a man and
woman were removed from debris OF
building here yesterday, bringing
the death list OF Sundays landslide
to 13.
Three others were still listed as
missing in the slide which rolled of
mountain slopes to bury a 100-foot
strip Of the city's apartment house
area from 10 to 40 feet deep.
The two persons found dead yes
terday were thought to be Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugo Peterson.
Still missing were Mrs. Fred Mat
son, Joe Vanali and Mrs. James Roma.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

Despite the great hopes the
French have been placing on the
friendly attitude Of Field Marshal
Rydz Smigly toward the old Franco
Polish alliance, it seems that the
Polish government still is deter
mined to follow a policy of strict
neutrality in the event OF another
world conflagration. The Polish
foreign secretary. Col. Beck, who
directs the republics foreign poll
cies with an iron hand. intimated
Evening star., 1936-11-27
WOMEN URGED TO BACK
CANCER CONTROL WORK
Riverdale Club Hears Plea From
Health Chairman Of State
Federation.

Specitl Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERDALE, Md, November &c.
Mrs. Charles o. Appleman, chairman
Of the Department Of Health of the
Maryland Federation Of Womens
Clubs, addressed meeting Of the
Womans Club Of Riverdale at the
University Of Maryland, College Park.
last night. She stressed the need Of
funds from member clubs toward the
cancer control work."
Mrs. e. N. Cory, chairman for
Prince Georges County for the six
teenth consecutive year Of the sale
Of Christmas seals for the Maryland
tuberculosis Association, Inc, urged
the women to support the cause.
Miss Ethel M. Regan, Prince Georges
County home demonstration agent,
spoke of the improved system Of light
ing for homes and also gave sugges.
tions for Christmas.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

this plainly during his visit in where had talks with
Leon Blum and Foreign Minister Delbos.
Paris London q
aon whether Secretary Anthony Eden might Bn
British that Poland semindustrial country needs
would like obtain colonies where
industries Becks
German before the and consequently Poland
of the previous colonies
of the front of the European
(Copyr:
Evening star., 1936-11-27

conscientious desire and the utmost
sincerity on both sides in bringing
about peace between the elements in
our society that have been at war-the
corporate entities and the custodians
of governmental authority.
(Copyright, 1861
Evening star., 1936-11-27

The idea will be to get the farm
leaders who exert the heaviest pres
sure on Congress to gather in the
right place to exert pressure for .
new A. A. A. program. This is the
way the original A. A. A. was &C
cepted in March. 1898.
The new program will come os-
tensibly from the farmers. as it did
before. but the men who pull the
wires here now have fairly good
hint Of what it will be. because
Evening star., 1936-11-27

attitude, W hic h
som e how be-
speaks a certain
good sportsman
ship, savors in
3 o m e quarters
rat er of the
feeling that
when the New
Deal won, busi-
ness lost and that
1t is expedient
tactics for the de-
feated to place
themselves sup
pliantly at the
feet Of the victors.
Thave heen try.
Evening star., 1936-11-27
Cash Is Restricted.

Prince Bernard of Lippe, fiance Of
Princess Juliana of Holland, consulted
London tailors for q suitable outfit,
but was somewhat handicapped be-
cause he had been permitted to take
only So out of Germany.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

It is true that people have been
shouting war" for the last two or
three years and there has been no
major war yet.
It Is for this reason that q num-
Der Of individuals are skeptical
about its outbreak. They say that
when people discuss and make all
kinds Of calculations about when
and how the war will start there
Is every chance that 1t will not
occur in the near future.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

HE opinions OF the rtters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In
The Stars effort to gue all sides of questions OF interest its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1936-11-27

What disturbs them is that
prices are going up, not stock mar
ket, but everything else.
An official canvass shows that
every major category Of prices, ex-
cept electrical equipment, has reg
istered an increase since election.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has officially announced that whole
sale commodity prices increased
nearly per cent during the single
week of November IA. This Is q
Evening star., 1936-11-27
This Changing World
Hopes Europe Placed in Roosevelts Ability to Avert
World Catastrophe Reported Vanishing.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

CONSTANTINE BROWN.
YnE President Roosevelt his Buenos Aires hopes
\A that the example nations Of
Wv Western Hemisphere will "sautary psychological
influence" the peoples Of the old world Europe getting
tn oanofher MAR
Evening star., 1936-11-27

A number of expressions made pub
iicly are of a on-political nature and
an atmosphere Of conciliatory CO.
operation prevails. But this external
Evening star., 1936-11-27
PARKING METERS IN USE
Inventor Says 10 Cities Are In
stalling Device.

OKLAHOMA CITY P-Parking
meters, first installed in Oklahoma
City on July is. 1885. now are in use
in 10 cities in the United States, says