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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

(Continued from Page 1O poured from 1,7O0 to 1000 troops into Tientsin and Peiping. Most Of the soldiers re-enforced the north China garrison headquarters in the Japanese concession at TientSin while a detachment was sent to Pieping to double the strength of the embassy guard in the legation quarter there. Other units were sent to Fengtai, an important rail. way junction controlling rail con" nection between Peiping and Tient- sin, Pieping and Nanking and Piep" ing and Hankow.
 Meanwhile an additional 5000 troops landed unobtruSively at Chin. wangtao, the port for Shanhaikuan on the China-Manchuria border where the great wall comes down to the sea.
 Will Send More
 An additional 2,000 to 5000 troops are expected to land from trans ports during the next two weeks. Tientsin dispatches reported that of the new arrivals only 1,b0O repre- sent replacements.
 Of more serious concern to Chi- nese authorities was the fact that the Kwantung army, Japanese mili- tary unit in Manchukuo, was rush. ing strong attachments to all great wall passes, from Shanhaikuan on the sea to Kalgan, gateway to the caravan routes running into inner Mongolia.
 These great wall garrisons were reported as ready to spring" into north China. Officials emphasized that all has been quiet along the great wall since Japan's conquest of Jehol province in 1888. Hence, they believed, troops concentrating in the great wall passes were as- sembling to join an expeditionary force southward.
 Chinese Feared It
 Chinese familiar with the north China activities of the Japanese military long have fearer an open campaign to annex the provinces of Hopei, Shantung, Chahar, shansi and Suiyuan to Manchukuo, mak- ing 1t possible eventually to restore Pu VI to the forbidden city from whence, under Japanese tutelage, he would rule @ vast territory extend- ing from the Yellow river to the Si- berian frontier.
 Strategists Talk
 Washington, May l8.-(UP)-Mil- itary strategists today said that Japan's concentration in the peipins area indicated Q shift in Japanese military pressure from the Soviets to North China.
 The movement is regarded as 2 phase in plans of the Tokyo high command to obtain e dominating place in eastern Asia, partly to off, set Soviet influence, and also to as- sure stability of conditions in China.
 Domination of North China is also @ large flank movement to gain territory on the southern front oi Siberia from which attacks might be launched in event of major Russo Japanese war, experts said.
 Japanese military men are again active in North China, largely be- cause they have found the Soviet resistance along the Siberian-Mon. golian border too severe for opera. tions in that direction, experts be. lieve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

 LEN SMALL DIES

Kankakee, H., May 18-(UP)- Len Small, candidate for Illinois governor five times and elected twice, died suddenly in hospital Sunday after an operation.
 A blood clot caused his death ale though he had appeared to be re- covering satisfactorily from the op- eration week ago.
 Small, born in Kankakee, June 16 1862, was christened Abram Lem nington, but was known generally as "Len."
 Scandal made a stormy affair oi Small's two terms as governor. He was accused of returning to the state only a portion of the interest paid on state money which he had and "rnislaid" records marked hi trial. He was acquitted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

plant had ordered some women employees to work during their lunch hour on uniforms which must be worn during the summer. Charges previously made included those that employees had to work several minutes overtime until a few days ago, that they were forbidden to speak to one another while at work, that they were reprimanded when they went to the rest room, that they had to bring buttons from their homes to use on garments be- Ing made at the WPA factory, and that employees had to buy patterns used at the workshop out of their own wages.
 "WOrse Than Jaip'
 Describing work at the plant, one employe said, Its worse than jail. Every time you look up from your bench, the forelady rings big bell which she has near her all the time." Another employe alleged that several of the approximately 70 women who work there had been threatened with dismissal for protesting to the forelady of con- dition. It is also charged that Q group of the employees is allowed to take it easy" through their friend- Illness with the supervisor.
 A Miss Hobart" described as be- ing head of WPA projects for wo- men in this district, is said by em- ployes to have visited the plant several times, but to have taken no action on the alleged sweat-shop conditions said to prevail. Employees have declared that their jobs would be endangered if they were revealed as having made complaints or hav- ing protested about the workshop conditions to the newspaper. Mean time, it has been claimed by others that the foreIady at the sewing room is being made the "goat" Of tAe protests and that the complaints have been made only by a dissatiS- fied few.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
ROSCOE TURNER
 TO TRY AGAIN

Providence, R. T., May 18.-(UP) A transcontinental flight against time will be made by Colonel Ros- COG Turner, speed flyer, late this month as part of the program dedi- eating Rhode Islands new airport at Hills Grove, 1t was announced to- day.
 Colonel Joseph R. Samuels oi Providence, sponsor, said Turner would try to fly from California tc Rhode Island in less than Il hours He added that Turner would leave the west coast May 20, go or 30, de- pending on weather conditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

one room and two room school houses is in accordance with the aim of the state board of educa- tion.At Russell school the pupils will have the advantages of an as- sembly hall, gymnasium, manuel training and cooking department and several other incidentals which are not available in one or two room schoolhouses.
 Another benefit in connection with the transfer is the cutting down on the per capita cost. The cost at Oranoke school was S130, while ct one of the larger schools In the city 1t was only S66.
 Attorneys In Case
 Attorneys William B. Hennessey and Walter w. smythe, .represent- ing the people of the two school districts, will protest the action oS the board this afternoon. Com- menting on the arguments offered by the school superintendent, Ttty. Hennessey stated this morning that he believed the figures given in connection with per capita cost were exceptional high and low rec ords listed in the board of educa- ton annals. He further pointed out that cooking is taught to the pupils once per week anyway and that tho advantages of the gymnasium Mt Russell school are not aS tremend. ous as might be first supposed.
 The actual number of persons who had signed the petition which will be presented had not been computed early this afternoon but 1t is expected that most of the people residing in the affected dis- tricts will have affixed their sig natures to the protest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
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 Head-O Collision
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whose personal political machine still runs smoothly, has been chal- lenged before the electorate for his reprieve of the Lindbergh baby kid- naper.
 Hoffman is one of four delegates at-large nominated by the republic can state committee. Former Repre- sentative Franklin W. Fort, one-time political intimate of former Presi- dent Hoover and a notable prohi- bitionist, is an independent candi. date against Hoffman. But New Jersey will award the delegate-at- large seats to the four candidates with the largest number of votes. All five delegate-at-large candidates are pladged to Landon.
 Watch Socialists
 Observers will scan returns from the industrial northern part of the state for an indication of the swing of socialist and socialist-sympathiz- CT votes to the New Deal. New Jer- sey boiled 42,0O0 socialist votes in the 1882 presidential election. Breck- inridge is entered alone in the New Jersey democratic preferential pri- mary, Q purely advisory expression of the voters choice. Mir. Roosevelt is alone in the field with a full slate of delegates to cast the g votes to which New Jersey is entitled in the democratic national convention.
 Miracle May Save BOrah
 Both Landon and Borah are en- tered in the republican preferential contest and Landon has g complete delegate slate. The senator has Q partial slate of delegates. Well in. formed observers believe he will get not more than three or four dele" gates if any.
 A political miracle, but little less,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
HIGHWAY CONTRACT
 LETTING POSTPON DYED

Date of the contract letting of the ten highway improvement pros jects announced Saturday for Mon day, June 1 has been indefinitely postponed, the state highway de- partlment announced today. The of- ficlal notice to contractors and the newspaper advertisements of the jobs have been withheld, and will be published later as soon as the new date for the reception of bids has been set. The projects referred to are those in Newington. East Haven. two in New Fairfield. Canton. sims bury. southbuEy. Derby. Putnam and New Canaan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
ADDITIONAL JURY
 PANEL IS DRAWN

An additional panel of jurymen to serve during the remainder of the January term of common pleas court was drawn by Clerk William Gillette at the court house at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The men whose names are drawn will be elig- ible for service for the remainder oi the spring session of the common pleas court.
 The new panel will supplement the present group of jurymen, who have been in service for the past month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

(Continued from Page lJ ment of the United Kingdom has reluctantly reached the conclusion that they have no alternative but to increase the total destroyer tonnage by retention of 10000 tons of addi- tional oVreage destroyers. Thus the British commonwealth of nations total tonnage figure for destroyers on December 3l, 1886, would reach 190,000, of which approximately e8,- 900 would be average.
 "The government of the United Kingdom would much prefer that this necessary increase of the oVer- age destroyer strength of the menl- bers of tho British commonwealth of nations should be arranged by friendly negotiations with the pow CTS which were parties to part III of the London treaty, thus avoiding the necessity of formal recourse to the provisions of article XXI of that treaty"
 Big Number of Warshlps
 It was believed here that the Bri- tish inevitably would result in a considerably larger number of war ships in service at the end of this year than the London treaty, ex- piring then, foresaW.
 The British memorandum to Washington expressly requested that the United States, "as soon as possi- ble," convey its views regarding the decisions of his majesty's navy. The same request was made of Japan.
 Tn view of the British memoran- dunn 1t was deemed certain that the United States and Japan would de- mand the compensatory right to re- tain warships which, under the Lon don treaty, would otherwise have been scrapped before the new year.
 Japan's answer, now under consid- eration by the Tokyo government, is likely to constitute bid for Japan to possess the worlds largest fleet of submarines.
 What Jap Navy Includes
 Admiralty experts estimated that the Japanese navy already includes approximately 25,000 tons of subma- rines in excess of the treaty limit Of 52,700 tons. Further, the United Press learned, Japan is building ad- ditional submarines.
 Coincident with revelation of the sensational British naval move Prime Ministed Stanley Baldwin's cabinet met at 1l:30 a. m. at 10 Downing street to review the whole range of British foreign policy. in- cluding the attitude to be adopted towards Italy's annexation of Eth- iopia, continuance of league Of na- tions sanctions against Italy, the impending Anglo Russian naval me- gotiations and Germany's prelimin- ary reaction to Britain's question naire on Chancellor Adolf Hitler's newest plans for European security.
 While Britain negotiates with the United States and Japan for irl- creased destroyer tonnages. negotia- lions for an Anglo-Soviet naval treaty will open at the admiralty Wednesday. the government an- nounced.
 No Objection
 Washington, May i8.-(UP)-The state department, 1t was indicated today. will not object to Great Bri- tain increasing its destroyer ton- mage to l0O.000 tons or shifting ton- mage in the cruiser classes.
 Great Britain's formal notinca-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

ton that it intends to exceed the London treaty limits before the pact expires, was received at the state department this weekend by mail from London. There were two memoranda. ere affecting cruisers. the other destroyers. The first was handed to the U. S. embassy in London May 2, the other May 8.
 Destroyer tonnage for the United States, Great Britain and Japan was limited ny the London naval treaty of I930 to l50,000. The British. believing they are menaced by sub- marine building by other powers. plan to lay down ships totalling 40.- 900 tons an excess of the quota be- fore the end of this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

Decide in advance whether you want to use hotels, Tourists Ac- commodated" homes, motor camps or the great outdoors in your own camping equipment and work out details accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

might put Borah over here tomor. row. odds against him are trelnen- dous despite the party row between Hoffman and Fort. A poll recently showed 1S of the 2l republican county chairmen favorable to Ian. don.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

Don't try to establish mileage re- cords and cover the world in a day. Leave that to the professional dri- vers who are paid to wear out their nerves and cars going $50 to TOO miles a day. There's more enjoy ment in a icisurely hundred miles. stepping to see and do interesting things. than in a thousand miles at . mile q minute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

stayed Soon legal speaking brought him Op prosecuted Haywood the other dynamS
 mine labor and married the daughter of Governor Headed thus straight into politics. he has been elected 10O7 Though voted
 for Bryan 1896 thorn the side of the conservative republicans since Boah loyal to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

Don't ever crowd your car and don't take uncongenial people. Four In the car can have more sdn than six. Two can have twice the free. dom of four.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

WILLIAM EDGAR B0RAH born June 2o 1885, in Fairfield ILL Educated Southern Illinois Academy at Enfield and at State University lawyer he hung out his shinge at But business and opportunity in the west beck Young set out in funds stopped in Boise
 Idaho There seeing lawyer peadnga in court while drunk decided could another and sobere lawyer He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18

the party at election greatest debate of this politician with the actors voice was opposition to the League of Nations He against the World Court year ago. Since 1924 he has been foreign relations committee of the senate and was chairman 1OeO SsS Vital and robust at 7 Bcrah equally at home on Washington brde paths and in It's most nec
 fuala
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
.MOBILLIO NAMED
 TINKER PRESIDENT

Pupils of the class of 1936 at B: W. Tinker school held election or officers Friday afternoon and the following were chosen with tho unanimous approval of all members of the class: President, Michael Mobiilio; vice-president, Angeiine Tome: secretary, Elizabeth ForcusSi; treasurer, Robert Wright.
 Books were published in 106 lan- guages in Russia in the last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
BEHIND THE SCENESII IN
 WASHINGTON
Democrat Washington Correspondent
nY R0DNEY DUTcHER-l

Strength of Father COughlin and Townsend Followers Given Real Test in Ohio Primaries !. Many Out side Factors Take Gloss Of Victories of Radio Priests Congress Candidates |. Things Look Up for F. R. in Louisiana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
SWEAT SHOP
 CHARGES PROBED

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GREAT BRITAIN
 PLANS BIG NAVY

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SCHOOL BOARD TO
 HEAR PROTESTS

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No Objection

Washington, May i8.-(UP)-The state department. 1t was indicated today, will not object to Great Bri- tain increasing it's destroyer ton- mage to l90.000 tons or shifting ton- mage in the cruiser classes.
 Great Britain's formal notifica-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
WAR MACHINE OF
 JAPAN IN CHINA

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FITZGERALD TOBE
 GUEST OF HONOR

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Evening star., 1936-12-10
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

been reported to the Rational Academy
OF Sciences here by DR.. Felix @. Gus
tafson of the University of Michigan.
The fruit is the sesd-bearer of the
plant. That is its only purpose in nature.
Hence normally it is produced only when
a blossom has been polknated and forms
seeds. Certain rare exceptions, however.
led DR.. GuStafSon to Suspect that the
formation OF fruit die not depend en-
tirely upon the preselce of seeds, but
that the pollen tubes themselves might
Secrete minute amounts of some growth
promoting substance. ,
This idea was tested. under carefully
controiieo conditions, 1py smearing in
ternal parts of the Md with various
cnemicaI preparations s<nown to possess
growth-promoting properties and prob
ably to be related to the auxins. or plant
hormones, which seem 10 have a notable
effect on vegetable growth. The chief of
these were indole -afetic acid and
pnenylacetic acid. Tha former of these
has been extracted dira;tly from plants
On the majority Of ihe varieties with
which the tests were made the exneri- :
ment failed. 1t prov4i impossible. for
example, to obtain stsdless SQUASH or
cucumoers. In the cases where It sue
ceeded the fruits were. by no means of
as good quality as wtsild have resulted
from the normal polsnization process.
The remarkable fact was that any fruits
at all were produced7-a result roughly
akin to parthogenesis fin animals Dr.
GustafSon calls such fruits partheno-
carpic. 1t amounts tp a hitherto un-
known principle in natlre, of no i,nme.
diate practical applicafi fion, but of great
theoretical significance In several tests
which failed, notably those with Hubbard
squashes and snapdrs sgons, there was
considerable increase Yin size of what
would normally be she seed-carrying
organs-but these dropped on in a few
days without producing mature fruit.
Evening star., 1936-12-10
These Pennies Go Far.

There are many appealing bargains
now to tempt the wary Christmas shop
per. But one of the best of them all is
the Christmas seal of the tuberculosis
Association, with its double-barred cross
of red, that sells for penny. 1t is hard
to believe that penny spent on anything
will 60 as far or do so much good.
Since 1920 all the funds raised by the
sale of these cheerful little seals has
gone to support the work of the local
tuberculosis associations. Before then,
and largely through the help of the
seals-formerly issued jointly by the
American Red Cross and the National
tuberculosis Association-the organiza-
ton of forces in every State, to carry
forward the fight against tuberculosis,
was perfected.
Last year the sale of the seals in the
District enabled the District of Columbia
tuberculosis Association to provide free
X-ray tests for thousands of adults and
children; sent nurses into the homes of
the afflicted; helped restore health to the
ailing; sent sixty children, suffering from
tuberculosis, to health-giving Summer
camp; did its part to expedite legislation
for proper hospitalization; provided spe-
cial training for special nurses.
This year, with the sale of the Christ
mas seals in its second week. less than
half the distance to the desirable goal in
funds has been achieved. We can be
penny wise, and not pound foolish, by
sending our pennies out to do more good
work in this prosperous holiday period
by investing them in the Christmas seals,
carrying message of cheer and good
will wherever they 90.
Evening star., 1936-12-10

Brehon scmervell, W. p. A. administrator
for New York City. announced that his
funds would be cut 100000 and that by
January / New York City would be
expected to assume 20 per cent of the
relief burden. His statement provoked
Mayor La Guardia to denounce 1t as
premature, gratuitous, unauthorized
and unwarranted." The next day, Sat-
urday, Mr.. williams told some white
collar" workers who called on him here
that about 175,0oo persons were to be
dropped from w. p. A. because Of
economy demands.
On Tuesday Harry Hopkins, w. p. A.
administrator, returned to the city from
a trip South and at a press conference
assured the reporters that mo person
who needs relief will be dropped"
Asked about Mr.. williams statement Of
Saturday that 175,000 people might be
dropped, he said: THAT might turn
out to be only $4,000, don't you Think"
One of at least two things must be
true: Either the w. P. A. administrators
are so completely bewildered that they
change their minds from day to day,
or else the President has been prevailed
upon to change their minds for them.
Evening star., 1936-12-10
Not Easy to Cut.

Not long ago 1t was made known that
necessary reductions in w. P. A. ex-
penditures would result in dropping
about 425,000 persons from the relief
rolls. Last Thursday the mayors and
representatives of eleven industrial cities
called on Aubrey Williams, deputy ad-
nninistrator Of w. P. A., and protested
the contemplated reductions in allot-
Inents for December under those for
November. The reductions, they esti-
mated, would mean dropping about
1000 persons from the rolls in their
cities. In the face Of the mayors pro-
test, Mr.. williams stood as solid as a
rock. The best he could promise was
that reductions would be made, as far
as possible, from administrative per-
sonnel and those who could be dropped
with least hurt.
The mayors sent wireless to the
President, asking that orders for reduce
ing w. p. A. expenditures be counter
manded. In the meantime w. p. A.
workers In New York and New Jersey
made demonstrations against proposed
reductions and some of them engaged In
that modern form Of protest, the "sit
down strike" On Friday Lieut.. Col.
Evening star., 1936-12-10
Tobacco Ms&.keting.

The opening of the 1bacco markets ;s
the most dramatic ever. in Virginia apri-
culture, not alone becssise it thrusts into
rapid circulation millions of dollars IN
casn put because OF tl,e picturesque cir
cumstances under which the leaf is sold
producer of tobac1 brings his goods
directly from the barnk the buyer arrives
with money In his pocket and thew meet
face to face in public land trade. While
planters stand by on tie warehouse floor
with their hearts in tIteir throats think
ing Of the cost and ceye and labor that
went into every yellox pile, and while
the auctioneer calls his sing-song invi-
tation, hopeful supply comes into sudden
and direct contact wisn eager demand.
Most produce is sold in these complex
times by mail at PRIZES established by
thousands Of transac aons at scattered
points. The seller bid.tit farewell at the
shipping point and it eSes to a purchaser
whom he never sees. Later he receives
a piece Of paper which he deposits in
the bank, and that Id the end of the
business. The same ecd dndmic forces play
upon such sales as al ects the sales OF
tobacco. but in the yiarket towns of
Southern Virginia, mcst Of the process
Is plainly. excitingly visIble.