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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
amage would run high.
 Antics Are MaF00me0

damage would run high.
 Autos Are Marooned
 Scores of automobiles were ma" rooned or destroyed. No deaths were reported.
 The danger from Highland Lake was not believed serious, although the water was within an inch or oyerflowing the flood gates.
 The Main street here was under five feet of water in some places.
 An airplane, piloted by capt Charles Desconb and e fying a United Press Correspondent aiew over the stricken region, dropping sand bombs" to which inessages were attached warning those tn the path Of the flood to leave their homes immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
Speakers Engaged By
 Local Women Voters
Attorney w. w. Gager, Edward H. Davis to Speak
 at Open Meeting Tomorrow Night

The League of Women Voters will sponsor an open
 meeting tomorrow night at which vital questions of public interest will be discussed The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Mattatuck Historical Society and various phases of the United States Constitution will be presented Noted students of constitutional doctrine have been secured to lead discussion in which it is hoped many of those present will ioin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
REACH CREST

Pittsburgh, March IS = (UP) - The weather bureau said today that floods here would reach their crest between three and four o'clock this afternoon. The river stage was at 43 feet eight inches at 12:30 p. m. and. the forecaster predicted it would reach the 45 foot mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18

The British Army nov has 2ie.eQO men of al ranks, while one British railway employs 222,22o persona
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
BIZ ASHLEY G. EMsHwILLER

BIZ ASHLEY C. EMSHWILLER
 (Copyright 1886 by United Press)
 Johnstown, Pa, March 17-Flood waters raging through half of Johnstown receded slowly today while state officials raced here form Harrisburg to take charge of the gravest emergency since 1889 when 2300 persons drowned in a flood.
 Police estimated that at least 20 had been drowned, though authen- tic casualty figures were impossible.
 Conservative estimates placed the damage in the downtown business district at $1,500,000, but some ob-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18

Japan reports a slowing down in its economic recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18

Radiotelephone service between Canton, China, and Tokyo, Japan, has been inaugurated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
Johnsto1un HtAgain
 Is Telephone Story
tcontinued from Page D

Pa, at 1O:30 a. m., EST, today said one of the dams there had broken and the city was inundated for the second time to the depth of IA feet. The telephone company reported to the United Press that 1t was unable to reestablish contact with Johns- town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18

Hartford, Conn, March 18- - (UP) - Amateur radio operator, Harold J. Morse intercepted 8 short wave message at 1l:45 a. r1., from James 0. Mol1n, Monhnton, Pa, which stated the dam at Johnstown, Pa, was "still holding"
 Mohn said he would continue to check further"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
TWO BRIDGES ARE
 SWEPT AWAY

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
RAGING RIVERS ARE ON RAMP AGE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18

30 Inches Wide Heavy White Outing Flannel - Regular Price 2Sc yard. Wise oN Shoppers Days. yard AOW
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-18
Captain Leroy Has
 Resigned His Post
(Ccntinued from Page D

a salesman for the Harris Feinn firm of wholesale fruit and veget-
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Manners
of the
Moment

THERE are some men who never
seem to learn how to handle
themselves at a lap supper. It's
funny, too, because they can do the
job of tray balancing very gracefully
in cafeterias. But put them on soma
ones newly covered couch, with q
tray in their laps, and they start
losing control It's inevitable.
When we find ourselves seated next
to one Of these helpless gentlemen
we like to balance our own tray on
one dainty knee (our own, you under
stanO and offer to feed the poor
babe ourselves. This gives us q great
chance for quiet exhibitionism. And
usually it startles him into feeding
himself.
Perhaps it's simpler to use the
verbal cure, however. You can make
almost any man face his tray sensibly
merely by suggesting that he look
upon the whole thing as q problem
in engineering or q study of gravity.
You may, in fact, suspect before you
are through that this entire busi-
ness of a mans awkwardness at q
lap supper is just foolish pose any
how. JEAN.
(copyright 1851
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Beauty for Blends
Preserving Lovely Light Hair and
Fragile Complexion.

soil, CRIME and grease, I mean, not
the shampoos) but in addition they
catch dust which tends to darken the
hair even more As for the shampoos
themselves, some shampoos make the
hair look darker. Tar shampoos, for
instance, are not for blonds. Sham
poos or tonics with resorcinol tend to
stain or darken the hair. CASTLE, olive
oil or colorless coconut oil shampoos
are good.
The strained juice of one or two
lemons in the last rinsing water will
not only help to cut the soap curd
but will mildly bleach as well. A
pinch of borax in the last rinsing
water is recommended if the hair is
very oily. Bicarbonate of soda Gust
pinch) will also cut the soap curd
and the oil. Camomile rinse helps to
highlight blond tresses.
And now we come to makeup.
What has that to do with preserving
blond beauty? A great deal. SUBJ
dued makeup is the bonds forte.
Makeup used to excess is makeup
misused. It tends to cheaper all types,
particularly the blond Harsh, obvious
makeup gives the blond a cheap,
hard look often adding ten years to
her appearance. Black mascara isn't
for the blond; and high rouge shades
should be avoided. A softened effect
is youthful and in good taste.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

IT GOES on forever-the question
do blonds fade early?" Blends
who have faded prematurely have
groped at the answer yes" as an ex-
cuse for their loss Of looks.
For myself, I've seen many blonds
who faded" and I've seen almost as
many who didn't. Which proves moth
ing, except that there must be reason
why some do and some don't. It isn't
the fact that one is blond that makes
30 much difference It's the amount
Of care as against the amount of negli-
gence that shows its mark in the final
analysis.
It is true that the blond skin is,
as rule, thin, fragile. fair. prone to
dryness and premature wrinkles un-
less creamed and cared-for diligently.
1t Is true. too. that light hair has
q tendency to grow darker, naturally,
with the years. Simple hygienic care
alone won't completely keep it from
changing color. Shampoo tints, bleach
treatments, rinses are necessary to
keep it light. And since these are
often drying to the hair, counteract-
ing brushing and oil treatments are
necessary. Frequent shampoos are a
requisite to remove any soil or CRIME
or grease. Remember that these are
not only darkening in themselves (the
Evening star., 1936-11-26
''H0nne Is
Where the
Heart Is
Spiritual Values That
Make It Perfect or
Otherwise.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

HONE. says the adase, is where the
heart is. Many q son and
daughter living in fine houses, far
from the ones that sheltered and pro-
tected them in their beginnings, know
what that means. They feel a great
loneliness, an emptiness that threat
ems to swallow them in dark depths
from which there seems to be no res
cue. They are missing the spiritual
supports that home had built about
them 1t will take them many years
to build a like structure in these new
houses and make them homes for
themselves and their children.
1t is these spiritual values that
change a house into a home. 1t is
not easy to say what they are be-
cause they spring from emotional ex-
periences that are deep-rooted in the
minds and hearts of the family. The
old home was the place where chill
dren were born. Mothers room be-
came a place of sanctuary. not be-
cause of its furniture, nor its view,
nor any other of its physical qualities,
but because mother was the spirit that
created beauty, peace, comfort,
strength, and this was the place she
lived in.
Young sons and daughters were
married in this place. The parlor
became a chapel, a holy place for
them ever afterward. The old,
crowned with their many years, took
their last leave Of the old house from
this room. Their spirits touched it
in their passing, and that touch re-
mains to hallow the place for sue
ceeding generations Gay young things
played, laughed and sang and danced
about the halls and rooms Of the old
place and filled it with a golden haze
that remains to speak of youth and
Joy and aspiration, long after the
children have gone their way.
Living, suffering, enduring, working
and playing together makes a family
out of group Of people who differ
greatly from each other in many ways.
The spirit OF tolerance, friendly ac-
ceptance, helpfulness. plain human
kindness, knits them together, and
that togetherness creates the spirit
ual values of the home. That spirit
ual atmosphere can be felt even by a
stranger as he crosses the threshold.
There Is no fear of these values
disappearing from our lives. The
children carry the memory Of them
to their new houses, and, by living
in the memories of their own expert
ences, create them anew In their new
homes. The first Of these values Is
love. It is also the last. Love Is the
beginning and the all Of home. There
is no end because love Is eternal, un-
changing, everlasting.
Out Of love the spiritual values Of
home are born. Love creates patience.
Love gives understanding and wisdom
past human expectation. Love COM
forts, strengthens and inspires. Love
teaches cooperation, the service Of
each for the good Of all. Love fills the
hearts of those it touches and changes
the aching, longing to peaceful ac-
ceptance of whatever good there is.
And it is love that creates home, be-
cause home, as the adage says, is
where the heart is.
Evening star., 1936-11-26


That have a good digestive sys-
tenn. =.
That the children are only i'll from
overeating, and not in the hospital
being operated on as they were this
time last year. -.
That am not going to the Army
Navy game this Saturday as has been
the case in the past, but that can
listen to it on the radio, and not be
dead Of exhaustion by nightfall . q.
That Skip-it doesn't eat turkey or
care about holidays. -.
That I only had to work half a
day in the Office.
That I can soon write more about
toys and Christmas presents and less
about food. -.
That there won't be much left of
Our turkey, judging by the number
Of hungry guests.
That my cook has a good set of
nerves.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Paris Showings.

At q recent style show in Paris,
Paquin showed q striking afternoon
ensemble combining black, wool lace
and plain wool in . fitted princess
line with bodice and yoke, trimmed
with narrow bands Of wool incrusted
Also Q seven-eighths wool lace tlnic
with long sleeves and q gold suede
belt
Evening dresses include q sapphire
blue lace and net with the skirt
worked in alternating godets of lace
and net and tiny pun sleeves In 0
high bodice.
The most charming cocktail en-
semble has Q top Of black wool and
skirt Of black lace, which was form
fitted to below the knees where full
ness stressed the deep hem Of wool.
The dress was topped BY . long
sleeved wool Etoa Jacket.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Fashion Flash.

Mainbocher features silk net ruches
for hens Of skirts and cuffs. Marine
blue and black jersey ensembles for
afternoon are completed with jabots
and collarettes, also Of ruched net.
These are matching or Of cherry red
with black. Day skirts are semi
circular with full back godets.
Several evening dresses Of black
crepe have paneled skirts slit to the
knees over . flounce Of green or cherry
red net.
Other showings include . group Of
silk net and lace evening dresses, also
flowing capes or coats Of heavier net
over chiffon dreasss entirely pleated.
Many lace dresses are hemmed with .
deep net dounee.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
BY BARBARA BELL.
.HERE Is an "Alice in Wonder
land" touch about this frock
that will delight all wfo re

that will delight all who see
u it on little girls from to 10.
Alice, too, wore such perky puffed
sleeves and such q full-bottomed skirt
when she went adventuring with the
White Rabbit and the Mad Halter. It
is a style particularly fitted for "femi-
nine" little girls, with naive charm in
the Peter Pan collar edged with ruff
fling. Excellent for play or school or
for those terribly important birthday
partiesl The simply cut waist and
gathered skirt make it easy for mother
to sew.
Many delightful materials suggest
themselves-dowered percales, dotted
swiss, dimity, and. for Sunday best,
silk broadcloth (washable) or taffeta.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1923
comes in sizes 2, 4, 8, and 10. Size
requires just yards of 39-inch mate
rial. plus contrasting for the collar l/s
yard, and ~ yard Of maehine-made
running.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand.
Send Is cents for the Fall Barbara
Bell Pattern Book. Make yourself At
tractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and ex-
elusive fashions for little children and
the dificult Junior age; slenderizins.
well-cut patterns for the mature dg-
ure; afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and matrouS
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Personal Thanksgiving Includes Fact That Day Comes Only Once
Dorothy Dix Says
Vitamin Addicts Are Adding Fuel to the
Flames of Divorce.

IT ISN'T just merely q coincidence
that domestic life isn't what Il
used to be, and that husbands and
children won't stay at home evenings
as they did In the dear gone days when
women prided themselves upon their
housekeeping and had never heard Of
calories. Always the center Of q happy
home has been the dining room. Our
ideal family life has been father and
mother and children gathered about
a table that groaned with its load of
food. Smiles Of contentment wreathed
every countenance while eager nostrik
shifted up savory odors and mouths
watered In anticipation Of the luscious
roast or fowl.
But no imagination Is strong enough
to picture a happy family gathered
about table sparsely furnished with
q dab Of spinach and a fragile lettuce
leaf or two and some gosh-awful mess
warranted to be non-fattenIns but to
include the proper vitamins that will
sustain life. though why anybody
wants to sustain life under such con.
ditions remains mystery only q deti-
tian can fathom.
OF course, it would be all right for
a vitamin hound to starve herself II
she wanted to-and the quicker the
better-if she could do so without
martyrizing her unfortunate husband
and children, and If it didn't reduce
her amiability even more drastically
than it does her figure; but, alas, such
Is not the case. When a woman suf-
fers she never wants to suffer alone.
She wants her family to be miserable
with her. And so, Mr.. Pluribus. can
offer you no help in solving your prob.
lem. Only sympathy.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
EAR MISS DIX-Can any
\ thing be done to q wife who
has suddenly gone vitamin

EAR MISS DIX-Can any
thing be done to q wife who
has suddenly gone vitamin
- crazy? am q middle-aged
man. heretofore happily married to
. noble woman, and all has been
peace and happiness between US until
the present.
But here Is how trouble has reared
It's horrible head in our home: ! am
strong, robust 200-pounder and
having led an active life, I am all
bone and muscles. All my life / have
been accustomed to eating real food
Even as a child my mother fed me
sulphur and black molasses in the
Spring Of the year to build red ccr-
puscles. Understand, am not SUBJ
ject to obesity nor am I gluttonish
but just have a regular he-man ap-
petite to which. up to now, my wife
has catered. But recently she has
joined some sort Of circle and the
diet fad she has picked up there she
Is trying out on the family dinner
table and especially on me. She
scrutinizes with a hawks eye every
morsel of food that Is introduced into
my mouth. The bread slices are as
thin as q paper napkin and the but
ter patties are transparent. can't
have potatoes II eat bread.
And as for pie, that Is anathema.
Some evenings when I go home after
an active days work in my law Office
or looking over the farm all I find Is
note saying that she and the chill
dren have had their supper and gone
to an early movie and that I'll find
my supper in the refrigerator, and
10 and behold. when open up that
air conditioned metal box all that ]
discover are several thin slices of to-
matoes and lettuce leaf guarded on
the side with few ripe black olives.
IN A word, vitamin D or H or x,
or whatever its alphabetical name
is, is wrecking my home and my wife's
nerves and reducing my mental as
well as physical powers. If this Is
part of the new life, I am against it.
A few evenings ago rebelled. I was
hungry even for mere bread and but
ter, and when beheld the unsavory
layout on the table I gave my son a
dollar and sent him to the corner
grocery store to buy me loaf of
bread and a pound Of butter.
Upon his return I began carving
bread and spreading butter to suit
my own appetite, whereupon my wife
burst into tears and has been wear
ing a mildewed face ever since. That's
what can't stand, to make a woman
weep. Really, Dorothy. don't you
think this diet stuff is all tommyrot?
I wish you would tell my wife So
e. PLURIBUS UNUM.
Ansver-well. Mr.. Unum, I GER
tainly do agree with you and am
against the whole diet racket, espe-
cially rs practiced upon husbands by
wives. It Is my honest and considered
opinion that the increase in divorce,
which so alarms the moralists, is
chiefly attributable to the present
mania among women for keeping thin
by the process of not having anything
! fit to eat on their tables, and also tc
the fact that being hungry makes 9
woman as bad tempered as it does any
| other half-starved animal.
Evening star., 1936-11-26

That I don't have fallen arches.
That there is plenty Of bicarbonate
Of soda in the house. ...
That we don't have to 60 out any
where this afternoon. -.
That cranberry sauce isn't very fat
tening. -.
That like turkey soup.
That I haven't a larger or fussier
family than have. =.
That now I won't be deluged with
ready-made material dealing exclu-
sively with edibles for "the great
American feast" -.
That now there will be photographs
on my desk portraying some meat
other than the favorite bird. :.
That my best tablecloth launders
we'll.
That nobody can compel me to eat
nuts and raisins. -.
That I dislike plum pudding in
tensely, so that there is no danger Of
my having too much Of it. -.
That I am not living In New Eng.
land today. ...
That I cannot tell Gov. Bradford
what I think of him for institutine
the first official Thanksgiving. ..
That the roaster was large enough
for the turkey. o..
That the tomato bisque didn't cur
die.
That everybody had enough to eat
and good time. -.
That they all went home at q rea-
sonable hour. >.
That nobody has called up to report
stomachache as yet. -.
That I can go to bed pretty soon
and forget about it all.
That Thanksgiving only comes once
q wear!
Evening star., 1936-11-26

That pumpkin pies viii soon be CIV
lns way to mince pies and fruits
cakes. -.
That nv mother-in-la sent us all
Evening star., 1936-11-26


the trimmings"
for our own fam
lily dinn er. so
that I didn't have
to practice what
I preach in every
detail.
That the t8-
day diet can be
successfully OBJ
served between
Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
That if firmly
adhered to, the
damages result
ing from feast
days may be rem
dered 1ass dra stir
Evening star., 1936-11-26
1870

and other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found IN the Bar.
bara Bell Pattern Book,
Evening star., 1936-11-26
fussy clothes; that's probably the

look probably the
tailored popular
that's bound
It most practical model for the pattern stitch
realizes that effect often nnd
plain stocking stitch
individual directions
to At You knit your and be satisfied
directions with diagrams
will
obtain this pattern 3s5 stamps
and Address orders the Needewok
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
Passing Of Holiday
Brings Real Relief
To Writer of Column
Many Causes for Expression of Gratitude
in Connection With the Great
Festival Itself.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

Woman
That somebody Thanksgiving
/ davs last Sunday don't have to-.
predominan turkey the culinary scheme almost
THANKSGIVING
Evening star., 1936-06-30
ALL-STAR TILT ON AIR

And he went down sWingin," a
phrase familiar to regular listeners of
the Mats out-of-toWn ball games, will
be broadcast over a National hook-up
one week from today when the all
star base ball game at Boston between
picked teams Of the American and
National Leagues is played.
Arch Macdonald, popular local
sports commentator for Peoples Drug
Stores of the past three years, has
been chosen as one Of the three Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System an
nCuncers who will handle the air de-
scrlption of the classic on July 7.
Dolly Starr, former National League
umpire, and Frank Laux, outstanding
st. Louis broadcaster. were the other
two selected
Macdonald received the bid in rec
ognition of his widespread popularity
which began at Chattanooga, where he
was voted the most popular base ball
announcer in the country in poll
conducted by the Sporting News.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
NATSAS SET DIZZY
PACE FOR BANKERS
Score Eleventh Win in Row,
Whipping City Nine as
Last Series Opens.
T%HERE seems to be no stopping
National Savings g. Trust
Co.'S base ball team, which to-

T%HERE seems to be no stopping
National Savings g. Trust
Co.'S base ball team, which to-
day is boasting record Of IL
straight victories. apparently destined
to give them the Bankers League
championship for 1886.
Winners of the first half series, the
NatSa nine won its first start in the
final round yesterday by Walloping City
Bank, 6-1, with a substitute, Stewart
Thompson, driving in four of the runs.
Sharing honors with Thompson, who
played right field and batted last, was
Pitcher Burrell, who struck out IL City
Bank batterS.
Keeping step with the Bankers
leader we're two other independent
nines-Heurich Brewers and Resettle-
ment Green Belts-who made and con-
tinued good starts in the Industrial
and Federal A Leagues. The Brewers
opened their second-half drive with a
1915 defeat of Miller Furniture while
the Green Belts whiteWashed Comp
troller of Currency diamondmen, 100.
Other scores:
Departmental League.
G. p. o. :: W. P. A, 3
Washington Church League.
Gunton, 10: Metropolitan. d.
Federal "A League.
Federal Commission. Is; G. P. o
Feds. IL.
National Capital League.
Center Market. q; Washington Gs
Light o.
Government League.
w. P. A.. 8; Veterans Administration, 5
Independent.
KSnsington. SIT; Burleith 40
BlSkerS Market. e. General Account
ing, j.
Evening star., 1936-06-30
Katharine Hepburn Golf Ace
'sCould Beat All Men With Practice.''

she has an effective short game,
and her putting is plumb deadly"
The best proof of Miss Hep
burns efficiency on the links Is the
fact that she seldom plays with
women.
Her opponents usually are mem
bers Of the company Of her cur
rent picture. Sometimes it's the
director or the assistant director.
Occasionally the cameramen or
even the electricians who play
good golf are invited to tour the
course with her.
"She has one temperamental
weakness" one of her erstwhile
golfing foes said. "If she thinks
a man Is favoring her or in any
way easing up on his game be-
cause she's a woman, she gets
mad, and then, of course, she's
erratic. She plays golf the same
way she acts-as hard as she
cam"