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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
LedOenDorth Graduates
 Arrange Dinner Dance
Three Classes Unite for Annual Social Func-
 ton November 5

Alumi members of the classes of 'Sb, 'Se and 'S7 of Leavenworth high school convened last evening at tho local technical. school to make or. arrangements for the annual alumni dinner.dance which will take place at Three Cups Inn on the new Post road near Meriden on Friday even. ing, November 5. The affair will be Seimi-formal.
 John Dyrnes was named general chairman in charge of the aftair and John A. Dillon of the faculty was selected as honorary chairman. Lillian Bunnell was named secre- taYy of the committee in charge and Edward Molin chosen as treaS- urer.
 I charge of tickets Is Charles Piola general committee members: Mike O'Buck, Dorothy Miner of Yale ave- nue, Mlddlebury; Adele unlkas, Mike Frederick, and Maurice Spellman. Arthur Dulac was named as pub- lcity crairman.
 Bids to the dinner-dance may be procured from members of the ticket committee. It Is expected that the affair will see on excellent turnout of former Leavenworth students.
 Following is Q complete list of the committees from the three classes; Lillian Bunnoll, 'SS: Dorothy MinerS 'ST; Adele Unikas, 'S0; Edward Mo. lin '3T: Michael O'Buck, 'S0: How ard Hornbecker, 'S6; Maurice Spell. man, 'ST; Charles Piola, 'SB; Albert Strauss, 'S7; Conrad Hook, 'S6; AL bert Keissllng, 'S6; Michael Broder- icle, SB; Christine Hunter, 'S7: Marie sacco, 'SS, and Margaret 0alhraith, 'S6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08

Installation ceremonies, at which Attorney Yale MatEkln will suc- ceed pr. Harry Levin as president of the Young Israel, were planned at . meeting of the group last night in the Waterbury Hebrew Institute. The installation will be held October 21 at Che institute and will be open to the public. The annual banquet of the Water- bury Hebrew Institute will be held October 17 At the institute build ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
ARTHUR PURTNTON
 TOLEAD WORSHIP
First Baptist Deacon to Broadcast Service Sun.
 day Over Stat WATR

Deacon Arthur L. purinton will be in charge of the morning wor- ship at the First Baptist church next Sunday at II o'clock which will be broadcast over Station WATR. He will be assisted by the new par- ish assistant, MT. Hamilton. The service in the evening will be in the First Methodist church with Rev. Theodore Bobilin, pastor, preaching. The latter service will be attended by the odd Fellows.
 Paul Marggraf has organized Q gymnasium class for the women of the parish which will be held under his direction every Monday evening in the church gym, Enrollments are still open.
 John Kendrick Strong, who a few years ago served as 0 student as- sistant at the First Baptist church, will be ordained as pastor of the Broad Brook Congregational church next Monday. Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor of the local church, has been invited to be an honorary member of the ordaining council.
 The Child Study Group of the parish will meet on Friday, October
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
ROAD CONDITIONS
 IN STATE BETTER
Construction and Oillng Projects Listed For
 Drivers Convenience

Construction and oiling in force In the state of Connecticut an- faounced by the Connecticut high. way department as of October 6, 1887 for the week ending October i6.
 Closed for Construction -Detcur
 Provided Route No. 9S--
 Norwich Lisbon. Bridge and Ap. breaches under construction. Route No. 17e--
 Barkhamsted. Relocation of Route No. iT0. 2 i.0 miles of wa. terbouad macadam.
 Constructlon--TrafAC Maintained Rnute No. U. 6. 1.-
 New Haven. Columbus avenue. l mNe of sheet asphalt.
 Fairfield. 1928 long feet concrete pavement ct trafiac circle. Kings highway and Route 1. Reuta No. l--
 Warrington. water street. 0ne- half mile of construction within city limits.
 Route No. S--
 TnAeld. East Hartford Spring fold ct Hyland'S corner. S.A mile of concrete pavement.
 Meriden. old Colony road. Re. pairs to existing rfownstone arch bridge.
 Route No. U. s. T-
 Norwalk. Main avenue bridge. Stone faced rigid frame bridge.
 North Canaan. Railroad over. pass ct Massachusetts Connecticut state line. ,rrafsic over temporary road.
 Route No. lO-
 Hamden. whitney avenue. S.S miles of reinforced concrete paves mont and encased girder bridge. Route 1A and U. s. G.
 Windham. Elimination of grade crossing New Haven Railroad and Central Vermont Railroad. Route No. 2O--
 East dFanby. oranby road. i l-4 miles of waterbound niacadarn. Route No s.
 Norwich. Highway overpass and approaches At Central Vermont Railroad crossing at Yantic.
 Norwich. Bridge and approaches over Yantic river. Route No. i00--
 East Morris. Constructing bridge over Wigwatti reservoir. open W trafic over temporary bridge. Route No. leo-
 New Milford. Constructing bridge over West Aspetuck river at Merry" oil. Open over temporary bridge. ROute No. 173--
 Newington. Newington Junction. Elimination of grade crossing on Willard avenue. Route No. 170-
 DarkhaSnsted. Washington Hill- East Hartland road. miles of ma caAAsn pavement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
s. WADHAMS IS
 FORUM SPEAKER
Flood Control in New Eng. land Theme of COngre.
 gatiOnaI Lecturer
LITcHFIELD
Correspondent: Nellie s. Fair
 grleve. Phone SIS.

Litchfleld, oct. 7.--More than 30 members of the Mems Forum were present ct the first fall meeting held in the Congregational church house Thursday evening. A supper preceded the meeting. President Charles B. Curtis presided. The speaker, General Sanford H, Wad- hams, talked on "Flood Control in New England" William M. Foord was program chairman. The sup- per chairman was Oal F. Schlecht,
 Sutherland A. Beckwith of Litch- field, appointed Thursday as Litch. field county sheriff by Governor Wilbur L, Gross to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank H, Turkington, will serve during the latter's unexpired term, which ends June 1, 1889. MT. Beckwith was in- ducted into once Thursday.
 Dogs owned by pr. and Mrs. John r. KilRus of West street were ex- hibited at Danbury fair Wednesday and Thursday.
 Miss Dorothy May Vandewater, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry Vandewater, will be married to Will liam Eltel, son of MT. and Mrs. William Eitel of Torrington, october iB. The ceremony will take place in the First Congregational church at 8 D. m. Miss Marjorie Vandewater will be her sisters maid of honor and Edwin Eitel will act as his brothers best man. The couple will live on East Chestnut hill, Litch- field.
 Miss Dorothy Jenkins of the Cen. ter school faculty, has been called to New Hampshire by the death of her uncle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
CHURCH FESTIVAL
 FORMALLY OPENS
Large Attendance at Ham- iItOn Park Pavilion For
 Attractive Event

One of the largest crowds to ever attend Q church affair in this city was present last night at Hamilton park as the 1887 annual harvest festival, staged under the auspices of SS. Peter and Paul church offi- cially opened for @ two night stand Many new and novel features graced the festival program which showed the result of tireless effort on the part of the par1shioners for the past two months.
 Tonight will wind up the event and the committee in charge is making arrangements to handle an- other banner crowd. There will be valuable door prizes tonight as well as the drawing for the capital prizes Easily, the most popular of the ac- tivities on last nights program was the new and sensational "Gold Rush Bingo."
 The entertainment end of to- nights menu has been prepared by an entertainment committee headed by Harry x Cashin and assisted by Martin Bowes, Bill Klobedanz James Cunningham, Edward Wolf and Bill Derwin Another group of the top faVorites of the Universal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08

Oakviile, oct s-Mrs. Ernest Ther- rien, Mrs. George Therrien, and Mrs Joseph Therrien, Jr., were hostesses at o greenback and miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Ernest Therrien of Buckingham street in honor of Miss Qeorgianna Therrien, who will Do married in the near fu- ture.
 The home was attractively deco- rated with blue and yellow crepe paper and vases of garden flowers. Games and music were enjoyed and later c decilious luncheon was served.
 Miss Therrien was recipient of many beautiful and costly gifts from the guests attending who were Mrs. Michael Hoare, Mrs. William Norman, Mrs. Jules Barberet, Mrs. Richard Ericson, Mrs. Henry Viger, Mrs. clifford Theriault, Mrs. Lester Daniels, Mrs. Charles Fenn, Mrs. Lester Chapman, Mrs. Paul Pagak, Mrs. John 0uelette, Mrs. Archie Pratt, Mrs. George Austin, Mrs. AL bin Drostic, Mrs. Hervey Daniels, Mrs. Edward Kerr, Mrs. Emile Therrien, Mrs. Agnes Roy, Mrs. George Cruickshank, Mrs. George Douianger, Mrs. Arthur Boulangqer, Mrs. Joseph Therrien, ST., Mrs. Manganero, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Jo- seph zuraitis, 4ry Mrs. Theodore Morris, Mrs. Joseph zuraitis, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Therrien, Mrs. Joseph Therrien, r, Mrs. George Therrien, Mrs. Ernest Therrien and the Miss es Airline Hull, Esther Ericsson, Elea- nor Riccio, Ciletta Cirninera, Marie Chapman, Lillian Manganero, Der. tha Therrien, dermaine Therrien, Dorothy Therrien, 0eorgianna Therrian, Rose Boulanger, Grace Boulanger and Marie Boulanger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
RATS CHARGE FTREMEN

Fond Du Lac, Wis. - (UP) - When firemen responded to on alarm for 6 fire ct the city dump they were charged by hundreds of rats, seeking to escape the flames. The rodents ran up the firemen's trotiser legs, covered the hose lines and hindered the work of extin. gushing the fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08

studio Hollywood revue under the direction of William Mclean will perform tonight. They are Elaine Demers, "waterbury's Shirley Tem- ple" Joe Cavanaugh, prerhier tap artist; Marjorie Doolittip, selmO Goldberg and Albina Lib Artore.
 Music for dancing tonight will be furnished again by Jimmy Fit1. gerald and his purveyers of mod- ern rythym. Harry x. Cashin will act as master of cerem bnies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08

Girl Scouts
 The Girl Scouts met at the Com rnunity house last evening with their captain, Miss Drucilla Little. hales. Patrol corners were formed and games played.
 The Girl Scouts attending were: Jean Beach, Katherine Hirleman, Audrey Bradshaw, Marian Russell Alice Stewart, Janet Turner, Elea- nor Pope, Dorothy Johnson, Joe sephine Zaccaria, Dora Hirlemen, EdnG Dubauskas, Ruth Crosse, NH. dred Bares, Evelyn Ellis, Violet Da- mico, Lucy zaccaria, Virginia Roger Helen Kontaout, Aletha Locke, Joyce Baldwin, Eleanor Andrews, denevieve Masterfrank, Joyce KuntZweiler, Eloise Russell, Mary Eilene Locke, Lois Gibbons, Mar jorie Pratt, Lorraine Fenn, Florence Hoffman, Mary Qraney, Evelyn Cor. coran, Lorna Ashborn, Lucille Stew art, Betty Corcoran.
 Patrol ' of "Flasky Darts" elect. cd their officers as follows: Patrol leader, Evelyn Corcoran; corporal Mary Qraney; treasurer, Betty Cor. coran; scribe, Lorna AShborn; lib. rarian, Lucille Stewart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08

l5, at 8 o'clock in the Ladies' Par Tor. The topic for discussion will be The Child Must Be Ready to Learn
 The philatelic Glass of the parish will meet next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. William E. Van Tas- sel, e4 Arden road. The Naomi Glass will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs. L. O. Schultz, lS8 Clinton street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
Full Weather Report

Boston, Oct S-- (UP) = weather cooief tonight. gatprday fair.
 Magaa chubet tts-.-Falr,- slightly cool- :d df0TisSs E.svy with ts tsh srs or.cn ss .sSs
 Conncctlcpta-Valr, slightly cooler
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
ZINC MINING ROOMS

Joplin, Mo. - (UP) = Zinc and lead mining activities in the tri- state district of Missouri. Okla- hon1a and Kansas are the greatest In 10 years, according to Arnold Griffith, head of the Missouri state inspection bureau.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
.eorgianna Therrien
 Given Lovely Gifts
Future Bride Honored at Greenback Shower-Evelyn
 COrcoran Elected Scouts Patrol Leader
oAKVILLE
Girl Scouts

not to jeopardiEe the ticket any fur- ther.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
Political News

With tn collection over, after the best democratic showing ever made in Watertown, an explanation is ir order regarding the position of first seiectrnan. Agreements which were entered into by MT. O'Neil and MT
 Byrnes regarding this position were declared broken Thursday of last week, when Mir. O'Neii declared ct c Democratic town committee meet- Ing he would not support the Dem- ocratic ticket This committee then gave Q vote of confidence, g to 1 to MT. Byrnes, the one dissenter be- ing Mir. O'Neil, himself. Tn view of this action, MT. Byrnes has been persuaded to act as third select. man. This announcement was with held until after election in order
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
NAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

Orders Feninore
Makepeace Thackeray Volume available after Feb 81
Enclose set together he
loc postage packing volume Address, Times Build
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
SENATE MERIT
GROUP SETS
PAY HEARING
.M'Carran Amendment
To Be D e b a tie d BY
Members Next Week

The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee will hold a meeting next
week to consider the McCarran
Federal pay raise bill, Senator
William ]. Bulow, CD, of South
Dakota, chairman, said today.
Delay in consideration of the
measure has resulted from a
letter from Daniel W. Bell, Budget
Director, who suggested that &C.
tion be held up until the study be
ing made for the President is COM
pleted.
Senator Bulow stated that he
wants to find out how much the
McCarran proposal is going to
cost the Government. Senator Nc
Carran has suggested that Mr..
Bell be called before the commit
tee to answer the question. The
up5hot of the conferences be-
tween the two is that Senator
Bulow has made up his mind to
leave the matter entirely UP to
the committee.
II view of the fact that the
President is expected to send some
recommendations to Congress on
problems in the Government de-
partnents, Senator McCarran is
urging Immediate hearings on his
measure to obtain information on
tie general subject of pay in
creases so that the committee
will be in a position to act
promptly on any suggestion from
the White House as well as on
his own proposal.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Ken Murray
Says:

The farmer in the dell Is no
longer a subject to sing happy
songs about, especially if he is
located in the Middle West
where floods are just receding,
and now new dust storms start
ing up Seems as if a large
farm problem could be allevi-
ated If someone could only in
terest the tOp-SOil in q sitdOwn
strike.
Naturally all the freaks have
been a plague to the farmer,
but he suffered his biggest
financial loss when the Supreme
Court blew those AAA checks
away.
OF course these cataStrOphes
aren't all confined to the Mid
die West . From the size of
the storm blowing up in Wash.
ingtOn, it looks as though some
body had better nail down that
Constitution.
This may be just my idea, but
we never heard of a dust storm
until so many dub golfers
started digging up tOp-sOu.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

Sage words of wisdom uttered
by Benjamin Franklin helped
steer the nation through a crisis
back in the days of early American
history. And these words today
are presented readers Of The
Washington Times in the Autobi-
ography of Benjamin Franklin
and Poor Richards Almanac" Of
fered in the third of the Worlds
Greatest Literature volumes to-
morrow morning.
There are 20 volumes in all.
"The Last of the Mohicans," by
James Fenimore Cooper, and
Vanity Fair" by William Make
peace Thackeray, have preceded
the Franklin work.
All three will be available to-
morrow morning at the SO coupon
exchange stations maintained BY
The Times and listed in the cou-
pom No. 6, published on this page.
1t is not too late to start collect
ing the 20 volumes. Today is as
good as any to begin to build a
library. And the method is sur.
prisingly easy and most economi-
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
RED PRINCIPLES
TAUGHT HERE,
D. A. R. TOLD.
Group Hears Sullivan
Blame School Board
and Supt. BaIIou

Declaring Communism Is being
taught In the schools with the
approval Of members of the Board
OF Education and school officials,
George E. Sullivan, member of the
law and legislation committee of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations, today charged that Super
intendent of Schools Frank w.
Ballou "iS helping Communism
along"
Speaking before the District of
Columbia National Defense Com
mittee Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, meeting at
the Mayflower Hotel, Mr.. Sullivan
read excerpts from weekly school
magazines and school text books
indicating that the "diabolical
books and magazines" were
fed" to school children with the
permission Of school heads.
Refers to Magazine
In a school magazine, he
charged, children are taught not to
fight to protect national honor.
He said:
According to the magazines,
children should refuse to take up
arms unless a national referen.
dunn was taken, even while Com
munistS attacked from Mexico
and arose in the States"
All Of these factors Of commu-
nistic teachings in the Washing
ton public school system 60 on
under Superintendent Ballou and,
therefore, must have his approval,
he said.
Mr.. Sullivan said he would not
say directly that Mr.. Ballou is a
Communist, but he charged that
the school head is connected with
| other educators whom he called
Communists. He said that mem.
berS of Congress are being fooled,
and that they do not know what is
going on under their noses. He
said:
II don't think anybody in
the Senate knows what Com
muniSm is"
BlameS BallOu
The local civic leader declared
that Superintendent Ballou was
doubly responsible for the wide
spread Communist propaganda
among Washington's school
youth, as he tolerates the teach
ing of Communism both in the
public schools and the dissemina-
tion of Communist literature in
the public library, the board of
which he is a member.
Members of the defense com
mittee considered the text of a
letter by Mrs. Vinton Earl Sis
son, chairman of the D. A. R.
national defense committe! and
approved it's protest against
President RooSevelt's proposal to
enlarge the Supreme Court.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
HACKER VICTIM
OF R0BBER

A colored man wearing a chauf-
feur's uniform held up a taxicab
driver last night near American
University, robbed him of IS at
the point of a pistol, threw him
out of the cab and escaped.
John E. Beck, colored, 80, of 913
Fourth st. S. E., driver of the
cab, reported to police that ne
picked the man up at Seventh
and T Streets Northwest and was
directed to drive to Mrs. Nc
Leans"
A short time later the man drew
a pistol and ordered Beck to stop
the cab.
Two white men, armed with re-
volverS, entered a Chinese laun.
dry at 937 Eighth st. N. w. last
night, robbed Stanley Chinn OF
50 and escaped in a car reported
stolen a short time before.
William H. Doffermyer, 2441a
Twelfth St. S. E., reported he was
attacked by two colored men and
robbed of his wallet which con-
tained papers but no money.
Herman Newman, colored, 1875
P St. N. W., reported two colored
men robbed him of a small amount
of money while he was walking
near his home last night.
James Kerr reported his home
at 2136 Leroy Pl. N. w. was en-
tered and robbed Of furnishings
valued at $500.
Two purse snatchings were re.
ported to police last night. Two
colored youths snatched a purse
containing SIS from Mary Noel.
1916 Twelfth St. N. W. Elsie Baker
reported a colored man snatched
her purse, containing $12.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
D. {. REV0KES
2PERMITS

Seven out-of-town motorists, con.
Victed of speeding over Washing.
ton streets, felt the lash of the
Board of Revelations, Suspensions
and ReSterationS today. Two of
the drivers lost their driving rights
here permanently and the driving
licenses of the other five were tenn
porarily suspended.
Three local motorists also lost
their permits for Is days because
of previous speeding convictions.
The out-of-town drivers whose
permits were revoked here were
Carnie H. Willis, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, convicted of speeding SIS
miles per hour, and Louis C. Wolf,
Elkridge, Md, convicted on a So
mile speed charge.
Thirty-Day Suspensions
Those from out of the city whose
permits were suspended for 80
days we're:
Robert N. Taft, Takoma Park,
Md, 40 miles.
Arthur Thomas. Brentwood,
Md, 40 miles.
Continued on Page 81, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
VETERAN
M0URNS SON

Billy Phillips blind father sits
in the front room of the family's
apartment at 221 F st. N. w. try
ing to realize that the 16-year-old
son who has been his faithful
guide is dead.
While a coroner's investigation
is attempting to ascertain the
cause of young Billy's death, a
police report says the boy was
found in the kitchen of the apart
ment yesterday afternoon with a
paper sack over his head, and a
rubber tube attached to a gas jet
Of the stove in his mouth.
The implications that Billy
might have taken his own life
ARE perfectly absurd" according
to Mrs. Blanche Williams, the
boys mother, and Virginia Mary,
10, his only sister. Sobbing quiet
ly, the heartbroken mother tells
of what happened, as she was the
first person to discover her boy
Continued on Page 81, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
TO ASK
PASSAGE OF Il
AMENDMENTS
Provisions to Grant
More Power to Local
Body Included

The District Unemployment
Compensation Insurance Board
voted today to petition Congress
sional approval Of II amendments
to the law which created the local
board.
This action was taken follow
ing the report of committee COM
posed of Daniel j. Callahan and
John Locher, board members, and
John A. Marshall, executive direc-
tor, after the local law had been
compared with a model law pre-
pared by the Social Security
Board.
Principal among the amend
mentS is one which would exempt
employers from accounting for
tips received by employees in max
ing payroll reports. The present
law requires an accounting of the
tips and employers have COM
planned repeatedly of the difficulty
in obtaining this information.
Marshall said the boards action
mainly was motivated by a ruling
of the Internal Revenue Bureau
which does not class tips in wages.
Fiscal Week Reports
Another amendment would
place a stronger lid Of conf.
dence on reports of payroll ex.
penditureS made by employers.
The board also seeks, for the
convenience of employers, to
change the law so that fiscal
week payroll reports, rather than
the required calendar week re-
ports as at present, might be
received from employers.
Two amendments would allow
the board a power in making re.
funds, which it does not now
possess. One gives the board
power regulations in cases where
such action is found justifiable.
The other would allow the board
to make adjustments the follow.
ing month when it is found that
an employer had overstated his
payroll expenditure during
month.
Retroactive Feature
The board also asked that an
amendment be approved which
would make retroactive to January
l, 1885, when the unemployment
compensation law went into opera.
tion, the exemptions from taxes
of corporations organized for re-
ligiouS, charitable, scientific, liter.
ary or educational purposes. The
board made exemptions in cases
covering these cases in February
and June of 1886, but was power.
less to make the exemptions retro
active.
Other proposed amendments
provide: Change of the date for
the executive directors annual re-
port to Congress from February
to March /; making the penal Sec
ton of fine from $1O0 to $1,000
or six months in Jail, or both, which
now applies to violations of sections
Of the law, also apply to the rules
and regulations of the board, and
to allow the board travel and other
expenses.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Lambert and Goodwin
. To Speak 10 Women

The Woman's National Demo
cratic Club is bent on keeping up
with the times. They are recruit
ing Washington newspapermen as
speakers, to post them on current
events during their coming series
of current event luncheons.
At the first luncheon, March 8,
John T. Lambert, publisher of The
Washington Times, will be the
guest speaker.
The following week, The Times
radio news commentator, Earl
Goodwin, will discuss affairs of the
day.