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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
HAROLD MANNING
 LEAGUE PRESIDENT

Interesting angles of the tele- phone business were presented to the members of the Mems league of the Second Congregational church last night by, E. Leslie Beebe, local telephone company manager, who showed four reels of moving pie lures, relative to the telephone in- dustry.
 At the saI.le meeting, Harold c. Manning was elected president of the organization. Other ], of1icers named are: Vice-president, Leroy M. Gibbs; secretary. Harold Wright: treasurer. William Loomis: assistant treasurer, E. B. HuElburt. The re- tiring president is E. A. Barrows,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
MINISTERS MEET
 ATLOCAL CHURCH

Members of the Naugatuck Valley association of Ministers will hold their spring meeting May 20th at the local Second Congregational church. In the afternoon the group will be addressed by Rev. Harold C.. Jones, pastor of the Plymouth church in New Haven, and Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dinsmore, also of New Haven. In the evening the speaker will be Gaylord w. Dougless. New England secretary of the National council for the Prevention of War.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Editor Tall Tower Topics . . Enclosed find two
 tickets for the smoker entertainment to be given by the Holy Name Society of the Church of Our Lady or Lourdes Friday evening" May 2S, at the FrancoAmerl- can ha The proceeds will be used to help finance the baseball and softball teams There will be boxing re- treatments and plenty of laughs with Steve Ferucc,; Felix Guarini Joe CiprianO, IT,, and Frankie "bun Cementi as the laugh prOvokers Refreshments will be handled by Joe Cprano ST., and Joe Russo while An thony Farno will be in charge of tickets Sincerely Jimmy BiancO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
TINTED FINGERNAILs V Al r. TO COURT

San Francisco - (UP) = Just what tint of red finger nails justi- fies election from 8 public place is a question for the courts to decide. Mrs. Alta Moore has filed . $l0,o0O damage suit on the grounds she was elected from a local sports stadium because she had "slaughterhouse fin0eruails."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
Spinning the wheel,

Spinning the wheel. Helen Standbridge is con, templating future disqualification from which she Will emerge sans tonsls . Mike Mccormack and Mike (the barber) Ieronio planning afternoon of golf and if the former go like he bowls the latter will buy the suopers Birthday greetings kept Mae Downey Parker bsy engaged yesterday but too busy to extend her usual cheery smile and greeting. Surrounding golf have been treated to and original ex- pletves lately as the Packard Five" have taken up the interesting sport The Packard Five" includes Frank Donahue Johnny Shell, John Martin Bob Tracy and Johnny Joyce Their instructors report rapid progress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Around the state. . Plans for the new church that will be built in Bridgeport by the Rev. flnton 5. Tehan native of this city, were revealed recently with
 picture of the proposed edifice in the Catholic Transcript. Father Tehan recently appointed to the pastorate of St. Peters church. During the course of the banquet that followed the exemplfication of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus at Hartford Sunday Thomas F. Locke of Biddeford Maine vicesupreme master of New England paid warm trlD- chrchmen in the history of Maine, Archbishop John Gregory Murray and Bishop Joseph Edward Me Carthy" We hope that Hartford responded with friendly little gesture by pointing out that the birth place of both these estmabe clerics was Waterbury,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
Aldermanic Approval
 Of Bond Sale Given
City to Sell Bonds TOtaIIing $l 6S5, ,OOO for Purposes
 Outlined in Statement to Board d-Bridge Assured

By unanimous vote the board of aldermen last night authorized the sale of 900 worth of bonds by the City of Waterbury The bids will be opened May 20th As in several past instances the rate of interest will be set by the bidders The bidder setting the lowest interest rate and giving the city the best premium will be awarded the Sae
 The bonds authorized are as follows: $620OO0 fund.- ing $715OOO street and general improvements $25OOO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
LITTLE OLD LADY PASSES
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Now that little old lady passing by, Is long time at it, oh me, oh my! We know by now how she looks her tread, From her avendar and lace to her laVallere Of req Muted fiddles describe her. also dulcet sopranos, Whole bands exto her. she's been done on pianos. Crooners do their best for the little old lady quaint Whistlers work at her much, there's some complaint Oh little old lady, let's agree to part with Slgn Between you me and the radio you're really quite py
 -Em En-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Washington, May 1l-It is not on record that any holder of an inSur- ance policy has ever recommended that the management of the insur- ance company should be placed in the hands of professional politicians.
 A large part of the administration of the biggest insurance company in the world, however, will be turned over to politicians if certain pow erful clique in the senate gets away with the demands on which it has stubbornly insisted for many weeks.
 It's quite likely that you have
 policy with this concern and
 that you're paying in money on 1t
 every month. 1t is the federal So-
 cial Security system which is
 threatened and, according to the
 present law, the system will be
 handling billions of dollars paid in
 through a tax on employers and
 through a tax OnobyetaOishrdlu- |? employees toward old age benefits.
 The senate voted into the inde- pendent offices appropriations bill rider requiring that all the Social Security boards lawyers and experts receiving over $5,00O year must be confirmed by the senate. Obviously this provision would apply to the cream of the crop, some 40 or more lawyers, economists, directors of bu- reaus and assistant directors who represent the brains and experience upon which the huge social security system depends for successful opera tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
Squirm Under Standards

Experience shows that when sen ate confirmation of appointees is re- quired the appointments customarily become matter of political spoils. To date the SSB, which operates under civil service except for ex- emptions to lawyers and technical experts, has hired about 2lO of those lawyer and experts. The Civil service commission has approved these exemptions after setting up standards for appointees so high that SSB officials often have squirmed and cursed. At least three years experience in or close to the social security field has been re- quired. In many instances the SSB has withstood terrific pressure from Capitol Hill, establishing an unusual record for choices based on merit rather than politics. Experts hired usually have had to show experience in social work, public employment offices, group insurance and similar fields. The SSB claims to have roped in the outstanding men and women who were working in the Var1ouS related neldS.
 The house, which voted to put all the experts and lawyers under civil service, has stood out against the senate rider, while the senate cOnfereeS have refused to budge. The senate conferees are Senators Glass of Virginia, ByrnS of South Carolina, Russell of Georgia, Ad- ans of Colorado and Seiwer of Oregon.
 One effect of the senate hold -out is that the delay in passing the ap- proriation bill has held up May payments on grants to states for 1, 258,000 aged poor, 330,000 depend ent children and 32,000 blind.
 
 Loud Horn Footing Softly The loudest toot of anybody's own horn that has been footed here for some years came recently from the United States. Flag association, which announced in a press release framed as a news story:
 Washington, D. C.-In the midst of perplexing sitd0wn strikes and other elements befuddling the employer -emplOye relations of a
 nation. there comes a big patri- Otic society, like thunderbolt out of a clear sky, with an entirely new approach, radically different from anything yet suggested. to the solution of this an-important problem
 Whereupon the association, which has President Roosevelt, Chief Jus tice Hughes and President Bill Green of the A. F. of L. among its high officials, announced Fellow American" service which would dis tribute "industrial-patriotic tracts" illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. to be distributed among employers and employees. The Flag association insisted that the tracts would be "of such nature that they will develop among employers and employees mental attitude that willsubstitute goodwill and tolerance, understanding and cooperation, for envy and greed, misunderstanding and strife in employment relations. '"
 Col James A. Moss, president general of the association, pointed out thta the American flag was ''the only thing we have that
 unites every American ot every other. regardless of racial blood, religious creed. social position or financial standing"
 Repercussions of the thunder bolt have been rather soft and low. But in case you agree the associa- tion may have something there, its address is 923 Fifteenth street, Northwest. Washington. D. c.
 Copyright, 1887, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Waterbury remembers him. .. .. Saturday there was buried in M St. Benedict cemetery, Hartford, Joseph R Carroll for the past 30 years field agent for the Aetna Life Insurance Company How long Mr. Carroll had been ill we don't know but do recall very well his WSlts to Waterbury last year when he frequently came lnto inc Democrat office to recall old events and to talk about the Waterburians he knew back in the days when. He said at one time q remember we'll the old Waterbury,
 recall such landmarks the Apothecares Hall buho ing the scovi house. the Waervie hotel and the care run by Thomas Hayes good friend of mine and 1atner of another good friend, Lieutenant-Governor Frank Hayes. can also remember the livery stable at ocovi and South Main streets run by my uncle Lawrence Hu
 and if was there ended all my horseback trips from Hartford . :" Recalling horseback trip he made from Hartford to Waterbury he remarked that he left at Il o'clock in the morning and in Waterbury six hours later the route being by way of New Britain and Bristol He was an interesting character good-hearted ana friendly and we enjoyed our few brief chats "l1h il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Thomas Photo THEODORE HALLOCK The annual dinner dance of the Connecticut Pratt Alumni was Held at Old Hundred Inn in Southbury Saturday night. TheO- dore HallOck, treasurer of the grads, was intrOudced to the guests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Few and far between. Congressman Joe" Smith has forwarded City Ed Bill" Harrington one of the few remaining copies of General John Pershlngs final report Commander Chief of the A. E. It was issued by the in 1920 and Congress- man "Joe" was fortunate enough recently to secure three copies, one of which graces the City Eds desk In view of the printing F years ago and the fact that copies always eagerly snatched up when from the reading angle but article of American histOry....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Political family's exit. By the middle of this month long and eventfu chapter in American politics will not be Bryan in public office campaigning for office William Jennings Bryan began the familys activ ties back the 90s little later his brother Charles w. Bryan took up the torch serving three terms as gov ernor of Nebraska mayor of NebraskaS capital city Lincoln besides running for the United States Sen date Still later the Great Commoners daughter, Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde entered public life, The elder Bryan is dead now Mrs Rohde is back in private lfeand m mid May Charles w. Bryan finishes his term mayor of Lincoln historic chapter in American political life is coming to a close
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

George Westinghouse, Jr., first patented air brakes in 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

Administration of Largest Insurance Company in WOrld-SOcial Security - Will Be Turned Over to Politicians if Certain Sen- ate Clique Has Its Way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
BEHIND THE SCENES WASHINGTON
 ~~ aAnMEW nlTreneR-
BY RODNEY oUTcHE

Democrat Washington COrre-
 spOndent)
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Ii, Mrn1urtat11.

RsWs;sPee S q our dear me mSthsT ,o LuLA
ago today. April 16. 1885
What is home without a mother?
All things this world may send.
But when We lost you; dear mother.
We lost our dearest friend.
A happy home We once enjoyed,
How sweet the memory still;
But death has left = loneliness
LovINs se5sa soN SNb an nfysE nxUdHrER aIl ROY
AND JESSIE.
BOWMAN. BELLE c. tribute Of love and
%oh.2 B & r q nv vSo SoFns ems
April 16. 1885.
Mother: my, nights are dreary.
NY friends are few;
But no one knows
HER b9x bGvorED EfSi DHGdHrER, zga MRS. MAR
GARET E. JONES.
CLAY ANNE s! Il 9yef .Y SSs e,eS 9,
1850 1885. seven years ago '00''' April To-
Gone dear mother. forever;
How I mi miss your smiling face.
a CHI asn sskf Ell
GILRoY. MARY. In sad but loving re-
membrance of our dear mother MARY
sea4s aso toG.s sepsTssf Aptn a ia Any,
niversary mass at st. Stephens Church.
Rem'ma5sRof aER idvfRa EffRs yeH Sa1IbREn. n6aEi
MAIDEN. MARY ROBINSON. In sad but
Roher MaRY 8 Ms near
who passed away ten years ago today.
April 10. 1927.
What is a home without nother7
All things this world may send.
hit when / l04t dear mother
HER DEVOTED gEs Hz 5"is5s DauaHTER. HE'S SYLVIA
ROBINSON.
MANcUso, LOUIS. In sad. but loving
Louis MANcuso. who passed away one
year ago. April 16. 1886.
Treasured THOUGHTS Of one so dear.
Often bring . silent tear;
Thoughts return to scenes long past,
Time rolls on. but memory lasts.
I Peaceful be thy rest
YOUR DEVOTED WIFE. SALVATORE
LOUIS AND MARGARET.
NORTON. ALBERT E. A. tribute sacred to
Tx memory Of d'd our ,is friend ALBERT
and whose memory We cherish:
PAYNE. SUSIE; In loving 1emembr.nce
departed this life one year ago. April
SARAH SMITH AND EMMA wADDy.
ROSS. DA B.; WEATHERINGTON. CLARA.
A sacred and sincere tribute Of love
to the memory of my loved ones
mother. IDA B. ROSS. who entered into
CLARA WEATHERINGToN. April Io.
1896.
What would give to clasp their hands,
Their happy faces to see
To hear their voices and see their smiles
That meant so much to me.
LOVING DAUGHTER AND SISTER, MRS.
KATIE HUEY
WEATHERINGTON. CLARA. In sad re-
membrance Of my dear mother. Mrs.
CLARA WEATHERTNGTON who passed
to the great beyond one year ago today.
April 16 1896.
This day comes with sad regret
And one that will never forget.
I will always cherish with love sincere
Beautiful memories Of you.
INGTON
Evening star., 1937-04-16
REVENUE PR0V|SO
| OF INSPECTION HIT.
Senator Reynolds Sees Men.
ace to Chances of
Passage.

The fact the revised District
vehicle inspection bill. recently
approved by the Budget Bureau and
submitted to Congress, does not pro-
vide specifically that fees collected
under it 60 for inspection purposes
only. may jeopardize its chances Of
passage in the Senate, Senator
Reynolds, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima, member of the Senate District
Committee, strongly intimated in a
letter yesterday to Commissioner
Hazen.
An advocate of inspection legisla-
ton to reduce traffic accidents In the
District, Reynolds recently wrote the
Budget Bureau recommending that
its objection to such legislation be
removed. A revised bill was drawn
up and received the approval of the
bureau.
Sees Revenue Emphasized.
However, I note that the revised
BILL" the Senator wrote, changes the
form of the previously recommended
legislation in the sense that inspec-
ton fees would 60 into general funds.
rather than be held for strictly
inspection purposes. Thus, in q
sense, the measure becomes reve-
INCREASING bill rather than safety
legislation. I am strongly opposed
to this idea and many Of my col
leagues share this view"
Reynolds made it clear that his
concern in the matter had to do with
the sale of unsafe used cars, recently
exposed by the American Automobile
Association, and recommended that
the District government approach
the inspection problem "by degrees"
and not on "the wholesale basis that
would place new taxes on all motor
lists at time when other tax increases
are threatened"
Meanwhile, Central High School
students of sociology have taken an
active interest in the problem, as wit
messed from letter sent to the Key
stone Automobile Club. They would
place a blanket responsibility of the
alarming number Of traffic acci-
dents" in the District on "the driver,
the pedestrian and the law ITSELF"
with the driver being blamed in the
majority of cases.
TT is entirely possible that the
crux of the problem can be found at
the very start: the Traffic Bureau.
where permits are obtained" they
wrote, recommending more stringent
examinations for license applicants.
The letter also recommended more
rigid laws governing the pedestrian
and more thorough enforcement of
existing laws.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
D. c. RETAIL TRADE
RECORD EXPECTED
Trade Board Publication
Gives Results of 1885
Business Survey.

Retail business in 1895 probably
reached an all-time high in Washing
ton, the Board of Trade said yester-
day, basing the statement on the
results Of survey Of business condi-
tions here in 1885. This showed re-
tail sales for that year were SO per
cent OF the 1929 total.
The survey, based on the Govern
ment's census of business, is outlined
in the boards latest publication,
Washington Facts.
In 1885 the Capital, with a retail
business totaling $330,813,000 was the
eighth largest retail market in the
country, ranking below New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles,
Detroit, Cleveland and Boston. It did
more retail business than Baltimore,
Pittsburgh, St. Louis and San Fran
cisco, all of which have greater popu-
lations.
Exceeds 18 States.
The volume of retail business in the
District exceeded the amount in each
VA ~ oNaoto anu WdS SItdtcI Jlldll
the aggregate of New Mexico, Utah
and Wyoming.
Food stores. with sales amounting
to $70,7C6,000, received the largest
share of every retail dollar. Drug
store sales amounted to S33 for every
District resident Per capita sales of
automobiles, automotive supplies, gas
oline, etc, amounted to S97--the high
est of any city over 5CO,0cO popula-
ton.
Washington ranked second in per
capita expenditures, estimated at $555.
Boston was first with s557 and San
Francisco third with s454.
Second Hand Store Sales.
In 1885 the amount spent in sec
ond hand stores here was over So
00,000-the highest per capita ex-
penditure for any city over 100000
population.
Excluding compensation of proprje-
tors and firm members in unincor-
porated businesses, 42,l02,0 900 was
paid in wages to full-time employees
in retail businesses and sl,803 900 to
part-time employees. Department
stores employed more people than any
other retail business.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Shoe Plates Make
Robber, Running,
Sound Like Horse
Man Held for Grand
Jury Identified With
Aid of Victims Story.

Steel plates on his shoes helped to-
day to identify Julius Williams, 26, as
a robber who sounded like a horse"
when he ran.
Williams, who lives in the first block
OF De Frees street. was held for the
grand jury on $1,000 bond by Judge
John p. Mcmahon in Police Court.
He was charged with robbing Joseph
Caldwell, 518 Varnum street, Of 50 and
his pocketbook at Third street and
New Jersey avenue several nights ago.
Caldwell told police the robber sound
ed like horse" when he ran away.
Pvt. Robert j. Maghan remembered
this when he arrested Williams as a
suspect in other robberies and found
steel plates on his shoes. Caldwell
later picked Williams from q lineup
at the second precinct station.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Mayor Des0Inted
AtLu,U That Bans
Beating Hepburn

OSHAWA, Ontario, Aprn 16 Cana
dian Press) Mayor Alex Hall and
Premier Mitchell Hepburn, on oppo-
site sides in the General Motors Of
Canada strike, had private quarrel
Of their own today.
II regret" said the mayor, "the ex-
istence Of a law which makes 1t i'm
possible for me to give Hepburn the
worst thrashing any man ever re-
ceived in an effort to teach him the
first rudiments Of decency."
Hall expressed desire to fight after
the premier instructed legal aides to
recover $259.25, which he says Hall
owed the provincial treasury when he
was dismissed as Oshawa crown attor-
ney in 1884
The mayor termed the claim .
downright faSehood"
Hepburn, supporting General
Motors, said Halls hostile attitude
was due to his dismissal "and to his
general antipathy to the Liberal
party"
Evening star., 1937-04-16
MOST COMMODITIES DROP.
Copper and Copper Prices Thought
Affected by Grain.

Copper and Copper Prices Thought
Affected by Grain.
NEW YORK, April Is LP).-Led by
the worldwide break in grain prices,
most commodities, with the exception
Of rubber, declined sharply today.
In New York domestic producers
lowered the price of copper y cent a
pound to l512 cents, bringing their
quotation to the level established last
week by the customs smelters. Ex-
port copper and copper futures de-
clined as prices fell in the London
Metal Exchange
Cotton futures dropped by from
SIS cents to IS cents a bale with the
impetus toward liquidation coming
largely from abroad. japanese in
terests, however, were said to be buy
ing on the decline.
In other futures markets the fall
in prices was said to be due more to
the weakness of the grains than any
thing else. Hides lost 80 to 81 of a
cent a pound, cocoa yielded .18 of a
cent, silk was of to cents a pound
and coffee quotations ranged from
about unchanged to .09 of a cent
down
Rubber, in the face Of figures show
ing March consumption was the heav-
lest on record, advanced by from IL
to II of cent pound.
Today's decline in the cotton mar.
ket carried values down by approxi-
mately IS to $3.50 a bale from the
high level OF two weeks ago. At that
time the market had experienced a
perpendicular advance OF Sl0.5O to
$11.50 over a period Of six weeks.
PLUNGE AT WINNIPEG.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
PLUNGE AT WINNIPEG.

WINNIPEG, April 16 canadian
Press) Wheat prices plunged down
the scent limit at the opening of the
Winnipeg Grain Exchange today in a
wild burst of selling which repeated
yesterdays scent drops.
May wheat opened 3as-47s cents
lower at 1.31l2-1.33, and July wheat
swept 412-5 cents lower at 1.27A -128.
October wheat, which held fairly
steady yesterday, collapsed at the
opening of the market today, declin-
ing 2A-5 cents at l.16-1.i81a.
Coarse grain prices tumbled with
wheat, fax dropping cents.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

declaration by Frank Slaby, U. A. w.
head in the East San Francisco Bay
area, that the management agreed to
recognize the shop steward as repre-
senting the workers in collective bar
gaining and TO- establish a seniority
system in lay-offs.
Slaby interpreted these concessions
which he declared had forestalled a
contemplated sit-down strike, as
granting union recognition. He de-
clared 30 per cent OF the plants 1,7oO
workers are U. A. w. members.
Clarence o. Bullwinkle, local plant
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Stall
Continued From First Page.)

present demands to you on behalf Of
your organized employees"
At Kansas City. Maron De Louis,
who said he was president Of the Ford
Local of the United Automobile Work
ers, asserted he and an organizer were
beaten with blackjacks at a parking
lot near the Ford plant There was
speculation as to whether another
strike at the Ford assembly plant was
in the offing. Recently, two-day sit
down closed the plant.
The Ford Motor Co., second largest
manufacturer Of automobiles, is the
only one which has not opened nego-
tiations with the union.
w. r. Williams, American Fedora
ton OF Labor representative for South
Texas, announced an organization
drive among the 100000 workers Of
the oil industry. The Committee for
Industrial Organization announced
similar plans last week.
RECOGNITION CLAIMED.