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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

peared to be scenes Uf mining oper- ations. Inside the caves, the men found worm-eaten tools, including spades, trowels, mallets and crude powder fuses made of river reeds.
 Just @ month ago, another m- portant discovery was made by two girls, Emma and Flossie Adams, in Mill Creek Canyon, fastness cd. joining Tight Hollow. They found the inscription U. 0. Blackburn, 1925" carved in a rock near a recess in which they found several wood and metal mining tools and the rot- ting remains of a pair of shoes.
 After these discoveries, Kopt called Q meeting of landowners Of the area at Roscoe Tyler's store In Compton and, after e conclave reminiscent of lusty mining days of the west, he leased mineral rights Oil e,34s acres of mountain land Part of the land Is owned by Rob. erts and Hughes, who have been aid- ing Kopf Ii, the subsequent mining operations.
 "IIigh" Gold Content
 Kopf refuses to reveal what his preliminary operations have shown, other than to say that ore taken from mines in the Tight Hollow area hts on exceedingly high' gold content. Outside estimates of the value of the ore have ranged as high as $l60 and $i80 per ton.
 Kopf and his aides have been dynamiting large portions of rock from the mountain sides and send- ing 1t by truck to Cincinnati for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

the new administrator of the U. & housing authority, Bear in mind that Straus, whose agency operates aus tonomously under the interior de- partment, was bitterly opposed for his job by 1ckes.
 Straus demanded to know wheth- CT Ickes had any right to tap wires and so on. He added his opinion that 1t was a criminal offense.
 Ickes snapped back that he was able to run his own department.
 I'm going to get an opinion from the attorney general about t." insisted StrauS, whose own telephones connect through the interior switchboard.
 "The attorney general only gives opinions to heads of departments" said Ickes.
 "WclI, you're the head of . de. partrnent," returned Straus. indi. eating that he would still seek an opinion if Ickes didn't
 The meeting broke up amid con- siderable embarrassment and nu- nerous predictions of further nos" tilities.
 Second Speaker
 Onlcial speeches most worth watching, next to the presidents, are those of Jimmy Roosevelt, his son and secretary.
 Jimmy has been and occasionally will be used to release occasional trial balloons. He spoke with en- tire confidence, If not with some significance, when he recently told a Catholic youth organization in Chicago:
 American democracy Is pre- pared today to do whatever needs to be done and to go as far as 1t needs to go to keep the fate of the many from falling back Into con- trOl of the few"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Mrs Catherine stanleton of North
HearSay,

Hearsay .. Mrs. Catherine stapeton of North Eauare able to be about again after very serious ill., Carl Beckerhouse Paul Shaw Don Day, Joe Blanshed, Charley Howell Hennie Klies, Bob Williams and Ray Gal, win of the Psi Phi Theta fraternity of the Central had cold tootses watching the New Haven Eagles and Spring field Indians battle to 1-1 hockey game at the Arena Sunday night Among the fair sex from the Brass City there the evening were Doris Scher Esie Pannone and Helen Vaitekaitis. . Dan Gerardi popular Ex- change place tonsoria artist Is undergoing treatment again at St. Raphaes Hospital in New Haven When 1t rains 1t pours for Dan. Helen Coon and Kay Maher expect record crowd at the annual Communion Break fast of Catholic High Alumnae Sunday morning in the school auditorium The feature of the business meeting after the edbles are consumed will be election of officers by ballot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Cry of Gold Echoes Through Kentucky's $ Caves as Legend of Tight Hollow Revived
BY JOHN ACKELMIRE NEA Service Special Correspondent

Campton, Ky, November ls. - Goldlli
 The magic word, symbol of easy riches the world around, echoes through the lofty canyons end deep caves of this mountainous South- eastern corner of Kentucky.
 doldl Reviving again that fabu- lous, 200-year-old Legend of Tight Hollow with itstale of stacks of purest yellow metal, cached away In some foothill fastness.
 Goldl Each time the echo graWs stronger as 1t bounces back and forth in the rocky crags of Wolfe county's mountains, until 1t seems that every resident Is touched With the fever. Excitement! Wealthl Dreams come truel
 And SO the tootbills resound once again with the cling of gold miners picks the scrape of Shovels, the boom of dynamite. Maybe all this will turn out as before. Maybe the legendary $30,000 cache of pure gold will not be found. Maybe the raw ore doesn't contain gold in paying quantities. This isn't the first time that gold fever has rlln--Swift and con tagious - through Wolfe county.
 But this time the would-be so,lr- doushs are more enthusiastic, the skeptics less skeptical. This 1887 revival of the contagion is based on something more tangible than the tale of how John Swift buried ESQ., 900 in gold and silver as he fled be. fore hostile Indians back in l7b4.
 The new rush is based on belief at least party authenticated, that the unheiievers were wrong when they said that Wolfe county's rock didn't contain enough gold to pay for taking 1t out. This belief IS bolstered by apparently conclusive evidence that gold mining opera tons were carried out on an ex. tensiye scale at two different 10. cations in the distant past.
 Chief figure In Wolfe county these days is I. II. Kopf, former Alaskan sourdough, who obtained financial backing and started cut to prove that the skeptics were wrong when they scoffed ct the John Swift legend.
 Six years ago Kopf heard the story of how John Swift and some French companions discovered gold In southeastern Kentucky
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refining. Operations will be er- larged immediately, he says, If new assays bear out the preliminary estimates.
 Professor D. c. Demorest, Ohio State metallurgist, recently accom- panied Kopf to the scene of opera- tons and made tests of many sat1l- ples of ore rack. He described the deposits as being "sedimentary, meaning that they are flaked through the rock and are not iil nugget form.
 Excited Wolfe county residents don't care what kind of gold 1t IS, so long as It's gold. They have visions that resources underneath the ground will make up for lack of wealth on top of the rocky soil on which they have labored for so many years to eke out @ precariotis existence by farming.
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midway in the 18th century, mined they were forced to flee after bury ing the metal.
 One version of the legend is that Swift went East after staying his companions, then became blind and never was able to locate the cache when he returned on searching expeditions in later years
 Seeks Legends Truth
 Kopf set to work to find out whether there was any truth to the legend, aided by two Wolfe County men, J. B. Roberts and J. J. Hughes who have been prospecting in the Tight Hollow area for years.
 Recently their efforts were re- warded when they discovered caVi- ties in the canyon walls that ape
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
(. OF. LEADERS TO
 ATTEND BANQUET

Local Young Republican leaders will be among the 600 persons exe pected tomorrow night ct the tes. timonial dinner given by the state Young Republican organization to National Committeeman Samuel Pryor, IT,, of Greenwich, and State Chairman Benjamin Harwood.
 Republican National Committee Chairman John M. D. Hamilton will be the principal speaker at the din- ner. MT. Pryor left for Chicago yesterday but will return tomorrow morning in his own plane.
 MT. Hamilton plans to fly with them, and they are expected to land at Bethany airport, and meet local c. o. P. leaders before going to Hartford. l,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
LEE BREEZE IS
 ABOUT THE SAME

Lee Brizzie, 3s, of 8 Hickory street, who was injured last month in a cave-in of an excavation cn South Main street, was reported about the same" at St. Mary's hos pital today.
 Improvement Is recognized, how ever, in the fact that he has been removed from the oxygen tent which was necessary when he first entered the hospital. His name remains on the danger list.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
BROCKWAY GUEST
 OF ASSOCIATION
Purchasing Agents to Have Thanksgiving Din.
 ner in Seymour

An old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner will be served ct the No. vember meeting of the Purchasing Agents Association of Connecticut ct Swan Memorial. Seymour, Nov. 2S, at 6:30 p. m. The Ladies of the Swan Memorial will serve the sup- per, in accordance with their cus- tom of previous years.
 c. Broadway, national president of the association will be present The speaker of the evening will be C.. Fl. Smith of Yale university, and his subject has been announced aA "The World Crisis in Thought and Economy. All members have been urged to atetnd and bring their executives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
In time for Christmas.

In time for Christmas !. A volume is just about to make its appearance in the bookstalls of Connecticut Prospect Press of Hartford pub cation of "Od Inns of Connecticut which is bound to appeal to certain class of readers in state The Colonial Danes of Connecticut collected all the data for this volume which is expensive one selling at $15 and Marian Dickinson Terry edited the material. The famous inns of this state and there have been and still are many will be described and pictured in many cases
 Three categories the innsones still in use after long years of sevce those that are today private dwellings, and finally inns that have long since vanished and are but memory Pictures of old inn and tav- signs hitherto unpublished to be found in the volume among the many other interesting and nforma tive features.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

Between the both of us. . . H. Otto Vogt president of the Thomaston Eclipse Glass Company has resigned as director of the Gray Telephone Pay Station Company Attorney Daniel J. Kennedy of Ardmore Pa' class mate of John c. Gilmarns at Holy Cross in 1912 was and Joe Kenny of the Kenosha Club of the Central honor me with two invitations to the informal dress dance their club sponsoring at the Red Triangle satu
 day evening Many thanks boys and to your un- dertaking otto shatas can't button his vest these days He was poppa for the first time November when the stork left his nissus baby girl Barbara Joan Mo- the former Helen vaentas of the best female basket ball players in the city several years ago when she wore the colors of the Pastimes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
AnslUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. John Schrank.
 2. The removal of colOred impurities from . substance. :. Emerson HOugh.
 {. Cayenne.
 5. The general designation for Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
 6. The common cold.
 ]. The Black Sea.
 S. Italian painter.
 9. "G-Alen" Is a contraction for government men" and ls . nickname for Special Agents Of the Bureau 0f Investlga. tlop ln the U. $. Department Of Justice.
 10. The CFimean War.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

They said it. Dr. Allan Roy DafOe "The time IS approaching when the girls (quintuplets) must mngle with other children We will not allow them to become scientific guinea pigs. Fannie Hurst, at the Book Fair Hollywood is the limbo of infant literary mortal ity" Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S. J, at the Book Fair Communism comes to us in almost every respect as the counterpart of relgi0n-minus God" Dorothy Thompson at the Lotus Club dinner: Radicals today are those who accept with blind obedience dogma which will not stand the test of any kind of disnerest ed thinking" Dr. Archibald Joseph CrOnin M. J. CrOnin) author of rhe Citadel" his arrival from England the Queen Mary: "I believe In the priest like influence and devotion of the general practitioner but he's been superseded by the speciallsts."...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
PLATES MILLERS
 TO OFFER BINCO

The Platts Mills Community As- sociation will hold bilgo party Tn the smoking parlors of the Bristol Company Studio tomorrw evening at 6 'colck.
 The committee in charge includes: Mrs. Dorothy etaufer, Miss Marion Schmidt, Miss Edna Mclean, Harry Oemcke. Conrad Ranney and Clif- ford Stewart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

The Crippled Chidren's Committee of the Kiwan is Club is giving regular massage treatments twice week at the Chase Dspensary It is also buying braces for the children they needed So far this year the club has given S54 massage treatments and iur, nshed four braces They have also paid for hospital operation This work realized by contributions from the club treasurer and by gifts from members to what is called the birthday fund Every penny goes direct to ne Heppe of the Chase Dispensary says there is no other organization to do this work for these poor chill dren. Congratulations Kiwanians! Keep up the nhe work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
BLACKSNAKE KILLS RATHER

Safety Harbor, Fla. -(UP) - A fight for life ended here when a 4-foot blacksnake chewed the head from a 2-foot diamondback rattlesnake, ate he reptile and nonchalantly crawled away. It re- quired 45 minutes to complete the meal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
AUNT SAVES BOY FORM BULL

Tiffin, O., (Up)-Geo,ge zeis, IS, was saved from an enraged bull by his aunt, Mrs. Blanche Burd. who drove away the animal with c pitchfork. Zeis was knocked down and trampled by tho bull. He suf- fered severe bruises and . fractured rih g, a .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

It's coming. . |. . Meaning Christmas, when we will see announced that a certain company will sponsor Lionel Barrymores presentation of the character Scrooge in Dickens Christmas Carol" When the hotsy totsy magazines picture costume jewelry from $5 to $SOO and Toby jugs and Dickens figures from $5 to $50, and mink capes flor her" from $500 to $5,OOO .. When we get out last years Christmas budget and card ist And when we start to pull the old gag going to go easy this Christmas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

Waterbury knows him Readers of Time must have recognized in the current issue picture of na- tive son-the Rev. James F. Cunningham member of the Paulist Fathers. Father Cunningham is pictured on the rear of his trailerchapel St. Lucys with which he and the Rev. Thomas M Halloran are touring re- mote regions of Tennessee. At the first Mass cce- brated in the which held in Cowan, Tenn, only three people present. After making circuit of the county the trailer returned to Cowan and 25O people attended services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Byrd Houses

Senator Harry Byrd of Vir- ginia criticized a rural settle- ment housing project in his state 50 violently that some drastic economies were made. Scheduled plumbing installa- tions were abandoned In fa- vor of small houses to the rear.
 The tenants now call these structures Byrd houses"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
Tall Tower Topics
Good Evening.
SLOW BUT SURE
sy THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Slow but sure we approach the time Of the holly, the tinsel and the ball, The streanline train, the music box, The evergreen tree so tall. Books and blocks and dishes, Games and folderols, Desks and sleds and scooters, All shapes and sizes of dolls. Slow but sure December is coming, We enter new state of mind, Fall activities become old stuff, And we leave them far behind, Slow but sure we approach the time When youthful spirits well nigh burst But before we get into the Christmas mood We must have Thanksgiving first
 FEM. EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18
. BEHIND THE SCENES
 M WASHINGTON AWV ROONEY DUTcHER-i
 Democrat Washington
Democrat Washington Correspondent

Ickes' Attempt to DiSpel Rumors of Espionage Draws Fire From Hous- ing Head Straus, Pre-. cipitating Bitter Ex- change Jimmy Roosevelt ls White House "Trial Balloon. = ist."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

With spring prevailing in Argens tina, farmers there are buy planting more corn than c year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-18

England has e campaign urging the cutting of ail hedges to insuFe eEeater highway safety.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
WALLACE BACKS
NEW WA.A.A. PLAN
House Committee Chairman
Urges Sanction, However,
on Measure.

BACKGROUND
Regulated agricultural output is
major point OF Secretary Wallace's
farm policy. The Supreme Court
threW out first attempt at re0ula-
tton-the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. Last week at insti-
cation OF some farm leaders new
regulatory legislation was sent to
Congress.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
NOLAN TO APPEAR
IN PAROLE PLEA
Former Auto Dealer Serving at
Lorton in Bribery to Face
Board.

William j. Nolan, formerly engaged
IN the automobile business here, will
appear before the District Parole
Board tomorrow seeking release from
the Lorton Reformatory, where he has
been serving a sentence Of from four
months to year for bribery.
Nolan began his term December 10
and is now eligible for parole. The
bribery charge grew out of a divorce
action. Several weeks ago he was
indicted on a forgery charge.
The Parole Board will consider 81
other petitions for the parole of pris-
oners. In addition to Nolan, petitions
nave been filed by the following:
Frank Boyce, Fulton A. Bond, Heze-
kiah Blue, Ira Ralph Gray, Herbert
Burke, Leon U. Mason, Robert Will
liams, Johnny Brooks, Norman =
Crawford, Richard H. Shorter, Viii
liam B. Salisbury, Ernest L. Martin
James Gregory, James Ford, John b
Walker, James Gordon, Dennis D.
Levy, Morris L. Berstein, John r
Parker, Samuel S. Crawford, Sylvester
L. Thomas, Henry J. Bonepart, joseph
B. Robinson, Charles A. Immich. Lerov
Waters, Bernard Rhine and RAYMOND
Vidi.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

A $15,000,00O iron and steel plant
is being constructed 1T Karabuk.
Turkey.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
LIFE E-SAVtNG REVIEW
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
Examiners Will Be Given Inspec-
ton by Red Cross in
Mckinley Pool.

The District Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross announced today that
its ninth annual life saving examiners
review will be conducted at the Nc
kinley Pool, Lincoln road and Pros
pect avenue northeast, from ! to 5
pm. Saturday.
The Red Cross requires that all life
saving examiners review the work
under field representative at least
every two years in order to keep their
appointments current. The Saturday
review has been arranged for the ex-
aminers in and near Washington.
The regular examiners training
course will be given at Mckinley Pool
during next week, beginning on Tues
day. June l, and ending Friday, June 1.
Evening star., 1937-05-27

principles and purposes Of the bill"
Wallace said, in testifying before
Jones' committee on the measure, ad-
vanced last week by the American
Farm Bureau Federation and other
farm organizations.
We've got q pretty good pro-
gram in effect now," said Jones, In
reply.
Should the new program be tied
up by injunction or be held invalid,
We would find ourselves without a
farm program"
Wallace, in his detailed indorse-
ment of the bill, said it had two
fundamental purposes:
"Safeguarding Of the Nations food
supply and protection of the farm in
come"
Oficials Of the Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton have estimated the program
would cost between $250,OOO,OOO and
$3.50, 100000 annually. They placed
Evening star., 1937-05-27

the average" annual cost at approx.
imately $350,000,000.
Wallace outlined features Of the
bill as:
l. To protect consumers against
drought disasters, such as In the years
Of 1884 and 1896.
2. To minimize wide fluctuations in
the prices Of basic farm commodities
in the interests Of both consumers and
producers.
3. To stabilize farm income as far
as possible at a "fair" level.
The measure embodies such features
as Wallace's "ever-normal" granary,
commodity loans, crop insurance, soil
conservation and production control
Evening star., 1937-05-27

With its protection for farm in.
come through loans and payments, the
measure the Secretary asserted, "em-
'odles the sound principle of eco
nomic equality for agriculture"
wallace said that question about the
measures constitutionality had been
raised.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
COL. RYONS HONORED

Col. Fred B. Ryons was elected
president OF the Engineers Chapter,
Reserve Omcers' Association, at a
meeting last night at the Munitions
Building.
Other officers elected are Capt.
James r. Arnold, vice president, and
Capt. Percival Elliott and First Lieut.,
John F. Warlick, directors.
Col. Harrison Brand, jr., was named
chairman of the Membership Commit
tee and Col. Frederic A. Delano was
elected to head the Reception Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1937-05-27
BY the Assc ciated Press,

BY the Assc ciated Press. I.
A nat Endorsement Of the proposed
agricultural adjustment act of 1897
by Secretary Wallace today met i'm
mediately with q showdown signal
from the House agriculture chairman.
Wallace asked Congress to enact
the measure "at the earliest possible
date" but Chairman Jones, Demo-
crat, OF Texas advised him Congress
should have more definite informa-
tlon. Jones said he doubted the wis
dom OF the legislation at this time.
Il am strongly in favor of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10
HORSE KILLS WOMAN

BEDMRSTER, Pa, Sept. 10.
A horse she was driving hitched
to q hay rake fell on Mrs. Cath
crime vargo, IS, mother Of five,
and crushed her to death here.
Police said The horse apparently
stumbled in a ditch and threw
her to the ground.
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Bandits Trail Farmer

LEWISBURG, Pa, Sept. 10
G.N.S0-Three men, travelling in
an automobile bearing Missouri
license plates and believed lnem-
bers of a Chicago stickup gang,
were sought by Pennsylvania mo.
tor police today. Charles Rebar,
farmer who moved here recently
from the West, told Police Chief
Orvis Campbell one of the men.
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seen acting suspiciously, was a
brother Of one Of the gunner who
held him up in Chicago last year.
Campbell said Rebar reported the
trio followed him East to persuade
him not to prosecute the Chicago
case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 GN.S0.
Johnny Torrio, who coached AL
Capone in the early days Of his
gang career and is now scheduled
to follow him to Americas Devil
Island" prison at Alcatraz for tax
evasion, paid surprise visit to
the Federal building today to
seek reduction of his 500, 900 bail.
Judge T. Blake Kenney, after a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10
Virginia Beauty
Goes to Hollywood

CHATHAM, Va, Sept. 10.-Blond
Barbara Hodnett, who recently
appeared as Miss Virginia" in the
national beauty contest at Biloxi,
Miss, left here today for Holly.
wood, where she has signed a five
year movie contract. She is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benton
Hodnett.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10

The story Of the mysterious and
IIttle-knOwn servant who exercised q
powerful influence on ERgland's late
Queen Victoria starts In the Herald
Sunday, September IL Insure
yourself getting the first chapter by
phOning DI. $3.50 for regular carrier
delivery.
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Torrio Bail to Stand

brief hearing, refused to lower the
bail and ordered the defendants to
appear tomorrow morning.
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Nv CARROLL PEEKE

The defense decided on a new
course. Abandoning the self-de-
tense line which had been followed
in the first trial. it was deter
mined to use a scientific defense.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald,
coroner of the District of Colum.
bia and a nationally noted author.
ity on legal-medical cases, was
summoned as a defense witness.
I'm the final article merit
Monday, the second trial of Miss
NdrUeH and the aftermath UiH
be described.J
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10

Here Is the second Of a series
of articles on Edith MdTlDeH,
the Virginia mountain school
teacher t1Uice conpicted OF the
murder OF her father, Trtgo
MqrpeH and non under sentence
of 20 years in the penttent1dry.
The Virginia State Supreme
Court of Appeals 10ill hear her
plea for a ne1U trial neTt Tues
day at StGuntonJ