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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-24

A. The child would be an Ameri- can citizen, but his eligibility to hold the office of president probably would have to be tested in the courts, there being no existing pre- cedent.
 o. Why do baseball fans stand up during the seventh inning?
 A. The custom of spectators at baseball game standing up during part of the seventh inning, is said to have originated in the old days of pine boards without backs that served for seats in ball parks, when arising and stretching about the seventh inning was a natural result of desire to relieve cramped mus- cles. Then came the notion that 1t brought luck to the home team to stretch in the seventh. This was be- cause the number "s0ven" has al- ways been associated, from remote times, with a belief that it was lucky" The custom simply grew, until 1t has become universal.
 o. What is the value of United States two-cent piece dated 1884?
 A. They are catalogued at 2 to 10 cents.
 o. Is Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- welt a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution?
 A. Yes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-24

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "They all came ex-
 cept shc"; say except her."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-24
T st Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Legal Notices

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIs-
 TRiCT of WATERBURY, SIS. PRO.
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 The Court of Probate for the Dis: trict of Waterbury, hath. limited and ai0wsS M six me mSntSs SssdItars frSm tas said estate to exhibit their cldlms for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly Attested, within said time, will De debarred Q recovery. All persons quelN Nrd to make immediate pay.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
|FORESTvILLE IN LOSS TO VARSITY
Heavy.ScOring End Half Gives North End Club
 53-33 Win

In a high scoring game the North End Y. M. 0. A. Varsity won Q 53-3S basketball decision over the Forestville All-stars yesterday after noon, though the teams played 6 nip and tuck first half, with the North Enders in front by one point edge, le--lT. In the last half the Varsity boys went to town by scoring S5 points, meanwhile holding the op- position to IS, valeski's 13 points and shooting being a standout for the winners, while Pavalchak got through for Il points in favor of Forestville. Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
The Broadway
 Bugle
By DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

On "Wednesday evening, December 20th, Rev. Michael duerin will bring his famous St. Thomas Seminary team to the Hill court to meet the old Hill Jrs. in aA exhibition con. test. The Seminary boys featuring Jimmy Harrison and Charlie Bedcl of Waterbury, Duffy of Naugatuck Maxwell and few more stars from Hartford, are raring to go from from their surprising win over Bristo last week. Bob Grady, Ike Cirello Son Martin and aHrpo Murphy will form the Hill outfit lineup. Dancing will follow the main contest and record crowd is certain.
 Red vallone, one of the classiest basketball players in the league last season will make his appearance with the Community club when they take the floor against the Gents. Red has proven very popular with the fans and they will all be glad to sec him in actino. High scoring honors thus far this season 90 to John Kelly, Consnun,ty club t2il, Free Sullivan t20), Damileo, (i0), Murphy Wells, (i0), Griffin Companionship (iG and Buddy Kelly, Tribes dO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Totals ...........14 5 33
 Score at half time Varsity 1S, Forestville 17. Referee: Santopietro. Time: Four 10-minute periods.
 N. E. Y. Spartans won a fast pre- linn game from the Croft Cubs, 20 to 2l, Cullinan and Daly showing up well for the opposing teams which were tied at half time, IS all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

the dladney Boys. Tex Brady in. formed Us today that he will show an entirely new team against the Hillies but that remains until to. night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Rooms, Board, Hotels
Rooms and Board

BOYS CLUB, Cottage Place-Nice rooms, swimming pool. all home cooking. Reception rooms. Mod- crate prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

tunate to get him. Reports say that he will perform with the Props or teh Tribes, but that remains to be seen.
 Mickey Sheehan's Tribunes are in tie for first place by taking the Robins and the Community club teams respectively Into camp. The Kelly boys have proved great help to the Tribes along with Eddie Crean last years star. Mickey 6heehan needs a little more practice when the Tribes take the floor against the Props on the 27th of December, they will also show Dutch LaPoint, Felix Longo and George Mullivan. Jr. Without a shadow of a doubt this game should prove e sell out while in the preliminary the Gents clash with the Community club who will show Myers, Chimney and a few others.
 Shorty Kenney pulled Q fast one on the boys in the league when he signed up former Hopeville stars. Biz Dave Bartolini a lalround ath- lete for Crosby high . few years back played one of the best garieS of his famed career against the Gents when they tied the Props last week after playing two overtime periods. Both teams were completeiy exhausted at the end of the game The Preps look like team to stor this year and should give the HiilieE a battle. That Is providing the team sticks together. Parch Desmaris per. formed with the Prep A. Q. ano scored 0 hoop in the extra perioo.
 The Tribunes created a new rec ord when they held the Robins score less for a minutes of play while tne Community club cagers led by Paddy Damilee ran up Q record score ', 62 points to hold the all time record for high score in one game. The score failed to tell the story or the game. as the Community cagers were never in danger.
 Tonight the Wells take on tnt' prens in the headliner and m the preliminary the coInpanionship team enraees the Hillies. Predictions Preps over the Wells In Q haro fo,,eht game and Q decisive win toE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Educational
"A Local and Private Instructors

ROYAL ACADEMY of Hairdressing 73 East Main St., offers one year course in beauty culture; Low tuition, budget terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Skippy Goodwin, one of the classi.' est players in the circuit failed to show his ability against the Hillies, ditto for Herb Colby, who made hiG initial appearance with the Gents. A, record number of fouls were called Friday night both teams losing valu. able men on fouls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Ss Plumbing. Beating. Metal Works

RANGE BURNERS serviced, includ. ing wicls. $1.75: g years exp. Dial 6-O273. AL Cusson, 439 South Main Sales and Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

MEN--Learn to weld. Immediate demand. Wages $l-$l.5O per hr. For information call E. J. Grifflng. Dial 4-2790.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

The Reymond Hillies went into first place by virtue of their decisive victory over the Gents of the Hill in A very interesting encounter before a record crowd. Baskets by Pete Pomponio and Freddie Sullivan gave the Hillies an early lead and this was never overcome throughout the entire game although the Gents came within two points of tying the score in the third period. Freddie Sullivan, Pete Pomponio and Roy Bates. a newcomer paved the way for a doughboy victory, while Skippy Goodwin, Capt. Joey Quilter and Big Bobby Grady excelled for the Gents. Grady was banished from the game in the final period by way of the foul route and this hurt the boys bad as Bob was high scorer for the night.
 The Hillies now hold victories over the Wells and Gents and look very good as fer as the pen and chances are concerned, but they are not the team they were last season, Johnny Martin and Nick L aRusso are both off form, and Al Colgan IS certainly missed from the squad.
 Pete Pomponio is without doubt one of the best players to perform on the Hill court, his outstanding playing just about spelled defeat Tor the Gents. The fans are wondering what has become of Bossy Harnick last seasons Raymond Hillies coach. Hoe Bowey, a star of many seasons was inserted into the game late m the last period but did not nave time to work up Q sweat. Bo should se more service. Lefty Kane who was termed as all through scored the Gents first two baskets With two hook shots early in the 1irst period.
 Mickey Bowen's rejuvenated Rob- isag showing Mickey Higgiston, Joe Rossi and Horrigan failed to halt fine hard fighting Irish crew from lower Baldwin street, who wore the coiors of the wells A. o. Led by for" nner Crosby Captain Eddie Squint Murphy and Ray Kozen the Wells Were never in danger, all ten men alternating throughout the game. Joc Rossi who was sought by many teams should prove Q big advanr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Totals ....... 53S 607 505-1550 High Singles. Zaza, l5l. High Three-S. zaza, 3s4. High Game-Braves, 5S6. High Team-Braves, 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Professional Services

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

1887 sTUDEBAISER Dictator Sedan Large trunk; hill-holder; deluxe equipment. Former owners name furnished on request. Geghan Motors, Inc, S79 West Main St.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Washington Park Hoop League Notes
(BY FRANCIS KELLY)

tage to the team who would be for- tunate to get him. Reports say that he will perform with the Props or teh Tribes, but that remains to be seen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Business Service
sl Business Services Rendered

want Towels, Goats, Aprons. Hoover Aprons or Unt- forms call Russell's Waterbury Towel Supply CO, 892 East Main St. Phone 5-1377. By our quality we are known: by our service we have grown.
 WINDOW CLEANING - You will save money if you send for us to do your cleaning. Connecticut Window Cleaning Go. once 82 Woodlawn Terrace. Dial 4-4517.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Loss and Found

HAVING LOST my passbook No. 25450 issued to me by The Water bury Trust O., I hereby make application for a new one. Robert Coughlan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

LOST brown alligator pocketbook containing a handbook and sum of money. Reward. Dial 4-6059. 24-24-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

PERSIAN = Kittens. blue ribbon stock, $6 to $S6. Miss Flynn, Ae pidwell St. Dial 3.ie0i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

LOST-Brown pocketbo6k, contain- ing pay check. Vicinity of center. Return l8 Welton St., top floor.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
3SLA|N IN 6WEEKS,
MAN, GIRL HEIDI
Former Teacher in Sunday
School Admits Tour of
Crime, Police Say.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPS1E, N. Y, May H.
Lester Brockelhurst, 23-year-old
paroled convict and former Sunday
school teacher, sat moodily in a
Duchess County cell today, three
men dead from his gun in what Lieut..
H. A. Gay Of the State police called
. six-week crime tour.
His victims, named by Gay from
reports received from police. we're:
Albin Theander, ~, Rockford, Ill.,.
tailor.
Jack Griffith, Fort Worth, Tex,
tavern owner.
Victor Gates of Little Rock, Ark.
Locked up in another cell of the
county jail was Bernice FELTON,, "a, of
Rockford, who had accompanied
Brockelhurst on the trip through the
Middle West, the South and the East.
Brockelhurst also is from Rockford.
But she had nothing to do with
the slayings, Brockelhurst was quoted
as saying by Lieut.. Gay.
State Trooper Makes Arrest.
The ex-convict, who had served
| short term in Joliet Penitentiary,
Illinois. for an armed robbery in
Chicago In 1885, was arrested late
yesterday near Brewster when a State
trooper happened to notice that
license plate was missing from his car.
When the trooper saw a loaded re-
volver in the car he took the pair to
the Fishkill barracks OF the State
police.
Brockelhurst, blond and freckled,
was calm.
Il looked him over" Lieut.. Gay
said, and just on chance, said
You've been pulling stick-ups all over
the country. haven't you?'
He said, Yes. and pulled couple
of murders, too"
Then, Gay said. the story came out.
Brockelhurst, formerly Of Galesburg,
1ll, was released from the penitentiary
on parole, went to Rockford. There he
met the FELTON, girl They became
Evening star., 1937-05-14

next moved on to Little Rock, and on
May they started for Memphis on
foot. Kates, the third victim, gave
them = lift. Brockelhurst shot him
In the head, Gay said, robbed him
and tossed his body into 4 ditch.
inspector Harold Nugent Of the
State police said Brockelhurst had
admitted the three killings.
In their wanderings, Nugent and
Gay said, Brockelhurst committed 4
number OF robberies, including one In
Nashville, Tenn, and one in Pitts
burgh, Pa.
After the Pittsburgh hold-up, Gay
said. Brockelhurst held up a bakery
IN Philadelphia and then began "just
riding around the country" eventually
reaching Dutchess County. He had
Evening star., 1937-05-14

O'Clock In the Office Of DR.. Paul w.
Bowman In Building c at George
Washington University.
Or. Bowman, who has experimental
with raising various types OF tropical
aquarium fishes. has set up about 30
tanks OF breeding fishes for inspection
by the society.
Evening star., 1937-05-14

From Rockford the couple went TO
Salt Lake City. Gay said. Then their
course turned Southeast to Dallas and
Fort Worth, Tex. On April % Griffith,
the tavern proprietor, tried to stop q
hold-up. A bullet was Brockelhurst's
answer, Gay said.
With the girl the young desperate
Evening star., 1937-05-14

friendly. On March 81 they dis
appeared from town.
On the same day, Gay said. Theande-
disappeared with his car. Some time
later the tailor was found outside the
town, bullet in his head. Lieut.. Cav
said Brockelhurst admitted he robbed
and killed Theander.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
Many Bibles Placed in 1898.

NEW YORK, May IA R)-1fe
American Bible Society distributed
77673ll volumes of the Bible or parts
OF the Bible during 1885, an increase
OF 542,2o5 volumes over 1885, 1t was
disclosed yesterday In the annual re.
port. They were printed in 166 Ian.
guages and dialects.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
planned q hold-up in Pittsneld, Mass

planned a hold-up in Pittsfeld, Mass
Gay said.
Brockelhurst's arrest, Lieut.. Cav
recalled, was similar in circumstances
to the seizure Of Merle Vandenbush.
Middle West desperado. only a few
miles away at Katonah, N. Y, by a
local officer who stopped his car for
minor traffic violation.
Brockelhurst and Miss Fenton had
less than dollar between them.
Evening star., 1937-05-14
AQUARIUM UNIT TO MEET

Society to Gather In DR.. Bow
mans Office.
The National Aquarium Society will
hold Its regular meeting tonight at 8
Evening star., 1937-05-14

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
LOOP. TRIBUTE
 FOR T.R. TAYLOR
Charter Member of Town. send Lodge Buried in
 Bridgeport Today

A large delegation representing the local lodges of odd Fellows at- tended the funeral services this afternoon for Thomas Rodney Tay- Tor, e2, Q former resident of Water- bury and the oldest odd Fellow in tho state who succumcd on last Fri- day night at his room in the Hotel stratfieId, Bridgeport. The services were held at 2 o'clock at the Wilmot and West Funeral home, 884 Lafay. cite street, with burial services at Pine Grove cemetery, Arsonia, in charge Of Townsend Lodge Of Bridgeport.
 He was q native of Berlin, Mdy and came to Waterbury in 1866, i'm. mediately after the close Of the civil war. He worked for eight years in Henry Merriinan'S general store and eight more years in the Waterbury Clock Company. Following that he travelcd ag q salesman for q New York city button company for two years, and then moved to New York City where he was c commission HIeEGIlhub EVE AV yeWIb'
 He was Q salesman for the Bridge port Brass Company for $ years. During the World War he was an independent dealer in brass.
 He joined the Nosahogan Lodge of odd Fellows here in 1868, went through the lodge chairs and be- came past grand in 1871. In 1872 he and Il other Nosahogan members organized and obtained c charter for Townsend Lodge Of odd Meilows jn this city. He was the last Of the l2 charter members Of the lodge which was 700 members and 6 $200,- 600 treasury today,
 Mir. Taylor was also q member Of AngantaWae Encampment Of odd Fellows here, joining in 1869, 1n 1874 he became C member Of the Grand Encampment and Of Can- ton T. D. Martin, also of the Wa tcrbury group Of odd Fellows. He was a delegate to the Grand Gov- ereign Lodge convention ct PhiIa- deiphia in 1878 and was Grand Pa- trIarch Of Connecticut in 1881 and 1892,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27

washington, Dec. 27.-- Upl.--As- alstank Q. (. Attorney General Rob- Srt N. Jackson warned business that lf ak insists on pricing itself out of lhe .warket" and fl unemployment, eontlnNes Co grow the federal gov- nrnmenA win have to resume It's heavy spANding policy.
 Increased government expendi. lures will meNn increased taxation, and bin husineAH which already con. trols half of the corporate wealth of the country will hNve to bear the major part of that Larden," he said in a radio address last night.
 sWe cannot and win not sur. render the rights of th> average man gained under the nvw deal, merely because the few insist on trading the last ounce of concession out of government as the price ot putting their capital back to v'orA. V Jackson declared.
 Jackson, who heads the anti.trust division of the justice department, charge that price boosting by mon- opolies was responsible for the cur- rent business recession as well as economic sethacks of the past
 Refers To duPont Letter
 Referring to Larnmont DuPont's recent plea for governmental co- operation with business, Jackson said that the American people should make certain that Mfr. Due Pont does not mean the kind of COG operation that Mir. Pierre Dupont so aptly summarized in a letter of No. vemher 1. 1918 to Mir. E. c. Buckner, vice-president of the duPont O." In that letter, which Jackson said was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
STRAND

Irene Dunnc with Cary Grant in "Tbe Awful Truth" and Bulldog Drunmond Comes Back" with John Barrymore, John Howard and Louise Campbell comprise the splendid feature entertainment offered pa- irons of Warner Brothers Strand theater today and tomorrow.
 Everybody in the United States has heard Of "Alcatraz Island," that rather smallisl1 bit of rock which ts Washcd by the chill crOSs-currentS of San Francisco Bay.
 But few persons apart from sail Tranclsco residents have ever even seen the island itself, and almost nobody has been on the inside Of the prison situated on the rock. / t
 Now Warner Brothers have made 6 picture, an exciting picture, using this famous penal colony for back. ground, It iS called "AjcatraZ Island" and It's leading players are John LiteI, Dick Purcell, Gordon Oliver, Mary Mcguire and Ann Sheridan.
 "AjCakFaZ Island" isn't altogether
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
POLLUTION BILL
 GIVEN SUPPORT
Senator McNary Informs Senator Lonergan of
 Action; Gives Praise

Washington, D. o. Dec. 24th-- Senator Charles L. McNary, iIlitior' ity leader, today informed Senator Ionergar (D), Conn, that he would give full support to his crusade for . Fedcral water pollution control law.
 "Senator Lonergan's effort is one Of the most constructive projects Of high economic value that has been undertaken in Congress for many years" Senator McNary said.
 A bill establishing . Division of Water Pollution Control in the Bu- rcau of Public Health, with the Lonergan provisions for Federal co. operation and enforcement, iS now pending in conference, with if1dica- tions for favorable action by confer ees in the regular session opening iil January.