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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19

Sunday Guests
 Sunday guests of Mrs. Margaret Stephens of Thomaston avenue were, MT. and Mrs. Langston Mit- chell and daughters, Jane and Marjorie and John Whitney, all of Mount Vernon, New York.
 Miss Lois Benedict, daughter of Mrs. Roy Benedict of Norwalk Is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Russell Hughes of Thomaston avenue.
 Church Repairs
 A great deal of reuair work and redecorating on St. Michael's g church has been under way for a lengthy period of time, both on the inside and the outside of the edifice. At the present time the painters are finishing with the last coat of paint and with the final stroke of the brush the building will present most attractive picture. Il has been painted white with dark green trimmings and a deep rec brick foundation.
 It is one of the largest churche. in Waterville and its many com. municants may well be proud o, the new appearance 1t now presents
 Court Welch
 Court Welch, No. s4, Forester. Of America will hold a business meeting this evening at 8 o'clock al Foresters Hall on Hanover street Ronald Keith the presiding of. ficer will be in charge of the meet. ing ard 1t is desired that all mem- bers attend because of the fact that several important matters will be transacted.
 A social hour will follow the business meeting which will be ir charge of Arnold Keith.
 Entertains at Home.
 Mrs. Margaret Stephens oj Thonaston avenue entertained al her home on Monday in honor of Mrs. Lena Slater, of Long Island N. Y. who Is at present visiting MT and Mrs. Robert Taylor of Thomas. ton avenue. Mrs. Slater was a resi- dent of Waterville for several years and has Q great many friends in this locality.
 Home from Honeymoon MT. and Mrs. Joseph Rozint whose marriage took place on Au. gust 9th at St. Michael's church, have returned from their wedding trip and are now living at theii new home in Cheshire. Mrs. Rozint prior to her marriage was Miss Christine Calvin, and & former resident of Waterville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Compensation Agreements

The following agreements in which compensation will be paid weekly during the period of total disability were filed today and ap- proved at the office of the com pensation commissioner:
 Waterbury Buckle company and John Reilly, 48 Center street, finger injury. $l6.41 for 27-9 weeks.
 T. J. Butterfleld, Naugatuck, and Arba Bassett, R. F. D. No. 3, Wa terbury, knee injury, $8.34 beginning August 1.
 American Brass company and s. Battaglia, Ansonia. toe injuries, $l3.2l beginning July 3l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
CHILD BRIDE IS
 ON HONEYMOON

Stratton, Vt, Aug. 19-- (UP)-New England's latest 14-year-old 'child bride" and her 22-year-old husband were honeymooning in a log cabirI today.
 Doris Clara Hurd, one of 12 chii- dren of Selectman Floyd Hurd, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
M arriage Intentions

Arthur c. Taylor, Pembroke ave- nue; Dorothy DeMarch, 43 Middle sex avenue.
 Lionel Marquis, Davis street ex- tension; Katherine Karasuk, 95 Buckingham street.
 John Plano, sl Eastern avenue; Mary Davino, q Easton avenue.
 William Blouin, 70 East Liberty street; Albertine Deschenes, 437 South Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19

marry. Hurd not only gave his pa rental blessing but siBned the per mission as seiectman.
 Richmond is employed on the ss~ tate of Scott Nearing, pclitisa. writer and lecturer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Legion Post To Hold
 Bingo, Card Party
Scheduled For August 27 St. Michael's Church Newly Redecorated, Painted Court Welch to Meet
WATERVILLE Mrs R. w. Henion-l7se Thomaston Ave.-TeL S-54e2
Sunday Guests

lard at their cottage at Spofford
 Lake, Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19

The Casper s. Davis, American Legion Auxiliary will hold a bingo and card party Friday evening August 27th 8 o'clock at Fraternity Hall on Boyden street.
 Pinochle and bridge will be play ed, to gether with bingo. Prizes will be awarded also a door prize given. The committee in charge of the af- fair is under the direction of Mrs. Louis Dadario chairlady, who will be assisted by Mrs. Lester Platt, Mrs. Robert Cosgriff and Mrs. Russell Atherton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Building Permits

The following building permit was issued today at the ofice of Build ing Inspector Patrick J. Carlin:
 Robert Mackie, to construct new store front, A Bank street; cost q, 1000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19

lYfedefick L. Richmond, a, of Far Rockaway, ". x., were married five days ego by Rev. A. M. Watts in his parsonage at Jamacia.
 Since state law requires that a girl under IS receive permission from the selectlnen of her own town to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
At Spofford Lake

Donald Lyons, son of MT. and Mrs. Ray Lyons of Thomaston avenue left Saturday to spend weeks vaca- ton with his uncle and aunt, Lieutenant and Mrs. William Pol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-19
Entertain Mother

Mir. and Mrs. Percy MacMullen of Thomaston avenue are entertaining Mrs. MacMullens mother, Mrs. Lil- Han stetson on Nantucket, Massa- chusetts.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
HIGH BOND SET
FOR REPEATER

A colored man, who, according
to his own statement, double-timed
in the robbery of an ice cream
store, was ordered held in $4,000
bond today by Police Judge Robert
E. Mattingly.
Judge Mattingly fixed the high
bond after being told that the
prisoner, II -year old Reginald
Wheeler, had told employees of the
store, in the 1000 block Of H St.
N. E.. as he entered it Septem-
Der 4:
I'm the same man who was
here before!"
The testimony was given by
Emma Hazleton, the cashier, who
said the store was robbed on two
successive Saturday nights.
Brought into court for a pre-
liminary hearing, Wheeler and
two men whom he implicated as
companions in crime, pleaded not
guilty, but were held for the
Grand Jury. Bond for Herbert
Skinker, 81, and Earl Black, II,
the pair Wheeler said worked with
him, was fixed at $500 each.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
Japanese Premier
Appeals to People

TOKYO, Sept. 10 (C.TP.S).
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoe
today appealed to the japanese
people to redouble their efforts to
crush the Chinese army. which, he
charged, 'Is frustrating the jap
anese governments endeavors to
establish friendly relations with
China" Holding that the sole
means Of overcoming the present
national difficulties, and thereby
promoting the nations prosperity,
lies in the loyalty shown by the
nation, Premier Konoe declared
the government is launching q ma
tionwide campaign for spiritual
mobilization.
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with Moscow acceptable to the
Italian government will be COM
plete withdrawal of the Soviet
piracy" charges leveled at Italian
ships, a high government source
declared today.
Russia, in two sharp notes, &C.
cused Italian warships of sinking
two Soviet merchant vessels. Italy
rejected the first note and is ignor-
ing the second.
It was indicated the U. S. S. R..
would follow up its previous accu.
sations by presenting proof" that
italian submarines sank Russian
ships.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
TRAIN DEATH
HELD ACCIDENT

EVANSVILLE, Nd, Sept. 10.
A coroner's jury last night alb
solved the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Of responsibility in the
death Of Clarence L. Joneston, 46,
Of Hyattsville, killed last Wednes-
day when he crashed into a train
at the crossing on the Defense
Highway at Bladensburg.
The inquest, conducted by Act
ing Coroner Henry H. O'Neill,
called the death an accident, but
recommended that adequate safe
ty devices be installed at the cross
ing Immediately"
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
POISON ERROR
FELLS WOMAN

Poison, said to have been mixed
by mistake in a prescription, today
sent a woman to Emergency Hos
pital in a serious condition.
Helen Louise Franklin, 1900 Six
tenth st. N. w., took three cap
sules of the medicine and shortly
after was stricken and rushed to
the hospital, where doctors found
she had taken a deadly poison.
On investigation it was found
a druggist had mixed the poison
by mistake, police said.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10

provled beside us all the way to
the coast.
Daylight opened a vista Of the
japanese armada at the route OF
the Yangtse. I counted 80 war
vessels and % transports, while
another score of transports lay be-
yond Paoshan city.
10000 WAIT TO LAND
With those in the Saddle
Islands, these made between 30
and 100 Japanese war vessels and
transports in these waters. Moth
ing could better emphasize the
decisive Importance of sea-power
than the sight of the Japanese
thus unhindered dominating the
China coast.
Adding to the minimum Of 3d.
900 already landed. another 10000
japanese soldiers are waiting be-
low decks for debarkation.
Entering the river mouth, our
tender passed close enough to see
thousands of soldiers, horses.
guns, trucks and tanks being un-
loaded on a narrow strip about
80 miles long from Liukow on the
Yangtse to the center Of Shang'
hal, which is all the japanese
have been able to conquer in five
weeks Of fighting.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
NeWsin
Brief

G.N.sJ. The Interstate Com.
merce Commission today post.
poned from September Is to No.
vember 10 a hearing on the pro.
posal Of the Hudson and Man,
haitian Railroad to increase pas.
senger fares from 8 cents to 10
cents from New Jersey points to
lower Manhattan.
MOSCOW, Sept. 10 0.NsJ.
Twelve of the highest officials Of
Tadjikistan, including M. Rahim.
bayeff, chairman Of the council
Of peoples commisSars, were &C.
cused of protecting Trotskyist
Observation-Disclosures "bribed by
a foreign state to "betray the
U. s. s. r." by the newspaper
Pravda today.
DETROIT, Sept. 10 G.N.S),
Royalty isn't always accorded q
royal welcome in Detroit. Former
Count Monte de Ia Vega, who said
he is a distant cousin Of former
King Alphonso, of Spain, today is
the guest Of Sheriff Thomas c.
Wilcox, and will be tried on
charges Of carrying q concealed
weapon.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 10
Q.N.S).-Two Newark IN. j. men
were killed today when their truck
ran wild down steep hill,
crashed into a bridge and burst
into flames. The dead were A.
Avillano and Mike Mezziano.
Authorities said they we're en-
ployed by the American Carrier
Corporation.
OCEAN CITY, N. j., Sept. 10
Q.N.S0.-Deploring "our military
weakness" Louis johnson, assist.
ant Secretary Of War, today urged
that Congress be petitioned to ap-
propriate funds to bring the Army
up to necessary strength. He adj
dressed the New Jersey State con-
vention Of the American Legion.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10

join conmunistic groups for
their own protection.
1--WE had a few serious riots
and decided something must be
done about the situation. So
we passed a law making it lille
gal for civilian bodies to march
in uniform. Nobody paid any
attention to a troop of black
shirts in baggy multi. That was
the end Of our riots"
Mr.. Edwards expressed his be
lief that the recent Nazi ban on
Rotary International meant dis
solution Of that organization in
Germany,
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
Chinese Alarmed
By U. S. Balloon

SHANGHAI, Sept. 10 GN.SO.
SuperStitious Chinese. terror
stricken by the horrors of Shang-
hats war, were thrown into a
near frenzy today as large. black
balloon rose from the decks Of the
United States cruiser Augusta. The
Chinese, many Of whom had never
seen a balloon before, thought it
was some new engine Of death.
Their fears were Gained, however,
when it was explained the Augusta
merely was testing the wind
velocity,
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
Britain Set to Offer
Scheme to Use Force
By CHARLES A. SMITH

LONDON, Sept. 10 GN.S).-All
Europe waited tensely today as
Britain, with the cooperation OF
France, prepared to present her
scheme to end the piratical raids
on merchant ships by phantom
submarines" in the Mediterranean.
Statesmen of Britain, France
and seven other powers were set
to abandon all pacific proposals
in their determination to rid the
inland sea of piracy, as they
gathered at Nyon, Switzerland, for
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright, 1887. by International News
Service. Reproduction in whole or
part prohibited.)


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part prohibited.)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 10 QN.SO.
The vaunted "invincible" army
and navy of Japan are losing
face rapidly as result of their
hitherto ineffective assault upon
the feeble Chinese giant.
Their victory, when and if it
comes, can no longer crown the
prestige they had hoped to win
as a power potent enough not only
to crush China overnight but to
impose upon the western world
unchallenged Japanese monopoly
Of the eastern half Of the globe.
HUGE ARMADA POISED
This was the first impression
I received on a dramatic entry
into the war area aboard the
British transport Elephanta from
100 miles outside Woosung at
Saddle Islands, Japanese navy
headquarters.
The dim light of dusk revealed
Is Japanese warships, including
an aircraft carrier, half-hidden
among the Saddle Islands. Two
cruisers and seven destroyers sped
from behind the island and
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
Federal Workers
To Hear Baritone

Leonard Gordon, baritone, will
be featured in a program to be
given at 7:30 p. m. today by the
United Government Employees in
the Garrett Patterson auditorium,
Tenth and U SITS, N. w. Edgar G..
Brown, president Of the U. G. E.,
will speak on Federal employees
wages.
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DR.. MAC FARLAND DEAD

UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 10 QN.SO.
DR.. Erwin G. MacFarland, 52-year-
old urologist, died here today. He
was a graduate of Baltimore Medi-
cal College and a member Of the
American THEOLOGICAL Association.
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Mrs. Eleanor Patterson
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friday, September 10, 1887, at the
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The Washington times., 1937-09-10
YELLED THREAT

The Tokyo government also al
legged the Soviets had arrested Of
ficials of japanese mining and oil
concerns il the northern section
Of Saghalien Island.
The Japanese News Agency re-
ported the 2Oo.ton patrol boat
Terukaze Maru left Seishin, North
ern Korea, to protect Japanese
fishing boats, and stated negotia-
tions for release of the arrested
japanese crews are under way in
Moscow. The agency added:
But it is feared, however, the
question may become serious I'M
less the Soviets remedy the situa-
ton promptly"
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japan Loses "Face"
AS Chinese Stiffen

note ChinG Unexpectedly strong resistance 10 Japan
onslaught upon territory has not only cost the japanese
temporarily spiked plans unchaenged domination
hemisphere This the conclusion reached to0dy
BY Knickebocker correspondent OF international Ne0
Serpice no shanghai SnoJGpGneSe conctJ
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ARTILLERY DUEL
ROCKS SHANGHAI
ALIENS IN PERIL
Chinese Defenses Hold
In Face Of Big Guns
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vessels and warships down the
river. All W e bent on escaping
the terrific cross fire Of the ar.
tillery-warship duel.
japanese planes continually
Swooped down on the battered
Pootung region in an unsuccessful
effort to locate the phantom"
Chinese heavy guns. One shell
narrowly missed the British war
ship Sandwich.
SETTLEMENT SHAKEN
While bonn b. ignited flames
roared through Shanghai's east
ern area. buildings Of the inter
national settlement and French
concession shook under the ham,
mer blows OF the pltilesS Japanese
bombardment.
The japanese flagship Idzumo
and a destroyer, anchored beside
a japanese hospital ship, sent one
barrage after another into the
Pootung area. Chinese artillery
whammed back at the vessels, one
missile striking the hospital ship,
the American Maru.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10

Coming Sunday. TWENTY FULL
PAGES Of Comics in Color. "a new
novel. Thirteen On Board. . and
Queen VictOrla's John Brown. in
the Big Sunday Washington Herald.
Telephone DI. 526O for Home Delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10

The true life story Of the most re-
markabIe royal servant In British his
tory starts In the Herald Sunday, Sep
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Rotary Told Uniform
Ban Is NaZi AntidOte
MOseLey Lost GLnnlOr
In "BGggy Mutt"

CHICAGO, Sept. 9 (C.TP.s).
strip the fancy uniforms from
nationalistic political armies"
declared Alfred Edwards, mem
Der of Parliament from Middles-
boro, Yorkshire, England, "and
you spoil their show.
There's nothing romantic
about troop of Nazis or Fas-
cists parading in working
clothes. Their thunder is
stolen. That's how we solved
the problem in England, when
Moseley's black shirts began
causing riots"
ROTARY WARNED
The speaker, a member Of the
House Of Commons since 1885,
arrived in Chicago recently to
make a plea before the Rotary
Club for continued support Of
Democratic principles through
out its worldwide organization.
1--WE are being mesmerized
into believing we must make our
choice between fascism and COM
munism. AS a matter of fact
less than 5 per cent of our
people desires either party. 1t
is a burning shame that the
other 95 per cent of us should
be influenced by the madness Of
such a minority.
SPOILED THEIR ACT
I'VE began having trouble at
home when Moseley's black
shirts marched through the
crowded sections of London, at
lacking Jewish residents. They
practically forced the Jews to
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
JAPAN WASHES
HANDS OF WAR.
DAMAGE GUILT
Powers BIandIy Told
China Responsible
BY JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, Sept. 10 G.N.S1
Foreign nations which have suf'
fered property losses in Shanghai
have little chance of collecting
anything in the way of indemni.
ties from Japan, the Tokyo gov
eminent made clear today.
Answering protests from the
United States. Grea> Britain and
other foreign nations, with regard
to damage and loss of foreign life
at Shanghai, the government O.
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoya
blandly pointed oUt that Japan
could not be held responsible.
On the contrary, ENJOYS of for
eign nations we're informed, blame
for all life and property loss must
be laid at the door of China.
CHINA BLAMED FOR ALL
Japan has justified her on
slaught upon Shanghai and other
. Chinese ports from the beginning
on the premise, she puts it for
ward as an actual fact, that China
began the hoStilitieS.
: AS a result, anything that has
happened since can under no cir
cumstances be considered the
fault of Japan.
Whether this comprehensive,
albeit somewhat naive and ORR
entail statement of Japanese pol
icy is being utilized in the diplo-
matte pourparlers with Great
Britain, over the nearly fatal
wounding of British Ambassador
to China Sir Hughe Knatchbull-
Hugessen, is not known.
But beyond stating that China,
and not Japan, is to blame for
the holocauSts at Shanghai and
elsewhere, the Tokyo government
takes the view that the time is in
opportune to discuss the question
Of damages.
RIVER POINTS SHELLED
p japanese warships bombarded
points along the Canton River
estuary in South China today, set
ting scores of vessels ablaze.
. Authorities revealed Japanese
troops launched a general often
sive this morning against Mach
ang in North China. Machang
was reported ablaze following a
fierce airplane bombing. Japanese
aerial activities also we're directed
against Chingchow and Tsang-
chow.
The government announced
Japan had protested to MoScox,
through the Soviet ambassador,
against seizures OF Japanese fish
ing boats off the Tumen River and
Possiet Ba..
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TO ADD TO FORCES

Instead, all the latest known de-
vices of naval warfare were in
cluded in the British plan to rid
the Mediterranean Of piracy. while
Britain and France decided on the
dispatch of additional destroyers
and light cruisers to the danger
zone.
These naval reenforcements, &C.
cording to the plan, will be rushed
to the Mediterranean If the piracy
parley approves the British pro-
posal for conveying merchant
shipping to protect it against
preying submarines.
Britain's scheme also involves a
warning that submarines which
move from their bases into the
Mediterranean must remain afloat
and plainly display their national
flags. Submerged submarines will
render themselves liable to destruc-
ton by depth charges, under this
plan,
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OTHER NATIONS TO AID

In this mass attempt to make
the Mediterranean safe for neutral
vessels, England and France are
enliSting the aid Of Russia, Tur-
key, Greece, Jugoslavia, Egypt,
Rumania and Bulgaria.
Because Of Russian charges that
Italian warships torpedoed two
Soviet merchant ships, Italy and
Germany are spurning the Nyon
gathering.
Despite the lack of Italo-G German
cooperation. Britain and France
plan to SEM destroyers equipped
with the latest death-dealing depth
bombs, the newest anti-aircraft ar
tillery and fool-proof beam light
range finders-through which no
airplane can pass unobserved-
into the Mediterranean.
TO EXCLUDE QUARREL
Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia
will be asked either to assist the
convoy operations or offer harbor.
age and refuling facilities to the
convoy vessels.
The suggestion is expected to
be made that the Soviet Union
keep her fleet within the Black
Sea owing to her bitter dispute
with Italy.
The quarrel between Italy and
Russia will be excluded from the
discussions.
MOSCOW, Sept. 10 Q.N.S.).
Italy's refusal to attend today's
piracy" conference in Switzer
land was interpreted in official
Soviet quarters this morning as a
confession Of guilt" Of Russian
charges that Fascist warshipc
sank two U. S. S. r. merchant
ships. With inspired unison
Moscow newspapers stated:
Regardless of results of the
conference. the Soviet Union
will defend itself against Fascist
aggreSSors and compel them to
respect the Soviet flag"
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RUSSIA MOVES TROOPS

Meanwhile, travellers arriving
at Peiping via the Trans-Siberian
railway reported constant delays
as q result Of vast Soviet troop
movements to concentration head
quarters near Lake Baikal.
Similar vast movements of
japanese armies from Manchukuo
to Feiping were revealed. Peiping
now is a huge military base for
the anticipated Japanes offensive
westward aimed to drive a wedge
between North China and Russian
troops stationed across Mongolia,
japanese news agency reports
said 100 Soviet trucks loaded with
airplanes reached sianfu to help
the Chinese combat the Japanese
drive west of Peiping.
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NIPPON GAINS DENIED

Chinese officials, meanwhile,
hotly disputed Japanese claims
that Nipponese troops had gained
ground in the Yangtzepoo district.
They asserted the Japanese still
had failed to join battle lines in
the International Settlement with
reinforcements at WooSung.
The Chinese declared they had
destroyed 10 japanese planes in
night raids on the Yangtzepoo air.
drome.
The japanese served notice they
would bomb all means of trans
portation between Shanghai, Nan
king and Hangchow on the ground
they were being used for military
purposes. Guarantees Of safety
will be given aliens only if re-
quested through diplomatic chan
nelS.
The Washington times., 1937-09-10
DIPLOMATS Gather
For Piracy Farley

their momentouS "anti.pirate"
conference.