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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
"WhO Am I7". Skib TYucerS Told Him

This is the third of the ex- citing series of six stories taken from the files of the Skip Trac- CTS Co. in New York City. These are reaI-life tales, but the names of persons and places are ficti- tiOuS and if the name of any actual person is printed here it is a coincidence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

Chile is building a modern high. way encircling Osorno Q volcano 8,725 feet high, the road having an average altitude of 5000 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

loved ones. He now lives with his mothers parents.
 "And, you know, it's swell" he tells, Eisenberg, ito know who you are." ''
 NEXT: The Woman Doesn't Al- ways Pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

Co. man to survey birth records of Oct. 31, 1907. A few days passed and then Tom Dolan was called to the Skip Tracers Go. office.
 we have found your father, said MT. Eisenberg, "and he wants to see you"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24


 From the sowing to the reaping, Breeding OCT each fertile field God the works of man did shield. Sent him sunshine without measure, Sent him also gentle rain, Till the harvest at His pleasure, Golden stood in field and plain. Fruit and grain were in His keeping,
 Ten went there forth, mighty hoard, To reap the blessings of the Lord.
 Barns are full, there is plenty, And each bin has grain to spare, As we have received Gods bounty, Let us not forget to share. With your measure overhowing,
 Cast your bread upon the sea,
 On some worthy one bestowing
 Friendship, love and charity Fen sparrows peckng on the sill,
 Thanksgiving Day should have their fill.
 Other lands are torn with fighting, Other countries filled with strife,
 Shot and shell their landscape fighting, Here we live peaceful life. Happy homes and happy toilers, From the east unto the west, Still resisting social spoilers
 In the land that God hath blessed Let us love and pity more, If Lazarus be at our door.
 Let us keep that sense of duty That we learned from Pilgrim ways, Let us cherish truth and beauty, In these faithless, darksome days. May we heal that cruel canker, Eating at the hearts of men, Giving love for hate and rancor,
 More of love than earth has seen. An extra plate and cover lay, In Christ's dear name Thanksgiving Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

EDITORS NOTE: Hawkes., "The Blind Poet of Hadey sightesS for than half tury has United Press the following pOem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
A SONG FOR THANKSGIVING

By CLARENCE HAWKES. (The Blind Poet of Hadley)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

French West Africa is greatly in creasing its imports from. America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

Good Night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
Another
 Lost and Found Drama

arho is mv mother .. iOIso is SSty fGther trh0 GDb I? ... Tell me! Honest, I'll % cTGzy!"
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Half an Hour Madrid
Continued from poes five

amusing! How sery amusingr' he said
mockingly. sardonically. Uncle Ino-
cente! Padre Inocentew He accen-
tuated the Padre. He laughed and
laughed; as a devil might laugh.
thought the trembling priest.
At that moment, a motor car came
along the street. 1t checked. and there
was a shout from it.: "Cannoda
Juanr' Juan jerked round to answer.
There was another shout: "Fa! Fat
Fair and deafening machine-g gun
burst. Juan pitched headlong, his half
drawn automatic falling to the pave
ment The car sped away, another
score settled in the war between Com
unistas and Anarquistas.
Padre Inocente did not concern
himself with politics. This was
stricken human being, Teresa's son.
He knelt down to Juan. raised his
back. dragged him against lamp
post. 1t would be easier for the lad to
speak. Juan opened his eyes, looked
at him with a face that was oddly
panic stricken. "Tio! I'm killed!
They've got me! This is death! I'm
dying! I'm dying - fast!' He gasped.
"Di0s! - Uncle! I'm afraid! I'm
afraid!' He was somehow like the
simple little boy Padre Inccente had
once known. Il don't want to die! l
mustn't die! No, mol shall burn
in ell!- Tio! - You're priest! -
I never thought I should want "a
priest. For the love of my mother -
save me -- save mer' He choked,
vomit of blood reddened his lips. "Is
it too late to save me - one who
Knocked God -"
A miracle! The miracle! "It is never
too late, my son. Gods mercy is inf
mite. If you repent"
The dying man interrupted in a
gasp. Quick. Quick. Hear me, priest.
l do repent. Wickedness - so much
wickedness -" His voice trailed.
There was no time to take full
confession. But the spirit of confession
Evening star., 1937-12-12

then without much trouble Frances
Faye has her hair cut SO that it can be
arranged two ways. In front the head
is the same in both styles - the cen
ter part extends halfway back and two
curls are formed on the sides, brushed
slightly up, forming small half-circles
The back, however, can be arranged
in either double roll or in vertical
short curls across the back of the head.
As for your complexion. Marion
Claire firmly states that "the care
of the skin is one of my pet subjects
From observation of my own friends
problems, I've come to the conclusion
that the Big Three of skin care are
exercise, sleep, food"
Of course, the use of cleansing and
of a smooth lubricating cream,
rubbed into the skin when it feels dry,
contributes its bit to the attractive
ness of a complexion.
For a real skin pick-me-up and
quick beautifier for the face, there is
Evening star., 1937-12-12

he recognized instantly. from the
back view. She was more celebrated
even than Juan. Everybody in Madrid
knew beautiful Caudyada Ia Org1l-
losa" - the Proud One" - knew and
laughed at her cruelties, her osten-
tatious impudicities Now she laughed
to Juan as she strode along in the
dungarees affected by women COM
rades, huge gold rings in her ears,
big pistol at her waist also. If Juan
should turn and see him!
Almost he ran, as far away as posi-
BILE. But his duty asserted itself,
peremptorily. He must hurry to that
dying woman. A detour might make
him too late. With thudding heart.
he forced himself onward, behind
those two. One backward glance from
Juan, and he was as good as dead. He
thought, longingly, Of the sitting little
charcoal store where for months he
had lain hidden. Yet here, as much as
anywhere else. he was in the power of
God. I'm nsa,sms Tuas, Dorsine!'
Whether he would or not, he could
hear the loud harsh talk of the two in
front of him. Ia Orenllosa'' was in
high spirits. Il want a new WATCH"
she announced, waving the bracelet
watch on her wrist, 'and I'm going
to get good one this time" She
stopped outside sandbagged shop
still, precariously, jewellers.
"An right" said Juan. 'I'll wait
for you. Don't be long"
She laughed. touched her pistol
significantly. "I'll make him show me
all he's got hidden. know him. This
dog served all the dnqnesas and mar
Qnesas and coMdesas. Don't forget l
was condesa myselfr She turned
in at the doorway.
Juan waved a careless hand to her,
swung round. For an appalling mo-
ment Padre Inocente looked full into
MS handsome, insolent, young face.
Juan burst into laughter.
How delightfully."- unexpected How
Evening star., 1937-12-12

was there. Juan. miraculously. had
come to Grace! He must absolve him.
without more words. He did so, pro-
nounced the solemn formula kneeling
on the sidewalk (if only God would
keep that woman yet longer in the
jeweller'sD.
The sidewalk ran with Juan's blood.
The young man opened his eyes again,
spoke family:
Uncle! Padre! - When l was a lad
Il remember - the Mass - the first
time - if only God could forgive"
A miracle! Again Ssiyoekl He had
the host with him. the wine. the little
sacred vessels! He pulled them from
his clothes, feverishly, before this re-
pentant soul should be gone. He could
say only the abbreviated formula for
those in ext,essis. He said it. offered the
Body and the Blood to the dying lips.
Ia Orsullosa" strobe out of the
jewellers. The priest looked up at
her. She looked down to him, under
stood instantly what he was doing.
She opened her mouth in a cry. "A
pr" Juan had also looked up to
her, had in a last lucidity foreseen
that cry, had with last strength
grasped his fallen pistol. 1t cracked.
la O,gnllosa'' crumplsd. dead. Juan
was also dead. The priest had an
evanescent vividness of old Teresa
smiling at him.
The street had been emptied by the
alarm of the nlachine-gun fire. 1t was
now beginning to fill again. Padre
Inocente gathered up his vessels, his
flask. the lawn-wapped morsel of
sacred bread, concealed them again in
his clothes. BY the wrist watch on LA
Orenlloso's" outstretched arm, it was
half-past seven. God would bring him
to his old woman in time. Anti-air-
craft guns began suddenly. stabbingly.
The people in the street ran. with
panic cries. The power of God was in
finite, was manifest-even in Madrid.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

uF YOU wish to look your best at the
height of the Christmas festivi-
ties, you'd better do little beauty
shopping for yourself. Take keen
look at your coiffure, your complex
ion and your figure. Are you satisfied
with all three? If not, there's still time
to get in trim before the holiday
gaieties set in with vengeance.
You have a head start for a becom-
ing coiffure, if you already appreciate
the fact that healthy hair is attrac-
tive hair. This merely means a thor
ough daily brushing and the use of
good shampoo at least every two
weeks. Anna Neagle likes a liquid
pine shampoo, and lets her hair dry
naturally in the sun whenever posi-
BILE. As she is fortunate enough to
have a natural wave, the process is
very simple.
When it comes to the coiffure, it is
clever to have the hair cut so that you
can wear it different ways now and
Evening star., 1937-12-12
SchooI-Girl Skin

Eaeh skin hos its own Tendencies.
II aay bs inclined 70 bs oily Or II
moy Be- little too dry. Perhaps IL is
morrsd by snIorssd pores or by
bIuekksods. Martha Lsovist's lsofIet
tells YOU how to remedy these defects.
To Get IL, send a fhrss.csnf stomp
Ito eovsr the cost Of moiling). with
your request 70 This Week Moso-
zins, in cure Of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Young
Mrs. Ramsay
Confinvsd from pogs twelve

my hunch and played it. knew we'd
never get anywhere unless we had
clinching proof So it was up to me to
create it. found the packet of bonds
at Vals house and saw it had been
wrapped hastily and carelessly. A
couple of bonds could have dropped
out. So borrowed them, and you can
see how they worked"
Alan whistled. He said, You're sure
smart, Mr.. Marshal"
The four left the car at the curb in
front of David's modest home, and
walked up on the veranda- David
excused himself and went inside, and
Alan, Nan and Judith seated them
selves in comfortable wicker chairs.
For a long time they we're silent.
Then Nan said, "A little iced tea
would be nice" She rose and leaned
against the veranda railing, smiling
down at her two friends. Abruptly
then, she stretched out her hand to-
ward Alan. Congratulations. Alan"
she said. Congratulations on being
free"
Surprised at her gesture, he closed
his fingers over her hand. He said.
Thanks, Nan" Then she turned and
walked swiftly inside the house. Judith
locked after her with genuine affec-
ton
Judith said, That was peculiar,
wasn't it, Alan?"
He nodded. Eyes - very"
81 wonder why she did that?'
His voice and eyes were troubled.
do you remember what she said,
Judith?"
'Yes. Congratulations on being
free"
Exactly And when she shook
hands with me, she left this in my
palm" His voice was gentle. Its
our engagement ring"
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Beauty Brevities-., MARTHA lz1~r

an egg-cream mask effect that
Dorothy Lamour indulges in while
she's soaking in her tub. BY all means
find something that suits your type of
skin and use it faithfully.
Now what about your figure?
Don't eat too much - most people
do, unfortunately. Get some exercise
- walking is perfect exercise. Besides
it is invigorating to be in the open air.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

Everybody in the family loves FEEN-A-
NNT's delicious flavor. especially children.
Try itl-discover for yourself how gentle.
thorough. and dependable FEEN-A-AlNT
Is for you and yours. Get q package Of
FEEN-A-MINT today at your druggist.
Evening star., 1937-12-12

YOU'LL be amazed ut how much better
L you feel when you use alaxative that
doesn't punish your digestion while it's
relieving your constipation. Don't take
chances-take FEEN-A-NINT, the deli
cious chewing gum laxative! It's wonder
fully easy to take-and It guards against
digestive upset in 8 important ways:
Evening star., 1937-12-12

NO STOMACH UPSET-With FEEN-
p A-NINT you don't swallow . heavy.
bulky dose there's nothing to bur
den digestion. ,-
CHEWING AIDS DIGESTION - The
, chewing stimulates the noW Of tie
same natural alkaline fluids that
help food digest.
ACTS WHERE YOUNERD IT-FEEN-
p A-NINT's tasteIess laxative in9re-
I dent does not affect stomach action.
II passes to the intestine and works
where It skosll.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
News Behind the News
Mr.. Robert H. jackson A Pain to
the Legal Brethren Among the
Roosevelt Inner Circle

WASHINGTON-lIr- Robert H jackson sud-
oenly mas become a source OF acute pam ana
of the legal Profession whose conceptions of
the Constitution ana the supreme court pattern
after those of the American Liberty League.
jackson is the lawyer who recently was made
head Of the antitrust division of the Depart
any fears. And the news is getting around that
he also is important but unobStrusive
Der OF the inner c1I OF pGeSaehtlai aoV I
has just warned his legal brethren that if
they keep on clutterdns up the path of national
progress, they may lose their an-important
monopoly the supreme court through appoint
ment OF laymen TO the court by some radical
administration"
That was part OF a speech at the annual din
of the New york Bar Association, in which
ton and ito donoi-1z+ Local nhilosonhv with
perhaps more force and finesse than had ever
before been applied ID the job
The attack n symbolic phase of 4 wide
spread revolt against the "reactionary" ABA.
The revolt heads up in the National Lawyers
Guild, Of which jackson and many other New
Deal lawyers are members.
Delegates representirag more than 1000 'ber-
i Judges a~' will meet Washingon this month
to organize formally attack the "bourbonism
of the ABA, and esPouse the Brandeis concep-
ton of lawyers public servitors rather than
hired mercena-ies-
Frank P Walsh Is national president of the
MIG, and Henry Il Hunt. special legal adviser
TO the Secretary OF the Interior. is national
vice president ana head Of the Washington
chapter.
Much more viii be heard of Jackson. He
was an OUTSTANDING trial lawyer in Buffalo,
NY, and a leader n upstate Democratic poll
tics who is being promoted in certain influential
places to succeed Herbert Lehman as governor
of New York
AS general counsel Tor the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, he devised the intercorporate dividend
tax, and tried the big tax against Andrew
w. Mellon.
He was made a special assistant to the SEC
TO try the Electric Bond and Share case in
volvng the holding com Toany act and head
of the D. Us taxation section under Attorney
General Cummings before being assigned to
antitrust
He has joined up with the celebrated legal
brain trust team OF Ben Cohen and Thomas c.
Coreoran which has drafted large share of
New Deal legislatioI1-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Bruce Cation SayS:>>
Labor Troubles Test of American Democracy

You make me impatient when
you talk of democracy" said Italy's
dictator, Mussolini. pounding on the
table to stress hs points to an AM
eric an correspondent. Democracy
doesn't exist, and can't exist today,
he insisted.
eff by democracy you mean gov
eminent for and in the interests Of
the people," he went on, then our
system and ours alone is truly DEM
ocratic."
All, but we don't, Signor Mussoli-
nj. One of our own leaders, and a
greater than you, Signor, called it
government of the people, by the
people, and for the people," Note
the first two phrases, Signor. Not
only "for the people," as you claim
your government is, but actually "of
the people and by the people"
Italy sees no such imbroglios to-
day as now holds the American mo-
tor industry in its grip. Not Musso-
lini, but other partisans of his re-
gime, have already pointed this
out. Strikes are out.
But why? Is it to be supposed that
there is in Italy, Germany, or Rus
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12

STA. no dissatisfaction whatever with
labor conditions which have been
laid down by the government. and
imposed on both employer and
worker?
Only the very simple would sup
pose so. But in such countries.
where a tightly organized group
seizes sole power with the announc-
ed purpose or welding 1t "for the
people" remember that there is no
labor organization in the Arneri-
can sense at all. Such unions as
existed before their respective re-
verted into mere government agen-
volutions were either snathed or
converted into mere government
agencies.
1t is not too much to suggest that
IN the labor difficulties coming to
a head in the United States this
year, America faces a test of her
democracy. Will American workers.
labor organizers, managers. and
capitalists have the good sense to
get together and solve their prob
lens to their mutual benefit, with
good will and open decencyp
Or will dependence on the gyo-
eminent to settle individual dis
putes grow and spread into what
gradually becomes a system of gov
ernment-directed labor and indus
trial relations?
NO country can permit continual
paralysis of its key industries. That
is why all lovers of democracy and
freedom hope that reason and sani-
ty will prevail in the auto and other
disputes.
For when the reasonable COMPOST
tion OF these quarrels fails to be
achieved directly between labor and
capital. then both labor and capital
stand in danger of losing part OF
their freedom when government
sets its hand on the controls.
America can afford to suffer much
to keep these freedoms alive. Let
those who still have it use it well
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
NOBODY WINS
THE AUTOMOTIVE STRIKE

End of the General Motors strike
demonstrates full ~ the ineffective,
wasteful policy behind such industrial
troubles. Nobody won. Everybody lost.
The losses are counted in many ways.
The General Motors corporation and
the strikers alike suffered financial
losses.
The public suffered financial losses
as well. part of it by loss of jobs which
depend on the automobile industry but
are not directly connected with it, an
other part by increased prices paid
for goods and materials.
The United Automobile Workers union
and John L. Lewis, its godfather, SUI
fered loss of prestige, regardless Of the
victory statements" issued by Lewis.
They did not get what they wanted.
The federal government suffered con-
siderable embarrassment derived from
the connection between its labor policy
and the costly strike.
Labor unions as a whichever those
definitely opposed to Lewis and his
high-handed tactics-suffered no small
loss in public esteem, for the public is
all too ready to regard one union as the
representative of all unions 1t is labor's
100 now 10 iiidl tIlCSS WIN
cat factions do not represent a cross
section of American labor. The public
should be made to realize this, for
straightforward labor unions are God
send to the laboring man.
The United Automobile Workers union
went down to defeat in its strike, which
Lewis had characterized as SHOW
down." Lewis demanded that his union
be recognized as the bargaining agency
for all automobile workers. 1t was in
fact recognized as the bargaining agency
for members of the union only. The
union includes small majority Of all
automobile workers.
What Lewis wanted was a clearcut
demonstration of his power to force in
dustry into line. He wanted to become
a virtual dictator over industry through
labor. What he got was no more than
what he has had all along. The auto
mobile industry has always recognized
the right of any group of its employees
to representation-on behalf of the
group. but not on behalf of the whole.
This recognition was perpetuated-and
Lewis had to be content with less than
half measure.
1t is the usual history of strikes that
they win nothing that could not be won
bv calm deliberation. They cost the
entire country millions of dollars. The
sooner they become history instead of
news, the better off the public will be.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
MEXICO RETURNS
TO SANE ATTITUDE

Mexico has granted official amnesty
to Catholic prelates who were forced to
flee from the country during the recent
anti-church demonstrations on behalf of
the government. Perhaps it is politi-
cal move, perhaps a humanitarian one,
but whatever the cause, it is wise one.
No nation has ever been the winner
in persecution Of any religion. Interna-
tionally, such persecution breeds hatred
and dstrust. Internally, it breeds dis
content that only an iron hand can
squelch. 1t is not safe national policy.
Whatever the religion or sect, it is only
more deeply implanted in the hearts OF
its followers by being forbidden. 1t is
human nature to espouse the cause OF
the under-dog, and prosecuted reilgl-
Gus order is no exception.
When Mexico forced Catholic repre-
sentatives to leave the nation, it took
step backward in the annals of civiliza-
ton. By retracing, it is to be hoped
Mexico has regained the lost ground.
The nations policy will be watched with
interest by those who believe in free
speech and freedom of worship.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
BOOSTING THE VALLEY
AS A WINTER RESORT

Recent floods in southern California
and elsewhere, coupled with freak wea-
Their in almost all parts of the United
states, might very well be made TO re-
act to the benefit of Imperial Valley.
One of these days the valley will as
sumo a place among the nations fore
most winter resorts, and such weather
as the nation has seen recently might
hurry that day
To valley residents, our recent "cold
SPELL seemed severe. To residents of
other places, it seemed almost like sum-
mer weather. While other regions watch
ed as snow covered houses, rain pelted
down without end and floods swept
over the streets, Imperial Valley mar
yelled that ice should stay on the water
for couple Of hours.
Phoenix, TO the east of us, has be-
come winter resort for many wealthy
persons. Yet our climate is more de-
serving of praise than thattof Phoenix.
The valley will not become resort for
wealth overnight, but development OF
attractive homes and attractive shops
will do much to hurry this type of de-
velopment.
Meanwhile, it is the valleys duty il
its own interest TO publicize its winter
eliaaaia
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Other Editors Say
BILL ALL SHOULD SUPPORT
Alameda Times Starr

Senator Knowlarzd has introduced into the
state assembly a bill which has for its ultimate
purpose the prohibition of interference from
any source Whatsoever of the delivery of medi-
cine drugs and foods TO those Tor whom they
intended. This measure is inspired, of
course, by recent difficulties in this region in
the delivery of foods and drugs to purchasers.
Such a measure Is needed. The public Is
entitled at all times To the immediate delivery
of food and of medicine The absence of such
a law contributed to the resistance met by the
strikers in this region than two
and again in he ritiIne strike Just coming
to close. Attempting 10 prevent food deliver
les cryStaiZed AGAINST striking
in each instance. II was OF the innocent
being made to suffer for the sins, actual
alleged of others, and injured byStander is
within his rights when he gets ried up about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-12
Kansas Upset Over
Liquor Legislation

TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. II. dip
Members of the Kansas legisla-
ture have been spending sleepless
nights deciding whether Kansas
shall remain additionally bone
dry" Or be mildly wet. Now they
are upset further since the senate
put through a bill taxing all malt
beverages and the house stimuli
taneously passed bill outlawing
all malt beverages.