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La gaceta., 1937-12-14
PUNTos DE VISTA
AlgO Duerente

Dice la "Revista Niagara
"Una muchacha podra
vortar ina camisa de golf y
nunca jugarlo, o ataviarse con
un traje de bano, sin acercarse
al aqua, pero cuando ella Sc a.
d0rna con un vestido de novia
entonces, muchachos, tiene en-
la mente su objetivo''.
La gaceta., 1937-12-14
Ell MONUMENTO 10 LE-
VANTAREMOS DESPUES
DE LA GUERRA" DICE Ell
MIAJA

Y podrd presentGr am grupo de
miticianos de los que en- los pri-
merOs dtas de moViembre dieron
su vida pOr defender Ia capital
La gaceta., 1937-12-14

Del "Troy Record, New
York: Albania, Siam, Liberia,
v algunos otros miembros de la
"Liga de Naciones" escudrinan
,nerviosamente de vez en- cuando
la silla en- que Ethiopia Sc senta-
ba.
La gaceta., 1937-12-14
LRFE'S VS.

ApMtrs THAT TINES SURELY HAVE clANcr1
SINCE sac WAS a GIRL - IMAGINE OUR GWEA' CErru~
a SILVER FLASK, CIGARETTE EeLOEE, SILK uNDER-
- THINGS Ahv TIE LIKE - From TIE BOY Tw~.,~~
III an urr RtRTADAS,
La gaceta., 1937-12-14

JUNTA
ESPECIAL DEL COMITE
u DEMOCRATI-
co
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
THREE ARE DEAD
 IN PLANE CRASH

Cowlesville, N. r., Oct. 27-(UP) A faulty motor and fog and rain which reduced visibility to few hundred feet was believed today to have been responsible for an alr- plane accident near here which caused three deaths.
 The victims, torn and crushed beyond recognition when the plane plunged nose first into muddy field, were identified through papers found on them. They were Austin J. Feuchtwanger, Jr., 26, and his mother, Mrs. Austin J. Feucht- wanger, of Riverside, Conn, and Richard Babcock, 24, of St. Johns- bury, Vt., owner and pilot of the plane.
 The crash occurred last night, about an hour after Feuchtwanger had telephoned from the airport at Horseheads that he was enroute to Buffalo. Airport officials said the plane, @ four.passenger, cabin mon- oplane, had left Providence, R. l., early yesterday.
 Some time after Feuchtwanger's call, farmers in this vicinity heard the plane circling as if lost in the fog and rain. A few minutes later, the motor sputtered and the plane plunged "like a bullet" the farmers said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
FIRE PREVENTS
 FINDING BODIES

Danville, H., oct. T-(UP)- Fire defied efforts of rescuers to remove bodies today from the de- hris of a Wabash Line train wreck in which three persons were killed and % injured.
 Bodies of the engineer and fire- man of Q passenger train which smashed into the rear end of a stalled freight train near Catliu last night were believed still in the wreckage. Rescuers were forced back by flames which consumed six box cars, three mail cars, an express car and @ passenger coach.
 All the dead and injured were in the passenger train, which had been speading from St. Louis to Detroit The dead:
 Harry Draper. Decatur, H., en- gineer.
 Harry Poe, Decatur, fireman.
 B. 8. Maggert, Butler, Ind, mail clerk.
 Railroad employees said the freight train customarily travelled 10 minutes ahead of the passenger train. Last night, 1t was believed, the passenger train had been Sev- eral minutes ahead of schedule.
 
 Green blood instead of red is con- tained in some marine worms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

Misses Hilda and Loretta schun, sisters, w.SD for the past twenty years have been employed at the local store of the w. T. Grant con1- pany were honored last night with a testimonial dinner at the Elton iaotel at which time both received checks for $1,000. Associate employees of the firm presented the guests with gifts of wrist watches, R. D. Gardner of New York city, presi- dent of the concern ofdciated dur- ing the dinner and ceremonies which were followed by dancing Vocal selections were rendered dur ing the progress of the program by Joseph H. Lezotte.
 About 125 employees of the store attended the dinner, as well as corn- pany officials who paid tribute to these women. They were K. D. Gardner, president, L. M. MacKin- non, district manager, J. E. Foster, personnel director, w. M. O'Sulli- van, assistant superintendent, D. J, Scannell, manager of the Water bury store, and number of man. agers from nearby Grant stores.
 "As I look back over the 24 years that I have spent with the W. T. Grant company" said MT. Gardner in a speech of presentation, T re- call most vividly all of the sales women in the various stores in which I have worked. It was the saleswomen who helped me get my start in business. It was they who taught me the difference between percale and gingham.
 "So, 1t is with g feeling of deep sincerity and gratitude that I am here this evening to pay tribute to the company, saleswomen as @ group, and to Hilda and Loretta Schum in particular.
 T personally am proud to have served for the past 24 years in the employ of the w. T. Grant company. I am sure these women feel proud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

es Naugatuck, children of the plain tiff and the deceased Mrs. Della Carroll, who died intestate, January 20. i030.
 The complaint alleges that there was an agreement as to disposition of property, this including two par cels of land and garage on Dunn street; that the plaintiff was Threatened" by the defendants prior to this agreement, February @, 1887, and was defrauded under duress."
 The agreement included stipula- ton that the plaintiff should be paid e26 weekly for life, the com" piaint sets forth. and that he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
Grant Employees
 Given $1, ,OOO Checks
Officials Pay Tribute to Loyalty of Local Veteran
 Workers at Testimonial Dinner

of their 90 years of service in this company.
 "E7ilda and Loretta schum, you have in the last 20 years played a far greater part in this great busi- ness of distribution that I am sure you realize. It is with a great deal of pleasure that I present you with this token of appreciation which our company feels for the service you have rendered"
 Accepting the checks, they said, we are very happy to receive these checks. Our 20 years with the com- pany have been very enjoyable and exciting. We hope to see many more years of service and expect them to be as pleasant as those in the past"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

Britain and France have an argu- ment as to which has the best tea makers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
 FOR AGREEMENT

Washington, Oct. 27-(UP)-Rep- resentatives of the Czechoslovakia shoe industry today present evi- dence to the committee on reciproc- ity information to bolster their as- sertion that @ new trade agreement with Czechoslovakia will have only 2 minor effect on American lnanu- lecturers. ra
 Sydney Bernstein of New York,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
Mrs. Margaret Verdon
 Conference Delegate

Mrs. Margaret Verdon, director of public welfare was attending 6 meeting of the Board of Manage ment of the New Haven County Temporary Home. committee today at the New Haven county commis- sioner ofices in New Haven. Mrs Verdon represented Mayor Frank Hayes at the conference at which routine business was expected to be discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

Green blood instead of red is con- tained in some marine worms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
SEEK CAUSE o FFTRE

New Haven, Conn, Got. S7s-CUP) Police today investigated origi of fire whcih caused 82,OOO damage and drove 12 persons, including four children, from Q tenement house last night. Several of the scantly- clad residents had to be carried from the building by 1lremen and policemen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
eco ENROLLEES WILL
 BE FORGED TO WAIT

Local enrollments for admission to the eco camps, filed at the office of the local department ot public welfare, will not receive con- sideration until the January ap- pointment according to information received here today. Authorities stated the number of applications filed the past few weeks does not require immediate action by ap- pointments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

representative of the Bata Shoe O., largest importer of Czechoslovakian shoes to this country, prepared sta- tistics to show that Bata shoes rep- resented only Q fraction of sales in this country.
 Bernstein testified after represen- tatives of United States shoe rnanu- lecturers, opposing the proposed agreement charged that 1t would permit unfair foreign competition and would result in extensive un- employment in American shoe manufacturing centers.
 John A. Bush, representing the Brown Shoe O., told the committee that the agreement would promote conditions in Czechoslovakia to which the ?. s. government is op- posed.
 Britain and France have an argu- ment as to which has the best tea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Troy, N. r., Oct. T.-(UP).-Otis Ferry, 34, of (S6 Austi navenue) Worcester, Mass, was killed last night in an automobile accident. Ferry's automobile struck another one head-on on the Troy -Hoosick Falls road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27

should receive $15 monthly rent for use of the garage on Dunn street. With this understandings 1t is contended, the property was conveyed to the defendants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
Father Files Suit
 Against Children
Aslss Damages of SI5,OOO Weekly Allowance for Life;
 Late Wife's Property Involved in Action

Damages of $15OOO and payment of $25 weekly for e are sought in suit entered today in the Superior Court by John Carroll of Naugatuck against several members of his family the litigation disposition of property left y the late Della M Carroll the plaintiffs former wife Named as defendants are: John IT, Lewis Donald James let Carroll and IneZ Anderson and Esther Burkas. a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-27
BRUSH FIRE

Engine Company 2 was called shortly after l o'clock today to Wal nut street, where . brush fire was in progress.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

reporter entered barracks where some
SO men were locked each night. Con-
fronted with SO naked torsos, he was
amazed at the prevalence of tattooing
A bald man had tattooed fine shock
of curly hair. with side parting, on his
pate, Another was covered with dirty
words. Another, of more philosophic
temperament, displayed the three sem
tences:
The Past deceived me-
The Present torments me-"
The Future appalls me.
Amazing cases of stoicism develop
from the tormenting lust for freedom
The iepers of the Guiana colony live on
an island, not far from the free shores
OF Dutch Guiana; hence they are envied
Their island makes a good hopping-off
place for la Belle"-freedom.
convict reported to medical au-
thoritles with the telltale red blotch of
leprosy on his neck The doctor care
fully examined 1t. 1t seemed authentic
But Guiana prison doctors are sus-
pIcious Real leprosy deadens the nerve
centers, places a barrier between the
flesh and the brain
The doctor suddenly plunged a needle
inch-deep into the convicts thigh. The
man didn't lump The doctor was still
dissatisfied. As the man was leaving. he
labbed him again Still no effect.
iWenty-fouf hours later the convict
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

had escaped to Holland"
Between the deaths which ensue
from unsuccessful efforts to escape
and those caused by the inhuman cli-
mate, shipment to the Guiana colony
even in cases where man is sentenced
to as short a time as five years-is
almost inevitably a sentence to death.
THERE have been $4,000 convicts
shipped to Guiana from France in 20
years. Six thousand of these are still
living, including the small number of
freedmen who have been able to resist
the climate and establish themselves
economically there. OF these, according
to Charles Pean Salvation Army worker
who is devoting his life to the convict
settlement, 5000 were not originally
murderers but were convicted of lesser
crimes.
The 'bagne. he says, 'has killed
more men than the men of the bagne
have killed"
If there were an economic benefit
derivable from the institution of the
Guiana convict settlement, there might
be some Justification for it, Actually
the colony, instead of fulfilling Napo-
leon HIS dream that it would develop
a great territory for France, costs
France millions of francs year 1t also
hinders the development of those parts
of French Guiana which are quite sepa-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06
By Morris Gilbert


ciety. cut off from the life oi
men, the inhabitants of the
French penal colony in Guiana.
which the government OF Leon Blum
would abolish. have nothing better to
do than escape-or go crazy.
If the 'bagne Guiana penal
colony were abolished, crafty tragic
pictures like tins would not fash on the
screen of observation:
A certain Sue, incorrigible rebel
against the rules of the "bagne," was
in solitary confinement. A keeper
brought his lunch, revolving concoc-
ton. Sue suddenly took knife, slashed
off his own toe. and threw it into the
mess kit
Take that back 10 the cook and tell
him to make stew with it" he yelled.
Tattooing seems to be one of the prin-
cipal diversions of Guiana convicts. A
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

murderer, thief, gangster, perpetrator OF
the famous Shattuck robbery in fash
ionable Washington Square. New York,
Is years ago
From his earliest years, apparently,
Alphonse Mourey had q taking way
with him Twice already convicted of
theft with violence, he was hailed at
the age of 10 before Paris court for
having killed an old woman for the pur-
pose of robbing her.
Mourey appeared SO sympathetic to
his judges that he was not condemned
to death. Instead they sent him to
Guiana
Mourey jumped the wall after about
far and was picked up, close to starving
two days later.
He stayed quiet six months, then
escaped again. This time, being cap
tured within 48 hours, he got only IS
days Of the dark cell
He tried again, l8 months later, and
again was caught. BY 1915, he had
served his seven years, and was a freed
man, obliged to stay in Guiana seven
years more.
REF0RE long he evaded again. This
time he evaded for good. He set
sail for New York-where, in some way,
he got job as chef in an aristocratic
home on Washington Square.
At the home Of Albert r. Shattuck,
banker. nobody asked for references.
Mourey's unfailing charm won him an
entry. Mourey was travelling as Henri
Boilat, and called himself Swiss not
French. just to be on the safe side.
Monsieur Henri" was one of those
Jewels" for whom housekeepers are
always looking.
Another kind of jewel presently made
Monsieur Henri" prick up his ears. He
learned that gems worth S24,0 900 were
kept in the house
Shortly afterward, he disappeared
With him went $4,000 in diamonds and
other precious stones.
For several years he drifted But he
never forgot the Shattucks. and on
April 2, 1922, he returned to New York
from France with three companions and
broke into the house.
They sacked it, In doing so, Mourey
thought best to lock the Shattucks and
their servants in cement-Walled air
less cellar. Old Mr.. Shattuck had pen
knife in his pocket With this, he man
aged to remove the lock and save his
and himself
Two of Mourey's gang were caught
the same day Mourey made for Texas.
crossed the Rio Grande and returned
to France-Where, at last. he was
caught, tried and convicted of the rob-
berry.
Mourey was condemned to death But
that remarkable quality of charm with
which he had been blessed all his life
worked again The American banker
wrote the President OF France TO inter-
eede for him Mourey's sentence was
to life Imprisonment He
went back to Guiana and solitary con-
inement
Two months and II days afterwards,
Mourey disappeared. As far as the
French authorities can say, he is still
1t liberty.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06

EDITORS NOTE: This is the
last of series of sir articles deal
ing Uith the history of, and condi-
fions in, the famous French penal
colony in Guiana.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-08-06


One convict posed as ieper. The
doctor, suspicious, jabbed needle
into his leg; the convict never
fiinched, and was sent TO the ieper
coIony-from which, next day. he
made his escape.
rate from the convict colony, and where
ordinary pioneering, well organized and
equipped, might be very profitable.
Here are some recent figures on how
forced labor in the convict colony works
out
There are approximately 4500 men
paying for their sins against society by
forced labor. (The other 1900 or so in
mates of the colony are freedmen" !"
victims of the curious law which pro-
vides that a convict, having served his
time, must remain in Guiana an equal
time again.)
Of these 45O0 men about 1900 are
''repeaters,' men who, having COM
mitted sequence of several more or
less petty crimes, find themselves sent
to the settlement for life as undesir-
ables.
The whole background of these men,
the fact that in France they found
themselves unable to get along by work
inside the law, indicates that they are
not good material for labor.
THAT leaves 5000 criminals as staff
for performing the great public
works which Napoleon III envisaged.
Or these, there is a regular average of
200 hospitalized from the start. There
are approximately 800 cripples. There
are 100 or so more who are sickly.
There are 200 more convictS, on an
average, in prison, as incorrigibles.
There are some 500 more insane or so
vicious that they must be kept in soli-
tary confinement A hundred men are
needed for the daily wood supply, since
even the locomotives in the penal colony
run on wood fuel Another 100 men
have comparatively soft Jobs as hospital
attendants. The bakers, butchers, cooks,
office workers take $50 more. There are
that many more servants, working for
officials of the colony.
That leaves about 1000 men at liberty
to attack the virgin forest, build the
roads, make the developments which
the colony was originally intended to
accomplish. It is easy to see why. in
these conditions, Guiana is still unex-
plotted, why the colony imports its food.
What has all this record of agony,
this picture of modern Limbo. got to
do with the United States? Why should
it interest Americans?
There is a very good reason. Take, for
one Alphonse Gabriel Mourey,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
MRS. BERNARD LANE
DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral Tomorrow for Wife Of
Editor of Geological
Survey.

Mrs. Bertha J. Lane, IS, wife Of
Bernard H. Lane. editor in chief Of
the Geological Survey, died yesterday
OF . heart attack at her home, 5327
Conduit road
A native Of Middletown, Ohio, Mrs.
Lane was the daughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. johnson.
She had been Washington resident
since her marriage in 1908
For many years active in church
and temperance work, she was q
member Of the First Congregational
Church and active In connection with
missionary work si1ere, and was presi-
dent Of the Potomac Palisades Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union.
She also belonged to the Abracadabra
Club.
Besides her husband she leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Constance Lane
Gingrich Of Abbey. Saskatchewan,
wife of home missionary Of the
United Church Of Canada. and Miss
Priscilla Lane, this city.
Funeral services will be ut 3 pm.
tomorrow at the residence, with Rev.
DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, former pastor
of First Congregational Church, and
Rev. DR.. Howard S. Anderson, his
successor, officiating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
Interior Employees
No,U Are Using
Summer Schedule
Hours Are 8 Am. to
$3.50 P.M.-Tennis
Courts to Open.

Interior Department employees to-
day went on their weather
schedule, working from am. to $50
pm, but the permit ONCE Of the Ma
tional Capital Parks will be open from
$50 am. to S pm.
Albert Clyde-Burton, in charge OF
the Recreation Division of the Ma
tional Capital Parks, declared the c
street entrance to the new Interior
Department Building will be closed
at $3.50 pm. and, to enter the permit
ONCE after that hour. the public
@hould use the Eighteenth street en-
trance. The guards have been in
structed to permit the public to enter
the building by way Of Eighteenth
street.-The only entrance from that
street-an during the day and after
closing hours.
The tennis courts at Anacostia Park,
Montrose Park and Banneker Recrea-
ton Center will be open probably on
Saturday, If the weather continues
favorable during the week, C1yde-Bur-
ten said. Park workmen are now en-
gagged tn getting them into shape.
Tomorrow, the local league base
ball games will start. Clyde Burton
explained that all opening games will
be played on the east diamond Of
the Ellipse. Two bandstands, two
guest stands and four bleacher stands
are being erected by the park au-
thorities. The bleaeher stands will
make 4 total Of 500 seats available to
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
INSPECTORS STRIKE
TAKES IN % MORE
Plumbing and Elevator Men Join
10 of Building Group in
Autos Demand.

The so-called walking strike" Of
District inspectors, it was learned to-
day, has extended to Is plumbing and
8 elevator inspectors
Ten building inspectors last week
stopped using their own automobiles
to reach jobs in their territories be-
cause Of the refusal of Congress to pro-
vide them with expense allowances.
The situation, which is said to be
hampering building operations and in
xpection, was brought to the attention
Of the Commissioners by Building In
spector John w. Oehmann and Capt.
U. P. Moran, chief Of the Inspection
Division, who protested vigorously
against the lack Of sufficient appropri-
alton to provide for proper inspections.
They asked Congress to restore the
1890 appropriation provided until i've
years ago to enable inspectors to use
their private cars
The attitude Of the inspectors has
been defended all along by District
officials. who see no reason why they
should be called on to pay their own
expenses.
The Inspection Division Is operating
on a 5000 appropriation, of which only
$3.50 is available for use OF inspectors
to reach outlying jobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
Swiss Minister
And Wife Guests
At Ice Carnival
ShOrehn7, Exhibition
Tonight to Include
Waiter on Skates.

Marc Peter, Minister Of Switzerland,
and Nine. Peter, will be guests of
honor at tonight's opening perform
ance Of. the shoreham Hotels Ice car
nival, which will feature, among other
things, . waiter on skates.
The list Of guests also will include
Ernest Schlatter, attache Of the Swiss
Legation, and Nine. Schlatter; Capt.
Don Umberto Cugia, Marquis Of SAINT
Orsola, naval attache Of the Italian
Embassy, and Donna Blanca Cugia,
Warehouses Of SAINT Orsola; Charles
Saint, third secretary Of the French
Embassy, and Nine. Saint; Miss Flor
ence Harris and Otakar Kabelac, first
secretary Of the Czechoslovakian Lega-
ton.
Patrons ut ringside tables in the
hotels main ball room, which will be
covered with Hollywood ice," will be
served by . waiter on skates.
Shows Of exhibition skating will be
held at $50 and IL o'clock, featuring
Evelyn Chandley and other skating
stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
LalU of 1900 I'D.
Fails to Validate
Road Plan Plea
February % and 20
One Day Only If
Year Is Counted.

A 70o-year- English statute un-
der which February % and % Of leap
year was counted as one day has no
application in the case of several
Northeast r--operty owners Directing
to a recent condemnation verdict in
connection with the Michigan avenue
grade crossing elimination, the United
States Court of Appeals ruled today.
1t seems that the property owners
filed their objections to the jury's YER
dict 81 days after it was docketed while
the law requires that such protests be
entered within 20 days.
But, said the landowners, these 81
days included February % and 20 of
leap year, which an English Parlia-
ment in the reign of Henry III said
should be counted as one day.
The Court of Appeals WAS familiar
with the olden law, which had been
incorporated verbatim in the District
code, but held that it had no appli-
cation in computing number of days
less than one year. 1t said that the
statute applied only to periods meas
ured only in years and that where the
period is measured only in days, as in
this case, February % and 20 ara to be
counted as two days.
The purpose Of the statute, the court
found, was to make all years count
1855 days for purposes Of figuring time
on a uniform basis "in 3 barbarous
age"