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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Ace Hitchhiker Pays
 Visit To Waterbury
Arthur Dean Swift Tells of Travels About the Country
 Thumbed Ride on Air Liner-Carries ScrapebOOk

Arthur Dean Swift, 2l, of Man. chester, Conn, who claims for himself the title of Americas No. l. hitchhiker, visited Waterbury yesterday and spent the night as the guest of the local YMCA.
 The great American traveller spoke highly of the treatment ex- tended him in this city and by YMCA departments of New Eng land, saying that the "" is doing a consistent and constructive social work for youth from this territory, to the Pacific Coast. The hospital ity of Eastern and far-western YMCA officials, he said is not as apparent in the middle west states with the exception of Michigan and Wisconsin, Swift remarked.
 Dressed in a neat khaki uniform and weighted down with boy scout knapsack. Swift looks the part of a modern "Gulliver" in fact, that is what he claims to be, di- rect descendant of Jonathan Dean Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels.
 He has travelled 96,24o miles in 48 states, Mexico. France, England, and Canada. He said that he al- ways mentions Canada last because he feels that in the Dominion he received the least hospitality of any territory he has visited.
 Wants Paying Job
 His job, he remarked with a grin, is to put hitch-hiking on both a respectable and paying basis, and he has signed statements to prove that his minimum annual income is over $3,000. the bulk of which is made up of meals, transportation, rooms. and various articles of mer- chandise which he receives. all gratis. Included among his bene- factors are the American Airlines. which gave him free hop from Detroit to New York and another complimentary trip from Hartford to Boston.
 Thus Swift makes the claim he Is the first and only hitch-hiker to thumb his way over the air lanes and is proud of the fact that in doing so he glimpsed Niagara Falls for the first time from a Douglas Air-liner 5000 feet up. In travelling from Hartford to Boston. he rec esived his greatest thrill when the stinson American-Air liner flew over Manchester. Connec- licuk, his home town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Flicker Notes.

Flicker Notes . . Mary Roland has been secured for the cast of Don't Forget to Remember" new RKo film. Glenda Farrell of Warner Brothers, has appear in Saturdays Heroes Remember her in "Whens Your Birthday?". . . {. John Boes, Jack Oake and Ida Lupno have top assignments in Fight for Your Lady,
 "Gake Wish. He will be assisted by St. Luke's Chorsters, 68 boy voices New Faces of 1887" stars Harriet Hliard Joe Penner Milton Beare, and Parkya- karkas among others If you appreciate good looking ladies on the screen Wheeler and Woolseys "onAgain
 otAgain features Esther Muir Marjorie Lord Patricia Martini the Mat tenor, will be heard in Music for Madame" John Barrymore and Carole Lombard are other favorte troupers . Mary Dees who doubled for the late Jean Harlow has been tied down to long term contract . .. The critics about Topper" produced by Hal Roach The pix contains many interesting trick photography shots, 'tis said Ginger Rogers and Charles Boyer will soon appear in Perfect Harmony
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
COLOR OPTIONAL
 WITH A|UTOlSTS
Red PredOnlinates in Re-
 fiectOrs;; ; Amber, Crystal < Meet Approval

Nine out of ten Connecticut mo- .torists are under the impression that red reflectors are the only ac- iCkptable ones under the new reflec- tor statute, which will be In effect August 1. This, statement Is borne out by.a checkup which reveals that there are very few reflectors of. any other color than red, attached to the rear of automobiles M
 under the statutes, ain operator is required to have an approved re Hector, but 1t may be either red, amber or crystal in color. Con- missioner Ccnnor this week approved all reflector tail-light lenses on automobiles manufactured tI1 1885, l936 and 1887. More than 100 different types of reflecting lenses came in for approval of the de- partment head, after a checkup by the engineering department.
 5 All operators not having either the approved reflector or refiectitlS lense on their cars by. August will be subject to arrest and fine of not more than $5. Rehectors range Di price from 25 cents upward.
 No selection of color is granted in the New York reflector law. Ill that state all passenger cars are required to have one red reflector in the rear if the tail-light Tense IS not of the refiecting type. Passen- ger and commercial vehicles are iri- cluded in the Connecticut law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
BEAUTY'S EYES

I see the sails of fairy ship As the night-wind sings above my head: All the beauty of summers day Is fading away where am led What of the sea with its wandering tides Rising and falling on crystal sands ... Its ghosts and warriors of childhood's days7 Will they return with their magic hands? Night has its stars and the moon for light; They are the children who ran away, Down the mountainside at fragrant dawn Where the East-wind waits with piping lay. Love is my charmer she says arise When the morning comes with BeautyIs Eyes.
 GEORGE L. LEE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

News oddities .. .. "Gone With the Wind" has been transcribed into the braie system that 1t will be available to blind persons familiar with the system. That puts 1t a selling status with the Bble When they opened a reservoir near Conneault Ohio, to anglers recently the 1000 lake visited by 250OOO fishermen over a weekend Workmen re. modelling 15Oyear old house in Unionville, N. Yo unearthed a number of coins, dated 1872 The house was fashioned of handhewn timbars put together with wooden nails The Bachelors Barge Club of Pha- delphia whose claim to fame is that 1t is the oldest rowing association in the United States celebrated its S4th birthday recently by doing of all thingsaunch' ing new shell. Down on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee famous for than the "blues" they have new form of poker called drink and smell The winner of a hand gets drink of whiskey, while the loser smells the cork
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Free Benefits

Other gifts" include a bathing suit, from Sage and Allen. Hart ford. He was presented a pocket watch by the Ingraham Company of Bristol, and when in Hartford, Swift Is made to feel at home in the Hotel Bond where the management always has a room reserved for his convenience, he said. ...
 Swift does very little actual hik- ing. Tn his last trip from the coast this summer he made the 2,996 miles in eight days. He remarked that the actual travelling time was only six days. He lost two visiting Dev- il's Lake. North Dakota, and Detroit, Mich, where he made arrangements for his flight to Newark.
 Claims Record
 He claims the record of the fast est trip coast-to-coast ever made by any hitch-hiker, and he used all manner of transportation in the ac- complishment with the exception of railroads, which he rarely travels.
 He has met many notables, he said on his trips, of which he has made four to the West Coast. These in clude 25 governors, Henry Ford, who presented him with $20 and whom he has interviewed seven times; Death Valley Scotty, the mystery man of Death Valley, who gave him $5 in silver, and Mrs. Martin John son, who dubbed him Connecticut's Gulliver. Swift says he met George Bernard Shaw in England and claims he got some crack pot ad- vice.
 Attached to his knapsack he car- ries a license plate numbered and lettered 900 Maine. Vacationland, 1887, which was especially issued for his use by state of Maine officials. He is now endeavoring to have the g. O. p. stronghold pay him two cents per mile for displaying the plate throughout the nation.
 P. S.-After leaving the DeIn- ocrat ofiice young Mir. Swift according to his messages Feiayed by telephone-enjoyed the hos- pitality of The Elton and later attended a local theater. If Mayor Prank Hayes were home il is possible that Mfr. Swift would have asked the city to give him a little souvenir, the Carrie Welton fountain. the clock on the Green or something Ike thatl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

Fancy that So old Nudes is gone, Mudie's, which of the most famous and perhaps first lending libraries in London established 95 years ago. The is the competition from the 2-pence- attending shops. There's denying folks like to read books for thirty years ago Mudies had well 7OOO GOO books and 5O,OOO subscribers. In England Nudes was less national institutions those of who have been to London practically feel acquainted with it from its frequent mention by British writer's So Mudies is gone says the traveller returning to London after many years absence. Yes gone, lights out all done, washed up bit of jolt what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

In the news. .Anson L. Henry of Waterville spoke before Nutmeg Dog Club at the Hotel Bond Hartford this week. Ranked among the foremost Boston Terrier Henry took pride in also exhibiting to the group his companion, Lylanmay Joy, homebred. . Water bury has her William Ennis, Collector of Taxes, and Hartford has her William Ennis, Building Supervisor The only difference is the middle initial The Hartford Ennis uses "J the Waterbury Ennis, "A". The next time you're driving through Vermont you can take your you prefer the boat trip In addition to the bridge at the south end of the lake in for some few years to public this week It's up at Rouses Point famous in the days of prohibition and rumrunning Incidentally it's toll structure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
INCREASING CALLS
 FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA
Readers May Obtain Coni- plete Set at Usual Pop.
 ular Price

The Democrat today calls atten- ton to the fact that readers who have not secured all the volumes in the set of the Worlds Popular En- cyclopedia still have an opportunity of doing so. Those who have not even started on securing any of these books may also secure them by saving coupons during the next few weeks.
 So great has been the demand for these books that the Democrat at one time was unable to supply the demand. Now 50 that there will be no disappointments the coupons will be continued in the paper for a number of weeks and the offer will be continued. Six coupons and 30 cents is the price of each volume. There are ten volumes to the set. Coupons you start to clip on Mon- day will be good for any volume.
 Look over what volumes you have now of this set of books and make sure you get the missing vcl- tunes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Tall Tower Topics
FRESH LEMoNADEl
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

On most every street this summer You see gathered little band; Calling as you pass, "a penny glass" What! not the good old lemonade standl Yes, 'tis true, 'tis pretty,
 To see these canny merchants small; They run a good sidewalk business, Cant you hear them call,- Fresh lemonade, penny Q glasSl They're nothing If not blase, Things are run most buSiness-like At the juvenile sidewalk cafe. Years ago the lemonade stand Was a big part of children's fun, But it passed with modern trends Like fans and hair in a bun. Now the stand Is back again, Set up nicely in the shade, And as hot and hurried you pass 1t by You hear,-"buy our fresh lemonade
 FEM. EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

One of the best.known coon hunters in these parts was called to his reward in sudden and joting fashion last week. with the passing of Joe Burns, of Divinity street. Bristol. Joes had been synonymous with coon hunting for years than can be counted in the young mans book of experience. Dog Warden Coleman OLoughlin was one of his favorite compan. ions on his numerous trips and several other Water. burians were listed among his hunting partners Joe was electrocuted last week while repairing machine at Bristol factory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
BY MILTON BRoNNER

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 North stoneham, England, July l7.-"After Madrid, Heaven, and ill Heaven a little corner from which to look at Madrid"
 The 2500 Basque refugee chil- dren encamped here may not have any sayings as lovely as that of the Madrileno, but in their souls they have the same kind of feeling for their native Bilbao, which snuggles at the foot of iron-bearing moun- tains.
 Here, these children who have seen so much and endured so much of wars horrors, have peace in the green rolling hills of Hampshire. Here they have nights of rest,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

undisturbed b y Franco b 0 m b s. Here they have plenty to eat.
 cir bodies may be h e r e, but their hearts are in Bilbao, W h e r e their D a r e n t s are, W h e r 0 their D 0 m c s OIlCc stood, W h c r e they played on t h c 1 r native soil.
 H c r els proof: In mid . June the rebel forces of Franco cap- tured B l b a 0, thanks to Ger m a n a irplanes and I t a l 1 a n troops. T Il e managers of the Basque c & m D here were in a terrible quandry. They did not want garbled, distorted versions of the news to reach the children. So they decided to b r 0 e d c a s t a D l @ 1 n, truth ful account of W h a t h a d happened. A n d t h e incredible thing occurred. A hundred or so, b 0 y s and z 1 r l s alike, went berserk.
 They thought was a Fascist. They could not believe, would not believe that their Bilbao had fallen to the rebels. It W a s a Fascist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
DEER scANPERs IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland (UP)-Residents along a suburban street stared in amage- ment when they saw young deer bounding across their front lawns. The fawn took fright at the ap- proach of Q pedestrian and was killed some seconds later when 1t leaped over . ciump of bushes and crashed into . fence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Refugee Basque Children, Undaunted =|
 By War Perils, Wept At Bilbao s Fall
HEARTBRoKEN YOUNGSTERS SUSPECTED FASCIST

The tragedy of Bilbao had It's sad echo in the English refugee camp where Basque children are cared for when news of Fran co.'s victory was broken to them. How did the young Bilbaoans take the fall of their city? In this second of Milton Bronner's graphic stories written for NEA Service and The Waterbury Democrat, he tells of the hu- man drama that was enacted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
AnsrUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. Mercury.
 2. D'Artagnan. :. Lake Ontario. (. French novelist and poet s. Cerberus.
 6. Treasury Department. !. Arizona.
 6. It stops for ap infinites- lmal fraction of . second at top dead center. 3. It takes the place Of . fixed keel. fe. Jerusalem ln Palestine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

reach them and that they will get letters in turn, giving them good tidings. But, SO far, the mail from Spain has ssene woefully small. Disappointed day by day, many of them go to. the big tent which has been converted into a chapel for religious services. There, on pended knees. they pray for their people. Three they receive such consola- ton as the priests are able to give them.
 Cant Find Wall
 for National Game
 But from. this 1t must not be surmised that the camp is one of constant sorrow. Youth cannot weep forever. The children are kept busy. They have school. They have physical exercises. They have health inspection. They have re- ligious services. They have organ ized games. Many of them have found little jobs of work around the camp, being ever so willing to help. "v ''.'' 2
 And one day they sent c depu- tatiosl to Camp Conirnandant Brin- ton. They wanted to play the .Span- iSh wall game. They had rubber balls. They had nitts. ; But they had no wall. lBrinton sorrowfuliy had to tell them he could not supply one. Nets he could get and tennis rackets and cricket bats! but . wall was just something he could not get for them in . hurry.
 And. somehow. that, delegation of boys did not think Brinton was quite So god-like after that.
 NEXT: Biibaos Innocents Abroad teli tales of life in their war;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

lie. They threw stick and stones at the broadcasting van Then, when they realized that It was friends Tho had told them the sad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
WEEKEND

Away for the weekend to mountains lakes and beaches And mixed diet of lobster hot dogs and peaches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

Henry Brinton, social worker in charge of the camp, made no ef- fort to restrain them. ~
 Tears Assuage
 Children's Grief l
 Let them cry" he said. Tt will do them good. It will wash away some of the pain from their little hearts" .s
 He guessed right. The next day they were nearly back to normal, these emotional children of sunny Spain. But, oh so repentant! Be- tween them, they managed to frame letter which was duly translated and handed to the authorities. They said how sorry they were for what had occurred in the camp and then added in touching terms:
 we are grateful for all the ten- derness the English people have shown us. for the presents, and for all their kindness, but we never for- get those who are at home. It makes Us very unhappy that they suffer so much" ''. v ,Nr "7. Pitiful Appeal
 To Premier
 Then, while they were at 1t, they composed another letter which they sent to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, hoping in their naive way that powerful England could at once do something for them. Said the letter: a.i'
 "aonored sir, we have heard with great sorrow that our fiioth- CTS, sisters and dear grandparents, SO full of years, have been criin- inally bombarded by Franco's air- planes while they were seeking to escape from Bilbao to Santander We beg the prime minister, or who- ever commands most in England, to send a great big ship-one of those which we saw when we came to Eneland--to protect our moth- CTS and sisters and grandparents, the sick and aged, so that they can leave by sea without danger to their lives."
 And every day in their class room, they painfully toll at letters to their folks back in the Basque country, hoping the niSsiyes will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

Startling Consequences May Follow the Death of Sena- tor Robinson, and They, All Depend on Possibilities That Aren't Often Related for the Public Ear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

NEXT: Biibaos Innocents Abroad tell tales of life in their war; stricken homeland. tl.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
u. 5. LABOR ACT
ARGUED IN
H|GHC0URT
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
international News Service

The national labor relations act
faced it's first verbal attack in the
Supreme Court today.
The fundamental issue OF the
right of Congress to order the
labor relations of private institu-
tions-with the added question OF
interference with freedom OF the
press-was presented in the ap-
peal Of the Associated Press.
John w. Davis. Democratic
Presidential candidate in 1924,
represents the news organization,
while Solicitor General Stanley
Reed represents the Government.
Before the news case is reached,
Reed will bare the Administra-
tons labor philosophy in an
appeal to the court to hold valid
the Railway Labor Act Of 1884.
Both the railway and national
labor relations laws provide that
employers can be forced to bargain
collectively with workers, that the
union can be certified by the
board, and, as construed by the
boards, that employers can be
compelled to reinstate workers.
In appealing from a decision
ordering reinstatement Of Morris
Watson, a discharged New York
reporter, Davis will contend the
labor act destroys freedom of the
press by giving a Government
agency virtual control over news
workers.
While questions were asked by
justices during argument on the
railway labor act-raiSed in a dis
pute between the Virginian rail
way and an A. F. of L. union-the
questions did not indicate their
attitude on the laws validity.
Counsel for the Virginia rail
way admitted that the labor act
is regulation of Interstate Com
merce, except that it applies to
back shop" mechanical employees.
These workers, maintained Attor-
ney James Piper, OF Baltimore,
are not engaged in interstate com,
merce. The whole act was aSsailed
as arbitrary,
The Washington times., 1937-02-09
CARGO OF ANIMALS LEAVES D. c.

Included in the supply Of Amer
lean wild animals to leave for the
Orient are 10 alligators, two
jaguars, two mountain lions, three
possums, two raccoons, TWO black
bears, and five hellbenders. Like
the animals in Noah's Ark, there
is a male and female of each
SDecieS.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

A cargo Of American wild
animals is leaving Washington to-
day as part of the East Indies Ex-
pedition led by DR.. William M.
Mann. director of the National
Geological Park. They are to be
distributed in Asiatic ZOOS.
The animals will sail from New
York tomorrow on the Dutch
motorship Talisse and will take 40
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

days to reach Sumatra by way OF
the Cape of Good Hope. DR.. Mann
and DR.. Maynard Owen Williams,
staff representative of the Ma
tional Geographic Society under
whose auspices the Mann expedl-
tion is being made, are already in
Japan making preparations for
the collection of rare Asiatic
animals.
The Washington times., 1937-02-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
WATERBURY GOES ALL BUS"

On Saturday, oy 22nd effective with lost COTS on Willow Street. Woterve Woertown lines the no trolley trips in Waterbury will be operoted
 Starting Sunday May 23rd modern sote motor Duses will provide service the following Illness
 WILLOW STREET LINE o Overlook Eost Mon Street busses will through Overlook busses leaving Overlook VII run 10 ForIown RedviIe 10 minute service ol day. mnute service during the busy hours.
 WAERVLLE LNE Busses will operate vo Ihomosfon avenue both directions In Woteve buses will run through Homer Street Dwight Fober Avenue Edge Avenue 10 Street. through Homer Hanover and Boyden Strets to Thomoon Avenue Once hour the busses will oPeroe Chase MetoI Works The downtown loop will be east on West Street Bank Street and west Grand one Meadow Streets Mon 20 minute service ol doy with lU minute service during the busy hours
 OAKVILLEWATERTOWN LINE Baldwin Street busses will run through Oove Wotetown busses from Woterfown or ookve through Baldwin Street. ookv!e busses Will turn back junction of Mon Riverside and Hillside Ave Weekday Baldwin Street, 10 minute o doy to 9:3O D. IS thereafter Weekday service to Ookvie: 10 minute 800 D. IS minute thereafter Weekday service Woteown 20 minute to 300 30 minute thereafter
 Complete schedule information is ovoiobe on timetable cord which the busses from Starter or Inspector
 This change provides improved service more frequent heed way with having low steps, comfortable Iecthe sears plenty qht fresh or-without fumes You VIII pc served by the friendly courteous operators you Knew on the
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 IN STEP WITH coNNEcTIcUTs PROGRESS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
LOCKS MADE CURLY

Robert Young had to have his hair curled daily for his role in "The Emperor's Candlesticks, his new M-G-M picture.