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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
BOYS CLUB SEEK
REGIONAL HONORS
Locals to Compete in Bos-
ton Event Beginning
March z9

New England Boys Clubs will
gather in Boston the latter part OF
the week Of March 20 for the pur-
pose OF determining the champion
ships Of basketball and swimming. :.
The championships inaugurated
by the Boys Clubs Of Boston last
year 10 expected to be forerunner
Of similar affairs to be held through
out the country with meets and
garnes TO be held as sectional affairs
with the winners to eventually meet
for national honors.
che basketball championship.
which will be the second Of its kind
the first being held here last year,
win be held at the Eben d. Jordan
Memorial gymnasium, Charlestown.
with the trial games to be played
Friday night, April 2, 1887, the semi
final games Saturday morning and
the final games Saturday night,
April 3. as q climax to the two-day
program which will attract teams
and their followers from all over
New England.
Twelve cities with Is teams were
represented in last years play-oh,
the majority Of them being cham
piomship teams Of their cities, the
list including Waterbury, Stamford,
Worcester (Ionic Branch), Lowell,
Boston (Charlestown and Roxbury
districts, Plymouth, New Bedford,
Worcester Lincoln Square Branch),
New Britain, Pawtucket, New Ha-
ven, Lynn, Haverhill and Winchen-
don.
The swi mining championship
which Is expected to attract teams
not only from the foregoing list but
from Portland. Providence and other
cities will be, due to the large entry
list and the followers Of the affair,
held at the Harvard Pool In Cam
bridge Saturday afternoon.
Events will consist Of dashes, re-
lays and diving for individual and
team championships. The Harvard
IA has generously turned over their
indoor plant for the purpose Of con-
Quoting the huge meet and with
their cooperation the local Boys
Clubs are looking forward to one Of
the biggest events Of its kind In this
section Of the country.
At the present time, the program
for Boys Club weekend In Boston
will consist Of basketball trials Fri
day night, semi-finals Saturday
morning. swimming meet Saturday
afternoon with the finals In basket
ball Saturday night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Inquest Held

Coroner Lester SchaeseP OF
Litchfield county heard the tes-
timony OF several witnesses ut nm
inquest into the death Of Rev.
Carl A. Stenholm, SO, local min.
lister, at the Thomaston Town
Hall today. Rev. MIR. Stenholm
was fatally injured in an auto
accident on the Thomaston-
Torrington road last week.
The fatal accident involved
three cars and drivers and oc-
cupants were among the wit
nesses testifying today. Mr.
Stenholm was pastor Of the
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
churches in waterbury, Thorn
aston and Torringt0n.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18

Calling attention to the low rec
ord death rate Of last year and for
the five years 1892 to 1888, as well
as to the very low mortality rates
achieved for certain causes Of death,
william O. yelling, director Of the
Bureau Of vital Statistics Of the
state Department Of Health stated
IN the departments weekly broad
cast today that It Is fitting that
Connecticut should at least once .
year have thorough inventory Of
les assets, and Of It's profit and loss
from the standpoint Of the public
health.
Annual Statistics
This inventory Is IN the form Of
the al1naal statistics on the mortal
ity and Incidence for the various
diseases, which reveal the vulner-
able points ct which the drives Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Recessed

Trial OF the $4,000 civil action
Of Kostas Klaridis against
Thomas Coleman, which has
been conducted In superior
court for the past week before
Judge Frank p. McEvoy, was
recessed today for five weeks.
during which time briefs are TO
be filed by each side.
Defendants briefs must be filed
within two weeks from today;
two weeks later, the plaintiffs
brie is must be submitted, and
an extra period Of one week
will be allowed for counter
briefs. Therefore, u will be
five weeks before action ID re-
sumed on the case. The suit -
based on the removal Of . bust.
ness building In Seymour. Klar-
Ids operates . restaurant In
the building, and Coleman Is
the owner.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
BUTTON CONCERN
WORKERS CONFER
so Involved in WaIk.Out
For Higher Wages-Ben.
rus Announces Raise

FIFTY employees Of the plastic
moldinR department Of the Water
bury Button Co, who went on
strike for higher wages yesterday
afternoon were scheduled TO confer
81 2:a0 this afternoon with Warren
\. Kayncr, president Of the South
Main street factory. Mr.. Kaynor
was away when the men declared
the strike and he cut short a trip
70 return here today.
n. William Bear, secretary and
assistant treasurer Of the company,
told The Democrat early this after
noon that the strikers had been tn
formed Of Mr.. Kaynor's return and
that they had been instructed "a
draw up q list Of their demands To
be presented to him at this after
moons conference.
On the other side Of the indus
trial picture was the news that the
Benrsls Mfg. Co., has given q gen
eral 10 per cent raise. effective on
March 18th. The wage increase
affects both day and piece workers
Notices Of the raise, over the sigma
.ture Of benjamin Ozaroff, factory
manager, were posted about the
plant, All those employed by the
company prior TO February Is gain
by the increase.
The strike at the Waterbury But
ton Co., began late yesterday after
noon. The strikers claim they new
receive ~ cents an hour and seek
. raise TO IS cents an hour. They
also ask for an eight-hour day in
stead OF the seven and q half hour
day which now prevails. Mr.. Baer
SAYS that the wage scales are high
er than claimed by the employees.
The factory has approximately
100 employees,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Warning

Warning against q girl maya
zine subscription solicitor has
been given by Secretary Frank
Green Of the Waterbury Cham
Der Of Commerce. The girl
claims, he said, that she is seek
ing to qualify for q surgical
course" In q hospital. She has
been given no authorization TO
solicit, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Reckless Driving

An accident at East Main and
Hayden streets shortly after IL
o'clock last night resulted in the
arrest of Paul Kreidel, %, Of SO
Harker avenue, on charge Of
reckless driving. Kreidels car
struck an automobile operated by
Leonard F. lyman, Of 523 North
Main street.
Eyman told police that he was
slowing down, preparatory to
making a turn, when his machine
was hit by the other car. Both
automobiles were considerably
damaged.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Bow Injured

Robert Cummings, six. Of lao
North Main street, was struck by
an automobile driven by Ralph
Demers Of lit Fulton Park avenue
as he crossed the street at the
corner Of East Main and School
streets shortly after noon today.
The boy who was on his way to
school when struck, was taken to
st. Mary's hospital by Patrolman
Edward Hayes, and It was reported
there that he had suffered an in
Jury to his right leg. x-rays were
being taken at press time today.
Officer Thomas Phelan Of the mo-
tor patrol was investigating.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Fatal Accidents
Gaining In State

Reports Just received from Che
Motor Vehicle Commissioners Of
the SIX New England ststes and
tabulated by the Aetna Casualty
and Surety company shows that
during the first two months Of
1887, there was nm increase Of ISL
per cent in the number Of sute-
mobile fatalities In New. England
rs compared with Tire same period
Of 1895.
Maine b the emily New England
state that shows . decrease IN the
number Of fatalities during this
period willis The five remaining
states repert Q very large percent
Of Increase which musl be cut
Down within the next few msonths.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Conversation

Charles Mclaughlin Of IL Shell
ley street was today awarded
$126.aO from the r. r. Worden g.
Sons, Inc, In q compensation
agreement fled and approved at
the Office or the compensation
commissioner. Mclaughlin suffer-
ed a specific injury to his left
thumb while at his employment.
and the compensation Is at the
rate Of $l4.10 for 8 weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Suggests Inventory
State Health Assets
Lowest Death Rate on Record Credited to COnnectcut
For 1886 Pneumonia Reaches Peak For March

the public health machinery must
be aimed. Past records show, for
example. that IN this month Of
March, The mortality from pneuls
monis Is about ct its peak. More
over, Mr.. yelling said, hospital
records Of pneumonia cases show
that 70 percent, ct least, Of the
pneumo1ias (there are some 30
types) have resulted from the me-
elected cold. Last year In Ccnnecti-
cut 1877 persons died Of this dig
ease, the death rate having been 60.7
per 100000 population or slightly
greater than the average rate over
the years lD32-io36. Reminding that
there u q definite serum for five
types Of pneumonia, Mr.. yelling
urged the calling II Q physician IN
case Of neglected cold, since pnesi-
nlonia will tolerate no neglect or
delay and the serum must be given
at the earliest possible moment.
Lowest Record
On the good side Of the inventory.
Mr.. yelling pointed to the fact that
only ten persons out Of every 1000
In the state died last year, the low
est rate ever recorded, and that the
average death rate Of 10.1 per 1000
for the years lo32.le36, was the low.
est for any group Of five consecu-
tive years.
Two more Connecticut low rec.
ord,s he said, were the rates Of 38.S
Or 80 deaths per 100000 population
for all forms Of tuberculosis, and
Of 42.3 deaths Of children In the
first year Of life out Of each 1000
living births. Fifty years ago. the
rate for tuberculosis was 23o per
100000, and the infant death rate
In 1915 was 10l per 1000 living
births.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
-- SPO7LIjH7XNG
Brass City News

Finn presiding. It was the claim
Of the plaintiff that the defendant
broke a contract in regard TO the
purchase Of publications. Attorney
Perry Graicerstein appeared for
the defense, with Robin 81 Robin
for the plaintiff.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
HELD FOR SHORTAGE

Taunton, Mass, March 18-(UP)
William X. Williamson, A, Of n
North Wilson avenue, Pasadena, Cal
was held here today pending remov-
al TO Pasadena In connection with
an alleged $500 shortage at post
ONCE sub-station there. He was ar
rested by postal Inspector Benja-
min Hatchfield and police
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
No. 4 Responds

Engine Co, No. 4, spent eight
minutes at the home Of Albert
Lawlor. 200 Lounsbury street to-
day, quenching . slight fire
caused by n gas stove. The
house Is owned by Patrick
No0nan. The alarm was sound
ed at o'clock and the engine
reported back at 1:0S p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
GIRL PLAYER IS
BARRED OFF TEAM

Chicopee, Mass, March 18.--(UP)
Sixteen -year.old Elizabeth (Dabe)
Lasocki may be the best girl base
bail player In Hampden county, but
she still can't play on the Chicopee
high school team. After all other
efforts had failed, the classy lit-
tie infielder's father went TO bat
for her. But he couldn't even get
to first base with Principal Chris
topher A. Fitzgerald. q
said Fitzgerald after rejecting
Papa Lasockis personal plea:
'"There Is no place for girls on q
boys team. The girl had better
stick to her knitting"
p. 8. Babe doesn't knit.
Ecuador will erect a fourteen .story
1ovArnnent building In GiiAvAdtlil.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
Settlement

The $500 breach Of contract suit
Of the Stevens-Davis company
against the Shalett-Lux Co., Inc,
was settled today shortly after the
trial opened in the court Of COM
mon pleas, with Judge Edward ].
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18

New York, March 1S-CUR)-1ne
people Of the world are now wa9in9
WARS Of Ideas" which may alter
the lives q men - completely a.
have scientific advances o. the last
50 years, Hugh BalIie president @
the United Press Associauore toiu
the Brooklyn Rotary Oiun Cooay.
Wars Of Ideas" Baillie salo' can
be Just as devastating ~ tnelr
ultimate eject on the tTeno q Mves
and the happiness o. men ae tnose
conducted with hign expioslyes.
History n full OF wars OF yea
which developed INTO nerce IlsntLls
Of the bloodiest kind. we now nave
one IN spain. AeppilN "a ~.
country, we seem 70 nave oevclopeu
Q techinque o. avoiding SUCH sssu!Vs'
Q system Of give ana take. eEgHmsnI'
debate, neg0eiatlon anu vOOMs'
which enables us 70 -nnlit .tne vac.
lence 70 occasional rouBn-nOuse ~
the scenes Of strikes.
Stubborn Fighting Now ~
:.,1owever. our own war Of ideas
voss richt ALONE. and 1t this very
n,o,nent there q stubborn fighting
-, several important fronts such as
49, s,,,,rerno no,,rt and the b. i. O,
"The hiehly controversial nature
- %tnana iaaaina Y1lNneN n tremendous
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18

Safeguards Of Germany have more
orders than they can fill n 10
months.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18

with II Duce. She now u employed
on the Liberte.
Maitre Tlueriot, visiting his client
was able TO tell her-to her appar-
ent disappointment Cham
brun was only slightly wounded
when she shot him without warning
yesterday as he was about 70 board
the 'Blne star" express for Br,is-
sels.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18

Ecuador will erect a fourteen .story
government building In Guayaquil.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-18
ard
\" with
his throat

s'Years ago, as an ambitious young
actor, I svas impressed hoev sUell my
throat liked Luckies and hosv sVell
they suited n,yidea Of ape1ect ciga.
rette. That impression still stands.
In my recent toMr of Hamlet, with
its many performances each week
and the attendant tax on my throat,
I haVe been convinced anesv that
this light smoke Is boil, delightful to
my taste and the top cigarette for
al, actors throat"
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Window Herb Boxes
LIVERY ONE with a window viii

livery ONE with a window which
gets some sunlight can have his
own herb garden throughout the win
ter, the Bureau Of Plant Industry has
determined after some investigation.
The bureau points out that herbs
that have flourished in the garden
this summer may be transplanted to
pots or boxes this fall befare freezing
weather catches them PA.x,ey, basil.
sweet marjoram. chives, mint and
cress are the easiest ones to keep
going through the winter in a SUNNY
south window.
While the sunshine may be most
abundant in the kitchen, that Is not
the best place for the indoors herb
garden because of fumes and gases
from the stove If another SUNNY
place IS available where the air is
cool but not cold. these harbs viii do
well and continue to supply savory
seasoning to vary the winter fare.
Pots are good for the plants that
have developed deep roots Or several
different kinds of herbs can be grown
in one long, nat box made to fit a
sunny window. It should be at least
inches deep. A light galvanized tray
underneath 1t will protect the sill.
A mixture of one part sand, one
part manure and two or three parts
Of good garden loan Is about right
for soil. A very small quantity Of
bonemeal may be added.
Evening star., 1937-11-21

(See PEARLS, Page F-4.)
Evening star., 1937-11-21

and q deliberate violator Of traf1c
laws.
1t was coined by Edwin F. Rowles.
former Washington, D. c., post ONCE
clerk, now IN the real estate business
tnere. Rowles was awarded q prize Of
$50 for his new epithet, which was
selected from thousands Of words sub
mitted In q contest recently held by
the Citizens Trafnc Commission. a
civic body composed Of leading Dallas
men and women who are waging war
on the reckless drivers of this city.
Rowles says: Il coined the word by
Knocking the last two letters out Of
trahc.' which sound like I see.' and
the KIND OF driver was trying to de-
scribe doesn't see. so I knocked those
TWO letters off. There's just one way
10 describe person who would drive
without seeing, and Just made that
description the ending of my word
'traffool.'"
Mr.. ltoWles is the son Of Mrs. Lee
Fowler Rowles of 1921 Mount Pleasant
street NV, Washington. He moved
to Dallas from the District four vears
ago.
Liquors part in automobile accI-
dents, so widely overlooked and camol.
naged in police reports, is brought
startlingly into the limelight in a care
iul OF study Of traffic fatalities in the
rrst eight months Of 1887, details of
which have just been made public bv
Or. S. r. Gerber, coroner of Cuya.
hoga County, Ohio which includes the
city Of Cleveland.
DR.. Gerbers report of motor deaths
from New Year Day to September 1.
1887. in this area. having a poplla-
ton of more than 1,25o,o0o people.
shows:
Total number of trafic fatalities in
that period was PIT.
Alcohol was factor in 565 ner
cent Of all cases.
Men only were involved in e5.s Der
cent OF the alcohol cases; women only
in 21.7 per cent.
Alcohol was found to be a factor
in 63.3 per cent of the 161 pedes.
trian deaths; 53.3 per cent of all cases
'zD in which passengers died and
50 per cent of the cases in which
drivers were killed.
More than billion dollars will
be available for highway purposes
during 1888 Under the HAYDEN
Cartwright Act of 1896 a total of
1928 100000 in Federal funds will be
divided among the various States by
the Secretary of Agriculture inme-
diately following January l.
The Federal funds will be appor-
toned as follows: Regular Federal aid,
s125,0o0, 900; for secondary or farm
to-market highways, s25 900 900; for
Embarrassing elimination and protec
ton, s50,o00, 900; for the construction.
improvement and maintenance of
roads and trails in national parks,
s7,50o,000; for forest highways, roads
and trails, s14O00,O 600; for main roads
through unappropriated or unreserved
public lands. non-taxable Indian lands
or other Federal reservations. 81
100000; for the construction and
maintenance Of parkways to give ac-
cess to national parks, $4,000, 900,
and for the construction and i'm
provement of Indian reservation road
81, 100000
Evening star., 1937-11-21

washed Tor lack of water. The motto
is appropriate, 'Didat Deus'-'What's
the odds so long as we're happy?'"
The lump of mineral rock on which
the figure in the inkwell is sitting
must also have been suggested by the
rich mineral deposits of that section
OF the country Poston represented in
Congress. Explorer and adventurer,
he wrote often of the wealth Of min
eral resources of his Territory, partic-
ularly' referring to its silver deposits
In Harper's New Monthly Magazine
for October, 1864, he wrote, in an
article entitled "A Tour Through Ari-
1ona":
Only conceive the sensation of a
poor wretch who stumb1es over such
lump OF silver as that upon which
Don Diego Asmendi paid duties to the
Spanish government! The official re-
port made by the customs house Off
cer-and We don't know what per-
centage of the treasure went into his
pocket-states that Don Diego paid
duty on a virgin lump weighing 275
pounds. The aggregate weight of sew
eral other pieces upon which the
Kings attorney brought suit for duties
was 4,033 pounds; and the same Off
GERS also sued for possession of piece
OF pure silver weighing 2,7O0 pounds,
on the ground that it was curiosity
and therefore rightfully belonged to
his majesty the King, which everybody
must admit was good logic, if not very
good law. Should our own Govern
ment conclude to take the mines, it
might be well to seize upon all the
heavy masses of silver as curiosities
properly belonging to our excellent
President, Mr.. Lincoln. I have no
Evening star., 1937-11-21

doubt the smallest Of them would be q
curiosity to his rebellious neighbor,
JEFF Davis"
EXTENDING out from the silver
platform that is surmounted by
the dome and Freedom is q smaller
one containing two inkwells. at the
base Of which the name Of the Presi-
dent is inscribed. abraham Lincoln" !"
On the other side in a corresponding
place is inscribed the name of the
donor. Prom Charles D. Poston,
Arizona. 1866" On each corner are
silver rests for pens and opposite the
inkwells Is a secret drawer, locked by
spring.
The inspiration for the loftiest
figure In the design was, OF course,
the Statue of Freedom itself, which
has been modelled in Rome and
shipped to America amid great diff
culties and delays In fact, through
out the war period, Lincoln fought to
carry through the project for COM
pletion of the Capitol dome, which
was eventually achieved Thomas
Crawford, father of the novelist,
Marion Crawford. had sculptured the
figure and shipped it to the States.
1t was cast by Clark Mills at his
foundry in Mills avenue near Bladens-
burg.
Work on the dome was suspended
at the formal declaration Of war, but
Lincoln insisted 1t should 60 forward
and the statue was finally hoisted
above the completed dome to salute
of IS guns, on December 2, 1868.
The original model of this statue of
Freedom can be seen today in Wash
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Policemen and pedestrians, editorial
writer's and traffic victims of Dallas,
Tex, are using brand-new epithet
1t is "traffool," and it means a driver
incompetent of operating an automo-
bile, lacking in consideration for 9TH
ers, a cheater or chiseler in traffic
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Travels in Asia and Egypt on an
honorary commission to study irriga-
ton followed. Poston was a fluent
writer and gave expression to his ex-
periences in verse, books OF travel
and articles. In 1899 he received tardy
recognition of his services by a small
pension. He died in Phoenix. and in
1925 his remains were transferred to
the top of Poston's Butte, near
Florence. In the place where he had
hoped to erect temple to the sun
there now stands shaft erected to
his memory by the State of Arizona
and the local chapter of the D. A. r.
In addition to the jewels and silver
mkWell, Mrs. Isham's gift includes
two original daguerreotypes. The first
OF these is charming likeness of
Mary Todd Lincoln, taken during her
youth. 1t Is filled with charm and
dignity, and one can understand,
seeing it. the appeal this lovely and
serious girl had for Abraham Lincoln.
The miniature shows her in striped
taffeta dress trimmed with black lace,
neT smooth oark halr parted above a
beautiful forehead. There is a cameo
brooch at her throat and her hair
falls in round curls to her sloping
shoulders. The wide. dark eyes and ex-
pressive hands are the most beautiful
features of this slim. straightforward
child who knew so much later unhap-
piness and suffering, yet presided with
charm and grace over the White House
during the most troublous days of our
history.
The second daguerreoiype is espe-
cially interesting historically, as it
represents the first time Abraham
Lincoln sat for his portrait. He was
81 years old at the time and had
just entered National politics. It was
(See PEARLS, Page F-4D