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Evening star., 1937-08-19
CIACCHFTTI. THERESA b. On Tuesday,

GIAt NHF II HEhFSN D. OII 7 uVNNldS
August t., 1887, at Providence Hospital,
THERESA B. GIACCHETTI, beloved wife
Of the late Alfred GiaCchettl and de-
voted mother Of Mrs Lynden S. Helm.
Funeral services at her late residence
az South Carolina ave. Sc. on FRIDAY;
August 90. at . pm. Relatives and
friends invited 10 attend. Interment
Arlington National cemetery. Services
bv the W. w. Chambers Co. southeast
Evening star., 1937-08-19

GuREwITz. FLORENCE. Suddenly or
Wednesday. August 1s. 1891 a. her
residence 321i 3sth st, NV, FLOR,
FNCF GuREWITZ. the beloved wife o1
Joseph Gurevitz and devoted mother
Of Mrs Rena Cohn. Of California and
Clarence Curewitz of Santa Fe. N. Mex
She also is survived by sister, Mrs
Sol Shostack Funeral from the .chape
of Bernard Danzansky. 35o1 14th ST
NV on Friday. August 20. at 10 Am
Interment in Workmen's Circle Gene
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DrathH.
WARREN. CONSTANCE +. O

WARREN. CONSTANCE Z. On Wedn..-
DAY, August Is, 1887. at Children 8
Hospital, CONSTANCE E. WARRGN Of
al Concord ave. NV. beloved dauxh-
ter OF Robert H. and Kathleen Warren,
Services and interment At Fort Lincoln
Cemetery on Friday, August 20. at 80
p.m.
WOOD. CHARLES E. Suddenly an
Tuesday; August J.. 1887. at hi, resi-
denes 1927 Eye st. Sc, CHARLEs E.
WOOD beloved nephew OF Mary Z
Wood and brother of William E. Wood
and Pearl E. Satterneld. Funeral from
the above residence on Friday Au-
sust 20, at 2 pm, Relatives end
friends invited. 1nterment Congress
sional Cemetery. Services by the VI. W.
Chambers Co. Southeast funeral home
20
WOOD. CHARLES f. Special communica-
- OF Naval Lodge. No. 4. F. A. A. NJ :.
/N is called at 100 Friday after
IN noon, AUGUST 90. 1897. for the
of attending the funeral
Wc%of our late brother CHARLES Z
W><N WOOD. BY order Of the worship
ROLAND M. BROWN. Secretary.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
MRS. MERRICK'S DEATH
IS DECLARED SUICIDE
Body Of Divorced Wife Of Attor-
ney Found in Gas-Tilled
Kitchen.

A certificate OF suicide has been is-
sued in the case of Mrs. Grace H.
Merrick, 40, OF 1425 Orren street
northeast. who was found dead from
Illuminating gas Tuesday night in
the kitchen Of her home.
The Jets Of the stove were turned
on. police said, when the woman was
discovered by Joseph w. Elder OF
Silver Spring, Nd, friend.
Mrs. Merrick was the divorced wife
Of Edward L. Merrick, an attorney.
She Is survided by son, Clyde,
and sister, Mrs. Margaret Darling.
Evening star., 1937-08-19

n Tuesday' 'Iesti " Aagnst Il, iid37 GEORGE c.
GRIMMEL. beloved husband Of the late
Cerelda Duffiel GrimmeL father OF
F1minda and George Grimmel ir., and
son OF Mrs. AGNES Grimmel of 121 Car
roll ST. Sc and Henry C. Grlmmel. Fu,
neral from VIM. j. Nallev'S funeral
home. -" sth st. Sc. on Saturday, Au-
eust 81 at . pm Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Mount Olivet
Evening star., 1937-08-19
G|ACCHETT| DIES;
WASSOySAPLAYER
Veteran D. c. Musician Ex.
plres Day hfter Death of
His Sister-M-LaW.

William 0iacchetti, 90, Marine
Band drummer under John Philip
sousa and oldest member of the WASH
ington Musicians Union, died yester-
Evening star., 1937-08-19
tn Mpntnriat1t.

BRAHLER. ANNA AND WILLIAM. IN low
ing remembrance OF our dear mother
ANNA BRAHLER, who died ten years
sso today August 14; 1922 and our dear
forty-nve years ago. July 3S. lS9"
THEIR DEVOTED CHILDREN I.
MADRE. ANNIE T. In loving memory of
our dear aunt and friend. ANNIE r.
MADRE who departed this life one
year ago today August 10, 1895
This day comes with sad resret
And one that We will never FORGET:
We will always cherish with love sincere
Beautiful memories Of one so dear
HER NEPHEWS. NIECE. GREAT -NIBCDe
AND FRIEND. HARRY. MURIM.
DONNELL CLEO. EVELYN AND
MRS. BERTHE JONES.
Evening star., 1937-08-19
Garn nf ThankH.

DOpSON, MARY l. We wish to thank
Rev; Rollins, members Of Florida Avenue
the Floral and A D, A. Clubs. employees
OF woodward Sc Lothrops and other
friends for their kind expressions OF
sympathy in our recent Bereavement.
THE FAMILY. 20
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Abundant Life

The triumphs of the last generation were chiefly concerned with devising new goods and services to make life easier and safer. This generations problem ap- parently is to find some way of making these devices available to people who lack the money to buy them. Nowhere has this been emphasized so strongly as in speech given before the American Pubic Health Association recently by Josephine Roche, assistant secretary of the treasury. Miss Roche revealed that there is direct and tragic relationship between the death rate and the annual income.
 Between 40,000,000 and 50,00000O Americans get along on incomes of less than $1, ,000 year, said Miss Roche. Their death rate from the 10 major diseases which cause 75 per cent of the deaths Tn the United States is twice that of the rest of the population. For seven of these ID diseases, she said, the death rate mounts steadily as the income goes down.
 The death rate from respiratory tuber- culosis, for instance, is seven times as great among unskilled laborers as among professional people, Pneumonia's death rate is 3 1-2 times as great among ur1- skilled workers as among professionals; the death rates for syphilis and diarrhea are twice as great; cancer kills at 30 per cent greater rate. Nor does 1t stop there. Illness that is not fatal but that takes man away from his job is far more com mon among the low-income group. One of 20 family heads on relief is unemployed because of physical disability; among the higher income groups, the rate is one in 250. The unemployed in general have twice the disabling illness that the er1- ployed have. WPA workers have dis abling illness rate 40 per cent above that of other employed persons.
 All of this throws into clear relief the knottiest problem of the age - how to make available to all the people the dis coveries and inventions which science has turned up for us. Medical science today is better able to keep people sound and well than ever before. It can prevent dis eases that formerly were unpreventable, 1t can cure diseases that formerly were incurable, it can perform operations previously impossible, 1t has far clearer idea of the relation of diet to good health.
 Yet all of this does little good to the man who can't afford to take advantage of this new knowledge. If doctors did not in SO many cases give their time and skill without thought of fees, the situa- ton would be far worse than 1t Is; even so, Miss Roche's figures show unnistakably the tragic connection between poverty and i'll health. Tn this field as in so many others, we are on the threshold of daz- zling new era of human happiness. We are kept out of 1t, not by lack of knoWl- edge, but simply because we can't figure out how to make the more abundant life pay It's way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Classic TactIessness

Down through history's pages we have many striking examples where man has displayed great traits. There are also on the other hand corresponding acts of cowardneSs, treachery, and the like. And in between these two extremes, we have a myriad of various other acts, which for some reason or other caused the agent or the speaker to become famous Patrick Henry is connected with famous speech made in the Virginia Legislature.
 "The Man Without a Country" is re- garded as purely fictional and it may be that the strange plight of Philip Nolan who wished never to see his native land again had no real counterpart in this life. But there are many such cases which come to light and which recall very wildly to use the famous story. Back few years in our local courts prisoner practically taunted judge who was in- posing sentence upon him. He urged the presiding justice to lengthen the term This was promptly done and the case ended, but not It's memory.
 Only week or so ago Judge George C.. Griswold of the Berlin Town Court was called to the telephone at 12:15 a. m. A voice came over the wire - T hope you drop dead". The call was successfully traced and the person who made the rash statement was arrested and later sentenced to jail. All of which only goes to prove that threats made in public, contempt of the courts do not fall on deat ears. The wise man tempers his wrath- full utterances with reason and consider ation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
John Bull Roars

John Bull, like Cousin Egbert in Rug
 gles of Red Gap" can be pushed just so far" A little more pressure, and he paws the earth and bellows. Then an- other indignity and he goes into action. It looks lately as if he is nearing the end of his patience with regard to the Mediterranean situation. After using that strategic body of water as his own freight basin and trade route for cen- tury or more, 1t enrages him when upstart 1taly-or revitalized Italy If you prefer starts using 1t as Roman lake" again, aping the Caesars and kicking the neighbors around.
 A legitimate ambition on the part of Italy, or Mussolini, ig one thing; but ignoring accepted international law, as created by treaties, and torpedolng commercial shipping of which the Ital- iarls and their Fascist neighbors disap- prove, is quite another thing. Trade routes must be kept open, If this modern civilization is not to get into a worse jam than 1t is in now. Britain's present light for freedom of the seas, about which she wasn't so keen ct a time which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

Americans well remember, is now every- body's fight.
 Britain's Bull is naturally roaring too at the way Japan has started kicking him around in the Orient. As the foreign power with most interest in China, his anger over recent indignities and losses there is easily understood. Britain doesn't want to fight, in Europe or in Asia. But British rearmament is speeding up, British pride is hurt, and British fears of economic disaster are goading her on. She may yet lead a crusade against insolent and reckless Fascism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

A system for recording the voice has been established over in New London at Connecticut College for Women, and the students by this method can hear them- selves as others hear them. Faults in speech and diction are thus demon- strated. Corrections are made and the students profit by their mistakes and faulty diction as shown up via the record ing machine. This sounds like clever method. Bad speech and diction are gen. orally noted today even in the college graduate. The mumbler is a menace, and too careful attention cannot be given 10 voice placement, talking up and out, but not necessarily shouting. pleasing and telling voice, but not penetrating, Is Q great attribute. One should exert the same care in ordinary speech, in right placement of the voice In rnodulating, and so forth, as in singing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

chauffeurs or special messengers. "May leave this for Mrs. Ro0se-. velt?" she said.
 The guard declined to take 1t. Instead, "0O right up to the door," he said.
 With increasing timidity the woman advanced further past an- other guard, climbed the steps, and went to the double doors of the White House. MlMnbling Q few words to the Negro butler, she left her gift with him, and turned away Into the darkness.
 Merry Go-R0und
 Governor William Langer of North Dakota has tho unusual habit of chewing on unlighted cigar wrapped in cellophane ... In stumping Montana to patch up his political fences, Senator Burt Wheeler has carefully avold- cd Butte, hard-boiled minor capital of the state. He was warned that If he spoke there the strong pro-New Deal miners would heekle him, 70 Wheeler has tak- on no personal chances. Instead he sent his secretary, Bailey Stortx, to make Q speech over the radio station owned in Butter by the Anaeonda Couper company, attacking Senator Murray and Representative Jerry O'Connell for supporting tho ProSldent'S Court Bill =. Introducing Secretary Harold IekeS at tho 0uterlink Bridge dedication ceremonies in Chicago, Mayor I'd Kelly pre-. sented him AS Secretary of tho Treasury. To which Iekes smil. ingly replied, q am sure there arc times when Secretary Morgen- thau wishes I was Secretary of tho Treasury"
 Copyright, ie37, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Anti-NezC England
Depending on Exports to Make Her Wheels of Industry Hum Northeastern U. s. A. Must Fight to Protect Interests
RRIpdEPORT TELEaRAM

lands management and New Ens. lands mechanics that in the face ot such obstacles they have succeeded In maintaining 50 much of tho nA. tion's industrial business,
 That New England will always be able to do 50 Is open to question She certainly cannot do 50 If tho do. liborAte handicaps which are now being put upon this section of the country by laws of Congress and rulings of tho Interstate Commerce Commission ere permitted to stand unehallenged,
 There b actually . move before Congress now to set up two frOight rates for the nation, One, c low one, on goods being moved into Now Iing- land and the other, c high one, on goods being moved out of New Eng. land. This device for crushing New England could not Do more perfeet- " designed if old Jefferson DaVIP himself were still ruling the Con. federaey, and had matched thh scheme for tho purpose Of bringing tho North to his feet.
 Speaking before tho Bridgeport Chamber Of Commerce on Monday, Norris w. Ford of Hartford, traffic manager of tho State Manufacturers association pointed out the dangOr, and the difficulties which may lle ahead. This section of tho country asks for no favors and b certainly setting none. But aS MT. Ford pointed out if these freight rate difs ferentiab become the law of tho land our industries will Do put under tremendous handieaps and our workers may Dc forced to 90 on rc- lief or move to other parts Of the country.
 And it should be noted in passing that our manufacturers arc not tho only sufferers. New England fArs inerS, Sand tho Lord knows that they got little help from the gov- eri1iheft, ,--are victims of this same system. Vegetables and fruits from far sections of tho country arc moved across tho continent at freight rates which do not pay the cost of transportation merely 50 that they may compete and If possible dlBplaeo the products Of our native farms. fs it any wonder that there arc 90 many abandoned farms for sale h New England7
 And wo might add Isn't it about time that the people In this section of the country united to assert themselves In Congress aud to got Q square deai7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Selected Poem
VERMONT IN AUTUMN

 tperley A. Gilmore, New Haven in the New Haven
 JoufnAl-Courier) Fantastic heaps of heecy clouds atop the flaming hills Adown whose rugged rocky slopes race rvuieh And gorgeous cOlorS everywhere their lovely tintS unfold A tangled charm of burnished leaves red, r,lSset, green and gold. The ivy flames along the wall ablaSe is every hedge Red Sumacks Haunt their crimson plumes above the rocky ledge About each pond and shining lake, OCT hay hill and dell, It seems as tho some magic wand has cast witching spell And giant cornStocks proudly guard whole camps of pumpkins rare, And apples. buShing ruddy red hang low in clus- terS fair, While here and there. in autumnS breeze, on hill ind pine-rimned plain, A challenge to the Winters needs, wave fields of golde grain in every snug retreat Along the wayBide'S winding course, Some flash Of beauty bursts anew, in splendor grand, replete-- Oh Winter too may have his charms, gay Spring her coors Haunt, Nor these, nor Summers dress parade, can match Autumn in Vermont
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Press Comment
THEY LIVE IN CONNECTICUT
 AND LIKE IT
(EINrtford Tlmee(


 Newspaper readers must haW been impressed In recent months by tho series of brief Items AppcNr- Ing in The Times and elsewhere In which persons of national and even international prominence have told why they liko to live in Con- neoticut.
 Those unfamiliar with tho exten. to which such persons have beGn establishing both summer and pAr+ nnanont homes In tho state must have boon aStoniShed by the great number Of thena.. s. '...l The Issuance of such StatementlL Of course, was not altogether spon- taneouS. It was inspired by the con- neetieut State Publicity comnliS- G.on, RS . part Of It's campaign to Joy before the world evidence of tho deSirability of Connecticut aS 0 place to Bpend . vacation or to live permanently,
 Certainly the comniiSsione ncoun- tered no difiiculty In finding Q long list Of persons whose names will Do significant of the prominence of many who arc establishing reBi- deneo here. 10 is equally apparent that those residents arc satisfied with their experiment of living la Connecticut, They would hardly have been willing to be quoted 70 hatter. ingly Of tho state were they diSSat. lghed.
 A uniform note ran through most of the comments, Connecticut is liked because of It's natural scenery, because of the buBincBslike way in which It's government is conducted, and because Connecticut people mind their own business ard do not annoy new coming iiotables whose chief desire is to live simply, natur- ally and to Do left alone. w
 Tho publicity commission has now taken c few Of those feeonimendR- tions and assembled them into 0 handsome booklet to b0 sent broads caHt to ali who may Do interested. The diversity of tho contributors ia wide, They range from opera singing Lily Pons. through Golfer 0ono SaFaEon, Historian Hendrick Wiileni van Loon and Orchestra Conductor Leopold Btokowski to Architect James Gamble Rogers and Faith Baldwin, writer of popular novels.
 Tho booklet, not volumjnouB to Do tiresone, although complete enough to Do convincing, iS most hands some document, printed by the modern offset process. The attracs tive illustrations present views of Connecticut scenery which should mako any who receive 1t wish to 1.-Two here It A . digninod and handsome piece Of publicity which presents Connecticut attractivoly enough t0 arouse tho pride of tho most loyal resldsnt or keensst devotee of the state ltts'NNi B 6MiN.I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

It might have been interesting to know James T. Morrow, deceased, of Glouces- ter, and known as the "whistling post- man." What a human and humorous sort of person he must have been. No- tices of his death stated that when bars of Dixie" came floating down the ave. nue, one might know that a letter from the south was indicated, or If 1t were Chopin's Funeral March, then one should be prepared for first of the month bills. By that same token suppose the Marseil- laise announced a letter from France and the Kerry Dancers one from Ireland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Neck Pain

Marlene Dietrich, the German-born film star, gets some publicity that she never expected. The anti:Jewlsh weekly, Der steuerer @ published by Julius strei, 1. actress has taken out her first American citizenship papsrs S. He says she sd mas n the @ usual racial obsession of his party, he attributes her repatriation to "her asso- citation with Hollywood film Jews"
 This is the sort of thing that alienates worthy sons and daughters of Germany, and also the sort of thing that gives a pain In the neck to millions of Americans who used to admire almost everything German.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

The New York Herald surmises editor- ially that John L. Lewis overtures to Greens A. F. of L. indicates that Presi- dent Roosevelt has suggested to the for- mer that he pull up Dit. They, the Her. aid, suggest that the presidents trip through the west and middle west has shown him what chaos" might result from the split between the two labor par ties. It remains to be seen whether or not there has been such an intervention on the presidents part.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

Those who arc interested in the future of New England industry must get cold chills eVerytime they look ct the map of tho United States. There Is New England tuck. ed away in the northeast corner Of Q nation as big as c continent. With no mineral resources, no coal, no iron, no oil, New England must still use oil of these products in vast quantities to produce industrial goods. She must first import them by freight and then, having used them, ship the finished products ou, by freight again oil over the coun. try.
 It speaks Q whole volume of praise for the success both of New Eng.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Current Comment

I always felt that I could do what any man could do.---Mrs. W. UlSh, Springfield, Ill.,, who claims she is the nations only woman tuck pointer" (Tepiaoing mortar between bricks).
 Most of ts bloueh in our speech. We are like the girls of years ago who thought the "debutante slouoh, Q c careless manner of posture and walking, indicated SfnartneSs. .---Jean- cite MoDonaid, singing movie star.
 
 QlaEior is c phonsy state of mind, hate glahiorotw people; they ans ioy me for the simple reason they are Kidding themselves and expect everyone to believe they're not.-- Gary Cooper, movie star.
 
 The Nasls are quite calm; we don't want to do anything against anybody r-Adolf Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

to raise her voice, when to lower it and when to put it out of hearing altogether The critical survey of tho show was not much in sympathy with Mir. Banks, either. '
 AS for the show, it is MT. Banks who sums it up neatly in the first act by commenting, we seem to be here without rhyme or reason, and besides we talk too much" Trouble ig, they al talk too much ir the manner of Ben Hecht. st,f1
 What Author Hecht will do after this snub is q matter of conjecture He may take it standing iip and continue to write plays for the high- iy speculative theateF. or he may shove of Co Hollywood where they appreciate him better t0 the extent oR ezeo,opu q year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

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