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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

with the President, and in thor
eugh sympathy with Cordell Hull's
low tariff policies, O'Brien can
stay on IL he wants to. But his
term expires in December, and he
may resign before.
Grady, now In charge Of me-
gOtiating Hulrs reciprocity
, treaties, will replace the late
Commissioner Page, will become
chairman II and when O'Bricn
resigns.
Grady spent several years as
one Of Mr.. Hoovers bright young
men In the Commerce Departs
ment, but Is a Democrat.
Mail Bag
Il. C. M, 81. Louis France Is
not the leading country in supply
ing still wines to the United States.
During the past three months we
have taken more wine from italy
than from France. Spain Is q .
close third. This does not include
CuAupaBLlGs Ds Ms EA.t WAekH-
phis, Tenn. Congressman T.
Overton Brooks OF Louisiana Is
nephew Of Senator Overton OF
Louisiana. r. L., Washing
ton-When the Senate recesses,
the flag over the Senate wing Is
left flying. 1t Is hauled down only
when the Senate has adjourned
r. N. r., Rochester, N. r.
The price paid by the President
for the small trees he Is planting
at Hyde Park was S. thousand
The cost Of 10000 trees was $3.50
They are "three-year-old trans
plants"
Copyright. 1887. by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

. A. Thirty-six states had enact
ed unemployment compensation
lews as of February, 4, 1887, COW
erinL approximately 17,s4s,0oo wage
earners.
@. How many American soldiers
were treated for venereal diseases
during the World war?
A. The surgeon generals records
show $4,000 In the army.
@. What ruler was crowned king
7, fore he was born?
!. Sapor II OF the sassanid
dynasty, who ruled Persia from $40
to 28i A. d.
@. What commemorative half
dollars were minted by the United
ST. In the calendar year 1885?
A. Albany, ". y: Arkansas Gen.
tent !; Bay Bridge-San Francisco
Oakland; California Pacific Ex-
re- 'ition; Bridgeport CENTENNIAL;
Cincinnati Musical Center: Cleve-
land Centennial: Columbia, 8. O.:
Daniel Boone: Elgin Centennial:
Lone Island, N. Y: Lynchburg, We:
Oregon Trail: Providence, r. T.;
Texas Centennial: Wisconsin Gen.
tenial; York County. Maine.
IL you want o copy Of our book
lie. in vegetable Gardens" write
Tho Waterbury Democrats wash
In, ton Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth
Street. Northwest, Washington, D..
c; Enclose 4 cents I'm postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

It Is somehow comforting, in this
swiftly moving gasoline generation,
when not only highways but radio
airways are crowded with cars, to
find q more leisurely mode OF trans
portation persisting.
Commenting on progress for the
past year, Herman Hoffman Of
Huntingburg, Indiana, head of q
concern which for sixty three years
has been specializing in the manu-
facture OF buggies, with a side line
of wagons, reported that his plant
produced 10000 units in 1886. with
a marked increase In volume indi-
Gated for the present year. To
those who peer beneath the surface
OF affairs and are appreciative OF
the party played by the buggy IN
the upbuilding OF the nation, carry
Ing home-steaders to their homes,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

In the death of John Kelly, for
more than O quarter century bsis-
mess manager OF the Catholic
Transcript. Hartford loses . citizen
0f the highest prohlty.
As O Sewgpaperman In New Bri.
tain and this city Mr.. Kelly gained
the esteem Of all with whom he
came In contact. Az . lagmasl IA
the service of his church he earned
respect and admiration, particularly
In his work for halt d century iis
The cmsife "a temperance.
nv. Kell: II passing leaves f0r the
Transcript and Hartford q mast re-
wFetfetla Nnnanaw.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15
Selected Poem
JOHN THE BAPTIST. TO MARY

Lois Nichols Bare in the New York Times)
My Cousin Mary. / am sending now
A friend with messages from this my cell.
Imprisoned, /. for vile Herodias' sake
Whose sim condemned, has caused her spleen To
swell
That now she plots my DEATH and will achieve
] have not kept acquainted how you fare:
/ think you came not out 10 hear me preach;
No matter, did but the way prepare
For the Messiah. whom have baptized.
Although he had no sin nor might repent,
He babe me do u for "all righteousness"
did his viii before whom was sent.
looked 10 have much teaching from his lips,
know not how he heals the Sick nor why,
tbs not al ! fofethonght. but He IL Christ,
For whose sake have lived. for whom die
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15


these test qmestlonS7 Turn 70
last page Cor che answers.
1. what ~ the abbgeyiation for
the degree Doctor Of Philosophy
2. IN chemistry, what Is dehydra-
tion9
3. what IL the singular form Of
the word data?
/. m what year did the American
Civil War end9
8. Give the real name for the
writer who used tbs pen.iaanse
"Elia.v
.. what n d aebndeFs
7. Can the United states govern
nlent be slsed IN cases involving
contracts and cIaiui62
9. WHO was Willens I50elofs9
3. Malne the e0n1uoseg 0g 'stsslil~
aaFiaia RlaasM0diea.*
10. What u the atste flower ef
NnfHiss6kvs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

The governor of Florida says he's going
to stop gambling. Wouldn't that be UNI
ethical on the Gold Coast?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

We are a kindly and tolerant people
and eventually we'll get around to provid-
ing rocking chairs for The sit-down
strikers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15
aad ROnERT . ALIEN
~ DREW PEARSON

Washington March 15.-Members Of the Roosevelt
family have never-failing capacity for embarrassing
their relative in the White House Son Elliott Roosevelt
was none too careful in tying up with aplane companies
favnra from his father
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15
In New York
by GEORGE ROSS

NEW xOEkp MhTCn AU-cUAWASo va
Folk You Know: John Golden has
second cousin relationship with
Shakespeare; the bard was afraid
of cats---the producer is afraid Of
dogs.
irving Berlin never eats the crust
of bread, only the inside.
Kitty Carlisle rehearses oil her
roles In the bathtub.
Paul Whiteman uses baby talk to
his wife.
w. @. Fields perfumes his bath
with pine needles.
Marguerite Churchill has q pic
turc OF her husband, George
o'Brien, sewn inside every new coat
she buys.
Richard Bennett sleeps In q green
smock.
Arthur Murray always takes bis
shoes off In theaters and restaur-
ants.
Rudy Vallce carries three tooth
brushes around with him.,
Lillian Gish sleeps with cotton In
her ears.
George White carries . bottle Of
petroleum oil with him, which he
alternates between drinking and
rubbing on his hair.
Beatrice Lille sleeps with herr
socks on and keeps three pillows
under her head.
No matter where she Is, Lillian
Emerson always gets an urge to eat
at two o'clock In the morning.
When Kelcey Allen wants to talk
to someone on the phone he sends
a postcard asking the person to
call him.
Sam r. Harris eats chop suey
only on days when 1t rains.
Dorothy Gish calls the clubs on
cards "clovers."
Lynn Fontanne hates to get dried
after a bath.
A. II. Woods Is afraid Of the dark
and always sleeps with the lights
on In his room.
Harpo Marx calls every woman he
meets Mrs. Benson"
Cereal story
When Eva LeGallienne goes 10
the theater, she insists on sitting
In the first row.
George Jean Nathan shampoos
his hair every morning.
George sGershwin eats q plate Of
dry cereal every night before going
TO bed.
Ed Wynn's favorite diversion Is
looking In shop-windows
Molly Picon serves tea to visitors
backstage.
Ethel Norman keeps books, re-
cording every expenditure, Just as
she did when she was a secretary.
Maurice Evans goes out to eat
with the walk-ons.
Bert Lahr Is a chain smoker,
smoking one cigarette after anoth-
er.
James Barton supports q sandlot
baseball team.
Dead Against Dying
Moss Hart spends fortunes hav-
ing himself psycho-analyzed.
Jim Tully can't tolerate the
thought that some day he won't be
alive.
Tallulah Bankhead reads her for
tune by the cards a dozen times O
day.
Alfred Hitchcock always breaks
the cup after he has finished his
coffee.
George Ross goes around polEing
his ,a0se into 0fher ne0nle,a affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, 1--WE are going to
take In b show; say, Ego
ing to o show"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-15
Dead Against Dying


Can you answer seven Of
these test questiens7 Turn 10
last page s0r Glae answers.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
AIR STEWARDESS
IS FOUND DEAD
Hotel Room Is Forced Open
When Sign Is Unmoved.
Autopsy Ordered.

Ey the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. September 1.-THE
body of Miss Cecilia Gilligan, as,
chief stewardess of Western Air Ex-
press, was found today in her room
at the Hollywood Plaza Hotel. where
she registered early Friday as Patricia
Mcclure.
Police inclined to the belief that
she died of natural causes, probably
heart attack, but an autopsy was
ordered for Monday morning.
Detective Lieut.. Jack Swight said
preliminary examination of the body
and room disclosed no evidence that
Miss Gilligan had been slain or ended
her own life.
Soon after Miss Gilligan arrived
with an overnight bag she placed a
DO Not Disturb" sign on her door.
Today, because the sign still re-
manned, the management ordered a
bell boy to force his way in.
He found the body, clad in shorts.
A year ago Miss Gilligan's name
was linked romantically with Lerot
King of Cedar Rapids, "Iowa's most
eligible bachelor" whom she met as
he was flying here to be the guest of
Mae West. after winning a ego West,
young man. contest.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
By the Associated Press.

GENEVA, September 1.-Two
members of the foreign staff of the
Associated Press formed a relay team
today to report the nine-nation con-
ference on Mediterranean piracy"
The anchor man on the team was
Joseph E. Sharkey, 60-year-old dean
OF the Associated Press foreign serv-
ice men and veteran Of many out
standing meetings of statesmen
around the globe. His teammate was
Charles H. Guptill of the Rome Bu-
reau.
They made alternate 50-yard
dashes from the conference hall to
temporary press headquarters to dis
patch the news to Associated Press
member papers.
When they were not running, they
were busy buttonholing delegates
leaving the hall in the little town
OF Nyon, IL miles from here, to as
certain the progress OF the secret
sessions.
BY means Of their relay racing
they were able to keep the scene con-
tinually covered so that no develop
ment took place without one Of them
being on the spot.
ShArkey. who has BEEN With the
Associated Press for 80 years, has
Evening star., 1937-09-12
State Fair Prizes
Fail to Fi1 Value
OfSponkin Baby
Girl Who WOn ESCAPES
Corporal Punishment,
but Boy Doesn't.
BY the Associated Press.

by tilt ASSoCidteQ FTeSS.
DES MONIES, September H.
Mothers who sought a spanking
standard" in the methods used on
Iowa State Fair champion babies to-
day found themselves between the
same two old fires.
TO spank or not to spank" was a
dilemma still without an answer.
Il would be ashamed to admit I
could not reason with Judy. I never
have spanked her" declared Mrs.
K. @. Barrett of Des Moines. She is
the mother of Judith, 2l5 years old,
winner of the State Fair baby girl
health title.
On the other hand, Donald Abram,
also 2h, is enrolled in the old
fashioned school He gets padded.
Spanking is the only thing that
will really work." Irwin Abram,
Donalds father said. Psychology
may be all right in some cases, but
there is place for retribution in the
form of a big stick"
Donald won the boys health cham
pionship at the fair.
Abram heads the discipline depart
ment in the home. He has not one
problem Donald's size but two.
Donald's brother David contributed a
substantial share to the State Fair
twin health title won by the boys.
The examining doctors did not add
much to the research as to which
Is the best way to raise a child.
Both systems apparently work Ill
right" they said.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
STRANGERS GET S18O

Up from Reedsville, N. c., yesterday
came Roma H. Stradler, 30, with $3.50
and an abiding faith in human nature
to see the sights in Washington.
Two affable strangers met Stradler
near the Columbus statue in front Of
Union Station and suggested matching
pennies.
Stradler told police last night he was
preparing to return to Reedsville with
his faith in human nature badly
shaken and his $3.50 entirely gone.
Police promised to search for the
strangers and Stradler's funds.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
3 DAMAGE SUITS
ASK FOR $4,000
Largest, Seeking $4,000,
Is Filed by Man and Wife
After Auto Crash.

Three damage suits seeking a total
of 100000 were filed in United States
District Court yesterday.
In one, Gilbert r. Arnold, of Nc
Lean, Va, and his wife, Mrs. Pauline
r. Arnold, asked $4,000 for injuries
suffered when their automobile collided
June IL near Chantilly, Va, with a
car occupied by four young girls Just
graduated from the Foxcroft School,
According to the suit, filed by At
torney Dorsey K. Offutt, the car was
driven by Miss Agnes L. Dana,
daughter of Charles v. Dana, who is
now staying at the Mayflower Hotel.
The other girls were Constance Shep-
ard, of st. Paul, Mimi; Alice whitney.
daughter of Richard Whitney, New
York City, and Caroline Metcalf. of
Providence, r. 1.
Misses Shepard and Whitney were
treated at Emergency Hospital, while
Mrs. Arnold is still confined to George
town Hospital.
A suit for $4,000 was filed by
Dorothy Saunders, 43 R street north
east, who told the court through At
torney William A. Gallagher that she
was injured September II, 1884. while
entering the store of the G. C. Murphy
Co., 1914 G street, through what she
described as faulty door.
Through Attorney Rudolph Yeat-
man, Miss Doris v. Lemley, 24O2
Pennsylvania avenue, asked $40 dam
ages of the Capital Transit Co. for in
Juries allegedly received when her
automobile was struck by street car
at Twenty-fourth street and Penn
sylvania avenue.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
new JERSEY GIRL
IS MISS AMERICA
DimpIe-F aced Blond Sobs
Happily at Decision as
1000 Cheer.
BY the Associated Press.

- 49, ~-N@ONf~sN a
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., September
11.-Her eyes filled with tears of hap
piness, l7-year-old Bette Cooper of
Hackettstown, N. j., dimple- faced.
platinum-haired blond, tonight was
crowned by King Neptune as Miss
America, 1887"
Seven thousand persons, jamming
an auditorium half mile out over
the Atlantic Ocean, thundered ap-
plause when dozen judges, after
much indecision, sifted 40 beauties
from all sections of the United States
to choose the winner of the national
beauty pageant.
Il don't know what to say-I'm so
happy" sobbed Miss Bertrand Island"
as three dozen photographers rushed
up, filling the stage with the flashes
OF photo bulbs for half an hour.
Many Pictures Taken.
They took pictures of Miss
America" from numerous angles, while
runners-up, Miss Texas" slender
Alice limerick of Fort Worth. and
Miss North Carolina" baby-faced
Ruth Covington of Charlotte. waited
their turn and answered questions
Asked Miss America, 1886" Rose
Veronica Coyle of Philadelphia:
Where is Bertrand Island?"
Ana the answer was, I'm a lake
somewhere up around Lake Hopat-
cong"
Judges were more than three hours
reaching their decision. First they an
nounced that by previous observation
they had reduced the number to 16
girls, and after watching the girls
parade in evening gowns and bathing
suits and listening to them sing and
dance further reduced them to five,
Miss Bertrand Island, Miss Texas, Miss
North Carolina, Miss Miami and Miss
California.
Ten minutes later they eliminated
two blonds. the Misses Miami and Cali
fornia. The latter had been big
favorite to win the title.
Singing Aids Beauty.
Miss North Carolina was a dark
horse" SO far as the crowds were con-
cerned. Casual observers had not ex-
pected her to reach the top rung, but
her expert singing of hot-cha numbers
as we'll as tap dancing put her across
Said she:
Il was the most surprised person Of
all. My mother and father are tickled
to death. 1 want to be a movie
actress if I can. Guess I'll have to
get to Broadway first. though"
Said Miss Texas, whose hobby is in
terror decoration, and whose father is
Fort Worth lawyer:
"I'd like to be a dramatic actress.
80 No. I've never seen Broadway, but
I'll see it tomorrow. Aunt Irene is
going to take me. The ocean? I
think it's swell. I'd like to jump in it
sometime"
But nobody could get close enough
to Miss Bertrand Island to ask her
anything. The photographers had her
cornered. They took pictures of her
mother and her father and her little
brother kissing her. They took 40 pic
lures of King Neptune, an old man
dressed up in silken robe and long
white whiskers, putting the crown
upon her golden-haired head.
Miss America is feet 6la inches
tall; weight, 100 pounds; neck, 1914
inches; bust, 80 inches; waist, 26;
hips, 36; thigh, 20; calf, 10; ankle,
812; upper arm, 10; lower arm, 8, and
wrist, inches Her eyes are blue and
her complexion fair.
Her hobby is athletics and her IA
vorite sport is basket ball.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
T'co-Mon A.P Relay Team
Reports Piracy Talk Results

been on the foreign staff for 80 years.
He is an authority on foreign af-
fairs.
He has been chief of the Paris,
Toxic and Geneva bureaus and has
covered important assignments
around the world.
After reporting postwar develop
ments in Siberia, China and the
philippines, he was called to Wash
ington in 1921 to cover the disarma-
ment conference.
In following months he was as
signed to international conferences
at Genoa, The Hague, Lausanne and
Locarno.
He reported the Irish Rebellion,
the Greek Revolution ana the three
power naval conference at Geneva
Guptill, who has been two wears
in Rome, has been applying to his
work his specialized knowledge of
history and government and the ex-
perience gained when he made a
trip around the world with the Bates
College debating team during May
November, 1923.
Coming to the foreign service
from the Portland, Me, bureau. he
WAS seasoned on the Associated Press
cable desk In New York before being
sent to Roma.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BROOKLYN EAGLE UNIT
OF GUILD MAY STRIKE
Representative Assembly of New
York Votes Authority to
Papers Chapter.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
representative assembly of the New
York Newspaper Guild announced to-
day it had voted authority for a strike
of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle unit of
the American Newspaper Guild.
The vote was taken at a special
meeting of the assembly called at the
request Of the Eagle unit, the an
nouncement said A committee of 10,
including IA members of the Eagle
unit, was empowered to call and con-
duct strike.
The assembly vote was the first au-
thorizing strike of a large New York
daily newspaper since the organization
Of the guild. The guild announcement
said the vote followed collapse of nego-
tiations between the guild and the
Brooklyn Eagles management for a
contract.
M. Preston Goodfellow, publisher Of
the Eagle. declined to comment on the
guild action.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
TRAWLER SENDS S 0S|
FROM NOVA SCOTIA
Steamer Reported Going to Aid
of Canadian Boat Aground
in Gale.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
Canadian steam trawler Lemberg
radioed at 1144 pm. tE. S. T.) to-
night that she was aground off the
east bar of Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
Stations of the Radiomarine and
Mackay Radio, which picked up the
S o S signal from the vessel re-
ported a gale blowing off Cape Sable,
with the sea dangerously rough.
The Bull Line steamer De Lisle, re-
ported in the vicinity of the Lemberg,
was going to her assistance, radio
messages picked up by the stations
here indicated
The Lemberg, vessel 130 feet long
with a displacement of $50 tons, is
out of Halifax
The Camperdown. Nova Scotia, ra-
dio station. first picked up an I'M
identified appeal for aid, and requested
all other stations to remain silent
while it sought to identify the position
and name of the caller.
Sable Island, a small area of land
jutting up out Of the Atlantic fishing
banks more than $50 miles east of
Halifax has little or no protection
from storms.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
GOVERNORS OPEN
SESSION TUESDAY
viii Discuss States Rights
at Atlantic City-PIan
White House Visit.
By the Associated Press.


TRENTON, N. j., September Ii
A score or more of Governors will
meet at Atlantic City next week, dis
cuss States rights versus Federal
authority, then go TO Washington for
luncheon with President Roosevelt.
While no agenda has been an
nounced for the meeting at the White
House. the program for the three-day
Governors Conference includes half a
day of addresses on State-Federal
topics and round table discussion
on any subject affected by the rela-
tionship. The program was announced
at Gov Hoffman's Office today.
With Gov. Lloyd G. Stark of Mis-
souri, presiding over the States rights
session. Gov. Clyde r. Hoey of North
Carolina is scheduled to tell of "the
increasing scope Of Federal authority;
Gov. Olin d. Johnston. South Caro-
lima, to discuss Should States Sur
render Authority to Federal Govern
ment in Conduct of .Schools?" and
Gov. r. c. McMullen, Delaware, to
describe the obligation of the States
in Relief and Unemployment" All
are Democrats.
The session will be held Tuesday
afternoon, following an address by
Gov. Roy L. Cochran of Nebraska on
that States unicameral Legislature
and a discussion by Gov. Herbert II.
Lehman, New York. on conflicts
among State and Federal taxes.
Wednesdays sessions will be devoted
to interstate cooperation with par
ticular emphasis on flood control and
crime prevention.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Storms Flood Highways.

ARTESIA, N. Mex, September IL
P).-Thunderstorms flooded high
ways, drowned one man, sent walls
OF water down normally dry arroyos
and did minor property damage in
southeastern New Mexico today.
Harry H. Slaughter, 81, Seagraves,
Tex, drowned when trapped in his
automobile in an arroyo so miles
west OF here. His brother, John, who
escaped, said an 8-foot wall of water
struck them.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
K|DNAP SUSPECT
d TOFACE HEARING
Derrick, Ex-Convict, Sought
Six Days, Arraigned at
Johnson City, N. Y.
By the Associated Press.


JOHNSON CITY, N. Y, September
1l.-Clyde Derrick, termed a dan
gerous man" by police who sought him
widely for six days, but who surren-
dered without the firing of a shot,
was arraigned here late today on
charge of kidnapping two johnson City
policemen.
Hearing was set for next Friday and
the 29-year-old ex-convict was or
dered held in the Broome County Jail
at nearby Binghamton.
Derrick's six-day will O. the wisp"
existence begun last Sunday, when he
allegedly forced the policemen who
halted him for questioning to speed
him away from johnson City in a
police motor car, had an abrupt end
ing this morning at Rome, N. Y.
Joseph O'Mara walked into an all
night restaurant and asked Policeman
Joseph Belius if he would like to
shoot 1t out with Derrick"
After O'Mara explained that Der
rick, native of Rome, had presented
himself at OMara's home a few hours
earlier and forced him at the point of
gun to provide food and shelter.
Officer Belius called for assistance.
Led by Chief of Police Joseph T.
Owens, officers surrounded a house
to which OMara said he had directed
Derrick.
I'VE covered him with three ma
chine guns and several rifles and told
him to come out with his hands I'D"
Owens explained later. He came
out, meek as a lamb, and we locked
him up"
Chief Owens said the fugitive was
armed with three revolvers, two of
which had been taken from Patrick
cunningham and Harry Petit, the
johnson City officers he is accused of
Kidnapping. The officers were released
after being held for IL hours. near
C1ncinnatus, N. Y.