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Evening star., 1937-04-16
MARITIME BOARD
SWORN TO DUTIES
New Commission Will Lose
Little Time in Beginning
Big Task.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
The new Maritime Commission, con-
flrmed yesterday by the Senate, was
sworn into Office today.
1t consists of Joseph P. Kennedy,
former chairman of the Securities
Commission, who will act as chairman
of the new agency; Edward c. Moran,
jr, former Representative from Maine;
Thomas NJ Woodward and Rear
Admirals Henry A. Wiley and Emory
s. Land.
The commission indicated it would
lose little time in beginning the gigan-
tic task of setting up new subsidy
system for the American merchant
marine.
The commissioners face the task Of
scrapping the present indirect ship
ping subsidies, which take the form OF
ocean mail contracts, and substituting
direct subsidies to make up for lower
costs of foreign construction and op-
Grafton.
The new commission will flnd await
ing it an organization which has been
carrying on the functions of the old
Shipping Board since last September.
Many Of the initial problems facing
the new commission have already
been disposed of and wait only ap-
proval.
The work of adjusting about $75,-
100000 of existing ocean mail con-
tracts which automatically terminate
under the merchant marine act next
June 80 has gone forward rapidly.
Hearings have been held for a ma
jority of the shipping companies which
hold AZ contracts for carrying ocean
mail. Recommendations for adjust
ment are being prepared for the COM
missions approval.
The commission also will make 4
Evening star., 1937-04-16

skilled physicians and surgeons, serv-
ing without pay themselves, must have
made available for them for proper
diagnosis and treatment all the mod
ern aids which the well-equipped hos
pital possesses"
DR.. Willett explained that the in
ability Of the Community Chest to pay
the hospitals for all the services rem
dered to sick persons who cannot pay
for medical care left two alternatives
either refuse hospital care needed by
some sick people, or ask for more
money to pay for that care.
THE second alternative has been
chosen" he said. mo one likes an
additional appeal. 1t is being under
taken only because 1t Is better than
allowing people to suffer. Some people
fear this special appeal will lead to
the death Of the Chest. l don't think
it will, because I feel sure that it will
be the means Of helping contributors
to understand better what the hos
pitfalls do"
Says Real Emergency Exists.
An emergency 'as real as the shrek
Of the ambulance siren is here" Gar
rett said in his address, in which he
cited the fact more than 1870 900 WASH
ington men, women and children re-
ceive diagnoses, treatments, medicine
for every type Of ailment and disease
in the crowded clinics Of the nine
united voluntary hospitals where
Washington doctors contributed over
$4,000, 900 year Of time and skill"
In closing the broadcast, Drayton
said:
Your contributions, however small,
will help. Do not refuse to give be-
cause you cannot give \ great deal.
Fifty cents will cover the cost OF a
clinic or dispensary visit. Your SO
cents may be the stitch in time to
save some needy child from a real
illness"
The hospitals which have united for
this emergency appeal are Childrens,
Columbia. Emergency, Episcopal, Gar
field, Georgetown, George Washington,
Homeopathic and Providence.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

decision on bids submitted early this
month for construction Of a United
States Line Co. passenger cargo ship
to replace the Leviathan.
Only two yards submitted bids, with
the Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Co. undertaking the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. Finally, the
commission must dispose of the
Leviathan itself.
Other matters awaiting it include
action on pending construction subsidy
and construction loan applications;
Evening star., 1937-04-16

ington "by next Fall" in compliance
with orders for the transfer made at
\ convention two years ago. No
building has yet been selected here,
Bisgyer said.
Besides his work at the Community
Center, Bsgyer has been active in
Community Chest work. He was a
member Of its first Executive Commit
tee and has served as chairman of its
Evening star., 1937-04-16
Eleventh Skirt Shield.

Frau Maria Web, widow Of q Bur
genland, Germany, far mer, thanks her
life long habit Of wearing IL skirts
Tor her escape from serious injury.
She was returning from market when
attacked by a robber. Frau Web
showed her empty purse, spurred her
horse and fled. The baffled robber
fired at her. At home Frau Web
found bullet in the folds of the
eleventh skirt. 1t had penetrated
10 OF the others before spending its
force.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

philanthropic Or
ganization. Bis
eyer succeeds the
late DR.. I. M.
RubinoW.
Announcement
Of the appoint
ment was made
In Cincinnati by
Alfred M. Cohen,
president Of the
organization.
Bisgyer said to-
day the head
quarters Of the
order will be
moved from Gin
cinnati to WASH
Evening star., 1937-04-16

completion of drydocking, survey and
classification of class l and II vessels
in the reserved fleet; sale of class 3
ships for scrap; charter or sale Of 36
Government-operated vessels, and
completion Of several surveys as re-
quired by the merchant marine act of
1896.
Evening star., 1937-04-16

Committee on Character Building In
stitutions.
He also served four years as ey-
ecutiye director Of the Jewish Educa-
tional Alliance in Baltimore and two
years as executive director at the Fed
Grafton OF Jewish Agencies in Tren-
ton, N. J.
Evening star., 1937-04-16
BISGYER TO HEAD
B'NAI BIRTH GROUP
Headquarters Of International
Order to Be Moved Here
From Cincinnati.

Maurice Bisgyer, for 13 years exec
Utive director OF the Jewish Com
munity Center, yesterday wss ap-
pointed secretary Of B'nai Birth, In
ternAtional Jewish educational and
Evening star., 1937-04-16

Rearmament activity has forced an
increase in coal production in Wales.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14
AGED HAWAIIAN
 AIDE TO KINGS
Colonel Possesses More Royal Autographs Than
 U. s. Collectors

Honolulu (U,P.) Colonel Curtis Piehu Iaukea Hawaiis most decorated person, Is believed to pos- sesS more royal autographs than any other collector in the United States.
 They came to him as e result of his service in various capacities to the last Ave royal Hawaiian rulers and all are attached to official doc- uments which he received not only from Hawaiian but foreign rulers.
 To cap his career under the royal regime in the Hawaiian Islands, Ia,ika was appointed secretary of tho Territory of Hawaii by President Wilson, and thus added to his col- lection of royal autographs a few democratic ones of higher order.
 As a result of the solicitation of friends, Laukea wrote his memoirs, and then he began to discover the number and value of royal sigma tuyes that he had in his private archives. The memoirs will trace his career in the courts of Kameha- fneha V, Lunalili, Kalakaua and Queen Liliu kalani.
 faukea's life has been one of the most colorful in America. Born in 1885, he was taken from his par ents and adopted by an uncle Thi swas native custom at that time. His uncle, being q court re- tainer Of King Kamehameha ". later placed the boy In the court service where he began his long as- soclation with royalty, that was not confined purely to the islands.
 He was educated as a ward of the government of Kamehameha " and Kamehameha V. When Kalakaua came to the throne in 1874, the monarch made Iaukea head of the foreign office and war department.
 It was in this capacity that Iau- kea had charge of the royal Ha- waiian pjarty which went to Lon- don in 1887 for the jubilee of Queen Victoria.
 Previous to that, however, he toured the world as minister pleni- potentiary and envoy extraordinary for the Hawaiian monarchy. Among the mementoes of this long journey are autographed letters Of King Milan and Queen Uatalie of Serbia, the Czar and Czarina of Russia, whose coronation he attended, the King Of the Netherlands and at least a score Of other royal person. ages.
 1aukea preserved the correspond ence and archives Of his long term at court and many Of these letters with their royal signatures will ap- pear in his new book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14
Finland's World War Hero Still Holds Place In Hearts of People

in January, 1918, he and his irn- provised soldiers gradually fought their way south, gaining adherents as they went.
 In the meantime, a provisional White cabinet had asked the Ger mans to send troops to fight the Reds. The Germans not only sent men under General von der Golz, but toyed with the idea of making Finland a kingdom, with Prince Friedrich Karl, a kinsmar of Wal ser Wilhelm, as king. Mannerheim bitterly resented asking Germany for help and also hated the idea of puppet German Kingdom.
 Beaten in Election
 Tn May, 1919, at the head of his victorious troops, he marched in- to HelsingforS, the capital. He got the allied nations to acknowledge Finland's independence and also induced them to help feed the war-torn country. For time he acted as egent, but retired when M. Stahlberg beat him in the first presidential contest.
 The country whose national en- tity he did so much to re-estab- fish has two peculiar claims upon American interest.
 1. Tn 1919, like the United States, Finland became prohibition coun- try. Again, like the United States, 1t repealed prohibition.
 2. Alone of all countries which dipped into the United States treasury during and right after the war, Finland is the only one which has honorably and fully paid back every installment of It's debt when and a3 1t became due.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14
Brain TWizzIers by rr0t ! D. Flint

The Professor has always said that figures will fool you if you aren't careful. Oh! Boy! int it the truth?
 As a matter of fact, young friend of the Professors was called into his employers office the other day and notified that the employer had intended giving him a commis- sion on a large sale which he had made but instead had decided to di- vide his salary by one-half. The young fellow felt rightfully indig- nant, knowing that he had done good work, and protested that his salary was only twenty dollars a week anyway and that he couldn't get along on ten. The employer said, "Oh, there's a misunderstand- ing" The young fellow held a half- dollar in his hand and looked pug Eled. He mumbled. Half dollar divided by one-half is twenty-five Dsnts, half a dollar divided by two Is
 twenty-five cents. Very funny-oh,
 sect" What did he discover9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14

their own kind of George Washing ton, founder of their modern state and their complete independence, So much so that last June, when he at- tained three score and ten, they made his birthday a national holi- day and issued special postage stamps commemorating the oc- casion. And oddly enough, al- though he has always denied any pro- Germanism, Hitler, Goering and Won Blomberg, among Nazi brass hats, sent him warm telegrams of congratulations.
 Served In Russian Army
 Mannerheim comes from an old nobiliary family of Finland, his an- cestors, like so many Films, being partly Swedish. His native land, swallowed up by C2arist Russia, still retained a semblance of semi"inde- pendence and autonomy as a grandy duchy.
 A young noble, Mannerheim went to the correct Russian military schools and naturally went Into the EtuSSihli dkHlJ AOt " SdASSk' 1Ai tiiS Russo Japanese war he served In Manchuria during all the months when Russians were being beaten in gigantic battles like that of Mukden. From 1906 to 1860 he was engaged on a special secret mission for Russia in China and Central Asia.
 By the time the World war broke out, he was a general of cavalry and commanded Russian forces ia Gallcia and Bessarabla. When the first Russian revolution under Kerensky broke out, he made his way back to Finland. Later when Lenin and Trot2ky overthrow Ker- ensky and set Up the Bolshevik gov- ernment, Finland became a battle field. Russian troops and French Reds dominated the country.
 Gathered Own Army
 Mannerheim went to the north of Finland, where he gathered to- gether a small, but sturdy band of Finnish peasants and timber hewers. Starting In this small way
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14
BL MILTON BRoNNER

NEA CcEVlCe StaH NVEEespOnueut
 London, Aug. l4.--In world that is anxiously fearing second world war, Baron Carl Gustav Manner helm of Finland stands out with General Pershing as about the only considerable figure of the last World war who is not dead physically, po- ltically or in mems esteem.
 America turned down Woodrow Wilson, its president, when he want cd the United States to enter the League of Nations--his own creation --and he died a disappointed man.
 The French National Assembly refused to elect to the presidency its greatest premier its Father Vic- tory" Georges Clemenceau, and he died an embittered man.
 The Tory majority in khaki house of commons turned Lloyd George out of the premiership and the great wartime prime minister of Britain is today a sort of uneasy ghost in the parliament which he once dominated.
 Mannerheim in Comeback
 Mannerheim was licked when he wanted to be president of Fin- land in 1919, but he has made a great comeback. At 70 he is still president of the National Council of Defense. He Is still the man his country sends on special missions like attendance upon the funeral of the late King George V of Eng land.
 He is still the man the majority of his fellow citizens consider as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14

E,NDEAvoRiNG to avoid the A dreaded Guinea calms as he sailed for India, one Pedro AL varez Cabral was drawn into the strong Brazilian current. On Eas- ter, the year 1500, he entered a bay along the coast and forthwith took possession of the land in the name of the King of Portugal. So the history of Brazil began.
 Supposing that he had reached the further side of India, Cabral dispatched boat back to Lisbon with the news. Subsequently vast areas of the new territory were divided into colonization tracts and passed out to court favorites or nobles. But the settlement scheme failed.
 With the discovery of gold in 1891 and diamonds some years later, Brazil took on a new life.
 Then in 1907 Napoleon's troops invaded Portugal, forcing the royal family to flee to Brazil. On that event the country's future turned. Thousands followed the royal family to the new land and took root. The result was that eventually Portugal decided to rec establish the South American Kingdom 1t had once abandoned. To prevent this, the Brazilians re- volted. And in 1922, at the end of bitter struggles, Brazil pro- claimed its independence. Not un- til 1925, however, did Portuguese troops finally withdraw and the crown recognize the declaration. The stamp below was issued in 1922 on the centenary of Brazil's independence. It pictures Presi- dant Pessoa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14

Copyright. 1887. EEA Service, lnc)
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-14
Answer To Yesterdays TwizuIer

na hen and a half lays an egg asad A half in a day and a half. then six hens lay twenty-eight eggs in seven days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
STUBBORN BUNKER HILL FIRE ENDED
Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land Give
 Smokeaters Battle

Working at intermittent periods between 10:10 yesterday morning firemen from engine company 8, engine 10, and the auxiliary engine from headquarters succeeded in ovehcoming a stubborn brush fire which extended over an area of more than 250 acres in the area between Delaware avenue and Clough road, in the unker Hill sec ton.
 Even this morning the area was smouldering but fire officials were satisfied that the danger of the blaze was past and recalled all fire companies.
 Seriously hampered by the lack of
 awater supply in the district, the firemen worked feverishly with hand pumps and 5-gallon supply tanks. Although the smaller trees and underbrush were almost coI1n- pletely destroyed within the tract of 250 acres the larger trees were apparently not greatly harmed.
 Several houses in the vicinity were threatened. A steady stream of traf- fic poured into the district as per- sons were attracted by the reflection of the blaze in the sky.
 Fifteen acres of brush land in Prospect was also completely burned yesterday. The Prospect fire crew, augmented by crews from Nauga- tuck, and the eco from Camp Ro- berts, Thomaston controlled the blaze after several hours. Another blaze in Watertown held the atten- tion of numerous volunteers for a steady period yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05

while the compromise seekers
 have nowhere to go.
 Administration House and Senate leaders are not enjoying the Roose- welt vacation. Congress has almost nothing to do and, at such times, the devil provides work for idle con- gressional hands which often takes the form of crackpot schemes that cost billion dollars or more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05

Waterville, May 5. - Court Welch, No. 84, Foresters of America, will hold meeting tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, at Foresters' hall, 59 Hanover street. The Membership Drive Committee, composed of Will liam Dunlavey, David Grenier, Will liam Smith, Arnold Keith, Walter Clark, Ronald Keith, Robert Wright, and Treply Tardy, is making plans for large class initiation to be held in June, at the Hotel Commodore, New York City. The united courts of Foresters, of Waterbury, are ex- erting all efforts to make this class initiation, which will be held before the convention, 8 very large one.
 Members of the Ladies Aid So- ciety of the Grace Methodist church attended the group meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church ln Thomaston yesterday afternoon.
 A very interesting program was presented, which included 8 solo by Mrs. Stern of Thomaston, ac- companied by Mrs. Sparks, also of Thomaston, then sketch was pre- sented by members of the Torring- ton Ladies Aid Society.
 Rev. John c. Walker, pastor ot the Second Congregational Church of Waterbury was the guest speaker of the afternoon and he spoke on "Edinburgh College of Scotland' and Cambridge College of England. His address was most interesting and he told of his attendance at each college.
 A luncheon was served and the groups attending included members from St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church and the West Side Hill Methodist church of Waterbury, the Grace Methodist church Of Waterville, the Torrington Methodist church and the Pleasant Valley group from Winsted.
 The members of the local group who attended were: Mrs. Arthur Twelves, Mrs. Chester Brickett, Mrs Frank Wilson, Mrs. Neil Bradley Mrs. H. Newell, Mrs. Edward Wight man, Mrs. George Hornbecker, Mrs John Kolen Brander, Mrs. Allen Fairhurst, Mrs. George Benham Mrs. Charles Greene, Mrs. Joseph Caron, Mrs. Lester Niven, Miss Edith Taylor, Mrs. Mary McNamara, and Mrs. Eva Kott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05

everyone Is worried about price tn- fiation threats and budget problems. The economy issue is up in big way. Across the park from the White House the U. s. Chamber Of Commerce orators again thunder at the New Deal.
 So what2 So MT. Roosevelt is playing with the fishes out on the Gulf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
BEHIND THE SCENES IN WASHINGTON - It's ROOSevelt'S Sense Of Strategy That Sends Him Fishing Right Now
Leaves Congress to Stew in Own Juice While lie Escapes ImpOrtunings on Court Plan Compromise
By RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington, May 5-Few men in Franklin D. Roose- velts position would have gone merry off on two-week fishing trip
 It takes peculiar mental and psychological makeup and unusual mpervousness to worry This fishing trip is of piece with the gay seondent air the president has persstently exhibited since March A. 1885, His critics call it "irresponsbilty Call it what you like, Roosevet-asde likes vacatong fishing and sainghas him position will strengthened rather than weakened if he allows Congress- to juices.
 life the Court its critical dangerously rebelos than before of the centy other big hang the ball. The whole administration sidetracked Nearly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
TO MEET
 IN ELM CITY SOON

Mrs. Henry Preusser presided at a session of the local w. c. T. U. yes- terday afternoon at the First Meth odist church in the absence of Mrs. Stephen Walters, at which time plans were discussed for attending the coming state convention in New Haven May IS. Mrs. Raymond Adams led the deyotions at yester- days meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05

The annual communion break fast of the Holy Name society of the Church of the Blessed Sacra- ment will take place as usual on Mothers Day, Sunday, May g. Every member of the parish is ex- pected to receive communion at the 7:30 a. m. mass and then pro- ceed to the parish house for the breakfast.
 George Grady, of the faculty of Wilby high school will be princi- pal speaker at the breakfast. Other speakers will include Rev. Edward Morrison, pastor, Rev. Francis Barrett and Rev. Joseph Murphy, who as honorary chair men of the arrangements commit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
From White House

Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed ward F. McGrady's suggestion that the U. s. Chamber of Commerce not push its demand for a revision of the National Labor Relations Act in favor of industry "until we get a little experience with the new dis pensation," was to all intents and purposes an announcement from the White House.
 What McGrady implied-with Roosevelt's full backing-was that the administration had no inten- tion now of needing such demands from industrial groups which had defied and paralyzed the act right up to the time the Supreme Court surprised them by upholding its validity. He reflected, it can be said, a White House viewpoint that the chief effect of the Wag- ner Connery act was to achieve balance in a situation previously unfairly weighted against labor, and that the act represents no serious 0verbalance now on labor's side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
Court Welch Plans
 Initiation In June
Republication of Foresters Degree to Be Held Prior
 to Supreme Council Convention in New York
WATERVILLE Mrs. R. w. Henion-17s6 Thomaston Ave.-TeL 3-5462

honor of her niece, Dorothy Beebe of Cooke street whose marriage to William Simpson will take place in June. Many lovely gifts were re- ceived by Miss Beebe and pretty table decorations made the house look very festive. Those who att tended were Mrs. William Hanegsr, Mrs. Arthur Weir, Mrs. Arthur Weir, Jr., Mrs. William Hornbecker, Mrs. Charles Hornbecker, Mrs. Arthur Hornbecker, Mrs. William Laird, Mrs. Walter Beebe, Mrs. William Simpson, Mrs. Roland Beebe, Mrs. John Hornbecker, Mrs. Edward Marti, Mrs. Edward Zaugg and Eleanor and Peggy Zaugg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
GRADUATE NURSES
 TO ELECT IN JUNE

Eleven members of the Waterbury Graduate Nurses club attended 8 monthly meeting last night at which plans were made for the an- nual meeting and election, June 1, at the club rooms, Ill West Main street. Miss Ada Treat will be chairman of the nominating conn., mittee and Miss Elizabeth Somers and Miss Nellie Strong will be in charge of the supper to be served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-05
Just by Saying No

Congressman Clifford of Massachusetts, addressing the House: This economy wave how 1t hurts now! I want to tell you how to make your selves feel better and look bet ter. Still insist on your own particular desire for expendi- lures and say no to all the rest. I will remind you of the girl who, when he said to her, How did you get that pretty little round mouth?' replied, Oh, that was by saying mo" to all the other boys.'"