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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
FRATERNAL NEWS

Collins. Mrs. Joseph Cavanaugh, Mrs. Duffy. Mrs. L. Tarmovcih, Miss LOttie Tarmovich, Mrs. Olive HicOck, Miss Eleanor Devereaux, Miss Kay Heflernan, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. Sue Drufa, Miss Inez Kelly, Miss Jane Casey. Mrs. Amanda McGovern, Miss Mildred McGovern, Mrs. Elizabeth Savage, Miss Genevieve Guilford and Mrs. Anna DriScOll. ... ... ... ...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
INSPECTION LANE
 TOoPEN APRIL l9
Motor Vehicle T e s Is to Continue Here Until :.
 June l7th
CHESHIRE NEWS Hubert Rigney
 Cheshire Phone 334

Cheshire, April 9-Inspection of motor vehicles will commence April 19 in Waterbury and close July 24. The motor inspection lane will open May and continue to June IT. Those who have experienced the inconvenience attended with waiting until the latter part of the inspec- tion period will get there as soon as possible, and have 1t over with for the time.
 At times last summer when 1t was very warm, a long line of cars ex- tended from Pine and Johnson streets down Willow to West Main to Thomaston avenue to the inspec- ton lane and those who were at the tail end of the line may remem- Der the discomfort of that time.
 Yesterday afternoon Miss Ethel Mason addressed the members of the Economies club at the home ot Mrs. w. Frank Peters of Spring street.
 Mectis;g April 2S
 The grand chapter. O.E.S. will hold its 6Srd annual meeting in Buck ingham hall. Waterbury. April 2e and 30, and delegates and members of Crescent chapter of this place plan to attend. Miss Helen Mulvey of Highland avenue, who suffered serious inju- ries when struck by an automo. bile recently, continues to show im- proyement at St. Mary's hospital but she will be confined to the irlsti- tuition for some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Marker Continued To Decline At Opening
Bonds Were Much Better-SteeIs, COppers Were Ott
 ChrysIer Again Started Off With Some Loss

necott, Westinghouse Electric. Cen eral Electric. International Nickel. General Motors and Southern Pacific.
 Exceptions to the decline included Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, Standard of Indiana, and Warner Brothers Pictures, all of which gain- ed fractionally.
 Trading frightened after the open ing with the price trend lower. Chrysler dipped to 113 where 1t was of 2 IA points net. Steel com- mon sagged further. Amerian Can lost 2 points. Coppers reacted down. ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Red Men

Waterbury will be the scene of the annual state convention of the Order of Red Men and its auxi1iaries on May 16. The com- mittee on arrangements includes Herman Strumpf, Charles Loess- Ter, Ernest vestberg, John Schus- ter and William L0essler of Uh- land Stam lodge of Waterbury and Mrs. Mary Brightman. Mrs. A. Biemann, Mrs. Lena Honegger, Mrs. Anna Schuster, Mrs. Apgc- line Korner and Mrs. Emelia King of Augusta StaInrn lodge of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
'Ahepas

Visitors from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other sections of Connecticut, which comprise the seventh district of the Order of Ahepa, are expected to be phesent at the annual dance of the Water bury Chapter, in The Elton, April 18th.
 Arrangements are being made by 8 committee which includes: Peter Stavros, chairman; George Pistolas, Louis Chronis, Harry Mi- halakos, John Yampinis, James Makris and Peter N. Laskas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
5-Year-O Girl
 Shows Improvement

Fiye-year old Joan Dunn, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Raymond Dunn of Scott road, was reported as showing slight improvement at St Mary's hospital this afternoon. The youngster was seriously injured Wednesday night when struck by an automobile near 2523 East Main street.
 The driver of the car, Rollin P, Clarke, of West Cheshire, was re- leased On his own recognizance by Deputy Coroner Walter w. Smyth after questioning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Behind 7he Lines
Davenport Auxiliary

Following last nights meeting of Davenport Auxiliary, United Span- ish War Veterans, at which time a class of candidates was initiated. a buffet luncheon was served by Mrs. Ruth Wells, Mrs. Nellie Dur bin, Mrs. Susan Portman and Miss Harriet Therkildsen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Knights Templar

Clark commandery, Knights Templar, received g visit last night at Masonic temple from Grand Commander Frank l.. Wilder of Bridgeport. Delegations were pres ent at the reception from Bridge port, New Haven and Danbury. Rev. Dr. John c. Walker of the Second Congregational church spoke and the Telephone Com- pany Glee club of New Haven entertained with songs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
OPERA COSTUMES BY PLANE

Modesto, Cal.-( -(UP)-Thanks to aviation, an operatic performances here was saved. The company was here but the costumes were in Los Angeles. Aviator Monty Mouton ell- abled the artists to dress before the curtain went up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Wadhams Corps

Monday evening, April IF, marks the date of the next session of Wadhams' Relief corps, it was an- nounced today. The session will be held at the home of Mrs. Kath- crime Williams, 49 Knoll street, instead of at the state armofy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

While marching soldiers and rumbIing tanks, one of which is shown at left. coursed down Washington streets celebrating Army day on the 2Oth anniversary of America's entrance in the World War, little group of war; time congress members met near by to commemorate their votes against the 1917 war declaration. Of the 56 senators and represen- tatives who braved bitter attacks because of their stand against war with Germany, only the II shown above were able to meet for the Washington reunion. They arc, left to right, seated, with their war; time titles: Senator Ernest Lun- deen (Rep., Minn.), now in the House; Representative Harold Knutson (Rep., Minn.), still in the House; Representative Jeanette Rankin (Rep., Mont); Senator George Norris (Rep, Neb.), still in the Senate; Representative Royal c. Johnson (Rep., S. D., Stand- ing, left to right: Representatives Harry c. Hull (Rep., 1a.); Edward Heating Dem., Colo.); C. c. Dill (Dem., Wash.); Fred A. Britten (Rep., ILL; James A. Frcar (Rep., Wis.,; Edward E. Browne, (Rep.,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Singing Society

w. E. Fassbender is chairman of the committee in charge of the annual book beer festival of the .Connectic,'t Singing society. which will be held tomorrow night at the club rooms, Herman Wickler of Seymour will be the entertainer and the members of the commit tee are listed as follows: Otto ScheIl, Ernest Kuhr, Curt SelchOw. Gustav Kopp, Mrs. Hans Wilhaus, Mrs. H. Rubin, Mrs. Theodore Weber and Miss Mildred Herr mann.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
VAN sWERINGEN MARKER

Cleveland CUP)--A $35O0 tomb- stone will mark the grave of O.. F. Van Sweringen, the late railroad magnate. Funeral expenses were $1,- 972.10. including 8 $1O72 caslet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Order Of Vassa

Eleven candidates for member ship in Ingeborg lodge, Order of VaSa, will be initiated at 8 dis- trict meeting In Bristol, April 24.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

In resigning as postmaster of Laramie, Wyo., Bill Nye wrote letter to President Arthur. The let- ter was so amusing that it brought him fame as a humoriSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09

To prevent needles and pins from rusting, stick them into a piece of flannel which has been saturated with machine oil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-09
Santa Maria Circle

The annual banquet of the choir of Santa Maria circle. Daughters of Isabella, was held last evening at Quaker inn on Watertown ave- me.
 These who were present are Mst- e4 as follows; Mrs. Margaret Dulac, Miss Kathleen Cooley. Miss Eileen Kelly. Mrs. Irene LHsch- enat, Mrs. Mae Lyons, Mrs. John
The Washington times., 1937-08-11
Baby Killed
Truck DriUer Cleared
In Fatal Accident

Luther Lochstamphfor, Oden-
ton (Md) bakery truck driver,
whose vehicle crushed to death
the 20-months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Davis.
of Washington, was held blame
less today after local authorities
agreed the accident was "un-
avoidable."
The infant, visiting at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs.
H. A. Briggs, Falkland, Md, had
crawled under the truck just be-
fore it started to back from the
Briggs driveway, and died soon
afterward at Montgomery County
General Hospital, at Olney. The
child's parents live at 10 Quincy
Pl. N. E.
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Capital Stuff

Like the great Jefferson Island love feast be.
fore it, last nights Democratic dinner for Majority
Leader Barley featured lots of feast, but little
love.
With this comment Senator Borah yesterday
turned the knife in the wounds of the Demo
cratic party after word reached the Hill that
President Roosevelt-back from Hyde Park and
without an engagement for the evening-would
not attend the Barley dinner. Instead F. D. r.
sent few kind words to Vice President Garner
about the new leader. in the form of message
to be read at the dinner.
The snubbed Democrats pretended bravely not
to care. If the President isn't ready to love
them again after what they did to his Supreme
Court bill they privately insist they aren't worried.
Proper Inspiration Lacking
The President, it was explained at the White
House, did not want to attend the dinner for his
"Dear Alben" because of the fact that he would
be expected to speak to the gathering.
So the President decided to commit some
noncommittal words to paper and let it go at
that.
After all, he spent two burning days on JET
ferson Island, laughing at the boys jokes and
vringing their hands in that other much-touted
love feast. After that not only did the party
split wide open on his Court bill, but the recall
eitrant ones are trying, even now, to spike his
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MANY INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
IN CRIMES HERE
4 Boys, II, Among
81 Accused

While police continue their in
vestigation in the belief that four
Washington youths might be re-
sponsible for the death Of a
Works Progress Administration
worker who was robbed in Po-
tomac Park July 16, the Grand
Jury today indicted the quartet
for other robberies.
Cecil R. Kennedy, George Water
hotter and Chester A. Gessling
were indicted on a charge Of rob-
bling Maurice E. Moore of Chicago
on July Is, and Kennedy, James
w. Frady and Waterholter we're
indicted in the robbing of Andy
Evans, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. S.
E., of SLIPS a few days later.
Moore was so badly beaten that
hospital treatment was required.
He was robbed of $26 in cash and
jeWelry. worth the same amount.
EcOnOm Probe On
Police are still investigating the
circumstances surrounding the
death of AnthanSius P. Econom,
48, WPA writer, who was robbed
in the park on July Is and who
died shortly afterward.
Although the District Coroner
certified that the death of Econom
was due to natural causes, the pre-
caution was taken to send the con-
tents of the skull to a pathologist
for study in view of the possibility
that a hemorrhage, due to blows
inflicted on the head, might have
caused his death.
Among the 81 indictments re.
turned by the Grand Jury today
is one charging five colored men
with first-degree murder in con-
nection with the fatal shooting
last April S of Samuel Keys,
also colored, during a prawl in
Davis Court Northwest. Those
named are Edward Goffang, AL
bert Coleman, Joseph L. Pollard,
Claude C. Branch and Nathaniel
Berry.
Other Indictments
Others indicted by the grand
jury today include the following:
| Harold E. Bowen; nonsupport.
| William w. Robertson, William w.
| Gray, Joseph E. Thomas, Myandier B.
Fox, Riley johnson, Alfred E. Bell,
CONTINUED on Page II, Col. q
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tIHLDER DENIES
HOUSING BILL
BENEFITS D. C.
Doubts Alley Group
Can Get Loan
BY EARL GOODWIN

The District of Columbia does
not benefit a nickel's worth by the
700-million-dollar program of the
Wagner bill, as it passed the
Senate and is now before the
House.
This is the conclusion of John
Ihlder, executive officer and secre-
tary of the Alley Dwelling Author.
ity for the District of Columbia.
Ihlder, in this definite conclu.
sion, is in conflict with Senator
Wagner and other Senators who
discussed the Districts status
when the Wagner bill was being
debated. At that time. in answer
to queries put to him by Senator
Walsh CD of Massachusetts,, and
others, Senator Wagner stated
that the District could be classed
as a State and therefore could
come in under the housing bill.
An Independent Agency
Explanation of the differences
Of opinion would require a state
ment in rather long and dull legal
terms; but-in a word--the Dis.
trict of Columbia may be a State
in the Senate debate-but when
it comes to spending money it has
to rely on Congress.
The Senate seemed to think
that because the District of Co
lunbia has an Alley Dwelling
Aut h ortty-ADA for short-it
qualities as a State having a regu.
lar housing authority which can
borrow money from the United
States and go to work building
homes for the low income resi-
dents.
But the fact remains that the
ADA is not a District function
but completely an independent
Federal office created by Congress
with half million dollars in Fed.
pral funds-and reporting direct
to the President of the United
States.
Limited Strictly
Housing authorities to be set
up under the Wagner bill when
it becomes law would be able to
borrow large sums and build
houses anywhere. ADA is limited
by law to slum clearance, with
Continued on Page Is, Col. A.
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WEDNESDAY, AUG.
Seeing America Last ByHezeu Essa,y

after him If he came by way of the geyser basins
near where West Yellowstone now Is. I looked
for the footprints of the Evil One myself when
first saw boiling water squirting, steaming and
growing in lava formation. And am travelling
the park in its civilized days.
Today roads wind gloriously through forests of
ridge-pole pines. A new view of river, woods
lake or mountains is at every turn.
You'll like the roads. You'll marvel at the 241
waterfalls, the half thousand hot pools. You'll
enjoy the fishing, the evening songs and the
shows at the lodges.
Old Faithful Is Star
OF the geysers Old Faithful is easily the star
The park publicity man, Siegfried Mikkleson,
tells me that the crowd-the hundreds of thou
sands that come each year-like Old Faithful, the
bears, and the canyon best of the Yellowstone
exhibits.
Old Faithful looks like her picture post cards.
She is as beautiful as a movie queen and much
more reliable. She plays every So minutes almost
on the tick of the clock. ITO play" in geyser
language, means to erupt, to boil up.
So much center of interest is Old Faithful
that park community has built up around her.
Old Faithful Hotel, Lodge, Stores, Cabins Post
Office, flourish because of Old Faithful. Signs
everywhere in her neghborhood say something
like this: "Old Faithful will play at 6:37"
About $50 hundreds of people swarm up to the
open formation general term for lava beds).
Hundreds of cars are hurriedly parked Out
pours that well known cross-section of American
life. Camera in hand mostly.
Old Faithful begins to smoke White steam
covers her crusty base. Small spurts of water
shoot up. She hesitates, dies down. Boils up
and down.
Then-there she goes! column of boiling
water springs about $50 feet in the air. For
about three or four minutes the white stream
cascades against the distant background
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WOuld-Be Leaper
Will Face Court

Wilbur S. Gardner, painter.
first block Rock Creek Church
Road Northeast, was to explain
to a police court judge today
his antics on Chain Bridge last
night, during which a bridge
Waterman persuaded him from
leaping off the span into the
dry river bed.
Gardner, charged with intoxi.
cation, was taken into custody by
Policeman R. E. Grant, who was
summoned by Waterman James
STAFFORD. The latter told the
police Gardner had climbed onto
a guard-rail and was poised for
a jump when he ran out to re-
monStrate with him.
The Washington times., 1937-08-11
NEGRO DENTISTS
HEAR DR., DAVIS

An address BY DR.. Jackson L.
Davis, Washington, president of
the Negro National Dental Society,
featured the opening of the
twenty-fourth annual convention
last night at the Garnet-Patterson
Junior High School.
Participants IN the program in
Cluded DR.. Mordecai w. johnson,
president of Howard University;
DR.. Harry Ostrow, dental super
visor, District of Columbia Health
Department; DR.. Leroy Baxter;
Mrs. Alicia McHoward, instructor
in oral hygiene, Howard Dental
College; the Rev. Daniel Wiseman
and DR.. Roscoe C. Brown, special.
list, U. S. Public Health Depart
ment. Music was provided by the
Tempo Choral Society, DR.. W.
Scott Mayo, director.
Daily sessions will be held in
the auditorium of the Howard
University Medical School Build.
ing through Friday. Clinics will
be held at Freedmen's Hospital
and the Dental College Building.
Now turn to "Peter Carter Says" 6
new Times feature. Call District 70O(
for home delivery.
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BUSINESS MEN
co ON OUTING

With the majority of stores
in the Columbia Heights section
closing at o'clock this after
noon, some 1000 members of
the Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association and their
families are leaving for their
annual outing at Marshall Hall
Park.
Forming a motor caravan at
Fourteenth Street and Park
Road Northwest, they planned
to drive to the Seventh Street
Wharf and board a special boat
for the park. Sports and other
events, followed by dinner and
dancing were on the program.
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You don't need fortune to get you here. Pen
MES will drive you and the family in your car to
the park trailer camp, to the cabins or even to
the lodges. Also the railroads run cheap tours.
You'll need dollars plenty of them, for the big
hotels-but you won't begrudge the cost, any
way you travel.
I've been here three days and I've seen the
tourists come in by the thousands in big lmou-
sines, by the convenient trainload and packed in
small family cars. I saw one flivver so crowded
that the children were sitting with legs dangling
from the luggage rack. And all Of them-de luxe
tweedsuiters and filling station overall wearers-
looked happy. AS if they were having the time
of their lives.
There's something inspiring about this park.
It's gorgeous, clean beauty, its well ordered, but
not too well ordered, comfort planned by the
park people-all these cheer your soul.
Like Great TheGter
The park is like great theater. Nature steals
the show. Man in adroit wisdom plays up to
the prima donna.
I wonder what that explorer, John Golfer,
thought back in 1907 when he first wandered into
this region. He must have feared the devil was
The Washington times., 1937-08-11
The Listening Post By Carlisle Bnrgerm

done to get the Treasury out Of a hole and he Is
very probably right. In fact, those who look upon
him as radical can't possibly understand why he
would be sponsoring such bill as this.
But regardless of the logic behind it, he is no
friend of the New Deal when he pushes it. He is
really trying to stab it in the back If the income
tax were to be broadened to take in the millions
who do not know what an income tax collector is,
that would be the end of the New Deal. Surely
Bob must be able to see this. The New Deal does.
So every time Bob advances his plan it looks at
him distrustfully and decides the next time it EN-.
braces him to make the embrace all the harder.
He's "WOlf" to NeuU Deal
The New Deals great success is due to its ap-
pearance of being able to pull money out of the air
and give it away. Millions of people look upon it
as something on the order of miracle Bob
would disiluSion these millions and cut the
ground right out from under the New Deal. He
can't be friend. To the New Dealers, when he
talks of lowering the tax brackets he is wolf in
sleeps clothing.
So you can see how much bunk all Of this
stuff is about certain men being against the New
Deal, seeking to thwart Mr. Roosevelt's efforts to
make Democracy work, and how they are going
to be punished by an indignant people These fell
lows are doing nothing to Mr.. Roosevelt as COM
pared with what Bob is trying to do. If he ever
gets his way with his tax bill the whole New Deal
crew will be stopped right in its tracks,
AS matter Of fact, it isn't going to do them
any good when the country wakes up to what the
Social Security tax really is.
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Insurance Agents
Plan Night Cruise

A moonlight cruise and dance
will be held under the auspices of
Washington Chapter No. /. Ma
tional Association of Industrial
Agents, on Tuesday night, August
"a.
E. G. Peary was elected secre-
tary of the local chapter and Cor
don Louk and E. C. Rothery we're
named delegates to the national
convention of the organization
which opens here tomorrow.
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By John O'Donnell
and Doris FLeeSon
He's "WOlf" to Nev Deal

wageS-andhours and housing bills and in their
confidential moments are comparing him to an
ornery mule.
The Presidents action last night was d.
rected at the diehards. They knew it, and he
knows it.
NeUU Court Fight Likely
The 1888 election when all the House and
third of the Senate come up, will be humdinger,
If the feudiStS keep it up that long. And new
plan to curb the Supreme Court may well be the
central issue of the fight. Some Senator's wise in
the ways of politics, already asserting it will be-
The Southerners may yet sue for peace, how
ever, now that the forecast is for an overwhelm-
ing cotton crop. with the prospect that cotton
prices will again fall to pauper levels.
The same conservatives who boast they won't
let wages and hours out of the Rules Committee
and that they will mutilate the housing bill be-
yond recognition, were loudest in their demand
yesterday that the Administration peg the price
of cotton through commodity loans.
Leaving the White House, Alabama's Steagall,
chairman of the Banking and Currency Commit
tee and lackadaisical pilot Of the Housing meas.
ure said he expected his committee to report the
housing bill today. He added, 1--WE hope to have
some kind Of plan to prevent the sacrifice of
our cotton crop"
The continuity was almost too obvious Hous-
ing was to come out of the House, but crop loans
were to come from the White House in exchange.
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Lafayette School
Contract Is Let

The District Commissioners
this afternoon awarded a con-
tract to the Ross Engineering
Company to remodel and build
an addition to the Lafayette
School, Broad Branch Road,
Northampton and Queseda Streets
Northwest. The company en-.
tered a bid of $1S7, 29O.
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LEAPER CALLED SUICIDE

Coroner A. Magruder MacDon.
aid today certified suicide in the
death of Josephine Ashton, col.
ored mental patient at Gallinger
Hospital, who, according to at.
PENDANTS. leaped over a banister
yesterday and fell 80 feet to her
death. The woman was 26.
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Death Nears
Zoos III
Elephant
Babe is dying!

BABE IS dying!
The 99-year-old elephant, who
was presented to the Washington
Zoo three years ago by the
Ringing Bros. -Barnum and Bailey
Circus, today was reported in a
semi-conscious condition at the
zoo, and attendants said there is
no chance for her to recover.
Babe ate a few oranges this
morning, and little bread soaked
in milk, but has no appetite. She
is lying on her side in her cage,
and death may come at any time.
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exciting than you expect 1t
to be. Heaven and hell meet
in these boiling geysers, in
these serene mountains and
spectacular canyons.
If the cash in your pocket
book is a bit scarce for fl
nancing a long trip, then
break open the children'S
bank.
If you haven't any chill
dren's bank in your life,
then start saving your pen
MES or your dollars for this
western adventure.
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pair of lovers, in fact, there is
the distinct impression that
underneath there isn't so much
mutual affection. The New
Deal is distrustful Of Bob and
every time it comes up and hits
him on the back and embraces
him, saying How are you old
fellow" what it is really trying
to do is to break his ribs or
otherwise disable him.
The reason the New Deal is
distrustful of him and the rea-
1.