davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
|'CUARDS' READY
 FOR CAMP TREK
Entrain Tomorrow for Niantic-5 Units GO
 From City

All units of the l02nd Infantry Connecticut National Guard, includ- ing five from this city will entratn from their home stations on Sum day morning for @ two weeks en- campment at Mantle Colonel Lewis L. Field Is in command of all units
 Valley contingents, including Tor rington, Waterbury and Ansonla troops will be picked up by train number 9, which is under command of Major Bernard J. Lindauer, whc is in charge of the third Battalion Major A. Fred Omerlin, Second Bst- talion commander is i'll at the Vet erans' hospital and will not be avail able for camp duty.
 Major Joseph P. Houley will be in charge of Q special train from New Haven to carry Regimental Head- quarters Company, commanded by Captain Philip B. Tarbell; Head quarters Company, First Battalion commanded by First Lieutenant Raymond 0. Scheppach and Com panies A, B, c, and D, commanded by Captains Harold N. Dorr, Frank Grimmaldi, c. W. Oberlin and Sel- don R. Mott, respectively.
 An advance detail left on Wednes- day to dray tonnage, rations and SUD- plies for issue to the troops upor arrival. Colonel Field, accompanied by Major James M. Quinn, plans and training officer, and Captain Russell E. Leete, assistant plans anc training officer, will leave for Camr Gross today to reconoiter and assign areas for troop training upon theil arrival.
 Baggage of the regiment will b' transported by truck today, and th'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
New Priest To Sing
 His First Mass Here
Rev. Francis s. ONeill Home From Louvain Where He Was Ordained-Rev. Joseph Griffin to Give Sermon
WASHINGTON HILL
For Amendment

Tomorrow morning at Il o'clock, Rev. Francis s. O'Neill will sing his first solemn high mass at the Church of st. Francis Xavier on Baldwin street.
 At the mass, Father oNeill will be assisted by Rev. Edward Don- nelly of Bridgeport, as arch priest; Rev. James Quinn of Hartford as deacon, and Rev. John Hackett of New Haven as suh-deacon. Rev. Dr. Patrick Donnelly will be master of ceremonies.
 Acolytes will be Thomas Dwyer and Thomas O'Neill, and J. Dona- hue will be thurifer-be Ushers will be Ray Fitzpatrick, Raymond Murphy. Thomas Walsh and John oreaney.
 Rev. Joseph orifiin of this city, Q professor att he st. Thomas sem- mary, Bloomfield, will deliver the sermon. The St. Thomas seminary chair, under the direction of Rev. Thomas ?. Dennehy will sing the mass of the 18th Sunday After pentecost.
 Father o'Neill has just returned from Louvain, Belgium, where he was ordained July {. Before going to Louvain in pursuit of his theolog- teal studies, Father O'Neill was graduated from Washington gram- mar and Crosby high schools of this city. Subsequently he studied two years ct St. Thomas seminary, and then completed his philosophical studies at St. Mary's seminary, Ball. timore, Maryland.
 He B the son of Mir. and Mrs Daniel o'Neill of 3ee Piedmont street.
 Invited Guests
 Children of Washington Hill will not be the only guests ct the man. moth "ChiidFen's Day" program which B being rounded into shape under the sponsorship of the Wash- ington Hill Companionship club. President John ?. Shea today nam- cd Q list of prominent city officials who also have been invited.
 The committed leaders will meet in the Community house Monday evening at o'clock to complete plans for the event.
 The invited guests include: May. or Prank Hayes. Attorney Vincent scully, High Sheriff J. Edward sla-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
For Amendment
For Amendment NEW YORKER SUED FOR MISHAP HERE
Local Man Asks Damages of $7,0O0 for Injuries
 Suffered

Injured in Q collision on the Thomaston road, May i9, 1887 at Il D, m., Henry Dauphainais of this city today named Samuel Ballin of New York defendant in a $7.0oo civil action filed in the court of common pleas. Attorney William B. Fitzgerald appears as counsel for the plaintiff.
 The plaintiff named the defend- ant as the person responsible for his injuries which are said to be the head, and nose, causing dis figurement, disability, and impair ment of breathing.
 It Is alleged in the complaint that @ car operated by Ballir crashed into the Dauphainais car in Thomaston. Negligence is alleged in view of the fact that Ballin is said to have been on the wrong side of the road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
NOT ONE HONEST
 STORY ON NAZIS

Berlin, August [. - (UP) - The Nasi Labor Service organ, "Arbeits- mann", complained, today that there was not . single news reel or radio company or newspaper in the United States which have "honest, objec' tive" reports about Nazi Germany
 "They are nearly all in Jewish hands" it was said.
 But hope for the future was held The article, headlined, Americas 4 Double Face said that though coni- munism mcnaced the United States, c unified "Aryan folk" was devel' oped slowly from the melting pot
 Last weeks anti-American article in the "Arbcttmann" was on swing music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
BACHELOR DINNER
 GIVENFRANCIS

About 2S attended c bachelor din- ner at the Log Cabin in honor of Francis DeLeo Thursday night. Thomas Martelli was toastmaster.
 Those attending were Anthony DeLeo, Carmine Verno, John Biaco, Dom Croce, Joseph Anna- bile. John Koachman, John Croce, Frank Disapio, Angelo Orsini, John Frank. ". Peigano, Philip DeLeo, Frank orsini. Vito DeCar- oils, Joseph Dance, Prank De- PieFro, Louis Falcone, Joseph sol- omito, JosepA diannamore, Rocco. Capobianco, Franceso Parente, Joseph DeAugostine, Antonio Gee cello, Michael Daversa, Nicholas Bianco, Ralph DeLeo, Joseph Pol- letta, Rosario DiAugostine, A. Ma riani and Louis Parente.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
VACATION HOUSE
 NON-SECTARIAN

Officials of the Vacation House at Lake Quassapaug today stated that the project Is non-sectariat, in no way connected with St. Johns Episcopal church. In Q recent ar- ticle Q morning paper referred to the house as St. Johns Vacation house.
 Funds for the work at the Va cation House are solicited by 0 committee headed by Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis, rector of St Johns Episcopal church, assisted by Frederick w. Chesson. Edward J. Daly, William 6. Jones and Charles II. Upson.
 The Visiting Nurses associate determines what children shall at- tend the camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
UPSON COMMENDs
 ACTION OF MAYOR

Tn a statement yesterday Repub. llcan Town Chairman ,. Warren Upson praised the action of Mayor Frank Hayes in appointing a non- partisan redistricting committee ol i5 prominent citizens. The conn- mittee will study proposed changes in the city's voting districts.
 Mir. Upson qualiied his praise by saying that 1t was ''unfortunate" that the mayor did not appoint the committee mere promptly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

win, Controller Daniel J. Leary, Postmaster Charles Babin, City Clerk, John T. Fatzmaurice, Com missioner Harry Minor, Assessor Thomas hannahan, John II. Crary, Thomas Kelly, executive secretary to the mayor: Probate Judge Den- his J. slavin; Health Officer Ed ward II. Godfrey. pr. Andrew Jackson, Dr. Daniel Shannahan, pr. Vincent T. Shea, Park Super- intendent James cnrtin, Joseph Mulville, Registrar John T. Derwin, Deputy Michael slavin, Joseph Scuily, Joseph Happy" Shea, Thomas Walsh and Attorney Jo- seph Navin,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
SLIGHT CASE OF
 INFANTILEPARALYSlS

A child recently moved to Brook. iyn from New Britain was reported to have c slight case of iniantile paralysis, 1t was announced by the city health department yesterday. pr. Edward L. Godfrey, city health ofiicer, said that the case was 60 slight that the child h not confined to bed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
ANNUAL CIRCUS
 AT "" CAMP

The Y. M. 0. 4. camp at Smiths pond, Watertown, is the scene today Of the annual circus, high point in the festivities of the summer. 4 real midway with side shows, bally- hoo, concessions, and c three-ring performances are on the program.
 Friends and parents have been irl. vited to the matinee, starting at 3 o'clock, and the big show with It's clowns, animal acts, tumbiers and tho like, will Dc presented tonight.
 Tantalum, c rere metal worth 12,600 . ton, has been discovered near Darwin, Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
CARDINAL EsTEBAN TLL

Seville, Spain, Aug. 7-(UPl-C -Car- dinal Ilundain Y. Esteban, 75, Ar- chbishop of Seville, was gravely ill t oday after Q collapse yesterday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

trucks will then be used to trans port the l6oth Infantry from camp to home stations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07
Waterbury s Housing Problem Looms as Pun
THE POLITICAL
 PARADE
Republicans Guilty Of Sins Of Omission In Selecting Coalition
 Ticket
RY RAY FTTZPATRICK

To number of observers it ap- pears that the strategy of the local Republican organization in selecting its coalition ticket was weak and short-sighted. The ticket Illustrates not only sins of commission but more important in this case, sins vi omission. Men who had helped build up the party to a point where 1t seriously threatened the Demo- crats two years ago were not only left of the ticket but were com. pletely ignored when the makeup of the slate was being arranged Republicans, of course, had to De prepared to make some sacrifices n order to join with the anti-HayeS Democrats f 1895, but 1t is ques- tionable whether the tactics used will help the g.o.p. on election day
 One of the most notable
 sights was that given to Ste-
 phen J. Whlston, candidate for
 city clerk on the Republican
 ticket two years ago. "Jim
 Hicks" Is one of the states most
 decorated war veterans, and he
 boiled one of the heaviest votes
 ever recorded by . Republican
 In Q local city election. Winston
 waged . most aggressive cam
 paign and ran ahead of his
 ticket In most of the voting dis-
 trictS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

This friction in the fusion ranks will Do felt more and more as the campaign progresses. Its importance from political point of view can. not be fniniinized, for the Democrats can be depended upon to capitalize O.. these tactical errors. It S to be expected that time and time again during the campaign the adminB- trLtion leaders will drive home the point that the fusion ticket was hand-picked, that 1t ignores racial groups and that 1t Is not truly rep- resentative.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

Another great handicap the fusioneers will have to overcome is the fact that their candidate for mayor Is . Democrat and holds the office of state senator as . Democrat Old.line Re- publiCans who went to the polls two years ago to vote for Major Burrall, . lifelong Republican, will hardly exercise the same enthusiasm .owaFd . Republi. can ticket that Is headed by . Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

The Ignoring of MT. Whlston is but one example of the poor generalship of the local g.o.p. Party leaders of considerable In. huence have been alienated and their support lost. simply be. cause the Republican, -Indepen- dent Democrat preferred to be hlgh.handed rather than tactfui or diplomatic. Considerable sup. port on the part of French, Ger. man and Italian voters has been lost because men prominent In these racial groups were ignored by the high command.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

A native of Washington Hill and highly popular in that section, his presence on the ticket would have been a decided asset for the fusion forces. Yet he was not nominated or even offered the nomination, the plans of the Republican city organ- ization being otherwise. But the fusion forces went even further; they completely ignored MT. WhiS- ton In their pre-convention discus. sions and made no attempt at con. sulting with him on the makeup of the ticket that was to be presented to the voters for endorsement.
 MT. Winston does not hesitate
 to say that he considers it . per-
 sonal affront, and can hardly be
 counted on to support . ticket
 on which he might reasonably
 have expected . place. As t
 happens, Mir. Winston probably
 would not have accepted the
 nomination for city clerk, even if
 1t were offered him, but he had
 several acceptable candidates in
 mind and planned to ask the
 town committees endorsement of
 one of them. But he was given
 no chance to do SO.
 Ills friends are even more bitter and state in no uncertain termi that Jim Hicks" was the victim oi e "double-cross" on the part of tht Republicans and the Independen Democrats. These friends can hard ly be expected to support the fusior ticket and their election worl will be missed. It must not be for gotten that the most active Repub' iican campaigns two years ago vert conducted by Major John Burrall candidate for mayor and by Mr Winston. They were the spear heads of the Republican attack and were personally on the firing line all during the campaign. MT. Winston is an able campaigner-weli read, . powerful speaker and possessed ot an engaging personality-and his absence will Dc felt by the Repub- iieanA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

(lFaFentheticaI note-Ths fusion candidate for city cierk b Mortimer ]. Calvin, president Of the xenng Mems Republican club. I've years ago MF. Calvin was president Of She Whlsten fer. City, Clerk cleb, and supported ME. winston vigorously. oHlte . game, tEliS polltlcsib
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

It remains Co Dc seen just what type 0g campaign Mr. Cut. hane viii wage, but he must re alixe that Che tactics of the fusion leaders in selecting their ticket have given him . major handicap at the start. Whether or not he can overcome that handicap given him by the poor strategy of ( fusiOneers is something that the ensuing weeks will tell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-07

The Independent Democrats can. not claim MT. Culhane, either, tor only c short time before the fusion ticket was selected he announced that he was still \ registered regular Democrat. Tn his speech of accept. ance after receiving the fusion nofn- ination for mayor, 1t viii be recalled that he was careful to state that "aS . Democrat" he expected support. Republican," he adeed, nave seen it to approve my candidacy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26
The Reforms Are Here

Governor Wilbur L. Cross commission
on reorganization of the state govern
ment has filed it's report. Sweeping re-
forms are proposed, according to the
press dispatches. We are afraid that we
looked for more. Perhaps the proposed
changes are sweeping ones, but to this
writer they are changes and nothing
more than that Most of them are good
ones, too. Too good, in fact, to get by the
legislative bodies. For instance, it is hard
to imagine republican legislator voting
to extend the gubernatorial term from
two to four years. Yet there is nothing
radically wrong with the idea.
Several years ago when we got all en-
Unused over the prospects of reforms in
our state government, one of the plans
was to lop off all the Anticipated arms of
the government. Duplication of Office and
duty was also to be prevented This was
going to save the government some
money every year. But in reading the
commissions report we don't see where
there are any offices eliminated or COM
bined with others. There are several new
agencies proposed and certain additional
powers are extended to existing offices.
When we have had time to read the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26

There is lot of talk about Governor
Cross legislative program being ma
rooned on the shoals of the republican
House We don't quite see how republicans
in the 1887 Legislature can profit by
throwing obstacles in the path of his pro-
posals We can see how they might object
to and defeat the district court bill with
out loss of what prestige still is theirs,
but how they can beat his other "pet"
measures is more than we can under
stand. Yet good many political writer's
see it that way. And they are pointing
out that republicans have the whip-hand
and will force the governor and the
democratic Senate into line. Maybe that
is true, for the republicans will control
the appropriations committee. But we'd
hate to be a member of this group and
have it said when the session ends that
he failed to aid the state out of it's present
financial difficulties This committee will
contain marked men whichever way it
turns. But if they 60 along with Governor
Cross they are apt to be marked for adj
vancement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26
Be More Than Sorry

When we read the news accounts these
days of the horror that rests over the
flood regions of the United States, we
often wonder that anyone can find fault
with Waterbury or its environs. Very
few, if any, caprices of Mother Nature
have struck this city in the $50 and more
years of its existence. We are strangely
fortunate in our location and in our cli-
mate. No extremes have added to our
misery. But today we should do more
than express sympathy to the thousands
Of homeless persons of the Middle West.
We must make it possible for them to
begin their lives anew. Through the
agency of the Red Cross relief is being
brought to afflicted families. It may be
necessary even to do more than is now
planned. But one thing is certain. Each
and every one of us, secure in our tight
little homes and unaware of the fury OF
a raging torrent, should sacrifice some
thing this week to contribute to the Red
Cross. This appeal for funds should not
be passed, no matter how much or little
we think we should give
It was almost year ago that portions
OF our own state were inundated. That
was mild compared to what has struck
towns and great cities in the Ohio River
valley But we Shuddered then when we
saw the path of material destruction.
Magnify it hundred fold and some idea
of what is taking place out in the states
bordering those rampaging rivers of Ohio
and other mid-WeStern states can be had.
In the midst of feeling just sorry for our
unfortunate Americans, please do all in
your power to make their lives happier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26
A Book a Day
What Every Plant
Lover Should Know

II you want to keep the poin-
settia plant you got for Christmas
and have 1t in fuller, finer bloom
than ever next Christmas, read
"Grow Them Indoors" by Allen H.
Wood, Jr. (Hale, Cushman and
Flint: $1.75). All you have to do Is
look in the index and then, on the
indicated page, find the most con-
else and efficient explanation Of ex-
actly when to repot and what mix
ture to use, when and where to put
it in the garden, and when and how
to bring 1t back in the fall.
Or maybe It's an African violet
that you wish to keep blooming In
termittently for several months and
then start new plant from a leaf
cutting.
Did you know that direct sunlight
does not agree with this friendly
little plant? 1t is purely social, for
1t loves the electric lights and 1t does
not thrive out In the garden away
from humanity.
Perhaps you have the "interna-
tional disease" of cactus collecting,
growing, hybridizing, grating. The
queer, spiny, modernistic patterns
of cacti appeal to the modern taste
and they are 100 per cent Ameri-
can, If you're interested, for 1t seems
Mother Nature forgot to plant them
anywhere except In North and South
America.
II you already are a cactus ad.
dict, the book will give you some
new ideas and a lot of help In Sc
lecting new plants to be grown from
seeds or cuttings. II you are not
yet an addict. perhaps the book will
make you one.
There are photographs Of more
than so plants. and innumerable
drawings which help the explana-
tions Of potting, position Of roots,
growing habits, lighting arrange
ments, etc. The information Is ex-
tremely thorough and practical.
given in non-technical, everyday
language.
II you are interested In plants
Of special colors for decorative piIr-
poses, there is an excellent chart
grouping them. first. according to
Towering period and, second, accord
ing TO color. There Is q chapter on,
plant enemies. I'D. 3. e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26
Plenty for All-But How?

PROFESSIONALLY, as the president main
tanned in his unusual inaugural address,
this country is capable of far greater
and more widely distributed prosperity.
It is evident that we have the sources,
the man-power and the knowledge neces-
sary for much higher average standard
of living.
There is no reason in the nature of
things why one-third of our people, now
living below normal and decent
standard, should not have a comfortable
and respectable living. That is, no reason
unless it is one that exists in human
nature itself rather than outward cir
cumStanceS.
But everybody wanting such millen-
NAL improvement must face certain
facts. AS Walter Lippmann points out:
1T is not enough that the government
should become much more powerful. It is
not even enough that the people should
become much more unSelfiSh. 1t is neces-
sary that the people should produce
wealth in abundance beyond anything
ever produced before.
''For no matter how strong the govern
ment is made, no matter how brilliantly
it Is led, no matter how unselfsh the peo-
pie become, these high hopes will be
disappointed unless the productive pow
ers of the nation are stupendously
increased"
How then shall the vast increase in
production be accomplished? Certainly
not by the use of machinery alone. Ger
tainly not by allowing many millions of
capable workers to be maintained in
idleness by others. Certainly not, for
generation at least, by six-hour working
day or 30-hour week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26
Labor Holds the Fort

What goes on in factory occupied by
sit-down strikers? A reporter gives an
interesting picture of the situation at
Flint, Mich In the plants occupied, he
says: "there is discipline and routine as
strict and well organized as that which
exists among the National Guard troops"
Military regulations prevail There is no
drinking. Smoking can only be done in
certain room. There are regular details
policing the building and keeping it
clean.
At one plant the reporter saw the sit
downers leaning out of the windows,
talking and joking with their wives, chill
dren and friends. Food was carried to
them from restaurant across the street
which the union itself had taken over At
the other plant the strikers were using
the company cafeteria, operating it with
a chef brought from Detroit.
An orchestra composed of strikers plays
every evening The strikers sleep on seats
intended for new cars. Strikers can leave
the buildings only by permission of their
union leaders, on pass limited to GER
tain time. The regular company police
are absent, and no attempt is made to
enforce court injunction against occu-
patton by the strikers. 1t is all peaceful
and orderly. No arms are visible. There
are no city police inside or outside. The
National Guard is encamped miles away.
It's rather idyllic picture. Yet there
is spirit of uneasineSs behind the ap-
parent carelessness and gaiety. Here is
novel and astonishing procedure in
contest between labor and capital, which
will end no one knows how.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-26

Figure out how many Sundays it has
rained recently. When the sun came out
for few brief moments Saturday after
noon, it was the first time this city had
seen it since the preceding Saturday. But
the case of the missing sunny Sunday is
worse. According to The Democrats
Waterville correspondent there have been
eight consecutive bad Sundays. That
would mean that the last good Sunday
came in November. That's probably as
long stretch of bad weather for week.
end as we've had in many year. If it
had occurred in midsummer what
howl would be going up from the vaca-
tionists.