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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

I'm this country we are rather short of special
 ays" compared with older countries. We have some national feast days such Thanksgiving and Christ mas but apparently no general fast days The latter have been reserved to the states and few of them cele brate anything of the sort But New Hampshire does On April 22 public and private business stopped in ob servance of custom started 256 years ago, when the ing and prayer n response to sundy tokens of divine dispIeasreb It doesn't likely that the divine dis pleasure was still strongly evident this year. with bust ness improving and 50 on. But then, there probably wasn't much fasting and prayer, either. In any case holiday Is holiday and in New England tradition is tradition, and we Americans haven't enough cf either. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
FORECLOSURE

Property at 1882, 1884, and 1866 Baldwin street is involved in 6 foreclosure action entered in the court of common pleas today. The action is brought by Vito Donate Telesca against Florence Santa vanere, and others of this city and other cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
President

Brooklyn, N. Y. The speaker of the evening was William I. Siegel of Brooklyn, N. Y. who discussed the political aspects of zionism.
 Other officers for this district who were inducted are: Vice-persident, Samuel L. Greene; treasurer, Sam uel Henes; recording secretary, Jo- seph B. Ruskin; financial secretary, Leopold Ginsberg;; chairman of the Jewish National Fund committee, Samuel Lipetz; executive committee members, Morris Bardasch. Harry Fleisher, Joseph Gaber, Perry Graic- erstein, Israel Helfand, Rudolph Hennick, Samuel Kramer, Lawrence .Matzkin, Morris J. Nuremberg, Jo- seph Plutzik, Charles Rosengarten, Morris Siller, Max Steinhorn, Charles Walker and A. Henry WeiSman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
NEW EIHR VoIl 0Lp GIIIR

rho British admiralty liag ac~ Quirea the old Atlantic liner Males- fic for ian as Q training ship. After balnR reconakFneiad it Will bg hexlhed at Ilozylh. EngIand, where it Will ee renamed ffA.g. Caledonia, and Will hs a homo fok ih1o boys, is lg Aas iiezinoed n koeso1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
HIRD-soNd
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

I've heard thrushes at eve, t Robins at dawn and mid-day, English song sparrows many time and oft And that bold and saucy blue jay. I've heard whippoorwills Hitting, And the bobolink, a merry fellow, And many and many a lovely May The oriole black and yellow I've heard catbirds sing their songs Initiative, yes and I've heard That feathered Songster of poem and song, The pretty, pretty mocking bird. I've heard canaries in their cages; Bird calls sweet and long, Songs well past believing.
 Like the robins lovely song Yes I've heard much of the music Of larks in field and dale, But I've really got to admit
 I've never heard a nightingale.
 FEM. EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
RABBI GREENFIELD
 HEADS ZIONISTS
Formally Inducted Last Evening as President of
 Local District

Rabbi William P. Greenfield was honored last night as he was in- stalled as president of the Water bury Zionist district, during cere- monies which took place at the Waterbury Hebrew Institute. The officer in charge of the induction was Rabbi Maurice L. Zigmond of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
PAPERS FILED

The following certificate Of in- corporation has been filed with the secretary Of state.
 Wechaler CO. Waterbury, author lxed capital of 4s0O00; paid in q, 900: Incorporates. MaFiorle D f1llck. Miia M. 0nlnn and Ailtolnetle M oimineEa. all q Waterbury,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
$76 JUDGMENT

Judge Thomas J. Molloy of the Hartford court of common pleas en- tered Judgment yesterday against R. F. Dickerman and Dewey E. Jack son, of Southington, in which he or- dered them to pay damages of $76.1O to Ommund ,Federson of Hartland. The result was based on 8 collision in Pennington, January IT. a..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

Barbs.. . Bill Cleary, Jr, Lew Kelley and Ray Cavanaugh rooted for Larry Kelley Saturday as Yale walloped Penn on the diamond at New Haven. Ken Bayete of Watertown has been assigned to instruct and supervise the planting of young red pine and white spruce trees in the Naugatuck and Mattatuck state forests
 Barbara Heber celebrated her fourth birthday Saturday afternoon entertaining many of her young friends at her Harpers Ferry road domicne Bob Strohacker, presl- dent of the Chase Foremens Association sending one centers from Bermuda Ted Mcdonald has joined forces with the New York Life Insurance company and is out for membership in the "4OO Cub" so he tells me-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
AnssUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page C.
 1. Archaeology.
 2. James Madison. 8. A park or nursery cone talning . collection os speci- man trees.
 {. Massachusetts, Fennsyl- vnnla. Virginia, and Kentucky 5. American painter. I 6. Tt Is sei.isD2 miles per homF.
 5. Ulysses s. Grant. 6. Fhe Mlssissippl. Q. The emeFnld. Gf .ft ie. Gamma. tFi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

Radio mOurns .. Tragedy struck the radio world over the weekend The flashed over the ether waves that George Fields better known as "Honeyb0y in the comedy duo of "HOneybOy and Sassafras" had died. He dropped dead in Pennsylvania station New York city, Sunday. Later in the day another char acter-Stepin Fetchit-waS removed from the wreck age of his car after it had rammed elevated struc- ture. He badly injured and removed to New York hospital. ...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
KRAMPITZ FINED

New. Britain, April T.-KaFl KEnmplta of TerryyIlle was fined e2b and costs when aFFaigned in police asnFt here yesterday morning on snrses of reckless drFing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

More than 2,1S1.6 American children ride to school in motor busses daily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27

Bubonic plague has again broken oslt in south AfFica,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-27
DR. L. J. THIBAULT'S
 SUCCESSOR NAMED

Mrs. Rowley w. Phillips was last night named to the republican town committee from the 9th district to succeed Dr. Louis J. 1tnibault.
 The Young Mems Republican club and the Women's Republican club are planning future events. The mems entertainment will take place May 8 at the Hopeville Community House. The womenf will sponsor 8 card party May 10, but have not an- nounced the place or other arrange ments.
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

upward surge, promoters, who
have long since boosted their
prices are still permitted to pay
apprentice assault and battery
boys as little as five slugS per
round. BY the time a preliminary
boy finishes paying his gym and
license fees, his seconds and his
manager out of his pitifully poor
purse, he usually winds up behind
the Ethiopian cue ball.
Some time ago, the Commission,
upon learning that main bout per
formers were receiving as little as
five and seven and one half per
cent Of the gate at the clubs like
the Coliseum, passed a rule that,
thereafter, the smallest share OF
the gate a promoter could give q
boxer in the main bout was 10
per cent. While this was q credit
able reform, the Commission put
the cart before the horse by look
ing after the interests Of the lead
ing men before attending to the
crying needs Of the spear carriers.
After all, any main bout perform
er worth his salt can get the
percentage he is entitled to If he
can show results at the gate. AL
he has to do is hold out for his
figure and, if he's a drawing card,
the promoters assuming he is a
good business man, will accede to
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
SCHOOLS ENJOY LLMELIGHT IN EARLY SEASON GOLF PLAY
II Temple Teams
Enter Tourney

Supplying II teams, the North
east Temple Major and Minor
Leagues sent team entries looming
past the 300 mark for the Washing.
ton City Duckpin Association tour.
nament which opens at the Lucky
Strike, April 20.
But Ollie Pacini, Temple mana.
ager by tournament schedule date,
Tuesday, April 81, is hopeful of
having both loops in solid with
five additional teams. And for
their Staunch support Northeast
rollers have generally collected
handsomely in the pay-offS.
Suburban entries were tilted to-
day when Secretary Arville Eber-
sole was handed the entire 16-club
Mt. Rainier League by Hugh Craw-
ley, the Rhode Island Avenue pin
mogul. Gait Davis checked his
Rosslyn Independent League, and
announced that the entire 20
teams would roll in a body.
BY the deadline hour Saturday
midnight, Hyattsville, and Be
thesda where the Hisers, Oscar
and Henry control the bowling
game, are expected to come
through with enough entries to set
q new record for outlying pre-
cinctS.
Entries will be received at Con.
vention Hall until midnight Sat.
urday where Ebersole and his
crew Of assistants will work
through Sunday making up the
pretentious schedule for one Of the
biggest annual events on record.
In the meantime any alley man.
ager will be glad to take your en-.
try. But the main thing is get it in.
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

his demands. But the preliminary
kid has no such weapon to use.
I think the Commission should
restore the $40 per round mini.
mum fee for the preliminary lads.
They are the backbone of the
boxing game. the hewers of wood
and carriers Of water, without
whom the business couldn't exist,
and it's about time the poor devils
received their due.
Should the New York Rangers
win the Stanley Cup from the De.
troit Red Wings, it will be an in
spring victory for an underdog
over an overwhelming favorite
But what a reflection it will be
on the playoff system Of deciding
hockey championsl During a 48.
game schedule the Red Wings
demonstrated that they were by
far the best team in hockey this
season. Playing the same SEIZED.
ule, the Rangers were mediocre,
winding up third in their four.
club division! Yet, by winning
four playoff games in the prelimi-
nary rounds, the Rangers have
pulled up on even terms with the
Red Wings, whom they now meet
for the title.
OF course. 1t means q lot to New
York that the Rangers have come
through so nobly and, since the
playoff system is distinct break
for us this year, we should reserve
our criticism for less favorable
years. However, the fact remains
that the fundamental principle
behind the present hockey playoff
system is all wet, and that, even
if the Rangers win the Stanley
Cup, the Red Wings will still be
the uncrowned champions of
hockey. .,..
When asked about this, Col.
John Reed Fitzpatrick, Of Madison
Square Garden, said:
81 am happy to report that I
have nothing to say"
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
Cornell Faces
Hoyd Varsity
AtKenw0od
BY CHICK KENNY

Educational institutions around
these parts appear to be stealing
the early golf going. Yesterday
1t was Georgetown Prep which
opened the local 1887 season by
successfully launching its eighth
annual private school invitation
golf tourney which will be con.
tinued Saturday and concluded
Sunday over the rolling 9-hole
Garrett Parkers' course. Today it
is Georgetown University.
The Hoya varsity takes on the
linkSmen from Cornell. who are on
an extended southern trip which
Just about winds UP this afternoon
on the Kenwood Country Club
course, starting at 2:30 o'clock.
This is the first match of the
season for Georgetown, although
the tenth of the original slate
that was arranged. The first nine
matches were lined up for south
ern trip that would have taken the
team as far into the southlands
as Florida. The trek was Cancelled
because Of illness and injury which
nearly wiped out the local collie
gate brigade.
Winds Up Trip
Cornell, which shows here to-
day, has met Richmond, North
Carolina and Wake Forest so far
this week, and will wind up its
jaunt tomorrow, facing Haverford
College at Haverford, Pa.
Georgetown will be represented
today by stellar crop of players,
most Of whom are Washingtonians.
They are Maury Nee, Billy Dett-
weller, Bart Higgins, Charlie Petit
john. Harvey johnson and Frank
Donohue. Although both teams
are members of the Eastern Inter
collegiate Golf Association, the
match today is an informal one,
and will not be counted toward
league standing.
Yesterday, at GEORGETOWN Prep,
several Of the local schoolboy golf.
ers, competing in the invitation
tournament Sored by the
school, turned in splendid medal
round cards. The fact that the
scores are far superior to those Of
last year gives rise to the opinion
that Washington can boast CT
bumper crop of sterling golfers
who will soon be pressing the older
hands at the game in local tour
neyS.
Top card for the day was re-
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
Hunt Club Shifts
Race Program :

A change has been made in the
order of events at the Riding and
Hunt Clubs hunter trials at Brad
ley Farms on Saturday.
Class A, originally scheduled for
1890 p. M, has been moved back
from the first position on the pro-
gram to third. Glass B, originally
scheduled in second position, has
been moved up to first position,
and Glass C. originally scheduled
as third on the program, has been
moved to second position.
Glass B, which is for Juniors
under II years of age, thus will be
called for 1890. Entrants in this
class should take particular notice.
Glass A will be held as soon as
Judging in Glass C is completed,
probably at about 1:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
Gauzza Elected
Weekday Head

At a meeting Of the National
Capital Weekday Base ball
League last night in the Pepco
Service Station, Vic Gauzza was
elected president of the loop for
the coming season.
Other officers named we're John
Laycock, vice-president and
George L. Ashby, secretary and
treasurer. Official umpires for
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

the only other lad to score below
80.
st. Johns Leads
In the team scoring st. Johns is
leading with 71a points. Gonzaga
and Georgetown Prep are next in
line with 8 and points, respec-
lively.
The tourney will be resumed
Saturday with first and second
rounds, and concluded Sunday
with semifinals and the cham
pionShip flight.
The tourney is being handled
by Frank Emmett, who boasts.
"This is the best affair we
have had yet"
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

corded by blond-haired Buddy
Sharkey, Of Gonzaga, who travelled
the 10 holes in the record-tying
count Of 66, to successfully defend
his medal title won last season.
Buddy made the first nine in par
IS, and then unanswered the Sec
ond set with a 81. The 66 knotted
the card and tourney record set
by Billy Dettweiler two years ago.
Following in the wake Of Shar-
keys fine playing came Buddy
Bowie, of st. Adams. a dark horse
of the affair who tailed a SO on
the opening nine, and Dick Meyer,
raven,haired st. Johns star. Both
turned in 73-stroke efforts. Dick
Canning. Of Georgetown Prep, was
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

league games approved were
George Watt, Jack Mattingly and
Joe Morrissey.
The league will line up with the
following strong clubs: Pepco,
Peoples Drug Stores, Chestnut
Farms Dairy, Washington Gas
Light and Thompson Dairy. The
first game of the season is slated
for May 4 on the East Ellipse,
when Pepco and Peoples clash.
Music at this opening tilt will be
furnished by Chestnut Dairy'S rs
piece band.
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
Pirates Follow
After Ydnks

The washington ball club drop
ped down a peg in the standings
of the Grapefruit Loop" as the
team was defeated by the Detroit
Tigers, 1910. The Yankees, how
ever, continued their winning
ways to give them a wider margin
in the percentage column. The
Pittsburgh Pirates Rugged close
in second place by topping Albu-
querque, which is led by the one
time Cardinal catcher, Bill De
Lancey.
The League" standings follow:
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

its lowestH his demands. ant the preliminary
The Washington times., 1937-04-08

sion. in an ef-
fort to help the
promoters sur
vive (may the
good Lord for
give them re-
duced the mini
mum scale for
pr elm / nary
fighters from
$40 to IS per
round. N o W,
That prosperity
has returned to
t he pugiliStic
mart and gate
receipts have
taken a mighty
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
Columbia Crew Ready

NEW YORK, April 8.-The
Columbia crew win make its only
official appearance on home
waters May / when IL meets Yale
and Pennsylvania in the Blackwell
Cup Regatta on the Harlem, it
was announced today. The Junior
varsity, lightweight and freshmen
Fights also are expected to COM
pete,
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
I'M TELLING YOU
Pity the Poor Prelim PugS
BV DAN PARKER
By DAN PARKER

When boxing was at its lowest%
ebb during the depression. the
New York State Athletic Commits
The Washington times., 1937-04-08
G, P, o, to Practice

The G. P. o. nine will practice
every day this week and next week
at Eighteenth and Otis SITS. N. z.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18

It takes an extraordinary man to
do an extraordinary thing. and here
we have the combination, says Tit
Bits Magazine. Chin was his name,
and the Great Wall Of China Is what
he built. He styled himself the
First Emperor" and the "Only
First" This vast serpentine struc-
ture, built to keep out the warlike
hordes of Mongolia and Manchuria,
is the most stupendous work ever
conceived and executed by man. It
extends from the Yellow Sea, north
Of Picking, in a zig-zag course to the
deserts Of Central Asia-a distance
of over 1,5O0 miles. It crawls over
vast mountains and great heights
5000 feet above sea level. It dips
into deep valleys. crosses gorges,
fords, rivers, and today, though
'crumbling in parts, stands out as
one OF the most gigantic undertake
ings in history.
Averaging about % feet wide and
Is feet high, with towers over IS
feet in height at intervals of few
hundred yards, it is paved ON top
with brick and faced on both sides
with granite blocks and boulders.
AL this was done without the aid Of
steam machinery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
l0-Year Tax Plan Used
By $1,000 Delinquents
State Tax Survey Discloses $780,.
600 Receipts for State-Tax
Collections Improve

Approximately $1,5O0,OO0 in taxes
have been collected in Minnesota
under the new Ten-Year install
ment plan adopted by the state
legislature a year ago, and 1928
delinquent taxpayers have signed
contracts with the state under the
provisions Of the act according to
a survey just made by the Mime
sofa Taxpayers Association.
Legislators and citizens have
been DESTROYS Of knowing how the
plan has been working out since a
renewal Of the law is now under
consideration at the special ses-
sion, II adopted, would extend the
time in which delinquents may pay
up their back taxes and avoid
penalties and interest. AS a matter
Of information and to give statisti-
cal information upon which to
base sound conclusions, the Mime
sofa Taxpayers Association under
took to make the survey and today
has issued its report giving the
first news on the subject.
Among the counties reporting
the larger numbers of delinquent
taxpayers who made use of the
plan are: Ramsey, 2728 taxpayers;
Hennepin, 1850; Stearns, 500; Of
tertail. 4S0; Morrison, 400; Trav-
erse, 400; Becker, 400; Wright, $50;
Anoka, 400; Clay, 375; Chisago,
275; Grow Wing, 245; Goodhue,
300; st. Louis, 40; Hubbard, 273;
Lyon, 215; Olmsted, 232; Pope,
PIT; Todd, 400; Washington, 267;
and Wilkin, 200.
A supplemental report on pres
ent tax delinquency was also made
by the State Taxpayers Associa-
ton, which discloses that while the
average percentage Of delinquency
as Of January 1896 was 1888 per
cent, the present delinquency is
estimated at 1877 per cent accord
ing to figures available at this
time from n counties reporting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18

The following resolution was
proposed by Alderman Miller who
moved it's adoption:
Whereas, the Home School for
Girls is attached to and uses the
sewage system, including the sew
age disposal plant of the city of
Sank Centre, for the disposal Of
its sewage and
Whereas, the Home School for
Girls should pay fair share Of
the operation Of said disposal plant
and a fair rental for the use Of
the sewage lines to said plant.
Be it resolved that the city of
Sank Centre, it having considered
the costs of operation, deprecia-
ton, and upkeep, are of the opinion
that the state of Minnesota should
pay an annual charge of $3.50, 90 for
its share thereof, from and after
December II, 1884, which is the
date the plant began to operate.
That a proposal to the Board of
Control be made upon the above
basis, preliminary to a contract to
be drawn between the city and
said Board of Control.
The motion was seconded by
Alderman D. A. Pangburn, and I'm.
animously carried.
J. A. Schoenhoff, clerk
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Telling Hours by Bells
Common Practice ON Shin,


On shipboard. for purposes Of dis
cipline, and to divide the watch
fairly. the crew Is mustered In two
divisions. the starboard Fright side,
looking toward the head and the
port QefO.
The day commences at noon and
Is thus divided: Afternoon watch,
noon to 4 p. m. first dog watch.
4p. m. to 6 p. m. second dog watch,
8 p. m. to 8 p. m; first watch, 3
p. m. to midnight; middle watch, II
to 4 a. m; morning watch, 4 a. m.
to 8 p. m; forenoon watch, 8 a. m.
to noon.
This makes seven watches, which
enables the crew to keep them alter
nately, as the watch which comes
on duty at noon one day has the
afternoon the next day, and the men
who have only four hours rest one
night have eight the next. This Is
the reason for having the dog
watches, which are made by divid-
ing the hours between p. m. and
p. m. into two watches, notes q
writer in the Cleveland plain Dealer.
Time Is kept by bells" rung
every half hour and beginning with
each watch Except that one series
Of bells" runs through the two dog
watches).
The time recorded by the bells is
therefore as follows:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-18
Origin of Chintz Goes
Back to Indian Process

Chintz, so beloved by the English,
first appeared in Great Britain in the
Eighteenth century, being brought
by sailing ships from India. These
first printed pieces were in the shape
Of large oblongs, just the right size
for bedspreads. They were known as
"Palampores." The most popular
design was 'the tree Of life," found
on m any British manufa ctured
chintzes, states a writer in the Chi
cago Tribune.
The manner Of making the first
chintzes in India was such a lengthy
and complicated process that the
fabric brought tremendous prices.
The demand for chintzes grew by
such leaps and bounds, however,
that soon European manufa cturers
were forced to copy them, and thus
less expensive processes were
evolved.
Then some one invented tn e
method of making prints all in one
color, and the tones of blue, red,
and mauve Of that period were the
result. France lowered the price Of
chintzes, and soon places every
where were entering the business.