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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
Japanese Are Forced To Bring More Troops
More Artillery, More Supplies Are Needed-C Chinese Are Meeting Them Blow for BIOw-Fighting
 With BayOnets, Trench Knives
By H. R. EKINS

Copyright, l937, by United Press) Shanghai, Sept. ll-(UP)-A Jap anese army spokesman said today that Japan must bring more men, more artillery, and more supplies to the Shanghai front before she could hope to win the terrible battle that entered its fifth week at dawn.
 The battle for Shanghai had reached a stalemate.
 Japan's shock troops and navy men had been stopped short by nu- merically superior Chinese, united at last against common enemy and nerved to desperate resistance.
 Major Operations Delayed
 The Japanese spokesman who ad- mitted that Japan must bring rein- forcements said that major opera tions must await their arrival.
 The real importance of this state- ment must be assessed on the basis of statements of more than one week ago when the Japanese started their big push" that was to drive the Chi nese promptly out of the Shanghai area, and send them, routed, to the west.
 Up to the hour at which write, at the end of another bloody day If fighting in the ravished country side north and east of Shanghai, this Japanese big push has failed. Not the Japanese, but the Chinese opened this days fighting with a surprise attack in which shock troops brought into the lines northeast of the city under cover of the night smashed into the Japanese positions at dawn.
 sworn to Drive Japs Out
 Japanese intelligence agents re- ported that the Chinese troops were led by the famous "plenteous" bri-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
Chief Executive of Rhode Island Has New Plan
 to Dust Him
O'HARA VICTOR IN
 THREE LEGAL SCRAPS
Civil Suits That Total Near $l,OOO,OOO Still Fac-
 ing O'Hara

Providence, R. l., septem- Der II. - (UP) - Undaunt- ed by a major legal setback, Governor Robert E. Quinn and his board of strategy to- day worked on a new plan in their fight to drive Walter E. O'Hara, race track execu- tive and publisher, "out of Rhode Island". Quinn would not reveal his hand, but sources close to him said it was certain he would take some sort of drastic action in the next few days.
 It was indicated that the state would renew its attempt to close Narragansett Park race track to which O'dara was restored legally as managing director yesterday when the state supreme court quashed the Rhode Island racing commissions order busting him as an official and employe of the track.
 Second Victory
 O'Hara's second important victory in the battle of Narragansett" fol- lowed within an hour when the commission announced postpone ment until Tuesday of hearing at which the Narragansett Racing Association, Inc, operators of Rhode Islands only track, will be asked to show cause why their H. cense should not be suspended or revukeel s-fd-st i ''''''--- ''-i " 'a@sf
 The postponement forestalled the threatened closing of the track un-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
Russia May GO Out on Patrol Alone to Battle
 Pirates MEDITERRANEAN TO BE
 DIVIDED INTO LANES No Decision Reached on What to Do With Pirate
 Submarines
BY STEWART BROWN United Press Staff Corrcspondenl)

(Unlted Press Staff COrrcSp0ndent)
 Nyon, Switzerland, Sep tember II -- (uP) - Russia, ; baking at British French proposals for a Mediterra- mean naval patrol system, charged today that Great Britain and France would give "pirate" submarines freedom to operate under the eyes of patroling warships. Angry, Maxim Litvlnov,. Russial foreign commissar asserted that the French British proposals not only would give unknown" submarines free rein, but would be equivalent to recognizing the Spanish Nation alists as belligerents under inter- ternational law. Delegates worked anxiously in their Geneva hotel rooms today to reach compromise before they resumed the formal Mediterranean conference here this afternoon.
 w1ue DIVcFBenCc
 How wide divergence was IS shown by complete summary of points agreed on in principle as made available to the United Press today.
 The conferees had agreed CD to divide the Mediterranean into, zones, to be patrolled by destroyers of par- ticipants in the plan: @ France and Britain will patrol the western Mediterranean; (0 Italy will be of- fered the central zone, Britain and France to share 1t if she refuses: (D Turkey, Jugoslavia, Greece, Rus- sia and other participants will share the eastern zone; (5) as soon as agreement Is reached all merchant men will be warned to stay inside
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
BOY WOUNDED
 IN PLAYING GAME

Bridgeport. Conn. Sept. lI-(UP). Wounded in the head by rifle bullet while playing wild west" with several playmatss. James Van Val- kenburgh. 6. was in serious con- dition today at Bridgeport hospital
 The bullet came from a gun in. the hands of Julius Kiraly. IS. a neigh bor, police said. The child was ex- pccted to recover. 4t
 Kiraly said he had been shooting at Q target and warned the children to stay away from the range.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11

showed a slight drop. Eight of the city's largest factories last month reported 20,344 employees, or l83 less than the previous month. Never theless, the August factory total is 2,228 more than that in the same month last year.
 Bank clearings and bank deblts decreased during the month, while bank savings showed substantial gain. Building permits increased in number but decreased in value. Electricity consumption gained Sharply, while gas consumption showed a decrsease. Postal receipts for the city showed gain as did also the number of telephones in use.
 Complete Survey
 The Chamber of Commerce sur vey for August follows:
 BANK CLEARINGS
 The total bank clearings for the month of August amounted to $6,- 567 300, decrease of $859,20 as
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
SHOCK CAUSED DEATH

New London, Conn.,, Sept. l.- (UP). The shock of falling from the city pier into the harbor in- duced a heart attack which caused the death of Peter Jacobs, 70, re- tired coast guardsmap, last ight. Firemen made an attempt to re- yive him with a rinhalator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-11
Ouer 37,OOO Mark
 From Chamber OF Commerce Report
This Was During Month of August-FactOry Employ. rlent Had Slight Drop, t1Owever-Business in,
 General Has Been Good

Employment in Waterbury climbed the 37,0OO mark during August with business in general holding up strongly during the month despite the hot weather and the vacation period During August there 24O persons regularly employed in the city, gain of 25s over July
 These figures contained in the monthly business survey of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. While employ ment in general increasing, factory employment
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Tie Weather

Rain Late Tonight; Probably on Sunday
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
New Gold Brick Offer?

The handS-acrosS-t he-Sea movement is
beginning to come to life again. The
Imperial Policy Group, an organization
Of some two score members of the British
parliament, announces that in March it
will send over an unofficial mission to
promote "a closer understanding between
the United States and the British
Empire" This mission, 1t is announced,
will try to do two things: Find out how
America feels about settlement of the
British war debt, and try to promote
cooperation between the two nations in
case another war blows up.
The first part of the 100 should be very
easy, and could be accomplished by cub
reporter on any London daily. The aver
age Americans reaction to the war debt Is
simply feeling that he would like to see
little something paid on account, and
he has made no secret of this attitude
for some years.
The second part may be tougher. 1t is
hard to escape the feeling that American
cooperation would be just little bit like
the experience of a certain young shave
tail. Fresh from West Point, the youth
in question was assigned to western cav
airy regiment commanded by colonel
supposed to be the most hard-boiled
officer in the entire army.
The shavetail bashfully presented his
papers and, to his surprise, found the
colonel Unexpectedly aifable. AS he rose
to go to his quarters, he remarked, "Well,
colonel, believe that we are going to get
along very we'll" EYES," said the colonel,
"but you will do most of the getting"
When Anglo-American cooperation is
mentioned, most Americans have feeling
that it is America that will do most of the
cooperating. This is a cold and cruel
world and this country still remembers
that fall downstairs in 1917. "A British
mission which hopes to sell the idea of
cooperation is going to have to demon
strate that it would be two-way propo-
sition.
Some five or six years ago, we had
secretary OF state who was all for coopera-
ton - Henry L. Stimson. The Japanese
marched into Manchuria, and, expecting
cooperation from London, Mr. Stimson
adopted firm attitude regarding the
various treaties which were fractured by
that march. He came to few weeks later
to discover that London had left him
away out on the end of a limb His
successors in office are not likely to for
get that experience.
Friendship and harmony between the
two great English-speaking nations is
beautiful ideal. Americans can hardly be
blamed, however, if they look at the
record of the last two decades and decide
that an overseas offer of cooperation is
apt to have catch in it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
A Healthy Income

The report of the State Tax Commits
Sioner, William H. Hackett, on income
for the fiscal year ended June &c. 1896, is
story in itself. Revenue taken in by the
state for the year previous amounted to
$26,519,717. This is an increase of Sc, $751;
945 over receipts for previous fiscal year.
That in itself is news worthy of comment,
for it must be pointed out this close to
$10,000,O00 jump in tax income came dur
ing depression months, inaSmuch as the
year ended June 30, 1886, when good
times were really starting to manifest
themselves.
There might be many questions asked
by Mr.. Average Taxpayer at this point,
such as where does all this extra tax
money go, but what we are more con-
cerned with is bringing home point we
were stresSing two, three, and four years
ago. At that time the thought upper
most in everyone's mind was how our tax
system could be revised so that the bur-
den of supporting all forms of govern
ment could be taken off the real estate
owners shoulders Finally we did some
thing about it by naming a tax revision
commission, whose findings were ulti-
nately given the cold shoulder
During all those discussions about re-
vising tax bases this writer managed now
and then to ask why something wasn't
done about new tax or two to raise in
come plus thorough overhauling of our
state government SO that its cost might
be materially reduced. We got the new
taxes. Take look at them in 1855.
With the one-cent increase in gasoline
tax this item brought in $7,191 ,846, the
largest single means of tax income. This
figure was 100000 greater than in the
previous fiscal year. Liquor taxes yielded
81 ,800,0 600 and they are on the upgrade
now.
Several things are clear government
costs are surprising tax increases. Per-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
Evidently On The Job

CHANGING over the report, the annual
one, Of the office of the Fire Marshal
evidence Is quickly obtained of a vast
amount of interest and energy on the
part Of the several members Of the bureau
Of the Waterbury Fire Department.
While we are appreciative of the fine
reports Of the several departments Of our
city government as presented at this time
Of the year, it Is not always possible to
single out individual ones among them
for attention. But the city is and has
been aware for some time now that the
office Of the Fire Marshal is slowly but
surely awakening this city and its
100000 inhabitants to the value of being
fire conscious.
We could run down long list of items
that are reviewed in the annual report,
but 1t would take up this entire column.
The report, we imagine, Is available to
public inspection and those who are in
terested would derive much satisfaction
and at the same time surprise in the num-
Der and variety of inspe, ion visits made
by the staff. Not mere.y are fires inves-
tigated as a routine i: performance, but
there are thousands Oh other calls every
day OF the year, ma y of them perhaps
responsible for fires not breaking out.
Last year, for example, the bureau in
spected 1,273 furnace oil burners.
Sprinkler systems were checked; refrig-
Grafton inspected; vacant buildings ex-
amined; Railways found unlighted; fire
escapes looked over; boilers found faulty;
schools visited, etc. The list is completed.
Nothing has been overlooked. Every eff
fort has been made to fire-proof Water
bury. We should be proud of the office
of the Fire Marshal for it's close attention
to duty and the very obvious results that
are obtaining from such performance
of duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

Somebody had better get together on
this matter of courts. The judicial corn-
Gil reports to Governor Cross that it
favors the district court plan and outlines
the system at great length. The Con-
necticut Federation of Labor recon-
mends that judges be elected by popular
vote. Motor Vehicle Commissioner Con-
nor calls for the establishment of more
traffic courts. All of which is naturally
confusing to the average layman While
evidently there seems to be a desire or
tendency to cut down the number of
courts (small ones) in Connecticut, the
creation of special ones to handle only
traffic cases seems contrary to this inten-
ton or purpose. Waterbury is tackling
the traffic case problem by segregating
all such violations to one day when they
are heard by the persiding city court
judge. Perhaps this same procedure
could be continued even if the district
court plan does 60 into effect in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

haps the departmental overhauling, to be
outlined this year, may lower them. If
it does we shall See the second Of our
recommendation in effect. We feel sure
that II We do bring government down to
the point where it is operated efficiently
and economically the increased revenues
Of this state will more than balance. How
can they help but do that when they
mount by $9,OO0,O00 loads?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

We don't know at what decision the
special legislative committee named to
tackle the perplexing problem of COM
mittee control has arrived, but Judging
by what everyone is saying the democrats
are going to get broad concessions in the
forthcoming legislative session. The
democrats with heavy majority in the
Senate and larger representation than
heretofore in the House are clamoring for
top position. Republicans might not be
willing to agree were it not for the fact
that they must compromise for everything
they get during the legislative session this
year. Democrats control everything else
state and federal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

tell q story Of how he once called
her up from q nearby city to tell
her Of his arrival home from
Washington. She asked him what
he would like her to prepare for
him.
"Crumbin, mother" he said,
1--WE been longing for q big
bowl Of that for months"
Sans two other favorite foods
are turkey and chill con carne.
When he Is home, Miss Lou serves
turkey every Sunday dinner.
Two Passions
Sam has two passions-pure-
bred cows and Robert e. Lee.
He has a herd Of 80 Jerseys on
his farm and they are the light
Of his life. He exhibits his favor
ties at the County and State Fair.
Last fall when one Of them died
he grieved for days.
When Sam gets TO talking
about cows he grows lyrical, "A
pure-bred cow" he rhaps0dizes.
rs the most beautiful animal
I'm the world"
Last year he purchased q thor
oughbred horse, q handsome and
spirited animal. Grudgingly he
admits that the horse has his
points, then he hastens to add:
But haven't got to like him as
well as do my cows"
General Lee Is Sans great hero.
Sans father served under Lee
and told many stories about the
great southern military genius.
Two of Sans most cherished
treasures are rare photographs Of
Lee; one taken in uniform as
tride Traveller" Lees famous
charger, and the other in civilian
attire several years before his
death.
Sam has read hundreds of books
and articles about his hero and
Is always on the lookout for new
ones.
Sam does considerable reading
both at home and in Washington,
chiefly In biography. Next to Lee
his favorites are jefferson and
Andrew Jackson. For light read
ing he prefers western stories.
With q twinkle in his eye, Sam
confesses to one weakness.
II like movies" he says, "es-
pecially those colored animated
cartoons"
Copyright, 1887. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

at the Bureau Of Engraving and
printing, however, has delayed
work on the plates from which the
new stamps were to have been
made. Then, too, with the reas-
sembling of congress, the force of
the government printing office will
be occupied with congressional
printing Of one kind or another.
1t has not been determined at
what price the new pamphlet will
be sold to the general public. The
last edition could be had at the
Department of Documents for the
price of ten cents a copy. The
superintendent of documents will
fix the price of the new pamphlet
as soon as it comes Off the presses
and it is known how much the
printing Of the books cost.
Two printed cachetS will be is
sued in connection with the Ponce
De Leon carnival, to be held in
Puerto Rico. One will be released
on the opening day, January 30,
and the other on February IA, the
closing date. A service charge of
ten cents for pair includes post
age and handling. Send requests
to Cachet Director, Ponce de Leon
Carnival, Box AIS, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
While the tw0-cent Army and
the two-cent Navy stamps will not
be placed on first-day sale In
Washington until January Is, the
Philatelic Agency is already being
fOodc dwith requests and orders
for these stamps. Orders have also
come to the. agency for first-day
covers. The agency does not han
die any first-day covers Of any
new issues, these being taken care
Of only by the Washington post
Office.
The designer OF the two-cent
Army stamp was William X.
Scharge, and for the two-cent
Navy stamp, Alvin r. Messner.
Plate numbers Of the one-cent
Army stamps are 21,6O0, 21,601,
21,602. For the one cent Navy
stamp they are 21,640, 21,106, and
21,607. John Eissler did the por-
traits on the two Army and Navy
stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
Answers To
Questions
BY Frederick M. Kerby

Q. What Is the difference be.
tween craft and industrial unions2
A. In craft unions the member
ship is entirely composed of per-
sons working in q particular craft,
as carpenters, bricklayers, steamflt-
tiers, etc.; whereas Industrial unions
include all workers in a given in
dustry regardless Of their craft, as
steel mill workers, mine workers,
etc.
@. Name the state flower of Ohio
and the national flower Of the
United States.
A. For Ohio the scarlet carnation
was chosen by the legislature. There
is no official national flower, al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

Waterbury got it's first real taste OF
winter Thursday when an ice storm
coated our streets and made driving very
treacherous It was the first storm that
windshields frosted over which added to
the difficulties. However, we can thank
Superintendent "Tom" Fleming's forces
for being on the job bright and early with
plenty OF sand. Not in our memory has
Chase Park Boulevard been as heavily
sanded as it was Thursday morning. It
was the safest hill in town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
Selected Poem
RAIN ON CAPE COD
edith Benedict Halves in the Christian
Science Monitor)

edith Benedict Halves in the Christian
Science Monitor)
The rain now makes cavern of this Cape
Closes the sky, and kindly turns our eyes
To delicate webs Of soft-green moss that drape
The forest, where the lichened tree-trunks rise:
Lichens SO frilly and so softly hued,
Moses so springy deep to walk upon
That In this pine-green wet we walk subdued.
Breathing the fragrance from the woodland drawn
And in another grove the needles lie
Soft. golden brown and smooth beneath our feet.
Here Is shell dropped where crowd few by;
In woods, tinted shell Is sudden-sweetl
Here is patch Of chubby wintergreen,
Here runs the bear-berry on silver sand
Oh lovely rain to scour the world so claim
10 turn our Craze upon the Frightening land!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
| A Book a Day
A Fascinating Study
of the Ballet
(BY BRUCE CATION

of the Ballet
(BY BRUCE CATION
BALLET Profile" by Irving Deakir
dodge. $3.50, is a revealing ano
colorful portrait of ballett.
Here, in one volume, are the BIZ
ographies of all the great and
near-great figures in the ballet
from the days of the Maryinsky
and Imperial Russian ballets to
Colonel de Basil's Russo de Monte
Carlo, which has toured this
country for the last three years.
Mr.. Deakin reveres them all and
has known most of them, and his
book has ring of sincerity, a
lack of sham and affectation all
too seldom found In studies of the
highly specialized arts.
He draws honest portraits OF
those controversial figures, Nj
jinsky and Diaghilef, which, be-
cause of their very brevity and
simpliciaty of presentation, are
more convincing than the many
highly colored pictures which
have been recently presented.
There are remarkable portraits
of Pavlova, Fokine, Karsavina,
and others; fascinating anecdotes
concerning Isadora Duncan, Adolph
Bolm, Ruth Page, and all the
myriad personalities which have
swarmed across the ballet scene In
a generation.
1t seems to me that this kind Of
book, free from the touch Of the
poseur, blessedly unornamented
by super-specialized jargon. will
do more oward making friends
for the ballet than 20 technical
handbooks. Whether your favorite
dancer Is Leonide Massine or Fred
Astaire, the book viii interest you
-E. M. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1887
A Thought for Today

We are troubled on every SIDE yet not dis
tressed; We are perplexed, but not in despair
III Corinthians 4:0s
He that despairs degrades the Deity, and
seems to intimate that He Is insufficient or not
Just to His word; In vain hath he read the
Scriptures, the world, and man.-Feltham.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09
RANCHER SHOPS BY AIR

Mt. Whitney Cal--(UP)-Gcrdan
H. Campbell, ranchman on the
eastern slopes Of the Sierra Madre
mountains, has abandoned the au-
toombile In favor Of his private air
plane TO: shoppinf trips to Loi
Angeles and other cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-09

We suppose Nature must have had some
sort OF dim idea as to what she was doing
when she arranged cows teeth, but they
certainly look as If they needed dentures
in the upper story.