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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

Miss Alice Marquedt of Stam- ford was crowned Queen of the Beauty Contest. Miss Mary Ber- donan, of Middleiown won sec- 0nd honors.
 by Alderman Charles Sciullo, dep- uty leader,
 St. Patrick's
 A large crowd attended the an- nual outing of the Holy Name so- ciety of St. Patrick's church which took place yesterday at Paradise Grove of the Meriden road. The program included a softball game, quoit and card tournaments, dinner and refreshments all day. The out- ing was the sixth annual sponsored under the auspices of the popular Brooklyn organization and was said to have broken all records from the standpoint of enjoyment and at- tendance. The softball game was won by the single men of the group 14-8, but the losers retaliated in a "45" tourney and displayed championship ability.
 The speakers of the day were Rev. William Wirkus, chaplain. Thomas Fitzmaurice, president of the so- ciety, Peter FitzHenry, chairman of the committee in charge. Police Commission Patrick Cronan. Fran cis Hardy and Mago Sheehan, or- ganization treasurer for the past 30 years.
 At the Swiss society outing, guests of honor included Mayor Frank Hayes, William J. Pape, Con- troller Daniel J. Leary, Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney and Alderman George R. Kingston.
 Beauty Contest Miss Alice Marquardt of Stamford was declared winner of the bathing beauty contest. Mary Berdonaro, Middletowa, second; Rose Wolozin, Waterbury. special prize for small- ] est contestant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
Curtailment By WPA
 Responsible For Rush
 To Municipal Agency
State Headquarters Announces Plans in Progress tC Assist Needy Veterans City Must Assume Burden
 in Again Caring for Unemployed Providers

statement to jobs or direct relief from the city.
 In the meantime word has been received from the state WPA offiee in New Haven that veterans who were caught when the ax descended last week will be taken care of and possibly reinstated as soon as pos. sible, The information which was received from New Haven was not positive but seemed to indicate that veterans would be given first consideration in regard to those who would be reinstated at oil.
 Burden Expected
 The influx of men and women to- day is the first indication of tho burden which will fall on the mem- bers of the local welfare depart- ment staff, As soon as men are laid of the WPA they immediately go to the department to find out why and to sec if they can Do placed back on the jobs,
 Unfortunately for all concerned there Is nothing that can be done In Waterbury about putting them back to work on the WPA. The curtailment decisions arc made in the main ofiice in New Haven and all towns are then notified as to the exact number Of persons who will be dropped from each local personnel.
 It was estimated last week that . drop of 100 persons from the WpA would result in an increase In the local relief load Of about 400 to 500 persons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

While hundreds attended the out. Ing of the newly formed Waterbury Swiss society yesterday at Lake ouasSapaug, many more journeyed to Lakewood park for the annual outing of Avelino lodge, Sons Of Italy, with national officers and rep. resentativeS of all Italian organiza. tons in the city present, Guests at the Italian picnic were welcomed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
FLORENCE HOUL HURT IN MISHA Paul Leduc, Driver of Car. Arrested for Beck.
 less Driving i

Paul Leduc, 2S, of 2s7a Fast Main street, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving last nieht, after an accident which caused llis juries to his wife and child, and Miss Florence Houle, i8, of ais Baldwin street. The latter was talgs on to Waterbury hospital and treat. ed for laceration of the cheek. The auto hit c tree near Chase park.
 Mrs. Leduc, 24, and the child, Dor. othy one year old were taken . to st. Mary'S hospital and treated. The former has Q scalp Injury, fractured lower jaw and lacerations of face chin and arm. The child had Q confusion of the right cheek. All reported comfortable today. The other passenger in the car was Adriene Fioris of 3s Canal street, but he and Leduc were unintured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
TEST BROADCAST. HERE TOMORROW IOO.FOOt Mast on Police Station Roof Painted
 Yesterday

Final electrical work la the in- stallation of station WN6PW, the po- lice departments transmitting sys- tenn Is expected to be completed to- day. There h . possibility that first test broadcast will be made tomor- row.
 The. 100 foot mast on the roof of the police station was painted yes- terday, after having been set into place, At the present time 1t Is equipped only for transmissions, but reception features will be possible if necessary.
 Broadeasts will be made from the same room in which the police de- partment switchboard Is located.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

The above are the titles and names of authors of the ten vol- umes in "The Juvenile Library, the latest book offer made by the Dem- ocrat. The first volume in this set goes on sale this Saturday and the outlook from the number of inquir- ies received is that it will be the most popular set of books we have put out.
 This set of books is in ten vol- tunes, contains 2,300 pages all print ed in clear type, strong binding fin- ished with beautiful blue aircraft covers with gold stamping that makes the books look like the most
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
MARKET BANDITS
 GET GOOD LOOT

Wayland, Mass, July 26-(UP)- Three masked bandits early today bound a watchman at the Red Coach grill. knocked the combina- ton from a safe and escaped with weekend receipts estimated at $2500 to S3000.
 The watchman, John Gipiletta, 4o, of Wayland, wriggled free of his bonds IS minutes later and tele- phoned police.
 The grill closed at midnight, Clip. oletta was alone in the building, cleaning a second-hoor office when the trio. wearing handkerchief masks, entered through a window after climbing to the roof
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

expensive books found in any li- brary.
 This offer is made exclusively to readers of the Democrat. You can- not buy "The Juvenile Library" without the coupons at any price. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to obtain a set of the worlds best books for boys and girls.
 How to Obtain the Books:
 Clip the coupons to be found in the Democrat every day. Six con- secutively numbered coupons with 2o cts. when presented at the Demo- crat secures any volume, The first volume. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, goes on sale on Saturday. Start clipping coupons today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
Welfare Department Besieged by Relief Applicant.
Marriage Intentions

The following marriage licenses were issued today in the ofiice of the town clerk;
 John Cox of Bridgeport, and Mary Luddy of 7S South View street.
 Joseph Dlvlno, 5S Bennett ave- nue, and Philomena Laudasi, 276 Orange street.
 Clarence J. Smith, 27 Robert street and Florence Shove, lSO South Elm street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
 Agreements

The following agreements In which compensation will be pGid during the period of total disabii. fly were filed today and approved at the office of the compensation commissioner;
 Lombard Brothers and Ernest RagozzinI, III Drayer avenue, lac. eration of head, Si6.3s zeginning July 6.
 Lous Longhl X Son, and Lud- wig Garody, Torringt0n, injured right side, S9.i5 beginning July !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
PUERTO RICAN
 IS UNDER ARREST

Atlantic City, N, J. July 20- tUPD-William WeSs, 70, e Puerto Riean, was held by federal agents today on c charge Of sending q se. ries Of letters to President RooSe- welt.
 The letters simply threatened to disrupt tho democratic party" it was understood, but contained no threats to the president.
 Tho nature of the letter, accord. to authorities said the writer had concentrated for 70 hours" asSur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
Three Popular Groups
 Held Outings Sunday
Mayor Attends Event Sponored By Swiss Society St.
 Patrick's Holy Name, Avelino Lodge Entertain

After an fashioned German picnic there were athletic eXhibi- tions by Q team under direction of Leon BuehS of the Waterbury Gym nastlc club, Winners of sports events were:
 Young boys 30 yard dash-First, Thomas Dooley; second, Gordon Dubuque; third, Ryan Quinn; girls 30 yard dash-first, Rose oenovese; second, Caroline Pillenella; older boys 50 yard dash-hrst, William Mattel: second, Tony Bellofuono;, :, third, lazy Perruceio: mems 75 yard dash-flrst, Ed Vallone; second, Jack Boland third, Bill Matti
 Alfred K. Drescher was general chairman of the event and others included Jack Breuer, William Lutz, II. Mueller, L. Hoffman, N Dejar- din, Ralph Drescher and Victor Weyerman,
 Italian Speakers
 Louis Lerz of Waterbury, supreme treasurer of the national order of the Sons of Italy, spoke at the 1tal- ian outing. Other speakers were Attorney George Crocchia, Patrick DeLeon, Joseph Lerz, Constable Nicholas Jamele and James Salerno
 Various outdoor games were played and @ band concert was given for the bentfit of those in attend ance. Typical Italian refreshments were served and following the for nal closing of the outing program several of the officers and committee members were entertained at the home of MT. and Mrs. Frank Longo of Lakewood road.
 Anthony Colasanto, venerable of the lodge, was chairman of the committee in charge, assisted by Nicholas Pelosi, Frank Mazzei, Anthony Caruso, Stefano Della Bel-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
MRS. MARSHALL
 FIELD FUNERAL

Beverly Farms, Mass, July 26-- (UP)-Private funeral services were held today for Mrs. Marshall Field, 84, of Washington, D. O., widow of the Chicago merchant and reputed- ly one fthe nations wealthiest women.
 The body was to be taken to Chicago for burial in Graceland cemetery
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
Full Weather Report

Boston. July .0--(up) -- Weather forecast!
 Rhode Island and MRsshchuHetts-- bodnl thunder showers thls after. noon or early tonight, Cooler to-. niAht Tuesday fair and cooler,
 Local thunder show. ern this afternoon bf early tonight, Cooler tonight Tuesday fair and cooler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

A large number of persons who were included in the recent WPA curtailment which saw the local personnel reduced by 100 persons crowded the welfare department offices this morning seeking rein
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
Ten Classics Offered
 In "Juvenile Library
Beautiful Set Made Available Through Democrats
 Special Offer at Nominal Price

l. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Clemens. 2. Robinson Crusoe by Defoe.
 3. Gulliver's Travels by Swift.
 f. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. 5. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott 6. Hans Brinker by Dodge. :. PinOcchiO by Carlo Coll0di. | Alice in Wonderland by Carroll g. Child'e Garden of Verses by Stevenson. O. Aesop,s Fables by AesOp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-26

Construction of a railway on Hainan Island of China will start shortly.
Evening star., 1937-02-25
Clarifying the Issue
Plan for Voluntary Retirement of Justices Bears
No Link to Roosevelt Proposal.

justices: Must you go' Here's your
hat; don't forget your cane"
(Ohserve, by the way, that Congress
two years ago was unwilling to do
quietly, by hint, what President Roose-
welt today publicly demands shall be
done by coercion. From this, can
there be any doubt that Congress, If
left to itself, If not under pressure
from the President, would never pass
the Presidents proposal?)
Although the bill giving justices the
privilege Of voluntarily retiring at full
pay was defeated two years ago, it
was reintroduced early in the present
Congress. 1t was reintroduoed in
complete good faith, in the conviction
that it was a good thing to do. 1t
was reintroduced wholly without re-
gard to the Presidents proposal, and
weeks before the President made his
proposal 1t was reintroduced by the
chairman Of the Judiciary Committee,
Summers of Texas. a member utterly
free from suspicion of deviousness.
The bill was sent to the House Com
mittee on Judiciary. 1t was in that
committee, following the normal rou-
tine, when, on February s. the Presi-
dent made his sensational proposal for
what amounted to compulsory retire
ment of justices over 10.
Suspicious Unfounded.
Because Of the coincidence, the VOL
untary retirement bill fell under sus-
picion. The suspicion was unfounded
OF the voluntary retirement bill, it is
true to say. in the words of Representa-
tive Celler of New York, that it is
simply an optional retirement bill;
there Is no coercion; there Is no COM
pulSion about it: there is no attempt
to bludgeon Oh blackjack the judges
into retirement; they can take it or
leave it; there is NO hidden trick in
this bill; We have employed no hidden
strategy; 1t is a clear-cut measure:
there is no deliberate attempt to put
over anything"
The voluntary retirement bill was
passed by the House February 10, is
now before the Senate, and presum-
ably will pass and become law
have emphasized that this bill for
voluntary retirement has no faintest
relation to the Presidents proposal for
what amounts to compulsory retire.
ment. 1t has no relation except mere
ly that Of coincidence in time.
To Affect Arguments.
Yet, just because of this coincidence
in time, the passage of the bill now
pending will have a marked effect
upon the Presidents proposal and in
all respects. The Presidents proposal
will take on new status, not now
foreSeen. And the arguments for and
against the Presidents proposal will
be modified in way not now foreSeen
Among other effects. friends of the
Presidents proposal will say that be-
cause some justices can voluntarily
retire with full pay, therefore they
ought to retire 1t will be said that
if they don't retire voluntarily, there
fore the Presidents measure for what
amounts to compulsion should be
passed. These arguments will be spe-
cious, but they will be made.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-25

power for such brief periods before the
reaction comes they must necessarily
make haste.
Sound Policies Sidetracked.
But there are plenty Of sound poll
cies which might have advanced the
cause of liberalism at this session
Of Congress had it not been for the
interjection of the Supreme Court
controversy. Congress was getting
ready to consider at least a broader
and more practical definition of in
terstate commerce, and while the
O'Mahoney bill to license corporations
may be too far-reaching. there are de-
sirable objectives in it from the view
point of proper Federal regulation of
enterprises which operate across State
lines. 1t, too, is sidetracked.
What seems to have been overlooked
is that even granting the premise
that capitalism must be modified, the
existence of system that has taken
root in centuries of time and habit
makes it difficult to change by sud-
den surgical operation on the very
arteries of its body.
Nor is the answer to be found in q
large number of amendments to the
Federal Constitution. There are plen-
Evening star., 1937-02-25

pould the to blanket
the ciuH SERVICE that all employees
make policy This all Supreme Court EN-
OF other Federal courts wouid ta into
Doud control OF their
authority of Congressman knows,
thai The it.
public upon Hoovers speech against
Washington However, the
Republican moaning enough
o a radio.
Republican National Chairman John Hamilton who
previously been
inside evidence available
indicating Republicans avoid making
followed that Political
wisdom the fighting the cat
the private Republican Hoovers
fortnight attack.
Evening star., 1937-02-25

different as voluntary Is different
from compulsory Between the two
there is no faintest relation whatever.
except coincidence in time
Nevertheless, later on this coinci-
dence in time is going to have a mate
rial effect on the course Of events.
After the bill now in the Senate has
been enacted. as it probably will be,
the Presidents proposal will have q
different status and will look different
to the country.
A good way to achieve clarity is to
tell briefly the history Of the bill now
in the Senate
For many years. ever since 1869.
there has been a law providing that
II Supreme Court justice Is over 10.
and has served 10 years, he can resign
and receive full pay for life. Under
this law the late Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes resigned in 1882. and for
a time received full pay, which was
$4,000 a year. In 1888, however.
Congress passed the emergency "econ-
omy act" which provided that no
pension should be over $4,000 a year.
Justice Holmes pension was there
upon reduced to that amount so long
as the economy act was in effect.
Bill Carefully Written.
1t was felt that this should not be,
that a justice who resigns expecting
full pay should not later find his pen
sion reduced to half. 1t was felt that
justices lover 10, and having served
10 years. who leave the bench should
be guaranteed full pay for life, with
out risk of having the amount reduced
by some future Congress. To achieve
this, a bill was very carefully written.
1t is the same bill that is now in the
Senate. 1t was first introduced about
two years ago. 1t was introduced
merely because it was believed to be
a good measure.
When the bill was before Congress
two years ago it was defeated ION
March 6, 1880. 1t was defeated, to
some extent, by sense of delicacy-
possibly unnecessary delicacy-on the
part of members of Congress. 1t was
defeated because many members felt
that the passage Of such an act might
be construed as kind of hint to GER
tain elderly justices that they should
retire. This argument against the
bill did not appear in the debates:
but it was spoken of quietly among
members and 1t was strong enough
to defeat the measure The argument,
as Representative Michener says,
"whispered"-the word whisper being
used not in an odious sense, but in
the sense of practicing quiet decency.
Congressman felt that passing the bill
would seem like saying to the elderly
Evening star., 1937-02-25

ty OF liberal laws that can be written
within the Constitution, and laws
that would be upheld by the present
Supreme Court. The ingenuity OF
the craftsmen has by no means been
exhausted by single attempt in
each field; also the New Deal has a
better knowledge of the points in its
own program than it had four years
ago.
All government is process of grad
ual adjustment of viewpoints, but the
breakup through the court fight of
an era of good feeling such as began
with the last election has impeded
the processes of adjustment. In that
respect the Supreme Court controversy
has done much harm, though, to be
sure, in awakening an interest in the
meaning of the Constitution and the
method of its Interpretation tangible
benefits to the cause Of constitutional
government may be foreseen, irrespec-
tive of the outcome of the present
effort to increase the size of the Su-
preme Court.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-25

near Carlisle, Pa, where he was
born, one of eight children. A grad
uate of Lehigh University, his first
job was apprentice TO a machinist,
which netted him 81 a week Time
marched on TO make him a famous
| engineer. 1t brought many honor
able posts, which briefly include di-
rector of public works, Philadelphia;
director OF Pennsylvania power survey
and trustee. Power Authority. New
York, by appointment Gov. Roosevelt.
Cooke always has been a friend of the
| Presidents. In Washington he lives
across Lafayette Park from the White
House. He often crosses the park.
Now on vacation, new Federal post
Is rumored for Cooke.
A Humorous Diplomat.
Agelessness surrounds him You
know he is diplomat. You surmiss
he Is politician in its best meaning,
as he knows when and where to say
things without losing his own integ-
rity. He is obviously optimistic, and
once wrote an article entitled the
I1iSu wv Va DlueS. f1uIIlOI hIlO uIl-
oerStanding exude from him. He be-
lieves SO thoroughly in electrifcation
that he suggests an appropriate for
his tombstone should be He believed
in the rural bath room"
Rural electrifcation purposes funda-
mentally to bring light and power to
tighten farm labor. The Government
loans money to qualified groups or TO
| public utilities to build and operate
lines. There must be $50 customers
with so miles of proposed line before
q loan is approved. Non-proft CO.
operatives are favored. The plan is
definitely contagious.
Modern Aladdin's Lamp.
Without doubt. electricity is the
Aladdin's lamp Of rural life. 1t grinds
corn. pumps water. milks COWS. It
| brings refrigerators. bath rooms wash
| ing machines, radios and oodles Of
labor-Saving gadgetS
An Oklahoma farmer reports that
! he has been fooling the hens by light
/ ing the poultry house before the sun
comes up mornings. The hens oblig-
ingly have laid enough extra eggs 10
| pay the farmers electric bill many
times over.