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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
Senate Votes To-day On Wages, Hours Bill
This Afternoon-It Cannot Be Predicted How Vote Will GO
BY RUSSELL TURNER United Press Staff Corresponden

tOnlteo FreSs StatI COfreSpOn0emtD
 Washington, July 3l-(UP)-The Senate faces a showdown vote to- day on the administrations contro- versial wage and hours bill with the outcome unpredictable.
 A final vote comes by agreemerS . at 3 p. m. (E.S.T) but a test of strength was expected earlier on a motion to return the measure to the Senate education and labor committee which drafted it.
 Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex. a leader of forces opposing the bill, declined to predict the outcome of the vote on recommitting 1t. After canvassing the Senate. he said that 1t twill be mighty close" Senate Majority Leader Alben w. Barkley of Kentucky, heading the admins tration drive for enactment, said he felt confident there were enough votes to defeat the motion but con- ceded that "the outcome will be close" Most senators agreed that if the motion fails, the bill will pass.
 Fate Of Roosevelt Plans
 The fate of President Roosevelt's entire pre-adjournment program hinged on the result of the final vote. Many congressional veterans believed that & defeat would preci- pitate @ rush for adjournment which might see Congress ending within few days.'
 So bitter was the battle over the measure that 1t not only had al- ready split the ranks of democratic
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The action is believed to be the first filed in this city which takes advantage of the new allowances made for death actions by the last general assembly. Prior to the new enactment $10,000 was the largest amount of damages that could be re- covered under a death action. The last legislature raised that figure to $15,000, and caused general shift in the insurance coverage of automobilists.
 Path Alleged Unsafe
 Washington Parks path, leading from the playground to Sylvan ave- nue, is alleged to be unsafe and in such condition as to be nuisance in the complaint filed today. It is caid that Mrs. Gerard tripped over a boulder which should not have been allowed to be present in the path, and that its presence constituted negligence on the part of the city.
 Was Leaving Park
 Mrs. Gerard VI , leaving the pary after the fireworks, at about Il o'clock, when she fell. She was brought to St. Mary's hospital in th9 police ambulance and given immediate blood transfusions, but died at $40 o'clock the next morn- ing.
 The fireworks display was spon- soged by the Washington Park Com mlnity Club and attracted more tl1an 10000 people to the scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
TRAPEzE STAR
 CLOSES CAREER
Alfredo Codona Attempts to Kill Wife-Js Suicide
 By Bullet

Long Beach, Cal, July 3l-WP)-- Something went wrong in the brain of Alfredo Codona, supreme artist of the flying trapeze, and, tenderly, a little apologetically, he empt!ed a revolver into his wife-that Is, emp tied 1t of all but one bullet. With that bullet, he killed himself. His wire was vera Bfuce, a star among the high trapeze performers in her own right, and a protege of the in- comparable Lillian Leitzel, Codona s first wife, who fell from a flying ring in 1881, and was killed. The tragedy occurred yesterday after noon. Miss Bruce was probably fatally wounded. Doctors said she could not live.
 All Mourn CodOna
 Throughout the world circus goers and circus performers mourned Co., dona today, for he was to the circus what Garbo is to the movies-a per- former without peer. He had made innumerable world tours and had appeared in practically every sizeable town of the United States, star of the aerial act, "The Flying Codonas".
 He made no last statement, left
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
TEN LOCAL BOYS ARE LOCKED UP
Captured at Camp Roberts CCC at n O'Clock
 Last Night
Special to The Democrat)

Thomaston, July 3l - Ten Wa terbury youths spent the night in the local lookup following their cap. ture at Camp Roberts, c. c. c. site at Il o'clock last evening, where they endeavored to get away with five blankets. They will be arraigned on theft charges in local court this noon.
 Those nabbed are: George Null vile, 19, of 89 Dikeman street; Har- " Goldberg, IT, of ll5 Bishop street; Edward Wheeler, IT, of % Cooke street; Salvatore Cazello, ls, of { Hopkins street; Edward Adam ski, 18, of g Albert street; Vito Za- dra, l6, of 20 High street; Michael Gransky, 20, of 77 Ward street; Joe seph Diello. 18. of 84l North Main street, Anthony zucca, i6. of e4l North Main street: and George zuc- ca. 20, of S4l North Main street.
 The boys drove into the camp in a truck which they claimed belongs to William Cazello of { Hopkins street, Waterbury, but who was not
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Late Neus Flashes
WILL PROBATED

Winsted. Conn.,, July 31 ---(UP)-In addition to be- quests totaling $16,000, the will of Mrs. Fila B. Sweet probated today included a $1,000 trust fund for her dog "Rowdy."
 Because of my great foundness for my thor oughbred wire-haired fox terrier dog 'Rowdy,' " the will said, q direct that upon my death he be not sold or given away"
 She gave the dog to her brother-in-law, Edward c. Sweet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
BY H. R. EKINS (Copyright, 1897, by United Pressl

NOVpyriBnt, A0oG Uy Outscu kEessp
 Shanghai, July 31. - (UP) Japan has won again, it seemed today. Shattered bodies floating down the river toward the Yellow Sea from Tientsin, ruins of a beautiful university, home less women and children, battered towns and the rout of a brave, i'll armed Chinese army testified to China's newest defeat in the north. Japanese artil- lery was still hammering away to- day at the empty, blackened hulk of the Rockefeller library of Man. kai University. Japanese army headquarters at Tientsin announced that "the enemy has gone with the wind"
 It was indicated strongly that China,s leaders, biting down their impotent rage and outraged pride, would take all this and wait.
 4uey Tedll1e CISdEAy, aCCoRoAnB " the best informed sources that to make war on Japan would mean a national catastrophe.
 Danger of Real War
 The danger of flare-up that might turn into real war remained, and will remain. Throughout the country the people believe that there Is going to be war now, im- mediately and inevitably.
 But the real view, and 1t is re- flected in stock and bond prices, IS that the country's leaders will re- sort to statesmanship rather than
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
THIRD ARREST IN
 WHIPPING CASE
Prosecutor to Ask Delay in Trial of Supt. of
 County Home

West Haven. Conn, July 3l- (UP)-A third arrest in the investi- gatiorf into conditions at the New Haven County Home for Children was indicated today as the super intendent and an employe of the institution were to face town court on charges of cruelty to @ i2-year- old inmate.
 Prosecutor Abraham M. Silver re- fused to give any information as to who the third arrest might concern.
 My intention" he said, Ifs to get to the bottom of this. I have a long job ahead"
 Ask Continuance
 When the cases of Mrs. Ethel Wolfe, superintendent, and Joe Antonucci, employe, come up in town court today, Silver said he would ask continuance of trial to complete his investigation of con- ditions at the home.
 Mrs. Wolfe and Antonucci were arrested after relatives of Albert
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
INSURANCE RING
 STOLE THOUSANDS
Thirty.Nine Persons Have Been Indicted-Grand
 Jury Holds Them

New York, July 3l--CUP)-Thir- ty-nine persons--doctors, attorneys, insurance agents and policy hold ers-were under federal indictment today charged with mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with a ring" alleged to have obtained thousands of dollars from insur- ance companies on false claims of disabilities.
 A federal grand jury, following an inquiry of two and a half months, returned IS indictments charging that policy holders of at least eight large insurance com- panies had been drugged by physi- clans and coached by attorneys into collecting as much as $12000 a year for illnesses that never existed.
 Big Doctors Caught
 The indictments charged that the ring" was operated so efficiently that even physicians of high stand ing unwittingly cooperated.
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SCHOOL PUPILS
 BADLY INJURED

New Haven, Con-, July 3l.-(UP) Two New Haven high school pu- pills were in a critical condition at Grace hospital today from injuries suffered last night when the care in which they were riding blew a tire and struck a pole at Branford.
 They were Bernice Martin, l8, daughter of an assistant postmaster, and Frank Duffy, Jr., IS.
 Three other pupils less seriously hurt were Ethel Castles, r, John Emons, IS, and Martin Shanley, IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
DROWNED WHERE
 FATHER HAD DIED

Newton, N. H., July 31-(UP)-In the same pond where her father lost his life three years eago, Theresa Marie Ryan, eight, of Boston, was drowned yesterday and her brother, John,. nine, saved himself after their boat capsized.
 Investigators said the boat over- turned when the children leaned over It's side to look for the but tom of the pond. They were alone in the boat ct the time.
 Thereas body was recovered later by john Riley of Newark. N !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
EXAMINE RUSTY PISTOL

Bridgeport, Conn.,, July 31-(U.P) -Ballistics experts today were ex- pected to examine 6 rusty .32 cali- Der pistol found in Q field to deter mine whether 1t was used in the Fairfield slaying of George Butler, local taxi-driver, more than i've years ago.
 Herman W. seidell, 26, is being held in connection with the case Police said he has signed q confess sion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
MANY ARRESTS

Warsaw, Poland, July 31 -(UP)- Police arrested 163 communists today after they had assembled in the Krasinski City Park for an anti.war street dem0nstra- ti0n.
 Pamphlets on "Red Aid for Spain" were c0nfis- cated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
Shattered Bodies Floating Down River Toward
 Yellow Sea LEADERS OF CHINA
 IN lMPOTENT RAGE Must Take It All or Have Real War - Japanese MercilessIy BOnlbard

Telegraph Editors Note: - H. R. Ekins, famous United Press war correspondent, has arrived in China after a trans-Pacific flight to cover the crisis between China and Japan. Veteran of many years service in China, during which he covered the Shanghai war of 1882, Ekins is thoroughly familiar with every phase of a situation important to all the world. His first dispatch follows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
Washington Park FIreWorks Cause. Suit For $15,OOO
John F. Gerard of Cheshire Brings Action Against City for Death of His Wife-Died of Alleged ln-
 iuries Sustained at Park

Fireworks at Washintgon Park July contributed indirectly to the filing today of $5000 superior court action against the City of Waterbury by John Gerard of Cheshire administrator of the estate of his wife Mrs Fava Gerard Mrs Gerard died July as result of n- juries alegedly caused by fall at the park Attorney John D .Thoms of the law firm, Carmody and TholnS represents the administration of the estate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-31
Tie Weather

Showers for Tonight; Probably Fair Sunday
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Evening star., 1937-11-07

10 De, shaw had been compelled to see in
tne broad scope OF the Christian plan the
only hope for an orderly and peaceful
world. e'oi
we have too long held our faith as q
creed OF the lips; we have hardly dared
10 put IL into practice where it concerns
tne vital interests Of life. We have been
content to restrict the area of its opera
ton to places OF worship. We have not
brought Its principles to bear upon the
common. concerns of everyday life. We
have turned In vain to schemes and plans
born out Of the brains of clever states
men and the builders of vast and gran
diose human institutions. These have
signally failed us in great crises. Surely,
In such time as this, we are being COM
PEELED to turn away from our prejudices
and our conceits and to study with great
er care and more reverent consideration
the teachings OF Him whose supreme aim
1t was to give a new Interpretation to
life, its meaning and it's purpose.
Said great bishop as he observed the
utility and waste of the World War:
When shall we begin to put to the test
the scheme OF life given to mankind by
the worlds Redeemer? When shall we
prove His teaching by applying it to our
complex problems and difficulties?" 1t
was searching inquiry We have tried
everything else and tragically failed.
Jesus conceived of a universal brother
hood. We think and plan in terms of
economic and national advantage. He
exalted the value of the individual we
plan IN terms of the mass. He gave us
the comprehensive Golden Rule; our
policies are designed to serve the favored
and privileged few. He measured life by
the standards Of an enriched and en-
nobled character; we think of it in terms
OF efnciency and its capacity to produce
material wealth. Who can tell us where
our coveted conceits are leading us? Is
the superman to be the man on horse
back. booted and spurred, or the Man on
the Cross teaching by precept and exam
pie that HE that loseth his life shall
find it?"
We are long way from the first Armi-
stice Day, but have We learned its deener
meaning? Is what we call Christian
civilization" to survive? If it is. then the
hour has struck to put its principles into
practice
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Character in Work.

In these days Of battles for labor rec
ognition it is pleasant to encounter an
instance of an unusual type Of recogni-
ton that has been accorded an indi-
vidual worker in Virginia without any
battle.
Baptist Church dignitaries have erected
bronze tablet to the mason who
laid all the bricks in the new chapel at
Fork Union Military Academy. There
are 250,0oO bricks in the chapel and it
took the brickmason eleven months to
lay them.
The tablet, which will be unveiled
when the chapel is dedicated, mentions
the mason by name and says he
laid every brick and stone in this chapel
and put character in his work."
There can be little doubt that the
public appreciates the products Of labor
If for no other reason than that the
Evening star., 1937-11-07

cheeks and her hair is as white as silver
spun upon 4 wheel But her eyes are
clear and her smile serene and sweet.
She was eighty-seven in February last,
still busy with the work she began as
a girl.
The story Of that work may be found
Oh pages 2050 and 2051 OF the current
edition of who's Who in America" It
consists Of the names OF seven children
and seventy-six books. Among the lat
ter are biographies Of the beautiful
lady's parents-her father, the cele-
brated DR.. Samuel Gridley Howe who
was Laura Bridgman's teacher, and her
mother, the famous Julia Ward who
wrote. in Washington hotel, "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic" Also,
memoirs OF Joan Of Arc, Abigail Adams,
Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth FRY:
more than a score of novels fables, his
torical sketches and the childrens classic
Captain January"
fine old house standing on the west
ern terrace above the Kennebec at Gar
diner. Me. is the beautiful ladys home.
She is known as Mrs. Henry Richards
there, but appears in the catalogue Of
the Library of Congress as Laura EQiza-
BETH. Under either designation she
merits the appreciation, even the affec-
ton OF her country. 1t happens that
she represents the noblest type of Amer
lean womanhood at It's best. She has
lived and labored for others, and the
light OF her spirit is a glorious thing
to see. If notoriety passes her by, that
is part OF her charm and distinction.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

public itself is so largely composed Of the
labor element. AS they pass huge build
ings, great bridges, churches, houses and
stores many men and women think occa-
sionally of the long hours Of toll, plan
ming and industrial casualties behind the
impressive structures.
1t is only too seldom, however, that
the public is considerate enough to pay
definite tribute to worthy craftsmanship
Probably it is significant that the cur
rent Virginia instance comes from a
church group-from people who have
found a way Of applying as well as
preaching kindliness and appreciation.
Posterity will have no way Of knowing
from the Fork Union tablet whether
the mason who built the edifice con-
fined his work to so many hours a week
or what his pay scale was. But 1t will
know that his contemporaries thought
he put character In his work."
One could hardly hope for q finer
tribute.
Evening star., 1937-11-07
ANOTHER ARMISTICE DAY
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN d D.. L. D. d C. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON " = -

AS these anniversaries recur we are
faced anew with their implications. At
no time since the guns were Slenced on
the 18th of November, 1918, have we
been called upon to think more deeply
and more seriously Of what the cessation
of the World War taught the nations.
Nineteen years ago we seriously believed
that the "war to end war" had written
q new page in human history. The les
sons OF this great struggle, this modern
Armageddon, were solemnly needed by
the peoples of every race and nation.
Those who made the supreme sacrifice
(and they were in terms of millionS had
given their lives for q new world order.
This was to be better world, where the
spirit of fraternity, kindly judgments
and the closer knitting of the ties Of
international relationships were to be
witnessed. From carnage and strife we
turned to set our house in order and to
the rehabilitation of our depleted for
tunes. A new Christian spirit was
evoked and the Prince Of Peace was
acclaimed as the worlds Master Old
rivalries, race prejudices, intolerance
and hatred were to give place to new
world order and peace. Despite the high
resolves of wartorn nations, the cynic
still contended that human nature could
not be changed.
AS we come to another anniversary Of
Armistice Day we see world facing a
situation that suggests confusion worse
confounded. Fear has once again seized
the hearts Of men, and for open cove
nants openly arrived at" we seem to be
back again where secret diplomacy con-
nives and plans what 1t conceives to be
national advantage, and that at any cost.
Disillusioned as We may be, we still
hold to the conviction that the program
of the Man of Nazareth is the only pro-
gram that can guarantee to the peoples
OF the world the security of those things
that make for happiness, peace and con-
tinuing prosperity. Only recently dis
tinguished English journalist. man of
broad vision and culture, affirmed that
he could see no other way out of the
present dilemma than the way of Jesus
Christ He was but reafiirming what
Bernard Shaw had said on another occa-
sion. Cynic as he acknowledges himself
Evening star., 1937-11-07
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Real Thing.
In buddin' May and bloomin' June
I useter keep a-singin'
De springtime an de summer tune:
I thought dem months was brinQin
About de bes' de year could show
In all it had to proffer,
Because jes' den didn't know
What autumn had to offer.
I done fohgot dem golden trees
An fruit so sweet and mellow,
De freshness of de rustlin' breeze,
De punkin round and yellow.
When old November comes to hand,
Dem months we's done completed
Seems mos1y limitations, and
I feels like been cheated!
Evening star., 1937-11-07
In the Name of Economics.

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics
OF the Department of Agriculture fore
sees lower national income in 1888
than in the present year. Along with
1t the bureau predicts a fall of indus
trial production and probably a lower
1arm income. If falling of of in
dustrial production is accompanied by
lower national income, it may be
reasonable to expect lower agricultural
income If production of the farms is
curtailed. The latter, however, is heresv
in the mind of the present administra-
ton.
With industrial production curtailed. 1t
is expected that the demand for aeri-
cultural products-food and materials
That go into manufacture-will fall off.
In the old days, when crops were poor
and the farmers produced comparatively
little, 1t was bad for the industrialists
who relied in considerable part on the
farmers as market for industrial pro-
ouctlon. Now crops are cut artificially
through connivance and even through
the payment of subsidies to the farmers
by the Federal Government. This is
supposed to be good economics.
The falling off of industrial production
Is set down as one of relatively short
recessions" which usually characterize
an upswing in business. Though "rela-
lively short" the bureau expects the re-
cession to run we'll into 1888. It will not
be relatively short, however, If the
administration continues some of its
policies toward business.
The present recession in business and
the prediction of less employment, lower
income and less production may give
the spenders Of governmental funds
which do not exist except in deficits-a
new impetus. The Bureau of Agricul-
tural Economics points out that the
stimulus in business activity since 1888
has come to very considerable extent
from Government spending, deficit
financing and monetary measures" The
spenders may argue that the spending
program, with bigger and better deficits,
should continue further in order to
stimulate business. Unfortunately the
pinch is already beginning to make it.
self felt-the pinch which comes first
from a cutting down in spending and
second from the burden of paying debts
already contracted.
The only real help in the present
situation can come from industry and
agriculture themselves. While subsidiz-
ing agriculture on a scale never before
attempted the administration has turned
deaf ear to industry. It has sought
to control industry, it has entered into
competition directly with industry and
1t still continues to do both. There is no
clear indication yet that the administra-
tion plans to give industry a freer hand
to resuscitate itself. So far as agricul-
ture is concerned, the administration
plans to continue its paternalistic meas
ures and to extend them. In the mean
time the markets-even some of the
domestic markets-of the farmers are
being curtailed along with their crops.
lmportations of farm produce into this
country, almost unknown a few years
ago, or inflnitesimal in volume, have been
increasing rapidly. All these things are
being done In the name OF economics.
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planners irk Mr.. Hull, who thinks that

planners irk Mr.. Hull, who thinks that
the answer is free trade.
1t is a lack Of co-ordinated policy and
straight-line administration of that pol
icy which has become most apparent at
the start OF the present crisis in govern
mental affairs
MIR. Roosevelt's prescription to date is
to assign Jimmie Roosevelt to listen to
the troubles of the individuals in con-
flict. He hopes to get for each indi-
vidual the thing that he most wants. If
able to do that without turning Wash
ington into madhouse, Son Jimmie will
have solved his fathers problems
The chances are, however that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is being forced by cir
cumstances finally to make up his mind
concerning the direction he intends to
take. Regardless Of his decision, he will
be confronted with the task Of reorgan-
izing the administrative machinery of
the Government so that 1t can function
q something more than one man show.
(OopyT1sht 1o37)
Evening star., 1937-11-07

Sometimes China and Japan go ahead
as If they were paying no attention to
the efforts Of eminent citizens of other
countries to deal intelligently with a
situation Of which they know little or
nothing. 1t is privilege to deal intelli-
gently and one which can be exercised
only with discretion and discernment.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

Greenbelt is to be the subject of dis
tinguished scrutiny, although Mr.. Rex
Tugwell is unfortunately detained by
duties in the molasses business which
prevent him from calculating the fine
points Of the distinguished Maryland
settlement.
Evening star., 1937-11-07

Photographers are again having their
troubles with people who try to monop-
olize a picture by looking straight into
the camera lens. There are moments
that call for camera sense as important
in popular appeal.