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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
Tests Causing
 Postal Deficit

Physlclans of the state have been requested by the bureau of laboratories Of the state dee partment of health to inclose with specimens for laboratory examination Q sufficient amount of postage to defray the postage cost of returning the labora- tory's report on them. At the height of the depression, the bureau explained in the depart. ments current monthly bulle- tin, lt was necessary to ask physicians to enclose snfiiclent postage for this purpose. While the response to the request was immediate, lt was insufllclent to prevent . serious deficit in the postage Item of the bureau. Lately, there has been Q slight reduction In returns, probably due to Q feeling that inclusion of postage is no longer neces. sary. The truth of the matter is that the funds appropriated to Che bureau for postage are still inadequate to handle the VOls vme Of work which entalled the mailing of more than SO,OO0 outfits for shipping specimens and reports on more than 100000 examlna tons last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
BOYS CONFESS
 HOUSE BREAK
Alleged Leader l6 Years of Age-$2O in Cash
 Taken From Homes

sixteen-year old Jacob ClminO. of 64 School street, was given Q con- tinuance to Saturday when arraign- ed in city court today on Q charge of breaking and entering. A I4- year old boy alleged to have taken part in two house-breaks with Cimino was given . similar con- tinuance in juvenile court on an in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

SSWNAS AAA wAAS G&AANWA AA9sAaSV will not Do laid for two years or more as M was explained that Q trunk sewer up the Mad River valley must be constructed first and this is in the preliminary stages as . WPA project.
 Objections Voiced
 Several objections to both the sewer construction and the sidewalk projects were voiced by individuals, but they were in Q decided minority. One woman failed to understand why . sidewalk should be construct ed on Wilson street past a vacant lot which she owns.
 "This board is merely the reflee- ton of public expression and 2A property owners favor the sidewalk, only two have voiced opposition" :" Mayor Hayes explained. ''The action of this board ls c response to the wish of . large majority"
 Sidewalk Ordered
 Superintendent of Streets Thomas ,. Fleming was ordered to Icy Q Side- walk in front O. property Of Mrs. Josephine Simons on Madison ave. nue, after the owner complained that her assessment had been paid, but that the work has not been done, The mayor ordered immediate nee gotiatlon for the laying of Q sewer on Edgewood avenua where Q right of way hes been obtained. promising the sewer before winter arrives.
 The streets where sewers were ordered laid are: Morse avenue, from Mansfield avenue to Shelter street: Southwick avenue from Wacona avenue to 30 feet west Of Monroe avenue; Middleheld street from Melrose street to Qreenieaf avenue; Virginia avenue from Radcliffe avenue to Mansfield ave- nue; Radcliffe avenue from Wood. tick road to Auburn avenue; Waoona avenue from Manor avenue to Hins- dale avenue; Woodhine street from woodland avenue to Harper avenue; Atwood avenue and Auburn avenue from Radcliffe avenue to Olearview avenue.
 Extend Main
 Repairs to sidewalks on Fleet street and oiling of lower Bradley avenue were ordered. Superintend- ont Fleming was instructed to exs tend the water main on Chase parkway 100 feet beyond the present terMinal, on motion made by Com missioner Joseph II. Lawlor.
 Collection to laying of . sewer on Atwood avenue was expressed py former Alderman Arthur D. Dlewitt representing the Mill Plain Land Company, while Q representative ot tho Waterbury savings Bank, which aiso owns two parcela of property on the avenue, favored tho con' etructiOn.
 Water Rites
 Mayer Hayes explained to nron" son Lockwood, engineer f0present- ina tho oakvills delegation inquiry about water purchase, that the city Q iosing money on its sale of water to Q section of Middlehury, although the rate Is 10 per cent higher than N charged local residents, 30 that . fixed price could not Do do. termined until various highway and constructions and filling of gaps m tho reservoir systein have been conn pleted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
DRIVER IN FREAK aEEsHAP

Drattieboro, Vt. - (UP) = Ro- land MerTitts automobile knocked him down though it wasn't niovs ing. Merritt removed his car rAdi. ator cap, when steam escaped from at A blast Of steam struck him in tho face, causing him to jump back 1uSt as c truck passed. He suffered severe bruises when the truck hit him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
Oakville Interested
 In Obtaining Water
Proposal to Buy From City of Waterbury Tabled Until
 Survey Is Made-Sewers, Sidewalks Ordered

Property owners witnessed preliminary procedure to the laying of eight and construction of sidewalks in various sections last night at the public hearing of the Board of Works presided by Mayor Frank Hayes Additionally inquiry made by delegation from the 0akve Fire Dis
 ict about buying water from Waterbury, dependent construction of new dam north of the Morris reservoir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
sTATE LOTTERY PisOP0sHD

MInot, W. D. = (UEJ = A DJU,s OO0,O00 lottery hes been proposed ai \ nlethod Of wiplng out North Da. kotah bonded iFdebtedness and re- turning the numerous tax aolin- auent farms, hold by tho state, to 1Eiyate hnnde
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

With the hope of establishing c new industry Greece is planting seeds of c scented tee from the Sudan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

Evoy arrested Maneini yesterday afternoon after Che lattera car had been involved in e minor eollision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01

MariiA Jankovitch, aged @. who gave birth Go a daughter ct Novl Pasar, yugoslavia, has son ageu NR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
Suspension Of CLIO.
 Fails To Upset Plans
Labors Non.Partisan League to Continue State Pros
 gram of Uniiying Various Organizations

fers to all groups in the labor nove- ment Q common meeting ground for taking political action In their own interest"
 Second Phase
 Increasing the number of unions and other organizations afilliated with Labors Non-Partisan League of Connecticut, means that the or- ganiEation Is entering upon the soc-
Evening star., 1937-03-21

hairs You're right, Eleanor; it shows how
careful one has to be-
Before long Mr.. Pilkey found he did not
have to pretend an interest in wild flowers;
he was really interested in them. You could
see the little man almost any evening of
spring, summer or fall, STOPPING over weed
in a vacant lot, his pocket magnifying glass
at his eye, hoping he had found new variety
to carry home to Eleanor. 1t was a gentle
and harmless pastime. BY 1888 he and
Eleanor had one hundred and eighty-seven
varieties named and mounted.
When winter put an end to Mr. Pilkeys
wild flower hunting he played with his
stamps as he called it. This, too, he did
to amuse and interest Eleanor though he had
the heart of great collector. The trouble
was that he could not afford to buy stamps
he brought home the stamps from the en-
velopes that came to the office - mostly the
stamps of the United States - and these he
and Eleanor pored over Eleanor mounted
the stamps in the cheap album Ebert bought;
she did it more neatly than Ebert could
he said. Now and then he bought at news
stand copy of stamp magazine - he could
read about rare stamps even if he could not
afford to own them. His collection if he
had sold it might have brought all of fifteen
dollars, possibly only ten
Christmas, 1882, Eleanor gave Mr.. Pilkey
as a present a stamp catalogue, the first
he had ever owned. 1t had thousands upon
Evening star., 1937-03-21

in constant fear that he would lose his job at
Jethro kegWins, and he did not know what
would possibly become of Eleanor and him
self if he did.
To you and me, perhaps, MIR. Pilkey's life
would have seemed cramped and pitiful, and
it may have seemed so to Mr.. Pllkey, but he
never let Eleanor know this However weary
and detected he might be, on the way home
he assumed an air of interest and eagerness
before he reached the cottage
We'll, we'll, Nellr' he would exclaim cheer
fully. Dinner ready, by the good smell;
that's fine - I'll have time after dinner for
a few flowers" That is if it was summer.
In the winter he would say IN have time
after dinner to play with my stamps
He played at these two harmless hobbies
mainly that Eleanor might believe his was
full and satisfactory life He had a Guide
to the Wildhowers" and with what pretended
enthusiasm he would bring in from his after
dinner walk a new Towering weed to look
up and jot down.
Il found new one - one | haven't had
before" he would tell Eleanor. I'm pretty
sure it is one of the RanHnCnlaceae, probably
a monkshood. Where's my book? I'll look
it up"
Eleanor pressed the flowers for him and
lettered the sheets on which she mounted
them. She was great help in identifying
difficult specimens too She would bend over
a flower with the magnifying glass in her
hand and say, Yes, the stem is hairy, but
other one -- the canadenSiS.
Yes, that's it," Ebert would agree 1T
says here distinctly, Stem hairy with straight
Evening star., 1937-03-21

thousands of stamps pictured, of
all the countries of the world.
Almost as good as if we had the
stamps themselves" Mr.. Pilkey
told his sister, and they spent a
good many evening hours poring
over the book.
1t was not long after Christmas
that Jethro Kegwin began finding
fault with Mr.. Pilkey. He was
paying Mr.. Pilkey little enough
but younger men could be had
for even less - the times being
what they were - and MIR. keg-
win had made up his mind to get
rid of Mr.. Pilkey. MIR. Kegwin
was one of those men who never
discharged a man without giving
him a tongue-lashing. He now
complained that Mr.. Pilkey's
beautiful Spencerian script was
getting irregular, and so it was,
for MIR. Pilkey's hand trembled
little. He complained that Mr..
Pilkey did not dress neatly, and
that was true too - he could not
afford to buy new garments.
On January 10Th, 1888, at half
past one O'Clock, Mr.. Pilkey took
the bank book and the checks and
currency that were on hand and
went to the bank to make the
deposit, as he did every banking
day of the year. No sooner was
Mr.. Pilkey out of the office than
MIR. Kegwin went to Mr.. Pilkey's
high desk and began to snoop
around, hunting for some fairly
reasonable excuse for discharging
Mr.. Pilkey.
The ledger and journal lay on
the desk and Mr.. Kegwin opened
first one and then the other, look
ing for a blot or figure scratched
out and written over, or for any
other evidence of carelessness or
incompetency, but he found moth
ing. He closed the two books and
opened one of the drawers of Mr..
Pilkey's desk.
There were three drawers, all in
a row across the front of the high
desk. Jethro Kegwin pulled out
the first to it's utmost limit. 1t
lield nothing but letter paper and
envelopes. The second and middle
S almost empty. The third drawer
n pulled out halfway. Its forward
divided into small compartments,
,se were pens, rubber bands, and
all miscellaneous articles a book
ght use. Mr.. Kegwin pulled the
| out. In larger space, reaching
de to the other. was a photograph,
ywin took up the photograph and
it. 1t bore the face and bust of
female with tired but kind eyes.
photograph of Mr.. Pilkey's sister,
HUH" said Mr.. kegwin, and put
graph back. Behind this compart-
another and in it was nothing but
pes, held together by rubber band
ras stiff and brittle. Mr.. kegwin's
iced on the bundle of envelopes.
IS caught the inscriptions on the
. first envelope his expression was
awk seeing prey.
5elope was one Of the concerns
es with Mr.. Kegwin's name and
the corner, and it bore two one
IS, cancelled. But this was not all.
ped on the envelope in purple ink
words mot at this address," and
pc was addressed in MIR. Pilkey's
lanship to Jonathan 6. Bliss, SAG
Evening star., 1937-03-21

in their makeup and Jethro Kegwin
was such a man. He was hard man
~ to work for and to those who did work
for him he paid as little as he could. He bought
his help in the market, discharged anyone
who dared ask for an increase, and gave no
vacations, taking none himself. He was a
pennysQueezer.
Perhaps this was partly due to the fact
that when he went into business for himself
he had too little capital and did the work
of three normal men in order to get ahead
and to firmly establish the business. He was
a commission agent, dealing in a perishable
commodity.
The man who had been longest in Jethro
kegwin's employ was Elbert Pilkey, his
bookkeeper and general Office utility man. In
1924 Elbert Pikey had worked for Jethro
kegwin twenty-six years and he had lasted
that long in the office by being the meekest
individual in the entire city of New York,
accepting wage that was not half what he
was worth, and never making a mistake.
At sixty-six MIR. Pikey was an old man.
bent of back, his hair white and his face
deeply lined That was in 1888 when his
term of service with Jethro kegWin had in
creased to thirty five years. He still trembled
when Jethro Kegwin spoke to him sharply,
Mr.. Pilkey lived in small cottage in
Elmhurst, on Long Island. with his invalid
sister Eleanor. Because of a fall she expert
enced many years before, Eleanors right leg
was partially paralyzed, but she was able to
do the housework and get the meals with
the aid of young girl who came in to help
The rent of the cottage was small, the fare
back and forth from New York was not
heavy. but even so, Mr.. Pilkeys salary was
inst sufficient to meet his expenses. He was
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
HELP-MEN
7-MEN-7

We have openings for z men who are
mechanically inclined, between the ages
of - and As neat appearance and ref
Prence required. Must be willing to work
full time, day or night as directed. with
desire to establish themselves for the
future. Call in person 4OS Commerce and
Savings Bank Bldg, 9TH and Z SITS. N. W..
between a:3O and 10 a. M, Wednesday.
M nnA will be inIerY inWPd after O O'clock
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
ADVERTISING
Statesmen

Several good TELEPHONE SOLICITORS
with NEWSPAPER experience preferred,
who are interested in steady position and
good earnings.
II you are qualified to answer this ad.
see MR. KAHN after 8 80 a. M, 1917
ST n W First Floor.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
Deduction Allowed
On Job Insurance

Payments by employers and
workers into State unemployment
funds under unemployment inSur-
ance laws approved by the Social
Security Board are deductible in
Federal income tax returns, the
Internal Revenue Bureau ruled
yesterday. Such deductions may
be made II such payments are
not generally recoverable at the
option Of the individual contrlou-
ting the funds.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
INSTRUCTION COURSES

YoW can place q rhFee-line Want I'd
under this heading for seven days for only
SS.7S. Phone District $3.50 or District
1000 and ask for Miss Hall.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
RooMs-wITH BOARD WANT'D

WANTED-Refined homo to board child.
are T. over weekend: references TO
auired. Call wEst 1850. Ext: 1919.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
RADIO ENGINEER

Trained in electricity. thoroughly famil-
lar with operation of airplane radio. abil-
ity in writing specifications on remote con-
troll, electric beams etc. Salary minimum
$40 week. Personnel Service. 1911 st.
v w
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
COUNTRY BOARD

COUNTRY homo for children, under care
Horsley. Arlington, Va, Nelson county.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
CEMENT WORK

We Specialize in All Lines Of Cement Wo
Call IL OB4O-l
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
CHINESE CAFE
CONTRACTORS AND BUMDEE
DANCE & MUSIC LESSONS

in dancing and on every
musical instrument by teachers of proven
ability. The Columbia Academy Of Music,
932 St N. W. Dist. QQS5
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
OUBLE-QUICK SERVICES
Quick Reliable need
Let them help
. VENETIAN BLINDS

ARMSTRONG SHADE SHOP
Manufacturer Of window Shades and
Venetian Blinds. Shades Reversed
For Estimates Phone RA. 4340
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
EGGS AND EGGS

DEC. 1914 M. J. LAPP, JR., 1918 N
st. N. W. Electric wiring contracting.
repairing; free estimates: reasonable prices.
Electrical Contractors-Sign Light Power
installations All union shop
HEBBARD & MACKESSY. mo.
1904 goth St N. E. Pc. 1885
The Washington times., 1937-05-18

MISSES WHITE LINEN SUITS. sizes
-, IA TO- 30. Plain or Action Back. $2.29.
Sigmund's Dept. Store 736 9TH N w.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE

WHITING-HERRITY. INC.
Sales-24-Hour Service.
Nights-CL. S549 /. co. 667S
Days-NA. 1884. l10S 9th st: y. ".
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
SPECIAL NOTICES

OLD DAGUERREoTYPEs. tintypeS, kodak
lures" restored, improved, copied large or
small BY EDMoNsToN STUDIO. 1888
p St n. W. Specialists in fine copying
for over Is years
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
EXTERMTNATOR.
FALSE TEETH REPAIRED

BEDBUGs, reaches. RATS, MOTHS ex
terminated; free estimate: guar. termit.
control ZAP. Specialties, jackson 1oS4-J
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
THE BARGAIN MART
wAsHlNGToNs NEWSPAPER BARGAIN STORE

BUTLER'S MEDICINE FOR GOVT
AT ALL DRUG STORES
The Washington times., 1937-05-18
FOUND
PERSONALS

No additional charge for ads IN
this classification
The Washington times., 1937-05-18

To fill an empty purse. rent an empty
room Phone District $3.50 or District 1000
and ask for Want Ad Taker.
The Washington times., 1937-05-18

REFINED white woman for general house.
work. care of yr.-old child; So wk. Ap.
ply after p. m. 435 10th st. S. E., Apt. IL.
WHITE WOMAN for general house work
Home has all modern improvements; 6
in family. Mrs Mason F. Smith, Hern-
don, Va. Herndon BOW.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
new RULES URGED
FOR BANK OWNERS
F. D. I. c. Official Says They
Should Invest More of Their
Own Money.


ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Dec. 2s-
II banks are to continue operating q.
private enterprises, their owners should
be required to invest more of thei,
own money, the American Statistical
Association was told today by Home,
Jones of Washington. D. c.. an econo.
mist Of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp.
About third of the bank deposits
IN this country are in institutions with
capital amounting to less than 10 pei
cent OF total assets" Jones said. More
than two-thirds of the country's yer,
large banks have capital ratios below
10 per cent.
NO other business has attempted tc
operate with so small a portion of it,
funds supplied by the owners"
The speaker attacked the idea
which he said was advanced by some
bankers, that low capitalization was
desirable in that it increased the
banks profit per dollar invested and
expressed belief capital requirements
should generally be raised.
He said Federal and State banking
supervisors showed too much anxiety
to protect banking profits. Super
visors limited the number Of banks in
communities, he said, thereby saving
bankers some Of the competitive head
aches suffered by other men in private
enterprise.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
WESTERN UNION REPLY
SCORES MONOPOLY SUIT
Admits Exclusive Contracts With
Railroads, but Denies Re-
straint of Trade.
b. the Associated Press

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-The Western
Union Telegraph Co. denied in Federal
Court today that 1t was engaged in any
unlawful combination in restraint Of
trade and asked that the Govern
ment's antitrust suit against it be
dismissed for lack of merit.
The Governments suit was one of
two in which violations of the Sher-
man antitrust law were charged, the
other being directed against the
Postal Telegraph e. Cable Corp, which
has received additional time to an.
swer the charges.
In the denial, the Western Union
Co. admitted holding a number Of
exclusive contracts with railroad COM
panies for transmission facilities, but
asserted these did not hinder or re-
strain trade.
The railroads themselves, said
Western Union, would not consent
to duplication Of existing lines be-
cause telegraph wires and equipment
constitute q hazard in railroad op-
GRAFTON and, in addition, neither tel
egraph company could afford to build
equipment paralleling existing lines.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Infant Slain and Placed Under
Yule Tree after Tenant R0,c

birth of her son. She was holding
her son in her arms when police ar
rested her late yesterday.
Mrs. Arcuri, Allegar said, rebuked
her husband, an aluminium wares
salesman, for lending money to the
Bordolons recently to install q heat
ing system in the house they shared
in this community of less than 1000
population near Plainfield.
When she returned home Sunday
night with her son from q Christmas
visit with relatives In Port Chester,
N. Y, Mrs. Arcuri was angry because
some one let the fire 60 out" the
detective said. Her anger rose yes
terday as the house grew colder.
Going to the boiler room Of the
greenhouse In the rear, where Mrs.
Bordolon had left her daughter while
she waited on customers who called
IN her husbands absence, Mrs. Arcuri
carried the baby to her own kitchen
and slit It's jugular vein, Allegar said.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
EARRING WATCHES
ARE LATEST NOVELTY
Up.to-Minute Woman of Fashion
Ready to Make Timely Start
Into New Year.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-With watches
in her ears. the up-to-the-minute
woman Of fashion was ready today to
make timely start into 1898.
The newest time-keeping gadgets
are earrings set with tiny watches.
How the wearer tells the time is the
wearer's problem)
With these ear-watches In the novel;
ty parade into the new year are an in
creasing number of ring watches,
Some are gold open-faced numbers
Others have a jewel cap.
And, not to be behind the time in
modernism, one manufacturer has put
out wrist watch in a slim, elongated
cylindrical glass case.
Speaking Of feminine wrist decora-
tons, some of the very newest brace
lets literally are the nuts. One num-
Der, q gold link bracelet, has f,ye
acorns studded with colored stones
strung on it.
II Junior should miss his Christmas
marbles he might take look at moth.
ers newest costume bracelet. Marbles
especially those glass ones that
sparkle-have been used to form a
decorative design on a heavy amulet.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
M'NARY IS OPEN
TO 7. v. A. PROBE
Senator Declares He Will Be "Glad
to Cooperate in Any In.
vestigations Move.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator McNary Of Oregon. the Re-
publican leader, said today he would
be glad to cooperate" in any move
for an investigation Of the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
He expressed the view that the Sem
ate Agriculture Committee. which
handles T. v. A. legislation, might
wish to make such an inquiry
1t should cover, Senator McNary
said, the whole scope Of T. v. A. activ-
tiles, including friction among the
directors"
Differences have arisen between T.
v. A. board members over a condem-
nation suit involving marble leases
held by Senator Berry. Democrat. Of
Tennessee and others In the Norris
Dam area
Mr.. McNary said that in any in
vestigation Congress should study this
and also inquire how the T. v. A.
fixes power rates and how much
money, if any, the agency may return
to the Federal Treasury from power
operations.
Senator Norris, independent. Of Ne
braska, known as the father of the
T. v. A." said that IF enemies (of the
agency want to have an investigation
I will not object"
Evening star., 1937-12-28
BY the Associated Press.

oREENBRoOK, N. j., Dec. a.
Their infant slain and laid under the
Christmas tree with the presents after
they had dispute with a tenant
over heat. a village florist and his
young wife wept Historically today
at the home Of neighbors.
Womenfolk of the community took
turns laying strong, but gentle hands
on Mrs. Louis Bordolon since she
found the body Of her 5-months-old
Christina in q pool Of blood among
the gifts she and her husband had
bought for their first-born.
County Detective Charles Auegar
said Mrs. Sophie Arcuri. 24.year-old
mother Of q 2-months-old boy, con-
fessed she slit the throat of the
landlords 5-month-old baby with q
pairing knife because their baby was
warm and mine was cold"
Mrs. Arcuri. police said, had acted
errateslly and aged visibly since the