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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21

ing from the north railroad station zone.
 f' A Japanese staff officer visited Ad. Yniral Harry E. Yarnell, the com. Inander in chief, aboard the Augusta this afternoon, to offer condolences
 Official Statement Coming 10 was expected that there would be en official statement perhaps to- night, more likely tomorrow morn- ing.
 1 Unof1cially, there were sugges- Hons that the shell which struck the Augusta was one of 36 milli. metre calibre-about l l-2 inches SC that 1t could have been either ar anti-aircraft shell or an infantry landing gunshell.
 The great difficulty was that, ir ironic reflection of the grim game cf munitions selling, Japanese have sold much ammunition to the Chi. reae, and some of this ammunition was ripping into the bronzed bodies of Japanese seamen along the rivel front today.
 American Consul General Clar. ence E. Gauss, visited Admiral Tar. nell to confer on the dangerous sit. ton that was threatened. All the time the board was meet. ing, and all day long, 6 furious deafening fire was going on from every sort and calibre of weapon or both sides of the river and in the air.
 5 Constant Danger
 There was constant danger oi fragments striking.
 Officers of the Augusta made ar. arrangements for a funeral with full naval honors for Seaman Falgout. Roman Catholic chaplain will con. duct services, probably Sunday morning ashore. It was thought better not to have the funera aboard so as not to lend unneces. sary emphasis to the tragedy.
 One thing this incident did wa, to show that Americans have reason -t to be proud of their navy men.
 The scene that followed the ex. plosion might have been enacted by automatons. Every man on the ship who was not injured went quietly to his battle station. Bugles began to sound their clear notes above the fury of the firing, and gongs sounded the general alarm.
 Surgeons and their assistants were at the scene in @ minute, and within few minutes the wounded were all in the sick bay. Every man was X-rayed.
 Falgout Was Reading
 Seaman Falgout, called "The Kid' by his shipmates, was reading a . magazine near the men waiting for EltE movie to start when the shell iis
 Admiral Yarnell gave permission ftf United Press correspondents to Interview his crew freely, though he thought 1t better not to have their names used.
 The stories were dramatic. One seaman told how Falgout died in his arms.
 T found him lying near the gang way" he said. He recognized me. tried to pick him up. As lifted him blood spurted from his heart. [ carried him as far as the passage way. Then when someone had ar- rived to help me found the kid had died in my arms before we could reach the sick bay.
 This would have been the kids 2lst birthday. He enlisted May 8, 1e36, and became @ first class sea- man only on July 28."
 Trying To Say Something
 Another said:
 Tt was awful, I'll never forget. When the kid died he was gurgiing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21
CARD or THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends, neighbors. and relatives; Battery Departments and Packing Room A of the Scoviii Mfg. Go. for their kindness and sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved husband and father.
 MRS. JOSEPH DUNN. JR.
 THE WIGGINS FAMILY,
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St. Germain read today of the death of her sweetheart.
 A telegram from the navy depart ment in Washington, expressing of- ficial sympathy, announced that Seaman First Glass Frederick John Flagout had been killed in line of duty. An anti-aircraft shell that crashed onto the deck of the cruiser Augusta in Shanghai harbor killed him and wounded IT of his ship mates.
 Miss St. Germain, l9, wept for him and showed his last letter to her. It said:
 Do you still love mep Well, only & months to 90 and then I stay with you forever and ever and will never leave you again."
 The 34 months referred to the remaining term of his enlistment. He was not quite 20 years old.
 Falgout and Miss St. 0ermaiSi both belong to the historic people, the Acadians, imrnortalized in Long. fellows Evangeline, whose families have been in this Boyou country for generations. They were child hood sweethearts.
 Falgout's father. mother, aged nd-parents, brothers and sisters, were bewildered by the oficial notiL fcation. The father, Q farmer, said:
 Tt don't seem like 1t could be my boy that got killed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21
Baby Contest Now
 In Home Stretch
Ruth Ann SCanneI Holds Slight Lead-RandaIl Saun-
 ders Jumps Into Second Place By Big Spurt

As the week ends, the Most Pop nlar Baby Contest of The Democrat s at the three-quarters mark. Only comparatively short period re- mains for the hundreds of support CTS of the leaders to show the final results which will determine the winner.
 First position has been held by both George Rizk of North Main
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street, and Ruth Ann Scannell of School street, this week. Ruth Ann went into the lead yesterday and holds first place today by margin of less than 1000 votes.
 Randall Saunders Up
 But the surprise of today is the advance made by Randall Saunders, eight months, son of MT. and Mrs. Henry J. Saunders of Park road. Randall gained enough votes to go into second place ahead of George Rizk and Randall now counts 20,C45 ballots.
 Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their babies, might be the slogan for the next week of vote getting. The Contest Manager is all set to make the most important announcement of the Most Popular Baby Contest. Will 1t be the date of the final count?
 Contest End Near?
 Privately, we are informed that this may be the case. And, if that is so, every contestant in the race must have all of his votes ready for the final check and accounting be- fore the Contest actually ends. In other words, the votes must be made official" before they are cred ited to the final tabulation.
 So, get in your subscriptions promptly. The returns to date show that large number of the entries are in favorable position to share in the $2o0 cash and other fine prizes three loving cups, twelve portraits Votes will decide the winners and subscriptions to The Democrat mean votes.
 The Standings
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CONDITION REMAINS UNCHANGED

The condition of Warren ?. KAN nor, president of the Waterbury Button O.. remained unchanged at Waterbury hospital today.
 The weii-known factory executive was stricken with 6 heart attack Thursday at the Country club of Waterbury. He collapsed just as he was about to tee oil in golf match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21
FORMER STATES
 ATTORNEY DIES

Willimantic, Conn, Aug. 2l-(UP) Funeral services will be held Monday for William A. King, the states second attorney general, from 1903 until 1907, who suc- cumbed last night after a long ill., ness.
 A native of Greenfield, Mass. and a graduate of Amherst, he was a member of the state bar for 67 years. He served in the general as- sembly for three terms, and was county health of1lcer for 20 years. He also was former town counsel of Windham and corporation counsel of Willimantic. He retired in 1883,
 A son survives.
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ls,oOO GOING BACK

Harrisburg, August 2l. - CUP) - Resumption of operations on Mon- day at Pennsylvania textile mills employing 18,000 persons was as- stunned today by . union" company agreement.
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The planet Mercury has no satellites.
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FIGHT TO PLACE
 MERIT SYSTEM

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WATERBURY IS
 HOTTEST SPOT

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CONGRESS WILL
 FINISH TODAY

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Raceland, La, Aug. 2l.-(UP)- Bes' stagnant and beautiful Bayou Lafourche choked with water hyachinths, beneath wreaths oi Spanish moss dangling from the spreading arms of live oaks, in a tropical paradise where wars and violence of any sort are alien, Louise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
WATCH OUT, LITTLE FELLOWS"

Experts who have watched the gyra-
tons of the stock market recently report
that the little fellow has not been swept
away by fluctuating prices but that, on
the other hand, he remains net buyer.
Our own advice to "little fellows is
to get out of the stock market and stay
out. While the newly promulgated reg
ulations have done much to protect stray
investors there is room for considerable
improvement before the little fellows"
money will be safe in Wall Street opera
tions.
If any reader of The Citizen has some
money to invest the chances are that OPP
portunities exist locally, where he can
keep his eye on what happens to the in
vestment. II one must go into the stock
market, do so only to invest funds that you
wish to permanently allocate for that
purpose. Buy stocks to hold, for their di-
vidend possibilities and not because of any
bunch that the market might have another
surge upward.
Truth of the matter, the market will
probably surge upward but that does not
mean that the little fellows who play
the big mans game will get out with heavy
gains. 1t usually happens that the little
fellow stays in too long. Besides he is
playing another mans game and he hasn't
the information that the big players have
To guide theirsmarket operations
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
WHAT THE SECURITY MARKET
MEANS TO YOU

To the citizen who owns few or no
securities, the losses of billions that have
recently occurred in the stock market may
seem to be of no interest But that is a
short-sighted view, for the action of the
security markets affects US ALL The values
represented by stocks and bonds constitute
savings and surplus spending and borrow
ing power When values sharply decline,
that spending power is partially wiped
out People reduce their purchasing. pro-
ductive employment lags. the production
indexes of all types of industries drop.
This is not an argument for excessive
~ high stock prices-it is possible that
part of the decline in values was justified
and marked necessary correction. But
it is unquestionably true that the govern
ment policy of excessively regulating Sc
curitv exchange operations and forbidding
market operations. that in past times tend
ed to take up the slack in thin markets.
has proved an artificial Oppressive force
that endangers all security investments
and savings. and the welfare and progress
of all industry.
The next congress viii do the country
q great service if it viii revise security
regulatory laws in the light Of actuahties.
to the end that dishonest manipulators
are controlled and 1T the same time the
spirit of the honest investor and security
dealer is not broken or hog-tied By un-
natural restraints.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
THE SPANISH OUTBREAK

The Spanish revolution is about to ap-
proach its climax, with Gen. Franco lead
ing his full forces in determined often
sive from the neighborhood of Zaragoza
towards Catalonia, hoping to cut off this
portion of Spain from Madrid and the
south
Gates that Germany and Italy intend to
stand by the revolutionary leader, who
has recently been congratulated by Mus
solini for his great triumph in the north
west. Italy now admits that 10000 Italian
soldiers fight with Franco and other OBJ
servers believe that this is an under
statement.
From Paris comes the opinion that
the war in Spain has not yet been won by
either side. French experts say that
Franco has about $4,000 men under his
command and that the Governments army
is around 100000. Foreign volunteers in
the revolutionary army are estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000 and those in the
Republican forces at $4,000. While French
sympathy is with the Government these
figures. are apparentay indicative of the
ratio of outside helptp the two sides.
Meanwhile the cations continue their
parleys about the Withdrawal of all volun-
teers but the opinion is general that the
war will be settled before anything effec-
tive is accomplished.
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fore with poignant interest that farm
ers everywhere have read President
RooseveIt's fireside chat Of Columbus
Day, looking for promise of aid and
comfort during the coming special
session of Congress. Yet it is with
some misgiving that one finds there
indicated two familiar remedies
whose efficacy has not been COM
pletely proved and which must be
carefully scrutinized, even though it.
may seem rude to look gift horse in
the mouth.
The first of these is the proposed re-
vival of crop control. reminiscent of
the McNary- Haugen bill, the AAA,
the domestic allotment plan, and the
ever-nornal granary tentatively and
obviously advocated by Secretary
Wallace. However, to judge from past
experience. it looks as though such
regulation must go on from major
to minor crops, must have bad eff
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
WEATHER FORECAST

(TiH 1880 p. M, Tuesday,
Key West and Vicisity: Partly
cloudy with occasional light scat
tered showers tonight and Tues
day; moderate northeast winds,
possibly fresh at times.
Florida: Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday except ocea-
sional light scattered showers on
the east coast and Florida Keys.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits /:
Moderate northeast winds. pos
sibly fresh at times and partly
overcast weather with scattered
showers tonight and Tuesday,
somewhat squally over the south
eastern Bahamas.
East Gulf: Moderate northeast
winds and generally fair weather
tonight and Tuesday with scatter
ed showers in the Florida Straits.
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~ x. 49,
You and Your
Nations Affairs
Medicine for the Farmers
4ByLE. lie ROSSICNOL
DEAN College of Business Nebraska University

feet on our export market, and might
in the long run create greater sur
piuseS than ever so that in the long
run the lot of the American farmer
might be worse with government con-
troll than without it.
The other remedy suggested is still
more questionable from the farmers
point of view, promising to increase
the wages of the city laborerS and
thus, indirectly increase the demand
for farm products. Here is the old
and oft-refuted purchasing power
fallacy expressed with naive convic-
ton as though it were gospel truth:
American industry has searched
the outside world to find new markets
but it can create on its very door
step the biggest and most permanent
market it has ever had. +. A few more
dollars a week in wages, better dis
tribution of jobs with shorter work.
ing day will almost overnight make
millions of our lowest paid workers
actual buyers of billions of dollars Of
industrial and farm products. That
increased volume of sales ought to
lessen other costs of production so
much that even a considerable in
crease in labor costs can be absorbed
without imposing higher prices on
the consumer"
1t will be interesting to see how
our farmers and rural economists of
the chair and the press respond to
these suggestions but venture to say
that there will be in this connection
much profitable discussion of the
philosophy of scarcity, economic ma
tionalism. and the boot-strap theory
of wages. and that. when all is said
and done it will be found that ''you
can lead horse to water. but you
can't make him drink" w
1t may be, too. that our farmers will
sooner or later discover that God
helps those who help themselves.
thor care of this netDSpdper)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

LaVene Moore, alias John Montague,
recently acquitted of robbery charge,
has been dropped from forthcoming Bing
Crosby picture by order of VIII Hayes,
screen dictator This will meet with the
approval of the majority of moving picture
fans and put a crimp into the aspirations
u the self-Confessed bootlegger. who ex-
pects to capitalize his recent trial to the
extent of hot million
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moderately low from central Can
ada southwark over the central
Plains States.
Light rain has occurred since
yesterday morning in northeast
ern Florida and portions of the
upper Mississippi Valley, and
there has been light snow or rain
in the northern Rocky Mountain
and Plateau States.
Temperatures are generally
above nrmal this morning be-
tween the Rocky Mountains and
Appalachian region; while colder
weather has overspread the west
crn Rocky Mountain States, and
the Atlantic States from the
Carolinas northward.
G.. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
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General Francisco Franco

General Francisco Franco says that
if his government is triumphant in the
Spanish civil war, it will be its purpose to
work to the end that there will be fewer
rich and fewer poor" He has also stated
that the constitution under which he pro-
poses to govern Spain will contain no anti
religious clauses, and that explains why
the Church hopes and prays for his victory
m the field
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
WEATHER CONDITIONS

A strong high pressure area,
crested this morning over the mid
die Atlantic States, overspreads
the eastern portion of the eoun-
try and the Gulf States. and an
other strong High" over the Cam
adam Northwest extends south
eastward into the central Rocky
Mountain States; while pressure is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Bruce Barton. well known advertising
executive. wants to be a congressman. and
on the inverse ratio. Instead of going
there to make laws he has the original
idea to unmake them. His slogan is to
smove to repeal law week" He be-
lieveS that the least governed are the best
governed. and this column wishes that he
would tell that to the President. Mr. Bar
ton has delved into the matter and finds
That the 20 congresses have passed 5o,2S2
statutes. the last congress alone contri-
buting 900. Less laws and less taxea
viii please everybody except the politi-
clans. and will not hinder progress an
iota.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01
WHO KNOWS?

1. How many States have min
imum wage laws?
2. How much money was
spent by the PWA?
3. When did the RFC begin
operations and what did it do?
4. What is the German popu-
latiOn of Czechoslovakia?
5. How old is James ROOse-
welt?
6. Has Lincoln Ellsworth's ex.
plorations received recognition
abroad? m
z. Who was Luigi GalRan?
s. How many planes are there
in the United States? f
8. What is the meaning of the
word "Baraea"?
10. Where does cork come
from?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

parity had been
temporarily re-
stored thanks
to the drought
lin the pa ST
+ G w m o n t h S
those prices
have begun to
sa g gain, so
that our farm
erS are more or
less apprehen-
sive, seeing in
their dreams
the spectre Of
SURPRISES and
+ uin in the
midst of plenty.
-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

II Duce is thought to be selfish
person but since he got his all he wanted
in Ethiopia, he IS DESTROYS that Germany,
too, have once more the place to which it
is entitled and which it once possessed in
the African sun. He wants Germany to
have her colonies back. How magnani-
nous!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Save little of thy income, and thy hide-bound
pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt
never cry again with an empty stomach; neither
will creditors insult thee. nor want Cypress. nor
hunger bite. nor will nakedness freeze thee. The
whole hemisphere viii shine brighter. and
pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
Benjamin Franklin.
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KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files Of The Citizen

Traffic Officials Association of
the United States and Canada and
their families who are to return
from Havana 8 o'clock Friday aft
ernoon and leave 6 o'clock over
the F. E. C. railway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Although at the beginning Of this
year the prices of farm products were
about where they were in 1918 and,
therefore. the long desired pre-war
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Mr. Henpecks most serious study is
lie expression on his wife's face.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Kiwanis Magazine published in
Chicago. A number of striking
illustrations furnished by Hamil-
ton Wright are used in the story.
This is one of the best fishing
tales sent out from Key West,
and is from the pen Of Mr..
Wright.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

We are told that there is nothing in
the world of form to compare with the
human face. Particularly some of them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

1t is possible that the nudists are
taxpayers after being stripped of all they
have. This is bare possibility.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Men find it easy enough to please a
wife--if that wife happens to be someone
elses.
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1755-Earthquake at Lisbon,
Portugal, took toll of $4,000 lives.
1765-Hated Stamp Act, which
ultimately led to the Revolution,
in effect. Day observed by
American colonies with tolling of
bells and mock funerals.
1S37-Winnebago Indians re-
linquish claims to their old lands
east of the Mississippi and move
West.
1841-Father Lucien Galtier
dedicates log chapel to st. Paul
and name is assumed by settle
ment-now st. Paul, Mimi.
1S64-U. S, Postal Money Or
der System is effect.
1851. S. sends formal ul-
timatum to Spain to buy the Phil
ippines for $2C.OO0.OO0.
1900-Census of this day gives
population of country as little
over rs million.
191S-Vienna hoists the flag of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

: An interesting book is written we'll to
the last and to last.
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Fishing in Key West waters is
the subject of four page story
in the October issue of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-01

Mrs. ]. L. Ley sustained two
broken fingers and was otherwise
slightly injured in an automobile
collision at corner of Division and
Watson streets, about IL o'clock
today. A 15 months old child
with her escaped without a
scratch. Mrs. Legs Ford car col
lided with Cabrera Wholesale
Grocer truck, driven by Garland
FELTON,.