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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

the scout law and Henry Donahuc,
assistant scout executive, read the
poem, 1.-THE Man Who is Twelve
Years Old" Sounding Of Taps"
by Scout Jepson concluded the
Attend Meeting
A delegation from Naugatuck
post, American Legion auxiliary, at
tended the district Legion meeting
Wednesday night In Meriden. II
consisted Of: Commander Richard
Kiely, John Simmons, Harold
Lewis, Alex Nolde, Frank Cooper
and Edward Gerber. The local
auxiliary was represented by: Miss
Ruth Leary, president, Miss Mary
Leary, Mrs. Richard Kiely, Mrs. Ed
ward Gerber, Mrs. Nan Weaving and
Mrs. Harold Lewis. The meeting
approved the proposal the state
grant citizenship to all aliens who
fought In the World war and new
crime laws before the state legisla-
ture were discussed.
$6,0Ae Donated
A total Of $6,046.7s has been dom
ated to the local Red Cross chapter
for flood victims, 1t was announced
at the local chapter this morning.
Recent contributions totaled $3.50.
The local quota was 1900 but any
further donations can be used it was
announced today.
The contributors:
Theresa B. Herb ............$ 100
Union City Polish Am. club. 500
Florence @. Bradbury (addi-
I tionaD ................ 500
VIM. r. CurtisS .............. zoo
Beacon Hose Co., Beacon Falls 500
Tillie STATE 49,. 400
zelma Ornealy ............... 100
Red Arrow Ice Cream Parlor,
q. G. ......... $50
A Friend $500. 100
Centennial Lodge, No. 100.. 1000
Mrs. j. j. Schmitz .......... 200
Mrs. G. w. Stone ........... 200
Naugatuck Div, A. O. II. -. 500
AAA en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

Naugatuck, Feb. 2.-That Henry
Moeckel, Jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry T. Mocckel Of Hill street, b
popular at Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute where ne is . student h
indicated by the fact that he has
been secretary Of his class for the
first term and has been chosen q
member Of the Newman club and
the Rensselaer, Society Of En-
gineers. He is q graduate Of the
Naugatuck High school and won .
scholarship to Rensselaer, offered
by the Naugatuck Valley Rens-
selaer club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

wilbur Cross heads the M q speakers for the annual
Naugatuck valley which
will March eth - the Waterbury club for
dinner under the direction o. group including George % ecos
Stevenson, GucFm Cafmody and John J. Hoben
predicted viii greatest In the
association Others the will be Carl
secretary Of the Yale university George Chappel better
wrote 1.-THE Cruise the Kawa my
Northern Expour and "The Twin Bedoun Duc Pond head
Clint Frank capanelect who Will
shew molten pictures u fails Yale Princeton game
Howard twins piano performers win entertain They are
attending Yale Law school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

A twin studio couch at q frac-
ton of its regular price. Smart
homespun coverings. And -
whats more important - the
quality Of construction ID un-
heard OF at this price.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

Mortgage loans are confined to
improved city and country property,
in amounts not more than so per-
cent Of a conservative appraisal. OF
these loans, 30 percent provide for
the payment of interest monthly
and a reduction in the amount of
the loan each month. The amount
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

in excess of the legal reserve the law
requires of $12, 457, 10000.
In his annual report to stockholders,
r. B. Richardson, executive vice pres
ident Of the Montana Life, says the
immediate major problem confronting
insurance companies is the investment
and reinvestment of funds in the face
Of continued low interest rates and
have been affected" he continues. "A
number of eastern nom participating
companies have already found it nee
eSsary to increase their premium rates
and most mutual companies have been
compelled to cut dividends to policy
holders. How far these conditions will
affect operations, it is impossible to
say at this time"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20
MONTANA LIFE
PAYS MILLIONS
PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS
MORE THAN MILLION AN
NUALLY SINCE 1910

Payments to policyholders and their
beneficiaries by the Montana Life In
surance company have averaged more
than a million dollars a year ever
since the company began business in
1910, according to its annual state
ment. In 1896 it paid 81 ,O39, 144.00 to
policyholderS and beneficiaries and in
the past 26 years has paid a total of
SGT, 738, 92100.
Notwithstanding that it carries its
quarter of million dollar Home Of
flee building at Helena in its assets
at only ST. the statement shows an
increase in assets over 1885 of more
than half a million dollars. For each
500 of obligations" says the state
ment. the Montana Life has $3.50 in
resources" Not a single bond was in
default December 81, 1886, and the
market value Of the company's hold
ingS substantially exceeded the current
value.
In 1886 the Montana Life gained
nearly a million dollars of insurance
in force. and increased its unassigned
surplus from a million to a million
and one half dollars
The statement shows the company
has on deposit with the state insurance
commissioner of Montana 81 ,742, 10000
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

the chinks in the log fortress. The
enemy wanted to settle. Berry refused.
Nothing but blood or ground goes, Z"
he said.
The committee from Ely's camp fl
nally withdrew, and having had ample
opportunity to see the munitions of war
stored in BerryS fortress, also with
drew their forces. Berry'S men waited
for the attack. but it didn't come.
Finally Elys committee returned and
proposed that the matter be arbitrated
Terms Of the agreement were that each
side select three men, the six to name
decision of which was to be final.
Berry's crowd didn't like it, but Berry
kept them in line and agreed to the
plan.
Seventh Man Hard to Find
Berry chose as his representatives
Henry Mulkey, John DoWneS and a
Frenchman whose name is lost to his
tory. They argued with Ely'S men for
a long time but couldn't agree on the
seventh man. Finally DowneS proposed
that each side send one man to the
mouth of Bear creek, that these two
men ride either up or down the Deer
Lodge valley and that the first man
they met who didn't live on Bear creek
should be the seventh man on the ar
filtration board.
Ely, however, wouldn't agree to that.
Instead he wrote out new agreement
to govern the arbitration proceedings
and gave 1t to Downes to submit to
Berry Berry, standing on a pile of
timber near his windlasS, took the
paper. read it, tore it into pieces and
threw them away
THAT settles it." he said Nothing
but blood or ground goes"
blood But they did want the ground. |
Ely mounted a mule and rode to Deer |
Lodge. There he got the injunction |
that Williams tried to serve and which |
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20
Poison Sheepman Fed
Stock 1000 Tons Hay

yes, it has been long, hard winter
for the sheepman," said G. d. Small,
maintains band of $4,000 sheep in
the Lake county district, reports that
he has fed 1000 tons Of hay during
the winter
Mr.. Small said the situation has not
ended in this district, as the feeding
operations are still going on. Snow on
the hillsides is about eight inches deep,
and almost solid ice. The sheep, he
said, can not get down to spring graz
ing until the snow is gone and the
grass starts.
A full grown blue duiker antelope
in Fleishacker zoo, San Francisco, is
only as large as q rabbit.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20
College Band Completes Treasure State

The 9th annual tour
Of the Montana State
college Bobcat band,
taken March II to %,
was named the Golden
Jubilee tour by students
at the college in honor
Of the 50th year of
bandwork in Montana
by it's director-Lou
Howard. A total of II
concerts were played in
M On t a n a cities and
towns during the bands
1887 tour.
ccordin g to the
Golden Jubilee band
program, Mr.. Howard
played the first note of
his 50-year band career
in Dillon in 1886. He
spent several years in
Butte and blew the
bugle that announced
the birth of Montana
as a state. He organ
lied MOntana's first
boys band at Bozeman
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

For each 500 of obligations, the
Montana Life has 500 in resources.
Under the law Of Montana the
present worth of all policies of Mon
tana insurance companies must be
kept on deposit with the State In
slIrance Commissioner. The Mon
tana Life has on deposit with him
So, 457, 3O4.40 which is S1,742, 030 40
or fourteen percent in excess OF
what the law requires.
The market or actual value Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

IN 1892 and became the states young
est director at the age of u when
he led the Bozeman city band. For
a time Mr. Howard directed the band
at Montana State university but re-
turned to Montana State college in
1907 to become its band director, a
position he has held since.
1t was Mr.. Towards boys band that
played during the cornerstone laying
ceremonies for Montana hall, present
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

Edward Sullivan, Stevensville; Chester
Abbott, Conrad, all comets.
George Cline, Richard Warner, Ralph
White, Bozeman; Perry Chisholm, Hell
ena; Vincent Irle, Glasgow, all horns.
James Finn, Great Falls; Ray AM
derson, Deer Lodge; Ben Veldhuis,
Wolf Point; Cecil Haight, Howard
Glendive; Andrew Spranger, Libby,
all trombones
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

President Andrew Jackson was i'm
peached for alleged usurpation of the
law, but was acquitted
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

Richard Timmel, Billings; Milton
voelker. Kalispell; Ralph Smith. Big.
Timber, all baritones.
Howard Hoffman, Earl Fertig, Boze-
man; Fred orion, Helena Bert Bad
ham, Miles City, all BASES.
Clifford Davis, Judith Gap; willard
Willis, Plains; Ray Plrdy, Bozeman;
William Steinberger, Deer Lodge, all
drums.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

Bozeman; Robson Airport, oboe, Bill
ings; Eugene Iceberg, flute, Helena;
Robert Fransham, Milton Chauner,
William Hess, Bozeman; Edmund Kelly,
Hardin; Norman Donaldson, Great
Falls: Jesse Knoll Roundup; Charles
Mather, Lewistown all clarinetS.
Leedham, Glasgow; Harlan Bixby, Pol
son; Carl Pfeiffer, Helena; Roland
Breed, Helena; John Robson, Choteau;
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

of interest earned included In the
statement of resources does not in
clude interest In any case where it
is more than 80 days past due.
Because Home Office buildings
cannot be used to pay death and
other claims, the beautiful Mon
tana Life building is carried as an
asset in the sum Of only $1.OO. All
other real estate is listed conserv-
atively, demonstrated by the fact
that all sales In 1896 were for
amounts in excess Of the book value.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-03-20

bonds owned by the Montana Life
December 81, 1886, substantially ex-
ceeded the values shown in this
statement Not single bond was in
default.
Evening star., 1937-11-10

Newmyer, $500, new gift; Ourisman
Chevrolet Sales Co., $3.50, an increase
of rs per cent; Peoples Drug Stores,
Inc, s5,400; B. Richs Sons, $3.50; Mr..
and Mrs. Gustave Ring, $500, an in
crease Of lao per cent; Sanitary Gro
Gerry Co., $1,000; Mrs. Herbert j. Slo-
cum, $4,000; Mrs. Mary E. Stewart,
$4,000; the Rev. and Mrs. Anson
Phelps Stokes, 5000, and Capt. and
Mrs. Chester Wells, 81 900, an increase
of 400 per cent.
An urgent plea to all prospective
contributors to the Chest to obtain
their pledge cards as soon as posi-
BILE. I'LL them out and return them
to the solicitors was voiced last night
by Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury Wayne Chatfield Taylor, chair
man of the governmental unit, in
the second of a series of Chest radio
programs presented by Joseph D..
Radio Joe" kaufman over Station
WMAL.
Il want to make suggestion as to
how you, the citizens of Washington,
can help the Community Chest work.
ers," Mr.. Taylor said. Most of you
know now that you are going to
contribute to the Chest. You know
what you intend to give. You will
give gladly because you believe in
Washington and you want to keep
it the kindly. friendly city that it is.
Extra Gifts Spell Success.
"You can help the workers who
will call on you by Immediately ask
ing for your pledge card and filing
it out. If you will help the workers
in this simple way you will give them
time to explain the Community Chest
and what it means to Washington to
the very few potential contributors
who do not understand its work. We
must obtain the extra contributions
which will spell success or failure for
the campaign from those who do not
understand, and we must all make
doubly sure that lack of time does
not interfere with their opportunity
to learn"
On the program with Mr.. Taylor
were Chauncey G.. Parker, ir.. chair
man of the metropolitan Unit, and
Chairman Vandegrift of the Group
Solicitation Unit. Both expressed con-
f1dence in the outcome of the campaign
and urged Washingtonians to remem-
Der the added needs in Greater WASH
ington this year when making their
contributions
Evening star., 1937-11-10
AIR BASE HEAD
HELD IN Staying
Californian Tells Police He
Found Wife in Embrace
of "BeSt Friend"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GLENDALE, Calf, Nov. 10.-Paul
Wright, president of Union Air Ter
niinal, was held on suspicion OF mur-
der today pending q coroner's In
quest Friday into the fatal shooting
of his wife and my best friend"
Wright summoned police to his
fashionable home early yesterday and
showed them Mrs. Evelyn Wright and
John B. Kimmel, operations manager
Of the airport, both dying. He said
he shot them when he found them
embracing.
Chief v. B. Brown said Wright had
made a written confession that re-
lated:
MY wife looked up at me and
smiled or sort of laughed, and then
kissed Johnny on the lips. Every
thing went white hot. got my auto
matte pistol. I don't know how many
times fired. I just recall pulling the
trigger. I walked out into the night
air. didn't even look back at them,
and called the police.
1 guess tnlS Is just one OF CnOSe
things that happens to men who
break. I never had suspected Evelyn
and Kimmel. He was perfect gen.
tleman, one of my best friends.
Il had suspected Evelyn of stepping
out with other men because of little
things she said and did, little re-
marks, absences from home and things
of that sort. She often told me she
did those things just to make me jeal-
Gus, but they disgusted me more than
they made me jealous.
"We we're not too happy but
+** shouldn't say these things about
her. She tried hard to be a good
wife. Let me say that, instead"
Wright told authorities the Shoot
ing followed night of drinking He
felt "dopey" and retired. Awakened
by piano music, he said, he re-entered
the living room to find his wife en-
bracing Kimmel.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Savelli
Continued From First Page.)

Mrs Church to find that her daugh-
ter was marrying into nobility. She
recalled that Nancy met "Mr" Savelli
last fall at social function at the
International Student House, 1708
New Hampshire avenue, where he
lived while studying for his masters de-
gree in political science at American
University as an exchange student
from Rome University.
He was around the house q lot
last Winter" Mrs. Church said, but
the marriage was a surprise / didn't
know until the last minute that he
was a count, and Nancy didn't know
it very long before they were married
He didn't want his family connec-
tions known here"
The wedding announcements main.
tanned the incognito, simply an
nouncing the marriage Of Miss Nancy
Dalyrmple Hall to Mr." Luigi Clan.
nuzzi Savelli, on Friday, June 4.
The couple sailed for Europe the
first OF July, stopping for while il
LOndon-the counts mother was al
Englishwoman-and then going fol
q honeymoon to the Isle of Capri be.
fore proceeding to his home in Rome
Nancy's letter to her mother toda,
told Of plans for shooting party beinl
given them by her mother-in-law a
the family's country estate, Pagannico
IN North Italy She said she was tax
ing lessons in italian three times
week and getting along quite well will
the new language. But most of tn
people in the select social circles il
which she moved spoke some English
anyway, SO she was having no languag,
troubles.
Count Savelli soon will have to star
the military training that is compul
sorry for young men in Italy-he is 2;
and the couple will move to Turin
where he will be In the army's Motto
Corps. He has Just received his degree
toward which he pursuedstudies here
from Rome University.
Meanwhile, Nancy-beg pardon, tn
Contessa Savelli-writes her mothe
that she is very favorably impressed
with her new life and wants her mothe
to come to italy and visit her.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Premiere of Musical Comedy
Gratifies Youthful u. s. Sailor
PAUL A. WRIGHT.

poser, but they refused to make an
exception in his case. He is now on
furlough.
Cleveland dramatic critics differed
in their appraisal of Greene's work.
William F. McDermott Of the Plain
Dealer found Greenes music "ex-
traordinary as the work of a very
young man who has had no previous
experience in writing music for the
theater."
Arthur Spaeth of the News said the
libretto was in need of expert sur
gerry but declared much of the music
delightful
Winsor French of the Press report
ed: THE music is undistinguished. /"
The plays theme dealt with q
foreign correspondent who quit his
| job to become a Boston columnist.
only to return to assignments abroad
to regain the love of his young wife
! amid scenes of their courtship.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
NEW DUTIES URGED
FOR HIGH COURT
Cummings Says Tribunal
Should Handle Admins
trative Business.
By the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOCIATED freSs.
Attorney General Cummings said
today the Supreme Court should
become the administrative as we'll as
judicial capstone Of the Federal court
system.
There is something inherently pre-
posterous in the fact that We have no
provision for handling the administra.
tive business of the judiciary satisfac-
torily," M. Cummings told q press
conference.
1T is sprawling kind OF a system
We have now" "~a@
Mr.. Cummings said he believed the
Chief Justice of the high tribunal
should be head Of the judicial system,
assuming responsibility for budget
and administrative matters now han
died by the Justice Department.
To assist him in administrative
matters, including assignment of
Federal Judges from one district to
another. he added, the Chief Justice
should have An administrative officer
to serve as general manager"
We are 50 stepped in tradition
and so terrified at the thought of q
new idea," the Attorney General said
I'VE endure beyond all reason intoler-
able conditions"
Mr.. Cummings said he would en-
body recommendations for altering thu
judicial set-up in a report to the
regular session Of Congress which will
contain an account Of the judicia
conference which met here last Sep.
tember. He declined to say whether
his recommendation would include
his suggestion for transferring ad-
ministrative authority to the court
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Collegion Launches Spy Hunt
By Sauing 32 Gents on Wire
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. T., Nov. 10.-John
Kenton, 16-year-old freshman At
Brown University. saved 80 cents on a
telegram and started the United States
Navy Intelligence Bureau on a spy
hunt.
Kenton, whose home is in jackson
Heights. N. Y. wanted to communicate
with Andrew Bato of Orange, N. j., a
student at Yale. They planned to
attend the Brown-Yale game at New
Haven last week and this required
some telegraphing.
So Kenton walked into a telegraph
of11ce and handed in this wire:
"Jovck megis ha akarod vonattal
erkeznek tizenkettotizennegykor vegyel
egy jegyet Brown section megfizettem. Z"
"Thirty-two cents" said the clerk,
and the telegram started over the wires
to New Haven. Somewhere along the
line it fell into the hands of the Navy
Intelligence. An agent called on Bato.
The agent explained there had been
spy scare at the New London SUBJ
marine base where q new torpedo
chamber had been invented by a Mr..
Brown and designated as the Brown
section. Was Mr.. Bato in the secret
employ of foreign power?
Bato broke down and told all. Ken
Evening star., 1937-11-10
ROOSEVELT LAUDS
RAMSAY MCDONALD
Statement Says British Statesman
Will Be Mourned by All
Liberals.

President Roosevelt, who knew RAM
say Macdonald and had high regard
for him, made a public statement
today expressing his feelings over the
death of the distinguished English
statesman.
The Presidents statement, as made
public at the White House, follows:
Because Ramsay Macdonald la
bored long and successfully for the
good of his fellow men, he will be
mourned by those throughout the
world who call themselves liberals.
I am glad to have known him as a
friend and I deeply regret his death"
Mr.. Macdonald was a guest of the
President at the White House in
1898, Just prior to the convening of
the London Economic Conference.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
FIREMAN. RITES TODAY

Funeral services for Milton Roswell
Trenam, 81, civil engineer Of the Irri-
cation Division. Bureau Of Indian AZ
fairs, who died Sunday at his resi-
dence in the Cavalier Hotel, are being
held today in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Trenam. we'll known for his
work in connection with irrigation
projects, had been with the bureau
office here since May, following service
in Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
BRITAIN T|GHTENS
LINK TO AMERICA
Seeks Closest Cooperation
Since War for Joint Far
East Policy.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Reluctance of United States 10
cooperate actively tDith powers de-
string to establish collective Sc
curitv in the 1oorld has been
charged in England and France on
numerous occasions, in spite of CO.
operation tDith League in the cases
OF Manchuria and Ethiopia. Month
ago President Roosevelt at Chicago
proclaimed Americas readiness to
support international measures for
the suppression OF aggression and
the maintenance of peace.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-The British
government today was seeking its
closest cooperation With the United
States since the World War, advocating
"hand-in-hand' policy in the Far
East and elsewhere on the troubled
world diplomatic front.
The strong movement apparently
was the outgrowth of President Roose-
velt's October 5 Chicago address,
which encouraged Britain, after close
scrutiny, to believe the Washington
Government might relax somewhat its
traditional policy of isolation.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain,
who, in speech at Birmingham Octo-
ber 8, had welcomed the Roosevelt
plea for concerted action for peace,
went step further last night in a
speech at Guildhall, calling for fuller
British-American collaboration.
The Prime Minister hailed the
United States participation in the cur
rent Far Eastern Peace Conference
at Brussels as q first and most
valuable step toward fulfillment of the
desire expressed by President Roose-
welt at Chicago for concerted effort
by peace-loving nations for sanctity
OF treaties and settlement of differ.
ences by peaceful means"
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
was attempting to apply the new
British policy at the Brussels talks.
1t was understood in London that
he had returned to the Belgian capital
primarily to confer at length with
Norman H. Davis on joint British
American policy in China and else
where. Mr.. Davis, American Ambassa.
dor at Large, is chief Of the United
States delegation to Brussels.
Evening star., 1937-11-10
Vienna Pastor Resigns.

VIENNA, Va, Nov. 10 Especially -
Rev. William D. Denham, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church here for the
past eight years, has resigned, effective
November l. The Rev. Fred A. Kullmar
OF the Warner Memorial Church of
Kensington, Nd, preached in the
Vienna Church on Sunday and Rev.
William D. Denham at the Kensington
Church