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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21
Ssr FlRsr AsRlAL

r oST In the limbo of modern A aviation achievements Is the story of tho worlds first aerial speed record. That Is tho aero. nautic speed of 25 miles on hour sot by the Brazilian pilot.inyentor Santos Dumont, flying one of the most primitive of ships In 1906.
 Born In Sac Paulo, Brazil, and educated In France upon the death of his father, Q wealthy coffee planter, Dumont devoted his first efforts to perfeeting a navigable balloon.
 After several experiments. he made his first ascent In July, 1898, and later In 1899 he had developed a balloon in which ho eneireled the Eiffoi tower several times, thus marking a new epoch In air navi. gation.
 In 1901 he sailed from St. Cloud around the EIffei tower and back In less than 30 minutes, thereby winning the Deutseh prize Of 100000 francs. About the same time Dumont developed one of tho first practical forms of dlrigibles. Ills was the non-rigid type. held In shape by internal gas pressure. Simultaneously, Zeppelin devel- oped the first rigid ship. .,
 Dumont's ship was outdiStanced by the rigid type, but was, how- :ssss,s.Jsy,aAh..A. ever, used exten.
 9.IIlRl sIvely during the A111I gIIaD.Il z|l1t World War by the .&E British navy. The ,KEA s: "biimp" was Q ,WS1af1I: successful patrol llAslI. and observation
 IF sssse@ ship. Dumont's HSslSs airShip is shown 0ldaSIlIOM:: on q Brazilian s......s.; stamp issued in
 1927.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-21
Peril from Aloft

Akl8lnG, elLA AND NELL oASARsNED SGNENAl Iop vlAE eANpgTB elJv ONE oUvlIkAN Ner IeAAjGtFr N THEIR RET VMinS ANG0 oe cAr GUN RcWrER Sssslv Hzs sss Sf.zE f -.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
Bedtime Stories
The Contrast.

entrance from the tunnel he found
Mrs. Paddy had stopped eating.
"Listen!" said she. Some one Is on
our roof. Who do you suppose 1t
can be?"
Paddy listened. 1T can't be Buster
Bear" said he.
mo, 1t can't be Buster Bear. for he
wouldn't be out and about now"
agreed Mrs. Paddy.
1T certainly isn't Reddy Fox" said
Paddy.
"or Old Man Coyote" added Mrs.
Paddy. IT don't believe either could
get up there on top. Certainly neither
could tear at the roof as that fellow
is doing. Listen!"
Probably 1t Is Yowler the Bobcat."
replied Paddy, and calmly began to
gnaw the bark from the stick he had
brought in.
you don't suppose he will be able
to tear the roof open, do you?" ques-
toned Mrs. Paddy q bit anxiously.
mo, my dear. don't suppose any
thing of the kind" replied Paddy.
Don't be nervous, my dear. Don't be
nervous. He may be able to dig away
the snow, but that is all. We plas-
tered that roof well with mud just be-
fore Jack Frost got here and he froze
1t solid. There is nothing to worry
about
Mrs. Paddy knew that this was true
and presently paid no more attention
to what was going on overhead. She
and Paddy stripped the bark from
their sticks then took the peeled sticks
outside. When they returned they
curled up to sleep.
Such q contrast as there was be-
tween outside and inside that housed
Outside was Yowler, crazy with hun.
ger and desire working frantically to
break in. Inside were the four Beav.
ers, warm, well fed, peacefully sleep
ing. And all that was between this
scene of comfort and plenty and that
scene Of desperate hunger outside was
the roof of sticks and frozen mud.
That was all. 1t Is just so through
out the Great World. As little as that
may separate plenty and great want,
Joy and sorrow, peace and trouble.
After while Yowler stopped tear
ing at the roof. Sharp as were his
claws they made no impression on
that frozen mud. It was as hard as
cement. He began to regain little
common sense. If he could break in
through that roof what good would
1t do him? None at all. Those Beav-
ers would not be there. They would
have left by way Of their underwater
tunnel. Yowler gave vent to one
screech of rage and disappointment
and leaped down from that roof. Later
that day he caught a careless young
Hare. So he didn't starve to death
at all.
Evening star., 1937-01-26

the tree has established itself in the
higher and more arid places 1t can
only be called sprawling shrub. At
best, it can reach a height Of 60 feet
along the rivers of Arizona.
The bark Of the mesquite Is q dark
reddish brown, quite thick, with shall
low assures and scaly ridges between
the figures. In the Winter the tree
looks detected and dead. Let q few
warm Spring nights come along, how
ever, and you are impressed instantly
by feeling Of life and eagerness.
The young shoots are lovely deli
cate green, giving to the whole tree
an appearance of green halo. The
sreenish flowers are very fragrant.
Think of what this means to the in
sects In this region, who depend on
nectar and pollen for food. The fiow-
ers grow in thickly set, fingerlike clus-
ters, and they come along one crop
after another, from May to July.
These flowers in turn give place to
pods. which are from to 8 inches
long and in dropping clusters. Each
cluster contains from 10 to 20 beans.
The long, fat pods were greatly
priced by the Mexicans and Indians.
Green or ripe, these people knew
the beans held nourishing food. The
cattle knew this tree would supply
them with green herbage and the
pods had acceptable food.
To those living on these semi-artd
deserts, the fuel problem Is . very
serious one. Every cast branch Of
this tree is gathered. But the most
interesting part about the tree Is
Its taproot. 1t goes in search Of water
and keeps travelling until 1t reaches
It. That Is why you will sometimes
ind roots 60 feet long.
A householder will 60 out in search
Of q mesquite tree. He has team OF
oxen or horses, heavy chain or
strong rope with him. Placing one or
the other about the trunk Of the
tree, the team is then started slowly
forward and gradually the great inter-
locking rootwork begins to leave the
earth. You will be amazed at the
amount of woody substance developed
under the surface.
The wood is cut into lengths for
building and fencing material. There
Is no waste permitted. Every scrap
that cannot be used for fences. posts,
paving blocks and frames for adobe
houses is used for fuel.
A valuable charcoal is made from
the root system, which looks very
much like gum-arabic and Is ex-
tracted from the stems.
A dne hedge row can be made
Evening star., 1937-01-26
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Plenty here and nothing there
Surely something you can spare.
old Mother Nature.

Y yOWLER THE BOBCAT on the
" roof Of the house Of Paddy the
Beaver was in torment. Yes,
- sir, Yowler was In torment
and nothing less. He had had Moth
Ing to eat for so long that he was
starving. Now his nostrils were filled
with the warm scent of Paddy the
Beaver and Mrs Paddy and the two
young Beavers, who were spending the
Winter in that house with their father
and mother. That warm, tantalizing
scent came up through tiny holes in
the roof. Do you wonder that Yowler
was almost crazy? Do you wonder
that he quivered all over and then
began to tear frantically at that roof?
He managed to hook his claws into
Evening star., 1937-01-26

THE modern woman no longer
gives-in to functional periodic
pain. It's old-faShioned to suffer
in silence, because there Is now a
reliable relief for such suffering.
Some women who have always
had the hardest time are relieved
by Midol.
Many who use Midol do not feel
one twings of pain, or even a mo-
ment's discomfort during the en-
tire period.
So, don't flavor yourself" or
"save yourself" certain days OF
every month! Don't let the cal
Evening star., 1937-01-26

that crust and tear out pieces Of 1t.
Then he dug through the snow be-
meath. How he worked! All the time
he whimpered and whined and his
mouth watered. He, who by nature is
50 suspicious, who at all times tries to
keep under cover, had completely for
gotten that he was now right out in
the open. He was SO intent on trying
to tear open that roof that he could
think Of nothing else. 1t would have
been bad enough without the Beaver
scent. but with it so warm and strong
he was driven to desperation.
Inside that house when Yowler be-
gan to tear at that roof two young
Beavers were curled up asleep. Mrs.
Paddy was eating the bark from a
poplar stick which she had brought in
from the food pile outside, under the
ice. Paddy was out there getting a
stick for himself. Paddy returned
As he poked his head up through the
Evening star., 1937-01-26
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

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to do without them. When
you find any plant or animal success
frl In adverse conditions, then you
will find that it means much to its
human brothers and neighbors as
well.
You are always more interested in
the hurdles successfully taken by the
pioneers. This tree, known as the
mesquite or honeypod, has q record
Of courage and q heritage Of blessings
from all those who have also tried to
make 90 Of 1t in the arid and semi
arid regions from Colorado and Utah
to Texas and Southern California.
It does not attract your attention
by It's beauty, though its many virtues
soon have such beauty of their own
that 1t has a special charm in your
eyes, no matter when you see it.
It Is member Of the honey locust
family. its leaves being smaller and
providing very little shade. Where
Evening star., 1937-01-26

endar regulate your activities!
Keep going, and keep comfortable
with the aid of Midol. These
tablets provide a proven means
for the relief of such pain, so why
endure suffering Midol might
spare you?
Midol brings quick relief which
usually lasts for hours. It's prin-
cipal ingredient has often been
prescribed by specialists.
You can get Midol in a trim
aluminium case at any drug store.
Two tablets should see you
through your worst day.
Evening star., 1937-01-26
BRAIN JEWELLERS.
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.
.Up AMnAHT, Uivss n,

good one today. Two men. both
prominent American citizens. were
born the same minute Of the same
hour Of the same day Of the same year
in the same town. Both men were
well educated. widely travelled and
highly respected.
Both men lived long. happy lives
and died the same minute Of the same
Evening star., 1937-01-26
Natures Children
Mesquite (Prosopis julifora).

Of these little trees, too. They are
grand for keeping sandstorms and
holding dunes in place.
(Copyright, 1879
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
INDIGNANT
OVER HER
JAILING
Appeal Ruling Likely
Soon and Release
May Wait

Indignant over the action of
Wise county (Va.) authorities in
returning Edith Maxwell, noun
tain school teacher convicted Of
the murder Of her father, Trigg
Maxwell, to jail, q washington
bondsman today volunteered to
supply the bond to release her
without cost.
Miss Maxwell was returned to
the jail at Wise, where she had
already been held more than a
year, on Saturday night.
It's. Tate, one of the three men
who went on Miss Maxwell's SIS,
600 bond last December after her
conviction on q second degree muir
der count, asked to be relieved as
bondSman several weeks ago be.
cause he wished to sell the prop
erty he had posted as her bond,
and could not obtain q clear title
while it was posted.
Let Bond Stand
He volunteered to allow the bond
to stand until such time as a new
bond could be arranged. Last
Saturday Miss Maxwell and her
brother, Earl, went to Wise to ar
range the new bond.
When they arrived there, States
Attorney Fred Greear ordered the
sheriff to take her in custody and
put her in jail Immediately, despite
the fact the bond had not yet
been Cancelled.
When word of this action was
received in Washington, a local
bondsman called Charles Henry
Smith, Of Alexandria, chief de-
tense counsel, and offered to put
UP the entire new bond without a
premium if the defense was I'M
able to pay.
Appeal Ruling Near
with the State Supreme Court
of Appeals expected to hand down
a decision in the case within the
next day or two, it was believed
likely, however, that the teacher
will remain in her cell until the
courts decision is known.
If the court refuses to recon
slider her case, the young teacher
must enter the penitentiary and
start serving a sentence OF 20
years.
If the court grants the plea for
the writ of error Smith has
asked, Miss Maxwell will be free
for several months until the case
can be reached on the court
docket and argument made for a
new trial.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
J. {, BondSndn Offers Free Bail for Maxwell Girl
q Dead
I'm Bay
Squau

LEWES, Del, June Is QN.S.) }.
Three of the 10 men abroad the ILL
fated cabin cruiser Teal, which
was submerged during q storm in
Delaware Bay, were rescued, and
seven bodies were recovered today,
according to a radio report picked
up by the Coast Guard station
here.
The identity Of those drowned or
saved could not be established i'm
mediately.
Finding of the bodies, all of
which were kept afloat by life pre-
servers, and the reScues eliminated
a 15-hour search by fishermen and
Coast Guard crews from Cape May
and Lewes. From automobile u
cense cards found in the victims
pockets, one of the bodies was iden-
titled as william A. Elmer, %, OF
Altoona.
The Teal was towed ashore this
moraing after it was found 10
miles off shore, near Mymol Light.
In addition to Capt. Floyd
Davis, skipper, and Elmer, the fish
ing party was believed to have in.
Guided:
Theodore Watson, 50, an instr.
ance agent; B. w. Washburn, 49,
a meatmarket proprietor; F. G.
Mckee. So. proprietor Of q fruit
market: Charles Stoddard, 20, 9
teacher In the State College High
School; William c. Dublin. and
one Of his sons, Howard Bussard
and James Slime, all Of Altoona
Watson, Mckee and Stoddard are
residents Of State College.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
Ry Harry COSTELL0

Interesting tennis should mark
the singles competitions today in
The TimeS-HearSt Grand National
Amateur Tennis Tournament now
in progress.
The r. N. Bradley.Art Simmons
match should prove battle. Rain
interfered with it yesterday after
Simmons had won the first set
6-3 and Bradley had taken the
second set, Go. Simmons is a
quick starter, and since they will
play only one set today, the match
should prove q hummer.
When rain interfered with yes
terday's. matches, Harry Heffner
had taken the first set from Erwin
Niemeyer, Ga, and was leading at
81 in the second set. They will
resume their unfinished match
today.
Another unfinished match in
wolves dy Ritzenberg and Maurice
Gowbeau. This is a second round
match. When rain came yester-
day, Hy was in front, having taken
the first set at 6-3. Frank Goeltz
was in front of Austin Rice in the
first set, 6-5, when rain washed
them out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
c. |. GA. FL.
FIGHTING
QUELLED
Police Use Tear Gas
As Rival Unionists
Clash at Factory

DETROIT, June Is u.N.S.).
A threat to extend the steel
strike to the automobile indus
try wis made today by Homer
Martin, president of the United
Automobile Workers Union, in
. telegram to John L. Lewis,
c. i. O. chief at Washington.
Martin said union workers
"were standing by ready" to re-
fuse to handle steel from the
struck steel plants In autOmO-
bile production unless there was
speedy and amicable settlement
with the striking steel workers.
ANGBRDGE, Pa. June II
(I.NE.l Rival G. /. o. and A. r
Of 4. members today fought briei
but bloody battle at the gates o.
the National Electric Products
Company plant here.
Police ended the melee with teal
gas, but not before SO A. r. Of L
non-strikers had been dubbed back
from the gates by an army Of SOC
C. I. o. pickets. A score OF. Ameri
can Federation of Labor men were
badly beaten and many 'yof the
Committee Of Industrial Organiza
ton picketS, 100 Of whom were
women. were affected by the tear
gas.
The C. I. o. called a strike at
fecting 1900 workers at the plant
Continued on Page 8, Col. II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
AGREEMENT
.REACHEDAT
PARLEY0F
LEADERS
Income Tax Plan to Be
Dropped for 2O-Cent.
Tilt on Property

Administration and District
leaders in the House today agreed
upon plans to bring the District
tax program before the House,
Thursday, with the income tax
provision eliminated and a new
section providing for a 20cent
boost in the real estate tax rate.
This, course was determined
upon at q conference today among
Representative Ambrose j. Ken.
nedy Cd Of Maryland, chairman,
and Representative Jack Nichols
Cd Of Oklahoma, q member Of
the tax subcommittee; Speaker
Bankhead, Majority Floor Leader
Sam Rayburn and Rules Commit
tee Chairman John O'Conner.
Special Rule Likely
The District tax subcommittee
members arranged for q meeting
Of the fun District committee this
afternoon to amend the tax bill
as above agreed upon. This will
increase the real estate tax rate
from per $3.50 on the 500 to
$1.70. =
The conferees agreed that Kens
nedy will go before the House
Rules Committee tomorrow and
ask for a rule for special consids
Grafton of the tax program.
Since the Rules Committee ID
controlled by the Administration.
there is little doubt that the rule
will be granted.
Speaker Bankhead said he
would recognize Chairman O'Con-
nor Thursday to cali up the spe-
cial rule.
Speed Expected
With the. changes that are to
be made in the bill, it is expected
the program will meet relatively
little opposition on the floor
Thursday, and that it will be
speedily approved by the House
and sent to the Senate where, 1t
is understood, it will be expedited
so as to put 1t on the statute
books before the beginning OF the
next fiscal year, July l.
Discussing the proposed changes
in the tax bill, Speaker Bankhead
said .a.
Al understand it Is satisfac.
tory to the District Commission
ers If we eliminate the income
tax and increase the real estate
tax rate by 20 cents. regarded
it essential that some action bO
taken on this program BY
July L." 49,
In connection with the House
revolt yesterday against the tax
bill because it proposed to subject
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81 .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
TRACK
BL0WNUP

WARREN, Ohio, June Is
I.N.S.).-COmmOn Pleas Court
Judge Lynn b. Griffith today
issued a twO-day restraining
order prohibiting steel union
pickets from interfering with
railroad property and prohibit.
ing railroads from running
trains or cars into and out of
the strike-bOund plants of Re-
public Steel Corporation pend.
ing completion of the antipicket-
ing injunction hearing now un-
der way here.
EN-, Ohio, June Il
U.N.SO.-A section of the main
line tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad under the Waddell Park
bridge between Warren and Miles
was blown up today by what rail
road detectives said was a bomb
The explosion occurred shortly
after 35 cars of materials had beer
shunted into the Strike-bound Re
pubic Steel Corporation plant here
and IS cars had been taken out
under the protection of rs rail
road detectives brandishing sawed
off shotgunS, tear gas guns. teal
gas bombs and pistols.
CLIO. picketS made no attempt
to stop the train movements. Ont
declared:
at would have been suicide"
The blast disrupted traffic ovel
the line which connects Pittsburgh
and Cleveland by way Of Youngs'
town.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
COUPLE ENTER
KIDNAPCASE :

NEW YORK, June IS UN.SO.
Federal agents and State police
today questioned a young couple
and three garbage collectors who
daily visited the Stony Brook
L.. IL estate of William H. Par
sons, whose wife, Alice, has been
missing for six days.
The couple, it was understood
were aiding Inspector Earl j. Con-
neHey, head of the Federal agents
at the scene, in the investigation.
Shortly after they left the gar
bage collectors were brought into
police headquarters.
New Mystery Provided
The three-Arthur Chadwick,
Arnold Cox and George Winfield.
colored helper-it was reported.
declared that last Wednesday
morning, the day the society ma"
iron disappeared. they found the
garbage awaiting them outsids
the Parsons home, although for
the last four years it had been
customary for them to enter the
CONTINUED On Page 2, Col -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
Re DeIs Fire on British
EscOrtiIlg BilbaOIls

BILBAO, June Is ,(I.N.S.l.
Smashing BilbaO's defenses by
land, air. and l0ng.range artil.
1ery, insurgent forces closed in
on the besieged basque capital
today, and it appeared the. city
. would fan soon. The advancing
insurgents occupied one suburb
after another.
ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France,
June Is QN.S.).-Spanish in
surgents opened fire with machine
guns today on a British landing
party seeking to evacuate civilians
from Bilbao, according to reports
received here.
r. C. Stevenson, British consul
at Bilbao, disclosed the attack by
means of signals flashed from the
beach in Morse code with a hand
lamp.
Stevenson'S signals were picked
up by the British destroyer KEN
penfelt, anchored off shore. The
attack occurred, he said, at 4:30
a. m. while civilians were being
escorted to the wharveS for safety,
"A Scene of Horror"
James Rawlings, a British cable
engineer, who was among the refu
gees, furnished graphic picture
of the situation in the beleagured
city. He said:
Bilbao is scene Of indie
sCribabIe horror.
But at dawn, the lOyalists
were still holding out. All day
yesterday insurgent aircraft
raked the streets with machine
gun fire and hand grenades,
terrOriZing the inhabitants.
cat the same time, heavy
b o m bing planes steadily
pounded the main road to San
lander, rendering evacuation
most difficult"
MADRID, June IS QN.S0
Evacuation of civilians from Ma
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drfd, ordered by L.oyalist General
Jose Miaja in anticipation Of an
insurgent drive on the Spanish
capitals got under way today, !
The evacuation was to be&carried
out In three stages. The first con
tingent to leave will abe refugees
who have flocked here from the
provinces since the civil war began.
They will be followed by residents
of Madrid proper and of its sub
urbs.
Shorty after the evacuation
order was posted, IL insurgent
bombing planes flew over the city
and dropped pamphlets proclaim
ing Madrid must surrender" on
pain of new attacks. Antiaircraft
batteries fired on the planes.
VALENCIA, Spain, June IS
Q.N.S0-Loyalist aircraft bat
tied 80 inSurgent Fiat Qtalian)
planes in a sharp aerial encoun-
ter today, bringing down seven,
according to an official govern
ment communique. The state
ment said the government lost
four planes and two pilots.
LONDON, June is U.N.S0
Principal buildings in the village
of Manguia, which has been
occupied by insurgent forces, were
blown up by retreating loyaliSts,
the London Daily Telegraph re-
ported today from Larrabezlla.
The dispatch said the explosions
were touched off with fuses set
to explode a half hour after the
loyalists had departed.
At Manguia, the account stated,
a number of rebels were crushed
and killed when a church collapsed
upon them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-15
Tennis Aces Finish
RaiHled Out Matches

Today's pairings in the mems
singles:
SECOND ROUND
Hy RltEenbeFg VS.. Maurice GOubeau,
Potomac p. M; Rttzenberg has 6-3,
first set, match unfinished.
THIRD ROUND
YelvertOn Garrett VS.. Ralph Adair,
Tom MoOrhead vs.. Raymond Gibson
Monument, p. m.
Erwin Niemeyer vs.. Harry Heffner
5 p. M; Heffner has Ga, 81, un
r. n. Bradley vs.. Art simmons, PO
tOmac. s ?. M; each has q set. Sim
Frank GOeltE VS.. Austin Rice, Pc
tOmac. s p: M; GOeltx has 6-6, first
RicIy willis vs.. George Dunklln, Edge.
moor. at players convenience, unfinished
DunRlin took first set.
Dean Judd vs.. doe Baker, Potomac
Allan Blade VS.. Harry March, Edge
moor, 1880 q. m.
Tony LatOna VS.. winner Of Blade
March match. s p. M, Monument.
Allie Ritzenberg vs.. Don CARRIER Pc
Frank Thompson VI. Billy COntreras
Davis strand johnson W.. winner Of
NY Observation-Disclosures GOubeau match
Potomac. $3.50 p. m.
Details Of yesterdays tournG-
ment play appear an sports
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