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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
HENRY FORD TO -BATTLE GOVT.
Second Major Fight Fed eral Agency-He Won
 His First Struggle
BY DON PRYOR Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Detroit, Dec. 24.-(UP)-fIenry Ford prepared for his second major fight with an agency of the fed- eral government today as union leaders, backed by sharply-worded National Labor Relations Board rul- ing, requested conference with Ford Motor company officials to promote industrial peace".
 Ford, confronted by a labor board declaration that his company was guilty of savage anti-union activ- ity", directed his attorneys to ask the federal courts to overrule the decision, which one company law yer denounced as wrong and un- just".
 The manufacturer, long a critic of labor unions and of federal regu- lation of business, was accused by the board of having instituted relentless campaign" against the United Automobile Workers Union, an affiliate of the Committee for Industrial Organization.
 Asks for Conference
 Homer Martln, LnteTnhtiOuaI president of the union. immediately requested q conference lat your convenience" with Harry Bennett, personnel director of the Ford com. pany, to promote industrial peace and proper labor relations" between the manufacturer and his work CTS.
 You need not fear 6 conference of this sort,' Martin declared. We do not believe in force or violence as you evidently do."
 Ford. however, chose to fight, as he did in the days of the NRA when General Hugh Johnson threat ened to "crack down" because he refused to sign the automobile in- dustry code with its wage and hour requirements. Ford, who maintained that the standards in his plants were above the code minima, ig. nored the threat and carried his defiance through successfully.
 Based on Prejudice
 Louis J. Colombo, attorney who
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
EIGHT ARE HELD
 FOR OBSCENITY

Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 24.-lUP .--Eight men were held for superior court trial today as result of 2 cru sade of States Attorney Lorin WI willis against the distribution ot op- scene magazines in Fairfield county:
 Arrested on bench warrants and placed under $500 each were Davld spielnan ,Mainaroneck, N. Y.. and sam Boehli New York city. charged with printing, selling and possessing obscene literature; Phillip R0ss. Danbury: Michael Minoff and David KaIet, of Stamford, and Sol aros. som Martin Rottrnan and Michael Gillotti, of this city, accused ot sen' ing obscene literature and pictures
 epellman and Boehn, according 70 state police, operated q printing plant nt Stamford. Willis said the srrests were q ''warnine to anyone who sells any ot this obscene stufi 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
Gou. Cross AlDaiting Report OfMacD D0nald
All Circumstances, in Regard to Right-of.Way Land Purchases for Merritt Highway, Must Be Made
 Clear to Chief Executive

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 24-(UP)-- Gov. Wilbur L. Cross today awaited c report from State Highway Com missioner John A. Macdonald OK. plaining "all the circumstances" sur. rounding purchase of rights-of-way for the Merritt Parkway.
 Macdonald was summoned to the governors otilce late yesterday short- ly after Comptroller Charles O.. swartz announced the chief execu- tive had ordered him to make an investigation In detaip' of land pur- chases for the Fairfield county highway.
 In an "amicable" 45.minute con. ference with Swartg and MacDon. ald, Gov. Gross directed the highway commissioner to submit as quickly as possible complete explanation of why, in many cases, the state paid as much as 10 times more than as- sessed valuations of land.
 To Submit Full Report
 "Commissioner Macdonald" the governor said, twill submit . full re- port as soon as 1t can be prepared on all purchases of land in connec. ton with the Merritt Parkway.
 ''Mr. Mcdonald Is the only man who knows all the circumstances"
 Macdonald had sole charge of pur- chase of land for the parkway, now nearing completion. His part-time agent was c. Leroy Kemp. Darien reaitor, who received $20 Q day and expenses for arranging deals. .
 The highway commissioner. coli- tinued silence In the storm Of con- troversy. which hes arisen over reve- iation that the costs'of rights-of-way for thc Parkway may reach S7,000, GOO. e''D
 T aIa not going to make any such statements as have been made" he said.
 Three Reports Coming
 As result of latest developments, three reports llSw were. being pre-. pared on highway department acc tivifies for submission to the gov- ernor.
 Ewart9 began work on. . guberna- toriai order to ."dig deeper" into land purchases details, especially as to prices paid for land. assessed yalua-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
ONLY SADNESS
 IN THIS HOME

Newark. N. J.. Dec. 24,--CUP) = Seventeen years agosduFing the holi- day season two of the children of the gerrara family died of measles
 Two years ago on Christmas the W'errara home burned.
 Last Christmas two of the remain ing children were drowned when they fell throug the ice of a lake. That was why there was only sad- ness today in the home of Emilio Perrara. No Christmas tree or the traditional Yuletide greetings.
 sszb us," he said, s'Christlnas thgi year means only that we can visit the cemetery twice in the week rather than once"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
9,OOO British Soldiers Patrol Holy Lan'

one sees @ bizarre mixture of the ancient and the modern. Motor cars whizz at 60 miles an hour past camel caravans.
 Wandering desert Bedouins en. camp under black goat hair tents beside the road within sight of mod. ern apartment buildings with run ming water, electric light and radios.
 Jewish farmers, in modernly built settlements, operate tractors within . few hundred yards of Arab farmers, blowing exactly as in Biblical times, with ironshod, crooked sticks pulled by cainels, don- keys or COWS. l saw some using camels and donkeys hitched to. gether.
 Three British Armed Cars
 Tn one hour we passed three Brit ish military cars with mounted ma chine guns. Soldiers alertly scanned the hills and patrolled the road
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
CUNBOAT OAHU
 LEAVES MONDAY
With Two Consular At. taches on BOard-Will !
 Speed to War Zone
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE

Bx EDWAhU w. DEAA HE K United Press Stan CorrespondentD
 Shanghai, Dec. 24.-(UP).-The United States gunboat Oahu will leave Monday with two American consular attaches for the war zone in. which her sister ship the Panay was attacked by Japanese navy air. planes and Japanese troops, 1t was announced today. Under orders of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, conn- mander in chief of the United States fleet. the Oahu will steam up the Yangtse to Nanking to protect Aili- erican interests. Aboard her will be Consul John M. Allison and Vice. Consul James Espey, under orders to reopen the embassy which was evacuated just before Japanese eil- tered the city and to watch out for American interests.
 L0oted Mission School
 As this announcement was made. American Consul General Clarence E. Guass made representation to the Japanese complaining that Jap- anese soldiers at Wuhu, up the riv- CT from Nanking. entered an Ameris can mission school December l3-- the day after the attack on the Panay and not only cracked the mission safe and footed 1t but pulled down and reused in the river an American flag flying on small lnis- sion boat Japanese officers at Wuhu already had expressed regrets to mission authorities.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24

and girls of the city brought
 The largest playhouse in the city was packed with youngsters. Each had brought some food article to be distributed to their less fortunate neighbors for their Christmas din- ilerS.
 Congregated Early
 From limousines and in groups from sections of the city far re- moved from the center, the children started congregating on East Main street, long before g o'clock, some arriving at o'clock and minding not at all the low temperature as they clasped tightly their food which was to help spread the real Christmas spirit throughout all Wa terbury.
 By 9 o'clock lines of waiting chil- dren extended all along East Main street. Trucks, furnished by ar-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
Judge MascOlO Told How He had Been Rounded for
 Past Fourteen Years
ANTONIO DE BIASSE
 IS MAN ACCUSED
Lawyers, Policemen, Lay. men Also Made Charges;
 His Sanity to Be Tested

An amazing story of how he has been harrassed and bounded for IA years by a man with a fancied griev- aiace, and how even his life has been threatened, was told in city court today by Judge Edward Mascolo, appearing not on the bench but on the witness stand. After an im- posing array of lawyers, po- licemen and laymen had taken the stand to testify that life had been made miserable for them as well as for Judge Mascolo, An. tonio DeBiasex, 66, of 28 North Elm street, was bound over to superior court on charges of assault and brtAch of the peace. Judge John F.. McDonough, of Naugatuck, presiding ct the local court, recommended that the high court appoint Q com. mission to test DeBlase's sanity.
 Pursued Since 1893
 Nince 1923, Judge Mascolo said, DcBiase has pursued him incessant~ ly, has created dlsturbance after disturbance in his ofiice, has threat ened to Kill him, has attacked him, has stood h tho street outside his peasa.ss,. .-..~.-4.. avs.iss .'s,ea-. e..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
BYWEBB MILLER Limited Press European News
 AHaaaRerl ,f

(Copyrirht les7 By United Pressl
 Jerusalem, via London, Dec. 2-- (U.p.)--As Christmas eve comes to the Holy Land, 5000 British soldiers and 2,5OO policemen are patrollipg the country in an effort to make t the land of peace and good will which the Saviour desired.
 Aided by trained dogs they are hunting assassins who, during the past 3 years, have murdered hun- dreds of persons and wounded at least 1000.
 Available figures covering that period give 3e British killed and l46 wounded: i4D Jews killed and about 400 wounded; 57 Arabs and 800 wounded, 1.-the last based 0ll esti- mates, because frequently the Arabs conceal casualties.
 Many shots Were Fircd
 A total of many thousands 0f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
Japanese Planes Machine. Gunned Boats Taking
 Away Survivors
JAPANESE FIRED ON
 PANAY AS SHE SANK
Report Reveals Details of Sea Tragedy; Acts of
 Crew HerOism Related
BY HOBART c. MONTEE United Press Staff Correspondent

BY HOBART c. MONTEE
 United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, December 24. - (UP) . Japanese planes that bombed and sank the United States gunboat Panay gave every appearance of de-. liberation; the planes ma. chine-gunned the small boats taking the survivors, some of them wounded, from the sinking ship to shore; q Japanese surface boat machine gunned the Panay as she went down. These facts Commander J. J. Hughes, communicating officer of the Panay, transmitted to the Navy Department in report made public today. The report revealed both the details of the attack on the Par, nay, and the individual acts of heEO- ism by members of the crew. Tn the view of officials here, Hughes report supported the otfi- cial belief that the Panay was first boarded by Japanese military Odfi- cers, then deliberately sought out attacked and sunk by JapaneFa bombing planes. Tho report was tl g formal Statement required by law E. every'navalsc cOninaande asiEo loses q ship.
 No Excuse for Attack
 It revealed that the attack was made at mid-day: that visibility was excellent: that the Panay was practically covered by huge Ameri- can flags, both horizontal and verti- cal: that the ship was painted with distinctive marking; that, in spite of all these marks of identificatious the Panay was t;lc principal objecs of the Japanese aerial attack.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
No Paper Tomorrow Chistrs,os
PRESIDENT WILL
 HANG STOCKING
With Two Grandchildren He Will Carry Out Leg.
 end of Season
BY RUBY A. BLACK (United Press Staff Correspondent

NSasesSeA Se3 0vs*ss S~sseSB~ssSSssp
 Washington. December 2t.-(UP) ---' President Roosevelt opens the official celebration of Christmas this afternoon when he lights the Capi- tal's community Christmas tree and broadcasts holiday greetings to the nation.
 A few hours later he and three little girls will hang their stockings on the mantle in his bedroom.
 The children are Sara and Kate Roosevelt. the six and nearly two- year-old daughters of MT. and Mrs. James Roosevelt, the presidents cid. est son, and Diana Hopkins, five and Q half year old daughter of Works Progress Administrator Harry |. Hopkins, who is recovering from an operation in Mayo clinic at Roch- ester, Minn. Mrs. Hopkins died Oc-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
Con1n1anderHughesOf Of |Gunboat Panay Issues
 First Official Report
4.OOO Children FiU Loew- PoLi Theater
Real Christmas Spirit Shown as They Remembered Needy Ones of City-Great Holiday Party Under
 Auspices of Democrat, Elks Was Success

Peace on earth, goodwill to became the watch
 word in all Waterbury today Except at LoewPoli theater where attending the great Christmas benefit party of The Democrat 4OO0 youngsters threw peace to the high baconied auditorium and made goodwill" synonym ever to remembered by several hundred needy Waterbury families with 400 separate contributions Of food the boys
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-24
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Evening star., 1937-05-30
Time" Goes to France.

THE March of Time is being
Transcribed in French in three
half-hour recordings for broadcast to
radio listeners in France. The prof.
ect is under the supervision of Jean
Mason, program editor Of Radio
Luxembourg. 4 distinct innovation
in broadcasts hitherto transmitted
to radio listeners on the Continent,
these recordings will be used to test
the potential popularity of such q pro-
gram in France, with view to their
continuance if the reception equals
that of the motion picture March of
Time The latter. in French
version, has met with great success
on the Continent. Dramatic direc-
ton Of the new recordings, through
activity in the hands of Mr.. Mason
has been supervised for sound and
tone by Homer Pickett and William
Spier, who direct the March of Time
broadcasts
Edwin Jerome. Dwight Weist and
Stefan schnabel, members of the
regular March of Time" dramatic
company, are participating in the
French recordings Other well-known
radio actors proficient in the language
have been drafted for use, as we'll as
several young actors from the Lycee
Francois.
Andre Baruch, c. B. S. news COM
mentator, a native of France, also
fills important roles in lie Marche
du Temps"
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Popular Songs Chosen

THE broadcasts of Tin Pan Alley
and Swing Lane have little place
in the song favorites of the Nation,
it was revealed when the results of a
countrywide poll for the 10 most be-
loved melodies was computed. Con-
Quoted under direction of Charles
Pritzker, production executive of the
Sunday Night Community Sing, the
10 weeks poll elected votes from more
than million radio listeners who
wrote. giving their preferences.
OF the 1880 songs and 3,45o COM
posers that were mentioned, Stephen
Foster and his immortal works are
present three times on the list. The
most popular song is John Howard
Payne's Home, Sweet Home" Next
in popular appeal is Silver Threads
Among the Gold" then Stephen C.
Fosters My Old Kentucky Home
Fourth was that epic of barber shop
harmony, Sweet Adeline.' "swanee
River" placed fifth When You and
Were Young, Maggie" Fosters "Old
Black Joe," Garry Me Back to Ole
Virginny" and Loves Old Sweet
Song were sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth.
Tin Pan Alleys only representa-
tive was Irving Berlin. Alexander
Ragtime Band" written early in his
career. placed tenth and closed the
list of Americas 10 most popular
songs.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Drum Is Guest Book.

HOLLYWOOD HOTEL boasts a
unique guest book. It is a huge
thunder drum belonging to Charles
Forsythe of the c. B. S. production
staff, and it is covered with more
than 400 autographs of famous stars.
BY now nearly everybody in Holly
wood of any fame has signed Bette
Davis is the boldest and strongest
signature. Lionel Barrymore and
Freddie Bartholomew have the most
minute autographs. Greta Garbo is
missing.
First to sign was Edward Arnold;
he did it to tease Charlie Forsythe
Little Shirley Temple, who had just
learned to write, came next, then
Boris Karloff, glamorous Marlene
Dietrich and Clark Gable. BY the
time Robert Taylor signed his name
the drum habit was well under way.
Latest to sign is Jerry Cooper, new
singing master of ceremonies for Holly
wood Hotel.
Forsythe keeps the drum under lock
and key whenever it's not being used.
He doesn't hit it very hard with the
drumsticks anymore; he's afraid the
skin might split. Sometimes he looks
at his possession rather wistfully
Can you imagine what those
signatures would be worth?" he often
asks, IF they were written on checks
instead of on just drum?"
Evening star., 1937-05-30
mike" Unidentified.

the world on Coronation day
recently, no special microphone was
used, reports the British Broadcasting
Corp. The mike" he spoke into was
simply taken out of stock and is
unidentidable today from any other
in the B. B. c. supply. Two new
miCrophones, encased in Australian
oak and standing IA inches high have
been placed in the royal study in
Buckingham Palace, however. Near
them stands little framework for
red light which remains on while
his majesty speaks.
Evening star., 1937-05-30

to the accompaniment Of musical
setting played by the N. B. c. SYM
phony Orchestra, conducted by the
composer, DR.. Frank Black.
Other contributions to the broad
cast will be made by George M. Cohan,
Paul Draper, tap dancer. and Yoichi
Hiraoka, xylophonist. Cohan Is to
participate in transatlantic inter-
view with John B. Kennedy, with the
actor-producer speaking from London
on the feeling of loneliness OF a pa
triotic American away from his native
land on Memorial day. He will sing
two of his songs popular years ago,
Its a Grand Old Flag" and Give
My Regards to Broadway" Draper S
tapping is to be done to Ernesto Le-
cuona's "Malaguena" from Suite
Andalucia.'
GLADYS SWARTHOUT. mezzo-
soprano. and Armand Tokatyan,
tenor. both of the Metropolitan Opera
Co., are the guest soloists on the Prom
enade Concert program tonight, sing
ing with the symphony orchestra and
male chorus over WMAL at 7 o'clock
The program follows:
"Rakoczy March" Berlios
Orchestra
"Connais-tu lie PAYS" from Mi
gnon' Thomas
..,,orn,. Gladys GLADYS, swarthout, ,,,,.,
.,-sy Glsdys sWarthout, and Chorus;
Prelude in Minor" -Rachmaninoh
Hymn to the sas sIshs''Rii Rimsky-korsakou
Violin obllsato and Orchestra.
Concert presentation Of Jerome Kern:
The Sons Is You from Music
III 'l'e Gladys svarthout
Music in the e AiT,, To,....
SMOKE H5asnG ee's IN Yona Yona'zSe; Eyes" from
Roberta"
Gladys swarthout Armand Tokatyan.
Orchestra and Chorus.
La Plus que Lente.
Rafaei! Tn Jui2e,e 9pand du seisneur" t5om H,p,v,
Armand Tokatyan.
"Ai Nostri Monti," from III
GLADYS swa1thout Armand Tokatyan
'Rumanian Rhapsody" Enesco
R1DU sAYAO, popular Brazilian So
prano. will be the guest artist
appearing during the Sunday Evening
Hour. heard tonight through WJSV
at 8 O'Clock. The program follows:
Roman Carnival ------- Berlioz
Orchestra.
"Nlnnarella" Mozart
Miss Sayao and Orchestra
"Ah. Fors' Luz" from La Traviata"
Verdi
Miss Sayao and Orchestra
Waltz of the Flowers from the
Nutcracker Suite" TschalkoHsky
Orchestra.
'Aimant La Rose LIE Rossisnol'
Rimsky-korsakow
Miss sayao and Orchestra
"Cantiga" BarroSo Netto
Miss sayao and Orchestra
The Cuckoo Liza Lehman
Miss sayao and Orchestra.
'Pizzlcato Polka StiX
Orchestra.
"A Hundred Ppers'' Scotch A!r
Chorus and Orchestra.
Ride of the Valkyries" from
Die Walkure" ~ Wagner
Orchestra.
March On. o Souli'' Dervall
Chorus and Orchestra.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Mystery Music Banned.

'HERES mystery piece on Co.
lunbia's battered old studio
hurdy-gurdy which has never been
heard on the air. It can't be broad
cast because nobody knows what its
name is. Everybody around Columbia
has heard 1t hundreds of times. It's
a lifting, jangling tune-but just one
Of those melodies that nobody can
place. Conductors, singers and even
Andre Kostelanetz cannot recognize
it. Organ-grinders have been brought
in from the streets and asked if they
knew it. All have shaken their heads
in melancholy despair
All the other tunes on the hurdy-
gurdy are perfectly acceptable for
broadcasting. They were identified
few weeks after the hurdy- -gurdy
was bought from q South Brooklyn
secondhand store for use in drama
broadcasts. 1t took i've music experts
Evening star., 1937-05-30
..--- =, = :?,.>,.

to discover what they were, but around
Number 6 (the mystery cylinder)
there's a great big red circle marked
Banned for Broadcasting.
As = matter of fact, that mystery
piece, if 1t were ever played on the
air, might cause . number of dif1-
Evening star., 1937-05-30

culties It might be a piece by a
composer holding a copyright for
bidding a public performance of the
selection without his permission; it
might be work with similar re-
strictions by the publishers. It might
also be an innocent little folk song,
Evening star., 1937-05-30
|Linguist Pat Kelly
Is Gar of AnnOuncers
Australian by Birth, Marriage Opened
Variety of Languages for N. B. C.
Staff Director

Of Charters Radio v
but the N.
birthplace
O. a Of million
long stretches through the radio
wel-worn tickets
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Network Scouts Comb
Stations for Talent
New System Launched to Free Radio of
Importing Entertainers From
Other Fields
Bv Chris MafhiSen.

LWAYs dependent principally upon other media for It's
manestng
the
of
Evening star., 1937-05-30

centuries old, belonging to nobody;
then it could be played freely. But
no one knows If it could be given
on the air, some one among the
millions of listeners might help
identify 1t. That can't be done, how
ever, even as q test.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-19
DON'T REPEL FRIENDS BY INFERIORITY COMPLEX

No wonder Eva can't win friends. Instead of making herself charm 7 ing to Tom, she wonders, Did he take me home because he likes me or did Mary ask him to?" s Why shouldn't he like you, Eva? Those chilling inferiority feelings { of yours spring from childhood ex- periences long past.
 Your hair may have been called a sight" when you were ten, but its pretty hair today. It would be lovely with a little more care. Or did thoughtless elders snub your -year-old chatter? You're grown-up now, have as much to of fer conversationally as anybody in your set. Indeed, you talk delight fully when you drop that self-con- scious giggle.
 If you'd analyze yourself you'd see you have no defects you can't easily overcome.
 Get rid of those doubts that par alyze you when you want to make friends. Our 32-page booklet tells you how to overcome self-conscious- ness, inferiority feelings, how to meet people halfway.
 Send 10c for your copy of OVER COMING SELF F-CONSCIOUSNESS