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War
Continued From First Pase.)

International intervention Com
mittee.
Addressing ex-service men at Liam
dudno, Wales, he declared:
Our work has not been in vain.
Il have been acting as chairman
Of committee set up with the object
Of preventing the conflict from spread
ing. Now I am able to say our work
has been successful.
1T has not been an easy task but
now it has been concluded. insofar as
prevention of volunteers entering
Spain Is concerned" --
London did not have to take any
formal action to ban volunteers, as
she had done so January 10 at the
time she sppealed to Berlin, Moscow,
Rome and Paris to take similar action
alone
In France, q thin line of 1000 mo-
bile guards and gendarmes was sta
toned along the Pyrenees from the
Atlantic to the Mediterranean to stop
any travellers after midnight. If 1t Is
determined they want to fight on one
side or the other, they will be turned
back.
The German governments q ban made
either recruiting or individual volun-
teering punishable by imprisonment
An italian law flxing heavy penalties
for volunteering became effective to-
day.
The Soviet government did not an
nounce any special action. Export
Wsas are required of every one leav-
ing the Soviet union, and the gov
ernment issues none to Russians un-
less they are going on government or
Observation-Disclosures business.
Official Soviet statements have said
there have been no Russians fighting
in Spain.
Portugal went beyond the commit
tees recommendation In ordering
citizens fighting in Spain to quit
within q month. and banning further
Portuguese enlistments.
Greece set UP a strict ban. Czecho-
slovakia's order became effective at
midnight last night. The Belgian
cabinet approved q similar measure
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to be introduced in Parliament Tues

to be introduced in Parliament Tues
day.
Whether Germany and Italy con-
sented to suspension Of volunteer
movements because they believed the
Insurgents were strong enough to win
anyway, or because of Frances de-
mand that they shut off the flow of
troops was not known.
Tonight, just before the border was
closed to them, hundred Madrid
bound Socialist volunteers crossed into
Spain from Perpignan. France. which
has been the chief channel for men
crossing the French frontier to fight
for the Spanish government. Since
the start of the war an estimated
1000 have poured into Spain from
this point.
There were no new reports Of Ital-
ian or German volunteers going to
fight for the Spanish Insurgents.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
MADRID FIGHTS HOARDERS
Troops Struggle to Keep Supplies Out
of Insurgent Hands.

AIVUpS SuukSic 70 Nccp Cuppiics oos
of Insurgent Hands.
MADRID, February 20 P.-The
government launched finish fight
on the food hoarders and spectators
of besieged Madrid today.
Its troops struggled bitterly to keep
the communications and supply sys-
TENS at the city's thresholds from
falling completely into insurgent
hands.
Gen. Jose Miaja, government COM
mander on the Madrid front. issued
an order making every resident a
guard over the capitals food sup
plies. Persons knowing of abuses in
the handling of food and not report
ing them will be charged with COM
plicity and be subject to severe pun
ishment.
Fighting for possession Of the
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considered his resignation part Of
the drastic shake-up in the high com.
mand which the Valencia Socialist
regime was impelled to carry out
after the loss of Malaga.
They said it was in line with the
policy which dictated the recent ap-
pointments Of Gen. Jose Miaja to
supreme command on all Madrid
fronts and Gen. Sebastian Pozas to
command Of the Guadalajara front.
Evening star., 1937-02-21
STRIFE MENACE TO MADRID.
Communists Represent Violently Dr.
ferenf YieWnQintS.

Communists Represent Violently DN-
ferent Viewpoints.
GIBRALTAR, February 20 R).-
Party strife within the popular front,
especially among Communists. now Is
the most serious menace to the Span
ish governments cause, neutral OBJ
servers said today.
Communists allied with the Stain
and Trotsky factions, representing
two violently divergent viewpoints,
were declared on the verge of stag
ing q war within a war"
This new difficulty has added to
traditional hatreds between the two
most powerful labor organizations
the Socialist General Workers Union
and the neutrality-suspicious. National
Confederation Of Workers, the observ-
ers said.
The crisis already has reached the
point Of open warfare in a number
Of towns in Catalonia, and observers
believe q wide-open clash is bound
to result soon between the powerful
opposing groups.
The outcome of the recent trial of
II Trotzkyists in Moscow-after which
13 OF the defendants were executed
and four received prison terms-has
caused Stain Communists to demand,
it was said, that the Poum (Partido
Obrero Unificado Marxista-Workers
United Marxist party be dissolved
and its members tried as enemies of
the Valencia government.
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midnight to enforce the international
ban on volunteers entering Spain.
In spite of heavy rain officers re-
ported the blockade was working per-
fectly." The guards were especially
alert at Hendaye, Behobie and Dan
chariaenea because of reports earlier
that large number Of volunteers for
the insurgents were heading for the
frontier to make q last-minute cross
ing. However, none appeared.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

TALAVERA DE LA REINA, Spain,
February 20 (P).-Two North Ameri-
cans were in Talavera tonight-one an
insurgent prisoner and one, a young
Chicagoan, to show his pals he was
mot Just parlor Fascist"
Walter Schaible Of Chicago said he
quit $7a-day job in Chicago as q
civil engineer to fight in Spain for
pesetas day
Bert Levy Of Windsor, Ontario, sat
in a courtyard at military headquar-
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Italian air attache, was accused in
court trial today Of spying against
the Spanish government. Prosecutors
asking that the youth be declared
guilty called the courts attention,
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ters with "a English prisoners and said
he hoped soon to be back in Cleveland,
where he dove taxi seven years.
WAR OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Step Thought Leading to General
Government Offensive.

Government Offensive.
VALENCIA, Spain, February 20
R1.-Premier and War Minister Fran
cisco Largo Caballero tonight ac-
cepted the resignation Of Gen. Jose
Ascensio as undersecretary Of war.
Authoritative circles hailed the ac-
ton as another step toward unified
command of all government forces
and probably a general offensive.
Gen. Ascensio before the civil war
was colonel in the regular army and
in the early phases Of the war was
supreme chief Of the governments
military operations.
Persons close to the government
Evening star., 1937-02-21
FRENCH PATROL FRONTIER.

Blockade Against War Volunteers
working Perfectly"
HENDAYE, France, February 81
Sunday tP)-Strong squads OF
French mobile guards and Gendarmes
began patrolling all roads and paths
crossing the frontier on the stroke Of
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however, TO the fact the defendant
Is a minor. No verdict had been
reached when the court adjourned
for the day.
Evening star., 1937-02-21

Japan's lumber trade Is hard hit
by the Pacific Coast strike.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

THIS is the largest of our three
species. His choice region is
East of the AlleghenieS from
u Maine to Florida. In the North
he fourisheS in the Southwestern
part of Maine, by his own selection.
Man, bringing science to aid him, has
found he can plant the eggs of these
pickerels in many other States offer
ing an abundance of food and accept
able hiding places.
The most Southern record Of this
fish Is from Crooked Lake, Orange
County, Fla, and the most West
ern.> Mammoth Springs. Ark, and
tributaries along the White River.
Many are seen in the Ozark region.
You can fish for it in great many
ways and new scheme Of outwittins
him will be joyfully hailed by fellow
anglers.
The most popular way to catch the
pickerel Is by "skittering." Any bait
offered Is effective, be it protesting
froggie, or his leg, the handsome white
cleaning belly of the perch, min
now, or a bright and gaudy artificial
Hy.
If you know the pickerel as Sum-
mer fish, then you can find him at
home in the late Autumn and when
the ice is thin enough for you to see
through it, or lacking this, you may
even cut a hole through the ice Gin
his Northern hauntS). drop down a
most alluring tidbit. and haul up a
protesting and mad-to-the-center-of
his-being pickerel.
The fish is really a beauty, with
various shades of green on his back,
and cleaning gold on his sides,
marked with many dark lines and
streaks, meeting so that they form q
reticulated appearance. There is a
dark band below his eye that adds
to the charm of his intelligent ex-
preston. His fins are plain.
If you live in the North, perhaps
you call this fellow chain pickerel;
in the South many anglers call him
Jack. He follows the family trait Of
leading a solitary life, except when
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Heifer Dies of Fright.

KANSAS CITY R.-Police Scouts
Ralph Parr and A. E. Campbell over
took q frightened heifer roaming
through downtown traffic.
Oficer Perr bull-dogged the animal.
neatly threw 1t, tied it to q telephone
pole. But the heifer resented capture.
It floundered violently at the end Of
It's tether.
While officers pon6ered how to SUBJ
due 1t. the animal fell to the ground
dead.
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counting and at spawning time. Then
you will find it in shallow water, and
gathered with his cronies or his spouse,
under the shelter of water plants.
Watch closely. and you will see
Mother Pickerel throw off long masses
filled with eggs. In the South, of
course, the eggs are laid very early,
but in the North as late as April or
May.
The pickerel, like all members of
his family, is rather greedy and vora-
cious. He does not mind tackling a
fish twice his size, and usually sue
ceeds in swallowing 1t. though this
really consumes time.
AS food-fish the pickerel does not
occupy first place, though the flesh Is
firm and f1aky, and has a very pleas
ant flavor.
Some members have lived to be
over S years old and reach a length
Of 2 feet and a weight Of pounds.
The average is or pounds.
In case you do not know how to
"skitter," you take a long rod and a
short line, then you jerk or dance
the bait along the surface. Pickerel
are easy to catch, but they put up
q grand fight to prevent being landed.
Copyright. 1872
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Acid Aids Cotton Crop,

sulphuric acid, used to delint cot
ton seed, makes the seed plant
easier. germinate quicker and produce
stronger plants.
Evening star., 1937-01-25
Governors Get $40, 900.

Massachusetts, California, Virginia
and North Carolina pay their Gov
ernors $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1937-01-25

The time is drawing
short in which to get your
supply of this fine soap.
Remember it will be six
months before it is re-
-duced again. Choice of
i've odors and i've colors.
Eanns-SEset Xoog.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14
PROTECTION ASKED FOR STATE CREWS
Highway Commissioner Requests Drivers to Be
 on Alert for WOrkmen

Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald today asked motorists to observe extreme saution in passing the many highway department crews of men who are now at work clearing the roadsi6ne of the un- usually vigorous growth of weeds, grass and underbrush in order that this growth will not interfere with motorists vision of roadside warn- ing and direction signs, and in order that the danger of forest fires starting in the area ayong the high- ways will be diminished.
 The nature of this work, Com- missioner Macdonald said, makes 1t necessary for the men to work to come extent from the paved por- ton of the road, 50 that there is danger of accident if the drivers of passing motor vehicles do not exers else care. sizeable temporary signs, warning that roadside gang is working ahead, are being placed at both ends of the area being cleared at sufficient distance from the workmen to give ample warning of their presence.
 The big job of cutting down under. brush and moving the tall weeds and grass, which have grown ab. normally this year, was started last week and will continue for several weeks until completed. The work is being done by the highway depart 1ierits own roadside and niainten- ance forces
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14
SEWERS ORDERED FOR IA STREETS
Board of Works Approves Work Following Public
 Hearings Last Night

The laying of sewers on l4 streets was approved last night by the board of works, following pub. lie hearings. The streets are in the Robinwood and Fulton park sec tions.
 The streets follow: Arden road, Ledegside avenue, Fern Circle, West Main street from Robbins street to Park road, Robbins street from Benham street to West Main street, Park road from Wesi Main street 440 feet west, Robin. wood street from Park road to north of Arden road, Sunrise Nook from Arden road north. Thrush- wood place from Arden road north, Hudson street from Elk street to Highland avenue to Hudson street, Fern street from Greenwood ave. nue to Moran street, and Green. wood avenue from Cooke street to Hill street.
 The Ledgeside avenue sewer was opposed by three property owners. Three opposed the Sunrise Nook sewer, two the Hudson street sewer, two the Thrushwood place sewer, two the Robinwood street sewer, and one eaCh the Park, Elk and Fern street sewers. No opposition was recorded by property owners on the. other streets.
 A request for sewer on Collins street was referred to the engineer ing department for study. Tine As.A ssAAAA AA aas the baord of aldermen to hold hearings on 6 sidewalk for Wilson street. Permission was given for hearings on sewers for Baldwin avenue. Bennett street and Geddes terrace.
 A request by Albert Benedict that six-ir1ch main be laid on Belmont avenue to replace the present two- inch main was referred to the street department for investigation,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14
BY REP. AFAURY MAVERICK Written for United Press

S@@@~(N@
 Washington, July ls U CUP) - Stay on the job until 1t is done, Face the issues. That is what we Democrats were elected to do, and what we must do. We must do 1t 1t even thought we pass through the heat of 6 Washington summer and stay until the snow flies. We are being paid to do our duty.
 There is too much wild talk about violence; but 1t is true that there are two gigantic forces which, unless cool heads inter- vene, may endanger our demo- cratic form of government.
 John Lewisl 0. I. O.l But violent criticism and yelling at Lewis will not accomplish aything. That is because these two forces will 60 on, whether John Lewis Is here or at the North Pole.
 Sees Industrial Fear
 The other force the large indus trialists and the employers, and many good people who fear the situation, seem to want Congress to go home and leave everything up in the air. Many employers want that SO they can settle things their own way, blood or no blod.o Most of the violent talk comes from the conservatives. No labor ing man wants violence.
 Because the President suggests judicial reform, c shout goes up about dictatorship. Nonsense, the constitution requires the President to send messages to Congress es- pecially on the state of the union and the execution of the laws. When courts tie up the execution of the laws, 1t is his constitutional duty to say SO.
 All of the hullabaloo about de- stroying our form of government because we do our duty and keep our promises h without any basis. The judges have one beyond their rowers, and we must courageously face that issue. The Judiciary Re- form bill should be passed.
 Calls It Duty
 Labor and agriculture, with the average man, put the Democrats in power. Therefore legislation must be enacted to protect them There must be not only minimum wage and labor legislation, but tenant and fair farm measures and reforms to close loopholes in our present tax structure all before we leave.
 President Roosevelt inspired the etintry woith his Madison Square Garden speech. There Is the plat korm, too.
 Congress itself must form new committees, since there are none Co deal with social security, old age pensions, unemployment insurance and public health. The eight reg aonal power authorities provided in the Norris bill. the Wagner -Stea- gall Housing bill. the must be put through. Flood control. soil erosion prevention and reforestration must be made permanent functions.
 Six months have gone with the wind, we have played lot of Blind Mans Buff. Big issues have been evaded. But now the time has unquestionably come to vote. yes or no, by record, how we stand, % people will know how to vote.
 And unless our program is sub. stantially adopted, the Democratic party deserves repudiation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14
VIEWS CLASH ON CONGRESS- DUTY;I LAMNECK DEMANDS SESSION END;| MAVERICK OPPOSED TO DEADLlNE|
Gexas Liberal Charges Members to Carry
 Out Mandate
Ohio Democrat Assails Four Important Bills
 Pending

EDTTORs NOTE: Rep. Naury Maverick D. Texy and Rep Ohio like other members of Congress have widely Congressional session should the following dispatches each expresses his sentiment; Lamneck member of the important House Ways Means Committee Maverick the leader of hDea bloc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14

Rufe Davis. comedian who made his first screen appearance in Mountain Music," with Bob Burns and Martha Rave, and who drew a contract with Paramount as a result of 1t, was back from personal ap- pearAnce tour today, to join the tast of the current This Way, hiease," for q speciality number.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14

An Irish Folk Lore Museum has been opened in Dublin. Irish Free state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-14

Women of India are taking to American beauty preparations.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-29
RACE. VOTERS
ATTENTION.!

After careful consideration thx
local branch of the National Assoc;-
alton for the Advancement of Col
ored People went on record last
week that it is opposed to the can
dldacy of Judge Merritt E. SchIaf-
man.
Officers and members of the
Dayton NAACP contend that the
best interests of colored people here
viii be served with the defeat az
Judge Schlafman, whom it is
claimed will not and has not dealt
Justly with members of the race.
The local branch believes that ii
is fully cognizant of Judge shlaf-
mans attitude toward Negroes be-
cause Of his handling of the we'll
known case of the 76-year-old Junk
man who was assaulted July 10,
1887, by white police officer.
Although final testimony in the
case was heard July l6, Judge
schlafman has repeatedly refused
to give d decision.
Attorneys r Gilbert Waters and
Matthew Shields, state that eleven
continuances have been made in the
case. On October Is, Judge Shlaf--
man said he would give decision
November s. which comes after the
local election.
It is eontended that Judge schlaf-
mans repeated continuances in the
Williams case makes a clear indica--
tion OF how willing he is to forget
70 deal Justly with Negroes.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-29
VOTE FOR RACE
REPRESENTATION

Before our next edition his
tory will have been made III
the city of Dayton.
On Tuesday, November 2,
Colored Dayton will be on
trial Will they vote for one
of their own, blood Of their
bIood-flesh of their flesh--a
common sufferer of blind pre-
judice and racial prescriptions
The Forum believes the race
will vote for Mrs. Prear to
man, not one vote should go
astray.
Mrs. Prear was born in the
hills of Tennessee, where one
must fight TO live and fight for
a place in the Sun. Early in
life she realized that the odds
were against her and her peo-
pie. She began to contend for
the rights Of her group.
When the colored school
was scheduled to close at the
end of three months (While the
white school went on for nine
monthsl she was determined
that the school should not
close. Though a mere Negro
girl she went before the School
Commissioners and in stirring
words told the plight Of the
little Negro children in the
district. Silence struck the
room at the end Of her speech.
The chairman (being favor
able to her cause) gave her a
record book to read, in which
was stipulated. all schools
should run nine months.
She left the meeting with no
encouragement. Returning to
her community, she organized
a committee to raise funds for
the school. The teacher was
ordered to remain. Meanwhile
the coal dealer refused to de-
liver any more coal, because
the commissioners had ended
the school term. The commit
tee cut wood to keep the
building warm and sold every
thing imaginable to pay the
teacher. The commissioners
would drive by the school and
peep in to see the miracle.
Negroes were keeping the
school open nine months like
the white schools. Next year,
and even to this day the school
has nine month term - all
because of a little girl who had
the nerve to fight. She was
only IT years old!
This brave resolute girl
found her way to Dayton in
the person of Ethel Prear, who
is candidate for the Board OF
Education Of the sixth largest
city in Ohio, the fourth state
of the Union! The life story
of Ethel Prear is as strange
as the tales Of the Arabian
Nightsand is inspiring to the
boys and girls Of her race.
Dayton must get behind this
woman Of sterling character
and indomitable will. With
three all Negro schools, 1000
Negro school children and s4
Negro teachers, the group
should have representation on
the school board. Ethel Prear
should be elected.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-10-29
c o M M E N I 5
Calvin 5 Digest


suranee Association in Augusta, Ga,
in May, was that the proceedings oI
the organization be published within
ninety days. Af at d WnirlWina Of
effort on the ralsb # che publication
committee, the JOB IS csmrieSe aiid
the atractiseiy printed is2 page
booklet Is il the hands Of interested
persons. { he bringing out of the
book so so6n after the meeting gives
the membership of the organization
chance to study from the record
and Put into practice some Of the
plans, methods, and ideas brought
to the insurasce fraternity at great
sacrifice of time from routine busi--
ness for special study and investiga-
tion. Formerly, publication was
too late for this opportunity.
| According to Cyrus Campfield, sta
tistician Of the Association, the In
surance business among Negroes in
| America, at the beginning of this
year, was 1920, 100000, with IL
| 1885, policies in force.
/ According to G. w. Cox, chairman
of the National Negro Insurance
| Week program last May 17-22, the
! goal of S10,o00,0 900 in new business
set for all the companies together
was over-produced by $1,000, 900.
/ by nearly 5000 colored insurance
| statesmen of the country, and that
"the new income, as a result Of the
strong conservation program, will
exceed 100000 a year"
The papers read before the body,
now published by the association, re-
fleet credit upon the organization,
upon the companies represented by
the writer's, and upon the authors
themselves. Among these are 'The
Scientific Approach to Modern
Trends in Life Insurance Practices
by Miss E. %. Tibbs, actuary Of the
Afro-American Life Insurance Cos
Jacksonville, Fla; Some Of the
Legal Aspects Of Life Insurance
from the Claims Point Of View by
s. B. Thomas Of Pilgrim Health and
Life of Augusta; Specific Agency
Expense" by A. T. Spaulding, ac-
tuary-of North Carolina Mutual Life; !;
and Immediate Problems Facing
Il Our Companies" by G. d. Rogers OF
II Central Life Of Tampa, Fla, who -
the new president Of the Association.
A perusal Of this report by leaders
in education, social work, and in
general business and the professions
will prove profitable, because of the
| intimate acquaintance it gives with
! a most important phase of our racial
/ life.
! Watt Terry
: We are glad to hear that Watt
! Terry, one-time Harlem realty mag
{ nate, has opened new Offices in Wes
125th Street, New York, and con-
: tinues in the real estate business
sl~u-~
J From recent reports, it appeared
/ that Mr.. Terry might be done in by
: economic conditions which embar-
rassed and even ruined many good
E men. It does the race no good to
{ gloat over the misfortunes of any
: one; and q man like Mr.. Terry, who
S gave Of his subtance to worthy COM
{ munity enterprises, should have our
e hopes for a comeback