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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Current Comments


We have got to work to maintain
our neutrality. We must get legisla-
ton in line with this principle, be-
fore we are drawn into any conflict.
and while we are still lsober and
not war-drunk.
John w. Pontius, head, Buffalo,
N. Y, Y. M. @. A.
The time has come for denomirla-
tions to pass ON to something else.
I'm a Congregationalist because my
father was. II he'd been Q Method.
LIST or o Catholic. I'd have been tn,
same. Why don't we get together
DIR. Charles M. Sheldon. 0maiia.
Neb., clergyman, proposing merger
Of all churches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Answers To
Questions

BY Frederick "a. Kerby

@. What Is the number Of men
In the United States Army band
and what are their ranks?
A. The number Is 81, including
Capt. Thos. F. Darcy. the leader,
10 master sergeants, 10 technical
sergeants, 25 staff sergeants, IA pri-
Yates first class, and Is privates.
@. How long do parrots live?
A. The ordinary life span Is Is
to 40 years, but theer are records
of some that lived 10 years Or
more.
@. Should radio set be diScon-
nected during q severe electrical
storm?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

I. Does dozen taken a singular or
a plural verb?
2. Where was Woodrow Wilson
born2
3.What is q bema?
A. Will a dead human body con-
duct electricity?
S. When did the United States
declare war against Germany?
6. In surgery, what is necrosis?
Z. Name the longest river In Afri.
ca.
8. Who was Tilman Riemen-
schneider?
o. Name the compiler Of webster's
dictionary.
10. Who played the role Of MRS.
Copperfield" In the motion picture,
David Copperfield?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, II had intended TO
have written the letter yes
ter yesterday" say, had in
tended to WRITE"

A. Not If the aerial is properly
protected by a lightning arrester.
@. Is new honey poisonous?
A. No, but 1t should be ripened
about six weeks before using to keep
1t from fermenting.
@. Can the king of Great Britain
dissolve parliament?
A. In theory yes, but in practice
1t Is not done.
II you want . copy o: our book
Let on whether Writer'S Guide"
write The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1912 Thir-
teenth st., Northwest, Washing
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age.
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be listed among
the saints Of
the @ Catholic
Church. Strange
for me at least.
My lot has been
cast amongst
newspaper re-
porters, labor
skates, actors,
politicians, pub
1icans and sim
ners. TIL er e
may have been
saints In the
lot. I have no
d GU BIT there
arAaa n.ak TIA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

There are opera singers, too, with a
sense of humor. Giovanni Martinelll
says it's true that cigarets "never make
his throat sore," because he has never
smoked one in his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Selected Poem
WINTER BROOK

WINTER BROOK
.one Rice Grelle in the Poets Column,
Hartford Tines
Somewhere this little
Ice-locked stream
Has stored away
Last summers dream.
Somewhere q star
Must linger still;
The love call
OF whippoorwil.
Must still re-echo
In the pool
Where white reflections
Tall and COOL
Once photographed
From shore to shore,
That gaunt, beloved,
Sycamore.
Somewhere 1t still
Recalls the moon
That waded there
One night last June.
And left thin pale
Slice Of gold
For nights like these;
OO lOllB-SO COIu-
So silent, meath
Their robe of snow,
That only memory
Can know
That wild-hower petals
Floated past
Short weeks ago;
To leave at last
Their perfumed breath
That warm, gray rain
Once slanted down;
It's quiet refrain
Singing It's way
Deep in my heart;
To there become
vital part
OF me o, all
LIES gladdest dreams
Are stored IN little
Ice-bound streams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

If J. Edgar Hoover, boss Oman, is
forced out, we'll bet President Chang
Kai Shek will give him job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Brother Andre

1t Is . strange feeling which
comes Of the remembrance Of hav.
ing talked, II only for q brief time,
with someone who someday may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

A dictator can become great states
man and world hero by threatening to
smash everything and then not do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Daily NNo ~Do-l
FRENCH LEFTISTS SAVED
MADRID FROM MOROCCANS
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT

BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN ----
PARIS January IS. - What stopped Frances
Moroccans in Spain contrary to many reports was MOI
the Russians but French volunteer Communists and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
Change


The shacky wooden church atop
the Cote de Niege has gone and
been replaced by basilica which
Is one Of the architectural beau
ties OF Canada. And like the
wooden building whose place 1t
took 1t was built by donations
given In gratitude from those
whom the little, old, former Con-
necticut textile mill hand had
helped. That In itself seems to me
a miracle though not In the SUI
pernatural order. AS said In the
beginning 1t Is something to re-
member having spoken to and
having felt the kindly pressure OF
the forehead Of one who some day
may be elevated to the ranks Of
the saints. 1t was an experience
I do not expect to have repeated.
Not around here anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
The Visit

1t was a blazing hot morning In
August when my companion
ON crutches- and I set out 70 visit
Brother Andre. We rode IN an
open barouche and when we got TO
the bottom Of the road on the Cote
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
The Wonder Worker

and we stopped overnight in Mon
treal. One Of the party was sore
" crippled and II was to seek re-
lief for her that we had gone to
st. Annes. In Canada particular
", the name Of Brother Andre
was even then celebrated and
yenerated. Marvellous cures were
attributed to him and; by the UNI
intelligent, he was acclaimed as Q
performer OF miracles. Claim to
performing miracles was strenuous
" and sometimes impatiently de-
MED by Brother Andre. He knew
that the authoritative tribunal OF
the Church was the final judge OF
whether a miracle was q miracle
or not and that that tribunal is
the most sceptical Of all courts OF
Judgment in existence. Some
years ago a very eminent, ayow-
eddy agnostic lawyer from New
York happened TO be in Rome and,
being OF an inquisitive turn OF
mind, took himself to the Con-
gregation of Rites which has to
do with the process OF canoniza-
ton. There he explained that al
though he did not believe In mir
acles and was altogether on the
infidel side he was as a lawyer
curious to know something OF the
judicial procedure followed BY the
Congregation. He was informed
that the Congregation must have
accepted as proved two miracles
which had taken place through
the intercession Of the one who
had been declared Blessed and
that the miracles must have
taken place after formal beatifi-
cation. II the beatincation had
been declared without the ordin-
airy process proof Of three miracles
was required. 1t was further ex-
planned to the learned man Of the
law that engaged In the proceedings
were counsel tor the plaintiff, so
to speak, who presented the EVIL
dence to prove the miracles and
another, known as The Devils Ad-
vocate, whose moral obligation 1t
was to rcfute on valid grounds
the evidence presented. 1t SO hap
pened that the New York legalist
was a shark on evidence and had
actually written . text book on the
subject. Could he see some ex-
amples Of the evidence submitted
In the cause Of one who had been
declared q saint? Gladly. He
spent some hours going over q
set Of documents and studying
with the eye Of suspicion and
scepticism every detail which had
been adduced to prove that the
required miracles had taken place.
Upon his departure he announced
that while he was still Of the be-
lief miracles could not be and were
not performed, the evidence he
had gone ever with q fine tooth
comb proved beyond any doubt In
mis- mind that I'm this case they
had occurred. "Theh you are
satisfied with the proofs you have
seen?" he was asked. Absolutely"
was the answer. "And no court In
the land could think differently or
any lawyer discredit them" "Then
you win be interested 70 know"
came the quiet information, "that
the proof Of the miracles which
you accept were rejected BY the
Congregation Of. Rites - inad-
equate!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

des Nieges leading up the hill to
where Brother Andre was to be
found, we seemed to 'be climbing
UP the side Of a house, SO steep
was the grade. The driver refused
point blank to proceed unless we
alighted and permitted him to
drive his conveyance unoccupied
to the top. There he would await
US and we could ride down the
hill. He was taking no chances
Of everyone being killed II the car
rage upset on the ascent. A flight
Of wooden steps some hundred odd
In number and broken by land
ings was the only means Of getting
up to the wooden church looking
for all the world like q timber
woods sleeping shack which
Brother Andre had built as the
beginning Of a shrine to his pa
iron, Saint Joseph. A mountain
goat would have baked at the
prospect. 80 did I. But not my
companion. We had come this
far to see what the wonder work.
er could do and we were going to
do 1t despite steps or clutches.
I shall never forget that nerve
racking climb. Half a dozen times
I thought would have a dead
person on my hands but at last
faint with exhaustion we reached
the wooden church and sat down
to rest. Brother Andre was at
lunch--it has developed since that
he was able to eat nothing but
bread and water for years-and
we must wait an hour. Worn out
bodily and araw nervously was
all for getting away and back 10
the hotel for food, drink, and a
bath. Not SO my companion. We
must wait. And wait we did,
spending the time gazing about
the walls which were literally COW
cred with clutches, canes, steel leg
braces Of all descriptions, spec
tacles, eyeglasses and indescrib-
able devices left there by those
who had no further use for them
thanks to Brother Andre. After
what seemed hours an attendant
informed us that he would see us.
My crippled companion crutched
of and left me stewing and
steami1g In anything but holy ir-
ritation. WELL" I growled when
she crutched back, what did he
say? What did he dor" I suppose
being an ignorant fool, I thought
to see the clutches gone and
health restored In the passage Of
the few minutes. HE did nothing
and said nothing except tell me
something already knew, to pray
to st. Joseph and If 1t Is Gods
will I'll be cured" was the gentle
answer. why don't you 60 In to
see him? They say he Is much
more interested In men and chill
dren than he Is In women" This
last with a twinkle of a smile. l
did not want to see him, I argued.
But I went all the same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15

WOBG. 0ut tLIC
sanctity, If any, was discernible
only to the eye Of the All-6eeing
and to my knowledge none Of
them was q voluntary candidate
for venerabiiity Qualification, or
calionization. Moreover, any and
ali Of them would have been fab
bergasted If nominated. However.
I did meet with one man whose
cause" Is reported-by news
dispatches from Montreal-as all
ready to be presented to the Holy
See for the three successive stages
preliminary to elevation to the
Church's highest honor. His name
in religion was Brother Andre and
he was a lay brother Of the Con-
gregation Of the Holy Cross, the
same order which conducts the
University Of Notre Dame IN
South Bend, Indiana. He died
only a few days ago and before
he was laid away In the crypt OF
the great basilica built almost en-
tirely through his work, over half
a million people had viewed the
handful Of bones and flesh which
was all that remained after nine
ty.one years Of physical suffering
and service to God and human
ity. How many Of the throng
were motivated by religious feeling
or real gratitude for help received
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
BY WAY of NO HARM
By
James William Fitzpatrick

opinions c0ncluaions appearing below
writer necessarily Of the
editors DEMOCRAT they to be construed invariably
. reflection Of their viewpont).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
The Man

was shown to plain frame
building adjoining the shacky
church and there in a bare little
room I met an old man who, were
1t not for the shabby Soutane he
wore, looked exactly like thou
sands Of old men 1 had seen who
were not wonder workers. He was
well understood, his eyes were
clouded by age and rather sad,
and he had not shaved that morn
ing. There was nothing about him
remarkable at all, neither the
odor of sanctity nor the impress
siveness Of personality. He was
most matter Of fact and quite
aloof. I should pray to st. Joseph
for my companion and If 1t was
Gods will she would be helped.
He Of himself had no power what
ever TO help her. Where did
come from? told him, Connect
cut. There was a flicker OF inter-
est in the old eyes and he talked
quite a while about his days In the
textile mills where he had worked.
/ thanked him for the interview
and rose to leave. "And what have
you on your mind besides your
companions trouble?" he asked
quietly. There was, something
bothering me but had no in
tention OF talking about 1t to him.
1t was the grave illness of a rela-
alive who was very dear to me.
Then suddenly for no reason I told
him and he listened without a
word. When I finished he did an
extraordinary thing. He pressed
his forehead to mine SO tight and
close that the pressure was al
most painful. 1t was as II he was
transmitting something from him.
self to me. What Is troubling you
will pass, my son. 1t will pass"
Once before I had experienced
that self-same pressure Of the
head from another holy old man,
a priest at st. Anne's, who was
going stone blind and who joked
about 1t gaily. Well, the thing
that was troubling me did pass
and has never returned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-15
T st Y o u E
knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
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You have to be early. People Of
foreign extractions. not 50 long from
the "old country" are eager to harvest
the delectable crop. They fully
appreciate its value.
Xos Wau soon ind tlnat jdeuh1ey,nG
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D'S3T ~ 1RteUesE. nc.
NORMAN MARSH.
BY S. L. HUNTLEY.
BY REX COLLIER

been found IN many similar places
The cap is usually beautiful ivory,
the flesh firm and the cap slightly
depressed toward the center. 1t Is
dry to the touch and unusually broad,
as you can see. The gills in the fresh
peppery lactarius are a shade or two
paler than the caps surface. The
taste is very peppery and there is
fragrance about the mushroom that
is quite aromatic.
The stem or stipe is short. thick
and solid. 1t is q lovely creamy
white in color and is slightly taper
ing toward the base. 1t is easily 70.
moved from the woodsy soil.
In this species the spores are white,
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mushrooms can become a most alb
sorbing hobby. Unlike the quest for
ferns, rare plants and wild flowers,
you can eat what you find and there
will be plenty more waiting for you
next morning.
The only precaution: Never pick
or eat any mushroom that cannot
positively be identified Otherwise
you will share the fate of the Roman
senator, who picked the wrong one
and gave to the whole mushroom clan
bad name.
In the genus Lactarius, the species
are mostly feshy and quite stout.
The cap reminds you Of an inverted
SonA The pgokeu g1lls give out 4
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milky or colored juice. This is one
Of the outstanding characteristics of
this genus. The stem is thick and
short, the gills have tendency to be
decurrent. Most of the members have
hot, acrid taste-hence their name.
"peppery" On the surface of the
cap there are likely to be color zones.
The spores, when ripe, are yellow or
white. The juice from the mushroom
may be blue, orange or white.
All through the Summer you may
gather this mushroom. It prefers to
grow in mixed woods. Among the
leaves and dried sticks you will find
some very handsome ones. New Jer-
sey = IT, favortte State, but It has
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For centuries, mushrooms have
been highly priced as food. The
Romans, we are told. were very fond
Of them and there is species that
was held as exceptionally fine called
"Caeser'S Mushroom"
Once you have become expert in
recognizing the harmless varieties,
your walks will be much more de-
lightful Of an early morning. Think
Of going for your visit to woods,
streams, or hike across country, and
bringing back basket of tender
and delicately favored food for break
fast or lunch.
This Is not impossible, even Ia the
0a. RaRla often y3ald ane OupA
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TARZAN'S QUEST.

Sborov was terrified Tarzan bore him along
the arborea trail leaping from tree to tree, from
tree to trailing vine. Take down." he screamed.
You'll kill us both" 1T will be you who will
kill us if you don't keep STILL" the ape man
warned,
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Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
PEPPERY LLCTARTUS
(Ldctarius ptperdtus).

THERE Is = lot Of food going to
waste In the fields, woods and
meadows. Mushrooms are not only
delicious but they are very nourish-
ing food. What you must first learn
Is to know the edible ones from the
poisonous species. Learn to identify
the most common edible ones and
looN0 III othoes Alone,
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His sensitive nostrils brought him the scent OF
two White men. These, he presumed were Brown
and TibbS. SO, Jane longer with them!
What had become of her? Tarzan's jaw set
grimly That information he would get from
Brown before he killed him! -,
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Across.
I. Disagreement.
3. Indian landing place.
9. City Of France.
II. Opening.
Is. Range.
Is. Imbecile.
II. Pertaining to grandparents.
10. Layer Of the iris.
10. Scatter.
20. Bear in mind.
AZ. Straight.
%. Inclined.
"a. Thin plate.
26. Flap.
28. Herd Of whales.
-. Low tide.
80. Exclamation.
36. Unusual.
30. Alarm.
80. Disclose.
Il. Stone mentioned by Pliny.
43. Sarcasm.
a. Water wheel
rs. Buddhist column.
Al. Spanish wine.
q. The common level.
~. Look closely.
81. Concavity.
81. Cultural.
SO. Grassy.
81. Measurer.
So. Puzzled.
ga. Melt.
IS. Limbs.
e6. Pertaining to an extent Of surface
81. Within.
So. S curve.
90. Prompt.
70. State Of bliss.
II, Strip of leather around si1os.
Down.
!. Piercing.
2. Screen.
3. Tho poplar.
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By Phillips

4. Soften in temper.
5. Larva Of beetle.
6. Small, mean house.
7. Ordinary.
8. Light collation..
9. Antelope.
10. Charm.
II. nl-boding.
H. Fish pickle.
10. Salamander.
81. Humbly.
o. Obscure
Is. Pertaining TO the cheek.
~. Morass.
| 80. Nobleman.
81. Elaborate melody.
80. A fuel.
80. Stulm.
"a. Engage services.
IS. The Shakespeare" river.
ST. Meroenary.
3s. Suffer extreme hunger.
10. Traverse, as trail.
A. Small draft.
As. Ringing and musical.
48. Work diligently.
SO. Most luminous color Of spectrum.
T 50. In unusual manner.
49, Desert.
| S.. Faithful.
S.. Celestial being.
81. Place again.
So. Monmetallic mineral.
SO. Carried on person.
60. On the ocean.
50. Common laborer.
81. Exclamation Of disgust.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
CLEVELAND BANK
ROBBED0F $4,000
Federal Agents Join Hunt
for Three Bandits in
Daring HoId.Up.
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, February 27.-Fed-
eral agents joined Cleveland police
tonight in hunt for three unmasked
men who held up the Lorain Street
National Banks West Side branch TO-
day and escaped with $4,000.
Joseph Varga, motorist who wit
nesses at first thought was one of
the robbers, told police one of the
men Communicated his motor car a
few minutes before the robbery. They
picked up two of the robbers COM
panions and drove to the bank.
The three men, carrying revolvers
forced Varga to go inside with them
One walked quickly to the rear OF
the lobby, another stood at the en-.
trance and the third hurdled q
counter.
Get back against the wall, all o1
you," shouted the leader to the Sc
customers and employees.
The robber who hurdled the counter
swept through the tellers' cages
Quickly he ordered Manager R. w
Reitsman and Tellers E. c. Ritenoul
and j. A. Baracsksy against the wall
Reitsman said he pressed a bank
alarm "as the first robber jumped
over the counter"
THE alarm rings in a nearby pre-
cinct police station and I expected
police to come in any minute" hi
said.
One of the robbers cleaned out al
Evening star., 1937-02-28
NEW YORKER HELD
|NBER[|N Staying
Admits Shooting 82-Year-
Old German, Police Say.
Mental Test Hinted.
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, February 27.-German po-
lice held John Joseph Hughes. 26-
year-old New Yorker, in custody to-
night on accusation of shooting to
death a half-blind German octoge-
marian. Oskar Hoffman,.
Authorities, maintaining partial Sc
crecy, disclosed the shooting took
place on Hedemann street last night,
but said they were unable to advance
a motive for the attack on Hoffman,,
an 82-year-old retired business man.
Ernst Dahlmann, eminent German
criminal lawyer, retained as defense
counsel by United States consular Of
ficials, declared an examination of the
Americans mental condition might be
made before further legal steps were
taken.
He said charges against Hughes, II
they are made, would presumably be
manslaughter."
Registered as Insurance Broker.
Hughes, registered at the Esplanade
Hotel as an insurance broker, told po-
lice that Hoffman, gave him "the i'm
preston" he was about to attack him
on the street.
The American drew a gun and fired
three shots at the elderly man, police
said Hughes admitted. The first shot,
which struck the man in the mouth,
was fatal
Pasers-by summoned police, who
Evening star., 1937-02-28
VANDENBUSHTR|AL
SPED BY NEW LAW
WestChester Prosecutor In.
vokeS New Statute in
Case of No. | Bad Man.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS. N Y. February
27.-A new law was invoked tonight
to hurry Merle Vandenbush, the
Nations current No bad man. to
trial on bank robbery charges that may
send him to Jail for the rest Of his
life.
Westchester County District Attor-
ney Walter Ferris said the lava
State statute-would permit trial of
Vandenbush within two weeks Of the
crime charged against him.
DiSregarding Federal Government
efforts to try the prisoner first for the
kidnapping of a New Jersey State
policeman, Ferris asked Judge James
Bailey of neighboring Putnam County,
to come to White Plains and preside
at the robbery case in now aban-
doned court room.
Law Passed Last Year
Customarily, the jurist could not
comply, but under an act enacted by
the New York Legislature in 1886 an
outside Judge can come to Westchester
to handle cases when the Westchester
judge, Gerald Nolan. is busy as he Is
now with the poison trial Of Korean
houseboy, Chang Foo Lee.
If Judge Bailey will handle the case,
Ferris said the trial will probably begin
about March g.
| Three attorneys will be named by
Judge Nolan on Monday to defend
Vandenbush and his two alleged
accomplices. George and Anthony
Rera. on charges of robbing the North
Westchester Bank at Katonah, N. Y
of S17,600 on Thursday.
Policeman $1,000 Richer.
| At about the same time, C. W
Hendricks, the small-town policeman
who arrested the public enemy in
| North Castle, N. Y, half hour after
the robbery, will receive 81 900 reward
for the capture.
If District Attorney Ferris plans &c
through, the three alleged bank rob-
bers will be tried in a small room in
the court house.
Conviction would mean either rs
or IS year prison sentence for the
! 26-year-old Vandenbush. depending on
whether he has one or two previous
/ felony convictions. Police say he told
them he had two.
A warrant for Vandenbush's arrest
and removal to New Jersey for trial
on a Federal charge of kidnapping
State Trooper William A. Turnbull on
November II, 1886. was signed in Fed
eral Court in New York City today
but District Attorney Ferris said this
was merely precautionary measure.
In addition to being wanted in New
Jersey, where he was hunted as a
motoring companion of Harry and
Arlene Brunette until Federal men
nabbed the latter two in New York
gun battle last December, Vandenbush
was sought on robbery charges In
Wisconsin.