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Evening star., 1937-08-13
Justices Salary
VIII Help Black
Pay Up on House
Senator Bought Home
on I,1stallments First
Year Here.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Black of Alabama hadn't
been in Washington a year until he
bought house on the installment
plan.
Now it looks as if he, Mrs. Black
and their three children really arc
here to stay. If the Senate confirms
his nomination to the Supreme Court
the Senator ought to get that house
paid for ahead of time.
A Supreme Court justice gets
$20,000 a year. AS Senator, Black
has been getting $4,000.
1t is his home life, friends said
today, that means more than any,
thlng to the 5l-year-old Alabaman.
he takes only passing interest in
golt, and only his conception of re-
sponslblllty brings him to the Office
after dark or on week ends.
Evening star., 1937-08-13
Senator Blacks Opinions
Il Selection of Viewpoints on Current Problems
by Roosevelfs Nominee to the
Supreme Courf
Supreme Court.

"A work week OF 80 hours and A
work day Of six hours, without a de-
crease in wages, would put millions of
people back to work"
III our people are put to work and
they are paid fair and adequate wages,
business can sell It's output at a profit" "
Those who have greedily grabbed
more Of the products of our national
economic structure than they can
either spend or invest with profit are
the real obstacles to recovery
On Mergers and MonopoIies.
If this system of concentration OF
wealth and power continues, just as
certainly as we live the time is COM
ing when the people will not stand for
1t and the Congress will be COM
PEELED to limit profits in business"
On U. S. Mail Contracts.
Government subsidies always have
and always will tempt the greedy.
lney always nave and always will lead
to corruption
The energy Of ocean and ,airmail
operators has been spent more in seek
ing Government money than In oper-
ating ships and airplanes."
Easy Government money stiles
genius, paralyzes business effort and
removes the incentive for frugal and
efficient business management"
On Lobbying.
The lobby has reached such posi-
ton of power that it threatens govern
ment itself Its size, its power, its
capacity for evil; its greed. trickery,
deception and fraud condemn it to the
death it deserves"
Evening star., 1937-08-13
PRICE RAISE SEEN
FOR MOVIE SHOWS
Producers Reported Insist
ing Admission Charge
Be Increased.

HOLLYWOOD, August 13 (N.A.
N.A).-Get ready to dig down a little
deeper for those movie tickets! Five,
10 and IS cent jumps over the present
scale are in prospect.
The sad news is slated to break
on a national scale about September
l, when all major companies will be
in a position to turn loose a flow of
super-supers. But don't blame your
exhibitor He is helpless. The
pressure is being pipelined direct from
Hollywood.
All film distributors insist movie
admission prices should be raised
and, for the past several weeks, have
been quietly urging exhibitors to pass
their added production cost burden
on to the fans. Scanning books for
Evening star., 1937-08-13

support him as matter of courtesy
and friendship
II Black is confirmed. he will have
an opportunity to pass on number
of administration measures on which
he voted in the past. and possibly on
others for which he is fighting in the
present session of Congress.
Students Of the Supreme Court said
there Is no law OF regulation to pre-
vent Senator from participating in
decisions affecting legislation he as
sisted in enacting They said it is I'D
to individual jurists to decide whether
they should disqualify themselves to
pass on certain litigation.
Evening star., 1937-08-13

nand and told only the Senator about
1t In advance of its going to the Senate.
When asked If his press secretary.
stephen T. Early, knew about it ahead
OF time, the President laughed and ex-
planned his tardiness in receiving the
newspaper men today was due to hi,
and Early's apologizing to each other
on that score.
Evening star., 1937-08-13
Only Black 'Kne,U'
Prior to Naming,
President AUers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Some details Of the secrecy in which
Senator Blacks nomination to the
Supreme Court was sent to- the Senate
were brought out at President Roose-
Velt's press conference today.
Asked when he decided to nominate
the Alabama Senator, Mr.. Roosevelt
said he could not disclose when he
made decisions.
Responding to further questioning
he said he wrote Blacks name on the
nomination certificate with his own
Evening star., 1937-08-13
NOMINATION CONFIRMED

The Senate confirmed yesterday the
nomination Of William R. Furlong to
be chief of the Ordnance Bureau, Navy
Department, for term of four years.
He would have the rank of rear
admiral.
Evening star., 1937-08-13

Cutting too much timber in the
forests is blamed for the advance of
deserts into wooded sections of India
and authorities may restrict the prac-
tlCe
Evening star., 1937-08-13
RESORTS.
VIRGINIA.

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA
Bryce,s Hotel and Cottages 'Basye. Va
5ust before you get to Orkney Springs
!lst year bigger and better each year
Reput alton built on food and service
Swimmine pool sulphur and iron water
paths. All sports and amuSementS free
TO guests Bowlins, pools dancing. tennis.
horseshoes. Saddle horses for hire Amer
ican plan. 80 per day: SIS per week
Booklet. II you 80 over the Sky Line
aralI stop with us. Mr. and Mrs
WILLIAM r. BRYCE. owners
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
MANUF
 IN NEW ENGLAND
Proceeding at Good Rate Despite Low Volume of
 New Business

Boston, July 22.-(UP).-Man featuring in New England is pro- ceeding at good rate despite the low volume of new business, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, reported today.
 Wholesale distribution is fair. Retail business has been firm in department store circles but slow in mill towns. Decline shave been noted in purchase fo luxuries, cheap goods, and real estate.
 The central level of business de- clined slightly in May and has shown a further decrease during June and July. Despite this easi- ness, retail store wages and er,- ployment and payrolls in wholesale lines have advanced.
 Freight car loading for the week ended July 3 Increased 23.4 per cent over the same week in 1886 .Elec- trical production for the week end- ed July 10 was slightly above last years figures. The value of fish landed at principal ports for the month of April totaled $7l0,0O0' This marks a decrease of 24 per cent from April, 1886,
 Woolen mills are running at a fair rate on back orders. The Bos- ton wool market continues quiet and firm. The woolen goods market is moderately active.
 During June, 92,738 bales of cot ton were consumed in New England an increase of 29.8 per cent over June, 1886. There has been some curtailment by the mills during the past few weeks, but the outlook is favorable. Weavers are taking little woolen or worsted yarns. There Is some call from the knitters. De- mand for cotton yarns is moderate Rayon yarns continue active.
 Production is increasing in the shoe manufacturing line although new business is slow. Leather Is somewhat more active and prices firm. Buying in the hide market has increased and prices are im- proved.
 Local building trade Is slow. There has been a large amount of new construction, however, for miscel- laneous building, camps, and sum- mer cottages. Heavy building ma terials are selling moderately. Prices ar steady.
 The pig iron market is firm. The foreign demand is again on the up- trend During the past month about 25 5,000 tons have been shipped from Boston, msotly to Japan. Retai! stores report collections slower; wholesales and manufacturers finc them good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
SENATOR WAGNER
 STILL MYSTERY

Washington, July 22.-(UP)-Sen. Robert F. Wagner's stand on the Presidents court reform plan re- mained mystery today.
 The New York democrat replied yesterday to Gov. Herbert H. Leh- mans letter counseling a negative vote but did not disclose his attitude toward the proposal opposed by the governor of his state.
 He will. vote on whatever measure eventually is offered according to "the dictates of my own conscience and the counsel of my own experi- ence," he told Lehman.
 T share with you the firm re- solve to maintain the independence of the courts" he wrote. But, ne added, Judicial institutions must be subjected to the same test as the other organs of our government, namely, whether they are serving the highest interests of the peo- ple."
 Senator Wagner made his reply public before Governor Lehman had received 1t, following the precendent Lehman had set in giving his letter to Wagner to the press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
Center School Fire
 Hazards Pointed Out
SeIectman Kaiser Forwards Pictures of Each to
 Washington PWA Headquarters

building on Grove street for grades 2 to 12, the entire school curriculum centered in large Center school building and three smaller build ings on the school grounds. Two of the smaller buildings were dis carded for school use at the time the new building was put to use.
 At the present time the large Center school building houses grades 3 to 2. On the first floor of the building there are three classrooms in use which are occupied by the third grade and two fourth grade classes. Two rooms are not in daily use, one being used occasionally for assembly purposes. On the second floor of the building five class rooms are used for two fifth grades, two sixth and one seventh. More than 250 pupils are registered in the school.
 Since the departmental system is used in the school pupils in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades pass back and forth from upper to lower floor via the wooden stairway at frequent periods throughout the day, and also at recess and dismiss sal time. Entrance to toilet and lunch room facilities in the base ment for both boys and girls is gained by the long flight of nar- row wooden stairs which are direct ly beneath similar ones leading to the second floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
MISSING DRIVER
 AVOIDS POLICE
Warrant Alleging Reckless Operation, Evasions Is-
 sued For Joseph Pecka

Prosecutor Mitchell Meyers today issued a warrant for the arrest of Joseph Pecka, of Wolcott road, charging him with reckless driving and evading responsibility, in con- nection with an automobile crash on the Harpers Ferry road yesterday at about 10 o'clock
 Police will arrest him today, and bring him into court on charges to- morrow, Pecka disappeared after the car he allegedly was driving crashed partly through the railing on the railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry road. Captain William J, Duggan and Motor Patrolmen John Murphy and Thomas Bedding inves- tigated and found no trace of the driver. Sergeant Joseph McEvoy said Pecka was to have surrendered at police headquarters yesterday af- ternoon, but failed to do so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
IVA Funds In State
 Unaffected By WPA
Present Estimates Give State Headquarters More
 Money to Spend Work Period Starting Here

ployes. AS far as could be learned today the official notifications of dismissal have not yet been sent from New Haven. Nevertheless the men and women whose names have been sent in from Waterbury to New Haven will not go back to work tomorrow for the slips will ar- rive from New Haven any one of these days. If they do start and then receive dismissal notices ef- fective as of July IS, they will be unable to collect any pay for doing work during the new work period.
 Dismissals Likely
 There are some GA men on out side projects who are to receive dis- missal slips here, one from the H. brary project, nine from the sew- ing project and also the possibility of few from the bookmending projects located at Crosby high school,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
GERMANY AGAIN
 EXCITES BRITISH

Paris, July 22 -- (UP) - British anxiety over the Spanish civil war was ascribed by French sources to- day to news that Germany has es- abolished airplane and submarine bases at points of great strategic value in Spanish Africa. Both Oeuvre, organ of the dominant gov- ernment radical socialist party, and Echo De Paris, right wing conserva- tive newspaper, published detailed reports asserting that information of the alleged bases was received here and at London in official reports which included photographs
 It was because of this, French sources asserted, that Prime Minis. ter Neville Chamberlain yesterday asked British cabinet ministers not to leave Great Britain on vacations
 Reports were circulated both here and in London that Britain, because of the International complications, is seeking better relations with the Spanish Nationalists and that Jose Maria Gil Robles, the outstanding right wing political leader of Spain, is acting as emissary In negotiations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
Five Youths Chosen
 For CCC Positions
30 Waterbury Applicants Examined at Camp Roberts
 During Enrolment PeriOd-OnIy One Rejection

at the local office from Major B. H. Van Buren, state selecting agent, stressing the fact that the welfare department will interview any boy who is at the persent time unem- ployed and who cannot get work. As a check on this latter phase of the situation, all boys are first re- ferred to the local branch office of the Connecticut State Employment service for registration there. When it has been established that there are no jobs open at the present time the boys are then sent back to welfare department as eligible for eco registration.
 Fewer Applications
 It was also stated at the welfare department office today that during the past few weeks there has been slight falling off of applicants. When the enrolment first started, with the new regulations in regard to eligibility, more than 30 boys reported during the first week There is apparently no reason for the slight decline other than the fact that there are only few eligi- bles left in the city who are inter- ested in attending a eco camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22

The word WPA is becoming synonymous these days in Water bury and other state towns with the word "curtailment" but information from Washington points to the fact that all this reduction business not going to have great deal of effect on the state and the local IVA set- up.
 The National Youth Administra- ton in the state, directed by Thom- as Dodd will have $220o0 more to spend during the current fiscal year than 1t did during the last, accord ing to information which has been given out by Senator Augustine Lonergan. This year the limit has been established at 1852, ,000. This is lower than the $370,000 allotment of last year but only $329,000 was spent during the past fiscal year.
 Funds Available
 The figures released indicate that the department, while 1t may not even run up as high a figure as last fiscal year for general opera ton, still has more money avail able than 1t used last year If 1t necessady. At any rate, to those in Waterbury who are employed as IVA cases, 1t should convey the idea that there will be no wholesale slashing as in the case of the WPA.
 The local WPA work period for all outside projects, barring those which are being run on the stag ger system, will get under way to- morrow minus some 75 to 80 em-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
INDIANS WANT
 | SACRED SKULLS
Hidatsa Braves in Tribal Council Decide to Get
 Them Back
By WALT BUNDLE
;aR Correspondent

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Nishu, N. D., July 22.-(UP)- Stalwart Hidatsa Braves sat in solemn tribal council today and swore to restore themselves to fa- vor in the eyes of the rain god, Thunderbird, by recovering from the white fathers the sacred skulls of the two eagles.
 Chief Long Bull recounted how the white man carried of the skulls and brought the great "Never Rain" upon the Hidatsa tribeSmen and western North Dakota.
 As he spoke, hot winds rattled corn leaves in nearby fields and whipped spirals of dust from the dry plains of the Fort Berthold agency. Drought has withered this years crops and the Hidatsa face another winter of privation.
 Not Always. So
 Things were not always so, Long Bull told his councilors-not until 1909, when a faithless keeper sold the skulls to a white trader.
 For 28 years the skulls have been in the Heye Museum of the Ameri- can Indian, in New York. And for 28 years droughts have blighted the maize fields and impoverished the tribe.
 The Hidatsa commissioned Arthur Mandan, chairman of the tribal council, to seek the aid of the In- dian ofiice in Washington. Next week, in New York, tribesmen will meet with representatives of the museum and the Indian bureau.
 Long Bull has told his councillors that while the pledge of the two eagles was kept There were plenty rain, much buffalo"
 Legend of Tribes
 The legend is that IS years ago the warning Shiwahuwa and Hidatsa were brought together by two youths, one of whom became a tribal leader, the other powerful in medicine"
 Their people grew powerful. Rains were plenty and buffalo numerous Enemy tribes fell before them. The leaders became renowned heroes, were known as the Two Eagles.
 Then the Shiwahtiwa was killed in battle. His friend preserved his skull. Later, the Hidatsa Eagle man lay on his death bed. He called the tribal leaders to him and said:
 Now I die here, but I make a solemn promise. My skull and my friends skull shall be the medicine of my band which shall be known as a-wapti- Choose a trusted man among you to keep them in his lodge. So long as my skull and my friends are kept in honor, my spirit will remain among you to help the people and be their guide"
 Revealed Mysteries
 The dying Eagle revealed the mysteries of the skulls:
 If drought shall come and the fields wither, let the keeper of our skulls, mine and my friends, set them on aromatic herbs and sprinkle over them some water Then there will be rain"
 We must keep the pledge Of the two Eagles again." Long Bull told his tribesmen. They nodded assent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
ARTHUR M. BROWN
 MADE CHAIRMAN

Mansfield, Conn, July 22.-(UP) State Attorney Arthur M. Brown, Jewett City, has been chosen chair man of a committee of friends of Mansfield State Training School and Hospital which Is conducting
 a drive for $3o,000 to purchase furnished seaside location where the underprivileged children of the inc stitution may be taken to receive the benefits of the sand, salt-air and sunshine, 1t was announced today.
 Nathan D. Prince, Danielson, president of the Windham County National bank was chosen treasurer to receive the donations, and For- mer State Senator J. James Floyd, Waterford, secretary.
 Other members of the committee are Albert E. Lavery, Fairfield, pres ident of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce; William J. Miller, de- partment commander of the Con- necticut American Legion; Andrew M. Grant, Mansfield and Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth, New London.
 When 1t became known that a suitable place for the institutions sea shore home could be purchased at such low figure 1t was too late for inclusion In the budget sub- mitted to the General Assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
SENATOR HOLT
 CHIEF SPEAKER
Young Virginian to Attack Supreme Court Bill in
 Guilford Speech

United States Senator Rush D. Holt is to bring the flashing, vigor- ous fire of his assault upon the presidents court-altering plan to the townsfolk of Guilford, Conn, next Saturday evening, July "A, when he appears as the principal speaker at a rally arranged by the women's national committee for "Hands of the Supreme Court.
 Welcomes Chance
 Senator Holt, in accepting the in- Vitation declared he welcomed the opportunity to talk to Connecticut voters. "This court controversy has long since assumed proportions that dwarf the importance of state or political lines" he said. Tt is un- thinkable that the people in any state could remain indifferent to the folly of departing from the plain Constitutional pathway of govern ment if given an opportunity to understand the gravity of the issues at stake"
 Miss Catherine Curtis, national director of Women Investors in America, Inc, will share the plat form with Senator Holt. Miss Cur tis' organization was one of the first In the country to recognize the dan- ger to the supreme court. At the first Finance Congress of Women which was held in Chicago in June, 1936, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved that no meas llr0 shall be passed which will In any way hinder or impair the func- tons of the supreme court of the United States as recognized in our system of government, and further the,t the legislation be passed to in- crease the number of that body" Following the introduction to con- gresS of the presidents measure for enlarging the supreme court, Women Investors in America, Inc, Spon- sored the formation of the women s national committee for Hands of the Supreme Court, of which Miss Curtis is chairman. Through her vigorous efforts women have been kept working all over the country to register the protests of citizens who are opposed to any plan in- volying the enlarging of the court for political purposes. The chair man of the meeting will be Pro- lessor William Reynolds Vance of the Yale School of Law, an out standing authority on many legal subjects.
 Foot Guard Band
 The Governors Foot Guard band has been engaged to furnish music for the occasion.
 The meeting will be held in the Town Hall at Guilford, at p. m., DIST. Arrangements for the meet ing are being made by Mrs. Joseph W. Jones of Sachem's Head, Gull ford, with the assistance of Miss Leila E. Thompson, of Hartford, chairman of the Connecticut divi- sion of the womens national com- mittee for Hands Of the Supreme Court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
GREEN THROWS
 OUT 49 UNIONS
American Federation La bor Head Splits Labor
 in Bay State

Boston, July 9 -(UP)- The breach between the American Fed eration of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization in Mas sachusetts widened perceptibly today following suspension of 49 locals by the state federation.
 The suspension order, voted yes- terday on instructions from national president William P. Green, affect ed all locals affiliated with l2 in- ternational unions holding c. I. O. membership.
 These included the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, International Ladies Garment Workers, Amalgam- ated Association of Iron, Steele and Tin Workers, United Rubber Workers United Textile Workers, American Newspaper Guild, International Fur Workers and United Mine Workers
 Splitting up Labor
 Michael F. Widman Jr., New Eng land c. I. O. director, charged the move was a further effort on the part of William Green to divide labor"
 Every effort of the c. I. o. in New England was directed to main- taining the greatest degree of CO., operation between A. F. of L. unions and c. I. O. unions," he said. "Our position unaltered. The campaign of the c. l. o. will continue unabated.'
 Neither president John F. Gate lee nor secretary-treasurer Robert J. Watt of the state federation would discuss the suspension.
 Labor leaders pointed out that suspension of 49 locals hardly dented the federation's Massachusetts mem- bership of $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
MARY COMMERFORD
 TO SEE CLEVELAND

The local chapter of the Women of the Moose will be represented at the national convention of the Loyal Order of Moose in Cleveland, August 30-September s, by Past Re- gent Mary Commerford, 1t was an- nounced at a meeting last evening.
 The home making committee planned future activities and three members, Jennie Dickinson, Grace Desiderio and Gertrude George, celebrated birthdays Past Regent Nora Doyle has just returned from & visit to the national home at Mooseheart, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-22
DONKEYS INVADE
 LOCK TOWN PARK

Terryville, July 22-Considerable interest Is being shown in the nov city donkey baseball game which will be played on the Terryville fair grounds this evening between the American Legion and Terryville fire department.
 The firemen's lineup will consist of Harold Reimer, Kenneth Spiel man, William J. Hoffman, John Superato, Mike Superato, Sammy Yachnick, Paul Malley, George Roberts, Frank Paoletti and Ed- ward Keefe.
 The Legion lineup will show Henry Kamens, Bill Harbert, Ted Salmon, Otto Harbert, Walter Stan- ley, John Gibb, Bill Kelley, Doc Bull, Sam Bates and Jay White.