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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13

ping, along with chinese regulars. Gen. Tang En-ro, with three divi- slons, ih the Nankow area % uiileA northwest of Pelping.
 Nank0w Troops ln Battle
 The Nankow troops are now ip the first big battle of the war and sklrmishing, which is developing into battles, has started southwest of Peiping and south of Tientsin.
 Tn each instance, the best men in all of China are in the advanced forces. Backing them are hordes of provincial troos acting as re- serves and guarding the rear.
 Caught in Jap Raids
 I arrived at this railroad junc- ton, l80 miles south of PeipinR on the Hankow line, after Q 10 day swing through North China, during much of which I was out of coTn- munication. During the visit, I was caught in Japanese airplane raids northwest of Peipii1g, hid in corn- fields from their bombs, rode in armored trains, automobiles and donkey carts, saw t0wnspeople mak- ing caves ready for refuge and found that Japanese airplanes had wrought terrible destruction ct some strategically important points.
 Everything have seen has served to convince me that this time, if Japan wants to fight, the Chinese are ready and that however great the odds against them, they will try to stand fast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13

preliminary draft might be revised with reference to the amendment Actually submitted to the board of aldermen. While in many respects the preliminary and final drafts were identical, yet in some cases changes were made along lines that your criticism indicates you approve.
 Personnel Director
 In your comments you stated your opinion that the personnel director would have the power to supervise oil employees of the city and would for ell practical pur- poses bp @ dictator. A careful reading of the final draft will re- veal that such is not the case. The personnel director has the power to supervise only the eEn- ployes of his own department, who need not exceed four or i've in number. He has no power to make appointments In other depart ments. However, he does prepare for all departments an employ ment list based upon competitive tests or other qualifications. and where e vacancy exists the de- pertinent head may choose any one of three candidates on the list with the higheAt standing. Furthermore, the personnel direc- tor is not empowered to enforce any rules or regulation which might bar any persons over 70 years df age, or otherwise not be in accordance with present policy, unless these rules and regulations are approved by the board of al. dermen by Q majority vote. We feel that this arrangement gives the personnel director sufficient power to fulfill his duties without creating conflicts with general policies followed by the adminis- tration in the interests of the public.
 Regarding Expenses
 As regards the expense of the personal department, 1t Is not our province to say what 1t shall amount to, but figures we have been able to obtain from outside sources, the entire cost should not exceed $l2,0o0 c year. Tn view of the fact that the City of Water bury now spends over Se,000, 900 Q year, this expense Is c fraction of one per cent of the total, and the possibilities of savings far exceed the outlay. When an appropria- ton Is made the personnel dee partment will be obliged to stay within It's budget the same as any other department.
 Since your comments on the amendment were detailed, 1t is not practical to answer all the ques- tons involved in the short space of one letter Therefore, we are prepared in . series of articles for the local press that will dis. cuss the proposed amendment section by sections giving both your comments and our views. Where your comments apply only to the preliminary draft that fact
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
SIX WERE HURT

Haverhill, Mass, Aug. i3-(UP) Six persons were injured severely enough to require hospitalization today when their automobile skid ded on e wet road in the Ward Hill section and hit tree.
 Those treated for cuts, bruises and shock were Driver Dana W. Hart ford, g, Mrs. Gertrude Deraleau, 2S, and her daughter Dolly, 8, all of Manchester, N. H.; Mrs. Annie Cas- sidy 40, and her daughter Adeline, 10, both of Ripping, N. H., and Gladys Thebeault, 20. of West Ep- ping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13

MT. Cairns received the support of the committee In his stand that the group should not delay in its work. The sub-committees plan to study their wards thoroughly, each being equipped with maps and lists of voters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
C.R.&L. Lines Improves Service

In surrounding Lines August h l937 SYLVAN INTERPRETATION AVENU EPROSPECT waterbury thence Sylvan returning the route At other times
  Lines with the  STREET - operated in Mddlebury Whites southery nory Yale Avenue Whites with alternate beyond Judas Brade Mddu will be operated sun | and holidays until after Labor Day. SOUTH
 Leonard Leavenwoh routing
  returning South Leonard Street. WOODBURY O Glen Wbuy have been costing Wy Hchkssvie % Woodbury Washington Washington Depo at 50c NAUGATUCK LINE
 
  through Bridge Nauguck SCHEDULE CHANGES
 schedule involving additional the Highland Wal schedule the Should driver not have the schedule card require he will gladly get 1t for
 IN STEP WITH EcrcUrs PROGRESS e. R. ~ L. LINES
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
CHINA MASSINC
 FLOWER OF ARMY

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17
Society Plans Final
Luncheon Of Season

The final luncheon Of the sea-
son will be held by the Washing
ton Society of the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology, Friday at
1890 O'Clock at the Cosmos Club.
The principal speaker will be Ed
ward S. James, whose subject will
be 1.-THE Inter-American High
way"
The scholarship committee Of
the society announced its award
of the regional freshman scholar
ship has been made to Albert H,
Bowker, Of Woodrow Wilson High
School, who will be q guest al
the luncheon Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17

COM MISSIONER MEL
WIN G. HAZEN (middle)
salutes Neil Newman, of the
police department of Ham
tramck, Mich, a suburb of
Detroit, on the splendid rec
ord set by the schoolboy pa
troll. At left, w. I. Cleve-
land, local manager of the
American Automobile Asso-
citation. Several of the Ham
tramck boys were sent to
Washington as a reward for
their fine work. Not a child
has been killed in traffic
there since February, 1886.
Photo copyright, Washington
Times. All rights reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17
COUNTY CIVIC
BODY PLEADS
FOR SAFETY.

ARLINGTON, Va, June II.
Stating that lax traffic conditions
call for concerted action on the
part of Arlington county resi-.
dents, the Colonial Village Civic
Association today asked county
officials and police to conduct a
safety campaign throughout the
county during July.
In a resolution advocating the
safety drive, the board Of COVER
nors of the association also asked
that the chief law enforcement
officer and the responsible judi
cial officer of the county cooperate
by strict enforcement of all traffic
regulations and by imposition Of
adequate penalties" on violatorS.
Copies Of the resolution were
sent Sheriff Howard B. Fields.
County Manager Frank C. Han
rahan, william A. E. McShea,
chairman of the county board,
and Judge B. M. Hedrick, Of the
county court.
6S1OEG dShn4S 4OA Wiz 0~ASOJ
campaign, the governors Of the
citizens body stated:
1.-THE gross failure Of the
sheriff's office to enforce exist
ing traffic regulations on the
streets and highways Of Airing
ton county has endangered the
lives and property Of the resi-
dents.
"The failure to enforce said
traffic regulations has resulted
in an increase in the number Of
deaths due to motor vehicle
accidents.
"The existence of such a de-
plOrabIe condition calls for con-
certed action on the part Of the
residents, the law enforcement
officials and the responsible
judiciary"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17
N. |. 7. Society Here
Will Close Season

The Washington Society Of the
Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology will hold its final luncheon
of the season at the Cosmos Club
tomorrow at 1890 p. m. Edward
s. James will address the meeting
on 1.-THE Inter-American Highway"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-17

Look at DAYTON-it has every
thing! Big, beautiful, modern! Its
a refrigerator for the family-be-
cause it is ample family size. What's
more, it's econOmicaI-iust ask any
family that is lucky enough to be
enjoying the modern convenienees
rioht now! Check all its features
beIow-then see this DAYTON.
Evening star., 1937-09-15

THE secret Of Mrs. Hummer the
Hummingbird was a secret no
longer. Sue had discovered it. There
before her. saddled on twig. was
the daintiest and smallest of all nests
built by feathered folk. It was a
gem of a nest. if 1t can be said that
there are gems among nests. And in 1t
were two eggs, pure white and the
smallest of eggs laid by birds To Sue
they looked like a couple OF small
white beans.
That nest didn't look as If 1t had
been placed there, but as if it had been
grown there. Very carefully Sue
touched 1t. 1t was firm, but unbeliev-
able soft. AS a house sometimes is
shingled all over, the entire outside oi
the tiny nest was covered with bits OF
lichen, the gray-green growth you see
on the trunks of trees, and which some
folks mistakenly think Is kind OF
moss. You also find it on rocks. Sc
skillfully and carefully had these bits
of lichen been applied to the outside
of that little nest along the rim of II
that the material of the nest was COM
pletely hidden until you peeped inside
So intent on her discovery WAS SUE
that she failed to hear or see hel
cousin, Farmer Browns Boy, ap-
preaching. and when he spoke from
Just behind her shs was 70 startle<
Evening star., 1937-09-15

taken out and Sue and Sammy, and
sometimes Tommy. peeped into the
nest. On the fifth day there were no
eggs, but two squirming mites that
Sammy insisted were more like bugs
than birds. They grew fast, very
fast indeed, as infant birds do, and
Mrs. Hummer was a busy mother, for
she had no help whatever from Hum
mer. In fact, he wasn't seen at all
around the nest.
Sue spent lot of time watching
the little family. When the babies
were so big that they quite filled the
nest she discovered that they had
rather abort bills, not long ones like
Evening star., 1937-09-15

up. You want to know what the nest
is made Of. Is it kind of brownish
inside?"
Sue said that 1t was. "Then II
probably is made mostly of fern cotton,
that soft brown stuff you've seen on
the stems of ferns. Anyway, it is
plant down of some kind" continued
Tommy. Those lichens she fastened
on with spiders webs, and she has
used those in binding that cotton and
IN fastening the nest to that twig.
Now you better get down. You don't
want to worry Mrs. Hummer so that
she will desert the nest"
6us Wa down IN q 1tdy. "Oh,
Evening star., 1937-09-15

that she nearly fell from the STEP
ladded.
so you've found it! Good for you'll
I thought 1t was somewhere around
here. Are there eggs or young in it2"
said Farmer Browns Boy.
Eggs" replied Sue. "Oh, Tommy,
it is the loveliest thing I've ever seen!
What is it made Of? Where did Mrs.
Hummer find anything so soft? And
how did she make that stuff stick on
the outside? And
Whoa! Hold your horses" inter-
rupted her cousin as he grinned up at
the excited little girl "One thing at .
TINA, and then We won't get Al unixed
Evening star., 1937-09-15

nor she cried. II wouldn't do that
Tor the world! There she is now!"
Sure enough, Mrs. Hummer had
waited only until they were a few
feet away before darting over her pre-
cious nest, seeming to stop in mid
air above it, and then to drop into
the tiny cup
"When do you suppose those eggs
Will hatch9" Sue wanted to know.
Tommy shook his head. IF I
knew when she began sitting on them
I could tell, but, not knowing, / can't
even guess. Well Just have to keep
watch" said he
30 every day ths stepladder was
Evening star., 1937-09-15
NORMAN MARSH

that OF their mother. Then one day
she got good view of a baby being
fed. Mother alighted on the edge of
the nest, baby opened It's mouth and
mother thrust her long needle-like
bill so far down its throat that Sue
was sure she would choke 1t to death.
Sue was really alarmed But it was
needless. Mrs. Hummer knew what
she was about.
Evening star., 1937-09-15

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| IL. Architectural order.
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l5. Containing pithy sayings
o. Antiquated.
25. Permission.
81. Become dark.
%. Destroy.
| 29 Genus of trees.
go Whirled about on one toe.
3D. Sharp, vibrating sound.
35. Church proclamation Of intended
marriage.
81. Bestow upon.
80. Anything hurtful
40. Russian.
43. Material for basket making.
As. A manager Of culinary affairs.
48. Follower.
so. More extensive.
50. A seat.
| SO. Course.
50. Lodge doorkeeper.
S. Mongolian.
SO. Gaiety.
81. String.
81. Work.
So. Singly.
65. Meta lliferous rock.
81. Feminine name.
Evening star., 1937-09-15
BY REX COLLIER

the outer thirds back over the middle
third on each side. added new fence
and increased the distance around tho
figure greatly without much increase
Evening star., 1937-09-15
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In long. tender embrace they said farewell and
Stanley Wood hastened away When he had gone.
Gonfala was seized with haunting fear Could
Mafka's eyes penetrate the darkness? Would he
flash his occult powers through the night and
drag the fugitive down?
Evening star., 1937-09-15
Twizzler Answer.

Mr.. Tu6 divided each side Of the
triangle into thirds and then bent
Evening star., 1937-09-15
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

When folks seem odd. remember. you
Must seem to them peculiar too.
Old Mnther Eature-
Evening star., 1937-09-15

At first he refused to go without her; then he
agreed eagerly for he planned in his mind how
he would return with large force of fighting
men, kill Mafka, if necessary, and take her away.
And now, breathlessly, she outlined the perilous
path Of escape.
Evening star., 1937-09-15

Across.
l. Deduct from.
S. Employs.
10. Genus of insects
IA. Straightway.
is. Not likely.
Is. Cut short.
II. Art Of printing.
19. Spike.
20. They go out: Latin
81. Fly alone.
%. BY way Of.
"a. Kneel
rs. Act with careless air.
%. Tear.
81. Assemble.
33. Image.
"a. Excuse.
36. Struck with reverence.
38. Textures of threads.
Il. Pinnacle of ice.
AZ. Front of feet.
43. Kingly
A. An exempt.
As. Dispatch.
46. Sphere of action.
Al. Standard quantity.
40. Game.
81 Hindu deity.
81. A fire basket.
IS. Bear along on wind
81. Very warm
SIS. Small branch.
so. Venetian bridge.
Ga. Car.
66. Assertion.
SO. Brain canal.
SO. Female of the ruff.
70. Blue dye
II. Wise saw: archaic.
72. Dismal: poet
13. Trust.
Down.
!. Fruit Of palm.
2. Variety of agate.
3. Contend.
4. Leathern whip.
S. Clash.
s. Feminine name.
Z. Strikes sharply
8. Spartan magistrate.
9. Resembling pen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05

Washington, Jan. It usually happens that the more sensations a senate Investigating committee digs up, the more surely certain interests are to seek to suppress the investigation.
 This has been true in the cases of the Teapot Dome, Daugherty, munitions, lobby, Wall street, sili- cosis and labor Spy-clvil liberties investigations. It is true today of the inquiry into railroad finance and congratulations being conducted un- der Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana.
 The committee has been disclos- ing such bizarre little secrets of high finance as how . fellow with $S00O might get control of rail- road and other properties valued at $3,00O, coo, 900, and how one great road K alleged to have "cooked' it's books with the result that investors and the REC lent It money under misapprehension to facts.
 The story Of how 1t. was arranged that one man could buy control Of $375, ,000 and it's accompanying pow CTS for each one dollar he put up was as astonishing as anything heard in Washington in 8 long time. Few get the significance of 1t even yet, for the detailed testimony was tire some and hard to follow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05

Just in case Hope you heard Paul Whiteman conducting the General Motors symphony concert or chestra Sunday night the air waves. Mr. P w., to quote "hibillyess" waving the baton in place of Erno Rapee who usually conducts these Sunday night hours Paul brought along of his boys to augment the orchestral and the result well worth ise ing to- The higspot in evenings entertainment for this erect-eared listener was when Ray Middleton put forth his best efforts in "Al Points Vest" dramatic singing recital of the train who watches many departures but takes part in until he is shot and "goes West The Rodgers and Hart piece was given the greatest ovation any number ever has received over the radio by the studio audience While many Wa terburans will be observing their way the Feast of the Epiphany Little Christmas as it was called some years ago and still is in those families where religious traditions and truths still hold sway some 16O0 Russians in Waterbury will be observing their own Feast of Christ mas which, according to the Russian calendar falls on January 9th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05

looms. He travels 8 great deal, be- causc he thinks of the New York Stock Exchange as a national in- stitution rather than just 8 build ing at the corner of Broad and Wall streets.
 Gay has boen earnest and in- sistent in denying that, because members of the Stock Exchange are there to make money, they have no sense of the social re- sponsibility that goes with their po- sition.
 Nobody regrets more than we do here," Gay says, that uninformed people lose their savings in rcck- less speculations. We have done more than any other institution in the country to discourage that sort of speculation.
 But the New York Stock Ex- change can do nothing more and nothing Iess, in the long run. than be q market-place where buyer and seller meet in perfect equality. The exchange itself. does not buy. and does not sell securities. It does not fix or appraige market values"
 Gay points with pride to the ac- complishments of the exchange in making available up-to-date in- formation on the status of all com- panics whose stocks and bonds It l lists. But he does not feel that A market -place should be expected to assume responsibility for happy re- suits for all those who use It's facilities.
 SECURITIES ACT LIKE
 EXCHANGES AIMS
 Speculation, he feels, serves q rcfinitc economic purpose. The English people, he will point out. who bought shares in the Ply mouth or the Virginia companies organized to settle the new world, took g desperate speculative chance. but the end result of their venture has been good. The line between inc vestment and speculation B thin one and hazily drawn. Certain peo- pie are wel-equilpped by ter1pera- ment, financial and personal posi- ton, to be spectators. They serve their purpose, Gay believes.
 But the kind of speculation against which he continually in- weighs is that by uninformed people who operate with inadequate rec sources and inadequate Knowledge. The progressive training of "cus- toner's men" is part of the effort to give guidance 10 prospective in- yeseors and speculAtors. and reduce the tragic results of uninformed speculation. Many of the objectiyes aimed at in the Securities Act of 1883 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1884, along the lines Of making available to the public more information on securities, are the same 0bjectiyes which the Stock Exchange has itself sough for years, Gay points out.
 But as the Stock Exchange aycT- age chart continued to rise all through iD56 and uurmurs Of afl- other 1929 began to De heard in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05
Chatter. Mae Clarke of WaterviIIe excursioned

Chatter. ,. Mae Clarke of Wateryille excursi0ned 10 Moo Yawk New Years Eve The metropolis took Mae ,y storm it being her first togoodness look at the town. . Others who the New Year rung in there were Deborah Greaney, Kay Kerr, Nora Spell man. Mr. and Mrs George Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Al Bou- langer Claire OuIettc, Danny Manseau, Mickey Brecn Hennic Despins, Brennan Faherty Ed Fleming and John Mazureck. Rosalnd Russell has traded in her old coupe for phaeton so she'll have more room t0 take her mother around that she is to join her in Hollywood. MT. and Mrs. Al. Lawlor Pete Law Tor and Carolyn Pollard also in the New Years Eve throng at NYawk....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05
Bigger Probe Fund Needed

The committees early hearings have touched on the affairs of only one system. that of the Van Swer- ingcng, and the bookkeeping of one road, the Missouri Pacific.
 A senate resolution, ordering the committee to inquire into relations between railroads and security houses and banks, provided that Railroad Co-Ardinator Joseph E.. Eastman should designate 25 roads or system for investigation.
 The committee can't do the job on the $100,00O the senate appro- priated and of course the custom ary way for lobbyists to stop sen ate investigation is to persuade cer- tain senators in key positions to block further appropriations.
 The lobbyists advance the argu-
 ment that such appropriations are
 a sinful waste of the taxpayers'
 money, that the investigation k
 rocking the boat of revelation are dangerous to sick industry.
 A hundred thousand dollars would go a lot farther in a senate inveBti- gation if banks, railroads, and any other corporations involved didn't tumble and delay go much in their "co-operation" with the investigator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05

Tid-bits Jack Grossman bid adieu to Water bury yesterday morning for Tampa Fla and this morn- ing Lakie Rosen hopped off in his coffee grinder for St. Petersburg Both will be gone for the remainder of the winter Ruby Moscovitz and the Missus renewed acquaintanccs with Tommy Dorsey and the members of his radio band at Hamilton Park Sunday night. Ruby is now blowing a sax with Xavier Cugat and his band He played with Paul Whiteman for several months before joining Cugat Henry Diagin and his ork will be the attraction next Sunday at the East End pavilion
 Sidney s. Zurier, manager of the Mutual Service Bureau honors me with New Years card Thanks Sid for the kind remembrance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05
Bsckstge the Thstsr Finance IAs of Four Articles Stock Exchange Reforms Aim To Place Buyer And Seller Of Shares On Par
MARKET ORGANIZATION IS ALWAYS TARGET FOR CRITICISM

Washington and even occasionally in Wall street, the prospect of fur- ther regulation of the New York Stock Exchange and other markets came again to the fore.
 COOPERATES CLOSELY
 WITH SEC OFFICIALS
 In general. Gay opposes any fur- ther regulation that might restrict what he beIievs should be c free and open" market. But 1t has been the present policy of the exchange to cooperate with the SEC in framing self enforced rules on the exchange along lines laid down by the SEC. Late last year, for in- stance, the exchaneg adopted rules governing transactions for their own account of members while they are on the floor.
 But agitation has been resumed looking toward complete Segrega- ton of trading by members for their own account and for cus- toner's accounts at the same time and in the same stocks, bOHHetiHieS OH Nle Oppobite biue of the market.
 And Commissioner James M Landis Of the SEC has issued to investment bankers in general and those who trade on the ex- change particularly, a blunt warning that what tempo you bring to tomorrow's market will mark the direction of (govern- ment) action"
 You can not forget" contin- led Landis meaning1y, that the last recovery was your recovery and that 1t almost destroyed you. Fair. ly or unfairly, you became the scapegoats of Q bewildered and dis- couraged people" He went on to imply that any treatment of such