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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
Committee Backs BlackNon1ination, 5-1
Only Opponent on Committee Was Senator Austin, Republican of Vermont Fight Now Goes
 to Floor of Senate

Washington, Aug. i3- (UP) A senate judiciary subcommittee to- day oyefrode protests of Senator H1rFen xt. lI11iEl republican, ver- zssont, and approved the iornina- ton of Senator Hugo L. Black to the supreme court
 The subcommittee voted s to 1 to approve the nomination with only Austin voting against his Ala bama colleague. Consideration of the nominee will now Do undertaken by the full judiciary committee.
 The subcommittee action was taken despite c motion by Austin seeking to delay c vote until in- vestigation was made of the con. stitutional eligibility of Black to hold the supreme court post.
 Austln's Argument
 Austin cited . constitutional pro- vision prohibiting members of con. gresS from holding ofiices created or whose emoluments are increased during c members term in ofiice.
 He contended that the fact that Black was c member Of his con- gress which passed the supreme court retirement law under which Justice Willis Van Devanter quit the high bench in June raised q constitutional Issue to Blacks ap- pointment to the vacancy.
 As the committee overrode Aus- tin's objection, President Roosevelt was telling 6 White House press conference that Attorney General Homer 6. Cummings had considered this eligibility question and had ruled that Black was fully eligible to the high court.
 Legality Is Upheld
 MT. Roosevelt also made the dec- lafation that he was not considering submission of 6 constitutional
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
JAPAN, CHINA
 IN BIG BATTLE
Pitched Fight in Streets of Shanghai - Chinese
 Are Massing Forces
BY II. R. EKINs

Copyright, 1887, by United Press)
 Shanghai, Aug. i3=(UP)-JAp- anese Biuejackets and Chinese regu- lars clashed today in the streets oi Shanghai, in the fiyst big test of arms for domination of this city oi s,Soo,ooo people. Six hundred miles to the north, Japanese and Chi. nese armies met on three fronts northwest of Peiring. southwest of Peiping and south of Tientsin.
 United States Admiral Harry ', Yarneil, in his fiagship. the cruiser Augusta, steamed ct full speed down the coast from Tsingtao to take command of the American naval and Marine forces in the Shanghai fighting zone. Great. sleepy China had reused herself. It looked as If matters had got beyond oil control and that c war which must mean terrible slaughter fas on.
 Chinese Hero In Command
 General Chang Chih- Chung, heroic commander of the Chinese army in the 1882 Shanghai War" was named in supreme command of the army in the shanghai-Nan- king area. Division after division of Chinese regulars concentrated on Shanghai. The Japanese navy position seemed one of urgent dam ger and 1t was reported on most reliable authority that the high commanw had appealed to Tokio
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13

Milford, Conn, Aug. 13-(UP)- Long Island Sound today failed to yield the body of Mrs. Charlotte Lucas, Bridgeport physical educa- ton instructor, believed to have drowned after a George w. Thorpe. New Haven, told police he tied her to an oyster stake when their small sailboat capsized in Wednesday nights gale.
 Thorpe, who swam five miles to bring aid, helped direct the search from his Milford hospital cot. He was exhausted and semi-delirious when found on the Yacht club wharf fearly yesterday and 1t was several hours before authorities ob- tained . coherent story of the trn- gedy.
 Police and firemen searched the waters off Walnut Beach through out the day. Rough weather turn- cd them back to shore lest midnight and they put out again shortly after z a. m.. today to comb the area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
Big Russian Plane Passed North Pole Early Today

hemisphere in less than two months The first plane, manned by three men, landed at Vancouver, Wash, June 40. The second, also carrying three men, landed near San Jacin. to, Cal, July IA, establishing a new long distance flight record of ap- proximately 6,700 miles
 Levanevshy is one of the worlds most distinguished aviators. He was decorated with the cherished Rus sian order, Hero of the Soviet" for directing the aerial rescue of more than 100 persons stranded on an ice foe. He recently flew from Califor-
 mia to Russia by way of Siberia. He commanded a crew comprised of v. Levchenko. navigator, Ci-Pilot Kos tanaye, radio operator Golkcvsky, and mechanics pobezihcv and 0odo- vilEov. Each of his four motors is of 1000 horsepower. The plane was red wings with blue stripes and the fuselaee also has blue stripes. The wings bear the number ."N209."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
Jetvish Democrat Club sMayorHayes
Solidly Behind Present Regime, With One Lone Ex.
 ception.-Former Alderman Harry Baumel Is l Out for George Culhane

The Jewish Democratic club, in 6 statement issued today, declared that the organization is solidiy bee lin, Mayor Frank, Hayes with the exception of one member, exsAlder. man Harry Baumel. The club states thet Mir. Baumel, who went on rec. ord at . meeting last night as fa- voring the candidacy of Senator George Culhane, diligently can. vassed the membership in an ate tempt at reelection to the clubs presidency but could not even See cure c member to nominate him.
 The statement was issued by Ale derman Edward Goldberg, who was elected president of the club last night to succeed Mr. Baumel. While MT. Daumel was still in the chair, 1t was learned today. c resolution enc dorSing Mayor Hayes candidacy was introduced by Charles Rosengarten and passed unanimously. The reso- luton was introduced after c mos ton that such c step should be take en had been introduced by Attor- ney Irving pasternak and passed unanimously
 Was Refused Job
 Alderman Goldberg says in the statement that MT Baumels only criticism of the Hayes administration was that he had been refused . job when he sought one. This, says the gattement, is the cause of MT. Baumers bitterness.
 At the meeting. held at the home of Attorney Pasternak on Fern street, the following other oficers were elected: Bernard Holczer, vice. president; treasurer. Attorney Law renee Matzkin: secretary, Merrill Polancer.
 Endorsement Resolution
 The resolution endorsing the Hayes administration follows:
 Whereas-The Hon. Frank Hayes has consented to again be c candi- date for mayor of ths city of Wat erbury. A declaration which we heartily greet, and
 Whereas-He has administered the affairs of our city during the past eight years in e highly efficient business like and yet humane man. ner; therefore be tt
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
He Had No Fear
 Of Friday, 13th

Acton, Mass, Aug. lS.-UP) When Arthur E. Futile, T0- year-old carpenter, went to work this morning he wasn't the least bit afraid of tum. bling of the roof of the house he is building. He considers lS his lucky number and Friday the 18th his lucky day.
 He was . 18th child.
 He was born July i2, 1858.
 He has l3 letters in his name as he signs it.
 He left school at i3.
 He entered the contracting business July l3, 1913.
 He has had automobile regis tration 96.iS for l3 years.
 Ills telephone number has been il7 ring l3 for lS years.
 He has . sister 9A, which dlglts total lS.
 "Yes. sir" Futile sald today, land there are lS keys on my clarinet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
JOHN B. G0SS AGAIN DEFENDS MERIT SYSTEM Sends Letter to Mayor Hayes Calling Attention to Features Overlooked ISSUES REBUKE TO
 CERTAIN INTERESTS Latter Have Tried to Make Political Capital Out of
 Merit Plan

Although certain defects in the proposed merit system plan have been made evi6:: ::':t, which make 1t exceedingly doubtful that the measure will be placed on the voting machines in the approach ing municipal elections for the electorate's approval or rejection, local sponsors are proceeding with their educa- tional campaign. Official headquarters will be established next week and . series of public statements issued explaining In de- tall the provisions of the plan.
 Tn . letter to Mayor Frank Hayes today, John D. Qoss, one of the most outstanding supporters of the movement locally, calls his honor's atteNtion to several features, which
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
Gunman Leaps Onto Run. ming Board of Passing
 Car; Makes Escape EVERY POLICEMAN
 ASSIGNED TO CASE Victim Is Believed to Be Connected With Carni.
 val at Lakewood

An unidentified man was shot and badly wounded at 2 o'clock this afternoon near Poli's thea- ter on East Main street. St. Mary's hospital reported that the victim of the shooting was in a grave condition.
 Bystanders, shocked by the sudden gun6re, said that the gunman hopped on the running board of a passing car. The automo- bile, they said, went down Baldwin street.
 Every Policeman
 Every available policeman was assigned to the case. De- tectives combed the down. town area, and motor potrol- men were assigned to cover all exits from the city.
 The victim, 1t was later learned, was known as "Nor. ristown Red" and is ern. ployed by a carnival now play Ing at Lakewood Park. He Is about 35 years old. v---
 Just Left Tavern
 The carnival man had just left a tavern when a man walked up to him, pulled a gun from his pocket and fired at him. The bullet entered his stomach. The shooting victim was given a blood transfusion at 2:i6 o'clock this afternoon as sur- geons battle to save his life.
 Identify duRman
 The assailant was identified by the fellow members of tho carnival troupe as Jackie Davis. fIe made his getaway in c Chevrolet truck. Police cars were in pursuit ct press hour.
 It was also learned that Davis had an argument last evening with the wounded man and struck him with hammer. The quarrel was renewed this afternoon on East Main street and ended in the shoot- ing.
 At 2:so o'clock this afternoon ct. Mary's hospital announced that the wounded mans name was Raymond Gray. He is a years of age. He resides at SIS Sweet street, Norris town, Pa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
FIND PRINCIPAL
 OF SCHOOL DEAD

Weymouth, Mass. Aug. l3.-(UP) Pred W. Hilton, for 70 years prin- cipal of Weymouth high school. was found dead in bed at his home here today. Death was attributed to natural causes.
 Born in Norton, Me. he grnduat- ed from Bates College in ioe0. He was appointed Weymouth high school principal in 1910 after teach- ing in Passport, Me, Attleboro and Warren.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
HUGE ESTATE

Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. IS -(UP)--Edward Milligan, president of the Phoenix Insurance company, who died several months ago, left an estate of $999,- 536.93, according to an in- ventory on file today in probate court.
 Stocks and bonds repre- sented the bulk of the es- tate,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
PRISONERS ESCAPE

Raleigh, N. O, Aug. l3-(Up)- Eight long-term prisoners, includ- ing one under life sentence for mur- der, were at large today after quiet- ly tunneling out of Central state prison. They communicated an au- tornobile and were gone three hours before officials knew it. Prison offi- ciais discovered Q 30-foot tunnel the stone wall surrounding the prison yard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
SECOND BATTALION

London. Aug. i3-tUP)-The sec. ond battalion of the crack Royal Welch 1usileers Is under orders to sail from Hong Kong tomorrow in the steamship Maron to reinforce the British garrison at Shanghai, the Exchange Telegraph Hong Kong correspondent reported today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
SHOOTING ON EAST MAIN STREET
City Ward Lines May Be PreserDed
Corporation Counsel O'ConnOr Preparing Opinion for Redistricting GrOup-l, 500 Voters to Each
 District Is Generally Acceptable

An opinion on whether not ward lines must be followed in redistrcng the city being prepared today by Corporation Counsel Charles s. OConnor the request of the nonpartsan redsrictng committee The corpor ation counsel in informal opinion yesterday afternoon told the committee he believed that ward lines must be adhered to in making voting districts but asked for time to prepare formal opinion Senatorial district lines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
Unidentified Victim Is Shot DolUn By Gunn1dn Near Polls Theater
Judge, Mrs. Mascolo
 Aboard Crashed Boat
They Were Passengers on Duchess of Athol, Which Hit and Sank Danish Freighter at Sea-They
 Escaped With Only Shaking Up

Judge Edward Mascolo of the Waterbury Municipal court and Mrs Mascolo aboard the Canadian Pacific luxury cruise ship, Duchess of Athol which narrowly missed catastrophe when she crashed into a Danish regher Wednesday night at 1t was learned here today
 cruise from New York to uebec and Montreal struck and sank the Danish freighter Maine approximately 150 miles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Aug. i3-(UP)--aov- ernmene expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug. Il, compared with a year ago:
 Thls Year Expenses Amnt Year $920, 0,726.40A44 s6s1. .z02, ,s5i.2e ss4I775,s5o.ss ;ass. s.sszsss.7s ss7s.sSo.7S4.li si7s.sss.sss.si s2.sso.s4s. .s14i4 SS.ii7.s2s.gsAs1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-13
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Cloudy, Cooler Tonight;
 Fair For Saturday Fun weather Report Page IS.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
Cutting Continents

The canals of Suez and Panama,
which drive seaway between,
continents, are the most inpor-
tant in the world, but two other
canals now in the course of con-
struction will change geography.
They are the Florida Canal, which
when finished will be 1875 miles in
length - or just five times the
length of the Panama Canal-and
the Mediterranean canal, from
Bordeaux to Narbonne, 282 miles.
The Florida canal will save
steamships a journey of hundreds
of miles in exceptionally stormy
water, and the Mediterranean
canal will allow large vessels, 400
feet in length, to cruise through
the very heart of France. This
will save at least two days on
the East-bound journey to India
and Australia.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
Don't ErFifaf0
Gas BlOafinu

If you want to really GET RID OF
GAS and terrible Floating, don't expect
to do i by just doctorina your stom..
aaeh with harsh Irritating a!kaliss and ID
the stomach and upper intestine and
is due to old poisonous matter In the
constipated bowels that are loaded
with iIl-causlng bacteria.
If your constipation is Of long stand
ing, enormous Quantities of dangerous
bacteria accumulate. Then your diges-
tion is upset. Gas often presses heart
You can't eat or sleep. Your head
aches. Your back aches. Your COM
breath is foul. You are sick, grouchy,
y ySstfnad' IS uH PoIsSNE person. YOUR
Thousands of sufferers have found In
AdIerika the. quick, scientific way to
rid their systems Of harmful bacteria.
foul poisons out of BOTH upper and
lower bowels. Give your bowels
REAL cleansing with Adlerlka. Get
rid of GAS. AdIerika does not grippe
lis not habit forming. At all Leading
Druggists.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
Waning Merchant Marines.

Waning Merchant Marines.
A FTER we've spent billions in
4 y government subsidies trying to
build up a proper merchant fleet
of our own, it's just a trifle discon-
certing to read that, among the six
nations leading in maritime ship
ping, the United States still ranks
third in gross tonnage, fifth in ships
having a speed of twelve knots or
better, and last in ships built within
the last ten years.
But, although Los Angeles is
great port, we have no time right
now to poster about a comparatively
trivial thing such as the threatened
vanishment Of the American flag
from the seven seas-not while
we're still so uncertain about who
will have the leading parts in "Gone
With the Wind"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
Pattern 1888

Happy Hulda, as chief-cook-
-bottle-washer, invites you to
cross stitch this set of seven tea
towels e to the inch crosses),
in the gayest floss you can find!
Pattern 1888 contains a transfer
pattern of seven motifs Gone for
each day of the weekly averaging
about 6 by 61s inches; material
requirements; illustrations of all
stitches used; color suggestions.
Send IS cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft
Dept, 81 Eighth Ave-, New York,
N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number.
your name and address.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
"Quotations"

If you subtract the universities
from the life Of the world today it
will be a barren, sorrowful and
shortly dead thing. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler.
The photographer is useful, but
the artist who paints picture is ere.
ating something new.-Mrs. Franklin
d. Roosevelt.
You should always go forward, but
not too quickly. If you must have a
car, you must have brake. Andre
MaurOiS.
The good neighbor is tolerant, but
his liberation does not include those
who would introduce discord from
elsewhere.-CordeW Hull. .
Americans have very little judg.
ment on the relative Importance Of
foreign news.-Lord Marley.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
Italians in Spain.

TT MUST be slightly annoying to
those Italian soldiers who were
flung headlong upon Spain to fight
in war in which they had no per-
Ysonal interest, when, through mis-.
take, they are mown down in hun
dreds by their own troops, and then
the bewildered remnants find them
selves in the hands of the oppos-
ing government forces, who have a
reputation for sometimes being a
trihe with prisoners whom they
capture.
Still, it must be great COM
fort to the confused captives-and
to the relatives of the fallen back
home as well-to have assurance
from Mussolini that they are win
uing the way for fascist doctrines.
The Height of Gall.
n S j. CAESAR remarked at the
"A time, all Gaul was once divid-
ed in three parts, but it is obvious
that subsequently there was COM
plete reconciliation.
When France, already in default
to us on one little four-billion debt,
starts scheming to peddle her new
est issue Of government securities
over here, that must indeed be re-
garded as the height Of gallishness
or Gaulishness-spell it either way,
reader, it'll come out the same.
Moreover, to evade the Johnson act,
she would have American investors
send the money to Paris and buy
these French bonds there. This sort
Of smacks Of inviting Br'r Rabbit
to come into camp to be massacred,
instead Of hunting him down with
the dogs.
IRWIN S. COBB.
G-WNU Service. -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22
SS5;,i5!{{;s|!ss:e:
50 about:
California Condors.

California COndOrS.
CANTA MONICA, CALF -
~ Local naturalists are all
agog over the discovery
that the California condor is
coming back in numbers to
his former haunts just up
country from here. In fact,
they are going out of one vio-
lent cog right into another.
Because the condor, the
mightiest winged creature in
all North America, was sup
posed to be practically ex-
tinct, along with such van
ished species of native wild
life as the great aux, the pas
senger pigeon and the light
ming rod agent.
So now we have set up new
mark for envious Florida to shoot
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22

| WHO'S NEWS
THIS WEEK..
By LemueI F. Parton
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
He Keeps Teachers Free


NEW YORK. - Gov.
! y Charles F. Hurley, of
Massachusetts,, who vetoed
the teachers oath bill, is
known as Smiling Charlie. :"
One of his best pals is Joe r..
Brown, the film comedian,
with whom he takes a trip
every year.
A self-starter in massachusetts,
politics, with his own organization,
he has the human touch, and has
been disclosing amazing skill as
vote-getter since he was elected
state treasurer in 1880. He was
elected governor last November.
He is Democrat, and his po-
litical skill and experience have
been largely parochial, with no very
definite orientation in national af-
fairs, but on his own home grounds
he is hard to beat. This department
recently became interested in him
on account of so many political
r. THIRDS insisting that he was a
demon vote-getter to whom the ma
tional party must in time give Sc
rious attention.
He has a big, bullying jaw and
physical bulk in proportion, and, if
he weren't so amiable, might seem
formidable. He played center and
guard on the Boston college foot
ball team, but, with a nice sense of
comparative political values, pre-
fers to talk about his marbles cham
pionships at an earlier age. In many
such instances he has disclosed
sound political instincts. Only for
ty-three years old, he hits big-time
Massachusetts politics with tremen-
dOus momentum.
His is the story Of the poor boy
who never watched the clock and
gained fame and fortune. His par
ents died when he was a child and
he was reared by relatives in his
native Cambridge, where Professor
Rogers later was to advise young
men to ''be snob and marry the
boss's daughter"
He wasn't a snob-quite the oppo-
site-but he did marry Marion Con-
ley, whose father was his employer
in the real estate business. He was
a sporting goods salesman for sew
eral years after he finished college,
was in the naval intelligence serv-
ice during the World war and there
after in the real estate business. 2
Aggressively he fought the child
labor amendment, writing to Presi-
dent Roosevelt a. vigorous letter
against 1t. AS man of the people,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-04-22

at. For while they
may have croupiers
at Bradley's in
Palm Beach, with
eyes as keen and
bleak as the con-
doris are, and real
estate dealers in
Miami as greedy as
he is, our frustrated
rivals will be put to
it to dig up a bird
with a wing spread
Of from nine to elev-
en- feet.