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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
COPYRIGHT, 1857, JOHN BARR

COPYRIGHT, 1887, JOHN BARR)
 Afr.ends of mine who lives out North Main street way met me down town one day during the darkest period of the depression with the greeting, Hello, John Barra! You do me favor?"
 Sure, if it's somtehing I'm able to do," I replied, looking into a pair of eager, friendly eyes, as we shook hands cordially.
 "John Barra, when you sleep you dream?"
 "Ycs."
 ''You dream numbers?"
 "I don't remember noticing numbers particularly"
 Next time you dream-you do me favor, look round an see if tn ain't number somewhere an tell me right off quick. You know where I live" But to be sure that I wouldn't forget, he took 8 little crumpled piece of paper out of his pocket and short lead pencil, printed his ad- dress in a picturesque mixture of capital and small letters, handed it to me with captivating smile and watched till it rested se- curely in my pocketbook.
 Becoming curious, I inquired what would he do with a dream number and he answered in a confidential whisper "Play policy" and having 8 very vague idea myself of what it is, I asked whether he had ever done it. He then told me of what happened to him a couple of weeks before.
 It seems that he had been out of work 8 long time and had reached the bottom of his sav- ings account, and had gone to bed one night greatly discour- aged, with only dollar and a quarter in his pocket and not knowing where more was coming from. What happened after he went to sleep, I give you in his own words:
 "All of a sudden-a queer lookin' man-kinda like a ghost comes up to my bed an stands 1ookin' at me kinda sorry like, an when he sees I notice him, he says n a half-whisper, Won't be 'fraid-I feel sorry for you I'm a dead man. been dead l-o-n-g time-I see you honest man-You gotta too much bada luck-I help you-I give you 'number'-You play t'morrow- You win sure-Don't be 'fraid- Goodbye
 T jump up quick-out of my bed-all shivers-and with this pencil mark on piece paper tn number he game me-and will you believe it, before morning he comes back again an tells me tn same thing, gives me tn same number and says, Don't be 'fraid, I'm your friend. Goodbye"
 The outcome of the affair was that my friend followed the. ad- vice of his mysterious night visi- tor, and was the happy gainer by exactly one hundred bucks according to the vernacular. But though I've been faithfully on the lookout for numbers in my dreams ever since I promised to do my friend that 'favor'-I have to apologize every time I meet him for my total failure. The scarcity of numbers in my dreams is the more remarkable because almost everything else under the sun seems to appear on those oc- casionS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

church parIors at g:45. while next "wednesday evening the Boy Scouts will convene at o'clock.
 The Circle of Cheer will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles Beere on the Country Club road next Mon day evening at 8 o'clock.
 Rev. Richard Enrich of St. Johns Episcopal church will be the speaker at the Fellowship supper of the Epworth league Sunday evening at 5:45 o'clock. The supper will be fol- lowed by a devotional service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
AUTO FIRE

A car owned by James Sheehan was slightly damaged when 1t caught fire at Baldwin and Keefe streets early this afternoon. Bremen of the Baldwin street house, located nearby, answered a verbal alarm and extinguished the blaze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
AUTOIST HELD

{ Paul Bello, 36, of 1413 Bagley ave- lnue, Detroit, Mich., was arrested |khis afternoon by Sergt. Charles Mo- IWeeney of the accident squad. Charges of reckless driving and |evading responsibility were placed against him and he was held for the state police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
Interpreting Dreams

John Barr Takes Respite From Writing on His tOricaI Subjects, Anniversaries to Nsrrate Per- sonal Experiences With Friends, Who Escaped Death, Who Made Money Through Dreams.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
SEEKS DIVORCE

Madeline Carroll today named Peter Carroll defendant in di- vorce action filed in the superior court. Intolerable cruelty is charg- ed. The couple was married at Naugatuck, January 25, 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

The Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey contains a bust of Longfel- low and tablets to Lowell and Walter Hines Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

Mrs. H. E. Bennett of ASkern,
 hear Dorchester, England, has be- come the mother of twins for the second time in 12 months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21
IN CALCUTTA

Some years ago a man from Waterbury lay asleep one night on a bench in a public park in far away Calcutta, India. How he came to be in in India, was that he had gone there in the employ of an English company for taking motion pictures, before the days of 'talkies.' Hardly had they begun their work when the terrible Bu- bonic plague broke out and all the others fled the country, leaving him and the motion-picture appa- ratus behind-and he without money.
 Later he was employed by Brit ish authorities there in very haz-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-21

Two hundred shee, frightened by dogs, rushed down a slope and were drowned in the River Galster, near Cassel, Germany.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

Mr.. Rose, trombone soloist, and Frank
Gobank, accordianist, the two latter
being members Of the 12lst Engineers
Band.
Two gifts were presented to the
association. One was an old gun
captured during the Boxer uprising
IN China in 1900 by forces under the
command Of Maj. Gen. Humphreys.
1t was presented by George B. Gunnel
to Frank H. Gunnel and then pre-
sented to the association through the
generosity OF the Old Friendship Fire
Company OF Alexandria.
Another gift was q copy Of "Old-
time New England" q magazine
showing q picture of the Oldest baby
carriage in existence in this country.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

It was made by Issicher Hughes Of
Richmond, Va, in 1908. Hughes
moved to Washington in 1850, bring
ing the carriage with him.
A guest, Francisco B. Leon Guerrero,
delegate In Congress from the Island
Of Guam. was among those attending.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

ress, today for applying for United
States citizenship.
The publication carried this cap.
ton on picture Of the Berlin-born
actress taking the oath Of allegiance:
Jewish judge takes oath from Mar
lene Dietrich so she may betray her
fatherland."
Evening star., 1937-10-07

SELF or Save yourself" on certain
days of every month"; Keep going.
and keep comfortable - with the
aid of Midol. These tablets provide
a proven means for the relief of
such pain. so why endure suffering
Midol might spare you?
Midol brings quick relief which
usually lasts for hours. Its principal
ingredient has often been prescribed
by specialists.
You can get Midol in trim
aluminium case at any drug store.
Two tablets should see you through
your worst day.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

EVERY month sees more women
accepting the peace and comfort of
Midoll It's old-fashioned to suffer
functional periodic pain. because
there is now reliable relief for such
suffering.
Some women who have always
had the hardest time are relieved by
Midol.
Many who use Midol do not feel
one twinge of pain. or even a
moments discomfort during the
entire period.
Don't let the calendar regulate
your activities! Don't favor your
Evening star., 1937-10-07

the constitutional rights to the people
Of the District of Columbia and those
OF the States, we believe we are just
as loyal without a vote as we would
Evening star., 1937-10-07
NAzIs SCORE DIETRICH

streicher's Publication criticizes
Her for q. s. Naturalization.
BERLIN, october [F.-Dr., julius
Streicher's Der Stuermer attacked
Marlene Dietrich, motion picture act
Evening star., 1937-10-07

be with one-but we would much
rather have a vote"
Contributing to the musical pro-
gram were J. Eliot Ferry, vocalist;
Evening star., 1937-10-07
Autocrat is Just

Autocrat is Just
Right for Your Car =!
There's no euesswork when
you demond and buy .
Autocrot.
Then you con feel sofe thot
you will have correct Iubrico-
'tion, instont. snoppy. quick
stortine. No droin upon your
bottery and you will drive
longer before you need oil.
Evening star., 1937-10-07

Millions of women will be surprised
at the difference in their cooking,
and so will their families, if they
take just two simple precautions:
G) always to use the best salt and
(2) always to use it at the proper
time.
Whst is the best salt ? In the opinion
of the worlds greatest chefs, Wor-
cester Salt is best. They use Wor-
cester Salt and only Worcester Salt.
For they have learned from long ex-
perience that Worcester Salt is uni
formly pure and free from those
harsh, bitter impurities in ordinary
salt that so often affect the favor Of
your food.
When should you use salt IN eookins7
Well, as the old saying goes, lit all
depends" Salt your roast or stew At
the beginning of the cooking period
Evening star., 1937-10-23

street and Colorado avenue. 1t ID also
the terminus Of the shuttle" bue line
operating between Laurel avenue and
the washington Sanitarium.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

Australias first locally-made anti
aircraft guns have proved a success.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
CHANGE E|NHOUS|NG
ACT TO Be SOUGHT.
New York Officials See Room
Cost Limit and State Maxi
mum Is Unfair.

Amendment of some features OF the
Wagner housing act will he sought at
the special session of Congress. ac-
cording to echoes reaching Washington
from New York City, where interest in
the low-cost housing program is eN-
dencing an expansion.
Gotham officials. among some others,
do not like the provision of the act
which confines the amount of grants
made to any one State to one-tenth
of the whole available Federal fund,
nor the one which places limit on the
cost per room.
Langdon Post. chairman of the hous-
ing authority for New York City. told
q recent meeting of the New York
Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects the State grant limitation
was unfair, unjust and completely
unreasonable" and should be amended
at the next session.
Mr.. Post also insisted that the per
room limit of cost would prove unfair
to cities like Yonkers, N. Y, and Cam
den, N. j.
The housing official called the Tag
ner housing act fundamentally sound
and announced that the New York au-
thority was prepared to proceed with
one project as soon as loan could be
obtained. He said four projects in all
now were being prepared.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

sociation to the United States Hous-
ing Authority, and pledge of full
cooperation was forwarded Nathan
Straus of New York, who early this
week was appointed administrator OF
the Wagner -Steagall Housing Act. But
the convention made clear that the
Government should subsidize housing
only for those whose income is so low
that they cannot afford decent homes
provided by private initiative. 1t was
suggested that the Federal Govern
ment assist and cooperate with pri-
vate capital in the formation of public
utility housing companies, which
would build low-cost homes for both
rent and sale.
Anxiety in regard to the current
tendency to increase real estate taxes
when additional revenue Is needed to
support local government was ex-
pressed at the convention. Several
speakers placed blame for recent Slow
ing of construction operations on In
creased taxation A resolution was
adopted reafirming belief of the as
sociation in the fairness and sound
ness in the principle of State consti-
tutional over all limitations upon the
total amount of taxes which can be
levied upon real property. The abso-
lutte maximum of this taxation was
~rz 81 nf tho fair
value of the property. Such valua-
ton should be determined by the an
nual productivity income or utility
derived from the property. President
Roosevelt's help was asked in crea-
ton of co-ordinating agencies which
would discover and recommend ways
and means Of curing the growing
number of injustices due to overlap
ping and duplicating tax exactions
bv local, State and Federal govern
ments. 1t was suggested the President
call a conference in Washington for
the purpose of removing tax conflicts.
The convention as whole seemed
optimistic as to the immediate pros
pect of the real estate and building
business. Two speakers declared that
the country is on the eve of the great
est period of building activity in the
history of the Nation. Consensus OF
realtors was that business in general
is merely encountering breathing
spell in its progres toward complete
recovery. Forecasts for next years
business were bright.
Washingtonians Elected.
Many of the 40 convention delegates
from the Capital played important
roles in the convention. H. Clifford
Bangs, Washington broker, was named
Evening star., 1937-10-23
|NEW STORE LEASED
by WOOLW0RTHCO.
Five and Ten Building to
Rise at Laurel and
Eastern Avenues.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, October Is.
The r. w. Woolworth Co. has closed
a contract with H. L. Thornton, real
estate operator here, for a 20-year
lease of q one-story store at the cor
ner Of Laurel and Eastern avenues.
The new structure. designed as q
"5 and 10" store, will have frontage
on Laurel avenue Of 81 feet and depth
on Eastern avenue of 1872 feet. 1t will
be of brick and stone construction
Davis l. Platt of Takoma Park have
been selected as supervising engineers.
There will be three entrances on
Laurel avenue and q spacious base
ment will include among other fea-
lures a rest room and ample storage
space. 1t will be OF the modernistic
type and will contain the largest floor
space OF any store in this community.
Ground was broken few days ago,
and the firm plans the opening about
February l. On the opposite side OF
the street is the terminal Of the new
bus lines operating between Takoma
Park and the center OF Washington
and also the line connecting with the
Capital Transit Co. at Fourteenth
Evening star., 1937-10-23
Realtors

(Sontinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-10-23

Michigan, where he wah be an ass-st-
ant professor 10 coprses Of real estate
and home financing and also dlrect
the work OF the Bureau 9f BnAlaeSs
Research, and DR.. Arthur N Weiner.
who assumes duties 81 the sehool Of
Business Administration, incisns Dni-
versity, where he Will ipsvgVIsle
courses In real estate, housing fn9
home financing.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

a director of the national association.
Charles J. Rush, secretary OF the
Washington board, was elected chair
man of the Secretaries Council.
Arthur C. Houghton, former presi-
dent of the Capital organization, was
named a director Of the American
Institute of Real Estate Appraisers.
Waverly Taylor, director of the
Home Builders Guild, played an i'm
portant part in activities of the land
developers and home builders division
of the association.
Members of the Washington dele
cation were making plans to return
to the Capital today and Sunday.
Evening star., 1937-10-23

ing plans now would go forward
much more smoothly" under the
United States Housing Authority Gre
ated by the Wagner-Steagall Act as
result of the pioneering work of the
F. w. A.
Ready to Admit Errors.
Expressing willingness to admit
that we have made mistakes" Secre-
tary Ickes reported:
I'VE have shown what can be done
even if, in showing 1t, We have also
demonstrated what ought not to be
done in long-range program"
He contended that wherever the
Government has built one of its 27
projects. removing blighted areas
which threatened adjoining real es-
tate investments, the effect has been
to regenerate real estate values gen.
orally.
Let me say emphatically that the
Government does not want to COM
pete with private ownership and OPP
Grafton in real estate" he continued.
But I hope that you realize no
less keenly than we do that in the
low-cost housing field there is no in
centive for private initiative. no
temptation for capital investment on
the part of the individual"
Holding out the hope that some
day private capital will be willing Ito
90 ahead with what the Government
is now undertaking" Ickes said he
would lead the happy retreat" OF
Government from the slum- clearance
field.
Sees Tax Escape Needed.
Defending his stand that low-cost
housing must be exempt from some
ad valorem taxes in order to provide
homes for the low-income groups, the
speaker asserted:
America has actually been sub
sidizing her slums. We have been
paying cash premiums on i'll living
and bad health. We have been fur
nishing cash scholarships to educate
students in schools of vice and crime. V
He said a study of blighted area
in Chicago disclosed that the city
paid out SO, 100000 to service the dis
trict, whose taxes. If collected, would
have returned only one-third of that
cost, but that three years after the
study was made only slightly more
than half of the taxes had been paid
In other words" he stated, 1.-THE
city has paid out five and a halt
dollars for every dollar 1t took in,
merely to maintain the area in a
state of physical dilapidation and
moral contamination"
Endorsement was given by the as
Evening star., 1937-10-23

had illustrated its inability to furnish
adequate homes for persons of low
income. 1t will leave this field when
private builders demonstrate their
willingness and ability to take it over.
The Secretary addressed the closing
session of the convention, attended
by more than 1,500 realtors from all
sections of the country, Canada and
Hawaii.
Earlier yesterday, the national hous-
ing act was taken apart by the as
sociation, which indorsed sweeping
changes designed to make the Federal
Housing Administration of greater use
IN the encouragement of new home
building.
Would Change Insured Value.
Feeling that F. H. A. under It's
present set-up is falling far short of
its objectives of service to the home
purchaser and the real estate in
dustry. the association suggested the
act be amended to permit Govern
ment insurance of mortgages on new
homes up to 80 per cent of the value
Of land and improvements, provided
the seller indorses the mortgage note
for any amount in excess of 80 per
cent of the original appraised value
The administration now Is insuring
mortgages up to 80 per cent of value
Later there was movement afoot
to delete this 90 per cent amend
ment from the resolution.
A change was also suggested to
permit designated percentage. say
Is per cent. of home mortgage to
become due at the end of the twen-
tieth year instead of demanding full
amortization of the loan within q
20-year period. as the present act
requires. Other changes in the act
which the association would have
made include remodelling of the in
surance provision so that in cast
Of loss on a defaulted mortgage the
insured holder receives cash or its
equivalent. instead of debentures; re-
ducing interest rates on loans to
from 4 to per cent, elimination OF
Title III of the housing act, which
has never been placed in operation;
substituting a central mortgage bank,
whose capital would be derived from
both private and governmental sources,
which would be authorized to buy and
sell mortgages on both homes and
commercial properties, and revision
of the large scale housing provisions
Of the act
To Ask Roosevelt for Farley.
The association ordered its Board
cf Directors to ask President Roose-
velt for . conference with q COM
mittee OF realtors for the purpose
mortgage situation from the stand
point of the great mass of the people
who undertake the obligation of pay
ing interest upon their homes, from
the standpoint of safety of the mort
gage structure, as we'll as to the end
of providing practical methods for
the encouragement of home building
Secretary Ickes spoke as the man
who headed the Governments first
program of slum clearance under the
Public Works Administration. He
said:
Let us not forget that profiteers
build slums, the people who are
condemned to them do not make
them"
Gentlemen, today the devil is press
ing for his DUE" he commented after
asserting that the Nations slums were
direct consequence of the davs of
rip-roaring come and get it, when
none too scrupulous manipulators in
troduced reprehensible practices into
respectable business"
To y,roL;ctoJ ;l-o 1ax, ao.4 L 49,.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
1924 Units Approved.

At the present time there are 1924
savings and loan associations actively
operating rs approved mortgages
under the Insured Mortgage System
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton. according to G. Wylie Allen. chief
of the savings and loan section Of the
administration.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
PLUMBERS TO INSPECT

Group to Visit Trenton Manulac-
turing Plant.
A delegation OF 80 or more master
plumbers from the District and
Arlington County will 90 to Trenton,
n. j., next Thursday to make an In
spection OF the products Of plumbing
earthenware which are manufactured
there.
Paul G. King and Frank Bentley
will head the delegation as COM
mittee jointly representing the Dis
trict and the Arlington County Master
Plumbers Associations. While at
Trenton the group will visit the Tren-
ton Potteries Co. plant.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
Architect Opens Office.

Isaac Topper. who has been en-
ployed In Government Seryiee a. 50
associate architectural ard consfdtes
ton engineey since 1929. has returned
to private practice. as an srchiteet
and engineer, with Offices At 80
Eighteenth street northwest. He hzc
been engaged in the practice here
from 1910 to 1929, except for about
year and half during the World
War when he served as an engineer
with the construction division of the
Army.
Evening star., 1937-10-23
UNIVERSITIES OFFERING
COURSES IN FINANCING
Three Staff Members of F. H. A.
Have Accepted Positions
as Instructors.

Recognizing the increasing import
ance Of proper housing and home
financing, number OF universities
are planning to augment their courses
in this field, while other educational
institutions will iDaugurate such cur
ricular procedure for the first time.
Three STAFF members Of the Federal
Housing Administration recently re-
signed their posts to take positions as
instructors in such courses at uniyer-
stiles.
They are: Dr. Paul M. Green. who
will return to the School OF Commerce,
University Of Illinois, where he will
have charge Of q course in corporation
finance, with probable special work in
mortgage financing; DR.. Richard U.
Ratcliff, who goes to the School OF
Business Administration, University of
La gaceta., 1937-03-23
En- el frente de Guadalajara los i~talianos arroja-
ron en- su huida los fusiles, sus mascaras contra el
gas y los cascos de combate
Dos grandes depositos de municienes estableci-
dos para mantener la ofensiva fucron captu-
radios por los Leales
Cuando los milicianos regresaron a Brihuega va
los insurgentes habian fusilado a siete vecinos
e iban q matar q otros 80

granadas de mano y miles de ca
miones, bfcicletas, tractores, ali
mentos, ropa, herramientas, ra-
dos y telefonos de campana. Mo
Sc podra recoger TODD este ma
terial en- menos de 8 dfas. Un
comandante estima que los ca
miones leales debsran dar por
10 menos TOO viajes.
Dos grandes dep6sitos de mu-
niciones establecfdos por los
rebeldes para apoyar ell avance,
fueron capturados. Esta lista
pudiera continuar indefinida-
mente, pero solo serviria al pro-
p6sito de establecer la afirma-
|ci6n de que esta no es una reti-
rada, sino un panico collective.
Cerca del frente norte de Bri-
huega econtramos un CONAN
dante leal que regresaba. Me-
dia nora antes sus tropas ma
bfan tornado a Yela sin dispa-
rar un solo trio. Cuatro italia
nos se rindieron alli sin ofrecer
resistencia.
Ell comandante dijo que ig-
noraba en- que lugar podia en-
contrarse ell grueso de la fuer-
"a enemiga. Estimaba que ma
bfa huido hacia ell pueblo de Blu
jalare, al norte de la carretera
de Arag6n.
En- algunos lugares ell enemi-
go eubri6 su retirada con ell uso
de la artilleria.
Las dos primeras divisiones
que habian hecho ell avanee orr
ginal y fueron contenidas EN-
Trijueque, cayendo despues EN-
una retirada desordenada, han
sido retiradas v sustituidas por
dos divisiones frescas.
Como los rebeldas solo te-
Man cinco diyisiones, este signi-
flea alge parecido a un compile
to desastre. Esas tropas deben
cOntraatacar dentro de pocos
'dfas o las fuerzas leales mar
sharan sobre zaragoza. Por pri
mera yez desde qne la guerra
empez6, Ia causa del general
0lasa Q . H. als(