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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
SPOTLIGH7ING Brass City News
Southwick, Mass, enjoyed no ho-

Southwick, Mass, enjoyed no ho- liday.
 A Springfield man, Joseph Woj- elk, 32, was drowned in the wa ters of South Congamond Lake, which borders on Constable Can mons property, and Constable Cannon spent a good portion of the day dragging for the body. He recovered the body after about four hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
BUILDING PERMITS

The following building permits were issued today by Building Inspector Patrick J. Carlin:
 James Accardi, addition to back porch, 1540 North Main street, $500.
 Malcolm Palmer, build one family dwelling, Cornwall ave- nue. $4,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
Retiring President

Harry Liebeskind was elected president of the Waterbury Cham Der of Commerce, to succeed David B. Meth, at the annual meeting of the board of directors in the Waterbury club today. Frank J. Green, was reelected secretary. Others elected were: Leon French, first vice-president; Lewis J. Hart, second vice-presldent; Lewis s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-27
Warranty Deed

Mary A. Campbell to FilOmena Perugini, property, south side LOunsbury street.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Praying Mantis Relative
of the Busy Grasshopper

The praying mantis, which de-
stroys harmful insects, is relative
of the grasshopper, according to an
authority in the New York World
Telegram.
The grasshopper eats plants. But
this does not suit the mantis-he
must eat meat The mantis is can
nibaL It thinks nothing of eating
its own kind. The female has been
known to eat the male after the
mating is over and the male is no
longer of any usefulness in preserv-
ing the race.
The female is larger than the
male. 1t is claimed that the mantiS
can paraIyze it's victim with fright.
This is easy to understand because
of its enormous size in contrast to
the size of the insects which make
up its food supply.
The mantis rears itself by means
of the hinges in its back and holds
1LS dG141o o1O4Is ~ ILlCI4 &C444oAA1o 144O-
tionless. When a luckless beetle
flies past the mantis reaches out
with surprising swiftness, in COM
parison to its usual slowness in mo-
ton, and strikes with one arm. Now,
the arms are lined with barbs and
have no difficulty in capturing and
holding the choice morsel.
The luckless insect cannot get
away, no matter how it tries. Some
times the mantis. sits as if in pra5-
er. Suddenly it sees an insect APP
preaching, rises to full height, puts
out an arm, throws wide its wings.
The mantis is thus so frightful to
its victim that it is paralyzed and
falls an easy prey to the powerful
ogre. That the mantis feeds on 9TH
er insects makes it a boon to man.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Penguins Practically HeInIess

Penguins are so aquatic they are
practically helpless on land. The
wings are too small for support and
are best described as f1ippers. Cow
cred with tiny scale-like feathers,
they use them to propel them
through and beneath the water and
when we say they fly under water
we are not exaggerating, for it is
possible for them to outswim even
fish, says a writer in the Los An
geleS Times. They pick out. the most
isolated islands in the Antarctic
where they are safe from attack, re-
turning each season to the some
spots. Sociable, easily tanned, they
stay in clans. There are severalvari-
cites, varying mainly in color and
size and style of beak Some have
the ability to jump or leap as much
as three to four feet out of the water
to land on an ice-f1oe or rock.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Memorial to Terrier

Near Greyfriars churchyard in
Edinburgh, Scotland, stands a me-
mortal fountain and statue, erected
in honor of a little Skye terrier
named Greyfriars Bobby. For IA
years after the death of his master
in 1858, says Golfers Weekly, Bob
by guarded his grave day and night,
protected from the weather only by
simple shelter and fed by a res
taurateur. One day he was found,
lying across the grave, dead. And
in tribute to his lifelong loyalty and
devotion he was buried beside his
master
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Regulation Of Speed Is
Found to Date to 1873

Speed regulations in America date
back, not to the advent of the motor
vehicle, but to the year 1878, and
the first accident ascribable to ''too
fast for conditions" In Newport
R. l., a child was run down by an
equestrian and there was great pub
lie indignation.
The first vehicle weight law
seemed to have been brain child
Of Napoleon Bonaparte, for on May
10, 1902, he proclaimed law which
fixed a precedent later followed in
connection with commercial We
hicles. It specified, notes a writer
in the New York Herald Tribune,
that wagons used for traction and
commerce" be limited to four and
one-half tons if they had four
wheels, and two and one-half tons
if only two wheels. Physics being
the unchanging science it is, it was
recognized even in that distant day
that the more points over which a
load was spread the less damage
the vehicle would do to the high
way. Commercial vehicles may
have six or eight wheels but the
principle set forth by the Little
Corporal still governs them.
BY 1929 the seemingly ultra-mod-
ern problem, the overloaded COM
mercial vehicle, had risen to vex
and almost vanquish the king of the
Netherlands. But the king was not
going to have his subjects roads
ruined just to accommodate the self
ishness of a commercial trucker.
So he ordered his officers to check
the weight of stage coaches and
draught vehicles once a month and
if any were found overweight, the
owner might go on jail ration if he
couldn't pay his fine.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
WORDS OF APPRECIATION

Not wishing all the credit for
having attained success in the office
of the Register of Deeds, but desir-
ing to share them with my good
friends who assisted me. They are
as follows: Mr.. 1. G. Scott, county
commissioner; Mr.. H. B. Rowe,
chairman of Hennepin County Pro-
gressive League; Mr.. Henry Voc
geli, county treasurer; Mr.. A. w.
Skog, register; Mr.. j. Bliss, deputy
registrar, and the editor of the
Twin City Herald.
want to take this opportunity
to thank sincerely the above named
persons, and to let them know that
l am, indeed, very grateful to them
for the interests they manifested
in me, the courtesies extended me,
and the opportunities offered me.
Of course, we as a race, realize
the fact that there are few offices
opened for employment of our
group in the court house, and for
that reason I do feel that there
could never be too much praise
and consideration given Mr.. 1. G.
Scott, Mr.. H. Voegeli, Mr.. A. W.
Skog, and Mr.. ]. Bliss for their
friendly attitude toward US, and
their interest in our progress.
/ also want to thank my many
friends who wished me we'll in at
tanning my success.
Miss. Octavia Meyers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
CyranO de Bergerac, Author

Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac was
a French author, born in 1919. He
was distinguished for his courage in
the field and for the number of his
duels, more than thousand, most
of them fought on account of his
monstrously large nose. His writ
ings include tragedy, ''Agrippine,"
and comedy, 1.-THE Pedant
Tricked," from which Corneille and
Moliere have freely borrowed ideas.
He was made the hero of Edmond
Rostand's famous drama bearing
his name.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Mysterious silva just an
Oasis in Libvan Desert

The inhabitants Of silva, a mys-
terious oasis in the Libyan desert,
whose beehive dwellings, built of
mud bricks, rock salt and stone,
and from which ancient temples
prise, tier on tier, sometimes reach
ing a height of almost 200 feet, first
came under Egyptian influence in
1000 B. c. The diety, Jupiter Anon,
whose predictions were here re-
vealed to the suppliant by the
priests of the innermost shrine was
god of oracles. Kings and queens
gladly sought his favor.
Alexander the Great, hearing that
kings in Egypt were considered di-
vine. besought the oracle at silva in
S31 B. c. to defy him. He could
then by divine right. as son of Zeus,
impose his tyrannies on his sub
jects. With deep mystery the cere-
mony was carried out in the temple
by the priests and Alexander was
decorated with the horns of a ram,
the sign of Anon the ram-headed,
and was invested as a Pharaoh. He.
returned to Egypt stamped as the
authentic son of Zeus. Cleopatra
personally sought guidance from the.
oracle concerning the entangled af-
fairs of her heart and state. She
came to silva from Rome after the
murder of Julius Caesar, seeking an
omen of divine aid.
The temple is in ruins, but walls
still reveal the bright blue pigments
seen in relief work on the monu-
ments of Egypt.
The high, honey-combed, mud
walled town of silva is like a fairy
castle, built on two great rocks in
the center of the oasis.
Instead of spreading out their
town, the Swans have built one
house on top of another, and this
has been kept up until they reach
a dizzy height. 1t is quite custom
airy for son to build his house on
the top of the house of his father.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Church News
VOICE OF MT. OLIVET
By Mrs. Arlee Blakey

. The subject for the B. Y. P. U.
adult classes was "The Meaning of
Faith" For faith stamps the soul
with immortality, and faith alone
can make immortal the character
and conduct of life.
The date for the showing of the
stereopticon slides has b n
changed to Thursday, Jan. %, at 8
p. M, in the church auditorium.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Draconian Laws in Greece

The Draconian laws in ancient
Greece are noteworthy primarily
for their cruelty The death penalty
was attached to almost all crimes,
even the petty zones. This code of
Draco is said to have made the first
legal distinction between voluntary
and involuntary homicide and to
have made murderer liable to pun
ishment by the state. Theftwas made
punishable by death and debt ex-
posed a man to the danger of slav-
cry. The 81 ephetae or special
judges were probably Draco's crea-
ton.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Card of Thanks


We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and organi-
cations who SO Loyalty remembered
us during the illness and death of
our beloved wife and mother, Mrs.
Mary Judy, who died January A,
1898.
The sympathetic expression of
flowers, donation of cars and other
acts of kindness shall long be re-
membered.
William H. Judy, husband,
Mrs. LIE Vina Judy Myers,
daughter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Card of Thanks

We wish to express our deep APP
probation to the friends of the
Twin Cities who so kindly remem-
bered us during the illness and
death of our beloved husband, faith
er and brother, Rev. Samuel Drake,
who died January 2, 1888.
The sympathetic expressions of
flowers, donation of cars and other
acts of kindness shall never be for
gotten.
Mrs. Emily J. Drake, wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Small,
daughter and son-in-law,
Mrs. Rosa Duke of Tulsa,
Okla, sister.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Columbus, view of Porto Rico

Christopher Columbus had the
right idea about Porto Rico, Amer
ica's island possession at the gate
way to the Caribbean. Returning
to Spain from his second voyage to
the new world in 1893, it is recorded,
he excitedly told the queen about the
little island of Porto Rico. She
asked him what it looked like. The
explorer crumpled a sheet of paper
and tossed it on the table. 1T looks
like this, your majesty, he said.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
Card of Thanks

The family of the late Nora V.
Hall wishes to thank friends for
their expressions of sympathy, the
beautiful floral offerings, and
other hndnesses during her recent
illness and subsequent death.
The Family.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-01-21
In MernOria1n

In sad and loving memory of my
beloved husband, James Thomas,
who departed this life one year
ago, January 9, 1887.
How sad is this day to me,
The day on which you died;
Your memory will cling to my
heart
Till l rest by your side.
Lovingly,
Mrs. Mary Thomas, wife.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
.26 RHODES SCHOLARS
POSTPONE SAILING
American Honor Students Held
at Home Because of War
Situation.

! ~ the Associated Press.
! SWARTHMORE, Pa, Sept. 26.-The
European war scare yesterday caused
. indefinite postponement Of the de-
parture Of rs American Rhodes Schol-
ars for Oxford University
! Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president Of
! Swarthmore College and American Sec
! retary of the Rhodes Fund trustees,
said he acted on advice of the trustees
: in England.
! The group was to have sailed from
New York today aboard the Dutch
) liner Nieuw Amsterdam. Their book
ing was cancelled, Dr. Aydelotte said,
. because of the present uncertainty
! In Europe"
He said the Rhodes trustees cabled
! = suggestion that departure be de-
. layed until the international situa-
. ton is clearer"
DR.. Aydelotte said six American
scholars already had sailed for the
university term beginning October 6
! and that others might depart October
! or October 8.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

TODAY.
Dance, Providence Hospital Alumnae
Association, Wardman Park Hotel, 10
pm.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast Early Birds, Willard Ho-
tel, 8 am.
Meeting, National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association. Carlton Hotel, 8
am.
Meeting. Traffic Executive Associa-
ton. Carlton Hotel, . am.
Meeting, Board OF Lady Managers
Casualty Hospital, Willard Hotel, II
am.
Luncheon. Life Underwriters' As
sociation, willard Hotel. l2:15 pm.
Buffet luncheon, National Women's
Press Club, Willard Hotel, l pm.
Bridge party. Federal Bridge League,
Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
KILLED IN ACCIDENT

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. 26 R.-
Sylvester Sargent. IS, deaf mute farm
worker. met instant death late last
night when a motor cycle on which he
was riding went out Of control, hurting
him against a tree.
Gilmore Nef and Lakin Perry, who
were also riding on the machine, were
slightly hurt.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
Singing Ends in Tragedy.

HAYESvILLE, N. c., Sept 26 [F.-
Two persons were killed and 40 injured,
three critically, when a truck carrying
50 persons home after a Sunday sing
ing" turned over near here.
The dead are Clarabell Brown. IL,
and Ethel Carter, IL, both of Warne.
Evening star., 1938-09-26
KURRIE GIRL BETTER
Physicians Say injured Child
Probably Will Recover.

Probably Will Recover.
-year-old Nancy Jean Kurrie,
who suffered a ruptured kidney and
other internal injuries in an automo-
bile accident in July, is improving at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
following an operation there last week,
according to the child's doctors.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sebas-
tian Kurrie of Bethesda, said physi-
clans told them the girl would recover
If no complications develop. They said
1t will be at least four months before
she is permitted to leave the hospital.
Evening star., 1938-09-26

FoUR-DRAWER CHEST 40
inches wide solid mople
ko-MAR Lacquer finish, SIT. so
MIRROR Mople frone and in
the new. durobIe No-MAR Lacquer
finish ish--------------Sl0.o5
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

could be up to IS per cent of the
cropland if the tobacco base acreage
is large enough to Justify this amount.
For other srhan farms, the per-
centage Of croplahd that could be
planted to tobacco would vary with
the amount of cropland-the percent
age increasing as the acreage of crop
land decreases.
A different method will be used in
working out cotton allotments, but
the principle is the same: that is,
small growers will receive bigger al
lotments, according to the amount Of
cotton they have been growing, than
will the larger growers.
Under the conservation program, a
farmer whose payment is $40 or less
will receive his regular amount plus
an additional 40 per cent. This is, a
$40 payment would be increased to
$28.
Above 500, the rate of increasing
the payments tapers off, as for ex-
ample a $40 payment would be in
creased to $52, and a $186 payment
would be increased to 5000. No in
creases will be made in payments Of
5000 or more.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
DECLINE OBSERVED
IN LEADING STOCKS
Speculative Quarters Seem Confused
Over Legislative and Bus
mess Trends

New York, March 7.-(AP)-Lead-
ing stocks retreated slowly in today's
market as traders found little in the
financial news picture to inspire the
buying urge. Feeble rallying signs in
evidence at the opening soon gave
way to moderate selling that brought
setbacks running to point or more.
Offerings then dried up and extreme
declines were shaded. Activity was
exceptionally small near the fourth
hour.
Speculative quarters apparently
were not so "blue" as they were con
fused over legislative and business
trends. Most were inclined to main
tain a do nothing" position pending
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
81 INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH ARRANGED
One of Series Over State 10
Be In Henderson Mon
day, April II
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. March IA series OF
thirtv-seven health Institutes VIII De
held in North Carolina, beginning
MARCH 10 at Sanford ana endlns
Anril 30 at Raleigh, it is announced
nv the State Board of Health.
The movement, considered to be
the basis for a permanent program OF
health education, is being Jointly
sponsored by the State Department
of Health, the Department OF PUBIC
instruction and the Extension Dlvl-
sion of State College.
ONLY a few states have gone tur-
Their, sponsors of the Institutes say.
S,1nerintendent of Public instruction
CLYDE A. Erwin and State health of
ficer DR.. Carl V. Reynolds are CIV
ing the movement their enthusiastic
support.
DR.. ]. Henry Highsmith, head of
the division of Institutional service,
will be in charge. DR.. Roy Norton,
of the division of health education,
State Board of Health, will be the
physician assigned to the Institutes,
and Mrs. H. P. Guffey, the nurse.
For the extension division Miss Mary
E. Thomas will be in charge.
The schedule of institutes follows:
Sanford, March 10; Albemarle,
March H. Monroe, March II; Ashe-
boro, March IA; Rockingham, March
IS; Lumberton, March 16; Yadkin-
vile, March 81; Wilkesboro, March
%; Boone, Appalachian State Teach
ers College, March %; Asheville,
March "a; Cullowhee, West Carolina
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
SMALL GROWER IS
BEING CARED FOR
Special Provision for Him
Made in New Farm Act,
E. Y. Floyd Says

College Station, Raleigh, March s.
The small grower has been given spe-
cial consideration under the new
farm act, according to E. Y. Floyd,
AAA executive officer at State Col
lege.
Both the acreage allotments and
the proposed marketing quotas would
require less adjustments for smaller
growers than the larger growers.
And the payments offered under
the agricultural conservation pro
gram will be increased for small
growers, Floyd explained.
On a farm with 25 acres or more
in cropland, the flue-cured tobacco
acreage allotment cannot be more
than % per cent of the tillable acre
age.
But on a farm with only four till
able acres, the tobacco allotment
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

relson, dean of administration at the
college, conferred at length this morn
ing. HARRISON said he would not ap-
point until tomorrow a faculty COM
nittee to investigate the death. The
dean said they intended to leave to
the faculty committee decision OF
whether members of Winslow's frater-
nifty should be questioned about event.
preceding the death.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

Teachers College, March %; Andrews
March %; Hendersonville, March 90;
Shelby, March %; Gastonia, March
80; Statesville, March 81.
Salisbury. April l.; Burlington,
April 2; Fayetteville, April 5; White
vile, April 6; Burgaw, April z; Kins-
ton, April 8; Goldsboro, April g.;
Henderson. April II; Roxboro, April
-; Wilson, April 13; Smithfield, April
IA; Rocky Mount, April 10; Weldon,
April 20; windsor, April q; Eliza
beth City, April %; Greenville, April
%; Kenansville, April %; Jackson
vile, April 26 Beaufort, April ~;
New Bern, April %; and Raleigh,
April 90
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

ceeded, disarmament would follow in
due course
The conservative majority repeat
eddy cheered the prime minister as he
explained his policy of re-arming, and
at the same time trying to prevent
Europe drifting toward the cataract
of war;" by means of frank talks with
the leaders of Italy and Germany.
Answering opposition charges that
he was biased in favor of the dicta
torships, Chamberlain replied:
"I have to deal with a world i'll
which relationships exist. I have no
interest with other systems of govern
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
Editor Bucharin Refuses to
Admit Espionage Charoa
lEontinued from pnnA

rectly on the leader of the 81 confo,.
ed conspirators. 0''iess
Bucharin denied that Lew 10,
han, former head of the Far Faet az
section of the foreign ministry v,o 2
,German spy, but finally said ba
Germany. WIN
Bucharin asserted, however tbo+
objected to giving away any ter, it ne
when Karl Radek, q writer told NY
in 1884 of alleged conversations ''[ Ia
Leon Trotzky with Nazis abont +a o'
ritorial grants. ''r'
Bucharin insisted Karakhen neqo.
tiated for neutrality. S0'
1--WE feared Germans might invoa.
the Soviet Union on news of one
COUP" the ex-editor said.
1911-20,0OO American soldiers ord
cred to the Mexican border.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
SELLING INDUCES
LOSSES IN COTTON

New York, March 7.-(AP)-Cotton
futures opened six to nine points down
on lower cables and foreign selling.
Shortly after the first half hour the
market showed net losses of three TO
seven points, with May selling at 9.oo'
May was selling at 9O8 and prices gen
orally were five to eight points net
lower around midday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

had been drinking. An inquest will be
held Wednesday.
Clovd said he would ask Attorney
General A. A F. Seawcll to investigate
personally.
Winslow was a son of j. e. Win
slow. of Greenville, president OF the
State Farm Bureau Federation.
Waring and college authorities said
thew agreed the death was accidental.
Dean Cloyd and Colonel J. w. F1ar-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
HENDERSON IN c. DAILY DISPATCH MONDAY MARCH 1888

the action of Congress on tax revision
and deliverance of the PRESIDENTS
message on monopolies. Optlmistlc m
dustrial clues were scarce. Bonds anc
commodities moved in varying dlrec-
tions, and foreign securities markets
were sluggish.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

ment, except in so far as tbo,.
on other countries. | have no I y; react
favor of naziism, fascisn, ~ olas it
shevism." Or &C.,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

American Radiator II IA
American Telephone 1874 81
American Tobacco B ....e.... 81
Anaconda " 81 1-4
Atlantic. Coast Line . 81 Sd
Atlantic Refining ...........~. % IL
Bendix Aviation ...... II 1 4
Bethlehem Steel ..... IS 3-8
Chrysler :. !. ......,..... so 81
Columtia Gas & Elec. 20. 49,. 3-8
Commercial ....... ...... 1-9
Continental OH Co. ......... 9
Curtiss Wright ......... Ii
Dupont ;. :. ZIG IL
Electric Power Light .......... IL
General Electric .......... 38 ga
General Motors ........ 33 3-4
Liggett & Myers B ......... 80 ID
Reynolds Tobacco B ........ 80 3-8
Southern Railway ........... II
Standard Oil Co. N. J. ........ 40 3-8
U. S. Steel So
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

1870-Frank Norris, novelist, born in
Chicago. Died Oct. Is, 1902.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
Britain To Push
Arms If Talks Fail

(Contlnuec from rage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07
State College Officials
Seek Full Investigation
Into Sophomore's Death

(Contsnued from rage 0ne.1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-07

1911-20,0OO American soldiers ord
cred to the Mexican border.
Evening star., 1938-08-14

MADISON ST N.W.-Cool. double front
room, next to bath breakfast optional half
piock from express bus. Randolph 3a51.
Evening star., 1938-08-14

1893 MONROE ST. N.W-Bright. large
bay-WinooV rm., qulet convenient neigh
borhood; very desirable, reasonable Co.
lumbla oo4n-W