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Evening star., 1938-05-20
Golf Bows to Fame,

Because he gave up golf, James
Bell, National Bank agent In Car.
noustie, Scotland, won high honors
at this years Royal Academy. All
three paintings he submitted were ac-
cepted and one was placed on the
line" the greatest honor the Academy
can confer. A few years ago Bell was
one of the best known amateur golfers
in Scotland. He also showed promise
as q painter, Unable to continue both
hobbies. he chose painting.
Evening star., 1938-05-20

Paul Jones sang, while Frank Young
played the piano accompaniment.
DR.. William Mcclellan, president Of
the Potomac Electric Power Co., was
guest speaker. He outlined the opera
ton of his company, giving particular
reference to the manner In which the
small business men Of the District are
served.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
C0MDR. M'D0NALD'S
LAST RITES TODAY
Former Washingtonian, Native Of
Ann Arbor, Mich, Died in
Norfolk Hospital.

1t. Comdr. John Bacon Mcdonald,
U. 8. NJ, former Washington resident,
who died Wednesday in the Naval
Hospital at Norfolk. Va, was to be
buried with full military honors in
Arlington National Cemetery today.
1t. F. w. Neehling, Navy Chaplain
Corps, will officiate at the burial.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
MEMORIAL MEASURE
Completion Of Navy and Marine
Project Il Proposed.

Compilation Of the Navy and Marine
Memorial on Columbia Island near
the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
was proposed yesterday by Chairman
Walsh Of the Naval Affairs Commit
tee. approximately $4,000 was con-
tributed by private citizens through
out the country to start the memorial
. number Of years ago as . tribute
to the men In thoe branches Of the
service who have died In war and
peace. but the depression years In
terrupted the project.
Senator Wakh's bill would author
Evening star., 1938-05-20

ize Sl89,634 to finish the memorial
The concrete foundatin u built and
the granite pedestal was erected in
1882. Granite steps and platform
remain to be put in place.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
Students to Give Recital.

Three students will Civ, recital
tomorrow at 8 pm. at Gunston Hall.
They are Suzanne Ludey, Caroline
Grandy and Eleanor McKenrick. The
first two will give speech recitals and
Miss McKenrick q piano recital.
Evening star., 1938-05-20
GRAPE TO REMAIN
Federation HEAD
Business Men Give Him Vote OF
Confidence, Refusing to
Accent RESIGNATION.

Friction within the organizations
ranks caused Theodore S. Grape to
resign as president Of the Federation
of Business Mems Associations last
night, but members refused to accept.
Mr.. Grape then agneed to withdraw
the resignation.
Differences began some weeks ago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
Good Vinegar Grade
 Needed In Pickling
High Quality Spices Also Essential -Cucumbers, as Substitutes, Should Be Chosen For Their Freshness

of water, the sugar and the spices tied loosely in cheesecloth. Add the drained watermelon, and boil gently for 9 hours, or until the syrup is fairly thick. Remove the spice bag, pack the watermelon pickle in steri- lized glass jars, seal airtight and store in a cool place.
 Picked Onions
 quarts small white onions
 quart white vinegar
 1 pint water
 # cup sugar
 9 tbsps. whole picking spice
 2 tsps. salt
 Dip the onions in boiling water and let stand to 3 minutes. Cool immediately in water. Cut thin slice from the root end of the oninos and slip of the skin. Mix the vinegar, water, sugar and spices, and salt and heat to the boiling point. Pour over the onions, which have been packed in sterlized jars Partially seal the jars and process in 8 boiling water bath of 30 min- utes. Seal and store. The use of white or colorless vinegar prevents discloration of the onions. (Cinnecticut Dairy & Food CounciD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
On The
 Pantry Shelf.

It depends upon how much you yourself are putting up of fruits vegetables and pickles. this busi- ness of stocking the pantry shelf for fall and winter. If you are doing your housewifely bit you will, oi Course, see that there is Q good as- sortment, in each of those three groups. No fun preserving too much of one thing.
 If circumstances make it neces- sary to buy all your pantry stores ready prepared, then you will plan the list with care and foresight ordering just the right amounts and sizes SO that a delectable as- sortment can be bought within budget limits and nothing left out.
 For potato sugstitutes do not for get that these make appetizine variations; you can buy them all in small packages; Split peas, greer or yellow; Russian or Egypian lem tils (they are only 15 to 20 cents per pound); French Flageolets; marrow beans and chick peas.
 Among the seasonings you'll want
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
tBy BEATRICE HALL)

Please pass the pickles" is a familiar request at the table regard less of whether the meal is a full course dinner or a simple. Sunday night supper. Corn, green tomo- toes, onions, beets and, of course the familiar cucumber-a1l of which are obtainable super-fresh from Connecticut farms and gardens -- make delicious pickles and relishes to dress up an otherwise ordinary meal.
 Although the actual food value of pickles is not great, they do have a certain something that peps up the appetite and gives a meal more appeal. The homemaker who has the raw materials easily access ible will certainly want to do some pickling for the winter season. When cucumbers are to be used for pickles, they should be chosen for their freshness, flrmness and high quality. They should be sorted for size and degree of ripeness. Always use a good grade of vine- gar and high quality spices. Too much spice is to be avoided, espec- ially if the spices are not tied in a bag and removed before canning, for flavor continues to come out of the spices as the pickles stand.
 Bread And Butter Pickles
 6 medium-sized cucumbers
 3 large onions, sliced
 1M cups water
 1-S cup salt
 & cup sugar
 1 tsp. mustard seed
 2-S tsp. ginger
 1.3 tsp. turmeric
 clove garlic
 1 1-3 cups vinegar
 Select fresh cucumbers which have no blemishes. Wash well, then slice A inch thick. Mix the cucum- bers and onions and cover with the water in which the salt has been dissolved. Place weight on the uickles to keep them under the brine, Let them stand 2 hours, and then drain well. Combine the. re- maining ingredients add to the pickles, and simmer until tender. Pack at once in sterlized pars and seal.
 Watermelon Pickle
 ( pounds watermelon rind
 Limewater made with 2 quarts
 cold water and 2 tbsps.
 of lime
 2 quarts vinegar
 pint water
 4M pounds grandulated sugar
 2 tbsps, whole allspice
 2 tbsps. whole cloves
 70 two inch pieces stick
 cinnamon
 Sect rind from @ firm, not over ripe melon, and before weighing trim off green skin and pink flesh. Cut in inch cubes and soak for 2h hours in the lime water. Drain, cover with fresh water and cook for i1s hours, or until tender. and add more water as 1t boils of. Let stand overnight in this same water and next morning drain. Bring to the boiling point the vinegar, pint
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
Kitchen 

If you have to consider feheating meals for members of the family that are detained or constitutionally late, then by all means see that you have commodious steamer and set of nested dishes of the refrigerator type, with little tight fitting covers. Put portions of the different foods into these little dishes, set them all in the steamer and forget about the late one. When he arrives, ar range all the dishes on a heat-proof tray, casserole fashion, and let the tardy member serve and wait on himself.
 Do you keep a small glass jar with a tight screw cap for the spe- cial purpose of shaking up quick salad dressings? Select a jar that doesn't leak, and keep it for this task alone; nothing is easier to make than dressing blended in this way; nothing more annoying than the discovery that the jar you've chosen isn't leakprof, for oil travels quickly and leaves a trail of spots in its wake.
 A very nice picnic lunch to be cooked over the camp fire can be assembled in canned form easy to carry. Frankfurters, sauerkraut and 8 fig pudding-all in cans--are convenient and make a nice outdoor menu. Add fresh tomatoes or stuffed celery for salad, and coffee for the beverage. Remove frankfurts from the can and broil over the fire on forked sticks. Heat kraut and pud- ding in the can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

cool, then fold in two ounces melted bitter chocolate and two cups cream, whipped. Flavor with vanilla, pour into freezing trays and freeze with out stirring; or pack in ice and salt and let stand two or three hours without stirring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

for a while. But cool days make one long for the scent of cinnamon and sugar baking of raisins and entrants and nuts as the golden brown touch comes on.
 How delighted children are with this simple treat and how they love to help with the mixing and cutting, If only you will let them do 1t. Here are several new recipes which are not at all difficult, even for hands somewhat inexperienced:
 Sheet Cookies
 1 cup brown sugar
 1-2 cup butter
 l egg
 3-4 cup flour
 2 teaspoons cinnamon
 Speck nutmeg
 3-4 cup raisins, chopped Cream sugar and butter, add beaten egg; sift flour with cinna- mon and nutmeg, add gradually to first mixture, then add chopped raisins and nuts. Bake in sheet form in 8 slow oven, and cut in small squares. This makes excel- lent cookies for the lunch box.
 Fruit Bars
 cup brown sugar
 1-3 cup butter
 2 eggs
 1-2 cup buttermilk
 Ia teaspoon soda
 2 teaspoons baking powder Ia cups flour
 pound prunes
 Soak prunes over night and put through food chopper. Cream the sugar and butter, add well beaten eggs and buttermilk. Sift dry in- gradients and sprinkle @ portion of this over the prunes. Mix all together and bake in sheet for l5 minutes. When cool, with sharp knife cut in bars and roll in pow dered sugar.
 Butterscotch Curls
 Sift together two cups flour, four teaspaans baking powder, two-thirds teaspoon salt, add four tablespoons shortening, mix It with a fork. Add two-thirds cup milk, or enough to make fairly small boxes of ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, mustard, onion and celery salt and garlic powder; poultry seasoning, mixed and a few bay leaves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
AT THE CHILDREN's TABLE------- School Days Bring The Desire For Homemade Cookies Again
By MARY HOPE NORRIS FOunder-Mothers Radio Round Table

soft dough. Kneed slightly and roll out t oquarter inch in thick ness. Spread well with three tablespoons butter, creamed, and sprinkle with half cup brown sugar. Roll up as for jelly roll and cut in half inch pieces. Stand on end in a well buttered pan or in small muffin rings and bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

provision for this
 period had been forgotten or left out. T h e r e l l come @ day when you'll see you simply cannot go any longer with out a jar of home made cookies. Boxed cookies may fill the need for the lunches and in . hnt.wnen hiteS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Beat three egg whites until stiff and over them pour very slowly a syrup made with one cup sugar and one cup water cooked to the soft ball stage. Beat constantly until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
EGG COOKIES

Hard boil four eggs, remove the yolk and grate them when cold. Add one cup sugar and rub in quarter pound of butter; drop in one raw egg, beat well, and grad ually add one and three-quarters cups pastry flour. Flavor with a few drops of vanilla. Roll dough out to one-sixteenth inch in thickness and cut in fancy forms. Bake on a cookie sheet until edges are golden brown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

After the first excitement of school days is over, you will very soon discover that one important
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09
Round Table Talk About Food

September Menus FOR BREAKFAST FOR LUNCHEON stewed Plums Dreamed Eggs and Pimento Stuffed Tomato Salad Buttered Toast Poppy Rolls Coffee Loganberry Ade
 Chocolate Cake Seedless Grapes Chicken Hash Tomato Cheese Toast Apple Sauce - Toast Bacon Curs
 Coffee Mexican Cole Slaw
 Cream Puff Sliced Nectarines Tea Clipped Beef - French Toast
 Coffee Vegetable chowder
 Egg Salad MEATLESS MENUS Baked Peach-Cream Cream of Lettuce Soup Tea Stuffed Eggplant Corn O the Cob FOR SUPPER Cucumber Tomato Salad Blackberry Pudding Pineapple Mint Cup Coffee Curried Shrimp-Steamed
 Rice Cold Fruit Soup Endive Salad Baked Eggs with Rice Melon Tomato Sauce Coffee Buttered Beet Tops Chard String Bean Salad Jerued Veal Deep Dish Blueberry Pie Saratoga Potatoes Coffee Picked Beets and Eggs
 Banana Shortcake Fruit Cocktail Coffee Nut-Carrot Outlets Green Corn in Cream Escalloped Crab Meat Fried Tomatoes Corn Salad Cottage Cheese Salad Rolls BMeberry Pudding Mocha Mo,lsse-Macaroons Coffee Coffee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-09

small boxes of ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, mustard, onion and celery salt and garlic powder; poultry seasoning, mixed and a few bay leaves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
Enlargement of State PrO= gram Expected to Make
 Them Available
APPLICANTS WILL BE
 QUERIED THURSDAY
$25O,OOO,OOO in Federal
 Funds to Be Put in Use Throughout Nation

Jobs for approximately 100 Waterbury men are expected to result this week from enlargement of the govern ment's WPA program in the state. Applicants will be in- terviewed at City Hall, the aldermanic chamber, at 10:30 o'clock, Thursday morning, the Welfare De- partment announced today. The men, to be taken from the welfare rolls, will be placed on projects already in progress, it was reported. Those will be ex- banded without cost to the city, projects for which the city's share of materials has been furnished, it is understood.
 While the federal government has provided an increase of $250, 0,000, ,000 to allow expansion of WPA work throughout the country, and Conn., OCIxCoO Ok4ACldlo WClC CAlljOWCA u add 5000 persons to WPA rolls, the work in Waterbury has been re- stricted by refusal of Controller Sherwood L. Rowland to honor re- quisitions for material the city must buy as it's share. The entire pro- gram, for which the government was prepared to pay about $400.000 to ths city's $109,000, was threatened recently by the controller but fin ally an adjustment was made of the WPA bond fund by the several city boards and the city engineer so that the work is proceeding.
 Although approximately 1.200 lab orers are on WPA rolls locally, pro- jects calling for employment Of many more were cut from the list. It was necessary for the engineering department and the city boards to make formal transfers of funds at special meetings to save the employ ment of hundreds of workmen when the controllers action threatened abandonment of the projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
DON'T "YAH-HOO"
 AT SCHOOL HEAD

Dresden, Ont, March 22-UP)- Dresden children who "yah-hoo'' may expect to get slapped.
 Magistrate s. B. Arnold estab- lished legal precedent for such summary punishment of cat-calling urchins when he refused to fine Principal Thomas J. Keenan for skipping 8 15-year-old boy.
 Keenan, principal of the Dresden continuation school, testified that Willard Smith, a former pupil, yah -hooed" at him at every oppor- tunity, especially when Mrs. Keenan was along.
 The boy had left school after be- ing promised spanking for. rolling cigarette in the school basement.
 technically" the magistrate said T must find the defendant guilty, but am not going to impose fine or costs. In the future, hope par ents will not support their boys in breaking down the morale of a school. It would have been better if the boy had been spanked both at the school and at home"
 Keenan slapped Willard after the boy had announced he would yah hoo" at the principal every time l want to-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

in taxes is turned over to the army, navy and air force. Despite the swift changes in military strength because of the rearmament race, Frances army still is judged by ex- perts to be the best in Europe. The fear that haunts every Frenchmal is another invasion from the east. Out of that fear has developed the Maginot line, 0,000,000 system of underground forts that guards every inch of the northern andeast- ern frontiers except a narrow strip opening on the Swiss valleys.
 Impregnable On Land
 Against land attack, France con- siders herself impregnable. She counts on her own and the British navy to guard her coastline. Like all nations on the crowded conti- nent of Europe, she is vulnerable to air attacks. That is why the gen. eral staff has taken extraordinary precautions to protect the civilian population of Paris and other cities against air attack.
 Thousands of men are working today building roads leading out of the gates of Paris, wide enough to accommodate eight lines of auto mobiles. Using those roads, the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
JAPAN IS GIVEN
 BILL FOR LOSSES

Washington, March 2 - U.P)- The government has formally pre- sented Its bill to Japan for Amer ican loss of life, personal injuries and damages sustained December F when Japanese pombin gplanes sank the American Gun Boat Panay, the State Department revealed today.
 The clai mwas presented to the Japanese foreign office by American Ambassador Joseph E. Grew on in structions from Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
 State Department officials de- clined to reveal the amount of damages asked. Unofficial sources have estimated the claim would run anywhere from $1,5O0,000 to $2,000.- 900.
 In addition to the Panay, three American Standard Oil ships were destroyed in the attack by Japanese bombing planes. Three Americans were killed in the Panay attack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
COP SLAYER IS
 GIVEN FREEDOM
Mrs. Patricia Ryan of N. Y. Acquitted By Jury of
 9 Men, } Women

New York, March g. (UP)- - Mrs. Patricia Ryan was freed by a jury of nine men and three wo- men early today. It decided that she killed her policeman-husband in self defense while temporarily in- sane.
 The attractive widow, charged with first degree murder, had had a four weeks trial in Bronx County. It ended with the state demanding her life as "a black-hesrted murderess." :"
 The jury deliberated more than four hours. Mrs. Ryan, trembling and in tears, almost collapsed when the verdict was read. A few hours earlier she had interrupted the states summation, screaming hys- terically that she was innocent.
 Michael Ryan was shot with his service revolver on the night of Oc- tober 31. His widow pictured him before the court as a good husband while sober. a tyrant while drunk. And, she testified, he was drunk most or Cne ClIne.
 She claimed that she had killed to resist an unnatural attack, and said that such attacks had made her married life one of shame, fear and sorrow. The state ridiculed her story.
 She's smart woman, 8 clear thinker" Assistant District Attorney Martin Frank declared in his sum- nation. "She has an analytical mind. She tried to create the mo- tion of outraged womanhood. But she didn't look at you squarely."
 Defense Attorney H. Bennett Sal omon pleaded: Give her liberty or give her death"
 The jury of husbands and house. wives was with the slender, pale defendant from the start of its de- Alterations. The first vote was 8 to 4 for acquittal. The holdouts were won over quickly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
PRESSURE IS PUT ON STATE DEBTS
Expenses Down to Mini= mum; Mounting Relief
 Costs Worry Officials

Hartford, Conn, March 22-(UP) State Finance Commissioner Ed ward F. Hall said today that all de- partments were being "pressured" to keep expenses at a minimum in or der that the state might conclude the fourth quarter of the fiscal year without falling into the red.
 Only the absolute essentials are permitted to go through" the com missioner said. "The rest are being held up until things are better" Governor Cross, Budget Director Benjamin P. Whitaker and Hall con- ferred yesterday afternoon on the fourth quarter allotments, all of which will be completed next week.
 Two major considerations were made, Hall said:
 1-Mounting relief costs, expected to exceed appropriations by $780, 900 this year.
 2-Probability of drastically cur tailed tax revenue for the fiscal year 1938-39.
 There will be tough sledding next year." Hall observed.
 The commissioner said he was speaking for the governor and budget director, and that he hoped the state would pull through this fiscal year with balance or only slightly in the red.
 Hall said the state was getting all the federal funds possible" but the relief costs increase presented a delicate situation at the present time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22

Attorney Edward G. Levy, of New Haven; Timothy Horgan, City Hall superintendent; and Joseph Carroll City Hall janitor, were the only oth- CTS who had entered the grand jury building until noon.
 Linked With Williamson
 It is presumed that MT. MacKen- zie's connections with Attorney Charles Williamson of Darien are proving interesting to the grand jury. Williamson appeared before the grand jury last Thursday and Friday, presumably to explain the services he performed for the city, which warranted the payments of $55,O0O which were allegedly made to him during the past two general assemblies.
 It is believed that MT. Mackenzie entered the grand jury room at 11:55, for he was seen walking in that direction at that time, from the vicinity of the bar library. He entered the building at 10:40 o'clock. There are indications that he will be retained as witness for consid- erable time.
 Mackenzie was 8 close lieutenant of the late Republican State Central Committee Chairman J. Henry Roraback.
 Levy Appears Again
 Today was the third day of sp- pearance for Attorney Edward G. Levy of New Haven, who has ad- mitted receiving slightly less than $100,O00 from the city for making study of means of effecting lower electric light bills.
 Joseph Carroll entered the build ing with Timothy Morgan at 9:55 a. m. The former emerged at 10:10,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-22
TRIPLE HANGING
 IS SEMI-FARCE
Trap Springs Before the Moose Is Adjusted; Witt
 nesses Laugh, Joke

Moundsville, w. Va, March 22- (UP)-Three men were hanged al West Virginia penitentiary last night under circumstances which led Warden c. E. Stone to announce today that only official witnesses and newspapermen would be permitted to watch future executions.
 Some of his 80 guests in the death chamber had laughed and joked de- spite his admonitions.
 There was technical flaw also il, last nights hangings. in which Ar nett Booth, 46, Orville Adkins, 25 and John Travis. 25, paid the su- preme penalty for having kidnapped Dr. James I. Seder, former superin- tendent of the West Virginia, New Mexico, Wisconsin and MaSsachu- sets chapters of the Anti-Saloon League. Adkins was dropped through the trap before the moose was put around his neck. He was picked up in the gallows' pit, carried back to the platform, and hanged properly.
 The condemned, in their weeks in prison, had become very religious and when led forth to the gallows were exultant, almost eager to die. Because the gallows could accom- modate but two men at time, the warden Tipped coin and Booth won. He was to die last. After Trav- is and Adkins had climbed the 13 stems of the gallOWS in the high -ceil- inged execution chamber, 80 of War den Stones guests-including one woman were ushered in. Adkins and Travis were eager to make the tra- ditional speeches from the gallows, and seemed discouraged by the in attentive audience.
 Just as Adkins wetted his lips preparatory to speaking, the trap