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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
MlDDL LEBURY Correspondent: Eleanor Read
 Telephone 5-0932

The public is invited to attend a cafeteria luncheon and card party on the lawn of the Congregational church, this afternoon. Luncheon will be served at l o'clock. and fol- lowing this cards will be played and prizes awarded for high score at each table. This affair Is sponsor ed by the women of the Congrega- tional church and is in charge of Mrs. Charles L. Stevens and Mrs. Arthur $. Judd. Assisting hostesses are: Mrs. William McCance and Mrs. Fred Beebe. Mrs. Ira Stevens is in charge of the arrangement of tables.
 In case of indictment weather the party will be held in the church parlors.
 Miss Doris Jensen, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Einar Jensen, has re- turned from visit in Bristol.
 Mrs. Ross Salisbury has returned to her home on Yale avenue from . three weeks visit in Naples, Me. She also spent some time with her brother, Edward Wellar in Utica. N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. M. Francis McDon- aid of Lake Quessaraug, left yes- terday for a trip to Cape Cod. Their two sons, Francis and Daniel also went with them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
BABY BOUNTY
 GOES TO 3O,5O2
 ITALIAN HOMES
Loans Over 10 Months Total More Than
 S2,6OO,OOO
By STEWART BROWN

Rome, Aug. l-(UPD-ln the 10 United Press Staff Correspondent months since the institution of Baby Loans," designed to increase the birth rate, the Fascist govern ment has advanced more than $2,- 500 000 to 30,502 married couples who want children but can't afford them.
 The effect of these loans on the birth rate cannot be determined yet because the first loans were only granted in August of last year.
 But Fascist officials are confident the natality chart will register a sharp upward rise because these loans are automatically reduced with the birth of each child. Four children wipe out the entire debt to the government.
 Decision Made in March, 1887
 The Fascist Grand Council, meet ing in March last year, decided to institute loans to poor couples who want children but lacked the nec- essary cash for doctor bills and care. This was done to encourage an increase in the birth rate, which was not rising at speed which Premier Benito Mussolini would have liked to see.
 The loans, varying from $52 to $155, are restricted to couples un- der 26 who are not earning more than $630 annually. The loans are repayable over a number of years, with the stipulation the payments will be reduced with the birth of each child.
 With the birth of the first child the amount of the loan is automat- ically reduced 10 per cent. The birth of the second child reduces the loan another 20 per cent. The third child cuts the loan down another 30 per cent. The remaining sum is automatically canceled when four tn child is born. The birth of each child automatically postpones for one year the interest and amortiza- tion due on the loan for that year
 Farmers Loans Lowest
 Since Aug. 1, 1887, there have been 30,502 loans granted for a total of $2,677,813. The largest per- centage of these loans (through May of this year) went to common employees, while farmers showed the lowest percentage.
 In addition to this form of aid to deserving young couples, the gov- ernment also has continued it's policy of making outright cash gifts to poor families. In three years the government has given cash prizes totaling $12,000,000 to young couples either for having got married or raising children. Approximately one third of this money was given to young couples who wanted to get married but did not have enough money, and the other two-thirds to couples who already were married but couldn't afford children.
 Back of all these measures is Mussolini's desire to arrest a ten- dency toward a declining birth rate and to carry Italy,s population to 60,000,000 as soon as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Brazil Adopts New
 Immigration Plan
Under New Law Quotas to Be Limited, No Colonization
 to Be Permitted d-Nation to Select Type in Future

Brazil's immigration regulations have been frightened considerably, reports the Pan American Union in the current issue of it's Bulletin, by a new law which permits the entry of larger numbers of immigrants but establishes a selective process which favors the agricultural work CT and avoids the formation with in the country of alien racial groups that might prove difficult to aSSimilate.
 No Colonization
 Settlements composed wholly of foreigners of one nationality may no longer be established but must contain at least 30 per cent Brazil ians and not more than 25 per cent of any one foreign nationality. If it is found impossible to obtain the necessary percentage of Brazil ians, the newly created Immigra- tion and Colonization Council may authorize an increase in the num- Der of aliens; preferably Portu- guese. The establishment of suf- flcient number of primary schools in the settlements is obligatory and in these schools as well as in all the rural schools of the country,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

an output of 34,0o0,O00 kilowatt hours less than that of the record breaking month of the year before. The difference in totals was nearly as great in April but began to show some improvement in May, and in June this year the output was only about eight per cent less than in June, 1887.
 Three-Fold Reason
 Reason why the decline from last years first six months has been confined largely to industrial use of power and why domestic use has not been seriously affected is three fold: rate reductions, extensive re- liance upon electrically operated ap- pliances in the home, particularly refrigeration at this season, and greater realization of the need for adequate lighting as means of pre- venting injury to eyesight. These factors have become the basis of the domestic demand for electricity and they continue to keep household employment of electric service at . high level regardless of conditions prevailing industrially and business wise. The use of electricity per resi- dential customer in Connecticut reached new high peak last year and is expectsd to continue upward this year.
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elementary education must always be given through the medium of Portuguese, and all the teachers must be Brazilian by birth. The teaching of foreign language in these schools to children under IA is prohibited. The teaching of Brazilian history and geography is obligatory in the primary and sec- ondary schools, and elementary courses on the political institutions of Brazil are to be held in the schools for adult foreigners. The publication of books, magazines, and newspapers in a foreign lan- guage is prohibited in the rural areas without permission from the Council; foreign language publica- tions of all kinds throughout the country require. a license from the Ministry of Justice.
 Limitations
 The quota limitation contained in the Constitution has been pre- served, i. e., the number of immi- grants of any nationality permit ted to enter Brazil each year may not exceed 2 per cent of the num- Der of persons of that nationality admitted during the 50 years from 1884 to 1883. However, the Immi- grafton and Colonization Council may raise to 5000 the annual quo- tas that do not reach this number. This theoretically means a consid- erable increase in the number of immigrants admitted since the quotas for most nationalities, other than Italians, Portuguese, Span- iards and Japanese, are much be- low this figure. At least 30 per- cent of each quota, however, must be farmers or technicians in rural industries" who shall be obliged to follow such occupations for at least four years.
 In order to encourage the immi- grafton of agricultural workers the Federal Government, on it's own initiative or at the proposal of State Governments, will conclude bilateral treaties with countries of emigration. In the negotiations of these treaties unused portions of quotas may be used in order to ad- init agricultural workers from countries which have exhausted their quotas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Market Opens Steady To-day After Decline
Three Days of Recession Offset By General Increase
 of Most StOcks-A Few Had Small Declines

of the issues made fractional gains. Mercantile issues were better and the mali orders rallied. Motors steeis and coppers registered small gains.
 United States Steel on 1000 shares rose 1-2 to 60 1-8. Bethlehem was ur 1-4 at 58 3-4. Anaconda and Ken- necott made fractional advances.
 Chrysler rose a point to 72 7-8 General Motors opened 2,5OO shares at 47 Ia up 7-8 point.
 Santa Fe gained nearly point to feature the rails. International Har- vester, Radio Corporation, Dow Chemical, International Telephone, Gillette and U. s. Rubber preferred were among a sizeable list that openedo atthe previous close.
 Small declines were noted in Dome Mines, American Telephone, Westinghouse Electric, Inland Steel. Du Pont, and Douglas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

Suggestions Made
 AS late as last night, another meeting of representatives of Demo- cratic units was effected by the Voters Committee, it was reliably reported, and the town committee has had under consideration" dur ing this week Suggestions" from the harmony" group.
 That both the town committee and the Democratic Voters Committee are committed to a "solid Demo- cratic party" this fall was a conclu- sion reached by the latter group early in their undertaking. It re- mained to attempt coordination of certain units which had expressed antipathy to the consideration of strength of candidates and organi- zation.
 Whether this last phase of the movement will see entire harmony was problematical today although members of the peace command" still are seeking to merge all units for the coming campaign. Contrary to expectation, there has developed no definite friction between the ma- jor units of the party because of the harmony" movement, a spokesman for the committee said today.
 Spirit of Compromise
 Tt is my understanding that every successive conference has had the effect of developing a better spirit of compromise of matters un- der debate" he said. There is every reason to believe that a suc- cessful solidarity of the party in Waterbury will result from these compromises.
 None of the members of the com- mittees were willing, at this stage in the movement, to comment per-
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In this connection frequent mes- sages, either oral or written, ahe re- ceived by the department showing their appreciation of these white lines and particularly the activity of the department in extending the scope of the work. As an example typical of this appreciation we quote from a communication recently re- ceived from an out-of-State tourist:
 T have just driven my car from
 New Haven to Waterbury by way
 of Prospect. I want to thank you
 for the white line that you have
 as a guide, otherwise I believe it
 would be impossible to find ones
 way over through the fog hanging
 this evening. People in your
 state should realize and appreciate
 what this white line means driv-
 ing through fog"
 Special Care
 Originally intended to indicate To- cation on the highways where more than orginary care should be exer- cised in travelling, several years ago the highway department started the installation of traffic lines on curves and hills under its control, when the sight line was less than 500 feet on such curves and hills.
 Experiments were conducted on the width of the line starting with a four inch line increasing this very shortly to a six inch line which width was kept until traffic due to its volume and speed complained that the six inch line was not visi- ble enough 50 that the line was in- creased to width of eight inches which is the width now used.
 Experiments were also conducted with white, yellow and aluminium paint and it was determined that white paint was the most visible un- der all general conditions.
 About four years ago due to the rapid increase in volume of traffic and the demands of the motorists, the system was extended to include the placing of white traffic lines on all hills and curves, and again this year, in 1888, dueto the increasing demands of the motorists, the de- partment began painting broken lines on the straight-a-way on all black top roads, continuing the placing of traffic lines on all curves and hills on the concrete pavements.
 Experiments
 Various experiments were con- ductsd on the broken lines as to the spacing of same. At first the length of the line and the space between the lines were the same but under certain conditions this gavo an impression of solid lire It vas finally decided to double the space between the lines so that at present we paint a ten foot line leaving twenty foot space between the lines.
 Solid traffic lines are placed on hills and curves with the theory that at no time should the vehicle cross the solid line and the length of these lines is carefully determin- ed with reference to sight line dis tance. On the straight-a-way the broken line Is placed simply as a guide for the motorist as to the ap- proximate center of the highway also for convenience in night, driv- ing as well as in fog.
 Crossing Permissible
 The crossing of the broken line is permissible when traffic condi- tions warrant same.
 When the work first started it was accomplished by manual labor, the operators using paint brush for the application of the white line, but it was soon discovered that a very serious element of hazard to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

the men painting the lines was in- troduced so that hand propelled ma chimes were purchased and used with an increased production of about 80%.
 Due to the increased mileage made necessary by placing the broken line on the black top roads estimated at 2,000 miles, it is plan ned to acquire motor driven pave ment marking machine which will paint about 8 miles per hour as against the 2 miles per hour as is now accomplished with hand pushed machines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
AUTO FIRE

An automobile owned by George Mabury caught fire on Beverly street shortly after 8:30 this morn ing. Engine l answered the alarm and quickly extinguished the blaze. A short circuit was the cause.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
CRACKERJACKS PLAN
 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Members of the Town Plot Crack erjack A. C., will meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the club rooms on Greenmount terrace to make plans for a membership campaign. The campaign will get underway shortly, and the club hopes to add scores of members to its roster.
 The club will sponsor a football team again this year, and expects to have one of the best elevens in the state. Some of the outstanding players in the district have been signed to play.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Spirit Of Compromise
 May Effect Harmony
Suggestions Made By Democratic Voters Committee
 May Unite Leading Factions in Democratic Ranks

Proceeding by the method of conference and com promise members of the Democratic Voters Committee which drafted Democratic State Chairman J. Francis Smith into leadership of move to effect harmony within Democratic ranks in Waterbury today stood assured of success in it's major enterprise conferences have been held between committees from the group with repre- sentatives of the Democratic Town Committee and an entire accord is reported from these meetings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

sonally on the expected outcome. Pending are developments which may, they believe, obviate the threat of a primary battle. But the procedure of compromise has not reached the point yet, it was stat ed, where any of the committee is willing to predict that one of the units may not attempt division of a faction from the general group ing of the party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
GIRL BADLY HURT

New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 11.-CUP) Joan Walters, 12, White Plains, N. Y, was in a critical condition at New Haven hospital today from a skull fracture suffered when she fell 30 feet from the top of an en- bankment at Madison late yester- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Electrical Production
 Shows Decided Drop
Industrial Letup Numbered Among Reasons For
 Noticeable Drop For First Six Months of Year

Production of electricity Tor pubic use by generating plants in Con- necticut during the first six months of the current year was approxi- mately 16 per cent less than in the first half of 1887, according to sta- tistics compiled from the monthly power production reports of the Federal Power Commission and compared with that bureaus annual compilation for 1887.
 Industrial Causes
 While the production of electricity does not exactly measure the pulp lie demand for power and light due to certain factors of power trans mission and exchange, it does to a large degree reflect that demand and therefore the decline of 16 per- cent from last year pictures the generally lessened use of power in industry caused by prevailing con- ditions, shut-downs and part-time operations. Practically all of the drop from last year in Connecticut was attributed to decreased use of electricity held close to the levels of year ago.
 Actual amount of electricity gen. erated, by steam and hydroelectric stations in Connecticut during the first half o fthe year was 671, ,000 kilowatt hours, which figure was 128,126,000 kilowatt hours less than the record total of the corresponding period of 1887.
 In no month of 1888 did the elec- trical output exceed or even closely match that of any corresponding month of the preceding year. The totals of .the 1887 months were ex- ceedingly high, however, and the first half of that year was marked by an all-time record monthly pro- duction of 149,004, ,000 kilowatt hours in March Qater exceeded by 153,- 822,000 kilowatt hours in Septem- ber). The greatest difference in monthly totals was therefore in March, which month this year had home from Colorado College, where she remained for summer course, and will spend the remainder of the vacation with her parents, MT. and Mrs. William Bartlett of Heminway
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
DOLLAR-A-MINUTE FINE

Buffalo, N. Y. - (UP)-A dollar a-minute is the penalty imposed on Charles Sullivan, g, for blowing his automobile horn at o'clock in the morning. Charged with violat- ing the city's anti-noise ordinance, Sullivan was fined $l0 by City Judge George w. Woltz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
NOT EXTINCT

Hobart, Australia, (UP)-The Tasmanian marsupial tiger, a rare animal off the living fossil" class and which was believed to have become extinct, has been found again, according to the Hobart anil mai and bird protection board. A sanctuary will be established for the few animals that have been found in an effort to prevent sx- tinction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
FIREMEN FINISH
 TRAINING COURSE
Attend Waterbury School l; College Pictures to Be
 Shown Tonight
WATERTOWN Correspondent: Mary Cosgrove
 Phone 875

Watertown, Aug. 11-Four mem- bers of the Watertown Fire Depart ment have completed a 12 weeks course of training in the fremans school in Waterbury under the su- pervision of Deputy Chief Martin J. Campion of Waterbury.
 Deputy Chief Thornton Mo- Cleary, Lieutenant Paul LeClair and Victor Fogelstrom and Milton Mo- Cleary will receive diplomas for attending the 12 weeks course. This is the second in series of three courses. The third course will start later in the fall
 Show Pictures
 Pictures of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo, will be shown in the Assembly room of Christ Church tonight at SIS o'clock. The pictures will show the lift of students at the college and also views of the surrounding coun- try. Anyone interested in these pictures is invited to attend.
 Briefs
 Charles O. Perry of Hartford, who has been visiting his granddaughter Mrs. Joseph Patrick and MT. Pa- trick of the Northfield road for the past two weeks has left to visit another granddaughter in Wood- bury.
 Mrs. Floyd N. Barlow of North street visited in Morris Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Daley of Heminway Court, spent the week. end at the shore.
 MT. and Mrs. Cameron B. Fink of Ithaca, N. Y, were guests of MT. and Mrs. William R. Cook of Sum- set avenue recently.
 Mrs. Leroy Lewis and children Jane and Billy Of Knowleton street have been visiting Mrs Lewis sis- ter, Mrs. Peter Maxwell and Mir Maxwell in New Rochelle, N. Y.
 Miss Betty Bartlett has arrived
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
Highway Guide Lines
 Impress Motorists
State Department Explains Original Purpose of Mark
 ing Roads Machines Replace Manual Labor

lack of understanding misunderstanding of the purpose of the white lines state highways apparent from the various inquiries received in the office of the State Highway Department The inception and extension of this system may be of value to the travelling public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
BY ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial Editor)

New York, Aug. 11.-(UP)-Stocks opened quiet and steady today after three sessionsof decline. Bonds were littlechanged, cotton futures rose ? to points.
 Railroad issues were firm. Most
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

So abundant is wild asparagus on the Russian steppes that 1t is eaten by cattle like grass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11
PEACE COLLEGE URGED

Pasadena, Cal, CUP)-Warren D. Mullin, labor secretary of the Na- tional Council for the Prevention of War, told local audiences that as the War Department is equipped with War College, the State De- partment should be equipped with Peace College. He declared that $2o0,000 would permit the organiza- tion of labor into the backbone of the peace movement in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

Italy regulates hotels rates by law and prohibits tipping. A 10 per cent increase in rates for the benefit of employees at the expense of all customers alike was made tc eliminate tipina.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

NEW YORK CURB
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

home from Colorado College, where she remained for summer course, and will spend the remainder of the vacation with her parents, MT. and Mrs. William Bartlett of Heminway Park Road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

Miss Betty Bartlett has arrived