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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

Francis Smith; Emma Franz, Leo, Neikirk; Dorothy Bruneau, John Butler; Marion Ryan, Eugene Keil- ty; Mary Casey, Billy Saunders; Gertrude Nardozza, Frank DeBlasio; Lois Schnal, Earl Keilty; Mary But Ter. Anthony DeSantis; Annette Le- may, Victor Corangelo; Anne Della camera, Samuel Paventy; Betty Strack, Earl ,DeLong; Josephine Strack, Raymond Hildebrand; Mar jorie Miller, Francis Schnal; Mar garet Kelly, Victor Nonack; Nancy Northrop, John Coolidge; Mary Robinson, George Barnhardt; Ce- cile Carroll, Dick Burns; Helen Can- field, Don OLeary; Helen Sheehy, Michael Nolan; Pat Blum, Lewis Howard; Kay Howard, Eddie Shee- han; Arlene McCabe, John Thomp- son; Lorraine Noble, George Nolan: Helene Hirbour, Robert Hentzi: Nancy Riley, Charles Renaldi; Flor ence Wurm, Michael Preslopskv: Ann Wolff, Bill Card; Betty Grier, Thomas Bowling; Edith Costante, John Malario; Frances Rock, Rob- ert E. Smith; Irene Delaney, George Burr; Mary Cormier, John Lawlor: Monica Eaters, Frank Hipsher: Alice Hipsher, William Farley; Glo- ria Tartaglia, Jack Dwyer; Peggy Dwyer, Nelson Long; Katherine Nastri, George Fehrs: Madeline Card, Thomas Cullinan; Mary Lee. Dick Leonard; Olive Doumechel. Gorden Gisihirson.
 Miss Katherine Purcell, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Thomas J. Purcell of Sylvan avenue, who is to be married on Saturday to Albert Ku- kaitis of Washington avenue, was honored at shower given Tuesday by her associates at the United States Rubber Go. Members of the cost, payroll, tabulating and pur- chasing departments, gave Miss Purcell a radio. About 70 attended.
 Miss Purcell was also honored at a shower given Tuesday night at her home by Misses Adeline Fran cis, Mary O'Connor, Ida Schwartz, Mrs. Thomas Purcell, Jr,, and Mrs. Thomas Purcell, ST. The bride-to- be was given electric ware.
 Mrs. Raymond Snyoer of Willow street entertained the members of her bridge club last evening at her home. High score was made by Miss Mae Maloney and Mrs. William Wertheimer. Mrs. Alice Kutzner was awarded consolation prize. Fol lowing the card playing a luncheon was served. Those attending were: Miss Viola Slover, Mrs. Clara De- menski, Mrs. Harry DeVorken, Mrs. Thhom Corby, Mae Maloney, Mrs. William Wertheimer and Mrs. Alice Kutzner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By VIM. K. MCKINNEY Secretary of the American Bridge League

Game Trick Fnesse Declarer Chooses Less Obvious But Safer Means of Making Once
 Guarded Honor Count
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

Miss Dorothy Sweeney, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Sweeney of Irion street has returned to her home after spending the past week at the home of Miss Margaret, Whitty in Mount Vernon, N. Y. While in New York, Miss Sweeney was guest at New Years party giv- en in her honor by Miss Whitty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

Situations like th.s are frequent at the contract table. The declar- CTS weakly guarded honor is sub ject to capture the moment his opponent on the right can get in the lead. Thus the problem of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

MT. and Mrs. Roland Farmer of South Main street are spending a few days in New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

Mrs. Nelson c. Howard, Jr., of WatertoWn and Mrs. William M. Goss of Prospect street are spend ing several days nj New York city.
 Miss Catherine Flannery Rochon resumed her studies today at AL bertus Magnus college after spend ing the weekend in New York city. She had as her guest Miss Marion Flood of Portland, a classmate. She also attended the Wesleyan college Fraternity dinner dance at Middle town and the New Rochelle dinner dance at the Hotel Bond in Hart ford as the guest of Thomas Flood, Jr., of Portland.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Chamberlain Policy
Hit by Ex-Aide

LONDON. July S Q.N.SO.-Be
cause of his former position as
foreign secretary, Britain today
read with keen interest the speech
Of Anthony Eden before the Ameri.
can Society of London in which
he mingled praise of the United
States with adverse criticism OF
the diplomacy of expediency''
practiced by Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain.
Thank God for the founders
OF the American republic" said
Eden as he urged that Britain
and the United States work to-
gether for the establishment Of
international order"
These two great peoples
should be working for the same
broad objective" said Eden.
Their attitude and approach to
world problems must be influ-
enced to a large extent by the
ideals and traditions which they
share in common. In this re-
spect the United States has
rendered invaluable service by
its leadership.
For this we in this country,
perplexed by immediate prob
lens and graSping temporary ex-
pedients, cannot be too CRATE
full. to lose sense of the objec-
tive Is one Of the greatest politi-
cal calamities,
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Puerto RiCQn
Not Maroon,
Mr.. Kent!

Puerto RicanS, Don Jose Tornos
Diego, mayor of Ponce, one of the
principal cities Of that island,
would have you know, are not ma
rooms!
Maroons, the mayor explained,
are-or, rather, were - escaped
African slaves. They are now ex-
tinct. his honor explained, glazing
at Rockwell Kent's murals Of
Puerto Rico in the new Post Of
flee Building. And, he added, Mr..
Kent's muralS depicting Puerto
Ricans in rags and tatters are
wrong! All wrong!
However, the mayor added, in
Spanish:
"A maroon is not to be confused
with a moron"
He added a few expressive Span
ish phrases like; Ten Thousand
cockroacheS!' and others we dare
not print.
The mayor came here yesterday
to see the sights. He saw red. All
because Mr.. Kent, striving for
realism, depicted ragged black boys
receiving delivery Of air mail in
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Sen. Donahey Leaves
To Reopen IVA Quiz

O.N.S0 Senator Donahey
Cd, chairman of the joint con-
gressional committee investigating
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
left today by automobile for
Knoxville, Tenn, where the COM
mittee will resume its inquiry
July II. The Senator was ac-
companied by Mrs. Donahey. He
will be joined in Knoxville by
Francis Biddle, chief counsel for
the committee.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Freighter Aground
On Mississippi Bar

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 5
G.N.S0.-The freighter Fl Lago.
Of the Southern Pacific Steamship
Company, went aground at South
Pass at the mouth Of the MissiS-
sippi River today, company offices
here were advised.
The vessel sailed from New York
city June 20 for New Orleans. The
vessel carries no passengers, Off
cialS said
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
RADIO SURVEY
TO CHECK BIAS
IN BROADCASTS
Ethridge Asks Study
As Reply to Charges

GN.SJ The National Associa-
ton of Broadcasters has launched
a survey of all news and news
commentator broadcasts, to deter
mine If they are biased" Mark
Ethridge, retiring president Of the
association, disclosed today.
The survey is being conducted
by a newly-created division of re-
search which will function perma.
nently to make a continuous study
Of broadcasting in all fields, he
said.
News broadcaStS were chosen for
study first, because of charges lin
quarters which cannot be ignored"
that some stations are "slanting"
the news.
SILENT ON SOURCE
He declined to discuss the
source of the charges which
prompted the survey, beyond
asserting that ''it came from .
source to which you can't just say,
no, that's not true without pro-
ducing the facts"
The new division, headed by
Paul Peter, former secretary Of
the joint committee of radio re-
search, is now engaged in exam
lining transcripts of all news
broadcasts for the week of June 20.
Ethridge said the survey would
take a month and the findings
would be made public.
HOLDS FEW GUILTY
'Ninety-nine out of 100 sta
tions never slant the news"
Ethridge said, but the charges
keep coming up just the same.
Most stations usually take the
unbiased news of a press asso-
citation and broadcast it with
out change"
Ethridge said that news COM
mentatorS are being included in
the survey mainly because we
want to find out how many sta
tions employ their own"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Youths Quit Crime
To Accept ReIiqior

FORT WORTH, Tex, July 5
G.N.S0.-Two young robbers were
at peace with the world today
after having publicly consecrated
their lives to Christian citizenship.
The boys, Homer s. Gentry, IS,
ana Charles S. Jennings, 10, were
no-billed by the Dallas County
Grand Jury for robbing a Dallas
taxicab driver. Both boys stepped
to the Sacramental altar of the
Central Methodist Church yeSter-
day and were converted to reli-
gion.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05

leader, who was informally pro-
posed last week as candidate for
the Senate from New York on the
Labor party ticket, was another
White House caller Hillman is
not inclined to run, he indicated by
call upon organized labor to sup
port the candidacy of Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman, a candidate for the
Democratic senatorial nomination.
Reports from various Federal de-
partments and agencies were sub
mitted during the day by RFC
Ch a airman Jesse Jones, Gov.
George Myers, of the Farm Credit
Administration; Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry Wallace, and Fed
eral Reserve Governor Mariner S.
EccleS.
Senator Joseph Guffey CD,
Pennsylvania, also had an engage
ment.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Only One Injury
In Alexandra 9Th

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July s.
Only one person was injured in
Alexandria and vicinity in the
most quiet July 4 celebration here
in years.
A new city ordinance. which pro-
hibited sale and use Of fireworks,
was responsible for the safe and
noiseless Independence Day, police
said.
Lawrence Gorham, Franconia
youth, was treated at the Alexan-
dria Hospital late yesterday for
head cuts received from flying
glass. He lit q firecracker under
q glass bottle.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05

Presence on the presidential en-
gagement list of Chairman Louis
Brownlow, Luther Gulick ard
Charles Merriam-the three men
who drafted the reorganization
setup which Congress rejected last
seSSion-gave rise to speculation
that President Roosevelt might
revive that issue on his western
swing.
At lunch today the President
was conferring with Harcourt
Morgan and David Lilienthal, IVA
directors. A Senate investigating
committee is now inquiring into
charges preferred against the
IVA directors by DR.. Arthur E.
Morgan, deposed a. IVA chair
man by the President after refus-
ing to answer questions at a White
House inquiry.
Sidney Hillman, CIO labor
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Cash IGNORED
Jury Fees Fail to
Arouse Interest

Apparently prospective jurors
are not interested in the So daily
fee allowed.
For out of the 40 summoned for
duty in Police Court this month,
27 asked to be excused for various
reasons.
Looking over the number who
were excused, Judge John P. Nc
Mahon remarked:
Doesn't look much like hard
times if they are not interested
in the fees"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Maps as Home BIazes;
Boy Burns 10 Death

WARWICK, R. l.. July 5 0.N.S)
At the height of a fire in his home
today, Richard Larrabee, 8, fell
asleep and was burned to death.
Spilled oil ignited while Larrabee
Bernard, IL, was changing oil
bottles at the kitchen stove. Ber-
nard escaped, and Mrs. Gladys
Larrabee, mother of the children,
reused Richard and another son,
Evareste, Jr., from sleep. While
she was taking the younger boy
to safety, Richard went back to
sleep,
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Storm Brewing
Off Florida CoasI

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 5
GNSD.-The first tropical dis
turbance of the season was re-
ported today about 26O miles east
OF Jacksonville, Fla. The Weather
Bureau said the disturbance was of
slight to moderate intensity and
was moving very little at present
and increasing rather slowly in in
tenSity." The bureau said the
storm probably will move north.
east or east-northeastward within
"a hours, attended by moderate to
heavy squalls near the center.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
FIRE CHIEF
TenneSSeeGn's Auto
Sought Here

There was no Joy in Fayette-
vile, Tenn, yesterday.
1t was the Fourth Of July-the
busiest day in the year for the
fire department. Somebody stole
the fire chiefs car and Washing
ton police broadcast a lookout
here for the chariot.
It's red, has Fire Chief"
painted on the side and has Ten.
nessee license tags. It also has a
siren, which the thief will prob.
ably be blowing so as to avert suS-
picion.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
TOWNSEND BID
'OF PEACE TAKEN.
BY VAN NUYS.
Senator Invited to Be
Party's Choice

INDIANAPOLIS, July S G.N.s)
Senator Frederick Van Nuys, out.
standing opponent of President
Roosevelt's court reorganization
plan, today accepted an invitation
Iof Governor M. Clifford Townsend
to seek denomination at the Demo.
cratic State convention Monday
and Tuesday,
! The senior Senator, who for
many months was opposed for re.
nomination by the Indiana State.
house organization, sent word
from Walloon Lake, Mich, to
friends he would be very glad" to
accept the bid and that he would
"act in the interests of the party"
STATEMENT DUE
Van Nuys indicated he would
issue formal statement after he
had received the telegram, which
the governor sent him from In
dianapolis last night.
Although the governor said his
invitation did not mean he had
promised to line up the potent
State house faction behind the
senior Senator, Democratic leaders
predicted his action would result
in Withdrawals of all other aSpir-
ants and denomination Of Van
Nuys by acclametion.
The governors action was
interpreted as the first major step
in h ealing Democratic party
wounds, opened when Van NuyS
purportedly was read out of the
party" last fall for his opposition
party" for his opposition to the
court reorganization bill.
INVITATION WIRED
Governor Townsend's. invitation
to Van Nuys, read as follows:
Last summer at French Lick
I discussed the philosophy of
democratic government. Un-
fortunately and because Of q
combination of circumstances, I
was accused on eing a dictator
and of attempting to read you
out of the Democratic party.
LAS I am a Democrat in &C.
ton as well as in theory, am
now inviting you to become a
candidate for United States
Senator at the convention July
IL, and so far as I am concerned,
you will find it a wide open
convention.
AID PLEDGE DENIED
Townsend announced the action
in a special press conference
called at the governors mansion
shortly after he had returned from
an address at Gary last night. He
was emphatic, however, in the as
sertion the action was an invita-
tion," and that he was not pledg-
ing his support to Van Nuys or
any other candidate"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Refugee Conference
Divided Over Scope

(I.N.SO The international refu-
gees conference called by Pres
ident Roosevelt today fell into two
clearly defined groups. One would
concentrate on the Austro- German
problem, while the other would EN-
brace outcasts Of all nations.
France and Great Britain are be.
lieved to favor restriction of the
discussions. The conference will
open tomorrow. Germany was
not invited, and Italy refused to
attend.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Balanced Budget
Possible in 1910,
Woodrum Holds
Virginian Expects
Heavy Spending
Through 1889
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS


O.N.S) Hopes of the Congress
sional economy bloc for a balanced
budget must be set aside until at
least 1910. Representative Wood
rum Cd of Virginia ranking
member of the House Appropria-
tions Committee. said today.
Woodrum, one of the leading
advocates of economy in Congress,
expressed the belief Government
expenditures must be continued at
their present record rate for an.
other year, and that to attempt
to reduce the outlay substantially
would be undesirable.
WILL NEAR II BILLIONS
The next Congress. he asserted,
will do we'll" if it can hold ap-
preparations from half billion to
q billion under the figure eStab-
lished by the session Just ad-
journed. The Seventy-fifth Con-
gresS set a peace time record by
appropriating s11, 1851 ,0Oo, 900, with
more than a half billion in re-
appropriations not included.
1T will be year before the
spending authorized by this Con-
gress will be reflected in in
creased Treasury revenue if
there is a business upturn,'
Woodrum said.
ANY attempt to reduce ex-
penditures next year to meet
Government revenue would be
very undesirable. We've had the
experience of what precipitous
cuts in expenditures by the Gov
eminent mean"
Current revenue is about S.
600, 100000. with a decline of as
much as a billion dollars fore
cast for the new tax year.
WPA REDUCTION?
Woodrum said a cut in WPA ex-
penditures by the next Congress
might be possible if business re-
RECEIVERS under the stimulus of
Government spending. This re-
duction, if made, will be more
than offset" by parity payments
to farmers, he asserted.
when this Congress made
$212, 900 900 available to make
parity payments authorized un-
der the new farm act, it stuck
its nose under the tent" Wood
rum declared. If we are to
continue the payments and
make them at the full rate it
MAY cost as much as $l,500,000,-
900 a year"
The $212,o00, 900 was the initial
appropriation made under the new
AAA, but is not sufficient to per-
NIT full parity payments as con-
eeived in the law. Estimates for
full payments have ranged from
$700, ,000, 900 to a billion and a
half.
NAVY COST, TOO
The billion dollar naval expan-
sion program will also make neces-
sary additional outlays next year
Woodrum pointed out. The ST.
4o0,000,0o0 public work program
launched under the recovery drive
probably cannot be diminished be-
fore 1910, he said.
Taking the picture all in all,
our logical objective for a bal
Anced budget is the 1940-41
fiscal year" .Voodrum declared.
IF economic conditions are
right, the job can be done
and the present spending is be-
ing done on the premise that
1t bring about those conditions"
The Washington times., 1938-07-05

What her L. S. college education
didn't do for the SUlu princess. Pretty
Tarhata shed her sarOng for campus
clothes. learned about life, returned
home to claim the throne. fell in
love, then went native and stole
aAOther wOman's husband at the point
Of a gun. An illustrated feature I'm
The American Weekly, with next SUM-
days Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
PRICES RISING
ON COMMODITIES

QN.S) There was slight rise
in the price level in the week ended
July 2, according to the commodi,
ties price index compiled by the
National Fertilizer Association.
This index last week rose to 74.2
from TAI in the preceding week.
A month ago the index stood at
1873 and a year ago at 88.3, based
on 1926-1928 average commodity
price at 100.
FOOD PRICES UP
Higher prices for foods and live
stock were largely responsible for
the upturn in the commodity in
dex. The rise in the food price
index took it to the highest level
recorded since last March.
In the farm product group,
higher prices for cotton and live
stock were sufficient to offset an
other decline in grain prices. With
the exception of the first week in
June the grain price average last
week was at the lowest level
reached in the current decline.
An upturn in the fuel price
average resulted from mark-up
in gasoline quotations.
TEXTILES ADVANCE
Textiles were generally higher
with all fibers as we'll as certain
cotton goods registering increases.
Non-ferrous metals, including
copper, tin, lead and zinc, as we'll
as steel scrap, rose in price, but
the effect of these increases was
much more than offset in the
metal group by the decline in
steel and iron. Lower prices for
structural steel, nails, and oak
flooring caused a decline in the
building material index,
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
IL DUCE BOASTS
CAIN IN WHEAT

ROME, July 5.-Launching an.
other bitter attack on anti-Fascist
nations, Premier Benito Musso.
lini yesterday took part in cere.
monies marking the harvesting OF
the wheat crop from the reclaimed
Pontine marshes.
Standing on a threshing ma.
chine, stripped to the waste, II
Duce addressed thousands of farm
workers and members of the
Fascist party and boasted that
this year Italy has raised a crop
sufficient for the years needs.
Lashing out at anti-Fascist ma.
tionS in which, he thundered, 1.-The
scum of all nations have enlisted"
he asserted that they had been
specializing on famine in Italy but
had been disappointed.
But even if the crops had not
been sufficient, he said, Italy
would never have turned for aid
to the "so-called great demo
plutocracies."
Before starting his speech, the
premier peeled off goggles, jacket
shirt and undershirt, standing
with torso before the great audi.
ence.
When he had finished he di,
rected the engineer to start the
machine, and for an hour he
worked under the broiling sun, his
back cleaning with sweat. When
he left the marshes he visited
three other farm centers and re.
peated the ceremony, showing he
was familiar with the methods of
operating the threshing machines.
The Washington times., 1938-07-05
Revan1ping Issue
ReUival Hinted

GNS) AS he prepared depart his transcontinenta
tour President Roosevelt today called his old government
organization board to the White House for conference
The Washington times., 1938-07-05

ALL GAn SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
n ADVANCE
Evening star., 1938-06-21

foTnia 5usheI nend,i hampers Telephones. e5o-
PoTAToEsMMarket' steady. Old
car on track new STOCK no ooe csrot aaot0ssn sra
Gobblers U. s; No; j, 1oo;poand sacks,
STRAWBERRIES. receipts light
MaTeet steady 4-qnart ers,es various
ToMAToGs@Markept is;aiaG TT 'lass Steady. One
North Carolina. three Tennessee arrived:
eeps 5s soaS sfafh Tnfs us Boxes
green and turning. wrapped, 6x6. 100
" 4ATERMEio FEE Ei3i1sSs ioSs-Market steady. One
Florida arrived: four broken and four un-
broken en-, cars rs on track Florida and Geor-
psunss aSerase s DSSnaS SS.SS eseh ays5ase
STEADY stead SHshsi fvGs Moth csTel,ns
round. strinslesss. s5,fi.oo; MHisyhnad Msryiand
% EdGPI4NT1Msrket eaS; STEADY. '2Hoada. Florida
0ufhsE PEppERs%Marfsi hampels Esl'oo Steady Florida
.oRs1s oREAIMarkst sGs do steady Florida. bushel
ETs-Pennsyivania. $3.50 per dozen
g EiAe s1S coSg2,on crates
nat crates a. IS dso-s5o; Cuba ventilated
ORANGES Three California. one Flor
ida arrived; five broken and six unbroken
cars on track. California. boxes. Valen-
cias. 2.75-3.25: Florida. 100000. as to
'eSR aRAPEFRUir-No PEI carlot arrivals; one
unbroken car on track, (Correction-.Yes-
terday's report should have read one
broken and one unbroken cars on track
instead Of two broken cars on track.)
Florida. boxes, 1.50-2O0. as to grade
and size.
LEMoNs,v7california; boxes. No. l.,
4.!5,5;00; No: .. 4.00-425.
baskets. SOL :0O poorer. 25-75.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Carolina, culti-
waited. $500 per pint. Alabama. Florida
and Georgia, 12H-2O per quart; pints.
RASPBERRIES+North Carolina, "a
A-pint crates Eed caps: 200 per crate.
Virginia, black caps, 1O-12A per quart.
SINACH-Pennsylvania bushel baskets,
RHUBARB-Pennsylva 35 per dozen
SWEET PoTAToEs-virsinia. bushel
baskets. Nancy Halls, COL 90.
hampers, round type. IS.
cHERkfEs-O Washinston by ex.
press arrived. .washinston.- 1o-Dound
Evening star., 1938-06-21
RETAIL ADVERTISING
DOWN 1O.6 PER CENT
| Dispatch to Tho Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. June 2l.-Retail dis
play advertising volume for this year
through June IL was 106 per cent
below the corresponding period of
last year, according to a report re-
leased here today by Advertising Age,
national advertising newspaper.
This report, which measures retail
lineage in 80 major cities, shows a
total of 442,581 800 lines for the
period reported, against 494,9l4,185
lines for the 1887 period, a loss Of
52.332, ,385 lines.
For the seven-day period ended
with the date reported the measured
cities show total of 1928, ,487 lines.
a loss of 3,363,23l lines. or 14.9 per
cent. from the 22,631,7l8-line total
shown for the corresponding week of
last year.
Compared with 1886. lineage for this
year through the date reported de-
clined 4.9 per cent, the publication
stated.