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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

molecules Of certain substances ap-
pear to possess specific property
which is as much an individual
characteristic of a substance as is
its specific gravity, melting point,
boiling point or retroactive index.
This property is one by which the
molecule uses the energy of a spe-
cific wave length with the resultant
effect of high degree of excitability.
Storage Of Energy.
1t is akin to an. energy trans
formation or accumulation. There
appears for time storage of en-
ergy received, with a spill-over, or
other evidence of a cumulative effect.
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ozone-forming rays. The reaction
also is aided by lowering the con-
centration of oxygen in the gas
mixture.
He is merely doing on a small
scale, but perhaps with wide in
dustrial application, what nature is
doing on a gigantic scale in the
upper reaches of the atmosphere,
Maj. Roberts says. ;
The reaction apparently depends,
Maj. Roberts says, on some sort of
excitability induced in the ordi-
narily inert nitrogen by the short
waves.
II have found" he says, that
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indisputable that the element Is
present.
The principle claimed by Mai.
Roberts, if it is found to obtain
throughout nature, may involve an
equally precise specificity to ex-
citability.
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Cigarettes Sent Abroad

A total Of 1921 800 900 American
made cigarettes valued at 1927, 226
were exported during the first eight
months of 1888, gain Of about Is
per cent over the same period of
1887.
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New Process Found to Recover
Nitrogen From Atmosphere
Maj. Roberts Uses More Direct Method
In Extraction in UsobIe Form

patent application, by introducing
into the mixture such gases of hydro
gen, methane or carbon monox-
ide, which tend to screen out the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

level of the American battalion is higher than that of any military group ever assembled. It includes lawyers, editors, writers, professors, poets and many college graduates There are also large numbers of American seamen and miners.
 About 25 per cent of the Ameri- can troops are Communists and they make good fighters, says Amlie, who doesn't like Com
 munism. He voted once for Hoover and once for Roosevelt.
 Amlie insists there's little Com munism in Spain.
 The republican forces will win the war unless Germany and Italy strengthen their forces by hun dreds of thousands of more troops, Amlie thinks. He has some thrill ing stories of American heroism in vital battles and will be telling them over the country in an effort to raise funds for the rehabilita- tion of members of the Lincoln battalion who have been partially or totally disabled.
 Modern bullets now make a clean flesh wound or else they kill you," Ablie reports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

tition and passed in November, 1896 - represented the will of the people and could not be stayed.
 The pension amendment was the tightest one way proposition ever put on a ballot. Like lob- ster trap, it was designed to catch every dollar that swam that way, and funnel 1t into the hungry naw of the pension fund.
 It took a5 per cent of the states income from sales taxes and Iq- uor, and devoted that amount solely to pensions. Before that, this income had been divided equally between old age pensions and other welfare, including re- lief. Relief, therefore, was thrown out tc be supported by the gen. eral fund.
 The pension amendment further provided that 85 per cent of any future excise tax was to go to pensions. No source of revenue for pensions can be withdrawn unless equal revenue is provided for some other source.
 Dome of the Structure
 The jackpot" was the dome of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
BRIT AIN FORMS | ! LONDON BL|MP|
 DEFENSE UNIT|
Recruiting of 5000 Mel
 for Barrage Work
 Starts Soon
By DAN ROGERS Limited Press Staff COrrespondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, Jan. 21.-(UP)-Recruit ing of 10 balloon barrage squadron of 500 men each, designed to proted London against enemy air raids, vii begin this spring. With the excepa tion of those physically unfit for orl dinary military duties, only med past 38 will be accepted for service. Officers will be drawn from personI mel at least 22 years old.
 Thus younger, litter men ard saved for active service in the field The balloon barrage men will no. have any marching. or personal encounters to contend with, aA would the ordinary soldier, and food and shelter should always bd available.
 But they must be able to with- stand the rigors of weather while on duty in the open air with bal- loon barrage mobile units, as most of the units will be.
 Equipment Nearly Complete The balloon barrage for London is almost completed as far as bal- looms and equipment are con- cerned. Similar protection for pro- vincial cities may follow in time.
 The balloons are hydrogen1 filled. They are attached to wincheS mounted on trucks and can be quickly hauled up and down. TheJ would be moved frequently, depend1 ing on condition of wind and wealth. CT. An enemy would never know from day to day where to expect them.
 They cannot be seen at night oI in poor visibility, in just such con ditions as enemy raids might be exz pected. An airplane would be wreck ed should 1t touch the steel cablt by which the balloon is tethered. The balloon barrage scheme oa defense has one serious shortcoms ing. The modern bomber can carr a bomb load to 25,000 feet; thS balloon barrage cannot yet be raiseS to this height. It is hoped that, al the plan is developed, this handicaf will be overcome.
 Ceiling Above 10000 Feet
 In the meantime, the balloof barrage can force enemy bombe1 to fly above 10000 feet, which q well over the cover which cloud fog or murky conditions might af< ford. Thus the way is cleared i'd fast defending fighters, which opz crate with great difficulty in cond1 tions of restricted visibility.
 The line of balloons with thei knife-like cables can also prever low flying bombing attacks, tn type of attack against which anti aircraft batteries are almost help less.
 If a method IS perfected whereh the balloon barrage can be raise to the ceiling" of bombing plane 1t may revolutionlze ideas of al defense. Even in its present staa of development it is considerd sufficiently valuable to form or of London'S principal defense against air attack.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Waterville, January 21. - Mrs. Della Carney, president of the Cas- per s. Davis, American Legion Aux Hilary, and Mrs. Ethel Byrnes, re- mobilization chairman, visited at the Newington Hospital yesterday afternoon, and at tha: time. took a supply of cigarettes and matches for the hospitalized men.
 It is the custom of the various auxiliaries throughout the state, to furnish cigarettes weekly, two diff ferent units supplying the necessary amounts, and yesterday, was the des- ignated time, for the local branch, also the auxiliary from Meriden, to send its quota of smokes.
 There are now two hundred and fifty beds at the hospital, but due to the demand for hospital care for so many ex-service men, ten extra beds have been crowded into the regular wards, and they are all filled. An addition is being built on the hospital which will be completed very soon, so that an added number may be cared for.
 Upon arriving at the hospital, Mrs. Carney and Mrs. Byrnes were joined by two Red Cross workers, under whose supervision, they visited every ward in the entire hospital They found that a large number of the men there are critically i'll. It has been stated, and is now appar- ent, that as the ex-service men grow older, the after effects of the war will become apparent. Those in charge of rehabilitation work, have noted that a great majority of vet erans are developing severe condi- tions as the years pass, resulting from their war experiences, con- ditionS which are now beginning to show up, and it is anticipated that cases for disqualification will h- crease during the next several years.
 The recreation room was practic- ally deserted, the vast majority be- ing too sick to leave their beds.
 Mrs. Carney and Mrs. Byrnes were especially glad to visit with James Barrett. of Driggs street, who is the only Waterville veteran now at the hospital. However. Patrolman Will liam Dwyer, of Waterbury, is well known in Wateryille. and 1t was a pleasure also to visit with him.
 Visitors are kindly asked not to take candy or food stuffs to the men, due to the fact that some are not allowed to eat 1t, but razor blades, lotions, pencils, puzzles and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
l . BEHIND THE SCENESl
 M WASHINGTON 4-WY RODNEY DuTCHER-l Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
Over Two Thousand Amer- jeans Fighting in Spain Despite State Dept's Re- fusal to Grant Pass- ports to That Country

Washington, Jan. 21.-Although the state department doesn't grant passports to Spain, couple of thou sand Americans have contrived to get into that country to bear arms for the Spanish republican govern menft.
 About 1900 Americans are mem- bers of the Abraham Lincoln brigade and about 1900 others are aiding the Spanish government in medical, trucking, tractor and other serv- ices. More than $50 American fight CTS have been killed in the past year and perhaps twice as many wounded.
 Occasionally a senator. barks about the activities of these vol- mteers. Recent dispatches show their battalion is being used in the Loyalist effort to hold Teruel against the Franco forces.
 General Quiepi de Llano recently broadcast from Seville tha. three American and British battalions had been wiped out at Teruel-which proved entirely false.
 Fighting for a Cause
 There is nothing the state depart ment can do about this situation ex- cept deplore the fact that so many Americans are so un-neutral, and perhaps watch passports more care- fully.
 Curiosity naturally arises as to who the Americans are. One of them, 1t can be said is Hans Amlie, a brother of Congressman Thomas R. A1nlie of Wisconsin.
 Hans has just returned after nearly a year with the Interna- tionaI Brigade. He was command CT of the Lincoln battalion at the important battles of Quinto and
 Beichite, and has been wounded twice. Recently he was married to Miss Millie Bennett, a we'll known American newspaperwoman, at brigade headquarters in Albacete. A marine corps gunnery ser geant in the World War, Amilie be- came miner and prospector. He was Tn Nevada when the Spanish revolt broke and felt emotionally that the Spanish people were fighting for free republican gov ernment in the forerunner of a worldwide struggle between dem- ocratic and fascist nations. He says that's the way all the others among the 1900 feel about it.
 Friends Killed in Action
 David McKelvy White, son of a former Ohio governor and himself a former English profess sor. was a machine-gunner in Spain. He has returned to edit a magazine to promote the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" Robert Merriman of Reno, former economics instructor at a California university, is the bri- gade's chief of staff. Amlie says that Merriman is always out front in any engagement.
 Philip Detro, a Roosevelt Dem ocrat from Texas, is now com- mandlng officer of the battalion. He had been in Germany and Japan and came to hate fascism.
 Harry Hines of New York, former editor of the National Maritime Unions publication, The Pilot, was killed in action. Also killed was Sam Levinger, son of a prominent Cincinnati rabbi. So was another friend of Amlie's, the son of a former Los Angeles mayor.
 Clean Wounds or Else Amlie thinks the intellectual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

the structure. "In order to in- sure that the old people get all that is coming to them," it provid- ed that all moneys remaining in the fund on Dec. 3l each year, were to be distributed pro rata among those then on the pension rolls.
 From where comes the jackpot? There's the rub.
 The jackpot is one-time prop osition, and by spring the pen- sion fund, far from overflowing will be running short. Pensions will be restricted and prorated, possibly as low as the previous $30 a month.
 Funds from the two-cent sales tax and from liquor began piing up in the old age pension coffers on Jan. 1, 1897, when the amend ment was effective. They piled up at the rate of nearly $8,000,00O a year-far more than enough to sustain the 29,o0o pensioners un- der the old $50 a month law, to which the federal government contributed 50-50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Employees of the Manufacturers Foundry Company and Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company are engaged in effort to reduce foundry accidents The Tower highly in favor of the plan recognizing the dead loss to all concerned in industrial accidents No type of insurance can compensate the employer for the loss of his skilled employees services the empoye for his suffering the insurance company and employer for the financial loss incident thereto high proportion of these accidents to forgetuneSs and careessness The shops mentioned above believe that employees can be made accident-conscious through their sporting n theory they offering IA prizes to employees At the end of March 31 all foundry workers who have incurred no of safety precautions will be reported to the main office Each will be assigned key number and the IA winning numbers drawn by individual of national note will be rewarded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

The new and higher pension law became effective Sept. 1, last. and since that time the reserve has gone down rapidly. But $966,- 900 remained on Dec. 31.
 On Tax Strike Now
 The pension lists are swelling every month, and some persons anticipate 8 maximum of 4OoOo. January and February are lean sales months, and may produce less than $600,O0O apiece, as against the probable demand ef $1.0O0,000 month by that time. Then what? A demand for a three-cent sales tax is considered possible, opposed to the mounting demand for revision downward and Q better balanced welfare program.
 Coloradans are on a tax strike now against the service tax, de- signed to provide income for re- lief and other general fund &C., tivities that were impoverished when the sales and liquor taxes were taken for old age pensions,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
Colorado's Jackpot Overflows!
P0urS Out Q Million Dollars for the Aged And
 State Funds Sitting In The Gan1e Wi
BY ROSCOE FLEMING NEA Service Special
 Correspondent


 Denver, Jan. 21.-Elderly persons in 47 states who may be stimulated to pack up and move to Colorado by the news of million dollar old age pension jackpot" distribution in that state, had better wait and watch while.
 The jackpot was real enough, all right. It totaled $966, ,000 on top of a regular distribution of about $1,- 378,000 in January. The jackpot went to 38,8o4 persons now regu- larly receiving $45 8 month each, less any private income.
 The average January total was $S7.36 per individual, counting $27.77 from the jackpot.
 The maximum for one person was $12.77 and many married couples - each spouse being en- titled to a pension - drew down as much as $40.
 But It's No Utopia
 It was the largest single distri- button of mass government largesse on the part of any state. It went to 3.7 per cent of the population or nearly one person out of 30. There was nc trick about it. It was not stage money, but real spendable cash.
 But it doesn't mean that Utopia has dawned a la Dr. Townsend. In fact the general citizenship of Colorado is getting madder and madder as 1t looks on. And the packers of the Colorado old age pension plan are apprehensive.
 Both feelings are caused by varied facts.
 Against the $67.36 average old age pension and bonus in January and the $40 drawn by many married couples - whole families on general relief are getting $23 or less. .--.
 Children are fainting in the schools from hunger, homes are being broken up and relief in Denver averages only 40 per cent of minimum subsistence" MSgr. John R. Mulroy, head of Catholic charities, shouted in a blazing speech the week before the jack pot distribution.
 The state capitol is in a tur- rNoil, hundreds of state employees are being dismissed, and general relief is threatened, because funds are running short for nearly everything except old age pen SionS.
 Where the Money Goes
 The state is spending for old age pensions at the yearly, normal rate = not counting the jackpot - of $11,OO0,000 year against $2,5oo,oo0 yearly for re- lief.
 In January, $2,344,o0o went to 39,0OO old age pensioners, while $197 900 relief money month is supposedly supporting between 10000 and 50.000 of the i'll, the lame, and the unemployable in general. The January pension distribution alone would finance relief at the present rate, for 8 whole year.
 All the states general fund &C., tivities, including relief, are budg- eted at only $6,300,000 a year = as compared to the $11 1,000,0 900 for pensions.
 Tried to Stop It
 Old age pension leaders are so apprehensive, indeed, that they sought 8 court order to stop distribution of the jackpot, though they themselves had carefully framed the jackpot provisions.
 The courts refused on the ground that the pension amend ment - put on the ballot by pe-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
LUX CLOCK co. AID
 ELECTS OFFICERS

One new director, William Reid. was added to the official staff of the Lux Clock Company Aid Asso- ciation last night at the annual meeting in Concordia hall. All other officers were reelected. About 175 members attended the meeting and social which followed.
 Officers are President, James OLoughlin: vice-president. Rich ard Saunders: treasurer, Fred Megin: secretary, Francis Kreger; directors, Patsy Perugini. Philip Espelin and Joseph Miller: rep resentative-at-large, Arthur Moore; sick committee chairman, Hugo Di Corpo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
Valentine Party Planned

Valentine Party Planned
 The Casper s. Davls, Junior Aux Hilary will hold a social meeting to- night at o'clock, at Fraternity Hall, when plans will be made for Val- entine party. Games will be played and refreshments served and the hostesses for the evening will be June Cook and Dorothy Ahterton.
 The members O. the cast of the Musical Comedy, which the Pride og Welch Circle will present next month, will meet on Sunday after noon, January 23rd. at Foresters' Hall, 57 Hanover street, at 1:30 o'clock. This vii lbe a full rehearsal and all members are asked to be present.
 A committee has been chosen which will be in charge of arrangements for producing this Musical Comedy and it is to be headed by Mrs. Louis Dadario, who will be assisted by Mrs. Joseph McArdle, publicity: Mrs. James Duncan, tickets: Miss Mary Corri- gan, secretary.
 Louis s. Williams, of Downs street, is confined to his home because of a severe cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Comedy Minnie Ryan is being besieged by her asso- ciates at the Southern New England Telephone Com pany to second sleigh ride similar to that the every available highway from Watertown to Woodbury. The gals wound up the long but enjoyable ride at the "Old Homestead" where coffee and sandwiches like water Minnie charlady of the event and certainly proved she was the right number for that capacity. Among the gals who bundled up in their warmest Christmas flannels for the ride Katie Gee Nora Sheehan Marion Powers Jeannette Long, Ann Griffin, Deborah Greaney, Catherine McKenna, Gertrude Lang, Madeline Maloney and Gertrude McKeOwn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Legislatively speaking. =. Both U. s. senators from Connecticut have four children Senator Angus tine Lonergan has four daughters; Senator Francis sentative Joseph Smith of this city will celebrate his birthday next Tuesday The "N in Representative Alfred N. Phillpss stands for Norotonn. Repre- sentative James A. Shanley of New Haven a school master before becoming legislator. Representative Phlips's biography in the Congressional Director is the longest in the Connecticut delegation IS lines; Senator Maloney's is the shortest = 6 lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
FINES PAID WITH STAMPS

San Jose, Cal. (UP)-The traff court thinks Lawrence w. PhilliI has two bad habits. One is speed ing and the other is remitting h fines by mail in postage stamp Once he sent $40 worth and tH second time g worth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
FEED THE BIRDS
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Now is the time for all good citizens In the midst of strife and mud-sling1ng, To look to the wants of our feathered friends, What, to them are you brnging2 Though hard put and beset with fears In world sort of sordd and mean, A handout to the birds will improve your morale And the effort won't cost you bean. Have you decided there's no kindness among men? Then listen to these few feeble words, You've no idea what satisfaction you'll get By daily feeding the birds.
 -EM, EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
Newington Patients
 Awarded Cigarettes
Legion Auxiliary Members Treat Hospitalized Men Yesterday-Welch Circle Plans Minstrel Rehearsal
W AT VILE
Mrs R. W. Henion-1786 Thomaston Ave-TeL 3-5462

many other similar articles, are greatly appreciated. The local Aux Hilary contributed twelve card table covers during the mont hof Decem- Der and there is a need for more, for the tables which are used in the general recration room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Uptown and down. Once upon time kids could take shortcut" from the upper end of Abbott avenue Savings street, down pernously steep bank and the alley that led to the stage door, the alley that went out to Brown street. alongside of ONes blacksmith shop. The Naugatuck River along Browns meadows was great place for swimming. But bold the lad who ventured the meadows to Browns apple trees to "swipe few choice fruit. Ftzsmons lot in back of upper Cooke street great place for baseball and football It's still there just it was when almost entirely surrounded by woods. Every baseball dia- canoe to the kids who thronged this spot during the summer months. One where your favorite amateur player banged out home-run; another where you somebody get "beaned".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Looping the loop George zappone is doing nicely Louis Meany is the living example of how to remain happily married. Although the happy day was only six
 months ago. Louis still tells the West End that each suc ceedng day is happier Dan Zibeo is still pretty chesty his recent appearance with the West End Minstrel troupe. Caroline Geneva had her first skat ing lesson up at Fulton Park last Monday She could not be reached for interview how she felt Tuesday Harry Johnson and Cliff McHae are as adept at tossing each other around and pnng few ears back any of the boys along the mainstem Old Catchem- Johnson" says Cliff referring to Harry. Sylvia Per- ielo has to be her veterans organizations well insurance she goes about her daily chores in John De Pastino's busy office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21
Yes. thev have no bananas.

Yes, they have no bananas. The addition of banana eating contest to the next Olympic Games would enable Australia to make still greater Olympic showing it is believed there Mervyn Walmsley of Corak has just broken his previous record for banana eating by dspOsing of 52 in 20 minutes. The first 25 were eaten in minutes. All of the bananas were evenly graded ranging from 12 to inches in length
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-21

Poyopoly. .. While you're doing those mental gymnastics monopoly and its evis you might work out a while with this one--polyopolyl Maybe we're words to describe them Polyopoy is artificiay built word carpentered by Washington official Here's how he did it If one man business dominates trade situation to be able to fix prices that trade that monopoly But if several different individuals businesses working in cahoos achieve the results that's poyopoy. True, Master Shakespeare long ago pointed out "that which we call rose by any other name would smell as sweet" And monopoly would be less fragrant we got into the habit of calling version of it polyopoly.