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Evening star., 1938-09-16
TOOL ORDERS INCREASE,

CLEVELAND, Sept. Is R.-The
National Machine Tool Builders' Asso-
citation reported yesterday the August
index Of machine tool orders was 1903,
a. compared with SOS for July. The
August, 1887, figure was l7o.o.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
SUPERIOR STEEL CORP.
PLANS $4,000, 900 ISSUE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. ls.-A special
meeting Of stockholders Of Superior
Steel Corp. has been called for Octo-
Der 10 to authorize a $4,000, 900 bond
issue. 1t was reported the corporation
planned TO use the proceeds for re-
tirement of $963,000 of bonds now
outstanding, for payment of $5O0,ooo
notes and for additional working capi-
tai The corporation operates in the
Pittsburgh district.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
2,45O TONS OF LEAD SOLD,

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 R.-St. Jo-
seph Lead Co. reported 625 tons Of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold yes
terday at $4.75 per 100 pounds East
st. Louis; 1,l25 tons at $495 New
York and 525 tons ct $505. ITS tons
at the New York average.
Evening star., 1938-09-16
Seuen Producers
OF Autos Launch
Work on Ne1uCurS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Sept l6.-Ward's Auto
motive Reports today said that seven
motor car manufacturers are in pro-
duction of 1889 models. It placed this
weeks assemblies at 16,l00, against
17.485 last week and 30,l50 this week
a year AGO.
It attributed the decline in assem-
blies to strike at the Briggs Manu-
featuring Co. The shutdown resulted
in a shortage Of bodies for Plymouth,
which recently stepped up new model
output.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

6pUI BCeAUy. mIddNn8. 1.U5.
Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed $40 higher. Sales, 10 contracts
October, 1880; December, S.00b;
January, S.04b; March, $40; May,
0.l3b. b-Bid.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

Total Sales for the day. $4,000
sAetual sales: unit OF trading 10
Rates Of dividends the annual
based the declara-
included " - '. '~>"N' ~A' "''
In bankruptcy undr
BANKRUPTCY Act securities companies
MID diVidsnd 1r Ex riehts Also extra
preferences stock year Payable
dividend oatd declared this -'~'~N
Evening star., 1938-09-16
SH0RT-TERM SECURITIES.
(Reported BY Smith. Barney A. Coz

Am Tel d Tel 5has 1e43 1i3 ii3js
Auburn Auto Co 4As 1889 20 2sh
Austin d Nortwesth Is 1p4l 7dJe
Baldn LOGON w IS 194O as
Central Foundry 6s l94l %
Ches & Ohio Ry IS 1889 = 1924 1o3ls
Container Corp IS 1943 Q5k e5A
Cuba Northn Rys 5Ias 1912 80 33i,-|
delaware & Hudson As l943 AN so;
Edison FL Hum As 1899 1OOA 1O2A
Gen 1ub Service 5I2s 1899 pp31 1904
Gr Rapids g. Ind 4Ias 1941 1O4 104h
Houston Oil bns 1910 1Olh lU3
Illinois Steel AIS 1910 1O6ia lO6A
Init Mere Marine IS 1871 "A As
Init Tel & Tel AIS 1889 aaM l0Oh |
Laclede Gas Light IS 1899 10 so
Lake Erie & Western IS la41 90
LehiEh Val Ter Ry IS la4l As 54
Louisville q Nash As 1910 9sh ao5
Michigan Central As 1870 20 SO
Midland r N ] IS 1910 I4S
Milw g. Northern 4 ias 1899 32h 90,
New York Tel Co 41as 1899 1O4hs 104i3
pennsylvania Co 3hs 1e41 9Qh 102!3
Penn-Dixie Cement Is 1941 90 91h
Penna r r Co As 1943 1O7 10s
Phila. Bait L. Wash As 1943 107ss 1Os1
Rio Or western 4s 1899 - 3sh7 70 i
Ter r As st 4has 1889 1885,
Texas q N Orleans IS 1e43- a. Z.
Yanadium Corp s. le4l--- g4H A1
Warner Bros 60 1872 TIN IN
Western N & Pa IS l943 103N 1QSs
White Bewing Mach % 1870 o0ss 1Q6H =.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

CHICAGO Cash Market.
- Wheat-No. 3 hard. Hsi.: No. T. IS;
No. mixed. tough, 6494. Corn-No 2,
mixed. 54 No. ]. . and 8 yellow. 54-54Iz,
No. 3. 52l2. Oats-No / white 90; No.
3. 25'.-2s. Barley--No. g. 62-66: No. T.
tough. -. Buckwheat-No. 2 old l 40
so. Rye-No. 4. Aga. Timithy seed 215-
s.; red clover. 10.OO-12.00; red ton.
1.00-15.
Wjnniper Prices =,
WINNIPEG. Sept. l5 Np.-Grain range
TODAY.
Evening star., 1938-09-16

The average of originating calls per
day during August reached $40. $40.
which showed the usual seasonal de-
cline from 885,45l recorded in July
this year, but was the highest for any
August on record. 1t compared with
August averages in other years as fol-
lows: 509,944 in 1929. 5l5,227 in 1880,
SIS. 300 in 1881. 600, ,644 in 1882. 6O2.856
in 1888. 6l5,227 in 1884, 703.454 in
1885, 736,314 in 1886 and 1878 in
1887.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
New Helium

The Federal Geological Department of Brazil announces that helium has been discovered in the state of Sac Paulo. The statement gives no clue as to the esti- mated quantity of the gas. If it proves to be abundant it will end this country's monopoly and will open the way for Ger many to obtain the helium recently re- fused it by the Interior Department.
 With helium available in commercial quantities outside the United States there will be resumption of construction and use of zeppelins and other dirigibles for transportation. One of the restrictions which Congress placed upon the sale and export of the gas from this country was the proviso that foreign airships using American helium must operate directly to and from this country The Graf Zeppelin had long been making scheduled trips between Germany and Brazil which were necessarily discontinued when heli- um was accepted as the only safe gas to use and the Germans had none.
 All this is the more interesting because of the developing coolness between Ger many and the Brazilian government over trade and other matters Perhaps Brazil will keep her helium for herself and make a few dirigibles of her own.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16

You can't refer to Rep. Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., of Stamford, as "St Patrick" Phillips and expect to get away with it. The Stamford legislator Is no push-over, even if the person on the pushing end is John D. M. Hamilton, National chair man of the Republican party. Last week MT. Hamilton was quoted as referring to Representative Phillips ln such manner in connection with an alleged bill of the latter. There was a story circulated in this state and probably Tn others, too, during the last session of Congress about Representative Phillips introducing a measure that called for the destruction of all snakes in ZOOS, etc, for fear that in time of dangerous earthquake all would be freed and become menaces to society. Representative Phillips claimed that the story was started by an enemy of his, whose father is a member of the Public Utilities Commission against which Representative Phillips has waged war over electric rates for some years. At any rate Junior Phillips hit back in char acteristic fashion when given the open- ing, such as Chairman Hamilton pro- Vlded him with last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
Opportunity For Voters Chance To Purge State Central Committee of Members Offered Indirectly Through Choice of Delegates to State
 Convention
Convention
HARTFORD COURANT

in the post that he now occupies.
 The members of the state central committee are not chosen directly by the voters of the party but in- directly through their choice of delegates to the convention in the caucuses the week after next. Hence, the Republicans of the ninth sena- torial district, will have an oppor- tunity on August g to bring about the involuntary retirement of MT. Willard from the high councils of the party if they wish. The decision is wholly in their hands. If MT. Will lard, who was accused by the Fair field county grand jury of having accepted money in return for his friendly influence in the sale of a parcel of land for the Merritt Park way, is the sort of representative they want on the state central com- mittee, they can keep him on. If he is not the kind of representative they want, the caucuses have their opportunity to get rid of him.
 Republicans elsewhere have a legitimate interest in their decision, for the party as whole will be affected by 1t. It's chances iii the coming election will not be improved if its high leadership numbers in- dividuals whose activities have been subject to serious question. The Republicans of the ninth senatorial district would earn the gratitude of Republicans the state over were they to put on the state central committee a representative whose name had not figured in a grand jury report.
 Meantime, the fact should not be overlooked that, whereas the Re- publican state central committee has urged the retirement of it's members who have been named in the grand jury reports, the Demo- cratic state central committee has as yet taken no step to purge its roll of the two members from Wa terbury, MT. Crary and MT. Lawlor, who, in addition to being named in a grand jury report, have been placed under arrest as result of it's charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
Dangerous Precedent

The news story of President Roosevelt's purge" of Senator George, while that distinguished gentleman and scholar" (to quote the PresidenD was sitting on the same platform, is to us an impolltlc precedent and depressing commentary on the present level of party politics. The President, trying the impossible feat or dsassociating himself from his great office and stepping into the less dignlfled role of party leader, virtually says, sen ator George and l do not agree on some matters, therefore, he is wrong and am right and he must get out of my way so that you people of Georgia can send some one to Washington to sit in my cheering section, to do only what he is told, and to do no individual thinking TOT hlmSelI or his constituents"
 That is not the concept of government or of party politics which our fathers con- ceived and under which this nation has enjoyed representative government ana attained it's greatness, it's freedom, US open-mindedness it's opportunity TOT iree discussion of both sides of every question. No man or small group of men has the mental capacity to determine what IS pest for any section of this nation or for the country as a whole under the rapidly changing conditions of modern life nor can anyone be sure that the laws and theories of yesterday and today will be adeuuate for tomorrow. If the conscl- ence and learning of an intelligent low maker lead him courageously to dl11er with his fellow-leg gislators that is exactly what the American people should expect their representatives to do. History IS full of cases where the minority was right and the courage not to follow the crowd often distinguishes the statesman from the politician.
 We had hopes that reports of "presi- dential purge" were untrue and were political propaganda. Our memories are not so short but what we are reminded of President Wilson's great mistake Of ln- trusion into local politics on the League of Nations question and of the response of the American people to it. Time and history alone can tell who was right on the various laws passed or registered ln the last six years and the people or any state should be permitted to choose be- tweer. candidates to represent them with out having the opinion and prestige Of the Presidency used for or against either of them. There can be no freedom Of thought or independence otherwise.
 Democrats can be loyal to their Presi- dent and their party and still reserve the American right to think for themselves and differ with others on each national problem as it arises That is true democ- racy and the Democratic party most of all should strive to protect and preserve that right and the spirit of open-minded- ness and intellectual freedom it guar antees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Aug. 16.-Signs of autumn appear in the -arboreal canyons of Manhattan long before turning leaves tell the same story in other parts of the land.
 The garment center. that f1tful area which extends some ten blocks in the 30's, is teeming with renewed activity. The shipping clerks who push those hand trucks are carting about all the suits and overcoats which will protect us from the win try blasts, though the fahrenheit stays up.
 The comedy models of the John Powers Park Avenue agency, those charmers whose faces and figures adorn the advertisements you see in newspapers and magazines, are poWdering their noses for another hectic season.
 Already, so the fashion watch tower tells us, they are swinging into action, posing in fall sportr wear for football pictures, in capes, foxes, and neatly tailored suits which, alas must be surrendered after several brief, precious, mo- ments of sweet possession.
 One of these lovely ladies, Tn fact, just told US that she has had more modelling assignments in the past fortnight than at any time since the summer started.
 Cop is Fall Guy
 Captain Sheehy of the Manhattan Police Department already is at work conferring with the show pro- ducers along and of Times Square.
 Sheehy, commanding some l75 policemen, maintains vehicular and pedestrian order during the theater hours and after them, when the playhouses discharge their patrons. And If any of you customers ever braved Times Square in street car, or motor at the height of the eve ming, then you must be acutely aware of the immensity of the Cap tain's task. It is good to know that he is preparing, for 1t is hamburger of fall
 But It's No Cooler
 More signs that Manhattan IS perk- ing up in mid-August? The car watchers, for one, are again to be l found, in the side streets. There aren't many racketeering at this moment, but it Is safe bet that their ranks will increase with Sep tember morn. They patrol the areas in the West Side tenement zone and watch" your car for a gratuity--usually two bits. And they get it, too. For shoo them away im- patiently and the chances are that cut tire or smashed fender will greet the car owner upon his return. The gendarmes have tried, unsuc- cessfully. to eradicate this racket; the urchin vandals will nbt oe doWned.
 The hotels report less patronage Gotham's girls are beginning to wear stockings again, a sure sign.
 The Broadway panhandler whc plies his trade in winters, attireo in dress suit and starched shirt has gone back to that garb after a brief respite in polo shirt. The chubby man who darts through town in shorts during the fall and winter is wearing them again after his short change to long pants.
 Funny thing, though. All these scraps of evidence that summer is almost over don't make us feel the least bit cooler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16

The fight for the senatorial nomina- tion on the Democratic ticket this fall is going to be more interesting than the actual election, we think. It started off in good form Saturday afternoon when Representative Herman P. Koppemann construed remarks by Senator Augustine Lonergan as aimed directly at him. Sen- ator Lonergan was talking about buying public office" and pointed out that sen atorlal candidates are limited in cam- paign expenses. The result was a caus- tic retort from the Hartford congressman. all in the same afternoon. The next day both candidates carefully avoided meet ing when they were booked to attend the same Democratic gatherings But they can't help meeting some time again and It should be worthy of comment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
HaIf-Million for Horses

The horse is not yet obsolete Figures show that there are more horses being bred and used as the years advance This may seem like contradiction in view of the fact that few, if any, horses are seen today on the average fair-Sized city's streets But evidence was recently Of- fered in Australia that the horse is as popular as ever. A generous lover of animals left half a million dollars to build drinking troughs. There are about 400 of them built already in Victoria and work will soon be extended to New South Wales.
 Don't let's be sentimental about this thing. Maybe if person has that much money to leave after death and there are no deserving relatives or charities, it's nice to think about the dumb animals. There is too little consideration for them in this bustling world so we have to have few benefactors like this Australian one But where in the world could you put in Connecticut or New England half a mil lion dollars worth of watering troughs for horses? We are busily engaged in removing watering troughs from city streets today because horses don't use them.
 Most of the horses in use today are on farms, country estates, riding academies or privately owned and maintained at some farm conveniently located outside the city's busy whirl. Most of us think this is the proper locale for the horse today. He would not be able to exist in the town as he did twenty years ago. be- cause automobiles would make life pre- carious for him. So when we read that this Australian benefaction should make American philanthropists more consider ate of dumb animals, the implication being they should build watering troughs, we don't sympathze. Most of them are pretty well taken care of as can be judged by their splendid appearance. At least that's true of most of the horses you may encounter along the br1dle paths or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Glacial Is pronounced glay'- shal; not glash' '-al.

mixture in concrete, filler, etc, varies in weight from approximate ly to 16 pounds per cubic foot. The average weight of the diatomaceous earth as it is excavated is about 28 pounds per cubic foot. The light weight of the ground material is due to its fine grinding.
 e. How many members of the 75th Congress are lawyers?
 A. Seventy zone Senators and 249 Representatives.
 e. Where Is the highest point in the State of Connecticut?
 A. The summit of Bear Moun- tain in Litchfield County, altitude 2,355 feet.
 e. Is 1t possible to get pamph- let containing information about cancer?
 A. The American Society for the Control of Cancer, Inc, 1250 Sixth avenue, New York, N. r., publishes an informative book which may be obtained free on request.
 o. What Is the abomination of desolation mentioned in the book of Daniel in the Bible?
 A. It is supposed by Bible schol- ars to refer to the dissertation of the Temple in Jerusalem by the soldiers of Antiochus Epiphanes.
 o. Why are bodies of dead birds seldom found unless killed by acci- dent or design?
 A. Because they disintegrate rap idly, and are eaten by predatory anil mals and insects.
 If you want a copy of our book let, "CHILD TRAINING" write to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
Selected Poem
ANOTHER FOOLs-PARADIsE

David Morton in the Christian Science Monito Even the technic and the tool delights are to the poet-fool: The sought-for measure fiched from time And sweet sounds coming home to rhyme Are happy exercises set
 Against the matrix alphabet, That geaming and conglomerate store Of yet unmined, unminted ore, When he would piece the ettered word He heard before he knew he heard And loved-and loved almost as much The pencil and the pencils touch On paper that was bridal white To take the dark stroke with delight Or so 1t seemed-he being fool And fond of technic and the tool
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16

blandly and went his own sweet way.
 As the Presidents political chief-of staff, Jim could have written far different story than the haphazard record of the purge to date. By starting early last winter, he could have set the stage in number of states for the elimination of administration foes.
 In Iowa, for instance, he could have used his influence with state leaders to put a real candidate in the field to lick Gillette. But that would have entitled a fight which might hurt Jim's chances to control the Iowa delegation in 1940. So Jim kept hands off and anti New Dealer Gillette thumbed his nose at Roosevelt.
 Jim played the same cagey game in Colorado, Nevada and Washington. In Oregon he even gave personal support to anti New Deal Governor Martin at time when oher New Dealers were opposing him.
 Jim also failed to do anything for endangered New Dealers. He didn't lift a finger for Rep. Maury Maverick. In Kentucky, while keeping hands off, he was secretly partial to Governor Chandler. And in Manhattan, where Rep. John OConnor, Tory Tammanyite chairman of the House Rules Committee, is open ly soliciting Republican help to save his scalp, the President had to go over Jim's head and personally ask Ed Flynn, Bronx leader, to put strong candidate in the field against O'Connor.
 Jim had refused to lift a finger, despite the fact that O'Connor had caused the President more grief last session than the entire Republican minority in the House.
 Only in one state has Jim CO., operated with the purge. In Maryland he has taken off his coat and is doing yeoman work against Senator Willard Tydings, with whom he has personal vendetta.
 Roosevelt vs. Farley
 There are two significant req sons for Farley's political activity. One is Farley's own presidential ambitions. The other is his se- cret opposition to a third term for the President.
 Jim has never said anything about this, but privately he is as dead set against Roosevelt in 1940 as the more outspoken Jack Garner. Jim also is not keen about the President picking his successor-unless, of course, the choice is Jim, for which he knows there is no chance.
 So it is not improbable that sometime in the course of the next two momentous years Roosevelt and Jim may face each other across a table, not as chief and lieutenant but as equals, and Jim will say, FRANK, I'M HOLDING FOUR ACES. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?"
 Copyright. 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16
Daily Almanac

Moon rises l0:2l p. m. tdaylight time).
 Sun rises 6:01 a. m. sets 750 p. m (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min utes after sunset
 High tide at Milford Wednesday, Aug IT, 3:36 D. m; low tide l002 D. m. (daylight time).
 Goldcn-rod is beginning to turn brown in some places along the roadside; hydrangeas are hanging huge heads; aster is getting ready 10 bud; the summers fast fieetng Make the most of the next six weeks for after that come preparations for cold weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16

Firing motorists are finding it harder every day to convince the courts that they should be let off lightly for their transgressions. A 10-day iail sentence was imposed in the local court yesterday Last week ip Torirngton court officials announced that thered be no more len- iency to motor laws violators by changing reckless driving and speeding charges to violation of rules of road, which doesn't call for licenses suspending Watch your step, you drivers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-16

l. In what year was the capital of the U. s. moved to Washington, D. C.?
 2. For what invention IS Ell Whitney famous?
 3. What is the name of the science which treats of coins and medals?
 {. Does Maine extend further north than the State of Washing ton?
 5. Which European country did the King of England recently visit7 G. Will . body weigh the same at the equator as at the polesf
 2. Tn which country Is the beau- tiful Loch Lomond?
 6. Which is the lightcst metal?
 9. What is the atmospheric pres- sure at sea level?
 10. of the coast of what state in the U. s. are the Farallones Is- lands?