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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

Sheppard, Betty Baukat, Catherine Pichulo, Mary Korpos, Jane Bent ley, Agnes Balcerski.
 Bass-Arthur Oemcke, Gregory Phelan, William Connole, Victor Le. moine, William Wyatt, Robert Lett. ton, Harold Sanford, Stanley wi. duch, Stanley Dibble, John Had zega, Herman Grossman.
 Ready for Complaints
 The board of relief will hold its first meeting in the town hall Feb ruary l to receive complaints or the assessment, and four meetings thereafter.
 The schedule of meetinggs is: Feb. l, 2:30 p. m. to 5 p. m., p. m to g p. m.; Feb. 4, 2:30 p. m., to p. m.; Feb. g 2;30 p. m., until p.m.; Feb. IS, 2::30 p. m. to 5 p. n1., 2 p m. to 8 p. m.; Feb. 19, 10 a. m. te noon; 2p. m., until 5 p. m. and from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
 The grand list has not yet beer announced by the assessors. It is expected to be ready by the latter part of next week.
 After the board of relief completes it's sessions, any changes will be made and the list revised. The taxes for next year will be based on the revised list.
 The relief board consists of: Rep Richard Durkin, chairman, George r o o~oLorA o,d TXTiIlio v,a ARoriopo
 Two Children Injured
 Sliding accidents here last night resulted in injury to two children Alice Linskey of Galpin street anc Charles Clark, Is, of West street Miss Linskey sliding on West street ran into a car driven by Andrew J Holland of 28 Sweeney street, &C., cording to the local police report Dr. William E. Hill treated her fol few scratches.
 Clark was sliding on Wooster street and hit rock when he failed tc turn a corner. Dr. Walter Reilly treated him for minor scalp in- juries.
 At the January meeting of the board of warden and burgeSses, the two burgesses from each ward were authorized to name two streets which would be available for sliding in their respective wards. As far as is known, this has not yet been done AS a result children slide on var. ious streets and run the danger o. being hit by autos.
 Special Meeting Tonight
 The committee in charge of tht state convention of the Fraterna Order of Eagles will hold a specia meeting tonight in local aerie room! on South Main street. The conven' tion will be held in Naugatuck il June. Tonight Chairman Edward Haepp and state officers will out line the convention program.
 Report Filed
 The Hop Brook Club, Inc, ha' filed its annual report. This show! officers as of January l, 1888 were
 Harris Whittemore, Jr., president Joseph E. Talbot, vice president Clarence s. Austin, treasurer anc secretary.
 The directors are: Harold E. Chit. tenden, T. G. Hawley, L. Lucas Willard Bittle, Ralph Hanson, Jo. seph Talbot, Harris Whittemore, Jr. and c. Klimasewski, all of Nau. gatuck.
 Local Woman Hurt
 Naugatuck friends of Miss Esther Breane, 27, of Culver street were sorry to hear she suffered seriou! injuries in an auto accident at tht intersection of Todd and Merider roads last night. Miss Breane wa: passenger in a car driven by Hank Degnan, 27, of II Wilson street, Waterbury, the auto struck a group of six childern killing two
 Miss Breane suffered fractures o1 the right leg and shoulder and is z patient at St. Mary's hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Lily Pons O. Ks Presidents Birthday Celebration Portrait

LILY PONS. Metropolitan Opera star, and member of the National WOmen'S Council, with Keith Morgan, chairman of Committee for the Celebration of the Presi- den's Birthday, admires painting done by Howard Chandler Chris tie, at National Headquarters in New York City. Miss POns is holding her membership certifi- cate. The Christie painting will be used as the front cover of the 1888 Presidents Birthday Maga- zine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
PEACHES Ss.5O EACH IN 1854

Berkeley, Ca. OP)-For the con- solation of California fruit growers who sometimes complain of falling prices, the University of California has established that during the gold rush days of 1854, peaches sold for $350 each. A year later the bottom had dropped out of thS market and they only brought $1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
AUSTRALIA CHANGES COINS

Melbourne CUP) - Australia is changing the designs of all its coins to emphasize the resources and characteristics of the country. While the kings head will still be retained on the face of ali coins, the reverse will have such images as kangaroos; rams head, indicative of wool; and three ears of wheat, symbolic of the crop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
MOVIES TO AID READING

Cambridge, MasS.-(UP)-A nov ing picture film promoting correct eye movements for proper reading technique has been developed by Harvard psychologists. Purpose of the development is to aid adults and children in improving their reading ability.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

Netherland Indies is importing bronze from Switzerland for its new coins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
TWO HONORS FOR
 NJ. E. PIERPONT
Local Man Chosen Treas urer, National Delegate
 at Dairymen's Meet

Morton E. Peirpont, of this city was reelected treasurer or the Con- necticut Dairymen's Association at the annual convention which closed yesterday at the Hotel Garde in Hartford.
 MT. Pierpont was also elected of-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
BOOTS GONE; STRIKE CALLED

Sydney-CUP)-A strike was de- clared at the Corrimal mines here when a pair of boots belonging to miner disappeared. It was only called of when it developed that the camp boy had thrown them away thinking they had been discarded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

free the state of the disease" the resolution reads.
 A second resolution asked dele- gates of the association 70 the Con- necticut Agricultural Council to study carefully the effect that the proposed consolidation of VI state departments dealing in ag4 culture would have on the dairy industry since "dairying is the chief single agricultural industry of the state."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

A new model automobile has the front seats of the two-door sedan hinged in such a manner as to allow them to swing forward and in, so that passengers entering the back seat now have more room to enter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

"I WON'T MISS A FIVE-SPOT so
much" said Smoky Noon land you need
it bad. Just why won't you take it, kid? ?"
The girl beside him, in the roadster
seat Of the fiivver, did not answer for a
moment. They looked at each other,
faces blurred in the shadows that cloud
ed the tourist-camp grove. Dawn was
an hour away. The spring was yet young
and they had found an empty camp
when they drove in. The night was wind
less. The trees were very still.
"You don't owe me anything. logger"
the girl said at last. "And we are
strangers, really. 1 couldn't take your
money"
He growled "You talk like society
movie. Listen, Mary; people like us are
never strangers. I'm an out-of lSck log
ger. You're berry knocker hitch hiking
for the spring crop camps. We were old
friends as soon as we met. Coupla buns.
Both at the bottom Of life's luck. Don't
get snobbsh with me, Mary Martin"
'T'm not" she protested. "It's just
that know what five dollars mean to
you. Two days of cutting big timber
with an AK. It's enough that you've
given me 4 ride and been so decent So
now I'll just say SO long. I'll be all
right"
"But you're broke Whatll you do?"
"Oh, I've still got the price of break
fast, if the local Greek won't let me
wash dishes for it. Then I'll hitch on up
the coast. can always pick up a house,
work job if it comes to pinch"
Smoky Noon stared out through the
cracked windshield. On ahead the gravel
road made a gap through the black
masses Of the camp trees. High and far
away the mountains swcllcd darkly
against the stars. Smoky had a sort Of
home up yonder, a hidcaway.
off I WAS HALF A MAN" he said,
"I'd hold on to you. Somehow these two
hours we've bumped along together have
made me feel that way-likc I've never
felt before. But ! know my luck. |
wouldn't want you in on it any,"
eff you did, you'd soon be sorry"
Mary Martin said. "You'rc careless with
your talk, logger and of course you
don't mean it. Men never do. Let's make
it goodby while we're still friends"
81 do mean it," he insisted looking at
her. "I mean it so much I'd never leave
you, If it wasn't that every thing l do
goes wrong"
She had opened the door at her right,
but she paused now and met his gaze in
the shadows. She said:
II just thought of something that I
once read. It was a line about luck, one
four-lettered word in the crossword
puzzle Of life, just one small part of it.
You can never beat the puzzle by play.
ing on only single word, Smoky"
"But the puzzle can beat you with
iust one" he retortcd. "The odds are all
against you. Don't know!"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04
man will fight when he finds something worth fighting for
Smoky found when the cards oil stacked against him.

"Maybc." She pushed open the door.
"Luck can be licked though"
"Not mine. Not even by regiment of
marines"
"Im sorry. Well" She stepped out.
an hike over and look for the usual
all-night restaurant. Thanks, and so
long,"
He saw her cropping hand He grasped
and held it. For a moment Smoky Noon
had sense of fatefulness, a feeling
that if he let go his grip now he was
yielding his one chance to beat life's
game. But his faith in himself had been
battered too hard. He could only say,
by way of farewell:
"That ive-spot-won't you take it,
Nary"
"No, Smoky" Her voice was cool and
remote. $50 long"
And he was letting her go. But what
ever force Of chance had brought them
together, it was not to be frustrated so
easily.
A DULL BUT explosive sound echoed
through the trees. 1t came from across
the river, where the little town of Pole
water had its one business street At
this hour only scattering lights marked
the place. Smoky Noon stared at them
hard, listening Then he was out beside
Mary Martin.
81 have a bunch what that was" he
said. "No time to explain, but I want
you to promise you'll wait right here
till I come back"
eff you're so sure l should, I'll
promise" she said readily.
He turned to the box bed behind the
roadster seat and grabbed up double
bittcd ak. Then he was running, vanish
ing, amid the black tree boles toward
the river.
In few minutes the logger came to
the highway bridge. 1t was a suspension
span. He slowed his pace to a walk ,as
his spiked boots struck the pavement,
and went on with little sound through
the bridge shadows. Ahead the road
lifted up slope to the dim business
street
A darker shadow moved in that dim
ness. 1t was car without lights. coast
ing for the bridge. AS it gathered speed
the logger broke into a run, keeping to
the side Of the bridge at his left. Near
its end he stopped and swung the AK
back from his right shoulder. The silent
dark car raced closer. He could see now
that it was an old touring model, high
bodied, clumsy in appearance, but
powerful and fast.
Smoky Noon knew that car. He was
sure of the identity of the man at the
wheel. And he was even more certain
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

that the vault of tho Polewater bank
had been blasted and that he was facing
the getaway.
He felt the power to block it, to wreck
the bandit car. For a second or so he
poised the five-pound ak for whirling
throw. Then a slackness went through
him. He fought off the feeling, but then
it was too late. The car roared past. and
he started dejectedly back for his flivver.
MARY MARTIN had perchcd herself on
the running board to await Smoky's re-
turn. It would soon be dawn and
then another day :. hitchhiking on ;.
fighting for an existence E.
Her days had been mostly like that
ever since she could remember Her
people were crop campers, belonging to
the meandering million of west coast
workers who live by seasonal labor and
whose habtations roost precariously on
the tattered tires of ancient cars. Mary
did not belong.
Even as a small child she had dreamed
of home such as she saw endlessly
along the highways. When she was old
enough she had tried to realize the
uItdltl ny ulllIlS out LOT HOuScWoIK. DuC
she was an outsider, and lonely. This
was the third time she had returned to
the gypsy trail of the crop camps.
"And it's no good" she mused. "Noth-
ing is any good for me. Might be,
though, if had lSomc of my own"
That was a familiar thought with
Mary. But home of her own meant
marriage, and of that she was afraid.
She had seen too much of its dark and
seamy side. in the camps. in sawmill
shanties, tidefat shacks. and big
slums. Her hopes had never vcntured
higher. Crop-camp girl Hitchhikcr.
Men took so much for granted.
Not this Smoky Noon. though He had
taken too hard n hammering from life
to scorn or iniure another Indeed. from
all he had told her on their ride up the
coast Mary knew he was too easy, too
unresentful under wrongs.
She wondered about his home. Back
there in the mountains, he had said
Deep in the big woods, toward the dawn.
From the loggers talk Mary could ina
CINE the small hewn-log house. the
stump-dotted clearing, the huckleberry
bushes on the hillside, the singing cas-
cades of the creek, the grassy loan of
the bottoms, hungry for crops. A refuge
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-04

hcdecd by soaping trees and mountain
rims
"Wake up" she abiured herself, "and
don't be silly"
1T WAS SMOKY'S returning footballs
that had aroused her. They dragged
heavily through the gravel. She waited
where she was, asking nothing, until he
had thrown the AK back into the box bed.
Then he told her what had happened,
and more.
cts the old luck" said Smoky Noon
dismally "Pd know that getaway car
in million. 1t belongs to a timber wolf
by name of jeff Dunnagan-generally
known as Dirty Dog A year ago I'd
made a stake, and while the times was
so hard holcd up on the place and tried
to make a ranch of it.
"This Dirty Dog Dunnagan boarded
in on me- I never figured he was so bad
till he started talking how easy it would
be to crack the Polcwater bank some
time when it looked loaded with cur
rcncy to meet monthly pay checks.
Finally chased him. pretty rough, and
him swearing to get even"
"But this robbery" Mary said otis
the banks hard luck"
"Mine too" Smoky drawled forlornly
on. "Here's how it comes. Three times
last year tried to get loans to keep the
ranch going. Last time the banker talked
so mean slapped him some and sort of
took the bank apart. The marshal run in
on the rumpus and bent his gun barrel
over my head.
"That made me right mad, and ]
spoke a lot of bad threats before | was
finally kicked out of town. I was in
formed I'd be jailed sure if l ever come
back inside the town limits. That's why
1 made this trip at night and figured to
pull on home before daylight.
"And what happens?" Smoky dole
fully concluded. 81 no sooner hit here
than Dirty Dog and coupla yeggs blast
the bank. The robbery will be horsed on
me, shore. And you talk about me lick
ing my luck!" he added disgustedly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-18
HEAVY BETTING ON
 BIG TITLE BOUT
Amount Probably Won't Exceed Record Wagered
 on LOuis=Baer in '35

New York, June 18 - (UP - The Max Schmeling-J Louis heavyweight title bout scheduled for next Wednesday, was shaping up today as one of the biggest betting affairs of all time.
 Jack Doyle, veteran Broadway price-maker, said that more bets are being made than ever before
 But - Doyle admitted the total amount of money risked may not exceed that which was Wagered on the Louis-Baer fight in 1885. That fight, he said. established an all- time record for the amount gambl- ed.
 "In all the years I've been making prices" Doyle said. I've never been besieged by so many inquiries on a fight inquiries from all over the United States and foreign coun- tries"
 Doyle said that outside New York city, most of the heavy betting was coming from the far west, north west and middle south. He quoted Louis as the 8la to s favorite in hand -to-hand betting, He explained that Louis was the favorite because the men betting on him seemed willing to wager larger chunks of money than those favoring Max However" he added, T believe there are actually more people willing to bet on Schmeling."
 Eddie Borden. another price -mak- CT, quoted Louis as the favorite at 9-5 and ll-5 in book betting. The customer betting on Louis would put up $l1 to win $5, and the customer betting on Schmeling would have to risk S in order to win $9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-18
YELLOW RIVER IS
 ON WILD RAMPAGE
5O,OO0, ,0O0 Will Be Home= less in 30 Days, Off,
 cials Report

Shanghai, June 17.-(UP). The great Yellow river, for centuries the "scourge" of China, was running wild today and threatened to make 50,000,000 persons homeless within 30 days.
 There seemed little prospect of halting the floods which have spread to sections of five provinces and made a lake of thousands of square miles of war-torn territory.
 The waters continued to rise as torrential rains beat down on all sections of the North Central China, bringing a 44-foot rise ill the river during the last two days.
 The international famine relief commission gave gloomy predic- ton for the future, declaring itself at loss to do anything because of the lack of funds and inability to operate in war zones behind the Japanese lines.
 Fifty million persons will be homeless within month unless the floods are controlled" said J. E. Baker, director of the commission.
 The floods, threatening to halt the entire Chinese-Japanese war, were the worst in China since 1855, when the muddy Yellow river stormed a new course eastward to the sea. To- day, there was possibility it might take another course.
 Casualties were inestimable. Some Japanese military authorities believ- ed that the deaths were running into the thousands"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-18
SARAH K. PLUME
 WILL PROBATED
s. Kellogg Plume Princi- pal Beneficiary-Two
 COdicils Attached

8. Kellogg Plume is named as principal beneficiary in the estate of his mother, Sarah K. Plume, which was admitted to probate to- day by Judge Dennis J. Slavin in the Probate Court. The will, drawn in December, 1924, by Mrs. Plume, who died May 29th, last, was &C., companied by two cokiicils.
 First provision was setting up of one-third of the estate as a trust fund, income of which was to be paid for life to her husband, Frank c. Plume, but the third was not to include a fourth interest held by Mrs. Plume is property at 83 Pros pect street which was left to the son and to his heirs. The latter be- quest was qualified by the provision that the share was not sold by her brothers, Frank w. Kellogg and Charles P. Kellogg.
 In the event the brothers or a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Chase, re- tain the property, the fourth inter- est was bequeathed the son by the codicil, changing the will on May 19, 1927, to include Mrs. Chase. The will stipulated that those living at the Prospect street house should not pay rent for use of the share but should return maintenance costs, such as taxes, tc 4ha astate,
 All of the residu. to the son, MT. Plume, of MiddAoury road, Watertown, and to his widow and issue in the event of his death be- fore execution of the will. One-third of the income from trust to be set up by the co-executor with the son, and the trustee, the Colonial Trust company, would go to the widow in the latter event.
 Two-thirds of the estate would be set up in trust for the issue, net income to be paid to guardian of the children until 2l years of age when the income would be paid direct; then, at 25 years, half of the principal would be paid such children, the income on the other half; at 30 years the remainder of the principal would be paid.
 Tn the event of the death Of po- tential beneficiaries, the trust would be divided among other heirs.
 By a second codicil, dated Feb. II, 1880, $5,000 was directed set up as trust fund by the Colonial Trust Company If James Martone Is in my employ at the time of my de- cxse." Payments of income quar- terly from this fund are directed for the life of the beneficiary. the principal then to revert to the es- tate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-18
LAST BACHELOR IN ROOSEVELT CLAN MARR|ES
 John Weds Anne Lindsay Clark at High Noon | Today
 NAHANT, MASS, IS SCENE OF ACTIVITY
 Dr. Peabody Who Married GrOOm's Parents Will Marry Young Couple
BY FREDERICK A. STORM GU. F. White House Correspondent

BY FhEDERlCk A. STORM GU. P. White House COrrespondent)
 Nahant, Mass, June 18.- (UP) - John, last bachelor in the White House family of Roosevelts, marries Anne Lindsay Clark, blonde Bos- ton debutante, at noon today in the little, century-old Nahant Union church, while the President watches in the front pew.
 Dozens of the Roosevelt clan of four generations were gathered for the incidental parties, rehearsals, re- ception and afternoon wedding breakfast in this Republican strong hold frequented by the traditional LoWells, Cabots and Lodges. The front pew on the right center aisle in which the President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevent sit. has the name Lowell on the inscription plate. It belongs to Mrs. John Lowell, neighbor of Mrs. Franklin Haven Clark, the brides mother.
 John Is g
 John, the Presidents youngest son, is g, six feet, four inches tall, boy ish of face and mannerism, a grad uate of Harvard University. His bride is a year younger, almost foot shorter, member of 8 family of social distinction. Her father, F. Haven Clark, Boston broker, died in 1886.
 The Rev. Dr. Endicott Peabody, headmaster of Groton school, will perform the ceremony. Thirty three years ago he married the president and his cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, when the dynamic Theo- dore (TR) Roosevelt, gave, the bride away. That was on St. Pa- tricks day, 1905.
 Dr. Peabody also officiated at the wedding of the brides parents, and christened her.
 Curious Arriving
 Hours before the hand-pumped organ in the ivy-covered church was to peal the wedding march, thousands of curious New Eng flanders began arriving. They came as near as they were permitted by automobile and then proceeded afoot, eager to gain vantage points in this quaint peninsular village
 They had begun to gather as ear-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-18
3-ALARM FIRES
 COME TOGETHER

Boston, June l8.-(UP)-Two sim ultaneous three-alarm fires. one on historic India wharf. caused $30000 total damage, authorities estimated today.
 Fireman John Sampson required hospital treatment after nail pierced his hand during the wharf fire, which caused $20,000 loss as water-streams plumed from a fire boat and land apparatus.
 Extensive damage was done to quarters of the Rat Club, whose membersare descendants of Boston Tea Party participants, and to headquarters of the AFLs Interna- tional Longshoremen's association on the wharf.
 The dock blaze alarm sounded only a few minutes after three alarms rang for a $lO,000 fire at a Rox- bury box and barrel factory