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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
BIRLERS RALLY
 TO WIN CROWN
 FROM OUTSIDER
Lumberiacks From Maine to California Enter
 Log Contest

Escanaba, Mich, Aug. 12.-OP)- Veteran ''river hogs" are sharpen ing their caulked boots these days to prepare for the world champion- ship log-rolling contest, to be held in this metropolis of the upper Michigan timberlands.
 The art of birling, as the sport also is known, has been handed down by the lumberjacks of an era long past. It is the he-man sport mentioned in the legends about Paul Bunyan. The first log rollers were those hardy lumberjacks par ticipating in the log drives down. stream from northern forests.
 Present-day log borling is hard- ly as dangerous as 1t was in the days of mighty log jams. It has been turned into competitive sport, in which two men hop on a large log. Then they spin it, bounce it and nudge it in an att tempt to dunk the other into the water.
 Student Present Champion
 Log rolling has been a lumber jack pastime for years. But it was not until last year that an attempt was made to stage tournament for the world championship. Vet Tan log birlers were embarrassed when Joe Connors, a young Uni cersity of Wisconsin student who never was a "river hog" won the title. He defeated Wilbur Marx of Eau Claire, Wis, for the title in revival of the sport here.
 This year Connors will have to step fast and fancy to out-roll the crack field entered in the meet. Birlers from Maine to California have been invited to compete. An entry list of 40 is expected Cana dian lumberjacks also have been asked to enter.
 Many Veterans Entered
 Grizzled veterans will make the water broil as they attempt to de- throne the youthful Connors. Among the veterans entered in the meet are Jay and Walter Swanson, Quilcene, Wash, former world champions; Joe and Adolph Stau- Der, Clarence and David Knutson, and Carl Williams, all of Marinette, Wis: George Glazier, Roy Hagen and Billy Goslin, Washburn, Wis; William Beauregard of Odanah, Wis, Indian champion; Harold and Bob Teske, Saltwater, Minn.; Frank Ma1chand, Cloquet, Min; William Girard, Gladstone, Mich, and his thr9e sons; Edward H. Ogle, Mar quette, Mich, and his three sons, and Jim Heron, Kelso, Wash.
 Birling contests will be opened to women again this year. The present champion is Laura Mar chard, Cloquet, Minn. Two girls expected to enter were Earlita Ward and Morjorie Scates of Brinnon, Wash
 A block -tumbling contest also is on the Escanaba schedule. Bob Craig of Kelso, Wash, who claims tho block turning championship, has advised officials he can turn the block in water 102 times in two minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
Selected By Teacher to Carry Pail to We'll to
 Quench Pupils Thirst

had on their weight and good health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12

and see how many there were somewhere around 30, I guess"
 Well start off with the six Goldsmith girls-Mary Jane, Ma ria, Nancy, Helen, Hattie and Emily; the Allen children-Will- jam, Ruth and Cornelia; the 'Allings-George, Eunice and Rhoda; Ellen Smith; Ida Pritch- ard; the Gilbert Pritchard fam ily- Mary, Jennie and Candee (who died while going to schooD; John Downs and Warren Coles, who lived with the Downs; David Tyler; Bella Welton; George Mey- CTS of South Carolina, who board ed with Horace Johnson; the 'Seely' children-George, Charles, Chloe-Jane and Grace; John Me- Manus, who lived with Mrs. Webb, a widow; and Rebecca and Laura Russell"
 We counted the names and in- cluding his own they totaled just thirty. Among the many details MT. Porter gave me about these old Bucks Hill school mates of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
NOTICES GIVEN BY ARCHBISHOPS
27 Bishops Also Accept Invitations to Cateche.
 ticaI Congress

The Fourth National CatecheticaI Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, to be held a: Hartford, October to 4, will at- tract the largest gathering of the hierarchy and clergy in the history of the Connecticut diocese, The Catholic Transcript announces to- day.
 Rev. Matthew F. Brady, Water bury native and bishop-elect of Burlington, Vt, is chairman of the convention. Most Reverend John Gregory Murray, another Water bury native who is archbishop of St. Paul, will be a prominent figure al the congress.
 Invitations to the congress have already been accepted by four arch bishops and 27 bishops in this coufl- try, and by three members of the hierarchy in Canada. A dozen UT more other bishops are also expect ed to attend. The Canadian delega. tion will be headed by His Emil hence, Rodrigue Cardinal villen' euve, O. M. l., archbishop of Que. bee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
|OId Time Families h Bucks Hill Section
 RecaLLed ByWaLes Porter CiuiL War Veteran
Marvellous Memory of City's Beloved Hero Re-
 flected in School Days

School days in the old Bucks Hill school back in 1851 feature today's interview of John Barr, Democrats feature writer, with Wales Porter, Waterbury's only surviving Civil War Veteran. MT. Porter at the age of 94 shows evidence of possessing memory, whose retentive quality, is amaz- ing. He recalls names, dates and experience of nearly four -score years ago as if they were daily incidents in his remarkable life.
 Copyright, 1888, John Barr) An example of WALES POR- TIERS MARVELLOUS MEMORY is shown in his answer to my ques- tion, About how many scholars were there in that one-room Bucks Hill school house on the eventful day that you started goin' t schoop-at the age of 7--back in 1851-87 years ago?"
 Without a moments hesitation, and smiling at the merry recollec- tion, MT. Porter said: You write down the names as I give them to you, and then we'll count 'em
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
Expert Tire Repairing
 and XuIcaniZing

If it's tire service you need-we're ready to serve you; and at mod crate cost too. Flats, minor cuts ard breaks-in fact any service work, big job or little job; will be taken care of right in our shop
 in guaranteed fashion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12

announcement to all the animals and poultry that Wales" was out of school for the day and was coming up through the woods, which meant general rejoicing all over the farm.
 The COWS, out in the meadow, got the good news and presently formed in line, shook their heads to make their bells ring, and paraded down to the barnyard; the horses whinnied and kicked up their heels; the poultry-yard expressed great enthusiasm and the roosters made some kind of a proclamation-probably in re- lation to the quantity and quail ity of the eggs their department had produced during the day; even the pigs grunted with satis- faction and called attention to the effect good feed and mo work"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12

health.
 Young Wales Porter was busy boy with a lot of regular chores" to do, but he managed to have a lot of fun" on the farm, too. For instance he was an expert at making and flying" kites-so high that they could be seen from all over Waterbury. He was a wizard with a jack knife" and could make whistles" and tops" and all sorts of things out of wood. At "mumble-the-peg" he was hard to beat, and being un- usually large and strong of his age, he was 8 difficult boy to throw in wrestling match. He was so good in the handling of horses that his father turned all their colts over to him to break"
 One of young Wales Porters regular duties, after he was seven years old was to ride down with his father every weekday morn- ing to the manufactury of Will liam H. Hitchcock on North Main street, where the Waterbury Manufacturing Co. is now, and drive the horse back home; and go back for his father at night. Mother used to help me har- ness the horse," the old veteran explained, and he went on to say that this was the practice in spring, summer and autumn, but in winter his father drove down in a sleigh and put the horse up" in a livery stable.
 "Did you use lamps or candles in the old farm -house?" I asked. Principally candles" he an- swered, though we had a couple of 'sperm-oil' lamps for special occasions. Mother and used to make the candles Fiyst, we dipped them, and that was quite job; but later father got us mold that we could make four candles in at a time. That saved lot of labor"
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
MAROONED CAT THRIvES

San Francisco, tUP)-A cat which was trapped in an inaccessible recess of downtown building here has been kept alive for the past three months by the guests of an ad- jacent hotel who throw food to it. The cat appears to be thriving and gives no evidence of desire to re- turn to the uncertainties of life as an alley cat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
GEORGE RAFT IS
 LOSING MONEY

Hollywood, August 12. (UP) - George Raft loafed in his luxurious apartment today, 8 privilege that was costing him $23.85 an hour, "A hours a day.
 But Raft wasn't disturbed by his third suspension from the payroll of Paramount Studios. He was so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12

dissatisfied with being assigned the leading role in "St. Louis Blues" that even the loss of his $4,000 Q week salary didn't bother him.
 Adolph Zukor. chairman of the board of Paramount, ordered Rafts salary held up until Raft plays the roles given him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
Goodyear Process RETREADED TIRES

at fraction of the cost of new tires. If your tires are worn and slippery but the carcasses strong, we can retread them like new and guarantee you thousands of miles at minimum cost. We carry a large stock of retreaded tires of practically every size.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12

George Bernard Shaw's "The Millionairess" won the approval of tho audience whicl. packed the thcater on its opening night in Dublin, Ireland.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06
SERIAL
She Panied Her Face
II stony Of ee1e and Intrigue. by DoRNFoRD YATES
cDnnudY
wNU Service

1t was when we had dined that
night and were sitting above the
river, which hereabouts seemed to
be gigantic race, that ! told him
Gering's story and gave him the
statements to read. Then spoke of
Percy Virgil and, finally of the BUSH
ness which I had set out to do.
Sand now" I concluded, "we
come to the waterjump. I need a
companion in this, an Englishman
who can speak German, a man that
I can talk to, who's willing to work
with me if there's work to be done.
In word, I want YOU"
A hand went up to his brow. "I'm
on, of course. I'll love it. And I'm
greatly impressed by this business.
More than impressed. I'm dazed.
You see, I know something of :.
Gering. In fact, I was a page at
his wedding. His wife, the Count
ess Rudolph, was one of my moth
er's best friends. And I've stayed at
Brief. I was only twelve at the
time, and I've never been back. But
I still remember the house and the
seven staircase-turrets which led to
the upper floors. But I never was
in the great tower, it was holy
ground"
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CHAPTER CONTINUED

If I did not like Percy's portrait,
the moment / saw him that evening
I liked him less. Not at all re-
sembling his uncle, he was a tall,
dark man, overdressed and scented,
old for his age.
I had been something surprised
that such man as he should choose
a hotel, but I saw that he sat at
the table of one of the residents-a
quiet, sad-faced old fellow, whose
name I knew to be Inskip, who used
to go up to London twice in the
week. The two spoke hardly at all,
and I had no doubt that business
was to be done.
When Winter called me that morn
ing, asked him if he could tell me
what Inskip's profession was; and
he said at once that he was a dia-
mond merchant and added that he
had heard say that he was "a very
big man."
Winter was the valet who always
attended to me. He was an excel
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not quite The raising having trouble holding
right couple had been allowed to
fall and couple of had had squeaks
ga by IL beam missed inches,'
beams against beams and the banging hammers
scene was akin to pandemonum 1t place for a
with a few
OF work and few narrow escapes had hardened
system considerably seemed to that the queest of the
lot were fellow apprentices, the rivet jacks"
Jack just little bit
coal for the rveters FORCES he had climb
coal his shoulder and he
began envyng couple other riveack who had
shift hoist hauling their coal
Jack Sees Doom Dropping From Above.
At
the stood waiting while other
following he had
back the rve who hosting bags of coal He
had turned his that direction
slip its and hurting toward him
Jack right under that descending bag He dropped sitting
luck might keep Gripping the beam he
waited The bag hit him the shoulder off
shirt sleeve and ripped big patch skin from his right
that AT that the
him the ladder had almost reached the top His head
about with Jacks waist And the bag gancig
Jacks shoulder hit the other fellow square
Like flash, Jack him
And either That fellow
closed and he had let hold ladder
and Jack hanging from the beam
the fngerips of numb and bleeding
Five Stories Aloft and Concrete Below
Jack: "We
hard The weight slip
and that leg holding
and began to feel sea-sick."
Meanwhile another ironworke coming the
maneuveng himself into position stradde the injured
hold him. when, at last
help arrived and hands assisting
der Jack far with dizziness and fatigue
be helped himself before he could get back
Both Jack and the other fellow back the job the
night and that night other onworker
They didn't much remark about the
enough sss ne ns1 sa the grade
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Floyd &S6osss
ADVENTURES CLUB 49,,
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF
ssDeath From, AIOft"
EVERYBODY:

j ELLO EVERYBODY:
guess you'd call this story because it's about
young lad eighteen who made the grade On the other hand
call adventure story Because it's of those
where and adventure all mixed together
It's John R. Mills of New York City and while don't claim
the adventure that made of Jack Mills do think
it convinced lot of other fellows that he
Jacks New Job Was Plenty Tough.
ral working rivet jack And Jack that job of
duties of the rvetng supply scrapers for New York
city"
easy. of
walking like Orders wide
hundreds
those Orders schools that teach
his
steepejacks book,
the ground
says, "you develop
those
first, walking
loaded a semblance a
catch hold debut
double shift OF rOnworkers created lot
advanceeight leastat times, the
fOOrayers who worked below
Jack the night shift,
him feel like outsider To them another rookie
weren't ufriendy hibu they weren't friendly either.
Things Went Haywire After Payday
and then a night everything haywirei
the after and
been celebrating
out the little brown had been mbbd and
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Spark Plug

Probably the biggest single factor
to improve the 1888 club over the
'36 and 81 champions was the addi-
ton of Joe Gordon, rookie from San
Francisco-via Newark-at second
base.
With all due credit to Tony Laz-
zeri, "brains" of the Yankee infeld
for IL years until he was released
to the Chicago Cubs last winter, Cor
don has stepped up the play of the
inner defenses until the current
quartet is among the best in base
ball.
Gordon is one of the top rockies of
the campaign, having driven in
close to 100 runs and hit more than
score of homers, as well as i'm
proving the allaround fielding per-
Torrance of the Yanks.
Of course, old standbys such as
Bill Dickey, Joe Di Maggie and Lou
Gehrig have been the backbone of
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New Farm Program

Radio promotion of Goodyear
products for farm use began Sep
TENDER 26 over a huge Blue net
work of 48 broadcasting stations
of the National Broadcasting COM
pany. Fifteen-minute daily sec
tional programs will be broadcast
each Monday to Friday, inclusive,
from lis to 1:30 p. m. eastern
standard time, 1915 to 1890 p. m.
central standard time and ILLS to
1870 a. m. mountain standard
time to farmers living between
the Atlantic ocean and the Rocky
mountains, and from Texas to
Canada.
The new Goodyear broadcasts
will supplement the National
Farm and Home Hour, which for
ten years has given American
farmers up-to-the-minute news
and expert counsel on rural prob
lens. The new broadcast imme-
diately follows the Farm and
Home Hour program.
Information of vital local impor-
lance, including weather fore
casts, shipping advice, commodity
prices, sectional crop conditions
and other such items will be fea-
tured in these regional broad
casts. Complete regional offices,
competently stated, and equipped
to gather and make available the
necessary regional news and in
formation, will be set up and main
tanned. These will be in charge Of
farm experts who also will direct
the program and see that they are
keyed to local needs.-Adv.
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indeed, they deserve the name, and,
after two nights at Innsbruck, we
left that city at six o'clock in the
morning, travelling east. At nine
o'clock we had breakfast, some Is
miles from Brief, and, after that,
we set out to prove the country,
working, of course, by the map and
aiming at finding a reasonably COM
Portable lodging, which was neither
too near nor too far.
I must confess that the country
through which we ran was some of
the very finest I ever saw. On all
sides forest-clad mountains with
neighboring streams and pastures
and delicate woods.
It was half-past five that evening,
and we were beginning to wonder
where we should spend the night,
when for the fifth or sixth time we
lost our way.
We paused for few moments,
then for more than a mile we
threaded a dark green forest of
closest frs, and then we passed
over some ridge and began to go
down between meadows of very fine
grass. And then, on sudden, there
appeared fork in the road.
AS I set a foot on the brake, I
threw a glance at Herrick, to see
him asleep, and after moments
reflection I switched to the left. I
confess that the way to the right was
the better road, but that climbed
up once more, while that to the left
led on down, and, to tell the truth,
was more for the comfort of coun-
try that man administered than the
proud domain which was ruled by
Nature alone. Facilis descensus +. :.
Before half mile had gone by, I
had an uneasy feeling that we were
making the most of some private
road, but since I could not turn
around there was nothing to do but
] go on. Another two furlongs proved
my suspicion just, and I rounded
bend to see our way swallowed up
by the shade of two mighty chest
nuts which were standing, like Cog
and Magog, before a substantial
farm.
Now I could not turn the Rolls
round without driving past the
chestnuts and so right up to the
house, and since, if we were OBJ
served, we could scarcely withdraw
without excusing ourselves, it
seemed to me that we might as
well ask where we were and then
endeavor to find the farm on the
map.
The doors and windows were
open, but no one was to be seen, and
saw at once that here was more
than farm, for the house was more
important than any of those we had
passed.
AS Winter opened my door, a
pleasant-looking woman appeared at
the head of the steps
had no hat to take off, but I
bowed and smiled. Then I pointed
to the map in my hand, and, speak
ing, for some absurd reason, in what
believed to be French, announced
that we were lost and requested
the name of the house.
(TO BE CONTINUEDl
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Announced That We Were Lost.

to give him his name. "Well,
Schelling, what about it?"
The garage proprietor sighed.
''What will your" he said. 81 go
to make out a check"
AS he made his way to the Office
ST beg" said Herrick, "that you
will lunch with me. If you hadn't
appeared when you did, I should
now be the poorer by exactly one
hundred pounds"
"But I thought"
81 know. I was selling the car
not Schelling. asked him 800
pounds, and he wouldn't 60 beyond
two"
Ten minutes later we entered a
good-looking cafe where he was
plainly known, for the host himself
conducted us up some stairs and
gave us table beside an open win
dow, commanding an agreeable
prospect of lawns and trees.
''Now, isn't that nice?" said Her
rick, regarding the pretty scene.
"Sit down with Madam Nature, and
your meal, however humble, be-
comes repast. Of course you must
have fine weather. A picnic in the
rain can provoke more downright
misery than anything I know. I
envy you going to Innsbruck.
had stomach-ache there in 1912.
Eating too many figs, I think. And
the country round is superb. Then,
again, the people are charming
the peasants, I mean
Since I was accustomed to keep
no company, the entertainment he
offered was like some gift from the
gods, and I found myself talking
and laughing as had not done since
left Oxford-three years before.
1t was when they had brought the
coffee that Herrick spoke of him
self.
"I'm really a tout" he said: cat
least, I was. Employed by a firm
in England to sell their stuff over
here. sometimes think was meant
for better things, but when you come
down to concrete, a double-blue at
Cambridge is about as much good
in the City as the art of elocution
would be to Trappist monk. AS
it was, my French and German got
me job. And it's not been too
bad, you know. But the English
company's failed. Thanks to you,
my dear Exon, I can now discharge
all my debts and travel back to
England in that degree of comfort
which an insolent flesh demands"
Sand them" said I.
Herrick considered his brandy.
Il shall take a new job" he said.
Between you and me, it won't be
for very long. My uncle, Lord Nase-
by, is failing and I'm his heir. He
hates the sight of me-a family
quarrel or something: I don't know
what. But he can't do me out of
the money-he would if he could"
got to my feet. ''Thank you
very much for the last two hours.
Will you dine with me tonight? I'm
not going to dress"
II will with pleasure" said Her
rick. Lets say nine o'clock"
But long before then I resolved to
obey my impulse and made up my
mind to offer John Herrick a job.
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the team, although it was not until
late in the season that Gehrig
snapped out of his poor performance
at the bat.
But the fundamental reason for
the Yankees success year in and
year out is their scouting system.
In competition with other teams in
the matter Of discovering and sign
ing new talent, the Yankees lead
the league and results show in the
standing of the clubs.
When they see a promising young
ster they make up their minds
quickly whether or not they want
him. Usually their judgment is good.
While other clubs are marking time
trying to decide whether or not the
boy is worth the bonus he is ask.
ing, the Yanks sign him up.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
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Wonder Team

From the standpoint of the bal
ance of both its attack and defense,
the current New York Yankees rank
with such other all-time great teams
as the Yanks of 1926 and '28, the
Philadelphia Athletics of 1910, '13,
'29 and 81; the New York Giants of
the early '20s, and Chicago's "Peer-
less Wonders" which Frank Chance
led in the early years of the century.
The 1888 pennant gives the YAM
KEGS an American league record of
10 championships in their history,
all of them since 1921. Heretofore,
they had been deadlocked with Con-
ME Mack's Athletics, each with nine
loop titles.
The crown also gives the Yanks
the chance to do what no other club
in diamond history ever has accom-
plished: Win three world champion
ships in row. They meet the Ma
tiOnal league pennant winners in the
fall classic. The Yanks already
claim the record of six world titles
since 1923.
Only twice before in baseball his
tory has team had the opportunity
to win three straight world series.
John McGraw's Giants went into the
1923 world series against the YAM
KEGS with two successive world tt
ties but were beaten. Connie Mack's
Athletics started the 1881 world Sc
ries against the Cardinals with the
same record but Pepper Martin
went wild and led St. Louis to the
| title.