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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

shipwrecked at Samoa. =. Caught in the grip of
 hurricane, vessels were tossed about like corks in the harbor of Apia, Samoa in March, 1889 Lashed by the fury of wind and waves only one of the ships escaped while others wrecked on the reefs or stranded despite the herculean efforts of their com
 manders and crews to them. Three of the ships were American three German and the other lone Brit ish craft which managed to escape The death toll on the
 -fated ships amounted to hundred and fortyour, and the survivors witnessed unforgetable deeds Of bravery Polling urousy in the fireroons of the vessels U S. Marines and sailors, expecting to be drowned like rats at their posts Some swept from the decks by gigantic waves; others drowned while trying to swim ashore Ship crashed into ship and the help less workers the shore poweress to aid them Blueackets and U S. Marines behaved with the utmost courage Fully onehaf of the marines on the Vandaia were drowned When their own ship was doomed, the gallant sailors and marines on the U. S. s. Trenton cheered the fortunate British vessels which steamed to safety Others raised the Stars and Stripes their
 sinking crafts the Trentons band played our national anthem in pul and forlorn defiance of death. Amer can German British and Samoan alike joined hands in
 heroic effort to help another forgetting their diff ferences in the face of disaster Although the subsiding storm left behind ruined homes and the wrecks of powerful ships strewn along the shore it had etched chapter in the oft-forgoten saga of the brotherhood of man. Log of the U s. Marines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

America will hold social meeting tonight, at o'clock, at ForesterS' hall on Hanover street. Cards will be played and refreshments served, under the direction of James Cof- fey, Walter Clark. William Dun lavey, William Smith and Arnold Keith.
 At the quarterly meeting of Court Welch, held last Thursday night, Walter Clark and Arnold Keith were named delegates to attend the annual state convention of the Grand Court of Connecticut, For esters of America, which will be held in Waterbury, May 13 and IA. Grand Secretary Peter Cavanaugh of Torrington was also present at the business meeting of last week.
 William H. Dunlavey of Water vile has been chosen chairman of the general committee of the af- filiated courts of Waterbury, in charge of arrangements for the convention.
 Lenten Services The St. Pauls Episcopal church will conduct Lenten services Friday. At 3.30 o'clock service will be held for the children of the parish and at 8 o'clock in the evening, Rev. Thomas L. Sinclair, rector of All Souls church, of Waterbury, will lead the service with prayer and sermon.
 The young people of St. Paul's Episcopal church have been invited by the Young Peoples Fellowship society of All Saints Episcopal church. Oakville, to attend their Fellowship service, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. It is expected that a large number from Waterville will attend.
 Arthur Purinton, secretary of the Y. M. c. A., of Waterbury will be the guest speaker, at the meeting of the Everyman's Bible Class Sum- day morning, at 9:15 o'clock at the Grace Methodist church. A card party will be given to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at Fraternity hall, by the Casper s. Davis, American Legion Auxiliary Mrs. Ruth Rooney and Mrs. Kath- erine Dadario will be hostesses. The public is invited to attend.
 The Brownies will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, in the gymnasium of Sprague school, un- der the leadership of Mrs. Neil Bradley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
OMAN FORGE
 OF PHILIPPINES
 GETS TRAINING
American Instructor Uses HOOver's Bureau as
 Model For Corps
By RODOLFO L. NAZARENO United Press Staff C0rresp0ndent)

By RODOLFO L. NAZARENO United Press Staff Correspondent
 Manila, March 24-(UP) Mod eled after the counterpart in Washington, the Philippine Com- monwealth soon will have Gilman division to augment its present ex- tensive law-enforcement agencies.
 Much of the responsibility for preparing candidates for the new organization has rested with Capt. Thomas Dugan of the New York City police department. Borrowed by President Manuel L. Quezon from his friend, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the New York police officer arrived here last July to lay the groundwork of the Philippine model of J. Edgar Hoover's famous organization.
 Thoroughness and efficiency have earned for Dugan in his seven months here the respect and ad- niration of Philippine officials. Under Secretary of Justice Jose P. Melencio, who will be in direct charge of the division of investi- gation, as the G-men's corps is technically known, praised the work Dugan has accomplished.
 Dugan Tight-Lipped
 Dugan is reluctant to talk about his work. When an interview was sought, he said:
 T have dealt with newspaper men for "A years in New York, but I have never talked about my du- ties. refuse to break that record now"
 There are 48 embryo Filipino G-men receiving daily training from Dugan and other qualified instructor in law enforcement. Thirty-four of the hand-picked young men are lawyers. The train ing they are receiving before being assigned to duty includes the ham, ding of firearms. jiu-jitsu, crime detection, Identification, etc.
 Besides his activities in aiding the Philippines to establish an or ganization of expert criminologists, the New York police officer has as- sisted Philippine state police and the Manila secret service in solving several baffling crimes.
 Dugan was instrumental in tracking down the last of the gangsters involved in the murder of Percy A. Hill, pioneer American plantation owner of Nueva Ecija province.
 Several Crimes Unsolved
 As a starter, the G-men being trained by Dugan have several un- solved killings to work on, includ- ing the murder of Julio Nalunda- san, well-known politician, who was slain in 1895. The division is not yet working at full swing, pending completion of the organi- zation.
 The law creating the G-man di- vision was enacted in 1886 and formation of the organization began after Dugan, arrived in Manila in July of last year. The division aims to become as efficient as its counterpart in the United States. Selection of men was car- ried out with extreme care and the qualifications for acceptance were patterned after those of Hoover bureau.
 Dugan's leave from his New York post expires July 18. It is not known yet if President Quezon will seek to have his leave of absence extended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

q know of SIX families who have come back to Meigs county since we got the IVA power" he says. They are people who had gone away because there was nothing here. The people with brains and ability mostly did leave these parts in the old days because it was no way to live.
 We want to live as other Ameri- cans live. Now. with electricity, we can. and people drift back. That ought to help eliminate congestion in big cities.
 "The way 1t has been, the kids go away to school and college and they come back home and find 1the old-fashioned way of living isn't good enough. They are dissatisfied. Now they can stay and still live decently; we won't be losing all our best blood to the cities.
 It Takes Faith
 "Of course 1t doesn't pay now. But 1t will all pay off some day. You have to take it ali on faith"
 This faith in the future, ex- pressed by an obscure county agent in the remote Tennessee hills, is the keynote to the whole IVA ex- pertinent, which is geared to 20 and 50 years in the future for its full fruition.
 Very little IVA power is distrib- uted directly. It is sold to 18 mu- inequalities G7,782 customerS, Is cooperative associations formed to distribute it G8,136 customers), f, 1850 temporary direct customers, and 15l6 customers on government reservations.
 The Meigs County association and Dayton projects described above are not ''TVA prize eXhibits"-in fact
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

"When IVA came along, there wasn't live wire in Meigs county except for a few people here in Decatur who had gasoline plant making nough current for few lights in their houses at 25 cents kilowatt hour.
 'That plant was junked when IVA entered the field here. In Au- gust of 1886 the IVA coop sold 5019 kilowatt hours to 139 customers. In December, 1887. we sold 52,1O4 kilowatt hours to 723 customers. In that same month of August, 1886, we paid IVA $50.19 for power; in December, 1887, we paid IVA $434.38.
 "It has been great thing in improving the way people live. Now we have in the county one con- pletely electrically heated home, five supplementary heaters, six elec- trio motors for feed grinding, seven electric fence systems, 30 electric water pumps, 70 electric refriger- ators, 300 radios, and six milk cool rs, besides lot of other electric apparatus, and of course lights in place of oil lamps.
 IVA Bringing Them Back
 We have connected no custom CT who was connected when we came in. We pleaded with the Ten nessee Electric Power Co. to run wires out here, but they wanted $22,000 for the line. With the load we have, we'd never pay that off. So we turned to IVA at the first chance.
 Shadow Is native who has trav- eled considerably, but who came back to Tennessee because it is his home and because he thinks rural life is preferable to any other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

Editor Tall Tower Topics Of late have done great deal of reading in your paper about safety precautions especially to pedestrians from auoss have come to the conclusion that life is life matter who is the driver. We'll, on Wednesday shortly before noontime there fire somewhere in the city at which the first of the fire siren the policeman doing duty at the corner of Bank and Grand certainly his ob but the question -have the fire officials the right to cut to left side of road there nothing blocking traffic right side? This happened at the time men, was in the center of crosswak had to jump for his life as did not get chance to protect himself by jumping the parklet the driver of the cut to left and the cop stunned when he the pedestrian he could hardly blow the whistle think it would be good idea if the fremen instructed to life even against time. Driver could have reached fire just as quickly if he drove on right side. Too much of hurry, I'll say.-Observer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

the publicity offices of the IVA re- gard their less attractive accom- plishments, preferring to describe such communities as that in Lau- derdale county, Ala, where 1210 customers have bought almost 2 half million dollars worth of ap- pliances and wiring materials.
 But they serve to demonstrate what IVA is doing in small out-of- the-way communities in the great valley.
 NEXT: "More power to you might well be TVA's slogan, but "t0 wh0m?" and "at what cost?" and "hOw?" have become leading questions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
STORM OVER THE TVA-Number Four in
 Series of Six Timely Stories How IVA Brings Light To the Valley Country
This Is the fourth of a series of six articles discussing the Tennessee Valley Authority.
BY WILLIS THORNTON

BY WILLIS THORNTON
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent Dayton, Tenn, March 24-TVA is more than teeming headquarters buildings in Knoxville, more than spectacular dams holding back great rivers, more than thick VOL umes of reports on research.
 It is also power lines crossing fields that never saw their like be- fore. and electric bulbs replacing oil lamps in farm homesteads.
 Take the case of one average Tennessee Valley town as an ex- ample:
 Dayton is the town made famous in 1925 by the monkey trial" or Scopes case in which William Jen- nings Bryan and Clarence Darrow clashed over the teaching of evolu tion in the schools. What has IVA done to Dayton?
 Evolution teaching Is still barred in the Dayton schools, and the Bible is still prominently displayed on the waiting room table of Dr. G. V. Taylor, chairman of the city commission. But there are changes in Dayton, which was described 13 years ago as typical backwoods "hillbilly" community.
 Dayton Gets a Harbor
 IVA electricity has helped bring about the change. Power is sold wholesale to distribution system already municipally owned before IVA arrived.
 Dr. Taylor, the dentist who is mayor" of the town, tells of full fashioned hosiery mill nearing com- pletion to take advantage of the power, and of plans under way for construction of docks and ware houses. for Dayton will be river port when Chickamauga Dam backs water up to it's doorstep.
 F. E. Robinson, the druggist in whose country store" the Scopes argument began, and who still pre- serves among his new marble topped equipment the old wood-top- and-wire table around which the Scopes case was incubated, allows that the town is 200 per cent bet ter off" than it was 10 years ago. Power Use Increases
 But the figures on growth of power use, compiled in the neat new municipal building beside the brisk, new federal post-office building, tell the story:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

CTS is explained by a recent change in classification. There are really nine now on the same basis as 1885. 1t is explained.
 Take another, smaller commun- ity:
 Between Dayton and Athens lies the crossroads village of Decatur. Here the basic effects of IVA out in sheer farm territory are shown. IVA power is distributed through the Meigs County Electric Mem- bership Corporation, a cooperative. w. A. Shadow, who is also county farm agent, is secretary. Had No Live Wires
 In his bare little office in the county courthouse, he tells the story:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
RADIO STAR
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Little Lucy, aged five Is just the cutest trick alive. Her hair is long, sunny gold, Thirty years back they'd call her bold. But today she rates just cute, Smart and on the up and up to boot. Little Lucy's got voice. Sings quite lot, she has no choice. She also knows pieces, does limitations, You'd be surprised at her conversations. Little Lucy knows all the answers, Can do the big apple but not the lancers. She's bright, she's cute and passing fair, You must have heard her on the air.
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
To days Ans.wess 10
 cRANIUM CRACKERS
Problem on Comic Page

The United States Court of Ap- peals for the District of Columbia held that Gushing was entitled to recover. The court, after lengthy consideration, decided that the pub lie welfare would best be served by the burden of an absolute liability. by implied warranty of wholesomeness. on the seller, even though he was not negligent and could not have reasonably discov- cred the defect in the food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
Little folk. .. snow-Whte and the Seven Dwarfs

Little folk. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs have brought forth series of other little folk Right dwarf-consciouS. Just recently was pub lished most attractive book called Little 1nchHigh People," the characters just about the size of your small finger Now read about book called "The Hob- bit' Hobbits small people, but they have the jump dwars rather they under-jump the dwarf because they smaller They wear bright coors and have deep laughs Remember how the dwarfs heads just about reached the top of their little beds well hobbts would probably have to have sepadders to over the foot of dWarf-SiZed beds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

Are you "Doing the Dopey"? This is the latest dance suggested by of the dwarf characters We find it rather difficult to avoid giving the dwarfs and SnowWhite publicity these days because they, all and separately have become the Spring motif for about everything Johnny Hamps band in Detroit intrO- duced the number last week at the BOOkCad Let's all do the Dopey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
Maurice, hair stylst at Worth's Beauty Salon, is

Maurice hair stylst at Worths Beauty Salon. is gathering the news of the day. at the annual conven- ton of Hairdressers being held in New York; His inter- est in the work is much that he forges the bright spots Broadway and attended day and night sessions All for the sake of madys beauty which must be to the minute in order to cope with the newest modes in clothing. Maurice has made many friends at the Metropolitan show from year to year and renewing acquantances during rest periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
GRACEFUL GIANT

Nat Pendleton. now in "Arsene Lupin Returns" at Metro Goldwyn- Mayer. is considered one of the most graceful ballroom dancers in the film colony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
AnsuUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 l. Six.
 2. Virginia.
 3. Blue and white. 4. Gem State.
 5. Richard z. Byrd. 6. An instrument designed to investigate the nature of the radiations emitted by va rious sources of light. ,. 16 1-2 feet.
 8. His tor Herr Royal High ness. 9. One third. 10. Arlington National Ceme- tery, Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

Charles Rietdyke of the Salvation Army missed his profession his short story appearing in the Easter Issue of "War Cry" may be taken a criterion. The "Six Little Indians" is human interest story based a poor unfortunate Waterbury man whom Charley and the Army endeavored to put on the straight and path before the Grim Reaper interfered The story is timely, we'll written and with moral men should forget. The principal character is kempt unshaven smoke who through the help of Sal vation Army preacher finally the true light before he to the land where sin and sickness are unknown. We'll done, Charley, well done!
 Dialing. Raymond Babbitt is one of the eleven SNET. employees eligible for membership in the Morris F. Tyler Chapter No. g. Telephone Pioneers of America. He's just completed 21 years of phone service which auto matcally makes him eligible in the organization. Spcer John Flammia has been transferred from Bridge port to this city which is good splice for the Brass City Ditto for Ralph J. Westcott. Tim Brosnahan of Naugauck is pictured in the latest issue of the Telephone Bulletin with class of repair receiving nstruc- tions He looks like great listener Harold Smith recently lost his dOs As yet he has not been found
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

The decline in industrial custom
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
WEDNESDAY, MAR. %
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

selves. Be prepared, be fair and be just, but we
should not send bombs or armaments Of any kind
to any nation, regardless Of how much they pay
us. After all, we must practice what we preach
in this world. We say we don't believe in war,
so why continue the horrible slaughter in
Europe, no matter which side our sympathies are
with?
T SEE with deep regret that they are closing
800 CCC camps before June 30. Now I've
heard both sides Of this matter-Some say it Is
good and some say it is bad, but at least it has
taken care Of the youth Of our country. It has
given work to many thousands Of boys and, to
me, that is the greatest thing any country can
do. I only hope the Government will find en-
ployment in some other branch for these boys
when these CCC camps are closed.
Keep the youth Of our country clean-minded.
Give them occupation. Stop few greedy firms
which are shipping ornaments out just to make
money, and attend to our own husinesS-which
is, having the United States fully protected and
prepared-and in my opinion we will find Wen
keep on an even keel no matter what happens
abroad Don't forget that "As q man Soweth
so he reapeth."
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
SON SAVES PAIR
FELLED BY GAS

A timely visit by James Weaver,
942 independence Ave-, s. w., to
his mother and brother, who re-
side next door at $40 Independ-
ence Ave-, last evening, probably
saved them from death.
Entering his mothers home,
Weaver found her, Mrs. Sadie
Weaver, 81, and his brother, Burt
Weaver, 81, lying unconscious on
the kitchen floor. Deadly fumes
from a gas stove and a water
heater had felled them.
Today the two were recuperat-
ing in Gallinger Hospital, where
they were taken following first aid
treatment at Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
SESSIONS OPEN
TO PLAN PEACE

Pouring into Washington from
all parts of the United States,
England and Canada, delegates to
the Conference on World Eco.
nomic Cooperation registered this
morning for preliminary sessions
at the Washington Hotel. The
conference will carry through Sat
urday,
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Travellers to Hold
Lithuanian Night'

The Travellers Club will hold a
Lithuanian Night" at the Music
Building auditorium, Catholic
University, Sunday at 7:45 p. m.
Lithuanian.Americans will sing.
play and deliver readings from
the literature of their homeland
and there will be an exhibition
of Lithuanian handicraftS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Act Laid to 'sDictatOr Complex"

COME may attribute Mr.. Roosevelts strange
~ behavior TO the blow he received when his
illegal attempt to turn Humphrey out Of the
Federal Trade Commission was overruled by the
Supreme Court He is the sort Of person who
wants to show his opponents that he is their
"master"-to quote from speech Of his.
It seems to me, however, that his insistence
upon himself dealing with DR.. Morgan is just
a part of his dictator complex. In support OF
this opinion, suggest that it is no mere acci-
dent that at this very time we find his bill
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
TROLLEY HURTS CHILD

Her skull and cheek bone frac.
tured by a street car, which
struck her last night at Seven.
teenth and U SITS. N. W., 3-year-
old Alice Cockrill, colored, of
1765 Willard st. N. w., was in
a serious condition today in Chill.
dren'S Hospital,
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

She has written to Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, Of MaSsa-
chusetts, to say so.
Indeed, she has done more
than write. She has wired
twice: "I count on your patriot
ism to block the passage of the
reorganization bill"
Rudy Vallee, another polit-
ical outsider, is against the re-
organization bill also. He
doesn't think it will be fair to
bandmaSterS and bandsmen,
Perhaps Emily doesn't care
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

The shipping firm refuses to
say where they are headed for.
Now, I wonder. There are
several wars going on. Why,
in heavens name, can't the
American people act justly
and stop sending ammunition
to kill their fellow men?
I have thought for a long
time that it was forbidden to
ship arms out of this country,
and, If it is not forbidden, it
certainly ought to be. After all,
we can't take the high and
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Washington Times Staff Photos
LIKE TO SWIM? Fish?

Washington Times Staff Photos
LIKE TO SWIM? Fish?
Or what? Now's the time,
what with spring and
everything hanging around.
So, at left, above, one finds
Dorothy Law, of the Sol
diers' Home, testing the
temperature of the Poto-
mac at Fletcher's Boat
house. And, at right, one
discovers Patricia McOuat,
4, of 1914 Massachusetts
Ave-, getting all set for a
ska tin 6 expedition in
Franklin Park.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

eral Trade Commission make
the investigation?
Probably nine out Of ten
answers would be that evi-
IDENTIFY Mr.. Roosevelt does not
want Congress to investigate.
Why, then, doesn't he want
Congress to investigate the
TVA2
Can it be because he hopes
that with DR.. Morgan ordered
out there will be a suit brought
as in the Humphrey case, and
&Iok fhic will of 1na St daIaV the
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Architects Mobilizing
For Small Home Boom

Anticipating the biggest small
homes building movement in the
history of the country as a result
Of the Federal housing act, the
American Institute of Architects
today began mobilization of its
$4,000 members to cooperate in
slum clearance and BODYBUILDING
projects